“Young Master Lu, Liaoguo Development has made a move!”
Within 10 minutes, just like in the previous life, Liaoguo Development had taken action.
“How did you know?”
Flawless calculations?
Li Li truly found it hard to believe. Lu Yiming’s foresight today had completely stunned her. Every move the opponents made was already within Lu Yiming’s calculations.
“Why would I need to guess? Like I said—time is running out for the Gao brothers.”
Liaoguo Development went all-in on buying long, but the price began to steadily fall.
Fall?!
Yes, it was falling.
Their initial position was 20,000 contracts.
Yet, not only did it fail to stir the market, the price actually dropped instead?
“This doesn’t make sense?”
Li Li also leaned toward the computer monitor. 20,000 contracts—that’s nearly 30 million yuan going long. Not only did it fail to stabilize the market, it was met with a sudden sell-off?
The price had been steadily rising before this.
“Check for any large short orders being dumped?”
“No need to check.”
“Young Master Lu?”
“If I were Wanguo Securities, I’d use accounts under my name to strike together. A large capital dump might drop the price, but it would also alert the market, making it obvious that Wanguo is running out of options. Director Guan isn’t stupid—he wouldn’t do that.”
“Assistant Li, Young Master Lu is right. There were indeed many sell orders, but they’re very scattered, giving the impression that it’s the actions of retail investors.”
“They want to trigger panic selling among retail traders?”
Li Li quickly caught on. This kind of tactic had clearly been planned for a long time.
No wonder Lu Yiming confidently said Wanguo still had backup plans. It seemed her background research hadn’t been thorough enough after all.
“They’re going all in. Even if they get through today, Director Guan’s future is over.”
“Young Master Lu, what do you mean?”
“You did your research—does Wanguo still have that much capital on the books?”
“No.”
Li Li knew very well that Wanguo had become an empty shell. They didn’t have enough funds to support such a large-scale short-selling operation. Unless…
“Ah…”
“You figured it out?”
“He’s lost his mind.”
Wanguo couldn’t bear the consequences of this move.
“They’re going for broke. In this battle, there may be no winner.”
“Young Master Lu, maybe we should report this to Chairman Lu and let him decide.”
Things had developed far beyond expectations. At this point, the outcome was uncertain. With Director Guan already losing control, everything happening today was destined to become part of market history.
“Just stand by and watch while retail investors lose everything?”
“It was their own greed.”
“So they deserve to be ruined?”
“This…”
Li Li couldn’t believe Lu Yiming would say something like that. Since when did he care about people like this?
But… she realized she had been moved by him.
Yes—millions of families. Was it wrong for them to try and invest?
Why did this clash between giants have to involve the innocent?
“Young Master Lu, give the order. What should we do?”
“Absorb the orders. Take as many as we can.”
“Alright.”
“Assistant Li?”
“You heard Young Master Lu. Buy.”
“But we were ordered to coordinate with Wanguo and go short.”
That was what Chairman Lu had decided from the beginning. But now going long meant using the group’s cash to support the market?
What good would that do for the company?
“Follow Young Master Lu.”
If it were just Lu Yiming giving the order, these elites of the Lu Group might not have followed. But with Li Li backing him, everything changed.
Everyone immediately took action.
A huge amount of cash was injected into the market. The suppressed price instantly rebounded.
“149.9 yuan.”
“150 yuan.”
Meanwhile, at Zhongjingkai…
“Someone’s intervened. And it’s not retail money.”
Zhongjingkai’s senior leadership had gathered as well.
This small-scale trust company had strong ‘government ties’ from the start. It began by managing agricultural revolving funds on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, and later took over all fiscal turnover funds and resources from the agricultural coordination office.
It was the leading force on the bull side, known for its aggressive and ruthless style.
But unlike Wanguo, Zhongjingkai lacked deep pockets. It had to rely on releasing positive news to stabilize the market.
Retail traders were its main force.
For today’s decisive battle, Zhongjingkai had specially applied for a large reserve fund—just in case.
But before they could even act, someone else had already stepped in to defend the market.
“Find out who it is.”
Even allies needed to be vetted—if such large sums were entering, they had to know who was behind it.
“Found it—it’s the Second Exchange.”
“The Second Exchange?”
“Who’s behind it?”
“The Lu Group.”
“It’s them?!”
Zhongjingkai’s executives were stunned.
How could this be?
Wasn’t the news that the Lu Group had entered a full partnership with Wanguo?
They had even requested a large reserve fund just in case the Lu Group made a surprise move.
But now it looked like things were moving in the opposite direction entirely.
“Should we make our move?”
“Hmph. Finish them while they’re down.”
Earlier this morning, they had released major positive news—national bonds would be redeemed at 148.50 yuan. That news had pushed prices steadily upward.
Wanguo had just knocked the price down to around 148 yuan. But the Lu Group’s intervention had sent prices soaring again.
Now, with the mindset of kicking the enemy while they were down, Zhongjingkai’s massive reserve funds also entered the market.
“Young Master Lu, the price has reached 150.5.”
“151 yuan.”
This…
A two-yuan jump—and still rising.
If the market closed at this level, the Lu Group would undoubtedly reap massive profits.
At that moment, even Li Li looked at Lu Yiming with newfound respect.
Unshaken by honor or disgrace—even in the face of massive success, he remained composed.
Young Master Lu… I really can’t figure you out anymore.
Crash…
Director Guan smashed his favorite blue-and-white porcelain teacup.
“Damn Lu Family—so two-faced!”
The Lu Family had entered the field. He thought with them on board and his all-in gamble, even if Zhongjingkai had hidden cards, they wouldn’t be able to stabilize the market.
If retail traders panicked, they would dump their holdings immediately, dragging prices down further.
But now, with both Liaoguo Development and the Lu Group betraying him in succession, it was as if they had stabbed him twice.
There was only one outcome left now.
Defeat. Utter, complete defeat.
“Out.”
“Director Guan…”
“I said out!”
The senior staff slowly filed out of the office.
Director Guan slumped into his chair.
The empire was collapsing.
No… no! He couldn’t admit defeat. There had to be another way—there had to be one more chance!