Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 794: The Peak Moment of Japanese Stocks

Ma Xiuzhen seldom mentioned the affairs of the Zhang family's bad relatives to her son Zhang Heping. She only gossiped about them with her two daughters-in-law Tang Xin and Chen Shuting when she could not help it.

Even so, Zhang Heping learned from doctor Hu Hui that some of Zhang's relatives had heard the news from somewhere and wanted the bonus for drug trial.

This drug trial bonus was originally offered at the Hong Kong Peace Hospital to attract the first batch of drug trial participants.

Once the effect of the Life 100 potion in delaying aging is publicly proven, there will be no need to use bonuses to attract people to try the potion.

To put it more bluntly, the anti-aging effect of the Life 100 potion is there, you can use it or not!
Therefore, Zhang Heping’s reply to Hu Hui was that there was no bonus for drug trial, and if they were unwilling to try the drug, they would be discharged from the hospital.

Zhang Heping originally asked his parents to take the elderly from the Zhang and Ma families to the Harmonious Hospital in order to attract certain people with ulterior motives from the mainland to prevent them from continuing to cause trouble behind his back.

Zhang Heping initially thought that he was trying to win over Zheng when he agreed to take her to Shenzhen Peace College for recuperation.

But according to recent developments, Mr. Hua's suggestion may have been to use Mrs. Zheng to attract other people's attention and ease the expectations of his old comrades for the 100-year life potion.

For now, those in the mainland who are interested in the 100-year-long life potion have focused their attention on the Harmonious Hospital and Old Lady Zheng in Shenzhen, and have not caused any more trouble for Zhang Heping.

On the other hand, in Hong Kong Island, Peace Group acquired Hong Kong Island Pharmaceutical Factory in August and announced that the factory would produce a lifespan medicine of 8 years. However, two months later, Hong Kong Island Pharmaceutical Factory, which had sold out all its machinery and equipment, still has not received new equipment, but its stock price has continued to rise and has more than tripled.

It is precisely because of this that those people in the Hong Kong Pharmaceutical Factory who no longer have work to do but still go to work and punch in and do nothing have been targeted by spies from various countries.

Some of them were deceived and owed high-interest loans due to gambling; some were seduced and deceived and became addicted to drugs; some were attracted by beauty and were secretly filmed in pornographic movies or set up with honey traps.

Of course, there are also many people who have been bribed by money!

After all, these are just workers. Don't expect them to be loyal to Hong Kong Island Pharmaceutical Factory and Peace Group.

This was also the result that Zhang Heping had expected. Once he gave the production method of the 100-year life potion to the Hong Kong Island Pharmaceutical Factory, he believed that it would take less than half a day for the relevant production method to be passed on to spies in various countries.

However, the time has not come yet. Public opinion about the 100-year lifespan potion is still brewing, and it just needs an opportunity to explode.

With the start of construction of the controlled nuclear fusion device research base on the Dapeng Peninsula, the positioning satellite launch mission of the Peace Aerospace Company has also been put on the agenda.

Influenced by the information presented by Zhang Heping as a gift on National Day, the issue of modern high-tech warfare was put on the table for discussion.

However, since there has been no war in the near future, all parties have taken a step back and chosen to start with positioning satellites that do not cost them money, in order to first master the key points of precision strikes and all-weather operations.

For this purpose, Zhang Heping was invited to the Dapeng Peninsula, where he spent three days inspecting the batch of Beidou satellites that were ready to be launched into space.

Before Zhang Heping left Dapeng Peninsula, the Southern Power Grid Company invited him to inspect three thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plants.

These three nuclear power plants, located in Guangdong Province, Beihu Province and Shanghai, are related to the production of smartphone parts modules. After Zhang Heping's inspection, they will have to undergo a period of trial operation before they can be officially connected to the local power grid.

By then, the production of smartphone parts will be on the right track!
Therefore, after leaving Dapeng Peninsula, Zhang Heping only returned to Hong Kong Island to rest for a day, and then moved to Villa No. 1 of Shenzhen Peace College with his family, and then went to inspect the nuclear power plant.

It’s not that Zhang Heping doesn’t believe in the security capabilities of the Umbrella Company, but because the effect of the 100-year life potion is too obvious. In order to avoid the troubles that will follow, Zhang Heping can only settle his family in Shenzhen before he can go to other places with peace of mind.

After the twin brothers Zhang Long and Zhang Hu returned to Shenzhen Peace College, they immediately ran to the underground base to discuss the research on brain-computer interfaces with experts and professors.

The seventh daughter, Zhang Nuo, did not transfer to another school, but instead hired a tutor for her.

It was simpler for the fourth daughter Zhang Feng, who studied philosophy. She just brought back a few books and started preparing for her graduation thesis without having to transfer back to Shenzhen University.

Only the brother and sister Zhang Bei and Zhang Nan felt a little at a loss!

Zhang Bei had just set up the company structure in Hong Kong Island. He had previously returned to the capital for the National Day holiday, and this time he was temporarily staying in Shenzhen due to security issues.

He didn't want to be a hands-off boss, nor did he want to make his father Zhang Heping worry. It was not until his father left home that he proposed to his stepmother Chen Shuting the idea of ​​taking the bodyguards back to Hong Kong Island in the morning to handle company matters, and taking the bodyguards back to Shenzhen in the afternoon.

Although Zhang Nan's Global Trading Company is registered in Shenzhen, its recent business is all in Hong Kong Island, and many contracts have not yet been signed.

Therefore, after her father left home, Zhang Nan proposed to her stepmother the idea of ​​bringing a bodyguard back to Hong Kong Island to work during the day.

Chen Shuting had heard about the recent experiences of the employees of the Hong Kong Island Pharmaceutical Factory and knew that her husband Zhang Heping's concerns were not unfounded, so she was in a very difficult situation.

Finally, under Tang Xin's mediation, Zhang Bei temporarily accepted the idea of ​​allowing employees to work temporarily in Shenzhen Peace Hotel.

As for the second daughter Zhang Nan, her global trading company is already on the right track, and most of the affairs can be handed over to her subordinates to handle, and the signed documents can be taken back to Shenzhen for processing.

Just like the Heping Real Estate Company in Haicheng, Tang Xin never managed it much. Only when her signature was required would she ask for the opinions of the legal and financial managers, and then check it herself.

After inspecting the thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plant in Zhuhai, Zhang Heping returned to Shenzhen to make sure everything was fine at home before going to Beihu Wucheng, where he also visited the Heping Diamond Factory, Battery Factory, and Display Factory.

Finally, go to Shanghai to see the nuclear power plant there.

His departure meant he missed the highlight moment when the Nikkei index reached its peak.

Central, Hong Kong Island, Datang Investment.

"Boss, the five largest investment banks in Magnesium are willing to exchange magnesium dollars for the 1.12 trillion yen in our company's account, but the exchange rate is 1 magnesium dollar to 133 yen, and the magnesium dollars exchanged must be deposited in their bank for a full year!"

"Those guys are simply robbing us. The current Japanese yen exchange rate is 1 Japanese dollar to 122 Japanese yen. If we exchange it like the guys do, we will suffer a loss of 7.6 million Japanese dollars! Boss, we can try Huifeng Bank, which is controlled by your uncle!"

"Huifeng Bank also responded that they can only exchange 3000 billion yen for our company at the current exchange rate this month, and suggested that we exchange it as soon as possible, saying that the Japanese are investigating our company's stock-related transactions!"

"What about the Bank of China? How much can they exchange?"

"The Bank of China can only exchange 50 billion yen!"

Listening to the reports from Datang Investment's financial staff, Tang Qiang was silent in the office for a long time. Only then did he understand why Zhang Heping asked him to withdraw his investment as soon as possible.

The shell companies they control are a problem, and the exchange rate between the Japanese yen and the magnesium dollar is a problem.

The key point is that Tang Qiang spent a lot of money to bribe insiders of the Japan Stock Exchange and obtained daily data on capital transactions and flows. He was shocked to find that many large institutions were quietly selling stocks and recovering funds.

The reason why the Nikkei index is rising now is not because it is driven by buyers, but because major institutions are selling with their left hand and buying with their right hand, creating the illusion of a bull market!
Tang Qiang had a strong premonition that what his uncle had said before, that the Magnesium guys would short Japanese stocks, was about to happen.

Because he also received a secret message that the Japanese Central Bank will announce its third interest rate hike this year this month!

"First, exchange 3000 billion yen with Huifeng Bank!" Tang Qiang finally made a decision. "For the remaining 8200 billion yen, continue to negotiate with the five major investment banks in Magnesium."

"Tell them that the money can be temporarily deposited with them, but it cannot affect our subsequent financial investment!" "Boss!" The financial manager frowned and said, "8200 billion yen is converted at a ratio of 1 to 133, and the company will lose 5.5 million yen!"

"Just do it!" Tang Qiang said in a deep voice: "Time is money, I have a big project to invest in!"

What Tang Qiang didn't say clearly was that after the money reached Huifeng and the five major investment banks in Magnesium, it would be very difficult for the Japanese to seize the funds of their company!
After dealing with the company's internal affairs, Tang Qiang called his elder brother Tang Lie again.

Tang Lie had previously withdrawn more than 1 billion yen, which was converted monthly at an exchange rate of about 125 to 43.4, totaling billion yen.

However, after Tang Lie recently sold all his Japanese stocks, 6300 billion yen, like Tang Qiang's funds, were robbed by the five major investment banks in Magnesium due to the exchange rate difference!

"Brother, I'm worried that the phone is being tapped, so I'll keep it short." Tang Qiang stood in front of the large French window in the office, looking down at the busy traffic below, and said after a moment's consideration:
"I think the thing my uncle mentioned is about to happen. We have to hurry!"

Tang Lie on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time. Let's first rule out the recent stock selling. What else did their uncle say that required them to hurry up?
Tang Lie thought about the current fund exchange problem again, and then diverged his thinking, without paying attention to the granularity of Qi's third brother Tang Qiang.

"Empty!" Tang Qiang reminded with a word.

Then, a response came from the other end of the phone, "I understand. I'll go negotiate terms with the five major investment banks right away!"

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New York, Wall Street.

"Two years ago, the Japanese shorted our magnesium stocks, causing our five major investment banks to suffer heavy losses! Now is our chance to strike back at the Japanese!"

"As the Bank of Japan continues to raise interest rates, the inflow of funds to the Tokyo Stock Exchange has been less than the outflow for six consecutive months. I think our opportunity to short Japanese stocks has come!"

"Next, we at Goldman Sachs will launch a 'Nikkei Index Put Warrant' and apply for listing on the Magnesium Stock Exchange!"

Because the term "Nikkei Index Put Warrant" appeared for the first time, a Goldman Sachs spokesperson explained the meaning of the term to representatives from the other four investment banks present, hoping that they could work together.

The so-called Nikkei Index put warrant means that when the Nikkei Index is lower than the exercise index, investors will obtain corresponding returns from the decline of the Nikkei Index; if the Nikkei Index is higher than or equal to the exercise index, investors will lose the cost of the put warrant.

In short, if investors are bearish on the Nikkei Index, they should buy Nikkei Index put warrants!

On the other hand, there are also "subscription warrants", but no one has proposed it yet.

In addition, call warrants and put warrants can also be applied to individual stocks, but that is a later story.

For now, Nikkei Index put warrants are an innovative product of Goldman Sachs, and are in line with the Japanese government's policy of using interest rate hikes to burst the Japanese economic bubble, so Goldman Sachs is very confident this time.

It is a pity that Goldman Sachs is still a private partnership and is not registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, so it cannot sell securities to the public!

Goldman Sachs proposed the put warrant concept today, actually wanting to find a Nikkei index put warrant issuer and then have Goldman Sachs underwrite this innovative product.

Representatives from the five major investment banks discussed for a while and finally decided to find an external issuer and they would only do underwriting, thereby reducing their own risks!
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Rijima, Dongdu Stock Exchange.

"The stock market consolidation is only temporary. We must have confidence that the Nikkei index will definitely reach 4 points before the New Year!"

"Hey! Nishimura-san is right. The Nikkei index is now at 3 points. It will definitely reach 8 points this year and 4 points in the first half of next year!"

"I just got a piece of news that Hong Kong Island Telecommunications Company sold a large number of Japanese Island Telecommunications stocks, which caused Japanese Island Telecommunications stocks to fluctuate and thus entered a consolidation period."

"Everyone should have confidence. This is not the first time that Hong Kong Island Telecom has sold off shares of Japan Telecom. Think about it, last year, after Hong Kong Island Telecom sold off its shares, Japan Telecom's share price rose by more than 80%!"

"Everyone, I got inside information. The six major financial groups are planning to jointly acquire Hong Kong Island Telecom Company and seize their smartphone production plant to create dividends for us!"

……

The stock exchange was very noisy, but the Aso couple, standing on the third floor, could still hear the group of retail investors downstairs cheering each other on and passing on gossip.

Aso Taro frowned and said, "The Ministry of Finance announced an interest rate hike this afternoon in an attempt to burst the housing bubble. But what about the stock market?"

"Da Lang, this is not something we should consider!" Mrs. Aso smiled faintly, "Wait until the Ministry of Finance messes up and there is a vacancy, and then wait until you take office in the Ministry of Finance, then you should consider those things."

"I don't want to go to the Ministry of Finance!" Aso Taro looked at the dense crowd of heads below and said seriously: "Once the real estate and stock market bubbles burst, they will explode like a balloon and there will be no way to remedy it!"

"Therefore, in the next few years, the Ministry of Finance will be treated as a criminal. No matter how hard the people in the Ministry of Finance try, they can only forgive sins!"

Mrs. Aso looked at her husband in confusion, "Where do you want to go, Dalang?"

"Foreign Affairs, or Diplomacy..."

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Saturday, November 1989, 12.

Shenzhen Peace Vocational Training College, Villa No. 1.

Zhang Heping, who had been wandering outside for more than a month, finally returned home smelling of sweat!

He originally planned to return in early December, no later than December 12th.

But several major events occurred at the end of the year that shattered the Iron Curtain between the East and the West.

As a result, Zhang Heping was forced to attend many meetings!

Yes, this time he went out, originally he just wanted to inspect the two nuclear power plants in Wucheng and Modu, and then he planned to visit the factories.

But he never expected that there would be so many ideological meetings in between.

If it weren't for the need to push forward the trial operation of the nuclear power plant as soon as possible, Zhang Heping would have left long ago.

While Zhang Heping was taking a shower in the bedroom on the top floor, his concubine Chen Shuting briefly told him what had happened over the past month.

After hearing that Hong Kong Island Telecommunications Company finally sold out its shares in Nippon Telecommunications before the closing of the Japanese stock market the day before yesterday, Zhang Heping couldn't help but say "not bad" with satisfaction!
Chen Shuting couldn't help but smile and said, "Last year, I sold 20% of my shares in Japan Telecom, which brought in 531 billion magnesium yuan. This year, I sold 21.1% of my shares in Japan Telecom, which brought in 702 billion magnesium yuan."

"Foreign media reported that Hong Kong Island Telecom lost at least 200 billion yuan in this sell-off!"

"But those people only see that Japanese stocks are rising on the surface, but they don't know how much money is flowing out of Japan. Their vision is far worse than my husband's!"

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(End of this chapter)