"But I don't like you, I don't want to date you, can I? OK!" Tan Xiaoxiao said impatiently.

Tan Xiaoxiao had her own pride, and she was also aware of her own limitations. She never thought about marrying into a wealthy family.

She didn't want others to view her differently, and she truly had never considered dating Guo Sian.

Even though Guo Sian himself was not wrong, nor did he have any issues, he was even very young, handsome, and indeed treated her well. It was obvious that Guo Sian really liked her.

However, Guo Sian was seven or eight years younger than her! Perhaps now, she didn't count as old, she looked mature, and she was still considered beautiful.

But what about ten years later, or twenty years later?

By then, Guo Sian would be only thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, while she would already be forty-five or forty-six years old. Would Guo Sian still like her?

Even if twenty years later, if she maintained herself well and still had some charm, still no problems, then what about thirty years later.

By then, Guo Sian would be forty-seven or forty-eight years old, for a man, especially a wealthy man, he wouldn't count as old, he would still be in his prime.

There would still be plenty of young, beautiful girls willing to throw themselves at him.

But how about herself? She would be fifty-five or fifty-six years old, already an elderly woman, how could she keep Guo Sian's heart?

Rather than suffer in the future, with a desolate old age, it would be better to extinguish such thoughts right from the start.

He believed a woman being seven or eight years younger than a man wasn't an issue, but if a woman was seven or eight years older, it would be hard to ensure her happiness in later years, destined to have no good ending.

So if he was to choose, he would rather marry the chairman than Guo Sian. Although he was the chairman's son, there's a high probability he would also become the chairman in the future.

Even though the chairman might be more than 10 years older than her, a man being 10 years older was acceptable, she was against herself being seven or eight years older than a man.

It seemed Guo Sian had a long way to go to win over Tan Xiaoxiao. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The year 2010 was about to be gone in the blink of an eye, and 2011 was just around the corner.

This year, not only has the domestic economy recovered, but the global economy has also already recovered or is in the process of recovering.

Global economic growth was strong, stock markets surged, oil prices returned to a high level of over 90 US dollars per barrel, it's expected that by early 2011, it would break 100 US dollars per barrel, which was just a matter of time.

Yi Anguo was very aware that by the end of April 2011, the international crude oil futures price would again break through to a high of 125 US dollars per barrel.

Yi Anguo had started his career relying on international crude oil futures, crazily exploiting the capitalist system.

How could he possibly miss such a great market trend?

In fact, Yi Anguo had never stopped making money from the international crude oil futures market, only choosing to temporarily withdraw when the market was flat, or had minor price fluctuations.

But whenever there was a market trend, he would act without hesitation.

Yi Anguo always let Hualong Investment Group's securities investment department keep a close eye on the international crude oil futures market, ready to intervene in trading at any time.

Income from this sector almost accounted for his major revenue, which is why Hualong Investment Group was said to be his most important company and asset.

After February 23, 2009, when international crude oil futures dropped to a low of 36 US dollars, it then began to rise, though there were occasional corrections, the trend was upward.

By mid-June, the price of international crude oil futures broke 70 US dollars per barrel and soon corrected back to 60 US dollars per barrel.

Throughout the rest of 2009, international crude oil futures prices fluctuated between levels of 60 to 70 US dollars per barrel, reaching a high of more than 78 US dollars per barrel.

On the first trading day of 2010, they broke through 80 US dollars, then quickly started to correct again, dropping below 70 US dollars per barrel.

Subsequently, the price continued to fluctuate between 70-plus and 80-plus US dollars until December when it broke through 90 US dollars per barrel.

After entering 2011, it would soon break through 100 US dollars, then 110 US dollars, 120 US dollars, all the way to 125 US dollars per barrel.

And from 125 US dollars per barrel to dropping below 110 US dollars per barrel took just six days.

And Yi Anguo could leverage this great market trend to make another big profit.

This is the advantage of the reincarnated; although he lacked a system or a white-bearded grandfather, he had memories of the previous life, just by this alone, he had many advantages over others.

As 2011 quietly arrived, Yi Anguo reflected on the previous incarnation, considering what major events happened in 2011, which notable companies would be established, which companies would go public, whose stocks would soar, whose stocks would plunge?

Then he wrote down with a pen the matters he could recall.

In 2011, the US Groupon would go public, and before the listing, he had to cash out quickly, because once it went public, it would be too late to cash out.

The US Groupon went public in November 2011, with a first-day market value of 16.5 billion US dollars, yet in less than a month, the market value dropped below 10 billion US dollars, and then continued to plunge, breaking below 5 billion US dollars.

If waiting until after Groupon's listing to cash out, it'd be difficult to get out, so it's best to leave early before its listing.

In 2011, Jack Ma would initiate Taobao's delisting from the Hong Kong stock exchange and privatization.

Even though Yi Anguo was a major shareholder of Taobao, it didn't prevent him from earning big from it.

If he wanted delisting, privatization, or stock buyback, he had to exchange for the entire company's shares.

Because the portion listed in Harbor Island wasn't the entire company, only a segment, commonly known as the B2B company, hence its low stock price and market value.

However, after 2014, Taobao would go public again in the US, by then, it would be the entire Taobao listing, the stock price and market value would be completely different.

In 2014, Taobao went public in the US with an issue price of 68 US dollars per share and a market value of 168 billion US dollars.

Whereas when Taobao was delisted in Hong Kong, its buyback price was only 13 Hong Kong dollars, with a market value of about 26 billion US dollars, almost the same as its market value when listed in Harbor Island.

This meant Taobao didn't pay any price, using a clever method to borrow money from investors to develop Taobao's business, without even paying interest, how it borrowed was how it repaid.

And this was when the stock price had risen, otherwise back to late 2008, when the stock price was at its lowest, it wouldn't have even half of its current market value.

If Yi Anguo could use his stock holdings during delisting to swap for Taobao's shares in the US listing afterward, even trading at a 1:5, 1:6, or even 1:10 or 1:20 ratio would be worth it!

20 shares were only valued at over 260 Hong Kong dollars, when Taobao went public in the US in 2014, each share was valued at 68 US dollars, moreover, this was the issue price.

68 US dollars was at least equivalent to over 500 Hong Kong dollars.

But whether Taobao's delisting in Hong Kong occurred in 2011 or 2012, Yi Anguo suddenly felt a bit uncertain, unable to recall with certainty.

Having reincarnated for seven years now, many memories from before reincarnation were starting to become somewhat vague.

So while he could still remember a bit now, it was best to write them down to avoid forgetting them entirely later.

But Taobao's delisting from Hong Kong, regardless of happening in 2011 or 2012, was irrelevant, as it didn't affect him much.

Yi Anguo reminisced while jotting down notes.

His soon-to-be eleven-year-old daughter, Yi Xinyi, quietly pushed open the study door, poked her head in, glancing at the situation inside the study.

Yi Anguo looked up at his daughter Yi Xinyi, smiled, and said, "Xinyi! Sneaking around, what are you up to? Is there something you need from Daddy?"

"Daddy! Are you busy now? I want to talk to you." Yi Xinyi smiled secretly and said.

"My darling daughter wants to talk to Daddy, no matter how busy I am, I must first listen to what my dear Xinyi has to say!" Yi Anguo smiled and beckoned.

"Daddy! I want to know about my mom, can you tell me?"

Yi Xinyi walked over to Yi Anguo's side, lowered her head, seeming a bit uneasy, and said.

After finishing, she also sneaked a glance at Yi Anguo's reaction and expression.

"Why did you suddenly want to inquire about your mother's things?" Yi Anguo sighed and said.