The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

Shanghai, Pudong.

After having dinner with several executives, Anthony returned to his luxury apartment.

He had only been inside a short while when he received three intelligence reports from different sources, all of which were nearly identical.

After hanging up the phone, he immediately turned on his computer and started checking the international oil price trends online.

Less than half a minute later, my marketing director suddenly called.

The moment the call connected, the marketing director delivered some bad news.

"Boss, I just received a notification that both of our company's IPO projects in Qiantang and Guangzhou have been halted by the local financial authorities."

"Their reason was that, given the sudden outbreak of the global financial crisis, the plans of these two Chinese companies to list overseas needed to be reviewed again."

"If these two IPO projects fail, all our previous work will be wasted. Not only will we not make any money, but we will also suffer a huge loss!"

Upon hearing this bad news, Anthony was stunned for a moment.

He realized what was happening in a flash and shook his head helplessly.

"Clearly, this is China putting pressure on us to force us to voluntarily reduce the default penalty and terminate the hedging agreements we signed with the airlines."

"As I've said before, to do business in this land, you have to cultivate relationships with the higher-ups and have a good relationship with the government to have a smooth run!"

"I'll report this to headquarters in New York immediately and see what their decision is. I also have a few other things to report."

Hearing him say that, the marketing director had no choice but to nod.

"Okay, boss, I'll wait for your news."

"Hopefully, these two IPO projects won't be rejected, especially at this crucial juncture."

After exchanging a few more words, Anthony ended the call on his own initiative.

The next moment, he took out another phone and started calling the headquarters in New York across the ocean.

The first call was to Tommy, the investment director of the crude oil futures trading department at headquarters, and it went through in the blink of an eye.

After exchanging greetings, Anthony quickly got down to business.

"I have some information to share with you, Tommy, all related to international crude oil futures trading."

"Seeing the continued plunge in international oil prices, China Express Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and the crude oil investment team of Yuanda Group have all decided to reverse their positions and go long on international crude oil futures."

"Unlike before, this time they seem to be going for something big, with a minimum investment of fifty million US dollars, and the leverage is said to be magnified to 150 times!"

"I just checked the international oil price trend and didn't see any signs of a strong rebound. Market sentiment remains very pessimistic, which might be a good opportunity."

"That's great, Anthony, that's really good news!"

Tommy cheered excitedly and began to analyze the situation with great enthusiasm.

"Each of them has at least fifty million US dollars, and leveraged by 150 times. These guys made some money in the international crude oil futures market and now they think they're above the law!"

"In that case, let me teach these guys a lesson and show them who the real masters of the international crude oil futures market are!"

"In the current international crude oil futures market, panic is spreading. I don't know who gave them the audacity to make such a large-scale long position at this time."

"I will have my team carefully analyze the market situation, then quickly deploy our forces to strike at these arrogant fools..."

Hearing Tommy's smug voice, Anthony chuckled.

As soon as Tommy finished speaking, he immediately added a sentence.

"Don't forget mine, Tommy. You know, maintaining so many eyeliners is expensive!"

"Haha, don't worry, you'll get your share."

Tommy responded with a smile, which was quite generous of him.

I just don't know if he'll still be so generous or able to smile in a day or two.

After finishing his call with Tommy, Anthony dialed his direct supervisor to report on the afternoon's negotiations with representatives from various airlines.

During this time, he mentioned that the two IPO projects in Qiantang and Yangcheng had been suspended.

It was specifically mentioned that this was pressure from the Chinese side, and that if the two IPO projects failed, the Shanghai-based company would suffer significant losses!

Before we knew it, it was around midnight.

The office area of ​​the United Securities investment team.

Ling Yun sat at his workstation, sipping tea to stay alert while keeping an eye on the trends in the international financial market and the international crude oil futures market.

As he predicted, international oil prices, after plummeting 5% during the day, began to fluctuate sideways at low levels, barely surviving.

As the time passed 11 p.m., the fluctuation range gradually decreased, and it basically stabilized around $90.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the joint investment team, the Yuanda crude oil investment team, and the investment departments of various airlines have been secretly building up positions, and their long positions have become larger and larger.

The international financial markets continue to plummet, with widespread devastation and bloodshed.

Moreover, the earlier the market closes, the more severe the drop; for example, the Japanese and South Korean stock markets plummeted by more than 5% and 6% respectively.

In the afternoon and evening, European and American stock markets saw their declines gradually narrow due to a series of significant market-rescue measures.

The main reason is that the drop was too sharp yesterday, and it couldn't fall any further today, so the decline has narrowed.

Under Lingyun's direction, both investment teams sold off their short positions early on to prepare for this situation.

Then lock in profits and exit the market to observe, or reverse your position and go long, preparing to reap another harvest.

For example, the new eye of the storm in the entire international financial market, the AIG Group.

As soon as the US stock market opened, AIG Group began its sharp decline, seemingly poised to be delisted.

By around 11:30 p.m., AIG Group's stock price had plummeted by more than 70%.

At that moment, Lingyun issued a trading order, requiring both investment teams to quickly liquidate their positions and start buying AIG Group shares.

Other investment teams from state-owned financial institutions, which were not under his command but followed his lead without question, also followed suit.

Not only AIG Group stock, but also short positions held by other European and American financial institutions were liquidated.

In just over half an hour, the two investment teams successfully completed a full reversal from short to long positions.

Then, while continuously adding to their long positions, they remained calm and waited for a deep V-shaped reversal to arrive, so they could reap another big profit.

Around 1 a.m., the anticipated major reversal signal finally arrived.

"Look everyone, Wall Street news! The US Treasury and the Federal Reserve have begun emergency consultations with AIG Group to discuss ways to bail it out."

An analyst suddenly shouted a reminder.

His reminder instantly caused an uproar in the trading area.

All traders and analysts sprang into action, checking the latest international financial news or the overall market trends.

"Wow! AIG Group's stock price has started to rebound, surging 3% in just over twenty seconds! The market reaction is too fast!"

"Stocks of financial institutions such as JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are also rebounding rapidly. Judging from this trend, it looks like an unprecedented deep V-shaped reversal is about to occur!"

"Wow! All financial stocks are rebounding rapidly. If this trend continues, we can make an even bigger profit by going long today!"

As everyone exclaimed in excitement, they all turned to look at Ling Yun's location.

Those fervent, even somewhat worshipful gazes were as if they were looking at a stock market guru.

Ling Yun was already used to this situation and didn't care at all.

He quickly opened the relevant financial news and skimmed through it, his eyes constantly fixed on the trend of the US stock market.

With AIG's stock on the verge of becoming worthless, the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve had no choice but to intervene immediately, quickly contacting AIG to discuss ways to save the company.

The media reporters stationed on Wall Street were the first to capture images of Treasury Secretary Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke entering the New York Fed building.

Just five minutes later, the CEO of AIG Group, along with several other executives and lawyers, rushed to the Federal Reserve Building in New York for a meeting, all looking relieved.

Before entering the Federal Reserve Building in New York, the CEO of AIG Group gave a brief interview to reporters, expressing great optimism about the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve rescuing AIG Group!

About ten minutes later, news came from the Federal Reserve Building in New York.

Rumors suggest that, with the support of the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve is prepared to provide at least $800 billion in revolving loans to rescue the AIG Group.

As soon as the news broke, the US stock market rebounded across the board!