Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.
Chapter 189 Escalating Further
The more you tolerate certain things, the more people perceive your weakness; this is especially true in this new era of massive spending and global philanthropy.
When the New Era Monopoly Investigation Team was unable to find any solid evidence, they actually applied for a search warrant to investigate New Era's headquarters and related global branches.
Once this matter was exposed, it immediately caused panic among other companies.
"F**K, what's going on? They're just investigating antitrust issues, why are they searching us? They're not the IRS, they're going to get into big trouble doing this."
A senator expressed his unease to the other senators. This unease was not unfounded. These senators were backed by large corporations and multinational groups. If they were allowed to continue like this, not to mention whether New Era could be their opponent, they were all of the same ilk. Haven't they heard of the saying "when the rabbit dies, the fox grieves"?
Other members of parliament were also very angry. Some of these members were shareholders of large corporations, and some were even internet investors.
Therefore, the occurrence of such a thing is a provocation against capital.
When Zhang San learned the news, his face darkened. He had not committed any crime, yet he was being treated as a suspect. This was wrong; it violated his privacy and human rights.
Once the search warrant was exposed, it was immediately publicized in major media outlets. Regardless of Zhang San's race, they and he are all embodiments of capital and representatives of wealth on earth. It's hard not to wonder if they will be treated the same way one day when these scoundrels mess with them so casually.
Is there no law here? Is there no human rights here?
This incident immediately provoked a strong backlash from the capitalists, whose representatives promptly protested loudly in parliament, arguing that it was a regression of civilization, and that it was…
It's not just these elites; many others have objections. You're not a violent organization, much less the IRS. The new era is only potentially monopolistic, and the other party is already selling off stocks to reduce suspicion, yet you're treating them like criminals. This is quite telling.
When the New York Stock Exchange opened that day, the Nasdaq opened sharply lower, which then dragged down other stock markets and other markets by 2.4%, creating a sense of impending doom in the stock market.
If North America crashes, then the global market is going to be bad too. This is ridiculous! The global financial bellwether is falling, so we're going to fall too.
Perhaps the incident had such a significant impact that the court withdrew the search warrant and came out in person to clarify the situation.
One judge stated, "This is a misunderstanding, and such search warrants will not be issued again." He himself was dragged out of bed last night, severely reprimanded, and told to calm things down. At the time, he stubbornly insisted that the investigation into antitrust issues was reasonable and legal. He refused to agree.
The other party had no choice, but the stock market went out of control in the morning, catching him off guard. He immediately called the New Era Monopoly Investigation Office and asked them to stop using the search warrant. Fortunately, it was only issued yesterday, and it was still in time to withdraw it.
However, they all realized that this violent investigation was a very stupid thing to do, because their backers had also called them, and their words were very harsh.
"Who gave you permission to use this method? If you've done something unwise, I can't protect you bunch of idiots."
The person who called them was someone who might enter the House of Representatives next year and become a big shot, but now, the people behind him also think he did something stupid that might affect his chances of advancement.
The next morning, after the stock market opened, they also realized the panic.
For no other reason than that they know that in North America, capital is very vengeful; if they cannot get promoted after this antitrust investigation, then after the incident is resolved and the heat dies down, they may have to suffer endless retaliation from capital, and even their families may be implicated.
But it's too late now. If they can't dismantle the new era, then they'll have to wait for its revenge. That's not the scariest part; the scariest part is that they've offended the powerful figures behind them.
They came forward to clarify before the market closed in the morning, which stabilized the New York stock market, as if the gloom had not yet dissipated.
"We must find a way to calm this down. We've already attracted their attention, and if this continues, it will be difficult to investigate."
The members of the New Era Monopoly Investigation Team looked at each other and could only agree on this view: a prepared enemy has no loopholes, and now they could only wait.
After obtaining everyone's consent, the team leader immediately held a press conference to announce the suspension of the investigation.
"We will suspend the investigation into New Era Antitrust and transfer this matter to another agency."
The press conference was held at noon, but the stock market rose at the close of trading, and global stock markets followed suit, which was truly astonishing.
However, Zhang San did not think so. Instead, he accelerated the pace of selling shares. At the same time, he also transferred or sold some companies. Anyway, he had made enough money. One of them was to put MCA and Pauling all under the name of an offshore company.
Furthermore, the situation of Lihua Group is also noteworthy. Its two major shareholders—NT-MS and New Era—simultaneously transferred all of their shares out!
NT-MS went so far as to openly announce that it had sold all its shares in Lihua Group, reaping a huge profit of $100 million. This was undoubtedly a significant positive development for the market, directly pushing NT-MS's stock price up by $0.60.
So, who ultimately acquired these shares of the Lihua Group? The answer is obvious: the newly emerging overseas funds.
Recent market transactions have been unusually frequent, involving numerous companies. Even the New Era Group's investment company on Sand Hill Road was not spared and ultimately suffered the fate of being sold.
Zhang San's actions were known only to insiders. This sale basically left only NT-MS and Scotch, and of course, Citibank.
Only then did Zhang San feel relieved. He began to think, "If you still want to investigate me with just this few shares, you can just wait for the stock market crash to come."
This is no joke. Zhang San has already transferred all his stocks to offshore funds overseas. Moreover, these funds do not hold many stocks. When it comes to a fight to the death, he will dump all these stocks. At that time, he will make the internet bubble even more intense.
Those people will then be in deep trouble.
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