Lin Qi's move had indeed been astonishing. No one had ever played it that way before, which was precisely why he had been able to succeed.
But if they were being honest, he still hadn't truly succeeded. There was one step left—monetization.
He had to monetize his assets without selling off the shares he held.
This was the problem that had stumped countless capitalists: how could they turn a company's value into money in their pockets without reducing their stock holdings, while still retaining a certain degree of control over the company? Lin Qi had given them a good start and taught them a trick, but there was a problem here too.
Just as the hosts and commentators who were busy trying to find a way to earn Lin Qi's forgiveness had said, Lin Qi was too impatient.
He was too eager to cash out, which gave people the feeling that... perhaps he was setting a trap? What if people bought the bonds, he cashed out, then reduced his shareholdings—or simply drove the company into bankruptcy—to avoid paying the enormous interest? Was that possible?
Very possible! Everyone knew that wealth and rates of return behaved differently at different scales.
For example, when the cost was only a hundred dollars, these capitalists had ways to turn that hundred into ten thousand very quickly. That was a hundredfold return.
But if they were given ten thousand dollars, they might only be able to turn it into a few tens of thousands in the same amount of time.
If they were given a million dollars, it might take them a year to earn a hundred or two hundred thousand.
Lin Qi had received five hundred million. Five hundred million, over three years, with a forty-five-percent increase in value—how was that possible?
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