Chapter 48: The Great Bailout Hero

Facing Zhou Ming's laughter, Andre and Raymond were both baffled. They had no idea what Zhou Ming was talking about, and they just thought that the man had gone crazy. Otherwise, why would he praise himself as a good person like an angel? Or is he still unaware of what he has done? Or is this a deliberate act to confuse?

Thinking about this, Andre said, 'You damned Huaxia people, don't even think about confusing us with these cheap tricks. We won't fall for it. You must be desperate right now, wanting the internet and communication to help you recover your losses, right? But it's impossible!'

After André said this, Raymond suddenly came to his senses and said, 'Yes, no matter what you say, we will not restore your network and power supply, and we will evict you from Triumph Plaza!'

Zhou Ming then said with a smile, 'That's fine. We don't need the internet or power anymore, and we can move out of the Triumph Building right away. After all, you've already done for us, and you have even done it better than we could have, and you have also reduced the costs we need to pay. Not only have I not lost out, but on the contrary, I want to sing you a song about how happy we ordinary people are today!'

If Zhou Ming's previous words only made Andre and Raymond feel puzzled, then now Zhou Ming's words, mixed with the new buzzwords of the Chinese internet after 25 years, completely baffled them. They had no idea what blue skinny mushrooms were, and had never heard of the expression 'the common people are really happy about it'. They just looked at Zhou Ming with a face full of confusion. ㈧㈠ん8⒈

In response, Zhou Ming asked them with concern, 'It seems that you still don't know what you've done, right?'

Andre and Raymond nodded in response to this question, like little schoolchildren, waiting expectantly for Zhou Ming's answer.

Zhou Ming sighed, glanced at his watch by the light of the flashlight, and then said, 'It's already past eleven o'clock now, I think the baby has been born, so I can tell you now.'

'In fact, the problem is not complicated at all. If we want to make money from the pound, we need someone to take over the pound that we have pushed up.' Zhou Ming thought for a moment and said, 'Or to put it more colloquially, I have a kilogram of eggs in my hands. Why shouldn't I keep asking for a higher price? The goal is to sell all these eggs. If they can't be sold, then no matter what the price is, it's meaningless!'

André and Raymond are both businessmen, and through Zhou Ming's explanation, they quickly understood, or rather, they thought of a very terrifying thing.

'You mean that you pushed up the exchange rate of the British pound through frequent operations just to get rid of these pounds? Is it because the exchange rate bubble of these pounds has reached a point where it can no longer be supported?' Raymond asked carefully.

'What else?' Zhou Ming asked him in return. 'In fact, the rise in the exchange rate of the British pound was a bubble that I created from the beginning. It's just that because I have some friendship with Her Majesty the Queen of England, I want to think of a way to find a suitable way to get rid of the exchange rate bubble of the British pound. After all, if it is sold at random, it will deal a heavy blow to the British economy.'

Zhou Ming said sincerely at the end, 'But I really didn't expect that you would come to the rescue at this critical moment. So I feel that I must, on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, say thank you to you.'

'Bullshit!'

Before Zhou Ming could finish his last sentence, Andre angrily rebuked him, pointing at him and saying, 'You Chinese are all liars! What exchange rate bubble, what relationship with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, all of it is the worst kind of lie!'

Zhou Ming shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly in the face of Andre's questioning: 'Why would I lie? If you insist on thinking that way, you should listen to the news more often.'

Zhou Ming then produced a radio as if by magic and explained to André and Raymond: 'For a financial investor, it is essential to keep abreast of market information at all times, so I always keep a radio with me.'

As he spoke, Zhou Ming turned on the radio and, after a moment of static, immediately heard the news.

An announcement came over the radio that the pound had finally fallen today after several days of unusual growth. Just ten minutes ago, news came from the London Stock Exchange that the pound is being abandoned by a large number of investors, and the pound exchange rate has begun to plummet. In just ten minutes, the pound has plummeted by more than 0.5. It can be imagined that in the next four hours, if the Bank of England does not any policy that can significantly boost market confidence, then the pound will face an even larger decline...

As the news was broadcast, there was a deathly silence in the corridor, and all you could hear was the voice of the announcer echoing.

After a while, I heard Raymond whisper incredulously, 'No way, how could this be? This is a lie, right? Why would the pound suddenly fall?'

Andre on the other side also said, 'Damn Chinese, is this a trick you played too? This is also a lie, you simply fabricated this news!'

Zhou Ming laughed: 'Mr. André, you can choose not to believe me, but don't you believe yourself either? Or perhaps you never listen to the radio and don't know about this well-known French financial channel?'

'That's why I say you are all glorious and great heroes. You probably don't even know how much we racked our brains to soften the pound's exchange rate. In the end, you helped us finish the job with your humanitarian spirit.' Zhou Ming continued, 'Of course, we still have a lot of money left in the market, but compared to what we originally planned, it doesn't matter now.'

Zhou Ming's words completely infuriated Raymond, and he grabbed Andre by the collar and yelled at him, 'Andre, you bastard, you pay me back! You're the one who told me that I could rob the Quantum Fund's investments to make money for us. How did it turn out like this? Why did the exchange rate of the British pound start to fall? Why has my money become a tool for someone else to get out of trouble? You bastard, tell me!'

Lemon became more and more agitated as he yelled, and finally became a little hysterical: 'Do you know how much money I invested after listening to your words? 5 billion francs! That's all the money I could move, are you trying to kill me? You bastard, I'll kill you!'

Lemon was agitated, and Andre was clearly no less furious, roaring, 'Why are you yelling at me like this? Do you think this is the result I wanted? Do you think I have less invested than you? Do you think I want to be someone's escape hatch? This is your responsibility, you stupid man with nothing but a mouth. Think about what you've done!'

Zhou Ming had no intention of listening to the exchange between Raymond and Andre, so he took Caitlin and the rest of the finance class and walked straight past Raymond towards the elevator.

Zhou Ming and his classmates from the finance class left the Triumphal Building in groups by elevator. In the elevator, Qiao Luo Si asked Zhou Ming what to do next and Zhou Ming's answer was also very simple, which was to contact the moving company as Raymond had suggested and have all their things moved out of the Triumph Building as soon as possible. In addition Zhou Ming also asked a few finance students to stay behind and guard all the computers and other documents in the office.

This thief-proofing would have driven Raymond crazy, but now that they had already lost face, it didn't matter, and besides, he could stand the disgusting sight.

Moreover it was also very necessary. After all, they have been conducting remote transactions here all this time, and today, it was Raymond who suddenly lost power. Therefore, their account information had no chance to be deleted. Moreover, even if they were deleted, they could be found through technical means. If this residual information fell into the hands of someone with malicious intent like Andre, God knows what he would do.

Jero understood this, but asked, 'It's easy to say, but where are we going to move?'

Zhou Ming swung his hand in a generous manner, 'We can just find a warehouse, or just destroy it. We have a backup of the account information, and the rest of the operating information can be lost without affecting our next action plan.'

Jero nodded, then left to get things done. Zhou Ming, wanting to make things easier for him and to give his classmates in the finance class a chance to learn more, sent a few people to follow him to help.

And after After Jolo's departure, Caitlin asked Zhou Ming, 'Did you guess that Andre would retaliate?'

Zhou Ming nodded and replied, 'Of course, given his personality, it was impossible for him not to retaliate. But I'm not French, and the places where he can retaliate are very limited. After thinking about it, there was only the Quantum Fund that he could get his hands on. I guessed that, but what is that he actually joined forces with Lemont and after cutting off our network, they actually followed us and bought pounds. This is like them digging their own pit for themselves.'

'This is also the thing I find most difficult to understand. Could it be that they have made such a big investment without carefully analysing the current exchange rate situation of the British pound? I don't think any experienced analyst would recommend entering the British pound exchange rate at this time. After all, the UK launched the European exchange rate system before, this is so irrational!' Caitlin also said.

Zhou Ming shrugged innocently: 'I didn't ask them to do this, they did it completely of their own free will.'

Caitlin shook and skipped over the topic: 'So, Ming, what are you going to do next?'

Instead of answering her directly, Ming asked, 'If it were you, knowing the current situation of the pound exchange rate and knowing that you've jumped into a hole, what would you do?'

'Of course without hesitation, because that's the only way to minimise losses,' Caitlin replied without hesitation.

'So we just wait for them to help us sell the pound, and then wait until the pound exchange rate has dropped to the lowest point before buying it back,' said Ming.

Caitlin suddenly understood: 'The financial strength of the UK is still the strongest in Europe no matter what. Then obviously an investment like ours is a sure-fire way to make a profit. Or if we want to speed things up, we can also help them with the sales. After all, yesterday and this morning we still had a lot of pounds left over from the operation, which need to be used where they should be used.'

Zhou Ming said with a smile. That's right,' Caitlyn added, "I think Andre and Raymond would be so angry if they knew what you were thinking that they would spit blood.'

Zhou Ming said innocently, "What can I do? They are the great saviours after all.'