Chapter 282: The New Hunting Ground

"Chairman Su! All positions have been closed!"
At this moment, the entire trading room of Fanghuan Investment was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Liang Haiyuan, including Su Hao's.
This was the moment they had all been holding their breath for.
"So... what was the final profit?" Su Hao asked.
Liang Haiyuan paused, his Adam's apple bobbing, before revealing the answer:
"All positions have been liquidated. After deducting all transaction fees and miscellaneous expenses, the net profit for this operation is approximately 40 billion!"
His words instantly caused an uproar in the trading room!
"Four hundred billion?! Such a large sum of money in such a short time, and you've already made a 40% profit?"
"Wow! That...that means our total available funds have reached fourteen hundred billion?!"
"My god! As a newcomer, being able to personally participate in and witness this moment is incredibly exciting!"
Faced with the team members' somewhat exaggerated celebrations, Su Hao simply shook his head calmly, a faint smile playing on his lips:
"What's there to be excited about? It's just standard procedure."
"So, Chairman Su, what's the next step?
The storm in France should be almost over. It seems like there's nowhere else in the global market that can cause a major upheaval."
Before becoming the de facto head of Fanghuan Investment, Su Hao thought this position would be incredibly busy.
However, the reality was quite the opposite.
Except for the times when he needed to personally manage operations, all other miscellaneous tasks were handled by Huang Fengwen and a group of senior executives.
Therefore, he was usually quite relaxed.
When the market is booming, he comes to the company to oversee things;
When the market is calm, he becomes a hands-off manager, only receiving the most important intelligence each day.
Su Hao stroked his chin:
“There's 140 billion in cash sitting in the books! If we just leave it lying around, isn't that a waste?”
“I knew you'd think that!”
Just then, Li Huilin, who had been laughing along with everyone else, suddenly raised her arm high, like a student eagerly answering a question in class.
“Reporting, Chairman Su! I've prepared the relevant documents!”
These veteran employees who had followed him through thick and thin truly understood his personality.
They all knew that this excessively young chairman couldn't stand money lying dormant in the books!
"This is what we've compiled. Like last time, these are all safe assets suitable for long-term holding."
With the explosive growth of its capital, Su Hao's team had to start thinking like a "fund."
Globally, those top-tier funds managing trillions of dollars are the true financial giants of the world.
Look at these employees, trembling with excitement over a mere 140 billion, as if they'd never seen so much money before.
But that amount of money, in the eyes of those behemoth funds, might not even be enough to fill a tooth.
Of course, most of the money in these behemoth funds comes from clients, not their own capital.
But the advantages brought by that scale of capital, that terrifying power capable of shaking trends, are real.
These behemoths, most often, invest the majority of their funds in so-called "safe assets."
While high-risk, high-return hedge funds certainly exist, the pursuit of stability is the key to long-term capital preservation.
Therefore, the first step in a fund-like approach is to "bury" funds in safe assets, allowing them to steadily appreciate over time.
Su Hao took the thick stack of documents from Li Huilin and carefully flipped through them page by page.
"..."
However, something strange happened.
His brows furrowed.
Something was wrong.
Based on past experience, after flipping through so many pages, his dormant intuition should have reacted by now.
Even without the dazzling glimmer of impending wealth, there should at least be a jolt, like being shocked with a stun gun.
But now, his mind was silent.
Everything was calm, like a stagnant pool.
“Any other materials?” Su Hao looked up.
“Ah, yes!” Li Huilin immediately responded.
“This is a summary report of recent global hot topics.
Because the unrest in France was so huge, it drew everyone's attention, so other places are relatively calm.
However… in this ‘calm,’ the most attention-grabbing thing right now is probably this.”
Another report Li Huilin handed over had several large words printed on the cover:
The former “empire on which the sun never sets,” the “troublemaker” of Europe, the world’s “dark history”—Great Britain.
“Mr. Su, you know, two years ago, the Brexit referendum passed, right?
At the time, everyone thought the British were about to pack their bags and leave, but what happened…
It’s been two years, and they’re still shamelessly clinging to the EU.”
Indeed, if it weren’t for the unrest in France attracting the world’s attention, the most messed-up and outrageous thing in the global market right now would definitely be Britain.
A national strategy decided by a referendum, a Brexit drama, has been dragged out into a long and tedious soap opera.
After the referendum, the former prime minister resigned, and the newly appointed Prime Minister Theresa May, touted as the second Iron Lady, took office.
Initially expected to resolve the crisis quickly, two years later, the negotiating table is still a mess.
Therefore, in a sense, Britain is now far more chaotic than France, which has just experienced riots.
“Because it’s dragged on for so long, the market has become numb; it’s basically not reacting at all now…”
Indeed, the British market did experience severe turmoil in the early stages of the Brexit referendum.
But two years is enough time to smooth things over.
With Brexit indefinitely postponed, the market has long since stabilized and become increasingly calm.
“…”
Su Hao thought so too.
He absentmindedly took the report from Li Huilin, thinking that since there was no volatility here, there probably weren't any good opportunities...
"!?!"
However, before this thought could completely dissipate in his mind, his body suddenly stiffened!
The instant his fingertips touched the report—
Boom!!!
A vivid scene unfolded before his eyes!
The entire financial market is witnessing an unprecedented collapse.
Every candlestick on the screen is plummeting, forming a despairing, blood-red waterfall of despair—a scene of utter devastation and horrifying horror!
Nice!
A new hunting ground…
has appeared!