Bai Qing really wouldn’t pay attention to the movements of shareholders all the time, because she didn’t expect to have reinforcements.
Even if there were, it would be from the local government.
Plus, since Li Yang didn’t trigger the threshold, there was no need for an announcement. For someone who doesn’t really trade stocks, it’s hard to notice these details.
However, Jiang Banxia pays attention.
Although the top ten shareholders update slowly, Jiang Banxia noticed something was off on Thursday. She saw similar tactics as before from unknown funds, and the same was true on Friday.
Theoretically speaking, the amount of money the other party invested wasn’t small.
So she had been watching the situation with the top ten publicly-held shareholders. When the name Li Yang appeared, she was stunned.
She couldn’t bother to text and called directly.
When the call connected, she excitedly said, "Master Li, it turns out you are the big boss behind the scenes."
"What?"
"Hahaha... I saw it, the third largest shareholder of Green Water Group."
"Then are we still getting a room?"
"Of course we are, we have to celebrate. How does Master Li want to celebrate?"
"Let’s get a room first, can we have something cold?"
Jiang Banxia: "Huh? We can, but with this cold weather... we can eat it, though..."
The wind was howling in December in Capital City.
There was almost no pause between summer and winter; clearly, they were wearing short sleeves in early November, yet by early December, they were wrapped in thick cotton coats.
Li Yang tidied up briefly and left.
Including the 20 million loaned to Jiang Banxia, he invested a total of 320 million in the Green Water Group, which was all his capital.
This included a 12 million debt owed to He Lewei, as the live streaming contract had not yet been fulfilled.
The stocks of Green Water Group, to put it bluntly, were worthless, and might not have a chance to move in the next three to five years.
If Green Water Group could not avoid bankruptcy and collapse, he wouldn’t get back a penny.
He had clearly been a billionaire last week and had now become tens of millions in debt.
Of course, there was still money for renting a room.
While eating hot pot, Jiang Banxia couldn’t hide her curiosity and asked, "Master Li, how come you have so much money?"
She was surprised, but felt a lot of pressure.
The more money Li Yang had, the harder it would be for her to ask him to be her driver.
"I earned it."
"Earned that much?"
That was 300 million, not counting the 20 million loaned to her.
"I’m naturally good at making money, you know I earned 200,000 by leveling an account? Then a professional player contract brought over ten million in just 20 days back and forth. There’s also the live streaming contract, and borrowed from roommates. Later, knowing you were into stocks, I got lucky with Lanshi Heavy Equipment and doubled my investment. Back then, I entered with 30 million, a 1:2 leverage. Then last month brokers skyrocketed, I doubled again on Tonghuashun, and after paying off the broker, I had over 300 million left..."
It all makes sense.
Actually, Li Yang couldn’t go all in due to agreement constraints, so he didn’t make as much overall.
What could Jiang Banxia say?
Of course, she knew Lanshi Heavy Equipment, the biggest monster stock of the year, soared crazily at the end of October.
And brokers exploded in November, Tonghuashun had the highest rise.
By coincidence, Li Yang caught all of them.
Turning over 20 million into 300 million was just that simple.
Leverage, two doubling streaks.
Her performance at Green Water Group wasn’t bad either, but without leverage, coupled with the low market value of Green Water Group, making large capital quickly in and out wasn’t convenient, so she could only take it slow.
Li Yang handed some tripe to Jiang Banxia, saying, "Now it’s time to focus on classes, right? You miss more classes than I do."
"I’ve studied privately, I think I’ll be okay with the exams."
Li Yang was taken aback, "You intend to continue trading stocks?"
"Yeah, just to learn. But now I don’t have the capital, I’ll borrow a few thousand from my mom in a few days and start over."
Jiang Banxia spoke calmly while Li Yang frowned.
He asked, "You’re not short of money, before you could say it was for Green Water Group, but now?"
"Now to give Master Li a gift, after all this time I’ve caused you to lose so much money, I have to make up for it, right?"
Li Yang smiled and said, "Who said I’m going to lose money? I’m here to make money."
Jiang Banxia: "???, make money?"
"Yeah, Green Water Group is about to hold a board meeting, and my chips will determine who gets to control the company. If they want my support, they better pay up! I hold chips valued at three billion; if neither side is willing to offer me five billion, don’t expect me to support them!"
Jiang Banxia was stunned. She thought Li Yang, like her, wanted to protect the local company.
Indeed, Li Yang’s chips were substantial and he really had the capital to negotiate.
After all, the Bai family’s holdings were less than 22%, and even with the local government’s increased stake of 30 million, it still did not reach 43% when combined.
Those looking to gain the chairman’s seat through voting power must have more than 42% of the shares, but likely less than 50%.
After all, she and Li Yang together already had 6%, so could they gather the remaining 51% from elsewhere? The previous third-largest shareholder still holds 1%, and other retail investors certainly have a good amount, many probably haven’t even checked their accounts.
Jiang Banxia even thought the opponents might only have as much as 45%.
In this case, wherever Li Yang stood would gain the advantage.
Amidst their conversation, Li Yang’s phone rang.
He looked at it and, smiling, handed it to Jiang Banxia, "Look, speaking of the devil, they’ve announced the shareholders’ meeting on Monday and invited me to attend."
This indicated that the equity registration had been completed, and Jiang Banxia’s phone also chimed, likely the same information.