Friday, September 10, 2027.
The Shanghai Composite Index breaks through 4,000 points, reaching a three-year high.
In the trading room of Jiangzhou Wildfire Capital, bottle after bottle of champagne is opened.
Only fund manager Cheng Ye sells all 420 million yuan in cash as stocks hit their daily limit.
His partners call him crazy, clients call to pull their investments, and his peers mock him on social media for "missing the 4,000-point rally."
Three days later, Saudi Arabia's Yanbu Port is attacked, and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is blockaded.
Brent crude surges from $96 to $152.
A month later, the Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 75 basis points.
Valuations are slashed worldwide, and the A-share market falls from 4,000 points to 2,900.
While everyone else is losing money, his fund doubles in value.
Someone asks him, "How did you know the market would fall?"
Cheng Ye says, "Because I calculated OECD inventories, Saudi Arabia's pipelines, and the Federal Reserve's limits."
And because...
I've already died once in that crash.