Chapter 54: The Story Behind the Stock Market
In the apartment of the great man of Beijing, several old people stared nervously at the wall clock.
Here in the old man's study is a self-striking clock, which automatically signals the time on the hour.
Seeing that the minute hand had just crossed twelve, the bell in the clock struck twice.
"Nine o'clock in the afternoon of Beijing time!" Electronic tones are mechanical chimes without any emotion.
"Nine o'clock in the morning New York time," Zhao Lisheng blurted out: "Xiaoshan, they have begun." ”
"Wait!" The great man's voice stiffened, and the muscles in his face remained motionless.
Tug oil, Wu Jianguo and Tan Jinchun kept looking at the watch on their wrists.
"It's ten o'clock!" President Wu let out a long breath.
"yes, nine a.m. Eastern Time at Sam." Tan Jinchun found that the beads of sweat on his forehead had been ticking: "Dad, they acted." ”
"Eleven o'clock in the evening Sydney time," Wu Libi stared at Shanshan's watch and said to herself: "Xiaoshan, they have done it, now we have to wait!" ”
"Dad, go and rest." Wu Zhengqiang's breath was a little rough: "Zhengguo and I are guarding here in shifts, and I will tell you as soon as I have a call." ”
"You kid!" Wu Liquan smiled: "Do you think I might be able to fall asleep at this critical time?" How much money you can make depends on Xiaoshan's ability! ”
"Besides, it's noon now, and I haven't gotten into the habit of taking a nap at all."
"Then wait for the latest news with us?" Wu Zhengguo asked in a deep voice.
In the Frankfurt stock market, the Germans have long been in anticipation.
The Germanic nation is a very strict people.
If in New York. The words of those homeless people are listened to, there is no market here.
Seeing is believing and hearing is false, this phrase was created by the Chinese. But it was understood vividly by the Germans.
Their perception of the news is sometimes harsh. Be careful to verify and verify.
Still, in this battle against the Sams, they are also participants.
However, the Germans did not have the confidence to enter the war, after all, who can understand the minds of the shareholders?
These people have no leisure to pay attention to the bad things in other countries, the only thing they can do. Save the city, save the city, and save the city.
As long as the shareholders panic, release all kinds of favorable news, and concentrate funds to pull up the stock price.
In an estate outside New York. Strictly speaking, it is under the jurisdiction of the State of New Jersey.
The abacus kept beeping.
"Comrade, I have calculated the result," a gray-haired man pointed to the number on the abacus: "If you want to really defeat Sam." Two billion dollars to prepare. ”
"Among them. The amount of money to suppress the two stocks was 600 million and 100 million, and the rest was all invested in the Dow Jones index. The other also calculated the results.
At first, Gain and Pusikin were still skeptical, this ancient Chinese toy, could really calculate the specific results?
The number of jù quoted one by one is the same, after all, they are in China, and they are going to be the best.
"Just a little bit?" Gain was most excited, and it was about whether they could turn over from now on.
The translator said the original meaning word for word, and the person who was the first to report the result was not happy.
"Sue sù this foreign devil!" His face was full of disdain: "I, Zhai Degui, have been immersed in the abacus all my life. I did the math five times in a row, and the result was the same. ”
Gain still has to speak. The chiming bell on the wall rang nine times.
“Nine,O’clock,in,the,morning,of,New,York,Time。”
The electronic sound was like a thunderbolt, thundering in the ears of a room full of people.
Different languages say the same thing: "Start buying Morgan and Rockefeller stocks, invest $50 million each, and put the rest of the money up to 100 million to suppress the index." ”
"Xiao Wu," Liang Xuezhi muttered in a low voice: "The number on each side of them is simply forcing Sam to death!" ”
"How?" Wu Shan was stunned for a moment and did not react.
"It's very simple, for example, stocks, our country has also invested 50 million US dollars, and it has become 150 million US dollars, far below the critical point."
Wu Shan only reacted at this time, but he didn't care at all.
There is no doubt that the more funds you have, the faster the price will fall.
Our,stock,is,a,component,of,the,Dow,Jones,IndustrialAverage。
In later generations, on Morgan's website, you can see this sentence.
In other words, Morgan's stock is the bellwether of the Dow Jones index, and they have the confidence and strength to say this.
Morgan's headquarters, located at the intersection of Park Street and Wall Street in New York City, Bank, of, J.P. Morgan, often gives Sam's people who pass by a sense of groundedness.
Bank credit is handled on a seven-storey annex building facing the street, while the tall building behind it houses various offices.
Early this morning, there was a queue in front of the bank.
If it had been before, the staff inside might have been happy to have a bonus.
But today, they can't be happy anyway.
"Withdraw the money, take it all!"
Everyone who comes to handle business, without accident, is this cold sentence.
It doesn't matter if you don't count, in less than half an hour after the door opened, the total amount of cash withdrawn reached 50 million, which is the usual amount in a month.
Looking out of the tall office, the crowd was already on the street, and there was a steady stream of people joining the queue.
Since before going to work, the above has been explained, and sufficient funds are prepared to cope with the withdrawal of cash from depositors.
Heavily armed bank security guards can be seen through the guò window, protecting the brand-new coins.
In the past, savers may have felt reassured that they were just glancing at the money inside, but they were still determined to withdraw it.
Even the people in the bank know that everyone is coming to withdraw cash, and it seems that the news I just heard. Maybe it's true.
"Hello, I'm John!" The phone rings again in the president's office.
John is the head of this generation of the family, so naturally he also used John? Pierponte? Morgan is the name of the founder of the family. Take the action today to deal with the unexpected.
He also forgot that this was the first time he had answered the phone, and every call, without exception, was a request to withdraw funds from the bank.
Everyone's reasons are different, some are about using money, some are buying a new company. Some simply have no reason.
Fortunately, the total amount of funds of these people is only 300 million and 500 million. There is not much impact on the bank's business.
"Did you answer the phone yourself?" The caller over there was a little surprised: "I'm Bill?" Foote, I'm sorry, old man, we're ready to transfer funds. ”
"Bill. What the hell is going on? John was a little frustrated: "Trust me. Our bank has no plans to acquire Asia and Europe Bank. ”
"Really? Actually, it doesn't matter anymore. The head of Ford said in a cold voice: "Because people can help me more." ”
"Can you give me some time?" John had never spoken so quietly: "How about just a month, no, half a month, a week?" ”
"No, it has to be today, right now!" Bill's voice was unmistakable: "Because we have already talked about cooperation. ”
"Can you tell me who the other person is, Bill?" John was not discouraged: "Let me know that this son of a bitch is raised, and go back and let him go to Alaska to be with the wild man!" ”
Things are irreparable. Even though Ford has a lot of deposits, it even makes the bank a little nervous.
Everyone understands people. At this point, nothing can be changed.
"I'm sorry, John!" Bill was a little impatient: "It's about the re-emergence of our company. As for the other party's name, I won't sue you. ”
The other party hung up the phone, and a busy tone came from the microphone.
He put down the earpiece helplessly, and did not expect the shrill bell to ring once.
"Hello, I'm John." His voice is still steady.
"Boss, I'm Jenny." The secretary's voice was very magnetic: "The stock market called and said that our stock has been falling!" ”
"I see!" John's voice trembled a little as he spoke.
"Daniel!" He called his son's office: "You go to the stock market now, immediately, immediately, and report to me at any time." ”
Putting down the microphone, the bruises on John's forehead burst out, and those who knew him well knew that this was an expression of extreme anger.
Located in Manhattan, Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings, each of which is connected on the ground floor.
The largest of these is the Kiwi Electric Building, which is 259 meters tall and has a total of 69 floors.
The center covers a total area of 22 acres and was completed in 1939. In Midtown Manhattan, east-west, from 48th Street to 51st Street, occupies three blocks.
North-south, from Fifth Avenue to Seventh Avenue, occupies three longitudinal blocks.
The complex was built with the investment of the Rockefeller family.
Designated a National Historic Landmark by the Sam's administration this year, it is the world's largest privately owned complex and the second downtown of New York.
Today's Rockefeller family is also very busy, dealers around the country have asked to terminate the contract, and the cooperative company directly said that it will no longer cooperate.
What's even worse is that last night the head of Alf's company flew to New York in person.
When I was at the airport, the French reporter asked: "Are you going to buy Standard Oil this time?" ”
At that time, he humorously replied: "Of course, if it is possible, why not?" ”
This morning's newspaper actually made this sentence a front-page headline.
Nima, Alf wants to buy Standard Oil? Dream on!
The people of Rockefeller scoffed at it last night, and this morning it was no longer calm.
"How could these newspapers possibly put such news in such a high place?" Lawrence? Rockefeller threw all the newspapers on the ground.
"Sue me, who offended the news media?" He usually wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and looked suave, but now he was an angry lion.
The phone is not missing the right time to ring.
"I'm Lawrence!" He sounded steady when he answered the phone.
"I'm Richard? Mellon? Scaife! The other party's words were very succinct: "Today I will talk to you about the equity issue of Lockheed and Westinghouse. ”
The world's largest arms dealers are in the hands of the Mellon family and the Rockefeller family.
At this time, come to negotiate shares?
The key is that the other party doesn't give himself a chance to speak at all, and can clearly hear the sound of hanging up the phone.
At Sam, there are super-rich consortia whose wealth exceeds that of the Rockefeller family, the DuPont family, and the Ford family, and the Mellon family is such a consortium.
This is an unwell-known but terrifyingly powerful family, and plays a pivotal role in Sam's politics and economy.
Perhaps when it was first created, the Mellon family was on a whim, and they didn't expect to make a lot of money. At this fatal moment, even they had to stab them in the back.
"Dad, our stock is down!" Younger son Steve? Rockefeller ran in in a panic.
"If you fall, you will fall, you are still so immature, what kind of system will you become!" Lawrence roared under his breath.
"But, father," Steve licked his lips, "it's down twenty dollars now." ”
"What? Twenty dollars? Lawrence picked up the newspaper on the ground and threw it at his youngest son's head: "Then what are you still doing in a daze?" Hurry up! ”
As soon as his youngest son went out, he rubbed his temples vigorously with his hands on his forehead. (To be continued......)
PS: Make up the debt, I'm sorry, I was too sleepy last night. The night before, when I was writing, I had no clue for a while, and I couldn't think of leaving the key at home. My family wasn't there, so I spent the night in the hotel outside, and it was already the time of Russia and Japan. At 2:15 p.m., my daughter-in-law called and said that the neighbor had called her and that the dog had been barking. I had to take a taxi to my mother-in-law's house to get the keys, and when I got home, it was past three o'clock, I'm really sorry, I didn't get enough sleep, and something like this happened.