The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

Just as Lingyun predicted, Black Monday arrived as scheduled.

The Asia-Pacific financial markets, which opened first in the morning, plummeted immediately upon opening, experiencing a sharp and continuous decline.

Before 10 a.m., the Nikkei index had already plummeted by more than 6%, and the South Korean stock market had plunged by more than 8%, seemingly on the verge of triggering another circuit breaker.

The Hong Kong stock market, which Lingyun closely monitors, also plummeted by more than 8%, with the market situation being exceptionally dire.

However, the magnitude and speed of the decline in the Hong Kong stock market were much milder than on this day in the previous life, but no one knew it.

The reason for this was Ling Yun's secret interference.

Seeing that the decline in the Hong Kong stock market was much milder than in his previous life, he was a little worried.

They worry that their covert interference in the Hong Kong stock market could create an uncontrollable butterfly effect, leading to a chain reaction.

Fortunately, this did not happen immediately, and the Asia-Pacific financial markets continued to plummet.

When the Japanese stock market fell below -6%, Ling Yun, who was remotely directing operations from his study, immediately picked up his phone and sent a group message to Chairman Zhao, Chairman Lou, and General Manager Chen.

"Attention all investment teams, begin selling off. Clear all short positions in Asia-Pacific stock markets currently under trading, and secure your profits!"

"When the Nikkei index falls below -8% and the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong hits a -10% drop, all investment teams will switch from long to short positions and start going long on stock markets in Asia-Pacific countries and regions."

"But you must pay attention to the speed of reducing and building positions, the amount of capital invested and the leverage ratio, and never be rash, lest other international speculators notice your moves."

"After several days of sharp declines last week, coupled with today's Black Monday as expected, there is a very high probability that stock markets around the world will see a technical rebound tomorrow. Therefore, we should switch from short to long positions in time and reap another harvest tomorrow."

Shortly after the text message was sent, Chairman Zhao and Chairman Lou quickly gave a firm reply.

"Understood, I'll relay the instructions immediately and execute them swiftly!"

"Well done, Xiao Ling! You can turn the world upside down with a flick of your wrist, truly admirable!"

Looking at Lou Dong and the others' reply, Ling Yun chuckled smugly.

Immediately afterwards, he sent a text message to Mr. Kong and his team, reminding them of the situation regarding international crude oil futures.

"International crude oil futures will continue to plummet today. The joint investment team can simply remain calm and not take any action."

"If the investment departments of various airlines want to make a quick profit, they can close their short positions and go long when WTI crude oil falls below $63. However, they must act quickly and withdraw quickly, and never linger in the market."

After sending the message to the group, Ling Yun let out a long breath, leaned back in his chair, and relaxed a little.

This is basically how things work in the stock markets of Asia-Pacific countries and regions, as well as the international crude oil futures market—just keep reaping the profits!

Next, once the European stock markets opened in the afternoon and the US stock market opened in the evening, Lingyun once again remotely directed the various investment teams to continue their frenzied harvesting of wealth!

There were several hours during that time, during which Lingyun could relax and rest.

After Mr. Kong and the others replied to the text message, Ling Yun glanced at the message and prepared to get up and leave the study to go downstairs to spend time with Da Meiyuan and Jia Jingwen.

Today is Monday, and Yanzi and Leilei both went to work.

Since Jia Jingwen doesn't have to work regular hours, she's naturally very happy to stay home with Lingyun.

Besides, it's her turn to accompany Ling Yun tonight, so she doesn't have to go back.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Da Meiyuan arrived at the luxurious villa by car to play with Lingyun.

She is now under special protection; her belly remains flat, yet she radiates an undeniable maternal glow.

Just as Ling Yun reached the door of the study, his phone suddenly rang.

He took out his phone, glanced at the caller ID, immediately stopped, and quickly answered the call.

The call was from Deputy Director Zhang. After exchanging greetings, Deputy Director Zhang immediately got to the point.

"Lingyun, your warning about the CITIC Pacific crisis last Friday was very timely. If CITIC Pacific's stock had opened as usual today, a stock price collapse would have been a certainty, and it would have dragged down the Hong Kong stock market."

"Fortunately, CITIC Pacific suspended trading today, which not only prevented a stock price collapse, but also dealt a heavy blow to those international investment banks that tried to frame CITIC Pacific, making their attempt backfire."

"According to calculations by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission's professional investment team, the timely and emergency suspension of trading in CITIC Pacific shares can effectively prevent a collapse of the Hong Kong stock market and at least recover two to three percent of the overall decline."

"SZ was shocked when they received the results of this calculation. They highly praised your tremendous contribution, and relevant leaders at CITIC headquarters even offered you a substantial reward..."

Hearing Deputy Director Zhang's words, Ling Yun's lips unconsciously curled upwards.

He then exchanged a few polite words, as was his custom.

"Thank you for your recognition and praise, SZ. I am truly undeserving of such praise. It is simply what I should do, and it was just a coincidence!"

"To say that the collapse of CITIC Pacific's share price was prevented in time, it was thanks to the wise decisions of SZ and the CITIC headquarters leadership that CITIC Pacific's collapse was avoided, and consequently, the collapse of the Hong Kong stock index was prevented."

"As for the hefty reward from CITIC headquarters, I think I should forget about it. As you know, I'm not short of money at all, and it wouldn't be appropriate for me to accept such a reward."

Deputy Director Zhang paused for a moment, then chuckled softly.

"You're such a cunning guy. I understand your thinking. You only make money from the international financial market. Domestically, you basically just give away money without making any."

"In my opinion, you're being a little too cautious, but that's fine, because with this principle, I believe no one can find fault with you."

"As for SZ's praise and recognition, you deserve it, so don't be shy. SZ has been communicating with the leaders of CITIC to discuss how to resolve CITIC Pacific's crisis as soon as possible."

"CITIC Pacific's stock cannot be suspended indefinitely. If the crisis is not resolved, the stock will plummet again once trading resumes. In view of this, SZ proposes that you participate in resolving this crisis."

"This matter can be dealt with after you return from Washington. There's plenty of time. The strategies you proposed earlier require highly skilled personnel to execute them. Is there anyone more outstanding than you?"

Upon hearing this, Ling Yun fell silent.

After pondering for a moment, he nodded in response.

"Thank you for SZ's appreciation and trust. Since SZ trusts me so much, I cannot be ungrateful. I can participate in handling the crisis facing CITIC Pacific."

"But I have one condition: before I get involved in this matter, I'd like to meet with Chairman Rong of CITIC Pacific and discuss it with him. As you know, Chairman Rong has a special status."

"Haha, I knew you'd react like this."

Deputy Director Zhang chuckled and then gave a response.

"Of course, no problem. We'll arrange everything and keep it strictly confidential. No one will know you're involved in handling this crisis."

"I might as well give you some inside information: the people directly responsible for this crisis must bear their respective responsibilities, and even Chairman Rong is considering stepping down from his position."

as predicted!

Ling Yun's heart tightened, but he didn't respond to that.

After discussing the matter for a while, Deputy Director Zhang ended the call and went to report to Deputy General Manager Wang.

Ling Yun stood there thinking for four or five minutes before leaving the study to go downstairs to play with Da Meiyuan and Jia Jingwen.

Meanwhile, on Hong Kong Island.

Looking at the Hong Kong stock market index plummeting and the CITIC Pacific stock that was suspended from trading, the investment director of Morgan Stanley's Hong Kong branch was almost driven mad with anger!

"Fuck! I've been planning this for two or three years, just waiting for today to reap the rewards, and this is the damn result I get?"

"Can anyone tell me why CITIC Pacific's stock was suddenly suspended from trading? Which bastard is behind this? I'm going to kill him!"

Not only him, but also some people from other international investment banks that conspired to frame CITIC Pacific were furious about this matter!

Their fury stemmed from the fact that they would face huge losses if they failed to complete the harvest on schedule and if CITIC Pacific's stock did not resume trading in time!