Chapter 1850: Soap for Elephants
It's different from the previous robbery by taking advantage of the crisis.
One is to plunder wealth and indirectly cause impact, even if someone is ruined because of this, Han Xuan can also push it on the heads of others, such as Soros, the culprit on the bright side, who has too many pots behind him, and this one is not bad.
But this time is different, this time is knowing that many innocent people will die because of this, Han Xuan can't pass the level in his heart, just imagine knowing that thousands of people are trapped in the building, and that building is about to collapse, how ruthless it is to pretend to turn a blind eye under the premise that he can't get benefits.
So he informed the director of the investigation bureau, as the henchman of the current president, Han Xuan originally thought that he was on the side of the president, but it turned out that it was not, judging from the facts that had happened, the investigation bureau did not make much effort, as if it was deliberately indulgent, and let the situation develop to the worst side.
Even big people of this level were implicated, Han Xuan was powerless to stop anything, and after the call, he was suspicious, and now he can identify it.
In his opinion, even if Clinton knows, he may not be able to change anything, with Han Xuan's current power, there are not many things that can't be done, even if it is one now, judging from the attitude of his old man, the force behind it must be so big that even he has to avoid the edge, which is enough to explain many problems.
Thinking of the casual mention of the simulated impact some time ago, he couldn't help but guess that maybe the well-connected old man already knew something, Han Xuan just sighed, he really did something, but he didn't do enough.
From the perspective of cause and effect, those who died today were also a little implicated in him, and they were very melancholy about it, but they didn't care too much about it, compared with the countless wars that happened in history, this time it was considered to have fewer casualties, and interests were always an important driving force for major events, and he had already understood this.
I don't know if it's an illusion, the ground seems to be shaking, and there is an exclamation from Executive Anthony on the other end of the phone, shouting: "It's on fire!" The Twin Towers are on fire!
O my God! It's all dust! ”
Where Executive Anthony lives, he should be able to see the Twin Towers, and he is "live" to Han Xuan on the phone for the first time, subconsciously ignoring the calm of the little boss, and his attention is completely attracted by the picture in front of him at this moment.
Han Xuan hurried to the rooftop again, and could see the smoke billowing in the distance, black smoke under the moonlight, just in time zone for the New Year, fireworks were being set off on the Hudson River, which should have been a beautiful picture, but was destroyed by those thick smokes.
Don't think that only those people at the scene will be in danger of their lives, according to the figures he remembers, thousands of firefighters, policemen, sanitation workers, etc. who participated in the rescue or the incident at that time got cancer afterwards.
This was just the beginning, and a second huge plane was flying in the night......
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Three days.
Flights in the United States were suspended for three full days, and when flights resumed, almost no one wanted to fly, even the captain and flight attendants refused to fly, and there was an unexpected flight from Philadelphia to New York with only one passenger.
The stock market, which was supposed to resume trading on the first day of the new year, was artificially postponed for three days, and only began normal trading when the panic gradually subsided.
In the past few days, there has been an overwhelming deal of information about what happened on the night from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000, with television stations, newspapers, radio stations, magazines, and even buses on the streets, all bearing conspicuous patterns, and they cannot be called "911", but should be called "1231".
A few years ago, there were rumors of a great crisis in the millennium, which was seen as a so-called catastrophe, and desperate people sang lamentations that it was the beginning of human extinction.
Whether human beings will become extinct one day in the future, Han Xuan doesn't know, but it is true that many people have died, near Times Square, plus the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, the total number of people has not yet been counted, because it happens to be a holiday, it is estimated that there are about 1,500 people, and the injured are more than 10,000!
The stock market was temporarily sluggish, Han Xuan lost a lot of money as a result, and the authorities took a very tough attitude, and some troubles that were difficult to solve before, such as military spending, munitions, defense, and so on, were quickly passed through the resolution.
His investment failed for the first time.
On 2 January, the day after the attack, Brent crude oil futures for delivery on the London International Petroleum Exchange closed at $26.3 per barrel and briefly rose to a maximum of $28.16 per barrel.
However, within a few days, world oil prices began to fall sharply again, with London Brent crude futures falling by $1.2 per barrel on the third day and US light crude oil falling by 98 cents on the fourth day.
As for why oil prices are rising and falling, the main reason is that people are no longer worried that the incident will lead to a recession in the US economy and even the world economy, and some people are still worried, but the situation is under control, so it falls.
This is not Han Xuan's failure, it is really too coincidental, and it can't be said to be a loss, because he still made a small profit, but compared with the previous investment, the profit margin is pitiful.
In a week, the Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&P fell by 14.3 percent, 16.1 percent and 11.6 percent, respectively, and stocks are estimated to have lost $17 trillion.
Despite Washington's massive infusion of money into the stock market, panic selling was inevitable after the reopening, with major stock indexes falling to their lowest point in two years, causing global financial shocks.
In addition to the economic panic, there has also been a change in the mindset of Americans, especially the residents of New York, who feel like a dream and completely insecure when they see the ruins.
The impact involves all aspects, Star Investment, Han Family Charitable Foundation, and Snow Mountain Group are taking advantage of the decline to buy, buy, buy, and buy a large number of low-priced stocks of enterprises, although the mood is not too good, but this does not affect Han Xuan to take the opportunity to make money, those companies have no problems, but they are affected by panic, or it will not be long before the stock price recovers.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that all the orders for shorting the NASDAQ index have been delivered, and a large amount of money has been successfully recovered, and there are not a few businessmen like him who "take advantage of the fire to rob".
It is said that for the sake of being rich and benevolent, Han Xuan donated 200 million US dollars in the name of a charitable foundation the day after the incident, mainly to help those injured, which can be regarded as giving himself peace of mind.
After that, he did not appear again for a long time, and people remembered it after a few months, and it seemed that it had been a long time since they had seen news about Han Xuan......