Rebirth 05: From Coal Mine Owner to Mobile Phone Tycoon

Lu Yuan shook his head, then went to the bathroom to wash his face, hoping to clear his head.

There's no way around it; the bloodline curse of the people of Jinshan Province is just too powerful.

It was so powerful that once midnight passed, the entire Jinshan Province seemed to be put on pause.

Taking a nap is a habit ingrained in the blood of every Jinshan resident.

Moreover, Lu Yuan had just indulged in the pleasure of carbohydrates, and now his blood sugar was high, making him extremely sleepy.

But Lu Yuan didn't want to sleep; he wanted to at least roughly finalize the plan.

Otherwise, we might end up fighting a battle we weren't prepared for.

Sitting back down at his computer, Lu Yuan looked at the information he had found and wrote down the names of several key companies on a piece of paper, repeatedly circling each name.

Nine stocks in total came into Lu Yuan's view.

According to Lu Yuan's recollection, these nine stocks were ones that could be shorted this year. Lu Yuan had no recollection of the others, and probably hadn't made any waves in the long run.

If it's missed, it's missed. I never really wanted to be an empty investment firm anyway.

Of these nine companies, Lu Yuan needs to select the four that are the most suitable, fastest, and easiest to start with.

This is the limit Lu Yuan set for himself: only four attempts.

Of course, this limitation is not permanent, but only applies to the very beginning stage.

Although Lu Yuan didn't care, he was considering his future mobile phone business.

It's clearly not worth the risk of gaining a "notorious" reputation for shorting too many times.

After all, short selling can easily give people the impression of gloating or harming others for personal gain.

And indeed, this is the case; there has been no reversal. These people disrupt market stability, create market panic, and directly harm the interests of others.

So it's not unjust that he ended up in a situation where everyone hates him and curses him in their hearts.

Lu Yuan didn't want his fund to leave such a stereotype, so he had to control himself, even though short selling really could make money very quickly.

Another matter is to exclude New World Digital Base, which has already been selected to be the first to be selected among these four.

The remaining three should ideally be able to snatch Blue Flag Fund away, or even better, infuriate them to the point of dissolving on the spot.

Finally, Lu Yuan's gaze settled on...

Dongfang Nonferrous Metals Group was a mining company that was later renamed Wuse Minerals. Because it was related to the coal mining industry that Lu Yuan had previously worked in, Lu Yuan had some memory of it.

SCMP Group Limited, a traditional print media company, is a prime example of how old media professionals are failing to keep up with the times in the era of the Internet.

Vitasoy International later insulted China in 21. If given the chance, Lu Yuan would like to kill them beforehand.

Huaxia Wind Power suggests that the wind power industry will need at least another 15 years to become profitable, and there are no other leading wind power companies like it since; it's probably already crippled.

Sino-Forest, a Chinese forestry resources company, completely collapsed 10 years later. Its blatant disregard for rules, including falsifying sales revenue and exaggerating assets, is a stark contrast to the actions of New World Digital Base.

There is nothing worse than it is.

Choosing three out of five, Lu Yuan believed that those airdrops would be like hyenas in the desert; they would definitely be able to smell the scent of these fat targets.

Which of those two people from Blue Flag Fund will they choose? Lu Yuan stroked his chin.

Judging from their previous attack on Lin Shaoyang's stock, they have a deep understanding of traditional industries, especially companies involved in commodity trading such as mining, forestry, and energy.

So Vitasoy was eliminated first, and Lu Yuan crossed out its name on the paper.

SCMP (South China Daily) is hard to say. Newspaper media itself belongs to the service industry, which is a part of the tertiary industry. However, within the media industry, it is a traditional one, and the market is very large.

Lu Yuan temporarily placed him in third place.

When Lu Yuan checked the information about Sino-Forest, there were significant discrepancies between it and his memory. Back then, when the company went bankrupt, it wiped out 90 billion HKD, which was related to the company's financial troubles. Now, its market value is only over 7 million HKD.

Although the real economic take-off in mainland China began after 08.

But the difference is really quite large.

etc.

Lu Yuan seems to have grasped something. What caused Sino-Forest's financial collapse back then? There was no global economic crisis in 11.

Was it deliberately detonated? It seems to be named after a very famous organization, or perhaps it's named after a Chinese proverb.

Fish in troubled waters!

Muddy waters!

It's Muddy Waters Research, how could I forget that?

Lu Yuan instantly became excited.

Then I found the two names that Lin Shaoyang had written, and suddenly it all became clear.

Lu Yuan slammed his hand on the table in excitement, and the sleeping goddess on the bed let out two soft moans.

So Lu Yuan quickly suppressed his excitement and tried to be quiet, because it would be a huge mistake to wake Zhou Mei up.

The reason they're so tired is because they've been playing games with themselves day and night for two consecutive nights, and of course, they occasionally do cosplay.

Besides Zhou Zhiruo, there are also female prosecutors, flight attendants, and so on.

Even if you're excited, you still need to let people get some rest.

After confirming that Zhou Mei had not woken up, Lu Yuan then turned his attention to the two names.

Carson Block is the founder of Muddy Waters.

Unexpectedly, this person is now an investigative lawyer, and has not yet founded Muddy Waters Research.

The other one remembered too.

Andrew Zoe, founder of Citron Drop.

Unexpectedly, these two joined forces back in 05.

But I later heard that the two of them didn't get along very well, until they joined forces again after I started shorting Gaotu.

That's where things get interesting. Instead of using his own citron to airdrop, Andrew used Pershing Square Capital to create a shell company.

This is similar to, yet different from, my own behavior and that of Lin Shaoyang.

The real reason I did this with Lin Shaoyang was because I cared about Lin Shaoyang's reputation, while this guy was probably preparing a big move to avoid the limelight by airdropping his citron.

Lu Yuan then thought again, how did these two people part ways?

Lu Yuan never heard any news about these things in his later memories.

If their failure was due to investment losses or disagreements, then who caused those losses?

Could it be that I am that person?

In an instant, Lu Yuan felt a chill run down his spine, his scalp tingled, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Lu Yuan felt as if he had stepped into the Möbius strip of fate.

Everything around me was inexplicably shattering and dissipating, and I felt as if I were in an endless void.

Even the five senses seem to be slowly fading away.

"Hey!!! So engrossed, which girl are you thinking about?!"

Then, a pair of warm and delicate arms wrapped around Lu Yuan's neck from behind.

They pulled Lu Yuan out of that dark, abyss-like environment.

My fingers could feel touch, and my ears could hear.

I could even smell the goddess's delicate fragrance.

There were two soft mounds pressing against my back.

Everything around them, which had been broken, was slowly pieced back together.