Chapter 32
Translator: Aafkee
Proofreader: Superclubs2
Surprised, Lu Chuiqing turns back to look at Xiao Zhan.
The applause in the hall continued for a while. Most of the guests did not know that the young master of the Xia Family is old friends with Value Scan’s CEO, they are both surprised and curious. There are also people who only knew about Value Scan’s reputation but have never seen Xiao Zhan in person before. At this moment, all the gazes are gathered on Xiao Zhan.
Lu Chuiqing creases his brows slightly. From Xiao Zhan’s words last time, he distinctly felt that the relationship between Xiao Zhan and Xia Hao can not even be considered friendly. Just what exactly is Xia Hao doing by inviting Xiao Zhan to the stage so generously?
Unruffled, Xiao Zhan buttons up his suit jacket, stands up from his seat and walks towards the stage. Xia Hao steps forward quickly, extends both his arms, gives him a warm hug and then pats Xiao Zhan’s back intimately. They look exactly like a pair of close friends in anyone’s eyes.
Xiao Zhan accepts the mic as he maintains a perfectly appropriate smile. Any more overboard than this would make him look pretentious and any less would make him look cold. He opens his mouth unhurriedly, thanking Xia Hao’s invitation to the stage, wishing him a happy birthday as well as his future success with Bo Da Materials. His speech is simple yet fitting, not losing a single bit of his poise.
The venue is once again filled with applause. Xia Hao is standing at the side, his eyes narrowed as he stares at Xiao Zhan with a meaningful expression on his face. He raises both his hands and claps slowly.
Just as everyone thinks that Xiao Zhan’s speech has ended, he smiles slightly and speaks to Xia Hao through the mic again, “Actually, I’ve prepared you another present. This present is quite special so please excuse me for not bringing it with me today as it’s quite inconvenient. I’ll send it right to your doorsteps tomorrow, I hope you’ll like it.”
Xia Hao widens his eyes in surprise, his brows crease without a trace as he stares at Xiao Zhan face tightly as if he wants to look for some sort of clue from his forever perfect face. He follows up with a light chuckle, walks up to Xiao Zhan and pats his shoulder, “It’s the thought that counts. Thank you, I’ll look forward to it.”
When Xiao Zhan walks down the stage, there are quite a lot of guests discussing in low voices, there are both sighs and gasps of admiration. When Xiao Zhan is back in his seat, Lu Chuiqing turns towards him and asks curiously, “What else did you prepare?”
Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhan leans his body slightly towards Lu Chuiqing’s ear and lowers his voice, “Bo Da Materials’ stocks.”
Lu Chuiqing is startled, “How much?”
Lu Chuiqing initially thought Xiao Zhan would tell him how much stock he bought as any other person would. In the end, Xiao Zhan gives him a percentage directly instead, “0.1%.”
Lu Chuiqing sucks in a cold breath and blurts out, “That much?!”
Xiao Zhan puts his finger vertically on his lips, indicating for him to lower his voice. Lu Chuiqing quickly lowers his head, finding it unbelievable as he repeats, “That much?”
Bo Da Materials’ market price is currently near 90 billion. If Xiao Shan has 0.1% of its stock, does it mean that he has invested… almost 100 million?
It is an astronomical amount that Lu Chuiqing can never imagine. He becomes anxious and says hurriedly, “You can’t! Bo Da Materials’ stock will drop…”
At that moment, a possibility flashes across Lu Chuiqing’s mind and his voice comes to an end spontaneously. He is stunned for a few seconds before he swallows his saliva and asks probingly, “Xiao Zhan, don’t tell me you’re… going to short-sell?”
Xiao Zhan looks at him, calm and unruffled, “What do you think?”
Lu Chuiqing is stupefied, “With your personal account?”
Lu Chuiqing does the calculation in his mind. Each of Bo Da’s stocks is valued at 15 dollars right now, it is about 20 dollars when it peaks in November and Xiao Zhan’s share will be valued at about 120 million. When their problem with cash is leaked, the stock value will end up dropping to 3 dollars each. If Xiao Zhan is to short sell when the stocks are at their peak value… deducting those processing fees and the necessary time error… he can earn at least 100 million!
This is what is so scary about the capital market. The higher the capital, the more obvious its power. And this is only the most basic way of playing in the stock market in the financial circle in normal circumstances. If it is in another market where he has financial leverage, Lu Chuiqing can not dare to imagine how much assets could be affected by this amount of money.
Lu Chuiqing’s palms are sweating. He is holding back, but there are many questions he wants to ask. He knows Xiao Zhan did not decide to invest so much in this merely because of his one-sided statements. He has a feeling since earlier on, that Xiao Zhan already has enough information in his hands about Bo Da Materials actual situation.
Given their current setting, it is not convenient for Lu Chuiqing to ask too many questions. He stays in his seat, waiting anxiously until it is time where guests can interact freely until he quickly drags Xiao Zhan to the balcony.
After confirming that there is no one else around them, Lu Chuiqing asks, “What’s going on? Why did you decide to short sell Bo Do so suddenly?”
Didn’t Xiao Zhan say that it would be inconvenient for him to do this because Xia Hao is his acquaintance? Their friendship is too superficial…
“I’m not doing anything additional.” Xiao Zhan looks at him with a hint of a smile in his eyes, “Didn’t you say it yourself? That the price will drop on its own.”
Lu Chuiqing is speechless, his lips twitching, “I don’t believe that you’d trust me just like that…”
Xiao Zhan sits down beside a low bar at the balcony and picks up the bottle of champagne which is already prepared. He then pours some in two wine glasses before reaching out to pull Lu Chuiqing’s wrist, “Who should I believe if not you?”
Lu Chuiqing stares blankly for a split second, that sentence from Xiao Zhan unexpectedly touched his heart.
He sits down beside Xiao Zhan and holds his hand as he says, “Fine… but you actually already have some sort of premonition about this, am I right?”
Xiao Zhan’s answer is straightforward, “There are problems with Bo Da’s report forms.”
Lu Chuiqing, “... How do you know?”
In his previous life, before shit hits the fan for Bo Da, all market investors and organisations thought there were no problems with their report forms. The reports were fabricated by the accountancy company that colluded with them after all, so it was really difficult to spot any problems in the reports under such circumstances.
“I’ve been paying attention to Bo Da Materials for a long time, not just these two years.” Xiao Zhan takes a sip of his champagne and half-smiles, “If not? Intuition?”
Bo Da Materials will only truly become a bull stock* in these two years. The fraud incident afterwards is most likely due to the shareholders taking a risk out of desperation and making use of the advantage of the stock’s soaring prices. Since Xiao Zhan has been paying attention to this company since a long time ago, it indeed is possible for him to notice the problems with the company’s report forms a step earlier than the rest of the market.
(T/N*: Bull stock/bull market is referring to its investment prices and trading rates are rising far greater than any other stocks.)
However, fully trusting your own judgement and making a decision to put in a one-off investment of over 100 million really does need quite a bit of resolution, courage and insight.
“Actually, I’ve yet to decide when to sell off those stocks.” Xiao Zhan lifts his gaze to look at him, tossing a bomb at him as if it is nothing, “How about I let give you access to my account?”
“Huh?!” Lu Chuiqing is so shocked that the wine glass nearly slipped out of his hand. He quickly shakes his head, “No, this won’t do… There’s too much money involved, I get anxious just looking at it. Besides, you’re more experienced in this regard… What is the deadline of the contract?”
“In 90 days.” Xiao Zhan answers, “Aren’t you very sure of Bo Da Materials’ current market situation?”
“But that’s not 100% either! Any small mistake will cost you a few million…” Lu Chuiqing pauses before he continues earnestly, “If it’s in 90 days, you should deliver by the end of December at the latest… If you want my opinion on when to let the stocks go, I suggest you sell all of them by the end of November.”
The later he sells out the stocks, the less time there is left for the stock prices to drop. Once the contract is up, you have to buy back no matter what the price is when the contract is up. To be able to wait till there is only a month left before selling the stocks, he can already be considered as someone who can keep his composure.
Xiao Zhan lifts his brow slightly, “Bo Da Materials’ short term commercial papers (CP) are expiring at the end of November. So in the end, you still think that the company will violate their contract and that’s the reason for the drop in their stock prices, am I right?”
Lu Chuiqing can not hide anything in front of Xiao Zhan and yet, he can not tell Xiao Zhan that is what he remembers from his memories so he can only answer vaguely with a “hn” before he lowers his head and continues to sip from his wine glass.
“Don’t drink too much.” Xiao Zhan reminds him, “It’s easy to get drunk on champagne.”
“Oh… Okay.”
“Do you want to open an account for funding?” Xiao Zhan did not continue the topic on Bo Da Materials’ stocks, “I can ask a professional manager to help manage your account.”
Lu Chuiqing, “Huh? But I… don’t have much money though?”
Those personal fund managers Xiao Zhan was referring to are specifically for big clients who have assets that are worth at least a million. Lu Chuiqing’s few hundred of thousands is literally nothing in comparison.
Xiao Zhan, “I can lend you.”
Lu Chuiqing, “It’s fine… I’ll save up.” Who knows when he’ll be able to return all that money if he does borrow from Xiao Zhan?
After sitting outside on the balcony for a while, Lu Chuiqing feels that he might have accidentally drunk too much. He can feel his head throbbing slightly, the insides of his throat hot. He stands up and tells Xiao Zhan that he is going to the washroom.
On his way to the washroom, Lu Chuiqing brushes past a man in a champagne coloured suit. There is an aromatic scent of tea lingering on him. It is a very nice and charming scent.
Yet, Lu Chuiqing is slightly dazzled and can not help but take a sniff. Is this an omega’s pheromone?
There are not many people who would let out their pheromone so freely like that. However, Lu Chuiqing was not in a position to judge so he did not think much of it and continued towards the washroom.
Xiao Zhan is still sitting alone on the balcony. As he picks up the wine glass beside his hand, his brows suddenly crease slightly, a hint of coldness flash across his deep, black eyes. He turns his head and looks at the person standing behind him.
Su Weiyu is very beautiful. He has an appearance in which people would involuntarily get dazzled when they pass by him on the street. Two buttons on his collar are unbuttoned, displaying a small part of his fair chest and his light gold coloured collar.
Su Weiyu places both his hand on the back of Xiao Zhan’s chair and supports his body with his arms as he leans down, his voice is low and unhurried mixed with an indistinct smile, “Seems like you have yet to forget my scent, Xiao Zhan.”
Xiao Zhan turns back around and looks at the night view far away silently, the corners of his lips lifted up by a cold and mocking smile. His fingers rub the wine glass in his hand unhurriedly, completely indifferent.
Su Weiyu gazes at Xiao Zhan’s side profile. He was sitting in the corner of the hall just now. When he saw Xiao Zhan when Xia Hao asked him to go onto the stage, his appearance, his presence, made it difficult for Su Weiyu to remove his gaze.
It is almost like this person never gets old. Accompanied by the increase in age, there is only more maturity, more stability, as well as his unchanging, sharp beauty that is capable of hurting others and messing up a person’s heart.
If those things did not happen, if there was no Xia Hao… Su Weiyu thinks as he stares blankly, that perhaps, Xiao Zhan would still be by his side.
Su Weiyu walks towards the railing, his thin waist leaning on it as he says, “I heard from Xia Hao that you didn’t come alone. I just saw your partner go over there, it seems like you have a different taste now.”
Su Weiyu has already expected all those people that were once beside Xiao Zhan and he almost never thought much about them. It is the same this time. In his opinion, the person that just went over there is only one out of many.
Xiao Zhan looks at him, his expression undisturbed, “Do you need something with me?”
“I merely want to see you.” Su Weiyu replies faintly, “Feel free to think whatever you want, it doesn’t matter.”
Xiao Zhan’s expression remains unchanged.
“I know you look down on me, but that’s okay, I won’t make any unreasonable requests.” Su Weiyu’s expression is also calm, his tone is as if he is discussing something work-related with Xiao Zhan, “Let me get straight to the point. It has been six years, Xiao Zhan. I’m indeed regretting it and I can’t forget you either. I have no complaints if you want to take your revenge against me. But if you are even a little bit interested in me, I’ll come back to you as long as you say the word.”
Su Weiyu lifts his eyes and glances at Xiao Zhan’s back view, the corner of his lips lifting unhurriedly, “Your little playmate is back. I’ll be going ahead, goodbye.”
Su Weiyu glances briefly at Lu Chuiqing who seems to be staring, slightly startled, and walks past him, completely unconcerned.
---------- Translator’s note:
Happy Christmas everyone!!
Excuse me but who is su weiyu ????
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