I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 354, page 353: "Everyone's playing, let's see who can outplay whom."

Bai Ou went back to her room to change her clothes. Fang Qingye went to the balcony and looked at the brightly lit Shanghai skyline outside, continuing to think about this question.

It seems my suspicions are coming true; someone is using Ding Haibin to sabotage things behind the scenes, with the aim of shorting the stock!
Oh shit
How could I let you succeed so easily?
Thinking of this, Fang Qingye took out her phone and called Shi Guangrong, telling him that Ding Haibin's phone was switched off and that she was preparing to send a lawyer's letter.

On the other end of the phone, Shi Guangrong hesitated for a moment before replying:
"If the other party deliberately avoids us, this is the only way to do it. It's also a way to show the regulatory authorities that we're doing this. I think Lin Guangmao and his team might do the same."

"Correct."

"I sent it too, and the other person also mentioned my name."

“Okay,” Fang Qingye said with a smile.

"Qingye, there's something even more important. Should we close our positions now or not? The price of rubber futures has approached last year's highest level of 43500 yuan/ton, and our unrealized profit is as high as 11 billion yuan, which has far exceeded our expectations." On the other end of the phone, Shi Guangrong raised another question.

Fang Qingye did not answer, but asked, "What's your opinion?"

"Logically, we should close our positions, but if we act immediately, wouldn't it make us seem guilty? And wouldn't that confirm what Ding Haibin said in his article?"

"Furthermore, according to your analysis, if someone is manipulating things behind the scenes to drive down prices so they can short sell, wouldn't that play right into their hands? I'm not going to do that!"

Upon hearing Shi Guangrong's words, Fang Qingye laughed and said, "We have similar ideas, so let's do it that way."

"Okay, we'll keep you informed as soon as we have any news."

After Fang Qingye finished her phone call, she and Bai Ou went to the Fucheng Road night market for snacks, as planned.

They stayed at the Pudong Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the Shanghai International Financial Center, which wasn't far from Fucheng Road. Driving there was inconvenient, so they went there instead.

Sure enough, I saw the noodle stall set up by Xu Yunyun and that eldest sister from the Wang family.

Xu Yunyun was meeting Bai Ou for the first time and greeted her warmly. The two of them each ate a bowl of wontons. This time, Xu Yunyun didn't charge her, but Fang Qingye firmly disagreed.

He laughed and said that if this happened again, he wouldn't dare to eat at his noodle stall next time he came to Shanghai. In the end, Xu Yunyun accepted the money for the two wontons.

On the way back, the two strolled hand in hand, and Bai Ou said, "Xu Yunyun is such a nice girl. You would never guess that she used to work in a nightclub."

Don't you know that girls who have worked in nightclubs are better at reading people and pleasing them?
Fang Qingye silently recited in her heart.

However, Xu Yunyun is perhaps still young and hasn't spent too long in nightclubs, so she doesn't really have that kind of worldly air about her.

So he nodded.

"I hope she can find a boy who likes her in the future and live a happy life!" Bai Ou added.

Ah?
Fang Qingye glanced at the girl and laughed, "Bai Ou, why do you sound like an innocent little girl? You work in the court and have seen the dark side of the world, haven't you?"

"It's because I've seen so much darkness that I long for more happiness and joy," Bai Ou said softly.

Fang Qingye didn't speak, but simply held the girl's soft hand tightly.

The next morning, after the two got up and had breakfast, Fang Qingye called Ding Haibin again, but his phone was still switched off.

So the two prepared to return to Nanxin. In Bai Ou's words, "I'll have to write you a lawyer's letter when I get back."

Since Bai Ou now works at the city court, although she has a lawyer's license, she cannot publicly appoint Bai Ou as her lawyer in this matter. Therefore, Fang Qingye, acting as an individual, had the other party clarify the facts and issue an apology. This was a piece of cake for Bai Ou.

After the lawyer's letter was written, Bai Ou drove back to Jinghai city in the afternoon. Fang Qingye was in no hurry to send it out because she had to go to work the next day. Instead, she waited to see how things would develop.

Many financial websites have already reposted Ding Haibin's article, which will inevitably affect the trend of Shanghai rubber futures tomorrow. Fang Qingye wants to see what the situation is.

After the market opened at 9:00 AM, the trading volume of the Shanghai rubber RU1107 contract surged dramatically, suggesting a possible outflow of funds.

However, Fang Qingye's analysis of the indicators showed that the amount of capital fleeing was not large. He estimated that it was mainly small retail investors and some large investors who saw the article online and were worried that if it was true, the regulatory authorities would intervene, so they ran away first.

Fang Qingye called Shi Guangrong to share her assessment. Shi Guangrong said on the phone, "I've also noticed this sign. Could it be that Lin Guangmao and the others are preparing to liquidate their positions?" Shi Guangrong raised his question.

"I don't think so," Fang Qingye said. "What we're worried about, they're definitely worried about too. We want to find the mastermind, and I think they're even more eager than we are to do so." Fang Qingye smiled.

“Alright, but I’ve asked my friend to keep a close eye on their stock holdings. We need to be careful too,” Shi Guangrong said.

"Haha. I bet Lin Guangmao and the others are thinking the same thing, keeping an eye on us." Fang Qingye laughed: "Everyone's playing along, let's see who can outmaneuver whom."

Since there was no time to trade for the time being, and sitting in the office staring at the market was boring, Fang Qingye's fishing addiction kicked in again. He simply grabbed his fishing gear, got in his car, and headed straight to Yingchi Pond in Baipu Town to continue fishing.

This place is far from the county town, so not many people come here to fish. As a seasoned angler, I dislike crowds and noise the most.

It's May now, and the southeastern part of Yingchi Pond is covered with lotus leaves, creating the poetic scene of "lotus leaves stretching to the sky, an endless expanse of green." Of course, it's still some time before the season of "lotus flowers blooming red under the sun."

Around noon, Fang Qingye took out his own bread and bottled water to eat lunch. Although it was less than ten miles from Baipu Town, just a few minutes' drive away, he was too lazy to go and wanted to save time.

Just then, his phone vibrated. He took it out of his pocket and saw that it was Zhu Yi calling, so he answered it.

"What? You've gone back to Shanghai?" Fang Qingye asked.

"No, I'm still in Lijiang. It's such a fun place. Now that I'm here, how could I leave easily without spending ten days or half a month here?" Zhu Yi laughed on the other end of the phone.

"In a good mood."

"What are you doing?" Zhu Yi asked back.

"fishing."

"Oh my, I thought you'd be nervously opening the market or browsing the news in front of your computer right now, but I didn't expect you to be fishing. I really admire your mentality."

Fang Qingye laughed after hearing this: "Your attitude is still great, aren't you? You're still enjoying yourself in Lijiang."

"I am in Lijiang, but I never said I wasn't sitting in front of my computer in the hotel staring at the screen, did I?" Zhu Yi's tone was a little sly on the other end of the phone.

Ah?
Fang Qingye smiled but didn't say anything.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Zhu Yi's tone became somewhat serious: "Someone asked me to pass on a few words for you."

"Rin Mitsushige and the others?"

"Correct."

(End of this chapter)