Chapter 31 Speculation

In fact, many institutions are looking at the false prosperity and irrationality of the Japanese market, but they don't know when the Japanese market will turn, so they are holding on to the currency, hoping that the market will give a hint as soon as possible.

In this case, some short selling tools for the Japanese market are very popular, especially the stock index put options launched by Stanley and Goodman, which are popular in Shijie, and then more American investment banks have joined in, and Shili who is bearish on the Japanese market has gradually increased, and more and more capital has poured in.

This kind of investment product that is not listed on the exchange is essentially a VAM agreement, and according to the future market trend, the two parties play a game, and Zuihou pays the corresponding amount of capital through the content of the contract.

For Japan's insurance industry, they need new investment varieties to hedge risks, and for the country's major investment banks, designing these products can allow them to greatly increase their sales revenue, which seems to be a win-win situation, but it is actually built on a fragile basis, that is, the volatility of the target is within a controllable range. In other words, the volatility of Japan's capital market should not be too severe.

Japan was a country that was defeated in the Second Shijie War, and was taken over for a period of time after the war, but later rebuilt its constitution to curb militarism, and even its own later army was limited to such a role that could only protect the homeland, so it was often in a disadvantageous position in the game of international politics.

Many island nations have a strange psychology that is obviously different from the mainland peoples, for example, South Korea in later generations obviously has a remarkable characteristic of being both arrogant and inferior. In Japan, there is also a clear duality in culture, they love beauty and militarism, courtesy and aggressiveness, love the new and conservative, and obey and are not tamed.

This kind of character is also clearly reflected in national policy, but whenever Japan feels that it has a sense of superiority in Asia, it will actively "break away from Asia and join Europe," and once Europe, the United States, and Western countries are frustrated, they always like to "educate" certain emerging Asian countries and regions with the attitude of a big Asian brother.

In the 80s and 90s, it was a time when Japan's economy was unprecedentedly prosperous and its self-confidence was unprecedentedly inflated, and even for a period of time, even the United States felt that Japan had seriously threatened its shijie hegemony, and this trend of thought was very common in the academic and business circles of the United States, and it also directly affected the formulation of the US Government's foreign policy.

Since the Plaza Accord in '85, some old capitalist countries in Europe and the United States have continuously erected obstacles to those newly emerging shili, such as forcing the yen, the mark and other currencies to appreciate, adjusting the interest rates of the United States, Japan, and Germany at the same time by coordinating international policies, and making new resolutions in the Bank for International Settlements, so as to restrict Japanese super banks with international business.

Japan's Ministry of Finance is well aware of these situations, but it is all due to Japan's poor political position and the emergency measures they have taken to make a series of mistakes, and they can only make a few words, but not many people are willing to listen. In the past, for the sake of US Treasury bonds, the Ministry of Finance usually made a few slight remarks when calling large institutions, which was a typical administrative implication, and Japanese companies and institutions could only pinch their noses to buy US Treasury bonds under this kind of non-existent administrative interference, and even in the US presidential election, in order to maintain the dollar, the Japanese business community was forced to issue a statement that they would not sell US bonds even after the election was over, so the public opinion in the United States jokingly called "the MOF (Japanese Ministry of Finance) the money bag of the Bush campaign."

Now, under the guidance of low interest rates and the appreciation of the yen, the Japanese market has begun to grow rapidly for several years, especially in the stock market and real estate, and the growth of the two has played a role in promoting each other, and gradually a huge bubble has formed.

Not everyone can see this bubble clearly, especially some Japanese entrepreneurs, who even think that the Japanese stock market has a special energy that distinguishes it from most of the markets on Shijie, but they forget that the rules of the game are set by Westerners, and there is no bushido spirit in the capital market.

Most investors with a keen sense of smell are aware of the risks in the Japanese stock market, and some people have tried to short in the opposite direction, but the momentum of the stock market rise is so strong that the whole country is immersed in a huge wealth myth bubble, and no one thinks about what tomorrow will happen in the era when everyone makes money.

Those who advocate a capital bubble will not be welcomed, and even they themselves are writing sensational forecasts while sending their pensions to the stock market.

But Zhong Shi knew, knew that all this was illusory, and even knew the specific date of the outbreak.

The consequence of all this was that Japan's economy as a whole stagnated for a decade, and when the bubble burst, countless companies went bankrupt, banks restructured, wage earners lost their jobs, real estate collapsed, and Japan suddenly lost its strength to compete with the United States.

Later Japanese learned from the painful experience and wrote many reflective articles and books, including one of which was more influential, and the author linked the bursting of the bubble to World War II, calling it "financial defeat".

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Just when many international financiers were conspiring, Zhong Shi, Liao Chengde and others also fell into a huge trouble. There were traces of gunfire at the scene of their abduction, and according to the research report provided by the police, the guns were of a powerful and forbidden type, and even the British garrison in Hong Kong did not have a handful of them.

Now the problem is a bit troublesome.

Originally, it was just a simple kidnapping case, the kidnappers didn't succeed, and a person died inexplicably, and the death was extremely terrifying, and it was definitely not something that an ordinary point 38 could cause.

The case was immediately transferred from the unit specializing in kidnapping cases to Oji, and zuihou also alerted a deputy commissioner of police.

The police in Hong Kong are also divided into many departments, some of which are uniformed police officers, such as the Tactical Unit, Emergency Unit, Flying Tigers, etc., and some do not need to wear uniforms all day, such as the CID for criminal prosecution and the O Mark for associations.

Before Land Rover called the police, Liao Chengde ordered a few people not to say anything when they entered the police station, and they must wait until the lawyer came, and only professionals could make confessions in the presence of professionals.

Liao's family has been working with a well-known law firm in Hong Kong for many years, so they are naturally familiar with these matters. As for the kidnappers, basically no one will care about them.

Liao Xiaohua, who fainted for most of the night, was sent to the hospital, and Zhong Yi, who was obviously mentally deranged, was also sent over the same way, ordinary people were stimulated by such a short period of time, and Zhong Yi might have to see a psychiatrist in the future.

In a slightly rudimentary confession room, accompanied by a lawyer, Zhong Shi gave a general account of what had happened, of course, all after the lawyer's guidance. In fact, there is nothing to hide, even if you tell everything you have seen and heard, those mercenaries and the people they carry are already 108,000 miles away from Hong Kong.

Zuihou was intervened by some powerful bigwigs in the Hong Kong government, and the sniping matter was over. The big guys naturally know what this is all about, and this matter involves a silent tacit understanding between some major powers, and if one party leaks it to the outside world, the other side will definitely not admit it.

For this level of negotiation, even the Hong Kong police commissioner can only choose to carry out the order.

Due to the importance of this matter, the media did not get much information, and the information that Zuihou got from the police was roughly that some members of the association planned a kidnapping case, kidnapping a businessman surnamed Liao and his family and friends in Hong Kong for about 10 hours, Zuihou successfully cracked the kidnapping case under the investigation of the police, in the process one kidnapper was shot dead by the police, two of the hostages were frightened, were sent to the hospital for treatment, and the other hostages were rescued safely.

Although there are only a few sentences, the gossip reporters still dig out Liao Chengde and Liao Xiaohua, and even for a while, there were several reporters squatting at the gate of the hospital where Liao Xiaohua stayed, and for a while, Liao Xiaohua's former lace news was taken out and re-hyped.

The reporters completely ignore the protagonist and quietly return to his home in Repulse Bay, where he will be counseled by a private psychiatrist while avoiding the limelight.

Zhong Shi, on the other hand, quietly returned to the mainland after reserving some cash, and now is not the time for a decisive battle, and there is no need for him to continue to stay here, the matter of repossession can only be entrusted to the broker, and no one can show up at this stage.

At noon on the third day of Liao Xiaohua's admission, a large number of reporters suddenly rushed to the gate of the hospital, and this scale made the people in the hospital startled.

When the unrelated people were still wondering, they saw an extremely ordinary taxi, and the reporters who had been waiting at the entrance of the hospital for a long time flocked to the door, squeezing the door to the water, and the magnesium lights turned on one after another.

"It's Miss Liu!"

"Movie star Miss Liu Meiling, why did she come here, didn't she say that she was dating a certain student from wireless?"

"I don't know yet, I must have caught up with a rich boy!"

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Reporters are the most gossipy, and they are also people with clear minds, and they figured out the ins and outs of the whole thing in an instant. Many people are thinking in their hearts that tomorrow's front page seems to be impossible to run.

"Fellow journalists, I'm really sorry, today I came to visit a good friend, if you have any questions, please wait until I finish my visit, Xiexie, everyone cooperates."

Miss Liu, who was wearing big sunglasses, opened her mouth slightly, spit out a fragrance, and saw that the male reporters drooled and hurriedly got out of the way.

Under the eyes of everyone, Miss Liu Meiling walked into the inpatient department of the hospital.

"This drama is hyped with the help of other people's fame, and I didn't expect it to be used on my head!" In the ward on the fifth floor, Liao Xiaohua saw this scene clearly through the glass, and suddenly became angry, he was originally a victim of the role, but he didn't expect to be used like this, he wouldn't be naïve to think that this female star really came to visit him.

Seeing Liu Meiling enter the hospital, Liao Xiaohua threw himself on the bed heavily, and thought viciously: "Sooner or later, Lao Tzu will find someone to turn her!" (Today's achievements of this book are all thanks to the strong support of all book friends, thank you again!) The author will continue to work hard and hope to get more support from book friends! )

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