Chapter 70: I’m Buying Oil Too! Back to the Antique Street
Deputy Director Xu, the inspecting leader from Yunan Electronics Factory whom I only met once.
“I didn’t expect classmate Bai to be into futures trading too.”
Naturally, he was extremely puzzled.
After all, Bai Yu was on the same team as Li Yunbin and Qin Wanqing! They wouldn’t be short on money at all.
Moreover, investigators are usually very busy, and they earn contribution points. Money is important, but at least it’s millions of dollars.
I didn’t expect him to come to the exchange
to trade futures, which is prone to losses and even debt.
Bai Yu just smiled, not knowing what to say. He and Deputy Director Xu had only met once.
He then said, “Just playing around, maybe I’ll make a fortune.”
Seeing that Xiao Chen had finished, he picked up the slip and said, “I have something to do, I’ll be leaving now?”
“Okay, I won’t bother you.”
Bai Yu walked towards the main entrance.
Deputy Director Xu then looked at the trader, Xiao Chen, and asked, “What futures did he buy?”
Logically, this would be against the rules.
But Deputy Director Xu was his big client!
He could only say, “He bought oil futures, a half-month short-term contract.”
“Oil?”
Deputy Director Xu was a bit confused. He had been trading futures for a long time, and oil prices had been falling recently, making it very risky with a high probability of loss.
After thinking for a moment, he asked, “How much did he invest?”
“One million.”
Deputy Director Xu muttered in confusion, “That’s not right, how does he have so much money?”
From their last meal, Deputy Director Xu knew that Bai Yu was a newcomer who hadn’t joined for many days.
‘He must have brought money from the other members to buy it.’
Hearing Deputy Director Xu’s confusion, Xiao Chen couldn’t help but say, “Half a month ago, he used two hundred thousand to buy soybean futures and it quintupled.”
This statement made Deputy Director Xu pause.
Five times the amount!
As for the news about soybeans, he was certainly aware of it from his futures trading.
He just didn’t expect Bai Yu to have made a fortune from soybean futures.
He couldn’t help but wonder if someone of Li Yunbin’s caliber had leaked some information in advance.
However, the Li Family and Qin Family weren’t involved in grains like soybeans; they were mostly in the physical industry.
But they were Transcendent beings. If the last short-term futures trade earned five times the amount, perhaps he possessed some special ability that I don’t know about.
With this thought, he decisively said, “Buy short-term oil futures with the newly deposited one million.”
Trader Xiao Chen was filled with doubt upon hearing this.
Could it be that Director Xu thought that student’s judgment was better than his own?
He naturally followed the instructions as required.
After briefly processing the information, Deputy Director Xu noticed Xiao Chen’s eager expression and smiled, “I can’t say for sure about futures. As for that student’s financial acumen, I’m not sure either. If you want to buy in, it’s best not to go all in.”
Xiao Chen felt a bit embarrassed after his thoughts were seen through, “Understood. After working for so many years, I still understand how deep this industry is.”
After Deputy Director Xu left, Xiao Chen gritted his teeth and took one-third of his wife’s savings, thirty thousand, and also bought in.
In this line of work, there is patience, but not much.
Catching a trend can lead to flying high, or it can lead to a crash.
On the other side, just after leaving the exchange.
Bai Ling’s voice chimed in, “What is this for?”
“It’s for making money, like earning silver.”
“Silver? Where is the silver?”
“Here, in my hand.”
Bai Yu was referring to the futures trading slip. Bai Ling listened, seeming to understand but not quite.
Bai Yu took out his phone and checked the time; it was just past 9:40.
He considered for a moment.
‘I should definitely go to Yunhu Antique Street now to deal with Moyuan’s Divine Brush.’
However, he didn’t know how to get the brush and find that person without letting that person know they had been discovered.
‘I’ll think about it on the way.’
He hailed a taxi and got in.
“Beep beep~”
His phone rang.
Bai Yu glanced at it; it was a message from Wang Haobin in the dormitory group chat.
Wang Haobin: “What are you guys doing every day? Especially Brother Yu, aren’t you still in Tianhai City? Why aren’t you back at the dormitory?”
Upon seeing this, Bai Yu immediately replied, “Damn it, you have the nerve to ask! The day you came back, Zhang Youpeng specifically returned to the dormitory, but you left your luggage and went out to book a hotel.”
“Now you know to call us back to the dormitory? Did you break up?”
Zhang Youpeng also immediately replied, “Exactly! Exactly!”
Wang Haobin looked a bit embarrassed at this, “No, we didn’t break up.”
“I just miss my brothers and wanted to ask about your recent situation, and maybe meet up.”
Bai Yu: “Heh~ It’s been a week since we returned to school, and you only just realized you miss your brothers? What nonsense!”
Wang Haobin sent a string of emojis, begging for mercy.
Seeing this, Bai Yu felt in a good mood. He thought that since it was a rare day off, they could gather, and he could also see how Zhang Youpeng’s training was going, and whether Wang Haobin was suitable to join.
As this thought arose, Bai Yu suddenly recalled the intelligence related to 【Wang Mengmeng】.
‘According to the usual trajectory, I wouldn’t be able to access this by staying at the Investigation Bureau. Is it related to my roommates?’
‘Then let’s gather!’
With that, Bai Yu sent a message in the group chat.
“I’ll forgive you for now. Oh, right, I just made some money today, so I’ll treat everyone to a meal at noon today.”
“@Zhang Youpeng, I’ll come find you before eleven, and then pick you up @Wang Haobin.”
Zhang Youpeng was very excited upon seeing this, “Alright!”
He knew Bai Yu’s current status and initially felt that as Bai Yu joined the Investigation Bureau, their relationship would grow distant.
Now that there was an opportunity, it was best to get to know each other better!
Wang Haobin: “How much did you earn?”
“A few thousand, small change.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Yu opened a private chat with Zhang Youpeng, “I earned a million.”
Zhang Youpeng knew he had bought soybeans.
It felt quite good to brag a little here.
“Damn! Awesome! Brother Yu is awesome!”
“Udyr~”
“I’m so envious~”
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Seeing Zhang Youpeng’s reaction, Bai Yu was quite satisfied.
Facing aliens every day and thinking about various cases, it was good to relax occasionally.
Yunhu Antique Street.
Looking at the newly cleaned street, Bai Yu couldn’t help but sigh: This was his third time here!
Speaking of which, every time he came here, something significant seemed to happen.
Twice he bought treasures, once he met a Big Boss.
After Bai Yu walked in, he began to purchase items.
Due to his extravagant spending last time, some stall owners remembered him and quickly started promoting their goods.
Bai Yu had withdrawn nearly three hundred thousand Federal Currency from the exchange, so he naturally spent lavishly.
After spending, he went to the old man’s stall again to elicit some stories.
In fact, he felt that the brush might be in this old man’s possession!
After all, last time, it was this old man who spoke about the Dragon and Tiger Ranking of Jiayou Year Two, which was related to a brush.
And then this intelligence appeared.
It was hard not to be suspicious!
But to his surprise, when he arrived at the old man’s stall and looked carefully, there was no brush that matched the one in the picture.
However, the picture provided by the Golden Finger might be its activated form, so to be safe, he decided to buy them all.
“I’ll take all these calligraphy brushes.”
The old man was stunned upon hearing this, thinking: A 95% profit margin, how much money would that be?
“Are you sure you want to buy them all?”
“Yes! How much is it?”
“Let’s give you a 30% discount, six hundred.”
“No, no, no, no discount, absolutely no discount.”
Saying this, Bai Yu paid two thousand.
The old man didn’t understand why Bai Yu liked buying antiques so much.
The key point was that he didn’t even want a discount.
Bai Yu, on the other hand, was thinking: You don’t understand! I’m accumulating good karma. It was one thing to find a treasure here last time. Now I’ve found two! If I only pay this little, I feel like my merit would be damaged, and bullying an old man like this would send me to hell.
Carrying a large bag of brushes, Bai Yu continued to browse other stalls.
Although he felt it was highly likely to be with the old man, he still wanted to be safe and look around more.
‘With so many brushes, what was the contract method again?’
‘Right! Blood dripping!’
‘I’ll have to drip a lot when I get back.’
After walking for a while, he encountered the same Man from before, with a Northern accent, who enthusiastically said to Bai Yu, “Little brother, you’re here again? Haha, why don’t you check out my stall? I’ve got a new batch of goods, guaranteed to satisfy you!”
Bai Yu also liked this kind of person’s personality, so he decided to go over and take a look.
As soon as he squatted down, he saw Moyuan’s Divine Brush: 【A gem emitting a faint glow is inlaid at the tip of the brush!】
The brush on the stall indeed had a golden, translucent gem, but it didn’t glow.
To be honest, no one would believe the gem on this calligraphy brush was real.
‘???’
‘The real one is here!? Can I ask the old man for a refund?’
‘Fraud! That’s deception! It’s illegal!’
“Meow meow meow~”
‘But… perhaps I got the intelligence about the Talisman Brush because I interacted with this Man before?’
Thinking this, Bai Yu felt that his extravagant spending had paid off.
After carefully confirming that this brush was Moyuan’s Divine Brush, Bai Yu checked the time: 【10:11】.
It was 21 minutes before the time mentioned in the intelligence.
He hesitated, unsure whether to buy it, so he just chatted with the stall owner to kill time.
The stall owner was also enthusiastic and good at conversation.
However, after chatting for a while, Bai Ling in his Soul Sea spoke, “There’s an evil aura that has developed hostility towards Brother Bai Yu.”
Bai Yu’s heart tightened, but he calmly asked, “Where?”
“About thirty meters back, at a stall, a guy wearing a thin black shirt.”
It was the end of July, and black absorbs all light, making it very hot. There were definitely very few people wearing black.
“What’s their strength?”
“Spirit Yuan Realm early stage. Ling’er can handle it completely.”
Seeing that their strength wasn’t particularly high, Bai Yu was even more relieved. The Purple Spirit Jade Pendant was still on him!
Big Boss Zheng Guoyi was also nearby.
He quickly thought.
‘This is most likely the so-called Shadow Edge!’
‘Since Bai Ling can lock onto the target, I should just buy the brush directly to avoid any unforeseen complications.’
‘Then I’ll find an opportunity to take a photo of this person and give it to the Analysis Team for full surveillance.’
He acted on his thoughts, picked up the brush, and asked the Man from the North, “How much is this brush?”
“This brush, I won’t rip you off. I bought it for two hundred, so I’ll sell it to you for three hundred.”
This price clearly indicated that he didn’t believe the golden gem was real either.
Seeing this, Bai Yu picked two other smaller items, paid five thousand six hundred, completed the transaction, and then pretended to casually get up and look around.
He confirmed the man in the black clothes.
His skin was somewhat dark, which didn’t match the typical skin tone of a Blood Slave.
Is this a Vampire Clan Modified Being?
During this process, Bai Yu, as if casually spinning his phone like a pen, took photos.
After confirming that the photo gallery contained a picture of this person, he slowly left, constantly on guard against this person.
That guy seemed to be only wary of Bai Yu and didn’t notice that Bai Yu had bought an Ancient God’s Item, so he didn’t pursue him.
Bai Yu successfully got into a taxi heading to the gym.
He thought to himself, ‘I’ve only been in the Investigation Bureau for a short time, and this guy could recognize me at a glance? Could there be a connection between us?’
‘I’ll have the Analysis Team investigate it thoroughly.’
