The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

"Whether Paulson or certain people on Wall Street have ulterior motives cannot be ruled out at this point, but you can rest assured that your safety will not be in question."

Deputy Director Zhang spoke with absolute certainty.

Everyone understood the subtext of his words perfectly.

As a member of the Chinese delegation, Ling Yun will naturally enjoy the highest level of security while attending the Global Financial Summit in Washington.

It is indeed unlikely that anything bad will happen at such a high-level global conference.

As the global financial crisis intensifies, the US and the entire Western world need China's cooperation to deal with this unprecedentedly destructive financial crisis.

Under these circumstances, even if Paulson and Wall Street were wary of Ling Yun, they would not choose to take action at this time.

Thinking of this, Ling Yun nodded slightly, but remained silent.

Deputy Director Zhang smiled and continued:

"SZ means that you can choose to go to Washington with a group, which will allow you to access and participate in higher-level affairs and also expose you to a lot of people's attention."

"Especially among the high-ranking officials of governments and financial authorities around the world, as well as major financial institutions in Europe and the United States, there are quite a few people secretly watching and investigating you. This trip will inevitably attract even more attention."

"If you choose to stay in China and not attend the global financial summit in Washington, that's fine too. It will ensure better secrecy. You can stay in the rear and provide technical support..."

Next, Deputy Director Zhang continued to explain the situation.

This includes other topics that may be discussed at this global financial summit, the composition of the Chinese delegation, etc., but these are all preliminary plans.

Looking at Ling Yun again, he fell silent, looking thoughtful.

After Deputy Director Zhang finished explaining the situation, he also finished thinking it over and quickly made a decision.

He glanced at Director Li and Chairman Lou, who were smiling, then looked at Deputy Director Zhang and nodded decisively, saying:

"Since SZ has given me this opportunity to showcase my talents, I cannot refuse. I accept this task and will accompany SZ to Washington to attend this global financial summit."

"At this global financial summit, I will definitely make full use of my professional skills to play the role of financial advisor and professional translator, and live up to expectations!"

"There's something I need to remind everyone: the collaborations I've had with various airlines and numerous state-owned financial institutions before and during this global financial summit must not be disclosed."

"If the European and American countries and Wall Street find out that I've been secretly leading a team to frantically harvest profits in the international financial and oil markets, those damn foreign devils might go crazy..."

"Hahaha"

Mr. Kong suddenly laughed and said smugly:

"What did I tell you? With Xiao Ling's personality, she would definitely rise to the challenge and charge into battle. She wouldn't be content to stay in the rear and offer advice. And sure enough!"

"Hahaha"

Deputy Director Zhang and Director Li chuckled, their eyes full of admiration.

Seeing this situation, Ling Yun immediately understood.

Before entering the conference room, Deputy Director Zhang and General Manager Kong made a bet.

The target is that I will choose to accompany SZ on his trip abroad, taking certain risks, to Washington to attend this global financial summit.

I will still choose to stay in the home base in China and provide technical support as a financial advisor!

The outcome of this bet is already clear to everyone.

Having figured this out, Ling Yun chuckled softly.

After a few lighthearted chats, Deputy Director Zhang returned to the main topic.

He told Lingyun that, given that Lingyun would be attending the Global Financial Summit with SZ next month, various security and confidentiality measures would be strengthened for him during this period.

Starting today, he may reduce the frequency and duration of his visits to the CIC headquarters as appropriate.

When the international financial markets are calm, he doesn't even need to come to the CIC headquarters; he can stay at home and remotely direct the various investment teams via telephone.

The closer it gets to mid-November, the tighter the security measures become.

Just before departure, he arranged his investment strategy in advance, and then he could set off with the group!

Lingyun naturally had no objection to these arrangements.

The meeting ended at around 11:30 a.m.

After leaving the conference room, Deputy Director Zhang and his colleagues went straight out of the CIC headquarters and returned to their respective units, either to report back or to attend to their own work.

Ling Yun then went to the edge of the trading area and looked at the international financial market trends displayed on the electronic screen.

At this time, the international financial market was still dominated by bullish sentiment.

The Asia-Pacific financial markets, which entered the midday trading session, were generally up, with the situation looking very positive.

But people are scared by this crazy, wildly fluctuating market. Compared to the frenzied buying and selling of the previous two days, everyone is much more cautious today!

Seeing this, Ling Yun simply smiled.

Then he turned and went into his office to begin preparing proposals for the National Financial Work Conference to be held at the end of the month!

In the midst of all the hustle and bustle, it was already around three o'clock in the afternoon.

Asian stock markets closed higher, ending a thrilling week, which looks pretty good!

European stock markets, which opened one after another, generally opened with a gap up, and the gap up was quite large, with the market in a state of jubilation.

Until the US stock market opened in the evening, European financial markets generally maintained a high-level fluctuation trend, and the US stock market followed a similar trend.

Only after confirming that the international financial market was basically stable and that the probability of a black swan event was virtually nonexistent did Ling Yun feel relieved enough to leave the CIC headquarters and go home to rest.

Before we knew it, it was Saturday.

At noon, Lingyun returned to the large courtyard house in Houhai, ready to have a meal with her grandparents and parents.

Seeing him enter through the hanging flower gate, his mother, who had just walked out of the restaurant, couldn't help but look on with surprise.

"Why are you back at this hour? I thought you were coming home for dinner as usual, and then spending the night in the yard."

Ling Yun smiled and then offered a few explanations.

"I went to a meeting at the Ministry of Finance this morning. Minister Xie wanted to ask me about some things in preparation for a major international conference."

"I came straight here after the meeting to have lunch with you all. I have another meeting to attend this afternoon, so I wanted to save myself the trouble of traveling back and forth."

"I have important plans tonight, so I won't be able to come over, but Yanzi will come and chat with you for a while."

"Besides that, I have something to discuss with you and Dad during my trip back home. I'd like you to meet with two people tomorrow."

As he spoke, he had already come to his mother's side.

At the same time, two kittens heard his voice and came running from the moon gate, meowing as they pounced on his trouser legs.

Immediately afterwards, the calico mother cat appeared at the moon gate, while another tabby kitten darted over.

Upon seeing this adorable family, Ling Yun's face immediately broke into a bright smile, and she instantly relaxed!

He squatted down with a smile, playing with the three kittens while chatting with his mother.

Seeing his expression, Mom frowned slightly in annoyance.

"You're really busy, kid. Not only can you not rest on the weekend, but you also have to squeeze in time to go home and have dinner with your family. It sounds exhausting!"

"You just said you invited us to meet two people tomorrow. Who are they? Is it about business, or about your girlfriends?"

Ling Yun blushed and looked up at his mother.

"These are Leilei's parents. I'm planning to invite them to dinner at the villa tomorrow to introduce you and chat about family matters!"

"I've been with Leilei for a while now, and it's time to formally meet her parents. We can't keep keeping quiet about it forever."

My mother paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

"This was handled rather well. We really should meet with Leilei's parents; otherwise, it's just too inappropriate!"