Chapter 117 Destruction of Yang Chen’s plan, Yang Chen shorted Penguin Holdings
Yang Chen called Chen Chao and told him: "Chao, work overtime tonight to pay attention to the specific situation of Adidas being shorted, and report to me tomorrow morning."
Chen Chao quickly replied: "Okay, Director Yang."
Yang Chen hung up the phone and took Lu Mei home to play in the wine pool and meat forest.
On the other side, Huang Zhenhua reported Yang Chen's "144-hour visa-free transit" proposal to his superiors. The superiors also took it very seriously and quickly continued to report and wait for instructions.
The "diplomacy" Yang Chen mentioned about football and basketball was not very attractive to the leaders, but what he said about letting foreigners come over to see what the real Dragon Country is like really moved the leaders' hearts.
Long Guotao has been keeping a low profile for so many years, and foreign media have been spreading rumors and smearing him. Every time he explained it at a diplomatic press conference or at a United Nations meeting, it seemed that it had little effect.
If the 144-hour transit visa exemption can attract a large number of foreign tourists to come and see the real Dragon Kingdom, it will indeed be more useful than any explanation.
After some discussion, the leaders finally approved Yang Chen's proposal.
At this time, Yang Chen was playing hide and seek in the swimming pool when Huang Zhenhua called.
"Haha... Director Yang, good news, good news. The leaders discussed it and decided to adopt your suggestion and use your opportunity to hold basketball and football matches to open 144 transit visa exemption for Bald Eagles and some European countries. If it works Okay, then let’s expand the scope and let more foreigners come and see how wonderful our country is, haha..." Huang Zhenhua said excitedly.
Yang Chen smiled and said: "Great! In the past few decades, our rich people have gone abroad to send money to foreigners to spend, and now it is finally our turn to make money from rich foreigners. How is the arena? Have you started? ”
Huang Zhenhua replied: "Wang Wenkang is personally responsible and has contacted the urban construction department to conduct on-site inspection. Once the renovation and expansion plan is determined, it will be completed within a week and will definitely not delay your business."
Yang Chen said with great satisfaction: "Okay! Then I'll wait for your good news."
After hanging up the phone, Yang Chen continued to crawl into Lu Mei's arms, playing with him until he ran out of energy.
Yang Chen returned to the bedroom and called Nike President Travis Nike.
"Hey, Mr. Nike, I want the NBA to send three teams to play preseason games with my basketball team. Can you help me arrange it?" Yang Chen said straight to the point.
Travis Nike immediately said: "Mr. Yang, we are only sponsors and have no right to interfere with NBA event arrangements. I am really sorry, I can't help you arrange it."
Yang Chen smiled disdainfully and said: "Oh, I heard that many institutions on Wall Street have joined forces to short Adidas. I can't stand how they bully people. I want to short Nike to help Adidas vent my anger. Do you think it's okay?" br>
Travis Nike immediately asked: "What did Mr. Yang say last sentence?"
"I said I wanted to short Nike to vent my anger on Adidas." Yang Chen replied.
Travis Nike said: "Not this one, the last one."
"I asked you to communicate with the NBA and arrange for three teams to come and play preseason games with my team," Yang Chen said.
Travis Nike immediately said: "No problem! Mr. Yang, we are partners, I am willing to accept such small things."
This guy knows his stuff.
Yang Chen smiled and said: "That's good, then I won't short Nike anymore."
Travis Nike smiled awkwardly and said: "But I'm afraid it's not feasible to count on our family. Mr. Yang had better find more companies."
Yang Chen smiled and said: "Okay, then I'll find a few more. I'm sorry."
Yang Chen hung up the phone and called Jordan again.
"Hey, Gang Leader Qiao, please help me communicate with the NBA and ask them to arrange for three teams to come over to play preseason games with my team. I have already communicated with Nike, is it okay for you? "Yang Chen said straight to the point.
Michael Jordan immediately replied with a smile: "That must be no problem. Mr. Yang called himself. I will definitely take care of such a small matter."
Gang leader Qiao was more sensible and agreed without resisting.
Later, Yang Chen called the brand leaders of Mengniu, Kang Shuaifu, Adidas and other brands, asking them to communicate with the NBA.
But there was one company that didn't cooperate, and that was Penguin, the Internet giant company in Longguo.
Penguins is the broadcaster of the NBA in Dragon Country, and it still has a very strong voice. If Penguins does not broadcast NBA games, NBA games will be completely unwatchable in Dragon Country.
Penguin Sports President Liu Hong put forward a condition that Yang Chen could not agree to. The game between the Sihai team and the NBA team must be fully organized by Penguin Sports. Where the game will be played, ticket revenue, broadcast revenue, sponsorship fee revenue, etc., Penguin Sports must divide 60%, Sihai Sports and other partners will share the remaining 40%.
With Yang Chen's character and behavior, how could he possibly accept such conditions? He could only allow Penguin Sports to broadcast the game and advertise Penguin Sports on the sidelines and on the floor of the competition venue. This was Yang Chen's biggest concession. .
But Liu Hong was unwilling. He asked Yang Chen to accept his conditions, otherwise he would not communicate with the NBA.
Liu Hong even said that Penguin Sports will try to invite the NBA to send teams to Dragon Country to play preseason games, but they will never play games with the Sihai team.
In the final analysis, it is all the fault of money. Yang Chen is not willing to make wedding dresses for others. Penguin Sports, as the NBA's largest partner in the Dragon Kingdom, is not willing to watch Yang Chen make money through the NBA, but they even touch the hair. Less than.
Yang Chen became angry and warned: "Don't think that since Penguin is a company of Dragon Kingdom and an Internet giant, I don't dare to touch you. You'd better ask Brother Xiao Ma for permission and don't come in front of me again then. Cry and shout to forgive you once.”
Liu Hong said with a smile: "Don't scare me, Director Yang. In business, who doesn't want to make money by himself? If I do this, I will be punished by the group, then I will resign. This kind of company is not worth my efforts. I also have to thank Director Yang for helping me see the true face of the company.”
"Okay, I will definitely give you a chance to see clearly what the company's true face is like." Yang Chen said coldly, and then hung up the phone.
Liu Hong was really not a good guy. He immediately called NBA President Xiao Hua.
"Hey, Mr. Xiao Hua, are there many sponsors asking you to send three teams to Dragon Country to play against Sihai Team?" Liu Hong asked straight to the point.
Xiao Hua replied truthfully: "Yes. Do you also ask me to send a team to play against the Sihai team?"
Liu Hong chuckled and said: "No! I ask you not to send the team to play against the Sihai team, but you can send the team to Longguo to play preseason games. We, Penguin Sports, will arrange everything."
Xiao Hua is a pure businessman. Since he took over the NBA, all reforms have been aimed at making money, so that NBA games have lost the fairness and authenticity of sports competition.
Such a businessman can instantly capture the key information from Liu Hong's words. He smiled and said: "You want to take the proceeds from the competition away from Yang Chen, right?"
Liu Hong laughed loudly and said: "If the NBA wants to play preseason games in Dragon Country, we, Penguin Sports, as the NBA's largest partner in Dragon Country, should get the most revenue. Why does Sihai Sports make all the money? ? As long as Mr. Xiao Hua agrees, we will renew the contract after it expires, and we can increase the price appropriately. At present, we are the only one in Longguo that has the strength to be an NBA broadcaster. I hope Mr. Xiao Hua will pay attention to our ideas as a partner. ”
Xiao Hua said in embarrassment: "I understand what Mr. Liu means, but I also have to take care of other sponsors. Especially Nike, Adidas, and AJ. Most of our star players have signed sneaker contracts with these three companies. contract. If I don’t agree to their request and they order the stars who have signed the endorsement contract to slack off or even go on strike, how will I respond?”
Liu Hong chuckled and said: "Whoever dares to do this, you can just fine them. Are you afraid that you can't discipline the players? Besides, if an NBA team plays a game with a newly formed amateur team, doesn't this mean it's a loss of status?" ? Have you ever thought about how fans from other countries would laugh at NAB? ”
Xiao Hua panicked when he said this. The NBA team was really cheap to play with the newly formed Sihai Basketball Team, which would make fans all over the world laugh at it.
Xiao Hua was silent for a while, and then said: "I think Mr. Liu's suggestion is very reasonable. I have to communicate with other sponsors. Let's stop here and hang up."
After hanging up the phone, Liu Hong smiled happily.
"Small, if you compete with me, can you win?" Liu Hong said to himself proudly.
Yang Chen was almost asleep when the president of Nike called.
"Hey, Mr. Yang, I'm very sorry. I had a quarrel with Xiao Hua, and he was unwilling to send the NAB team to play against the Sihai team. He felt that sending the team to play against the newly formed Sihai team would cause serious problems. If the level of the NBA is low, fans in other countries may give up watching NBA games. They cannot bear such losses. I really tried my best, Mr. Yang, don't blame me," Travis Nike said very carefully.
Yang Chen smiled and said: "Okay, I understand. Don't be nervous, I don't necessarily have to short your company. Who is the largest broadcaster in the NBA?"
Travis Nike quickly replied: "It's TNT and ESPN. TNT belongs to Time Warner Group, and Time Warner has just been acquired by AT&T Group. ESPN belongs to Disney Group. Mr. Yang shorted them, but he can no longer short us."
It can be seen that Travis Nike is really afraid that Yang Chen will short Nike again, and directly tells Yang Chen which company to short.
Yang Chen smiled and said: "Okay, I understand. Hang up, I'm going to sleep."
Travis Nike quickly said: "Okay, okay. Good night, Director Yang."
As soon as Yang Chen hung up the phone, Gang Leader Qiao's call came in.
"Mr. Yang, I'm very sorry. Xiao Hua is unwilling to send the NBA team to play against the Sihai team. I really tried my best. I hope Mr. Yang will not short my company for the sake of our cooperation. If you want to short As long as the company that shorted NBA team owners, as well as other sponsors, broadcasters, etc. come forward together, Xiao Hua will definitely have to compromise."
Leader Qiao is more ruthless than Nike. He wants to sacrifice the NBA bosses to protect himself.
Yang Chen smiled and consoled him: "Thank you for your hard work, Gang Leader Qiao. Don't worry, I won't embarrass your company. I'm going to sleep. I'm going to die."
In order not to be woken up by calls from other sponsor bosses, Yang Chen directly turned off his phone and went to sleep.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, the National Immigration Bureau and other departments issued an announcement to implement the 144-hour transit visa-free policy for some countries and regions in Jiangcheng, Hecheng, and Haicheng, and also listed the countries and regions to which this policy applies. , mainly bald eagles and some developed countries in Europe.
Once this policy comes out, fans in Europe will no longer be stumped by visa issues.
Netizens came over to watch the fun.
"Jiangcheng, Hecheng, Haicheng, the applicable countries and regions are Bald Eagle and European developed countries. This does not mean it is a green light for the Sihai team to compete with European clubs."
"Boss Yang is so proud, the country is helping him." "What a joke, in order to take care of Boss Yang's football game, even the basic national policy has been changed."
"Now I realize that 3 trillion yuan in debt is not a burden at all, but a benefit. Mader, why didn't Wang Sihai ask me to take the blame? If I had 3 trillion yuan in debt, everyone would have to coax me like this."
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The country has given such strong support, Yang Chen must keep his word and send three teams to play against the Sihai team in NBA games. Otherwise, wouldn't he have broken his promise to the country?
At nine o'clock, Yang Chen came to the Sihai Investment Department.
Chen Chao immediately reported to Yang Chen the situation of Adidas being shorted. Based on the information obtained, Wall Street shorted Adidas's stock worth 3 billion eagle coins in total this time, including short options and short selling by brokers.
Yesterday's closing price of Adidas was 53.56 eagle coins. In total, the Wall Street Alliance shorted 56 million shares of Adidas.
Adidas has a total share capital of 350 million shares, and approximately 16% of its shares were shorted.
This ratio is quite large. It's no wonder that Adidas President Hebner is so scared.
The Wall Street Alliance has a very good reason to short Adidas.
Adidas's third-quarter sales to be announced increased by 11% year-on-year to 6.408 billion euros, but gross profit margin fell to 49.1%, operating profit margin shrank to 8.8%, and net profit dropped 62.6% year-on-year to 179 million euros. .
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Just looking at the data, Adidas has earned at least 179 million euros. Isn’t this performance pretty good?
But everyone who plays stocks knows that stock speculation is based on expectations. The market expected Adidas’ sales and net profits to increase by about 10%. As a result, sales increased by 11%, but net profits fell by 62.6% year-on-year. This is It is seriously lower than market expectations. If this situation is placed in the stock market, the stock price will definitely fall.
This is also the reason why Hebner, the president of Adidas, asked Yang Chen for help, because he knew that the share price of Adidas would fall, and with the help of the Wall Street Alliance, the stock price would fall even more severely.
However, these problems are problems in the eyes of others, but they are not problems at all in Yang Chen's eyes.
"The performance is not as good as expected, and coupled with the short selling by the Wall Street Alliance, Adidas is indeed in doom this time and will definitely be harvested." Chen Chao said.
Yang Chen said with a smile: "They want to harvest, but I won't let them succeed. The funds received from the financial products will be transferred to part of the five major banks. I want each of them to prepare 600 million eagle coins in foreign exchange for me."
The Wall Street Alliance shorted 3 billion eagle coins, and Yang Chen bought 3 billion eagle coins.
Chen Chao quickly followed the instructions and immediately transferred funds to the five major banks to exchange Eagle coins and deposit them into his foreign exchange account.
The five major banks have positioned Yang Chen and Sihai Investment as the only supreme VIPs, and the business of Yang Chen and Sihai Investment will be handled with priority at all times.
Half an hour later, all the foreign exchange from the five major banks was in place.
Now I just wait for the Bald Eagle stock market to open in the evening and start the operation.
At this moment, Penguin Sports President Liu Hong called Yang Chen.
"Hey, Director Yang, what do you say now? Do you want to accept my conditions? It's already good for you to share 40% of the profits with other partners. It would be great for everyone to cooperate and win-win. There is no need to make it unpleasant, or even make it happen. Enemy." Liu Hong said proudly.
Yang Chen asked with a smile: "Are you calling me specifically to show off your power?"
Liu Hong said without hesitation: "Even so. I just want Director Yang to understand one thing. Penguin Sports is the NBA's largest partner in Dragon Country, and we have enough strength to ask the NBA how to do things."
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Yang Chen smiled and said: "Okay! Then let's see whose orders the NBA listens to in the end."
Liu Hong asked again: "What, do you really mean to fight against our Penguin Group? Why bother? No matter how awesome your Sihai Group is, our Penguin Group will not be afraid of you. The shareholders of Penguin Group are very complicated. There are also a lot of retail investors. I don’t believe you dare to short our company’s stock price.”
Yang Chen chuckled and immediately hung up the phone.
Yang Chen doesn't care who the shareholders of Penguin are. As long as Penguin's stock has a short-selling mechanism, he can short-sell it in accordance with the law. No matter who comes to him, it won't work.
Yang Chen said to Chen Chao: "How much money do we still have in our Xiangjiang stock market account?"
Chen Chao quickly checked and finally calculated the total amount of 8.5 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Yang Chen nodded and said: "Open Penguin Holdings' handicap and take a look."
Chen Chao immediately complied and opened Penguin Holdings' handicap.
If Penguin Sports President Liu Hong doesn't give Yang Chen face, he has the confidence to do so.
Penguin, as an Internet giant in the Dragon Kingdom, has a market value of an exaggerated 4.1 trillion Hong Kong coins, yes, 4.1 trillion Hong Kong coins.
The total share capital of Penguin Holdings is 9.267 billion shares, and the current share price is 450 Hong Kong dollars.
There is only 8.5 billion Hong Kong dollars in the Sihai Investment account. Whether it is buying or selling such a small amount of money, it is difficult to have a significant impact on the market value of 4.1 trillion.
Yang Chen said with a smile: "The stock price is really high, 450 Hong Kong dollars per share, um, not bad, there is a lot of room for decline. Ah Chao, contact the brokerage, 8.5 billion plus 5 times leverage to short-sell the stock price of Penguin Holdings."< br>
Chen Chao was frightened by Yang Chen's order. This was Yang Chen's first time using leverage to operate stocks.
Chen Chao quickly said: "Director Yang, I think I still have to fulfill my responsibility to introduce Penguin Holdings to you. Its stock price has risen to 450 Hong Kong dollars, not because of institutional speculation, but because of real performance support. It has risen in real terms. The just-released third-quarter financial report showed revenue of 167.193 billion, a year-on-year increase of 8.13%, and net profit of 532. 300 million, a year-on-year increase of 47.12%. No matter which stock market this performance is placed on, its stock price will definitely skyrocket. At this time, we increase the leverage by 5 times and force short selling, but we have to go against the short market value of 42 billion. Compared with the total market value of 4.1 trillion, it is still not worth mentioning. ”
Chen Chao's words can be summed up in one sentence: it is unlikely that short selling will succeed.
Yang Chen smiled and said: "I don't care what its performance is. As long as I want to go short, I have to go short. Do as I say, 8.5 billion plus 5 times leverage to go short."
Chen Chao nodded immediately and said: "Understood! Four groups are started at the same time, and the funds in the account are increased by 5 times the leverage to short Penguin Holdings! Start work immediately!"
The performance of Penguin Holdings is so good that almost everyone is bullish, and brokerage firms hold a lot of Penguin Holdings shares.
Therefore, Sihai Investment’s 5 times leverage short selling can be easily completed.
"Director Yang, the operation is completed, deducting handling fees, etc., the total short selling market value is 41.5 billion, the average price is 448.5 Hong Kong dollars, and the total is approximately 92.53 million shares." Chen Chaohui reported.
Yang Chen nodded and said: "Well done! You guys should be busy, I'm going back to the office."
Chen Chao nodded and said: "Director Yang, go slowly."
After Yang Chen left, the traders started discussing.
"Manager Chen, what are Director Yang going to do this time to succeed in short selling?"
"Yes, it turns out that he does not rely on luck to trade stocks, but really relies on his ability. But I really can't figure out how to suppress the share price of Penguin Holdings, which has a net profit of more than 50 billion."
"Furthermore, this is the first time that Director Yang has used leverage to go short. I don't know who he has enmity with in the Penguin Group, but he is so determined to go short."
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Chen Chao was silent for a few seconds, and then said: "Don't guess, everyone. I can't guess it either. But this is normal. If we can all guess what Director Yang needs to do to successfully short Penguin Holdings, then we can all guess You can become as powerful as Mr. Yang. Keep an eye on the market and report any troubles to me immediately.”
The traders nodded and quickly stared at Penguin Holdings' handicap and related news.
Penguin Group Chairman's Office.
Brother Ma was looking at the work reports of various business departments happily when the secretary hurried in.
"Dr. Ma, it's bad, our company's stock price has been shorted." The secretary said hurriedly.
Brother Ma immediately asked: "What? Who is shorting our stock price at this time? You are so smart."
The secretary replied: "I don't know who it is yet, but I have already inquired with Xiangjiang and the results will be available soon."
Brother Xiao Ma quickly opened the market and took a look at the stock price. In the morning, he saw that the stock price was still up 2%, but now it has fallen 2%.
It seems that there is only a 4% fluctuation, but for a market value of 4 trillion, a 4% fluctuation is 160 billion.
"Who is it? Is his technique so sharp? He wiped out a market value of 160 billion for me in one fell swoop." Brother Ma said seductively, and then his eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Could it be him?"
The secretary quickly asked: "Dr. Ma, who are you talking about?"
Brother Ma replied with a serious face: "The one who has been in the limelight recently, he has a 100% short-selling success rate, maybe he did it!"
The secretary asked, "Can't you? We have no grievances against him, so how dare he short-sell us?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiangjiang sent a message back to his secretary.
"I heard about it. Sihai Investment spent more than 8 billion and used 5 times the leverage to short Penguin Holdings!"
The little secretary looked at the news with a surprised look on his face. Director Ma really guessed it right.
Brother Ma saw the secretary stunned and immediately asked: "Is there any news? Who is shorting our stock?"
(End of chapter)