The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

In July, Shanghai was completely scorched by the heat, and the international crude oil market was also in a frenzy.

The subprime crisis is raging ever stronger, and a global financial crisis is looming.

International oil prices are like a runaway horse, repeatedly hitting new highs amid violent fluctuations, becoming increasingly incomprehensible and causing widespread anxiety.

Meanwhile, Merrill Lynch's stock price, like a kite with a broken string, continued to hit new lows, heading straight for the abyss.

For Lingyun, this is undoubtedly the best-case scenario.

Taking advantage of the sharp fluctuations in international oil prices, he led his investment team to go long and short on international crude oil futures, making huge profits and reaping the rewards back and forth.

On the other hand, he remotely directed the investment team of the Hong Kong Island branch to short Merrill Lynch on a large scale, making another fortune.

Because his investment strategies were so precise, he was able to make a fortune for the Hong Kong Island branch every time.

Combined with his accurate grasp of the overall trend of the international financial market, the group's senior management decided after discussion to expand the scope of short selling.

Starting in early July, in addition to fighting Merrill Lynch to the death and seeking revenge, the Hong Kong Island branch began to gradually enter the market to short the entire European and American financial markets.

This means that Lingyun has an even heavier burden on his shoulders.

In addition to studying the trends of international crude oil futures and Merrill Lynch stock prices, he also needs to conduct in-depth research on the trends of European and American financial markets and provide professional investment strategies.

The daily discussion time with the three securities investment experts has been moved from the afternoon to noon, and the duration has more than doubled.

Of course, the dividends he earned from this also more than doubled.

As the Hong Kong branch's short-selling scale grew larger, his dividends also increased, soon surpassing the dividends he earned from speculating on international crude oil futures.

This made Zhou Hua and the others extremely envious, but they also knew that...

I don't have the ability to earn that kind of money, so I only feel envious, but never jealous.

In the afternoon, inside the conference room.

Zhou Hua and his colleagues sat at their respective workstations, chatting and laughing while keeping a close eye on the international crude oil futures price trends.

In the second office area, Lingyun was discussing today's investment strategy with three investment experts.

"Xiao Ling, do you really think Lehman Brothers will go bankrupt? It's the fourth largest investment bank on Wall Street, a financial behemoth managing over a trillion dollars in assets."

"If Lehman Brothers goes bankrupt, it will inevitably have a huge impact on global financial markets, and perhaps, as you say, it could directly trigger a global financial crisis."

One of the investment experts spoke up and asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, two other investment experts chimed in with their own opinions.

In their view, although Lehman Brothers was mired in the subprime crisis, it was still a giant, and shouldn't go bankrupt anytime soon.

If even top investment banks like Lehman Brothers collapse, then a massive global financial crisis may be inevitable.

Ling Yun glanced at the three investment experts and nodded confidently.

"That's right. I think Lehman Brothers is very likely to collapse soon, and its downfall will definitely trigger a huge financial tsunami."

"Like Bear Stearns, the fifth-largest investment bank on Wall Street that collapsed earlier, Lehman Brothers was rotten to the core, beyond saving, and its problems were even more serious than Bear Stearns'."

As he spoke, he pulled up the relevant information he had collected on his computer.

Then, pointing to a chart, he continued his in-depth analysis.

"Lehman Brothers had a larger debt scale and held more junk bonds. According to analysis by relevant Wall Street institutions, Lehman Brothers had a debt of over $600 billion and held an even more staggering amount of junk bonds."

"Who could possibly handle such a massive mess? Not even the Federal Reserve. Moreover, the top three investment banks on Wall Street are also deeply mired in crisis. Even if the Fed were to step in to save them, it wouldn't be Lehman Brothers' turn."

"The 11% plunge in Lehman Brothers' stock price two days ago, hitting a new low since the beginning of the new century, is the best reflection of financial market sentiment; the market is abandoning Lehman Brothers."

"According to reliable sources, Goldman Sachs, the world's largest investment bank, is heavily shorting Lehman Brothers. Do we need to be polite? Of course, we should strike while the iron is hot..."

Just then, the chairman's secretary suddenly knocked on the door and entered the conference room.

After entering, she quickly glanced around the room and strode towards Ling Yun.

Moreover, his complexion wasn't good, and he seemed somewhat worried.

Upon seeing her enter, Ling Yun immediately stopped talking and got up to greet her.

"Hello, Secretary Li, what brings you here?"

"Good afternoon, Lingyun. I need to talk to you. Let's go to the lounge."

Secretary Li nodded in greeting, but his expression remained grim.

"Of course, no problem. Please follow me."

Ling Yun nodded and led Secretary Li to the adjacent lounge.

After entering the lounge and closing the door, Secretary Li said in a worried low voice:

"Here's the thing, Lingyun, the chairman just received a call from General Manager Zhu of Yuanda Futures, saying that your ex-girlfriend's parents are causing trouble at the company."

"They brought two police officers with them, saying they needed your cooperation in an investigation. Since your phone was always switched off, they couldn't contact you, so they came to the company."

"As soon as I entered the company, they started yelling and shouting, saying that I had taken advantage of their daughter and was refusing to admit it. They said they were there to seek justice and that they would make me pay the price..."

Even though he was mentally prepared for this kind of mess, Ling Yun was still dumbfounded.

When he came to his senses, he felt a surge of anger rush to the top of his head, and his temples throbbed.

Holy crap! How can a person be so shameless? You beast!

Secretary Li glanced at him and continued in a low voice:

"To avoid causing too much damage, General Manager Zhu called them all to his office and promised to contact you immediately."

"Mr. Zhu knows that you are in charge of major investment projects at headquarters and report directly to the chairman, so he called the chairman to ask how to handle this matter."

"So the chairman sent me to find you. He wants you to go to his office first. He needs to understand the specific situation before deciding how to deal with it..."

Ling Yun took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down quickly.

The next moment, he said with a cold smile:

"You're too kind. What do you mean I bullied their daughter? They just falsely accused me of being a rapist. There's nothing wrong with saying it!"

"I've really seen something new today. Fine, since they don't want to be human, then I'll grant their wish!"

"Please wait a moment. I'll call my lawyer and then go to the chairman's office to explain the situation and clear my name."

"Okay, nobody believes you're that kind of person."

Secretary Li nodded in agreement.

Then, Lingyun took out his phone and pressed the power button.

As soon as he turned on his phone, he received seven or eight unread text messages, including two from Li Wen's parents.

"This is your last chance, Xiaoling. If you still don't accept our terms, we'll call the police."

"You little bastard, you're willing to risk your life for money? Well then, go wash your ass clean and go to jail!"

Looking at these two text messages, Ling Yun was so angry that he almost ground his teeth to powder!

Since his rebirth, he had anticipated that Guo Zirong and Fang Changhai would join forces to frame him, and he made plans in advance, ultimately achieving a last-ditch counterattack and sending those two scumbags to jail!

But I never expected that Li Wen's parents would be so shameless.

To squeeze a few million out of someone's hands, they'd actually stoop to this level.

This event had never happened in his previous life, but it completely refreshed Ling Yun's understanding of the evil in human nature!

Fortunately, he was prepared, so as a reborn person, he was not killed by these scumbags using such shameless means!

That would be incredibly embarrassing!

After calming herself down a bit, Ling Yun finally called Zhang Lu.

The call connected instantly, and he immediately began to express his gratitude.

"Thank you so much, Attorney Zhang. The most disgusting thing still happened."

"If you hadn't reminded me to preserve the evidence, I would definitely be in big trouble this time!"