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Chapter 525: Reform Becomes Profitable

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Profit arrived without apology.

It appeared in margins first. Narrow, almost dismissible gains that analysts initially attributed to seasonal correction or delayed reaction to broader market stabilization. But by midday, the pattern refused to be explained away.

Crosswell’s midterm projections ticked upward.

Not dramatically. No

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