maggie: "What? You're looking for Gu Yilong?"
Ou Yunchen: "Yes, Yao Qianxun said Gu Yilong is very likely one of the founders of T-Coin."
maggie: "I still advise you to drop this idea. He's incredibly hard to approach! I haven't been in contact with him for a long time either."
Ou Yunchen: "If he really has so many T-Coins, and he decides to dump them, it will definitely cause a huge shock to T-Coin."
maggie: "Even if what you say is true, why would he dump them?"
Ou Yunchen: "..."
Ou Yunchen couldn't say that he had already approached Gu Yilong and didn't have full confidence this time. But if he could get Gu Yilong to sell T-Coins, it would undoubtedly deliver a severe blow.
However, before dumping, he had to build up his position, so he could get out in time.
Colin: "I think we should look for him."
maggie: "You want me to help you contact Gu Yilong?"
Ou Yunchen: "Yes..."
maggie: "What can we offer him in exchange? If we get him to dump his coins, what benefits will he gain?"
At this point, the three fell into a dilemma. Yes, this man had no weaknesses, nothing he couldn't obtain.
His assets on the wealth list were just the tip of the iceberg of his actual capabilities. No one knew how rich he truly was...
Perhaps they tried their best to cause a ripple in the crypto world for just a second, while Gu Yilong might have even forgotten he had invested in T-Coin...
Ou Yunchen: "Is there anything in this world he wants but cannot get?"
maggie and Colin said in unison, "No."
Ou Yunchen: "But he's in the Bilderberg Club. If we can get acquainted with him, we'll secure the approval votes of most of the club members."
maggie: "He and Michelle... why are you looking at me like that?"
Ou Yunchen and Colin suddenly looked up, staring at maggie on the screen. This made her a bit nervous.
Ou Yunchen: "What about them?"
maggie: "They seemed to have argued privately over the artificial heart issue. Otherwise, why wouldn't they sell him an artificial heart to save Axe?"
Ou Yunchen: "How could Gu Yilong risk offending the Tang Empire..."
Colin: "Because he's already a member of the Bilderberg Club. He doesn't care about a mere Tang Empire anymore."
The cunning Ou Yunchen had been subtly guiding these two to say what they both wanted to say, which was that Gu Yilong was about to swallow the Tang Empire, and like everyone else here, they were eyeing the Tang Empire with avarice...
maggie: "Do you think he'll obediently follow our arrangement and share the Tang Empire with us?"
Another silence ensued. Perhaps in their hearts, the answer was "no."
Just then, a woman's voice came from Colin's end, seemingly calling him to bed after a shower.
Colin simply put down his phone and rushed over without even ending the video call.
What followed were some audible sounds from not too far away that couldn't be enjoyed without payment...
maggie angrily cursed the pervert, while only the tactful Ou Yunchen was the first to hang up the video call...
—Video call ended—
However, after hanging up, as Ou Yunchen was about to go to the bedroom, he felt as if he could see the scene downstairs. Was it possible that Colin was living in Yao Qianxun's apartment downstairs...
He felt goosebumps all over his body. Ou Yunchen returned to the living room and turned on the TV, randomly selecting a channel. It seemed to be showing a movie...
But late-night movies often had a passionate undertone. An old man sat alone in front of the TV, watching "artistic" scenes...
Ou Yunchen picked up the remote and switched off the TV with a snap.
Silence finally filled the room...
Perhaps only cigarettes and whiskey could soothe his soul.
He picked up his phone again and scrolled through his chat history. Apart from work reports, there were countless work groups for various projects...
This was his current life: monotonous and tedious, yet he had to push forward with all his might.
As he scrolled, Ou Yunchen chuckled to himself. How many seven-year periods were there in his life?
Seven years ago, at this very moment, he was probably still in Athena, indulging in pleasures with wealthy women.
But now, he was still dressed in a suit, yet he sat in the president's chair. He no longer offered his smiles to the women who brought him money. Consequently, he had forgotten how much of his smiling was genuine and how much was fake...
Only now, Ou Yunchen was gradually realizing that success was lonely. He had to handle difficult problems alone and face the insatiable desire for achievement by himself...
Love?
Would a man like Ou Yunchen still need love?
He thought he did. He hoped love could nourish his soul and make his solitary journey less lonely...
***
A few days later, a piece of news sent the entire financial industry into a frenzy.
AtL was ranked sixteenth on the "Hurun Global Unicorn Active Investment Institutions Top 100 List"!
The list prominently declared AtL as a true Midas touch sought after by all!
Lawyer Ma: "If it weren't for those villains on Wall Street holding us back, we would have definitely taken first place this year! Shutting down Schwartz's headquarters cost us quite a bit!"
Lawyer Ma said this while instructing his subordinates to adjust the crystal award slightly, discussing recent business with Ou Yunchen.
However, making it into the top 100 investment institutions was already a tremendous achievement. To think that they could still be ranked sixteenth despite the suppression demonstrated the formidable strength of AtL!
Ou Yunchen looked at the ranking on his phone. Almost all the top-ranked institutions were from the Tang Empire. Those established old investors on Wall Street truly occupied the best positions!
Ou Yunchen suddenly had an idea of how to persuade Gu Yilong. He looked at a company named Dingsheng Capital, which followed closely behind, and realized it was Gu Yilong's! If he could help Dingsheng Capital rank first...
He absolutely had to help them rank first!
Ou Yunchen: "Lawyer Ma, contact Dingsheng Capital. Tell them AtL wants to cooperate."
Lawyer Ma: "Cooperate on what?"
Ou Yunchen: "To acquire Huaming Capital."
Lawyer Ma's jaw dropped. Wasn't this wishful thinking?
Huaming Capital was an old player, even ranked higher than Dingsheng, and AtL was ranked sixteenth...
After Ou Yunchen left excitedly, Lawyer Ma quietly asked Crystal, "Did you hear that? Mr. Ou wants to acquire Huaming Capital?"
Crystal: "I heard..."
Lawyer Ma: "Is he crazy?"
Crystal: "It's not him who's crazy, it's that we're not crazy enough..."
Lawyer Ma: "Dingsheng probably won't even want to see us, right?"
Crystal flicked her hair and slightly unbuttoned her collar.
Lawyer Ma: "What are you doing?"
Crystal: "The boss of Dingsheng is single."
Lawyer Ma: "That still doesn't concern you!"
As he spoke, Lawyer Ma also tugged at his clothes, revealing his collarbone conservatively.