Lin Huowang listened quietly to the rapid broadcast and noisy trading background sound on the other end of the phone.
His fingers slowly caressed the edge of the rosewood tabletop, his sharp eyes scanning the frantically updated data on the market chart. His weathered mind raced, filtering information and discerning his opponent's motives.
After a few seconds, a knowing, playful smile appeared on the corners of his tense mouth, like a crack on ice.
"Don't be nervous, Gao Qiaojun." Lin Huowang put down the phone, his voice low and steady. "This is just that old fox Newbigin's three-pronged plan of escaping, self-torturing, and reaping the rewards of stockholders."
He briefly pointed out Newbigin's intentions: to sell stocks to cash in on the losses, to create panic to suppress stock prices, and to wait for an opportunity to buy back at a low price to make a profit and stabilize expectations.
Gao Qiaohao chewed on his words, feeling a chill run down his spine the more he thought about them. He gasped, "Brilliant! This is a brilliant move, sir! He exploited the market's fear of the shareholding rules, used his own selling power and information manipulation to perfectly create a downward trend, and actually profited from it! We... are now passive! Once he successfully buys back at a low price, the Australian hole will be filled, and his chips will increase. As one thing weakens, the other loses... His subsequent plan to take over Hong Kong Land will be... just as he imagined, extremely difficult!"
He watched anxiously as the stock price continued to plummet, approaching HK$80. "Boss, if it drops any further, he'll really be buying at the bottom! How should we...respond?" Gao Qiaohao, usually calm, was momentarily at a loss in the face of this seemingly unsolvable situation.
The smile on Lin Huowang's face suddenly deepened, and his eyes flashed with the excitement of a hunter who saw a powerful prey fall into his trap.
"What should we do?" He stood up suddenly, his voice rising, filled with absolute confidence and decisiveness. "If he can think of selling high and buying low, can't we get in before him and buy the dip?! He dares to release his chips, betting that we don't have enough funds to buy all these stocks. Unfortunately... the income from our previous waves of operations in Chinese stocks is more than enough to cover this. Add to that the loan raised by Keiko from Japan... Now... Newbijian must be prepared to never buy back these stocks!"
"Mr. Gao Qiao!" Lin Huowang's voice was firm and unwavering, leaving no room for doubt. "Use all your funds! Immediately! Immediately! Buy up all the stocks! No matter how heavy or large the sell orders for Hutchison Whampoa shares, buy them all! Price? Regardless of cost? Humph, now is the floor price! Buy whatever you can get! Before Niubijian can react, suck up all the blood chips he's throwing out and the bargains he's about to pick up!"
"Yes, boss!" Gao Qiaohao instantly understood the intention of the counterattack. It was like a shot of adrenaline, and the haze was swept away. He turned and rushed out of the office, issuing a thundering order to the standby trading team!
A silent battle for control of the capital trenches unfolded, with Lin Huowang's side acting with even greater ferocity and swiftness. Massive amounts of funds, like a flood, madly poured into the exchanges through decentralized accounts and affiliated institutions.
Those huge panic selling orders at low prices melted like ice and snow in the face of this overwhelming force!
With the stock price forcibly propped up by massive capital, its free fall was instantly reversed! 80 yuan, 85 yuan, 90 yuan, 95 yuan, 100 yuan! The green-to-red buying numbers jumped like crazy, and the resistance levels were broken through one after another without resistance! The speed was so fast that small shareholders who had just sold, feeling lucky to have gotten away quickly, were stunned and beat their chests!
Meanwhile, Lin Huowang's PR machine went into full gear as the stock price rebounded strongly, poised to break through 110 yuan! Many of the most influential newspapers' financial editions urgently printed extra editions, television stations inserted breaking news, and live broadcasts of financial radio stations simultaneously released a "Specially Authorized Statement from Mr. Xiaolin":
"Longteng Newspaper Group solemnly declares: As of now, Mr. Kobayashi Tenwang and related persons acting in concert hold far less than 5% of Hongkong Land's shares. The so-called stake acquisition and application for a board seat are pure market rumors. Longteng Newspaper Group and Mr. Kobayashi Tenwang are completely unaware of this. The Group reserves all legal rights to pursue any malicious rumor-mongering and market manipulation."
This statement was like a raging fire pouring down on the ice. Rumors refuted! A formal, top-level denial from Longteng Newspapers, the company involved! Authoritative media outlets rallied in! Combined with a resounding surge in Hong Kong's stock price, its impact was a hundredfold!
"Damn it! It's fake! It's a rumor! Buy it back now!" "I was scared to death just now! Which bastard spread this fake news?! I lost all my money!" "Look! The stock price has gone back up! It's 120! It's higher than before!" "I said! How can Kobayashi Tianwang buy 5% so quickly! Hurry! Take advantage of the rebound!"
Market sentiment flipped instantly! Selling ceased, wait-and-see traders entered the market, and short-term traders rushed to take advantage of the rebound. Driven by the massive buying from Lin Huowang and market sentiment, Hongkong Land's share price soared like a rocket, soaring all the way to HK$130!
The deep pit formed by the plunge turned into a perfect V-shaped reversal, leaving behind countless people who regretted cutting their losses, and... the cold air in the Jardine Matheson office solidified again.
When James rushed into Newbigin's office with a pale face and sweat, the share price of Hutchison Whampoa had already firmly stood at HK$128.
"President!" James' voice cracked with extreme anxiety and disbelief. "It's over! We...we bought in too late! We only managed to get back 0.5% of the stock! The rest...was all...instantly swept up by a powerful, mysterious fund of unknown origin! Now...now the stock price has gone crazy, almost to 130! We sold 2% and only bought back 0.5%! Even if we had cash, we couldn't get out!"
Each word seemed to be forced out of his throat, filled with despair and the panic of failing to complete the order. The number of 128 Hong Kong dollars buzzed in his head like the reverberation of a death knell.
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