Hong Kong film: The cop backs down, the ladies beg me to check his license.

Chen Taotao toyed with the jade ornament in his hand, a confident smile playing on his lips! He was certain of victory in this battle!

With the backing of the International Bank, clearing out the circulating shares of a stock was a piece of cake for him, and no one could stop his path to revenge.

Suddenly, Ye Tian's earlier warning rang in his mind like a thunderclap: "When you fight Chen Wanxian, he will definitely use the vicious 'Iron Chain Across the River' trick, causing you heavy losses."

"This move seems complicated, but it's actually not difficult to counter. It's just that you're too rigid and prone to getting stuck on details, so it might not be easy for you to come up with a solution."

Chen Taotao frowned slightly, a hint of doubt flashing through his mind, but he quickly suppressed it with confidence: "Impossible. No matter how cunning Chen Wanxian is, he's just a businessman. How could his personal wealth possibly contend with the Wanguo Bank?"

"I'm certain of victory in this battle!"

He shook his head, ignoring Ye Tian's reminder, and continued to monitor the stock market.

Just then, the trader, Dashan, rushed over in a panic, saying urgently, "Tao Tao, something terrible has happened!"

Chen Taotao's heart sank, but he remained calm on the surface: "What's the panic? The sky isn't falling, tell me slowly."

Da Shan pointed at the computer screen, his forehead covered in cold sweat: "We've already invested 80% of our funds. According to the original plan, we should have cleared out all the circulating shares of Wanguang International long ago, but now... the circulating shares on the market are just popping up one after another, we simply can't absorb them all!"

"What's even stranger is that Chen Wanxian didn't stop us at all, letting us acquire the company. This is strange, very strange!"

Chen Taotao jumped up abruptly, strode to the computer, and stared intently at the data stream on the screen. His expression instantly turned serious: "How could this be? Wanguang International's total number of circulating shares is clearly limited. How could there be a continuous stream of shares being sold off?"

Anxiety quickly filled the VIP room, and everyone realized that things seemed to have gone beyond expectations.

Meanwhile, Chen Wanxian watched the ever-increasing trading volume on the screen, a sinister smile creeping onto his lips: "Chen Taotao, Chen Taotao, you think you can do whatever you want just because you have a bank backing you up?"

"Even your father couldn't do anything to me back then, and you, a mere brat, think you can fight me?"

"We've paid such expensive tuition; it would be too unreasonable not to let you learn something."

"Now, it's my turn to fight back!"

Chen Taotao was still anxiously analyzing the situation, trying to find the problem, when suddenly, Dashan rushed in again, his voice trembling with tears: "Taotao! It's over! Chen Wanxian is frantically selling stocks at 2.3 yuan per share, and Wanguang International's stock price has already fallen to 2 yuan!"

"We...we've already lost millions!"

Boom!

These words struck like a bolt from the blue, instantly shattering everyone's mental defenses. The VIP room fell into a deathly silence, and everyone's face turned deathly pale.

"What should we do? Tao Tao, what should we do now?" Da Shan asked anxiously, his voice trembling.

Chen Taotao's mind raced, cold sweat trickling down his forehead, but he quickly forced himself to calm down and decisively said, "Stop the acquisition immediately! Sell everything!"

Da Shan's eyes widened in disbelief. "Sell now? We'll suffer huge losses! That's millions!"

Chen Taotao said firmly, "If we don't sell now, the losses will be even greater!"

"We have absolutely no idea what Chen Wanxian's trump card is. If we stay in the station, we'll just be led by the nose, and we won't even know how we died!"

"Cut your losses and leave immediately to conserve your strength for future plans!"

Da Shan dared not say anything more and immediately turned back to his trading position to execute the sell order.

Chen Tao loosened his tightly tied tie, sat down in his chair with a pale face, and immediately ordered his subordinates, "Quickly, investigate! Investigate the equity structure of all the companies under Chen Wanxian's control immediately. I need to know what he's up to!"

Not long after, the investigation results came out. His subordinate, holding a document, said with a grave expression, "President Chen, we've found out! That old fox, Chen Wanxian, has actually allowed seven of his companies to have cross-shareholdings!"

"Each company holds shares in six other companies, forming a closed loop. If one company needs leverage, the other six will immediately provide support. This is the legendary 'Iron Chain Across the River'!"

Fang Ting frowned deeply and said in a heavy tone, "No wonder our funds seemed to have vanished without a trace. It turns out he had already set a trap, waiting for us to fall into it."

A thunderous roar echoed in Chen Taotao's mind as Ye Tian's warning resurfaced clearly: "You are about to fight Chen Wanxian. He will use 'Iron Chain Across the River' to deal with you. This move is not difficult to counter, but because you are an upright person, it will be very difficult for you to counter it."

"International Bank is not trustworthy. Call me when you encounter difficulties. I don't want you to go astray."

His face was deathly pale, and his body trembled slightly! Ye Tian's words had all come true!

"So... he knew all along that Chen Wanxian would use this trick..."

Chen Taotao was filled with regret. If he had taken Ye Tian's warning seriously, he might not have ended up in such a passive situation.

He suddenly remembered what Fang Ting had said before: "Mr. Ye is a very mysterious person. What he says will happen, will definitely happen."

"Calm down, Chen Taotao, you must calm down!"

"If Ye Tian says there's a way to counter this move, then there must be!"

"It's just that I'm too straightforward and didn't think of it at the time."

He kept encouraging himself and trying to find a solution, but even when the stock market closed, he was still clueless and his anxiety grew heavier.

Seeing Chen Taotao at his wit's end and the team's low morale, Fang Ting couldn't bear it any longer. She quietly left the VIP room and dialed Le Huizhen's number: "Huizhen, is Mr. Ye there? I need his help with something."

At this moment, Le Huizhen and He Min were chatting with Liang Kun's mother (Ye Tian's godmother), and occasionally fed Ye Tian a bite of food. The atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

Upon seeing Fang Ting's call, Le Huizhen gave a strange smile and answered the phone teasingly, "Tingting? Why are you suddenly calling me? Have you decided to become A-Tian's eighth wife?"

Le Huizhen handed the phone to Ye Tian and said with a smile, "Tingting is looking for you; it seems to be urgent."

Upon hearing this, Ye Tian said to the two women, "You two keep Mom company while I take this call."

Le Huizhen winked and said ambiguously, "Don't worry, we'll take good care of our godmother."

Liang Kun's mother held Le Huizhen's hand with one hand and He Min's hand with the other, smiling from ear to ear. The three women were together, chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Seeing this, Liang Kun quietly pulled Ye Tian aside and handed him a cigarette! It wasn't a regular cigar, but a common Marlboro.

Ye Tian took the cigarette, frowned slightly in disgust, but still lit it.

Liang Kun, completely oblivious to his expression, exhaled a smoke ring in frustration and asked, "What are you thinking, kid? Marrying so many wives, aren't you afraid of trouble at home?"

Ye Tian took a drag of his cigarette and said matter-of-factly, "I love them, so naturally I should give them a proper status. Do you expect me to keep them like some people do, keeping them as caged birds?"

Liang Kun simply couldn't understand his thought process and said in frustration, "Even if you love them, you don't have to marry them all, do you? Isn't it the same to keep them outside? It's less troublesome and there won't be any conflicts!"

Ye Tian flicked his cigarette ash, his tone becoming serious: "You know my background. I am an illegitimate child. I have never felt the warmth of a family since I was a child, and I have never received complete paternal or maternal love."

"The word 'illegitimate child' is what I hate most in my life, so I will never let my child suffer the same pain I did back then."

"I have the ability to give them happiness and support them. Let alone seven wives, even seventy, I can afford to support them. Why can't I give them a legitimate status?"

"But what you're doing makes me, as the older brother, lose face!" said Liang Kun, sounding quite exasperated.

"Every time you bring a group of beautiful and virtuous wives to visit me, I give you a thorough dressing down."

"You're clearly the younger brother, yet you're more successful than me, the older brother. You've married beautiful, gentle, and virtuous wives. Look at me, I'm getting old and still all alone."