’Popping of the Dot-Com Bubble!’
‘Harbor Stocks Drops Violently by 10,000 Points!’
‘Hundreds of Billion Harbor Dollars Lost!’
‘Financial Tsunami Tragedy Three Years Ago Sweeps Harbor City Again!’
‘Harbor City’s Economy in Danger, Citizens Ask What Now?’
Countless news articles had spread throughout Harbor City that night.
Almost every citizen was affected by the crisis.
Switching on the television, every channel was reporting today’s economic crisis.
What truly chilled the hearts of civilians was that the boss of Carefree Net, an internet company on the stock market, had gone bankrupt and proceeded to kill himself and his kids by jumping from the rooftop.
A true tragedy.
Sorrow and fright could be seen everywhere in Harbor City.
Meanwhile, a joyful party was held in a rural and safe villa somewhere in Harbor City.
“Haha. In these few years, I’ve never been as happy as I am today!”
Bob raised his wine glass and clinked it with Kennedy’s with a smile on his face as he spoke.
Kennedy smiled and replied, “Yeah. We earned almost ten billion today. What’s better than earning money?”
“But something still feels weird to me.” Bob rubbed his chin and explained, “According to our predictions, we knew that Harbor Stocks were bound to have a violent drop, but we never expected them to drop like this. It’s too exaggerated. I almost got a shock with the Hansel Index dropping 10,000 points in just one day.”
“Just our funds alone wouldn’t have gotten us this result,” Bob frowned and voiced out.
Kennedy seemed to be in thought as well. “I realized it this afternoon as well. There’s got to be another entity in the market aside from us and their funds are not in any way lesser than ours. They’ve taken the bearish stand too, and if I had to guess, I’d say they had prepared at least tens of billions of funds!”
“Who do you think it is?” Bob asked sullenly.
“I don’t know, but it probably isn’t Harbor City’s local forces.” Kennedy gave his own deductions.
Just then, Rogers descended the villa’s stairs with a relaxed expression and turned to Kennedy. “Quantum Funds’ headquarters are very happy with our results, my friends. Wall Street’s investors have largely profited too. Shouldn’t all this good news be celebrated?”
Unable to disagree, Kennedy and Bob nodded with a smile. Then, they told him of their suspicions.
Rogers frowned, but his expression was not one of concern. “Perhaps Europe’s other capitals were sold, or it may even be one of your Somerland’s neighbors? But I can confirm that the capital wasn’t from Wall Street.
“Keep an eye out tomorrow, we’ll watch out for their next course of action,” Rogers replied plainly.
Bob hesitated before he spoke, “Mr. Rogers, our original plan was to knock the Hansel Index down by 10,000 points in three days.
“But it’s only the first day and the Hansel Index has already dropped 9,000 points. If this goes on, the government of Harbor City and the other rich families will team up to help.”
Kennedy interrupted, “I already received their calls today, saying that the four main families should come up with a plan and publicize it, then team up with the other wealthy families to save the city.”
Rogers smiled playfully. “It’s a shame that they don’t know that among Harbor City’s four main rich families, you’re egging for Harbor Stocks to drop.”
Kennedy replied plainly, “Still, you can’t let them find out, or at least, not yet. Otherwise, that’s goodbye to my foothold in Harbor City.”
