Chapter 354 - 323: Speculation from Western Capitalist Powers! (2)
Chapter 354: Chapter 323: Speculation from Western Capitalist Powers! (2)
’Chen Lin: Understood, President Ye! I’m at the company now.’
Ye Ling sat for a little while longer, then stood up and headed toward the academic building.
’Based on the time, Ning Ruoxi’s class should be getting out any minute now.’
And just as Ye Ling reached the front of the academic building, he happened to see Ning Ruoxi skipping down the stairs.
The young woman had her arm around someone. Ye Ling took a closer look and saw it was none other than that little stinker, Luo Yue.
"Hey, Big Stinker! You’re here!"
Seeing Ye Ling, Ning Ruoxi’s eyes immediately curved into smiling crescents.
There’s a saying online: you can’t hide it when you like someone.
Only when she was with Ye Ling did Ning Ruoxi ever reveal such a sweet smile.
"Watch your step." Ye Ling pinched her smiling cheek, a hint of exasperation in his voice. He then glanced at Luo Yue beside her. "Hey, little brat, how’s the dorm been treating you these past few days?"
"Hmph!"
Luo Yue let out a delicate huff and shot Ye Ling a look. "I’m not staying in the dorms!"
"Yueyue has already moved out," Ning Ruoxi explained.
"Moved out?"
Ye Ling was slightly taken aback, then shrugged. "Alright then."
"Hehe, don’t you worry, Master. My new place is just a street away from Tomson Riviera. I can come over anytime I want," Luo Yue said with a sly grin, tightening her arm around Ning Ruoxi.
"Alright, alright. It’s up to you whether you come over or not."
Ye Ling rolled his eyes in exasperation and pulled Ning Ruoxi into his arms. A slight smile played on his lips. "However, I can’t give you a ride today. After all, the car I’m driving only has two seats."
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Luo Yue’s eyes went wide.
"Bye-bye now."
Ye Ling completely ignored the little brat’s glare, turning and walking away with his arm around Ning Ruoxi.
’A little brat like her dares to act so smug in front of me?’
Luo Yue watched their departing figures and stomped her foot in frustration.
Fine!
Today was another day of total defeat for our Eldest Miss Luo.
...
"Why do you always bully Yueyue?" Ning Ruoxi asked from the passenger seat, giving Ye Ling a mock glare.
"Am I bullying her?"
Ye Ling asked with an innocent look.
"See for yourself. She’s already been complaining to me." As she spoke, Ning Ruoxi waved her phone in front of Ye Ling, showing their chat history with Luo Yue.
"Hehe, that little brat would never guess you’d show me the chat history, would she?"
Ye Ling said with a sly grin.
"Alright, alright, stop bullying Yueyue."
Ning Ruoxi shot Ye Ling a helpless look.
’Come to think of it, ever since she’d met that little brat Luo Yue, she knew she was a Little Witch...’
’Most people ended up getting bullied by her!’
’So, why the heck did she always end up on the losing end whenever she came up against Ye Ling?’
’So...’
’In the end, you just had to admit it: Brother Ling was incredible!’
"I’ll take you home first, then I need to make a trip to Celestial Dragon Investment Company. I have some business to take care of," Ye Ling said.
"Okay."
Hearing that Ye Ling had important business, Ning Ruoxi immediately gave an obedient nod.
Ye Ling dropped the young woman off at home, then switched to the Cullinan and headed for Celestial Dragon Investment Company.
To be honest, Ye Ling felt the Cullinan suited his personality better.
The Pagani Zonda R was cool, but it was just too flashy. Ye Ling wasn’t someone who particularly enjoyed showing off.
As a result, Ye Ling had been driving the Pagani less and less recently.
The Cullinan, however, was the exact opposite. It was extremely understated. At first glance, there was nothing flashy about it, but it was actually an incredible machine. Plus, it was comfortable to drive, which suited Ye Ling’s tastes perfectly...
If you looked closely at the things Ye Ling had done in the past, it wasn’t hard to see that he had always been a very low-key person.
Although he had done some incredible things, he had never taken center stage, always remaining hidden behind the scenes.
Take the matter of Tianxin Technology Company, for example. If Ye Ling had stepped out as its public representative, he would have absolutely become the hottest topic on the entire internet.
But Ye Ling didn’t do that. Instead, he chose a proxy.
It came back to the same thing: he didn’t like being too high-profile.
An old saying in Xia Country goes, "The bird that sticks its head out gets shot." Another warns against being too brilliant and sharp-edged. Both teach that to succeed, one must learn restraint.
Ye Ling parked the black Cullinan in the Celestial Dragon Investment Company’s parking lot and walked straight into the corporate building.
His arrival didn’t disturb anyone. It was just that quiet, without any of the airs of a boss.
"President Ye, you’re here!"
Seeing Ye Ling arrive, Chen Lin quickly stood up and greeted him respectfully.
"Busy?"
Ye Ling asked with a small smile.
"Not too busy, just handling some of the company’s daily affairs. Please, have a seat!" Chen Lin waved his hand and quickly offered his seat to Ye Ling.
"Mm, alright."
Ye Ling didn’t stand on ceremony and sat right down, while Chen Lin took the seat opposite him.
"You mentioned on WeChat earlier that a certain Western financial consortium has been making moves?" Ye Ling asked, getting straight to the point.
"Yes, that’s right."
Chen Lin nodded. He knew Ye Ling’s personality, so he was also very direct. "According to our internal data analysis, the Dugan Consortium has been moving large amounts of capital recently."
"Hmm?"
Hearing this, Ye Ling couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.
He was no stranger to this consortium.
The last time Ye Ling targeted the Fruit Group, the Dugan Consortium had been badly burned by Celestial Dragon Investment Company, which Ye Ling represented.
And in the end, they were also abandoned by both of their allies.
The Dugan Consortium had it really rough that time.
"Can we determine the destination of these funds?" Ye Ling asked.
"It’s unclear for now. We don’t have any specific information about their destination yet," Chen Lin said, shaking his head.
"Is that so..."
Ye Ling thought for a moment.
’His first thought was the Fruit Group!’
’In the last raid by Celestial Dragon Investment Company, the Dugan Consortium bought up a large amount of Fruit Group’s stock. They probably haven’t sold it all off yet!’
’And now, with Fruit Group imploding, it would be logical for the Dugan Consortium to mobilize funds to defend against Celestial Dragon Investment Company.’
’After all, the Dugan Consortium holds a massive amount of Fruit Group stock. If Fruit Group suffers losses, the Dugan Consortium will inevitably be dragged down with it.’
’Right now, the Dugan Consortium and Fruit Group are in the same boat!’
"President Ye, based on the news online, I think this might actually be a good thing," Chen Lin said after a moment of contemplation. "Those Western capital powers seem to think that Fruit Group is the main target of our current attack."
"It is indeed a good thing."
Ye Ling nodded, quite in agreement with his idea.
To a certain extent, the speculation of these Western capital powers has become an invisibility cloak for Celestial Dragon Investment Company’s future actions.
A sudden influx of twenty billion in external funds into the US stock market—if that didn’t attract the attention of those Western capital powers, Ye Ling wouldn’t believe it for a second.
Previously, when he was considering whether to push their funds past the ten-billion mark, he had already considered the potential problems that could arise if Celestial Dragon Investment Company’s movements were discovered...
But now, it seemed Ye Ling had been worrying for nothing.
The other side hadn’t guessed his true intentions.
"Since that’s what they think, let’s let them be happy for a little while longer," Ye Ling said with a slight smile.
"President Ye, you mean...?"
Chen Lin asked.
"We’ll play along."
Ye Ling let out a soft laugh.
"Understood." Chen Lin also broke into a broad smile.
Sometimes, communication between intelligent people is just that easy. There’s no need for excessive nonsense.
Just a few words are enough to make everything clear.
Ye Ling was truly satisfied with a manager like Chen Lin. After all, he was a talent chosen by the System!
...
Around five in the evening, Ye Ling returned home to the faint, fragrant aroma wafting from the kitchen.