Chapter Four: The People Who Auction Tomorrow

“Six hundred eighty million for the other side of every short trade in this room.” Losses flashed red across the terminals. The people who believed they had purchased tomorrow had become the source of Lin's profit. [NET ASSETS: 680 MILLION YUAN.] [USER HAS IDENTIFIED A DUAL FUTURE.] [TEMPORARY PRIVILEGE: CAUSAL AUDIT. DURATION: TEN MINUTES.] Silver threads extended from every pool of money in Lin's sight. Gu's fifty billion did not come from Everlight. It came from the pension accounts of tens of millions of ordinary people. At the far end of the threads was an account that had not yet been opened. Account holder: Lin Xiaoman. It was his sister's name. But Xiaoman was twenty-seven and worked at a financial-regulation technology institute.