As Li Baolong drifted off to sleep with the alluring Wu Lili in his arms, the lights were blazing in the General Manager's office of the Standard Chartered Bank Futures Trading Center in Hong Kong, where an emergency meeting was underway. General Manager Chen Hao, his expression serious yet tinged with astonishment, said, "There's a mysterious figure in our futures company's VIP room who has made over two hundred million US dollars in just three days! If it weren't for the call from London headquarters, I would still be completely unaware. Chairman Wei instructed us to give him a warm welcome and elevate our cooperation. This is absolutely a financial genius! The newly established financial company has only been operating for a week, and he's already reaped such enormous profits in just three days of trading. He's both courageous and resourceful; we must do everything we can to recruit such talent."
The next morning, Li Baolong and Wu Lili had a quick bite at a tea restaurant near the hotel, then picked up Wu Fangfang to look at apartments. The three went to a real estate agency and, led by the agent, headed to their target building. Located in a bustling downtown area, the six-story building boasted a prime location, a small garden in the back, and two parking spaces. Li Baolong immediately took a liking to it. He directly asked the agent, "What price is the landlord asking for now?" The agent quickly replied, "Mr. Li, the landlord listed it for 30 million six months ago, but now the lowest price is 28 million." Li Baolong smiled slightly and casually said, "The market situation isn't very stable these days, everyone knows that. I'll offer 26 million, cash payment in full, and I'll also cover the 200,000 agent fee. If the landlord is willing, we can finalize the payment and contract today." Li Baolong secretly calculated, "Don't underestimate these 2 million; with the savings, I can buy a decent Mercedes. Every penny saved counts."
The agent said hurriedly, "I'll go back and report to the manager first, and then contact the landlord right away." Li Baolong waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go back first. I'll take a look around this building first and wait for your call."
The three entered the elevator and went up to the sixth floor. Upon entering the house, wow, the decoration was incredibly luxurious, with all the necessary amenities. The living room was spacious, and each of the eight bedrooms was bright and airy. Wu Lili's eyes sparkled, and she said sweetly to Li Baolong, "Young Master Long, this house is really nice. Get someone to repaint the walls, and it'll look brand new." Li Baolong nodded in agreement.
They stepped onto the balcony, where the view suddenly opened up. The large terrace, over a hundred square meters, was filled with flowers and plants, and even some exercise equipment. Just then, Wu Fangfang's phone rang. She answered, her face lighting up with delight, and told Li Baolong, "The landlord is willing to sign the contract this afternoon, and we need to transfer the payment to him." Li Baolong raised an eyebrow. "Okay, let's do it that way."
Li Baolong and his two companions spent the entire afternoon at the real estate agency, finally completing the property transfer agreement and signing all the necessary documents. Li Baolong generously paid the agency HK$200,000 and then drove back to his hotel. Upon arriving, he instructed Wu Fangfang to quickly arrange for someone to paint and clean the newly purchased building, specifically requesting double the pay and urging them to finish as soon as possible. He then went to his room and collapsed into bed.
The next day, Li Baolong went straight to the futures exchange. As soon as he entered the lobby, someone called out, "Mr. Li Baolong, hello!" Li Baolong looked up and didn't recognize the man. The man quickly introduced himself: "Hello, I'm Chen Hao, the general manager of the futures company. Your performance here these past two days has been widely praised, and the company leaders value you highly. On behalf of Mr. Wei, the chairman of Standard Chartered Bank, I welcome your cooperation with Standard Chartered Bank and hope we can further expand our cooperation. Mr. Li, would you please come to my office?"
Li Baolong followed Chen Hao up to the general manager's office on the eighth floor. The secretary poured them two cups of tea. Chen Hao smiled and said, "Mr. Li, you used twenty times leverage to quadruple your trading capital in just three days. That's truly impressive!" Li Baolong smiled slightly and said, "That's why I like international futures. The waters are deep enough to allow me to gamble freely. Hundreds of billions of dollars in trading every day—the profits that can be generated are incredible! Just thinking about it is exciting."
Chen Hao continued, "Our futures trading center can recommend some high-quality clients to you and help you increase your margin ratio, up to 50 times leverage. However, we don't recommend using such high leverage unless it's a critical moment, as the risk is too great."
After finishing his conversation with General Manager Chen, Li Baolong was quite pleased and said to Chen Hao, "General Manager Chen, thank you! We'll have many opportunities to cooperate in the future. I'm also helping some bigwigs in the mainland with their stock and futures business, and Wu Fangfang from your bank's external business department is in contact with me."
Upon hearing this, Chen Hao chuckled: "So you've been cooperating with our bank for a while now. If you're going to trade stocks and stock index futures and don't have enough funds, you can get a loan from the bank. Borrowing several hundred million US dollars is no problem."
Li Baolong nodded: "Okay, if there are any big money-making opportunities in the future, I will definitely consider taking out a loan."
The two chatted for an hour, and Li Baolong felt he had gained a lot. He pondered that with his increased trading authority, he could now handle transactions worth billions of US dollars, but he would need to find an operations team, even if it was just one or two people.
After saying goodbye to Chen Hao, Li Baolong called Liu Na: "Liu Na, let me tell you, I just bought a new office building. If you're free tonight, let's meet up and talk about helping you acquire your man's HSBC shares." Upon hearing this, Liu Na immediately replied, "Okay, I'll be right there. Wait for me at the hotel."
Li Baolong waited for Liu Na in the hotel room. A short while later, the doorbell rang. He opened the door and saw Liu Na, her makeup impeccable, yet her eyes betrayed a hint of weariness and worry.
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