Chapter 273: Chapter 262: Master, I’m Enlightened

At this moment, the Dugan Consortium, the Longmei Consortium, and the Peterson Clan were all completely baffled.

They had absolutely no idea the iFeng phone would have *this* many problems.

’What the hell? Are you messing with us!’

If there were only one or two problems, they could have used their resources and power to handle it, but...

With this many issues, how were they supposed to handle it?

Right now, the entire internet was discussing the iFeng phone’s flaws. If they really wanted to shut down the discussion by force, there was probably only one way: cut off the internet for the entire world!

’If no one could get online, they wouldn’t be able to keep flaming us, right?’

Of course, this was just a dark joke. The mere three-party alliance of the Dugan Consortium and the others wasn’t nearly powerful enough to cut off the entire world’s internet.

And taking a huge step back, so what if they could?

It wasn’t like they could silence the masses and force consumers to keep buying the iFeng phone!

Obviously, that was impossible!

At this point, even the Fruit Group, which had just pulled a series of outrageous stunts, went silent. They chose to play dead, hoping to ride out the storm.

Actually...

Playing dead wasn’t a bad strategy.

’The Fruit Group’s brand value is still there. No matter how fierce the online uproar gets, it’s just temporary. Who cares how far the stock price falls? As long as Fruit Group doesn’t go bankrupt, everything will be fine!’

’Once the storm dies down, Fruit Group can just issue an apology, give the consumers some perks and compensation, and won’t the problem be solved?’

Faced with this tactic from the Fruit Group, the three great white sharks—the Dugan Consortium and its partners—were absolutely livid.

’Fucking hell, can’t you be a little more reliable?’

They had been planning to help the Fruit Group’s stock price surge past two hundred US dollars!

And now the Fruit Group itself was throwing in the towel?

"What do we do now? If the market crashes, we’re done for!"

Inside the Dugan Consortium, many of the top executives frowned.

To be honest, the current situation had gone completely beyond their predictions!

Compared to the Longmei Consortium and the Peterson Clan, the Dugan Consortium was actually in a much worse position.

Because this time, the Dugan Consortium had accepted a short order for over seven million shares from Celestial Dragon Investment Company!

They hadn’t stopped Colonna before, partly because they were worried about taking on the liability, but also because they simply didn’t think it would turn into a major problem.

Two major consortiums, plus the Peterson Clan—they might not be invincible, but they should at least have enough power to protect themselves, right?

But now, they realized they had been far too naive...

When the Fruit Group’s stock price ran into trouble and stopped rising, many massive institutions noticed the anomaly. Among them were other giant consortiums from the United States!

The Dupont Consortium and the Longmei Consortium weren’t actually the strongest of the top ten consortiums in the United States. Above them were others, like the Griffith and Rothschild consortiums.

Smelling blood in the United States market, these massive consortiums didn’t hesitate for a second. They swiftly entered the fray and launched a ferocious attack on the three-party alliance!

At that point, the situation changed again.

Originally, it was Ye Ling, a small fry, taking on three great white sharks. Now, it was Ye Ling, the small fry, joining a pack of great white sharks to hunt down the three who had been separated from the school!

"This is hilarious!"

Seeing this, Ye Ling couldn’t help but slap his thigh and burst out laughing.

Ning Ruoxi, who was lying in bed playing on her phone, heard the commotion. Curious, she crawled to the foot of the bed and asked, "What’s going on?"

Ye Ling explained the situation to Ning Ruoxi, adding that he had already screwed over the Dupont Consortium once before.

"Pfft!"

Ning Ruoxi couldn’t help but laugh, shaking her head. "The Dupont Consortium had it coming."

"What about the Dupont Consortium?"

Ye Ling looked at her curiously.

"Oh, nothing... Actually, this is the first time I’ve ever heard of them. But in my opinion, anyone who opposes you is a big, bad villain!"

Ning Ruoxi stuck out her tongue playfully, her expression matter-of-fact.

"Such a good girl. Come here and give me a kiss!"

Hearing this, Ye Ling’s heart warmed. He pulled Ning Ruoxi into his arms and planted a firm kiss on her.

SMACK!

Ning Ruoxi was enjoying the kiss when she suddenly thought of something and quickly pushed him away.

"What’s wrong?"

Ye Ling gave her a confused look.

"Are you still on the call?"

Ning Ruoxi said hesitantly, glancing at the phone Ye Ling had set to one side.

She remembered the last time they were being intimate, Ye Ling had been on a call with his subordinates. It had been so embarrassing!

"Hello, Lady Boss! I’m here!"

Before Ye Ling could speak, Chen Lin’s voice came through the phone.

"Ahem!"

The "Lady Boss" from the other end made Ye Ling cough violently.

’All right.’

’He wasn’t wrong, but... it just sounded so strange!’

"Am I interrupting you two?"

Ning Ruoxi, however, blushed bright red at being called "Lady Boss" and mumbled.

"No, absolutely not!"

Chen Lin said instantly.

"Can you shut up now?"

Ye Ling said, annoyed.

A burst of laughter immediately erupted from the other end of the line. Yes, a *burst*—not just from Chen Lin.

One could imagine that Chen Lin was with his whole trading team. On a conference call, it was impossible that only he could hear. It was just that no one else had spoken until now...

After all, they weren’t qualified to speak directly to Ye Ling.

As for what just happened...

’They’re professionally trained, right? Unless they just couldn’t hold it in?’

Hearing the laughter, Ning Ruoxi’s face turned an even deeper shade of crimson, and even her earlobes flushed a translucent pink.

’Wait, what?’

’So, it wasn’t just Chen Lin who heard me and Ye Ling flirting, but a whole group of people?!’

Uh...

’This plot seems a bit familiar.’

’It seems like a lot of novels have this exact plot.’

’The male lead is a domineering CEO, and while he’s on a call with his subordinates at home, the female lead comes in and teases him?’

’I mean, Ye Ling pretty much counts as a domineering CEO. He owns the hundred-billion-dollar Shengding Group and has shares in all kinds of other companies...’

’How could he not qualify!?’

"Dock everyone’s bonus by one hundred."

Ye Ling coughed lightly and spoke to Chen Lin on the other end of the call.

"President Ye, is that really necessary?"

Chen Lin immediately let out a tragic cry.

In truth, his cry of despair was completely fake.

After all, once tonight was over, they’d be taking home a bonus of at least five figures, right?

What was a measly hundred bucks!

"Stop pretending."

Ye Ling called his bluff instantly.

"President Ye, I’m not! A hundred bucks can buy a lot of instant ramen. It’s not easy supporting a family, you know..."

Chen Lin said again, his voice full of grievance.

"Pfft!"

Ning Ruoxi burst out laughing at Chen Lin’s words.

’This subordinate of Ye Ling’s is hilarious.’

’"Supporting a family"? Seriously?’

"Hear that? She laughed!"

Ye Ling said with another laugh, "After this is over, add ten thousand to everyone’s bonus."

Hearing this, Chen Lin and the others on the other end of the call were completely stunned.

’Holy shit!’

’You can get a raise like this?’

’If we’d known, why would we bother working so hard? We could’ve just focused on making Ning Ruoxi laugh!’

Chen Lin thought, ’I get it now!’

Hearing this, Ning Ruoxi shot Ye Ling a playful glare.

’This bad guy...’

"Alright, everyone, let’s refocus. Don’t forget the main event. After this is all over, there’s a huge bonus for each of you."

Ye Ling said with a light chuckle, pretending not to notice Ning Ruoxi’s gaze.

And at that moment, Chen Lin and the others finally remembered they still hadn’t closed the net on the trap they’d laid in the US Stock market.

This just went to show how little pressure the team was feeling...

In fact, they felt no pressure whatsoever, all right?

If the executives at the Dupont Consortium and the other Western financial powers knew about this, they’d probably cough up blood from pure rage.

After all, they were running around in a panic, completely overwhelmed, while Ye Ling’s team was over here just shooting the shit?

Can’t be helped. Brother Ling was just that badass!

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