The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

At 4 a.m., U.S. stocks closed down 4.7%, marking the biggest single-day drop since 9/11.

The financial sector was hit hardest, with the entire sector plummeting by nearly 10%.

Specifically, the decline in individual stocks within the financial sector was even more severe, with many stocks experiencing drops exceeding 50%.

For example, Lehman Brothers, the focus of the entire market, plummeted by more than 90%, and its stock became worthless.

The share price of AIG Group, the world's largest insurance giant, plummeted by 61%, directly replacing Lehman Brothers as the next eye of the storm in the international financial market.

As soon as the US stock market closed, cheers erupted in the office area of ​​the United Securities investment team.

All the traders and analysts jumped up from their chairs as if they'd been electrocuted, and began cheering and celebrating wildly.

"Awesome! This is the most awesome and exciting day of my life!"

"Wow, this feeling of reaping wealth like crazy is so exhilarating, it's absolutely intoxicating!"

As everyone cheered, they all turned to look at Ling Yun's location, their eyes filled with fervor!

At this moment, Ling Yun was packing his things while chatting quietly with Chairman Lou and several investment directors.

"I'll leave the task of tallying the day's results to everyone. As for the debriefing and summary, we'll discuss that after dawn!"

"I need to go upstairs to the office area. International crude oil futures trading doesn't end for another hour, so I need to go up and check the market situation."

"More importantly, the joint investment team has a series of major moves planned, and we can start laying the groundwork today!"

Lou Dong and the others exchanged a glance, smiled, and nodded in unison.

"Okay, Lingyun, you can go upstairs. We'll take care of things here."

"We'll tally the results as soon as possible and wait for you to come down and review the situation."

Ling Yun smiled and nodded, then gave everyone a few more instructions before picking up his backpack and walking quickly toward the office area entrance.

Like him, General Manager Sun and Director Xie, along with Zhong Tao and the others, quickly caught up.

Watching his whirlwind departure and the burning gazes that followed him, Lou Dong and the others were stunned and felt a wave of dizziness.

Only after Ling Yun's figure disappeared from sight did Chairman Lou and the others sigh in unison.

"This kid is amazing! The international financial market, which others see as treacherous and unpredictable, is like an undefended super gold mine to him—he can take whatever he wants!"

"Indeed, his understanding and research of the international financial market are unparalleled in my life, and his judgments are so accurate that they are almost miraculous!"

Just then, the investment director of China Investment Corporation suddenly came up and handed over a newly printed form.

"Chairman, please take a look at this table. It's a preliminary summary of today's investment returns. The total investment returns are astonishing!"

As he said this, the investment director of China Investment Corporation's voice trembled slightly with excitement.

Lou Dong turned to look at him, casually took the form, and began to examine it with anticipation.

"Let me see just how astonishing this number really is..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly paused, his eyes widening in shock.

Then, he began to mutter to himself in a low voice.

"My God, four hundred and twenty-five billion US dollars! Am I seeing things? Or is the decimal point misplaced?"

"What? Four hundred and twenty-five billion US dollars? Did I hear that right?"

Mr. Wang, who was standing next to him, exclaimed in surprise and quickly came over to look at the total investment income on the table.

The next moment, he exclaimed in surprise, so excited that he almost jumped up on the spot.

On the other side, Lingyun quickly arrived at the joint investment team's office area on the top floor.

At this point, the joint investment team had completed its second round of profit-taking, clearing out all its short positions in international crude oil futures and securing its gains.

Everyone had some free time, so they sat down in their office chairs to rest, chatting and laughing while keeping an eye on international oil price trends.

As Ling Yun strode into the office area, everyone immediately turned to look at him, instantly becoming alert.

The traders sitting on both sides of the aisle stood up one by one and nodded to Ling Yun in greeting.

"Tonight was so exciting, Lingyun! This feeling of making a fortune is so exhilarating! Thank you for bringing everyone this experience!"

"You're my idol now. Could you sign an autograph for me later? It would be even better if we could take a picture together."

Everyone greeted each other excitedly.

Ling Yun waved to everyone and said jokingly:

"Don't mention idols or anything like that. I'm still young, and I don't want to shorten my lifespan. And forget about autographs and photos."

"From now on, we can drink and eat skewers together, but no photos or autographs. I don't want to be known as a monkey wherever I go."

"Hahaha"

Everyone laughed and nodded.

After this period of cooperation and getting along, everyone can see that...

Ling Yun prefers to stay behind the scenes and control the overall situation, acting as the mastermind, and doesn't care about the empty titles of those investment gods at all!

This is undoubtedly the wisest choice if you don't own a financial investment company.

After a few jokes, Ling Yun suddenly changed the subject.

"Everyone, cheer up! There are about fifty minutes left before the New York crude oil futures market closes. It's time for us to get back in!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately perked up.

"Understood. Just give the instructions; we'll handle the actual operations!"

"Okay, I believe everyone can successfully complete the task."

Ling Yun nodded with a smile.

As he spoke, he had already arrived at his workstation.

Deputy Director Li and General Manager Kong, who had just received the news, were rubbing their sleepy eyes and waiting for him here!

Last night, Deputy Director Li and the others didn't go home. They spent a few hours sleeping on a few sofas in Lingyun's office, and each of them slept with aches and pains in their backs.

But compared to the astonishing investment returns achieved by the joint investment team, this offense was utterly insignificant, and they were all delighted with it!

After exchanging greetings, Deputy Director Li excitedly whispered:

"Xiao Ling, you've spent most of your time in the downstairs office area since 3 PM yesterday. Perhaps you're not very familiar with the situation here?"

"Why don't you guess how much the joint investment team has earned from yesterday to now? You can guess with confidence!"

Before he finished speaking, everyone looked at Ling Yun, and they were all extremely excited.

Their smiles were all incredibly bright, making them look like they had become more than ten years younger!

Ling Yun looked at Deputy Director Li, then glanced at everyone, and said with a smile in a low voice:

"I don't really know how much money the joint investment team made in this super bull market; I can only guess in general terms!"

"We'll discuss this further during our debriefing meeting after 5 PM. I have some very important things to discuss with everyone then."

At this point, he suddenly lowered his voice even further.

"Now is the time to reposition and prepare for tomorrow's harvest, based on today's international oil price trends and the extreme panic in the international financial markets."

"International oil prices will continue to plummet on the new trading day starting at 6 PM, with the maximum drop potentially exceeding 5%. This is an opportunity you absolutely cannot miss..."

Upon hearing his words, everyone gasped in surprise in hushed tones.

"My God, another plunge of over 5%, a complete collapse! Of course we should short it, we're sure to make a fortune!"

"Luckily, we changed course early and started shorting international oil prices. If we had continued going long like before, we would have lost everything!"

Ling Yun smiled and nodded, then casually picked up the microphone from his workstation and began issuing transaction instructions.

"Attention everyone, from this moment forward, all traders must enter the market and establish positions to short international crude oil futures!"

"This investment amounts to one billion RMB, leveraged at 120 times. The position must be established before 5 PM..."

As soon as the trading order was issued, a commotion immediately broke out in the trading area.