Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 812 Return to Japanese Stocks

When Tang Qiang heard that Zhang Heping had a different opinion, he immediately became excited.

"Uncle, Japan has raised interest rates for the fifth time, which means their monetary policy has become tighter. Why do you think Japanese stocks will rebound?"

Mr. Hua nodded and agreed, "I am also a little confused. Japan's first four interest rate hikes stopped the crazy rise of Japanese stocks. How can the fifth rate hike cause Japanese stocks to rebound?"

As Zhang Heping shuffled the cards, he explained: "The Japanese tightened monetary policy to cool down the Japanese stock and real estate markets, not to crash them."

"The Japanese stock market and real estate market have really collapsed. What will happen to the loans that Japanese banks have lent to companies and individuals for stock, property and land speculation?"

"In addition, the US has recently made a big move in the Middle East. In order to get other countries to send troops to support them, the US has forgiven the foreign debts of many countries."

"As a defeated country in World War II, Japan dares not send troops openly; but as the largest creditor of Magnesium, Japan has no choice but to support Magnesium."

"Then the question is, if Japan supports the actions of the Magnesium in the Middle East economically, should the Magnesium express its support to Japan in other ways?"

"For example, we can talk to the investment banks and major companies in Magnesium and ask them to stop shorting Japanese stocks!"

Everyone was silent, thinking about Zhang Heping's analysis.

Tang Qiang pondered for a while, stepped aside, took out his cell phone, and sent what Zhang Heping had just said to his father and elder brother.

Mr. Li looked at the cards in his hand and asked casually, "Heping, since you predict that Japanese stocks will rebound, will your company invest in Japanese stocks again?"

Zhang Heping nodded slightly, "After the Bank of Japan announces the fifth rate hike, we can enter the market to buy Japanese stocks at the bottom."

"However, Japan's rebound will not last long!"

"I invested money in it just to help the Japanese stock market attract idle funds from their real estate market, and by the way, buy back some of the Peace Automobile Company's shares."

Mr. Hua frowned and said, "The cost of Japanese loans has increased, and all the idle funds have been invested in the Japanese stock market. Who would buy a house in Japan?"

Zhang Heping said with a smile: "There is a price but no demand. Isn't this just what the Japanese Ministry of Finance wants to do? It will cool down the housing prices in Japan."

"Would you be so kind as to help the Japanese Ministry of Finance regulate housing prices?" Mr. Hua looked up at Zhang Heping, "Are you planning something bad?"

"What bad ideas can I have!" Zhang Heping said with a smile: "In a few days, it will be the 45th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. I must find the Japanese to celebrate and let them remember this lesson!"

When Mr. Hua heard Zhang Heping bring up the Anti-Japanese War, he couldn't help but frown even deeper, thinking of the economic war he had mentioned before, "We agreed before..."

"Don't worry, I know my limits!" Zhang Heping put away his smile and said calmly, "If I really wanted to short Japanese stocks, they would have collapsed long ago!"

"At most, I will acquire some Japanese companies and move their production workshops to our coastal cities, but the sales and after-sales services will still be handled by Japanese people, just like the three Japanese pharmaceutical companies."

Mr. Hua nodded, and thought about the recent acquisition of coastal factories by the Heping Group. He believed that their previous acquisition was to connect with the subsequent production business of Japanese companies in the country.

Tang Qiang listened for a while and then sent the news about Zhang Heping's plan to buy the bottom of Japanese stocks to his father and elder brother.

The retired old men and women standing around watching the card game didn't think much of it, because they didn't have a full understanding of the history of the Peace Group's rise, and were even less aware of their investment record in Japan.

Some of the grandchildren who showed up behind showed surprise, some were thinking about something, and some were playing with their mobile phones, not paying any attention to the conversation between Mr. Hua, Zhang Heping and others.

Zhang Heping originally thought that there would be not many people missing at the dinner, but he underestimated the importance of Old Mrs. Zheng, Old Mr. Hua, and Old Mr. Li. Many people who did not bring their families with them at noon shamelessly brought their families with them in the afternoon.

In addition, because Zhang Yi, Roy and others did not accept the gift money in the morning, many people bought various gifts in the afternoon and sent them over to make up for the gift.

There was relatively more time for the dinner party, so my cousin Zhou Xiaochun discussed with Zhang Yi, Zhang Nan and others and decided to turn the stage into a public performance stage.

Zhang Heping cooperated with these little guys. After he went on stage and sang an old song to warm up the audience, more and more guests signed up to sing.

Perhaps in order to show their faces, the classmates and colleagues of my second sister Zhang Pandi and my second brother-in-law Zhang Yong, as well as the classmates and colleagues of Zhang Yi and Luo Yi, were very active tonight.

Then the old men and women formed a group and went on stage to sing a few revolutionary songs. At the end they also encouraged their grandchildren to go on stage.

Time quietly came to 22 p.m., and considering the health of these old comrades, Zhang Heping asked the host Zhou Xiaochun to terminate the subsequent performances.

Then, with the help of many taxis called by the hotel, the Zhang family saw off wave after wave of guests, and the wedding gradually came to an end.

The next morning, Zhang Heping and his family flew to Shanghai first.

In the office of the preparatory group of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Zhang Heping tried out their securities trading system.

After notifying the securities trading system programming and maintenance team, Zhang Heping used an ordinary office computer in the office to attack their server and obtained the highest management authority of their server in just 3 minutes.

"There are too many system loopholes!" Zhang Heping stood up, looked at the three leaders of the preparatory team, and said calmly: "You can ask the computer professors of Shuimu University to help you improve it. They have sent many professors to the Hong Kong Island Computer Research Center to study before."

"Advisor Zhang!" A middle-aged male manager with his sleeves rolled up said somewhat embarrassedly, "Can you list the existing loopholes in our securities trading system so that I can ask the programming team to improve it!"

"It's out!" Zhang Heping stretched out his right hand, pointed at the computer monitor, and said casually: "You ask the programming team to come over and take a look at the vulnerability scanner on it, and they will understand what the vulnerabilities are."

“However, given their technology, I think it will be difficult to plug these loopholes before December.”

After saying this, Zhang Heping said goodbye and went downstairs.

Zhang Heping, his family and bodyguards spent two days in Shanghai before flying back to Hong Kong Island.

On August 8, Japan Bank raised interest rates for the fifth time, to 30%!

Since the first interest rate hike in May last year, in just 5 months, the Japanese bank's interest rate has risen from 15% to 2.5%.

Judging from the current market reaction in Japan, the biggest impact is currently only on the Japanese stock market!
Because many Japanese companies and Japanese people took out loans to invest in stocks, they have been firmly trapped in the Japanese stock market with this wave of Japanese stock market crash.

Once they sell at a loss and leave the market, the first question is not how much they have lost, but the serious problem that they will definitely not be able to repay their bank loans.

Therefore, they dare not cut their losses and can only hope for a miracle to happen.

The prices in Japan's real estate market are still relatively stable, but the turnover rate of houses and land in Japan has dropped a lot.

To put it bluntly, housing prices in Japan are still very high, and banks' valuations of these houses also remain high, but these high-priced houses are very difficult to sell!

However, this is only a temporary illusion!
Zhang Heping wants to be the last straw that breaks the camel's back and help them burst the bubble of Japan's real estate market! Only in this way can Japan's economic bubble be completely burst.

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Japan Island, Cultural Exchange Department.

"Vice Minister Aso, we have received intelligence that Hong Kong's Stepmother Investment Company has begun to buy back Peace Automobile shares!" A short, thin old man in a black suit was sitting behind his desk, looking at Aso Taro in front of him, frowning and saying:

"They have also acquired shares of automobile companies such as Honda, Toyota, and Nissan. I hope you can go to Hong Kong Island in the name of scientific and technological exchange to understand their acquisition intentions."

"Hey!" Aso Taro, who had just arrived at the Cultural Exchange Department, bowed and said, "Minister, do you have any other instructions?"

"I am a good friend of your father-in-law. He told me the reason why you didn't go to the Ministry of Finance." The old man leaned back in his boss's chair, raised his head slightly to look at Aso Dalang's expression, and said calmly: "Do you still hold on to your previous opinion?"

"Hey!" Aso said with his head down, "I have consulted some economists recently. Many experts believe that this wave of monetary tightening policy was launched too late and too quickly, without giving the market enough time to react. There are great risks."

"I support your opinion!" The old man looked at Aso Dalang who looked up at him in surprise, and his tone became solemn. "I also think that if the Ministry of Finance does this, the stock market and the real estate market will plummet, and then cause irreparable huge losses!"

Aso Taro was just stunned for a moment, then he remembered something his father-in-law and grandfather had told him privately, that the old man opposite had a personal grudge against the current Minister of the Ministry of Finance.

Therefore, based on what the other party just said, the real idea he wanted to express might be to ask him to find Zhang Heping and urge the Heping Group to short Japanese stocks, and preferably also to suppress the high housing prices in the Japanese real estate market!
"Hey! I'll book a flight right now and expect to arrive in Hong Kong Island tomorrow!" Aso Taro responded with his head down and did not comment on his guess.

The old man seemed very satisfied with Aso Dalang's performance. He showed a gentle smile on his face and said, "You go and select your team members now. I will arrange a special plane for you and try to get to Hong Kong Island this afternoon!"

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Yan Wo Yi Community, The Peak, Hong Kong Island.

"Aunt Si, Aunt Chen, these are rough diamonds from South Africa. They haven't been polished yet!" Tang Qiang put two red jewelry boxes on the cup holder next to the mahjong table and said with a smile:

"I don't know what kind of jewelry you like, so I can only trouble you to take these two rough diamonds and find a jewelry store to customize the style you like!"

Chen Shuting glanced at the ugly duck egg-sized rough diamond in the jewelry box, then looked at the mahjong in front of her and said with a smile:
"Aqiang, don't buy diamonds in the future. We have a diamond production factory in Wucheng. We can artificially synthesize diamonds of any size you want."

“The key is that synthetic diamonds are very cheap!”

Tang Qiang opened his mouth and actually forgot about this factory!

Mrs. He, who was playing mahjong next to them, stood up and glanced at the jewelry box on the cup holder between Tang Xin and Chen Shuting. She sat down and said with a smile, "These two rough diamonds that President Qiang gave me must have been expensive!"

Mrs. Guo on the other side also stood up and took a look at the diamonds in the jewelry box, then she said as she touched the cards, "At least 5000 million magnesium yuan was spent!"

"Sister Shuting, the artificial diamonds you just mentioned, can you really make them as big as you want?"

Chen Shuting smiled and said, "I will send you a batch of finished jewelry later. You can take them back and ask an appraiser to see if he can tell whether they are natural or artificial."

Mrs. He asked in confusion, "I heard from Mr. He that the diamonds produced by your diamond factory are used in industry. Are you going to enter the jewelry industry?"

"No!" Chen Shuting played a note of 80,000, then looked at Tang Qiang who was standing there in a daze, and said with a smile: "A Qiang, take these two rough diamonds and sell them to the Magnesian guy!"

"In fact, your uncle prefers us to wear pearl jewelry. Haven't you noticed it?"

"Aunt Chen, you really don't want it!" When Tang Qiang asked this question, his eyes were looking at his fourth aunt Tang Xin who didn't say a word.

Tang Xin raised her fair right arm, showing the white jade bracelet on her wrist, and said with a smile: "If you feel embarrassed to take back the things you gave away, donate the money from reselling the rough diamonds to the Peace Charity Fund."

"Ask your wife what gift to give next time. It's not that the more expensive the gift, the better. As long as the thought is there, it's fine."

Mrs. He nodded and agreed, "As a family, instead of doing those useless things and wasting money, it's better to do some charity."

Chen Shuting smiled and said, "Your uncle is in the study right now, holding a video conference with those fund managers to discuss Japanese stocks. If you want to listen in, go over there quickly!"

"Sister Shuting!" Mrs. Guo immediately became interested when she heard the word "Japanese stocks". She asked with shining eyes, "I heard that Stepmother Investment Company has started buying Japanese stocks. Is it time to buy Japanese stocks at a bargain price?"

Chen Shuting glanced at Mrs. Guo, then glanced at the expressions of the other wealthy ladies in the room, and said with a smile: "The day before yesterday, the Japan Island Bank raised its interest rate for the fifth time."

"We think that after another wave of decline in Japanese stocks, the Japanese government should step in to stabilize the Japanese stock market!"

"However, the extent of this decline and the time when the Japanese government will intervene to rescue the market are uncertain, so there are great risks."

"So, our main plan now is to buy back Peace Motors shares, buy a small amount of Japanese company stocks, and wait for the Japanese stock market to rebound."

"The Japanese government is rescuing the market?" One of the wealthy ladies sitting on the sidelines asked in confusion, "The Bank of Japan has raised interest rates five times in a row, causing Japanese stocks to plummet. Will they still rescue the market?"

Chen Shuting smiled faintly and said, "The Japanese government just thinks that the Japanese stock market is overheated and wants to cool it down. It doesn't really want to bring down the Japanese stock market."

"If the stock prices in the Japanese stock market fall too much and affect the normal operation of listed companies, do you think the Japanese government should come out to rescue the market?"

Mrs. Guo nodded and said, "That's right!"

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"I would like to emphasize once again that we are only purchasing Japanese automaker stocks at this stage and will not touch other stocks!"

When Tang Qiang arrived at the door of Zhang's study on the second floor with two red jewelry boxes, he happened to hear Zhang Heping talking inside.

He hesitated for just a moment before knocking on the door.

Not long after, the door was opened by Zhang Long.

Then, Tang Qiang found that Zhang Long and Zhang Hu were playing shooting games in front of the computer opposite the door. His uncle Zhang Heping, who was sitting behind a large desk on the right, was wearing a pair of big black headphones and arranging company affairs in front of the camera on the monitor.

Tang Qiang stood behind Zhang Long and Zhang Hu, looking at the display screen in front of them while listening to Zhang Heping's speech.

"In the next half month, technical information on engines, gearboxes, chassis structures, and other technologies for all models of Nissan Motor will appear on the World Internet Forum."

"You should make good use of this time and cooperate with each other to make various technical reference indicators for the downward trend of relevant auto companies' stocks."

"Okay, do the groups have any questions? You can ask them now!"

I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival!
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(End of this chapter)