Chapter Thirty-Eight: Misfortune Strikes

Generally speaking, large funds and large institutions participating in the market will not easily expose their positions, because this will expose themselves to the firepower of the other party, and the corresponding brokerage companies and channels will also keep these news highly confidential.

However, this is only for the general situation, in fact, there is no shortage of relevant gossip in the market, which is so complex that it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

The essence of investment is nothing more than buying low and selling high, and you can also sell high and buy low after you have hedging tools. Of course, this is only for the secondary market, which can be participated in by ordinary people.

In fact, finance is far more than these, banks, insurance, trusts, funds, rating agencies and other industries all belong to the financial industry, and their respective fields are also very different.

Since there is a secondary market in which everyone can participate, there is naturally a primary market in which some investors participate, and the investment methods and varieties here are more abundant.

But don't think that there will be any advantages in the primary market or those targeted customers.

It is an unbreakable truth that what is bought is not sold.

There was once a real case of an investment bank on Wall Street that has been in the forefront for many years, and the financial products whose main investment target is the Ecuador index were packaged into high-yield and low-risk products through a series of extremely complex terms and techniques, and sold them to the CFO (chief financial officer) of a large American company.

Appalling!

Of course, it is impossible for Zuihou to claim compensation, and there is a thick stack of exclusion clauses in the contract when these products are designed.

Wall Street investment banks only recruit outstanding graduates from Ivy League universities, on the one hand, these people are really excellent, and investment banks apply the wisdom of these people to all aspects of the financial industry; On the other hand, with the platform of investment banking, these people have a bright future in the future, and they may also become a big help to their old employers in the future.

In the case of Goodman Investment Bank, several U.S. Treasury secretaries have come from the company. So much so that in the financial crisis of later generations, the president and the finance secretary poured huge amounts of money into these bankrupt companies despite the rising opposition.

Of course, old relationships aren't the only reason to save these companies, but that's for later.

After Zhong Shi got the transaction records of the Singapore Exchange, he keenly discovered the changes in the market and the flow of funds.

For individuals or institutions, transaction records are highly confidential and will not be circulated unless required by regulators. However, for exchanges, the transaction records aggregated by all participants are public and are made public in real time during the transaction for investors' reference.

K-line charts with different heights converge into undulating wavy lines, and each peak or valley is a crazy fight.

"The volume has nearly doubled compared to last month, and on top of that, there has been a noticeable increase in new entrants. It seems that the institutions that are closer to the US government have been briefed and are starting to do it! Zhong Shi muttered.

In the next year, the 10th year of the twentieth century, Japan's bubble economy will burst, first with the stock market that has been soaring for more than three years, then with the real estate crash the following year, followed by an economic depression, bank bankruptcies, and corporate failures, and the total size of the Japanese economy will also stagnate for a full decade.

Once upon a time, the ambitious Japanese also made bold claims to challenge the United States as the global economic leader, and this blow knocked them down completely.

"It's not time to enter the arena yet!" Zhong Shi stared at the chart for a long time and muttered to himself.

This is not the result of his research, but the experience of later generations. In eight or nine years, the momentum of the Japanese stock market's rally has not completely subsided, and the peak will appear in the Zuihou trading days of this year. In the 90s, Japan's stock market will turn its head downward, and it was not visible at first, but after several important points in time, it formed a crash.

It is difficult to say that there is no shadow of the U.S. government during this period.

"Bell bell bellโ€”"

The phone rang. There are not many people who know this number, and the phone bill is not cheap these days, Zhong Shi thought about it a little, and knew that it might be a call from Hong Kong, and he didn't know what happened over there.

"Zhong Sheng, I want to discuss something with you!" As soon as the microphone was picked up, Liao Chengde's anxious voice was heard.

"What's wrong? What happened? Zhong Shi asked rhetorically. He could hear the anxiety in Liao Chengde's tone and felt very strange.

"That's right, I want to borrow some money from you." Liao Chengde twisted for a long time, and then said cautiously. Originally, with the relationship between them, borrowing money only needed to say hello, but Liao Chengde is a wealthy person, how could he borrow money from others?

"What the hell is going on?" Zhong Shi heard that something was wrong, and after a little thought, he knew that something must have happened, and it was not small.

"It's Xiaohua, this kid lost 500 million in Macao and Hong Kong. Now that he has been detained, he needs to raise enough money to ransom people within three days, otherwise he will ......" Speaking of this, Liao Chengde couldn't cry anymore.

He is not very clear about the means of the Macau-Hong Kong casino, but he is very clear about the result of not paying back.

When he was young, he often saw debt collectors come to collect debts, and on one occasion, he saw a gambler's right hand cut off.

"What? How could something like this happen? Zhong Shi couldn't believe it. Although Liao Xiaohua is a little stubborn, he can be regarded as having a good temperament in the past few years, how could he lose so much money at once.

500 million Hong Kong dollars, piled up as high as a hill.

"That's right, since that incident, his uncle has often taken him to Macao and Hong Kong to relax, and the child has become addicted to drugs, which was originally a small amount, and then it has grown bigger and bigger, and often does not come home all night long. A few days ago, I was about to ask him to go back to work, but two casino men came to the door and said that Xiaohua owed 500 million gambling debts in Macao and Hong Kong, and asked me to use the money to ransom people within a week. Liao Chengde on the other end of the phone calmed down and explained the reason for the matter clearly.

"Macao, Hong Kong ......" Zhong Shi was silent.

Macao and Hong Kong were also colonies, under Portuguese rule. This place is much smaller than Hong Kong, and the number of residents is not large, it cannot be compared with Hong Kong at all, and the economic development of this place does not rely on traditional industries such as industry and agriculture, so it can only go off the rails and concentrate on the development of the gaming industry.

After decades of development, Macao and Hong Kong have become one of the famous gambling cities in Shijie, and together with Las Vegas and Monaco in the United States, they are known as the three major gambling cities on Shijie.

The gambling in Macao and Hong Kong has been controlled by the He family since the 60s, this is a very powerful family, both black and white can eat, the He family in Macao and Hong Kong as soon as they speak, even the governor of Hong Kong should pay attention to it.

"How much is missing?" After thinking about it for a few minutes, Zhong Shi asked again.

"There is still a gap of more than 300 million, and the property and stocks on my hand are not easy to realize for a while, so I pulled down this old face and asked you for help." When Liao Chengde saw Zhong Shi relieved, he was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly said.

"No problem! You go to Zhongyi to discuss the money, but when you bring Liao Xiaohua back, you tell him that he will sell it to me in the next life, and if you don't pay back 500 million, you won't be free. โ€

For Liao Xiaohua, he must be given a lesson that he will never forget, so that he can mature quickly.

Zhong Shi's request, Liao Chengde had no way to refuse, not to mention that he had a request, so he put his son beside him because of Zhong Shi's young and old age, and Liao Chengde was also relieved.

Zhong Shi, who put down the microphone, was upset, said hello to his mother and went out.

Zhong Shi, who was wandering around the streets, was actually very annoyed in his heart, because the sudden incident disrupted his whole situation, and the funds originally set aside in Hong Kong were for the collapse of the Japanese stock market, and now he had to use the funds he had previously invested in the US stock market.

All the funds in the U.S. stock market buy stocks that will skyrocket after they are purchased, and these are very growth and profitable companies, and as long as they hold them, their assets will grow significantly.

Bell Stone entered the market at a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, which was the "Black Monday" of '87, during which the confidence crash caused the shares of many well-qualified companies to fall to an unbelievable price, allowing Bell Stone to absorb it to the maximum limit.

The sky was slowly darkening, and Zhong Shi had no intention of going home, he was thinking about how to optimize the allocation of the US asset portfolio as he walked, so as to minimize the impact of this incident.

In the small county town in the 80s, the law and order was very bad, especially at night, and there were fights from time to time under the dim lights. There are also gangs in such small counties, and young people who have nothing to do often fight in groups to vent their exuberant energy.

Unfortunately, Bell Stone, who was wandering aimlessly, happened to meet him.

"Damn, this side of Dongcheng is our territory, why did you Evil Wolf Gang step in for no reason and injured our brother?" A shirtless young man said viciously.

Behind him were a dozen equally fierce young men, clubs of varying lengths in their hands, looking at the group of people across from him with unkind expressions.

"When is it your place? I declare now that this place is now under our control! The other leader-looking man snorted and spat out a toothpick in his mouth, not giving in.

This man was wearing a trench coat, a long white scarf around his neck, and what was especially strange was that he was wearing big sunglasses in the dim light, and he didn't know if he could see the other side clearly.

This is the standard little brother dress, after "The True Color of Heroes" was introduced to the mainland, the handsome and dashing little brother in the movie immediately became the standard dress of young people in society.

Behind him, there were also more than a dozen young men in the same costume, holding various weapons in their hands, glaring angrily at the other party's men and horses.

", do it!" As soon as he saw that "Little Brother Ma" didn't mean to make peace at all, the person who spoke before made a gesture behind his back and was the first to rush forward. As soon as the brother behind him saw the eldest brother make this gesture, without saying a word, he picked up the guy in his hand and rushed forward.

The other party had already prepared, so he was naturally not to be outdone, and when he saw the other party's men and horses moving, they shouted one after another, and greeted them one after another.

"Bang", "click", "ah"......

The sound of sticks beating, screaming, and cursing was endless.

It didn't take long for the fight to be decided, with the "trench coat gang" defeated, and those who could still stand holding their heads and running away, leaving seven or eight people lying on the ground moaning in pain. They lost so completely, and I don't know if it was because they were wearing sunglasses.

The victorious side was not relentless at all, and was busy chasing after the escapees, especially the eldest brother, who was chasing "Little Brother Ma"!

"CNM, to Lao Tzu zhanzhu! Tell you to step on the line, Lao Tzu will kill you today! "Big brother" scolded angrily as he threw the stick in his hand forward.

"Bang dang!"

The flying sticks did not hit the embarrassed "Little Pony" as expected, but flew to the bell stone on the other side of the road, which was bowing his head and contemplating.

Zhong Shi only felt his head sink suddenly, and countless gold stars appeared in his eyes, and then he lost consciousness and fell heavily to the ground.

"Kill someone! Kill someone! "Little Pony", who looked back, saw a passer-by knocked to the ground by a wooden stick that flew out, and gurgling blood came out, and he screamed in fright.

As soon as they heard about the human life, the thugs who were still chasing the remnants of the enemy everywhere immediately scattered and quickly disappeared into the boundless darkness.

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