You Have Science, I Have Martial Arts-Chapter 680 - 298: You Sold Me and Still Want to Split the Money with Me?

Nowadays, he already knew that Ye Qingzhou was 'Absolute Sword', so he understood better than outsiders just how terrifying Ye Qingzhou's martial arts potential was.

Before becoming a Martial Arts Grandmaster, Ye Qingzhou already possessed Grandmaster Level combat power, showing that martial arts rankings were made to measure ordinary martial artists and couldn't restrict a peerless genius like Ye Qingzhou.

"No way, I have to personally go to the Imperial Capital."

While Zheng Zhiguang was happy, he also considered that given Ye Qingzhou's current status and position, there were plenty of large firms wanting to cooperate with him. Although he had bet early, he couldn't slack off on maintaining relationships.

Zheng Shuyi was puzzled, "Uncle, don't you have an important business deal in Star City?"

"Let someone else handle the business. For relationship building, I need to go in person to show sincerity."

In Zheng Zhiguang's view, no business was more important than solidifying his previous good relationship with Ye Qingzhou. As a smart person, he clearly understood the priorities.

Imperial University, second floor of the cafeteria.

The phone in his pocket rang. Ye Qingzhou took it out for a glance and saw an unknown number, immediately hanging up.

Opposite him, Xu Yuebing curiously asked, "Who's calling? Aren't you going to answer?"

"I don't know. Recently, people keep calling to discuss collaborations; it's really annoying."

Ye Qingzhou was busy preparing for the Celestial Sword Cup to seek qualification for the World Martial Arts Tournament. He had no time for the investment recommendations of those financial capitalists. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Xu Yuebing chuckled at this, "Your previous number must have been leaked. You're a hot commodity in the financial market now."

"Financial market?"

Ye Qingzhou looked confused, "I'm a martial artist. What does that have to do with finance?"

"How is it unrelated?"

Being from a martial arts family, Xu Yuebing understood the intricacies better than Ye Qingzhou: "Don't you know martial artists can also be packaged for listing? Finance and stocks are essentially playing on expectations, especially for civilian martial artists like you with no affiliation—you're seen as the most valuable potential stock in their eyes."

Through Xu Yuebing's patient explanation, Ye Qingzhou began to understand the complex situation.

Simply put, civilian martial artists are poor, while martial arts cultivation is a gold-eating giant beast.

Just ascending to the Professional Level costs over ten million. One can imagine how high the cultivation costs are for Master Level and Grandmaster Level—it's astronomical for ordinary civilians.

What can civilian martial artists do if they can't afford it?

They can't just wait until they've gathered enough funds to cultivate, can they?

Thus, a unique investment model was born.

Some well-known professional ninth rank martial artists would package themselves for listing through financial means to gather funds for their advancement.

If they succeed in reaching the Master Realm, the returns are enough to cover previous investment costs and even provide dividends for shareholders.

Similarly, Master Level and Grandmaster Level martial artists could do the same, and even those from powerful martial arts families would use this approach to reap profits from the stock market.

After all, even landowners have no extra food, so saving a bit wherever possible is sensible.

If they win, everyone is delighted.

If they lose, the investors bear the cost.

After hearing this, Ye Qingzhou was astonished, "These financial guys really know how to play the game."

But thinking it over, Ye Qingzhou felt something was off: "Wait, why do financial institutions get the majority of the dividends? Isn't this like selling me and then splitting my selling price with me?"

Xu Yuebing laughed, rolling her eyes at Ye Qingzhou, "You think financial institutions are running charities? For civilian martial artists, this cost is acceptable because without this funding, advancing would be too difficult."

Then Xu Yuebing smiled and asked, "If you really want to package yourself as a financial product for listing and funding, I can help."

Evidently, the Linjiang Xu Clan had connections in this area.

In reality, martial arts families are quite progressive with profitable ventures. Many even practice their hereditary cultivation techniques terribly, but excel at packaging and financing themselves for market funding.

Organizing private matches and manipulating rankings and results for media hype, they reap huge profits from the stock market.

Ye Qingzhou waved it off, "Never mind. I don't lack money, and advancing to Martial Saint is no difficult task for me, so there's no need to give others dividends."

More importantly, Ye Qingzhou didn't want to earn such easy money and become deeply entangled in the indulgence of wealth, losing his drive.

As a martial artist, martial arts cultivation is always the priority.

Ye Qingzhou's determination and persistence made Xu Yuebing more appreciative of him. Her bright eyes were completely filled with his image: "You should just focus on preparing for the Celestial Sword Cup. I'll have my family handle everything else."

"Hmm."

Ye Qingzhou nodded, determined to win the Celestial Sword Cup championship.

In the following days, Xu Wanqing and Xu Yinquan came to the Imperial Capital and set up a property, allowing Ye Qingzhou to focus on cultivation. The couple blocked anyone trying to get close to Ye Qingzhou.

Except for Zheng Zhiguang and others who invested in Ye Qingzhou early, it's clearly too late for anyone else to get on board now.