Skyward Aluminum’s share price began to fall without stopping until it arrived at the week’s first limit down.
It had been no more than three hours since the share price rose to the limit only to fall to the limit down. It was just in time for the morning market to close.
“We’ll wait for the afternoon market to open and buy everything there is. I’m going to forcefully raise that price at the limit down until it reaches the upper limit. That should be enough for 5% of shares.” Jasper leaned against the chair and smiled at Henry who was gaping in shock.
Henry gave him a thumbs up. “So this is what true power looks like.”
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The unusual movement in the share market had also piqued the interest of Skyward Aluminum’s Investing Department that had been watching its company’s shares.
“Uh, Mr. Clark? Should we tell Mr. Monty about this?” A trader turned to ask Benjamin as he stared at the share price that had reached the limit down. Sweat was beading on his forehead.
Benjamin had a very weird expression on his face as well. The company’s shares had been rising to the limit when the market opened this morning and he naturally believed that it was because JW Capital was trying to buy more shares.
He was about to follow up on it when a sudden piece of news came to light. Then, the share price immediately plummeted.
The K-line for the share price was now in the shape of an upside-down V after reaching the summit only to plunge into a gorge.
“I’ve already called him, but it was the butler who picked up instead of Mr. Monty. He said that Mr. Monty is meeting with an important guest and can’t be disrupted no matter what.” Benjamin ground his teeth together. He could not help but feel like something big was going to happen.”
Pondering over it, there were still two more hours before the market opened in the afternoon, so Benjamin stated, “Watch the market during noon. Don’t do anything even when the market reopens without my instructions. I’m going over to Monty Manor.”
With that, Benjamin rushed to Monty Manor.
At the door to Monty Manor, Benjamin was drenched in sweat as he spoke to the butler, “Please tell Mr. Monty that Benjamin has come to see him. It’s really important.”
The butler frowned and replied distastefully. “What makes you think that Mr. Monty will meet you just because you want to see him? I told you on the phone, didn’t I? Mr. Monty is with a very important guest and cannot be disturbed no matter what.”
Benjamin glanced at his watch and realized that there was still an hour before the market reopened. He presumed that their lunch would be over in another hour anyway, so he had no other choice but to wait at the door.
Time ticked by slowly and Benjamin felt more anxious with each growing minute. The butler, though, looked at him calmly with slight disdain.
Up until two in the afternoon when it was time for the market to reopen, there was still no sign of Conrad. Benjamin was frantic now.
“What are you doing?” the butler shouted at Benjamin who was trying to force his way in. “Does Monty Manor look like a place for you to fool around?”
With that, around half a dozen bodyguards rushed out and stared Benjamin down.
“What the f*ck… I’m the investment manager of Skyward Aluminum. I have some very important news to tell Mr. Monty!” Benjamin was close to tears with how frantic he felt.
The butler scoffed. “I don’t care who you are. All I know is that Mr. Monty has ordered that no one is to disturb him no matter what. Either listen and wait, or I’ll throw you out. Understood?”
As the two spoke outside, sounds of conversation could be heard from inside the room as well.
At the next moment, out walked Conrad and Colin together.
Conrad had a small and satisfied smile on his face.
After personally sending Colin out the door, Conrad reached out to shake the man’s hand. “It’s been a pleasure talking to you today, Mr. Walter. So I presume that what we’ve discussed will be confirmed, then. I’ll have to thank you seriously once all of this is over.”
Colin hurriedly replied before looking at Benjamin weirdly. The latter looked like he was about to explode at any second. Colin smiled, saying, “Of course, of course.”
Seeing how the two were still dilly-dallying, Benjamin could no longer hold it back and directly spoke, “Something has happened, Mr. Monty! The company’s share price started off rising to the limit this morning only to suddenly drop to the limit down because of a false rumor! I suspect that Jasper’s doing this on purpose so he can sweep more of our shares!
“He’s going to end up buying all the shares on the market if we don’t do anything!”
Before Conrad could react, Colin’s expression immediately turned weird.
