On the last Thursday before the start of June, a visibly dark cloud hung over the island of Manhattan in New York, as if heavy rain was about to fall.

In order to avoid the impending heavy rain and the sweltering heat in the air, Behm unconsciously quickened his pace.

This is Wall Street, and if the global economy is compared to a complex neural network in the human brain, then this street, which is less than a third of a mile long, is the most sensitive and critical of this complex neural network.

And he, Behm, as a top student from Harvard University and a high-performing investment banking elite under the Goldman Sachs Group, is one of the beating neurons on this most sensitive nerve......

After entering the office, standing on the elevator, avoiding the colleagues who came towards him with papers, Behm walked into his office and put the briefcase he was carrying on the table.

The colleague, who had already arrived one step ahead of him, turned his chair and looked at him.

"Did you follow the morning news?"

Behm: "It's a little late today, what's going on?"

Carell: "It's because nothing happened that I think something was about to happen." You know, just yesterday afternoon, our Department of Justice claimed to have the key evidence to prove that the patent acquisition six years ago was unlawful. From yesterday until now, I have been staring at the news of Star Technology...... Or the news from Huaguo, but so far nothing has been waited. At your level, you should be able to tell that this is very unusual. ”

The guy he was eating took out of his briefcase and set it up on his desk.

Bym, who turned on the computer, shook his head and continued in a somewhat disappointed tone.

"It's not just unusual, the later it drags on, the more serious the matter becomes, and I can't think of any reason that is enough for Hua Guo to choose to settle the matter. I have long said that it was a very stupid decision to use an antitrust investigation to deal with Star Technology, and now the White House is even more stupid to use the Department of Justice to overturn the patent acquisition case six years ago! Are they thinking that only they can do the same thing? How naïve! ”

If it had been five years ago, this kind of thing would have been done except that there was no reason to do it.

At that time, stepping on the dead star technology was no different from stepping on an ant.

But now the international situation, international influence, and technological strength are completely different from the situation when the previous president was in office.

Especially with the failure of Project Ares, the Martian and the official inauguration of the IMCRC as watersheds, more and more countries have begun to admit that the center of the world has shifted from the crossroads of Times Square to the center of the Pacific Ocean.

If the White House bureaucrats had a little strategic vision, they would have discovered that the cross-regional power grid, which is spreading like a spider web in Southeast and Central Asia, has eaten away at North America's influence in the region.

Even because of the positive factors that the Martian has won for China in the international community, and the radiation effect of the cross-regional power grid on the economic growth in the coverage area, more and more small countries have taken the initiative to open their doors.

Against this backdrop, judging a Chinese high-tech company under domestic law will not only fail to achieve any benefits, but will cause a lot of trouble.

Of course......

Maybe the White House can't help it, too.

But that's not something Behm has the right to complain about.

Turning the ballpoint pen in his hand, Carell said in a pensive tone.

"That's something that the big guys have to worry about, and now that it's happened, it's impossible to stop, so let's just take advantage of the situation. I just want to know now, what are China's countermeasures? ”

After a pause, he shrugged his shoulders and continued, "It's about our strategy for the next two days and whether we can have a relaxing weekend. ”

"It's very difficult to anticipate Huaguo's moves, and now they outperform us in at least two key areas, and theoretically it's possible which side they choose to move," Bem, who had already entered the working state, pondered for a while before continuing, "I prefer that they may protest today, give the White House a buffer, and then issue the first countermeasures next Monday......

"What area do you think they might be working on?"

"I don't know, it's all possible, I suggest that we should focus on reducing positions in today's operation, and appropriately withdraw a part of the funds to balance the risk. In particular, we had a heavy position in West Coast utilities and power-related companies some time ago...... There are also the two protagonists, Tesla and Mobil, but we don't seem to bet on them, so it should be okay. ”

Karel snapped his fingers.

"Good idea, let's go together."

Behm pursed his lips in his heart, and his heart said that it was clearly all I thought of.

However, anyway, it wasn't the company's morning meeting now, they were all people in the same boat, so he didn't bother with this little thing.

Throughout the morning, the performance of the capital market was quite calm, like a dark cloud outside the window that was almost stationary, and the boredom made people feel a little uncomfortable.

Munching on a sandwich and sitting at his desk with his feet crossed, Bam stared at the online news on his computer screen and took a sip of his coffee.

"Carell."

"What's wrong, my friend."

"Don't you think the morning has been a bit too flat?"

"You want to say it's the calm before the storm?"

"That's what I thought," Bam whispered, glancing at the clouds outside the window, as if to speak to himself, "we all know it's coming, but what I want to know is what it is." ”

"Speaking of which, it's Thursday."

Bewildered by this nonsense, Behm glanced at his colleague.

"yes, what's wrong?"

"The movie I've been waiting for a month is finally going to be released today."

Bem: "......"

Why is Lao Tzu discussing business with you, and you are talking to me about movies?

On the computer screen, the news continued to play.

As soon as the news of Brazil's Vale Iron Ore Company announcing an increase in production has ended, the next news is that Belgium's Umicore Group has announced an investment of 1 billion euros in a new chemical park in Southeast Asia to fill the demand gap for lithium anode materials in the Asia-Pacific region.

Returning his attention to his computer, Behm found that there seemed to be a peculiar pattern to the news.

That's an average of 5 out of every 10 pieces of news related to China.

If not directly, then at least indirectly.

For example, Brazil's Vale Iron Ore Company announced an increase in production because the hot infrastructure market in Southeast Asia some time ago drove up the price of iron ore, and according to the analysis of professionals in their investment banks, the cross-regional power grid played an extremely important role in it......

As for why there is such a huge demand gap for lithium anode materials, it is needless to say that there are even people studying to incorporate modified PDMS materials into the futures market for trading.

Just when he was thinking about whether there was any important investment information behind the news, the host standing in the live broadcast room of the online news suddenly took a note from the hand of the assistant or staff next to him.

After a quick glance at the contents of the note, the news host's face changed instantly.

Even through a screen, Bem could read a hint of something unusual in the host's changing expression.

This kind of thing happens from time to time, whether on online news platforms or TV news platforms.

And the news that is often temporarily inserted is terrible news.

However, just as Behm was about to put down the leather shoes on his desk and listen carefully to this improvised news episode, the next two words of the news host almost made him fall off his office chair.

“…… Here's a piece of important news. ”

"According to a report from our correspondent in China, just an hour ago, China's environmental protection department suddenly stepped in to investigate East Asia Power's core export project to California. According to people familiar with the matter, the project will be suspended for at least a month due to policy reasons, and the specific restart time has not been determined. ”

"Shet!"

Bem, staring at the computer screen, gradually showed a hint of horror in his eyes, and a drop of cold sweat gradually slipped down his forehead.

It was he who was negligent.

He underestimated the determination of the Chinese people.

Huaguo's counterattack is actually inevitable, even the security guards watching the gate downstairs know it.

It's just that he didn't expect that everything would come so suddenly, so suddenly that he didn't have time to make advance deployments......

It's all already started.