Jasper knew the news that Half-the
Harbor Langdon and his son finally
succeeded in acquiring Layman
Investment Bank before the financial
media outlets did.
Looking at the television broadcast of the
news by the host, Jasper smiled and
turned to Wendy who was massaging his
shoulders behind him, and said, “Say,
what are these people thinking? Are
things abroad really better than in the
country?”
Wendy pursed her lips and smiled. “I
don’t know whether foreign things are
better, but I haven’t seen you relax like
this in a long time.”
Jasper closed his eyes and sighed. Then, h
e raised his hand to cover Wendy’s tender
little hand and sighed ruefully, “I have no
choice. There’s always one thing after
another. I want to take a good rest too but
the world changes, whether you want it to
or not.
“I feel that the biggest reason I wanted to make money back then was that I don’t want to give up on the things I want to do simply because I don’t have enough money. I want to do anything I want.
“As a result, I am getting richer and richer now but why am I getting less and less freedom? This is no better than staying back in town and occasionally going to the stock market to casually earn people’s wages for several years. At that time, I was at ease and happy.”
Wendy thought for a while and suddenly said with interest, “Why don’t we go back to take a look at the scene there after this i s all over.”
“Okay.”
As soon as Jasper raised his hand, he pulled Wendy into his arms and onto his lap. Jasper chuckled softly as he felt the softness and sweet scent of the woman in his arms. “I have already decided. When this matter is over, I will plan a vacation for both of us. Then, it will be up to you where we go and what we do.”
“You’ve said this many times now, so you
have to keep your promise.” Wendy raised
her eyes to Jasper and said seriously.
“Definitely.” Jasper laughed.
A few hours later, the United States stock
market officially opened.
Jasper walked into the command room
full of energy and said to Jake, “Now that
the Layman and Half-the-Harbor
Langdon’s acquisition is successful, don’t
hesitate anymore. Set off the financial
turmoil for me.”
The reason why they had been operating
steadily and not taking advantage of the
chaos before was that on the one hand,
they were worried that Wall Street and the
United States government would have a
way of escape. On the other hand, they
could not set off too big of a storm in case
Layman went bankrupt instantly.
Now, the United States government and
Wall Street capital had shown their escape
route, and Layman was now in the
embrace of Half-the-Harbor Langdon, so
naturally, Jasper would not hold back
anymore. When Jake excitedly went back to execute
the plan, Jasper approached Reuben, the
person in charge of the palace guards,
“Let’s do it,” Jasper said.
Reuben did not hesitate, but he also did
not appear too excited. Instead, he
answered plainly with two words, “Got i
t.”
After putting down the phone, and
without waiting for Jasper’s order, the
huge display screen began to show the real
-time conditions of the major stock index
markets in the United States.
There was also a window in which it
displayed the exchange rate of the
international dollar to gold.
The entire financial market of the United
States immediately gapped five minutes
after the opening.
In the beginning, many people thought
that this was just because of the stock
market crash, which was why the market
fell naturally.
However, they soon discovered that the
short-selling went far beyond their
imagination.
All stock indexes were falling like crazy, including the Dow Jones and Nasdaq.
Moreover, this decline immediately
radiated to the international exchange
rate of the US Dollar.
The modern financial system was a complex and sophisticatedly engineered system.
A drop in a single link would trigger a series of chain reactions.
When it dropped to a certain level, it would cause turbulence in the exchange rate of the domestic currency.
The US Dollar, as the cornerstone of the world monetary system, had not fluctuated much in the past 100 years because its value was directly linked to gold.
Moreover, the US Dollar itself was the settlement currency selected by most countries and organizations in the world, and its circulation rate was also the highest in the world. Therefore, when its exchange rate fluctuated, it could instantly have a huge impact on the global economy.
