On the other side of the ocean, a pale dawn broke on the horizon, and the first rays of the morning sun fell upon Wall Street.
Amid the blistering summer heat, a new day was about to begin, but the participants from the eight major institutions couldn't feel the warmth of the sunlight.
Years of planning for the "Return to Asia-Pacific Strategy" had failed, and the so-called Invincible Fleet, the Li Gen, had retreated.
Upon hearing this news, the participants' hearts chilled instantly as if someone had doused them with cold water on a freezing day.
Cold in body, and even colder in heart, a bone-chilling cold emerged from the depths of their souls, and everyone felt their scalps tingle as calamity loomed.
Lu Liang had only been developing for one year, holding just two funds, with all told maybe thirty billion dollars in assets.
But they had been developing for many years, managing assets that were at least ten times, or even a hundred times, more than Lu Liang's, if not more.
