Chapter 62 From today onwards, please call me a rich woman.

The young couple chatted about the recent hot stock market while eating.

Ye Huaizhang knew she was involved in stock trading and that her company was also involved in stock trading, so he couldn't help but remind her: "The stock market has been overheated lately, so it would be best if you maintained a rational position."

Ye Baoling countered, "What constitutes a relatively rational position size?"

Ye Huaizhang thought for a moment and said, "Even if the stock market crashes, you won't want to cry, and you won't be so upset about your positions that you can't eat."

That makes some sense.

However, she has a script and doesn't need to refer to it.

Ye Baoling ate a grilled mushroom and asked, "If the stock market crashes and your Hong Kong Connect Industrial's stock price plummets, will you allocate funds to support the stock price?"

Ye Huaizhang sipped his porridge: "It depends on the extent of the stock price drop. If it falls drastically, we will definitely try to buy back some shares. As long as no large funds come in to buy up the dip, it should be enough to maintain a slightly better performance than the market."

Ye Baoling feigned ignorance: "Why are you afraid of large sums of money coming in?"

"When large funds come in and buy up assets, it's possible for you to go from a major shareholder to a minor shareholder. As far as Hong Kong Tong Industrial is concerned, none of the current Hong Kong tycoons have that ability, unless they are international speculative capital giants..."

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Baoling! Are you asleep?"

It was Liang Meiyun's voice.

Ye Baoling glanced at the leftover roast meat and two half bowls of beef porridge on the table. It wasn't difficult to hide these things, but how to hide the smell of the food?

The room was filled with the rich aroma of roasted meat and beef porridge, and Ye Baoling didn't dare to open the door.

However, she reacted quickly and said in a low voice, "Second Aunt, I'm taking a shower. I'll come find you when I'm done."

"Okay. You don't need to rush."

But judging from her voice, Liang Meiyun was very anxious.

Ye Baoling brushed her teeth first, and when she came out, she found that Ye Huaizhang had already cleaned up the food on the table, the window was open, and the smell in the room had almost dissipated.

She knocked on her second uncle and aunt's door, and a strong smell of smoke wafted out of the room. Ye Kaisi was sitting by the window smoking.

Liang Meiyun had tear stains on her face, it looked like she had been crying during the argument.

"Second Aunt..."

Liang Meiyun grasped Ye Baoling's hand in return: "Baoshun was brought back early this morning and hasn't eaten a single grain of rice since. He hasn't eaten anything for almost 24 hours since last night, and he's been kneeling all day. Even the best body can't take that! I asked your second uncle to beg the old man, but he stubbornly refused. I really have no other choice."

Ye Baoling pretended not to know, her face full of pity: "Why hasn't Baoshun eaten yet? I thought Grandpa would soften his heart... What should we do now?"

“Baoling, you made a great contribution to Ye Qingtang’s listing. Your grandfather remembers it. Go and beg him, beg the old man, please stop letting Baoshun eat. He won’t starve to death, but he will definitely develop health problems. Once he gets a stomach problem, he’ll never get better…” Liang Meiyun pleaded earnestly for a long time, almost kneeling down.

Ye Baoling knew that anyone who went to Ye Qizu for help at this time would be scolded by him, and might even be thought to be a hypocrite.

After all, going hungry for a day, apart from feeling uncomfortable, won't actually cause any serious health problems.

With sugar water and salt water available, they won't die.

But she really wanted to see Ye Baoshun's pitiful state, so she said, "It's no use begging Grandpa, I'll go beg Uncle Xing instead."

"Uncle Xing wouldn't dare give you the key."

Ye Baoling had a solution: "Second Aunt, go to the kitchen and ask someone to cook a bowl of noodles. I'll go find Uncle Xing."

Liang Meiyun had just had a bowl of noodles cooked, but the noodles had clumped together, so she quickly went downstairs to have them cooked again.

Uncle Xing and Aunt Xing lived on the first floor. Ye Baoling found Uncle Xing and said directly that she wanted to talk to Baoshun. "I am now in charge of investigating the matter of Baoshun being exposed. I will go and find out the situation from him."

Uncle Xing knew, of course, that this was just an excuse. The young lady definitely wanted to send food to the young master, and he was afraid that the pampered young master would get sick from hunger, and the old man would blame him in the end.

He immediately asked, "Miss, fifteen minutes, is that alright?"

"Sure. Thank you, Uncle Xing."

Uncle Xing was a responsible person; he didn't give the key to Ye Baoling, saying, "I'll go upstairs and open the door for you."

"Okay." Ye Baoling quickly went to the kitchen to get the noodles.

Seeing Ye Baoling approach, Liang Meiyun asked anxiously, "How did it go? Did he give you the key?"

Ye Baoling whispered, "He went upstairs to open the door. I told him I needed to talk to Baoshun about the investigation into the exposure."

"That's great. You're so quick-witted." Liang Meiyun hurriedly brought out the noodles.

Liang Meiyun wanted to go up to the fourth floor with them, but Ye Baoling said, "Uncle Xing won't allow it. Second Aunt, you go to sleep first, I'll take you there."

"Thank you for your trouble, Bao Ling."

Ye Baoling carried the noodles up to the fourth floor.

Behind the main hall on the fourth floor, there is an iron gate. Behind the iron gate is a long corridor with several empty rooms, which used to be used to imprison disobedient clansmen.

Ye Baoshun was locked in the innermost room.

Uncle Xing opened the large iron gate outside and wisely didn't follow him in. There was a servant sitting in the corridor inside, who was specifically there to keep an eye on Ye Baoshun in case anything went wrong.

"Young Miss".

"Open the door."

The maid quickly took out her key and opened the door.

The bedroom is nicely decorated, with a bed, a toilet, and books, but there are no entertainment facilities.

Ye Baoshun was lying on his side on the bed with his head facing inwards. Hearing the sound, he turned around and glanced back.

He paused slightly when he saw Ye Baoling enter, and then noticed the steaming, fragrant chicken leg noodles she was carrying. He then arrogantly turned his head away and continued lying down.

Seeing Ye Baoshun's pitiful yet stubborn appearance, it was really a bit laughable.

Ye Baoling placed the noodles on the table. "Uncle Xing only gave me 10 minutes. If you want to eat, hurry up. If not, I'll take it away."

Ye Baoshun gritted his teeth and said defiantly, "I don't need your kindness."

No sooner had I finished speaking than my stomach rumbled loudly.

Ye Baoling suppressed a laugh and said, "That day when you inexplicably came to kick me out and said I was not even as good as a tenant, I secretly swore that you, Ye Baoshun, were no longer my brother. So, it's not that I'm being kind by bringing you food; it's that your mother begged me to come, crying. Of course, I mainly came to see how pitiful you looked."

She took a few steps to the side, just in time to see his expression: "Seeing you lying here like a dead dog, I'm relieved. It's better if you don't eat. I've fulfilled my aunt's request, seen your pitiful state, and saved myself a bowl of noodles. Just continue to starve here. It's only a little past ten o'clock now. Tonight will probably be tough, won't it?"

Ye Baoshun's stomach rumbled loudly a few more times.

Embarrassing.

He wished there was a hole in the ground he could crawl into.

Ye Baoling couldn't help but laugh this time.

“Three minutes have passed. If you’re not going to eat, I don’t want to wait any longer. I’ll just take it away.” Ye Baoling went to get the bowl.

As a result, Ye Baoshun jumped up and pressed down on the bowl.

He was so hungry! He couldn't stand it anymore!

Then they wolfed down their food, devouring it in a flash, starting with several large mouthfuls of noodles.

This big bowl of noodle soup contained two eggs and a large chicken leg. Ye Baoshun ate it with gusto, and it looked delicious.

He had never suffered from hunger in his life; this was the first time.

Ye Baoling stood to the side watching, finding it rather comical.

She said, "Eat slowly, no rush. It would be even more embarrassing to carry you out if you choked."

Ye Baoshun: "..."

Having eaten something to fill his stomach, he wasn't as hungry anymore, so he slowed down a little.

After a long silence, Ye Baoling said gently, "There's nothing wrong with being homosexual, and there's nothing wrong with liking men. What's wrong is this era."

Upon hearing this, Ye Baoshun was stunned for a moment. He looked up at Ye Baoling, and suddenly crystal clear tears welled up in his eyes.

"Big sister..."

It's not wrong to like men, but Ye Baoshun was completely wrong to try to drug her.

Therefore, Ye Baoling could never forgive him.

You may not forgive in your heart, but you can act as if you have forgiven.

"Eat slowly, don't choke, and don't forget, I'll always be your older sister."

Ye Baoshun may have some masochistic tendencies at heart. He was slept with and injured by Lü Tianyou, but he fell in love with him instead.

Now, after Ye Baoling spoke harshly to him, she suddenly showed him three parts understanding and two parts pity. He seemed to think that his eldest sister was the kindest person in the world to him.

Not only does he have masochistic tendencies, but he also has a bit of Stockholm syndrome.

Finally, Ye Baoshun licked the last drop of soup from the bottom of the bowl clean.

Ye Baoling handed him a tissue: "Is this the first time you've ever thought soup noodles could taste so good?"

Ye Baoshun actually smiled, a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth.

She then asked, "Sister, I'd like to know, was it Zheng Junni who leaked this information to the media?"

Ye Baoling shook her head: "I don't know yet. What? Do you want to get revenge on Zheng Junni?"

She deliberately reminded me of that last sentence.

Even if Ye Baoshun didn't initially intend to retaliate, Ye Baoling's reminder planted the seed of revenge unknowingly.

"Get a good night's sleep and figure out which path you want to take." Ye Baoling took the empty bowl and went out.

After this experience, her second aunt was grateful to her and treated her as one of her own.

Ye Baoshun also thanked her, saying that although her older sister's words were harsh, she genuinely understood his perspective and cared about his feelings.

When Ye Baoling returned to the bedroom, Ye Huaizhang had already finished taking a shower.

He asked her, "Did you do a good deed?"

Ye Baoling smiled slightly: "I went to do some...observation."

Or, it could be an induced experiment.

That's quite interesting.

*

Bai Zhu, through the editor of Sunday, quickly obtained the call log from the telephone company for the day he broke the story.

The call was made in the morning, but the exact time wasn't recorded. However, there weren't many calls made that morning; there were only about eight calls in total.

Ye Baoling gave the phone list to Chen Yulan and asked her to check it against the telephone company's published phone book to find out who each of the eight phone numbers belonged to.

They quickly identified their target.

But she didn't rush to tell everyone the results; she was waiting for the right moment.

At that time, the stock market was fluctuating, so she put the matter aside and focused on making money.

The stock prices of Jin Dou Dou and Liang Jing Jing suddenly surged more than tenfold.

After a surge a while ago, these two stocks had been rising steadily recently, but then they suddenly surged again in the last two days, catching them off guard.

These two stocks themselves did not rise as dramatically as Hot ...

It's late September now, and October is just around the corner, which aligns with the timeline in the script.

It wasn't specified whether the price had increased more than tenfold.

A sudden surge in stock price can easily be followed by a rollercoaster ride and a sharp drop.

Ye Baoling instructed Liu Haonan over the phone: "Send everything. Be quick!"

Liu Haonan was relatively calm this time. "The speed is fast, which may drive down the stock price. Should we sell slowly?"

Ye Baoling recalled her experience from her last trip to Haihua Construction and decided to "follow Haihua Construction's approach and find someone to help."

She speaks very quickly.

Hearing the boss's somewhat nervous voice, Liu Haonan put down his teacup and asked, "Do you have any inside information?"

"Not yet, but I'm worried something might happen. It's better to get it done as soon as possible. Do as I say."

Liu Haonan assumed Ye Baoling had inside information that was inconvenient to disclose, so after hanging up the phone, he quickly went to Lihua Securities with his colleagues.

Take two days to slowly unload your shares. After all, there's a hot stock that surged 22 times before us, so everyone thinks it's okay that Jin Dou Dou and Liang Jing Jing have risen 12 or 13 times in a short period of time, and there's still room for growth.

The first day of shipping went smoothly.

That evening, Ye Baoling remembered that Wang Simin and Gu Man'er had also bought gold beans. She called them and told them to sell them all the next day, and instructed them not to tell anyone.

The shipping speed started to slow down on the second day.

The morning was fine, but panic suddenly broke out when the market opened in the afternoon, and the stock prices of all stocks plummeted, especially for Bright Crystal, which still had more than 30 million shares that they hadn't had time to sell.

Ye Baoling was stationed at Qiyuan at that time.

Liu Haonan asked her, "Should we sell all the Brightening Crystal products at a low price?"

Even if they sold everything, they could still make over 180 million yuan from those two stocks. However, Ye Baoling was worried that this stampede-like sell-off would bring an early stock market crash.

She immediately decided: "Don't sell today. You do a swing trade. If there are low-priced sells, buy some back and see if you can support the price."

How much budget should we allocate?

Ye Baoling countered, "How much money do we have in our accounts?"

"The money from the stocks I sold yesterday and today hasn't arrived in my bank account yet. I only have a little over ten million yuan available right now."

Ye Baoling: "Let's try with this ten million. If we can drive up the stock price, then we'll sell at a higher price."

This requires a very high level of skill.

But if you pay enough commission, you can get experts to help you.

Liu Haonan immediately discussed the matter with his colleagues at Lihua Securities, and after some effort, they managed to stabilize the stock price of Liangjingjing that afternoon with more than 8 million yuan.

The following day, Thursday, October 1st, Bright Crystal's stock price rose again.

Liu Haonan took the opportunity to sell all his stocks.

After clearing out the stock, Ye Baoling finally breathed a sigh of relief and slumped onto the sofa.

Sitting across from her, Liu Haonan smiled and said, "I've sold them all. I feel at ease now. It's all in the bag."

Ye Baoling toasted him lightly with coffee instead of alcohol, saying, "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's what I should do."

Ye Baoling made a lot of money, and he also made a lot of money. In just a few months, he moved to a bigger house, bought a new car, and hired a Filipino maid. His quality of life improved dramatically.

After drinking a strong cup of coffee, Ye Baoling breathed a satisfied sigh of relief. "Don't rest yet. You still need to work hard for another week or two."

Liu Haonan asked, "Which stock should we buy?"

Ye Baoling: "Let's calculate how much money we have on hand first."

Liu Haonan calculated for her: "The 20 million yuan investment this time has increased by more than 13 times on average. The subsequent 8 million yuan will only be enough to pay the commission. In the next few days, 275 million yuan should be credited to your account."

This money is so satisfying!

Ye Baoling instructed: "Convert 200 million of it into US dollars and transfer it to US stocks."

That's 400 million in the US stock market.

Should we still buy index futures?

Ye Baoling shook her head: "Don't buy the index, use leverage and short US stocks."

Liu Haonan, who had been exhausted, suddenly perked up: "Short US stocks?! And with leverage?"

"Yes! Go talk to the brokerage firm and see if they can give us leverage."

“American brokerages should be able to give us 10 times leverage.”

"Then let's use 10x leverage."

Although Liu Haonan was very excited, he was afraid that the money he had worked so hard to earn from Hong Kong stocks would be lost in US stocks.

After all, the eldest daughter of the Ye family might have inside information here, but no matter how much influence she has, it can't reach Wall Street in the United States.

"Boss, I must remind you carefully: with 10x leverage, according to the current rules of the US stock market, we will have to increase our margin if the stock price rises by 7%, otherwise we will be liquidated."

Ye Baoling had, of course, carefully studied the rules: "I know, so of this 400 million, you only need to use 300 million to leverage 10 times and short sell US stocks, and keep the other 100 million as working capital. If any problems arise, you can add margin at any time. I have studied this for a long time, so just follow my instructions."

Ye Baoling is the boss, so Liu Haonan naturally follows her orders.

But he still emphasized: "Just think it through."

The main task now is to determine which stocks are most suitable for short selling.

During a stock market crash, everything is inevitably affected. Which stocks are least able to withstand the impact?

This is the choice Liu Haonan has to make.

"While you have time, select 10 stocks. Use 30 million to short each stock with 10x leverage."

Liu Haonan quickly jotted it down. What he needed to do now was exchange for US dollars, communicate with the Hong Kong branch of the American securities company about leverage, and then select US stocks to short sell.

The two agreed on the steps and completed the deployment before October 7.

Ye Baoling provided Liu Haonan with a mobile phone so that they could communicate by phone at any time.

If short selling weren't currently prohibited in Hong Kong, she would definitely have allocated some funds to short Ye Qingtang, taking advantage of the stock market crash to drive its share price to its lowest point.

What a pity.

Liu Haonan asked, "Which Hong Kong stock should we buy next?"

Ye Baoling shook her head: "I won't buy for now, I'll wait for an opportunity."

"Should we buy the Hang Seng Index?"

"I won't buy it either."

The boss has always been aggressive, but I didn't expect him to be so unusual in Hong Kong stocks.

Liu Haonan asked, "Just put it in the bank?"

"Just keep it in the bank. If you're trading other stocks, I suggest you sell them all."

Liu Haonan laughed and said, "I've already sold everything. I advised you to sell before, but you didn't want to, so I thought you were going to keep buying."

So Liu Haonan does have some skills.

Ye Baoling asked with a smile, "Why did you choose to clear out your inventory?"

Have you read "Tumbleweed"? My views are similar to Bai Zhu's. Are you also influenced by her?

no.

But Ye Baoling still nodded: "A little."

In any case, there is still more than HK$70 million in the account. Even if there are problems with the US stocks, they won't be left without any capital to recover.

In the evening, a celebratory dinner was held. Ye Baoling only clinked tea with them and then told everyone to order whatever they wanted. Chen Yulan was in charge of paying the bill, and Ye Baoling, as the owner, tactfully left the room.

A day later, the stock price of Golden Bean plummeted, and the stock of Bright Crystal crashed that same afternoon.

Having narrowly escaped disaster and even made a considerable profit, Wang Simin and Gu Man'er treated her to a meal, with Wang Simin specifically choosing an expensive restaurant as the venue.

This time, Wang Simin earned more than 100,000 yuan. Gu Man'er not only repaid the money Ye Baoling lent her, but also made a net profit of 170,000 yuan. With this money, the Gu family's current situation can be basically changed.

The three raised their glasses in celebration: "May we become increasingly wealthy!"

Wang Simin had the sweetest tongue: "Please let me always be able to cling to the young lady's strong thighs. Thank you, Bodhisattva, thank you, Lord, thank you, Wong Tai Sin..."

Gu Man'er laughed at her: "Which religion do you believe in?"

Wang Simin: "I am Chinese, and I believe in gods."

The three of them couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Two days before the stock market crash, on October 6th.

Ye Baoling contacted Cindy at Parkway Bank and asked her to sell all the Hong Kong Stock Connect shares in her account. She had bought them for HK$1 million and sold them for HK$1.28 million.

Four months ago, Ye Baoling had more than 9 million yuan in hand, of which 1 million yuan was invested in Gangtong Industrial. In the end, she realized a profit of 280,000 yuan, a return of 28%, which is considered a very high return.

She kept trading stocks with the remaining 8 million, and now it has turned into more than 470 million Hong Kong dollars.

This rate of return is incredible.

This is an unfair game where, knowing the plot in advance and precisely timing things, one can achieve unbelievable profits through continuous design and correction.

Different choices can lead to vastly different outcomes.

Therefore, ordinary people should not easily enter the stock market. If they do not understand the rules, lack technical skills, or have any information, then the stock market is just a huge casino, or even a money-devouring beast.

Liu Haonan completed a short selling operation on US stocks with a margin of 300 million yuan and a leverage of 10 times, which is equivalent to a short selling operation worth 3 billion Hong Kong dollars.

That evening, Ye Baoling called Lisa.

Remind Lisa that the time the fortune teller wrote on the note is almost up.

Lisa was eating breakfast, and she said with a sigh, "Honey, the stock market in the US has been doing really well lately, and I can't convince Daniel to believe the advice of the Eastern fortune teller."

Ye Baoling and she had become friends. Ye Baoling said bluntly, "If you don't even believe it yourself, how can you convince Daniel?"

Lisa laughed: "You saw through me. Well, I really want to believe it, but reason tells me I don't have to. You know, the most important thing that has brought us to where we are today, besides thanking God, is that we are very rational."

Ye Baoling smiled and said, "Okay, I tried my best."

On October 8th, the sky was clear and the air was fresh. Ye Huaizhang had been away for the past two days, so Ye Baoling went to bed early and got up late.

I woke up after nine o'clock.

She rarely goes downstairs for breakfast, and just then she saw the old man playing with his chubby grandson in front of Xihe Building, his eyes filled with love.

Ye Kaimin and Zheng Junni stood to the side, with Zheng Junni holding a rattle drum to coax her son to laugh with his grandfather.

It's simply a beautiful picture of a happy family.

Liang Meiyun was eating at the restaurant when she saw the "cozy" scene at the entrance, which annoyed her.

After her son Ye Baoshun was released from the archway, he was kept locked in his room and couldn't go anywhere. He was almost driven crazy by being confined there.

The old man was stubborn and wouldn't allow Ye Baoshun to be sent abroad. He insisted on keeping Ye Baoshun locked up like this, hoping to make him completely submit.

Liang Meiyun glanced at Ye Baoling and asked her softly, "Baoling, it's been half a month, is there still no progress on that matter?"

Ye Baoling shushed her and reassured her, "There's been progress. We got a list of phone numbers from the telephone company, and we'll check them one by one."

Hearing that there was progress, Liang Meiyun nodded hurriedly: "Maybe they have the number of a public phone booth near us..."

Just then, the old man came in, and Liang Meiyun wisely shut her mouth and said nothing more.

Ye Qizu asked Ye Baoling, "Aren't you going to work today?"

Ye Baoling ate a potato pancake: "If there's nothing else, I'll go later."

"Weren't you so determined to aggressively expand into the European and American markets? Why have you been so quiet lately?"

“Grandpa, you said it yourself: expanding the market is not something that can be done overnight. Ye Qingtang is a century-old brand; we have plenty of time and can afford to wait. Isn’t that right?”

Ye Qizu: "..."

That's the problem with his granddaughter. No matter what he tells her, she'll suddenly bring her back and leave him speechless.

He could only scoff, trying to save face: "Relying on you is less helpful than relying on Baoxian."

Oh.

Ye Baoling suddenly asked, "Grandpa, who do you think Baoxian looks like?"

Ye Qizu paused for a moment, then said, "Like me when I was a child."

"Huh?" Ye Baoling held back her laughter.

Liang Meiyun also looked up in surprise.

Yeh Chi-tsu: "I still have photos of myself when I was a child, and I was just as chubby."

Liang Meiyun complained, "Dad, your eyes aren't shaped like this."

Ye Qizu sat down on the sofa in the living room, paused for a moment, and then said, "His eyes look like his own."

Everyone fell silent.

Ye Baoling was eating breakfast slowly, while Ye Qizu was reading the newspaper.

At this moment, Ye Qizu's assistant, Chen Jincai, rushed in and said, "Chairman, I don't know what happened to the stock market today, it crashed as soon as it opened."

The market crashed as soon as it opened?

Ye Qizu put away the newspaper and asked with concern, "How are the stock prices of Su Man Jewelry and Ye Qingtang?"

"The trend is very bad."

Ye Qizu got up and went upstairs, and Chen Jincai quickly followed, talking about the stock market situation as they walked.

Upon hearing the news, Ye Baoling felt completely relieved.

The course of history remains unchanged, yet a stock market crash has occurred.

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Author's Note: Ye Baoling: From today onwards, please call me Rich Woman.