The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

With the US election results in, the biggest uncertainty has disappeared.

The focus of the international financial market has shifted rapidly from the US election to economic fundamentals, which are the fundamental factors determining the trend of the international financial market.

The result was predictable!

Everyone knows how bad the global economic fundamentals are!

From the Asia-Pacific region to Europe and then to the Americas, global stock markets have all plummeted, each one more devastating than the last!

At 9:30 p.m. sharp, the US stock market opened!

as predicted!

US stocks opened sharply lower and then continued their downward trend without looking back, heading straight for the abyss!

In just one hour, US stocks have fallen by more than 4%, and the market is in a terrible state!

Just as the US stock market fell by more than 4%, Lingyun called Deputy Director Zhang and gave a precise and accurate prediction.

"Director Zhang, the US stock market is likely to fall by at least 5% tonight, but this is not the end; it's just the beginning of a new wave of sharp declines."

"Based on the current trend in international financial markets, tomorrow will definitely see a global Black Thursday, with all stock markets plummeting."

"To maximize profits, state-owned financial institutions must be patient and not rush to liquidate their positions, lest they miss out on tomorrow's sharp drop."

Upon hearing this, Deputy Director Zhang chuckled.

"I understand what you mean, Lingyun. You want me to inform Director Li and the others, and then have them convey your investment strategy to various state-owned financial institutions."

"Since you are so confident, I will immediately relay your analysis to SZ, and then to Director Li and the others, so that all financial institutions can respond quickly."

"Haha, that's exactly what I meant. I'm sorry to have troubled you!"

Ling Yun smiled and exchanged a few polite words, then changed the subject.

"After two consecutive days of sharp declines, the US government and the Federal Reserve will likely be forced to intervene to rescue the market. After all, the election has just ended, and they cannot allow the financial markets to truly collapse."

"Another point is that the international financial market also has the momentum for a rebound and recovery. Countless short sellers who have profited from shorting will choose to cover their positions and lock in their profits."

"I predict that international financial markets will see a strong recovery on Friday. Therefore, we should reverse our short position and go long again before the US stock market closes on Friday morning."

"Starting with the Asia-Pacific stock markets tomorrow morning, and continuing through European stock markets in the afternoon, the same operation will be executed: complete the short-to-long reversal before the market closes..."

As he analyzed and explained, Deputy Director Zhang on the other end of the phone kept praising him.

Deputy Director Zhang naturally had no objection to the series of investment strategies he formulated.

After discussing the adjustment of investment strategy, they talked for a while about the US election and Obama's new policies that would be implemented in two months.

After talking for about ten minutes, Deputy Director Zhang voluntarily ended the call and went to report to SZ.

To facilitate his report, Ling Yun compiled what he had just said into a document and sent it to Deputy Director Zhang's work email!

After hanging up the phone, Ling Yun immediately shifted his attention to the trends in the US stock market, European stock markets, and futures markets.

At this moment, the trend of the international financial market can be summed up in one word: decline, and a sharp decline at that!

Half an hour later, Deputy Director Zhang sent a text message.

"SZ highly appreciates your judgment and predictions. The relevant investment strategies have been conveyed to Director Li and Chairman Lou, and will be implemented immediately."

Ling Yun chuckled softly and casually replied with a message.

"Received, goodnight."

Immediately afterwards, he opened his phone's contacts, quickly found Chairman Zhao's number, and dialed it.

After the call connected and both parties confirmed their identities, Lingyun immediately got down to business.

"Chairman Zhao, the US election results are in, the biggest uncertainty has been completely eliminated, and international oil prices will plummet in the coming period!"

"From now on, you can freely short international crude oil futures without any hesitation. Prepare for oil prices of forty dollars..."

Upon hearing this, Chairman Zhao on the other end of the phone immediately cheered excitedly.

"Wow! Forty dollars a month ago, I would never have believed that international oil prices would plummet to this level!"

"International oil prices were over sixty dollars a day, and now they've plummeted to forty dollars? That's outrageous! Is this oil or water?"

"Hahaha"

Ling Yun chuckled and then made a few more teasing remarks.

"One day in the future, oil might really become cheaper than water, and the current international crude oil futures market will have become a complete game of capital!"

"Since it's a game, negative oil prices in the future aren't impossible..."

At this point, he couldn't help but think of the infamous Crude Oil Treasure incident from his previous life.

That was an exploitation by international capital of time differences and loopholes in a certain domestic bank, a precise way to fleece numerous domestic customers of Crude Oil Treasure.

In that incident, international capital once drove the price of WTI May delivery futures contracts down to negative $37.6 per barrel, marking the first time in history that oil prices had turned negative!

For customers of Crude Oil Treasure, this was undoubtedly a devastating blow.

Because they couldn't close their positions and stop the losses in time, almost everyone woke up to find themselves wiped out, some even owing the bank a huge sum of money, with many losing everything overnight!

For Lingyun, this was a bloody fact that had already happened!

But for Chairman Zhao on the other end of the phone, this was nothing short of a fantasy!

Due to Lingyun's butterfly effect, it's highly unlikely that Chairman Zhao and his group will witness such a spectacle in this lifetime.

Unless Lingyun intends to learn from this and use their methods against them, finding a way to return this trick to European and American countries and financial markets.

Shanghai, the headquarters of Yuanda Group.

In the lounge next to the conference room, Chairman Zhao was talking to Ling Yun on the phone.

After discussing the adjustment of investment strategies, he changed the subject and brought up another matter.

"Our group's acceptance team has basically completed the acceptance of the media resources that Goldman Sachs compensated to Yuanda Investment, and has truly obtained controlling rights to those media resources."

"According to the agreement signed between our group and Goldman Sachs, we cannot interfere in the day-to-day management and operation of those media outlets, let alone interfere with their public opinion guidance."

"In other words, we are merely financial investors and controlling shareholders. We can oversee the transfer of those media assets to ensure our own financial interests, but we cannot do anything else."

"But there's a loophole here: if we transfer the controlling stake in those media outlets, the new owner doesn't have to worry about these restrictions and can use that controlling stake to intervene in the media's operations."

"I must say, that was a brilliant move of yours. Irwin, the general manager of Goldman Sachs' Hong Kong branch who signed the agreement, must have had his head squeezed in a door; he completely overlooked this issue."

Upon hearing this, Ling Yun couldn't help but chuckle.

"Who knows? Maybe Irwin really did get his head stuck in a door, or maybe he just wanted to leave Hong Kong Island as soon as possible, so he rushed to sign the agreement and left this bug!"

"This is perfect for us; we can make the most of it. The Yuanda Group's handling of the team's work is clearly excellent..."

As he said this, the smile in his eyes grew wider.

He knew better than anyone why Erwin had ignored this huge bug in the first place—that guy did it on purpose!

As for why it was intentional, is there even a need to ask?

After exchanging a few jokes, Chairman Zhao returned to the previous topic.

"Our group is nearing completion in acquiring those media resources. Once you return from the financial summit and from the United States, you will be able to access these media resources."

"As per our agreement, we will pay you a discounted price for the controlling stake in these media resources as compensation. What you do next is up to you..."

About ten minutes later, Chairman Zhao finished his call, came out of the lounge, and returned to the trading area outside.

As soon as he came out, he heard Zhou Hua cheering excitedly.

"Holy crap, international oil prices have collapsed! In just half an hour, they've plummeted by more than three dollars!"