Chapter 2: Opportunity
"Our family is truly in danger this time!" He Zhengcheng said with emotion, sighing involuntarily as he woke up again.
"Kid, what did you say? Who is in danger?" a voice beside him asked.
He Zhengcheng turned his head and saw an old man. After a quick look, he realized he was probably in a medical center. He wasn't in the mood to deal with the old man, so he turned his head back, thinking about his family's situation.
He remembered many conspiracy theories about this financial crisis.
For example, the most fundamental reason for this financial crisis might be that the United States saw European and American capital and technology spreading worldwide, and less money flowing into the United States. For the United States, which relies on debt to sustain itself, if it couldn't borrow money, the sky would fall.
What to do? Of course, threaten the global tycoons: "You obediently send me money, or I'll spank your bottoms."
Furthermore, the ambitious Clinton at this time proposed a grand information superhighway plan, which required a lot of capital. As an emerging industry, the internet might have great prospects, but at this time, most investments might not see a return. What to do? The ingenious Americans naturally had a solution: use other people's money to develop their own industries.
The problem arose: how to get the money back to the United States? Begging others was useless; there was no other means except war.
Modern warfare takes many forms, in addition to direct military means, there are also financial, economic sanctions, trade, and various other forms.
Don't underestimate the determination of the United States. In fact, later, to prevent capital from flowing into the Eurozone and affecting their currency and pricing power, the United States did indeed directly launch wars. For example, Iraq, Libya, Syria... and color revolutions... Starting in the 1980s, the United States used financial means to harvest decades of accumulated wealth from Japan, while stimulating the development of the American economy and financial markets.
In the early 1990s, the Soviet Union disintegrated, and the United States used financial means to hollow out the Soviet Union's gold.
In 1992, to counter the potential impact of the Eurozone's establishment, the United States hired Soros to brazenly attack its ally, the United Kingdom, forcing the pound out of the Eurozone.
In 1994, it attacked Mexico, leaving a deep impression on all of South America.
In 1997, the United States finally came to Southeast Asia, and the crisis began in Thailand... Why do people say that a financial crisis will cause global capital to flow into the United States? The reason is simple: since global capital markets are unsafe, let's go to a safe place to develop.
Where is the safest market in the world? There is only one answer: the United States! Later, they had a new choice: no regrets in this life for entering China, may I be born in China in the next life!
After hitting Japan, the European Union, and the Middle East, the American Eagle naturally wouldn't let go of the Rabbit this time. The war has already begun, and the war continues... "Kid, what are you thinking about?" the white-haired, youthful-faced old man urged.
"I should be out tomorrow. Anyway, I have fifty or sixty thousand in my card, and He Zhengcheng, that idiot, actually borrowed more than five hundred thousand. Ah, no, isn't He Zhengcheng me?
Heaven actually gave me a cheat. I knew it, how could the protagonist not have a golden finger? The game starts with the first pot of gold, and memories from a previous life."
He Zhengcheng thought gleefully. Although this old man didn't seem like an ordinary person at all, he, a grown man, didn't need an old grandpa to assist him, especially such a living old man; it was too awkward.
"Tomorrow, I should first short it. If my memory isn't wrong, the Hang Seng Index is still over 8,000 points now. On August 14th, the Hang Seng Index will fall to 6,500 points.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority will directly intervene at that time. I can short first, then go long. I should be able to make a few million, right?
I don't know if there will be any changes on that day. Never mind, the protagonist has activated an invincible aura." He Zhengcheng continued to fantasize about the future. Making money from stocks was too slow, and who knew which stocks would rise during the financial crisis? Stock index futures were better; he remembered them clearly.
He Zhengcheng had traded stocks in both his lives, but he had never actually played with options or futures. He had been talked into playing simulations, so he was familiar with the rules, but his personality had always been conservative. After rebirth, he was surprisingly aggressive.
He Mouren would not admit his aggressiveness. His family still owed tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in loans. Besides stock index futures and the omnipotent Qidian Great God, he really had no other choice.
"Do you also think Soros will win, and the stock market will continue to fall?" The old man's voice came from beside him, seemingly with a hint of sorrow, very likely because he was trapped!
"Soros? What does that have to do with him? Uh, don't worry, he won't win…" He Zhengcheng said casually, with a sign on his forehead: I'm thinking about important matters, don't bother me.
For Soros, a man whose life was about to reach its peak, the current He Zhengcheng was still very fearful. Unfortunately, Duan Chao was not superstitious, so he had no fear. This guy was just a pawn, who liked to stir up trouble everywhere.
In the next two decades, globalization made the global economy a whole, where one move affects the entire body. The role that financial vultures like Soros could play became smaller and smaller. The strongman lost his place to exert his power, so he transformed into a terrorist, using money to buy people to create terror.
Especially ten years later, the Subprime Mortgage Crisis that erupted in the United States broke Wall Street's golden body, gradually restoring the confidence of global elites, who no longer blindly worshipped.
In that era, even a homebody like Duan Chao knew that without the support of the real economy, virtual economies like finance and services were just a pile of shit.
Alas, I was still influenced by that old man. Why think about Soros?
"Soros won't win, but you said Hong Kong is in danger…" The old man was clearly unhappy, thinking He Zhengcheng was fooling him.
"Hong Kong's danger lies in public confidence. If confidence is lost, everything will collapse. The stock market and Hang Seng Index futures will continue to fall. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority needs time to accumulate strength and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack, so this period will be very dangerous," He Zhengcheng explained to the old man, following his line of thought.
"Does Hong Kong still have a chance?" the old man asked.
"If there's no opportunity, then create one. What's the big deal!" He Zhengcheng said disdainfully. Learn from Lei Bus: treat life and death lightly, and if you're not convinced, just do it. How domineering!
"Handsome young man, do you trade stocks? Have you lost money?" The old man beside him ignored He Zhengcheng's mysterious self-confidence and continued to bother him.
"No!" He Mouren replied impatiently. He had many things to think about; he had no time to chat with this person.
Besides, what does it have to do with you whether I trade stocks or not? How inexplicable.
"Then what do you say should be done now?" The old man seemed not to notice He Mouren's attitude, or perhaps he was an old hand and didn't care at all.
"How would I know? Even if I did, why would I tell you?" He Zhengcheng was annoyed. This was definitely not an old grandpa; it should be a random passerby.
"Let's discuss it. I have a lot of experience I can impart to you!" the old man said.
"Sorry, I'm not interested in stock trading! I only understand investing." He Zhengcheng, with over twenty years of foresight, still needed others' stock trading experience? What a joke.
Stock trading is a low-level operation. For him, as long as he buys shares of those few well-known companies, such as Tencent, and sticks to long-term investment, he can make money, and basically won't have to worry about the rest of his life. Why bother staring at stocks all day, sitting in front of a computer, watching the market fluctuate? Is it interesting?
"Young man, you lack humility. I was very optimistic about Li Ban Cheng's Cheung Kong and Nuclear Emperor back then and wanted to hold them long-term, but then an accident happened in my family, so I sold those stocks," the old man said with great enthusiasm.
"Later, when conditions improved, these stocks rose a lot, so I wanted to buy them when their prices fell. As a result, the prices did fall, but after I bought in, they fell even more…" The old man continued speaking alone.
"Luckily, I held on at the time and waited for many years. The prices of these stocks doubled. I thought the price had peaked and wanted to sell them and buy them back when the prices fell, but I didn't expect Cheung Kong's stock price to never look back.
If I had stuck to my original idea and held Li Ban Cheng's stocks until now, I would have earned more wealth than I have in my entire life.
It's a pity, even if you see it accurately, you still can't hold on. You think stock trading doesn't require experience to learn, and you're too arrogant. You're destined to stumble in the future…" the old man slowly recounted, as if he had said it many times.
"It seems the law of conservation of luck doesn't change even with transmigration. After being reborn with the first pot of gold, there's immediately an annoying old man," He Zhengcheng muttered to himself.
This old man was too annoying, but from small things, one could see the prevalence of Hong Kong's financial atmosphere. Even such an inconspicuous old man had his own respectable stock trading wisdom.
Thinking carefully, He Mouren recalled Apple's stock price. After its market value exceeded one trillion US dollars, many people thought Apple's market value had peaked, but unexpectedly, Apple's market value rose to 1.5 trillion US dollars and was still rising… Many people thought Moutai's market value had peaked at one trillion, but unexpectedly, it rose to 1.5 trillion rmb and was still rising… Which company that created history didn't exceed the imagination of most people? For example, Tesla, uh, and Tesla's current stock price… "You can enter the market when the Hang Seng Index falls to 6,500 points. At that time, you can buy some stocks, preferably China Mobile," He Zhengcheng said.
"China Mobile?" the old man asked.
"Believe it or not!" He Zhengcheng was too lazy to explain and buried his head to sleep.