Chapter 226: Terrifying to Think About

Chen Feng’s life was not something that everyone paid much attention to. Of course, it had to be said that he was still quite outstanding. He had been excellent in both character and learning since he was a child. His score in the high school entrance examination was the seventh in the county, and his score in the college entrance examination was the tenth in the county. He had maintained a top ten position in the county in the two key examinations of his life, which showed his excellence.

Although the university he attended was not one of the top universities in the country, it was also one of the few 985 universities in the country. After graduating from university, he found a job without taking the postgraduate entrance examination. Then, with his own efforts and talent, he almost reached the middle management position of the company in just two or three years. It was only because of bad luck that he was suppressed for being on the wrong team, and his work ability could not be brought into play, so he was silent for a period of time.

After that, his life took a huge reversal and change. He suddenly divorced, and then suddenly rose up and brought down the department leader who had suppressed him and sent him to prison, and even brought down the company’s boss. The lethality was terrifying.

From here on, his life seemed to have been on a cheat. First, he won the first prize in the lottery, then the first prize in the Super Lotto, and his net worth suddenly soared to more than 60 million.

If it were just like this, although everyone felt it was magical, they would only envy Chen Feng’s heaven-defying luck.

However, he then started to trade stocks. He had only made a few moves, but every stock he chose had soared against the sky. When he bought in, it was always the lowest price, and when he sold, it was always the highest price.

This was quite terrifying! Or rather, the information hidden behind this was too terrifying!

After he entered the stock market, he had only bought stocks three times so far. The first time was Tima Logistics and Qingcheng Beer, the second time was Huiji Eye Drops, and the third time was Baofeng Technology.

Every time he bought in, it was the lowest price of this stock, and when he sold, it was the highest price. You can say it’s luck once, you can say it’s heaven-defying luck twice, but you still say it’s luck the third time? Are you treating people as fools?

What’s more, Chen Feng’s purpose of buying stocks was very clear. In the process from registering an account to buying stocks, he only chose these 4 stocks, and did not choose any other stocks. This undoubtedly further showed his “magic.”

When you buy and sell stocks, it’s normal to have ups and downs, losses and wins. But you only make money and never lose, not even once? How is that possible? Even the god of stocks doesn’t have this ability.

Connecting this to Chen Feng’s two consecutive big lottery wins, the information content here was even more frightening.

Neither Tao Yaoyang nor Cai Zhixin were fools. On the contrary, they were very familiar with some of the secrets and taboos in the upper-class circle.

For example, the matter of winning the lottery. In the past, it was not that no one in their circle had played it. The gameplay was actually very simple. It could be operated internally, but the risk was too great. Maybe someone would have done it ten or twenty years ago, but now basically no one dared to do it. Especially with the upgrading of supervision, there was basically no room for such operations.

Another way to play was to contact the prize winner before he claimed the prize, or when he was claiming the prize, and directly buy the lottery ticket in his hand. For example, for a 5 million lottery ticket, the prize winner had to pay income tax and other management fees, and even had to make a mandatory donation. The most he could get was definitely not more than 4 million. And someone was willing to buy your winning lottery ticket for 4.5 million or even the original price of 5 million. Would you be willing?

And buying these winning lottery tickets at a high price was of course not for charity. Many of them were used for money laundering and bribery.

Of course, ordinary people would only buy those small prize lottery tickets that won tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. For lottery tickets that won millions or even tens of millions, it was too difficult to buy them. Based on the principle that Chinese people do not show off their wealth, people who won so much money would basically not consider selling their lottery tickets to others, because the risks involved were too great. It was better to honestly claim the prize. Even if they had to pay taxes and get less money, it was at least safe.

So, this involved the problem of internal operations. Could ordinary people do internal operations?

At least, both Tao Yaoyang and Cai Zhixin asked themselves that they couldn’t do it or it was very difficult to do it, and the risks were too great, so they didn’t have the guts to do it.

Now, the legal and supervision systems were very sound, and there were almost no people who played like this. Because it was much more difficult to operate than before, and the risks were also much greater.

The people who could still play like this now undoubtedly showed that their energy was very great, and their methods were very wild.

This kind of lottery gameplay was not the main reason why Cai Zhixin was frightened. The most important thing was Chen Feng’s means and methods of making money in the stock market, which nakedly implied that he was insider trading.

Insider trading in the stock market was not uncommon, and there were many cases that were punished. But this also depended on the level of insider trading.

If it was just local company stocks like Longma Logistics and Qingcheng Beer, the scope of insider trading was generally relatively small. But when it came to national pharmaceutical companies and technology companies like Huiji Eye Drops and Baofeng Technology, the scope was too large, and the water behind it was too deep.

Chen Feng being able to get inside information on stocks like Longma Logistics and Qingcheng Beer, although it was quite impressive, it was not enough to make Cai Zhixin feel scared and make Tao Yaoyang feel unfathomable.

But Chen Feng even knew the inside information of big companies like Huiji Eye Drops and Baofeng Technology. Could you say that Chen Feng was a simple person, with no backer or background?

This was obviously impossible.

Especially for a nationally renowned technology giant like Baofeng Technology, which had a considerable reputation internationally, and was now a hot commodity pursued by major domestic and foreign investment funds, a darling of the securities market. It had been praised by national media and leaders.

Both Tao Yaoyang, who was the executive director of an investment fund, and Cai Zhixin, who had been in the stock market for more than ten years, were very clear about this.

When the stock price of Baofeng Technology was at its lowest, Chen Feng happened to buy in. Combining this with his previous two “magical” purchases of a total of three stocks at the lowest price, you say there was no insider trading involved? Chen Feng didn’t know any inside information about Baofeng Technology in advance?

This was even more impossible.

And for a person who knew the inside information of Baofeng Technology, could he be a simple person? The lowest level would be one of the few senior executives of Baofeng Technology. If you go up, it would be at the department level. If you go up further, the two of them would not dare to think about it.

But one thing was very clear. For a big company like Baofeng Technology, a darling of the securities market, could it not have a big energy to protect it?

And combining this with Chen Feng’s previous two divine and accurate purchases of three stocks at the lowest price, who would be the person who provided him with the inside information of Baofeng Technology? What level would he be?

Thinking of this, it was really terrifying to think about.

Especially Tao Yaoyang. When he first faced Chen Feng, he naturally had a deep psychological advantage. Although he was polite to Chen Feng on the surface, he undoubtedly still maintained the innate arrogance of a nobleman in his heart.

This was unavoidable, because the difference in their backgrounds was very large. He was born into a noble family since he was a child. In his father’s generation, it was even more so. For decades, his family had been deeply rooted in Xiuzhou. His status and family influence were also among the top in Xiuzhou.

Especially since his old man was still in his position now.

So, when he faced Chen Feng, this rich upstart from Lushi, he naturally had a psychological advantage, and even looked down on Chen Feng in his heart. This was a very normal mentality.

From the beginning, he had sincerely wanted to pull Chen Feng into his circle and make him his little brother. After all, Chen Feng was rich and seemed to have no foundation, which was most suitable for some takeover work.

Or when he was short of funds for some uncertain projects, he could also borrow some from Chen Feng.

This could be said to be a routine operation for people of his status towards upstarts like Chen Feng. As for whether he was deliberately trying to cheat Chen Feng, that was not the case. But if you said you had no intention of cheating him, that was not necessarily the case either.

In short, it depended on Chen Feng’s own luck and self-control. For example, if he encountered a project that was in urgent need of funds, Tao Yaoyang would find Chen Feng and pull him in. Whether this project would make money or lose money in the end, Tao Yaoyang could not guarantee 100%. Otherwise, his company would not have spent a lot of money on two projects that seemed to be guaranteed to make money, but ended up losing a lot of money.

Tao Yaoyang’s attitude towards Chen Feng before was secondary. The most important thing was that they had someone investigate him this time, and they had directly found out about his insider trading. This was too taboo.

If the other party found out, this matter would be very tricky. If the other party used the connections and energy behind him to retaliate against them, they would very likely have to kneel. For Tao Yaoyang, it might even implicate his old man.

As for Cai Zhixin, who had directly asked someone to help investigate Chen Feng’s background, it was even more so. If the other party used the connections behind him to retaliate, he would have no capital or energy to resist at all. Including his old man, who was also completely vulnerable in front of certain energies.

This was also the reason for his fear. He was really regretting it now. He was very dissatisfied with his big brother, Tao Yaoyang, in his heart, but he could only endure it because he still had to rely on him for a living.

From the beginning, he had felt that Chen Feng was a person of character, so when they got along, he had always been equal and friendly to Chen Feng, and had never had any bad intentions towards him.

If it weren’t for Tao Yaoyang urging him this time, he wouldn’t have spent money and connections to find someone to investigate Chen Feng in depth, and then found out this incredible inside information.

After a long time, Tao Yaoyang finally let out a long breath. He did not respond to Cai Zhixin’s words about returning the money to Chen Feng, but just asked with a serious expression, “Who did you find to investigate this? Is this person reliable?”

Cai Zhixin said with a heavy expression, “It’s my cousin. You should also know that he happens to be working at 11 and has internal authority. He complained to me to death this time. He told me to burn it after I read it. He has already tried to erase the traces on his side. We’ll just pretend this never happened. But I’m afraid the securities company will notify him, and then it might be exposed.”

Tao Yaoyang frowned, “Didn’t your cousin tell the securities company to keep it a secret?”

Cai Zhixin said with some displeasure, “Of course he did. But Chen Feng is a big client of their securities company. This cannot be 100% guaranteed.”

Tao Yaoyang continued to frown and asked patiently, “How many people in the securities company know about this?”

“My cousin directly contacted their manager and also asked this manager to investigate and report. But at the beginning, he didn’t expect things to be so tricky, so he didn’t specifically tell that manager to keep it a secret. I don’t know if this manager has handed this matter over to his subordinates. Anyway, I’m very worried about this. If by any chance Chen Feng finds out that we investigated him behind his back, and happened to find out about this matter…” Cai Zhixin said with a sad face, unable to continue.

Tao Yaoyang’s face was also not good at this time. He had thought that Chen Feng was at most a wild wolf, but he turned out to be a fierce tiger. Chen Feng’s disguise was really too good.

And so, it also explained why Chen Feng was disdainful of entering their circle, and also disdainful of entering the upper-class society of Xiuzhou.

The reason was simple. You thought he was in a pigsty, but he was actually on the great plains. Of course, he was not interested in the small farm you provided.

“Don’t panic. If you suddenly take the initiative to return the money to him at this time, won’t that make him suspicious? Besides, where else can you borrow so much money besides from him?”

What Tao Yaoyang said was also the truth. It was impossible for Tao Yaoyang to lend money directly to Cai Zhixin. This was not in line with the principle of them working together to make money.

“Then… how about we confess to him before the matter is exposed, and then apologize solemnly,” Cai Zhixin said hesitantly.

Tao Yaoyang immediately shook his head and vetoed, “That’s even worse. If it were you, after someone found out about your crime, could you still be friends with him as if nothing had happened?”

Speaking of this, Tao Yaoyang gritted his teeth and said, “Now there are only two paths for us to choose. The first is to directly expose this matter, and even directly report it, and kill the other party with one blow. But the risk of doing so is too great. We don’t know who the person behind him is. If we can’t kill him with one blow, then we will be killed by the other party with one blow.

“The second is to do everything possible to hide this matter and not let him know that we know about his matter. Although this seems a bit difficult, the risk is the smallest. In addition, we also have to find ways to befriend him, preferably to become real friends with him in the shortest possible time. After we have a friendship, even if something happens in the future, there will be a favor and a friendship. He probably won’t be so ruthless as to kill us.”

After a long silence, Cai Zhixin nodded in agreement, “Brother Tao, you’re right. Now we can only try our best to hide this matter and befriend him at the same time. It’s best to make him owe us a favor. Being friends with such a person will only be good for us, not bad.”

Tao Yaoyang reached out and picked up the cigar on the table that he hadn’t smoked for a while. He took a deep puff, then slowly blew out a smoke ring, and said with narrowed eyes, “We can’t delay this. Tonight, you find a way to ask him out. Just say that we’ve invited Zhang Yuxi to dinner together. I think he should come.”

Zhang Yuxi was a new generation female star in the country now. She was beautiful, had long legs, and a good figure. She had only debuted for three or four years, but she had already become a first-tier female star in the entertainment industry. She was good at both singing and acting. She had already released three albums, and the results were not bad. She also had several representative works in movies and TV series. Especially in TV series, she was the female lead of a popular costume drama two years ago, and she was still talked about with relish, and her influence was amazing.

And the entertainment company that Zhang Yuxi was currently signed with, Tao Yaoyang was one of the major shareholders. And it just so happened that Zhang Yuxi had been in Xiuzhou for the past few days.

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