Break out of the courtyard

"Your Excellency, I am a reporter from Asahi Shimbun. Is the 500 trillion yen stimulus package announced at noon true? Have you considered the consequences of doing so?"

"Hello, Hong Kong Island Commercial Daily. Is Japan really going to issue an additional 500 trillion yen? Aren't you afraid that doing so will trigger an Asian financial crisis?"

"Hello, New York Times. By issuing an extra 500 trillion yen, are you preparing to withdraw from the international settlement currency system?"

"Hello, Reuters, do you have any economic experts in your Ministry of Finance? Do you know how much impact an over-issuance of 500 trillion yen would have on global finance?"

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The minister from the Ministry of Finance bypassed the group of reporters and entered the main conference room. He looked at the Ministry of Cultural Exchange's seats and angrily demanded, "With the nation in crisis, who leaked the information to the Peace Group?"

"Baka!" The short, thin minister from the Ministry of Cultural Exchange scoffed. "You're making such a big show of contacting various countries to speculate on multi-day stocks, and you still want to keep it a secret from the Peace Group? You're utterly clueless idiots!"

"Let's get down to business!" the chubby middle-aged man presiding over the meeting said in a deep voice. "The weekend's actions were effective. The short sellers, led by the Peace Group, slowed down their short-selling offensive this morning, which allowed us to successfully stop the stock market crash this afternoon."

"Next, let's discuss when the Tibet Autonomous Region will clarify its announcement regarding the 500 trillion yuan stimulus package!"

"Clarify? Hmph!" The short, thin minister of the Ministry of Cultural Exchange scoffed. "Some people naturally want to clarify as late as possible, so they can delay their resignation!"

"If you don't understand economics, don't speak!" the Minister of Finance said coldly. "Such a large-scale over-issuance of yen will definitely scare away the funds controlled by the Peace Group and those Hong Kong people."

"Once they convert their yen into foreign currency, the short-selling forces will be reduced by half. As for the remaining short-selling institutions in Europe and America, the US certainly won't just watch Japan's financial system collapse. At that point..."

"Excuse me, I'm not knowledgeable about economics, so I'd like to ask you a question!" the short, thin minister of the Ministry of Cultural Exchange said with a forced smile.
"I heard that Peace Group, Peace Investment, and Stepmother Investment bought some options with foreign currency this morning. I wonder what these options are for?"

The options the old man was referring to were, of course, put options, financial instruments used by the Peace Group to hedge risks.

The key point is that the old man got to the heart of the matter: it was bought with foreign currency!
This short, thin old man, wanting to get rid of those guys in Tibet Province, naturally wouldn't give them a chance to redeem themselves. Two days ago, he leaked the relevant plans for Tibet Province to Zhang Heping through Aso Taro.

Given the unusual exchange of funds from various OMG institutions into Japanese yen and their subsequent entry into their respective Japanese stock accounts, Zhang Heping would certainly take precautions.

Otherwise, why would he bring up hedging risks last night instead of earlier or later?

With his ability to peek into the back-end data of the bank's electronic trading system, he not only has an excellent grasp of the fund movements of various institutions, but he also pays close attention to them regularly. There is no need for him to engage in such inefficient hedging operations.

The minister of the Ministry of Finance remained silent for a moment, unable to think of a way to defend himself, so he simply pretended to be deaf and dumb and prepared to continue talking about his plan, "At that time, we can introduce European magnesium funds for listed Japanese companies, and then expand the European magnesium market."

"In this way, not only can the problem of product sales be solved, but also the debt problem of related companies can be resolved."

"If you were a large institution like Omega, would you want to acquire Japanese companies at a high price, or wait until their stock prices plummet before buying?" the short, thin minister of the Ministry of Cultural Exchange retorted again.

“You guys just turned a blind eye to this idiot’s wishful thinking plan and let him do whatever he wanted.”

The short, thin old man shook his head and sighed, "What kind of time is this? You still expect this fool to take all the blame and then wait for him to resign to settle things."

The minister in the Ministry of Finance was already destined to resign, so the others thought that since that was the case, they might as well let the people in the Ministry of Finance make some more contributions.

What if they actually solve the problem with the Japanese stock market?
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Shenzhen Peace College, Villa No. 1.

Zhang Heping was unaware of the intricacies of the Japanese government's schemes. After assigning the afternoon's space capsule experiment to his assistant, he stayed in front of the computer in his study, pondering whether or not to withdraw the funds from Japan first.

The 500 trillion yen bailout sounds impressive, but according to news from Taro Aso, Zhang Heping learned that this money would be invested in the Japanese stock market over a long period of time, and was the so-called bailout fund to stabilize the Japanese stock market for the next thirty years!

Yes, Japan's Ministry of Finance has released a huge smokescreen to the world.

However, the Japanese islanders had contacted people in various European and American countries beforehand, so they must have received support from Europe and America, which is why they dared to risk losing their international credibility by doing this.

Judging from the Japanese stock market's initial drop followed by a rise today, those Omega investors who got wind of the situation and entered the market beforehand have gained at least 30% in the Japanese stock market today.

On the computer screen in front of Zhang Heping, there was a page displaying a ranking of Omega's account profits.

The number one account is a private one, registered under the name Johnson, who is the husband of the sister of the mother of the wife of the US's top executive.

Looking at the accounts below, they have intricate connections with leaders of various countries.

Zhang Heping wondered, if he continued to short Japanese stocks and reduced the money in these European and American investors' accounts to zero, would they be more likely to be anti-Japanese?

Are there more people from Hate-Japan Island?
What makes Zhang Heping hesitate is that Omega's funds have entered Japan Island in the past two days, giving Stepmother Investment Company an excellent opportunity to withdraw its investment.

Peace Group and Peace Investment do not have much capital in Japan. Last month, they followed the stepmother investment company and used high leverage to short Japanese stocks.

But the stepmother's investment company has more than 10 trillion yen, which is equivalent to more than 100 billion US dollars!
Zhang Heping wanted to acquire Ridao Automotive because he had so much money that he couldn't withdraw from Ridao in the short term.

Of course, there was another reason: he wanted to acquire Japanese car companies and change the logos of Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and other brands to include the word "Peace" at the beginning, such as Peace Toyota and Peace Honda.

In a few years, we'll remove the suffix, leaving only Peace Cars on the Japanese island!

In his previous life, Zhang Heping had heard that after foreign capital entered the mainland, it would acquire local brands, then abandon them and only sell foreign goods.

Zhang Heping planned to replicate this operation, but Aso Taro didn't give a definite answer, so it's uncertain whether he could acquire the Japanese car company!
It's worth noting that a few years ago, Zhang Heping also shorted Japanese stocks in order to facilitate Heping Investment's acquisition of a listed company in Japan.

In the end, they had to list Peace Motors on the Japanese island to acquire controlling stakes in three Japanese pharmaceutical companies.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Heping sent an email to the fund manager of his stepmother's investment company and made a phone call, asking them to withdraw 10 trillion yen first.

Zhang Heping made this decision because he had a 200 billion yuan magnesium investment project in Shanghai.

In addition, companies such as Peace Aerospace, Wucheng Shipbuilding, and Shaanxi Aircraft Technology still require substantial capital investment.

Under the joint restrictions imposed by the 33 member states of the Magnesium Defa alliance, Tingmei Trading's profits will be significantly reduced, so it is necessary to set aside funds in advance.

Moreover, if they miss this opportunity to withdraw their investment, it won't be so easy for Stepmother Investment to exit again.

Sure enough, when the Japanese islanders learned that Stepmother Investment Company was going to exchange Japanese yen for foreign currencies such as magnesium dollars, pound sterling, and marks, all the Japanese island banks in Tokyo sprang into action, fully cooperating with Huifeng and the Tokyo branch of Bank of China to welcome Stepmother Investment Company away with the money.

Because the stepmother investment company didn't just focus on exchanging magnesium dollars, the 10 trillion yen was exchanged very quickly. Multiple banks worked overtime to complete this major transaction before the Japanese stock market opened the next day.

At this point, many people were relieved. The stepmother's investment account only had 5.2 trillion yen left, and even including the yen in the accounts of the Peace Group and Peace Investment, it didn't exceed 10 trillion yen.

With this money leveraged, it can still short Japanese stocks and pose a significant threat.

However, the Japanese people believe that the move of the stepmother investment company to withdraw its large-scale investment represents a signal that the Peace Group has lost confidence in shorting Japanese stocks!
Regardless of what the Japanese people thought, Zhang Heping took some time the next morning to go to Hong Kong Island and called the fund managers of Heping Investment and Stepmother Investment to the conference room of Heping Group for a briefing with the financial team of Heping Group.

"I'll get straight to the point!" Zhang Heping stood at the head of the conference room, looking at the fund managers from the stepmother investment company who were eagerly awaiting their arrival, and the envious expressions of the employees from Heping Group and Heping Investment, and said calmly:
"Stepmother Investment withdrew 10 trillion yen last night. As I promised before, the fund managers of Stepmother Investment will receive 3% of the management bonus, which is about 24 billion US dollars!"

Boom~
As soon as Zhang Heping finished speaking, the entire conference room erupted in chaos.

Compared to the 6% management bonus that Peace Investment Company distributed a few years ago, this time the bonus was 3% less, but there were also fewer people receiving the bonus, with only 108 fund managers.

Therefore, each fund manager would receive approximately 2 million US dollars, or about 1.54 million Hong Kong dollars, making them a bona fide billionaire.

After Zhang Heping and the others calmed down, he continued, "This management bonus will be put in the account for now, and will be distributed together with the management bonuses from Heping Group and Heping Investment at the end of the year. Any objections?"

Upon hearing this decision, everyone present softened their expressions.

The head of the stepmother investment company glanced at his subordinates, and seeing that no one was going to cause trouble, he stood up and said, "Master, we have no objections, we'll follow your arrangements!"

Zhang Heping extended his left hand and pressed the other person down, gesturing for them to sit down. Then he said, "The reason for this decision is that although the money has been withdrawn, the Japanese stock market situation is not yet settled, so everyone should not let their guard down."

"Also, when you get back, please review the confidentiality regulations again. Communicate promptly if anything happens, and don't let small things cause big problems!"

"Okay, let's break up the meeting!"

Zhang Heping waved his hand, ignoring the noisy employees behind him, and walked straight out of the conference room. Then he picked up his vibrating phone and called Chairman He, Chairman Guo, and others back one by one.

He withdrew his investment last night without telling Chairman He or Chairman Guo, because this was an internal business transaction and didn't need to be explained to outsiders.

The reason Chairman He and his group called was simply to ask Zhang Heping's opinion on Japanese stocks, whether to go long or short, and they wanted to follow Zhang Heping's lead.

However, in the stock market, a single incorrect erroneous statement can easily turn a friend into an enemy.

Zhang Heping didn't even bring Tang Lie and Tang Qiang along to trade stocks, let alone anyone else.

Therefore, Chairman He and Chairman Guo only asked Zhang Heping about his pessimistic view on Japanese stocks, believing that they would continue to decline.

However, they quickly gathered together after learning that Zhang Heping had returned to Hong Kong Island.

While Zhang Heping was wandering around Heping Smart Technology Company, the person in charge of China Resources Group arrived first, followed by Rong Lao of CITIC, Bao Chuanwang and others.

After Tangwei acquired Zhang Bei's company, the eldest son, it was renamed Heping Smart Technology Capital Branch and Heping Smart Technology Shenzhen Branch.

The original Hong Kong Island Technology Company was directly absorbed into Peace Wisdom Technology Company and became the QQ Games division.

Tang Wei followed behind Zhang Heping and introduced the recent development of Heping Smart Technology Company, as well as the staffing of each department.

"Master!" Tang Wei said as he followed Zhang Heping to the QQ business department, "Our QQ users have exceeded 1 million. If we can develop some additional paid services, this department can achieve high revenue this year."

"How high can it be?" Zhang Heping asked calmly, his tone revealing neither joy nor anger.

Seeing that Tang Wei, the young man, still wanted to say something, Bao Shuaiwang, who was standing next to him, smiled casually and said, "Young Tang has seen that his stepmother's investment company has made tens of billions of magnesium dollars, and he also wants to help Mr. Zhang make a lot of money!"

Upon hearing about the huge profit of tens of billions of magnesium dollars, Tang Wei immediately shut up, guessing that Zhang Heping wouldn't care about the small profit from the QQ add-on project.

"Remember this!" Zhang Heping turned to look at his subordinate, who had been with him since he was a teenager, "What's free is often the most expensive!"

Zhang Heping turned around, walked behind a graphic designer, pointed to the monitor in front of her, and said, "Your QQ Show outfit isn't fancy enough and lacks imagination."

"Read more foreign fashion magazines, movies, and anime, and go out more often instead of staying at home."

Zhang Heping glanced at the few graphic designers who were nervously working on their projects, then left the QQ business department.

"Once smartphones become widespread, QQ, a chat tool that doesn't charge for text messages, will become an essential app for every mobile phone user," Zhang Heping said to Tang Wei, who was following closely behind him, without turning his head.

"QQ is a treasure trove. The better you do it, the more users you can attract in the future."

"At that time, it will be very easy to develop businesses such as advertising, games, novels, online shopping, online payment, and short videos around QQ's huge user base."

"Are 1 million users a lot?" Zhang Heping stood at the elevator door, turned to look at Tang Wei behind him, and asked, "Think about how many people there are in this world?"

"Yes!" Tang Wei, the general manager of Peace Wisdom Technology Company, nodded and said, "I understand, Master!"

"Next, I will have the QQ business department continue to improve the product and strive to attract more overseas users."

"The marketing skills of the QQ business department are lacking. Why don't you recruit some quick-thinking marketing talents for them?" Zhang Heping suggested.
"For example, you can set up rewards for QQ Show clothes, such as daily check-in rewards, or rewards for inviting new users to register, or rewards for a certain number of QQ friends or online time."

"Just try to motivate users, and don't be silly and just release new QQ Show outfits. That's all!"

Tang Wei scratched his head and chuckled, "It was my oversight. I'll go to a meeting later to discuss this and try to make more positive adjustments to QQ Space, email, Weibo, music, and the like."

"Alright, no need to see them off!" Zhang Heping stepped into the elevator, pressed the open button, and waited for Chairman He, Bao Chuanwang, and the others to come in.

As the elevator doors closed, the head of China Resources Group chuckled and said, "After hearing what Mr. Zhang just said, I feel like QQ is an amazing piece of software."

Chairman Guo laughed and said, "I just checked the stock of Peace Smart Technology Company, and its market value has actually risen to HK$1.5 trillion."

Chairman He joked, "Mr. Zhang, I have a protest to make. We've had our shares in Peace Wisdom Technology Company for so long, and we haven't received any dividends yet. This is unacceptable!"

“You still have the nerve to say that!” Zhang Heping stood by the elevator buttons, looking at his group of old friends, and laughed. “I originally planned to delist and privatize Heping Smart Technology Company after it had been losing money for a few years.”

"You guys are really something, managing to persuade the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to change its rules and no longer mandate dividends for listed companies!" (End of Chapter)