Ex-wife becomes the world's number one hacker

At 7:30 a.m., Tang Ning and Li Tianmu sat once again in the small conference room of Tianyu Technology.

On the table was the "second wave of clues" that I had compiled last night.

Tang Ning turned on his computer, his voice steady yet excited:

"They'll do everything they can to prop up the market today. What capital fears most isn't a crash, but being forced to pour money into a fire. Just you wait, they might just pull out all the stops today."

Li Tianmu chuckled: "Perfect, our stuff today is even tougher than yesterday's."

Jiang Yin walked in carrying three cups of coffee. To allow Tang Ning to focus on the financial market, she took over most of Tang Ning's work. For the sake of secrecy, she also personally handled mundane tasks like serving tea and water.

.......

Xingxin Technology

At 7:40, key personnel including Shen Lan, Ding Meiyu, Sun Lifeng, and CFO Ma Chao were all present.

The meeting room was filled with the smell of coffee and anxiety.

As soon as Shen Lan entered the conference room, she asked, "How's the funding preparation going?"

CFO Ma Chao immediately reported: "President Gu has transferred 500 million, President Ding has transferred 500 million, and the family trusts of both companies can use 300 million... a total of 1.3 billion can be used to support the stock price."

Shen Lan nodded and sat down: "We must stabilize the market today, no matter what. If we can hold on today, the market won't dare to push us down."

Ding Meiyu, sitting on the other side, added: "The public relations department's statement has already been sent out, emphasizing the health of the funds and the investment in research and development. The attitude is very clear: they have not admitted to any problems."

Sun Lifeng reported: "The IT department is still investigating, but no external intrusion has been found so far... However, there are indeed some anomalies in the server access logs."

Shen Lan and Ding Meiyu exchanged a brief glance, their brows furrowed deeply. But there was no time to delve into it; the opening time was fast approaching.

The pre-market auction at 9:15 shocked everyone.

Xingxin saw an unusually large sell-off during the pre-market auction, with a volume 1.7 times higher than the normal daily trading volume.

The entire trading room fell into a deathly silence.

Chief trader Chen Hui's face was as white as paper. He turned to Shen Lan beside him and said:

"Mr. Shen, this is... it's quantitative traders, institutions, and a large number of unidentified short sellers placing orders! Our buy orders were instantly wiped out! We simply can't hold on!"

Shen Lan frowned, staring at the screen: "How could there be so many..."

Ding Meiyu grabbed Chen Hui's arm: "Are you sure it's not market panic?"

Chen Hui swallowed hard: "This is not ordinary panic... this is a large-scale, professional, and highly continuous sniper operation."

Shen Lan felt a cold, numbing sensation shoot from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, and she instantly understood:

The other party was not a speculator, but a professional hunter.

Market opens at 9:30

Xingxin's stock price plummeted by 8% immediately after the market opened.

The market-stabilizing funds poured in 2.3 million yuan in an instant, barely managing to reduce the decline to -5%.

Ding Meiyu breathed a sigh of relief: "It's stable...it's stable for now..."

But in less than ten minutes, sell orders came in like a tsunami, and the stock price fell by more than 7%.

Chen Hui whispered, "They've changed their strategy. They're pulling up prices while simultaneously driving them down... Someone's deliberately inflating them so they can trap us in the process."

Shen Lan slammed her fist on the table in anger: "Another reverse trading?! They...they're professional snipers!!"

.......

Tianyu Technology

Li Tianmu looked at the betting odds and laughed out loud:

"Hahaha, they're really 'devouring the food,' they're definitely in a hurry."

Tang Ning pointed to the model diagram: "The more buy orders they dump, the faster the price will drop."

After finishing her work outside, Jiang Yin went into the small conference room and sat down in the chair next to Tang Ning.

"Are you going to release a second scoop?"

"Of course." Tang Ning tossed out a USB drive: "Second point: Evidence of inflated R&D expenses and falsified outsourcing projects."

Li Tianmu took the message and uploaded it directly: "In five minutes, the market will experience a second precipitous drop."

10:20 The second clue about Xingxin Technology's financial fraud was released.

The financial community, quantitative trading platforms, and Hong Kong and US stock speculation groups were all in an uproar.

The headline was like a nail gun driven into the entire market:

[Xingxin Technology overstated R&D expenses by 6.4 million yuan? Outsourcing partner doesn't exist? Project personnel falsified data?]

Xingxin Technology's stock price plummeted instantly, falling by more than 12% at one point.

Xingxin's trading department instantly lost control.

Traders were shouting reports of sell-offs and quantitative liquidations:

"8,000 lots dumped!"

"Quantitative trading has been liquidated!"

Shen Lan swayed slightly, barely managing to brace herself against the corner of the table.

Ding Meiyu's voice trembled: "Heavens...damn it, how much information did they get?!"

Ma Chao's forehead was covered in sweat: "We've already invested 300 million. If the price continues to fall this afternoon... we won't be able to hold on."

Shen Lan gritted her teeth and said, "Keep protecting them! We can't stop!"

But all the money invested was swallowed up by the market without a sound, like throwing stones into the deep sea.

.......

Tianyu Technology

Tang Ning stared at the betting odds: "The afternoon will see a panic sell-off."

Li Tianmu pulled up a chart: "Xingxin's market-stabilizing funds were immediately sold off after being bought in – a typical case of being shorted in the opposite direction."

Jiang Yin stared at the various incomprehensible lines on the screen: "Can they hold on this afternoon?"

Tang Ning smiled broadly: "They can't hold on. Their funds are just a fraction of what the big players have."

.......

At 14:00, Xingxin's stock price fell by more than 17%, briefly hitting the circuit breaker threshold.

The company was in complete chaos.

Shen Lan's legs went weak, and she slumped into the chair.

Ding Meiyu grabbed her phone and shouted, "What about the suspension application?! Has it been approved?!"

Sun Lifeng's voice trembled: "The China Securities Regulatory Commission didn't approve it... They told us to... to clarify things first."

The last glimmer of hope in Shen Lan's eyes shattered completely: the other party wasn't there to make a little money, they were there to take her life.

Closing price: Daily drop of over 20%

For two consecutive days, the company's market value evaporated by billions.

There was dead silence in the conference room.

Ding Meiyu asked Shen Lan in a trembling voice, "If...it's still like this tomorrow...what will happen to us?"

Shen Lan closed her eyes: "Our collateral will be forcibly liquidated, banks will withdraw loans, partners will stop payments, credit ratings will be downgraded, liquidity will be completely cut off... That's death."

Ding Meiyu felt a chill run through her body. An unprecedented fear gripped her heart. For the first time, she realized that the forgery was not just a scandal, but a nuclear bomb capable of destroying the entire company.

.......

Tianyu Technology

Li Tianmu stared at the closing price: "36 billion yuan evaporated in two days. The funds used to support the market have been used in reverse. Tomorrow will be the day of the collapse."

Downing: "The real massacre begins tomorrow."

Jiang Yin asked softly, "Should we continue releasing materials tomorrow?"

Tang Ning looked at the screen, her voice calm and composed:

"Yes! Tomorrow, Xingxin will enter a period of liquidity collapse."

.......

At night, at the hospital.

The Shen Lan couple and the Ding Meiyu couple sat around Lin Xiyue's bedside, their emotions so suppressed they could hardly breathe.

Lin Xiyue froze after being informed of the situation.

She never expected that so many things would happen outside while she was in the hospital.

"Then... what do we do now?" Her voice trembled violently.

Ding Meiyu and Shen Lan exchanged a glance, then said to Lin Xiyue:

"Could we contact Heming? Ask him for help. We don't have enough funds to support the market, and we also need him to put in a good word with the media and regulators."

"But there's no signal where Heming is right now, and I haven't been able to contact him for days," Lin Xiyue said dejectedly.

Several people felt a sinking feeling in their hearts at the same time.

Shen Lan frowned and said, "Yueyue, why don't you ask Heming's friends or some senior executives you know at Qin's for help? You could borrow some money, too."

Lin Xiyue pondered for a moment: among Qin Heming's acquaintances, the only one she could really talk to was Li Tianmu, who was still in the local area. But... because Tang Ning had saved him, Li Tianmu was very close to Tang Ning and Jiang Yin. Going to him now, whether she could help was another matter, and it might even alert Jiang Yin to Xingxin's predicament, which was not what she wanted to see.

"I'll try contacting General Manager Cai." She picked up her phone, but put it down dejectedly five minutes later.

"We can't lend it. The group has a rule that anything over 100 million must be approved by Heming himself. We can't contact Heming right now, so no one can make the decision."

Shen Lan rubbed her throbbing temples and suggested:

"See if you can get in touch with those important figures around Heming. They all know about your relationship with Heming anyway."

Ding Meiyu glanced at Lin Xiyue and said to everyone, "But for such a big matter, it's disrespectful for Yueyue not to come in person, but she's acting like this now..."

Shen Lan thought for a moment: "Since the conditions don't allow it, let's try calling. At worst, we can explain that we're in the hospital and it's inconvenient for us to call."

With no other choice, everyone tacitly agreed to this approach.

Lin Xiyue called them one by one, and the conclusion was surprisingly consistent: she couldn't help.

Finally, Shen Lan and Ding Meiyu also took out their phones and started contacting the people they had met through Qin Heming, hoping they could lend a helping hand out of respect for Qin Heming.

The conclusions were consistent: they couldn't lend money, and they couldn't help much either.

At first, the group was puzzled: Why did everyone change their expressions when Qin Heming wasn't around?

After being rejected so many times, Ding Meiyu sensed a bitter taste in the ambiguous and evasive words of the people involved:

Because Lin Xiyue had been spending a lot of time with Wang Qian lately, people suspected that Qin Heming and Lin Xiyue's relationship had changed. Furthermore, the matter they were seeking help with was quite serious; if Qin Heming returned and denied everything, it would be a real problem, so no one dared to help.

Lin Xiyue's face turned pale instantly. She never imagined that her "romantic rumors" would cause the company to cut off external support at a critical moment.

Lin Xiyue was both embarrassed and annoyed, and said under Ding Meiyu's reproachful gaze:

"I...I'll try to call Heming back."