The answer is lacking, desperately lacking, the kind of lacking that stings to the core.
Ledger assets are one part, secret independent assets are another part, liquid funds are yet another part—they're not the same thing!
After becoming the Great Commander, every aspect of his activities was tightly monitored, and that old lunatic Nanxi was the standout among them.
The Great Commander's money became hard to maneuver; the portion authorized to Eric for trading was already a significant chunk of his small treasure chest...
"How did it lose so much? Didn't you set a stop-loss?"
No more sodas, no more brooding over the hearings; the blond old boy was now fixated on his little stash of money.
"I did set it, but it didn't work—there weren't enough counter-orders. After the last crash, BEC's trading rules imposed limits on instantaneous trades for large accounts."
Facing his father's suppressed anger, Eric cautiously explained.
"Fak, that's illegal!"