Chapter 185: A New Myth
After sending off his brother-in-law, Zhang Nan would go to the shooting range almost every day to practice shooting, using three kinds of guns: 56 and a half, Remington 700 and Glock 17. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
And it's not a simple target training, so that the bodyguards can teach themselves the most basic combat knowledge.
Jackson and the others didn't think much about it, because there are a large number of people in the American Rifle Association who practice practical shooting, and there are many various competitions every year.
Practical shooting is different from simple target shooting, because most shooting competitions before the 50s were based on accuracy as the only scoring criterion, and in the real situation of self-defense with a gun, it is not enough to shoot accurately, you have to shoot fast!
So someone came up with the idea of creating a race that simulated the use of guns in a real-life situation, which is practical shooting.
After 10 days of training, on September 30, according to Jackson's arrangement, Zhang Nan and Nicole also flew to western Montana, where they tried hunting in a private hunting ground in the mountains.
Many prey species are actually forbidden to hunt during this season, but this private hunting ground is mainly for the wealthy, and it is not taken seriously at all.
The land is vast and sparsely populated, just like no man's land. In addition, now ordinary hunting enthusiasts do not have that way to let this hunting ground owner open the hunting ground, and there are less than 10 people in the huge mountain forest.
However, Zhang Nan did not go hunting large animals such as deer, and it was enjoyable to play two pheasants, but in fact, it was more to adapt to life in the mountains.
Most of the bodyguards came, and a group of people camped in the wild for three days. Jackson and the others did not fire a single shot for three days, that is, they helped the boss to get the gun, did a good job in logistics services, and reminded the forest area of the "combat" to pay attention to.
When he went to Germany, Zhang Nan was actually a porter who "carried a gun": according to Xiang Weirong's arrangement, the Remington 700 was carried by him.
Because within 400 meters, Xiang Weirong and Guan Xingquan don't need to use any sniper rifles at all, and they carry 700 just in case.
On October 3rd, a group of people will return to New York, and they are about to do big things!
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On October 5th, Zhang Nan came to the Empire State Building with Nicole and Jenny early in the morning, and the bodyguards stayed in the lounge outside, while in the large operation room, most of the company's operators were already waiting.
The operation room will be like an operational command room, which is directly connected to the New York Stock Exchange and has a "local area network", through which the real-time trading situation of the trading center can be seen through the computer.
Zhang Nan knew that this system was still working now, and someone had to watch it in the trading center on the 19th, and it wouldn't work at that time!
Traders are waiting for the CEO's instructions.
Nicole took out a few pieces of paper from her bag and handed them to the traders in turn: "Do what I wrote!"
Short, when the traders saw the instructions that needed to be operated, they were a little surprised in their hearts: they all used the principle of leverage, at least 3 times the start!
The company had never done this before: it was a gambling operation, and there was no need to take such a risk according to the company's current situation.
However, the orders of the boss and the CEO can only be carried out.
"Black Monday", Zhang Nan, who basically did not speculate in stocks before his rebirth, did not understand finance and stocks, but he also knew that the short-term stock market crash in the US stock market broke out on October 19, 1987.
However, I also knew what the "butterfly effect" was, and I didn't want to become a billionaire overnight, so after discussing my ideas with two women, I decided to test the waters from the 5th.
Zhang Nan knew that from October 5 to 9, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by more than 150 points, and then fell by more than 200 points in the second week, including more than 100 points in one day on October 16!
Zhang Nan only said his expectations before, and Nicole and the two made plans according to their own estimates and implemented them all.
Today's funds invested in short selling are actually less than 10 million US dollars, and as of the close of the afternoon, the profit is more than 200 yuan.
In the following week or so, the method of short-term and "small" investment was adopted, and none of the investments exceeded 20 million US dollars, and there were still gains and losses.
But even so, by two o'clock in the afternoon on the 16th, the profit had already exceeded $20 million!
By the end of the afternoon, Nicole waited for all the traders to finish their work and took out a few pieces of paper again.
"Everyone, strictly follow my requirements for trading, I have already said that everyone will spend the night in the company tonight, the marching bed has been prepared for everyone, and the boss's bodyguards will accompany everyone.
If we succeed, each of you can celebrate becoming a millionaire tomorrow night. If they fail, the boss will also give everyone $50,000 per person for hard work. ”
From now on, all company staff are strictly forbidden to contact the outside world, and Zhang Nan's bodyguards will strictly implement this order!
For this, Zhang Nan said that he had decided: even the bodyguards could share a small dividend in this transaction.
To this end, Jenny also came up with a distribution table, and even the cleaners will have a very small percentage of dividends.
When all the traders got their own piece of paper, they were really shocked!
Short buy the stocks of super big companies such as General Electric, Telegraph and Telephone, Coca-Cola, Westinghouse, Amex, Boeing, etc., and the short buying time will start from the opening of tomorrow morning!
Each of the 5 traders needs to operate a huge amount of money of at least $40 million, and the maximum leverage reaches 80 times!
When all was done, Nicole said, "God bless us!"
Just wait, the traders can look at each other's notes in the hands of their colleagues: because the transaction has been completed, and before the close of tomorrow, except for the boss and the two "boss ladies", no one else can leave the company, nor can they contact the outside world, and there is no need to keep each other secret.
Five people looked at each other, a whole 250 million dollars!
Minimum leverage 50 times!
Even if the previous profits are counted, as long as the Dow Jones index rises slightly, Sunshine Star will lose more than two-thirds of its old capital!
Monday, October 19, 1987.
The whole of Wall Street was shrouded in clouds, and in the rush and dreary "dang, dang, dang" bells, the New York Stock Exchange began a new day.
As soon as the market opened, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 67 points!
At this time, Zhang Nan was in the trading hall, and when he saw this moment, the heart hanging in his heart finally let go.
"Back to the company. ”
He said a word to Jackson and Paul beside him, without ecstasy at all, he was suppressing his mentality - otherwise he would be killed by his eyes!
Around the three of them, traders are frantically answering the phone and selling!
The throwing plate is flocking, and all the green disks are turned up on the screen, and there is no red wave in sight!
Zhang Nan left, and there was a panic in the exchange behind him!
When he entered the corporate office on the 62nd floor of the Empire State Building, he was greeted by a jubilant scene - all the staff members were almost singing and dancing!
There were also people celebrating with champagne!
"Alan, magical Alan! We've made it, and there's nothing left to stop this crash... We'll be the new myth of Wall Street!"
Nicole was very excited: she almost had a heart attack when the market first opened, because a stock with 80x leverage had risen by 3 cents at that time, and if it reached 15 cents, it would be forced to liquidate, which would be a loss of $15 million!
And now all the stocks that are shorting are going all the way down!
By 10:30 a.m., the computer systems of the New York Stock Exchange were almost paralyzed!
It's all selling!
By about 1 p.m., a terrible piece of news reached the Wall Street stock market, and the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission spoke in Washington: "At a critical moment, although we do not know when this critical moment will be, I will discuss with the stock exchange the temporary closure of the exchange." ”
This news caused even more panic!
Because once the exchange is closed, traders will not have time to sell their stocks in the future, their shares will be worthless, and thousands of dollars will be reduced to ashes!
The situation of "dumping stocks" has appeared!
The Dow Jones Industrial Average went on a rampage, during which time Securities and Exchange Commission officials came forward to clarify that they had not discussed the closure of the exchange.
But it's too late, and the disaster can't be stopped!
Zhang Nan and the others were watching live TV in the office, and at 14:05 in the afternoon, Nicole and the others were slightly startled: the Dow rose by 350 points and successfully crossed 2000 points.
"Don't worry, God is on our side. Zhang Nan comforted.
"Oh my God?"
Previously, Zhang Nan used Chinese pronunciation.
"My God. ”
Sure enough, a moment later, the Dow-Jones index continued to plummet until the close.
At this time, the short transaction of Sunshine Star Company was also completed.
Soon the news came back from the trading floor that the shares of almost all the big companies were down about 30 percent: General Electric was down 33.1 percent, Telegraph and Telephone was down 29.5 percent, Coca-Cola was down 36.5 percent, Westinghouse was down 45.8 percent, Amex was down 38.8 percent, and Boeing was down 29.9 percent......
As a result, the closing of the market could not be seen on the computer screen of the company, because the computer system of the trading center was half-paralyzed, and it was a message from the telephone.
But all this is no longer important, because the transaction on his side has been completed, and there is no way to turn over the tricks.
According to a large amount of data transmitted back by phone, one of the company's traders took out a calculator and banknotes to quickly calculate, and then couldn't contain his excitement and said to Zhang Nan and the others: "Boss, we have made a profit of more than 5 billion US dollars in this operation!"
At this time, the bodyguards were also there, and the trader who was rushing to the company from the exchange was missing.
Zhang Nan smiled and said to everyone: "I will not break my promise to do so, I will take out one percent of the net profit of this transaction, and reward all those involved in this operation according to their positions, including my bodyguards and the staff of the manor." ”
As he spoke, he said to a middle-aged black woman in the company who was cleaning and doing logistics: "Ms. Aasia, if I remember correctly, you can probably get a share of $300,000." (To be continued.) )