Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 1 Black Monday ()

When Lu Shaohua and Liu Mingzhang arrived at the stock exchange, the stock market had just opened. As soon as they entered the door, Liu Mingzhang introduced the specific structure of the stock exchange to Lu Shaohua. "The lobby outside is for retail investors, the left and right are for medium-sized customers, and upstairs there are VIP rooms and VIP rooms."

Liu Mingzhang During the introduction, Lu Shaohua nodded from time to time, but his eyes were not looking at the structure of the stock exchange, but at the faces of the retail investors outside the hall. It can be said that joy and excitement were written on every investor's face, and some were even yelling, shouting in Japanese that Lu Shaohua could not understand. However, looking at their actions and expressions, it is not difficult to guess that they are happy because of the stock rise.

"Oh! Maybe you won't be able to laugh next week." Fortunately, Lu Shaohua was not speaking Japanese, and the people around him had no idea what he was talking about.

Looking at those people who were overjoyed because of the rising stock prices, and those investors who committed suicide when the stock prices fell, Lu Shaohua could only shake his head, because in his understanding, in the stock market, big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimps. This is the food chain in nature, but it can also be used to describe the stock market. Those retail investors are always pawns of the market makers.

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"Mr. Liu, are there any procedures required?" Lu Shaohua knew nothing about this, so he thought it would be better to ask Liu Mingzhang first.

"Yes, by the way, I forgot to ask, how much money do you plan to invest?" Liu Mingzhang seemed to have waited until now to remember how much money Lu Shaohua had prepared for such a big move?

"One million." Lu Shaohua's expression did not change at all, as if he regarded money as dirt.

"Well, 100 million Hong Kong dollars is enough to get a position as a medium-sized client." Liu Mingzhang nodded, and his expression did not change much when Lu Shaohua reported the number. Although he had helped others to trade in Japan before, they were all medium-sized clients, and the funds were about 100 million Hong Kong dollars.

"No, not Hong Kong dollars, but US dollars."

"What? It's US dollars?" Liu Mingzhang couldn't help but look at Lu Shaohua carefully, and was very surprised. "A nine-year-old child can come up with 100 million US dollars?" In Hong Kong in the 100s, it was reasonable for a rich kid to come up with 100 million Hong Kong dollars to invest in stocks, but 1 million US dollars was different. The exchange rate between the US dollar and the Hong Kong dollar was about 2:3 to 100, so this million US dollars was worth more than million to million Hong Kong dollars.

"Well, Mr. Liu, is there any problem?" Lu Shaohua was still very satisfied with Liu Mingzhang. It would be good for him to scare him. Lu Shaohua was currently lacking in talented traders, not to mention that Liu Mingzhang was very familiar with Japan's operating methods, which was exactly what he lacked.

"No problem, no problem." Liu Mingzhang said no problem twice in a row, and then his face returned to normal.

"Well, let's go and handle the formalities." Lu Shaohua nodded secretly in his heart, and was very satisfied that Liu Mingzhang could react in such a quick time.

"Okay. Oh! By the way, if it's 100 million US dollars, we should be able to arrange a VIP room." Liu Mingzhang seemed to have longed for the VIP room for a long time, and his face was full of excitement. However, for a trader, those who can enter the VIP room and VIP room are all recognized, so he was a little excited.

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When going through the formalities, Lu Shaohua secretly said that he had made the right choice in choosing Liu Mingzhang, because Liu Mingzhang was a practical person. After everything was done, Lu Shaohua filled in the account and signed, and that was it. After the formalities were completed, as Liu Mingzhang said, a VIP room was indeed arranged.

The VIP room was on the second floor of the securities exchange building. Liu Mingzhang led Lu Shaohua to the door of a room named No. 88 on the second floor. When he was about to push the door open, he was stopped by Lu Shaohua. Although Lu Shaohua could not read Japanese, he could still read Arabic numerals. What does 88 stand for? It means "Fa Fa". "Haha, what an auspicious number."

After hearing what Lu Shaohua said, Liu Mingzhang first looked at Lu Shaohua's eyes, and then looked at the room number in the direction of his eyes. "Haha, it is indeed an auspicious number."

"Go in and get familiar with the environment first." Lu Shaohua stared at the number 88 fiercely, but in his heart he was cheering himself up. "I must succeed, I must succeed."

"Ok!"

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Entering the VIP room, it was quiet. Lu Shaohua sat down on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest, while Liu Mingzhang first familiarized himself with everything inside.

"I'm completely familiar with it." After a while, Liu Mingzhang walked to Lu Shaohua's side and said.

"Well, let's take a break first and get enough rest." Lu Shaohua said to Liu Mingzhang without even opening his eyes. In fact, Lu Shaohua had already calculated the time, and there was still more than an hour before the closing, so he was not in a hurry. He wanted to wait until the closing time before making a move.

The boss wasn't in a hurry, and neither was Liu Mingzhang. He found a seat and sat down, learning to close his eyes and rest like Lu Shaohua. In fact, Liu Mingzhang hoped that Lu Shaohua would continue to do so until the market closed, because the hope of a fall in the Japanese stock market was too slim.

Time passed minute by minute, and Lu Shaohua still did not move, but Liu Mingzhang was a little agitated. He moved his mouth several times as if wanting to say something, but he swallowed the words back into his stomach and did not say them out.

Finally, when there were only 40 minutes left before the closing, Lu Shaohua opened his eyes, stood up, stretched, and then said, "Mr. Liu, do you know the margin system?"

"Of course I know. Margin trading means that when customers buy or sell foreign exchange spot contracts or futures contracts, they only need to pay a certain percentage of the contract value instead of the full amount. The profit and loss are determined according to the contract, which creates a leverage effect on the profit and loss of spot contracts and futures trading. Driven by this leverage effect, if the margin is 5%, then the transaction can generate twenty times the profit and twenty times the risk." Liu Mingzhang explained the margin system in one breath.

"Mr. Liu is absolutely right. I plan to use 5% margin to short Nikkei. You can start the operation and place an order for 2000 million US dollars directly." Lu Shaohua's tone was still so calm, as if there was no risk.

"What? Do you know that this carries twenty times the risk? What if... What if..." Liu Mingzhang really couldn't bear the shock from Lu Shaohua's words. This was no different from a big gamble.

"Mr. Liu, I fully understand this. Risks and rewards coexist. Believe me, we will be the final winners of this gamble." Lu Shaohua said boldly, and at the same time, he gave Liu Mingzhang a reassuring look.

“But...but..." Liu Mingzhang really didn’t know what to say. If Lu Shaohua lost this gamble, he couldn’t imagine what the outcome would be.

"Don't worry, Youlai will bear all the responsibilities." Lu Shaohua's expression remained the same, without any change, as if he was determined to make this gamble.

Seeing Lu Shaohua like this, Liu Mingzhang felt conflicted. He knew that if the market plummeted on Monday, Lu Shaohua would be able to make a lot of money. If it didn't fall, he couldn't imagine...

But after thinking about it, Liu Mingzhang felt that Lu Shaohua was not simple. Looking at his current expression and the tone of his voice, it showed that Lu Shaohua was extraordinary. Of course, subconsciously, he did not forget that Lu Shaohua was his client. Two voices in his mind were fighting silently, "help" and "don't help". As soon as one voice came up, it was immediately rejected by the other voice...