With the stock market crash and the influenza outbreak hitting simultaneously, the top headlines these days reek of death. One day a major shareholder jumps from a building, the next a chairman dies of illness; there is no telling which unlucky soul will make the news tomorrow.
I have been quietly observing Juyan. Despite his significant losses, he recovered his strength the moment he got out of bed, even managing to find a super-buyer willing to take over his shares—Vanguard Asset Management, one of the three giants of Wall Street. Vanguard is certainly capable of saving Gaoxin. The Ju family has spent three generations building Gaoxin to what it is today, and Juyan’s search for such a buyer shows he doesn’t want the company to collapse after he is gone. With the European markets currently in a state of violent volatility and the domestic market remaining relatively stable, once Juyan liquidates his various funds and stocks, his next move will likely be to take his entire family abroad.
There has been no movement yet from Yan Luo and Brother Qi. By now, this is no longer just a personal vendetta between Juyan and me; the Yan Family also shares an irreconcilable hatred for him. That list in my possession wouldn't make much of a splash; it would likely be tracked down and censored the moment it was released. But in their hands, it would be a different story. They specialize in cloud computing and data platforms and could amplify the impact of that list both domestically and …
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