Chapter 79: The Prelude Unfolds

  On October 16th, 1987, in the early morning, after Yang Aiqian woke up from his dream, he washed his face and sat down on the sofa, starting to ponder.

  Today is a very crucial day, as today marks the beginning of Black Monday. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be closed for two days, and when the market opens on the 19th, the stock market will plummet like it has taken a laxative, so he must start making his move today.

  However, Yang Ai thought that the most troublesome problem at present was not someone else, but Chen Nan, who had been following him all the time, which was very unfavorable for his plan. Once Chen Nan knew about his stock speculation plan, he would definitely add more obstacles and report to Yang Song.

  Actually, Chen Nan and Yang Song didn't take them seriously. One was a bodyguard sent by Yang Song, and the other was just an insignificant existence in his eyes. What qualifications did they have to stop him? However, he worried that if Chen Nan told Yang Song about it, Yang Song would definitely report back to his father.

  Once his father finds out, he will be severely punished and his freedom of action will also be restricted, which will affect many of his plans. So he has to deal with Chen Nan first before saying anything else. Besides, he didn't plan to keep it from Chen Nan forever, as long as Chen Nan doesn't find out before the 19th.

  It won't work, I have to think of a way, and I must get rid of Chen Nandage, this is the real idea in Yang Aiqian's heart.

  Indeed, if he didn't get rid of Chen Nan, he wouldn't have had a chance to make his move.

  But how to shake it off? Another difficult problem appeared in his mind, all sorts of excuses appeared in his mind, but as soon as he thought of them, they were quickly vetoed.

  Yang Ai had not yet thought of a solution when Chen Nan called him to have breakfast together.

  "Brother Chen Nan, you go rest first. I think Japanese is very interesting, I plan to learn some Japanese with Mr. Xu, so that I won't be clueless when going out." Although this excuse could only temporarily avoid Chen Nan, for Yang Aiqian, he really couldn't come up with a better one at the moment.

  "Alright, I'll be in my room, call me if you need anything." Chen Nan heard that Yang Ai was going to study Japanese and didn't suspect much, then went back to his room.

  Chen Nang walked into the room, and Xu Xiang, who was walking behind him, asked curiously: "Boss, do you want to learn Japanese?"

  "Yes, I think Japanese is very interesting, so I want to learn it." Yang Aiqian looked at Chen Nan walking into the room and spoke in a louder voice, as if afraid others wouldn't know he was going to study Japanese. But in his heart, he was secretly scolding Xu Xiangqian for being impolite - couldn't he have asked after Chen Nan entered? At this critical moment, Yang Aiqian didn't want to arouse Chen Nan's suspicion.

  "Alright, Mr. Xu, go to your room, I have something to discuss with you." After Chen Nan returned to his room, Yang Ai finally let out a sigh of relief.

  Entering Xu Xiang's room, Yang Aiqian found a place to sit down and gestured for Xu Xiang to sit beside him.

  Xu Xiang suddenly realized that Yang Ai's intention to learn Japanese was just an excuse, and the real purpose was to deceive Chen Nan. As for why it had to be so secretive, he couldn't figure it out, nor did he want to know.

  After sitting down, Yang Aiqian organized her language in her mind and said: [Mr. Xu, do you think R country's stock market will plummet?]

  Although Xu Xiang didn't know why Yang Ai asked such a question suddenly, he knew that this question must be related to why Yang Ai wanted him to be the trader.

  The boss said that with the current situation, R country's stock market will only rise and not fall. Xu Xiangqian seemed to have a lot of confidence when he said this.

  Yes, looking at the current economic development trend of R country, the stock market will only rise and not fall. But if there are external factors influencing it, then the R country's stock market will have to fall even if it doesn't want to. Yang Ai didn't pay attention to Xu Xiang's affirmative expression, seemingly talking to himself, but when he mentioned external factors, he intentionally slowed down his speech.

  After Yang Ai said that, Xu Xiang also fell into deep thought. Looking at the current economic and policy aspects of R country, the stock market is only rising and not falling. But if there are external factors, it's different. However, this external factor made him think incomprehensibly, what kind of external factor could affect the decline of R country's stock market?

  Are you talking about a global financial storm? Xu Xiang looked at Yang Ai with an incredulous expression.

  Hehe, Mr. Xu, you can take it as true, no need to doubt, I think the M country's stock market is already in a mess now. Yang Aiqian's expression was calm and collected, completely not taking her own words as a joke.

  "This is impossible, absolutely impossible." Xu Xiangqian's face was full of disbelief, he thought that with M country's current rapid economic development, a financial storm was not possible.

  Hehe, nothing is impossible. Since last year, the economy of Country M has shifted from high-speed development to slow development. Although the development has slowed down, the stock market has continued to hit new highs, one after another. What does this indicate? I think Mr. Xu should be even clearer about it than me. The reason why it hasn't burst out all at once is that many investors have too much faith in Country M's stock market. However, paper can't wrap up fire. I believe the financial storm has already broken out in Country M.

  Yang Aiqian was no longer a seventeen-year-old youth at this moment; he was like an authoritative scholar who had spent many years researching world economics, speaking eloquently about a global financial disaster that had already begun to unfold.

  This time Xu Xiang didn't refute him. He thought Yang Ai's words were very reasonable, but he still couldn't fully accept Yang Ai's statement.

  Hehe, Mr. Xue, I know what you're thinking, it's okay if you can't accept my views. Time will prove everything, but what we need to do now is hurry to the securities trading hall. I think next week when the market opens, R country's stock market will plummet due to M country's stock market. Yang Aiqian didn't plan to persuade Xue Xiangqian at all, what he needed most now was for Xue Xiangqian to help him operate, not ask why.

  "Boss, although I can't accept your point of view, what you said isn't entirely unreasonable. Besides, the money is yours, and I'm just in charge of operations. Still, I'd like to advise you to wait a bit longer before investing." Xu Xiang thought for a moment, even though Yang Ai was his boss now, he still wanted to offer some advice, otherwise his conscience would bother him.

  Haha! Don't worry, if the investment loses money later on, it has nothing to do with you. Yang Aiqian thought that Xu Xiangqian was afraid that if the investment failed later on, he would blame him for it.

  You misunderstood me, that's not what I meant... Ah, forget it. Since you've already made up your mind, let's go to the stock exchange now. Xu Xiangqian also had no choice, his boss had said so, what could he do? He could only follow his boss's instructions.

  "Speak softly, don't let Brother Chen Nan hear it, or things will get very troublesome." Yang Aiqian knew that Xu Xiangqian had agreed to come only out of helplessness, but he didn't mind. By next Monday when the market opens, he would know just how far off his mistakes were. How many people in this world are fortunate enough to have transmigrated and reborn, still carrying memories from their past life?

  When Yang Ai and Xu Xiang arrived at the Dongjing Securities Trading Center, the stock market had just opened.

  As soon as they entered, Xu Xiang first introduced Yang Ai to some basic facilities of the Securities Trading Center. The securities hall was mostly filled with individual investors, while medium-sized clients were on the left and right sides of the hall. There was a VIP room upstairs, as well as a VIP lounge.

  When introducing Xu Xiang, Yang Aiqian also nodded from time to time, but his eyes were not on the structure of the stock exchange, but on the faces of these retail investors outside the hall. It can be said that every investor's face is now written with joy and excitement, some even shouting loudly, shouting in Japanese that Yang Aiqian couldn't understand.

  But judging from their actions and expressions, it's not hard to guess that they are excited because of the stock price increase.

  "Hmm... maybe by next Monday, none of you will be laughing anymore." Yang Ai Qian spoke in a language that wasn't Japanese, so the people around him had no idea what he was saying.

  But even if they could understand it, they wouldn't believe it anyway.

  Watching these people now ecstatic about the stock's big rise, but next week when the stock plummets and investors take their own lives, Yang Ai could only shake her head.

  In his mind, the stock market has always been like this: big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimp. This is the food chain in nature and the law of nature. This law can also be used to describe the stock market, where individual investors are forever pawns for the major players.