The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

Around 10 p.m., the rain and wind finally stopped in the master bedroom, and it gradually became quiet.

Yanzi nestled in Lingyun's arms, her pretty face flushed, her body limp, not wanting to move a single finger.

"Now I finally understand why Leilei accepted us. You're like a perpetual motion machine; she couldn't possibly handle you all by herself."

"That's why she went along with it, accepting me and Sister Yuanyuan. Not only did it greatly reduce her stress, but it also allowed her to do someone a favor. How cunning!"

Ling Yun was stunned for a moment, then burst into triumphant laughter.

"Haha, your thought process is really unique. Is it because I just opened up your Ren and Du meridians that you suddenly had this idea?"

"But what you said does make some sense. Whether it's Leilei, Yuanyuan, or Jingwen, their fighting ability is indeed quite poor when they fight alone..."

Before she could finish speaking, the swallow immediately launched a counterattack, humiliated and enraged.

"Go to hell! You filthy scoundrel, this is the first time I've ever heard of opening up the Ren and Du meridians like this!"

As she spoke, she gently punched Lingyun in the chest.

Amidst their playful banter, the cell phone on the bedside table suddenly rang.

Ling Yun peeked at Lai Xian, then put a finger to his lips and shushed him softly.

"Honey, it's work-related, probably very important, so don't say anything."

"Um"

Swallow nodded in agreement and stopped playing around.

The next moment, Ling Yun picked up his phone and answered the call.

"Good news, Lingyun, international oil prices have just broken through $114. Shouldn't the joint investment team jump in?"

Zhou's excited voice came through the phone.

Upon hearing this good news, Ling Yun immediately perked up and offered a solution.

"Great! I didn't expect those bastards on Wall Street to be so efficient, driving up international oil prices so quickly. I can't wait!"

"In that case, we don't need to stand on ceremony. The joint investment team can get involved, but we must pay attention to strategy and avoid rushing in all at once."

"Just follow the planned strategy. We have three or four days to slowly lay the groundwork, and then we'll reap the rewards when the time is right."

Secretary Zhou smiled and immediately replied:

"Understood. Everyone's itching to short the market."

After a few words of discussion, Lingyun hung up the phone.

The next moment, Yanzi asked curiously:

"What is this joint investment team you just mentioned? From what you've said, it seems you're leading a joint investment team to short international oil prices, and your opponent appears to be Wall Street. Can you tell me more about it?"

"Snap"

Ling Yun lightly patted her shapely buttocks and shook his head with a smile.

"I really can't tell you this. I signed a confidentiality agreement that I can't disclose any information related to this joint operation before it's over."

"You must not tell anyone what you just heard. All I can tell you now is that I am cooperating with a large state-owned enterprise, nothing more."

Yanzi gave him a charmingly disdainful look, then nodded gently.

"Okay, I'll keep it a secret."

After joking and flirting for a while, they got out of bed together and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

However, things went awry, and they ended up having a duet.

After a night of pleasure, it was already Saturday.

Around 8 a.m., Lingyun was having breakfast with Yanzi when Chairman Zhao of Yuanda Group suddenly called.

As soon as the call connected, Mr. Zhao's excited voice came through.

"Good news! Lingyun Securities, Merrill Lynch, and Lehman Brothers' two Hong Kong branches have just issued announcements stating that they will suspend all business in Hong Kong starting next Monday."

"Your tactics have worked, cornering these two financial institutions. According to reliable sources, their final harvest plans have been aborted."

Ling Yun smiled calmly and made a few dismissive remarks.

"As expected, these despicable bastards have gotten into a habit of profiting from others' misfortunes. Even when they're about to die, they still want to profit from others, Grandma!"

"Take this opportunity to make them spit out all the leeks they've harvested before, and then slink away with their tails between their legs."

"Hahaha, you're ruthless."

Chairman Zhao burst into laughter, then changed the subject.

"They will definitely launch an investigation to find out who is behind their misdeeds. You need to be careful. Also, the group's Hong Kong Island branch will formally submit its acquisition offer to them today."

"The acquisition offer is exactly what you said, three million US dollars and five million US dollars, not a penny more. After this incident, the Hong Kong branch will have no problem acquiring these two financial institutions."

Ling Yun nodded and offered his advice in a cold voice.

"Great, now's the perfect time to rob them. Those bastards are completely panicked and can't wait to pack up and run away."

"The strategy remains the same: first, try to acquire Merrill Lynch's Hong Kong branch; delay acquiring Lehman Brothers' Hong Kong branch until after the financial crisis."

"I understand, let's strike while the iron is hot!"

Chairman Zhao joked with a smile.

They ended the call only after finalizing the acquisition strategy.

Just after hanging up the phone, Lingyun suddenly realized...

The swallow was staring at her infatuatedly, looking like a lovesick fool.

"Honey, why are you looking at me like that? It's creepy. Did I find an idiot as my girlfriend?"

His teasing remark quickly brought Yanzi to her senses.

"Get lost! You dare call me an idiot? You want to die, don't you?"

While feigning annoyance, she casually punched Ling Yun.

Then she rested her head on his shoulder and uttered a few words of wistful reminiscence.

"How come I never noticed before? You're so handsome when you're talking about work, you're practically glowing!"

"If I had discovered this sooner, I would have already won you over. There wouldn't have been any chance for Leilei and the others!"

"Haha, I love hearing that."

Lingyun smiled and patted Yanzi's pretty face.

They continued chatting while eating.

After a few rounds of joking and flirting, Lingyun took the initiative to change the subject, bringing up the topic of Yanzi and Leilei's asset allocation.

Yesterday morning, all of them had personal assets exceeding 100 million yuan, making them veritable billionaires.

The richest among them is Da Meiyuan, who already had some family wealth. With her previous after-tax signing bonuses, equity value, and subsidies, her personal net worth is now close to 200 million.

Jia Jingwen is next, with around 140 million. Yanzi and Leilei are the poorest, each with only around 120 million.

The profits of more than 40 million yuan that they had previously withdrawn from their respective overseas investment accounts have been successfully transferred to the mainland and are now sitting in their bank accounts.

In addition, the luxury cars and mansions that Ling Yun gave them, as well as the black cards with a limit of up to 20 million, were also considerable assets.

Their current problem is that the funds transferred to the mainland must be allocated to assets and cannot simply sit in bank accounts as cash.

That would be neither safe nor efficient in terms of fund utilization, and would be tantamount to a waste.

Lingyun's asset allocation strategy is basically the same as the asset allocation strategy she gave to her parents.

At this stage, the strategy is to buy houses and stocks. The houses are in key school districts in Beijing and Shanghai, and the stocks are in large state-owned enterprises under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission that are currently at a relatively low level.

As for other asset allocation methods, we don't need to consider them for the time being.

It's not too late to consider other asset allocation methods once Yanzi and Dameiyuan's personal net worth exceeds 3 billion.

Yanzi had no objection to Lingyun's asset allocation plan and nodded repeatedly.

Before they knew it, they had finished breakfast.

Then they cleared the table and tableware, and left the dining room, clinging to each other like conjoined twins, and went into the living room.

Just then, the door suddenly opened, and a series of whispered murmurs came from the hallway.

"Yuanyuan, do you think those two are up yet? Are they still rolling around in bed?"

"Hehehe, that's possible. A moment of passion on a spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold!"

Before he finished speaking, Da Meiyuan and Jia Jingwen came out of the foyer and appeared in Ling Yun's and the others' field of vision.

The moment Yanzi saw them, she was completely dumbfounded.

Immediately afterwards, a soft cry of "Ah!" was heard.

Yanzi quickly shook off Lingyun's arm, her face flushed, and rushed towards the stairwell as if fleeing.