Chapter 735: How I wish I could borrow another year from heaven

After bidding farewell to Xu Shuyun, Zheng Qian and Xu Huateng arrived at the hospital.

The two of them finalized many details regarding the launch.

The Lunar New Year was fast approaching.

The entire project workflow—momentum building, pre-promotion, hype, sustaining engagement, and so on—needed to be arranged intensively. They had already used Stardust Live for an initial round of pre-heating, and the next step was the momentum-building phase.

Zheng Qian wasn't too worried about this aspect; it was mainly just a matter of throwing money at it to get things moving.

"Money is not an issue, as long as the results are good."

"You can find more big streamers and have them put a small link in their livestream or something... What? You say it's too expensive? Don't worry about the money, understand? Utilize all available resources; this is our gaming company's first project!"

"For subsequent games, I suggest we aim for 3A or 5A level titles and consider the Steam platform."

Although Zheng Qian couldn't be called a gaming enthusiast, he still understood these things.

Being able to earn money from fellow countrymen was naturally fine...

But if they could export their products and develop major games with international influence, that would be a great achievement. The console gaming market would basically be split between Microsoft and Sony in the future, but Zheng Qian mainly had no interest in dipping his fingers into that pie for the time being.

Xu Huateng nodded repeatedly, while Xu Shuyun felt increasingly strange.

Zheng Qian's demeanor...

Did not look like someone who was short on money at all.

He had clearly already poured so much money into the international commodities market.

While Xu Huateng left the hospital and went home to prepare for remote work, Xu Shuyun found Zheng Qian.

Unable to suppress her curiosity any longer, she talked to him about her views on his assets.

This conversation truly made Zheng Qian's heart race.

He never expected that the first person to suspect him would not be a rival, an enemy, or even Wei Rusi, the master in the financial field, but rather Xu Shuyun, who was far away in Yebai and whom he had always "underestimated."

It made Zheng Qian break out in a cold sweat, and he silently lit a cigarette to think of a countermeasure.

He didn't even dare to check her Favorability in front of her.

"Damn, could she have actually discovered that I have a system?"

At this moment, Zheng Qian was already drenched in sweat.

Just as he was hesitating about how to explain it to Xu Shuyun, her eyes suddenly widened.

She slammed the table, laughed with relief, and shook her head repeatedly. "How could it be possible for money to increase the more you spend it? You must have your own methods, perhaps you are hedging... losing here, but earning more back from elsewhere. Yes, that must be it. Right, how could I have such an absurd thought..."

She really is something; I'm moved to tears.

A woman who is so good at self-rationalizing and self-PUA.

There really aren't many like her; I must cherish her.

"Mm, it's exactly as you said." Zheng Qian's expression suddenly became very serious, and he said earnestly, "Actually, Wei Rusi has been helping me with hedging investments. While shorting one side, she goes long on another. Through careful calculation, my assets won't decrease. I didn't expect you to have such talent in this area."

"If I had known you had this talent, I should have brought you to Shanghu to cultivate you personally and engage in in-depth exchanges."

"How is your little head so sharp?"

Once Xu Shuyun figured it out, she stopped overthinking it.

Coupled with Zheng Qian's praise, she became even happier, smiling as she linked her arm with his. "No way, I'm not as good as you say. I... I just have some interest in this area, it's really nothing."

This is what she calls just having some interest?

However, Zheng Qian thought about it and made a decision.

"You should know Wei Rusi, right? I originally hoped you could take over The Group's real estate business, but since you are interested in this area, why not go to Qianlu Trading or Qianlu Bank? Either would be enough for you to show off your skills."

It must be said that Xu Shuyun was truly, deeply tempted.

This was actually what she truly liked.

Handling Jinxiu Group's affairs every day...

To be honest, she still found it quite boring.

Simply put, Jinxiu Group was currently at the downstream end of the international supply chain, a relatively low-end position. If she wanted to do more interesting things, it was clear that Zheng Qian could provide the platform she wanted, and with sufficient autonomy.

More importantly, she was really curious about Wei Rusi.

And deep down, she even had a little bit of admiration; these dazzling operations were just too cool.

In Wei Rusi's hands, capital was like a toy, hers to manipulate at will.

...

Zheng Qian stayed in Yebai for this period.

It was seven days.

Until he confirmed that Old Master Xu's health had mostly recovered and the doctor allowed him to be discharged, only then did Zheng Qian start considering the issue of returning to Shanghu. More importantly, his layout had basically reached its final stages; it was time to close the net.

So, what had happened in Shanghu during this week?

The capital market in Shanghu was absolutely spectacular, one could say it was quite tragic, filled with anxiety and fear.

Originally, Shang Yizhou had been prepared to start competing with Qianlu Group.

He even began preparing to unite with other capital giants to start buying heavily.

But!

Qianfeng Xianhang Capital, on which he had pinned his hopes, was the first to run into trouble.

Before he could even start contacting those old friends, he received the news that Qianfeng Xianhang was withdrawing from Kyushu!

"Damn it, this is one of the world's largest public fund companies! A super asset management giant... and they are just withdrawing from Kyushu like this? Closing their last office in Kyushu? Right here in Shanghu... and I haven't received any news at all?"

Shang Yizhou slumped in his chair, unable to recover for a long while.

According to the latest real data, Qianfeng Xianhang had 8 trillion USD in global assets under management!

They just gave up on the Kyushu market like this?

Or was it...

Was the domestic resistance toward The Jews already running this high?

But the news awaiting Shang Yizhou didn't stop there.

Wei Rusi had cumulatively and frantically sold off 7 billion USD worth of Shanghe International stocks, causing strong fluctuations in the stock price. Although Shang Yizhou was raising money everywhere, collecting funds from many core members of the Shanghai Americas Club to buy back the stocks.

Although this slowed the intensity of the stock's decline to a certain extent, the trend was still downward.

Coupled with an incredibly fierce public opinion offensive.

It made Shang Yizhou's blood pressure soar.

"One year, as long as we can hold out for one year, it will be enough to wear out Qianlu Group."

"But... who will give us one year?"

"Shang Yanxiong, oh Shang Yanxiong... you really are my good son, why did you provoke such a person? There's no other way, I have no choice but to do this. Although this will break the rules of the game, I can't care about that much anymore!"

Shang Yizhou sighed deeply, looking as if he had aged two hundred years in an instant.

Trembling, he dialed a number.