NOVEL NEXT Chapter 789: Becoming a Member of the Vulture Squad
"Mr. Lu, good morning."
"Mr. Lu, nice to meet you, I didn't get a chance to greet you last night. My name is Miller, also known as Qian Chen."
At around ten in the morning, Lu Liang arrived at the hotel restaurant. Last night, Little Wang had hosted a banquet, and the commentators who had met him before were all smiles, enthusiastically greeting him.
The land area of Korea isn't large, and Gwangju is even smaller.
There are only two five-star hotels locally, and only one Hilton near the stadium, so most of the LPL commentators and team players stay here.
Lu Liang nodded slightly, looked around, and didn't see Little Wang, so he found a seat by the window.
Soon after he sat down, Feng Xi followed, wearing ripped jeans and a pink T-shirt, full of youthful energy.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, she fixed her gaze, forcing calm onto her face, and found the spot where her friend was dining.
Her colleague and close friend Yu pursed her lips and looked towards Lu Liang's location, teasingly said, "Wrong place, right?"
"What are you talking about?" Feng Xi feigned ignorance, letting a hint of appropriate confusion show on her face.
"Still pretending here."
Yu showed displeasure, snorted coldly, and said, "Who didn't come home last night?"
"Shh~ can't you lower your voice?" Feng Xi blamed, tugging Yu's arm, and a blush appeared on her face.
"Nothing to hide here, you and Mr. Lu left early together last night, they already know about it."
Yu looked at her with disappointment, whispered advice, "This is good news, why are you afraid of people knowing?"
Though the rumors say Lu Liang is ambiguously involved with several women, there's even talk of a child.
But none of these has been confirmed, so legally he's still unmarried.
Since he's single, there's no question of infidelity, everyone starts off with a fair competition.
If she had this chance, she'd definitely let the whole world know.
Didn't you see, last night after Feng Xi and Lu Liang left, those opportunistic commentators came over to chat with her, knowing she was Feng Xi's friend.
Just being the friend of Lu Liang's rumored lover gets you such treatment, letting Feng Xi call the shots in the future LPL shifts chaos or not.
"It's not that exaggerated." Feng Xi made a face of disdain, knowing well her friend's nature, always exaggerating everything.
"I swear~ I admit I've used exaggerations before, but not a drop this time. If I lie, may I miss my period next month and the month after." Yu angrily raised her hand, vowing the most vicious of oaths.
Feng Xi couldn't help but laugh, soothing her, "Alright, alright, I believe you, okay?"
"What do you mean you believe me?"
"I believe you, alright?"
As the two bickered, laughing and joking, the LPL's leading host Sister Shuang walked over and asked, "Xiran, do you have any matters to handle back home recently?"
"No, what's up, Sister Shuang?" Feng Xi restrained her smile, puzzled.
Sister Shuang said calmly, "I have business to return home tomorrow, so next week's finals hosting, I'll leave it to you and Yu."
Upon hearing this, Yu glanced at Feng Xi, showing an expression of "I knew it," while Feng Xi stood stunned, instinctively asking, "Why? Is it because of me?"
The finals are next week, and her work was limited to the semifinals. With her qualifications, she wasn't eligible to be involved in the finals stage.
But now, from Sister Shuang's words, it seems like invisible hands have interfered, removing Sister Shuang from her position and granting it to her.
"The organizer also agreed, try to handle your visa extension soon." Sister Shuang remained expressionless and turned to leave.
Though she knew, it likely wasn't Feng Xi's suggestion but the organizer wanting to leverage Feng Xi's connection to get close to Lu Liang; after all, Lu Liang's influence in attending matches is significant and still fermenting, with the Mercedes sponsorship nearing expiration.
Though she also knew it was because her role was insignificant, replaceable by Feng Xi's ability, hence this chance was taken by the organizers for favors.
But knowing is one thing, accepting is another; she couldn't accept being trampled upon to elevate others while feigning a smile.
"You didn't harm the gentleman, but the gentleman died because of you. Now you know I wasn't exaggerating, right?" Yu gloated.
Feng Xi remained silent, just then, Lu Liang finished his breakfast and deliberately took another round, passing by their table.
Lu Liang smiled, tapped his fingers on the table, and said, "Bye-bye, I'm heading back to Xiangjiang this afternoon."
"Mm, bye-bye." Feng Xi nodded, a complex emotion in her eyes, waving as Lu Liang left.
"Mr. Lu, bye-bye, until we meet again~~"
Yu smiled happily, waving goodbye to Lu Liang.
She glanced at everyone in the restaurant, a smug expression flashed in her eyes.
Playing the tiger's skin, she's a professional,
Let's see who dares to mess with them sisters in the future.
Feng Xi, with a stern face, scolded, "That's enough."
"Okk~"
Meanwhile, Lu Liang walked out of the restaurant and ran into Little Wang who had just come downstairs.
Little Wang asked in confusion, "Leaving so soon? Coming for the finals next week?"
"We'll see when the time comes."
After a brief conversation, Lu Liang left the hotel and took a flight back to Xiangjiang.
On his way to Xiangjiang, Tianxing Investment and Pu Si Investment consecutively announced their reduction in Panda stocks, which had already passed Nasdaq Exchange's review.
The news quickly traveled back across the ocean and, under the marketing accounts' misinterpretations, turned into skepticism over IG Team's championship chances.
"What's the idea here? So Liangzi went to watch the game just to spike Panda's stock price? To let others take the bait and sell at a high premium?"
"Come on, don't be so naive, guys. Think about it, three days ago, he was in Xiangjiang, the day before yesterday he flew to Tokyo, and yesterday morning he was in Han City. These few days, he was either on a flight or headed to the airport. Do you really think he has time to watch the match?"
"Tsk tsk, that's capital for you—never up early unless for profit, all actions serve one purpose only."
Lu Liang's reduction of Panda stocks generated much more buzz than his previous complete sell-off of Tesla stocks.
After all, a Tesla car costs hundreds of thousands, and the audience is only a select few, still a very quiet urban white-collar crowd.
In contrast, with LOL, as long as there's a computer, even without going to an internet cafe, so the audience base isn't even in the same league.
Lu Liang's actions cast a shadow in the hearts of the loan champion IG fans.
After all, even Lu Liang isn't optimistic, can IG really break the eight-year curse of the region without a championship?
Once the plane landed in Xiangjiang, Lu Liang called Little Wang, laughingly asking, "Charging you a four-point service fee, not a loss, right?"
"Not a loss, not a loss, the service quality is excellent." Little Wang grinned.
Tianxing proposed to reduce 3.5% of Panda's shares, misinterpreted as Lu Liang's lack of confidence in IG winning the championship. Lu Liang was also unilaterally declared to be deprived of nationality by that group of idiots at Ant Bar.
While his Pu Si, although proposing to reduce 8%, the amount of reduction was more than double that of Lu Liang's, the news barely stirred any waves.
The current public opinion is truly reflective of the saying,
When the sky falls, let the tall one brace it.
Being a small transparent isn't bad either.
"Alright, hanging up."
After the conversation with Little Wang ended, Lu Liang left the airport and returned to Tianxing Financial Building in Central.
Li Junwei, Sun Yutao, Tang Caide, and other senior executives were already waiting in the meeting room.
Lu Liang, swift and decisive, directly pushed open the door, took the main seat, and announced the start of the meeting.
He looked at Sun Yutao, "Yutao, briefly introduce the situation."
"Okay, Mr. Lu."
With authorization, Sun Yutao outlined the next deployments for Tianxing Finance.
Broadly divided into two lines, one led by Li Junwei and Tang Caide, the other by himself and Lu Liang, both lines advancing side by side to maximize benefits.
Because their next target is shorting the yen, and when shorting a national currency, the smallest profits actually go to the initiating financial institutions.
Just like the Asian financial crisis in '97, people only know Soros as the culprit, Quantum Fund as the root of all evil.
Yet they don't know Quantum Fund only made a few billion dollars in the capital market.
Though the few billion dollars then and the few billion now can't be compared.
But the ones who really got full were those Wall Street consortia that provided funds under the guise of aid afterward.
Foreign exchange is the most direct reflection of the economic source, if there's a surge or plunge, it's an extremely unhealthy market.
Often at times like these, banks will tighten loans to protect themselves, after all, their habit is to give umbrellas on sunny days and take them back on rainy days.
However, many businesses rely on banks for bridge funds, outwardly claiming cash flows in billions, but once banks suspend lending, they can only head towards ruin.
Previously, Lu Liang would earn a quick gain and leave, leaving behind a field of prey carcasses without picking them up.
One reason was the then lack of reputation, unable to become a part of the cleanup crew. Another reason was insufficient capital support as the funds were quick in and out.
But times have changed, with the establishment of Tianxing Finance, they've also ventured into the investment banking field, now possessing all the conditions to become part of the cleanup crew.
Sun Yutao and Lu Liang spearhead the market attack, while Li Junwei and Tang Caide are responsible for identifying well-performing and quality assets in Neon industries.
When the yen plummets, as long as an opportunity arises, they'll launch indiscriminate attacks, including but not limited to their currently friendly Mitsui Sumitomo Group.
Just like during Brexit, when the British Pounds plummeted, Superman Li seized the opportunity to grab a quarter of the water and electricity companies.