Chapter 191: Marching into Europe

"Holy crap!"
A gasp escaped from Qin Han, Chairman of Jiangjin Group. He paced back and forth in the brand-new office like a leader on an inspection tour, clicking his tongue in amazement.
"I've seen my share of things in my life, chairman's offices, president's suites—I've been to my fair share. But something this extravagant, hey, this is truly a first!"
If word got out, Su Hao's friends and family, including his own, would probably be utterly astonished.
It's just a change of residence, from a cramped pigeonhole to a chairman's office, right?
Why would the head of the renowned Jiangjin Group personally come with gifts to congratulate him?
This is some serious pomp and circumstance!
"Chairman Qin, you flatter me too much." Su Hao rose from behind the massive desk. "I truly didn't expect you to come in person."
"Of course I had to come!" Qin Han waved his hand, patting Su Hao heavily on the shoulder, his voice booming.
"Our brother Su has been promoted, moving out of that tiny pigeonhole and into this magnificent office. How could I, as his older brother, not come to support him?"
This building, once the pride of the Changqing Group, was "Changqing Tianxi";
Now, an entire upper floor had been vacated, displaying signs for "Fanghuan Investment's Special Transaction Department" and "Chairman's Office."
Huang Fengwen, the former chairman of Fanghuan Investment, truly kept his word.
He not only provided Su Hao with an extravagantly luxurious chairman's office, but also built a "command center" around it, integrating trading, command, and monitoring.
He was practically treating Su Hao like the "most powerful brain" of Fanghuan Investment.
Looking down from this enormous floor-to-ceiling window, the entire bustling metropolis resembled a miniature landscape from a video game, with countless lights twinkling at his feet.
Skyscrapers appeared as tiny building blocks, and the traffic flowed like shimmering streaks of light.
It felt like playing an RTS game from a god's-eye view, where a single thought could stir up a storm.
“Excellent! Absolutely excellent!” Qin Han exclaimed sincerely.
“Back then, when Shen Zekai of Changqing Group said he wanted to build skyscrapers, I wondered if the old man was just wasting his money on useless vanity projects.
Hey, you know what? Standing here now, it's damn worth it!”
His gaze fell on the giant screen television on the wall, which almost took up half the wall.
“Hey, is this TV made by Jiangjin? Don't tell me it's from Wistron next door?”
“It has to be our Jiangjin Electronics' flagship model. We shouldn't let the profits go to outsiders,” Su Hao smiled.
At this moment, on the giant screen, major financial news channels are being bombarded with the same news—
Deutsche Bank, the global banking giant, is in deep trouble.
[Breaking News: The US has officially imposed a record-breaking $16 billion fine on Deutsche Bank today!
The reasons for the fine include its malicious sale of non-performing assets during the subprime mortgage crisis and its recent involvement in the "1MDB" transnational money laundering scandal.
Deutsche Bank stated that the amount is completely unacceptable…]
16 billion US dollars!
Wow, that's a serious blow.
Of the $14 billion, $14 billion was "old debt" that fueled the global subprime mortgage crisis.
The remaining $2 billion... was a "new crime"—participation in the 1MDB scandal and large-scale money laundering.
Double charges, a thunderous blow!
This caused a huge uproar; global capital markets plummeted, a sea of ​​red, like a field of leeks being harvested.
"Tsk tsk, those bastards, they deserved it!"
Qin Han, legs crossed, sank into the soft sofa, shaking his head with schadenfreude.
"There's a limit to recklessness. Now look what happened, their greed was too blatant, they got taken down."
Su Hao poured him a cup of tea and calmly said:
"They should have almost reached an agreement internally, the fine was around $7 billion, and Deutsche Bank was willing to accept it."
"But then, halfway through, the '1MDB' bomb exploded?" Qin Han interjected.
“That’s right. This has completely stirred up a hornet’s nest.” Su Hao nodded.
“The Americans felt they’d been played, and they lost face, so they immediately more than doubled the fine, giving them the maximum penalty.”
“But Deutsche Bank isn’t a pushover either; they won’t just give up so easily.” Qin Han took a sip of tea and continued,
“Are you kidding me? 16 billion US dollars in cash! Do you think it’s ghost money? You think you can just take it like that? Even if they’re a huge company, they’ll be drained dry!”
This is no joke. 16 billion US dollars—any behemoth would be instantly crippled by this.
“They’ll definitely try their best to haggle, cutting it in half is the minimum. The key is, the German government right now, even if they wanted to help, they can’t.”
Qin Han glanced meaningfully at Su Hao as he spoke.
"Brother Su, you've really outmaneuvered this mastermind!
Starting with the emissions scandal, you've been subtly manipulating the German government, constantly injecting liquidity and providing financial aid.
Now look what's happened! Their treasury is practically empty. Where are they going to find the funds to bail out Deutsche Bank?"
Playing chess? Su Hao thought to himself, he hadn't played any grand scheme.
Whether in the past, present, or future, everything he'd done was simply following his beastly intuition to make the most advantageous investment decisions.
Nothing more.
But Qin Han clearly didn't see it that way. He looked at Su Hao as if he were a peerless genius, a master strategist who could win from afar.
"Awesome, truly awesome!
Tell me, bro, when exactly did you start planning this whole scheme?
I'm getting a little creeped out by looking at you!
Goodness, even Zhuge Liang from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms wouldn't be this good, right?"
It seemed Qin Han was convinced that Su Hao had been scheming for a long time, laying countless traps, all for this outcome.
"Chairman Qin, you flatter me too much. It was pure luck, a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse. How could I possibly have calculated every single move?"
"Luck?" Qin Han's eyes clearly said, "I don't believe you for a second, you little fox, you're cunning!"
He grinned and continued:
"That's the strange part. How come everything you, Su Hao, do always manages to 'luckily' connect into a complete logical chain?
If this is really just luck, then I suggest you forget about investing and just go buy lottery tickets!
Winning a hundred jackpots in a row is more likely than your 'luck'! Do you think I'd believe that?"
Su Hao shrugged, smiled, and remained silent.
"Alright, alright, whether you're a master strategist or just destined for greatness, you've done me a huge favor this time."
Qin Han changed the subject, getting to the point:
"Thanks to you, our Jiangjin Group's plan to enter Europe might find a breakthrough.
Hey, do you know why I... am so obsessed with the European market?"