Chapter 15 Say I Can, Not You_1

"It's necessary. She's been talking about me all day and even said you would lose all our money for the house. I have to win this one back," Chen Yuyan snorted twice.

"Alright, as long as you're happy," Shen Dong replied helplessly.

Chen Yuyan opened Chen Yuting's WeChat and immediately sent a message: The price of gold has gone up—it's soaring. Shen Dong has now made more than a million (smug face).

On the other end of the phone, Chen Yuting, upon seeing the message from Chen Yuyan, immediately checked the gold futures market.

Watching the price of gold futures skyrocket by seven percent in just over ten minutes, nearing a trading halt and continuing to climb, she was utterly shocked.

Reminded of her earnest persuasion of Shen Dong and Chen Yuyan today, Chen Yuting felt a sting in her cheeks.

She didn't reply to Chen Yuyan right away but decided to call Liu Chao first.

"Didn't you say the price of gold was going to fall? Why has it surged instead?"

As soon as the call connected, Chen Yuting immediately asked.

"Ah, we didn't see this coming. The Lighthouse Country Federal Reserve actually cut interest rates, and by a full 2% at that. It's the biggest cut since the financial crisis, something many big institutions didn't anticipate," Liu Chao sighed.

He was pretty frustrated too, since he had also been following the gold market.

His father's company had shorted gold futures and had lost a considerable amount.

"Then how credible is what you said about the stock of Yaolai Technology rising?"

The surge in gold prices made Chen Yuting doubt what Liu Chao had said.

"Yaolai Technology is different; it's pretty much a sure bet. Today's interest rate cut by the Lighthouse Country Federal Reserve is a black swan event. These kinds of things don't happen often," Liu Chao responded.

"I hope so," Chen Yuting replied, still harboring doubts.

"By the way, how's your fundraising going?" Liu Chao inquired.

"I haven't managed to borrow much," Chen Yuting said truthfully.

Originally, she had planned to ask her father.

She thought there wouldn't be a problem and that she could borrow a couple of million.

But unexpectedly, Chen Yuanxiang gave the money to Chen Yuyan instead, and Chen Yuyan handed it all to Shen Dong for trading futures.

It left her with no mood to ask others for money today.

"Well, you need to hurry up. You have only half a month. The more you raise, the more you can invest; the more you invest, the more you'll earn," Liu Chao said.

"I know, I've got to go," said Chen Yuting, ending the call.

After thinking for a moment, she replied to Chen Yuyan with a message: A blind cat running into a dead rat.

On Chen Yuyan's end.

"Honey, look, this is the message from Yuting. She says you're like a blind cat running into a dead rat," Chen Yuyan showed her phone to Shen Dong, indicating for him to read Chen Yuting's message.

"Let her say whatever she wants," Shen Dong didn't care.

"No way, she can talk about me, but she can't talk about you," Chen Yuyan puffed up in anger, showing a protective stance towards her husband.

"It's okay," Shen Dong laughed and caressed Chen Yuyan's pretty cheek.

"Hmph, you may be magnanimous, but I'm not happy about her talking about you like that."

Chen Yuyan huffed and immediately replied to Chen Yuting: What blind cat running into a dead rat? This is about capability. Your so-called investment company's judgments aren't as accurate as my husband Shen Dong's. My husband is the best!

Chen Yuting shook her head upon reading Chen Yuyan's reply and didn't bother to acknowledge it anymore.

She still thought that Shen Dong was just a blind cat running into a dead rat.

Even though Shen Dong had made a bit of money trading stocks in college.

Yet today, his actions were just like gambling.

He had made money, true, but none of it was reliable.

Who knows when he might lose everything and end up penniless.

...

A week had whizzed by.

The new Monday.

Shen Dong saw the gold price had surged by over thirty percent and immediately liquidated his position.

He made over nine million.

He then looked at several futures that were more actively traded.

With the skills of an investment master, it was relatively easy to predict the trends in the futures market.

Noticing an upward trend in the chicken egg market, he saw potential for a rise.

Twelve million, all in.

Based on the trend in the chicken egg market, the prices were expected to rise by about a hundred and twenty percent.

The leverage for chicken egg futures was also ten times, so a hundred and twenty percent increase was effectively like making a two hundred percent profit.

More than doubling the investment.

In the evening.

Shen Dong had just finished dinner with Chen Yuyan when Chen Yuting called.

"Sis, Shen Dong must have sold the gold by now, I saw that gold has risen by thirty percent, you guys must have made a lot, lend me three million," Chen Yuting got straight to the point.

"He did sell the gold, but he went all in on chicken egg futures, so we can't lend you any," Chen Yuyan said.

During dinner, Shen Dong had discussed his futures market moves with her.

She was, of course, supportive of Shen Dong.

The rise in gold prices had given her great confidence.

"What! He went all in on chicken egg futures again!" Chen Yuting exclaimed.

"Don't make such a fuss, Shen Dong said the price of eggs will rise, and they definitely will," Chen Yuyan hummed proudly.

"Him making money on gold was pure fluke, like a blind cat running into a dead rat. Now he's bought chicken egg futures, if he loses all that money back, there'll be nowhere for you to cry," Chen Yuting was somewhat exasperated.

"I don't like hearing you talk like that. Last time you said the same thing, and in the end, it proved that my Shen Dong was right," Chen Yuyan was displeased.

"Last time was luck, no one can always be that lucky, and he's gone all in again. Do you see any investment masters who go all in?" Chen Yuting countered.

"I trust him, my husband is even more amazing than the investment masters!" Chen Yuyan said proudly.

"You... I can't argue with you," Chen Yuting hung up the phone.

She then sent a message to Liu Chao, inquiring about the trend in the chicken egg futures market.

Soon, Liu Chao replied to her message: Based on the nationwide survey done by my dad's company, large chicken farmers across the country have been expanding their farms in recent years, and the price of chicken eggs is expected to gradually decline over the next six months. Technically, the price of chicken eggs is high, and there's a great possibility of a fall.

Chen Yuting immediately forwarded Liu Chao's message to Chen Yuyan.

"Honey, look, this is the message Yuting sent," Chen Yuyan showed Shen Dong the message.

"Don't mind her," Shen Dong glanced at it and chuckled with a shake of his head.

What investment company's surveys could not compare with the Investment Master skill awarded by the system.

Besides, even if it was true, he could just cut his losses.

After all, he had earned so much from the gold rally.

He had already set the stop-loss level. At most, he would lose about a million or so, which wasn't much.

The remaining money would still be enough to buy a house outright.

"Yeah, don't mind her, let's go to sleep," Chen Yuyan tossed her phone aside.

"Are you sure you want to sleep?" Shen Dong's face revealed a mischievous smile.

"Stop it!" This time, Chen Yuyan instantly got Shen Dong's hint, and her little fists started pounding on Shen Dong's chest again.