Chapter 269: 60 Billion! Xinghan Capital

In the exclusive Trading Room of Star Han Investment, the atmosphere was quiet to the point of being eerie.

Ye Ning, Li Zhi'an, Wang Yuyun, and the newly added Liang Zhiwei, all core members, were present. On each of their faces was a complex expression mixing extreme fatigue, exhilaration and disbelief; heavy dark circles under their eyes, yet their gazes shone startlingly.

Seeing Lu Qingshan walk in, everyone rose in unison, their movements perfectly synchronized.

"Boss." Ye Ning's voice remained cool, but on close listening one could hear a faint, barely restrained tremor born of excitement.

Lu Qingshan nodded, walked straight to the head seat and sat down, rubbing his brow: "Speak, how did it turn out."

Ye Ning inhaled deeply, opened the settlement report before her, its corners curled from repeated calculations. In the Trading Room, only the rustle of paper and the increasingly heavy breathing of the group remained.

"Boss, in this confrontation with Wilson, the thirteen members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce we assisted earned a total profit…" she paused, seeming to steady herself, "five billion Hong Kong dollars."

When the first figure was announced, even Lu Qingjun, who had been mentally prepared, couldn't help inhaling a sharp breath: five billion! That sum could cripple any tycoon on Hong Kong Island.

Ye Ning did not pause, turned to the next page, and continued: "Our Xinghan Capital invested a total of 1.55 billion Hong Kong dollars this time. Of that, your personal Hong Kong Island capital is 1.3 billion, 50 million transferred from HSBC, and another 200 million managed as proxy investment…"

She lifted her head, her gaze blazing at Lu Qingshan, as if to imprint the words into the air, and enunciated each digit deliberately, announcing the figure worthy of entry into Hong Kong Island's Financial History Book.

"For this operation, our side's total profit is 5.33 billion Hong Kong dollars!"

Boom!

The number exploded in everyone's mind like a silent nuclear bomb!

Li Zhi'an and Wang Yuyun opened their mouths wide, eyes bulging like copper bells, their minds a blank. They had personally handled everything, yet when the final figure was spoken, they still felt a shudder deep in their souls. Fifteen hundred million, five days, turned into over 5.3 billion!

"Return on investment…" Ye Ning's voice, excited, wavered noticeably for the first time, even with a hint of tremor, "exceeds… three hundred thirty percent!"

Three hundred thirty percent!

Liang Zhiwei, a former HSBC director accustomed to storms, at this moment felt his heart clenched by an invisible giant hand, barely able to breathe. Instinctively he stepped back half a pace, hitting the chair behind him, which emitted a light "clank."

This is no longer investment; it's a legend! It's a miracle! It's outright money‑printing in the financial market!

He stared at the one seated at the head, whose face remained expressionless, as if he were merely listening to an ordinary weather forecast; the lingering professional pride in his heart was completely crushed.

"Very good." Lu Qingshan finally spoke, his calm two words carrying a reassuring force, "What about the Chinese Chamber of Commerce's yield? Has it all been calculated?"

"Calculated." Ye Ning replied immediately, her professionalism letting her regain composure, "The Chinese Chamber of Commerce members' purchase and sale timing differences yield an overall average return exceeding 190 percent; among them, Mr. Li Fuying and Mr. Guo Dongying's funds, whose buy‑sell timing was closest to ours, achieved the highest return, close to 300 percent!"

Lu Qingshan nodded with satisfaction. This was not merely making money; it was establishing authority, gathering loyalty.

His gaze swept the group as he issued a new order: "All funds, principal and interest, totaling over 6.8 billion, are to be transferred into Xinghan Bank's account. From today, this becomes Xinghan Capital's basic investment base."

"Also, the 50 million transferred from HSBC should be accounted for separately, calculated separately. I want to see all future earnings reports in real time."

"Yes!" Ye Ning responded immediately.

The group hadn't yet recovered from the near‑70 billion windfall when Lu Qingshan's next words instantly shifted them from numerical shock to ecstatic climax.

"Everyone worked hard this time; you all did well." Lu Qingshan looked at his team, finally a smile appearing on his face, "Money is meant to be spent. Merit is meant to be rewarded."

He looked at Ye Ning: "Ye Ning, you are the chief commander, ten million."

He then turned to Li Zhi'an and Wang Yuyun: "You are the vanguard generals, eight million."

"The remaining core staff involved in this project each receive five million."

"Mr. Liang, one million as a settlement allowance, welcome to join Xinghan Capital!"

A cascade of figures rained down, and the Trading Room instantly erupted like a boiling pot!

"Thank you, boss!"

"Long live the boss!"

Li Zhi'an and Wang Yuyun's faces flushed with excitement; they instinctively glanced at each other, seeing in the other's eyes a dream‑like euphoria. Eight million! Even if they spent a lifetime at the Far East Association, they could never earn even a fraction of that sum.

Ye Ning also felt her heart warm; a ten‑million bonus, unheard of in the entire Hong Kong Island financial circle, was a sky‑high price!

However, the real climax was still to come.

Lu Qingshan looked at his younger brother: "Qingjun."

"Hey! Brother, I'm here!" Lu Qingjun quickly straightened his posture.

"Take a trip to Yinghuang Road these days; passing by, haven't a few new developments near Tai Gu City appeared?" Lu Qingshan said lightly, "Pick the best‑located building and buy it."

Buy… buy a building?

Lu Qingjun was completely stunned, stammering, "Brother, you… you said buy a building? Not an apartment? Why buy a building?"

"Allocate it to our staff." Lu Qingshan said as if it were obvious, his gaze sweeping the petrified crowd, "A dozen or so people, each a unit, all move in. It's close to Central, convenient to Shek O. Give everyone a home, then they can work with peace of mind."

He paused, a slight curve forming at the corner of his mouth.

"Good days are still ahead."

The sentence struck the minds of everyone in the Trading Room like a bolt of heavenly thunder!

Bonus is money, a number, but a house is a home! In this land‑scarce Hong Kong Island, it's the foundation for livelihood!

With a "Wow!" the liveliest of them all, Wang Yuyun, could no longer hold back and burst into tears, a wailing sob of joy. Li Zhi'an, a seven‑foot man, instantly had his eyes redden; he clenched his fists so tightly his nails dug into his flesh, yet he didn't notice. Even the usually cool Ye Ning suddenly turned around, her shoulders slightly…

They looked at Lu Qingshan, their gazes containing not only awe and worship but also a sense called "belonging."

Liang Zhiwei stood at the back of the crowd; he did not cheer, only silently observed everything. He watched the young man who, with a wave of his hand, scattered tens of millions in bonuses and casually bought a building for the staff, and the shock deep within his heart had…

He suddenly understood.

Lu Qingshan's "own courtyard" spoken at the dinner was not…

He was using the most direct, most domineering way to tell everyone—follow me, I will not only lead you to conquer the world, I will also give you a home!

Where is the boss?

This is clearly the founding patriarch, the king who expands territories!

Liang Zhiwei let out a long sigh, feeling that all the management and economics he had learned over the past decades at the Yingzi bank now seemed…

He knows that a brand‑new era belonging to the Chinese has officially arrived on Hong Kong Island with the arrival of this castle's master.

And this is merely the first cornerstone laid by the Xinghan Empire.