The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

After a blissful and unrestrained period of pleasure, Lingyun felt completely refreshed and fell asleep with the gentle and tender Da Meiyuan in his arms.

Meanwhile, stock markets in Asia-Pacific countries and regions have opened.

Just as Lingyun had said, all stock markets opened with a sharp drop, and then plummeted without any resistance, with cries of despair echoing throughout the market!

For example, the Japanese stock market plummeted by nearly 10% by the afternoon close, marking the largest single-day drop since the 1987 global stock market crash!

The cumulative decline this week exceeded 25%, and countless investors lost everything in this week.

With the financial market on the verge of collapse, the Japanese government and central bank swiftly intervened to rescue the market, injecting over 4.5 trillion yen into the market in three separate injections, setting a new historical record!

They also plan to establish a 10 trillion yen bailout fund to rescue regional banks on the verge of bankruptcy!

These market rescue measures were substantial, yet they still couldn't stop the Japanese stock market from plummeting.

Stock markets in many smaller countries, including South Korea, experienced even more dramatic declines.

Some emerging market stock markets, due to the excessive decline, simply suspended trading and declared a halt to trading!

11:30 a.m., Hong Kong Island.

Goldman Sachs branch.

Paul knocked on the door of the general manager's office and came over to report the situation to Irwin.

As he closed the door behind him, the guy, as if possessed, turned around and looked back at the door.

He made sure the door was properly closed before walking toward Erwin's desk.

Almost in unison, Erwin also glanced at the doorway, clearly somewhat nervous.

When Paul came closer, he asked in a low voice, eagerly:

"What did the people from Yuanda Investment say? Are they willing to accept our terms and give us a way out?"

Paul hesitated for a moment, then gently shook his head.

"The people I just met were not senior executives of Yuanda Investment, but two middle-aged men around forty years old. They didn't seem like people who were involved in financial investment."

"As soon as we met, they said they had nothing to do with Yuanda Investment and told us not to contact anyone from Yuanda Investment again, as that could expose us."

"Then, those two guys told me that we shouldn't do anything for the time being, and should just follow headquarters' orders completely. If we were transferred back to New York, then we could go back without worry!"

"If we return to New York and are scapegoated, someone will secretly back us up and provide us with a golden opportunity to quickly turn things around at the right time."

"Judging from their words, the person who offered us this chance to turn things around is most likely that prodigy that headquarters is investigating. Their credibility is unquestionable..."

Hearing Paul's explanation, Irwin's face darkened even more.

Deep down, he breathed a sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his back in an instant!

For him, all he needed was someone to support him and his family.

With this guarantee, he and his family would not be killed or turned into humanoid Gundams!

Compared to life and death, betraying Goldman Sachs is utterly insignificant!

If betraying Goldman Sachs could bring survival or a quick turnaround, only a fool would hesitate!

After Paul finished explaining the situation, he pretended to think for a moment.

Then, gritting his teeth, he finally made a decision.

"Fuck! Let's do it! These guys have a very clear objective: to get us back to New York, infiltrate Wall Street, and become corporate spies!"

"They will only give us instructions when they need us, secretly activating us to work for them. Only then will they give us a chance to turn things around."

"We had no choice but to accept it, otherwise we would only face certain death, and now there's another force that wants us dead..."

Paul's eyelids twitched violently, and he nodded with a dark expression.

"Indeed, from the moment we decided to retaliate against Goldman Sachs and Lloyd, this outcome was inevitable!"

After talking for more than ten minutes, Irwin and Paul quickly reached an agreement.

Betrayed Goldman Sachs, acting as a corporate spy for that mysterious force!

Since Goldman Sachs and Lloyd are so unethical, then don't blame me for being unjust!

All of this was for the sake of survival!

After the discussion ended, Paul turned to leave and went out to make arrangements.

He had only taken two steps when Erwin suddenly remembered something and quickly whispered a few words of advice to him.

"Paul, select a quarter of the business spies Goldman Sachs has recruited in Hong Kong and mainland China, and hand the list over to those mysterious individuals!"

"We need to highlight our value. These industrial spies are our pledge of loyalty; the remaining industrial spies can be handed over to them gradually!"

"When selecting corporate spies, it's important to diversify the targets. One or two of them should have some connection to us, so that there are no suspicious points..."

Paul turned to look at Irwin, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly.

That son of a bitch is ruthless! I'll have to be extra careful around him from now on!

After muttering a few complaints to himself, Paul finally nodded.

"Okay, boss, leave these things to me."

"With the list of industrial spies I have, it's the perfect pledge of allegiance."

After saying that, he turned around again and left the general manager's office.

As we were talking, it was already around three o'clock in the afternoon.

After having lunch at home, Lingyun took a car and headed straight for the headquarters of China Investment Corporation.

I'm getting ready to head to CIC headquarters to oversee and direct the various investment teams, and seize the golden opportunity of Black Friday to make another big profit!

Because of the detailed investment strategy he had formulated that morning, and the fact that the trend of the international financial market today was basically determined, SZ in Haizi did not summon him to report again.

Once Black Friday is over, he'll have plenty of time and opportunities to make his presence felt at the lake over the next two days!

Just as the car drove out of the villa area, Zhang Lu suddenly called.

After the call connected and they exchanged greetings, he immediately got to the point.

"I have a few things to report to you, Lingyun. The vice president of Hearst Group just called; he's really pushing it!"

"They want to take advantage of the weekend to conduct further negotiations regarding your acquisition of a stake in Hearst Corporation."

"Compared to last time, these foreigners are much more humble. At this rate, you can not only achieve your goal, but also rip off the Hearst Group."

Upon hearing this news, Ling Yun chuckled.

"The reason Hearst Group is adopting such a humble stance is actually quite simple: the international financing market is completely frozen, and no bank dares to lend!"

"Looking around, there aren't many investment institutions that can come up with such a large sum of money to acquire Hearst Group's shares like my buddy. Hearst Group simply had no other choice."

"In that case, you can agree to the Hearst Group representative's request to begin negotiations this weekend. We can increase the percentage of equity they're asking to acquire by one percentage point, while keeping the offer the same!"

"If they don't agree, then we'll give these damn foreigners a run for their money. By next Friday at the latest, I can get more valuable leverage, and I'm not worried about them not giving in!"

Seeing his certainty, Zhang Lu burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, I see. Hearst Corporation is really unlucky to have caught your eye. They'll be lucky to escape with their lives!"

"Secondly, we have reached a preliminary acquisition agreement with the fashion magazine and China Textile Group. We just sent the agreement to your email."

"Take a look at the agreement later. Once you're sure there are no problems, we can sign the acquisition agreement tomorrow and take over the fashion magazine and several subsidiaries."

"Next, we will integrate personnel and resources, with the magazine as the main body, and launch various activities. Once Siyuan Investment is established, we will merge it into Siyuan Investment."

"The third thing is that Siyuan Investment's registered capital of 100 million yuan has been transferred to a temporary account, and the next step is the capital verification process, which will take three to five days..."

Ling Yun was quite satisfied with the progress made on the matters raised by Attorney Zhang.

As they spoke, the convoy sped along the Third Ring Road, heading straight for Dongzhimen.