When they opened the link, it turned out to be a major authoritative official account posting breaking news.
[According to our station’s frontline foreign correspondent, just about one minute before this article was published, the international situation has once again undergone a major upheaval…]
Beneath the breaking news, there was a flood of rapidly increasing comments, shares, and likes.
Director Qian, who had just been about to slip her phone into her pocket, froze mid-motion.
Only after a moment did she come back to her senses and quickly opened an app to check the latest international gold price trend.
…
“Damn, it’s going up!”
At the same time, in the office area of Baichuan Investment Co., Ltd., waves of exclamations and cheers erupted.
“With the intense turmoil in the international situation, global demand for safe-haven assets is soaring. International gold trading volume is spiking rapidly, and prices are beginning to climb sharply!”
“The official news just came out moments ago, but the trading volume of international gold has already surged by 10%, and prices have risen by 1%. Both volume and price are still climbing!”
“The price of international gold has already increased by 1.5%—wait, it’s about to hit 2%!”
“Young Master Cao’s move was a brilliant ambush. In just this short time, he’s already made a net profit of 20 million yuan.”
“And that 20 million is just the beginning. Judging by the current gold market trend, it can easily rise by another 3% or more.”
“With a principal of 1 billion yuan, a 5% return equals 50 million in net profit!”
“Young Master Cao must’ve had some insider information to pull this off!”
…
All the employees were glued to the international gold trend charts, faces filled with excitement and astonishment.
The surge in international gold had completely taken them by surprise.
And Cao Chuan’s trading operation today was completely out of the ordinary.
Now he had perfectly timed the surge in international gold and acted so swiftly, decisively, and aggressively—given his identity as the Cao Family Eldest Young Master, there was no other explanation besides having advance knowledge.
“Young Master Cao hasn’t given the next order yet. Does that mean the gold rally isn’t over?”
“Should we also ride this wave and secretly invest a little for some soup?”
Caught up in the thrill, some of the more agile-minded employees started whispering to each other.
Some even pulled out their own savings and quietly bought into international gold themselves.
While the outer office area was buzzing with heat and excitement, in the adjoining secretary’s office next to the general manager’s room—Song Keran’s office—
“As expected!”
Seeing the skyrocketing trend of international gold prices and the analysis provided below the platform, Song Keran couldn’t help but clench her fists tightly.
“I knew it. Young Master Cao is no longer the man he used to be. Every action he takes now has deep meaning behind it.”
“With war breaking out between two nations, judging from historical patterns and the sensitivity of global capital, demand for gold as a hedge is likely to keep rising for a long time.”
“Now that gold has jumped more than 3% in a short time, based on past trends and market behavior, this wave will likely peak around a 10% increase.”
“There’s still a 7% profit margin left…”
After clenching her fists, Song Keran quickly gathered all the funds from her bank accounts and poured it all into the international gold market.
And just as she predicted, even during the short time it took to gather her funds, gold prices rose another 0.5%.
By the time her buy-in was complete, just ten-plus minutes later, the gold price increase had already surpassed 5%.
In other words, in just this short time, she had already earned a 1.5% profit, while Cao Chuan had profited over 50 million yuan.
“As expected, Young Master Cao is the one who sees through everything!”
Song Keran couldn’t help but feel a wave of genuine excitement.
Hugging her laptop, she almost immediately rushed to the door of Cao Chuan’s office next door, ready to ask for the next steps and guidance on when to sell the gold.
However, Cao Chuan was currently giving important instructions to his head bodyguard, He Dachun. When he saw her enter holding her laptop, he didn’t even let her speak before waving her away.
Only after He Dachun strode out confidently and informed her she could enter did she rush back in.
“Young Master Cao, as of now, the international gold price has surged by approximately 6%, and your investment has already netted over 60 million yuan.”
“What’s our next move?”
“Should we sell once the profit hits around 10%, or should we offload earlier?”
Facing her, Cao Chuan had just finished deploying He Dachun to Shen Mengying’s side, but his expression remained calm.
“Give me a brief report on the current situation first.”
The reason he had urgently demanded the 1 billion yuan be transferred so quickly was that he had read the original novel thoroughly and knew that a period of international upheaval occurred in the story’s backdrop.
That unrest would lead to a series of major investment opportunities.
This current surge in international gold was only the beginning.
Song Keran’s gaze was filled with respect as she promptly reported, “About an hour ago, our country’s authoritative media released breaking news—two nations have officially gone to war…”
As she spoke, Cao Chuan also opened a news site, then said, “Tell me your analysis of the international gold trend.”
Song Keran immediately gave her judgment. “Global capital is extremely sensitive. With this wave of international upheaval, although gold prices have spiked sharply, they’ll likely hit a high point soon and then stabilize.”
“Based on my data analysis and past experience, I estimate this gold rally will peak around 10%.”
“Unless another major event—positive or negative—occurs, we probably won’t see big fluctuations again for quite some time.”
Cao Chuan nodded slightly.
Then, before Song Keran could ask again, he directly said, “In that case, keep holding.”
“When the increase hits 20%, sell everything.”
“20%?” Song Keran’s expression showed deep surprise.