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The next day.

It was the weekend, so the US Stock market was closed and not trading.

Ye Ling didn’t wake up until after ten in the morning.

Brother Ling’s daily routine was always very regular and quite healthy; he basically never slept in.

However, having a Fox Demon wrapped around you was a different story!

Ye Ling glanced at Ning Ruoxi beside him. The girl was still deep in dreamland, her eyelashes trembling lightly. She looked utterly adorable.

Even while sleeping, this Little Fox Demon was still so captivating.

Ye Ling glanced at the time again. It was already past ten!

Adhering to the principle that sleeping in was a bad habit, Brother Ling administered a cure by kiss. Before long, Ning Ruoxi woke up.

"Mmm... What are you doing?!"

Ning Ruoxi opened her eyes and saw Ye Ling in front of her. She instantly realized the guy was up to no good and pushed him away, her pretty face blushing crimson.

"Waking you up, of course. Early to bed and early to rise keeps you healthy."

Ye Ling replied, full of righteous confidence.

"Oh? Is that so?"

Hearing this, Ning Ruoxi raised an eyebrow and glanced at the boy before her.

"Of course!"

Not backing down an inch, Ye Ling pulled out his phone and pointed at the screen in front of her. "It’s past ten, get up!"

"Hmph, hmph."

Ning Ruoxi shot a look at the big pervert in front of her.

’Can you believe a word a big pervert says? As if!’

After getting up and washing up, Ye Ling went into the gym for his daily workout.

"Oh, right, it’s the beginning of the month. I can sign in again..." Ye Ling suddenly realized a new month had begun and immediately thought the command to sign in.

’DING!’

’Congratulations, Host, for a successful sign-in. You have obtained the core technology for fluoride-ion batteries!’

’Note: This reward will be delivered to the Host via Ji Chengjun, similar to the previous situation with Hua Deyun.’

To be honest, when Ye Ling first heard the voice in his head, he was clearly stunned for a moment.

’Core technology for fluoride-ion batteries?’

He didn’t know much about the previous chip technology he’d received, but he had heard a thing or two due to the recent incident where Western financial consortiums ganged up to suppress the Xia Wei Group.

But as for this core fluoride-ion battery technology, he was completely in the dark!

’It sounds awesome, but is it a chemical battery or something?’

’System, what are the advantages of this fluoride-ion battery compared to lithium-ion batteries?’ Ye Ling asked in his mind.

’DING!’

’Replying to Host: According to Professor Ji Chengjun’s research, the energy density of fluoride-ion batteries is ten times higher than that of lithium-ion batteries.’

Ten times!

Ye Ling’s eyes lit up the moment he heard this.

’Looks like the system is really determined to push me, Brother Ling, to the position of a top-tier boss.’

First, it was chip technology, and now fluoride-ion battery technology.

Either one of these, if released to the public, would absolutely cause a massive uproar, perhaps even shifting the global landscape!

Just imagine, if someone could produce a fluoride-ion battery right now, demonstrate that its performance is several times better than the lithium-ion batteries on the market, and—most crucially—that it could be mass-produced...

...countless powers would be fighting tooth and nail for it!

The applications for something like this were simply too broad.

In terms of widespread use, it would far surpass even chip technology!

Chip technology might be limited to electronics like phones and drones. But fluoride-ion batteries, besides those electronic applications, could also be used in the rapidly developing electric vehicle sector, and even in the more high-end aerospace industry.

The problem of energy has always been a key area of research, no matter the era!

And every revolution in energy ushers in a new age.

The concept of electric cars has been around for many years, but why haven’t they become widespread?

Is it because the vehicle technology itself is immature?

No!

The key lies with the energy source.

It’s true that electric cars can use batteries, just like electric scooters. However, the amount of energy required to power a car is undoubtedly immense.

And the batteries currently on the market cannot meet that demand!

But fluoride-ion batteries could.

Their energy density is ten times higher than lithium-ion batteries...

Setting everything else aside, just applying this to the electric vehicle sector would undoubtedly trigger a massive earthquake in the industry!

Ye Ling took a deep breath, a faint smile gracing the corner of his lips.

’The system has been so awesome lately!’

’Giving me a royal flush right off the bat, how great is that?’

Ye Ling finished his daily workout, took another shower, then opened his laptop to check on the situation with the US stock market.

According to the system’s prompt, Ji Chengjun was still overseas and would be returning in about half a month. Therefore, Ye Ling didn’t need to be too anxious; he just had to wait for him to come back!

「Meanwhile.」

In the US stock market, even though it was the weekend and trading was halted, the Fruit Group’s stock price was still trending upward. This indicated that the market had great confidence in the Fruit Group.

The main reason was that too many capital powers had made a move this time. Besides the Dupont Consortium, there were also behemoths like the Moore Consortium.

The United States has many high-tech companies, and Wall Street has many financial giants, but the ten great consortiums are, and always will be, those same ten!

Now, with two of these great consortiums entering the fray at once, it was like a Rank Protection Card had been played for all the retail investors, wasn’t it?

And that was indeed the case!

The entry of the two consortiums was like a mountain-quelling stone, instantly stabilizing the entire stock and sending its trajectory soaring.

Obviously, these Western capital powers wanted to completely crush Celestial Dragon Investment Company.

Since Celestial Dragon Investment Company had chosen to short the stock, they would inevitably need to buy back the corresponding shares in the short term. The consortiums were continuously driving up the stock price to force Celestial Dragon Investment Company to concede defeat.

Unfortunately for them, Celestial Dragon Investment Company had already exited its position!

And they had left loaded with profits.

So, were these Western capital powers just scheming for nothing?

In fact, from Ye Ling’s perspective, the faster the Fruit Group’s stock price rose, the happier he was. After all, this corresponded to the massive amount of capital the Western powers were pouring into it.

Even for these capital powers, the resources needed to forcibly influence a large-cap stock like the Fruit Group’s were by no means small.

After all, the Fruit Group’s market cap had already surpassed two trillion US dollars.

For a stock with such a massive market cap, trying to control the price just by throwing money at it... was truly not easy!

"BZZZT! BZZZT!"

At that moment, Ye Ling’s phone vibrated lightly. The caller ID showed Chen Lin.

"How are the preparations coming along?"

Ye Ling answered the call and asked directly.

"Reporting to President Ye, everything is ready. We can make our move at any time!" Chen Lin replied immediately.