Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 131: They've Saved Face! Xingnian Flower Language Flower Shop!

Li Nian found a Montblanc Master Collection black resin business card holder in his Gucci bamboo mini bag.

The interior is a light champagne gold base with embossed details of delicate vines and rose petals. The semi-matte surface is inlaid with the store name in small, plain gold lettering.

Zhang Jiayi murmured, "The language of starflowers..."

Hai Qing took the business card, her mood visibly dropping a bit, but she quickly cheered up and said, "When you finish filming in Shanghai in the future, be sure to order flowers from this florist!"
Cao Dun received the flower shop business card from Li Nian and enthusiastically offered his congratulations, saying:
"Of course! Definitely!" "Absolutely!" "After this show is finished, I'm going to Shanghai to buy flowers!"

…………

Haiqing ate popcorn chicken and carefully tucked the premium matte-finish business card from Xingnian Flower Language into the inner pocket of her Jeanswest denim-style wallet.

The young woman in front of me, who once bought Lin Xingzhuo a wrap-up gift for "Dwelling Narrowness," even had to advance her salary from the production team and maxed out several credit cards, and was the lowest-paid member of the main creative team, is now completely different, dressed in designer brands.

Is that urban legend true?
Haiqing ate two pieces of popcorn chicken, took a sip of beer, and tentatively asked, "Xingzhuo, I heard you bought Hang Seng Index shares and made a killing? Is that true? Do you have any investment advice to share?"

Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Upon hearing this, Wang Ke choked on a mouthful of Blue Ribbon 1844 liquor and felt a sharp pain in his chest!

…………

Lin Xingzhuo was stunned for a moment. Hai Qing's statement was obviously a rumor from the "Dwelling Narrowness" drama crew.

Li Nian bought cumulative call options on the Hang Seng Index, successfully turning his life around and singing praises. Combined with the relationship between Lin Xingzhuo, the story has been passed down through several versions and iterations.

Ultimately, Lin Xingzhuo, the man hailed as a "god," also joined the story, becoming one of the beneficiaries of the Hang Seng Index.

However, this rumor turned out to be a lucky accident!

Lin Xingzhuo has indeed stopped buying Bitcoin in the past two months and used the money to go long on Hang Seng Index call options.

…………

Lin Xingzhuo remained silent for a moment, still adhering to the principle of simplicity and the unassuming nature of a heavy sword, and said: "As for investment advice, buy a house. With this round of four trillion yuan stimulus, the real estate market will usher in a ten-year bull market."

Wang Ke interrupted with a laugh, saying, "Hahaha, I thought you had some profound insights? Turns out it's just the same old tricks about buying a house!"

"Wang Shi of Vanke, Pan Shiyi of SOHO, and Lang Xianping, a special expert of the Pan-Asia Nonferrous Metals Exchange, all said it long ago!"

"Housing supply is severely oversupplied! Housing prices will plummet by more than 50% in the next 3 years! A shift in monetary policy will burst the bubble!"

As a fanatical believer, Haiqing naturally sided with God and retorted:

"Mr. Wang, isn't the argument you just made just another old trick used in buying A-shares? You mentioned something about Shunfa Hengye's backdoor listing..."

Wang Ke gritted his teeth and said with determination, "Haiqing, the backdoor listing concept we were talking about earlier only has a profit margin of 70% to 80%, and I really don't care about it right now!"

"Yesterday I called the investment manager of Zhang Lan's family trust fund, and we're planning to do something big in Europe: buy Greek sovereign bonds!!"

"The leverage ratio of mainstream European government bonds can reach up to 30 times! Major European stock market indices, such as the German DAX 30 and the French CAC 40, have seen cumulative gains of 150% this year, surpassing that of US stocks!"

"Europe is the dawn of global finance! Greek sovereign bonds are currently the world's biggest undervalued asset! A super goldmine!"

Lin Xingzhuo couldn't stand it anymore and kindly advised this fellow traveler, "This risk is a bit too great..."

Wang Ke impatiently downed his beer in one gulp, waved his hand, and interrupted Lin Xingzhuo:

"Nobel laureate in economics and Harvard University professor Eric Maskin has already published an article in The Economist!"

"Europe's policy mix, centered on low-cost liquidity injections within its bank-dominated financial system, has provided a model for crisis response globally!"

"The Greek problem is under control; its deficit is less than 3% of GDP, which fully meets the Eurozone's deficit standard!"

"Kobayashi! Do you know more about economics than even Nobel laureates in economics?!"

"In addition, S&P, Moody's, and Fitch, the three major international rating agencies, have all upgraded the ratings of Greek sovereign debt!"

Wang Ke was clearly in high spirits, somewhat drunk, and that air of one of the Four Young Masters of Beijing had returned to him!
"The European financial market is the world's second most dynamic and valuable goldmine after the United States, a foundation built from childhood!"

"Foreigners leave home at 18 and become self-reliant! They don't use their phones on buses and subways, they just read books!!"

"And look at these spoiled brats in China, how could these guys possibly manage the financial market well!"

“When my wife and I were on our honeymoon in Europe, we saw that Germans are very punctual and never late. This is because Germans are meticulous, unlike people from mainland China who are so laid-back.”

"The French are often late and never punctual because they are more romantic and not as rigid as mainland Chinese!"

"What is civilization? This is civilization!!"

…………

Lin Xingzhuo was stunned. He remembered that Liu Tao had revealed this on the talk show "A Date with Luyu" in his previous life.

Shortly after she and her husband got married in 2008, the global financial crisis hit, and their honeymoon in Europe was canceled...

Wang Ke's remarks are clearly from a combined edition of "Reader" and "Yilin".

What's kind of funny is that the artists and crew members in the private room were actually listening with great interest, nodding in agreement!

Damn! These guys never paid this much attention in class when they were in school!
Thinking back to the entertainment industry of later generations, there were those ridiculous remarks that could be displayed in a museum!
The more detached from production, the more outrageous their statements become! The more parasitic on the domestic entertainment industry, the more outrageous their statements become! The less they earn money legitimately, the more outrageous their statements become!!
…………

In his previous life, Wang Ke had repeatedly made money by Liu Tao, and had attempted to make a comeback three times.

In 2016, I went long on the British pound; in 2020, I heavily invested in Bitcoin; and in 2023, I bought a highly leveraged bond portfolio from Silicon Valley Bank…

In this life, under the butterfly effect of Lin Xingzhuo.

Wang Ke abandoned Shunfa Hengye, which had once brought him the biggest loss, and instead stepped into a major financial disaster like Greek sovereign debt, a bombshell that will go down in the annals of human financial history!

Indeed, success cannot be replicated, even one's own success!

…………

Before meeting Liu Tao, Wang Ke was actually quite lucky...

First, we caught the super bull market where the Shanghai Composite Index surged from 1000 points to 6124 points!

Later, he shifted his focus to the international financial market and started engaging in offshore finance, which coincided with the epic Nasdaq rally just before the Lehman Brothers crisis in the US stock market!
Having stumbled upon two super trends in a row, Wang Ke has become a cosmic-level fat pig bursting out of the atmosphere!
It is said that within a year, his Fucheng Viking Investment earned more than 200 billion yuan in profits for investors in the financial market, a performance that was in no way inferior to Zexi Investment at its peak in 2015.

The guy at the Ningbo Jiefang South Road branch just started Zexi Investment this year…

…………

Speaking of which, Professor Bai... Liu Tao is a bit strange!

This time, Wang Ke not only failed to recover his losses through a backdoor listing like in his previous life, but also stepped into a super deep pit. It's likely that Liu Tao will be more open about accepting roles...

I originally thought that even if the novel "Fantasy Westward Journey" was serialized on Sina Blog and exchanged for 100 points, it would never have the chance to be made into a TV series.

Now it seems very promising!!!

…………

Seeing Lin Xingzhu remain silent, Wang Ke revealed a smug look.

Finally, this guy got his comeuppance!
The Hang Seng Index is a source of eternal pain for Wang Ke!
This crisis was the final straw that broke the camel's back for Fucheng Viking Investment!
Last year's Lehman crisis occurred in the United States.

However, its economic structure, with an export dependence rate as high as 47%, makes mainland China one of the large economies most vulnerable to external shocks!
In just six months, 16.7 small and medium-sized enterprises went bankrupt, more than 1000 million migrant workers lost their jobs, and 620 million recent college graduates faced employment difficulties.

Profits of industrial enterprises above a designated size declined by 59.7% year-on-year!

Layoffs and salary cuts are spreading among businesses, leading to a decline in residents' spending power and willingness to consume, and the social income index has fallen to its lowest point since 1980!
It is universally acknowledged that the Chinese economy is finished.

Professor Zhang's article, "The Great Collapse!! Asia's Argentina!", broke the record for the most clicks on Forbes China's column!
The Chicago School's core journal, *The Journal of Political Economy*, Harvard University's oldest economics journal, *The Quarterly Journal of Economics*, and the European magazine *Mirror Weekly*...

Unfortunately, the A-share market lacks a short-selling mechanism, so we shorted the Hang Seng Index!
Wang Ke mortgaged all of his family's tobacco business in Shandong Province—factory buildings, equipment, and raw materials—to acquire his last mobile force, which he then staked entirely on the Hang Seng Index call options!
Short sell!!!

Holy crap!! I never expected this!!!

........................

While drinking, I heard that Lin Xingzhuo had made a fortune by going long on the Hang Seng Index futures, which made me feel even worse, like I had swallowed a fly.

Damn it! This is all my money!!!
Recalling the time we drank tea, I remember that artsy little star, his disdain for me, and his fawning over Lin Xingzhuo.

I was furious!

Now, he has finally regained face thanks to his genius-level financial acumen!

…………

Seeing Lin Xingzhuo's outburst, everyone couldn't help but think that Wang Ke was truly talented.

This Greek sovereign bond certainly has great potential!
Cao Dun quickly poured wine for Wang Ke, and Zhang Jiayi and Zhu Hongjun also got up to offer a toast.

Only Haiqing, as a fanatical believer, was still defending God's dignity, muttering, "I still think houses are better, after all, they are tangible and visible, and even if they fall, I can still live in them."

Seeing that continuing the conversation would be disadvantageous for Lin Xingzhuo, Li Nian took the initiative to change the subject...

(End of this chapter)