After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 622 Quantitative Trading (Auspicious Start)
Li Manli remained silent, then suddenly hugged Lu Liang's arm, acting coquettishly and cutely: "Brother Liang, I'm going bankrupt! I've emptied my savings to renovate the new house."

She also knew that, whether she wanted to or not, Lu Liang probably wouldn't care about her feelings; at most, he would feel a little guilty.

Three years is enough time for that willful little girl to become a caring young woman.

Li Manli didn't want Lu Liang to feel guilty, so she asked for pocket money to ease the sadness of their separation.

"How much is left in the home renovation?" Lu Liang smiled knowingly, gently rubbing Li Manli's cheek with his thumb.

"Of course, the more the better!" Li Manli's eyes narrowed into crescent shapes, like a cat affectionately watching its owner, as she stuck out her pink tongue and licked her thumb.

Lu Liang smiled and put his thumb into her mouth, feeling the softness and smoothness of her oral cavity.

With his other hand, he took out his phone and dialed the private banking manager's number to increase the monthly credit limit of the supplementary card from 200 million to 500 million.

He has a personal credit card at ICBC, and although he has never deposited a single penny into it, he has a monthly credit limit of 3000 million RMB.

Later, this card became Lu Liang's goldmine for picking up girls. To date, there are three supplementary cards, which were given to Su Wanyu, Wang Chuting, and Li Manli respectively, with a monthly limit of two million.

Li Manli is so well-behaved, she deserves some special treatment.

After all, for Lu Liang, problems that can be solved with money are no longer problems.

As soon as the call ended, Li Manli wrapped her arms around Lu Liang's neck and showered him with a passionate kiss, not stopping until the kisses faded.

"Alright, let's not cook tonight, let's eat out."

Lu Liang smelled the lingering lipstick scent on her face, patted the back of Li Manli's head, and got up to go to the bathroom.

"Aww~" Li Manli smiled slyly when she saw Lu Liang enter the bathroom, and then rushed into the bathroom with the steps of a little duck.

Although she had already taken a shower, it wouldn't hurt to take another one.

Furthermore, water has buoyancy and can also act as a lubricant, making it a wonderful experience for both men and women; otherwise, she wouldn't have specially ordered a 3x3 bathtub.

After a night of revelry, Lu Liang returned to Shanghai the next day.

I had just arrived at the 32nd floor of the New International Building when I saw a young man in a suit at the company entrance.

He was in his early thirties, not very tall, with black-rimmed glasses perched on his nose and thick bangs; he looked every bit the engineer.

Upon seeing Lu Liang approach, he couldn't hide his joy and quickly took out his business card to introduce himself: "Hello, Mr. Lu, I am Liang Wenhui, the general manager of Huanfang Quantitative Fund."

"Quantitative funds?" Lu Liang raised an eyebrow and nodded with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Liang."

Quantitative trading emerged in the 1970s when some mathematicians and physicists began to use mathematical models and computer programs to predict the behavior of the securities market, marking the beginning of quantitative trading.

But what truly brought quantitative trading into the public eye was the 87 US stock market crash, also known as Black Monday.

Quantitative trading, also known as high-frequency trading, can achieve more than 200 trades per second, even for the world's greatest traders who can only execute a few trades per second.

Even if you only earn one cent each time, 200 times will amount to two dollars.

Accumulating small gains is one aspect, but another is that it can help avoid risks or seize opportunities in the first instance.

Therefore, once the high-frequency trading model was born, it was sought after by major institutions, which set up quantitative trading departments one after another.

Until 87, quantitative trading accounted for at least 60% of the total daily trading volume in the US stock market.

However, quantitative trading is a ruthless machine and the ultimate manifestation of chasing highs and selling lows.

It will not consider any external factors and will always take extreme action at the first sign of any disturbance.

In October 1987, a rumor began circulating on Wall Street that tax breaks for mergers and acquisitions of listed companies would be eliminated.

This means that the relevant companies will no longer enjoy tax relief policies, which will have a certain impact on their financial situation and market competitiveness.

For example, if Ali no longer enjoys the 10% tax incentive policy, its profits will decrease by 110 billion RMB next year. This change has a direct impact on the company's profitability, leading to a decline in profits, and has far-reaching consequences.

The rumor spread rapidly, causing investors who were already uneasy about the tense situation in the Middle East and the expectation of a depreciating dollar to sell their stocks and leave the market.

As a result, quantitative funds began a non-human-induced, frenzied sell-off. Funds sold off, the index fell, retail investors panicked and followed suit, triggering the quantitative funds' risk assessment again, thus creating an endless vicious cycle and directly creating Black Monday.

Since then, quantitative funds have had a bad reputation, but people are willing to make huge profits while no one is willing to make money.

Quantitative analysis can bring huge and stable returns to institutions. Even though retail investors oppose it, the market is dominated by institutions.

Since then, quantitative trading has not only not been restricted, but has grown stronger and stronger, now accounting for more than 80% of the total daily trading volume.

In recent years, quantitative trading models have also begun to penetrate the A-share market.

There are four leading quantitative funds in China: Jiukun, Lingjun, Minghong, and Huanfang founded by Liang Wenhui. They are not large in scale, with assets of around 1 billion to 2 billion yuan.

Lu Liang had heard of it, but wasn't interested. After all, there are over four thousand listed companies in the A-share market, but very few are profitable; they all rely on financing from the market to survive.

The waters here are too deep; it's easy to make little money and end up with a lot of trouble. That's why he only focuses on the new energy index in the domestic market.

Just then, Tang Caidie arrived late, looking apologetic, and said, "President Lu, I went to Beijing yesterday to attend the press conference for 'The God of Medicine,' so I'm late today."

When she saw Liang Wenhui, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and a hint of anger flashed in her eyes: "Mr. Liang, what brings you here again?"

Both Tianxing Private Equity and Tianxing Public Fund are powerful and financially strong partners that others would envy.

However, both of these funds, which are not directly related on the surface, are personally controlled by Lu Liang.

Sun Yutao and Zhang Jing usually keep to themselves and refuse visitors, so many people seeking cooperation come to Tianxing Investment.

Liang Wenhui is one of them; Huanfang Quantitative's current fund management scale has reached 30 billion.

If one wants to reach even greater heights, the only option is to seek the intervention and protection of a large institution.

Most of the large organizations in China are state-owned enterprises, but those people are notorious for exploiting people and leaving you to work for free.

So Liang Wenhui thought of Tianxing Investment, which is neither within the Six Paths nor within the Five Elements.

Aside from Didi, Mr. Lu has a very good reputation in the industry; he only provides funding and never interferes.

However, Lu Liang had already told Tang Caidie that he would decline any cooperation invitations from domestic financial companies.

Liang Wenhui had already been turned away twice, and Tang Caidie never expected that he would come again.

"Mr. Tang, I'm really sorry for coming to visit without prior notice. It's really presumptuous of me."

Liang Wenhui gave an awkward smile and hurriedly said, "I've thought about it carefully these past few days. Perhaps we should explore cooperation in a different market?"

The two rejections he received made him do his homework. Perhaps Lu Liang wasn't uninterested in quantitative trading, but rather uninterested in quantitative trading in the A-share market.

Despite his fame, Lu Liang has had virtually no financial investment activities in the domestic financial market in recent years, except for the new energy industry.

So Liang Wenhui had a bold idea: what's the point of exploiting people in China and making RMB?
If you're going to fleece someone, fleece them from overseas. Making money is what makes a real man. Anyway, Lu Liang's connections overseas are supposedly top-notch.

So the third visit came about.

Perhaps Heaven heard his grand ambition, and today he came to visit, and just so happened to meet Lu Liang.

Upon hearing about a potential market collaboration, Lu Liang became interested and invited with a smile, "President Liang, why don't you come to my office for a cup of tea?"

Quantitative trading is a good model; otherwise, it wouldn't account for more than 80% of the trading volume in the US stock market.

Furthermore, their upcoming moves to go long on gold and short on international currencies such as the US dollar may prove useful.

Liang Wenhui was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly. Lu Liang walked to Tang Caidie's side and whispered a few words in her ear, then smiled and said, "President Liang, this way please."

"Mr. Lu, please go first."

The two arrived at the office one after the other. Lu Liang made tea and chatted with Liang Wenhui about everyday matters.

Born in 85, from western Guangdong, graduated from Zhejiang University with a bachelor's and master's degree in Information and Electronic Engineering.

"President Liang, you are truly young and promising," Lu Liang exclaimed, completely forgetting that he was also born in 85.

"Mr. Lu, you flatter me." Liang Wenhui looked strange, clearly knowing that Lu Liang was the same age as him.

Lu Liang said this because he was qualified, but he couldn't say it himself. Lu Liang was also young and promising, after all, it was a senior praising a junior.

After finishing two cups of tea, and still not getting to the main topic, Liang Wenhui couldn't help but become a little impatient: "President Lu, how about we talk about cooperation?"

"Okay, just tell me."

Lu Liang chuckled and suddenly picked up his tablet. He had just received an email from Tang Caidie.

He had heard of quantitative trading and Magic Square Quant, but he had no impression of Liang Wenhui.

They chatted about everyday things just to buy time so that Tang Caidie could collect information about Liang Wenhui and create a data archive.

After all, background checks are conducted when hiring employees, let alone when it comes to potential business partners; a thorough investigation is even more necessary.

　Hey bros, I'm back!

　　Wishing everyone a prosperous start to the work year and great profits!

　　There will be two more chapters later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)