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

Chapter 669, 668: "Good steel should be used on the blade. We haven't reached the most critical moment yet, let's wait a little longer."

Fang Qingye received a call from Smith in the United States that evening. However, it was 10 a.m. in Nanxin at that time. Fang Qingye was conducting research at a farmer's house in Baipu Town with the head of the bank's credit department and his secretary Hu Lingling.

As the main person in charge of Jinghai Bank, he certainly didn't need to personally conduct on-site investigations for a small loan of less than 10 yuan, but he still had to put on a show.

This at least conveys to both the bank's internal staff and the outside world that Jinghai Bank attaches great importance to agricultural microcredit work, and that we not only use big data modeling for screening, but also use traditional methods for review.

This farmer had contracted an orchard to grow yellow peaches, a specialty fruit of Nanxin. Fang Qingye was listening attentively to the farmer's story when his phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was a phone number from Smith in the United States.

"Excuse me, please wait a moment."

Fang Qingye took her phone and left the room, standing under the eaves of the west wing to answer the call, naturally in English.

"Any news?"

"Yes, boss, I just met with Kenjiro Kishida." Smith briefly recounted his meeting with Kenjiro Kishida over the phone, and concluded by saying, "He has provided me with detailed information on inventory costs, but I cannot verify its authenticity."

"It's okay, just send it to my email right away, and I'll have someone verify it." Fang Qingye said, glancing at her watch. "It's probably around 10 PM New York time. I'll get back to you before 6 AM, so you can transfer the money without delay."

"Okay, I'll wait for your reply."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Fang Qingye spoke in a low voice in English, which made the people in the living room curious.

Which foreigner is President Fang talking to?
The call lasted three minutes. Soon after Fang Qingye hung up, his mobile phone email notified him of a new email. He opened it and saw a photograph that detailed the circulation of five batches of copper between Busan, Singapore, and New York.

"Good heavens, they've gone all out, 4 tons!"

Fang Qingye sneered and forwarded the email directly to Ouyang Shaoqiang's email address in Hong Kong. At the same time, she dialed his phone number, briefly explained the situation, and finally said, "It's 10:30 in the morning. You must verify the authenticity of this information for me before 5:00 this afternoon!"

"Okay, I'll have someone verify it right away!"

After finishing all this, Fang Qingye returned to the living room and said with a smile, "Sorry, something came up and I was held up for a bit. Let's continue talking about your nearly 20 acres of yellow peaches. How many kilograms can you produce in a year?"

Around noon, Fang Qingye returned to his workplace. He hadn't gone home for lunch but had eaten in the cafeteria. Before he even went downstairs, his phone rang again. He saw it was Ouyang Shaoqiang calling and said to Hu Lingling, "Please get me some food and bring it up. I'm not coming down."

"Okay," Hu Lingling agreed and quickly left the office.

The bank manager rarely asks his secretary to get his meals; he usually eats in the cafeteria by himself. If something happens like today, it means there's an emergency, and his secretary can't be bothered to do that.

After seeing Hu Lingling leave the office, Fang Qingye answered the phone: "Ouyang, what's up?"

"We have analyzed it and confirmed that this intelligence is true."

"So fast?" Fang Qingye was taken aback.

It's important to know that the LME releases a vast amount of inventory data every day, including historical data. Finding connections between these massive amounts of data and identifying any falsified information is certainly not something that can be done in just one or two hours.

"Boss, have you forgotten? Vasilisa and Tomorrow Cube's AI big model 'Erebos Capital' 1.0?" Ouyang Shaoqiang on the other end of the phone was a little excited: "We've been feeding it data for a while now, and after repeated revisions, it has the ability to build mathematical models and analyze data. Today is just a small test."

"Oh"

Fang Qingye knew that the financial AI model that Zhou Shengxuan and Vasilysa had worked together to develop was called "Erebos Capital," or EC for short.

Erebos is the son of Chaos, the original Greek god of darkness. It is estimated that Joo Seung-hyun chose this name based on Vasilisa's suggestion.

Fang Qingye didn't have any special requirements for the name of the large model. Since it had already been named, he would just use this name. What he wanted to confirm now was: "Ouyang, 100% reliable?"

Ouyang Shaoqiang immediately understood Fang Qingye's meaning. "Then I'll have someone analyze it manually again."

"Okay, make sure everything is foolproof."

After hanging up the phone, Ouyang Shaoqiang immediately called Vasilisa to his office: "Vasilis, the boss said to ensure everything is foolproof, and to have someone re-analyze and review it."
"He doesn't trust our Erebos, does he?" Vasilisa's face immediately showed displeasure. "This is crucial. To completely convince the boss of our Erebos, we need to verify it manually!"

Upon hearing Ouyang Shaoqiang's words, Vasilisa paused for a moment before replying, "Okay."

"An answer is needed by 5 o'clock!"

"This is going to kill someone," Vasilisa muttered as she left the office.

This afternoon, Fang Qingye didn't go anywhere after arriving at work. He just sat in his office quietly drinking tea and looking at documents, waiting for news from Hong Kong.

Is the message true?
Another question is whether the Erebos analysis is accurate.

At 4:50 p.m., the cell phone on the desk suddenly rang. Fang Qingye saw that it was Ouyang Shaoqiang calling and immediately answered it.

"Boss, after manual verification, the answer is completely consistent with Erebos's. These five inventory records are indeed falsified. This intelligence is true!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Qingye completely relaxed.

"Thank you for your hard work."

"this is what we are supposed to do."

After hanging up Ouyang Shaoqiang's call, Fang Qingye immediately sent an email to Smith in the United States to inform him that the news of the improvement was true and that they could proceed with the next step of the plan.

It was 5 a.m. in New York. Fang Qingye thought Smith was still fast asleep, but to her surprise, her phone rang again less than a minute after she sent the email. It was Smith calling.

It turned out that Smith had tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep, waiting for news from Fang Qingye.

"Boss, I'm relieved to hear it's true." Smith's tone was filled with relief. If the information provided by the other party was false, he really didn't know what to do next. This kind of opportunity only comes once.

"You've worked hard, but this isn't over yet," Fang Qingye said.

“I understand, I need an assistant.”

"Sure, you can hire people yourself. To use a Chinese saying, quality is more important than quantity in the military. Keep it confidential and be loyal. I won't say anything else. I will transfer the funds you need from Hong Kong to you."

"OK!"

Fang Qingye hung up the phone and slowly picked up her teacup.

Smith was actually building an intelligence network.

By early August, with the assistance of Li Li from Tuofang Company, my parents finally obtained their visas and were ready to travel to the United States.

Fang Qingye personally escorted her parents to Pudong International Airport.

"I've already told Xia He, she'll pick you up from the airport on time." Fang Qingye helped her mother carry the suitcase and escorted the two to security.

After sending his parents to the United States, Fang Qingye, besides going to work and taking care of his wife and children at home, also focused his attention on the LME futures market.

Around 3 PM this afternoon, he received another call from Ouyang Shaoqiang of Hong Kong: "Boss, through data analysis these past few days, we've discovered that large funds have been gradually entering the market and going long. Could it be that CICC and their partners have entered the market?"

“Yes, state-owned enterprises have all started building up their positions one after another,” Fang Qingye said.

"What about us? When do we go in?" Ouyang Shaoqiang asked.

"No rush. Good steel should be used on the blade. We haven't reached the most critical moment yet. Let's wait a little longer," Fang Qingye said.

(End of this chapter)