Chapter 58 It is not scarcity that is a concern, but inequality.
At first, Fang Jun thought these bastards planned to hold the money in a promising stock for the long term, making value investments.
To everyone's surprise, these lawless guys turned around and used the 250 million yuan in real money to engage in short-term trading in the market!
Moreover, it's the kind of ultra-short-term trading where you enter and exit quickly without any hesitation!
Their various outrageous moves are absolutely dazzling!
If this kind of operation happened under normal circumstances, it would definitely disrupt market behavior and give them a run for their money!
But if you really charge it with market disruption... that doesn't quite feel right.
Their methods and the amounts involved can be analyzed in detail...
However, they discovered that every transaction the other party made was clean and efficient, and their methods were sophisticated, making it impossible to find any substantial evidence against them.
This is really frustrating.
In the end, Fang Jun racked his brains but still couldn't figure it out, feeling that the matter was beyond his understanding and authority.
So, clutching that hot-button report, he steeled himself and knocked on the door of Director Li Xingyuan's office.
"Oh, it's Xiao Fang. What's the matter that you're in such a hurry?"
In the director's office, a man with slightly graying hair, but full of energy, looked up.
"Director, I have an important report to make!"
Without wasting words, Fang Jun went straight to the point and gave the director a full account of the "abnormal capital flow" that occurred in the domestic stock market within just a few hours after the outbreak of the Greek debt crisis.
"What the hell did you say?!"
Upon hearing this, Director Li Xingyuan dropped his pen on the table with a "clatter," his eyes widening in disbelief.
"Ninety-nine million?! Ninety million in profit in just a few hours?!"
"Yes, Director."
"Wait! Are you sure the data isn't wrong?"
Even if you use 250 million for very short-term trading, it's impossible to make a profit of 90 million in such a short period of time, right?
What kind of divine skill would it take to achieve this?
Did they manipulate the market near the close of trading by using methods such as false reporting or manipulating stock prices?
The bureau chief clearly didn't believe it.
"Director, we have checked this data several times, and it is absolutely accurate."
Fang Jun said decisively.
"Moreover, judging from the transaction details, the profit of 90 million has a return rate of about 35%."
As for the end-of-day manipulation you mentioned...
They deliberately stopped all trading during the sensitive period just before the market closed, seemingly to avoid any suspicion of affecting the stock price.
Very proper.
Director Li Xingyuan took the transaction records handed over by Fang Jun and looked at them carefully, over and over again, no less than ten times. The expression on his face was even more unpleasant than if he had swallowed a fly.
"The report says that these guys had already infiltrated and positioned themselves before the Greece scandal broke, before the market could even react?"
"Yes, Director. Then, when the crisis fully erupted and the market panicked and sold off, they accurately bought at the bottom, and then decisively sold off their positions when the market rebounded. Through repeated buying low and selling high, they accurately captured every opportunity during the rebound and decline, and reaped huge profits."
"This is really... really a headache!" Li Xingyuan rubbed his temples.
"Moreover, these guys... if I remember correctly, aren't they the mysterious funds that stirred up trouble in the market during the last stock market crash, making the entire financial world take notice and leaving everyone searching high and low without finding them?"
"That's right, Chief, it's them!"
The reason Fang Jun was so troubled, even to the point of alarming the bureau chief, was precisely because the nature of this matter was just too damn special.
Generally speaking, those so-called "hot money evil forces" operate through channels such as "stock recommendation groups" and "teachers leading orders".
Like a pyramid scheme, they absorb funds from retail investors layer by layer, then repeatedly transfer them through countless shell accounts to create a false sense of prosperity, ultimately driving up the price before selling off their holdings and running away with the money.
More sophisticated ones might disguise themselves as "overseas private equity funds," using a legal facade to carry out more covert and cunning schemes.
But what about this one in front of us?
Fang Huan Investment! A truly top-tier private equity firm!
A legitimate financial institution!
Moreover, the operation was carried out by a small trading team within the company!
There have been cases in the past where employees of financial companies have been involved in stock price manipulation, but those were all small-scale and clandestine.
In this way, the entire team openly used hundreds of millions of yuan to carry out such large-scale and high-frequency "suspected manipulation" activities.
They rampaged through the market as if it were their own backyard...
And they can recklessly test the limits of the rules without ever finding any real fault...
This is absolutely unheard of!
"But Xiao Fang, if you're going to say they're manipulating the market, where's the evidence? Judging from their trading behavior, they seem... completely compliant and legal, leaving no room for criticism!"
Li Xingyuan also found it a tricky situation.
"Yes, Director, the operation itself is fine."
Fang Jun sighed.
"But the problem is... they're too big!"
This is like being in a boxing ring where everyone else is a lightweight or middleweight with a small build.
Instead, they drove a super heavy tank straight at us and ran us over!
How can you even compete like this? This is inherently an unequal and crushing defeat!
"So, according to you, if you were given the same amount of capital, could you achieve such an outrageous rate of return in just a few hours using short-term trading?"
Li Xingyuan stared at him.
Fang Jun: "..."
He fell silent, then shook his head bitterly. "Director, forget about 90 million. I'd be grateful if we could just break even."
"That settles it!" Li Xingyuan slammed his hand on the table.
"That's the problem! This is a rate of return that no normal person could achieve! Who would believe such a rate of return? It's simply a fantasy!"
In fact, they both knew exactly what was going on.
From an operational perspective, the Fang Huan Investment team doesn't seem to have committed any substantial "crimes".
They're simply surfing in an aircraft carrier amidst raging waves, when everyone is drowning and crying for their parents!
Then, relying on their extraordinary strength, they returned unscathed and with a full load.
If there's any problem, it's that this incredible rate of return is just too eye-catching.
To rake in a staggering 90 million in profits in such a short time and under such volatile market conditions is... a bit too enviable.
As the saying goes, it's not scarcity that's worrisome, but inequality.
This is no longer just about making money; it's also about testing the psychological resilience of all market participants.
If we absolutely must add a charge, it would be:
"You're so awesome, so awesome that it makes people envious, jealous and hateful. It would be a disservice to the people not to take you down!"