Due to the time difference, what happened in the Dragon Kingdom in the early morning was being spread to the West through the Internet at a rapid pace.
America, Wall Street.
Listening to the assistant’s report, Buffett’s face showed a rare joy, and asked again: “You can repeat it again.”
“The island nation’s FSA Financial Services Agency seems to be in conflict with the Longxing Group The talks have collapsed, and the Japanese companies are now being withdrawn to put pressure on Chen Xing and Long Guo."
"Okay!" As soon as the assistant finished speaking, Buffett couldn't help but clapped her hands. Applauded: "Great, if Japanese capital really announces its withdrawal from Dragon Country, then Dragon Country car companies will bear the brunt."
"You want to go short?" The assistant has followed Buffett for more than ten years and has been immersed in it. Next, you can already guess his next move.
“Not only do we want to go short, but we also need to use ten times the leverage!” Buffett looked fierce, like a beast that had been hungry for more than ten days.
After several battles in Longguo’s stock market, he was defeated and returned home.
There is no suspense this time. Even if the Longguo stock market does not fall, the car companies will plummet, because Japanese capital is too important to the Longguo car companies, and the financial backers will not care. Pass.
Why do you say this?
Take Brilliance Group as an example. It has made a lot of money from its cooperation with BMW Group, and its ambitions are growing day by day.
No one would always want to depend on others, so Brilliance Group made a decision to build cars independently.
Equipment, top notch.
The drawings are copied from those of the BMW Group.
Workers, poached with high salary.
Almost car companies around the world thought that Brilliance Group was holding back a big move to reshuffle the automobile industry. At that time, Longguo's senior executives also believed that Brilliance Group might have the qualifications to make independent cars.
But what’s the result?
It didn’t hold a big one, but pulled a big one.
The BMW Group does not provide technical support, so Longhua Automobile has difficulty in production. The cars produced either have abnormal chassis noise or mechanical failures, and cannot pass the safety test.
It is precisely because of the example of Brilliance Group that a large number of Longguo car companies are unwilling to invest in the research and development of local vehicles. Instead, they sit back and enjoy the results and strengthen cooperative relations with foreign car companies.
Now that Japanese capital is about to withdraw, the first ones to bear the brunt are car companies that are not enterprising and have no technological accumulation.
Don’t think that Buffett’s trading is stable. He advertises that the annual rate of return is only 20%. But in fact, for Wall Street giants, one success is enough to multiply the investment several times. As for the 20% The annual rate of return is nothing more than a figure that incorporates Buffett's vast assets.
Not only Buffett, but also other Wall Street giants were so excited that they couldn't contain their emotions when they heard the news.
“Great, we must raise funds this time to fight a turnaround!”
“Japanese capital will withdraw from the Dragon Kingdom, right? Well, then their automobile industry will have a perfect future. If you are short, please notify the trading team immediately and prepare to encircle and suppress the car companies of Longguo!”
“Even the Japanese capital has fled, which means that Longguo’s economic system is no longer able to survive, and it is time to deepen its layout and prepare to eat meat. "
"Hahaha, just wait for this news."
The Wall Street giants all laughed harshly in their offices, and they finally waited for the trading window.
They have always remembered the failure in the Longguo stock market so many times.
And at the same time.
Building 666 on the other side.
Davich did not expect that the island country would actually make this decision. He could not hide his joy and said: "The Japanese capital evacuated Long Country. This is a big surprise. I have to tell my father immediately."
Without any hesitation, he dialed Clayton’s mobile phone number.
"Beep——"
After several busy signals, Clayton answered the phone and said: "What's the matter?"
"Good news, FSA Financial Services Agency It seems that the talks have collapsed, and the capital of the island country is going to withdraw from the Dragon Kingdom. I heard that the car companies have taken the lead."
Davich could no longer suppress the joy in his voice as he told the story. He was waiting for this. Too long a chance.
"Okay, okay!" Clayton also looked happy and said in a deep voice: "There is no need to continue to raise interest rates this time. The withdrawal of Japanese capital is enough to plunge the Dragon Kingdom into a vicious cycle of deflation!"< br>
Originally, they were planning to fake economic data and continue to raise interest rates to attract the attention of global capital, and at the same time puncture the economic bubble of rice stocks, and then rebuild it.
But now?
Do you still need to do this?
Why does the Federal Reserve raise interest rates?
Booming global finance.
If it is more accurate, the US dollar interest rate hike is actually to destabilize the financial and economic system of the European Union or the Dragon Country.
Because the European Union is composed of developed countries, they chose to raise interest rates to fight against the fierce wave of US dollar interest rate hikes. The deposit interest rates of Britain, France, and Germany also soared to 10%, following the interest rate hikes of the Federal Reserve Bank of America.
They know better than anyone else that if interest rates are not raised, domestic foreign and domestic capital will go to the United States to earn interest.
Once EU countries run out of money, society will fall into deflation and it will be difficult for all walks of life to make money.
Preferring economic expansion to economic deflation is the strategy of EU countries.
Unlike the EU countries, the Dragon Kingdom adopts direct confrontation.
Because the people of Dragon Kingdom are famous for saving money, this has a lot to do with the incomplete social security and welfare system. For example, medical treatment and education require a lot of money.
Precisely because the people of Long Country love to save money, after understanding the Fed’s idea of raising interest rates, in order to stimulate the domestic economy, the Bank of China chose to cut interest rates, hoping that people would take their money out of the bank to cope with possible deflationary situation.
Looking around the world, when all other countries chose to follow suit in raising interest rates, only Long Country chose to cut interest rates, directly facing the edge of US dollar hegemony.
"Then I'll tell those people at the Federal Reserve Bank that there's no rush to raise interest rates."
Davich stood up. At this time, he felt nervous, as if it was pressing on him. The stones were generally removed.
"Well, hold off on raising interest rates." Creighton nodded in agreement, and then continued: "Let's see if the withdrawal of Japanese capital can pierce the financial system of Longguo. If it can cause an economic crisis, then we can It’s a feast.”
Perhaps many people don’t know that the economic crisis is a carnival for a few people.
For example, the Asian economic crisis in 1997 was a disaster for Asian countries, but for the United States, it was an excellent opportunity to buy the real assets of other countries.
To put it more bluntly, it is that Wall Street giants are eager to create a few more economic crises so that they can harvest wealth.
Of course.
The premise is that the United States is not involved.
Davich: "I'll do it now."
"Go ahead."
After hanging up the phone, Davich didn't hesitate at all and drove to Mi We rushed to the Federal Reserve Headquarters. This kind of top-secret information must be told in person, without the help of communication tools.
Now in the global information and communications field, Longxing Group is the well-deserved big brother. No one knows whether it can monitor conversations, so Davich wants to be cautious.
After learning the good news at the Rothschild Manor, Creighton could not contain his excitement and said in a deep voice: "Is it time to decide the winner this time?"
He did not sit idle and called the President of the Assembly, Renato Marotta.
A moment later.
The call was answered.
Renato Marotta was not surprised at all. The moment the call was connected, he asked directly: "Has Chief Clayton also received the news?"
"Well, I just found out." Clayton responded and immediately said: "Now we need to add another fire."
"How to add more? We can't raise interest rates." Facing the Fed Renato Marotta is still a little afraid of the continuous interest rate hikes.
From 0% to 3%, then to 5%, to 7% and now to 10%, this frequency of interest rate hikes is like a bayonet seeing red, and it will never stop.
The current inflation rate in the United States will not be able to make up for the deficit in the economy if it cannot take advantage of the economies of China or the European Union.
“Add tariffs on goods.”
Clayton said what he was thinking.
Renato Marotta's eyes lit up, his speaking speed and volume increased a lot, and he asked: "Are you talking about imposing additional tariffs on goods from the Dragon Kingdom?"
" Yes." Clayton responded at the same time, with a predatory look in his eyes: "Now that the Japanese capital has withdrawn, if Dragon Kingdom's products are still unsaleable, the result we are waiting for will happen."
"Economy. Deflation?”
“Yes, it’s economic deflation”
Clayton nodded.
Dragon Country is a big producing country, and the United States is a big consuming country. Many of the goods of the former have to be shipped to the United States for sale.
If tariffs are imposed at this time, it is no joke.
For example, before tariffs are imposed, an ordinary electrical product can earn 50 yuan. However, if the tariff is increased by 30% or even higher, then the profit of 50 yuan will definitely not be earned. Maybe It’s only 40 yuan, or even less than 30 yuan.
If other costs are included, exporting companies may still lose money.
If they really lose money, companies engaged in export trade will naturally not pay for it, but will suspend trade.
Once trade is suspended, factory orders will decrease, factory orders will decrease, workers' wages will decrease accordingly, and there may even be layoffs.
“Where should we increase taxes?” Renato Marotta obviously knew Clayton’s thoughts and continued to ask for his opinion.
Implementing tariffs, like raising interest rates, is a double-edged sword.
Because cheap foreign goods cannot come in, expensive goods can only be consumed, further driving up prices.
Anyone who understands the industrial structure of the United States knows that its midstream and downstream industries are very weak, and all kinds of daily commodities are relatively dependent on imports.
“You can release the news first and impose additional tariffs on daily necessities to see how the market reacts. If it is not drastic, then cover all categories.” Clayton gave his opinion.
"Okay, I'll have a meeting to study it." Renato Marotta did not agree immediately, nor did he refuse. As a two-faced man, he needed to refer to the attitude of the Angsa Consortium.
"Answer as soon as possible."
Creighton was not in a hurry to get the answer. He actually knew very well that although it was the Rothschild family who supported Renato Marotta to take this position, position, but this person is not a puppet completely controlled by them.
“I’ll give you an answer tonight.”
Renato Marotta gave a deadline.
"Okay, I'll wait for your call back."
"Then I'll hang up."
"Chat back."
When the phone hung up, Renato Marotta didn't take a moment to rest and dialed the phone number of the Onsa Consortium family again.
The Jewish consortium, the Rothschild family is the eldest brother, and its opinions can represent the opinions of the entire Jewish capital.
But Angsa Consortium is different.
The Angsa Consortium does not have a leading brother, or in other words, everyone is a big brother, checking and balancing each other, and cooperating with each other to make money. Renato Marotta did not dare to neglect and called everyone one by one to ask for advice.
After about an hour of searching, he also got the answer he wanted.
“Just go ahead and do it”, this is the attitude of the Angsa Consortium family.
“If Angsa and Jewish capital can reach an agreement again, it seems that the Dragon Kingdom’s economy is doomed this time.” Renato Marotta murmured to himself and began to look through the documents on the table. , to study what products will be subject to additional tariffs.
......
While the United States was brewing a big move, other countries were holding meetings overnight. No one expected that the island country would be so stubborn and wanted to withdraw Japanese capital from the Dragon Kingdom.
Now the whole world has two questions.
1 What happened?
2. Is the island country really willing to give up?
With the sudden withdrawal of foreign capital, no one knows the inside story and can only make rough guesses.
Even if some countries have guessed very closely, they will still ask in the end: Are Japanese car companies really willing to give up the Dragon Country market?
1.3 billion people, based on an average of 5 people, is 200-300 million families, equivalent to a car market of 200-300 million units.
Assuming that there is a market of 200 million cars, and one car is only worth 100,000 yuan, then the potential of this market is conservatively 20 trillion yuan.
According to the latest statistics, the market share of Japanese cars in Longguo is 32.1%, and the market share of 20 trillion yuan has taken away 32.1%, which is equivalent to 6.4 trillion yuan.
How can an island country of this size be willing to do this?
No one can guess.
However, Japanese car companies have no intention of leaving. Now they are just threatening, wanting Chen Xing to sit down and have a good talk, and stop attacking Japanese semiconductor companies and the Nikkei 225 Index.
As Longxing Group starts a price war for semiconductor silicon wafers and photoresists, the market share of Japanese semiconductor companies such as Shin-Etsu Group, Shengco Group, JSR Co., Ltd. and TOK Tokyo Onka Group is declining rapidly.
Originally they could be said to be a monopoly, but now their share has dropped to less than 20%, and this share is still falling further.
There are cheaper, higher-quality semiconductors and photoresists, and the bosses of chip foundries are not fools. They will definitely choose photoresists and semiconductor wafers produced by Longguo Enterprises.
Originally, the United States wanted to stop it and let foundries such as TSMC and UMC use semiconductor wafers and photoresists produced by Japanese companies.
However, due to the existence of two chip foundries, Longxing Group and Loongson International, if TSMC does not use 16-inch and 18-inch semiconductor silicon wafers, their production costs will double.
To put it bluntly, if TSMC and UMC don’t keep up, Loongson Group’s chips can be half cheaper than yours.
There is a saying that goes well, if you are a dead Taoist friend, you will not die if you are a poor Taoist. Since there is no way to stop it, they can only follow the trend.
It was precisely because of the impact of the Longxing Group that Saitoi from the FSA Financial Department of the island nation wanted to sit down and have peace talks. However, he did not expect that Chen Xing would be so disrespectful, so he had no choice but to take this step and wanted to implement Forced into submission.
……
As time went by, in the early morning, hot searches about "Japanese capital withdrawal" appeared on the Longguo Internet.
Click on the entry, which is a holiday notice for many car company workers.
Guangzhou Automobile Group, FAW Group, Changan Automobile Group and other domestic car companies that cooperate with Japanese companies have issued announcements in WeChat groups of workers in related joint venture factories.
The content of the announcement is very simple, and there is no reason. It just states that except for patrol posts, other workers will have two days of paid leave.
Abnormalities naturally lead to discussions, and workers also posted the news online.
[Beipiao Xiao Chen]: "What the hell are you guys doing? Two days of paid leave. Could it be that the boss's mistress gave birth?"
[Sanhe Your God]: "If you don't understand, just ask, brother, what kind of factory is this?"
[Gampering Horses]: "Is it brother from the GAC production plant? We have also been informed of a holiday, and we don't know what the situation is."
[Invincible Hala Shao]: "The screwman at the FAW factory said that we are also on holiday. We were confused when we just woke up, but it's okay, let's continue sleeping. Good night, no, good morning, brother."
[Poor Man’s Meal]: "We are all factory brothers. I also sleep in my cage. No matter why he takes a vacation, we will enjoy it when we have it. In the end, we will take ten days and a half month off, hehe."
Due to the lag in news and the information cocoon, the lower-level workers had no idea what was going on. From his perspective, he woke up and suddenly announced a holiday, and it was a paid holiday.
For them, it is most practical to still have money for the holidays.
The workers of other car companies who do not have holidays are jealous to the point of envy. They have to work hard to get today's salary, while the workers of other car companies just sit back and take it.
What they don’t know is that taking a vacation hastily is not a good thing.
Imperial Capital, Social Security Bureau.
Director Ma Wenbo was in his office, furious at the person on the other end of the phone, and he stopped beating around the bush.
“Duan Peifu, Duan Peifu, I think you have taken the courage of a bear and a leopard. You came up with this moth without a meeting to discuss it. Do you know how important Japanese capital is to us, especially the car companies? Without them, Technical support, our car level will be regressed by at least 5 years, you know, 5 years!”
“I know the Ma Bureau, but the situation is special.” Duan Peifu was about to explain, but was interrupted by Ma Wenbo:< br>
“It’s no use being special, no matter how special it is. Do you know that since the US dollar interest rates started to rise, our unemployment rate has been soaring, and the number of people receiving unemployment benefits has increased several times!”
"..."
Now Duan Peifu is in a state of unspeakable suffering.
Of course he knows that the current employment situation is grim, but this matter is simply not something he can control.
On one side is Longxing Group, on the other side is island capital, who does he favor? Who can he favor?
Ma Wenbo vented for another five minutes, and in the end he acted like a rogue and said: "I don't care, you should get the Japanese capital back immediately, no matter what method you use."
" Can I say a few words?"
Duan Peifu frowned.
"Tell me, let me see what tricks you come up with." After several minutes of verbal venting, Ma Wenbo calmed down a lot.
"This matter involves Longxing Group. If you really want to know more about it, just call Secretary Chen." Duan Peifu sighed.
"Longxing Group?"
"Yes, Longxing Group."
"Okay, I would like to see what the Longxing Group did to actually force the capital of the island country to evacuate collectively."
Ma Wenbo didn't believe it anymore, and today he had to break the casserole and get to the bottom of it.
After he asked for his cell phone number, he called Secretary Chen directly.
Secretary Chen, who had not slept all night, received the call and left the matter to Zhang Wei, asking Ma Wenbo to find out on his own.
Layer after layer, Ma Wenbo is not a fool. He also understands the seriousness of the matter, but still chooses to break the casserole and ask the truth.
When he called Zhang Jinzong's number, Ma Wenbo's tone became much more restrained and he said, "Mr. Zhang, what happened in the matter between Longxing Group and Island Capital?"
Just now After speaking, he added: "Now that the wave of U.S. dollar interest rate hikes is continuing, a large number of foreign companies have chosen to leave, and the employment situation is extremely grim. Japanese companies really cannot leave."
"This matter is complicated to say the least. It’s complicated. It’s simple. If you really want to know, just call Wang Shan and ask him why he made this decision. "
As soon as Zhang Jinzong finished speaking, Ma Wenbo was completely shocked.
What's going on?
Why is Wang Shan involved?
Is it possible that this was Wang Shan’s idea?
"That's him, go ask him, I can't defeat him." Zhang Jinzong also wanted to stabilize the capital of the island country, but Wang Shan felt that the long-term pain was not as good as the short-term pain, so he chose to take a gamble with Chen Xing.
Ma Wenbo: "..."
Ask Wang Shan?
He doesn’t have the guts.
After a few more simple questions, he hung up the phone in a hurry.
Sitting in the office, Ma Wenbo was thinking about countermeasures. He had already predicted that if Japanese companies really chose to leave, the unemployment rate in Long Country would soar to an extremely terrifying level.
It goes without saying what impact the surge in unemployment will have.
"Longxing Group, Chen Xing, what kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?"
Ma Wenbo muttered to himself.
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And on the other side.
Modu, Tesla Gigafactory.
Masik learned that the Japanese car companies were going to withdraw from the Dragon Country market, and became increasingly unable to bear it. He thought: "Should we hold a new car launch conference? This is an excellent opportunity to seize the market."
"No!"
"No!"
Suddenly, he thought of something and said in a deep voice: "This may be a trap set by Chen Xing to force me to He holds a press conference, and then he strikes back based on the parameter configuration, yes, it must be like this. "
In the eyes of the Western camp, Chen Xing's image can be described as a despicable, scheming villain. They are all afraid of being cheated and will be extra cautious.
Faced with the market share that could be grabbed, Masik chose to wait and see.
Not only him, BYD CEO Wang Fu and SAIC Group CEO Chen Hong also chose to wait and see, waiting for the follow-up development of the matter.
Saitoi is also waiting, or it may be said that the entire island country's top leaders are waiting for Chen Xing to change his mind and sit down and have a good talk.
However, two days later, Chen Xing remained silent, as if nothing had happened and he had no intention of sitting down and negotiating.
“Damn it!”
After waiting in the hotel for two days, Saitoi finally couldn’t sit still, and dialed the phone number of the island country’s senior officials and said: “Chen Xing is determined to bayonet him. Hong, what should we do now?”
“What else can we do? I can only transfer all investment projects to Southeast Asian countries as they want.” The person on the other end of the phone spoke calmly, but listened carefully. You will feel calm and sinister.
“Are we really going to come to this?” Saitoi actually didn’t want to see this scene.
“What else can we do?”
The person on the other end of the phone asked.
The Longxing Group has made it clear that they will eat them all. If they don't resist with all their strength, they will be fish on the chopping board and can only be manipulated at will.
If you give it a try, there may be a glimmer of hope.
After the two talked on the phone, the general managers of the joint ventures of Honda Group and Toyota Group in Longguo, who originally thought it was just a shock, were notified to move the equipment, dismiss the workers, and stop producing vehicles.
“Are you serious?”
“No, do you really want to leave?”
“This...is this really going to close the factory?”
They never expected that they would actually close the factory and leave Dragon Country. This is a 20 trillion supermarket!
Not only did they not expect it, the top leaders of JSR Co., Ltd., TOK Tokyo Onka, and Shin-Etsu Group in the island country were all collectively stunned when they heard the news.
This time it is really unavoidable, we have to have a life or death showdown with Longxing Group!
(End of this chapter)