Chapter 353: Fang Huan's Defense Lawyer

Recently, the enthusiasm of European leaders for participating in video conferences has reached unprecedented levels.
No, to be precise, they only gather together with such fervor when they have grievances to vent or arguments to make.
【What on earth is going on! President Merkel! That's not what we said before!】
【Using three trillion to play the short-term game?! Have they gone mad!
If we had known they would play this recklessly, we would never have agreed!
This behavior is blatant market disruption!】
On the video conference screen, furious faces were huddled together, spittle seemingly about to burst through the screen.
The leaders' voices, raised eight octaves, made EU President Merkel's temples throb.
"Everyone, please calm down."
[Calm down? How can we calm down! That Fanghuan Investment is practically shitting on our necks!]
[President Merkel, tell us the truth! Did you take any bribes from Fanghuan Investment?]
[Were you trying to appease us while secretly colluding with Fanghuan to make the market this mess?!]
A barrage of questions surged forth like a tidal wave. Merkel's patience finally snapped. She slammed her hand on the table and exploded.
"Aren't you all going too far! Do I look like the kind of person who would accept bribes and betray European interests?!"
Her sudden outburst of anger instantly silenced the noisy conference room.
"Yes, Fanghuan Investment's aggressive approach this time has indeed surprised me greatly, I admit that!"
But! Don't forget, everyone, they kept their agreement with us!
They immediately injected a trillion euros, massively purchasing corporate bonds to stabilize our credit default swap (CDS) index, didn't they?"
[That's true... but were their subsequent actions right?]
"Yes, using such a massive amount of funds for ultra-short-term speculation across Europe, disrupting market order, is undoubtedly wrong, unforgivable!"
Merkel's tone shifted, her gaze sharp as she swept over everyone on the screen.
"But I would like to ask you all, in which of your countries did the stock market close lower today?"
[…]
No one objected; not a single one.
Because, today, stock markets in every EU member state, without exception, are all in the green!
Even some markets that weren't directly injected with funds by Fang Huan have been swept up by this frenzied butterfly effect, rising with the tide and taking off!
"I know this is an unprecedented, extremely destructive, and barbaric tactic."
Merkel's voice was firm and resolute.
"But looking at the results, our previously frozen market has come back to life, hasn't it?"
[However, many companies have also gone bankrupt in this event!]
"Oh, you mean those institutions that shorted beforehand?
With such a violent short squeeze, it's only natural that they didn't cut their losses in time, leading to margin calls and bankruptcy."
Their collapse is regrettable, but in the end, haven't most of us benefited?
Ultimately, the conclusion is:
The EU market is becoming "healthier" in a distorted but effective way.
Although the process resembles someone poisoning the market, this poison has ironically become the potent medicine that saves the market and brings it back to life.
This logic is utterly magical.
"If anyone still has grievances, they can voice them now."
Merkel played her trump card:
"I will immediately contact Fanghuan Investment and have them stop entering your country's market."
[...]
This time, still no one spoke.
They knew better than anyone else.
If they blocked Fang Huan's investment now, the capital that had finally been ignited in their own country's speculative fervor would instantly flood out like a tidal wave, flowing to neighboring countries where Fang Huan had invested!
Ordinary people might not know the massive game behind it all, but they knew where the money was going.
They didn't care who was disrupting the market; they only knew that following this trend would make them money!
If the government forcibly blocked this path, the lost capital would only benefit their "competitors" present.
"Since no one is speaking, that means you all tacitly agree. Let's continue proceeding this way!"
[However... we can't let this continue indefinitely.]
The market is being artificially inflated, but who knows when this frenzy will end?
"Of course I understand that, and I believe Fanghuan Investment understands it even better," Merkel said confidently.
"The market is rising now, so let's observe for now.
But if the situation reverses, will we just sit and wait to be slaughtered?
Then, it'll be time to show them our methods!"
[…]
A heated debate finally ended with an unspoken understanding.
After dealing with the various complaints and accusations from these leaders, Merkel felt her hair was starting to fall out, and she sighed wearily.
"I feel like... I'm becoming Fang Huan's investment defense lawyer?"
While part of it was due to Fang Huan's "coercion," perhaps Merkel subconsciously understood:
To revive this deeply troubled financial market, they needed an unconventional "madman" like Su Hao, a "drug" so extreme it was almost destructive!
She was simply curious: which heartless bastard could come up with the idea of ​​using such a large sum of money for such a shocking and outrageous short-term trading scheme?
***
"Ugh—!"
Su Hao felt a sharp pain in his temples, as if two steel needles were twisting inside. He could even smell the burnt odor of an overheated CPU.
He pressed his finger firmly against the throbbing acupoint.
"Is it almost...at its limit?"
For three consecutive days, he worked like a tireless supercomputer, his mind highly focused, simultaneously monitoring dozens of rapidly changing markets and processing massive amounts of information from various platforms.
That mysterious intuition surged within him like a tide, and he issued commands precise to the millisecond based on each rise and fall of that tide.
Even the slightest mistake could lead to enormous financial losses.
Therefore, his mind had to be at its peak at all times.
At this moment, his fingers, eyes, shoulders, arms, legs, neck…
he felt that every part of his body was screaming for a strike.
However, in stark contrast to this utterly exhausted body, his mental world was thriving.
The thrill of that breathtaking financial battle, the purest adrenaline, still had a powerful aftereffect!
The lingering dopamine effects continued to surge and swirl in his mind!
He was feeling incredibly exhilarated!