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“The problem is that you gambled too big. You staked almost your entire fortune. Didn't you consider the consequences of failure?”

“Given the circumstances at the time, the probability of you winning this bet was extremely low. If you had lost, you would never have had a chance to recover in this lifetime.”

“That's right. Futures liquidation often comes with high debt. Once liquidated, your life would have been over.”

“No one dares to gamble like that. You had ten million dollars; you could have tried many different things. This doesn't align with human nature.”

Everyone questioned Wang Xiuyuan's decision. The points they raised indeed matched the choices of the vast majority of people, and under normal circumstances, Wang Xiuyuan would have done the same.

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But the problem was that this wasn't a normal situation; he was a Transmigrator.

What is a Transmigrator's core competitive advantage? It's the knowledge that transcends the era and the absolute information asymmetry stored in their memory.

Knowing the trend of this gold surge, of course, he had to go all-in and make a killing. It would be crazy not to make money when the opportunity arose.

But after making the money, new problems followed. Wang Xiuyuan had to tie up the loose ends for this matter; he needed to find a logical justification for his insane operation.

“That's right, everything you said is correct.

But the choice most people would make doesn't meet my expectations. All of you overlooked my desperate desire to turn my life around.”

“You are rich heirs. You have the support of family resources and connections, so you have many chances to try and develop.”

“But I am different from you. I was originally just a poor kid who obtained this money by chance.”

“Under normal circumstances, I should have only had the few hundred thousand dollars left by my mother's inheritance to conduct this capital operation.”

“Do you think I didn't know how massive this gamble was? I knew it better than any of you.”

“But the cruel reality told me that easy money-making opportunities never reach poor kids like me. These opportunities belong to Blue-Blooded Nobles like you.”

“The more hopeless the situation, the more nobody dares to gamble, the more I have a chance to step up and take a bet.”

“But that's just the qualification to take a gamble.”

“If I win the bet, I get to have everything.”

As soon as Wang Xiuyuan finished speaking, someone immediately retorted, “But the probability of you losing was too high! If you lost, you'd be finished. You would lose everything, perhaps even your life.”

“It's just death, isn't it!” Wang Xiuyuan roared sternly, startling everyone present.

“So what if I lost? So what if the account was liquidated and all the money was gone? So what if I owed massive debts that I could never repay in this lifetime?”

“Wouldn't it just mean never recovering in this life?”

“When I have nothing, I fear nothing.”

“Do I, who have nothing, need to worry about the bank chasing me for debt? What a joke.”

“The worst outcome is nothing more than death. Every year, the number of people jumping off buildings on Wall Street could form at least a reinforced company. One more of me wouldn't matter. If the bank has the guts, they can chase me for debt in hell.”

“To be honest with you, from the moment I decided to stake my entire fortune on gold futures, I had already disregarded my own life.”

“Otherwise, why would I have specifically left aside a few hundred thousand dollars for spending? You wouldn't think I frequent major nightclubs every day because I'm lonely, right?”

“That was me seizing the time to enjoy life. God knows what suffering I'd face after going to hell.”

Wang Xiuyuan's face was resolute, and the madness overflowing in his eyes stunned everyone. Only then did they believe that Wang Xiuyuan truly had no inside information.

He was genuinely gambling his life back then.

Everyone remained silent, processing what Wang Xiuyuan had just said. This kind of reckless madness was something these rich heirs could never imagine.

The private room fell into a long silence. Finally, Wang Xiuyuan took the initiative to break the quiet.

“Humans are advanced primates. They possess the ability to perceive complex emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and they are inherently savage, just like beasts.”

“But humanity suppresses this savagery tightly through education. Affluent family backgrounds keep you worry-free, and comfortable lives mean you don't need to fight desperately against others.”

“It is precisely these privileged living conditions that have made you lose the last trace of primeval savagery in your bones, which is why you cannot understand what I did.”

Wang Xiuyuan picked up the wine glass on the table and proposed, “Let's all have a drink together.”

Everyone showed respect and raised their glasses; they had genuinely been shaken by Wang Xiuyuan just now.

The glasses met in the air again, and everyone simultaneously drained the wine in their cups.

Setting down his glass, Wang Xiuyuan looked at the crowd and continued:

“Actually, after ruling out the possibility that you came here tonight to cause trouble, I had already roughly guessed your current predicament.”

“Oh? What is our predicament? Can you actually guess what's going on?

Even though you are rich now, you were just an ordinary person.” Reynoldson Rockefeller asked in surprise.

“What else could it be?”

“It's nothing more than the inheritance and struggle for family power and wealth.”

“Judging from the current situation, everyone here has likely fallen completely into a disadvantageous position in the competition with your peers, or perhaps you've even been eliminated.”

“Am I right?”

Expressions of shock, astonishment, and surprise involuntarily appeared on the faces of Reynoldson Rockefeller, Rodriguez Delano, and the others.

Upon hearing Wang Xiuyuan's words, they all felt inexplicable shock. They couldn't for the life of them figure out how Wang Xiuyuan, an ordinary person, knew these things.

“How did you guess? You were just an ordinary person before. Logically, you should know nothing about the affairs of powerful families.”

“Why were you able to guess these things accurately? Our situation is indeed similar to what you described. This is highly illogical!”

Sanchez Roosevelt was utterly astonished, and his voice cracked slightly due to his overwhelming excitement.

Wang Xiuyuan spread his hands helplessly. Was this stuff really that hard to guess?

Anyone who has read some web novels and watched TV dramas could probably guess it. When it comes to political intelligence and overall comprehensive ability, Huaxia people definitely lead all other races globally by a wide margin.

“The issues you are currently facing are not uncommon at all in ancient Huaxia; various versions of these stories have been played out countless times.”

“In Huaxia, anyone with even a slight knowledge of history could guess this.”

“My sudden rise to wealth certainly holds some research and reference value for rich heirs like you.”

“But it is precisely because you came to consult and study my case that your real predicament was exposed.”

“If you were in a stalemate or an advantageous position in the competition with your family peers, honestly, how likely do you think it is that you would come to me?”

“Now, not only did you come, but so many of you came at once. Isn't the answer obvious?”

“You must have largely fallen into a disadvantageous position, or even been eliminated. Desperate to turn the tide, you are eagerly seeking new opportunities to recover, which is why this gathering is happening tonight.”