Chapter 11 Short Selling
As soon as the news of Rurishima was released, Mitsui Tanaka secretly visited Prime Minister Ichiro Aso for the first time.
Mitsui Tanaka said excitedly: "Your Excellency, now that the basic interest rate of bank loans is adjusted, our domestic economy will be miserable. There will be a large number of enterprises that will not survive, a large number of people will suffer, and the national power may regress, Your Excellency.
Now, I can only tell the truth. We have more than 220,000 employees in all manufacturing industries under Mitsui Shokai, and have lost an average of 20% per month since June last year. I haven't said it before, because they can rely on the banks within our chamber of commerce for blood transfusions, and the cost of financing is very low. In addition, the financial industry can bring large profits to the chamber of commerce, and we automatically ignore this part of the loss.
Since the issuance of the interest rate adjustment policy, our manufacturing industries will face the risk of losing more than 30% or more per month. In addition, the domestic financial industry is bound to be affected unimaginably after the interest rate adjustment, which is beyond the capacity of any of us, Your Excellency!"
"Mr. Mitsui, the cabinet has been worried about what you said, but now the time has come to curb it. According to the report of the Intelligence Group, the bubble economy in China is quite serious, and if it is not curbed by a decree in time, the edifice may collapse.
Moreover, the Western countries are eyeing us, do you think that the big countries headed by the United States will let us go? Since the Plaza Accord in '85, we have been suffering huge losses. Aso Ichiro said frankly, he can't help it, the Mitsui Foundation has always been the pillar of the cabinet and the domestic economy.
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Green shade building, Lu Zheng's office.
Allen reported to Lu Zheng: "Lu, in recent times, after six months of decline in industrial production and three quarters of negative GDP growth in China, and the phenomenon of labor-management game has become increasingly serious, the financial industry on Wall Street has gradually lost confidence in the future. Domestic banks, Chase Bank and other banking banks are sluggish, so they intend to invest a large amount of money in our company's fund. This morning, the two banks are going to put another $100 million and $200 million respectively into our fund, do we have a few other funds to absorb these funds?"
Lu Zheng pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Allen, the funds injected into the fund by the banking industry will be fully received by our company, and the term will be calculated as 3 years, and their rate of return will be according to the company's regulations." You should immediately lead the team to come to them and sign a contract. ”
What Lu Zheng thought was that after the contract between Huaqi and Chase was signed, he would use this as a model to organize personnel to sweep all the banks in the United States, and it was estimated that he could get at least hundreds of billions of funds, or even more than trillions of capital for the next plan.
Allen took Childe and Alik, along with lawyer Steven, to Bloom Bank first, where he met with Will Cortes, the bank's investment manager, as was customary.
Alan explains his intentions and introduces Schild and Alik to Will Cortes.
Alan said simply and directly: "Mr. Wilcottez, if your bank is only willing to invest $300 million, we can only give 16% of the yield." If your bank can invest $500 million, I can give a cap of 20% in terms of yield."
Wilcotez is very happy because their bank has a large amount of money every year for various investments. Although he also has a lot of investment channels, the current Wall Street economy is sluggish, the banking industry is sluggish, and the income is not guaranteed. Suddenly a 20% fixed income is like pie in the sky.
After reporting to the branch president, Mr. Monroe Edward, Wilcotez decided to increase the investment to $500 million. This greatly exceeded Allen's expectations, and she asked Attorney Steven to change the contract. She happily went to report to Lu Zheng by phone.
The contract stipulates that Blossom Bank will purchase $500 million of the "Sword" fund from Lvyin Company, and the contract will expire in 3 years, and the annual rate of return of Blossom Bank will be 20%. Since the second working time after the contract is signed, that is, at 9:00 local time the next day, the funds will be transferred to the "Sword" fund account of Luyin Company.
To this end, Allen took the contract signed with Blossom Bank, and did the same at Chase Bank, and successfully signed $500 million. The terms of the contract are exactly the same as those of the Futures Bank.
After they came back after signing the contract, Lu Zheng happily gave Alan a big hug in the office, which was really a surprise.
Lu Zheng asked Allen to continue to sweep several major domestic banks on the second day.
Allen is constantly sweeping the funds of various banks, and the personnel of all departments in the green shade building are also in place.
The investment department has also been expanded from two teams to six, with four new investment managers including Evelyn Clark, Austin Adams, Thompson Edward, and Dudeser Adams.
The fund side has expanded from two teams to five, the venture capital side has directly recruited 4 teams, and the futures side has also directly recruited 3 teams.
Allen lived up to his expectations, and as of February 1, he had signed and received $2 billion in funds, with a three-year contract period. With the accumulation of the company's original funds, the total amount of funds available for Lu Zheng's next plan has reached $4 billion.
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Recently, Song Qian has finished her spring break and returned to school to continue her studies.
Because of Miss Allen's outstanding contributions, Lu Zheng needs to treat her well.
In the past few days, Lu Zheng's face has turned pale, and the dark circles under his eyes have become more and more serious. On the other hand, the freckles on Miss Allen's face have become slightly invisible, radiant, and ruddy.
Lu Zheng has also been a sin these days, sleeping less than three hours a night, and he needs to unlock various working postures with Miss Allen.
Lu Zheng's next plan is to continue digging up the treasure of the Liuli Island country - shorting the Nikkei.
Lu Zheng decided to short the Nikkei Index this time, and handed over $4 billion to Allen to lead four teams from the investment department and three teams from the futures side to complete it.
Why is the investment department four teams instead of six?
Because Thompson Edward and Tedders Adams are two industrial investment teams.
When they entered the market, the Nikkei was still at a high of 37,500 points. Recently, the stocks of the Liuli Island countries have been plagued by various news, and the volatility is more severe, resulting in the Nikkei Index being extremely unstable. For example, this morning opened at 36,500 points, closed at 36,200 points, opened at 36,100 points in the afternoon, and closed at 36,400 points in the afternoon.
Lu Zheng calmly analyzed and found that there are still a large number of domestic institutions in Liulidao that continue to use funds to continue to raise the stock price. But Lu Zheng knows the direction of history, so let them jump up and down, and the happier they are, the better.
After the recent self-cultivation and recuperation, Lu Zheng's face gradually returned to normal, and his steps became more and more steady.
Looking at Allen again, it may be due to his busy work, the freckles on his face are beginning to notice, and there are signs of intensification. So she wears light makeup to work every day.