Chapter 178: Someone Still Understands Me (400 Monthly Pass Plus Update)
“...... What I say will take effect immediately! I will find a way to find a new target for the company. ”
Before Tony could finish speaking, all the reporters, along with his old partner Obadis Stein, who had been crazy with him and sat on the ground, stood up together.
The reporters were in a hurry to ask questions, and Obadi was going crazy.
Your sister! Selling weapons is so profitable, you say you won't sell weapons if you don't sell them!?
Obadi has wiped Tony's ass all these years, and this time he didn't do it, he almost semi-forcibly kicked Tony off the podium of the press conference and forced him back: "The point of this conference is actually that Tony is back, and he is healthier than ever......"
There was no rush to bird Obadi, and the reporters' focus was all on Tony -- what kind of plane? The largest and most high-tech arms dealer in the United States suddenly announced that it would not sell arms. This headline is so exciting!
Looking back, no matter how Obadi persuaded Tony, Tony was full of momentum of not listening to Wang Ba's chanting.
Stark Industries' stock price has almost fallen in response.
Obadi turned around and persuaded Tony again, but Tony still didn't listen, and the others couldn't persuade Tony.
In the stock market, pessimism is spreading.
If Stark Industries is a traditional manufacturing stock, then it's very simple, how much profit you make, how much dividends you can pay, basically what the stock price is.
Stark Industries is different from traditional industrial stocks, it is more like a high-tech concept stock.
The maintenance of the stock price depends largely on how profitable the company is and whether it will 'tell a story'. It's like the valuation of Internet concept stocks now, which is completely a fairy number. You will tell stories to make investors think that you are worth the money, and the stock price will go up, and vice versa.
A publicly listed stock price is not only related to a large number of investors, but also thousands of employees of Stark Industries. In the new enterprises of the 21st century, employees often have a little share, which is to completely tie employees to the company.
Stark Industrial's share price has fallen, and it's not just employees who are afraid of losing their jobs.
The stock price has fallen, and even the stock has turned into waste paper, which also means that employees have gone from millionaires to poor eggs.
It can be said that Tony Stark went from a national hero and a political star to a street rat that everyone shouted at in one day.
In the past, Tony could make all kinds of waves, and the key was that he had the support of the government. The U.S. military needs all kinds of new weapons developed by Tony, which in turn affects the government's decision-making.
Tony's sudden insistence on announcing that he would no longer engage in arms also angered countless military and political bigwigs.
For a while, not to mention the stock market, even the major talk shows were insulting and watching Tony and his company.
"What else can Stark do if he doesn't sell arms?"
"Do you sell baby bottles?"
"Or make a cup?"
The host of the talk show used a baseball bat to blow a glass with the word "humiliation" while shouting foul language.
This picture looks like a knife in Pepper's heart.
As Tony's hardcore, Pepper couldn't help but sigh: "If that predator comes to snipe again, it's really profitable." ”
In fact, it's impossible.
No one can afford to short Stark Industries anymore.
Because even the brokers themselves are frantically selling Stark Industries' shares.
The stock price can be described as a plummeting plummet.
Tony certainly knew the consequences of his actions. He knew it would be a painful decision. When this scene really came, I still couldn't stand it.
He fell out with Obadi, and he didn't even dare to return to his company. He found his good friend Colonel James Rhodes, but unfortunately, even his closest old friends thought he was crazy.
"You should calm down and organize your thoughts. ”
Tony was completely speechless.
However, just as he was about to go down that very remote road alone, Pepper suddenly called him urgently: "Tony, someone is buying up our company's stock on a spree. ”
"Who? offshore again?" Tony frowned, even if the stock price fell like a dog, it didn't mean that he was willing to give up his father to his Stark Industries.
"No, it's a company registered in the Cayman Islands, but the name must be familiar to you – Strange Limited. ”
"Strange!?" Tony was the first to wake up.
"Turn on TV channel 11!"
On this day, Stark Industries' share price was a rollercoaster.
The news of Tony's safety spread, and the stock price skyrocketed first, and then fell as Tony announced that he would not engage in arms. When the stock price fell by 40% in one go, triggering panic selling among stockholders, the stock price was suddenly stuck at the 50% line.
Regardless of whether it is a hundred hands or a million hands, all stocks are like mud cows into the sea, and they are gone with a grunt.
Originally, the China Securities Regulatory Commission had already worked overtime to pay attention to the abnormal stock price fluctuations of Stark Industries. Let's see if anyone else uses illegal means to get stock prices.
But this hand is justified by the fact that Stark Industries' second-largest shareholder, which has held shares for more than 60 years, has publicly announced an increase in its holdings.
Listed companies sometimes buy back their own shares to show their financial strength and confidence.
This is clearly the case this time.
On television, a press conference was taking place.
A guy dressed as a lawyer holds up a power of attorney:
"I have the honour to make a statement on behalf of my deputy, Mr. Strange. ”
"War, like love, is a constant topic. This is an act of violence, assault and killing, with the group, the nation and the State as the basic units. ”
"It is often politicians, not military men, who start wars. ”
"When war began, Acura had a lot to defend with your life. When he couldn't fight, he shouted, 'Life is above all else.'" ’”
"People caught up in wars often don't have a choice. ”
"I still remember the Second World War. In this far-flung catastrophe provoked by humanity itself, countless lives have fallen in the war, and countless families have been torn apart in the catastrophe. ”
"It's a pity that today, when we ask about the meaning of war, most of what we think of comes from the illusory illusions shown in war movies and literature, and what really belongs to us is actually a blank. ”
"The happiness of the present is not easy to come by, and I hope you will cherish it. After all, real war is not far from us. We do not live in a time of peace, but in a land of peace. ”
These words may be bullshit for investors, but for Tony, who witnessed the death of the American soldier who protected him not long ago, watched his assistant Ethan 'die' with multiple guns, and was transforming from a playboy who didn't care what the world became to a real man.
"Oh my God, there are still people in this world who understand me. Tony's voice was almost murmuring.