The Miner took a sip of coffee, closed his eyes and seemed to be choosing his words carefully. After a while, he said, "To be honest, our encounter was not a coincidence. Do you believe that?"
"What do you mean?" Sheyan asked with a frown.
The Miner started explaining, "We're all people from the Empire. Although we're restricted by the confidentiality agreement, we can still band together through tacit understanding, especially under the intentional arrangement of the Empire. Plus, we can obtain first-hand data, so 17 months ago, we found that the rate of increase of your Dow Jones index was rather shocking...."
"Wait a minute!" interrupted Sheyan, "If I remember correctly, isn't the Dow Jones index something used for the stock market?"
