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Yuan Bingqian gave her daughter a displeased look. "These gifts for everyone? It was his arrangement, wasn’t it?"

"Yes, yes!" Duanmu Yunji nodded.

Yuan Bingqian might not understand cars, but how could she not know a little about luxury goods? Gifts worth over 20,000 for each person, that’s 100,000 for four people. Would the apartment complex be so generous? It must have been arranged by Luofeng.

"Is he still in Capital City?"

"Yes, he’s dealing with some things. His work schedule is all over the place; he definitely doesn’t have time to meet with Mom!" Duanmu Yunji quickly clarified.

"What are you so nervous about? I’m not going to meet with him now, either. One day, when your relationship is completely confirmed, then I’ll meet him. Also, I won’t be visiting you over there. Just make sure you stay safe, understand?"

"I understand, Mom!" Duanmu Yunji nodded and changed the topic. "Cousin, why is she still like that, so sarcastic and snide?"

"Hasn’t she always been like that? But I’ve heard something! She’s working in sales at Tiffany and is under a lot of performance pressure. If you help her out, maybe your relationship will improve!" Yuan Bingqian suggested.

"Why should I?" Duanmu Yunji huffed.

"First, I don’t like Tiffany, and second, I’m not going to help her!"

Duanmu Yunji now preferred Van Cleef & Arpels. Why would she choose Tiffany? As for helping Wang Fangfang... Repay evil with kindness? Wishful thinking. Duanmu Yunji was no saint.

Seeing this, Yuan Bingqian did not try to persuade her further. Her thinking was quite progressive. She knew very well that young people of this generation had very weak family ties. After all, they only saw each other once or twice a year.

「Meanwhile」

Su Xiaohu found herself in trouble. Because Chen Dali and Lin Xiaoyun’s phones were unreachable, she became the primary target for public relations efforts. A large number of interested parties called Su Xiaohu, trying to probe the actions of Luofeng’s investment company. As for the young women inviting Su Xiaohu out shopping, they were countless.

「Around eight o’clock in the evening」

Luofeng received a message from Duanmu Yunji.

"Darling, MUAH!"

"?????? Did your account get hacked?" Luofeng was a bit stunned.

Duanmu Yunji: I’m so happy today! I totally roasted my scheming cousin until she shut down.

Luofeng: Glad you’re happy. By the way, about your visit, did your mother ask anything?

Duanmu Yunji: Hmph! I know what you’re getting at. My mom said she doesn’t want to see you right now.

Luofeng inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. If it came to meeting the parents or something... Wouldn’t Brother Feng be in deep trouble then?

"If you want to thank me, we can try something new!"

"In your dreams! No way!" Duanmu Yunji obviously knew what he meant.

「Around ten o’clock at night.」

In the large teahouse downstairs from the apartment, Luofeng was planning the next step.

"Our next plan is to short Honda Motor stock!"

"Is everyone ready?"

Tong Tianlong spoke first, "I’ve prepared everything on my end. I’ve notified Mr. Tang Ren. Arrangements in Siam, key neighboring regions, and even Malaysia are all complete!"

"Well done!"

"These are just trivial matters!"

Suddenly, Chen Ping said, "Boss Luo, take a look at the news from Sakura Country. Honda just released an announcement on their official website there!"

"Oh? Really? Let me see."

Luofeng quickly checked the situation. Honda had announced a new development plan on its official website. Over the next three years, they planned to comprehensively update the safety features of all their car lines in Daxia, do their best to bring the latest technology to Daxia, and introduce more car models. Not only that, but Honda also announced a recall plan to retrieve over 1.5 million Honda Civics and CR-Vs across Daxia.

Luofeng was speechless. Damn, they’re good at creating hype. And then those people back home will be deeply grateful?

"Boss Luo!" Chen Ping said, "Honda’s announcement should boost their stock price. Are we still going to short Honda?"

"Of course!" Luofeng stated firmly.

Is this just some token gesture? Making a few empty promises? And they think that’s enough to manipulate the market? Dream on. They’re seriously underestimating the plan I’ve been preparing for so long.

"Chen Ping, as soon as the U.S. stocks open, we’ll go all out to short Honda. Try to execute it flawlessly and aim for a higher entry price," Luofeng said.

"No problem. Honda has positive news right now, so we should be able to short at a very high price!" Chen Ping replied.

「10:30 p.m.」

The U.S. stock market opened. Honda’s stock price was $43.69.

After the market opened, Luofeng’s company immediately hammered the stock, placing a short order for 10 million shares at $43.87 per share.

But even after these 10 million shares were dumped, Honda’s stock price only fell slightly. Clearly, Honda was still highly regarded by everyone.

Still, this move caused some concern among retail investors. Everyone worried: Had Honda’s stock price peaked? Was it about to fall? What if they rushed in now? Would they just be lining someone else’s pockets?

And the short orders Luofeng placed? The Stock God, Roode Albert, had actually snapped them all up?

With that, Honda’s stock price rose to $44.02, setting a new record high.

"Place another short order for 10 million shares at $44!" Luofeng commanded.

However, this time, the Stock God and his group once again swallowed all 10 million shares. The stock price climbed to $44.12.

"Now, use all our remaining capital to place short orders at $44.10!" Luofeng continued to instruct.

Although Luofeng and his team placed another 23 million shares short, for the Stock God’s immense wealth, it was hardly a blip. In just three minutes, the Stock God had devoured most of these shares. The $1.9 billion USD in short positions from Luofeng’s team was easily absorbed by the Stock God.

If there were no surprises? To an outsider, it would certainly seem like Luofeng was about to be fleeced by the Stock God this time. But how could there be no surprises?

Luofeng said, "Brother Tang Ren, initiate the plan!"

In the channel, Luofeng instructed the head of Tang Investment Company in Siam.

"Roger!" Tang Ren replied.

"Chen Ping, Tong Tianlong, keep a close watch on Honda Motor’s stock price!"

"Roger!"

"Roger!"

Luofeng instructed again, "Shen Suansi, you also proceed according to the plan!"

Shen Suansi’s task was to disseminate the critical intelligence provided by the System in America.

「At midnight that night.」

Starting with Siam and spreading across various parts of Southeast Asia, the internet was flooded with news about Honda Motor—just like in Daxia, they were all about cutting corners!

Did Honda really think they only swindled Daxia? Southeast Asia was getting cheated all the same. News like this could be suppressed in Daxia; surely Honda could manage to suppress it in Southeast Asia too?

Simultaneously, discussions about the safety issues of cars sold throughout Southeast Asia also appeared on the internet in America, which also exposed problems with Honda cars in America itself.

Based on the core business intelligence about Honda Motor provided as a System reward, it was documented that Honda indeed had problems in the North American market.

And at this moment, even the Stock God began to feel that something was wrong and started frantically offloading those stocks. But the pace of selling slowed considerably. After all, potential buyers were becoming scarce. Seeing things go south, who would still want to buy in?

By this time, Honda Motor’s stock price had plummeted to $35.33!