This announcement looked sentimental and righteous no matter who read it. It was an announcement to help friends in difficult times and it was full of morality and humanity.
It was a touching move of lending a hand t o help Fongroup, Hope Group, and Atticus Group when they were in trouble.
Nobody knew how many people cheered the fact that JW Company was so powerful and kind-some even claimed that JW Company was a model for the business community of the next generation.
However, when the announcement reached New York and the eyes of Half-the -Harbor Langdon and the gang, they were so disgusted they wanted to throw up.
“That rascal!”
Sawyer’s eyes were red as he stared at the announcement on the screen. He was so angry that he wanted to pull Jasper out of the screen and skin him alive. “F*ck…”
Kennedy, who had always prided himself a
s an elite from the upper class, could not
help but swear at this time.
Meanwhile, Half-the-Harbor Langdon’s
eyelids twitched, and he said, “The
announcement that cost him nothing has
turned a lot of our efforts into jokes.”
The reason why the three companies
collectively released negative news was
that they thought their company’s large
share of stock value could affect the
market trend to a certain extent.
Therefore, they strived for their own
value to plunge and so that the market
would plunge with them.
When the stock price of their company
had fallen, their value would certainly
fall, but these were all book losses. If the
company’s stock price rose in the future,
these losses would be completely wiped
out.
The most important thing was that they
could get money in exchange for a decline
in the market, which was also the
fundamental purpose of their painstaking
efforts to do so many things during this
period.
However, as soon as JW Company’s announcement was made, the ever changing Harbor Stocks market immediately rebounded.
With JW Company’s foundation in making various big moves and cooperating with giants before, its name had been very popular in Harbor City so no one would doubt its strength.
So, when JW Company expressed its willingness to help the three companies wholeheartedly, the stocks of the three companies that had fallen sharply were lifted by speculators who tried to make a profit from them.
At this moment, the entire Harbor Stocks had witnessed the power of this group of speculators. They not only stopped the losses of the three companies, but in just a few minutes, they also pressed forward with triumphant progress.
In the eyes of many speculators, JW Company was now the most prosperous and strongest private company in the
mainland. It could even represent the will of the mainland to a certain extent. As long as JW Company assisted these three companies, it meant that the mainland would not allow Harbor Stocks to fall. Therefore, wouldn’t buying the stocks of these three companies at this time be equivalent to making money with no effort?
Under the temptation of this interest, this group of speculators abruptly made this logic self-consistent.
So, Harbor Stocks proved one thing to the world with what was now cold hard fact; there were so many rich people in Harbor
City.
Under the leadership of the three companies, the entire Harbor Stocks quickly changed from opening low to opening low and closing high. The market price directly surged upwards, and this hot trend caused a snowball effect. More and more hot money was constantly pouring into Harbor Stocks under the premise that investors and retail investors believed that an ideal market situation was right in front of them, and it
would be very profitable…
“8950 points!”
A touch of fear appeared on Sawyer’s face. He looked at Half-the-Harbor Langdon and said, “Harbor Stocks has recovered the previous loss and it’s even 8 points higher than the opening point. If this situation continues and reaches 9100 points, we’ll go bankrupt!
“What should we do?”
Kennedy looked serious as he stared at Harbor Stocks firmly. Although he did not say a word, he suddenly regretted it at this moment.
Impulsively shorting Harbor Stocks with these two people was probably the stupidest choice he had ever made.
Although everyone knew that Sawyer was just saying that they would go bankrupt, after all, they were not children, and they had a rich family background that ordinary people could never imagine. There had a way out, but heavy losses would be inevitable.
Their alliance had just begun and they had encountered their Waterloo. How would they deal with Jasper in the future?
Could they win?
The thought of this made Kennedy’s
expression turn even more unpleasant.
He looked at Half-the-Harbor Langdon and said softly, “Joe, we have to take action. If this continues, it is equivalent to suicide.”
Half-the-Harbor Langdon slowly rubbed his old Citizen watch on his wrist.
He deliberately presented his watch in front of the media countless times to establish a frugal image in front of others. He understood that in this society, the poor were always the majority, and for the rich, the best way to make the poor become willingly exploited was to make them think that the life of the rich was actually how it was presented and not much better than themselves.
Therefore, everyone knew that Half-the Harbor Langdon had a piece of Citizen that had been worn for decades, but few people knew that he was one of Patek Philippe’s biggest customers in Terra.
Half-the-Harbor Langdon, who had played with people’s hearts for most of his life, suddenly discovered that there was a young man who was no worse than him in this regard.
“That announcement only had a few words and it really played with the human heart.” Half-the-Harbor Langdon sighed quietly and said.
This thoughtless sentence confused
Sawyer and Kennedy.
Sawyer, who was more impatient, frowned and said, “Joe, it’s not the time t o sigh about these kinds of things. We should come up with a plan quickly. We can’t just sit here and wait for our deaths.”
“There is no better way.”
Half-the-Harbor Langdon said slowly, “N o matter how much we say or do, our intentions will be more obvious. Once we truly expose our purpose of emptying Harbor Stocks to everyone, do you think we will be able to stand tall in the global
business community of Somer descendants, let alone Harbor City and the mainland?
“This is tantamount to a fall-out, and this is exactly what Jasper wants to see most.”
Kennedy could not keep his cool after he heard what Half-the-Harbor Langdon said. He asked, “So we should just sit here and do nothing?”
“First, we’ll announce the name of each company rejecting Jasper’s so-called help. Then, I will take you to meet Half-the-Harbor Langdon said after hesitating.
Kennedy and Sawyer looked at each other and asked, “Who?”
“Soros.”
Half-the-Harbor Langdon seemed to have made up his mind as he said, “It’s not that we betrayed them, but they betrayed us first. Since we want to do this, we should do it thoroughly. What’s wrong with cooperating with Wall Street? After w e take down Jasper, all of the fame, wealth, and status will return.”
