You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

Chapter 14: Market Manipulation, Financial Harvest

You don't care about Xu Hai's praise.

[What you care about is why the refined gold can be multiplied twelvefold? ]

[Under your indirect questioning, Xu Hai told you the whole story.]

According to a January 20th evening report from Super Finance, the Federation's Third Regiment suffered a defeat on the Abyssal Front, resulting in the Federation's largest adamantium mine being overrun by Abyssal monsters.

[Then, refined gold production plummeted, causing market panic and prompting many forces to begin pre-emptively purchasing refined gold.]

【That’s why the price of refined gold has increased so much.】

After saying this, Xu Hai's eyes fixed, as if he had made up his mind.

[According to his expectations, the defeat of a behemoth like the Federation Third Regiment in the war was definitely not a trivial matter.]

[So the refined gold veins will definitely not be recovered in the short term. Based on this idea, the price of refined gold will continue to rise!]

[It is even possible that it will multiply several times in the next few days! ]

After figuring this out, Xu Hai started to make moves again. He wanted to invest in fine gold, using the profits from speculating on fine gold to offset the losses from his mithril investment.

Xu Hai even wants to pull you in with him, so that he can experience the joy of making a lot of money together.

You pretended to think for a moment, then rejected Xu Hai with a difficult expression.

You admit that you're an honest professional, and it's best if you avoid futures speculation involving hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars.

【Of course you won’t touch it this time! 】

[But in the future, you will definitely come and take advantage of this opportunity.]

[Isn't this extraordinary rise and fall of futures the best money-making opportunity for someone like you who has access to future information?]

[If you don't take advantage of this kind of bargain, you're a bastard!]

[With this in mind, you begin to flatter Xu Hai over the dinner table, asking him to explain to you, a novice investor, the recent fluctuations in futures and stocks.]

Xu Hai was overjoyed by your flattery, and through his narration, you discovered many opportunities you had previously missed.

On August 5th, Year 125 of the Supernatural Calendar, Mingxiu Group announced that its team had discovered a secret location suitable for cultivating the precious supernatural material: Snow Linghua. Mingxiu Group's stock price surged immediately.

【After that, the price of Snowling Flower began to fall rapidly.】

On October 15th, 125th year of the Transcendent Calendar, the Dragon Spirit Research Institute announced another breakthrough in the technology of inscribed armor. Once implemented, the cost of producing inscribed armor will drop by 10%.

[On this day, Longling Research Institute's stock price hit the daily limit.]

On December 8th, 125th year of the Transcendent Calendar, due to a new round of blockade by the White Eagle Empire, energy trade was disrupted, and the price of the Transcendent Material: Blazing Gold Oil instantly increased ninefold.

[Later, the violent turmoil in the stock and futures markets was caused by these two extraordinary materials, mithril and adamantium.]

You don’t pay too much attention to those minor fluctuations, some up and some down.

[After all, in this extraordinary world, the intelligent network monitors all data.]

[I occasionally get some returns from my investments, but that's just luck.]

[But if they achieve a bumper harvest every time, they will probably be regulated by Zhiwang, and may even face a federal investigation.]

"These pieces of news are definitely good news!"

Lin Xia's eyes flashed, "First save some money and buy shares of Mingxiu Group."

"Later, I'll buy the Dragon Spirit Research Institute, and then the Blazing Gold Oil."

"After three accumulations, I'm sure I can accumulate a considerable fortune."

"Then you can use this money to buy discounted Mithril or stock up on refined gold in advance."

"If this develops well, the money earned can buy a lot of God-Granted Crystals." Thinking of this, Lin Xia paused slightly and said, "Why didn't I inquire about some stock and futures information during the first simulation?"

"That's right. We were forced into such a terrible situation during the first simulation that we had to leave the safe zone to survive in the wilderness. How could we have the chance to inquire about this information?"

After receiving several authoritative financial newspapers from Xu Hai, you began to secretly follow this matter.

[Xu Hai's boasts to you may have been influenced by his own subjective opinions, and may be slightly inconsistent with the actual financial information.]

[However, after comparing these authoritative newspapers, you find that the error is not large and is within an acceptable range.]

[On March 5th, 126th year of the Supernatural Calendar, for over a month, the price of refined gold has been rising wildly at a rate of 25% per day. Especially with more and more investors entering the market, the rate of increase has become even more exaggerated.]

During this period, Xu Hai repeatedly urged you to invest. With the price of refined gold increasing at this rate, even if you borrowed from a black-hearted loan company or a Yanwang loan company, the profit you could earn would be much higher than the interest.

【It’s not too late to leave now! 】

[One day later, two million less!]

[Under the lure of such real money, a large number of professionals took out various loans and then invested them.]

You think the rise in gold prices is exaggerated. Although you don't understand profound financial knowledge, you know that the gold bubble is so big now that it will burst sooner or later.

[By then, it is estimated that many professionals will pay the price with their souls.]

[On March 18th, 126th year of the Supernatural Calendar, as you expected, after the price of refined gold reached a level that was previously unimaginable, the amount of refined gold stored in the market suddenly began to increase at a rate visible to the naked eye.]

[In just a few minutes, the price of refined gold plummeted to rock bottom.]

[Behind this, it seems as if there is an invisible hand controlling all this.]

【Winners Enter! 】

【Retail investors are crushed to pieces! 】

That evening, according to a report from Super Finance, the news that the Third Federation Regiment had abandoned its position at the adamantium mine and suffered a defeat on the front lines was a smokescreen to confuse the White Eagle Empire.

[The reason for giving up was that the First Federation Regiment discovered two giant connected adamantium veins during the exploration of the abyss.]

[The current monthly output of refined gold is more than the annual output in the past.]

[For a time, there was a cry of grief in the stock market and futures market.]

[At this point, who still doesn't know that the sharp rise in the price of refined gold is a conspiracy of financial harvesting?]

But what does it matter if you know?

[The pain of failure can only be swallowed by one person.]

[On May 12th, 126th year of the Supernatural Calendar, when you saw Xu Hai again, his hair was disheveled, his eyes were bloodshot, and his entire mental state had undergone a drastic change.]

[Given Xu Hai's financial situation, the loss of mithril can only be considered a minor matter.]

[However, the rise in the price of refined gold over the past few days has made him spend all his money, even frantically trying to get his family and friends to join the market.]

[This would cause the other party's relatively wealthy family to go bankrupt. After selling off all their properties, they would still be burdened with unimaginable debts.]

[After a brief greeting with Xu Hai, you hurriedly said goodbye.]

[You returned to school this time because your direct instructor, Wang Guang, went into debt after speculating in gold and disappeared shortly after leaving the safe zone.]

【There are two choices before you now. 】

[First, if you have a very close relationship with Wang Guang, you can continue to let a missing person be your mentor.]

[The second option, which is what the Dean of Students and school leaders hope to see, is for the school to assign a new, "responsible" mentor to students like you who have lost their mentor.]

(End of this chapter)