After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 375: Less Profit Equals Loss

"Mr. Lu, I miss you."

Ota Ling pursed his lips and held Lu Liang's hand tightly, feeling a little touched like a daughter-in-law who has finally become a mother-in-law.

In the past one or two months, the Nikkei index has risen by more than 2000 points, and they have nearly billion US dollars in their hands, but they can only watch.

Sumitomo Mitsui, one of the three largest commercial banks in Tokyo and one of the top ten commercial banks in the world, unexpectedly missed out on the financial market of its own country.

This puts him under a lot of pressure and has also been questioned by some people on the board of directors. If he doesn't handle the situation well, he might lose his position as rotating chairman next year.

"Mr. Ota, I am here now."

Lu Liang smiled and brought good news.

According to his observation, this big market trend is expected to start in the next few days, and no later than ten days. However, the way they cooperate this time may have to change slightly.

Ota frowned and asked, "How to change it?"

Lu Liang waved to Wen Chao who was outside the door and introduced him, "Mr. Ota, this is Wen Chao."

"Yes, Mr. Wen is responsible for managing your assets."

During the time that Wen Chao came to Tokyo, Ota Ling had contact with him from time to time, and the relationship between the two was not unfamiliar.

He was even invited to a family dinner with the highest level of hospitality among Tokyo residents, but was politely declined.

"Mr. Ota may not know that Wen Chao was trained by me as my successor. Before coming to Tokyo, he was the vice president of our private equity firm and the actual manager."

Hearing this, Ota Ling felt something was wrong.

The next second, Lu Liang's words confirmed his guess: "I hope Wen Chao can join your Sumitomo Mitsui investment department as an informal consultant."

"I think Mr. Ohta also knows that a few days ago, the private equity firm issued its fourth fund and raised $30 billion."

"The nearly $80 billion in the third phase fund, most of which is liquid capital, we have mobilized a lot of funds this time."

"In order to avoid conflicts in funds and to ensure that everyone can make money, my suggestion is to merge funds and focus on one point."

Lu Liang offered a well-intentioned suggestion with a smile on his face, but he did not force it. As for whether it would be adopted or not, it was entirely up to Sumitomo Mitsui to decide.

Ota frowned and asked, "Mr. Lu, if we disclose our positions, what about you?"

"Since everyone's funds are combined, there should be no secrets. Our Tianxing Private Equity should also be open."

Lu Liang was righteous and paused before saying, "It's just that the market situation changes rapidly, so there will inevitably be some delays."

Ota Ling's face turned dark and he almost blurted out that Lu Liang had made a good plan.

The so-called capital confluence actually means allowing them to unilaterally disclose their positions.

If Lu Liang made a wrong judgment, they might be sold out and have to help him count the money.

Because Lu Liang was right about one thing: the market conditions are changing rapidly.

You may make money by shorting the market one second, but lose money the next.

Especially the slight delay he mentioned, if everyone shorts a market together.

By that time, Tianxing felt that the market had reached the bottom and closed their positions and ran away, which was bound to cause a rebound. Because of the so-called delay, they failed to cash out in time and were directly buried in it.

Therefore, the capital position of each institution is the biggest secret, because the position can be used to determine whether the institution is currently making a profit or a loss. If the position is closed at a certain price, it is unclear whether the institution can make a profit or how much loss it will suffer.

If institutions are sure that closing their positions can generate profits, then this wave of market trends is probably coming to an end.

If the institutions are determined to close their positions at a loss, then there is a high probability that there will be another wave of rising prices.

Institutions are not like retail investors. They will never cut losses unless it is absolutely necessary.

Cutting losses means that the floating losses become actual losses. Not cutting losses is only a book loss, and you may even get your money back.

Lu Liang said seriously: "Mr. Ota, we are partners. We will not abandon or give up. This is a matter of principle."

"Mr. Lu's strong principles are touching, but we still need to think about it."

Ota Ling really wanted to print his size 41 leather shoes on Lu Liang's size 43 face, but he still suppressed the impulse.

Lu Liang nodded: "But I hope Mr. Ota can make a decision as soon as possible, and Wen Chao can join earlier and get familiar with the situation."

After the two talked for a few words, Ota said goodbye and left in a hurry. He needed to discuss something with the board of directors.

Lu Liang and Wen Chao stood at the door of the company, watching him leave. Wen Chao suddenly asked, "Boss Lu, will Ota Ling agree?"

In his opinion, Lu Liang's conditions were a little outrageous, basically asking Ota to strip naked and dance. It might as well be asking him to strip naked and dance, after all, he had seen Tokyo men sometimes dancing the Awa War dance on the table in their shorts after getting drunk.

"Don't worry, just be prepared to accept the advisory position." Lu Liang narrowed his eyes with a smile on his lips.

He thought that Ota Ling would have no reason to refuse because they had already paid a month's sunk cost.

As the Nikkei index has surged recently, if they planned to use tens of billions of US dollars, they would have suffered a loss of at least 5% now.

Profiting less means losing money. Although this is somewhat unreasonable, it is the way companies have always calculated profits and losses.

At night, as Lu Liang expected, Ota Ling called and told him that they were willing to accept Lu Liang's suggestion.

However, he couldn't get through to Lu Liang's phone, including that of his secretary Xu Jiawei, so he could only find Wen Chao.

"Mr. Ota, Mr. Lu asked me to apologize to you on his behalf. He just had an urgent matter and has already boarded the flight back home."

Wen Chao's words caught Tai Tian off guard. He hurriedly asked, "Did Mr. Lu say how to cooperate in the future?"

It is a common human problem to chase rising prices and sell when prices fall. If Lu Liang was very attentive, he might even suspect whether he was planning to cheat them.

But Lu Liang looked nonchalant and just left without even saying hello, which made him feel confident.

They even started to control their own CPUs. Lu Liang wanted to know their position information. He probably just wanted to have a stronger control over the funds so that they could earn more.

After all, they will also give Lu Liang 20% ​​of their net profit as a gift, just like last time. For him, this is an amount of overseas funds that cannot be ignored.

By now, the Ota commander also understood Lu Liang's intentions. They restricted the outflow of Lu Liang's assets in Tokyo, but Lu Liang turned around and asked the Americans for checks and balances.

However, what Lu Liang did was no less than seeking the skin of a tiger, because the price he paid was to promise President Trump to invest $50 billion in Detroit over the next five years.

Only $2 million has been invested so far, and there is still $48 billion left.

Given Trump's character, if Lu Liang dared to break his promise, he would definitely talk about him every day, mock him in front of the whole world, and even take sanctions against him.

This process will probably last seven years.

Although Trump is a political novice, he achieved very good results in his first year in office. If he maintains this performance, he will definitely be re-elected.

Lu Liang didn't want to use his assets in the country, so since he was short of money, he could only help them earn more and distribute more dividends.

After much thought, Ota Ling felt that the probability that Lu Liang had set up a trap to trick them was very small, so it was worth a gamble.

"Mr. Ota, Mr. Lu has given me full responsibility. All news will be reported to me as soon as possible."

Wen Chao couldn't help but look out the window. He seemed to be able to see the flight to Edinburgh through the clouds.

There was deep admiration in his eyes. He was playing hard to get, but not everyone had the confidence to do so.

The next day, at four in the morning, we arrived at Edinburgh Airport.

"Can't you choose a more earthly time?"

Lu Ya and Zhuo Yifan came to pick them up at the airport. Her elder sister had an undisguised look of disgust on her face. She said whatever she wanted to say and scolded him, but if Lu Liang didn't come, she probably wouldn't be able to sleep well.

"In the living world, it's just a matter of time difference and flights."

Lu Liang was in low spirits and looked melancholy. There had never been a moment when he wanted to own a private jet as badly as he did now.

Although there are first-class cabins on international flights, he felt very uncomfortable being confined to a seat of a few square meters for a flight of more than ten hours.

Although he had placed an order for the Bombardier, it would take more than four months for it to be officially delivered. Thinking about having to travel ten hours back to China in a few days, he suddenly felt a headache.

"Haha, let Xiaoyu return home earlier, so she won't have to run back and forth." Lu Ya was annoyed. The culprit of all this was Lu Liang himself.

"I still have to rely on my sister."

Lu Liang winked and smiled: "How's the ideological work going on with her recently?"

"As long as you break up with that little girlfriend of yours, that's basically it."

"Is there no other way?"

Lu Liang frowned. He couldn't give up the entire forest for a tree.

"If you weren't my brother, I would have slapped you to death." Lu Ya looked at him unkindly.

She sighed and said, "It's not like there's no chance. We have to wait until Xiaoyu finishes her studies."

"I knew my sister was the best." Lu Liang chuckled.

(End of this chapter)