Don't think that stake was too small. Sea Lion Mining was now one of the world's largest mining groups, with assets measured in the quadrillions.
That should give some idea of what the shares were worth! If Tang Changsheng wanted, he could even claim a seat on Sea Lion Mining's board...
The older and more established a company was, the more widely its shares tended to be dispersed. Tang Changsheng's holdings already made him a midsize shareholder.
In fact, they were among the General's Temple's largest assets. It was precisely because Sea Lion Mining had been hit so hard, sending its share price plunging, that the General's Temple had suffered such heavy losses.
Now, while Sea Lion Mining's share price had yet to recover, he intended to buy up a substantial block of shares.
The General's Temple's other major asset was Lower River Port. Its annual throughput was around five million, and Tang Changsheng held roughly ten percent of its shares.
After all, much of the land in Lower River belonged to the General's Temple. When Lower River Port was built, the site had been its private land. That land became its capital contribution, earning it such a large stake in the port...
The port had been dragged down as well, and its share price had fallen considerably. It just hadn't fallen as far as Sea Lion Mining's...
That was why people at the top found it so easy to make money. Often, they had no need to trade power for money or collude with merchants. The information at their fingertips was enough to make them a fortune.
As for the funds...
That posed no difficulty for Tang Changsheng. If he went to a bank for a loan now, any bank would be only too eager to lend him money...