In the world of finance, failure is never tolerated. Qiang Mujie's defeat destined him to be replaced in the near future by a successor sent from headquarters, and he would have to bear all the losses resulting from this setback.
At the Peace Hotel, He Wenjie and Uncle Ye sat in an office reviewing the course of the recent defensive battle against Nanguo Investment. Uncle Ye also returned He Wenjie's principal and interest. Their collaboration had bypassed everyone's notice—even Mr. Bao had not the slightest inkling of it, mistakenly assuming that this defensive campaign was once again He Wenjie's handiwork. However, investigations revealed that during the days of the stock market struggle, He Wenjie had been out shopping the whole time with Lingzi, meaning he certainly could not have been behind it. Mr. Bao then turned his suspicions to Qilin Club, but concluded that the methods of those old conservatives could not possibly orchestrate anything so brilliant. It was now abundantly clear that Nanguo Investment's action plan had been uncovered by that mysterious organization long ago, with those individuals having laid their groundwork as early as half a year prior. After exhausting all avenues of investigation, he could only deduce that those people were hostile forces to Nanguo Investment, whose layout in the Shanghai stock market was designed precisely to trap Nanguo.
If anyone still came closest to the truth of the matter, it was only Li Li. In the top-floor private dinin…
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