Chapter 1993

"Ding-ling..."

Zhou Andong had just finished dinner when he received a call from Yuan Wanqi.

"Boss, we won. Sony's stock price fell to 780 yen before the weekly close. If there are no surprises, it will break through 600 yen tomorrow."

Zhou Andong asked, "What is Sony's market value now?"

Yuan Wanqi said, "It has already fallen to 51 billion USD."

The corners of Zhou Andong's mouth curled up: "Start buying at the bottom once it breaks 600 yen. It will definitely rise again in the future; we can hold it long-term."

He remembered that by 1999, the market value reached 120 billion, which was also the historical peak for Sony. Then, Sony's financial fraud scandal was exposed, triggering a series of crises; Sony's market value plummeted to 75 billion, and finally to 37 billion.

Because of his appearance, Sony's fraud was exposed ahead of schedule, and he didn't know if it could fall to 37 billion USD in the end like in his previous life.

Five years later, whether the market value could still reach 120 billion USD was unknown, but he knew that Sony's glorious period had not yet arrived.

The fraud scandal would also pass quickly, the stock would still rise, and keeping it in hand for four or five years would definitely earn a huge sum.

Seeing Jian Qiu, sitting to one side, saw Zhou Andong put down the phone and asked with a smile, "Did good news come from Japan?"

Zhou Andong nodded with a smile: "We won. This time, we really bit off a huge chunk of fat from Japan."

Seeing Jian Qiu became interested: "How big?"

Zhou Andong pondered for a moment: "Last year, Buffett topped the Forbes rich list with a personal wealth of 8.3 billion USD.

Let's put it this way: the wool we sheared from Japan this time is more than the entire net worth of Buffett, the world's richest man. In other words, you have temporarily become the richest woman in the world."

Seeing Jian Qiu grabbed Zhou Andong's shoulder: "Husband, husband, hurry and hold onto me, don't let go, definitely don't let go."

Zhou Andong was stunned: "What's wrong?"

Seeing Jian Qiu said solemnly: "I feel like I'm going to float away. If you don't hold onto me tightly, once I float away, you won't be able to find me."

Zhou Andong laughed out loud, cupped Seeing Jian Qiu's face, and kissed her rosy lips.

Seeing Jian Qiu laughed foolishly: "I didn't expect that this time in Japan, we would shear the richest man."

In the following days, the Japanese stock market collapsed across the board, just as expected.

Japan was in mourning, while the short sellers were cheering, having already raised their glasses to celebrate.

June 13, 1994, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Monday.

This day was the Dragon Boat Festival, and also the day Zhang Jingkuan, Kong Xingzhong, and the Kong Xinghua brothers were prosecuted.

In the morning, Zhou Andong ate two zongzi. Just as he put down his bowl and chopsticks, Tang Lin and Zhang Zuo arrived.

"Have you two eaten?"

Yuan Liying greeted Tang Lin and Zhang Zuo just like they were her own nephews.

"Auntie, we've eaten." Tang Lin sat in a chair: "You guys eat."

"Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, I didn't even know."

Zhang Zuo said this like a fool, then went to the kitchen himself to get a bowl and chopsticks, and unceremoniously picked up a zongzi.

"I'll eat one."

Zhou Andong asked, "Did you negotiate for those four households in the front alley?"

"Negotiated." Tang Lin said with a smile: "When they heard me say I would trade apartments for their courtyards, they agreed without even thinking. I gave them more than ten housing options to choose from, and they are looking at houses these few days."

Zhou Andong nodded, watched Zhang Zuo finish the zongzi in a few bites, stood up, and said, "Let's go."

The three of them walked out, and Wang Wentian had already parked the car at the main entrance.

"Are you two riding in my car or driving your own?"

"Driving our own car." Tang Lin said: "Guo Zidan contacted me and asked me to invite you to meet at the First Bar tonight to chat."

Zhou Andong raised an eyebrow: "He wants to chat with me?"

Tang Lin laughed: "That guy already had a falling out with Tong Huaiyu, disappeared for a while, and I don't know where he went, but he suddenly appeared again yesterday."

"Alright then!"

Zhou Andong opened the car door and got in, and Tang Lin and Zhang Zuo also got into the Crown parked nearby.

Municipal Intermediate Court!

The court session started at ten o'clock. At nine-forty, Zhou Andong, Tang Lin, and Zhang Zuo entered the courtroom.

This case was not tried publicly, but Zhou Andong was a related party to this case.

He was a shareholder of Future Culture and also the real-name whistleblower against Zhang Jingkuan, so he could attend as an observer.

As soon as they came in, they saw two acquaintances, naturally Hearing Guan Shengjie and Du Youwei.

"Old Guan, Sister Wei, long time no see."

Du Youwei and Hearing Guan Shengjie saw Zhou Andong and waved with a smile.

"Haven't seen you since you came back from the Ali disaster relief."

Zhou Andong said in surprise: "This case actually alarmed the People's Daily?"

Hearing Guan Shengjie rolled his eyes at him: "Is this case small? It can be said to be the largest case since the founding of the country!"

In later generations, bribery cases of hundreds of millions or billions were common, and Zhou Andong was already numb to them.

Now, this bribery amount of several million or ten million really didn't cause a ripple in his heart.

Du Youwei said with a smile: "This case has a major impact and extremely high social attention. The central leadership also attaches great importance to it and wants to treat it as a typical case."

Zhou Andong nodded. Indeed, since this case was disclosed, it has been highly concerned, causing widespread social discussion and a wave of public opinion.

If you take a stroll in the park in the morning, you are guaranteed to hear old men discussing this case, and occasionally you can hear an old man's curse.

At the same time, Zhou Andong also understood in his heart that this case has important significance for the whole country and will become a landmark event in the anti-corruption struggle.

Then, three more reporters came over to greet them. Zhou Andong looked familiar, but didn't know who they were.

It is estimated that they were all reporters from previous press conferences; he had seen them, but had never interacted with them.

Just as they were chatting, more than ten people came in, men and women, old and young.

These ten people all had heavy expressions, just like their fathers or sons had died.

Among them, two young men saw Zhou Andong in the crowd and were stunned, then their eyes seemed to spew fire, staring fixedly at Zhou Andong.

By this time, how could Zhou Andong not understand? These people must be the family members of Zhang Jingkuan and the Kong brothers. After all, their fathers or sons were about to die.

Zhou Andong gave a very polite smile to the two young men, but he felt it was polite, while the two young men thought it was a provocation.

"F*** your mother, Zhou Andong, I'll kill you."

The two young men roared angrily and were about to rush over.

"What are you doing?" A middle-aged man shouted sharply: "Be quiet for me. Don't you know what place this is?"

The two young men immediately retracted their steps. One of them pointed at Zhou Andong and cursed arrogantly.

"F*** your mother, Zhou Andong, you wait, I will definitely kill you."

The middle-aged man also looked at Zhou Andong coldly, then snorted coldly.