Tokyo: Starting with taking on his wife's debts

"Should we buy her two papayas?" Jiang Qi crossed his arms over his chest and lifted them up with his forearms. "After all, Ayako is worth two of us."

Ezaki was secretly pleased. Although he didn't know Riko's exact dimensions, it was probably true since it came from Hideaki's mouth. Did that mean he was the same size as Riko?

Xiuming held up four fingers and said, "Buy at least four. You eat two, and she eats two."

“I’m not going to give her a gift, I’m going to discuss a collaboration with her,” Ezaki’s mood immediately soured. Was he also disgusted by Riko? That scumbag… He continued, “She is the legal representative of ‘100-yen supermarket’. I need to talk to her about a chain store project. It’s between us women, you’d better not interfere.”

Ezaki didn't believe Hideaki would actually dare to invest all of the newly approved 800 million yen loan into the stock market, given the immense risk.

Now that "Yamagai Foreign Trade" has been secured, the next step is to rapidly expand the chain stores. With 800 million yen, after deducting various costs, at least dozens of stores will be opened. So, we need to negotiate a cooperative agreement with Riko, where profits will be split equally.

While assessing her professional skills, I also wanted to find out how well she knew Xiuming.

"Do whatever you want! It doesn't matter if you lose everything, I have plenty of money." His watch showed 11:30, and he was about to make a fortune in half an hour... Xiuming walked straight onto the zebra crossing, then suddenly turned back, "Let me say one more thing, don't bully her. She doesn't have much of her own opinion, and don't make her do too much work. She's too weak, I'm afraid she'll overwork herself..."

“Don’t label people casually,” Ezaki couldn’t tell whether Hideaki was being kind or mean. “I believe Riko is a person with strong opinions and is extremely capable in her work.”

Xiuming had already run across the road, waved his hand, and didn't respond anymore.

Back at Ayako's villa.

With 20 minutes left until 12 o'clock, the Nikkei 225 futures index is currently hovering around 25000 points.

Stock leverage is capped at 3 times, while the Nikkei 225 futures index can have leverage up to 10 times.

With 90 million yen as margin, one can control the value of futures contracts worth 9 billion yen.

You need to open a margin trading account and a futures trading account first.

Hideaki took out the other two trader business cards provided by Ezaki.

A trader at Nomura Securities: Mr. Okamoto.

Another trader at Yamaichi Securities: Mr. Hashimoto.

Hideaki dialed Okamoto's number first, and the phone rang four or five times before being answered.

"Hello, this is Nomura Securities, I am Ichiro Okamoto." It was the voice of a kind man in his forties.

"Hello Mr. Okamoto, I am Hideaki Yamanaka. I need to make some investments recently, and Ms. Yoko Ezaki said that you have excellent business skills, so she recommended you to me."

"Ah, thank you so much for your trust, Ms. Ezaki. It is my honor to serve you, Mr. Yamanaka. Have you selected an investment project yet?"

“I have 3 million yen in margin and want to trade Nikkei 225 futures, specifically intraday trading. What kind of offer can you give me? Think it over carefully, or I'll find someone else if I'm not satisfied.”

When chatting with men, you have to be direct.

“Three…three hundred million yen, is that right?” Okamoto’s voice trembled slightly, and a few heavy breaths came through the receiver. “I will apply for the highest level of VIP treatment for you, with the lowest commission rate. Um…can you designate me as your exclusive trader? Mr. Ezaki and I are very close, and we have eaten together many times.”

"Can you apply for the highest leverage for me?"

"Of course, of course!"

"Then I'll choose you. Now open a trading account for me..." Xiuming gave his personal information, and then said, "I'll transfer the funds in a bit. I'll give you the instructions at 12:10 sharp. Don't forget to be ready by the phone."

"Please rest assured..." Okamoto's trembling voice suppressed his ecstasy.

The same thing happened with Mr. Hashimoto afterwards. Hideaki even suspected that the two of them had eaten and gone to saunas with Ezaki's father, and that they had made some insider deals.

Finally, I dialed Tachibana's landline. Tachibana was the best; she answered after only half a ring. Then, with a mix of joy and shyness, she whispered, "Hideaki-kun?"

"Oh, Tachibana-chan, I'm going to send you some money. Let me see how much money I have in my account."

"Huh? Three hundred million yen?!" Tachibana opened her back-end financial account through the terminal, her mind blank. "Another two hundred million yen has been added..."

"Open a futures account for me! I'm going to make a fortune. And while you're at it, ask your boss to apply for the highest possible rates for me... the lowest possible commission rates, and the money saved is yours to spend..."

"Ah... Hideaki-kun, please don't do this, there's a recording..."

The fee savings of 400 million yen are enough for several months' salary for me... Tachibana's heart was pounding. How could she refuse such a straightforward statement? The problem is, this is on the phone. Wouldn't it be better to say it secretly?

"Really? Then cut that part out and I'll start over," Hideaki said, straightening his tone. "Immediately apply for the highest level of VIP treatment for me, and assign me the most beautiful female trader as my personal trader. I think Tachibana-chan is very cute..."

"Hideaki-kun... I, I went to apply... Please, please wait a moment..."

During her internship, Tachibana cannot fill out the application form independently; she needs to submit it to her team leader.

Her bald team leader happened to walk over, glanced at the computer screen subconsciously, and suddenly widened his eyes.

"This, this is your client's funds account?"

The bald team leader's heart skipped a beat. So much money, are they playing for high stakes? What's their identity?

If we had that much money, we couldn't do any advertising; we had to keep it strictly confidential to avoid being snatched away by our competitors.

After all, it's just a medium-sized securities firm. Such a large client, especially a frequent short-term trader, is a rare find.

"Shumei-kun said he wants to apply for VIP treatment..."

"Does this even require an application?! Approve immediately!" the bald team leader roared, grabbing the phone. "Shuming-kun, please be sure to choose us..."

Seeing her team leader's naive and obsequious demeanor, Tachibana couldn't help but fantasize about her future happiness. She imagined endless money, countless chicken legs, new clothes, trips, and a honeymoon…

The bald team leader put down the phone, his face flushed with excitement. He secretly gave Tachibana a thumbs-up and ran out of the office, shouting, "Tachibana-chan, good luck!"

"Uh..." Tachibana looked at the phone that had been hung up and angrily waved her fist at the bald team leader: Ugh, why did you hang up!

Five minutes until midnight.

After hanging up the phone, Xiuming sat quietly on the single sofa opposite the stock monitor.

Opening multiple accounts is necessary.

Every securities firm has an internal risk control system.

If an account's funds grow from 900 million yen to 9 billion or 90 billion yen in a very short period of time, such a perfect transaction record would definitely trigger the highest level of alert.

They will not hesitate to freeze accounts and conduct investigations to see if it is insider trading or market manipulation. Then they will demand proof of the source of funds and the client's trading strategy. They may even deliberately make things difficult by demanding proof that cannot be provided, and then terminate the client's account.

Of course, this is based on the premise that securities firms abide by the law. If they want to make more money, they can engage in some insider trading with "behind-the-scenes" operations!

The team leader of Tachibana is quite something. He openly and secretly wants to sell Tachibana out, and even revealed that Sanyo Securities' situation is not optimistic and it urgently needs a major client, even if it means paying some price.

He offers the lowest commission rates and the best benefits: dedicated lines, private traders, and customized systems.

Pity.

A large order of 90 billion yen, if placed by a single brokerage firm, would instantly drive up the buying price and drive down the selling price, thus eroding profits.

Moreover, if a technical malfunction occurs, there's nowhere to turn for help.

Chapter 102 Ways to Save Money

Lock in the Nikkei 225 futures index.

[Sometime within the next 12 hours, the Nikkei 225 futures index will rise to its intraday high of 25550 points.]

[Sometime within the next 12 hours, the Nikkei 225 futures index will fall to its intraday low of 24650 points.]

Sometime in the next 12 hours, the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan claimed that the bubble correction was nearing its end.

The Japanese government and banks are stubbornly clinging to their pride, and another bunch of retail investors are about to be fleeced.

Using the sequence of intelligence to determine the order in which high and low points arrive is still risky. After all, with so much money involved, messing it up once could lead to huge financial losses.

This requires a combination of "going long" and "going short" operations.

Monitor the market closely. If the price reaches the lowest point first, immediately buy a futures contract to go long. Set a limit order to sell and close the position at the next highest point.

If the price reaches the highest point first, immediately sell the futures contract to short it and set a limit buy order, then buy back to close the position at the next lowest point.

Hideaki first contacted his personal trader, Tachibana-chan.

The phone rang as soon as it was answered.

"show……"

"Get it done quickly. If the price reaches 24660 points first, buy 100 contracts and immediately place a limit sell order at 25540 points to close the position. If the price reaches 25540 points first, sell 100 contracts and immediately place a limit buy order at 24660 points to close the position. Got it? Repeat it to me."

"Okay..." Tachibana was panting heavily again.

It's understandable that Tachibana, who is in her intern period, would be nervous handling such a large order worth billions for the first time, especially since it was done manually.

Give her a 10-point buffer, because if she slips, she'll lose even more. Of course, if she slips further, she'll feel guilty for the rest of her life.

"Don't be nervous, the worst that can happen is that we have to pay money! If it were Tachibana-chan, it wouldn't matter how much we have to pay, because you are Tachibana-chan."

Each futures contract has a point value of 1000 yen. The current index is 25000 points, so the contract value is 25000 points multiplied by 1000 yen, which equals 2500 million yen. The margin ratio is 10%, so the margin for one contract is 250 million yen.

Although a principal of 90 million yen can be leveraged tenfold to create contracts worth 9 billion yen, meaning a maximum of 360 contracts can be traded.

It is now divided into three accounts, each with 30 billion yen in leverage, allowing trading of 120 contracts.

However, the fluctuations in between must also be considered. After all, leveraged futures are not like buying and selling stocks. If you operate at extreme levels, it is too easy to be forced to liquidate your position.

It is tentatively planned to reserve 1.5 million yen in three accounts to mitigate risks.

It is known that the maximum fluctuation will not exceed 900 points, but if the Nikkei 225 index fluctuates by more than 500 points, it will deplete 1.5 million yen.

Although I didn't have a single penny left, I wasn't panicking at all.

Because Ayako's mansion is worth one billion yen!

If you ask Ezaki for a mortgage loan, they will immediately approve 8 million yen.

It's so nice to have a house... I'll talk to Ayako about it tonight...

Tachibana repeated the message, and after Hideaki confirmed it was correct, he immediately hung up the phone and quickly called Okamoto and Hashimoto respectively.

After their initial excitement, the two middle-aged men had become quite composed, though their voices still betrayed an barely suppressed excitement—an anticipation of their personal performance and next month's salary.

Hideaki gave them the same instructions as Tachibana, with a 10-point buffer and 100 contracts for shorting and going long.

Now all we have to do is wait.

Conservatively estimated, the daily return is 30%, while a more aggressive approach could yield 50%. If the profits are immediately credited back to the account principal for the next transaction, and this process is repeated, at least several hundred billion yen could be earned within a month.

Just like "extorting" the printing press, it's absolutely inconceivable.

After all, the financial system is built on risk, probability, and information asymmetry, and accurate intelligence completely overturns this system.

Representatives from securities companies, the tax office, the Ministry of Finance, and the central bank may all come.

Of course, there are many places where money is needed now, so it's impossible to include all profits in the account principal. A sudden surge in money-making might just prolong the time it gets noticed.

Actually, it doesn't matter if they come knocking on your door, since you didn't steal or rob... The bold ones have already filled their pockets and are just dealing with whatever comes their way.