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The meals still arrived on time, but without the flowers.

Jian Mo held several meetings in succession to discuss the layoff list with Huo Wan's person in charge abroad. The company's articles of association were also revised to provide an additional 10% insurance against a takeover.

I thought the counter-takeover would go smoothly, but who knew that the next day, Huo Wan's stock would hit the lower limit again. Jian Mo quickly sensed something was wrong after studying for the past few days and said, "Go check if the foreign company has sold its shares."

My colleague sent me a message soon and it turned out to be a foreign company.

After thinking calmly, Jian Mo guessed that Huo Qichen must not know that she had the 1 billion yuan in aid from Zhou Liangqi. If he had missed this, it would have given her an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Short selling? That doesn't exist either.

She immediately told Huo Wan's trader, "Keep an eye on the stock market. We'll buy whatever foreign companies are selling."

Even the trader hesitated after such a head-on confrontation: "Are you sure?"

She has no way out.

So, over the next few days, the foreign companies and Huo Wan's buying and selling rallied, stabilizing the stock market and reassuring most investors. This week, when the stock market closed, the foreign companies had used up all of their 5 billion yuan. They shorted all of Huo Wan's outstanding shares. Although Huo Wan was heavily in debt, he was considered a winner.

Huo Wan's team stared at the detailed numbers and breathed a sigh of relief. Someone slapped the table, and the whole office was in an uproar.

Jian Mo looked at the fluctuating data on the computer screen, and felt relieved. The thorn that had been choking her heart was removed.

Fortunately, fortunately, they didn't know that they had Zhou Liangqi's 1 billion, and they finally dragged them down...

Huo Wan handed over a stack of financial statements, looking worried. "If the stock price continues to fall when the market opens next week, we'll be bankrupt."

Jian Mo looked up: "They have no remaining funds, and the stock market has stabilized now, so how could it fall?"

Huo Wan still felt uneasy and nodded, "I hope so."

Jian Mo noticed his recent mood, which was a bit complicated, and took the initiative to joke: "If everything goes well next week, Mr. Huo will treat everyone to a meal, okay?"

Someone in the office immediately chimed in, “I agree!!”

Huo Wan also smiled and said, "Of course."

In the second week, the stock market was calm, economists' predictions failed, and foreign companies did not take any further action, which led to a lot of doubts.

Huo Wan put his heart at ease and began to let them choose a restaurant. Jian Mo smiled and said, "I won't go with you. I'm going to see Zhou Liangqi and thank him in person."

Zhou Liangqi also received the news and took the initiative to find her, "Don't be too happy too soon, be calm."

Jian Mo didn't take it seriously. Before she could argue, Huo Wan's call suddenly interrupted her, so she said, "I'll take the company call first."

As soon as I pressed the answer button, Huo Wan's tense voice came over: "It's over... The stock price suddenly dropped... We've collapsed."

The crisis had only just arrived, and his voice was trembling.

Jian Mo suddenly stopped and stood still, eyes wide open: "What did you say?"

Behind him was the Huo's building, standing tall and majestic, but it seemed as if the whole building would collapse in the next second.

This is the capitalist dream.

Jian Mo frantically ran back to the office and met Huo Wan's eyes, which showed a hopeless situation: "We... have really collapsed."

It was as if a huge rock fell down, and Jian Mo even felt a little dizzy. This situation caught her off guard.

Looking at the plummeting data again, her ears buzzed and she opened her mouth blankly: "What's the loss per share?"

Such viciousness was like a bolt from the blue, throwing everyone off balance.

Huo Wan continued to say, "Continue to replenish your stocks."

Jian Mo couldn't bear to speak: "But we... have no funds."

There's not even a trace of backhand strength left...

Huo Wan shook his head unwillingly, "No, didn't they say it was only 2 billion?"

They all quickly realized that the tug-of-war in the market last week was just a smokescreen... There wasn't just this shell company out in the open; there was another one that had been secretly buying up shares, and they had just shorted them today...

I was cheated...

The funds they used for the acquisition were far more than 2 billion...

Jian Mo no longer had the mind to think about whether Xiao Chen had deceived her or someone had taken advantage of Xiao Chen.

A powerful punch hit her hard, causing her pain but also waking her up.

Someone rushed in and said to Huo Wan, "Let's liquidate the business quickly...if we delay any longer..."

If he sold his stocks at this time, outsiders would definitely buy them at a low price and then use their holdings to buy back in. If he didn't build up a position, Huo Wan wouldn't even have to file for bankruptcy...

No matter what, Huo Wan lost the battle in the financial circle.

Not only Huo Wan, but also Jian Mo.

Someone taught her a lesson and slapped her in the face.

Jian Mo's personal cell phone rang at this time. She trembled, looked at the number with no notes on it, and slowly picked up the phone.

There was a constant buzzing in my ears, but the man's cold voice was crystal clear: "How do you feel?"

"It's you." Jian Mo's face was expressionless, but it was expected. Her knuckles turned white as she gripped the phone. "You're despicable."

"Naive." Huo Qichen snorted mercilessly, as if he was educating a rebellious child. "Didn't Zhou Liangqi teach you? When I was fighting a tug-of-war with you in the stock market, you should have guessed that a hostile takeover couldn't be so one-sided. You still invested all your money. That's stupid."

He spoke in a plain and sarcastic voice, word by word, circling in her mind. Jian Mo closed her eyes tightly, slowly squatted down, and tried to regulate her breathing.

In his eyes, she was just a clown.

The person who broke into the office suddenly said, "Don't add any more, just liquidate the position!"

Huo Wan gave him a look, signaling him to leave first. Then he walked over to Jian Mo, frowned, and suggested, "Is there any way to get Zhou Liangqi to continue giving us..."

Before she could finish her words, the voice on Jian Mo's phone ignited like fire, its words cold and desperate, "You probably don't know, I'm playing chess with Xu Xiaolin's father in Feiyue right now."

The last hope was also extinguished.

Jian Mo already knew what she would face in the future and what she would have to face Zhou Liangqi in addition to the current bad situation.

She bit her knuckles and uttered a few cold words between her teeth: "You are so cruel."

About a minute later, Huo Qichen's emotionless voice sounded: "Not as good as you, Jian Mo."

“…”

"If you had understood me a little better and not gone to find Zhou Liangqi, or in other words, if you had suppressed all thoughts of escaping, you wouldn't have ended up like this."

"If you accept the flowers I send you, even if you hesitate to take a look, you will find a card written inside the flowers. The card details every step I will take against the Zhou family. If you read it, you can turn defeat into victory."