Rogers suppressed his anger, but his tone remained happy, which made the atmosphere of the entire video conference feel very heavy and awkward.
All the directors were expressionless, and no one broke the silence. It was not that they were persuaded by Rogers, but that
they were not listening to Rogers at all.
As expected, Dugg, who was the chairman, looked at Rogers in the video and spoke slowly.
“Mr. Rogers, from your professional perspective, there are indeed many reasons not to take action.
“But from the perspective of our board of directors in Layman Investment Bank, there are more reasons for you to act.
“All you see is the victory and cost of this game, but what we see is the overall development of Layman Investment Bank as a whole.”
After he said that, Dugg pressed his hands on the tabletop, slowly got up, looked down at Rogers with a very aggressive expression, and said in a deep voice, “This is not the board of directors of Layman Investment Bank seeking your opinion. Rather, this is the board of directors from Layman Investment Bank giving you an order as a shareholder of Quantum Fund, understand?”
Rogers’ face changed color as soon as Dugg said this.
Even Soros narrowed his eyes.
The burly, bright eyed Soros looked at Dugg and said in a deep voice, “Mr. Dugg, when Quantum Fund received investment from Layman Investment Bank, you did not say that you would interfere with Quantum Fund’s operational decisions.”
Dugg seemed to have expected Soros to say this from early on, and he replied with a calm expression, “Similarly, I did not say that I would not interfere. Still, I don‘t think this counts as interfering with your operational decisions.”
“What Quantum Fund is doing now is working for us after taking our money. This is both an act of cooperation and also a form of hiring, but in essence, most of the funds you have at hand belong to the Wall Street Capital Consortium, with Layman’s investment representing a significant stake.”
“The stock price of Layman Investment Bank must not hit the limit down. This is my bottom line.”
Dugg seemed to have lost his patience. He slammed his hand down on the conference table and said with a cold expression. “Ten Quantum Funds will not be as large as one Layman. Now Layman’s stock price has shrunk further and what we’ve lost is beyond your imagination. You only need to follow the orders of the board of directors!”
Rogers became increasingly pissed as he listened to the rant. As he was about to speak, Soros grabbed his shoulders.
“I understand, Mr. Dugg. Quantum Fund will launch a snipe against JW Foundation as soon as possible, and then we’ll increase Layman’s stock price.”
After hearing this, a satisfied smile spread on Dugg’s face. He said, “Very good. There is not much time, so this meeting will end immediately. I hope to see you executing the order soon.”
After he said that, the video was ended and the screen turned black.
Smash!
A coffee cup was smashed on the screen. The cup and the expensive screen were written off immediately.
“Those odious vampires! They only want to maintain their own stock price. They don’t even care whether we live or die!”
Rogers’ face flushed with anger as he roared, “Now, the funds of the Wall Street Consortium are in our hands and we have not yet settled Jasper. If we lose too much when we’re fighting Jasper, then we won’t be able to explain ourselves to the Federal Reserve and the other consortia on Wall Street!”
“When that happens, we should be thankful if Dugg doesn’t beat us while we’re down. Now he is forcing us to spend so much to save Layman. He also understands that we need to use public funds to save his *ss! He doesn’t care about our life and death!”
“Soros, you should have rejected him just now!”
As he looked at the furious Rogers, Soros said lightly, “Do you think l didn’t try my best?”
These words made Rogers suddenly quiet down. He knew that he was a little gaffe.
Soros patted Rogers on the shoulder and said, “You look down on Jasper, but in your heart, you are very wary and jealous of this young man from the East. You long to defeat him. Even if you don’t admit it, as your old friend stemming from decades ago, I know it very well.”
The corners of Rogers’ mouth twitched, and his face looked gloomy.
“Okay, go and execute their orders.”
Soros shook his head and said, “When will the vampires of Wall Street do something that will hurt themselves and benefit others? We are one of this group of vampires, perhaps even the most bloodthirsty among them, but this time we ourselves are the victims.”
“We can’t just watch as Jasper takes action against Layman, otherwise it will be a huge blow to the confidence of the entire US stock market. It is easy for funds to escape, but it is difficult to bring them back.”
“We will have to take action even if the cost is large. For everything else, I will find a way to communicate with Mr. Greenspaner.”
Rogers exhaled and walked out of the meeting room with a gloomy expression without saying a word. When he came to the trading hall, Rogers clapped his hands.
The core of the team immediately put down their work on hand and stood up to face Rogers. Many years of professional and efficient training made them understand that this meant there would be an important order from their boss.
“I don’t care what method you use, how much capital you exhaust, or what you do. From this moment on, you will all focus on one thing and that is restore Layman’s stock price to today‘s opening point!”
Rogers took a look at the Dow Jones Index. At this moment, Layman’s stock price had fallen from 110 US Dollars per share to 100 US Dollars, which was only a short distance from the limit.
A price difference of 10 US Dollars, but if this was instead viewed from the perspective of Layman‘s market value of 112 billion US Dollars, they would be facing a total market value gap of 11 billion US Dollars.
No wonder those shareholders were anxious.
After Rogers gave his order, the efficient team did not waste any time. They immediately began to execute it.
Quantum Fund had massive amounts of funds at this moment. Hence, once they started to fully implement their strategy, their every move brought carried a huge power that could turn the market upside down.
“A buy order was issued! It is Quantum Fund! Quantum Fund counterattacked!”
“The unit price is 100.5 US Dollars, a total of 60 buy in orders, each order is for 100 million US dollars!”
“Six billion in funds have entered the market!”
In the hall of Nauritus City trading center, the atmosphere was suddenly tense.
Jasper looked at the screen as a huge number of buying information surged forward like a torrent. Even in the financial battlefield where there was no physical battle, both sides were using the US dollar to compete for an advantage.
Everyone was inexplicably enthusiastic.
“They finally couldn’t stand it, huh?”
Jasper chuckled and took a sip from the teacup. The tea felt hot in his throat and his mouth was filled with the fragrant aroma of the blend.
“Sell. We will sell as much as they buy. 60 billion, right? Authorize 100 billion and fight back!”
