"Back then, you deliberately leaked the news that the male lead of The Prince's Transformation was related to human traffickers, luring me into shorting Zhou Film and Television Company. You knew perfectly well that, with the Zhou father and son's arrogance, they would never let me do that unchecked. So when Zhou Group stepped in to prop up the market, you followed the major players and accumulated Zhou Film and Television Company shares. Once its stock price was pushed to a new high, you sold everything and made a fortune..."
Chu Hengyi placed his second white stone on the opposite side of the board. "It's laughable that the Zhou father and son were so focused on me that they never noticed what you were doing."
Ye Mingzhao looked across the board at Chu Hengyi, who had ignored the rules by taking White and moving first with a mirroring strategy. He casually placed a black stone symmetrically opposite Chu Hengyi's second white stone. "Even with a mirroring strategy, no two games will ever be exactly the same. The same moves do not mean the same outcome. You want to copy my game to defeat me. Do you think I can't beat myself?"
Chu Hengyi raised a brow. He knew Ye Mingzhao was skilled at chess and adept at calculation, so from the very beginning, he had wanted to replicate Ye Mingzhao's market tactics. Yet he had never expected that, at the very moment he imitated Ye Mingzhao's methods to short Zhou Film and Television Company, Ye Mingzhao had also used him as bait to lure the Zhou father and son into the trap.
"No wonder you told Zhou Yueze that I was shorting Zhou Film and Television Company. Even he probably thought you did it merely to retaliate for what he