The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

Around 11 a.m., Ling Yun, carrying a backpack, led Zhong Tao and the others into the office area of ​​the United Securities investment team.

Upon seeing him enter, everyone near the office entrance stood up immediately and greeted him warmly.

"Good morning, Lingyun, your investment strategy is simply brilliant!"

"Hello, Chairman Ling"

As always, Ling Yun kept smiling and waving to everyone.

"Hi everyone, I'm late, please don't follow my example."

As he spoke, he had already arrived at the office door.

Upon hearing the commotion, Mr. Chen and his colleagues emerged from their respective offices and quickly gathered over there.

After exchanging greetings, General Manager Chen immediately said excitedly:

"I must admit, Lingyun, your predictions about the international financial markets are simply phenomenal, truly astounding!"

"This morning, all Asian stock markets opened sharply lower and then plunged rapidly, falling drastically!"

"For example, the Japanese stock market opened with a gap down of -5%, and now the decline has exceeded -10%. It was the stock that rose the most in the past two days, but now it's falling the most!"

"And then there's the South Korean stock market, which has already fallen by more than 9%. Given the South Korean government's track record, it could announce a trading halt at any time..."

Following Mr. Chen, several other investment directors then introduced the situation in other markets.

As Lingyun predicted, the surge was quickly followed by a sharp drop.

Not only did the Asia-Pacific financial markets plummet, but other sub-markets also suffered the same fate of crashing!

From the foreign exchange market and futures market to the international crude oil market, credit market, and gold market, everything is equally miserable.

For example, the international crude oil futures market has already fallen by more than 7%, and it is still falling!

Even gold, a globally recognized safe-haven asset, has failed today, with its price currently falling by more than 3%.

Faced with this situation, the entire international financial market was quickly gripped by panic!

After Mr. Chen and the others finished explaining the situation, Ling Yun smiled and said in a low voice:

"As expected, this situation sufficiently demonstrates that the short-term stimulus effect of the market rescue policies has bottomed out, and the international financial market has returned to fundamental pricing."

"The surge in the past two days triggered by the global coordinated market rescue has laid a policy floor for this financial crisis, but the economic floor is far from being reached."

"In other words, international financial markets will continue to decline, the economy will continue to recession, and it is very likely that the situation will not truly reverse until sometime next year..."

Listening to his analysis, President Chen and the others nodded repeatedly, their eyes shining brightly.

In these words, they heard countless golden opportunities.

These opportunities are invaluable, both for the companies themselves and for the companies themselves.

After chatting for a while, Lingyun invited everyone to go into the office together.

As soon as they entered, one of the investment directors suddenly said:

"Lingyun, we went to see the avant-garde experimental play you invested in last night, 'Hamlet,' and it was truly brilliant!"

"This avant-garde play is so brilliant and deserves to be widely promoted so that more people can see it and experience the art of drama!"

"I'll mention this to General Manager Wang later, and ask him to organize a group trip for all employees of CICC and its subsidiaries to see this avant-garde play."

Following his words, President Chen and the others nodded in agreement.

Ling Yun glanced at them, clasped his hands in a respectful greeting, and exchanged a few polite words.

"Thank you all for your recognition and support; it's an honor. However, there's no need to organize a group viewing of this play for employees from various companies; I appreciate your kind gesture!"

"Avant-garde experimental theater is a very niche art form; not everyone likes or accepts it. It's best to let the audience go and watch it spontaneously!"

"To be honest, my investment in this avant-garde play was just a hobby, you could say it was an experiment, and I didn't expect it to make much money."

"More importantly, I need to keep my identity a secret. I don't want outsiders to know that I am the investor in this play and the behind-the-scenes boss of Starlight Culture Film and Television Company."

"In light of this, the companies associated with me really shouldn't organize group movie screenings. I'll just get some theater tickets and invite members of a few investment teams to see it."

Mr. Chen and the others exchanged a glance, smiled, and nodded in unison.

"This arrangement is good. Your identity is very sensitive, and it's true that we can't publicize it too much."

"That's true. With your astonishing wealth, investing in stage plays and films can be seen as just a hobby. As long as you have fun, that's all that matters."

Amidst laughter and casual conversation, everyone entered the rest area and sat down on the sofas one after another.

In the blink of an eye, everyone returned to work, discussing the situation in the international financial market and the response strategies of various investment teams and institutions.

The conversation ended about ten minutes later.

Mr. Chen and his colleagues got up and left the office to attend to their respective tasks.

Ling Yun called in an administrative staff member to clear away the teacups, then went behind his desk, casually turned on his computer, and began to check the trends in the international financial market.

The situation is just as Mr. Chen and his team described: all markets and all financial instruments are declining, and the entire international financial market is in a state of utter desolation!

After watching for a short while, Deputy Director Zhang suddenly called.

Ling Yun picked up his phone and glanced at the caller ID, then looked up at the doorway.

He only answered the phone after making sure the door was closed.

"Good afternoon, Director Zhang. Is there any good news to share?"

"Haha, you guessed right, there is indeed good news, and more than one."

Deputy Director Zhang responded with a smile, and then got right to the point.

"Just letting you know that the operation to apprehend those industrial spies was launched simultaneously this morning in mainland China and Hong Kong, and it is progressing very smoothly."

"All the commercial spies on the arrest list were captured in one fell swoop, including several senior executives of foreign companies, not just Goldman Sachs."

"Your suggestion to leave some industrial spies uncaptured as bait and use them to spread various false information is an excellent one."

"After discussion by relevant departments, it has been decided to accept your suggestion and temporarily suspend the arrests of some of these industrial spies, instead opting for close surveillance..."

Next, he briefly introduced the series of arrest operations carried out today and the results achieved!

Hearing this, Ling Yun smiled and nodded.

"Well done! It has to be G An who struck – a decisive and swift blow."

"Those spies whose arrests are temporarily suspended are better suited for a long-term strategy to catch bigger fish. I think this approach is more effective and yields the greatest results."

"This global financial crisis alone will certainly last for many years, with many rollercoaster-like fluctuations."

"We have countless opportunities to use these industrial spies to set up a counterattack!"

"Deliver a fatal blow to those unscrupulous European and American financial institutions. It's not too late to arrest these industrial spies after they've lost their usefulness."

Before he could finish speaking, Deputy Director Zhang burst into laughter.

"Haha, you're really ruthless and meticulous in your work."

"When you ever feel like you don't want to do financial investment anymore, you can consider working on the secret front; you'd be an absolute whiz there."

"Hehe, you flatter me. I don't have that ability, but to be honest, I really want to try it out."

Ling Yun smiled and made a couple of teasing remarks.

Next, Deputy Director Zhang brought up the second matter.

"The second piece of good news is that we should be able to secure the Universal Television Network, which Goldman Sachs has been eyeing, and the other North American media resources that you've been longing for..."