Chapter 291: The wicked will be punished by the wicked.

Seeing his unusual expression, the team members immediately tensed up.
“Chairman Su! Is the data insufficient? We’ll go get another truckload right away!”
“Ah, no, that’s not what I meant.” Su Hao waved his hand, half-laughing and half-crying.
“I meant that everyone’s been working too hard lately, and I wanted you all to take a long vacation and get some rest.”
“A vacation!?”
The group was stunned for a moment, then erupted in thunderous cheers.
After all, they were focused on the overseas market, and lately, they’d basically been living, breathing, and sleeping at the company, barely getting a proper night’s sleep. Their minds were consumed with nothing but transactions.
“So, for the next period of time, everyone get some rest.
However, since the report has arrived, I’ll just flip through it. Meeting adjourned after I’ve read this.”
“Alright!”
Upon hearing the word “vacation,” the office was instantly filled with a cheerful atmosphere, and everyone’s face lit up with smiles.
Having made so much money, Su Hao also planned to relax.
He'd finally finished all the game instances he'd been saving up, taken his family on a trip abroad, enjoyed life, and also taken care of some personal matters.
He thought smugly, this report was probably nothing special. What kind of big project could possibly be worth risking his team's lives for?
At most, it'd be a few clicks of the mouse, picking up some bargains, and that would be it.
"Hmm?"
However, this thought was quickly slapped hard by reality.
The first half of the report was indeed uneventful, just routine analysis.
But when he turned to the next chapter, something unexpected happened!
The mysterious string in Su Hao's mind snapped taut!
Something was wrong!
'What the hell is going on?'
It wasn't just one, nor two.
Companies in a specific field within the report were like giant magnets, frantically drawing his senses in!
His intuition was calculating at an unprecedented speed.
The veins in Su Hao's temples throbbed.
"Snap!"
Su Hao slammed the report shut.
He felt like his head would explode if he looked at it for another second.
He looked up at his team members, who were still excitedly discussing where to go on vacation.
The laughter and chatter in the office abruptly stopped.
All eyes were fixed on Su Hao's serious face, and their smiles froze and vanished.
An invisible pressure instantly enveloped the entire office.
Su Hao's grave gaze made everyone understand one thing.
It seemed… this vacation was off.
***
Jiang Jin Group, Chairman's Office.
"We haven't suffered any losses, have we?"
Qin Han looked at the news reports about Britain, still shaken.
"Don't worry, Chairman, we've gradually withdrawn our related business from the UK over the past two years.
Furthermore, the EU is accelerating its Brexit process to avoid getting burned, so it shouldn't affect our business in Europe."
After hearing the report, Qin Han finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sigh, that Su Hao, making such a fuss without even giving us a heads-up. It was terrifying!"
"Perhaps he thought this wouldn't affect Jiang Jin much, so he didn't say anything.
Maybe we can even take this opportunity to import a batch of raw materials from Britain at a lower price."
"As long as we're alright. But... Britain has really suffered a complete defeat this time, hasn't it?
I heard the losses are enormous, not just ordinary losses."
"Yes, although it's called a 'flash crash,' the exchange rate falling below 20% in one go is unprecedented in history.
You could say it's more than twice as powerful as 'Black Wednesday' back then."
Such a shocking move was actually orchestrated by Fang Huan Investment from Xia Country.
But looking at the results, it can't all be blamed on Fang Huan; he just ignited the fire.
In fact, the vast majority of major financial institutions worldwide joined this "slaughter of Britain," utterly crushing Britain.
Now, even if they wanted to find a target to condemn, they wouldn't know who to blame.
"Britain is now completely isolated.
If they hadn't insisted on leaving the EU and had stayed within the EU, perhaps…
they wouldn't be so badly damaged, and the subsequent aid would have been much more timely.
Moreover, all the European countries would have stood up and joined forces to sanction Fanghuan Investment, which dared to attack Britain."
"But because Britain acted like a 'brat,' no one sympathized with them after they were attacked?"
"Exactly. Those European countries are probably quite happy watching the show.
Of course, the aftershocks of the financial crisis might affect them, which makes them a little worried, but deep down, they're probably ecstatic.
After all, the British Empire used to act arrogantly and domineeringly, offending quite a few people."
This is practically a real-life version of "the wicked will be punished by the wicked."
The once invincible British Empire has fallen from its pedestal overnight; the vicissitudes of life are truly lamentable.
What's even more chilling is that this behemoth was manipulated so easily, all thanks to the scheme of a single person.
Perhaps Su Hao had foreseen this from the very beginning.
His choice of Britain as his target was a calculated move; when he acted, the majority of the world wouldn't condemn him, but rather applaud him.
"However, Chairman, Fanghuan Investment's recent movements are a bit strange."
"Oh? How so?"
"Logically, after making their fortune in the British market, they should have withdrawn immediately…
But according to our intelligence, after withdrawing their funds from the British market, they suddenly rushed back and are frantically acquiring British companies with huge sums of money!"
"Which sector?"
"Pharmaceuticals." The secretary paused, her tone filled with confusion.
"For some reason, they're frantically acquiring pharmaceutical companies whose stock prices have plummeted due to the financial crisis."
"...?" Qin Han was full of questions.
Why invest in pharmaceutical companies of all places?
Who doesn't know that the pharmaceutical industry is currently in a downturn?
Even multinational pharmaceutical giants are complaining bitterly; things aren't going well.
"The situation is even worse in the UK pharmaceutical industry."
"Already barely surviving, the financial crisis dealt a fatal blow, leaving them in dire straits, not far from death."
"Even so, Fang Huan is still buying?"
"Yes, and it's estimated he's invested all the money he made this time, buying as much as he can, like a shopping spree."
Looking at Su Hao's past investment history, his investment portfolio is diverse, but he's never bothered to even glance at the pharmaceutical industry.
But now, after personally wrecking Britain, the first thing he did was frantically acquire the country's near-bankrupt pharmaceutical companies.
This move…
What is he trying to do?
Is he trying to concoct an elixir of immortality?
Or…
An even more terrifying thought unexpectedly surfaced in Qin Han's mind.
"Could it be that some… large-scale epidemic is about to break out?"