Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 600: Stock Market Storm

Lu Shaohua had never known that Li Zongen had such a grudge with Toyota Motor Company. Now he finally understood why Li Zongen suddenly asked about Toyota Motor and the murder of the vice president of the Yamaguchi-gumi. It turned out that he wanted to confirm whether it was Lu Shaohua who sent someone to do it.

And Lu Shaohua did not disappoint Li Zongen. Although he did not admit it personally, Lu Shaohua had already told Li Zongen in a disguised way that the death of the current president of Toyota Motor and the vice president of the Yamaguchi-gumi was caused by people he sent.

However, Lu Shaohua thought more and recalled everything about Li Zongen's past. He suddenly understood that Li Zongen has half Japanese blood and his father is Japanese. He should have traced his ancestral roots. But after the Japanese stock market crash in 89, Li Zongen received the first dividend from Lu Shaohua. He brought his only relative, his grandmother, out and now lives in Hong Kong.

There is another more important point, that is, Li Zongen has been in charge of several financial teams over the years, and he would attack the Japanese stock market from time to time. As long as he finds an opportunity, he will operate ruthlessly, make a lot of money and leave without anyone noticing.

Furthermore, after the stock market crash in 89, the stocks of all listed companies in Japan plummeted. When Li Zongen received an order from Lu Shaohua to buy up his company's stocks, Li Zongen showed no mercy and bought as many as he could. However, there was one company that Li Zongen was most ruthless to. Needless to say, Toyota Motor was the company that Li Zongen targeted most ruthlessly.

This also resulted in Toyota Motor being the largest shareholder in Lu Shaohua's hands, accounting for 36.3%. If he acquired another dozen percentage points, Toyota Motor would almost become an automobile manufacturing company under Lu Shaohua.

But these are no longer important. What is important is that Lu Shaohua can trust Li Zongen more. In addition, Li Zongen has half Japanese blood and is more familiar with Japan. In the future, if there are any matters targeting Japan, Lu Shaohua can completely leave it to him to deal with. There is no need to send someone to keep an eye on it, which saves a lot of trouble.

"People can't live in the past, we should look forward." Lu Shaohua said lightly, and then without waiting for Li Zongen to say anything, he took the initiative to change the subject and said, "Have a midnight snack later, then have a good rest and prepare for the opening in the afternoon."

The opening that Lu Shaohua mentioned is of course the opening of the U.S. stock market, and "afternoon" also refers to the afternoon of U.S. time, not Hong Kong time. If it were Hong Kong time, it would be a mess, as Hong Kong can open in the early morning now.

Lu Shaohua said so, and Liu Mingzhang and Li Zongen also knew that the opening of the U.S. stock market in the afternoon was very important to them and they could not be distracted at all, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. They did not say much at the moment, but nodded and waited to rest after having a midnight snack.

The human era entered the mid-to-late 1990s. The means of transportation were no longer bicycles and motorcycles. The current means of transportation were cars, cars with four tires. It was precisely because of the advent of faster cars that Li Shangkui and his friends went out to buy supper very quickly. Not long after Lu Shaohua finished speaking, Li Shangkui and his friends rushed back.

Without Lu Shaohua saying anything, Liu Mingzhang, who was never polite to Lu Shaohua, was the first to take action. He opened the bag of midnight snacks, divided them up, and started eating them like a starving ghost who had just been reincarnated.

After the midnight snack, it was time to rest, but the time was not long. He just closed his eyes and rested for a while. It was impossible for him to really fall asleep. The same was true for Lu Shaohua. He just closed his eyes and rested for a while, but did not fall asleep.

But time passed quietly. After everyone rested for more than an hour, the opening time of the US stock market was approaching. Liu Mingzhang and Li Zongen got up, washed their faces, cleared their minds, and returned to their best condition.

Of course, Lu Shaohua was an exception. He came here just to watch the fun. It didn't matter whether he was in the best condition or not. So when Liu Mingzhang and others were making preparations before the opening, Lu Shaohua just opened his eyes, leaned back on the sofa, and watched everything coldly.

The U.S. stock market opened as scheduled. Once it opened, the trend charts displayed on the four monitors remained motionless and calm as before. However, a computer that was turned off nearby was officially turned on. It was obvious at a glance that it was the computer used for operations.

The computer was operated by Liu Mingzhang. When the computer was connected to the network and the operating software required for the stock market was opened, Liu Mingzhang only looked at it for a while, then turned his head to look at Lu Shaohua and said, "No movement yet."

"Wait a minute. Even if they want to rescue the market, they won't do it right after the market opens." Lu Shaohua said lightly, not taking it seriously.

Liu Mingzhang thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he nodded. Then he turned his head and stared at the computer screen without blinking, fearing that he would miss important information.

Soon, about five minutes later, Liu Mingzhang's expression moved, and his eyes looked unprecedentedly bright. He even closed his eyes and opened them again, rubbed his eyes, and once again confirmed the information he saw. When he was sure that he had not seen it wrong, Liu Mingzhang turned his head again.

"Let's do it. The price of a buy order has been slightly raised." Liu Mingzhang said with a smile.

Liu Mingzhang knew better than anyone what this meant. It meant that Lu Shaohua's prediction was correct. There was no need to trace the source of the buyers. It was certain that the rescue of the market had begun.

"Which company is it from?" Lu Shaohua asked again.

"Microsoft."

"How many hands?" Lu Shaohua asked again.

"A thousand hands."

"Call and sell the stocks, but don't give them a thousand lots, just give them one tenth." Lu Shaohua gave an order, and then added, "Others should also move, we should also place buy orders to raise the stock price, don't place too many orders when placing orders, and then sell the orders you place in full to absorb the stocks."

"clear."

"clear."

Liu Mingzhang and Li Zongen responded at the same time, then picked up the phone and started dialing, following Lu Shaohua's orders.

Unknowingly, Lu Shaohua became the commander, and even he himself did not realize it. But then again, the orders issued by Lu Shaohua were very reasonable, and Liu Mingzhang and Li Zongen would have done the same if they were in charge.

As soon as Lu Shaohua's order was issued and Liu Mingzhang and Li Zongen made phone calls, the U.S. stock market changed dramatically in an instant. Orders were placed one after another, all buy orders, and the prices were higher than the previous ones.

There is no other way. Placing an order at a low price will not attract goods. If you want to attract goods, you can only raise the order price. Otherwise, Liu Mingzhang and his team will not ship the goods, and most of the circulating stocks in the market have been absorbed by Liu Mingzhang and his team. If they don’t ship the goods, no one will be able to ship them.

Time passed bit by bit, and soon, twenty minutes had passed. The rescue funds from the four companies poured into the market, and a battle to push up stock prices officially began. Liu Mingzhang and his colleagues' phones were disconnected, and orders were given one after another to absorb stocks and raise the investment price, and then sell them out to create the illusion of a large number of transactions.

At this time, funds from external forces also got involved and followed suit to push up the stock price. Orders were placed one after another. At the beginning, it was fine, as they were all small orders. The largest order was less than one thousand lots, and there were not many orders that exceeded one thousand lots.

"Foreign funds have entered the market." Liu Mingzhang said, staring at the computer screen.

"Stop raising the stock price, let the rescue funds and external funds take our place, and then look at the high-priced orders to ship out. Well, still follow the original strategy, but only small orders, no large orders, let them pull the price to a certain level, then send in large orders." Lu Shaohua gave this order very decisively.

If you want to make money, you have to keep the goods until last and sell them at a higher price. Only in this way can Lu Shaohua maximize the large amount of stocks in his hands and make more money, so as not to lose money in this "battle".

"Okay." Liu Mingzhang responded and started making phone calls to give orders.

The same went for Li Zongen. Although he didn't speak, he nodded slightly and followed Liu Mingzhang to start making phone calls to give orders.

With the intervention of external forces, the stock market was in turmoil, and the share prices of the four companies continued to rise. Half an hour after the opening, the share prices of the four companies rose by nearly two dollars from their original prices.

As the stock price went up, Li Mingzhang and his colleagues sold some of the stocks they held, which led to trading volume. The four monitors showed that the trend charts representing the four companies continued to rise, indicating a signal of an increase.

It was also at this time that Lu Shaohua issued another order. "Place a sell order to significantly increase the stock price."

"Oh!" Liu Mingzhang was stunned, frowned, and asked, "Isn't this too hasty?"

"We have a lot of stocks, what are we afraid of? Afraid that people won't buy them?" Lu Shaohua asked, and then without waiting for Liu Mingzhang to speak, he added, "If people don't buy them, we won't sell them and will keep them."

Of course, Lu Shaohua's last words were lies. He would not keep a large number of stocks. The reason why he said this was to allow Liu Mingzhang to operate with confidence. To put it bluntly, Lu Shaohua was not afraid that others would not absorb it. Not to mention that the influx of funds from the four companies was a big deal, the external forces were also very jealous of the stocks of the four companies. It was not easy to get such an opportunity, how could they let it go?

Therefore, Lu Shaohua was not afraid that no one would buy the stocks. That was why Lu Shaohua asked Liu Mingzhang and others to place sell orders to raise the stock price. Even the orders that were originally attracted by raising the stock price were also moved and placed.

Soon, Liu Mingzhang realized that what Lu Shaohua said was right. When he gave the order to significantly increase the stock price, hundreds of orders disappeared in the stock market as soon as they were posted. They had been sucked in by someone.

Seeing this phenomenon, Liu Mingzhang felt relieved and made a few more phone calls, ordering his subordinates to place orders and significantly raise the stock price...