Chapter 649: I’m going to beat ten of them!
Facing Lu Yiming who looked so excited, Lou Jianjun felt that he had seen through Lu Yiming's tricks and persuaded him, "My nephew, you have to bow your head when you are under someone's roof. Look, your cousin is going to live in the United States. If you make such a fuss, won't I be blacklisted by the United States? My injuries are not serious anyway, and you can help me find a lawyer by placing an advertisement in the newspaper, so that I can vent my anger. How about we just forget it?"
"Just let it go like this? How can that be possible?"
Lu Yiming said with a righteous expression, "Uncle, we don't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of it. Think about my status. I'm the youngest richest man in Xia Country. Do you know how prestigious I am? Let me tell you, because of this, everyone in the world knows that you're my relative. If I don't help you out, how will others see me?"
"Oh, no..."
Lou Jianjun always felt that something was wrong - isn't this about my safety and life in the United States? What does it have to do with you?
Without waiting for Lou Jianjun to speak, Lu Yiming continued, "Uncle, listen to me. We have been wronged in the United States, right? Who are we? We are the dignified Xia people, an ancient country with a long history and civilization. For thousands of years, we have been the only ones to bully others. When will it be the turn of these little scoundrels to ride on our heads and bully us? I tell you, we can't tolerate this, you know? Otherwise, it will be a loss of face for our country, and it will definitely be a diplomatic incident!"
Lou Jianjun: “…”
He himself had not received much education, and after so many years in the United States, he had already gotten used to the chaos here and learned how to survive. Suddenly, when he met a young man like Lu Yiming, he was at a loss. Moreover, Lu Yiming was a man who talked about great principles. Just now, he was still talking about the lawsuit with the United States Airlines, but in the blink of an eye, Lu Yiming had already turned this matter into a diplomatic incident!
What the hell.
"Alright, cousin, I will definitely help you get justice in this matter, and I will get the compensation. You are my relative after all. I can't bear to see my relatives being wronged. That's it, you take a rest first, I'm leaving."
Lu Yiming said hello and turned away, leaving Lou Jianjun and Lei Lansi looking at each other in bewilderment.
"What on earth does this kid want to do?"
"Why do I feel like being his relative is dangerous?"
After Lu Yiming left, he immediately arranged to short sell airline stocks.
He was not fighting alone . He not only brought in Epstein, but also the short-selling funds, related institutions and lawyers under the two major investment banks, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch.
Even Morgan, Microsoft, and all the investors in Salty Water Fund who were willing to stand on Lu Yiming's side joined in the fight. Even Google was tied to his chariot and cooperated with Salty Water Fund in the Internet field to make profits by hunting down "Beautiful Airlines".
Lu Yiming's method was also very simple. Marcus Baker was responsible for the specific implementation. The fund first shorted the stock, and then relevant people or institutions released a large number of short-selling reports. Black material continued to emerge on the Internet, causing the stock price to plummet. Then lawyers followed up with a class action lawsuit, causing the stock price to continue to fall. In the end, the short-selling fund made a huge profit from it.
They were like a pack of wolves, led by Lu Yiming, the alpha wolf, desperately biting their prey. Everyone bought a lot of put options and bet against other institutions. The total investment income was likely to exceed $1.3 billion!
Everyone was in a rush to buy, and the stock price of Air China continued to fall.
However, this is the United States after all. Although they may not be very united internally, it is impossible for United Airlines not to resist when it is surrounded.
The top five airlines in North America joined forces and launched a fierce counterattack, and many media newspapers began to publish a series of negative reports against Lu Yiming.
Thousands of airline employees took to the streets to protest, saying Lu Yiming's previous actions were malicious manipulation of stock prices.
And the most fatal blow was when Ian Ball stood up!
In the TV show, Ian Ball, as a senior executive of Saltwater Fund, began to expose Lu Yiming's various overbearing behaviors and "illegal acts." He also clearly stated that he had won over many Saltwater Fund employees to buy airline stocks to express his resistance to Lu Yiming and support for the aviation industry.
Ian Ball is now very popular in the United States, especially since he is of white American descent and enjoys great popularity and influence among ordinary retail investors in the United States.
Because Ian Ball led the team into the market, the originally plummeting airline stocks began to stop falling and rise again.
In the office, Li Yiwen watched Ian Ball on TV, shouting and screaming to save the U.S. aviation industry. He was so angry that his head was buzzing. He couldn't help but curse: "This guy is really a traitor! We helped him out of the predicament and avoided bankruptcy. Now he is stabbing us like this."
Lu Yiming was very calm, and even in the mood to joke: "Oh, it's like this. As long as the benefits are big enough, it's not unimaginable to repay kindness with enmity. Think about it, those who followed me to short airline stocks, who is not a native of the United States? As long as they can make money, they can even start their own pillar industries. You don't think they have any loyalty, do you?"
Except for the early investors of Saltwater Fund, most of the subsequent investors who came to the fund were fence-sitters, so they were easily instigated by Ian Ball, resulting in the current almost divided situation.
If Saltwater Fund was an ordinary investment company, Lu Yiming might still be worried and concerned about it.
But Ian Ball actually dared to bet the future with a reborn person and even brought so many investors in. Lu Yiming really wanted to know what kind of expression Ian Ball would have when the final result came out.
As the two were chatting, Myron Kern came hurriedly with a large stack of information in his hand.
"Boss, the situation is not good. Ian Ball called on investors to fight against us on TV, and many media outlets have also begun to publish news that is unfavorable to us. We were originally shorting smoothly, but now it has entered a tug-of-war situation, and the stock price is basically deadlocked. What should we do now?"
Don't underestimate the top bosses that Lu Yiming has teamed up with. However, in the United States at that time, the penetration rate of televisions was very high, and the influence of television stations was also very large. In addition, Lu Yiming's Asian face really made them a little defensive, so investors responded in droves and actually fought on equal terms with Lu Yiming and his short-selling team.
The Morgan Group invested hundreds of millions of dollars in this short-selling operation. If it really suffered a loss, the company might not be seriously hurt, but Myron Kern, as one of the persons in charge of this project, will definitely have no future for making money!
Lu Yiming said calmly, "Ke'en, don't worry. I already know the situation. I don't think there will be any problem. Everything will be resolved satisfactorily in the end. As long as you choose to stand by me, I can guarantee that you will be one of the winners."
Myron Kern was skeptical about this, but he had already made his bet. Even if he wanted to withdraw now, it was too late. He could only swallow his saliva and said : "I hope you can do what you say. Otherwise, my fate will be miserable."
Lu Yiming laughed and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely not treat my friends unfairly. I don't want some people to betray even their saviors for their own selfish desires."
He stood up and went to the water dispenser to pour a glass of water for Myron Kern, saying, "Come on, have a glass of water, calm down, and then you can watch me lead you to kill everyone."
At this moment, Lu Yiming's heart was filled with strong self-confidence.
It is already September, and in a few days, something big that will shock the world will happen.
By that time, those crazy people now won’t even be able to cry.
It can even be said that the crazier they are now, the more painful they will be next week!
The clock on the wall is the countdown to some people’s death!
Myron Kern chatted for a while and then left.
As soon as Myron Kern left, Lu Yiming said to Li Yiwen, "Where is Marcus Beck? Ask him to come and see me."
"OK."
In the afternoon, Marcus Baker unexpectedly saw Ian Ball in the bar.
At this time, Ian Ball was full of energy and felt that his life had reached its peak. When Marcus Beck saw him, he was holding a hot blonde beauty in each hand, and he was drunk.
Marcus Baker came to Ian Ball with a glass of wine, sat down on the sofa, waved his hand to let the two hot beauties go away, and said to Ian Ball: "Ian, you shouldn't betray your boss. He once saved you when you were in the most difficult time."
Hearing what Marcus Baker said, Ian Ball didn't know whether he was drunk or angry, he suddenly became excited and said angrily; "He just wants to use me! What's more, I have already paid off what I owed him. I helped him make so much money. Now, it's time to plan for myself."
Seeing his former friend say such words, Marcus Beck's eyes became complicated. He sighed and said, "Ian, you have changed."
Ian Ball looked at Marcus Baker and said with a smile: "Haven't you changed?"
The friendship that I once thought was unbreakable is so fragile in the face of money.
Marcus Beck shook his head slightly and said, "I wanted to talk to you, but now it seems that we have nothing to talk about."
Then, he said self-deprecatingly: "You abandoned loyalty for money, and I betrayed friendship for money. You are right. There is no difference between us. We have all changed."
Just at this moment, Marcus Beck's cell phone rang. He took out his phone, looked at it, and pressed the answer button with a puzzled look on his face.
"Hello?"
The call was from Li Yiwen, who only said one sentence: "Mr. Lu wants to see you, now."
Marcus Baker glanced at Ian Ball and said, "Okay, I'll be right there."
Lu Yiming met Marcus Beck in the study of the villa.
In front of Lu Yiming, Marcus Beck looked a little restrained.
Lu Yiming smelled the alcohol on him, so he smiled and said, "Are you drinking? It seems that I called at a bad time."
Marcus Baker quickly said, "No, I just went to have a drink to relax after work. And I met Ian Ball in the bar."
Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? I heard before that you often drink together after get off work. It seems that this habit has not changed yet."
Marcus Beck took a deep breath, then sighed and said, "It's going to change. Both of us."
Lu Yiming thought for a moment and said, "I understand you want to help him, but feelings are feelings and business is business. I think you should be able to tell the difference, right?"
Marcus Beck said without hesitation: "Of course."
He has not forgotten who is the helmsman of the Saltwater Fund.
Not only that, every time Marcus Baker saw Lu Yiming's calm look, he had a strange feeling in his heart - even if everyone outside thought that Ian Ball would be the winner, Marcus Baker did not believe that his former friend could win.
He himself didn't know where this feeling came from, but this feeling was deeply rooted in his heart.
After a moment of silence, Marcus Beck asked, bringing the topic back to the recent business: "Boss, should we continue to short Beautiful Airlines? The situation outside is not favorable to us now. I think we can stop for the time being and wait until the storm has passed."
Lu Yiming said confidently, "No need. The Internet winter has not yet passed, and the technology stock market is still sluggish. Using this as an excuse should continue to drive down the airline's stock price."
Facing a native white man like Marcus Beck, he didn't dare to tell the truth. After all, the destruction of the Twin Towers was too horrific. Any person or organization involved in this incident would inevitably suffer attacks and retaliation from America at all costs and would definitely not have a good ending.
Marcus Beck didn't understand why shorting airlines was related to the Internet winter, and immediately asked in confusion: "Do we need to continue? This means that in the current market, we need to invest more funds than previously expected."
Lu Yiming said: "Of course not. There are ten major airlines in the United States. In addition to Beauty Airlines, aren't there nine others?"
"Another nine? What do you mean? Ah, do you want to..."
Marcus Beck was shocked when he heard this. He even thought that Lu Yiming was crazy or had lost all hope. He immediately reminded him urgently, "Boss, if we start a war on multiple fronts, we will die miserably."
Although Lu Yiming had used some means before, it could still be understood as revenge, and the target was also Meili Airlines.
But now it seems that they are going to expand the scope of attack!
You know, the top ten airlines are very powerful, and it's easy to find an opportunity to short one of them, just like this time, they caught Air America off guard by a sneak attack, and then manipulated public opinion, triggered an avalanche effect by selling a large number of orders, and successfully shorted Air America. But wanting to attack all ten at the same time is absolutely crazy!
And it's not just the airlines that are difficult to deal with. I'm afraid the FBI will have to take action by then! After all, shorting a company is very common in the United States, but if it involves the entire industry, then the free market will have to take action!
After all, these things belong to the kind of thing where the referee leaves the court if they can't win. Marcus Baker thought this was just the national conditions of the United States, so he didn't dare to tell Lu Yiming directly, and could only express it euphemistically: "Boss, I'm afraid our financial strength is not strong enough."
Lu Yiming didn't know what Marcus Beck was thinking, but he said straightforwardly, "If you don't have enough money, just ask Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch for a loan."
Although borrowing money from capitalists is definitely not a wise choice, this business is a sure win, so Lu Yiming doesn't care at all. After all, even if the interest rate is high, there is an upper limit, but there is no upper limit for stock prices.
Marcus Beck felt that this was too risky and too radical, but unfortunately Lu Yiming insisted, so he had no choice but to do it. After all, this was Lu Yiming's way of playing. The last time he shorted US stocks, it was still vivid in his mind.
The news that Saltwater Fund was going to short the top ten airlines spread through various channels.
Those nine airlines are now watching the excitement of Skytrax - after all, they are competitors with each other, and they are certainly happy to see Skytrax get into trouble.
Unexpectedly, they even saw themselves in the picture. This made them very angry, and they decisively stood on the side of Beautiful Airlines.
After all, it is normal for peers to compete with each other. Now that someone is planning to destroy the entire industry, why don't they unite and face the outside world together? Isn't that courting death?
Lu Yiming and several wealthy people from the United States may be able to take over the United States Airlines, but if the top ten airlines join together, their power will be too strong to be matched! Not to mention Lu Yiming, the richest man in Xia Country, even if Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, is added, it is not enough!
There were endless reports in the newspapers that criticized Lu Yiming. Many people laughed at him for overestimating his own abilities and trying to shake a tree with an ant. Some people also said that he was too proud and didn't know his own weight. There were even newspapers that directly called him a yellow skin and told him to go back to Xiaguo.
In response, Lu Yiming turned a deaf ear and simply persuaded his partners to continue shorting the stocks of ten airlines.
After learning that Lu Yiming had gotten into trouble with ten airlines at once, Ian Ball laughed so hard that he almost couldn't breathe.
He felt that Lu Yiming was looking for death!
He even specially held a celebration party in advance, invited supermodels and beauties, and partied all night long, thinking that soon he would become the owner of the Saltwater Fund and then completely trample Lu Yiming, his former boss, under his feet.
The next day, Ian Ball slept very late and woke up. On the huge bed were three naked beautiful girls. He still hadn't recovered from the madness of last night.
Then, he received a call from an investor.
"Where the hell are you !? We're done! We're done, you know that?"
