Chapter 428: Manipulating the Stock Market
Zhao Xicheng's words did not attract ridicule and forced attention, because Americans are no strangers to manipulating the stock market. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
There are retail investors and market makers in the stock market, and the profits of the market makers do not depend on manipulating the stock market. Although it is legally forbidden to manipulate the stock market, there are always countless ways for capital to circumvent the law.
As long as the capital is sufficient, let alone manipulating the stock market, isn't it those consortia with strong capital that really set off economic crises again and again?
In ancient China, when there was a natural disaster in a famine year, although the big landlords also suffered losses, it was like a feast. By buying up the land in the hands of the peasants at very low prices, the landlords, who had mastered the means of production after the famine, were able to force the yeoman farmers to become tenants.
From ancient times to the present, the operation methods of these ruling classes have always been to change the soup rather than the medicine. It's just that in the past, it relied on natural and man-made disasters, while capitalist society relied on economic crises.
For those who really master the means of production, money is nothing more than a set of numbers. Only the growth of capital is what they are pursuing.
When the economic crisis came, a large number of bankrupt enterprises and unemployed workers could only sell their last bit of means of production to the big capitalists. And the unemployed workers have to lower their own remuneration to serve big business and big capital.
On the face of the economic crisis, big capital also seems to have suffered more losses. However, in the course of the economic crisis, big capital still has the spare capacity to buy the means of production in the hands of small enterprises and individuals at lower prices.
When the economic crisis passes, these low-priced means of production will produce much more capital than they were acquired.
Therefore, the manipulation of the stock market is almost an unspoken rule that everyone knows for a mature capitalist society. I can't even manipulate the stock market, so I'm embarrassed to say that I'm a big capitalist?
Zhao Xicheng's circle of people at the table exchanged heads and ears, analyzing whether Hu Wenhai could reach the level of a "big capitalist" who manipulated the stock market.
"DuPont's 10 billion, that's 3 billion in cash. I heard that in order to establish China Railway Construction Investment Bank, Hu Wenhai invested all the dollars in his hand, and what he could draw out was one billion dollars?"
"Even if it's a billion, just over a year, such a large sum of money can't be spent so quickly even if it's open to use. ”
"The foundry of water lithium battery should not make much money, and he can't take out this money for the foreign exchange management of the mainland, so he doesn't have to calculate it. ”
"And what about Mercedes-Benz and Siemens' three billion?"
"Part of that money is also technology and equipment, and there shouldn't be a lot of cash. ”
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After calculating and calculating, everyone found that although Hu Wenhai's wealth on the books was indeed not small, the liquidity that he could use was relatively limited.
The main reason is the establishment of China Railway Construction Investment Bank, which absorbed a large amount of foreign exchange capital from Hu Wenhai. Not only the income of DuPont, but also the income of IGCT in Mercedes-Benz and Siemens, are all in the hands of this bank.
As far as the domestic foreign exchange management system is concerned, it is purely black-eyed and cannot see green banknotes. It is even more difficult for foreign capital to go out after entering the country than to pull out money from the bowl called Hanako!
After Zhao Xicheng and the Chinese businessmen in these circles, Hu Wenhai was able to invest not much money in the US stock market. That is to say, some of DuPont's foundries have not been paid, and he may still have hundreds of millions of dollars in China that has not invested in China Railway Construction Investment, and IGCT's patent licensing fees for Xiangjiang Wafer Factory - this is the bulk of the money, and it is estimated that there will be hundreds of millions of dollars. The advantage of the Heung Kong fab lies in this, because the transaction is carried out in Hong Kong, so the funds do not belong to the scope of domestic foreign exchange management. One billion dollars, this should be all the money that Hu Wenhai can invest in the US stock market.
This amount of money can be said to be a huge amount of money for an individual, or for a large international company, or even a Fortune 500 company.
However, when a capitalist consortium initiates an economic crisis, it is never a single person, or an enterprise or consortium, but the collective action of the entire capitalist ruling class, consciously or unconsciously, after the economic development has reached a certain stage.
It is easy to leverage a stock with a billion dollars, but it is probably impossible to find even "limited interference" with the US stock market.
Zhao Xicheng did not relay Hu Wenhai's original words, on the one hand, his understanding of "kicking" in the US stock market is too personal to make an accurate judgment. On the other hand, "kicking" is easily associated with kicking leaves falling from a tree in autumn, or "kicking" a person's buttocks, in short, it is certainly not a small action.
However, it is too mysterious to say that Hu Wenhai can have the imaginary effect of "kicking" the entire US stock market.
Rather than scratching people's heads, Zhao Xicheng simply used a minimal description. Limited interference with the U.S. stock market is already a remarkable thing.
"What can a billion dollars do?"
"If the operation is good, maybe it can hype a theme and have a large-scale impact on stocks in a certain field?"
Zhao Xicheng frowned, and suddenly asked: "Can a billion dollars have a large-scale impact on military stocks?"
"Military stocks?"
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads: "What is behind the military stocks, Lao Zhao, you don't know." Not to mention a billion, 10 billion thrown into it may not have a wave. In a hurry, those guys can simply throw people into Guantanamo. ”
"So, Hu Wenhai doesn't have the ability to have much impact on the U.S. stock market?"
"Of course not. Gautdamon chuckled, shook his head, and said, "Who is Hu Wenhai himself? Morgan, DuPont, Rockefeller, or Buffett?"
"He has a billion dollars in his hands at most, and he can't make any big waves. If a billion dollars and one person alone can overturn the US stock market, then I will go back and throw the second master Guan in the company to the San Fernando Valley, and I will cast a golden body for Hu Wenhai in the vacant space, and worship him every day!"
"Hehe, isn't it?" Song Wenzhong also laughed: "Don't say anything else, if he has this ability, what kind of cold war will the United States and the Soviet Union fight." Hu Wenhai is a human, not a humanoid nuclear bomb!"
"Well, that's right. ”
Zhao Xicheng nodded with some hesitation: If the US stock market can make waves just by relying on this bit of the card in his hand, how fragile is the capitalist system? If this kind of thing can really happen, it will show that the capitalist system has a fundamental flaw, and it will immediately be a situation of great economic collapse in the United States.
In any case, Zhao Xicheng could not believe that the United States, which was now pressing the Soviet Union, had fundamental flaws in its system.
But the problem is --
"For another person, I only think he is a fool and a dream, and at most I will tell everyone a joke. However, after all, this was said by Hu Wenhai. ”
Zhao Xicheng groaned and looked at the people at the table: "Everyone has been fighting in the mall for a lifetime, and it should be clear that some judgments in business are not necessarily the one with more people." So I thought, is there anything we haven't paid attention to, or is there any trick that can make Hu Wenhai achieve this goal? I only know a little about the stock market, but some of us here have lived on Wall Street, so I want you to take this issue out and see it in detail. If there's something that most people overlook, it's a big deal. ”
"Lao Zhao, this is not a question of whether to refer to the details or not, but a matter of common sense!" The Chinese director of a securities brokerage company spread his hands and said helplessly: "A mainland businessman who wants to manipulate the stock market with a billion dollars also wants to manipulate the stock market, what does he think of the United States?"
This person's words immediately resonated with everyone, after all, these American Chinese businessmen still look down on mainland businessmen in their bones. Even Hu Wenhai was a little unconvinced in their hearts, and some attributed his success to luck and white gloves for no reason.
The local buns from the mainland are rich, so how can they compare with the Chinese elites in the United States in terms of knowledge?
Zhao Xicheng knocked on the table and said: "Don't forget, what did Hu Wenhai do in Japan before the signing of the Plaza Agreement in 1985? ”
Song Wenzhong shook his head and retorted: "It's not surprising, the higher the level, the easier it is to be conceited. Maybe Hu Wenhai has succeeded too many times, so he is arrogant to this extent?"
"Anyway, it's Hu Wenhai after all!" He is probably the richest man in the world!" Zhao Xicheng sighed: "Even if he really makes a mistake, I think it is necessary to figure out why he made a wrong decision, rather than simply putting it down to arrogance." ”
Zhao Xicheng stood up as he spoke, looking around the left and right: "Speaking of which, my requirements are not high, everyone has their own relationships in the financial industry." Go back and launch the launch, analyze the current state of the US stock market, and see if there is really a chance to take advantage of it. ”
"Yes, we jumped at the chance to make a big profit. No, we can also see Hu Wenhai clearly, and stop the loss in time, why not?"
"Well, Lao Zhao's words also make sense. "Wu Daqi is Zhao Xicheng's hardcore, as long as there is a reasonable reason, he will always stand on Zhao Xicheng's side.
"That's fine, one of my nephews happens to be in Bear Stearns, and I asked him to find a relationship. ”
"I also have a relationship with Merrill Lynch's securities department, it's no problem to inquire about whether there is any abnormality in the stock market recently, and it's very simple to make a report. ”
Zhao Xicheng still has his own appeal in this circle, when he insists on an opinion, as long as there is a valid reason, many people are happy to sell him a face.
In fact, in the final analysis, he himself has no bottom on what Hu Wenhai said. If it weren't for Hu Wenhai's expression at that time, which was too difficult to take lightly, he would not have forcibly pushed forward this investigation.
Facing Hu Wenhai, who was confident, Zhao Xicheng always felt as if he was stepping on an abyss...... (To be continued.) )