I Can Control the Choices of Others! - Chapter 17

Chapter 17: A Terrifying Guess, This Shawn Is Not Simple!

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Under the man’s pleas and many similar requests, Nina reluctantly agreed.

She was also very curious about Shawn, because according to them, Shawn had started collecting the purslane before the New York Times published any news about them.

As an ordinary university student, why did he have such foresight?

Nina acutely caught the whiff of an explosive news.

Therefore, she was prepared to chase after him.

At this moment, the viewers watching the live broadcast were also arguing with each other.

“God, I didn’t think that was the reason. I don’t know if I should sympathize with these people anymore.”

“That’s right. They’re all greedy, especially Raul. Why go to this extent?”

“I’m sure he’s blinded by money. He doesn’t know the initiative is in Shawn’s hands. If it were me, I wouldn’t want Raul to get his way even if I stopped doing this business.”

“Maybe there’s more to it than meets the eye? The guy just said that Raul was helping Shawn collect it, but Shawn didn’t agree to buy them.”

“That’s right. He’s selling it for $7. Why wouldn’t he be willing to give the residents of the district more profits?”

“Humph. Come on. You guys are so saintly. The Holy Church in Paris needs you.”

“That’s right. Purslane isn’t worth much to begin with. It’s already kind of him to spend $1 on buying it. You have to know that we are selling it for $0.20 per kilogram here!”

“Yes, the locals are too greedy. I support Shawn!”

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On the other side of the camera, two sides of a long table were filled with people.

Some of them were very young. They looked elegant, handsome, and rich. Some of them were old, but their eyes were exceptionally shrewd. There were also middle-aged men who wore gold-framed glasses and looked to be of high status.

At this moment, none of them said anything as they stared at the television.

After the interview, someone could not help but ask: “Everyone, don’t you think Shawn is very interesting?”

Everyone had different reactions.

“Interesting indeed. But here comes the question, how did he know about the purslane?”

An old man looked at the people below with a playful look.

It was as if he wanted to know everyone’s deepest secret through their expressions.

“According to our sources, several hours after the New York Times was published, a large quantity of purslane suddenly appeared in New York City.”

“That’s right. At that time, we had not even dumped our purslane yet, but its price in the market had already been increasing. Because of that batch of purslane, the price suffered a blow, and it didn’t meet our expectations.”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

It was as if everyone was thinking about the reason for this.

After a while, the old man sitting at the head of the table asked, “Have you found out who it is?”

“Got it. A guy named Jeffrey. According to our intel, it looks like Jeffrey got the goods from this kid. But the price…”

The old man asked again: “How many?”

“$7 per kilogram.”

Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air after hearing this.

This price proved too many problems.

First of all, purslane was a type of weed that even pigs or cows did not eat.

Almost all of them were thrown away as trash.

However, Shawn was the first to make a move. He collected a large amount of purslane and sold them at a terrifying price of $7.

This showed a huge problem.

If it was an ordinary person, they would not have known that the New York Times would spread rumors. How could they have acted in advance?

From another perspective, even if he knew, he would not sell it at this price.

One had to know that even these big shots could not perfectly control the price trend.

This was despite the fact that they were behind the scene manipulating the situation, they had gone to great lengths to set high prices.

Then, who was this Shawn?

Seeing that no one spoke, a middle-aged man said, “According to our investigation, there is something very wrong with this Jeffrey. He first used 100,000 kilograms of purslane to instantly stop the price of the purslane from rising.”

“Later, when the market was starting to reach the peak, and we were ready to make a move, once again, this Jeffrey moved ahead of us. He packaged the purslane very well and made it a health symbol. Once again, his purslane became the most popular celebrity product on the market.”

“If it weren’t for his lack of stock, I’m afraid he would be the real powerhouse in New York City!”

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, everyone present felt a chill down their spines.

Everyone was in disbelief.

They had invested tens of millions of USD in this.

This was only the early stages of the project. The investment would be even greater in the later stages.

But suddenly, there was this person who was one step ahead of them in everything and almost kicked them out of the game.

Damn it!

Everyone felt a sense of relief.

If they were really kicked out of the game, money was a small issue, but the key was the embarrassment they would suffer!

“Have you looked into this Jeffrey? What’s his background? Could he be behind all this?” The old man sitting at the head of the table asked.

“I’ve checked. This Jeffrey’s brother-in-law is editor-in-chief of the New York Times. He’ll be able to get access to news about purslane, but he only knows about the information, not the plans behind the scenes.”

“Furthermore, according to our investigation, Jeffrey did investigate the matter of the purslane. Because we kept it well under wraps, he didn’t get enough information, like the price, the trend, and so on. Logically, a businessman wouldn’t spend $7 on something without knowing the details.”

“Unless…”

The old man sitting at the head of the table looked at the report and said, “Tell us your guess.”

“According to our investigation, Jeffrey is not the mastermind, Shawn is!”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this news.

They picked up the documents in their hands and took a closer look.

Shawn, an ordinary university graduate, had just started an internship.

He had no background, was from an ordinary family, and did not have any business activity that was out of the norm for his identity.

The information was very simple, extremely simple. It was the general information of almost all people at this age.

But it was this simple information that made them feel fear.

One must know that this ordinary university student had almost kicked out these masterminds behind the scenes!

Seeing that there was no other comments, the elderly man said: “Keep a close eye on this Shawn. I want to know what he plans to do next!”

After the elderly man gave the order, the massive scheme began to operate, and a plan involving Shawn slowly unfolded.

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