Reborn with Consumption System

Then, he began to complain about his difficulties.

"But brother, I really have no solution to this. Brother Yi and the leaders from the financial office coordinated well. How could I have defended against that?"

Regardless if it’s true or not, he’s just covering his own ass.

Liu Hanhe’s face was extremely sullen, and he took a deep drag on his cigarette: "Are you sure? Was it really intentional?"

"Definitely!"

Gao Fengbo patted his chest, confidently passing the buck.

"Han Lie has Pan Shengwu backing him, and his network isn’t weak either. He discovered the issue, followed the clues, and found me out; it’s completely normal, isn’t it?

I really didn’t expect that little redhead could be this sneaky, didn’t leak a single word before suddenly flipping the table... has no sense of ethics!"

Three of the big brothers exchanged a quiet glance, their expressions looking even worse.

"That’s troublesome..."

"Hmm, if it was an accident, there might be a solution. But since it’s deliberately set up, then we are truly in trouble."

"Maybe try reaching out to him, have a discussion?"

"It’s difficult!"

"Even if it’s difficult, we have to try! Otherwise, we’ll just be buried for six months without recovery?!"

Gao Fengbo finally found the opportunity and probed, asking: "Big brothers, how much did you actually buy? The top five on the board only show 250 million; how did you manage to hold up the stock price?"

The three of them immediately shut their mouths, and nobody said a word.

Gao Fengbo actually already had a judgment; he was just using it as an excuse to switch roles.

He looked shocked, pointing with a trembling hand: "Damn it! Didn’t we agree to only use our own funds for this and not spread it around?! How many people did you bring in?!"

Liu Hanhe pursed his lips and awkwardly changed the subject: "The key now is how to resolve this issue; everything else is unimportant!"

Gao Fengbo was enraged.

"Unimportant? You broke the agreement and then blamed it all on me, and now you’re telling me it’s unimportant?!"

Bao Bin impatiently retorted: "Did we shortchange you on the benefits we promised? The 25 million low-interest financing, didn’t you get it?!"

Gao Fengbo continued to argue: "Damn! If that 25 million had arrived two days earlier, I wouldn’t have gotten trapped!"

"Okay, okay, enough pointless bickering. We’re all in the same boat now. Thinking about how to get through this is the priority!"

Hu Lei stood out to mediate. Both sides were at fault, so the argument didn’t continue.

"Alright!"

Gao Fengbo switched the topic: "Why don’t you guys share how much you picked up just today?"

The three of them each had their own little moves, and none of them responded.

So, Gao Fengbo immediately realized—damn it, you all had your own little plans and private schemes behind the scenes?!

Well, that’s pretty standard.

After all, private equity managers essentially manage money on behalf of others; they earn commissions from profits, but when do they make more than using their own funds?

Professionals usually avoid using their own money for operations.

But hasn’t it been after a long period of observation and verification that everyone trusts Han Lie’s operational skills?

Even Gao Fengbo himself went ahead and took external financing, playing a gamble is understandable.

Moreover, with such a "sure win" opportunity, there are plenty of ways to creatively exploit it.

For example, sell the information to certain market manipulators and cooperate with them—market manipulators here refer to those holding large stock accounts and operating with traditional thinking, true market manipulators.

If money can be made, why not make it together? It’s impossible to keep it all for oneself anyway.

As to whether this would trap Gao Fengbo or other peers... who the hell cares?

You’re making money and not giving me a share!

However, cooperating with a close friend offers tangible benefits.

Once you owe favors, in the future, if the market turns bad or operations fail and get stuck, you can always ask your "good friend" to step in and take over, helping your private equity fund resolve the issue or push up the stock price.

Private equity operates on "ability" to make money.

And the biggest manifestation of that ability is the net value of the fund during public financial reports.

There are quite a few private equity companies within the industry that usually perform poorly but always manage to make a killing at key moments, pulling the net value back to achieve a 10% to 15% profit and report the good news to investors.

Coincidence, don’t you think?

Such things are already tacitly understood within the industry.

Settle down, settle down, standard procedure!

Gao Fengbo didn’t continue to press them. Instead, he quietly calculated the numbers based on his experience, then had a sudden realization.

’Damn! They must have bought at least 800 million today! That board number isn’t even close!’

The logic was simple — retail investors can’t withstand how Han Lie dumped shares today.

’Fuck! I need to get off this ride!’

Gao Fengbo felt numb all over, immediately deciding he couldn’t continue down this path with them.

’I’ve only invested 98 million, and I’m not stuck. If I can’t get out tomorrow, the day after, I should be able to leave without much hassle.’

However, just as the thought emerged, Liu Hanhe glanced at him sidelong with a seemingly mocking smile.

"Mr. Gao, I’m facing some big trouble over here. If things don’t get resolved well, I might end up inside, and who knows what might get dragged out to lessen my sentence... We need to help each other, right?"

Gao Fengbo’s mind went blank, and the world seemed to go dark.

Oh, right, we are all in the same boat. If anyone tries to drag me down, it’s just child’s play...

Pure insider trading might not lead to imprisonment, just fines and bans, but if coupled with other issues, things could get uncertain.

"Brother, what are you saying?"

Gao Fengbo immediately put on a righteous demeanor, thumping his chest firmly.

"We’ve been friends for so many years. At a time like this, we must stick together! Whatever you plan to do, I’ll support you wholeheartedly!"

"Hahaha! Good, good brother indeed!"

The few of them looked at each other, bursting into laughter, as if they were true brothers...

Hey, this is the financial world.

Next, they confirmed the superficial information and began discussing strategies.

"Fengbo, you should check Han Lie’s position tomorrow to see how much he has left. If there’s not much left, we’ll grit our teeth and pool some more money to push the stock price up and clear out all his holdings!"

"Sounds good! If he doesn’t do it, we will!"

"Hmm, Yingkou Port still has room to maneuver. As long as we push it high enough, even if we have to dump it, we can still recoup our costs."

"It’s just that the little redhead gains from this; dammit, we’re working for him for free..."

"No other way. If we don’t take these shares off his hands and let him crash the stock at this level, all of us will be buried."

Being professionals, they understood too well the disastrous effects of letting Han Lie crash the market.

Put simply, if tomorrow results in a price limit down and continues to fall the day after, the entire cycle for Yingkou Port will be over.

The K-line pattern will be utterly destroyed, making it difficult to attract retail investors, and even with double the effort in the future, they won’t achieve half the current effect.

If tomorrow continues to hit the limit-up strongly and then slowly rise, retail investors will keep following.

In this way, they can gradually pull up while unloading shares, slowly resolving the issue.

So, tomorrow is crucial and almost determines their fate.

"But if Han Lie has too much left?"

Now, Gao Fengbo has a rough number in his mind and is full of worry.

"Then there’s nothing we can do."

Hu Lei straightforwardly threw up his hands: "We surely cannot gather enough funds."

"Heh... then we’ll have to go find him."

Liu Hanhe’s eyes were cold, and his tone was even more sinister: "Whether soft or hard, we must persuade our little brother to give his brothers a way out..."

Gao Fengbo’s lips quivered: "But, but he has Pan Shengwu backing him!"

Bao Bin immediately cursed: "If the money is gone, and you’re going in, what can Pan Shengwu do? Can he afford to kill you? No? Then why the hell are you afraid?!"

Hey, that’s right, the words are crude, but the logic isn’t!

The capital market has always been bloody, only in modern society, it’s covered with a veil of civilization, the turbulence hidden underwater.

Still, the undercurrents can tear people apart...

Gao Fengbo had no argument and resented Han Lie deeply in his heart.

It was just about picking up some extra money behind you, was it necessary to dig a pit and bury people so blatantly?

Savage!

This is utterly unreasonable, but coincidentally, our brother Lie has no intention of being reasonable either.

Ha, isn’t that convenient?

Up next, it’s just a matter of seeing who has better tactics. Dog Lie is fully prepared, ready to strike...