"Hi," Mitsui Tousaburo replied with a bow.

Xing Baohua's five words left his opponent quite confused. He genuinely didn't know that. In fact, he was just trying to tell his opponent not to treat him like an ordinary lamb to the slaughter.

The strategy of raising prices and then suppressing them is ineffective against him.

Is it hard to understand?

As it turned out, the Japanese were indeed overthinking things and went straight to the health and wellness section.

Xing Baohua also knew that he had Japanese employees working for him, and that some things could not be kept secret.

Then let's release some information to mislead our opponents.

Is it strategic deception? More than half of it is deception.

So he worked with analysts and financial experts to devise a plan to sell Nikon shares at any cost when they reached 10,000 yen per share, and at the same time open another account to short Nikon through a brokerage firm.

No leverage, only 1:1.

Mobilizing 100 million US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 15 billion yen, to short Nikon across the board.

After the exchange and preparations by Mitsui Bank, everyone knew that 10,000 yen was a crucial threshold for Nikon.

Knowing that Xing Baohua was going to sell his shares, would shorting the stock allow him to succeed?

They all laughed at Xing Baohua for being timid, saying that a 1:1 bet was just because he was afraid of losing too badly. If it were leveraged, no matter the ratio, he could lose everything.

Nikon's team, based on information from Mitsui Bank, began working on pockets and acquired a controlling stake in the company.

If Xing Baohua dares to sell, they will buy it up, driving up the price. Xing Baohua is shorting stocks, right? If they drive the stock price above 10,000, they'll force him to liquidate his position.

That evening, just as I was about to leave work, Jin Xin's team and Professor Meng's team gathered together to study Xing Baohua's plan.

But considering the unequal access to information, I don't understand.

Let's keep Xing Baohua here and have a meeting to discuss this. The main issue is that Professor Meng can't understand why Xing Baohua openly and honestly reported such detailed data.

With such a diverse workforce, aren't you worried about information leaks?

Currently, all we've seen is Xing Baohua release a contingency plan; there are no other backup plans. For a well-known financial investment company, it's unacceptable to lack multiple options!

Everyone here is a local; there are no Japanese nationals, Wall Street analysts, or experts.

Professor Meng raised the question: what should we do if the information is leaked and the other side is prepared?

That was a rather abrupt question.

Even if I had a secret plan, I couldn't tell you, it's not the right time yet, just observe for now.

Even our own people are confused and can't understand the lake, let alone our opponents.

Xing Baohua frankly said, "I did it on purpose, to let people in the company leak the news."

If they believed me, great; they'd give me a big surprise. If they didn't, I'd sell all my stocks and still make a considerable profit. At that time, the Nikon acquisition was temporarily halted.

"Stop? We've worked for nothing?" Professor Meng asked, puzzled.

"Yeah! What else can we do? The bone is so hard, if we can't chew it down, we'll break our teeth in the process, and then who can we complain to? Think about it, Nikon won't talk to us or mention cooperation or acquisition, so we can only play hardball and launch a hostile takeover bid. We can't take it down now, and if we don't back down, we might get trapped at a high price and won't be able to get out. We should sell our shares and be free of worry."

Xing Baohua explained his reasons.

However, everyone saw that Xing Baohua had a beaming smile on his face. It was understandable that he was happy to make a profit and leave, but it couldn't be said that he was happy!

With his stock profits and capital operations, how much can he earn through sheer hard work?

But if there are still conspiracies and tricks involved, they can't figure out what other financial means they could use.

It's often said that many financial tactics simply repeat history, but upon reflection, none of them seem to align with historical patterns in the current situation.

Could it be that Xing Baohua invented this technique himself?

The experts present dared not ask too many questions, fearing that asking too many questions would arouse unnecessary suspicion.

Sometimes, curiosity can be really appealing.

Jin Xin sat down next to Xing Baohua and asked in a low voice, "Do you have some other shady idea? Sell the stocks and call it a day. That's not like you usually do!"

"No way! You should familiarize yourself with the operations here as soon as possible. I'm going to America next week, and you'll temporarily take charge after I leave," Xing Baohua said in a low voice.

"At this critical juncture, you still have the mind to go to America?" Jin Xin rolled her eyes at him, with a feeling of disappointment and helplessness.

"Have you ever read Journey to the West?" Xing Baohua asked in a low voice.

"Would you believe me if I said I hadn't seen it?" Jin Xin said with a cold snort.

What will Sun Wukong do after he can't defeat the monster?

"How would I know? Stop hiding things, just say what you mean."

Perhaps their whispered conversation was overheard. An expert standing next to Jin Xin smiled and said, "What President Xing means is that Sun Wukong couldn't defeat the demons, so he went to call for reinforcements, which means he's looking for the demons' backers. President Xing went to the Great Beauty Kingdom to find their backers and get them to come out of seclusion, right?"

"It's possible, but success isn't guaranteed. We can only take it one step at a time." After saying that, Xing Baohua turned to Jin Xin and asked, "Have the shareholders you contacted made any offers?"

“We reject everything, including all offers,” Jin Xin said.

"That's good, it means they've banded together."

After the meeting, our own people were even more confused. They really didn't know what Xing Baohua was up to, especially since he was going to the United States. Which organization could he find to suppress Nikon?

Only after learning the specific time when he could meet Lao Bu did Xing Baohua begin the next step of his plan.

Nobody knew who he was going to see, nor did anyone know that he was going there expecting to suffer huge losses.

Give me money!

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