Reborn with Consumption System

It’s 5 p.m., and as soon as Gao Fengbo from CITIC turned on his phone, it immediately started ringing off the hook.

"Uncle, uncle, something happened!"

"Honey, isn’t today’s market behaving unusually?"

"Gao Fengbo, are you screwing us?!"

"Mr. Gao, what exactly are you doing?! How come you didn’t notify us about Han Lie leaving early?!"

When the first call came in, Gao Fengbo was brimming with confidence.

By the time the third call came in, his face was ashen.

By the seventh or eighth, he was completely numb.

"I was out all day attending a meeting with the leaders!"

He used a strong tone to mask his inner panic, trying hard to explain.

"It was a seminar organized by the financial office... I wasn’t at the office, couldn’t log into the system, and couldn’t see any operations..."

"Damn you! Why would you be out wandering at such a critical time?!"

The one cursing was Liu Hanhe’s big brother, Liu Han, who built his wealth in the gray market.

Gao Fengbo felt extremely wronged, "Our company’s top guy specifically asked me to go, could I refuse?

Today’s meeting at the financial office was odd, no phones allowed inside, at noon I was pulled in by the leaders to discuss regulation and self-discipline, even lunch was a simple meal in the office... Crap!"

Gao Fengbo suddenly realized something was off, a chill ran through him, causing him to shiver.

The top guy?

The leaders of the financial office?

No, no, he couldn’t think any further...

Liu Hanhe also understood, his face darkened instantly, his voice like a cold wind squeezed through clenched teeth.

"You’re such a damn pig! Get to 188 Xianghe Road immediately; we’re all here."

On the way there, trembling in the car, Gao Fengbo called his relatives and friends to tally up the buy-in numbers.

The result chilled him to the bone as goosebumps popped up all over—just today alone, the cash influenced by him amounted to a full 84.3 million!

It didn’t sound like much, not the main force buying in today.

But the problem was...

This money was the bulk of everyone’s assets!

Among them was his own personal wealth of 34 million managed by a cousin, and 50 million financing obtained from an external financial company.

They say money in the financial circle isn’t money, just numbers.

But when that number comes from yourself and not your clients... damn it!

Gao Fengbo lit a cigarette for himself, pressing the lighter four times before it ignited, inhaling the first drag too fiercely, making him cough violently.

"Uncle, what’s going on?"

The weak voice of the nephew, making one anxious just hearing it.

Gao Fengbo took deep breaths repeatedly, asking with the utmost calm, "What is our overall cost? Be precise."

"5.48!"

The nephew quickly replied, and reported the detailed transaction records.

"We were the earliest ones to follow, and we were always making profits before, but at that time, there was only 34 million principal, with profits less than 6 million, then you got 50 million financing, all of which was put into Yingkou Port.

But we went in starting the second price limit increase, buying 40 million at a high, it’s just that the funds from financing came in too slowly, so the positions bought yesterday and today are all quite high...

Now we hold a total of 98 million worth of stocks and 4 million in cash.

The actual total profit is 53.5%, we can hold on!"

"Good!"

Gao Fengbo exhaled a long breath of foul air, putting down half of his worries, and instructed, "Wait for my news, I’ll go check the situation first."

With a small amount of funds and being early in the game, the risks Gao Fengbo had to bear were much less than those few private equities.

If it weren’t for the outside financing arriving too slowly, he could even have lower costs than Han Lie.

At worst, having realized something was wrong, he could always clear out and escape whenever he wanted, running away with 98 million was much easier than those big few billion private equities.

Hmph, trying to bury me? Do you think you can?

"Uncle, should we inform anyone else..."

"Just focus on doing your job!"

Gao Fengbo reprimanded loudly, with a hint of shame and hysteria.

The rat holes he handled, were more than just a bit of his own.

When he first copied Han Lie’s operations, he was quite cautious, initially using his own money to make small bets, then adding more, then reaching out to old partners in private equity, and then notifying leaders he wanted to curry favor with, casually involving his lover working at the Agricultural Bank, finally expanding to include inquiries from relatives and friends...

Step by step, making the plate bigger and bigger.

It’s not that he didn’t want to control it, but he needed some peripherals.

The relatives and friends he notified, he never mentioned anything about following positions, it was always "reminders and suggestions based on personal judgment."

On one hand, he could use them to push the stock price up.

On the other, once they make money, they would also show some appreciation, effectively expanding the profit.

Finally, in the event of an unexpected accident... someone has to take the fall, right?

But if it really came to that point, his reputation would be completely ruined, he’d definitely be pointed at and denounced, turning into a loner.

It’s best if it doesn’t come to that...

Trying to cover up the worries in his heart, Gao Fengbo pushed open the private room door at the club.

Inside the room were already three people, representing the big brothers of three private equities.

"Gao Fengbo! Are you a damn pig?!"

A scolding greeted him right at the entrance.

In terms of status, actually, as a high-level executive at CITIC, he wasn’t afraid of the other party, but since things got messed up, he had to give them a chance to vent.

"I’m really sorry, really sorry, big brothers, it truly was my oversight..."

Bowing, nodding, bending low, stepping forward to shake hands, Gao Fengbo humbled himself greatly.