After Liao Zhengwen left, Lu Ming called Sheng Youde's office.
As soon as Sheng Youde heard Lu Ming's voice, he smiled heartily and said, "How about it, can you hold on?"
"I'm fine. Mr. Wenbai is taking care of me. I just heard that someone was shorting our Sheng family in the stock market. Is it okay?" Lu Ming asked worriedly.
Lu Ming doesn't play stocks, so he doesn't understand the fluctuations of the securities market.
"I don't know where those people got the courage. They actually dared to attack the Sheng family and bet against the Sheng family. They just gave me money. Let me tell you, if you persist in Nanjing for one more day, we can earn hundreds of thousands more."
The profits will come." Sheng Youde laughed.
Lu Ming pretended to be aggrieved and said: "I asked why didn't you come to take me back? It turns out that I was asked to stand here and help you make money."
"Don't think like that. Why should I rush to pick you up if you're fine? If you were really in danger, why would I wait until today?"
Sheng Youde said that those who shorted the Sheng family were giving money to the Sheng family. Lu Ming vaguely understood the truth. Short selling was very dangerous. Once the short selling failed, those short selling people would be injured at least, or even bankrupt.
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"Old man, have you found out who is shorting the Sheng family?" Lu Ming wanted to find out who this person was.
"Who else could it be? The Japanese consortium is the main one, and there are also some small Chinese consortiums, all of which are related to the Japanese. What they are betting on is that you have committed a major crime and the Sheng family will collapse." Sheng Youde said disdainfully.
"So Mr. Jiang helped us, and the Western consortium didn't follow up, right?" Lu Ming asked.
Although Lu Ming did not major in economics or finance, he also knew the capabilities of these Western consortiums.
If they really want to short a consortium or even a weak country, they can bankrupt the consortium or a country in almost a few days.
"If they short-sell our Sheng family, they will be in trouble with themselves." Sheng Youde said with a smile.
Lu Ming didn't understand for a while. After thinking about it, he still didn't understand the meaning of Sheng Youde's words.
"You will know some things later. Don't worry. Even if the Japanese consortium brings their country's treasury, it will be useless. They are very powerful in the military, but they are still juniors when it comes to finance."
"Is everything okay at home?" Lu Ming changed the topic.
Lu Ming had no intention of getting involved in financial matters, but as long as the Sheng family could last long and remain prosperous, nothing bad would happen.
Both Sheng Youde and his current status are basically made possible by the Sheng family's money. As long as the Sheng family remains undefeated, they will have no worries.
If the Sheng family is defeated one day, their status will plummet. If the wall is broken and everyone pushes them away, they may not even be as good as ordinary people at that time.
That's why Lu Ming couldn't sit still when he heard Liao Zhengwen said that the Shanghai stock market was volatile. Jing Sheng Youde said this, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
"Everything is fine at home, don't worry. Mingzhu has been clamoring to go to Nanjing to see you for a long time, but I have stopped her." Sheng Youde said.
"Well, everything depends on my arrangement."
Lu Ming also briefly talked about the situation in this regard. When Sheng Youde heard that Mr. Wang had a big quarrel with Mr. Jiang over his affairs, he couldn't help but snorted: "Isn't he just watching the excitement? Don't you think it's too big a mess?"
"Mr. Wang is not just watching the fun, but he can't stand it. I think he is sincerely protecting me," Lu Ming said.
"You don't understand him. He is very careful about things on the surface. No one can know what he is thinking in his heart." Sheng Youde sneered.
Lu Ming did not continue to argue for Mr. Wang. Although he did not know the inside story, he also knew that Mr. Jiang, Mr. Wang and Sheng Youde were not very harmonious with each other. He did not know what the conflict was.
"Xiao Ming, just stay in Nanjing and cultivate yourself. If you stay one more day, we can earn hundreds of thousands more. This is not a matter of money, it involves a higher level of matters." Sheng You
De said.
"It's useless if I don't want to stay. If they don't let me go, what can I do?" Lu Ming said with a bitter smile.
Sheng Youde hung up the phone, the smile on his face became even brighter, and he couldn't help but said loudly: "Our ancestors still have foresight."
Sheng Muyi, who was sitting opposite her father, was confused by her father's laughter and asked, "What did the ancestor say?"
"A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise." Sheng Youde said forcefully.
"Oh, so Lu Ming's place is fine, right?" Sheng Muyi still asked uneasily.
"What can happen to him? He is just locked up for a few days. He lives in a suite at Jinling Hotel and has no shortage of food and drink." Sheng Youde said with a smile.
He urgently returned to Shanghai from Hong Kong after receiving an urgent telegram from Sheng Muyi. Instead of stopping the exaggerated news reports, he only added fuel to the flames.
It is precisely because of this that Shanghai's securities market has experienced such large fluctuations.
If he really wanted to stop this kind of thing, none of the news reports targeting Sheng's industry would be published.
"You have set such a big trap, can't the Japanese notice it?" Sheng Muyi couldn't help but feel worried.
Although she is an expert in finance, she still lacks practical experience in the fierce battle in the financial market.
In her opinion, her father was simply imitating Jiang Taigong's straight-hook fishing. As long as the Japanese were not fools, they would not be fooled by this.
"They thought I was playing an empty city strategy, so they dared to bet against the Sheng family. Let them be proud for a few days. By the time we close the net, it will be too late for them to realize." Sheng Youde said, with the winning ticket in hand.
This fact was further fueled by Lu Ming’s house arrest and the statements from the U.S. Consulate and the State Department.
The Japanese consortium learned through secret channels that Lu Ming was detained and interrogated by the Military Justice Department. They really thought that the Sheng family had fallen out with the government, so they dared to go all out against the Sheng family.
In Sheng Youde's view, it would be best for Lu Ming to be placed under house arrest for three to two months. In that case, he would make the Japanese consortium lose until they were left with nothing but their underwear.
Sheng Muyi knew what her father was thinking. This was not just a matter of money. He wanted to use this opportunity to teach the Japanese consortium a lesson.
Sheng Muyi was worried that her father's appetite was too big. If Sheng couldn't take this bite, there would be no end.
After Lu Ming hung up the phone, he felt a little bit dumbfounded. He didn't expect that his incident would actually cause fluctuations in the securities market. According to Sheng Youde, it also involved many financial professional issues.
Although he couldn't understand Sheng Youde's thoughts, he could roughly guess that Sheng Youde was going to compete with the Japanese consortium in the financial market.
As long as he can make the Japanese suffer, he will be very happy, even if he suffers some more injustice here, it is worth it.
In fact, he eats and drinks well every day here, and there is no grievance at all. It turns out that he is still in confinement. With Mr. Wenbai's order, he is basically a free man.
In order to cooperate with Sheng Youde in the fierce battle against the Japanese consortium, it seems that he can't go back in a hurry. Who wouldn't want to make money while lying down.
"Sir, is there nothing serious happening in Shanghai?" Liu Qiwen asked nervously.
"It's nothing big, but we may have to stay in Nanjing for a while. When you have time, go shopping and hang out with Liu Cuicui." Lu Ming smiled strangely.
"Okay, okay, staying here is more comfortable than in Shanghai. There are delicious food every day, and you can go shopping. Why don't we leave." Liu Qiwen said with a smile.
When she was first brought here, she was in a panic. She thought she would accompany Lu Ming to the military court. But when she arrived here, she lived in a suite at the Jinling Hotel and the food was much better than at Fuxing Club.
On the first day, Director Gao of the Military Justice Department came to interrogate Lu Ming for less than two hours, but nothing more happened. Anyone who came again came to express condolences.
She didn't have freedom of entry and exit before, but now she has freedom again. She really feels a little happy about it.
If she followed her wish, it would be best to continue to live like this for the rest of her life, even if it lasts for ten or eight years.
However, Liu Qiwen found that Lu Ming wasn't going anywhere, not even leaving his room. He seemed to be waiting for something and seemed to be doing nothing.
Lu Ming knew that there was probably an informant from the Japanese consortium outside, so he stayed at home. This was in line with Sheng Youde's financial strategy.
Lu Ming couldn't help laughing when he thought of Dai Li being stumped by one million silver dollars.
According to Sheng Youde, he could earn this amount just by lying in Jinling Hotel for two days.
According to this calculation, Sheng Muyi should be happy. The Japanese consortium doubled the hundreds of thousands she spent out of her own pocket and sent it back to Sheng.