The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

"Why did you suddenly decide to acquire a magazine and become its owner? Tell me your thoughts."

Ling Yun asked in surprise.

Jia Jingwen was equally surprised and sat up straight to look at Yanzi.

After gathering her thoughts, Yanzi explained the reason with great anticipation.

"There are several reasons why I wanted to acquire our magazine, and these reasons combined led me to make this decision."

"The first reason is that I'm now a billionaire with a net worth of over two billion, and I can't continue working for someone else and being bossed around by others!"

"I would find that very difficult to accept psychologically. There are only two ways to solve this problem: either become my own boss or resign."

"Haha, that makes sense."

Ling Yun smiled and nodded, then chimed in with a few words of agreement.

"I know a little about your magazine's owner and its size."

"After last night's phenomenal market performance, your net worth has surpassed that of the magazine's owner, so there's really no reason for you to continue working for him."

Yanzi nodded and continued to explain the situation.

"The second reason is that I went to work at the magazine today and heard that the magazine's big boss has cancer, and it was found to be late-stage pancreatic cancer."

"To put it bluntly, our boss is basically beyond saving. He'll probably be reporting from another world soon, and the magazine changing hands is inevitable."

"The third reason is that the magazine's finances were in trouble due to the impact of the financial crisis, so it decided to cut expenses, which led to layoffs and salary reductions."

"The most important reason is that my overseas investment returns are increasing, and I can't just buy all that money into real estate and stocks, can I? I want to open up another investment channel."

After she finished explaining the situation, Ling Yun did not respond immediately, but fell silent.

He pondered for two or three minutes before nodding with a smile.

"I support your decision, Yanzi. You can try to acquire the magazine and become your own boss. Given the situation of your magazine, the acquisition won't cost much."

"Besides your magazine, I also want you to acquire a few more fashion magazines. Take advantage of the financial crisis and create a fashion media group through mergers and acquisitions."

"Like Starlight Culture, I don't expect this fashion media group to make money, but I need it as a publicity and media tool to make my voice heard and state my position."

"The intelligent era is coming, and this fashion media group must take intelligence and digitalization as its leading direction, encompassing many business formats such as the internet, books, and wireless mobile media..."

Yanzi was stunned, and then she felt a little indignant!

I clearly want to be my own boss, but somehow it's turned into me working for you, you fickle radish! So I'm just destined to be an employee!

Next, Ling Yun described the long-term plan for this fashion media group, and in the blink of an eye, he drew an incredibly tempting pie in the sky!

Listening to his description, Yanzi's mouth watered, and Jia Jingwen was also eager to try it.

After making his promise, Lingyun told Yanzi.

Tell her to contact Attorney Zhang again and discuss the acquisition of the magazine.

It would be best if Attorney Zhang organized a team to handle the acquisition, to avoid being scammed!

I will use my connections to discuss this matter with relevant leaders in the propaganda department, and it would be best to establish a cooperative relationship with a national-level propaganda department or institution.

This involves ideological struggles, a matter of right and wrong, and there are no small matters here. We dare not be ambiguous about it!

Because he understood the importance of the ideological sphere, Ling Yun wanted to establish a media group that he could completely control.

Looking at Yanzi and Jia Jingwen, I felt a bit confused and dazzled.

Before I knew it, it was already past four in the afternoon.

Ling Yun drove to Fuyou Street, took out a special pass from the Security Bureau and placed it on the windshield, then slowly drove towards the west gate of Haizi.

A moment later, he successfully met with Deputy Director Zhang.

After exchanging greetings and a few polite words, he transferred to Deputy Director Zhang's car and drove towards the depths of the lake.

As the car moved, Ling Yun asked, seemingly casually:

"Director Zhang, I may acquire several fashion magazines soon, and I plan to establish a fashion media group."

"This might involve issues like public opinion and propaganda. Shouldn't we communicate with the relevant department in charge of publicity?"

Deputy Director Zhang turned to look at him and instantly understood his intention.

Then, Deputy Director Zhang nodded with a smile.

"This is very sensitive! There are no small matters in the ideological sphere; this definitely needs to be discussed with the relevant propaganda departments!"

"How about this, wait until the weekend, and I'll see if I can arrange for you to meet with the relevant leaders from the Ministry of Truth to discuss this matter!"

"Given your tremendous contributions during this period and your firm stance, acquiring and forming a media group should not be a problem."

This was exactly the answer Ling Yun wanted, and he nodded with great joy.

"That's wonderful, Director Zhang. I'm so sorry to have troubled you again!"

As they were talking, the car soon arrived at the gate of a small courtyard.

After the car came to a stop, Ling Yun got out with Deputy Director Zhang and walked into the elegant and comfortable courtyard house.

In the blink of an eye, they entered the largest study in the courtyard.

At this moment, several SZ employees, including Vice President Wang, were already in the study, drinking tea and chatting.

As Ling Yun and Deputy Director Zhang entered, all the SZ members looked at them.

At this moment, Ling Yun, who had been frequently coming to report on his work and thoughts, was no longer as excited and flustered as the first time, and was much more relaxed.

After bowing and greeting several SZs, and saying a few humble words, he sat properly in a chair next to the desk, ready to begin his report.

He had barely sat down when Vice President Wang's direct superior smiled and said:

"Xiao Ling, this morning at 10 AM, we received the investment return reports from several investment teams yesterday, and the figures are absolutely astonishing!"

"We've heard about it too. From yesterday morning until 5 a.m. this morning, your series of brilliant maneuvers and commands were truly breathtaking!"

"Under your leadership, several investment teams have earned astonishingly huge profits from the international financial markets during this period, achieving remarkable results!"

"I have to say, this speed of making money is astonishing. You analyze this: how long can we keep making money this fast? Or can it continue indefinitely?"

As he asked his question, the other SZs all smiled and looked at Ling Yun with great interest.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ling Yun immediately gave his answer.

"Thank you for your praise and recognition, SZ. I was just doing what I could in my field of expertise; it's nothing special!"

"The crazy rate of making money like this over the past few days is unsustainable. At most, this kind of easy money-making scheme, like driving a bulldozer to steal money, will end in a week."

"Haha, robbing people with a bulldozer, that's a very apt analogy!"

Several SZs burst into laughter.

Ling Yun smiled and continued to talk eloquently.

"The US government and Wall Street will never willingly allow themselves to be plundered. I predict that the US SEC will soon introduce a short-selling ban."

"Following closely behind, European countries, Japan, and South Korea will quickly follow suit and strictly prohibit all naked short selling to prevent a complete collapse of the European and American financial markets."

"While it's said that naked short selling is prohibited, in the current extremely panicked market environment, short sellers simply cannot borrow any shares from financial institutions to sell."

"In this way, the actual effect of this short-selling ban is basically equivalent to banning short selling of all financial stocks, which is bad news for all short sellers."

"Given the possibility of a short-selling ban being implemented at any time, starting tomorrow, all our investment teams must significantly reduce their short positions to avoid attracting the attention of the SEC..."

Upon hearing this, the SZ members quickly exchanged glances.

They saw deep admiration and a hint of shock in each other's eyes!