Rebirth 05: From Coal Mine Owner to Mobile Phone Tycoon

Lu Yuan poured hot water into the teapot again, shook it, and then filled it up for himself.

This time, the tea soup was a bit darker in color and had a richer flavor.

Lu Yuanmei took a delicious sip.

"If you have the chance, you should get to know the teahouse owner. This pre-Qingming Longjing tea is really hard to buy."

"I don't actually know the owner of this shop, but I can ask around."

"I was just saying it casually, don't take it seriously."

Everyone fell silent for a moment, while Lu Yuan sipped his tea nonchalantly, nodding occasionally with an expression of enjoyment.

"By the way, where were we?"

"tea?"

"No, before Ah Biao and the others came back."

"Establish a fund?"

"Yes, yes, first of all, we'll set up a new fund. As for the name..."

Lu Yuan, who was terrible at naming things, fell into deep thought again. This time, he couldn't just name it whatever came to mind like he did last time when he talked about stock selection methods.

After thinking it over and over, and reflecting on the names I've chosen in the past...

"The mobile phone brand I run is called Tiangong, and my stock selection method is called Tianyan."

"Then this fund... I've got it. Let's call it Kunlun Mirror, Kunlun Mirror Fund."

Lin Shaoyang had become somewhat immune to Lu Yuan's unconventional behavior, but the other two almost choked on their tea.

"Ahem...why? Is there some deeper meaning behind this name?"

What does this have to do with the Heavenly Craftsmanship or the Heavenly Eye?

Of course, they could only ask themselves this question.

Conversations between big shots are really hard to understand.

"This is an allusion to our fund being able to reflect the embellished truth and bubbles in the market like a clear mirror, with clarity, calmness, and nothing left to hide."

"Why not just call it the Mingjing Foundation?"

Lu Yuan shook his head quickly.

"That would be too ordinary. How could our abilities be just an ordinary mirror? It has to be at least a divine artifact to be worthy of it."

Seeing the puzzled looks on everyone else's faces, they wondered which ancient book or story this came from. Was it the Classic of Mountains and Seas?

"Do you know the Ten Divine Artifacts of Ancient China?" The three people shook their heads.

"Have you ever played Xuan-Yuan Sword?!" Lin Shaoyang and A Biao shook their heads again.

Lin Shaoyang's assistant, a boy named Ryan, nodded.

Lu Yuan clapped his hands. "Great! Yuwen Tuo, this is the reincarnation of the Kunlun Mirror, remember him?"

Ryan suddenly realized, "Ah, that seems to be it, I vaguely remember."

"Yes, yes, it seems there are those Ten Divine Artifacts, and also the Shennong Cauldron and the Nuwa Stone."

Ah Biao continued to complain, "I agree, you really love playing video games, you can connect everything to playing video games."

Lu Yuan felt a chill run down his spine. This blockhead probably hadn't made that connection, did he? I've linked StarCraft with the goddess playing poker.

Lin Shaoyang wasn't surprised at all; this Lu Yuan was definitely a video game enthusiast.

This made Lin Shaoyang think that Lu Yuan was indeed as Zhou Mei had described, a very interesting person.

She can get along with people of every age group as if they were her peers.

Thinking about it carefully, this is actually a remarkable ability; most people really can't do it.

"Ryan, could you go and register these this afternoon?"

"If you need anything from me, just call me."

As he spoke, Lu Yuan took out a newspaper with a phone number on it from his pocket and handed it to Lin Shaoyang.

Lin Shaoyang's eyes bulged. This guy not only didn't have a business card, but he even wrote it on a newspaper. Didn't he even have a piece of blank paper?

Lin Shaoyang opened the half-finished newspaper, then dialed the number back. Lu Yuan acknowledged receipt and gestured for him to take a good look at the page.

This is from yesterday's Oriental Daily News.

Lin Shaoyang was puzzled. He and Zhou Mei hadn't just been in the newspaper today, so what did they mean by using yesterday's article?

But soon, Lin Shaoyang noticed that Lin Yi had circled a mark with a pen in one of the locations.

Looking closely, what's circled is...

Ulaanbaatar Kulun Coal Power Plant officially renamed New World Digital Base.

Lin Shaoyang looked at the message, not understanding what Lu Yuan meant.

"This is our first goal."

"Doesn't the name seem strange to you?"

Lin Shaoyang nodded. Indeed, such a name change is extremely rare, unless...

"Shareholding partnership? Stock brokerage?"

"Yes, in order to make people selectively forget that their stock was previously depressed, they forcibly raised the stock price to prolong their life and make money."

Lin Shaoyang's doubts were finally dispelled.

"Old Lin, do you know any top-tier securities firms?"

"Yes, it is, but shouldn't we investigate it first?"

"No need for that. Just have someone check this company's past financial reports and stock price, especially the situation before and after each name change."

"Trust me, you will discover something."

To be honest, Lu Yuan also admired this company. He wondered whether these Mongolian royal relatives were just lucky or incredibly bold.

The same operation has been repeated many times, and yet it hasn't caused any problems yet.

Lu Yuan was able to recall it because, while searching for a target to attack first, he discovered an energy company from inland China: China Wind Power Group.

This reminded Lu Yuan of the Mongolian company that started with coal mining, then moved to coal-fired power generation, and eventually changed its name to Mongolian Energy.

I recalled a series of questionable actions by this company.

"So when should we start borrowing from the brokerage firm?"

Lin Shaoyang took a sip of tea and tried to calm his heart, which was pounding with excitement.

"I will transfer HK$5000 million to the new fund this afternoon as handling fees, interest and margin."

"Old Lin, do as you please. Invest as much as you can afford."

"The sooner we start, the better. We should borrow as much as we can, and then sell it immediately after borrowing."

Not only Lin Shaoyang, but even his assistant's eyes twitched.

I originally thought this person was quite old-fashioned and steady in doing things, but I didn't expect him to be so radical in this matter.

Is it extreme self-confidence?

Or is there already inside information?

"Aren't you really going to wait and see the investigation report before making a decision?"

Lu Yuan shook his head. "Time is money, my friend."

"I know that phrase, but what's wrong with your voice?"

"They're a very greedy race. Goblins and gnomes speak with their accents to really get the right feel for it."

Ah Biao slammed his hand on the table. "I understand!" Everyone turned to look at him.

"This is another thing from your gaming sessions, isn't it!"

Lu Yuan thought to himself, "Damn it! So all that was before, you only got this excited because you understood this one sentence?"

Lu Yuan ignored him and spoke directly to Lin Shaoyang.

"Have someone work overtime tonight to write the investigation report. I believe that as long as it targets the shareholding structure and stock brokers, there will be plenty of evidence. As for financial fraud, that will be a sure thing."

"As for excuses like 'mismanagement,' those are just common pretexts..."

"Hey, just take a look at the late Soviet state-owned enterprises and write something casually. A real investigation would take months or years."

"Moreover, once the stock swap and stock brokerage issues are exposed, no one will probably care about these minor details anymore."