“I told you before, we don’t have enough capital! How do you expect to swallow up Ye Corporation without buying enough shares?” Roselle said dismissively. “Patriarch Zhang, stop dawdling, hurry up and figure out a way to raise the funds!”
“The stock price of Ye Corporation is still rising, what do we do?”
“Keep up with it, invest the remaining 100 billion and continue buying!” Roselle commanded without a moment’s hesitation, rapidly issuing the order.
But the shares of Ye Corporation on the market were like a tidal wave. Zhang Heng had thrown in 300 billion in funds without causing so much as a splash; he managed to acquire less than ten percent of Ye Corporation’s stock, still far from gaining control of the company.
What made Zhang Heng even more desperate was, after he had spent the 300 billion in his hand, the shares of the Ye Family became possessed, as it were.
They plummeted from a 600% surge back to the normal price and then continued to fall. In just a few minutes, the Ye Family’s stock had dropped to 30% of its normal level!
“Damn it, what kind of sorcery is this?” Zhang Heng stared at the data on the screen, completely dumbfounded.
In just a few minutes, the shares of the Ye Family went from a sixfold increase to just 30% of the normal price, which meant that relative to their highest value, they had plummeted by 20 times!
That also meant that Zhang Heng’s 300 billion had, in the blink of an eye, shrunk to a mere 15 billion!
Fuck!
This was outright robbery!
The other party seemed to have eyes everywhere, perfectly knowing his limit. After selling Ye Corporation’s shares at a high price and knowing he had run out of money, the stock price immediately plummeted.
“Patriarch Zhang, the money… we need to keep raising funds. Now that the prices have dropped, this is the best opportunity to turn the tables…” Roselle exclaimed anxiously, urging Zhang Heng as he watched the data on the screen, “We can now buy Ye Corporation’s shares at a price three times below the market rate. It’s all profit if we get them!”
Roselle was visibly anxious, and Zhang Heng naturally understood the gravity of the situation.
But where could he get so much money now?
The Zhang family had pooled all their resources; Zhang Heng really didn’t have a penny left.
“Patriarch Zhang, Nether Pawnshop is at your service with all sincerity… We’re just a bridge, and if you buy back the items within 24 hours, we’ll only charge a 5% premium!” Qi Tao, the general manager of Nether Pawnshop, spoke up at just the right moment, holding the appraisal report in his hand.
Damn it!
At this point, Zhang Heng was almost cursing his mother. Years of experience told him that this was clearly a well-planned trap. But Zhang Heng had no choice but to jump right in!
Jumping might lead to death, but not jumping was a certain death.
The key problem was that, despite pondering over and over again, Zhang Heng simply couldn’t connect Roselle and Nether Pawnshop with Ye Fan.
In his view, it was most likely that Roselle just wanted to make a profit from the situation.
“Bring me the contract, I’ll sign it!” Zhang Heng ordered Qi Tao through gritted teeth.
Zhang Heng’s sons, who were standing by his side, frowned heavily, feeling an overwhelming sense of doom as they looked at the situation unfolding before them, “Dad! Shouldn’t we slow down for now? Something seems off today…”
“Yeah! Dad, if we mortgage our 50 billion and invest it, only to fail again, we will truly be left with nothing!”
Tang Zheng from Capital had already been suspended from his position, treated as a disposable pawn.
Although Zhang Heng’s job was still secure, after learning that Zhang Feng and Nether Young Master Chen Tang had both been defeated by Ye Fan, it was clear that there was an intent to abandon Zhang Heng as well.
“Slow down? You think I don’t want to slow down? Damn it, if we slow down now, those 300 billion we just invested will be completely wasted… This is a life and death battle. If we don’t keep raising the stakes and continue to fight, we will be devoured by Ye Corporation, leaving nothing, not even the bones. Feng’er has already died at the hands of Ye Fan; do we still have a way out?”
Zhang Heng, as an elder, had weathered many storms and could see through almost all matters.
But even though he saw through everything, he had no choice at the moment.
“Sign the contract!”
Under the supervision of two notaries from the Martial Alliance, Zhang Heng reluctantly signed the contract. An employee from Nether Pawnshop swiftly operated the computer, “Patriarch Zhang, the funds have been transferred! Wishing you a great victory in this battle!”
“Buy it all, buy everything…” As Zhang Heng began to bellow orders to all of Roselle’s staff on the scene, he suddenly found that the share price of Ye Corporation had skyrocketed again, returning to five times the previous price in an instant.
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At this moment, Zhang Heng’s fifty billion was poured in, but it couldn’t buy any shares at all.
“Damn it, they played me…”
Zhang Heng’s gaze swept sharply around the room, where, apart from Roselle’s working team, the rest were the core disciples of the Zhang family, “Who among you is a Ye Family spy?”
Every time he had money, Ye Corporation’s stock prices soared, and whenever he was out of money, their stock prices fell.
Such a bizarre scene could not possibly be a coincidence.
“Patriarch… it’s not looking good, the stocks of Zhang Corporation are about to crash… Our stocks have already fallen by 50%, and they continue to drop, someone is targeting our stocks, what do we do now?”
The financial analyst from the Zhang family, looking at the changing stock prices of Zhang Corporation on the screen, spoke anxiously, “Due to the steep drop in price, it has triggered a panic sell-off. If we don’t protect the stock price soon, Zhang Corporation is really going to go bankrupt!”
Pfft!
Zhang Heng looked at the screen, and spurted out blood.
Watching his family’s stocks plummet so rapidly and more people continuously selling off, and, what’s key, the selling price was being suppressed, if this continued, it wouldn’t take long for Zhang Corporation to completely collapse.
“Patriarch Zhang, it’s up to you to decide. Do we continue to buy stocks from Ye Corporation, or do we protect Zhang Corporation’s stock price?” Roselle’s calm demeanor nearly drove Zhang Heng insane.
After all, it’s not your money that’s being burned!
Damn it!
“Protect the stock!”
Zhang Heng closed his eyes and issued the command out of desperation.
Actually, Zhang Heng himself knew that with only fifty billion in his hands, it would be very difficult to protect the Zhang family’s stock!
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Five minutes later, the result was just as Zhang Heng had anticipated.
Even after Roselle sold off a hundred billion worth of shares which he had previously bought for three hundred billion, it still wasn’t enough to protect Zhang Corporation’s stocks.
“Patriarch… the fifty billion is gone, and our Zhang Corporation has been completely targeted. Now the Zhang family has a new owner… The company that took over is called Cloud City Ye’s Technology Co., Ltd., and they now have absolute control over the company…”
When the financial operator of the Zhang family read the results from the screen, Zhang Heng could no longer hold on, and slumped down from his seat.
“No… it’s impossible… why… why is the Ye Family so powerful…”
Today’s actions of the Ye Family were extremely odd, as if they had full control over Zhang Heng’s every move. Any slightest disturbance on Zhang Heng’s side and the Ye Family was the timeliest to respond.
Zhang Heng’s two sons were also confused, slumping to the ground!
The other core members of the Zhang family were also desperately staring at the big screen, bewildered.
“Roselle, it was you… it must have been you who tampered with it. You’re so powerful, managing so much money, how could you lose so fast?” Zhang Heng finally voiced his suspicions.
Today, Roselle’s actions were akin to a god of wealth squandering money.
In less than an hour, he had burned through more than three hundred billion in cash of the Zhang family and also mortgaged the family’s entire conglomerate and ancestral assets to the Nether Pawnshop.
Roselle adjusted his glasses and smiled at Zhang Heng, “Patriarch Zhang, thank you for your cooperation! Today’s task was completed so smoothly, I can finally report back to Young Master Ye!”
Young Master Ye?
Hearing Roselle’s words, Zhang Heng was completely dumbfounded, “Which Young Master Ye?”
At the scene, everyone’s gaze converged on Roselle!
And Roselle nonchalantly took out his phone, “Don’t worry, when I connect the video call, you’ll all know immediately!”
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