The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

Following Ling Yun's reminder, Chairman Lou immediately instructed the investment team under China Investment Corporation to secretly investigate the relevant circumstances of Porsche's acquisition of Volkswagen.

The result is self-evident!

Taking advantage of the financial crisis, Porsche quietly acquired more than 65% of Volkswagen's shares, becoming Volkswagen's largest shareholder.

Excluding the 20.1% stake held by the Lower Saxony state government, less than 15% of the shares are publicly traded.

Countless short sellers around the world failed to notice this fatal problem and continued to aggressively short sell popular stocks, with total short positions reaching as high as 18%.

In other words, many short sellers are playing the naked short selling game, selling off stocks that don't even exist in order to profit from the arbitrage.

Little did they know, they had tied a noose around their own necks!

Upon confirming this, Mr. Lou felt a chill run down his spine.

Immediately afterwards, he ordered the investment team under CIC to secretly acquire Volkswagen shares, adding fuel to the fire of this inevitable short squeeze of the century!

At the same time, he personally called Vice President Wang to explain the situation.

After hearing his explanation, Vice President Wang was also taken aback.

Both he and Chairman Lou were amazed by Ling Yun's extremely keen insight.

At this point, Lingyun had turned his attention back to the international financial market, directing his investment teams to relentlessly reap profits!

The trend in the international financial market was basically as he predicted.

The Japanese stock market, which had been the most volatile in the morning, did indeed fall back in the afternoon, but the decline was not too significant, and it ultimately closed with a gain of around 10%.

Compared to the Japanese stock market, other stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region all opened higher but closed lower, with the final closing price falling by more than half of the day's maximum gain.

All investment teams under Lingyun's command executed operations in accordance with the established strategy.

They quickly sold off at the relative highs of stock markets across the country, then remained silent for about half an hour before reversing their bullish and bearish stances across the board!

The same pattern applies to European stock markets that open in the afternoon and US stock markets that open in the evening.

It opened high amid cheers, then consolidated and fluctuated before declining all the way down.

The market sentiment, which was almost boiling over, was quickly extinguished by buckets of cold water and then calmed down.

Those so-called experts who were confidently declaring in the financial media yesterday that the financial crisis was over have all shut their mouths today!

During this process, several investment teams under Ling Yun's command, as well as those state-owned investment institutions that followed his lead, were involved.

They sold off their holdings at high prices, then reversed their positions across the board and continued to short the international financial markets.

On the other hand, Yang Mi, through her lawyer, confronted her former company, telling them that she was planning to switch jobs to Starlight Culture Company.

Upon learning of this, her agent and former company boss were furious.

"She wants to switch jobs to Starlight Culture Company? No way! Tell that brat to stop dreaming."

"The company has invested a lot of resources in her over the past two years, and it took a lot of effort to promote her. Now she wants to climb the social ladder? What a pipe dream!"

"If she insists on switching jobs, then she can expect to be blacklisted. Although we're not a big company, blacklisting one of our young employees is no problem for us."

"Her contract with her agency still has more than two years left. If the company just freezes her out and doesn't give her any opportunities to appear in public, she can forget about ever making a name for herself again."

Rongdaxin Film and Television Company, General Manager's Office.

Li Xiaohong spoke loudly in a fit of rage, almost cursing.

Sitting opposite her, Li Wan shook her head helplessly.

"This really can't be handled like this. That brat Yang Mi is switching companies to Starlight Culture. We might have no choice but to let her go."

"It's now widely known in the industry that the boss behind Starlight Culture has a very powerful background and is a reclusive super-rich individual."

"Regarding this, Sunday's premiere of the play, which shook the entire entertainment industry's upper echelons, is the best proof. We can't afford to offend such big shots."

"Starlight Culture wants to poach Yang Mi, and it looks perfect on the surface. They're willing to pay Yang Mi's breach of contract penalty and have agreed to cooperate deeply with us..."

Next, she recounted everything she had just discussed with Yang Mi and her lawyer.

In addition, there were the conditions offered by Starlight Culture for switching jobs.

As she spoke, Li Xiaohong fell silent, her expression growing increasingly grave.

As the owner of a well-known film and television company and a famous director, she was naturally very aware of what happened at the Poly Theatre on Sunday night.

What I just said was just an expression of my dissatisfaction.

She wouldn't do something so stupid as to go against Starlight Culture!

Although Yang Mi is a very promising newcomer, she's not that important!

After Li Wan finished speaking, Li Xiaohong pondered for a long time before asking in a deep voice:

"It's Tuesday already. Has anyone figured out who this mysterious boss behind Starlight Culture Company really is?"

"The sudden entry of such a super giant into the entertainment industry is probably keeping many people up at night, such as the Wang brothers of Huayi Brothers."

Clearly, compared to Yang Mi, who is about to switch jobs, she is more concerned about the behind-the-scenes boss of Starlight Culture Company.

There are plenty of beautiful young actresses like Yang Mi in the entertainment industry.

They are like lush green chives; as soon as one crop is cut, another will grow back immediately, just as youthful and delicious!

However, big players like the boss behind Starlight Culture can have a huge impact on the entire entertainment industry and can even determine the life or death of many film and television companies!

Unfortunately, Li Wan shook her head again.

"Two days have passed, and not a single piece of information about the background of the person behind Starlight Culture has been released."

"This is highly unusual, and it's the most terrifying part! It seems like no one can find out anything about this guy. What kind of person has such power?"

"When I met with Yang Mi at noon, I subtly inquired about the situation, and guess what she said?"

"MiMi said she knew a childhood friend of this mysterious boss, and through the introduction, she met this super-rich man, who personally extended an invitation to her to switch jobs."

"For safety reasons, Mimi's father specifically checked the background of this super-rich man, only to find that his identity information was all confidential..."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaohong's expression immediately became even more serious.

After Li Wan finished explaining the situation, she fell silent again.

After pondering for two or three minutes, she finally made a decision.

"Clearly, this mysterious boss's background is far more astounding than we imagined. You're right, we can't afford to mess with someone like him."

"Later, contact Yang Mi and the people at Starlight Culture Company. We can let Yang Mi leave and have her switch to Starlight Culture."

"As for the penalty for breach of contract, that's something that's only used to control ordinary people. It's useless here. We'll just collect a symbolic one dollar penalty."

"Then there's the matter of collaborating with Starlight Culture. Since we have this opportunity, we certainly can't let it slip by; we must seize it firmly..."

Hearing her say that, Li Wan immediately breathed a sigh of relief and felt much more relaxed.

She knew very well that this was the best option at the moment.

Although the company let go of Yang Mi, a promising talent, the gains from this are likely to be far greater than the benefits Yang Mi brought to the company!

As soon as Li Xiaohong finished speaking, Li Wan nodded immediately.

"Okay, I agree with this decision. I'll contact Yang Mi and Starlight Culture later."