75: Chapter 75 The Powerful Move at Bund 18: An Extreme Micro-Maneuver to Target Northern Capital

Since that invincible "Young Master of the Shen Family" facade hadn't been completely exposed yet.

Shen Du naturally wouldn't let this excellent opportunity slip by; he was going to squeeze every last bit of value out of this disguise!

The first order issued from the 55th floor of the IFC International Finance Centre.

It wasn't a defensive deployment for Meituan, nor was it an operational adjustment for Jiyuan Technology.

Instead, it was to have Xu Hao commission a batch of extremely high-spec, pure black, gold-foiled invitations.

Within just a few short hours, these invitations.

Were rushed by Jiyuan Technology's designated personnel into the hands of the top families, financial conglomerates, and business titans in Shanghai.

When those capital moguls, who were usually high and mighty.

Suspiciously opened these invitations, which carried no official title and were issued solely in a private capacity.

The content they saw made them all collectively gasp in shock.

On the large, black, gold-gilded paper, there were no polite pleasantries, no flowery language.

Including punctuation and the signature, only twelve characters were written, standing alone:

"See you at Bund 18 on June 18th. Shen Du"

The business world had always held an unbreakable unwritten rule: the fewer the words, the bigger the matter.

If this had been a few months ago.

A nobody of a young man daring to send such a mysterious and pretentious invitation.

These capital sharks would have absolutely thrown it into the trash can without hesitation.

But now, looking at the two sweeping, powerful characters of "Shen Du" in the signature, no one dared to show the slightest bit of negligence.

Because behind this name stood the most terrifying power and traffic in the domestic internet industry today!

Although Shen Du himself rarely appeared in public and kept an extremely low profile.

But the Meituan and Jiyuan Technology Xinghuo that he single-handedly created had already reached a terrifying level of influence in China, where everyone knew them.

Nowadays, no matter where you go, as long as it's in a town's core office area or CBD.

Even during the interval of waiting for a traffic light, you can hear someone next to you scrolling through Xinghuo Short Video.

And as long as you stand in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of an office building and look down, you will definitely see those striking "Yellow-Clad Knights" shuttling through the streets and alleys.

Shen Du may not be in the world of the jianghu, but the jianghu is filled with the schemes he has laid.

What made these capital moguls with sharp instincts feel truly terrified was the timing of this invitation!

Just after news broke in the market about the shocking change of hundreds of billions of dollars in overseas capital frantically smashing the market and flooding into the four major platforms.

The entire business world was still in a state of panic, with everyone on edge.

And then, this "Young Master of the Shen Family," who had always sat firmly on the sidelines, seized this sensitive moment to send out invitations to the heroes.

This was no longer just a simple dinner invitation.

For the entire Shanghai capital circle, these twelve characters from Shen Du were a deafening storm warning issued to the outside world.

An unprecedented capital upheaval that would affect the entire Shanghai economic landscape had completely arrived!

Meanwhile, inside the Shanghai Municipal Committee office.

In front of the heavy mahogany desk.

Secretary Shen Hai, as the top leader of Shanghai, was frowning as he looked through a top-secret observation report that had just arrived.

On the cover of the report, the words "Shen Du," "Jiyuan Technology," and "Meituan" were prominently printed.

Outside the window was the bustling and noisy spectacle of the Magic City.

But inside the office, it was so quiet that only the rustling of pages turning could be heard.

The atmosphere was as heavy as the dead silence before a storm.

Secretary Shen Hai lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and let the pungent smoke drift through his lungs.

Using this to calm the raging waves within his heart.

As a top-level chess player who had been struggling in this position for many years, he possessed a keen political sense and a global vision far beyond ordinary people.

Those businessmen outside who had been stunned by the hundreds of billions in foreign capital.

Perhaps they could only see that these four companies had received astronomical financing and were about to start a brutal industry involution.

But in the eyes of Secretary Shen Hai, when he peeled back the layers and laid out all of Shen Du's actions from the past two months in the report.

A clear thread hidden beneath the thick fog instantly jumped off the page!

"What a brilliant series of moves to break the deadlock..."

Secretary Shen Hai's fingers holding the cigarette paused slightly, and a flash of undisguised shock crossed his eyes.

He forced these seemingly unrelated crazy events to connect in his mind:

First, "Xinghuo" emerged, and in just two months, with a nearly suicidal "low commission" model.

It forcefully withstood the strangulation of the social media hegemon Tencent, and even tore into the fundamental base of the Penguin Empire.

Immediately after, Meituan, without any warning, perfectly dodged that aggressive surprise tax inspection.

And under Shen Du's planning, it entered an uncontrollable period of high-speed growth.

Finally, there was the time a while ago when Shen Du suddenly intervened in the dark, using thunderous momentum to pull Fu Enterprises out of the quagmire.

Others couldn't understand the cause and effect, but Secretary Shen Hai saw it clearly!

"So that's it..."

Secretary Shen Hai slammed the report in his hand onto the desk, his eyes flashing with intensity.

He finally saw through the essence of this storm of hundreds of billions in foreign capital!

This was not normal business investment at all; it was a naked political and capital retaliation!

For the past few months, the Northern Beijing Circle had been trying to forcibly infiltrate Shanghai through various secret commercial means.

The ultimate goal was to pull him, Secretary Shen Hai, and the entire Shen Family down from the core position of power.

But who could have imagined.

This carefully laid out grand scheme was actually blocked by Shen Du, a young man who had appeared out of nowhere, in the dimension of business warfare.

Using a series of god-level micro-operations, he had forcefully intercepted it!

Meituan was saved, Fu Enterprises didn't collapse, and Tencent's reinforcements were stalled.

The Beijing Circle's infiltration plan in Shanghai failed at the last hurdle, and they lost all face.

Forced to the edge of a cliff, they finally tore off their masks completely.

Not hesitating to use extreme measures, going through overseas channels, and using this massive capital of hundreds of billions to forcefully smash the market.

Attempting to completely change the domestic market economy landscape and crush Shanghai's local defense line!

The source of all this was that name on the report: Shen Du.

The ash fell silently from his fingertips, but Secretary Shen Hai didn't notice.

After completely organizing this set of interlocking causal logic.

A sense of disbelief and deep doubt shrouded the heart of this top leader of Shanghai like thick fog.

"Where on earth did he get this top-secret information?"

Secretary Shen Hai muttered to himself, his brow furrowed into a knot.

The Beijing Circle's infiltration plan against Shanghai was such a highly confidential dual game of politics and capital!

Even he, the top leader who was in the thick of it, only barely noticed when the other side showed their true colors.

Yet Shen Du, a young newcomer to the business world, how could he be like someone with a third eye, seizing every opportunity step by step.

And even every time precisely hitting the vital point where the Beijing Circle launched its attack?

What puzzled Secretary Shen Hai even more was Shen Du's motive.

In Secretary Shen Hai's understanding, capitalists were all profit-driven; no one would do such a business that would invite disaster upon themselves.

Intercepting the Beijing Circle, saving Meituan, pulling up Fu Enterprises... behind this was the terrifying risk of being crushed by the Northern Capital giants at any moment!

What was Shen Du after?

Why did he secretly try his best to protect Shanghai's local defense line.

And even indirectly did him, Secretary Shen Hai, and the entire Shen Family a huge favor?

In Secretary Shen Hai's mind, the young man's background couldn't help but surface.

His third sister's own flesh and blood, his, Secretary Shen Hai's, own nephew.

"Could it be... a secret move laid by the Old Man?"

As soon as this crazy thought popped up.

It was immediately denied by Secretary Shen Hai himself with a bitter smile and a shake of his head.

If he didn't know the internal style of the Shen Family like the back of his hand.

He would have really thought that Shen Du was a "secret weapon" cultivated by the family to protect them in the business world.

But that was pure fantasy!

The Old Man of the Shen Family, who was extremely stubborn, had spent his whole life struggling within the system.

In his bones, he had the most traditional and strict family rules.

In the Old Man's eyes, members of the Shen Family should follow the straight and narrow path; doing business and playing with capital was an absolute forbidden zone!

Let alone providing support in secret.

If any junior in the family dared to stir up such a big fuss and cause such big trouble in the business world behind the family's back.

Even if the Old Man had to lean on his cane.

He would definitely run over the next day and break that kid's legs alive!

Since it was definitely not the Old Man's instruction, what exactly was the point of this series of crazy actions by Shen Du that were almost like "protecting the way"?

What kind of shocking secrets were hidden in this nephew who had always been drifting outside and hadn't even formally recognized his family?

Secretary Shen Hai's gaze fell back onto the black gold-foiled invitation on the desk.

"Bund 18..."

His slender fingers tapped lightly on the desk.

The figures of Young Master Jie, Zhou Wennan, and Zhu Shuyan, those top young masters of Shanghai, appeared in his mind.

Combined with the current desperate situation of the hundreds of billions of foreign capital smashing the market, Secretary Shen Hai instantly saw through the shocking intention behind these twelve characters from Shen Du.

This kid had a bone-chilling madness and an unyielding arrogance in his bones!

He was clearly trying to take advantage of the opportunity while the Beijing Circle was smashing the market and the overall situation was unstable.

To forcefully pull up the invincible facade of the "Young Master of the Shen Family" and set up a Hongmen Banquet at Bund 18.

He wanted to play an unprecedented game of "alliances and strategies."

To forcefully knead together the entire family power of Shanghai and the local capital.

To build a massive capital defense barrier by himself and fight the hundreds of billions of overseas capital head-on!

Secretary Shen Hai, having guessed this layer, didn't know how to react for a moment, and his expression became complex.

Because such a high-level move should have been initiated by him, the top leader of Shanghai, in secret.

Coordinating the interests of all parties and using the dual identity of the government and the Shen Family to stabilize the economic landscape.

Facing the barbaric financial impact of foreign capital, this was his duty as an elder and as a chess player.

But what about now?

This junior who was drifting outside and hadn't even formally recognized the Shen Family gate.

Actually, without a word, overstepped his authority and directly took up this heavy burden.

And even did the job more cleanly and domineeringly than he, a core figure of the Shen Family!

"This kid..."

Secretary Shen Hai shook his head and smiled bitterly, his heart filled with both shock at such heaven-defying means and an indescribable sense of crisis.

The development of the situation had completely deviated from common sense and was running wildly towards an unknown direction that even he couldn't control.

Facing such a "nephew" with heaven-reaching means, mysterious background, and who completely ignored the rules.

Secretary Shen Hai knew that he absolutely could not sit by and watch anymore.

He stubbed out the burnt-out cigarette in his hand, took a deep breath, and his eyes instantly became extremely cold and sharp.

Secretary Shen Hai reached out to pull open the drawer and picked up the secure phone inside that was only used in times of major crisis.

Without any hesitation, he dialed a secret number.

The phone rang three times before it was answered, and a voice with the majesty and deep steadiness of someone in a high position came from the other end.

Secretary Shen Hai paused, suppressed the agitation in his heart, and said in a grave tone:

"Brother, there's something I want to discuss with you..."