Chapter Fifty-Nine: An Unexpected Harvest
In his office in an office building on Wall Street, Mr. Chi and Mr. Martin, along with their longtime partner, Mr. Schulke, were having a meeting.
"William, are you sure we're going to make a lot of money with our layout?" Martin, dressed in name-branded names, looked like an upstart, with a cigar in his mouth and a ring encrusted with a huge sapphire that Ji Mingzhe had just given him, and gently wiped it with a handkerchief from time to time.
"Man, have I ever cheated you? Well, well, if you think it's risky, your share is mine. Chi Mingzhe took out a checkbook and a valuable Montblanc gold pen from his arms.
"Oh...... Oh man, I'm just worried, I don't mean anything else. Martin hurriedly explained that he had made a lot of money over the years by relying on the information provided by Chi Mingzhe, and now he had co-founded Theinvestmentfund with Chi Mingzhe and Schulke, and he was ready to do a big job.
"I won't talk about the specific situation first, let's see it in three days!" Ji Mingzhe took a deep breath of his cigar, and the cigarette slowly exhaled from his mouth.
Martin and Schulke looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly, two months ago, they raised $15 billion from some secret accounts through the Guò Atlantic Fund under the advice of Chi Mingzhe, of which Chi Mingzhe took up $8 billion, and the rest was put together by Martin and his family for $5 billion, and Schulke took out $2 billion. This money has been invested in the gold and oil futures markets, and most of them have been invested in the financial markets of the United States, the United Kingdom, Paris, Frankfurt, and Asia, Singapore and Japan, secretly opening positions to trade short stock indexes, and using 20 times the financial leverage, so one accidentally loses everything, which is what Martin and Schulke are most afraid of.
"Don't worry, two! If you lose...... My loss was the greatest, I was the first to jump from the top floor. Chi Mingzhe said calmly. In fact, his heart is also uneasy, this time the game is too big, in case something happens, then the fun will be great.
"Everything you have now will be in vain, your own woman...... Hehe, what else do you want to do?" Chi Mingzhe held his hands and looked at the bustling street scene outside the window, and his two partners were silent.
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At 8:45 a.m. on September 11, 2001, an American Airlines Boeing 767-B-223ER was hijacked shortly after it left Boston's Logan International Airport and crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing all 92 people on board, while another United Airlines Boeing-767-222 was also hijacked shortly after leaving Boston's Logan International Airport and crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center at 9:03, killing all 62 people on board, and the World Trade Center Building subsequently collapsed. The Boeing 757-223 of American Airlines was hijacked shortly after it left Dulles International Airport, and it eventually crashed into a corner of the Pentagon, killing all 64 people on board and a large number of officers in the Pentagon of the U.S. Department of Defense. As for another United Airlines Boeing 757-222 crashed into a vacant lot in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at a speed of 580 miles per hour, killing 45 people on board.
"Fortunately, there is no deviation from history, and this fortune is decided. Ji Mingzhe thought to himself, his gaze withdrew from the TV screen, and looked at Martin and Schulke, who were already stunned.
William...... Don't sue me...... This...... You did all this......" Martin was incoherent, and Schulke turned pale.
"Haha...... Man, you've got a lot of imagination, how come I didn't realize it before? If I had the ability to do that, I might as well just go and grab the Fed's coffers. ”
"But ......"
"Alright, Martin, and Mr. Schulke, there are some things that will be explained to you later, so let's get ready to count the bills!" Chi Mingzhe pulled out a bottle of champagne out of nowhere.
"Well, so we've made a fortune this time?" Martin was excited again.
"William, I'm also going to buy a plane, a Boeing 747 like you, and travel the world with a whole bunch of chicks. I can't help myself with excitement when I think about it......" Martin danced with his hands, Shulk took out a handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, to be honest, he had the idea of calling the police just now, this matter is too big for anyone to bear.
"Cheers...... For the money!" Martin raised his glass.
"Cheers ......"
After September 11, the U.S. stock market was suspended for four days, which was the first four-day suspension of trading in 56 years after World War II, two-thirds of the world's liquidity was affected, and the loss reached 1.3 trillion US dollars.
On September 17, the average price of the Dow Jones 30 industrial stock index fell by 480 points, a whopping 5%, while the technology stock Nasdaq fell 4.5%, and the sharp decline in the US stock market soon spread to the world's major stock indexes.
On September 18, the FT 100 stock average in London closed down 50.2 points, the Frankfurt stock market AX-30 stock index fell 31.7, and the Paris stock market CAC-40 stock index closed down 45.28 points. At the same time, Asian stock markets also collapsed, with the Nikkei hitting its lowest level in 18 years, breaking the 10,000-point mark, and Singapore's Straits Daily Index falling 15%.
In the following week, Wall Street suffered the most tragic "black week" in history, in which the stock market value lost $1.4 trillion, the Dow Jones index fell by 1369.70 points for the week, a decrease of more than 14%, and the cumulative amount of 24% for the whole year of 2001, the Nasdaq index fell 271.78 points in a week, a decline of more than 16%, and the total amount of the year reached 42%, and the stock index fell by 20% is a bear market, so the "911" event made the US bear market exposed.
The rush to buy gold in Europe was at a time when gold prices soared by 6% and crude oil prices soared. The pound continued to strengthen in the currency market, while the Swiss franc, which Chi Mingzhe bought in the last operation, rose by 7.4%, becoming the world's highest gainer, and the dollar also fell first and then stabilized. At the end of September, Ji Mingzhe and his team withdrew from all financial markets and won a big victory.
"William, I respect you! Seriously, I still can't believe that we have just stepped into the ranks of the world's richest people...... Uh...... "Schulk drank a little too much, and this financial crisis has allowed them to successfully obtain a total income of $153 billion under the operation of financial leverage, of which Akeshi alone has obtained $81.1 billion.
"Alright, everyone! Calm down! Think about the number of people who have jumped off Wall Street during this time, compared to them, we are lucky, come! Cheers to those poor guys, I hope they are well in heaven!" Chi Mingzhe also blushed with excitement.
"No, William, there are no innocents on Wall Street, everyone can only go to hell when they die, come, I hope they can rest in hell......" Martin also raised his glass.
"Good...... Cheers!"
After three days of carnival with Martin in New York, they were in a chartered hotel presidential suite, and a group of female models called by Martin out of nowhere, and even Schulke, an old guy, was brave enough to go into battle, and at the same time, Mason was also called by the US government to return to the United States, the United States was too affected by the terrorist attack, and all the ambassadors abroad were called back to report back to China.
"Mason! How about the government's foreign policy, has it completely changed?" Chi Mingzhe, who was waiting for Mason, postponed his return to Los Angeles to meet Mason in his newly purchased mansion apartment on 57th Street in New York's Central Park.
"What else, it's not the same old thing, of course, I guess I have to find a scapegoat to divert my attention this time. ”
"Really?" Ji immediately thought of Afghanistan and Iraq.
"Mason, have you scheduled a meeting with George W. Bush?" Chi Mingzhe picked up the bag beside him and handed it to Mason.
"He's still on vacation, and now he has to show that he doesn't care, and he guesses he'll have time next week, rest assured...... I'll arrange it. It's ?......"
Mason opened the bag and saw that there was a property certificate inside.
"William, this is ?......"
"Mason, I haven't thanked you enough for your help in buying SBS, it's just a little bit of my heart!"
The apartment building they are in now is only 19 floors, built in 1929, but it is home to the largest number of super-rich people in the United States, and the apartment that Chi Mingzhe bought is more than 640 square meters, but it cost nearly $30 million, which is still affected by the decline in the financial market, otherwise it would have been at least $45 million.
"Oh, William, you're so kind...... It made me ......"
"Hey, Mason, don't say no when I'm a friend, okay?"
"Okay! Thank you!"
Ji Myung-cheol returned to Los Angeles, during this time he received a call from Jun Ji-hyun, Kim Tae-hee and Lee Hyo-ri who were far away in South Korea, and he was very worried about his safety. Of course, Kim Tae-yeon, so-yeon and Mi-young also called separately to give their concern, and the girl Su-jing wanted to return to the United States to see that he was rejected, which made the girl very angry, and Ji Myung-cheol promised to let her go back to the United States with her sister at Christmas, which made her happy.
"The Mechanic" was also released without being affected by "911", while other films that had just been released or were about to be released were unjustifiable, and MGM's "The Wind Whisperer" was also postponed until next year, which was its last straw, but Ji Mingzhe knew its final ending.
"This harvest is really beyond imagination, this financial feast has made me really step into the top ranks of the world! Sure enough, it is still the most profitable financial robbery, and the industry is weak, what will happen in the future?...... Who knows!...... As long as Ji-hyun, Tae-hee, and the girls are doing well, I'm very satisfied!" Ji Myung-cheol walked on his private beach in Malibu, looking at the place where the sea level meets the sky in the distance.