Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 596: Counterattack: Car Share

The first day is over. After a period of suppression, the stock prices of the four companies have fallen a lot. More importantly, after alternating acquisitions and sales, the capital investment is not large, but the results have set off a chain reaction. Many people who hold stocks saw that the situation was not good and sold them immediately.

All this was just the beginning. When the market opened the next morning in the U.S., Liu Mingzhang and his team started their tricks again, constantly suppressing the shares of the four companies. One account bought stocks at a certain price, and another account sold them, creating the illusion of a large number of transactions. Although the price difference in the middle caused the funds to shrink continuously, the impact was not significant. You have to know that for this action, Lu Shaohua mobilized 32 billion US dollars in funds, which were constantly consumed.

In the meantime, the four companies did come to rescue the market. They also invested money and tried to pull the stock price back up, but it was useless. Not to mention that their funds were limited, they did not have the ability to buy back all the stocks sold by retail investors. In addition, Liu Mingzhang and others deliberately lowered the stock price. How could they possibly save the market?

A day passed quietly, and the stock prices of the four companies kept falling. Although the decline was not too big, the long-term decline was not something the four companies could bear. They could only watch the decline, no matter how much money they invested.

Liu Mingzhang and Li Zongen analyzed this phenomenon and concluded that there were too many people holding stocks but waiting and watching. They believed that the drop in the share prices of the four companies was only temporary and did not want to sell them so quickly.

After Liu Mingzhang and his team came up with the results, they immediately called Lu Shaohua and told him the results. Although Lu Shaohua was not a professional in finance, he still had some basic knowledge.

"How about this, tomorrow you make a big move, increase the scale of the operation, make the transaction more ordinary, and let the stock price rise faster. I believe that in one day or the day after tomorrow, those who are waiting and watching will immediately sell their stocks." Lu Shaohua thought for a while and gave the order.

"I think so too. If we don't show them how powerful we are, they will think that the four companies are so strong. Humph, we need to give them some stronger laxatives to make them defecate. Then the stock prices of the four companies will plummet." Liu Mingzhang said incoherently on the phone.

It seems that what Liu Mingzhang said was a bit nonsensical, but if you listen carefully, it makes sense. Whether it is metaphorical or direct, it reveals a message, that is, the operation should be larger in scale to remind those who are holding stocks and are still waiting to sell them, so that they can sell them quickly.

But what effect will selling the stocks have on Liu Mingzhang and others?

The effect is extremely large. There is a large amount of selling on the stock market, and there are no buyers for the pending orders. The stocks in hand are locked, making it impossible to sell them. But at this time, if there is a buy order at a lower price than the pending order, will those who are locked up sell?

The answer is definitely yes. People who see that the stocks they hold are stuck are usually very anxious. Now that they can finally make back some of their money, how could they possibly keep the stuck stocks and lose everything?

If this phenomenon occurs, Liu Mingzhang and his team can set lower and lower prices, significantly reduce the price, and start buying large quantities of goods, indirectly completing the task assigned to them by Lu Shaohua.

"Okay, let's do this starting from tomorrow." Lu Shaohua finally made the decision.

"Okay, if it goes in the expected direction, we will be able to complete the purchase in two days at most. Finally, we will use another two days to push up the stock price, and we will be able to make a considerable sum of money from it." Liu Mingzhang not only made a hypothesis, but also roughly explained the subsequent operation plan.

"Well, leave it to you." Lu Shaohua said lightly.

In terms of finance, Lu Shaohua was at best a 'half-baked expert', not to mention that before it even started, Lu Shaohua had already decided to leave the entire matter to Liu Mingzhang and Li Zongen and not to interfere.

"Okay, in four days, I will give me a satisfactory answer." Liu Mingzhang finally said with full confidence.

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To be honest, after arranging everything, Lu Shaohua has shifted his focus and is no longer concerned about the stock prices of the four companies. What Lu Shaohua is most concerned about now is the market share of Phoenix Group.

After so many days, the first group to be dealt with by Lu Shaohua was Lenovo Group. This domestic group ignored the suffering of its compatriots in the time of crisis of Phoenix Group and even added insult to injury. In the end, it was fully acquired by Phoenix Group.

The second gang that Lu Shaohua dealt with was a small gang in Hong Kong. Originally, the small gang in Hong Kong had little to do with the Phoenix Group's predicament, but unfortunately, there was a huge conspiracy hidden behind the small gang - the Japanese Yamaguchi-gumi.

The Japanese Yamaguchi-gumi was found, and then the clues were traced to Toyota and Honda. It was people from the families of these two companies who hired hitmen to kill people. (Although Qin Sichen was not harmed in the end, Lu Shaohua had already defined them as those who hired hitmen to kill.) Therefore, all the participants, including a small Hong Kong gang, the Yamaguchi-gumi, Toyota and Honda, were dealt with by Lu Shaohua.

The Hong Kong gangs suffered the most, being completely disbanded by Lu Shaohua, followed by the Yamaguchi-gumi, whose vice president and his entire group were buried with them, and then it was Honda's turn, whose previous president and his entire group also died with him. Toyota suffered the least loss, but lost the most important person, the current president.

Lu Shaohua killed so many people and successfully caused internal strife in Toyota and Honda. They had been continuously devouring the market share of Phoenix Automobile, but suddenly they were unable to cope with it because of the internal strife, which gave Phoenix Automobile a great opportunity.

"Alas, so many days have passed, it's time to know the result." Lu Shaohua muttered to himself with empty eyes looking at the distant sky through the window.

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The next morning, Lu Shaohua got up early and had a quick breakfast. When Qin Sichen cleaned up the kitchen and prepared to go to work, Lu Shaohua followed him and went to Phoenix Group with Qin Sichen.

As soon as he arrived at Phoenix Group, Lu Shaohua quickly summoned the only two remaining deputy general managers of Phoenix Sales to learn about the latest situation from them.

Originally, Lu Shaohua should have asked the two deputy general managers for information, but there was no way. General Manager Xu Jiarui was still in the United States and was commanding the army to counterattack on the spot. It was impossible for him to return to Hong Kong at this critical moment.

Originally Phoenix Sales had three deputy general managers, but now it has become two. This is not Qin Sichen's fault. After Ma Junjie was sent to prison, the group was very busy. Although it was known that promoting a deputy general manager could reduce a lot of burden, Qin Sichen still did not promote a deputy general manager. The reason was very simple. Due to the shrinking business, one more deputy general manager and one less deputy general manager seemed insignificant.

However, as the counterattack began, Phoenix Group regained its original market share. The lack of a deputy general manager increased the burden, and a deputy general manager raised the issue. "Chairman, before I report to you on the situation of Phoenix Auto, I have a request, that is, can I mention a deputy general manager in Phoenix Sales?"

"Yes, Chairman, with the recovery of market share in the past few days, we have already taken back the market share that originally belonged to us. The loss of a deputy general manager has added a lot of pressure on us, and we are already a bit overloaded." The thin deputy general manager paused here, looked at Lu Shaohua's face, and continued. "Also, we have to recruit employees again. The staff below are already under great pressure."

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua nodded calmly, thinking for a while before saying, "We have to nominate a deputy general manager, but you should discuss this with President Qin and President Xu. As for the re-recruitment of ordinary employees, you can also put it on the agenda. Well, discuss both matters with President Qin. Just say that I agree, and President Qin will understand."

From the time the two people mentioned these two things to him, Lu Shaohua knew that they must have hit a wall with Qin Sichen, or Qin Sichen was too busy and ignored the matter, which led to them reporting and asking for instructions beyond their level.

Yes, the deputy general manager of a subsidiary company is three levels lower than Lu Shaohua. Their immediate superior is Xu Jiarui, followed by Qin Sichen, and after Qin Sichen is Lu Shaohua who stands at the top of the pyramid.

When the two vice presidents heard that Lu Shaohua agreed, they couldn't help but smile. Then the fatter vice president started talking. "Chairman, in the past few days, there have been conflicts between Toyota and Honda. We took advantage of this opportunity to take back most of the market share that originally belonged to us, and we are still in the process of doing so."

Lu Shaohua didn't know how much market share Phoenix Auto originally occupied, nor did he want to know. What he wanted to know now was not how many percentage points it had occupied, but whether it had recovered the ground.

Now it seems that the lost Fudi has been almost recovered. Lu Shaohua couldn't help feeling happy. He shifted his gaze to another deputy general manager and questioned him with his eyes, confirming again whether what the original deputy general manager said was true.

The thinner deputy general manager also understood what Lu Shaohua meant by his eyes and said, "Yes, Chairman, I just did a rough calculation and found that we have recovered 90% of the market share. If we work harder, we can hopefully recover all the lost market share before noon."

After getting the confirmation, Lu Shaohua was very happy, smiled and said, "Well done, haha! Don't worry, I will remember your efforts and will give you funds at the end of the year."

Rewards and punishments are clear, this is Lu Shaohua's principle of doing things. Lu Shaohua will not be stingy with those meritorious officials, and as for those villains, Lu Shaohua will not be polite to them when punishing them.

But that's not all. Later, Lu Shaohua wanted to consider the two deputy general managers and asked, "So what should we do after we take back the market share that originally belonged to us?"

In fact, Lu Shaohua already had the answer in his heart, but Lu Shaohua just wanted to test the two of them to see what they were like.

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