Investment

"I'll make a little money from different places instead." Xue Chen wasn't an idiot. How could he keep shearing the same sheep?

"That's not realistic either, is it? Don't be fooled by these casinos. On the surface, they may look like they have nothing to do with each other, but they're actually connected behind the scenes. As long as one casino leaks your information, you'll immediately be blacklisted by all of them." Chen Jiayao picked up a piece of fruit beside him, speared it, and took a bite. "How much money do you need to make you come here and fleece the casinos?"

"Stocks." Xue Chen did not bother hiding it from them.

"Stocks? How much capital do you need? Let's see if we can help!" Fang Jisheng immediately stepped forward to show his support.

"The more, the better. There's no upper limit. Of course, you can invest too." Xue Chen spoke calmly, yet everyone in the room could feel the confidence radiating from him.

"I can invest some." Qin Zhou looked at Xue Chen and said lightly.

Investment

Xue Chen raised a brow and looked at Qin Zhou with a soft laugh. "Aren't you afraid I'll run off with all your money and leave you with nothing?"

Qin Zhou shrugged, utterly unconcerned. "If you really are that kind of person, then I'll accept my loss."

An inexplicable light flickered in Xue Chen's phoenix eyes. "All right. Since that's the case, I won't stand on ceremony."

"Since A-Zhou is in, I'm in too. But I've lost almost all my money lately, so I can only put up five million. Xue Chen, don't think it's too little!" Xie Tian stepped forward from behind them, then looked at him with pitiful eyes. "Go easy when you trade. This is all the private spending money I have left. Don't make it so I don't even have money to pick up girls next month."

Amusement gleamed in Xue Chen's eyes. "Don't worry. Next month, I'll make sure you have enough money to buy a yacht and chase foreign blondes."

"Since the two of you are participating, if we don't join in, it'll make us look like we don't fit in. But, Xue Chen, we're not Qin Zhou. We're a little short on funds, so I'll put up thirty million." Chen Jiayao stepped forward, his handsome face carrying a hint of playfulness. "I don't want Xie Tian to make so much money that he climbs over my head."

"I'll put up thirty million too. Together with Qin Zhou's share from earlier, that should be enough, right?" Qi Si said as he poured himself a glass of red wine.

"Hey, me too!" Fang Jimin raised his hand, then came to Xue Chen's side and handed him a glass of wine. "You look so sure of yourself. Do you have some inside information?"

Xue Chen knew the man was testing him, but he was not offended. He merely smiled. "I don't have any inside information. As for why I'm so confident, won't you find out by the end of the month?"

"Damn!" Xie Tian, who had been straining his ears to eavesdrop, flopped back into his chair when he heard that. Then he got up and patted Xue Chen on the shoulder. "I still think that with Brother Xue's amazing skills, there's nothing to worry about no matter what plan you have."

He usually liked fooling around everywhere, but he was an excellent judge of character. When he first noticed Xue Chen, he had felt that the man was different. No matter how calm someone was, once they entered a casino, they would reveal some emotion, whether they won or lost. Yet from the moment Xue Chen came in, whether he was winning or losing, his face had remained expressionless, as if everything was under his control. Otherwise, after merely asking whether he could play Texas Hold'em, Xie Tian would not have hurriedly brought him upstairs.

"Xue Chen, you're not from Hong Kong, are you?" Qin Zhou swirled the red wine in his glass, a curve appearing at the corner of his lips as he looked at Xue Chen.

"I'm not. I came here from the mainland on a tourist visa." Xue Chen told the truth. Someone would definitely investigate his identity later anyway, so there was no need to hide it. He simply explained how he had come here.

"So you came to Macau with only three hundred thousand?" Xie Tian looked at him in disbelief. When Xue Chen nodded, he was practically dumbfounded.

"To be precise, the principal behind the chips in front of me was only fifty thousand." Xue Chen stated it casually, but everyone present immediately sucked in a breath.

"Fifty thousand?" Qi Si looked at Xue Chen in disbelief. He had brought over ten million today and lost every last bit of it, while Xue Chen had started with only fifty thousand and won nearly over a hundred million. Damn, that was one hell of a slap in the face.

Chen Jiayao was equally astonished, and his gaze toward Xue Chen was full of admiration. Dressed so sharply, Xue Chen looked like a young master from a wealthy family to anyone who saw him outside. But who would believe that someone dressed so impressively would dare come gamble with only fifty thousand in capital? "Xue Chen, are you the reincarnation of a gambling god? Interested in taking on an apprentice?" He was practically rubbing his hands together like a fly. Damn, this man was basically a god of wealth.

"Watch fewer movies. Where are there so many gambling gods in this world?" Fang Jimin pushed Chen Jiayao's head aside. "Xue Chen, you said you wanted to play the stock market. You know about that Hang Seng stock too, right? But even if you put in this much money now, the profits won't be very high."

"Of course I know that stock has a high upside, but the profits aren't that great. It's already too late to get in now, and that isn't the stock I chose." Xue Chen shook his head. Having lived through the future, he knew that the stock before them, which was still rising steadily, would see a brief pullback on August 10, 1985, before climbing again without incident. But on the morning of August 11, it would plunge through ten limit-downs and keep crashing until August 20.

Meanwhile, another stock that had been labeled a junk stock would make a killing during that period. In truth, all of these changes were merely a conspiracy orchestrated by those White Eagle oligarchs, meant to short ordinary people's pockets before the handover.

Of course, Xue Chen would not foolishly go around telling people about this. Even if he did, they would treat him as a lunatic. They might even think he was deliberately trying to profit from it. Keeping quiet and making a fortune was the only sensible way.

"Which stock could possibly make you this confident?" Xie Tian asked curiously.

"Today is August 9. Starting tomorrow, Taile Hangxin will begin to rise slightly. If you still have enough funds on hand, I suggest you buy it," Xue Chen said calmly.