Chapter 830: The Stock Market Crash

He Yuzhu patted Ma Rui on the shoulder and laughed, "Ma Rui, don't listen to your mother. If you're short on money, come find your uncle."

Ma Rui's eyes lit up, and he leaned in with a grin, "Then can you give me some right now?"

Watching this kid's shameless look, He Yuzhu actually found it quite interesting—among all the children in the family, he was the most mischievous and the most like himself when he was young.

He fished a bank card out of his backpack and handed it over, "There's fifty thousand in here. Don't let your mother know; spend it secretly."

As he spoke, He Yuzhu leaned close to Ma Rui's ear and lowered his voice, "If you really like that Sofia, don't do anything reckless. Wait until she turns eighteen before you make any plans. Treat her to meals often; don't be stingy."

Ma Rui immediately gave a thumbs up, "Uncle is mighty!"

"You little brat, don't you dare tell your mother I gave you money. Otherwise, you won't get a single cent from me in the future," He Yuzhu said with a laugh and a scolding.

The director had already started filming, so He Yuzhu said goodbye to Ma Rui and headed toward Liu Rusi with Ivan and Sofia.

After greeting everyone, Liu Rusi took He Yuzhu directly to the secret room upstairs.

Closing the door, Liu Rusi's expression was not very good, and her tone carried a hint of reproach, "You attacked a NATO base; why did you have to bring these two siblings along?"

He Yuzhu sighed helplessly, "Their parents and sister were all killed by extremists, and they only want revenge. What else could I do?"

"Do you know? We received news from the Slavic side that NATO has already started hunting for you. Once they track down Ivan, it will be very easy to follow the trail and uncover He Zheng's company. Aren't you afraid of bringing trouble to the family? How can you be so careless in your actions?"

He Yuzhu smiled, looking unimpressed, "We were all disguised; it's very hard for them to recognize Ivan and Sofia. Besides, they only showed their faces at a small hotel near the base."

Liu Rusi frowned deeply, "Do you think NATO agents are fools? Appearing in that place at that time—even without hard evidence, they will investigate until they die."

He Yuzhu became interested, "Sister, do they have our portraits? Let me take a look."

Liu Rusi took three black-and-white portraits out of a drawer.

He Yuzhu took them and looked; the outlines were somewhat similar to the three of them, but it wouldn't be that easy to track the siblings down based solely on these few sketches.

He smiled, "Sister, I don't think they'll be able to find us."

Liu Rusi's tone was very firm, "For your safety, from today on, you must protect Ivan and Sofia; you cannot let them step even half a step out of China."

He Yuzhu asked, "Then how do we resolve the issue of their identities?"

"This matter can only be handled by Secretary Liu."

He Yuzhu nodded, "Fine, I agree."

Afterward, he relayed these arrangements to Ivan and Sofia.

Upon hearing this, the siblings were actually quite happy; they were already willing to stay and live in China.

Liu Rusi added, "You two must completely change your names and surnames. It's better to be safe than sorry. Once they track you down, they can follow the clues to find He Zheng..."

He Yuzhu interrupted with a smile, "Ivan, Hong Kong already has plastic surgery services now. Later on, we'll give you both a slight adjustment to your appearances, and then everything will be fine."

Ivan shrugged indifferently, "I can do that."

Sofia was a bit scared and asked in a small voice, "Then... will I stop looking like myself?"

He Yuzhu waved his hand, "No, you'll definitely look even better after the adjustments."

As soon as He Yuzhu entered the house, he saw Hu Bayi, Wang Pangzi, Dajinya, Xu Damao, and Lingzi all sitting in the living room.

He was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Your ears are really sharp; I've only been back for one day, and you've already come knocking?"

Hu Bayi slapped his thigh, "We've been calling your house every day; we were as anxious as a cat on a hot tin roof!"

He Yuzhu leaned back on the sofa, "What exactly happened? Tell me about it."

Hu Bayi said anxiously, "The Feile shares you guided us to buy have gone from 220 to 3300! And Vanke and Shen Development are also rising like crazy. Watching the stock prices jump every day makes us panic, so we wanted to ask you—should we sell or not?"

He Yuzhu thought for a moment and said slowly, "There is no market in the world that only rises and never falls. I told you before, once it rises four or five times, sell off a portion first..."

Hu Bayi scratched his head, "It rose too fast this time; there was no time to sell in batches."

He Yuzhu recalled carefully; although he couldn't remember the exact day the stock market crashed, a seven or eight-fold increase in seven or eight months was definitely not a good sign. His expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, "Clear all positions, act immediately, and sell off in batches."

Xu Damao was anxious, his face turning bright red, "Zhuzi, it's not just the stocks we bought that are rising; every stock on the market is skyrocketing! Wouldn't we be at a loss if we sold now?"

He Yuzhu shook his head, "When everyone is caught up in a frenzy, the market is not far from its peak." He knew the laws of the A-share market too well; it had always been short bull markets and long bear markets. "Listen to me this time, be decisive for once, clear all positions, and repatriate the funds to invest in the Pudong plots. By the way, what is our company's total asset value now?"

Wang Pangzi looked at Lingzi.

Lingzi hurriedly stepped forward and opened the Account Book, "Brother He, we initially invested 230 million into the stock market, and as of yesterday, the market value of the stocks is 1.25 billion. Adding the 250 million we previously spent to purchase the land, that's a total of 1.5 billion in assets."

Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu's eyes lit up, "That's great! Now we can start building the hotel!"

Wang Pangzi grinned, "I was worried we didn't have the money to build the hotel, but now all the funds are in place."

Xu Damao was still somewhat unwilling, "If we had invested all the money used for the land into the stock market back then, we would have earned even more..."

He Yuzhu patted him on the shoulder, "Investment is never perfectly precise. Just wait and see; these plots of land will be far more valuable than stocks in the future."

Seeing that He Yuzhu had made up his mind to clear the positions, Hu Bayi said no more and immediately called the employees left behind, ordering them to sell the stocks.

After settling Ivan and the others, He Yuzhu followed Hu Bayi and the others straight to Shencheng.

He went personally specifically because he was afraid that the employees would see the stock market soaring every day and be too greedy to leave the market.

After arriving in Shencheng, he watched and urged them to sell every day.

Even so, it took a full six days to liquidate all the stocks.

Around the closing time on the last day, the stock market suddenly suffered a cliff-like crash.

Fortunately, He Yuzhu and his group only had less than 50 million in market value of stocks left that they hadn't managed to sell.

That day, the broad market plummeted by 9%, and Feile shares alone crashed by 25% in a single day...

Dajinya wiped cold sweat from his forehead and gave a thumbs up, "Master Zhuzi is truly miraculous! He's practically a half-immortal reincarnated!"

He Yuzhu hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't put such high hats on me; I can't afford that. I just understand one principle: when stocks rise too ridiculously, they will sooner or later have to correct and crash."

Hu Bayi laughed heartily, "That's not a half-immortal, that's a living God of Wealth!"

Standing at the entrance of the securities hall, Xu Damao looked at the hysterical appearance of the investors outside, and a chill ran down his spine. He had previously secretly complained that He Yuzhu sold too early, but only now did he realize that his own shallow understanding of stock trading was truly ridiculous.

After the market closed, the investors in the hall were all dejected, while only He Yuzhu's group looked calm and were chatting and laughing.

Many big investors present cast hateful glares at them.

Walking out of the securities hall, He Yuzhu waved his hand, "Brothers, find a good place to celebrate; we safely dodged this stock market crash!"

Wang Pangzi walked out of the securities Ministry gate, grinning from ear to ear: "If we hadn't sold our stocks early, we would have lost two hundred million in a single day! I'm truly satisfied today!"

Dajinya shook his head: "This is only the beginning; in my view, the market will continue to fall tomorrow."

The group was in high spirits and headed together to the famous Lao Zhengxing restaurant in Shen City.

Hu Bayi raised his wine glass and stood up: "I propose that no matter how big our company grows in the future, Master He shall always hold veto power!"

"I agree!" Wang Pangzi was the first to raise his glass.

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

Everyone spoke in unison, their wine glasses clinking together with a light, crisp sound.

Lingzi stood to the side, silently refilling everyone's drinks, knowing full well that the only reason this group could sit in a high-end restaurant, clinking glasses and chatting happily, was because they relied on He Yuzhu.

Without him, they would not have their current wealth and stability.

He Yuzhu picked up his wine glass and spoke slowly: "From now on, our company must gradually transform; we cannot rely solely on stock market speculation to get by."