Chapter Three: I Bought the Hospital

Ye Guanlan slid a fountain pen toward Lin Che. “One billion buys you any life you could want.” “Except tomorrow,” Lin replied. Nineteen minutes remained before the midnight session closed. Kangning Medical traded at 6.20, while tomorrow's price was 0.61. There were no announcements. Nurses moved through the corridor, unaware that seven deaths had already been written into the future. Lin did not short the stock. He bought 4.9% of Kangning's public float, then used his Million Channel to file a conditional block order: if the shares fell below three yuan, his stake would automatically rise to fifteen percent. For the first time, Ye's expression changed. “You intend to interfere with the hospital as a shareholder?”