In the last round of adjustments, they mortgaged almost everything, including the non-oil kingdom they inherited, just to barely scrape together the margin.
This time, however, they were truly at their wits' end.
They...they've started frantically dumping their inventory on the spot market! Prices...prices have plummeted from $15 to $10!!
Hahahaha!
Niu Bijian let out a deafening burst of maniacal laughter!
"Dead! They're all dead!"
Sir Swire, Madden's representative, and all the British executives stood up and applauded wildly!
"Newbie! You are a god!!"
"You are Jardine Matheson's hero! No! You are the savior of all British-owned businesses!!"
Cheers!! To this great victory!!
Newbijian looked at his short-selling financial account, which combined funds from all British companies.
The profit figures above are skyrocketing at an alarming rate!
"+1.5 billion..."
"+1.8 billion..."
"+2 billion US dollars!!!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Newbijian had never made money like this in his entire life; it was money he earned far too easily.
There's no way around it. Unlike real businesses, making money in finance is really exhilarating. Anyone who makes money in stocks, funds, or futures will almost immediately lose interest in real businesses.
This is why many people who are doing well at their companies can't do anything productive once they start trading stocks, spending all their time staring at stock trading software.
"I'm rich! I'm rich!"
"I not only made back all the money I lost at Jardine Matheson, I even made ten times that amount!!"
"Kobayashi Tenno...you yellow-skinned monkey...aren't you supposed to be a master strategist? Aren't you a business genius? Aren't you an Eastern wizard?"
"I don't know where you got the funds to survive the last round, but this time, you'll be wiped out and sent to hell along with the Hunter brothers!!"
"What about your damn mainland electronics factory? Even if you mortgaged it now, you wouldn't even get 100 million Hong Kong dollars back!"
"Oh, right! Your garbage dump is worthless! Apart from those unwanted land parcels, you don't have a single order! It's a bottomless pit of investment!"
"Now you've probably lost all your funds and assets! Hahahaha!"
"It was all burned up in this silver casino!"
"You are now... a penniless pauper!!"
"And I! I, Newbijian! am the ultimate winner!!"
...
It must be said that Newt G. is quite shrewd. He seized such a good opportunity, not only severely damaging the silver bulls, but also uniting so many British investors to short the market and make a fortune.
It's just a pity that his opponent... was Lin Huowang.
...
Hong Kong Island, the Fok family's villa in Deep Water Bay.
Inside the study.
"Ring ring—!!"
The red exchange hotline rang again.
Huo Zhenting's body also trembled violently.
Huo Yingdong sat somewhat anxiously in the armchair and slowly picked up the phone.
"Huo Sheng".
On the other end of the phone, their trader's voice was somewhat hysterical.
"Second Emergency Order... The margin requirement has been increased by another 100%..."
"The Hunter brothers... have gone bankrupt... they've started frantically selling off their holdings..."
"The price... has already fallen below $12..."
"Our account... has also received its third and final collection notice..."
"The exchange requires us... to deposit an additional $1 billion in margin before the market closes today!"
"Otherwise... we will be treated as accomplices of the Hunt brothers... and forced to liquidate our positions!!"
"Another billion US dollars..."
Huo Zhenting's face darkened when he heard this.
Even though Lin Huowang managed to raise a billion US dollars at the last minute to make up for it, it probably exhausted all his abilities.
It's absolutely impossible for him to come up with a billion US dollars in such a short period of time.
He didn't even ask his father, knowing that they were completely out of ammunition and food and had given up all hope.
"Kobayashi...do you...do you still have any tricks up your sleeve?"
"Another billion dollars... This... This is a situation that even a god couldn't save..."
"Could it be that I, Huo Yingdong... am truly going to be utterly defeated here?"
...
London, Savoy Hotel, Presidential Suite.
Lin Huowang was calmly looking at the 24-hour rolling quotation machine of the London Futures Exchange.
$10.01.
$10.00.
$9.98.
The price has finally fallen below the $10 mark.
He knew that the Hunt brothers' final, frantic sell-off had already begun.
He also knew that the Huo family and Liao Gong were on the verge of collapse.
He knew even better that Newbie's clowns were probably popping champagne to celebrate.
"The time has come."
He picked up the dedicated line to contact Fok Ying-tung.
"Xiao Linsheng!!"
As soon as the call connected, Huo Yingdong's anxious voice came through.
"One billion US dollars! They want us to make another one billion US dollars! Kobayashi! We..."
"Huo Sheng".
Lin Huowang said with a smile, "Stay calm. The sky... won't fall down."
"Listen up. Stay calm. We'll cover that billion-dollar deposit!"
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