Tokyo: Starting with taking on his wife's debts

“Is it any of your business? I like it.” Xiuming said, taking out Tachibana’s business card and reaching for the landline on the bedside table.

Before I could even touch the landline, it rang. I answered immediately; it was Naoto Sugita calling.

It was still that same rough, deep voice with a subtle undertone, though the hostility was gone, it still carried a sense of detachment with a commercial flavor.

He agreed to the cooperation, set a formal contract signing address, and even inquired about the earliest possible development time for the Pokémon game.

Xiuming said, "The game studio hasn't been established yet. Do you have any connections in this area?"

"If you don't discriminate against homosexuals, I can provide you with some talent in the gaming industry."

"As long as you have skills, can work overtime, can earn money, and are healthy, we'll accept anyone!"

"Don't go back on your word after I've made that promise to them."

"I'm making this clear in advance: office romances are strictly prohibited."

"Workplace rules don't need your reminder."

"If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up." His voice really gave me goosebumps.

"About my ex-wife... I'll raise the first child you had with her! I'll take good care of him..."

Xiuming slammed the phone down before he could finish speaking.

Jiang Qi listened intently to the whole thing, a smile playing on his lips, and said, "His suggestion seems pretty good for a scumbag like you. Just give birth without raising the children, be a human seed-sowing machine."

Xiuming said irritably, "How about we have a baby and he raises it?"

Jiang Qi's face darkened, and he slammed the door and went downstairs.

Hideaki picked up the phone again and dialed Tachibana Mitsukō's number.

Amidst the background noise of shouts, a clear and pleasant young girl's voice rang out:

"Hello, this is the Tokyo Stock Exchange Section 1."

"Hello, my name is Hideaki Yamanaka. I'm looking for Ms. Tachibana."

Although there's a high probability that the person answering the phone is Tachibana Mitsuko, it's just a matter of routine politeness, and maybe someone else is answering the phone?

"Ah, I am Tachibana. I have already heard about you from Ms. Ezaki. Mr. Yamanaka must be quite outstanding. Ms. Ezaki said that you are now her secretary."

Esaki's secretary? Esaki really dared to think.

Tachibana is also a woman who is good at flattery; judging from her voice, she is a very energetic young woman.

The problem is, why is she speaking to me as if I'm a complete stranger?

Did you think it was just a case of having the same name?

Test her a little.

Hideaki gave all his personal account information, then transferred all 100 million yen from his bank account to his stock account. After that, he said, "Please place a full order for my 'Ichiwa Securities' stock at the lowest price."

From the moment Xiuming started sharing his information, the only sound on the phone was background noise shouting.

When he asked Tachibana to transfer 100 million yen, heavy breathing could be clearly heard on the phone.

She paused for about ten seconds to catch her breath, and it's unclear what kind of mental struggle she went through.

With a trembling voice, Tachibana asked softly, "Are you... Hideaki-kun?"

"So you finally recognized me? I recognized Tachibana's voice immediately when you answered the phone. I'm so sad that you treated me like a stranger."

"No, no, no... I'm really sorry, it's just that you, you've changed too much."

"Really? That makes me feel much better. Are you free tonight? Let's have dinner together."

"what?!"

"No time? Never mind then."

"No, no, um... can I call you after I get off work? I... I need to think about it..."

"Whatever! But don't call after eight o'clock, I'm very busy."

"Okay, I will definitely call you before eight o'clock."

Chapter 87 Ultra-Short-Term Trading

"We've finished chatting. I'm going downstairs to get a new phone and call you back. Don't go anywhere, it's time for work."

Before Tachibana could respond, the dial tone sounded after the call was disconnected.

Tachibana almost didn't react to Hideaki's sudden change of topic. After a slight pause, she quickly held the phone receiver and slammed it onto the landline.

The enthusiastic shouts of "Buy!" and "Sell!" echoed around Tachibana, passing over the three glass partitions of the workstation and filling the area with noise.

After hanging up the phone, Tachibana looked at the balance of the bank account on the computer screen in front of her. The account holder was Hideaki Yamanaka.

Tachibana was still somewhat dazed.

From the time Xiuming was cornered at his workstation by debt collectors to his resignation, and then to today... only five days have passed, right? Or six days, but less than a week.

How did he become so rich? He used 100 million yen in cash to speculate in stocks.

They even asked me out to dinner...

Could he be the illegitimate son of some wealthy tycoon who had been living away from home and suddenly inherited the family fortune?

It seems there's no other reason besides this, right?

As for Ms. Ezaki's secretary.

Tachibana didn't know Ezaki's specific identity, only that she had 60 shares of Matsuba Bank stock.

Perhaps he is related to Ms. Ezaki, or perhaps his family has arranged for him to take over the family business as a training position?

He wants to ask me out to dinner...

Isn't he already married? But he wants to ask me out to dinner... He has a lot of money, what should I do?

Tachibana, who was always confident in her looks, felt her heart pounding wildly.

Could it be that he wants to...?

His tone and voice were different, they seemed different, right?

Tachibana desperately tried to recall every little detail of her time working with Hideaki Yamanaka.

We were assigned to the same performance team at the time.

He is a team leader who works hard and is always willing to help others in the company. He also pays the bill when the team has dinner together.

Sometimes when team members don't meet their performance targets, he'll even offer help. His colleagues all say behind his back that he's a fool... uh~

Oh no! I said that too... Could he be here to get revenge on me?

But he wants to ask me out to dinner, and he has so much money... surely he wouldn't be so petty?

Will he give me a gift? How do rich people give gifts? It's not a huge diamond, is it?

No, no, I can't let money cloud my judgment. This is just investment money; what if it's not his?

I need to think about it some more... It's only 9:55 AM now, there's still a long time until 8 PM...

The ringing of the phone almost made Tachibana jump. She frantically grabbed the receiver, her bottom instinctively lifting slightly from her seat, and leaned forward to whisper, "Hello, Xiu..."

"Don't be so polite. Keep an eye on Toyota's stock price. When it drops to 2500 yen, immediately buy 8000 shares, then place a sell order with your entire capital: a stop-loss order at 2400 yen and a limit order at 2600 yen. That's all for now. I'll call you back at 12:10."

The market closes at noon from 11:00 to 12:30.

"OK……"

Before Tachibana could finish uttering even half a syllable, the dial tone of a dead end came through the receiver, leaving her momentarily stunned and bewildered.

Just two minutes ago, he warmly invited me to dinner... It's like he never said that before... Could he have forgotten?

But she quickly composed herself, hurriedly brought up the real-time stock price section, and found Toyota Motor's stock price.

It's at 2520 yen right now. Hideaki-kun seems quite confident; it'll probably drop soon, right? I need to keep an eye on it…

After hanging up the phone, Xiuming dragged a single European-style sofa from the side of the kitchen to the long table, then sat on the sofa, put his legs up on the long table, leaned against the back of the sofa, and stared blankly at the stock monitor.

He had already recorded the highest and lowest prices of the five pre-selected stocks within the first hour of trading using a 5-minute candlestick chart.

When engaging in ultra-short-term trading, it is necessary to set up early warning orders in advance, and this discipline must be strictly followed.

A stop-loss order is the limit of loss you can tolerate. When the stock price falls to the preset price, you should never hold onto the hope that it will rise back. You should sell it directly: if you lose, you lose.

Setting buy and sell limit orders in advance, which means setting a predetermined profit target, cannot be changed. Even if you think the stock price will fall or rise, you still have to buy or sell: you have already made the profit you were supposed to make.

Don't be misled by immediate losses and profits; that's how you do T+0 scalping.

Due to the limitations of the current era, there are no intelligent systems that can operate at the second or even millisecond level. Therefore, we rely heavily on human reaction speed. When buying or selling, the price may deviate from the preset buy or sell price, resulting in slippage.

"That's it?" Ezaki raised an eyebrow and walked over to Hideaki. "What about the remaining 8000 million yen? If you don't need it, just transfer it to me!"

“You have to be patient when buying stocks. How can you bet so easily? My original plan was to enter the market when it opened this afternoon and go all out tomorrow. If you need money urgently, you might as well sell some of your Matsuba Bank shares.”

The first piece of information she displayed was no longer about "Yihe Securities" stock, but rather about "demanding a portion of funds under various pretexts".

Xiuming tilted his head and glanced at her from the angle, which was right at her hip level. She was standing sideways and had already taken off her stiff black suit jacket.

She wore a crisp white professional women's blouse with a shaping and slimming effect, clinging tightly to her slender waist that seemed almost large enough to be pinched with two hands, the hem just past her waist.

The black trousers on her lower body were straight and crisp, and they must have been tailored to fit her body. They were slightly flared, with a little looseness below the knee and a firm, rounded shape above the knee. Her already perky buttocks were further enhanced by the obvious waist-to-hip ratio.

It would be quite a sight to see her do squats, wouldn't it? But these pants would probably stretch and rip when she squats down.

"How could you so easily bet 2000 million yen?" Ezaki seemed to subtly lift his hips as he spoke, pursing his lips. "Could it be to get closer to Tachibana? You even asked her out for dinner tonight~"

"You're really despicable. I was just testing Tachibana's skills to see if she was responsible and clever. If she let me slip too much and caused me financial loss, I'd slip her up."

As Xiuming spoke, he picked up the ballpoint pen on the table, tossed it next to Ezaki's flat leather shoes, and then said, "Could you help me pick up the pen? It would be best if you picked it up with your back turned."

"Ugh, how disgusting."

Ezaki pursed her lips and shook her head, tightened her waist and lifted her buttocks, turned her body, and her pert buttocks almost brushed against Hideaki's nose. She didn't pick up the pen, sat back in her chair, picked up the phone, and began to sell Matsuba Bank stock.

Her two pieces of information were already completed, with only the last piece remaining: "Next, I will be visiting your massage parlor by 12 o'clock."

"Hey, are you guys pretending I don't exist?" Ayako had already snapped up Nintendo's stock price and stared at Hideaki with her cat-like eyes. "What were you guys talking about upstairs just now? I think I heard a 'secret.' What secret? Aren't you someone who never lies? It's precisely because you never lie that I'm willing to be with you. If I find out you've lied to me, you'll lose me."

"Then you can leave!" Xiuming said, taking his leg off the table, squatting next to the sofa, and reaching for the ballpoint pen that had rolled under the table. "Make me an outfit before you leave, for my date tonight."