Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

Zhang San and his team flew from North America to Singapore to meet up with Helen, who had already arrived. They came on behalf of their company, New Time and Space Company, which already had a certain reputation worldwide. Once NT-MS is relisted, it will become famous all over the world.

The main purpose of this trip to Singapore is to short the Nikkei 225 index. As for why Singapore is the destination, it's quite simple. Back in 1986, the Singapore International Financial Exchange (SIMEX) pioneered the trading of Nikkei 225 index futures in the island nation, and it was a success.

Why did Nikkei 225 index futures open here earlier than in the island nation? This is related to the regulations in the island nation at the time. According to their securities trading law, domestic securities practitioners or investors are prohibited from engaging in futures trading.

However, institutional investors in Europe and the United States need to hedge their investments to ensure that their stocks are not at risk.

They may have discovered the problem, or they may not have wanted other countries to profit from their financial derivatives; the island nation only launched Nikkei 225 stock index futures trading two years later through the Daihan Stock Exchange (OSE).

"Helen, you can follow my instructions at any time; I've already bought the hotel across the street, so you can focus on your operations here." He pointed to the hotel across the street and continued, "I've also bought that hotel over there. You'll be staying there. Here are your VIP cards; just show them to them, and someone will be there to assist you."

Besides their company, there are other companies here. He bought this building for 50 million US dollars, and the hotel across the street cost him about 70 million US dollars. It can be said that it was super cheap.

After he finishes this job, he will move on to Hong Kong to buy properties and land.

That evening, Zhang San received a call from North America from John Chambers, the representative of New Time Company stationed at NT Company, who also served as CEO and Chairman of the Board.

"Boss, I've contacted the Bersacks; they're not selling any CIS shares at the moment."

"Keep in touch with them. They'll sell sooner or later, and then you'll be in charge of two companies. It'll be tough," Zhang San said over the phone.

On the other end of the phone, John felt his breathing become a little heavy. He had originally thought that joining this company would be easy, but so far, he had been living a very fulfilling life. In addition to dealing with other shareholder representatives, he also had to complete the final acquisition, the acquisition of the former behemoth MS.

For some reason, he quickly acquired 38% of MS Company's stock. MS Company's market value was over $300 million. They acquired it at a 50% premium, valuing it at nearly $500 million. With 38% of the shares so quickly, they could be said to be in an invincible position.

After that, the acquisition went quite smoothly, and they were only 18.2% away from completing the acquisition. They had succeeded, and now they were going to merge MS Company and NT Company to form NT-MS Company. This was the task given to him by his boss, and it was also the goal of other major companies and investment banks.

"Thank you, boss!"

Hearing the heavy breathing on the other end of the phone, Zhang San could hear it too. He couldn't help but smile and said, "John, this is the reward for your hard work. I heard from them that you're doing a good job and your abilities have been recognized. Naturally, you should shoulder more responsibility."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang San felt that his words were excellent. As for CIS shares, he wasn't in a hurry. He would buy some more from the secondary market when he returned this time.

When Zhang San arrived in Singapore, he invested over 100 million US dollars, buying an office building and a hotel, just to have a place to stay.

In addition, considering the future appreciation potential of this place, he felt reassured.

A week later, Zhang San led a group of people north to Tokyo. They originally planned to establish a branch office in Tokyo and begin participating in all financial activities related to Nikkei 225.

I arrived in Tokyo on January 10, 1990. After completing all the formalities, I started in two steps: first, I opened an account and began shorting the Nikkei 225.

The next day, they were very lucky; the Nikkei 225 actually rebounded after a sharp drop. Since that's the case, they shouldn't blame themselves for being impolite; it's mainly because you guys are too hospitable.

Singapore has invested one billion US dollars to short the Nikkei 225, with leverage of up to ten times, and has also prepared another five hundred million US dollars as a reserve fund.

Before leaving Singapore, he said to Helen, "Helen, as long as they don't call you to close your positions, keep shorting until you run out of money."

Following Zhang San's advice, Helen and her group began indiscriminately shorting stock index futures, shorting when prices rose, and shorting more when prices fell.

After Zhang San arrived in Tokyo, his investment had already fallen considerably, but he had at least made money in Singapore; and in Tokyo, after opening an account, he also requested ten times leverage and began shorting the Nikkei 225 index of the island nation.

Now that the mission has been issued, Zhang San also wants to see Tokyo in this era.

As he left the Bay Area, he was followed by two bodyguards, who were said to be Delta SEALs. Because it was winter, Zhang San was also wearing many layers of clothing.

"Wang Defa, I should find a translator."

Zhang San, somewhat annoyed, grumbled in English on the street. His actions attracted the attention of many people with notebooks, but after seeing the two tall, strong white men beside him, they all turned away and continued with their own business.

Looking at the endless stream of people on the street, seeing the confident smiles on their faces, and many others looking hurried.

Some people haven't woken up yet, while others have already sensed the coming of winter.

"Ignorance is also a kind of happiness."

Zhang San suddenly lost interest in shopping and returned to the hotel with his entourage.

Once your economy collapses, I'll recruit people here, so you can unleash your true nature for the cause of art and dedicate yourselves to it.

Back at the hotel, Zhang San found the lobby manager. In a five-star hotel like this, the lobby manager was usually very fluent in English. He handed her a Franklin note and said, "Learning janpanese, girl!"

"Girl! I see, I see! No problem!"

Zhang San noticed a strange glint in the lobby manager's eyes, but he didn't pay it any mind. He just wanted to find someone to learn some Japanese; he had absolutely no other intentions.

The lobby manager seemed unfazed by this; he immediately picked up the phone, said a few words, and then gave Zhang San an OK sign.