From October 15th to the 18th, the Japanese yen market was on a wild roller coaster for four days straight.
A group of big-money players with trillions of dollars was hitting the yen market, hard. Not only that, but the Japanese stock market was also shaking and falling.
Toshiba, the world-famous electronics company, got hurt the most. In just four days, its stock fell by 15%. It lost more than $5 billion in value. Other big companies like Toyota, Sony, and Mitsubishi also saw their stocks fall.
In just four days, the Japanese stock market had lost tens of billions of dollars.
And the futures market? It almost collapsed! A group of money players was just grabbing all the wealth they could.
Zane Blackwood was right there with them, quietly making money. He followed the big players, didn't draw any attention, and made over $40 million.
...
Then, on the 19th, Zane suddenly stopped everything.
"Boss?" a senior money expert asked, looking very confused. "Why are we stopping now?"
All the other traders, who were pros from Wall Street, also looked at Zane. They didn't get it. This was the perfect time to make money. Why stop?
Was the boss feeling sorry for them?
Zane didn't explain.
But Henry's face changed. He suddenly understood. "Boss," he gasped, "do you think... do you think the really big players, like the five big banks and the Quantum Fund, are about to jump in?"
"Exactly," Zane said, his face serious.
Henry took a sharp breath. To be honest, a part of him still doubted Zane's guess. The market was crazy, but it felt stable enough to keep making money. It was the little investors who were getting crushed, not them.
But Henry didn't argue. He remembered a few months ago, during the Thai baht crisis. It was Zane who had known the perfect time to jump in and the perfect time to get out. Without Zane, they would have never made that $260 million.
"Everyone, listen up!" Zane suddenly roared, his voice full of power. "We are pulling all of our money out. Out of the yen, out of the stocks, out of everything. And it must be fast! What are you standing there for? The giants are coming! If we don't get out right now, we risk losing everything we've made!"
"Yes, boss!"
Everyone jumped into action, their fingers flying across their keyboards to pull their money to safety.
Zane knew what would happen. When the real giants entered the game, the first thing they always did was use their massive power to crush all the "small fish" (like them) and steal all the money they had just made. It was a cruel battlefield.
Zane, with his special knowledge of the future, knew the "big picture." And the big picture was telling him to run.
...
At the Quantum Fund...
"Boss," an expert said to the famous George Soros, "we've heard the Japanese government is having an emergency meeting. We don't know what they're saying, but they're probably going to use their backup money to fight back."
Soros sat in his chair, a cold, mean look on his face. "Hmph. You don't need to guess. Of course they will. They have at least $150 billion in backup money. They're not like those small Southeast Asian countries."
"So... what should we do, boss?" the expert asked.
"What do we do?" Soros's voice was calm and cold. "We strike hard. Before they can use their backup money, we jump in and crush all the other investors. We will destroy their markets before the government even has time to react."
...
At Goldman Sachs...
"Hmm?" said John Kertaborgs, one of the heads of the bank. He smiled after hearing his team's report. "Soros has attacked? What should we do? Of course, we follow him! Let's go!"
"Sir," one of his men asked, "aren't you worried it's a trap?"
John, who was known as the "Ghost Fox," just laughed. "You're right. Soros is a very tricky jackal. But this time... I'm sure it's not a trap."
He narrowed his eyes. "And even if it is, we can just crush him first. Don't forget... we are Goldman Sachs!"
...
October 19, 1997. 2 p.m.
The yen market suddenly, violently, changed!
The yen began climbing up, fast! So fast, no one knew what to do!
It rose 0.09%. It rose 0.07%. It rose 0.12%. It rose 0.15%.
In less than three hours, the yen wasn't falling anymore. It had climbed up by 2.5%!
All the companies that had bet against the yen went crazy. Their hearts were broken.
"Darn it!" a manager at a European bank screamed, his eyes wide and full of tears. "Who? Who did this?! I'm going to kill him! My $300 million... it's gone! It's gone in an instant!"
He was losing his mind. But anyone would, if they were in heaven one second and in hell the next.
At another company, a female boss just slapped herself, hard, across the face.
"Careless! We were so careless!" she whispered, her voice shaking. "The giants... the big players... they entered the market. They're taking our money!"
"It's gone. It's all gone. All the money we made, plus half of our $450 million... just... evaporated."
She was in despair. Her whole team just stood there, frozen. They had lost. A huge, terrible loss.
...
In less than a day, the big banks had crushed all the smaller players. Many companies that had borrowed too much money went bankrupt right then and there.
All over Wall Street, you could hear people yelling in despair.
And that night, many people who had lost everything walked to the rooftops of their tall buildings... and jumped.
Zane was lucky. He was safe. But he was also deeply shaken.
He and his team had escaped just in time. They were in their office, about to open champagne to celebrate.
But just as they were cheering, they saw it.
From the building across the street, a person fell.
The falling body made a huge, awful sound. The bloody scene on the sidewalk was a terrible, sad picture next to the sounds of their own celebration.
"You come from the misery of risk, and you return to misery."
This was a famous saying on Wall Street. And today, Zane saw it with his own eyes.
He couldn't help but picture a scene in his mind. Two men in nice suits, standing on a rooftop.
One man smiles and says, "Are you going to jump? Well, so am I."
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