America: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 238 TNK Stock

An unfinished building on the west side of Laredo.

Zhang Ailun drove to the wasteland, parked the car, and Zorro looked at the dilapidated buildings, somewhat puzzled. "What are we doing here?"

Zhang Ailun didn't answer Zorro. Instead, he looked at the overgrown, unfinished building, a desolate place, more like an urban village. There were needles and cigarette butts on the ground. Undoubtedly, this would be a suitable place for transactions on ordinary days.

After letting Zorro get out of the car, Zhang Ailun took out his phone and, based on the information provided by the daily intelligence, went straight down the slope to a row of sewer pipes. He didn't see any trace of anyone nearby, but he did see an abandoned sewage outlet patched up with sheet metal nailed to it.

I could also faintly hear shouts and banging coming from inside.

Zorro exclaimed in surprise, "Someone here was buried alive?"

He said gloatingly, "They're probably just some deadbeats who won't pay back their debts, or they've messed with the wrong people and someone paid them off. If I were you, I definitely wouldn't meddle."

"If I had done as you say, you would have bled to death by now," Zhang Ailun scoffed.

"You're right. I'm just so lucky! Thank God," Zorro said thankfully.

You should thank me instead of God.

Zhang Ailun confirmed that this was the place and tapped on the metal sheet.

An excited voice came from inside, "Hey! Is anyone outside? Sir! Please help me! I'm trapped inside!"

"Dude, I'm coming to rescue you right now. Should I call the police?"

"Call the police? No! You absolutely must not call the police!" The other party immediately panicked.

"Why?" Zhang Ailun said, "If you're in trouble, dial 911. That's the right thing to do."

"Actually, it's because I offended a police officer that they had me buried alive and locked up here! I'm a stockbroker at the stock exchange. I recommended a stock to a local client a while ago, but it plummeted by 40% in one day, causing him to lose over ten thousand dollars. After that, he used his connections to lure me to Laredo, where local thugs extorted money from me and buried me alive here. Please help me! I beg you!" The stockbroker was on the verge of tears.

"You've offended the police?" Zhang Ailun said without changing his expression. "That's terrible. I don't want to get involved. Let's go."

"No! Please save me! I'll give you a huge reward if you can get me out of here! All you have to do is take me to the airport in the city center! They probably think I'm dead now. Once I'm out of this city, they can't possibly come after me again," the stockbroker pleaded.

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

Zhang Ailun warmed up on the spot, stretched a bit, and then delivered a side kick. With a loud clang, the entire sheet metal trembled and dented instantly, even tearing off the screws, and smoke billowed out.

Zorro gasped as he looked at the sheet metal that had been kicked aside.

He was thinking to himself that if this person kicked him, he would probably break several of his ribs.

He's really become honest.

Zhang Ailun kicked it again, and the entire sheet metal cracked, revealing a gap.

I breathed a sigh of relief; the job was done.

Zhang Ailun waved and directed Zorro to get to work, "Go, move all these things away. Let our friends get out of there."

"Fine, you're the boss, you call the shots." Zorro was completely convinced and willingly started moving stones and bricks.

The clutter was quickly cleared away, and a disheveled middle-aged white man with a bruised and swollen face, covered in dirt, emerged from inside. His suit was tattered, and his glasses were broken.

As soon as she came out, she knelt on the ground with tears in her eyes, "Thank God!"

He then looked at Zhang Ailun and Zorro beside him, and said excitedly, "Thank you for saving me! Can you take me to the airport in the central area? I'm worried they'll come back and hurt me again! I just want to get out of here!"

"Get in the car." Zhang Ailun waved his hand, knowing that they couldn't stay in this place for too long, and turned around to lead the other person back to the Highlander.

"You're a stockbroker? What kind of compensation are you planning to offer us?"

Zorro asked, "If it was just because you lost money in the stock market, and that officer held a grudge against you, at most he would have beaten you up and made you lose money. But you've already lost money, why would they kill you?"

"Actually, there are some unspeakable secrets. After I lost that money, those local thugs wanted me to recommend a few stocks for them, to manipulate the market and make them money. My original plan was to help them make some money first, then have them sell those stocks. Once they trusted me, I planned to recommend a high-priced stock to them, then dump it to trap them and bankrupt them. I didn't expect they would be tapping my phone and see through my plan..."

The stockbroker said with a bitter face, "They beat me up and then shoved me into the sewer. Luckily, you guys happened to be passing by and rescued me."

"Fine, you're no better than me, daring to take money from gangs." Zorro sneered, "You've really gotten used to the good life, you'll use any crooked trick. You dare to cheat them out of their money, aren't you afraid they'll shoot you in the back? Talking about the law here is useless, you need to have enough power."

"I'm only just realizing it now. This place is practically a sin city!!" The stockbroker exclaimed, still shaken. "All I want now is to get out of here as quickly as possible; I have family."

"Alright, family hero. You're safe now that you're in our car. Don't worry about anything else. I'll get you to the airport safely. All you have to do now is think about how to reward us."

Zhang Ailun started the Highlander, reversed out of the parking space, left the unfinished building, stepped on the gas and drove off the street, heading towards the airport in the city center.

The stockbroker hesitated for a moment, then said, "I have an exclusive insider tip. A stock is going to skyrocket tomorrow. You can buy it and just sit back and wait to make money. There's absolutely no risk! I guarantee it!"

"You just used stocks to scam those local bullies, and now you want to use stocks to scam us?" Zorro raised an eyebrow, somewhat annoyed. "You really have no sincerity whatsoever. I suggest you just rebuild it back into the sewer to rot and stink!"

"No way!! I'm telling the truth! This is exclusive information that I finally managed to find out. I originally wanted to make some money for myself, but I didn't have much money, only two hundred thousand US dollars, and now even that's gone."

The stockbroker, looking worried, said, "Several private equity teams have conspired to enter that stock at the opening bell tomorrow, driving up the price and pushing it up by at least 300 points in a short period! Once they've attracted enough retail investors, they'll dump their shares at the peak and make a killing. If you time it right, even an idiot could make money!"

"What's the name of that stock?" Zorro was also taken aback by the logical and well-founded explanation.

"TNK's stock will surge threefold within half a trading day, and then plummet," the stockbroker said. "That's the insider information I received."

"This stock is currently priced at $13.6, but it will fluctuate and fall to around $12.6. You can wait to enter the market at today's price. Just hold on and leave it alone. After the market officially opens tomorrow, it will surge wildly, reaching a high of $39! But you can sell gradually around $37.8 and let others take over. This is the only way to exit safely. If you wait too long, it will be too late. Because the stock price will plummet instantly when it reaches the peak of $39! By then, you won't be able to sell."

The stockbroker pleaded earnestly, "I'm absolutely not lying! If I weren't currently short of start-up capital, I would have poured everything I had into it!"

"How can you be sure our funds won't get trapped? If there's any extra large inflow of capital, those private equity funds will definitely notice," Zhang Ailun asked.

Although he didn't understand stock trading very well and had seen people make money from it, ultimately, this thing was just for exploiting retail investors and middle-class families.

The essence of finance is to make money from the poor, split the money of the middle class 30/70, and return the money of the rich in full.

"Therefore, it's best if the funds in any one account don't exceed $100 million," the stockbroker said. "Not even within the same region, as that would only add unnecessary market risk. Even someone like me who has insider information can only ride the wave and get a small share; I don't dare compete with the big players for the main prize. You'd better not even think about taking a slice of the pie. Making a small profit and running is the way to survive in the stock market."

The financial stock market, where killing happens without bloodshed, is far more brutal than shooting in the street. One second you're a multi-millionaire, the next you've lost everything.

One exclusive seat on the high platform of the skyscraper!

Zhang Ailun fell into deep thought, and the car became quiet. After about ten minutes, they arrived at the central airport area and parked in front of Terminal 2. The stockbroker quickly got out of the car.

"I've told you everything. As long as you do as I say, you can make money without any risk! If I'm lying, you can always come back to me! Good luck! Goodbye!"

After saying that, he rushed into Terminal 2 without looking back. The airport staff were somewhat surprised by his disheveled and desperate appearance.

Zhang Ailun watched him leave, then turned his car around again and drove away.

As I passed a traffic light intersection, I took out my phone and searched for stock details, and found a stock called TNK (听客移动).

The current stock price is $13.5.

If we follow what they say, the price will continue to fluctuate and fall to $12.6, until the closing price.

If he buys $1 million worth of shares at $12.6 per lot, waits for the price to rise after the market opens tomorrow, and sells at $37.8, he can make a whopping $3 million, including his principal, in just half a day! That's a full three times the profit.

If Blitz were to operate multiple accounts, investing $500 million, he could rake in a whopping $1500 million!

US stocks do not have daily price limits, meaning that stocks can theoretically rise or fall indefinitely within any trading day, plummeting from a peak of $1000 to a mere $0.1. There are no fixed percentage limits, but there is a circuit breaker mechanism.

In other words, if the trading price of a stock rises or falls by more than 5% in a single day, trading in that stock will be suspended for 5 minutes.

When a stock's trading price rises or falls by more than 10% in a single day, trading will be suspended again for 5 minutes. When a stock's trading price rises or falls by more than 20% in a single day, trading will be suspended again for 10 minutes.

If the stock continues to fluctuate significantly, exceeding 50%-100%, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) will quickly intervene to investigate and temporarily suspend trading.

Once it is confirmed that there are no mysterious forces outside the market interfering or maliciously manipulating the stock price, normal trading will resume.

The stockbroker's prediction of a three-fold price surge within half a day was indeed achievable, indicating that the private equity fund had likely secured the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). The trading halt would also attract numerous retail investors, ultimately driving the stock price to its peak.

If you could know at what price to enter the market and at what price to exit precisely, then even a pig could make money in the stock market!

Millions of dollars are yours with just a few taps on your phone; it's that simple.

However, most people don't get accurate information and just follow the crowd to enter the market at high prices, only to watch helplessly as the market plunges, either cutting their losses or getting trapped.

What's even more terrifying is that even when you sell at a loss, no one is willing to take over, because everyone is frantically leaving the market and no one is entering. You simply can't sell your stocks and can only be trapped at the bottom in despair.

"If it's really as he says, this is a great opportunity to make money!" Zorro was already somewhat tempted.

I took out my phone and made some moves, depositing $200 in the exchange to enter the market before the 4 PM closing time or during the after-hours period, hoping to make a killing tomorrow.

But he couldn't earn much money at all, so he could only look longingly at the leader, "Boss, can you lend me some money?"

"No way," Zhang Ailun said without changing his expression. "You still owe me money for medical expenses. How can you have the nerve to ask me for money?"

"Then I'll have to go to the local bigwigs to get a loan," Zorro said, his eyes darting around.

"How much can you borrow?" Zhang Ailun asked.

"They're all high-interest loans, at most it's only 20. Anyway, I have no intention of paying them back."

Zorro said, "We'll just run off to another city and drag things out for two years until they go bankrupt!"

"You have to pay back the money you borrow. If they don't go bankrupt, you'll definitely end up in a bad situation. What goes around comes around!" Zhang Ailun warned.

"I was just joking. If I really make money, I'll definitely pay them back. Half a day's interest isn't much. I can just mortgage my Chevrolet to them as interest." Zorro immediately stated seriously that he was definitely not the kind of person who would not pay back debts.

Zhang Ailun sent Blitz a message, informing him about the stock matter and asking him to investigate.

Blitz: There's such a rumor? Then what he said must be true. A while ago, several fundraising funds did contact people from Tingke Mobile, and they even had dinner with the CSRC officials. Nobody knows what they discussed. Now it seems they just wanted to make money by manipulating the stock market. This stock is worth buying!

Zhang Ailun: The Hamburg Foundation has several million dollars. The virtual currency is converted into cash and deposited into different bank accounts. I currently have a total of 500 million dollars in available funds. Can I use multiple accounts in different regions to buy this stock?

Blitz: Sure, I have some bots on hand. We can use a hundred accounts in Italy, the Middle East, Mexico, Cuba, Finland, the Philippines, Vietnam... to buy this stock, entering the market around 12.6-12.8, and operating before or after the market closes. That's all the capital we have, it definitely won't attract market attention.

Zhang Ailun: Tell Dominic and Sieg this news and tell them to buy some too, so that everyone can make money.

Blitz: OK!

(End of this chapter)