The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

3 PM.

Ling Yun and Secretary Zhou entered the AVIC headquarters conference room on time.

At this moment, Deputy Director Li of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, General Manager Kong, and General Manager Sun and several others had arrived at the conference room.

Surprisingly, Director Li from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Director Zhang from the National Development and Reform Commission, and Deputy Director Zhang from the General Office were also there.

Seeing this, Ling Yun was momentarily stunned.

What a grand scene!

While the investment profits in the international crude oil futures market and international financial market last night were astonishing, surely it wasn't enough to bring these big shots together?

Are you suggesting I take my buddy to the lake to give a presentation again?

If that's the case, then it's perfect!

While secretly speculating, Ling Yun quickly stepped forward and humbly greeted the leaders.

The leaders were very enthusiastic, shaking hands with him or gently patting him on the shoulder to offer encouragement!

Several leaders praised his outstanding performance last night, especially his accurate predictions of the international financial market and the crude oil futures market!

After exchanging greetings with everyone, Lingyun prepared to pull out a chair and sit down to begin today's report.

Just then, Director Li of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission suddenly spoke up.

"Xiao Ling, let's go to the lounge next door to talk. We have a few things we'd like to discuss with you."

Lingyun couldn't bear to refuse such a good thing.

He nodded in response hastily.

"Yes, boss."

Afterwards, he followed Director Li and the others to the next-door lounge.

Those who participated in this discussion were only Director Li, Director Zhang from the National Development and Reform Commission, and Deputy Director Zhang from the General Office.

The others, such as Deputy Director Li and Director Kong from the Civil Aviation Administration, seemed to be of a lower rank than those who could participate in this small-scale discussion and could only wait outside.

After entering the conference room and closing the door, Deputy Director Zhang of the General Office casually pointed to the sofa.

"Xiao Ling, let's sit down and talk."

"OK"

Ling Yun nodded in agreement, somewhat curious.

Once everyone was seated on the sofa, Deputy Director Zhang looked at Ling Yun approvingly and got straight to the point.

"Our conversation with you today is related to the small-scale presentation you gave at the lake last week. Your presentation was excellent!"

"More importantly, some of the points you mentioned in that report were verified and played a key role in the China-US strategic dialogue two days ago."

At this point, Deputy Director Zhang's eyes showed even more admiration.

"As you probably know, the US president and finance minister attended the Olympic opening ceremony with their families, but that wasn't Paulson's purpose in coming to Beijing!"

"Paulson's most important purpose in coming to Beijing was to hold secret talks with us to discuss how to prevent the increasingly deteriorating financial market situation from spiraling out of control..."

Next, Deputy Director Zhang gave a brief introduction to the details of this secret meeting.

Before introducing the core content, he made a special emphasis.

Ling Yun had to keep everything he said next strictly confidential and not tell any third party.

Ling Yun nodded in agreement immediately, almost patting his chest to guarantee it.

Then, Deputy Director Zhang got to the core content.

Because China Asset Management holds a large amount of debt to US financial institutions, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds, it is necessary to prevent the situation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from spiraling out of control and triggering a more severe global financial crisis in advance.

Paulson had no choice but to take advantage of the opening of the Olympics to fly to Beijing with a large number of his confidants to hold talks with the Chinese side.

We urge the Chinese side to show leniency and refrain from large-scale selling of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds.

If possible, he hopes that China can lend a helping hand by purchasing more subprime mortgage bonds to help alleviate the pressure on the US government and Wall Street.

Paulson rushed to the capital for another reason.

That is, the US received information that Russia was secretly contacting China, preparing to join forces with China to target the US in the financial market.

The specific approach involves joint action by financial institutions from both countries to sell off large amounts of subprime bonds, including those issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, thereby forcing the U.S. to adopt a more proactive response strategy.

For example, the Federal Reserve or the U.S. Treasury could step in to bail out Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other Wall Street financial institutions in dire straits, thus ensuring the interests of financial institutions in various countries!

When Lingyun gave a special report at Haizi before, he emphasized these issues and gave specific solutions!

Therefore, in this secret meeting between China and the United States, China completely took the initiative.

At the very beginning of the talks, the US was in a passive and defensive position and had to sign a series of humiliating treaties!

One very important part of the agreement is that China can promise not to join forces with Russia and not to sell off its holdings of US financial institution bonds on a large scale, thus delaying the outbreak of the financial crisis.

In return, the US must ease export restrictions on certain high-tech fields, cooperate with China on some important international issues, and expand the scale of imports from China.

The US Treasury or the Federal Reserve would also need to step in to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ensuring that these financial institutions do not go bankrupt and are liquidated, and protecting China's relevant interests.

Another issue is the expansion of subprime mortgage bond purchases. China rejected the US request, only promising not to use this opportunity to add fuel to the fire.

After a series of secret negotiations, Paulson finally led his team back to the United States yesterday.

Upon returning to the United States, he immediately focused on dealing with the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac crisis and gradually implemented a series of humiliating agreements signed with China.

Seeing that the US has kept its promises this time, China is much more relieved.

The higher-ups are paying even more attention to Ling Yun, one of the unsung heroes who provided timely warnings and facilitated this event!

That's why Deputy Director Zhang and Director Li are here today to show their utmost care for Lingyun!

Overwhelmed with gratitude and joy at the highest level of care from Hai Zi!

After introducing the relevant situation, Deputy Director Zhang patted Ling Yun on the shoulder with admiration.

"Xiao Ling, thanks to your previous special report, we were able to gain the upper hand in this negotiation and reap many practical benefits."

"Given the increasingly severe international economic and financial market situation, your entanglement with Goldman Sachs, and the many heavy responsibilities you currently bear,"

"After investigation, SZ has instructed that your security level be upgraded. Starting today, you will be placed under the protection of the Ninth Bureau, with other relevant departments cooperating."

"The Ninth Bureau will assign two special agents to protect your safety. Since you have cooperated with China Aviation Oil before, they will appear as China Aviation Oil security personnel."

"Ah! Special Operations Unit 9!"

Ling Yun gasped in surprise, feeling a chill run down his spine.

After a brief moment of shock, I was overjoyed, but also began to doubt myself, wondering if I truly deserved to be closely protected by the Ninth Bureau's special agents!

As a native of Beijing, Ling Yun naturally knew the special significance of the term "Ninth Bureau" and understood its weighty implications!

The so-called Ninth Bureau is none other than the infamous ZY Security Bureau!

Although it carries the name of Public Security Bureau B, Public Security Bureau B has no command or management authority over it!

This is a highly special unit that is both military and police, at the rank of major general, directly under the leadership of the General Office, and the people they are responsible for guarding cannot even be mentioned!

Every member of the Ninth Bureau's Special Operations Unit is a highly skilled imperial guard, or rather, a member of the Imperial Guard!

How could Ling Yun not be overjoyed to receive close protection from the Ninth Bureau's special agents? Anyone would be!

Seeing his excited expression, Deputy Director Zhang chuckled.

Director Li and Director Zhang looked on with envy. They dreamed of having such treatment, but unfortunately, their rank was far from being able to achieve it!

They knew in their hearts that it was indeed necessary to raise Lingyun's security level to the highest level.

Such an investment genius, who is almost omnipotent, has a firm stance, is wholeheartedly devoted to the country, and shoulders several heavy responsibilities, would be a key figure to be protected in any country.

Therefore, they only envied Ling Yun for enjoying such extraordinary treatment, but not at all were jealous, and thought it was only right and proper!

After the initial elation, Lingyun hurriedly stood up to thank SZ for their care and love, saying she felt unworthy of it.

But he couldn't even utter a word of refusal. Who would be willing to refuse such extraordinary treatment?