Chapter 598 The Last Piece of the Puzzle
Seeing Chen Yan's expression, Zhao Xuan was full of question marks.
Then he heard Chen Yan say, "No, Uncle Zhao. Unfortunately, I have to tell you."
"I'm not waiting for the right time, but because Zheng Juan is missing."
Zhao Xuan:? ?
Zhao Xuan was stunned when he heard Chen Yan's words.
The main reason why he was able to sit on the Diaoyutai, eat well, and sleep well in the case handling agency during this period was because he believed that as long as Zheng Juan was there, he would not have any problems.
After all, the only crime that investigators now suspect him of is the murder of Zheng Juan.
Then as long as we can prove that Zheng Juan is still alive, this matter will be easily solved.
But now Chen Yan told him that Zheng Juan was missing. He couldn't sit still.
He couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"
Chen Yan looked at the time and after confirming that there was still enough time, he briefly summarized the key points.
After hearing what Chen Yan said, Zhao Xuan was speechless for a long time...
Just when Chen Yan thought he was confused, he suddenly smiled and said, "Sure enough. I am still one step behind Zhao Qingtian."
"I always thought I had him figured out."
"But he forgot that if he was so easily tricked, how could he have reached his current position?"
Zhao Xuan guessed, "He might be the one who has suspected me for a long time."
"Or else, during the investigation, multiple people were sent to investigate the same matter to avoid accidents."
"But no matter which one it was, I lost because I underestimated my opponent."
Chen Yan: …
Seeing Zhao Xuan like that, Chen Yan wanted to comfort him, but he felt that there was not enough time, so he could only say, "Uncle Zhao, don't worry too much."
"The final result has not yet been reached." Time is precious.
He went straight to the point and said, "Now that the other party has the upper hand, there is only one way to save you. That is to defeat Zhao Qingtian and the people around him."
"I know that Zhao Qingtian has a sum of money overseas. It is all the assets of him and his people. Do you know where the money went?"
Hearing Chen Yan's words, Zhao Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but look at him in surprise.
He said, "Chen Yan. Are you planning to take this money?"
"You have to know that if you touch this money, they will definitely come after you."
"When that happens, you two will really be fighting to the death."
Hearing Zhao Xuan's words, Chen Yan couldn't help but smile and asked, "Even if I don't touch the money, can we still rest?"
"Since you didn't set your sights on the money, did they let you go?"
At this point, he paused and added, "And...Uncle Zhao, didn't you notice?"
"A big part of the reason why you are always suppressed by Zhao Qingtian is that you lack ruthlessness."
"You will always involuntarily leave a way out for the other party, some room for maneuver."
"This means that even though you have 100% of your strength, you can only use 60% or 70%."
"Your strength is not as good as Zhao Qingtian's to begin with. This will make the gap even bigger."
"But Zhao Qingtian is the exact opposite of you."
"No matter what he does, he always gives it his all and leaves no room for error."
"This way, he will be able to win easily."
"After winning, if he lets the other party off, the other party will be even more afraid of him and grateful to him."
"That's the difference between him and you."
After hearing Chen Yan's words, Zhao Xuan was in a daze for a long time.
Finally, he smiled bitterly and nodded, "You make sense."
"Then I won't advise you. Just do whatever you want to do."
"As for...his money."
Zhao Xuan paused for a moment, then said, "I did check."
"After all, as his opponent, I must collect as many of his weaknesses as possible."
Hearing Zhao Xuan's words, Chen Yan's eyes lit up.
Sure enough, Zhao Xuan knew about this!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask, "Where is the money?"
There was a hint of reminiscence in Zhao Xuan's eyes, and then he said,
"In fact, I also searched for that money for a long time back then, but I couldn't find it at first. Later, by chance, I found the money hidden in an overseas fund of our group through the company's accounts."
"Fund? Which fund?" Chen Yan couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Xuan recalled and was about to answer, but at this moment, suddenly, the door of the small dark room was opened.
The man in uniform walked in quickly and whispered, "It's time. My colleague is coming back. Let's go."
Seeing this scene, Chen Yan was a little anxious for a moment.
This isn't a TV drama, how come at the critical moment we suddenly can't get any information?
Fortunately, Zhao Xuan is not the brainless supporting character in the TV series.
He glanced at Chen Yan, smiled and agreed, stood up, and followed the uniformed man out.
Just as he walked to Chen Yan's side, he turned sideways and whispered a string of numbers in Chen Yan's ear.
After saying that, he nodded towards Chen Yan and followed the uniformed man.
At this time, Chen Yan blinked and then silently recited the number.
Afterwards, he belatedly used his inner earphones.
Sure enough, that string of numbers kept echoing in Zhao Xuan's mind.
But in Zhao Xuan's mind, this string of numbers explained more comprehensively, "Chen Yan, this is the fund number of that fund. You must not make a mistake."
"Zhao Qingtian hid the money very carefully, and used many financial means to operate it."
"He used the Zhao Group's money to set up a private equity fund overseas and laundered their money into this fund in batches."
"Because the amount of money is huge, in order to ensure safety, he made the Zhao Group's money a subordinated one, and their money a priority."
"It is very difficult to get hold of this money. So even though I knew about it for many years, I never took action."
"Since you have confidence, then go for it. Everything depends on you."
"If you succeed, I will tell you a secret about Zhao Ying..."
"I believe you will be interested..."
My inner thoughts stopped here.
Chen Yan was full of question marks.
Because Zhao Xuan's words contain a lot of information.
There is not only information about the fund, but also a financial tool that Chen Yan does not understand, and Zhao Ying's secret.
"Wasn't Uncle Zhao very calm in the past? Why did he have so many things to say this time?"
"Sure enough...Zheng Juan's disappearance has really broken Uncle Zhao's defenses."
And...Zhao Ying's secret? What secret?
The thing about her being a "fool"?
Doesn't everyone know this?
…
With the information given by Zhao Xuan, it was very easy for Chen Yan to investigate the fund.
Because he didn't know much about finance, Chen Yan simply created a group with Yang Nuannuan and Yang Rou, and asked the mother and daughter to investigate the matter together.
With Yang Rou's understanding of the Zhao Group and Zhao Qingtian, and Yang Nuannuan's excellent financial knowledge, the three of them soon got a thorough understanding of the fund's situation.
Moreover, because it was a targeted investigation, the two of them quickly found the stolen money hidden in the fund and even found out the specific financial systems from which it was laundered.
During this process, Chen Yan finally understood what "subordinate" and "priority" meant in private equity funds.
In a private equity fund, money is divided into different categories. Contracts are not always consistent.
For example, in the fund that the people around Zhao Qingtian cooperated with the Zhao Group, their money was "priority" funds, which meant they occupied an absolute dominant position in this fund.
If there is profit, the money will be distributed as dividends first, and then the other "inferior" funds will be distributed.
If the fund loses money, the other “subordinate” funds will be paid first. After all the losses are gone, the “priority” funds will be paid later.
I have to say that Zhao Qingtian is indeed a capable man.
After such an ingenious and legal financial operation, the security of the money is almost as high as possible.
Especially since the total amount of funds in this fund reached 50 billion, their funds only accounted for 32 billion.
In other words, unless they lose 18 billion, their money will not be lost.
When Chen Yan saw the situation of this fund, he felt a bit of a headache.
After all, although he now has the image of a stock god in the outside world, in fact... he knows nothing about stocks and other financial matters.
It is the real "Stock God Chen Yan knows nothing about stocks"...
When he was making the plan, he was thinking that he could just crash the market at any cost and frantically short sell the fund.
As a result, who would have known that the other party used financial means to guarantee the bottom line.
At this rate, even if Chen Yan shorted the fund at all costs, the other party would realize it before he lost his money and would transfer the money away in advance.
I have a headache...
Perhaps sensing Chen Yan's difficulty, Yang Nuannuan hesitated for a moment in the video conference and then said, "Brother Yan, if you believe me, I can first look for loopholes in this fund and see if there are any financial means to lock their money in it."
"Then I will recruit some people who are good at short-selling funds and discuss the plan together."
"Let's get started once everything is ready."
I don’t know if it’s because of their frequent collaboration during this period, but Yang Nuannuan seems to have become closer to Chen Yan.
Even the way he addressed him changed from "Chen Yan", "Mr. Chen" or "Boss" to "Brother Yan".
Maybe she didn't think too much about it, or didn't care about it. But when Chen Yan heard her address, his heart almost trembled. After all... Yang Rou was still there. And Chen Yan had just chosen Yang Rou as his girlfriend.
So, he coughed, then glanced at Yang Rou's screen in the video conference. Seeing that Yang Rou was fine, he said, "Okay. You prepare like this first."
"When the time comes, we'll take it one step at a time."
With Yang Nuannuan's support, Chen Yan felt a little more relaxed.
To be honest, Chen Yan's opinion of Yang Nuannuan has changed a lot in this year.
This girl seemed to be truly reborn.
Although his temperament seems a little colder than before, he is more real.
Moreover, her personality is no longer so extreme and yandere.
Chen Yan didn't know if she had really changed, or if she had just hidden it more deeply. But at least Chen Yan had used the [Inner Earphones] to test her several times, and hadn't found any clues.
In terms of ability, Yang Nuannuan also impressed Chen Yan.
Perhaps she inherited the excellent fund of Yang Rou's family and finally found her talent, Yang Nuannuan's record in finance and management is really outstanding.
Taking advantage of Chen Yan's reputation in Hong Kong City, she easily set up two financial companies in the inland and Hong Kong City.
In the six months after the company was founded, she not only successfully turned the 100 million yuan given by Chen Yan into 150 million yuan, but also managed to control the maximum drawdown within 8%.
This is really an outstanding performance in the stock markets of Hong Kong and inland areas, where the overall trend has been stable during this period.
In addition to actual combat, Yang Nuannuan did not neglect studying.
She applied for the Department of Finance at the University of Hong Kong, which is ranked among the top 30 in the world for finance, and was successfully admitted. She then continued her studies in this world-renowned institution to learn more theoretical knowledge.
During this period, she also did a very good job in the several small-scale cash withdrawals that Chen Yan asked her to make.
She even helped Chen Yan make more money (although Chen Yan still doesn't know how she did it).
In the past, Chen Yan could still fool her with two or three seemingly plausible professional terms, but now, Chen Yan would just give her tasks to do and would not dare to say a word more for fear of appearing weak.
It’s a beautiful name: you will experience it slowly by yourself.
So, since Yang Nuannuan said that she would be responsible for this matter, Chen Yan felt that he could indeed let her try.
After all, Chen Yan is still in the planning stage, and his money has not yet arrived. There is plenty of time to prepare...
…
After handing over the task of forming a short-selling team to Yang Nuannuan, Chen Yan also began to devote himself to his own plan.
According to his plan, he began to contact people from Valve and Netflix to discuss investment matters.
Of course, Valve was not very interested in Chen Yan's investment, but Chen Yan himself did not think that they would agree. He just wanted to allow the two parties to have some contact to facilitate the use of the forced purchase card.
And a month later, the forced purchase card limit that Chen Yan had been dreaming about for a long time was finally refreshed.
After waiting for a long time, Chen Yan directly used all his happiness points to buy forced purchase cards.
As a result, the limit on his compulsory purchase card reached an incredible 36 billion, almost the same as his cash.
On a dark and windy night, Chen Yan followed the plan without hesitation and used 17 billion of the compulsory purchase card quota on Valve, and the remaining 19 billion on Netflix.
At first, Chen Yan was a little worried that the forced purchase card might be ineffective when used in foreign companies: After all... the Chinese system might not be able to control foreign countries.
As it turned out, the system was not as weak as Chen Yan had imagined.
Less than a week after Chen Yan used the force buy card, Valve and Netflix contacted Chen Yan separately and expressed their interest in investing in Chen Yan.
