Capítulo 837: Chapter 816: Raking In $20 Billion “Japanese stocks triggered a third-level circuit breaker, and the yen currency plummeted.” “Financial Satan strikes again, dealing a heavy blow to the Neon economy.” Tokyo Time, 10:42 AM. Japanese stocks triggered a third-level circuit breaker, ending today’s trading early, and the US-Japan exchange rate fell below 140 yen. The news quickly made headlines across the world. Lu Liang, following the financial ripper, was now crowned as Financial Satan. The former was merely a mortal, while the latter was the devil lord, ranked alongside various gods. “Financial Satan, Liangzi is getting more and more successful.” “An unprecedented third-level circuit breaker in the stock market. The Neon People must hate Liangzi to death.” “Liangzi, listen to your brother’s advice. No matter how good the technology of the Neon teachers is, don’t go there in the future; if you really can’t resist, you can let them, it’s not like you don’t have the condition.” “Neon People hate Liangzi? Quite the opposite. You don’t know what Liangzi did in the end, or what people over there call him.” Soon, some movers brought back comments from foreign websites verbatim to the domestic scene. When netizens saw phrases like ‘Mandatory Love’ and ‘Master Lu Liang,’ their brains felt like they were being assaulted. “Are they perverted? How can they adapt to this?” “Exactly, they are perverted. Now they’re shifting all the blame onto Mitsui Sumitomo and Jian Yiwei.” “Unless there’s an accident, Old Jian, the acting prime minister, might not even keep his position as deputy anymore.” Simultaneously, Lu Liang received a call from Ota Ling, entrusted by President Mitsui for peace talks. Mitsui Sumitomo no longer opposed the transfer of PayPal shares by Ant, and also agreed to relinquish the online payment market in Neon. In this market, everyone will compete fairly in the future, hoping Lu Liang will stop acquiring Mitsui Sumitomo’s stocks. As for the already acquired stocks, Mitsui Sumitomo is willing to buy them back at a 50% premium. With a market value of 570 billion dollars, although the Mitsui Sumitomo Group won’t be easily taken over, accidents are the biggest fear. Any large group is a complex of interests, especially one formed through a merger like Mitsui Sumitomo. The current largest shareholder is the Mitsui Group, but it only holds 11.68% of the shares. As long as 64.8 billion dollars are spent, Tianxing Finance could become the main shareholder of Mitsui Sumitomo. This deal is very unprofitable. No normal person would make such a choice. But Lu Liang is different; once he goes crazy, he might insist on acquiring Mitsui Sumitomo, since his thoughts have always been beyond a normal person’s understanding. Moreover, public opinion is very unfavorable to them, saying they are responsible for this round of financial crisis. The resistance wave is intensifying; just now, someone even dumped feces at the entrance of Mitsui Sumitomo’s insurance branch. Things are still in broad daylight, It would be unimaginable once the night falls. Therefore, whether for the entire Neon or for Mitsui Sumitomo itself, they can only choose to cede lands and compensate, calm things down quickly, and terminate the impact of this incident. “Ota, I want to know, what do you think?” Lu Liang asked, deliberately testing Ota Ling’s attitude. Ota Ling’s attitude also decides Lu Liang’s attitude towards him in the future. The wise man said it well, “It’s best to pursue the defeated courageously, not to learn from the overlord praising its name, keep pressuring the sick until they die.” Once Mitsui Sumitomo recovers, there wouldn’t be such a good opportunity in the future. “President Mitsui has a favor for me.” Hearing Ota Ling’s words, Lu Liang smiled, waiting for the next part, and listened as he said, “But President Mitsui’s thinking does not suit this era. I believe the future of Mitsui Sumitomo, under Mr. Lu’s guidance, will become better and better.” His answer is to continue the pressure until the power of Mitsui and Sumitomo in Mitsui Sumitomo is hollowed out and he takes full control. And he will become Lu Liang’s most loyal servant. Whether it’s Mitsui or Sumitomo, they’ll rest assured as Emperors, counting money behind the scenes. Mitsui Sumitomo has Lu Liang, has him. Lu Liang laughed, showing a satisfied smile: “Ota, how much stock do you need to control Mitsui Sumitomo?” Ota Ling pondered for a moment, then replied: “Sir, at least 6.7%.” He is the current president of Mitsui Sumitomo, originally with certain authority. If assisted further by Tianxing Finance, the transformation of AB stocks can be completely achieved. Once this plan is smoothly implemented, the equity of 6.7% will be magnified tenfold. He will fully control Mitsui Sumitomo Group and no longer be constrained by both Mitsui and Sumitomo Group. “Alright, as you wish.” Ending the call with Ota Ling, Lu Liang returned to the trading room, stood for his final shift, and quietly waited for the midnight chime tonight. At 1 PM Tokyo Time, Ginza once again saw a massive parade, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets, waving banners demanding their hard-earned money back, denouncing Mitsui Sumitomo, the acting Prime Minister, and Tianxing Finance. At 3 PM Tokyo Time, Jian Yiwei made his first public statement, first performing the traditional ‘private Marseille’ skill, then stating that they would fight the evil capital shorting Neon to the end, and that they would not yield. Despite being the third largest economy in the world, if two consecutive prime ministers were taken down by short-selling institutions, it would be a loss of face, so they would hold on regardless, waiting for An San to ‘recover from a serious illness’ and regain control of the cabinet. At 7 PM Tokyo Time, the US-Japan exchange rate broke the 144-yen threshold. Up to this moment, Neon evaporated a total of 2.5 trillion US dollars throughout the entire day. Import materials or equipment settled in yen saw significant increases, and the effects of currency devaluation began to ferment. At 10 PM Tokyo Time, the US-Japan exchange rate smoothly surpassed 145 yen, with a single-day decline reaching -21.2%, and a monthly decline reaching -29.52%. Speculators from all over the globe feasted at this banquet, each one making a fortune. Meanwhile, leading institutions like Tianxing, JPMorgan, and Blackstone Group continued to hold their ground, awaiting the settlement day. At 11:30 PM Tokyo Time. Amidst everyone’s anticipation, the US-Japan Foreign Exchange Market paused trading for thirty-five minutes to begin this month’s settlement. At 12:05, trading resumed. In trading rooms across all institutions, a wave of passionate and high-pitched cheers rose up almost simultaneously. The 18-day project ended at this second, and they achieved a big victory, with Neon being the only loser. “First, inventory the foreign exchange market profits, and tomorrow we’ll go all out to enter the Japanese stock market.” Hearing the traders’ excited shouts around him, Lu Liang didn’t want to dampen the mood, but their plan wasn’t over yet. Next, they would join forces with Xingheng Investment, under the name of saving the market, to reach out and provide aid to Mitsui Sumitomo and thirteen other Neon companies like PayPal. Helping them escape from the current capital dilemma. “During this period, we may face resistance from the companies themselves, backlash from the local government, and competition from other institutions, but I believe we can accomplish it.” Lu Liang strode up to the podium, his face flushed, and shouted with a fist pump: “After the project ends, the company will hold a victory banquet at the top of the Victoria Harbor Building, with houses, cars, money, and ladies, all included.” “I won’t say much more, everyone take a good rest and recharge, because tomorrow we’ll launch the most intense offensive.” As Lu Liang finished speaking, a chorus of wolf-like howls echoed in the trading room. “Fuck their mothers.” “Destroy those radish heads.” New traders had long heard from veterans coming from Modu. Boss Lu never makes empty promises; if he says there’ll be houses, cars, money, and ladies, then there definitely will be. The source of thɪs content is 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝※𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖※𝕟𝕖𝕥 Lu Liang stood on the high platform, glanced at everyone, saw their excited faces, and showed a satisfied smile before stepping down from the podium. Sun Yutao looked distressed: “Mr. Lu, isn’t this adrenaline shot a bit premature? We probably won’t even need to rest tonight.” “So much the better if they can’t sleep. After all, the first few hours after dawn are the sharpest for the senses.” Lu Liang said with a smile. He had been there before, understanding that after a night of excitement, one often wouldn’t feel sleepy until the next afternoon. And during the morning period, focusing on a certain task makes it easy to enter a flow state. Sun Yutao was speechless; maybe only Lu Liang felt this way, but he himself didn’t have such a feeling. Staying up too long only made him feel like his kidneys were overdrawn—his wife even said he wasn’t what he used to be. Sun Yutao took out a report and said, “Mr. Lu, this is the detail of our yen shorting profits and losses this time.” A total of 107.5 billion US dollars was invested, initially 95 billion US dollars, then an additional 2.5 billion US dollars, and finally, to support the exchange rate’s impact on 135 yen, they added another 10 billion US dollars. After three investments, the average cost price was 114.52 yen, and they finally liquidated at 135.83 yen. The return rate was 18.6%, and the profit was 19.995 billion US dollars. After deducting fees, interest, etc., the net profit was 19.855 billion US dollars. “Not bad, quite good.” Lu Liang said with a light chuckle. Nearly 20 billion US dollars in net profit, not including the profit from shorting the Nikkei Index. “…” Sun Yutao was speechless. This wasn’t just ‘not bad’; when they announced the financial report at the beginning of next month, it would probably stun a bunch of people. They also shorted the Nikkei Index, with two transactions totaling 47.5 billion US dollars. If settled now, there would be at least a net profit of 13 billion US dollars. With this, the total revenue for the project would reach an astonishing 32 billion US dollars, equivalent to 220 billion RMB. Although this wealth couldn’t single-handedly create a First Rich of East Country, securing a top-five or even top-three spot would pose no problem.