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Adding another 1.6 million in principal and 200,000 in reserve funds, Chen Xiao's total assets reached 8.2 million.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, it would be easy to break ten million on the next trading day, Monday.

With this principal magnified, he could now leverage 70 to 80 million in funds.

Chen Xiao could no longer operate as he used to, buying and selling casually.

Although 70 to 80 million in the stock market was not a huge amount, if it was all thrown in within a single day, it would be enough to influence short-term market fluctuations and even potentially drive market trends.

Therefore, whether buying or selling, professional operations by professionals were required.

And Chen Xiao forming a team at this time was just right.

“Let’s go, let’s go up and take a look.”

“Alright.”

Su Tang got out of the car, opened the back door, and Chen Xiao followed her to the 28th floor.

The office space was not too large, only about 500 square meters, but the view was excellent.

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, the winding and vast Changteng River was visible at a glance, with buildings on the opposite bank rising in neat rows, and the entire city was in the early stages of major development.

Standing here for a while made one feel refreshed and relaxed, and the feeling of having the city under his feet made Chen Xiao’s heart surge.

Because in the not-too-distant future, this feeling would surely come true.

This area was sufficient for Chen Xiao.

His team did not need many people.

Out of 500 square meters, a few dozen square meters would be enough for office work.

For the remaining area, apart from Chen Xiao’s own private office, he planned to install all kinds of leisure and entertainment facilities.

The basic renovations were already in place; he just needed to purchase some office supplies.

In the work area, five young people waited nervously.

Chen Xiao greeted them, then walked into a private office that only had one desk and a few chairs.

“Su Tang, arrange for them to be interviewed one by one.”

“Alright.”

Soon, the first interviewee came in.

The resumes clearly stated that everyone had at least two years of trader experience and were graduates of prestigious universities.

Chen Xiao focused on their work experience.

Mouths could lie, but a person’s experience could not; if there was any fabrication, a background check by a professional HR company after the interview would reveal everything.

Among the five people, two had never changed jobs and were only recently considering a change.

Of the other three, one had changed jobs once, and the other two had changed companies 5 times in their two-year careers.

Chen Xiao then carefully inquired about the reasons for leaving each job and the reasons for wanting to change jobs.

During the conversation, people would inadvertently reveal flaws, and for Chen Xiao, who had headhunting experience in his previous life, it was easy to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

Some reasons sounded contradictory to him, and a little further probing revealed the flaws.

The entire process lasted an hour, and in the end, Chen Xiao settled on two candidates in his mind.

After everyone left, Chen Xiao pointed to the table recording each person’s situation and said,

“Keep Wang Peng and Xiao Xu.”

Su Tang nodded. Chen Xiao’s seasoned interviewing skills made her momentarily doubt that the person sitting there was a sophomore, but rather an experienced interviewer.

In fact, her feeling was not wrong; Chen Xiao had indeed worked as a headhunter in his previous life, but for a short period, only one year, yet his performance was good.

Therefore, he was very experienced in how to break through to candidates, including salary negotiation, due diligence, and background checks, all of which he was familiar with.

It was just that he didn’t want to be so tired now; he would try to solve problems with money if possible, to save himself the trouble.

Su Tang went out and dismissed the other three, giving each of them 200 yuan for travel expenses as Chen Xiao instructed, to ensure goodwill even if the deal didn’t go through, and to avoid any resentment.

Calling the excited Wang Peng and Xiao Xu into the office, Chen Xiao said with a smile, “Don’t be too happy yet, gentlemen. Although our team offers high salaries, whether you can join ultimately requires a professional skills assessment.”

Wang Peng and Xiao Xu exchanged glances, then said confidently,

“Mr. Chen, please don’t worry about our professional skills. The reason we are looking for new jobs is because our previous company was in arrears with our salaries and we couldn’t hold on any longer, not because of any professional issues.”

Chen Xiao nodded. The two of them came from the same company and had only worked at that one company throughout their careers.

However, the company’s performance was not very good, and their salaries had been in arrears for several months, so they reluctantly came out to look for new jobs.

But words alone were not enough. Chen Xiao pointed to Su Tang’s computer and said,

“Today we are going to buy Haishan Fisheries. You two will take turns building positions.”

“Yes, boss.”

Wang Peng and Xiao Xu stepped forward and immediately widened their eyes.

7 million in funds magnified to 70 million.

Ten times leverage!

This was simply dancing on a tightrope over a cliff.

A drop of just 10 points would lead to liquidation, and even if they ran early, there wouldn’t be much left of the 7 million principal.

Chen Xiao smiled and said from the side, “What? Scared?”

The two swallowed.

“Bo-boss, although we are not analysts, the risk of doing this is simply too high, and this stock hasn’t been performing well recently…”

Chen Xiao said, “It doesn’t matter. Your task is to complete the position building with the lowest cost and fastest speed possible. Don’t worry about anything else.”

The two considered it. After all, they were just traders; what to buy was the fund manager’s concern.

Their task was to buy, buy, buy.

Their value lay in quickly, safely, and steadily reducing the share capital.

“Xiao Xu, you go first.”

Xiao Xu nodded. His ability was slightly weaker than Wang Peng’s.

Getting started first had an advantage. With a large amount of capital entering the market, before the market reacted, the operation could be much easier.

Chen Xiao stood behind, watching Xiao Xu perfectly seize every low point of fluctuation, accurately buying the right amount of sell orders, which had little impact on the market.

Watching his intensive operating techniques, Chen Xiao nodded secretly.

Anyway, he was a hundred times better than himself, and that was enough.

He then watched Wang Peng, whose techniques were even more professional and decisive.

By the close of trading in the morning, the two had used over 40 million in principal, and the stock price was basically stable.

Chen Xiao was quite satisfied. The way of playing with large sums of money was different from before.

If Chen Xiao were to operate, the stock price would have soared by now.

If it caused a market follow-up, he wouldn’t make much money from this wave.

Operating 70 million in the market on a single stock, and within a short period of just one day, was almost at its limit.

Other capital bigwigs building positions of hundreds of millions or billions were usually across multiple stocks, and the time span could be several months, or even half a year to a year, to complete.

Few people would target one stock and relentlessly squeeze it dry like Chen Xiao.

The lunch break was only an hour and a half. Chen Xiao took the three of them to a high-end restaurant downstairs for a casual meal.

On the way, Su Tang asked softly, “Boss, are these two usable?”

Chen Xiao nodded, “Not bad.”

Su Tang’s face immediately relaxed into a smile. The boss’s satisfaction was an affirmation of her work.

“Oh, right, recruit some more support staff, like for ordering meals, cutting fruit, or making juice.”

“Alright, boss, do you have any requirements?”

Chen Xiao thought for a moment, “Female, reliable, and high in appearance.”

Su Tang: “…”

“Alright.”