Why do you always look so gloomy? Is it because you don't like to smile?

Unfortunately, no matter how much he scratched his head in frustration, he still couldn't find an answer.

Filled with confusion, he contacted the Thailand Consortium once again.

This time, however, the other party didn't make him wait long. As if they were specifically waiting for his call, they picked up as soon as he dialed.

"Patriarch Zheng, I knew you would call. You don't need to ask anything, and I won't say anything. Your Zheng family won't have any good days ahead. Goodbye!"

The other party didn't even give Zheng Yongnian a chance to speak, and their words were filled with a clear determination to drive the Zheng family to ruin.

He slowly put down the phone, his face showing unconcealed resentment.

The stock market would not stop for him, and the Thailand Consortium gave him no chance to resist.

Nor did they give anyone time to escape; all long positions were crushed to death.

The small institutions were even more distraught. The chips they had painstakingly gathered by harvesting the retail 'leeks' were now all buried with Xinzheng Group.

The dragon-slaying youth eventually becomes the evil dragon. After harvesting so many 'leeks,' they never expected that they would one day be harvested like leeks themselves.

The discussion forum was a wail of despair!

"Damn it, it's over. I went all-in, and in less than an hour, I only have twenty percent left."

"Say no more. One spot for a VIP on the rooftop, please. I'm taking the VIP passage."

"Stay calm, bro. Maybe there'll be a reversal."

"Yeah, wait a bit longer. Maybe your twenty percent will soon become two percent. Just cut your losses; it's not too late to eat a plate of Pig's Trotter Rice before you go. Don't go to the afterlife on an empty stomach."

"Wuwuwu, tears are wetting my Pig's Trotter Rice. I swear I'll fight those Short Dogs to the end."

"Hahahaha, you longs! Weren't you shouting pretty loud before? Why the long faces now? Is it because you don't like to smile?"

"Exactly, weren't you going to smash our dog heads? How'd you end up playing yourselves to death? Hahaha."

"Hilarious. Did you think Heavenly Palace Group would be fine just because they got a warning? Brother Jun will show you that if he wants to get you, he has countless ways. Did you really think only the Zheng family has connections?"

"Right, I heard the main short force this time is the Thailand Consortium. Man, Brother Jun is truly impressive to be able to get the Thailand Consortium to do this."

"Hehe, told you long ago, just trust Brother Jun blindly and you'll be right. Brother Jun won't let us down. Enough talk, I'm going to go pick up an Audi A8 right now."

"So satisfying! Brother Jun just gave me a year's salary. Although one shouldn't be too greedy, following Brother Jun, I can be boldly greedy."

"Let me tell you a joke: I got hung out to dry at the peak along with the main force."

"Hahahaha, congrats bro, you've become the main force now."

While they were discussing, Xinzheng Group's market value shrank by half.

Seeing this, some small institutions had to cut their losses and exit. Although it was painful, they couldn't let their capital be trapped here.

Meanwhile, in the Chairman's office of Xinzheng Group!

Zheng Zhihe called that Young Master Li again. "Young Master Li, you must help us one more time, I..."

However, before he could finish, the other party interrupted: "How do you think I should help you? Restrict the Thailand Consortium's funds from entering the market? Or have our local consortiums fight them for you?

Do you think I'm some omnipotent god? I don't have that kind of ability. I already took a huge risk helping you before.

By the way, you don't need to give me that ten percent stake you promised. Just act as if I never helped you."

With that, he hung up. Clearly, even he hadn't expected Wang Shaojun to have such immense influence to move the Thailand Consortium like this.

If he had known, he wouldn't have touched this mess.

As for why he didn't want the ten percent stake, it wasn't because he looked down on the money.

Even with Xinzheng Group's value halved, that ten percent stake was still worth a fortune.

By not taking it, he left no evidence. Warning Heavenly Palace Group before was justifiable, but if he took the shares, he wouldn't be able to escape if an investigation happened later.

Zheng Zhihe naturally understood this as well, so his face turned ashen upon hearing those words.

Looking at Xinzheng Group's current stock price, it had miraculously rebounded.

This startled him, as he had no idea what was happening.

Those retail investors still dreaming of breaking even saw this and their hopes began to stir again.

"Whoa, what's the situation? Wasn't the Thailand Consortium shorting? Why is it going back up?"

"It must be our local consortiums. They couldn't bear to see their own people plundered by foreign capital, so they stepped in."

"Exactly. How can we let foreign capital take our money? Brothers, protect our output!"

"Laughable. Leeks will be leeks."

"Forget it, I'm cutting my losses. Losing a bit less counts as a win."

In just half an hour, the stock price fluctuated wildly. Everyone thought it was a battle between longs and shorts.

Little did they know, the Thailand Consortium had already negotiated with the trapped main forces, allowing them to lose a bit less as a gesture of respect.

The people behind those funds naturally understood what the Thailand Consortium meant. They'd be fools not to.

Clearly, this move by the Thailand Consortium was related to Heavenly Palace Group. The Zheng family was finished!

The main force fled while the retail investors were still cheering. And then... there was no 'then.'

Xinzheng Group's stock price plummeted like a waterfall, leaving these guys with nothing but the transaction fees they paid when they entered.

"Hahahaha, great! I have two thousand left to buy an electric scooter and deliver takeout."

"Don't be afraid, brothers! As long as we don't sell, they can't harvest us."

"Wuwuwu, I understand the logic, but if I don't sell, I won't have money for food tomorrow."

"Wuwuwu, Brother Jun, I believe you now. Quickly pull it back up, the kid has no formula left to eat."

Meanwhile!

At the Zheng Family Manor, everyone in the Zheng family had been called back, including Zheng Zhihe, the chairman of Xinzheng Group.

Sitting in the main seat, Zheng Yongnian looked at everyone, filled with deep emotion. One wrong step had indeed led to eternal regret.

The Zheng family's current situation could be said to be caused by his decision-making errors. If they hadn't treated the Wang Family like that back then, there wouldn't be so many miserable affairs.

But he didn't entirely blame himself. After all, the Wang Family back then had indeed seemed very weak to him.