Sure enough, as predicted by economists in the pre-market news, Apple's stock price soared by 14% in an instant after the opening, from 3.74 all the way up, quickly rose to 4.26, and continues to rise, investors cheered, they have suppressed Apple's stock for too long, lost too much, and now it is finally time to clear the dark clouds and see the bright moon!

At the same time, Li Ziwei talked to Tim Cook on the phone and was relaying Li Mu's decision, and Li Mu was sitting in the conference room of Makino Technology to continue to communicate with others about the follow-up details of the acquisition of Apple, Louis Martin suddenly received a message, opened it, his expression was instantly shocked, and blurted out: "Mr. Li, there is an emergency!"

Li Mu asked him, "What's wrong?"

"The news of our acquisition of Apple has reached the market, and now Apple's share price is rising rapidly and is now almost $4.5," said Louis Martin. ”

Li Mu's brows furrowed instantly, and he said, "This news is definitely the biggest benefit for the current Apple investors, right?"

Louis Martin nodded and said, "If the stock price skyrockets, the cost of our privatization will increase dramatically with the rapid growth of the stock price." ”

Lin Qingya, who didn't know much about the U.S. stock market, asked him: "Mr. Martin, as long as we get most of Apple's shares, we can apply for compulsory delisting, and there is no need to pay for the inflated stock price, right?"

Louis Martin said: "We have to pay the bill, if we hold more than 66.6% of the shares and votes, we do have the power to force delisting, but only if the Nasdaq nods, and when our stock price is 4.15, we propose to the Nasdaq at 150% of 4.15 As a privatization price, the NASDAQ naturally has no opinion, after all, this protects the interests of investors, but if the stock price rises to $6, we will ask for forced delisting at this price, and the NASDAQ will never pass in order to protect the interests of investors, in that case, the total cost of our acquisition will increase a lot. ”

Lin Qingya frowned and said, "In that case, wouldn't we have to pay a large amount of extra money?"

"If the stock price continues to rise, we're going to have to pay more and more extra money, and those institutions are clearly trying to get a ride and make a big buck," Louis Martin said. ”

Lin Qingya hurriedly looked at Li Mu.

If the acquisition and privatization are carried out according to the price of the previous framework agreement for the acquisition of Apple, the money in the hands of Makino Technology will be just enough after deducting normal operations.

But if the cost of Apple's privatization suddenly increases, then Makino Technology will once again fall into a situation of insufficient money, which will be too passive.

Just when everyone was a little nervous, Li Mu, who had been silent, suddenly asked Louis Martin: "The main forces on the NASDAQ should be working at full speed now, right?"

Louis Martin nodded and said: "Although I don't know specifically, what is certain is that these major investment institutions must be crazy about raising funds, because they know best how much profit margin privatization can bring."

Li Mu nodded and said lightly: "The meeting is suspended first, and there is no need to worry, this matter may not be a bad thing for us." ”

None of them dared to answer, because in their opinion, if it was not a bad thing, it would not be a bad thing.

Li Mu still said to Louis Martin with a calm face: "Luis, you immediately find a reliable news channel, I want all the current movements of Apple stock on the NASDAQ." ”

Louis Martin nodded: "No problem, I'll find out." ”

Immediately, Louis Martin mobilized his contacts and grasped the current situation in detail.

At this time, the stock price had already broken through $4.6, but at this time, a large number of rumors began to affect retail investors on the Nasdaq in all directions.

Some say that this is a once-in-a-lifetime good opportunity, Apple's stock price will rise sharply under the stimulus of this good news, at this time to grab Apple stocks, not only can catch a wave of market, make a big profit, but also in Makino Technology to start privatization, and then earn a stock price premium, after all, the NASDAQ frequently has listed companies privatization, and investors will be given a certain premium when repurchasing shares, which is basically the practice of NASDAQ.

Some have diametrically opposed frankness, they say that all this is actually a conspiracy of securities funds, they have a large number of Apple stocks in their hands are deeply trapped, heavy losses, and urgently need to untie to recover losses and withdraw funds, so they will release false news, so that investors can rush to buy Apple shares, and they can take the opportunity to pull up the stock price and ship quickly, and after Makino Technology refutes the rumors, the stock price will fall in retaliation, and all the investors who rushed in will be doomed;

Some believe that the rumors of this acquisition will be Apple's best opportunity, while others believe that this is a big hole that has been carefully dug for retail investors, a big hole that can leave people with no place to die.

Gradually, the proportion of these remarks has changed, from the beginning of the five-five, to the later two-eight, most of the rumors are more inclined to this "opportunity" is actually a super pit, gradually let the will is not strong enough retail investors lose confidence.

As a result, the stock price began to retreat after reaching a maximum of $4.66.

Louis Martin told Li Mu: "The stock price drop will trigger a round of sell-off, and it should be the main force to absorb chips." ”

"Sucking chips?" Li Mu's expression was a little erratic.

Louis Martin nodded and said: "The main force must be more optimistic about our acquisition of Apple's market, they have spent so much effort, in fact, they want to deceive retail investors to sell, and then achieve low prices to absorb chips, and lock the follow-up market into their arms."

Li Mu suddenly realized, stood up, and said to everyone in the conference room: "Everyone continue to pay attention to the trend, I'll make a call first." ”

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Li Mu's phone call lasted twenty minutes, and since he went back to his own office to call, no one knew who he was calling and what he was going to do.

Just after Li Mu returned to the conference room, those rumors in the market quickly began to escalate.

The new remarks pay more attention to "Li Jufu", from the perspective of business, from the perspective of strength, from the perspective of future development, from the perspective of Li Mu's personality, etc., all-round analysis and interpretation, and finally they came to the conclusion that Li Mu could not really buy Apple, all this may be just a conspiracy.

For example, they deeply analyzed Apple's business situation and believed that Apple's current overall situation was not beneficial to Makino Technology, and Makino Technology had no reason to acquire Apple;

For example, they think that Apple's mess will cause significant losses to the receiver, Li Mu has never made a loss-making investment, so how could he invest in Apple;

For another example, they felt that Li Mu's character would never buy his own defeated men, the apple was destroyed by him, and no matter what the situation, Li Mu could no longer help the apple rebuild;

As a result, the older and more people begin to believe that this "opportunity" is actually a "death whirlpool", and it is wisest to cut the meat and leave as soon as the stock price is improving and has not yet begun to fall.

When retail investors began to think like this, they were followed by a large number of retail investors who began to sell stocks, and in their opinion, now that the stock price has risen a lot, the most important thing is to sell it quickly, get rid of Apple's stock that fell to the bottom, and quickly recover some losses.

Under the influence of this psychology, the market set off a sell-off frenzy, and Apple's stock price continued to fall, and soon fell to the $4.31 level, which is a very fast decline.

But the interesting thing is that no matter how many people in the market are selling Apple's outstanding shares, there are people behind them who quietly collect every sell order, like a huge sponge, desperately sucking every drop of water they can get their hands on.

No matter how many people put out to sell, they will immediately be pocketed by unknown investors, which makes the turnover rate of Apple's outstanding shares surge, which is particularly eye-catching.

At this time, another rumor spread: "The turnover rate of Apple stock is amazing, and it seems that the main force is already fleeing!"

As soon as the rumors of the main force fleeing came out, almost all the real retail investors were not calm. What they are most afraid of is to be a pick-up man, just like the law that the water ghost must find a substitute for the dead ghost in order to die, the one who is the pick-up man is the unlucky ghost who sleeps underwater in place of the water ghost and the water ghost itself is over-reborn.

Just when the retail investors were panicking, the market was full of a new rumor: "The main force is fleeing smoothly and quickly, and the stupid retail investors are still crazy about buying Apple shares because they fantasize that the stock will continue to rise, which gives the main force an excellent opportunity to escape, and it will not be long before the main force will be completely liquidated and all the mess will be lost to retail investors."

Retail investors have become more nervous now, most of the retail investors are individual individuals, they can't know what kind of operation the retail investors are doing in the entire market, in fact, the real market situation is now: there are constantly retail investors being fooled, because they are afraid of being a deep set, afraid of being a pick-up man and sell the Apple stocks in their hands, ready to stop losses in time, and those who spread rumors everywhere are greedily absorbing the Apple stocks sold by every retail investor.

Contrary to the rumors, instead of fleeing, the main force realized that this was a great opportunity and was ready to absorb more chips.

However, the circulating chips are limited after all, if no one in the market is willing to sell, others will not be able to get more chips, and if the price is raised too high, the cost of the main force to absorb chips will also increase, so the main force began to deceive retail investors through various operations, so that retail investors believe that the stock is about to fall or even plummet, so as to induce retail investors to sell, so that they can absorb chips.

This kind of operation is not only in the Chinese stock market, the U.S. stock market is not uncommon, in the later generations of various currency speculation circles are also extremely common, today there may suddenly be overwhelming news that a certain virtual currency is about to plummet, the whole market seems to be singing about this virtual currency, investors are afraid of the deep set of hurried low price shot, at this time the main force behind the scenes to operate everything quickly low price absorption into their own hands, and then engage in some actions, the value of the currency rose again, earn a lot of profits.

For example, a certain virtual currency fell from $1000 to 700, then from 700 to 1100, then fell to 650, and then rose back to 1000.

The real main force, manipulated the virtual currency fell from $1000 to 700, among them, retail investors sold to bear losses, the main force 700 gear to absorb chips, and then pulled up to 1100, and then created a false prosperity, so that retail investors thought that the virtual currency would continue to rise, and then they began to clear the shipment, earning more than 50% of the profit, after the shipment, continue to manipulate the value of the virtual currency to fall, once again cause panic, so that the value of the currency bottomed out and then sucked up......

In short, in every price shock, the main force is playing low and selling high, while most retail investors are buying high and selling low, and the final result is that retail investors lose a mess, and the main force makes a lot of money.

Apple's current stock price is playing this way, mainly creating panic, driving down the stock price, triggering a sell-off and then frantically accumulating chips, everything is like a cloud.

To everyone's surprise, although Li Mu's expression has always been very serious, he is not impatient at all, and he is not even angry, since he made that call, he has been calmly paying attention to Apple's stock price and the general trend of the transaction.

By the afternoon, Apple's stock price had fluctuated like a healthy telegram, but in the constant shocks, the overall trend was downward, and the stock price fell all the way below the $4.3, $4.2, and $4.1 levels, and began a tug-of-war before the 4.03-4.01 level.

The overall downward trend has strengthened the trust of retail investors in the market to the rumors, and more and more people believe that Apple's stock price will continue to fall, so the chips in the hands of retail investors are getting more and more.

Louis Martin told Li Mu a very key data: according to his intelligence, so far, Apple stocks in the hands of ordinary retail investors have been sucked away by more than 90%.

At the same time, Louis Martin sighed to Li Mu: "These main forces are so ruthless, they completely scare ordinary investors, and almost all of these outstanding shares on the market are in their pockets." ”

Li Mu smiled slightly, did not speak, but what he thought in his heart was that although the main force was ruthless, it was far from reaching such a detailed level, in Louis Martin's view, half of the rumors that must have been released by the main force were released by Li Mu later!

In Li Mu's view, these main forces took the opportunity to pull up Apple's stock price, and then created panic and frantically sucked up chips, and the next step will definitely be to raise the stock price again after the end of the fundraising, and then rely on the high stock price and the additional premium compensation of privatization to obtain huge profits.

What is the difference between this and knowing that it is going to be demolished, and then grabbing the house and waiting for more compensation for the demolition? With Li Mu's character, it is impossible to let these small main forces succeed, and trying to get Li Mu's wool is no different from daydreaming.

It's not just these guys who want to pick wool from Li Mu, Li Mu actually wants to go to the NASDAQ to cut leeks, but as a businessman with strong social influence, he can't directly cut leeks unscrupulously in the NASDAQ market, especially the leeks of retail households, because the leeks of retail investors are like the vegetable fields of fellow villagers, everyone wants to cut them, but those who can really do it are those local tyrants and inferior gentry, and those who really have heads and faces will definitely not be able to pull their faces to cut.

Since you can't cut the leeks of the villagers with your face, it is better to create better conditions for these main institutions first, so that they can quickly absorb the chips, and after they turn the vegetable fields of the villagers into their own vegetable fields, you can cut them a wave of leeks yourself!