Chapter 444: Crisis Resolved

After ending the call with Zhu Zhu, Chen Yang again called Yexin, Lan Qiyun, and Su Mingyue separately, reminding them to stay patient so as not to startle the snake.

After the afternoon market opened, Divine Wind Group's share price remained relatively stable, hovering around sixteen yuan. Just as Chen Yang grew a bit impatient, the share price began to plummet sharply at 3:15 p. m., dropping from sixteen yuan to thirteen yuan!

At this point, the total decline of Divine Wind Group's stock had already exceeded fifty-three percent.

But what puzzled Chen Yang was that no super-large sell order appeared during this decline, and the trading volume also failed to meet his expectations.

At this moment, Zhu Zhu's call came through again.

"Chen Yang, those people are shameless! To create panic among shareholders, they deliberately spread rumors on Hong Kong's online forums, claiming that you have broken ties with our group. Today's stock sell-off is meant to retaliate against our withdrawal from the Common Folk Commercial Building project."

Chen Yang then understood the reason. He told Zhu Zhu, "Your company can immediately hold a press conference to clarify this rumor. On my side, I will first hold back and wait for the other side to launch their next move before cooperating with you."

"Good!"

Zhu Zhu's purpose in calling was to communicate with Chen Yang about clarifying the rumor. Since Chen Yang voluntarily agreed to cooperate, she felt relieved.

Chen Yang sat in his office thinking for a while, then separately sent messages to Yexin, Lan Qiyun, Huang BaiMing, Zhao Feiyang, Qi Yunxiang, and Su Mingyue, instructing them to start buying shares when Divine Wind Group's stock price fell to ten yuan. He himself would temporarily not participate in this action.

Chen Yang did this as a case of using the opponent's plan against them. By exploiting the rumor they fabricated—that he was on bad terms with Divine Wind Group—he let everyone mistakenly believe he truly had a conflict with the group. Over time, the group's enemies would likely come to believe it as well.

As long as they dare to act, we can set a trap to lure them in.

With Chen Yang's instructions, as soon as Divine Wind Group's stock price dropped to ten yuan, funds quickly rushed in to sweep up shares.

As sell orders dwindled, the bullish side's sweep‑buying sped up. Before the market closed, the price rebounded to eighteen yuan.

Chen Yang took a moment to check Hong Kong's news and found that three‑quarters of the topics in several major media outlets were discussing the alleged rupture between Divine Wind Group and Common Folk Financial Investment Company.

As for the press conference held by Divine Wind Group, netizens' opinions were uniformly sarcastic, with many even cursing the group for lacking virtue, deliberately concealing internal crises, and deceiving shareholders.

Even though Chen Yang was not in Hong Kong, he could feel how great the pressure was that Zhu Zhu and her family were currently enduring.

He opened the website of Common Folk Financial Investment Company and posted two official statements there.

First statement: The relevant negative rumors concerning Divine Wind Group and Common Folk Financial Investment Company are untrue; the two sides still maintain a close friendly relationship.

Second statement: In view of the difficulties currently facing Divine Wind Group, Common Folk Financial Investment Limited Company will invest no less than two billion Hong Kong dollars to help the group overcome the present crisis when appropriate.

Not long after his message went out, thousands of netizen comments immediately appeared below. Some questioned the authenticity of Common Folk Financial Investment Company's website; some doubted whether Chen Yang could really produce that sum of money; others thought Chen Yang was a stooge hired by Divine Wind Group to deliberately dupe retail investors into taking over their shares.

Chen Yang ignored these people. He also did not want to waste his precious time arguing with them.

The next day, Divine Wind Group's share price, influenced by the announcement from Common Folk Financial Investment Company, opened sharply up three points. After the collective bidding ended, the price rose rapidly, climbing all the way to twenty‑five yuan.

At this point, Divine Wind Group's opponents found it extremely difficult to short the stock.

Chen Yang communicated with Lan Qiyun and Su Mingyue, asking them to appropriately sell some of their holdings, pushing Divine Wind Group's share price back down to twenty yuan.

As soon as Lan Qiyun and Su Mingyue acted, Divine Wind Group's competitors sprang into action, rapidly dumping their shares. In less than ten minutes they drove the price down to fifteen yuan.

With such extreme price swings, anyone with a weak heart could very well keel over.

Chen Yang thought for a while, then decided to let Lan Qiyun and the others go ahead and sweep up shares, while he himself continued to hold a wait‑and‑see stance.

But even after the market closed, aside from Lan Qiyun and Su Mingyue continually buying at low prices, there was not much other external capital involved.

Chen Yang guessed that the other side had probably abandoned their plan to short Divine Wind Group.

After all, the premise of that short‑selling plan was that Divine Wind Group's cash flow posed a significant risk.

However, after Chen Yang announced via Common Folk Financial Investment Company's website that he would inject two billion Hong Kong dollars into Divine Wind Group, that risk was actually eliminated.

Since the risk was gone, shareholders' confidence in Divine Wind Group naturally recovered.

Under these circumstances, if the other side insists on shorting anyway, they will only bring disgrace upon themselves.

Chen Yang's guess was correct; at eight o'clock in the evening, Zhu Zhu's call came through again, her voice full of excitement.

"Chen Yang, thank you; our company's crisis has been completely resolved."

"Don't mention it; I didn't really help much. Just make sure they won't cause trouble again, okay?"

"We have already communicated with our major clients today, and they are full of confidence in Divine Wind Group's future. Even if someone stirs up trouble again, we won't be afraid."

"Then that's great; I wish your company's performance returns to the right track and achieves even greater glory!"

"Chen Yang, thank you! If you ever run into any difficulties, be sure to let me know. My grandfather said that this favor of yours will surely be repaid double."

"Miss Zhu, saying such things between us is too formal."

"Chen Yang, if you're not in a hurry to leave Deep City, wait a few days; I'll give you a big surprise then."

Zhu Zhu said that and then hung up.

Chen Yang thought, "This surprise won't be a promise of himself, will it?"

Although Zhu Zhu is considerably older than him, her figure, looks, and demeanor are top‑notch. Such a beauty throwing herself into his arms would be impossible for any normal man to refuse.

But Chen Yang already has more than enough lovely women around him, and his wife is a real jealous vinegar pot. If he were to do something immoral with Zhu Zhu, he could forget about ever returning to the clear waters.

Thinking this through, Chen Yang immediately booked a ticket back to Xingcheng.

The Common Folk Commercial Building project has Hu Haiquan overseeing it, so there's no big problem.

The expansion of the Common Folk Agricultural Products Trading Company's Deep City branch is being handled by Zhao Xiaoxiao, Luo Xue, Qian Duo Duo, and Chu Zhengyuan together, making mistakes unlikely.

So whether Chen Yang stays in Deep City or not makes no difference to the outcome.