Flipping through the financial edition of the Chicago Tribune that day, the first thing that entered Xiao Yang's sight was a capitalized and bold headline: "6 million in 90 minutes, who can beat the speed of terror and gold absorption?" ”

Compared with the exaggerated and slightly frightening headline, the content of the news itself is not entirely subjective speculation, and I don't know what means were used, the reporter in charge of reporting the incident interviewed the entourage of one of the attendees, according to the unnamed whistleblower, he had witnessed his boss write a cash check with a denomination of $500,000, and the payee column was filled in the name of the great prophet Xiao Yang, and so on. Xiao Yang will receive a total of $6 million from 12 attendees!

Then the question arises, what kind of prophecy is worth the willingness of these calculating speculators to pay such a large sum of money in exchange?

Referring to several predictions issued by Xiao Yang before, as well as the identities and investment directions of the participants, the reporter of the newspaper made the following inferences, the biggest possibility of which is that like the previous Los Angeles earthquake, Xiao Yang foresaw in advance that a certain country or region will have a major natural disaster - of course, not only earthquakes, but also may be hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, fires, etc. - resulting in a serious reduction in the production of certain crops or minerals such as soybeans, corn or oil, In turn, it affects the supply and demand relationship of the commodity and the spot and futures prices, which gives these financiers with an extremely sensitive sense of smell a broad space to operate and make profits.

In addition to natural disasters, the possibility of man-made ~ disasters is also listed, such as a country, regional regime or a major change of power within an international large company, or some kind of accident, are very likely to affect the fluctuation of some commodities or stock prices, using the advantage of this information asymmetry to carry out long or short operations in advance, undoubtedly can help these people who have heard secrets to earn huge returns that cannot be achieved by conventional investment means.

I have to admit that although the report is somewhat inaccurate or even exaggerated in terms of details, it is not far from the facts in terms of the overall direction, especially in the speculation of the content predicted by Xiao Yang, which also gives him a clearer and deeper understanding of the clever means of these reporters to dig out the inside story of the news, the sensitivity of smell, and the strength of logical thinking and reasoning.

Of course, others guessed and guessed, as one of the parties, he himself was also restricted by the confidentiality agreement, not to mention admitting the truth in person, and even the slightest bit of wind direction could not be disclosed to the media, otherwise he would be jointly sued by more than a dozen representatives of the meeting for breach of contract.

Unable to get an answer from Xiao Yang, the reporters who were unwilling to give up went to find other participants, but this matter is related to their own net worth and property, even if there is no confidentiality agreement, others do not want to take anything of value out of their mouths, and the development of the situation is just as Brian said, out of the pursuit of wealth and celebrity effect, this kind of silence has further attracted more attention, in addition to professional financial reporters, more and more entertainment and current affairs reporters are involvedIn just a few days, all kinds of discussions and speculations came one after another, and the momentum of the limelight even faintly exceeded the aftermath of the Jackson case.

As the saying goes, when the bird is big, there are all kinds of forests, and when there are more people paying attention to and discussing, there are naturally pink and black, and at the same time, it inevitably caused some controversy to Xiao Yang himself.

As representatives of authoritative media, the Chicago Tribune and the Wall Street Journal and other traditional newspapers have always known how to cherish feathers, and they are still pertinent in terms of attitude and wording when carrying out relevant reports. As a gift from God, Xiao Yang's prophetic ability should belong to the common wealth of all American citizens, whether he foresees a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, the public has the right to know, like his current act of keeping it secret and making profits, is a serious violation of the public's will and even constitutes a crime!

On the morning of February 3, at a routine briefing on the case, when asked by a reporter whether the Los Angeles police would make a further response to Xiao Yang's accusations of racial discrimination, Mr. Deputy Chief Superintendent took the initiative to mention the controversy caused by the "Fortune Dinner" the night before and the panic among the people. He also turned over the old account of Xiao Yang's use of the police station's press conference room to conduct an on-site auction last time, and declared unabashedly: "The so-called prophet is just a mysterious liar, a grandstanding clown, and a mercenary villain." ”

Based on the work concept of fearing that the world will not be chaotic, Roman Carr's remarks were immediately reprinted and quoted by a large number of media, and the debate over Xiao Yang's character and whether he should borrow his supernatural abilities for profit has once again become the focus of media and public attention. Moreover, this kind of mixed controversy is not without positive effects at all, the most typical example is that ABC took the initiative to increase Xiao Yang's appearance fee.

"1 million?!" Although he has a full understanding of Brian's ability to sowed discord between various media, Xiao Yang was still a little surprised when he heard this price, "How did you do it?" ”

Brian shrugged his shoulders, "To put it bluntly, it's actually very simple, I told them that you fell for CBS's beauty trick and are ready to accept the station's conditions at any cost." ”

Xiao Yang couldn't help but roll his eyes, he deserved to be a professional economist, and anything in his hands could become a bargaining chip, "So they took the initiative to increase the appearance fee by 25% on the original basis?" ”

"It's more than that." Brian replied smugly, "They're also going to invite ABC's No. 1 beauty to host your interview." ”

"ABC's No. 1 beauty?" Xiao Yang's curiosity was successfully hooked, "Who is that?" ”