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He quickly returned to his original spot, held the walkie-talkie to his mouth, and said, "The delivery guy is from China. The vulture fund has offended him!"

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7:40 a.m. New York time is 7:40 p.m. Beijing time.

This is also the busiest time of day for the Chinese internet – people are just getting home from get off work, people are just turning on their phones after dinner, and the evening rush hour traffic is just beginning.

The BBC's live broadcast was captured, translated, and uploaded to China immediately.

It started with just a few accounts that frequently reposted international news, with captions like, "Something big has happened in New York!" and "A Chinese Superman has appeared in Manhattan!"

Immediately, people noticed the main character in the picture.

In the aerial footage, the figure sitting on the white plastic chair is scanned back and forth by the camera, with high-definition, frontal, and numerous close-up shots lasting more than ten seconds each.

"Asian?"

"Banana man?"

"When dogs fight, it doesn't matter who kills whom."

"This scene looks like New York. Is Runren some kind of second-generation banana tycoon? Is this some kind of daily madness on the streets of Manhattan?"

"Did you even read the content?!"

Holy crap! Moving a building by hand???!!!

"Am I insane, or has the world gone mad?!"

"BBC News is now accepting movie ads?! ...

The feed was scrolling so fast that there wasn't enough time to read each post.

More news—and discussions—were brought over.

—New York time 07:55—

Reddit, r/wallstreetbets forum.

A post is getting a lot of replies.

Title: "The Chinese man carrying the load said 'Go ask the vulture fund,' does anyone know what that means?"

The main post only contained a screenshot: "The vulture fund offended him."

Floor 1: "Vulture Funds," short-selling institutions, hedge funds that specifically target crises.

2nd floor: So a Chinese gentleman came to New York because Wall Street shorted his stocks? How much did he buy? Is it too late to buy more now?

3rd floor: What has the vulture been busy with lately?

4th Floor: What have vultures been up to lately? They've been busy shorting Yangzhou stocks these past few days, guys!

8th Floor: [Link: Reuters reports "Several executives of Chinese food delivery platform go missing"], DaYang Food Delivery stock has plummeted in the past two days, mainly due to vulture funds leading the sell-off.

9th floor: So this Mr. Superman has heavily invested in food delivery stocks?

11th floor: ? ? ?

13th Floor: Are you guys missing the point? That was a whole building! He lifted it with his bare hands! A whole building!!

14th floor: Now it seems the motive is quite clear—vultures shorted Chinese food delivery stocks, causing Superman to lose his retirement savings?

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See the bottom of the @CitronResearch Twitter account.

The second-to-last tweet, posted an hour ago, contained yesterday's short-selling report on Ugly Group, with the caption: "We've said before that there are systemic risks in China's food delivery platforms. Now facts have proven our judgment correct."

@user123: How much money did you guys make from short selling?

@CitronResearch replied: This isn't about money; it's about revealing the truth.

@user456: Reveal the truth? What did you reveal? Did you orchestrate the investigation of platform executives?

@CitronResearch: We only analyze financial data.

Five minutes later, Citron's account suddenly posted a new tweet:

"Given the recent special circumstances, we are suspending the release of new short-selling reports. The analysis of a certain major stock, which was originally scheduled to be released tomorrow, will be postponed."

@user123: What are you guys afraid of?

@user456: I'm afraid of that building.

@user789: Hahahaha!

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Bloomberg Terminal, the news feed.

07:45 [Breaking News] Blackstone Group spokesperson issues urgent statement: We are aware of the incident and are assessing the situation. No further comment at this time.

07:46 [Market Anomaly] Pre-market trading volume of Da Yang stock surged, with buying interest pouring into food delivery-related stocks such as Chou Tuan and A Wai Health, causing the decline to narrow rapidly.

07:46 [Exclusive] Sources: Multiple hedge funds have urgently liquidated their short positions in Chinese concept stocks, and some institutions have already suffered huge losses.

07:47 [Analysis] The market generally believes that today's unusual activity is directly related to the events in Manhattan, New York. Traders call it the "Superman effect."

07:50 [Breaking News] An SEC spokesperson said they are "closely monitoring market developments" but did not confirm whether an investigation has been launched.

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Da Yang.

7:50, a certain platform: [Screenshot][Screenshot] "This person looks familiar? Does anyone remember the one from those videos a few days ago?"

At 7:55, someone replied: "Holy crap!" [Screenshot] [Screenshot]

The image on the left is a screenshot of a street scene in New York, a high-definition close-up.

The image on the right is a screenshot from a video that circulated in China a couple of days ago—the silhouette of a young man in the night at the entrance of a high-end residential complex in Beijing.

At 7:57, netizens worked together to rapidly reverse the timeline:

A video shows a surveillance camera near a detached villa in Shanghai. A figure flashes past the edge of the frame, so fast that it is almost invisible, but the outline captured from a certain angle can still be matched.

A video shows a middle-aged man in a suit talking rapidly into his phone in front of a floor-to-ceiling window at a high-end hotel in Shanghai. He appears tense. Then he looks up and glances out of the frame—

In the scene, another person's figure appears from the window.

A young man, in his twenties, wearing a dark coat.

He walked behind the middle-aged man, raised his hand, and tapped the man's forehead from a distance.

A video shows surveillance footage inside a detached villa in a high-end residential community in Beijing.

The same angle, the same scene—a middle-aged man sits at a desk, and a young man appears behind him, tapping his forehead from a distance.

A video shows a Mercedes parked in front of a turnstile at the exit of an office building's underground parking garage. A young man gets into the car from the passenger seat and bends down to fasten his seatbelt.

A video shows a data center manager rushing into a duty room of a fast-track team, pleading for help. Two minutes later, a young man pushes open the door and points remotely.

……

One after another.

Some are surveillance footage, some are photos taken with mobile phones, and some are clearly screen recordings of online meetings.

The angles vary, and the clarity differs, but the core content remains the same—

Over the past few days, this young man has appeared in various corners of Shanghai and Beijing, and has been seen alongside dozens of high-level executives in China's food delivery industry.

At 8:01 AM, someone tallied the data: The currently available videos involve at least 15 high-ranking members of the group "Ugly Group," at least 12 high-ranking members of "Huang Le Me," and at least 8 high-ranking members of "Far East Group." The time span is less than 24 hours. Location distribution: 6 locations in Shanghai, 19 locations in Beijing, and other cities not yet counted. The two furthest locations are more than 20 kilometers apart as the crow flies—with an interval of less than two minutes.

The comments section was buzzing with activity.

Someone asked, "So, the rumor that 'executives of food delivery platforms are having nightmares' is true..."

Reply: "It was a prophecy that was far ahead of its time."

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At 8:03, another bombshell dropped.

Someone unearthed an old post on a local forum in Y City.

The title is "I met a very interesting guy today".

The post was made two weeks ago. It was a diary entry written by a new food delivery rider. He talked about how he met an experienced rider on his first day of work. The experienced rider taught him how to plan routes, how to time his delivery, and how to communicate with merchants.

Finally, he said, "That guy was really nice. He bought me a bottle of water and said we could run together next time."

There are pictures below the post.

Two food delivery riders squatted at the entrance of the station, each holding a bowl of instant noodles.

The image resolution is decent; you can clearly see the profiles of the two people.

The poster juxtaposed the profile of the young man on the left with a screenshot of a New York street scene.

Exactly.

……

More posts were unearthed.

A screenshot of a chat log from a local food delivery rider group in City Y. The chat log is from about two weeks ago. Someone in the group said, "A guy helped me push my cart today," accompanied by a picture of a person in blue overalls from behind.

A chat log from a residents' group in a community in City Y. One resident said, "The delivery guy took the trash downstairs from my doorstep today," accompanied by a clear, heartwarming smiling face.

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Information from the Da Yang Internet was also quickly forwarded to America.

At 8:09, a tweet was widely retweeted:

“So, let me get this straight: A group of vulture funds shorted Chinese food delivery stocks → they paid media to spread negative news → they paid influencers to stir up conflict between delivery riders and retail investors → and then a delivery rider from China showed up in New York and lifted a 30-story building?”

"So let me break it down: A group of vulture funds shorted China's food delivery sector → They paid the media to spread negative news → They paid influential bloggers to sow discord between delivery riders and stock market investors → And then, China's food delivery superhero appeared in New York and lifted a 30-story building?"

The comment section exploded.

Some people questioned whether this was a conspiracy theory and demanded evidence.

Someone posted a link to evidence—the parent companies of those media outlets do indeed have equity ties with vulture funds, and the MCNs behind those influential figures have indeed received money from vulture funds.

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Reddit, r/wallstreetbets forum.

The original post has already reached over 3,000 replies.

Floor 326: A food delivery guy makes over forty deliveries a day, helps his colleagues push their carts, helps residents take out the trash, and then flies to New York and lifts up a building on Wall Street?!

487th floor: What kind of superhero origin story is this??

531st floor: He's not the origin story; he's a max-level account going back to the newbie village to bully newbies.

1789th floor: The key point is that he was still delivering food before he lifted the building! He was still delivering yesterday afternoon!

1790th floor: So his daily work is: delivering food, helping people, and then taking time to deal with capitalists around the world who have offended him?

Floor 1791: Deliveryman's Schedule: Delivering food in the morning, delivering food in the afternoon, delivering food in the evening, and flying to New York in the early morning to carry food upstairs.

1825th floor: I suspect he'll be going back to Y City this afternoon to drive during rush hour.

2293rd floor: @1825. Do you think he still needs to run orders to make money?

2449th floor: @2293. He probably just likes this job.

Floor 2738: A superman who can lift stairs chooses to be a food delivery guy! This is a scenario that Universal Pictures would never have imagined!

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Twitter: The battleground of public opinion has officially split.

@realDonaldTrumpJr: So here's the situation: a guy from China can lift a building, he's sitting on a plastic chair in Manhattan drinking coffee, and the NYPD is standing there watching. This is America now. We need to pull ourselves together. Sad!

@SpeakerJohnson: We have been briefed on the events in Manhattan. We are monitoring the situation closely. The safety of American citizens and the stability of financial markets are of paramount importance. More information will follow.

@CNBC_Live: Breaking: Eyewitness video confirms that the individual in the Manhattan incident is the same person seen in multiple videos from China over the past week, including those showing him racing against high-speed trains and appearing at the residences of tech company executives.

@FoxBusiness: Market analysts are calling it the "Delivery Superman effect"—short positions in China's food delivery sector are being liquidated at a record pace. One trader told us, "Nobody wants to be on the opposite side of a superman."

The first camp: "This is intimidation! This is a crime!"

@NYC_Lawyer_Bob: I don't care what the vulture fund did. You can't fly to another country to threaten a legitimate business. That's intimidation. That's terrorism. Arrest him.