At the very least, she wouldn't have to worry about the tech company's operational expenses for the rest of the semester, maybe even the entire year.
That afternoon, Cyrus Montgomery and the executive office compiled the financial reports, distributing the trading profits and statements to everyone's accounts and inboxes.
This included Elara, Liora, Rachel, and Lenny. To save time, Mira had the executive office handle the distributions for them as well.
Cyrus and his team were ecstatic to see substantial investment returns deposited into their own accounts.
Finding a company and a boss like this was a once-in-a-lifetime miracle. Anyone who didn't work themselves to the bone for her had to be out of their mind.
Because their investments were significantly larger and required discretion, Mira personally handled the payouts for Owen, Master Ellis, and Harvey.
The three of them were shareholders in the tech company, meaning they were responsible for covering a portion of its monthly expenses.
After wrapping that up, Mira had Cyrus send a message to the group chat: "Real estate prices are about to skyrocket. Anyone planning to buy a house should do it immediately."
It was her way of giving back to her loyal subordinates.
That evening, Mira urged Rachel again to buy property as soon as possible. With the cash Rachel had now, she could easily afford a place right in Aethelgard.
Real estate was currently the absolute best hedge against inflation.
In her previous life, housing prices had been sluggish in early 2009, but it didn't take long for them to start climbing rapidly.
The upward trend continued relentlessly. By the end of 2011, housing prices had surged by a third of their original value.
Mira was still unaware that her brilliant financial maneuver had firmly etched her alias into the minds of the market's sharpest investors.
She had registered her trading account under the name "Lune." Thankfully, no one had connected "Ms. Mercer" to "Lune" yet.
This was Mira's second massive success, following her aggressive plays on Titan and Porter Entertainment.
Many industry insiders had taken notice. This mysterious trader rarely made a move, but when she did, she never missed.
And so, the name "Ms. Mercer" was quietly committed to memory.
"Julian, don't be mad at her. She has excellent grades. It's completely normal that she wants to secure first place."
"Hmph. I think she's just incredibly selfish and only cares about herself. Her grades are only good because the family poured resources into her from a young age. Mara, if you had grown up here with us, your grades would definitely be better than hers."
Lacey shot her son a look. "Words are cheap. Since you won this race, what are you getting your sister as a gift?"
Julian sighed, feigning helplessness. "Mom, when I win the championship, I'll give the trophy to Mara. How's that?"
"That's more like it."
"Thank you, Julian," Mara said sweetly.
Simultaneously, inside the chairman's office at Porter Entertainment, it was well past clock-out time, but the people inside showed no signs of leaving.
"Boss, Julian took first place in the preliminaries today."
Allen stepped closer to Shane Porter, his tone cautious.

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