Starting with a fully invested A-share portfolio to become a capital...

Chapter 129 Borrowing Money to Become a Dragon, Adding Bets on Bets

(I believe in who I am, and I believe in tomorrow.)

(I believe youth has no horizon)
As He Jing was signing the contract, her phone rang with the song "I Believe." Zhang Yang glanced at the Nokia on the table; the caller ID showed Zhang Xiaolong.

"I'll take a call first."

"You go ahead and get busy."

He Jing took out her phone and started browsing QQ messages, while Zhang Yang picked up the Nokia phone on the table and pressed the answer button, saying, "Hello, senior brother."

"Do you have time, Junior Brother Zhang?"

"what happened?"

Zhang Yang could vaguely sense that Zhang Xiaolong's voice was trembling slightly.

Zhang Xiaolong: "It's hard to explain over the phone. Could you come to Hangzhou? It would be best if you could come tonight. Our General Manager Liu wants to apologize to you in person."

"President Liu?"

"apologize?"

Zhang Yang was stunned for half a second.

If he remembers correctly, the founder of Hongyue Investment, who is also the big boss behind the scenes, is surnamed Liu. Could it be that Mr. Liu is referring to Liu Hua?

Did Liu Hua apologize to Zhang Yang?

What apologies?

What kind of apology requires the big boss to step in?
Zhang Yang sensed something was wrong and pressed, "Senior Brother Zhang, just tell me straight, what exactly happened?"

"Zhong Qifeng jumped off a building. Before he died, he touched your margin trading account. You should come over right away. President Liu, President Sun, and President Wang are all back and want to talk to you in person."

Zhang Xiaolong gave a brief overview of the situation, but this left Zhang Yang stunned. Recalling the unusual fund movement that afternoon, he tentatively asked, "Could it be Rhine Biologics?"

"It was purchased from Rhine Biologics."

"..."

Zhang Yang fell completely silent.

He thought that Xu Xiang wanted to push Rhine Biologics out as the leader and create a second major upward wave after seeing that H1N1 flu concept stocks such as Jianfeng Group, Hualan Biological, and Da'an Gene were suspended from trading.

did not expect!
The increase was in his own leveraged trading account!

Upon receiving the notification of an unusual fund movement of 1090 million, Zhang Yang felt a strange sense of familiarity. He recalled that before Zhong Qifeng jumped off the building, he had directly gambled away all the funds in his margin trading account.

"What a scourge."

Zhang Yang couldn't help but complain, but he didn't panic when faced with the situation; instead, he became even calmer.

When a real man encounters a problem, his first thought is to solve it, not to yell and panic.

As for Zhong Qifeng's death, Zhang Yang didn't take it to heart, or even care at all.

In his previous life, when he was a fund manager on Wall Street, he was used to people going bankrupt and jumping off buildings every day.

Moreover, Zhang Yang reminded them more than once to take profits when they reached their psychological expectations. He even specifically reminded Zhong Qifeng when he was clearing his positions that he was going to take profits.

Having done all this, Zhang Yang has a clear conscience. After all, he couldn't possibly kneel down and beg Zhong Qifeng to quickly liquidate his positions and make a profit, could he?

After understanding the whole story, Zhang Yang replied to Zhang Xiaolong, "I'll be there in a bit."

"Then hurry up."

"It will take about three hours to arrive."

"we will wait for you."

After hanging up the phone, He Jing looked at Zhang Yang, whose face was serious, and asked cautiously, "What happened?"

"It's nothing, I just need to go to Hangzhou." Zhang Yang glanced at the time; it was already 5 p.m., and he wouldn't get there until 8 p.m.

"If there's anything I can help with, just let me know." As He Jing spoke, she took a lollipop from her handbag on the table and said, "Hey, happy Children's Day."

Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment when he saw the lollipop being handed to him. It was the first time he had ever received such a gift. He couldn't help but laugh and say, "Why are you treating me like a child?"

"I bought it conveniently."

"Then I'll accept it."

"Well, go and do your work."

Zhang Yang accepted this special gift, tidied up the contract, and headed straight for the underground parking lot of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

To be honest, he never expected that his margin trading account would be tampered with, because Hongyue Investment is one of the top five margin trading companies. Yet, such a large company doesn't even have basic risk prevention capabilities, which shows just how unreliable off-exchange margin trading is.

……

The Mercedes-Benz S600 is powered by a V12 engine, a 5.5-liter twin-turbocharged engine with a maximum power of 380kW and a maximum torque of 830N·m. Its top speed can reach 250km/h.

There weren't many speed cameras in 2009, and Zhang Yang pushed this "performance beast" to its limits in order to save time.

At 7:40 p.m., Zhang Yang walked into the elevator of Hongyue Building with a dark face.

After selecting the ninth floor, a feeling of overwhelming weight immediately descended upon me.

"Ding--"

The elevator arrived at the ninth floor.

Zhang Xiaolong was already waiting outside when the elevator doors opened.

He looked at Zhang Yang, whose face was gloomy and seemed ready to explode at any moment, and comforted him, "Junior Brother Zhang, don't worry, we have a contract, and there will be corresponding compensation."

"I know there will be compensation, but if the heavyweight stocks continue to rise sharply tomorrow, who will bear this loss?"

Zhang Yang asked rhetorically.

In fact, he was not worried about losses, because the contract clearly stated that if the client's margin trading account was operated without authorization, all losses should be borne by Party A, namely Hongyue Investment.

But given what happened, he couldn't possibly come with a smile on his face; he had to be sullen to get the maximum benefit—that's a negotiation tactic.

"This...this..."

Zhang Xiaolong's eyes darted away, suggesting he also bears some responsibility for this incident.

He knew that Zhong Qifeng was using five times leverage to trade stocks during work hours, but since it was not within his authority, he didn't interfere.

So why is he said to bear responsibility?

Very simple.

Zhong Qifeng was the one who recommended him.

To be precise, Zhang Yang was Zhang Xiaolong's client, and Zhong Qifeng was Zhang Yang's trading manager. As Zhang Xiaolong's client, he should have fulfilled his supervisory obligations.

"Where are General Manager Sun and the others?"

Zhang Yang didn't want to make things difficult for Zhang Xiaolong, because the other party hadn't wanted things to turn out this way either.

"In the conference room, come with me." Zhang Xiaolong quickly led the way.

Like the office space rented by Hongyue Investment and Zhang Yang, it is a single-story building, but it is a complete single-story building, not just one side.

After a roundabout process, Zhang Xiaolong led Zhang Yang to a conference room. A secretary in a black stockings and business attire stood at the door, wearing black-rimmed glasses and sizing up Zhang Yang.

"Are you Zhang Yang?"

"it's me."

"Go in, the bosses have been waiting long." The other person's tone was very arrogant, probably because he had been in a high position for many years, and even when looking at people, he looked up at them.

Zhang Yang ignored his secretary's attitude and walked directly into the conference room.

Upon seeing someone enter, the four or five middle-aged men in the conference room immediately stopped talking. Sun Yiheng, who was sitting in the first seat on the left, quickly stood up when he saw Zhang Yang arrive and said, "Brother Zhang, you've arrived. Let me give you a brief introduction."

"This is Liu Hua, President Liu, the big boss behind Hongyue Investment."

Zhang Yang looked at Liu Hua, who was in the main seat. The man had dark skin, strong features, and an imposing gaze. He was clearly a ruthless character.

This is quite normal, though. Those who started in real estate development in the early days were mostly ruthless people who were truly willing to fight tooth and nail.

Another example is the logistics industry. In the past, this kind of cross-regional business could only be done by fighting and subduing the local bullies.

The 1980s and 90s were an era of wealth creation, but also an era of cannibalism.

"Brother Zhang Yang, please have a seat."

Liu Hua's movements were concise, lacking any of the smoothness or shrewdness of a successful businessman.

But it is often these kinds of people who are able to stand out in that era.

Faced with absolute strength, trickery and deceit are useless, and Zhang Yang also vaguely felt that Liu Hua's family background was not simple.

Zhang Yang moved to the empty seat on the right, and Sun Yiheng continued the introductions: "This is President Wang Yao, this is President Yue Zihao, this is President Lin Yang, and this is..."

Regardless of whether Zhang Yang remembered or not, Sun Yiheng introduced all the vice presidents present, as was the rule of the meeting.

After Sun Yiheng finished his introduction and sat down again, Zhang Yang slowly followed suit and sat down as well.

As soon as she sat down, Liu Hua looked at Zhang Yang and got straight to the point: "This matter is due to poor internal management at Hongyue Investment. We will give you a full refund. In addition, you can tell us how much compensation you want."

His main approach to doing things is to be quick, accurate, and ruthless, without any beating around the bush.

Fortunately, Zhong Qifeng jumped off the building himself; otherwise, a construction site in Hangzhou would have had to start piling work overnight.

"The compensation is..."

Zhang Yang dared not accept money casually.

This kind of "compensation" money is most easily classified as extortion.

"It's hush money."

Liu Hua stated it directly.

At this moment, Sun Yiheng, who was sitting opposite Zhang Yang, also spoke up: "If this matter gets out, it will have a great impact on Hongyue Investment. We hope that Brother Zhang Yang can keep this a secret. We can discuss any conditions you have."

"That's right, just mention it."

"We will try our best to meet any requests that are within a reasonable range."

Name your terms.

The other vice presidents also spoke up.

Some of them were partners, and some were CEOs of other companies, but without exception, they all came to Hongyue Investment to make their presence felt.

Zhang Yang wasn't intimidated; instead, he half-jokingly said, "If I wanted a few million, I guess..."

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Hua, who was in the main seat, asked, "How many millions do you want?"

Judging from his posture, it seems he really intends to pay millions to keep quiet.

In addition to its office in Hangzhou, Hongyue Investment also operates off-exchange margin trading businesses in more than a dozen cities, making hundreds of thousands of yuan a day. Liu Hua is willing to spend that much money.

Zhang Yang paused for a moment, thought quickly, and then said slowly:

"I believe Hongyue Investment has the ability to pay compensation, but there are no secrets in the world. I won't say anything, but with so many witnesses, how can you executives keep an eye on things?"

When these words were spoken, Liu Hua visibly frowned, and the other executives exchanged glances, clearly agreeing with Zhang Yang's point of view.

Zhang Yang knew there were many witnesses because he had just passed by the trading office area and noticed that the entrance was sealed off. Combined with Zhang Xiaolong's statement that Zhong Qifeng had manipulated Zhang Yang's account before jumping off the building, he could roughly deduce that Zhong Qifeng jumped from the Hongyue Building.

This means that all the trading managers, dozens of people in total, knew what had happened.

Want to completely seal it off?
It's hard.

They discussed it for two or three hours, and all they could think of was to keep Zhang Yang, the person involved, calm down and wait for things to calm down.

"So, what do you think we should do now?" Liu Hua asked, looking at the composed young man in his early twenties.

Zhang Yang quickly organized his thoughts and said, "Now that Zhong Qifeng is dead, there's no way to verify anything. As long as I insist that I told him to buy Rhine Biologics with all his funds, it won't have any negative impact on Hongyue Investment."

"What benefit do you want?"

Liu Hua remained straightforward.

In his dictionary, there aren't many twists and turns, or rather, his current arrogance doesn't deserve his twists and turns.

“I want to borrow 300 million from you, Mr. Liu, and then use that money to open a 5x leverage account at Hongyue Investment, which is 1500 million. Then I will use this 1500 million to boost Rhine Biotech and create a second major upward wave.”

Before Liu Hua could speak, Zhang Yang continued, "Before the market closed today, I observed the capital situation and public opinion surrounding Rhine Biologics, and both are developing towards a second major upward wave."

"In addition, with popular H1N1 flu concept stocks such as Jianfeng Group, Hualan Biological, and Da'an Gene being collectively suspended from trading, Rhine Biologics is now one of the few 'dragon-like' stocks in the market."

"If the second round of main upward movement forms, everyone will be happy. If it fails, I will bear all the losses myself."

Others might think it's foolish of Zhang Yang to refuse free money and instead consider borrowing it, but that's precisely the essence of his thinking.

If they directly ask for money, especially a huge sum of millions, who can guarantee that Liu Hua won't call the police and send Zhang Yang to jail?
There's a saying that goes, "The best way to keep someone's secret is to kill them to silence them."

But things are different now than before. It's a bit difficult to kill someone to cover it up. Liu Hua doesn't want to make a big fuss about things that can be solved with money, since it's all for business.

Moreover, Liu Hua had inquired with Sun Yiheng and learned that Zhang Yang had an ambiguous relationship with the eldest daughter of the Xu family. In addition, since he did not know Zhang Yang's family background, he dared not act recklessly.

In a society governed by the rule of law, we must still abide by the law.

Besides avoiding the risk of being sent to jail, borrowing money can also help seize opportunities to try and ride the second wave of Rhine Biologics' main upward trend.

Most importantly, based on the interaction just now, Zhang Yang clearly felt that the other party genuinely wanted to resolve the issue with money.

His offer to borrow money was a strategic retreat to gain more leverage.

Sure enough, after hearing that Zhang Yang wanted to borrow money to leverage his position, Liu Hua looked at Sun Yiheng and said, "Get him a 3000 million yuan account before the A-share market opens tomorrow. I'll take responsibility for any losses."

"this is okay?"

His gaze then fell upon Zhang Yang.

Sun Yiheng: "I'll make the arrangements in a bit."

Zhang Yang met the other person's calm gaze and smiled indifferently, "Then thank you, President Liu, but consider this money a loan from me."

"As you wish."

Liu Hua didn't care about the money.

As a business tycoon, he not only owns real estate companies, but also mining, hotels and other industries. In addition, he is the executive chairman of Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce, and off-exchange securities financing is part of his business empire.

Zhang Yang, however, had other plans. Liu Hua was the first business tycoon he had come into contact with, who held a lot of social resources. If he could develop Liu Hua into his own network, Zhang Yang would be even more powerful and successful.

How do I connect?
Zhang Yang thought of returning the item to its rightful owner.

I've created a discussion group. It should be approved tomorrow, and then there should be a link to join. All readers are welcome to apply to join.

I really can't afford to add extra chapters for monthly pass winners, so I'll give out red envelopes instead. There will also be a lucky draw or something, which I'll talk about later. Also, I recommend a book that you might be interested in checking out.

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