"Chairman..."

"This time is different. If you lose today, all your previous efforts will have been for nothing!" Gao Feng said with a smile.

"So what if they are?" Feng Jingsheng snorted. "I didn't have a penny to my name when I entered this business. That's the fundamental difference between me and Xu Ronghua!"

"He scrambles to invest in projects, focusing on their prospects. I, on the other hand, invest in people. There's a world of difference between a person and a project," Feng Jingsheng said meaningfully.

「Afternoon.」

The stock market had just opened, and just as expected, the share price of XIUXIU began to fall. However, the descent was very slow due to the large influx of capital from Jingsheng Group. Still, it couldn't change the fact that their money was depreciating.

Feng Yueyue was doing her best to keep everyone's emotions in check, but she couldn't hide the fact that impatience was clearly written on many faces.

Vice President Zhang Hua clenched his fists tightly, struggling to control his emotions.

"This is bad, President Feng!" the trader cried out without warning. "Retail investors have suddenly emerged and are starting to sell off their shares in large quantities! The market is too big and our funds are limited. I'm afraid we can't control it!"

At his words, the color drained from everyone's faces. If this was the case, it would mean all their previous efforts had been in vain.

"How could such a massive number of retail investors appear so suddenly? There has to be something wrong with this!" Feng Yueyue exclaimed, completely blindsided by this turn of events.

"President Feng, it must be the Fan and Zheng Families making their move!" the trader said, sweating profusely. "Their companies have recently absorbed a large number of retail investors. The situation is much clearer now—it's the three of them joining forces against us! The stock price is about to collapse!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire market plummeted by five percentage points. Combined with all the prior principal, over two billion had just vanished into thin air.

Seeing this outcome, the people in the conference room could no longer contain themselves.

"It's over... it's over! Now even our principal has been wiped out!"

"Chen Zheng... you were obviously setting a trap for us! All our money is tied up now. What do you expect us to do?"

"You'd better come clean! Did Ronghua Group send you here just to screw with us?"

Unable to control their emotions any longer, many of them shot to their feet, slamming their hands on the tables as they hurled frantic accusations.

Feng Yueyue bit her lower lip, her body trembling uncontrollably. She knew in her heart that at this point, they were completely finished. The game of capital was a life-or-death struggle. One misstep could lead to total ruin, leaving you without so much as a roof over your head.

"Everyone," Feng Yueyue stood up and addressed the room, her gaze firm. "This was all my choice, and it has nothing to do with Mr. Chen. I will bear all the consequences!"

No matter the current situation, she had made this choice. As Feng Jingsheng's daughter, even if she had to face ruin, she would do so with dignity. She would not make excuses for her failure.

"President Feng, we've lost billions in less than a day! I don't think that's a responsibility you can bear, is it?" a company veteran said bitterly. Things had reached this point, and yet President Feng was still protecting that Chen Zheng. It was utterly outrageous.

"President Feng, under these circumstances, I suggest we call the police. There's definitely something suspicious going on here!" Zhang Hua suggested from the side, his voice ice-cold.

He had now lost all trust in Chen Zheng. He even thought back to their previous, overwhelming victory.

Perhaps this was all a conspiracy between Chen Zheng and Ronghua Group, deliberately orchestrated to earn my trust!

"Call the police, you say?" Chen Zheng scoffed. "It seems your so-called management team doesn't have even a sliver of nerve. The game has just begun. The real duel hasn't even started yet, and you're already turning on me. How ridiculous!"

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

The game has just begun? Does that mean... all the money we've lost was just an appetizer?

"You're just spewing nonsense! The stock hit its limit down twice in a row, leading to this disaster, and it's all your fault! In this situation, you can't possibly think you can still turn defeat into victory, can you? You really are a complete madman! To salvage the situation now, we'd need to inject several billion more in funds! Who has that kind of capital? And more importantly, who would still believe you're trying to help us at this point? Our group is finished, and you're the mastermind who brought it all down!"

The crowd erupted in furious curses, their eyes filled with cold rage. They looked as if they wanted to beat Chen Zheng to a pulp on the spot.

"Wait a second..." the trader suddenly exclaimed. "The stock price... it seems to be rising again!"

Hearing this, everyone first froze, then whipped their heads around to look at the market display. The screen, which had been a sea of green, was now beginning to show red. Then, as time went on, the price began to stabilize.

"Someone's propping it up..."

"President Feng, someone is protecting us! It's Mu Ming's Ho Group and Yunshan's Yuan Group! They're buying up XIUXIU's shares with everything they've got! The price is all the way back up! Everything has returned!" the trader yelled frantically, so overcome with emotion he was on the verge of tears.

This was the most incredible market play he had ever witnessed in his life. It was a rollercoaster from start to finish—so thrilling it was almost unbearable.

"The game has just started. The real show is still to come. Just wait and see," Chen Zheng said, merely waving a hand nonchalantly, his expression perfectly calm.

The people in the room slowly turned to look at him, their faces flushing a deep red with unbearable shame. The situation was now crystal clear. The two groups that had just stepped in were undoubtedly arranged by Chen Zheng. That meant they had wrongly accused him. Everything that had happened was part of his design. It was simply incredible.

Zhang Hua's expression was now one of extreme embarrassment. Just moments ago, he had been demanding that Chen Zheng be arrested. Yet even then, the man had remained completely unfazed, demonstrating an ability to secure victory from a thousand miles away. It was almost beyond belief.

More importantly, it was a level of foresight one couldn't even begin to imagine.

This is the composure of a true master, a state I could never hope to achieve in my entire life...

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