Chapter 507: Rising Storm
Shirakawa Kaede and Arai Yu stood at the window, watching the crowd gradually gathering on the street, silent.
Under the gloomy sky, the slowly flowing dark brown color was so dazzling.
Especially Baichuan Feng, he was inexplicably shocked at this moment.
He had thought that when the bubble burst, many people would become depressed or homeless.
But he didn't expect things to happen so quickly and right before his eyes.
A living life is fleeting; it is not just cold words in memory.
It was right under my feet, lying quietly on the street below, and it had even passed by my eyes a minute ago.
Unable to help but roll his throat a few times, Baichuan Feng turned his eyes away from the street.
"Arai-san, please inform everyone that the rooftops of all buildings under Shirakawa Holdings are blocked and temporarily closed."
Baichuan Feng's words had just fallen when suddenly another scream was heard from outside the street.
Without bothering to talk, he and Arai Yu hurriedly ran to the window.
Looking around, there was another figure on the ground not far away from where the crowd had gathered before.
The scene was still the same, with darkness flowing and the crowd dispersing.
Shirakawa Feng turned his gaze across the street to Toyo Securities and Sogo Bank.
It was only then that he suddenly remembered that there were a large number of financial securities companies in the block where the Shirakawa Holdings Building was located.
"Arai-san, go now!"
"Hai!" With a fluctuating tone, Arai Yu quickly turned around and trotted out of the office.
When the stock market crashes, who will be the first to suffer?
It must be a series of institutions and practitioners such as banks, securities, and financial investments, whose businesses are closely related to the stock market.
Given the current state of the Nikkei Index, it goes without saying that a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises will suffer huge losses.
However, this is not the most terrifying thing. The terrifying thing is that today is only the first day of the stock market crash.
Can the financial institutions that are struggling now survive a bear market that will last for more than a decade?
Baichuan Feng knew what their fate would be without having to think about it, and this was only the first day.
Even before the first day was over, two people had already chosen to go downstairs directly from the rooftop.
These two people are most likely direct practitioners in the financial industry, and only they will face the stock market crash in the first place.
Personal wealth and career all depend on the stock market.
When the stock market suffers, it will be a disaster for them.
On the contrary, ordinary people will not feel the impact of the stock market decline in the first place. After all, out of a population of more than 100 million, only a small portion of them trade stocks.
But no matter what, as a person in the game, everything he saw today brought a great shock to Baichuan Feng.
For the first time, the cruelty of the financial market and the power of bubbles were fully displayed before his eyes.
…
Shirakawa Kaede, who had been feeling restless all day, simply returned to his home in Chiyoda Ward early.
However, not far from the street near his home, Shirakawa Feng, who was sitting in the car, saw a piece of black cloth tied to a pine tree in front of a house.
Luxury cars would stop from time to time beside the green plants, and the people getting out of the cars were all wearing black suits and looked extraordinary.
It seems that they were originally a wealthy family, as can be seen from the number of guests who came to pay their respects.
A lady in a black windbreaker with a white flower in her bun.
She and her daughter bowed to the mourners and kept wiping her tears with a handkerchief.
Baichuan Feng, who was already feeling depressed, became even more depressed.
The car turned the corner and stopped in front of a magnificent courtyard. Baichuan Feng, who had just got out of the car, was bumped into by a figure before he could react.
Subconsciously, he hugged her arms tightly, and the small body twisted in his arms.
"Dosang~" a sweet cry sounded in my ears.
You don't need to look to know that this is Xiao Yasheng's voice.
"Meisheng, it's dangerous to run so fast in front of the door~"
Baichuan Feng, who was in a bad mood, couldn't help but smile when facing Xiao Yasheng.
Nodding to Tanaka Yuko who came over after hearing the sound, Shirakawa Kaede walked into the yard holding Meisheng.
"Dosan, let me tell you a secret. A classmate of mine named Michiko is going to transfer to another school soon."
"Hey, why?"
"Because her father is gone, her mother wants to take her away to study somewhere else."
Shirakawa Feng was stunned, "Mei Sheng, where does your classmate Michiko live?"
"Hey~, it's on the street ahead."
The direction that Xiao Yasheng pointed to was exactly the area where the family that Baichuan Feng had just passed by was located.
The smile on his face faded, and Baichuan Feng put Xiao Yasheng on the ground.
"Yasheng, go check if your older brothers are eating any candy. If you find any, be sure to tell daddy~"
"Ha! Make sure you complete the mission!"
Like a little adult, Yasheng nodded and bowed seriously, then ran back into the house.
Children will get cavities if they eat too much candy. Yasheng remembered his father's teachings.
My brother Qingkong and my younger brothers Bowen and Hongwen must have secretly hidden away to eat snacks while I was away.
Damn it, these guys didn’t even call me when they did bad things.
If they dare to eat all the snacks, they must tell their parents.
If I still keep my own share...
Well, it’s okay to eat some snacks occasionally. I’m sure dad won’t mind such a small thing.
Seeing Xiao Yasheng running hurriedly into the house, Baichuan Feng nodded with great satisfaction.
Well, my daughter is still a good girl. Unlike those naughty boys, they have to be beaten up by me every day before they behave themselves.
"Xiao Feng" got the empty Tanaka Yuko and quickly took the briefcase from him.
However, after pulling twice, it didn't move. When she was wondering, Baichuan Feng opened his arms and hugged her.
"Huh?" Yuko Tanaka lay in his arms, blinking, not knowing what was going on.
"Yuko"
"Hmm~"
Baichuan Feng tightened his arms and tried hard to feel her presence.
"Try to take the children out as little as possible recently."
"Eh?" Tanaka Yuko couldn't help but look up at him, "Xiao Feng, what happened outside?"
Baichuan Feng rubbed his nose against her hair and smiled slightly.
“The golden age is coming to an end.”
“Is it because of the stock price?”
The news of today's stock market crash has been reported by major TV stations in turn.
Even many newspapers rushed to publish an additional issue.
Of course, Yuko Tanaka knew about this big news.
“Almost, but this is just the beginning. Neon will never be as prosperous as it is now.
When investments fail and businesses go bankrupt, there will be more homeless people on the streets.
So for safety reasons, even if you go out in the future, remember to bring security personnel with you.”
With the development of the group and the large number of family members, Baichuan Feng specially hired a special security team to protect his family.
Among them there are even many top-notch bodyguards from abroad, who are usually inseparable from Shirakawa Feng.
Hearing him say this, Tanaka Yuko couldn't help but become nervous.
"Xiao Feng, it's so unsafe outside, why don't you consider working from home?"
"It's still early, just in case."
Baichuan Feng smiled and shook his head, holding her hand and slowly walked into the house.
My mood was up and down today, and it only slowly calmed down after I got home.
Alas, the wave has just risen and it is already so heavy.
In the bubble era, glory is accompanied by madness and darkness.
…
It is no exaggeration to say that January 12 was the darkest day in the Japanese stock market.
Many people originally thought that this was a temporary adjustment, but in the following half month, the stock market did not see any recovery.
As a result, large and medium-sized financial institutions that could no longer hold on also began to sell off their stocks.
The Nikkei index, which had already been falling, continued to fall, with no intention of turning back.
As for retail investors? On the first day of the stock market crash, most people cashed out and ran away at all costs.
Again, chase the ups and sell the downs. When you see someone selling, others will follow suit.
The herd mentality is not a characteristic of any particular nation, but a common trait of all mankind.
Especially for Japan, which has a strong sense of collectivism, this is equivalent to a double buff for them.
As for the culprit behind all this, how does the Ministry of Finance view the stock market crash?
The Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan said they were satisfied with the outcome.
The stock market crash shows that the bubble is slowly disappearing, and compared with the entire neon crash, the stock market crash seems insignificant.
The Japanese government has reached a consensus on the issue of bursting the bubble.
In the think tank of Congress, almost all experts' deductions tend to burst the bubble.
In this case, there is nothing more to say. Between two evils, choose the lesser one, and the only thing left is for the shareholders to suffer.
So, in less than a month, although there were frequent that a certain financial institution was in a business crisis.
But the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan remain indifferent.
They are even studying new plans to speed up the de-foaming process.
The Ministry of Finance firmly believes that the current stock market crash is only temporary and that it is all a phenomenon caused by the flight of foreign capital.
What they really want to change is housing prices, so in order to deflate the bubble, in addition to financial policies, the government is also looking for ways to make another move on land.
Of course, it may take some time for the real policy to be introduced.
However, they did not know that the impact of the stock market crash on the economy, or on the entire Neon, had just begun.
The end effect prolongs the transmission cycle of negative impacts.
From now on, it seems that only the companies directly related to the stock market or financial industry practitioners are affected.
But they are also part of the neon economic activities, even the most active one.
When banks, securities companies and financial enterprises suffer huge losses, the impact on those directly involved is self-evident.
The real estate under their names, under the pressure of bankruptcy, will also be listed on the real estate trading market by the companies.
Even steelmakers are getting involved in real estate these days, and even more banks and financial industries will be involved.
When a large number of properties enter the market, there will be an oversupply in the property market.
In this case, if the government imposes various restrictions on land prices...
Tsk, the waves are getting bigger and bigger.
However, just now, affected by the stock market, another sudden incident has attracted widespread attention from the public.
