Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1107: Long Time No See, Coming to Visit

Chapter 1107: Chapter 1107: Long Time No See, Coming to Visit

During this period, Gu Fan tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and eventually decided to visit Luo Jingrong, using the excuse of not having seen each other for a long time to drop by, reconnect, and bridge any feelings of distance and unfamiliarity.

Luo Jingrong let Gu Fan into the office and even had his attractive secretary pour a cup of tea for Gu Fan.

"Thank you!" Gu Fan took the tea and kept his eyes on the attractive secretary as she swayed away. He then revealed a longing expression, "I finally understand why so many people want to be rich; having a secretary is really nice."

Luo Jingrong interrupted him directly, "What exactly are you fantasizing about?"

Gu Fan felt a bit embarrassed, "Sorry, I was a bit distracted. Let’s get right to the point."

"Go ahead, whenever you come to me, it’s rarely good news. I’m prepared," said Luo Jingrong with a smile that contained a hint of reluctance, as if he was reluctant to entertain Gu Fan.

Gu Fan took a sip of tea, savoring it before slowly beginning, "Nice tea, a beauty with fine tea, Boss Luo, you really know how to match. It seems I’ve come to the right person. I just wanted to ask, you’ve been quite close with X Fund lately."

On this, Luo Jingrong nodded, "That’s right, I’ve always been having dealings with X Fund, basically buying whatever stocks they buy."

Gu Fan frowned, "That’s strange, why don’t you just give your money to X Fund to handle it instead of going to all this trouble to follow X Fund’s lead?"

Luo Jingrong answered, "I had the same question, but X Fund explained that they had just moved into this city, their staffing wasn’t settled, and their financing operations were limited, so they couldn’t manage my money. Instead, they suggested notifying me whenever they buy any stock, and letting me buy some as well."

Gu Fan became even more puzzled. The excuse sounded very strange, and Luo Jingrong admitted that he hadn’t trusted X Fund initially, but over time, he realized he had indeed made a lot of money.

"That’s too good to be true," Gu Fan couldn’t understand. What was X Fund really up to?

Luo Jingrong also expressed confusion, "I’ve also doubted X Fund’s motives. Why would they help me make so much money for no reason? Is it just for networking that simple?"

"Networking?" Something clicked for Gu Fan, so he asked another question, "Boss Luo, based on what you know, how many companies are following X Fund in the stock and currency markets like you are?"

"There are many, including some of my business partners, whom I introduced to X Fund." Luo Jingrong had just finished speaking when he received a call. It was another business partner hoping to get to know X Fund through Luo Jingrong. Who wouldn’t want to earn more?

Luo Jingrong looked troubled; he had already suggested this, but X Fund had refused, the reason being there were too many people involved now, and they were afraid of chaos.

Seeing Luo Jingrong hang up, Gu Fan got curious again, "Strange, even if this person was rejected by X Fund, but aren’t you cooperating with X Fund? Whatever information X Fund gives you about what stocks to buy, you could just secretly tell this person."

Luo Jingrong gave a wry smile, "It’s not that simple. Resources are limited, and the pie is only so big. The more people there are to share the pie, the less everyone earns. Also, X Fund only collaborates with five companies on any stock to ensure everyone makes substantial money."

"Sounds reasonable?" Gu Fan still felt something was off.

Luo Jingrong sighed, "This person has been cooperating with me for a long time. He essentially guarantees the supply for my products. Given my product has been selling well recently, he has also made quite a bit. If possible, I would really like to help him get to know X Fund."

"I see." Gu Fan talked with Luo Jingrong for a long time but ended up not getting the information he wanted and had to leave disappointed.

Just as Gu Fan had just left Luo Jingrong’s company, he received a message from Du Jun.

Just yesterday, one of Du Changhui’s suppliers wanted to climb aboard the X Fund’s ship, but X Fund had said the ship was already full and couldn’t take on any more.

"Strange, both Luo Jingrong’s and Du Changhui’s suppliers haven’t been accepted by X Fund. Could this be a coincidence?" Suddenly Gu Fan thought of a critical point, his eyes reflecting a trace of fright, then he made a call to Boss Lei, suggesting he introduce a company to X Fund. The main industry of this company was not important; what was critical was that this company’s products went directly to the market.

Although Boss Lei did not understand what Gu Fan was driving at, he did as told, and as Gu Fan had predicted, the company introduced by Boss Lei was accepted by X Fund and included in the big league of stock investors.

"I understand!" Gu Fan’s eyes grew increasingly frantic and uneasy as he rushed back home. If his guess was right, X Fund’s goal was to destabilize the local economic chain.

X Fund could actually manage the bosses’ money, but they refused on the basis of limited financing operations. Think about it, who would be foolish enough to let that much money slip by? Just like a bank, people bring you so much savings, yet you don’t want it.

So why does X Fund not want it? Because if all the bosses’ money were invested in X Fund and then X Fund entered the stock market, it would be they alone trading stocks. When they need to pull out, if they have so many chips in hand, who would take over? Even if someone took over, X Fund would still make a profit, essentially letting agents like Luo Jingrong and Du Changhui make a lot of money, which does not align with their ultimate goal.

X Fund is not trying to help these bosses make money, but to lose their money and thereby hit the local economy.

Of course, there are doubts; since X Fund wants to lose these bosses’ money, why not just let the bosses’ money be directly invested in X Fund, which X fund could operate, as that would be easier.

But if X Fund was really into financing, gathering so much money from the bosses, they would have the capital to easily manipulate the rise and fall of a stock. Then losing money would be difficult.

Even if X Fund indeed had the ability to lose so much money, they would also incur losses. Gu Fan believed that X Fund wanted to lose only the bosses’ money, not their own, so X Fund didn’t take a financing approach, but let the bosses operate alongside them, meaning X Fund’s money and the bosses’ money were handled separately.

Then comes the critical step. Luo Jingrong, Du Changhui, and many other bosses, whose companies directly serve the consumer market, could follow X Fund, but the supply companies were kept at bay by X Fund.

The reason is simple, if Luo Jingrong and Du Changhui go down, who would the supply companies supply to? Essentially, the industrial chain would be ruined.