Chapter 159: Blame Him for His Bad Luck

“It’s coming out! It’s coming out!”

"Blackburn shows up!"

Neon Tokyo, Chuo-ku.

Chuo-ku is located in the center of Tokyo's 23 wards, hence its name.

This is the center of neon economy, information, commerce, etc.

The famous Neon Bank, Tokyo Stock Exchange and other Neon economic cores are all located in Chuo Ward.

In addition, the neon-rich neighborhoods such as Ginza and Neon Bridge, which are more familiar to foreigners, are landmarks here.

At this time, in a skyscraper here.

Many entire floors of office buildings are brightly lit and people are working late at night.

And if someone investigates, they will find that there are many Tokyo branches of Wall Street companies in this building.

The person who just spoke was one of Soros's right-hand men, standing beside him in the operation room of the Quantum Fund's Tokyo branch on the 23rd floor of the building.

Soros' most trusted trader Niederhoffer.

This man is the creator of the Quantum Fund database and a talented fence-sitter trader.

The two of them, along with some Quantum Fund employees, were staring at a TV that was broadcasting a special news report on NHK's general channel.

Niederhoffer was excited because he saw the face that he and Soros had been waiting for several hours finally appear on the screen.

It was not the current Prime Minister of Japan, Hashimoto, but the face of a foreigner.

A face that both of them are familiar with, but have never met before——

Milo Blackburn.

"Hey, Ned, don't get so excited."

Soros smiled and said: "Don't we all judge what he will say next?"

"You know, all along, as long as the judgments made by the two of us at the same time have never been wrong."

"Ha, dear George, you are right." Niederhoffer nodded and said, "I just didn't expect that our original target this time was Southeast Asia. But we actually found an opportunity to cut a knife into Japan, the fattest sheep in Asia. This is really good, really good."

Soros shrugged, his white hair swaying with his movements. "We should thank Milo Blackburn, whether he did it intentionally or not. At least he created this opportunity for us. How much is the floating profit now?"

Niederhoffer glanced at the data of the traders below.

"The current floating profit is US$220 million."

"Two hundred and twenty million dollars, and by the end of the year it's estimated to be over three hundred million dollars."

Soros smiled happily, "This is the money given to us by Milo Blackburn, although in the end it was the Neons who gave it."

"He definitely knew that a long time ago."

Niederhoffer said decisively: "How else could there be such a coincidence?"

"His team came to Tokyo a week ago and started shorting the yen four days ago."

"As a result, in today's situation, he happened to get out of the car when the explosives exploded."

"This must be a conspiracy, and there's a high probability that Milo Blackburn knows about it!"

Niederhoffer judged: "It might even be him who was in charge!"

"It doesn't matter."

Soros smiled and said that conspiracy was not important at all.

What can he gain from the important conspiracy!

Soros just heard the news today.

Said Milo Blackburn, was attacked by an explosion on the streets of Neon.

Soros's first reaction was fear.

Because he is also an American. More importantly, as an American, he has many more enemies than Milo Blackburn.

Those guys might attack Milo Blackburn today and George Soros tomorrow.

If it was really the Neons who attacked Milo Blackburn, then they might also attack Soros.

So Soros' first reaction was fear, and he immediately thought about returning to the United States.

Fortunately, he later received news that Milo Blackburn was fine.

He was not in the car at the time.

Greed and suspicion made Soros stay.

Then they keenly discovered that shortly after Milo was attacked.

The Japanese yen was hit very quickly, and the moment the explosive news came out, it plummeted by 0.85%.

Soros smelled something different and immediately asked his men to keep a close eye on Japan's international financial market.

After finding out that the one who launched the sniper attack not long ago was actually Milo Blackburn's Paladin company which had just been attacked.

Soros took decisive action.

Quantum Fund is working all night tonight and is also eyeing the neon foreign exchange and bond markets.

At this moment, the old man looked at the TV screen.

It just so happened that Milo Blackburn was being broadcasted, speaking to many well-known media reporters from Japan, abroad and internationally.

"... I can only say that it must be the Lord's prompting. If it wasn't His prompting, I would not have gotten off the bus halfway to buy gifts for my family and relatives."

"The Lord must have thought it was not time for me to return to Him. He was protecting me."

"But I was still scared, especially thinking that I had been sitting on top of more than ten kilograms of explosives for nearly two hours."

"Still on them, running around the busy streets of Tokyo."

"It's a very scary thing and I think it could have happened in the desert and in Africa."

"But I didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen in Neon, in Tokyo, a world-famous international metropolis."

"I really, really couldn't imagine that something like this would happen in Tokyo at the dawn of a new century."

"I came to Tokyo with great joy and curiosity..."

“…”

“Bingo!”

Without even waiting for Milo on the screen to finish speaking.

Niederhoffer shouted excitedly, "We guessed it right! George, wait and see, Japan's foreign exchange, bond and stock markets will definitely react next! Haha, these little Japanese idiots, did they fail to appease Milo Blackburn? Obviously, they just need to send a few more women to him!"

Soros also smiled happily.

But he still watched Milo's press conference at the American Embassy.

"Let's start stepping up our efforts. I think not only us and Milo Blackburn, but others must have entered the game a long time ago."

"Tsk, tsk, seriously, we all have Milo Blackburn to thank!"

Why? It's actually very simple.

For example, if it is now in 2024.

Bill Gates or Buffett, when visiting Neon.

They encountered the same thing that Milo encountered today.

So what happens?

Obviously, Japan’s international public opinion will become very bad in an instant.

The impact has spread to the Japanese financial market.

It will definitely have an adverse impact on Japan's stock market, foreign exchange and bond market.

Especially now in 1996, there is a Wall Street firm that started to massively short the Japanese yen four days ago.

The moment the news of the explosion came out, the Japanese yen instantly weakened.

The company seized the opportunity and violently increased its efforts, frantically shorting the Japanese yen and bond market.

Before the Japanese could react, other Wall Street companies that smelled the fuss also reacted.

Like Soros, they almost simultaneously did the same thing as the prepared company.

Add insult to injury.

Wall Street is all too familiar with this.

Because of the situation in Southeast Asia, too many senior Wall Street executives have gathered in Japan recently.

They can give commands nearby, making these Wall Street alligators more responsive.

Just now, Soros and Niederhoffer were watching the live broadcast on TV and directing the traders at work.

But it's not just Soros's Quantum Fund's Neon branch that is doing this.

At least hundreds of Wall Street companies should be doing the same thing at the same time tonight.

It is even possible that even Japan's local financial companies and investment banks are in cahoots with Wall Street.

So the June 8th bombing in Neon Tokyo was used as an example.

The reason is that Wall Street giants entered the market.

Paladin Investments lit the fuse.

A small-to-medium-sized neon financial crisis and public opinion crisis.

After Milo Blackburn expressed his disappointment with Neon security and the Tokyo environment at a press conference.

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Completely detonated.

The Japanese economy has just recovered from the bubble era five years ago.

In the foreseeable future, the stock, foreign exchange and bond markets will all be hit hard.

It was like being kicked hard in the heart.

It's so uncomfortable! ...

…

"Damn it! Damn it! This must have been premeditated, absolutely premeditated!"

at the same time.

Neon, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, inside the Prime Minister's official residence.

Prime Minister Hashimoto looked at the news brought to him by his subordinates that the Japanese bond and foreign exchange markets had collapsed at the same time.

He immediately burst into cursing.

There is no need to wait for tomorrow to come. Hashimoto knows that the stock market will definitely fall sharply after it opens tomorrow.

The stock market hasn't reacted yet, just because it's night time.

Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuka, a member of Hashimoto's new cabinet, smiled wryly:

"We didn't expect the impact to be so huge. The key is that those greedy Wall Street wolves reacted too quickly. So I also think that this is definitely a conspiracy against us in Japan!"

The Minister of Finance is the equivalent of the head of the Ministry of Finance in Japan.

"He has a huge appetite!"

Hashimoto said angrily: "He wants to buy a company worth 800 billion yen for 200 billion yen! How is this possible! Even if we agree, Sumitomo will not agree!"

Hiroshi Mitsuka was silent for a moment, and recalled the news brought back by the people who were sent to appease Milo Blackburn.

That extremely greedy Ansazi.

The condition he offered was to buy an industry invested by the Sumitomo Zaibatsu in the United States at an outrageous price.

It's about the big chaebols.

Not to mention the billions of dollars involved.

Even if it was tens of millions or hundreds of millions, the Japanese officials present at the time could not have given an immediate reply.

After all, it is Sumitomo, although it is not the largest among the chaebols.

But he has always been the most trusted of the Imperial Palace among the chaebols.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the other party saw that this side was unwilling to agree, they immediately made a big fuss in the media.

It doesn't even give the Japanese time to prepare.

Not following the script they had prepared.

The current situation of the Hashimoto Cabinet and Japan is very embarrassing.

It has even affected Japan's international reputation and financial market conditions.

"For now."

As the Minister of Finance who is most knowledgeable about economics and finance in the Hashimoto Cabinet.

Hiroshi Mitsuka spoke up: "We should still prioritize stabilizing the foreign exchange market and the bond market. If these two markets are stable, the stock market won't fall too much tomorrow."

"Besides that, we have to continue to appease Milo Blackburn. Not to ask him to say something nice, but at least we can't let him add fuel to the fire."

Although he is angry, Hashimoto naturally still has the qualities that a politician should have.

Hashimoto took a deep breath and nodded. "Ikeda has already started working. He will be the one to calm down the international public opinion. I'll have to trouble you with the foreign exchange and bond markets, Hiro-kun."

Ikeda is the surname of Japan's current Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda.

Japan's propaganda and Neon's international public opinion image have always been the responsibility of Neon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Hiroshi Mitsuka: "I have asked the central bank to enter the market to stabilize the two markets. However, there are too many hungry wolves outside, so I am afraid I will have to cut some meat this time."

"What can we do now? We don't dare to investigate further..."

Hashimoto sighed.

Today, Americans reacted too excitedly and too quickly.

So much so that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Neon Special Police were halfway through their investigation, but were all kicked out.

And half of the truth that the Japanese have uncovered points the finger at the Americans.

For example, the source of the explosives is the United States, and the explosion techniques and detonation methods are ClA's favorite.

The hotel video was also tampered with, and it can be seen that this is a common method used by ClA.

Even among Milo Blackburn's bodyguards, many of them had experience working in CIA...

How can we investigate this?

If something is really found out, ClA will definitely not be embarrassed.

Americans are used to it.

The only ones who will be embarrassed then will be the Japanese.

So the problem facing Hashimoto now is so troublesome.

We can neither investigate nor stop the other party from talking.

There is no point in just ignoring it. Does Japan still want to maintain its international reputation in the future? Does it want to leave Asia and join Europe?

What's more, that was Milo Blackburn, a rising American superstar.

If a person like this encounters such a thing in Japan, Japan will have to give an explanation to the Americans.

Even if Milo Blackburn didn't speak up, the other Americans wouldn't let it go.

What's more, Hashimoto knew very well that Milo Blackburn would not remain indifferent.

Didn't you see that the other party asked for billions of dollars right away? "Huh..."

Exhaling deeply, Hashimoto thought of those mad dogs of the Special Investigation Division of the District Public Prosecutors Office who were running wildly in Tokyo and Osaka.

He said decisively: "I'm going to the Imperial Palace, I'm going to find Sumitomo Tomojun."

The only solution now is to deal with the hungry wolves of Wall Street and appease Milo Blackburn.

The international community should give more money to Japan to suppress the follow-up impact of this incident.

Time will eventually heal everything, just like the many explosions that have occurred in Neon in the past.

"I'm afraid Sumitomo Tomojun won't be willing to do so," said Hiroshi Mitsuka.

"It's not a question of whether he is willing to give it up or not." Hashimoto sneered.

"If he's unwilling to do so, then it will be bad for all of us!"

"I don't believe he dares to go against all of us!"

There is a reason why Mitsuka Hiroshi remained silent.

If you want to blame someone, just blame Sumitomo for being unlucky.

I actually encountered such a thing.

I was actually targeted by someone like Milo Blackburn.

(End of this chapter)