Chapter 488: Seizing the Opportunity to Make Money

Yang Qing blocked him.

"Don't rush, let me think."

He stood up, pacing during the meeting, trying to clarify the logic.

If they want to cool the stock market, what use is a single Blue Dragon?

Yang Qing thought it wasn't much.

Without the Blue Dragon, there's still gold and silver, Yuandong, the Hong Kong Island Exchange, and the Kowloon Securities Exchange.

Although the Blue Dragon's capacity is now large, it hasn't yet reached the point of dominating the Gangdao stock market.

They must have some intention.

What is that intention?

Or maybe they just want to stabilize the stock market, without intending to solve its problems completely.

Why?

Yang Qing suddenly thought of those foreign investors.

Right, drive people out of the Blue Dragon, and the flow to other exchanges will inevitably increase.

The foreign investors' massive shares can be quickly liquidated using this flow of people.

Massive trading, plus bearish news from the Azure Dragon Securities Exchange, can temporarily curb this stock‑speculation frenzy.

That's a good plan—they're afraid he'll stir trouble again; it can limit my liquidation, curb the stock‑market bubble, and let the foreign investors pull out.

After all, if he makes too big a move this time, without enough buyers to take over, it's easy to crash the share price, making his liquidation goal hard to achieve.

They don't realize Yang Qing has already liquidated most of his holdings.

Yang Qing called Xu Minghao over.

Xu Minghao looked puzzled, not knowing why Yang Qing had summoned him.

"Boss Yang, you called me?"

Yang Qing said with a stern face.

"Yes, someone dislikes us and is preparing to act against us."

Xu Minghao snapped.

"Who? Who is it?"

Yang Qing told him to stay calm.

"The situation is like this……"

After hearing Yang Qing's explanation, Xu Minghao also roughly understood the whole story.

"Boss Yang, we can refuse; it's not that easy for them to use us."

"According to our current……"

Yang Qing stopped him from continuing.

"You forgot our ideal."

"A quarrel over spirit is completely unnecessary; of course they can't expect us to work for free."

"Last time, when you applied for the Joint Enforcement Authority, didn't others disagree?"

"Add one more: strive for a legislative seat for our Azure Dragon Securities Exchange."

"Securities normalization still needs to start with legislation."

"Only with a legal basis does enforcement authority become meaningful."

Xu Minghao widened his eyes.

"Boss Yang, will this work?"

"The other side will definitely not agree."

"They'd rather give it to the Hong Kong Island Exchange than to us."

Yang Qing blinked.

"Who knows if we don't try?"

Actually, by now he also wants to scale back.

But when an opportunity lands in your hand, you don't let it slip.

Xu Minghao felt Boss Yang had gone mad, taking these to the Governor—what's the difference from extortion?

But Yang Qing had decided, so he could only comply.

Carrying two documents, he went straight to the Governor's Office; upon saying he was from the Azure Dragon Securities Exchange, they let him through immediately.

Xu Minghao waited half a day before finally seeing the person.

Mai Lihao also hadn't expected Xu, the boss of Azure Dragon Securities, to come see him.

Upon seeing Mai Lihao, Xu Minghao got straight to the point.

"Your Excellency Governor, to promote the healthy development of the securities market, our Azure Dragon Securities Exchange wishes to contribute our share to the Gangdao securities market."

"This is our plan, Your Excellency Governor; please take a look."

Mai Lihao still thought it was something good, but upon opening it, he found it was actually a demand for power.

"Enforcement authority, legislative seat?"

"You wish."

He immediately wanted to kick them out, but then thought of what he himself had done.

He swallowed his anger again.

He said with a cold face.

"Impossible, I will not agree."

Xu Minghao said seriously.

「Governor, our Azure Dragon Securities Exchange truly wants to share the burden for Hong Fu。」

「Look at how big the stock market bubble is now; if it bursts, Gangdao will be set back another ten or so years。」

「There will be countless companies going bankrupt, countless workers unemployed。」

「By then, people's hearts will be unstable—how dangerous! 」

「For the people of Gangdao, Governor, our Azure Dragon Securities Exchange is willing to take on more responsibility。」

「As the saying goes, if I don't enter hell, who will? 」

「Our Azure Dragon Securities Exchange is willing to devote ourselves for Gangdao's development, to sacrifice ourselves and illuminate others。」

Xu Minghao felt disgusted to the point of being unable to bear it.

Mai Lihao, upon hearing it, wanted to shoot him dead.

He still refused.

「Impossible, I will not agree. 」

Xu Minghao showed a helpless expression.

「Alas, I originally purposed to purify my heart and shine upon the bright moon, but alas, alas………」

「It seems our Azure Dragon Securities Exchange cannot bear this responsibility。」

「Well then, well then—without office, one is light; we just need to focus on making money。」

「Never mind if the heavens collapse and the earth rends。」

Having said that, he walked out.

Mai Lihao could not fail to understand his meaning.

The stock market is already like this; if the Azure Dragon Securities Exchange tosses it around again, what if it blows up—what then?

This is very bad for his own plan.

Damn it, all blame those bastards who came to stir up trouble.

If it weren't for them meddling, how could he be so passive?

「Wait. 」

He must make a compromise.

Hurry up and drive those bastards away, then stabilize the market.

It absolutely must not blow up.

I've just made a little fortune; I certainly don't want to be buried with it.

Xu Minghao stopped in his tracks, revealing a smile as refreshing as a spring breeze.

「Governor, you called me? 」

Mai Lihao, suppressing his anger, said.

「Yang Qing, this justice of the peace, has no post; why not make him a Securities Legislative Committee Member? 」

Upon hearing this, Xu Minghao's heart leapt with joy—it actually happened.

「Thank you, Governor. 」

「Then this enforcement………」

Mai Lihao let out a loud curse.

「Get lost. 」

Greedy beyond measure, giving an inch and taking a mile.

After Xu Minghao returned, he immediately told Yang Qing the matter.

Yang Qing was also very pleased.

This is indeed entering the center of power,

Just the name alone is impressive.

The next day, the appointment came down.

Yang Qing gave face, immediately having Tian Guoli contact Shen Bi.

Shen Bi still thought the matter was settled.

As a result, Tian Guoli, shamelessly, put forward another request.

「Manager Shen, I've heard that Hui Feng holds many companies' shares in his hands; you see, if our Da Song Bank needs them, could Hui Feng give us a priority quota? 」

Shen Bi had never encountered such a shameless person.

What is this? Taking advantage of a fire to rob?

He wanted to refuse, but this matter wasn't serious enough to ignore the current situation.

After thinking, he still pinched his nose and prepared to agree.

「In principle, we can agree, but the specifics depend on the circumstances. 」

Upon hearing this, Tian Guoli immediately produced a document.

「Asset Disposal Agreement. 」

「Saying it lightly makes it seem superficial; one must know that doing things requires personal practice. 」

「We had better sign an agreement. 」

「Manager Shen, there shouldn't be a problem, right? 」

Damn it, shameless, too shameless.

But the matter has already developed to this point, so we can only proceed like this for now.

Moreover, what does our signing have to do with Hui Feng?

The best way to deal with hooligans is to be even more of a hooligan than them.

I still can't become a big boss; this agreement is useless.