Stock Market

"What? Tai Lok Aviation? Economists in Hong Kong said back in the first half of this year that this company wouldn't survive until the end of the year. Why do you think it has such great potential?" Xie Tian asked, eyes wide.

"Because there have recently been changes among Taile Hangxin's upper management, and a large amount of capital will definitely be injected. But it would be best to dump this stock entirely before August 27." As soon as Xue Chen finished speaking, he noticed everyone staring at him. "Of course, you can also treat it as nonsense. The decision is yours."

Listening to Xue Chen from the side, Qin Zhou had already made up his mind. "I'll add another thirty million. No matter how much this money gains by then, I'll give you thirty percent of the profits."

"Aren't you afraid of losing everything if I'm just talking nonsense?" Xue Chen found the man before him rather strange. Just based on a few words from him, he had increased the capital pool to eighty million?

"Playing the stock market is like gambling. Those with skill can become rich overnight, while those without it can lose everything overnight. I believe you won't leave me sleeping on the streets." Qin Zhou laughed.

"I believe you too. You're definitely the bravest person I've ever seen in my life, handing your entire fortune over to someone else!" Xue Chen laughed as well.

"Do you think something might go wrong? These two are completely insane." Xie Tian was not worried about his own five million. It was just that the two of them had nearly two hundred million between them. If it all went down the drain through one careless mistake, wouldn't all their efforts have been for nothing?

"Don't worry. I only make investments that are guaranteed to profit." Xue Chen answered calmly.

Stock Market

Soon, August 9 arrived. After discussing it, Qi Si and the others ultimately decided to buy Tai Lok stock. Sure enough, by ten that night, the stock seemed to have taken stimulants and began soaring all the way upward, directly breaking through ten points. This surprised some people who had predicted it was a junk stock, though they did not take it too seriously.

"Holy shit! Xue Chen really called it." Xie Tian, who had been watching Tai Lok stock the whole time, stared at the constantly jumping red line on the screen and muttered in disbelief, "It really broke through ten points?"

"This is too crazy, isn't it?" Qi Si said, equally stunned as he watched the screen. "Xue Chen said this wasn't even the peak yet. It'll keep climbing tomorrow. He's practically a god."

"Wait, if what Xue Chen said is true, then Hang Seng will fall tomorrow?" Fang Jimin muttered as he stared at the screen.

"Good thing the old man in my family doesn't play the stock market." Chen Jiayao patted his chest and spoke with relief.

"I suddenly remembered those illegitimate sons of that bastard in my family. They seemed to have mentioned this stock before, and they even mocked me openly and indirectly right in front of that bastard. Let's see how arrogant they can be now." Qi Si suddenly sneered.

Qi Si's real name was Qi Wangzu. He ranked fourth in the family, but he did not take his father's surname and instead took his mother's, because his scumbag father had married into the family.

There was actually nothing unusual about that. In Hong Kong, many wealthy families with only one daughter would choose a man from a somewhat less privileged background to marry into the family.

At first, Qi Si's scumbag father had been a good husband and father. But after Old Master Qi and Old Madam Qi passed away from illness, his true nature was exposed. While Qi Si's mother was bedridden, he actually brought three illegitimate sons home from outside. Every one of them was older than Qi Si. He even brought home the childhood sweetheart who had become his mistress. Then that family of five would often tell Qi Si and his mother that they should vacate the nest sooner and stop disturbing their family's happiness.

In the end, Miss Qi could no longer hold on. On New Year's Eve, she left Qi Si forever. After the funeral was over, that scumbag father directly drove Qi Si out.

But the next day, he cried to the Qi family, claiming that Qi Si had run away from home. How could the old master of the Qi family possibly believe his one-sided account? The entire family mobilized and found Qi Si in a garbage heap amid the freezing snow. Then they immediately produced the will Qi Si's grandfather had left before his death. The scumbag father could only take twenty percent of the Qi family's assets. As for the rest... sorry, he was not worthy.

Now, Qi Si seemed to be able to see that family's fate already, and he felt incomparably satisfied. Xie Tian and the others, who knew about his family troubles, merely patted him on the shoulder.

"Xue Chen, according to you, Tai Lok will become a dark horse. But why must we short it on the twenty-ninth?" Chen Jiayao asked curiously.

"That's because I predicted long ago that this stock would rebound like this." Xue Chen said calmly, "Tai Lok really is a junk stock, just as those economists said before. But it depends on whose hands that junk falls into. If you pay close enough attention, you'll find the shadow of the Bald Eagle behind this stock."

After speaking, Xue Chen looked at everyone again. "Haven't you noticed that one Hang Seng stock has been rising too quickly?"

After hearing Xue Chen say that, everyone immediately began examining the stock carefully. It really had risen a little too fast. It was already close to 3,047 points.

It was hard to imagine that it had climbed from 27 points to such a number in just a month and a half. Once they thought about Xue Chen's words, it was one thing not to think further—but once they analyzed it, the implications were terrifying.

"You mean the Bald Eagle is manipulating this stock? Because of the handover issue?" Fang Jimin asked, eyes wide.

"Yes." Xue Chen answered with certainty. "Thatcher arrived in Hong Kong yesterday. If the negotiations fail, what do you think will happen to this Hang Seng stock backed by the Bald Eagle?"

"That's not right! Even we can see this. There's no reason those old foxes can't, right?" Xie Tian said.

"Of course they aren't stupid. If they couldn't even see this, they would have wasted all these years." Qin Zhou handed the poured red wine to Xue Chen, then said unhurriedly, "Since those old men have already withdrawn all their own funds, all that remains are these small and medium investors going crazy here. When Hang Seng's stock price crashes, I'm afraid there'll be plenty of people jumping off buildings."

"Thanks!" Xue Chen took the wine. He always felt that Qin Zhou was being a little too enthusiastic toward him, which made him feel somewhat awkward.

"You're welcome." Qin Zhou raised his brows and smiled.

"These old foxes are really cunning, using a trick like this!" Xie Tian looked at the stocks that were still climbing, his expression somewhat angry. "But Xue Chen, wouldn't that make things far too easy for them?"