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John acted as if nothing had happened and led the Black man out of the restroom.

After boarding, in first class, John reported to Mary beside him, "Madam, the mole has been dealt with. His intelligence was sold to the DuPont Group."

Mary remained unsurprised, calmly glancing at the magazine, and replied, "Just as I expected, I knew that one of those big conglomerates was behind this attack on us. Alright, it's come to this, let's leave it at that!"

Upon hearing Mary's last words, John breathed a sigh of relief: "Madam, so we're just going to accept this loss?"

Mary smiled faintly: "Just keep it in mind. Next time DuPont and his team make a move, we'll go and get a piece of their pie too."

John smiled and nodded: "Madam is brilliant. Next time, let's give them a taste of their own medicine!"

Mary put down her magazine, closed her eyes, and said, "Sit down quickly, the plane is about to take off. I've been exhausted for so many days, I need to get some sleep now!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

After the plane took off from Hong Kong Airport, Liu Xiaobao was unaware that the DuPont Group had taken the blame for him.

However, the DuPont Group was not innocent either, because it did participate in the battle in the Hong Kong stock market. The white man who was killed did sell some information to the DuPont Group.

The DuPont Group received the intelligence a little later, and their entry into the market was also a little later than Liu Xiaobao and Morgan Stanley International Fund. However, their gains were not as great as Liu Xiaobao's!

Moreover, it wasn't just the DuPont consortium that participated; several other international consortia also sensed the potential for profit and joined the wealth grab in the Hong Kong stock market.

However, they had to calculate before making a decision, so the wealth they plundered this time was not only less than that of Morgan Stanley International Fund, but even less than Liu Xiaobao's returns.

While Mary and John were flying away from Hong Kong with the Morgan Stanley International Fund, several other major international conglomerates also received the news.

They didn't linger any longer, withdrawing their funds from the Hong Kong stock market and then leaving Hong Kong one after another.

Two days later, Liu Xiaobao discovered that although the Hong Kong stock market had hit rock bottom, there was no unusual movement at all. He was finally certain that Morgan Stanley International Fund had really withdrawn, and this battle was truly over.

Only then did Liu Xiaobao gather all the traders together and begin to tally their funds.

Since all seventy traders had a principal of one billion and were using the same instructions, the amounts in their trading accounts were roughly the same at that moment.

Currently, each of the seventy traders has 11 billion in their accounts, meaning that in addition to the initial capital of 1 billion, each trader has earned exactly ten times the profit.

Liu Xiaobao kept his word and paid each of them five percent of their profits as compensation.

Finally, each of the seventy traders transferred 10.5 billion yuan back to Liu Xiaobao's account, and then they left Tianbao Building in high spirits.

In this day and age, how could they not be happy to have earned 500 million in just over ten days!

In just over ten days, Liu Xiaobao created seventy billionaires.

However, Liu Xiaobao did not leave Tianbao Building at this time. He summoned He Chaoqiong and Hu Ruoling together to start tallying the results of this battle and settling the money.

According to statistics, the seventy traders earned a total of 700 billion in profits. After deducting their 5% commission of 35 billion, they still had 665 billion left.

Liu Xiaobao personally earned 450 billion yuan, and the total profit from all parties involved was 1,115 billion yuan.

Then, based on the principal of 173 billion, Hu Ruoling brought in 20 billion, accounting for 8.65% of the total principal, and the return on investment was 96.5 billion.

However, Liu Xiaobao rounded it down to the nearest whole number, which can be considered as fulfilling his initial promise to Hu Ruoling, giving her a hundred billion.

Liu Xiaobao also gave He Chaoqiong a return of 10 billion yuan for the 2 billion yuan she invested.

After dividing the money between the two women, Liu Xiaobao was astonished when he tallied up his profits, as he had earned 1.05 trillion.

Adding to his original capital of 151 billion, his personal wealth has now reached 1.156 trillion, successfully making him a trillionaire!

It can be said that Liu Xiaobao's current personal wealth is comparable to that of an international conglomerate (Wang, Li, Zhao).

Liu Xiaobao's personal wealth stunned He Chaoqiong and Hu Ruoling, who were present.

Pansy Ho never expected that her husband's wealth would so easily surpass that of her father, the gambling king.

Hu Ruoling couldn't believe that Liu Xiaobao's personal wealth was equivalent to the entire fiscal revenue of China for nearly five years.

Seeing the two women's shocked expressions, Liu Xiaobao smiled bitterly after regaining his senses.

"Don't look at me like that. This money isn't so easy to get. I have to pay back at least half of it to the Hong Kong stock market, otherwise the Hong Kong stock market will collapse!"

Liu Xiaobao's concern for the Hong Kong stock market stemmed from his promise to the old man to protect it.

However, Liu Xiaobao could discuss the agreement between him and the old man with Hu Ruoling, but he couldn't mention it to He Chaoqiong.

Therefore, Liu Xiaobao only mentioned the Hong Kong stock market crash in front of He Chaoqiong, and did not mention the old lady.

Chapter 159: 600 Billion Yuan Spent to Protect the Market (Please Subscribe)

Liu Xiaobao wasn't talking nonsense.

He was well aware of the current situation in the Hong Kong stock market. After Morgan Stanley International Fund aggressively plundered a huge amount of wealth from the Hong Kong stock market, without a strong influx of funds, it would definitely cause a major collapse in the Hong Kong stock market.

There are probably quite a few people who have jumped off buildings because they lost money in the stock market!

And that is indeed the case. In recent days, there have been almost daily cases of stock investors in Hong Kong jumping off buildings after losing money in the stock market. In just half a month, more than 60 stock investors in Hong Kong have committed suicide by jumping off buildings.

So Liu Xiaobao kept his word. After confirming that Morgan Stanley International Fund had withdrawn, he immediately injected 600 billion yuan into the Hong Kong stock market to stabilize its decline.

In the end, Liu Xiaobao single-handedly pulled the Hang Seng Index back to 7,150 points.

Although it failed to push the Hong Kong stock market index back to 10,000 points, at least with the injection of Liu Xiaobao's huge sum of money, the decline in the Hong Kong stock market has been stabilized and has even recovered slightly, preventing more people from jumping off buildings.

Hu Ruoling originally planned to invest her 100 billion yuan, but Liu Xiaobao stopped her.

Liu Xiaobao's original words were, "Ms. Hu, the country needs money for development in all aspects. You should take this money back to China, but it must be kept strictly confidential. No one other than the old leaders can know about it."

　657 Hu Ruoling naturally understood Liu Xiaobao's meaning: He simply wanted to prevent others from knowing that the domestic company had profited from the Hong Kong stock market, otherwise the people of Hong Kong would resent the country.

As Liu Xiaobao had said, there were indeed too many places in China where money was needed. So, Hu Ruoling did not refuse again. She came with 20 billion yuan a little over half a month ago, but returned with 120 billion yuan a little over half a month later.

However, before Hu Ruoling left, something unexpected happened to Liu Xiaobao.

That day, when Liu Xiaobao was seeing Hu Ruoling and the others off, Hu Ruoling suddenly gave Liu Xiaobao a hug and then whispered something in his ear.

"Mr. Bao, you absolutely must not tell a third person about what happened that day, or I will definitely not let you off the hook, and I might even hold you accountable!"

Before Liu Xiaobao could react, Hu Ruoling had already turned around, gotten into her car, and left.

After Hu Ruoling and the others drove away, Liu Xiaobao stood there, still muttering to himself, "That day? Which day? What was she talking about?"

If Hu Ruoling heard Liu Xiaobao's words right now, she would probably cry from anger! It turns out that something she could never forget in her life, Liu Xiaobao had completely forgotten!

Actually, it's not Liu Xiaobao's fault. He was too focused on trading stocks at the time, and the incident only lasted a few minutes. He hadn't even seen it with his own eyes, so he didn't pay much attention to it. Now that so much time has passed, he can't remember it at all.

Having resolved the Hong Kong stock market issue and completed the task assigned to him by his former boss, Liu Xiaobao was too lazy to think about what Hu Ruoling was talking about. After being so exhausted, he needed to get a good night's sleep for a few days.

So after seeing Hu Ruoling off, Liu Xiaobao immediately entered a deep sleep.

However, things are different now. Liu Xiaobao no longer sleeps alone; He Chaoqiong sleeps with him now.

Although He Chaoqiong hasn't been involved in stock trading during this period, she's been very tired from delivering food and drinks to everyone every day, especially when Liu Xiaobao and the others aren't resting, He Chaoqiong can't rest either.

Because she has to deliver food to everyone every four hours or so.

So now that the battle is over, He Chaoqiong needs to catch up on her sleep, so Liu Xiaobao now has He Chaoqiong by his side.

A day and a night later, Liu Xiaobao and He Chaoqiong woke up one after the other.

During the meal, He Chaoqiong asked Liu Xiaobao, "Don't you feel bad about spending 600 billion at once?"

Although Pansy Ho knew about Liu Xiaobao's short selling of the Hong Kong stock market, she was unaware of her former boss's activities, which is why she asked this question.

In He Chaoqiong's view, Liu Xiaobao's move to inject 600 billion yuan to protect the market without his knowledge was somewhat too lenient.

Even though He Chaoqiong is now his wife, Liu Xiaobao will not tell her about the agreement he made with the old man.

After all, this matter involves the national level and could directly affect the major event of Hong Kong's return to China, so Liu Xiaobao naturally dared not spread it.

So after hearing He Chaoqiong's words, Liu Xiaobao couldn't help but smile slightly and reply.

"My 600 billion yuan isn't going down the drain. I've bought a lot of shares in listed companies, so why would I care? Even if I'm supporting the market now, I'll still make a profit when those companies recover and their stock prices rise!"

He Chaoqiong disagreed, saying, "I can understand what you're saying, but there's one thing I don't understand. Why do you want to be the one supporting the market, and why do you have to buy in such a scattered and irregular way? No listed company has ever had a 5% stake in its stock. With your 600 billion yuan, what can't you do?"

Liu Xiaobao hesitated for a moment, then laughed and said, "Wife, if we don't even have a fish pond anymore, where else can we go fishing in Hong Kong? So we can slowly fatten up the fish, but we must save this pond first. You need to think long-term!"

Upon hearing this, He Chaoqiong fell silent. After a moment's thought, she nodded in agreement.

“Honey, you’re right. After all, you have a talent for the stock market and finance. If the Hong Kong stock market crashes, you won’t even have a platform to showcase your talents in Hong Kong anymore. If you want to play the stock market, you’ll have to go abroad. Only by protecting the Hong Kong stock market can you make money in the Hong Kong stock market anytime in the future!”

Hearing He Chaoqiong's words, Liu Xiaobao, though not thinking that way, did not refute them. He was too lazy to come up with any other explanation and decided to let He Chaoqiong think that way.

"Yes, that's exactly what I mean!"

He Chaoqiong believed she had correctly guessed Liu Xiaobao's intentions, and as expected, she did not pursue the matter further; instead, she simply sighed softly.

"It's a pity you told me too late this time. I couldn't raise more funds, otherwise I could have earned enough to open my own casino!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaobao couldn't help but ask curiously, "You earned 10 billion this time, isn't that enough to open a casino?"

He Chaoqiong shook her head and smiled bitterly, replying, "It's not enough, it's barely enough. After all, just getting a gambling license costs nearly 10 billion."

Liu Xiaobao asked in surprise, "A gambling license costs over 10 billion? That's too expensive!"

"The 10 billion is only because I'm a member of the He family. If it were an outsider, I probably wouldn't even be able to get 20 billion!"

"No way, honey, as far as I know, your father only spent tens of millions to get the gambling license back then!"

He Chaoqiong rolled her eyes at Liu Xiaobao: "That was so many years ago. Times have changed drastically. Besides, the price I mentioned isn't the official price of the gambling license; most of the fee is used to grease palms."

Chapter 160 Investing in Gambling for Pansy's Wife (Please Subscribe)