Li Baolong completed the brain scan and imprinting in just ten seconds. When he withdrew his spiritual power, Ross stood frozen in place. Jess and the others nearby assumed Ross was engrossed in the Thai Prime Minister's eloquent speech. A moment later, everyone applauded, and the Prime Minister left. Then, everyone began toasting each other.
Li Baolong let out a long sigh and got up to return to Liu Na's side. Liu Na immediately asked, "Where have you been? I haven't seen you for half an hour. I thought you'd been seduced by some beautiful woman." Li Baolong's lips curled up slightly as he replied with a smile, "I went to the restroom, and when I came out, I saw the Premier arrive, so I stood there and watched for a while." Liu Na continued, "Tomorrow, there's an exchange program for bank leaders from various regions, and I have to attend. You can wander around tomorrow as you like; the day after tomorrow is the day before your exchange meeting. You'll get to know many elites from the futures market there."
After Li Baolong and Liu Na returned to the hotel, Li Baolong was exhausted from using his spiritual power to control Ross's brain and implanting a Daoist cultivation mark into his head. Liu Na, on the other hand, had deliberately worn a sexy lace nightgown, hoping to get closer to Li Baolong. However, after several attempts to seduce him, she lost interest in looking at her ample bosom. Li Baolong seemed completely unresponsive, like a block of wood. Liu Na couldn't help but ask, "Brother Long, are you no longer interested in me?" Li Baolong didn't say anything and fell fast asleep.
The next day, Li Baolong woke up to find that Liu Na had already gone to attend the Asia-Pacific Financial Conference. He was preoccupied with the Chachai affair and decided to scout out the area around Chachai's secret house. After grabbing a quick Thai meal, he hailed a taxi. Li Baolong's English was terrible, and he barely managed to explain his destination to the driver.
Upon arriving at the location, they found themselves in an upscale villa district on the outskirts of Bangkok. This neighborhood was quite unique; several elephants were playing in a pond. Li Baolong walked into the complex, recalling the memories he'd obtained from Chatchai. He slipped a hundred dollars to the security guard, who acted as if he hadn't been seen. Li Baolong tried controlling the elephants with his spiritual power, and it worked! The elephants were quite intelligent and could understand his simple commands. He had the elephant carry him to the back balcony window on the second floor of Chatchai's villa. Seeing that no one was around, Li Baolong climbed onto the elephant's back, letting it carry him to the balcony, which was five or six meters high, and then climbed through the window.
Upon entering the living room, Li Baolong found it empty. He was puzzled, but then thought the address he remembered should be correct. He continued searching the rooms. The two rooms on the third floor were both open, but empty. The four rooms on the second floor were the same. Reaching the first-floor hall, the kitchen and bathroom were unfinished; the whole place felt deserted. Behind the stairs in the first-floor hall, Li Baolong found a large iron door, which looked like it led to the basement. The door had a combination lock and an alarm; if the power was cut off or the door was damaged, the alarm would definitely go off. Li Baolong entered the password, and after a few clanging sounds, the iron door opened halfway.
He pulled out a flashlight from his spatial storage and shone it, immediately stunned. Good heavens! Inside were fifty or sixty cardboard boxes filled with US dollars, all in hundred-dollar denominations. There were also two boxes of gold, estimated at 500 kilograms. In addition, there were over a hundred American-made firearms of various lengths and seven or eight boxes of American-made hand grenades. Li Baolong quickly stored the dollars and gold into his spatial storage. Looking at the firearms, he hesitated. He couldn't have these things in China, but he couldn't use them himself either. Could he give them to someone who needed them later? But keeping them for Chatchai would only help bad guys, so he simply confiscated them all. After storing the weapons in his spatial storage, it was almost full. Li Baolong roughly calculated that the combined value of the US dollars and gold was 120 million US dollars. This trip wasn't a loss after all. For a mafia boss from a small country to amass wealth worth 1 billion Chinese yuan was truly impressive.
Li Baolong cleaned up all the traces, closed the door, and returned the way he came. He rode the elephant around the pond for a while, then swaggered out of the villa area. His hands were empty, and no one would suspect what he had been doing there.
Li Baolong took a taxi back to the vicinity of the hotel, grabbed a quick seafood meal at a random restaurant, and then collapsed onto the sofa at his hotel. He began to process the information he had gleaned from Ross's mind. Ross and his group planned to stir up a financial storm in Southeast Asian countries every February, specifically shorting their currencies and stock futures. They were backed by the Moore family conglomerate, planning to invest $100 billion, plus some speculative capital, totaling approximately $120 billion for leveraged trading at 20 times. Good heavens, that's over $2 trillion in power—enough to destroy everything!
Li Baolong pondered how to maximize his profits. When was the best time to make his move? And what was the maximum amount of money he could actually contribute? He calculated that he had a total of 1.8 billion US dollars on hand, plus the illicit funds he'd obtained from Chachai today, a 1 billion US dollar loan from two major Hong Kong banks, and 200 million US dollars invested by Sister Lan and her group, totaling nearly 4 billion US dollars. If leveraged 20 times, that would be over 70 billion US dollars. If he made his move in advance, earning 30% shouldn't be difficult, and following the lead of those European and American financial giants to pick up bargains, getting 20 billion US dollars shouldn't be a problem. But how could he safely get such a large sum of money into his account? This was a troublesome matter. After much thought, he realized that only Liu Na could help. She had worked at the bank for five years, helping various clients with financial management and tax avoidance; she must have many methods. Lost in thought, Li Baolong drifted off to sleep.
A little while later, Liu Na returned, slightly tipsy, saying she had been sleeping on Christmas Day. She woke Li Baolong up and dragged him to take a bath together. After bathing, their passion flared up, and they made their way from the bathroom to the living room, then rolled around in the bedroom. Finally, Liu Na begged for mercy, and Li Baolong let her go.
The next morning, Li Baolong went to attend the Asia-Pacific Futures Trading Investors Conference. Liu Na was still half asleep in the hotel, not quite recovered. Li Baolong arrived at the venue at a leisurely pace, guessing it might be the last day, as the attendance was dismal, with only about a hundred people scattered around. Looking up, he saw the host introducing the chairman of the Singapore Development Foundation on stage, saying he would be speaking soon. The chairman started talking like a machine gun, rambling on for over twenty minutes, making Li Baolong increasingly sleepy. Finally, after he finished, several well-known futures trading managers from Asia went on stage to share their trading experiences. Li Baolong looked around; he didn't see any of the big names from Europe and America, guessing they had all gone home early.
Next, Mr. Jiang, the general manager of Jinguo Securities and Futures Company, took the stage. He delivered a speech on behalf of more than a dozen futures companies in China. Mr. Jiang was full of passion, repeatedly saying that he hoped everyone would invest and manage their finances in China, praising the booming Chinese economy and the excellent situation, speaking in a very enthusiastic and persuasive manner. Li Baolong listened below, pondering the implications of his words. After all, he himself was also considering various investment plans, and the information presented at this event might give him some new insights.
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