That Night, His Bodily Fluids Sprayed All Over Me (XXIV)

2007/10/29 22:42:32

XXIV

"A major battle is coming."

"Small potatoes. Though that bastard's equity labyrinth is designed with some skill."

"Skill won't help. They're all trapped inside."

"If he hadn't gone in himself, how would this big apple have gotten so dazzlingly red, attracting so many frenzied bees and fluttering butterflies?"

"Making wedding clothes for others."

"It's still hard to say who those clothes are for. Qianke, Qiantong, Zhuhe, Dantian are all in the fray. Zhanbai and Duanxu are even more entertaining—the family's fighting among itself. But with us around, none of them stand a chance."

"True. But it was a close call."

"Indeed. Plenty of complications inside. This world is truly mad. Having the money to buy something and still having to go through this much trouble—what a drag."

"Too many moneyed players. No choice."

"It's all because of this RMB appreciation nonsense. The way this is going, everyone is jumping onto a train hurtling at full speed. Not getting on means death—your assets shrink massively. Getting on also means death—it can't brake in the end, and the crash will be catastrophic."

"It's not that horrifying, is it? Japan muddled through for over a decade, declining but not dying. No big deal."

"Is China the same as Japan? How many people does Japan have, how many does China have? How different is the average standard of living? How different is the social safety net?"

"The Chinese people survived the Three Years of Natural Disasters—like wildfire that blows but grows back. No big deal."

"You've got water on the brain. If we went back to those days, you probably couldn't last a single day."

"Haha, I'm tough and resilient."

"Born to suffer. When you could clearly have candy, you insist on having a scalding. Masochist."

"Haha, let's drop it. Can't out-argue you."

"Seriously though. Keep an eye on that deal. Those few idiots, clueless about how things work, didn't even figure out the pathways before charging into the labyrinth. Doomed to fail. But with so many elephants stampeding around, they'll inevitably trample some flowers and grass—we need to stay alert."

"Understood. This kind of thing—scarcer by the day, a collector's edition. No wonder people are watching it so closely."

"Zhanbai says they want to acquire a domestic entity to house their current domestic assets. How about we take what we need to take, then wholesale the wrapper to them?"

"Not easy. That guy's too conspicuous. If something goes wrong, it won't end well."

"True. Let them fend for themselves."

"Stock index futures look like they absolutely have to launch."

"Not necessarily. Right now it's all people who can't make the final call running their mouths. Like the ChiNext board—been toyed with for years and still hasn't come to fruition. As long as there's no final announcement, nothing counts. Just treat it as a hype theme. Mess around for now. It's just this same old trivial affair—same night, same moonlight, same goodnight. Wash up and sleep."

"Alright. Hanging up."

Outside the window, the moon was like a blade.