Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 318 Making Big Money
As An Xiaofeng raised her hand, the laws of space and time flowed through her fingertips.

Using the concept of "something arising from nothing" from the Tao Te Ching as a starting point, a Tai Chi diagram appeared in the void, and the trajectory of its yin and yang fish rotating and merging perfectly matched the mathematical principles of the Hetu and Luoshu.

Using "fantasy" as her pen, wherever her fingertips traced, the Yin fish absorbed the destructive power of the meteorite, while the Yang fish nurtured an energy barrier to protect the Earth.

At the same time, she grasped the true meaning of "the heart governs the mind" in the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic and no longer relied on physical laws.

Instead, they forge their own beliefs into "anchors of the heart," and by strengthening their obsession with the survival of humanity, they condense golden chains in the void, each link connecting the spiritual imprint of 70 billion people worldwide.

The surface patterns of these chains, constructed by collective effort, clearly resemble the double helix of DNA, just like the dragon-binding rope in mythology, attempting to forcibly pull the meteorite off its predetermined trajectory.

She pushed the energy transformation theory of the Tao Te Ching to its limit, using "Tao" as the core and integrating the power of the five elements into the manipulation of meteorites.

The power of wood stabilizes the meteorite's structure to prevent it from shattering, the power of fire accelerates the burning of its surface material to slow its speed, and the power of earth adjusts its center of gravity to change its trajectory.

As she mobilized her power, countless glowing characters appeared around her body. These characters constantly recombine and change, eventually forming a DNA double helix structure.

An Xiaofeng felt a resonance of consciousness from Earth. The prayers and blessings of countless beings converged into a stream of light that flowed into her body, becoming the key force for her to rewrite the fate of Earth.

“It’s all over,” An Xiaofeng said softly, his voice echoing through the universe.

In the IMAX panoramic view, outside the spacecraft cabin, a meteorite grazes the Earth's surface, leaving a brilliant trail of light outside the atmosphere.

That ray of light was like a beacon of hope, illuminating the entire Earth.

An Xiaofeng looked down at the jade slip in his hand. The light gradually faded, and the jade slip disappeared as well.

Almost at the same moment, her body began to become transparent, her outline gradually blurred and disappeared.

Unlike a simple dissipation of energy, her consciousness broke through the limitations of three-dimensional space, and her body and mind transformed into an "information torrent" composed of countless luminous characters.

These words pieced together chapters of the Tao Te Ching, eventually forming a DNA double helix structure that glows like tiny specks of light in soft illumination.

Just as it dissipated, An Xiaoqian's soft, childlike voice rang out: "The Dao gives birth to the One..." Though the voice was small, it was firm and clear, as if it were an echo that had traveled through time and space.

Immediately afterwards, a deep and resonant voice joined in, intertwining with the little baby's voice: "One begets two, two begets three, three begets all things. All things carry yin and embrace yang, and through the interaction of these energies, harmony is achieved..."

As the screen dimmed, the audience remained immersed in the film's plot, seemingly anticipating something.

Sure enough, there was an "Easter egg"!
The screen gradually brightened, and the subtitles appeared: "Three months later."

The camera slowly pans down from the deep, boundless universe, where stars twinkle in the dark sky, and the distant Earth shines like a blue pearl.

As the camera zooms in, the cloud patterns on the Earth's surface become clearly visible. Then, the image cuts through rolling white clouds, passes through the scorching atmosphere, and sweeps across the vast land and winding rivers with a swooping motion.

Finally, the camera precisely cuts into the towering buildings of the city, stopping at a quaint museum, and slowly zooms in to the display case.

An ordinary-looking jade slip is quietly displayed, its ancient patterns faintly visible under the soft light—as if silently telling a story of the past, or perhaps foreshadowing a new story about to unfold.

Hu Xiaobei, who plays a young tourist in a cameo role, pauses and stares at the jade slip, a faint golden light flashing in his pupils behind his glasses.

In the distance, television news reports on newly discovered ancient star maps, while outside the window, the Earth continues its silent rotation in the universe, as beautiful and fragile as it has been for billions of years.

The subtitles appear: When civilization faces extinction, the spark forever shines deep within our genes. The screen fades to black, and a deep, resonant voice slowly rises: "The Tao gives birth to One..."

Immediately afterwards, a familiar, sweet voice joined in, intertwining with the deep, resonant recitation: "One begets two, two begets three, three begets all things. All things carry yin and embrace yang, and through the interaction of these energies, harmony is achieved..."

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Despite Hu Xiaobei's intervention, Lehman Brothers still announced its bankruptcy filing at 1 a.m. on September 15, 2008.

The main reason was that Lehman Brothers made improper investments in subprime mortgage products, which caused the company to suffer huge losses.

Lehman Brothers only filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. bankruptcy court after all potential investors refused to intervene and the U.S. Treasury Secretary publicly stated that he would "not bail them out." This illustrates the extent of its problems.

The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, a company with a 158-year history, triggered a global financial tsunami, causing a continuous plunge in global stock markets and marking the full-blown outbreak of the financial crisis.

On the day of the bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers' stock price plummeted from $4.22 the previous trading day to $0.21, a drop of more than 95%.

Subsequently, as the company entered bankruptcy liquidation proceedings, its stock value essentially dropped to zero, and it was eventually delisted from the securities market.

Hu Xiaobei had anticipated this, and took advantage of the rock-bottom prices to buy stocks, thus repaying the loans from American financial institutions.

The previous $88 billion loan has now officially become profitable.

This money had already been invested in various areas a year ago, such as leveraged short selling of subprime CDS and short selling of financial institution stocks.

Taking advantage of the financial crisis, Northwind Investment has made a profit of $438 billion, bringing its total assets in the United States to $526 billion, including its initial investment of $88 billion.

Half of these funds will be invested in the stock market to buy up stocks such as Apple, Amazon, Coca-Cola, and Bank of America.

In addition, it invested in Tesla, which faced bankruptcy multiple times, and bought up high-quality assets such as real estate in New York and Los Angeles at bargain prices.

The remaining half of the funds will be invested back in China, buying stocks such as ICBC, CMB, and Kweichow Moutai, and buying up real estate in major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.

In addition, one can take advantage of low prices to buy stocks of companies such as pig farms, Sina, and Tencent.

Uh...it's definitely not for a fancy phone number or anything!

For example, Tencent's stock price fell from a high of HK$72 per share to HK$34. (PS: approximately 29.92 yuan)
After negotiations with ICBC, South African Media Group, MIH Group, and Penguin, Qianbeifeng Investment acquired a 33.93% stake in Penguin from MIH Group for US$27 billion.

Subsequently, Qianbeifeng Investment purchased approximately 7500 million shares of Penguin stock through the stock market, representing about 4.17% of Penguin's total share capital of 17.97 billion shares.

With this, Qianbeifeng Investment's total shareholding reached 38.1%, making it the largest shareholder of Tencent in name and in fact.

Hu Xiaobei, An Xiaoqian, and Liu Xiaoli hold 15.24%, 15.24%, and 7.62% of the shares, respectively.

Pony Ma initially held 14.43% of the shares, but after several reductions, his shareholding ratio has decreased and is now roughly between 10% and 14%.

If An Xiaoqian is interviewed by Tencent in the future, she probably won't call herself a Tencent member anymore!

However, despite holding a large number of shares, Penguins do not intend to increase their holdings. Instead, they will gradually release some shares when prices are high, or exchange them for shares of other promising companies.

(End of this chapter)