Resurrection Empire

Ren Zhong was taken aback, showing a difficult expression.

Yet inside, he was laughing wildly.

I was worrying about what reason to use to lure you in, and you just jumped in yourself!

This is exactly the doubt I've been waiting for!

He took a deep breath, bringing out the best acting skills of his life, hesitating to speak several times, and finally couldn't hold back, admitting an objective fact honestly.

"Mr. Yang, um... I used this money to trade stocks."

...

Nearly two hours later, Yang Bingzhong stumbled out of Ju Qingmeng's villa, feeling woozy.

His state was no different from the first time Ren Zhong showcased his stock market prowess to Ma Dafu, with his head buzzing as well.

Ren Zhong had shown him the stock account's holdings and transaction records.

This account had been prepared by Ren Zhong in advance, hiding most of it, leaving only the transactions of buying and selling the stocks with a total principal of 1.3 million.

After nearly four days of intermittent operations, Ren Zhong had floated a profit of 910,000 on the basis of 1.3 million principal, with a total increase of up to 70%.

This increase was not terrifying.

What's terrifying was the win rate.

The stocks involved in his operation totaled over thirty, with several adjustments and switches in between, and the final win rate reached 100%!

No defeats at all, and almost every time could precisely escape the peak!

This is simply unheard of, never before seen!

Source Star has an extremely prosperous stock market, as a seasoned capitalist, Yang Bingzhong, although stock trading is not his main occupation, has some involvement.

He himself had also been a long-term major client of a medium-sized private equity fund, enjoying the excitement of capital operations with the assistance of excellent private equity managers to reap compound returns.

Yang Bingzhong deeply understands that in the rising and falling sea of stocks, no one can always win without losing, it's all about winning rates, and they also talk about so-called "value investing", competing for long-term compound interest.

Anyone who can consistently maintain an average annual rate of return above 25% is bound to be a top manager pursued by many.

In the early days of his business, Yang Bingzhong was lucky enough to choose a manager of such level, with a peak annual return rate of over 50%, sustained for five years.

Yang Bingzhong happened to have fully benefitted from this manager's peak, accumulating substantial initial capital.

But later, with the smooth progress on the Alien Ore side, Yang Bingzhong had to change his business focus, choosing to liquidate the fund, and invested heavily into Alien Ore, leaving just about ten to twenty million in the stock market to play with, merely as a pastime, and also forcing himself to pay more attention to Source Star's economic trends, to prevent information gaps.

Recently, he did suffer quite a bit in the market crash, with the value of his stocks plummeting, leaving him speechless.

Fortunately, it was not a fatal blow, and he planned to hold long-term, believing it would eventually rise back.

Now, with the Alien Ore matter settled and windfall wealth imminent, his mind had started to become active again, and witnessing Ren Zhong perform such miracles in person was truly impactful.

What Ren Zhong earned was not much, just a drop in the bucket for Yang Bingzhong.

But what truly mattered to Yang Bingzhong was Ren Zhong's win rate.

Turning 1.3 million into 900,000 in four days.

If the principal were scaled up a hundredfold, reaching his level.

Or when the Alien Ore deal goes through and the money arrives, scaling capital up to ten billion level, and continue trading with such power, let alone a 100% win rate, if he could even maintain over 70%.

Then, a year later...

Two years later...

Unimaginable, unimaginable.

Initially, Yang Bingzhong thought Ren Zhong's success was due to luck, and he forced himself to calmly ask about Ren Zhong's trading strategies.

Ren Zhong sheepishly smiled, beginning to perform in a manner identical to when he initially impressed Ma Dafu, but even more refined in his stock god display.

In the end, Ren Zhong humbly said, "Actually, I haven't really systematically studied, it's all just stuff I figured out on my own in my spare time. I don't know why, but it seems so simple. I just tend to win more and lose less."

Yang Bingzhong felt lost and confused, constantly feeling Ren Zhong's analysis was mysterious, indeed not systematic.

But the odd thing was, it was effective, as shown by the standout 70% profit rate on the account that couldn't be faked.

As Yang Bingzhong was calculating, Ren Zhong, still looking embarrassed, showed him some of his previous operation records, just a few hundred or thousand on small trades.

Ren Zhong added, "Recently, I've been earning more, but before, I actually lost once or twice. I'm not that incredible."

Yang Bingzhong carefully scanned it again, "No, you're amazing! Too much modesty is arrogance."

He had no more doubts about Ren Zhong's abilities, just felt perhaps such skills were too high-level, and it was normal that a mere mortal like himself couldn't understand.

Ren Zhong sighed again, "Ah, actually before breaking up with Ma Xiaoling, I taught her a few tricks too. She made some money, and the reason she spared my life today is somewhat related to this. I still have her stock account password here. Huh, she didn't change her password! Mr. Yang, look."

Actually, Ma Xiaoling had been secretly trading for a few days, and Ren Zhong, adhering to the principle of opportunism, seized the excellent example unused.

Ren Zhong showed Yang Bingzhong Ma Xiaoling's account.

Mr. Yang: "Hiss..."

The facts spoke louder than words.

Yang Bingzhong finally understood Ren Zhong's capabilities.

The so-called combat talent, compared to his stock trading prowess, couldn't even compare!

He only taught Ma Xiaoling a few days, yet he managed to shape a woman without any depth into half a seasoned retail trader!

This...

Are you even human?

If it weren't already past nine-thirty and Ren Zhong, injured, showed an unstoppable fatigue, Yang Bingzhong would have loved to sit with him for a long night talk.

"Alright, you have a good rest, I'll come see you again tomorrow night."

Ren Zhong yawned hugely, Yang Bingzhong gave a nod and walked away, burdened by thoughts.

...

Ju Qingmeng stepped back from the window to Ren Zhong's bedside, "He's gone. Zheng Tian sent them out. Chen Hanyu is resting in the room; she didn't come out the whole time."

"Hmm."

"Are you really going to trade stocks with him?"

Ren Zhong nodded, "Yes."

"How?"

"The most classic gambling routine."

"What's that?"

"Win first, then lose."

"What if he takes the profit and leaves early?"

Ren Zhong laughed and shook his head, "I want him to lose everything; naturally, I won't let him catch a breath. Yang Bingzhong dares to touch Alien Ore, he's a natural-born gambler at his core. Once a gambler like him gets involved, there's no turning back until he's lost everything."

He carefully reviewed the laws of Source Star.

Citizens are indeed different from wild people.

Under the surveillance of the 'Net', on a certain level, citizens of Source Star enjoy almost absolute life safety.

As long as one maintains their citizen status, no matter how powerful an Advanced Citizen, they dare not easily take their life.

No matter how much hatred or malice, to deal with other citizens, one can only use power to perpetually oppress, as Ju Qingmeng endured.

To kill a citizen forcefully, it must be an equal exchange.

Ren Zhong wanting to kill Yang Bingzhong, setting aside the difficulty of execution, absolutely couldn't resort to simply eliminating him physically.

If he did that, even if he obtained citizen status, he would undoubtedly be sentenced to death.

He would be forced to restart.

Such an execution has little meaning, more a moment's satisfaction.

So, Ren Zhong wants to utilize Source Star's rules, to reasonably and legally kill a citizen.

Holding you hostage with a twenty-year long contract, I entice you into this stock trading game, elevate my status in your eyes crazily.

Now you stand to lose me at any moment.

I don't believe you can stay stable until relocation.

You love money, so I'll bankrupt you first.

Two birds with one stone, the ultimate kill move.

At this moment, Zheng Tian returned as well.

Ren Zhong asked, "How did it go?"

Zheng Tian: "Tang Shuying's feelings for her ex-husband are genuine. But her ex-husband's disappearance was strange, and she had no choice, honestly becoming Yang Bingzhong's plaything."

Ren Zhong nodded, "Okay, I understand."