Chapter 243: Chapter 243: Birthday Banquet Face-Slapping (1) Chapter 243: Chapter 243: Birthday Banquet Face-Slapping (1) Ding Yuehua said she was going to the Fen family to celebrate; could Jiang Yaowang and Jiang Cheng really stop her?

Once she had made up her mind, her mood lightened.

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“Xiaozhe, your uncle asks what kind of room should we book that would be enough?” Jiang Xiruo, after receiving a message from Jiang Cheng, asked Jiang Zhe.

Jiang Xiruo and Jiang Yaowang had lived a reclusive life for many years, and they did not have many public friends in Beijing.

Jiang Zhe’s birthday was tomorrow, and it mainly depended on how many people she wanted to invite.

After thinking for a bit, Jiang Zhe said, “A room that can accommodate fifty people should be about right.”

She based her estimate on the number of people who had already confirmed.

That should be about right.

Jiang Xiruo informed Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng, upon seeing the number fifty, went to book a private room.

But he also knew it was not a small number.

According to ten people per table, that would be at least five tables full of guests.

No matter how Jiang Cheng crunched the numbers, he couldn’t come up with so many attendees.

Remembering the promise his wife and daughter had given Jiang Zhe, he felt it wasn’t fitting to leave so many seats unoccupied, so he specifically called one of his subordinates and asked him to bring a few more friends to the banquet the next day.

So that there wouldn’t be empty seats, which would look bad for Jiang Zhe.

After replying to Jiang Cheng, Jiang Xiruo still decided not to let Jiang Cheng foot the bill for this birthday banquet and transferred a sufficient amount of money to him, insisting he take it.

Jiang Cheng, seeing the transfer, was a bit annoyed: “What do you take me for?”

“It’s Xiaozhe’s birthday; how could I, as her aunt, just sit idly by? Besides, it was dad’s wish, how could we burden you with it?”

“Since we were the ones who agreed to this, we certainly can’t go back on our word. Plus, with big brother and sister-in-law gone, it’s not a big deal for me to step in and take care of their daughter.”

Jiang Cheng refused to accept the money at all costs.

Jiang Xiruo could not convince him, so she had no choice but to let it go for the time being.

She looked up at Jiang Zhe, who was nonchalantly explaining a problem to Xia Enci.

Jiang Xiruo knew that Jiang Zhe’s academic performance was quite average, but she didn’t dare underestimate her because of it.

After explaining, Jiang Zhe stood up and said, “Aunt, I’m going to pick up Xiao Meng.”

Xiao Meng had traveled overnight just to attend Jiang Zhe’s birthday banquet the next day.

“I’m coming too, I’m coming too!” Xia Enci put on her scarf, “Let Xiao Meng sleep with me tonight.”

“Then take it slow,” Jiang Xiruo reminded them.

They met Xiao Meng at the entrance of the residential complex, and Xia Enci took her hand, “It’s really chilly, let’s hurry home.”

Xiao Meng, gentle and soft-spoken, said with a smile, “So Xiaozhe’s birthday is tomorrow.”

“Yes, it was my mom who told Xiaozhe.”

Jiang Zhe casually took Xiao Meng’s luggage and said, “Let’s go.”

After settling Xiao Meng, Jiang Zhe went to her own room.

She had some business to take care of.

“Miss Z, are you online yet?” An anxious voice came from the other side.

Jiang Zhe offhandedly replied, “Speak, what’s so urgent.”

The other party had been looking for her for two days, but they hadn’t mentioned what it was about until now.

“As you know, there’s been some friction between two countries recently, creating a very tense situation. Our company’s oil and natural gas derivative agreements have been shorted in the international market, and they are demanding a forceful closing of positions. If this forceful closure really happens, we could lose an astonishing amount more than two hundred billion US Dollars. It’s like gods fighting, leaving mortals to suffer.”

The person speaking on the other end didn’t know Jiang Zhe’s true identity, but Jiang Zhe knew him very well.

His name was Meng Liao. He had worked in investment banking on Wall Street before returning home to take over the banking industry, and then he moved on to the financial market.

This business had made his net worth skyrocket, and within a few years, he was ranked among the top ten richest people in the world.

Jiang Zhe had previously conducted several international transactions through his bank and knew him well. He knew Meng Liao was not like other financial practitioners who profited off small retail investors; instead, he hit hard against the capitalist powerhouses, making his fortune off them.

So, when Jiang Zhe received his assignment on the dark web several years ago, she took it.

That association lasted for years, effectively safeguarding Meng Liao’s journey to the top of the global rich list.

But for people engaged in their line of business, nothing was feared more than the large funds of so-called traditional powers, which could manipulate the market by shorting or going long and force closures.

Usually, these large funds and institutions couldn’t touch them, but when an international emergency event occurred, they would be caught off guard, and the loss of book wealth typically started at tens of billions of US Dollars.

These large funds and institutions could usually disrupt the economic and financial structures of small countries at will.

For Meng Liao to defend against such deliberate financial attacks was not easy.

Without sufficient funds or technology to drive up the prices, these losses would be very real. One time might be manageable, but a few more occasions could drive the company straight into bankruptcy.

Meng Liao had originally planned to withdraw his funds early, but once the hostilities began, the funds were restricted and he couldn’t take them out at all.

“What do you plan to do?” Jiang Zhe asked.

“Our money in the Neutral Country Bank has been frozen. We need to get it out to prevent this forceful closure. But they say that because of the hostilities, their system made a mistake and they can’t move our funds. They even said that unless we fix their bank’s system ourselves, there’s nothing they can do. Isn’t that nonsense? How can we fix it? They’re doing this deliberately!”

Meng Liao was fuming with anger at being targeted this way.

If he hadn’t been hit with such a big issue, he wouldn’t have sought out Jiang Zhe, especially during the festive season.

“Oh, I’ll give it a try,” Jiang Zhe casually agreed.

Meng Liao was overjoyed. Generally, whenever Miss Z said she would try, there was at least a seventy to eighty percent chance of success—and in fact, Jiang Zhe had never failed before.

When she said, “I’ll try,” it was almost the same as saying, “I’ll get it done.”

Meng Liao felt relieved.

Jiang Zhe hung up the phone, took out her mobile phone, casually assembled it into a computer, and then began accessing the system of the Neutral Country Bank.

It was indeed locked.

However, this wasn’t much of a challenge for Jiang Zhe.

Her fingers flew over the keyboard, leaving only a blur.

Shortly, she hit the Enter key, and then she got back in touch with Meng Liao, “They said you can transfer the money as long as the system works, right?”

“Right.”

“Try logging into the bank system.”

Meng Liao immediately logged in. The transfer button, which had been grayed out before, had now turned green.

His transfer limit was also restored.

Quickly, he transferred all his money out. Since it was a legitimate transfer of his own funds, the system operation did not trigger any alerts.

In a matter of minutes, he moved all the money into accounts at other banks.

The plans of those who had collaborated to force his company into closure were completely thwarted.

On the financial market, fortunes rise and fall in the blink of an eye.

After making a big profit, Meng Liao discreetly withdrew his funds.