Chapter 1974

Japan time, 9:00 AM!

As soon as the stock market opened, it began to rise. Although it was very slow, this gave the vast number of shareholders great confidence, and many people saw the benefits and invested a large amount of funds into the market.

Time quickly reached the noon close, and the increase actually reached 4%. This number was like a bright light, illuminating everyone's face, making everyone unable to help but be inspired and excited.

The confidence of shareholders also rose straight up like a rocket, and even began to explode. They firmly believed that the stock market in the afternoon would definitely continue to rise.

As a result, more and more people resolutely decided to increase their investment in the afternoon, and without hesitation, bought popular stocks such as Sony that were in the spotlight.

These brave investors carried longing and expectations for the future, hoping to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and reap more wealth returns.

It's just that, unlike the optimism of shareholders, companies exposed for fraud such as Sony, Hitachi, and Kobayashi Chemical couldn't be happy.

Because they knew very well in their hearts that yesterday's decline in the stock market was only brought about by the fraud scandal.

They entered the market to protect it ten minutes before the close, and didn't encounter any resistance, which proved that the short sellers hadn't entered the market.

They analyzed that the short sellers would definitely enter the market today, so they were already prepared to have a big battle with the short sellers.

But they were disappointed again. The short sellers still didn't appear in the morning, which made them more and more uneasy.

Now it was the noon break, and these figures who were famous in the international business world couldn't even eat a meal.

London, Financial City!

Jiandong International, Alice held a glass of red wine, stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, looked at Canary Wharf under the night, raised her glass and took a sip, and then a faint smile appeared on her face.

Yesterday, they just conducted a simple test. The performance of the Japanese stock market made her very satisfied, and the market protection of companies like Sony, although earlier than she expected, was all within her expectations.

"Ding-ling..."

The phone on the desk rang, and Alice turned to pick it up.

"Hello!"

"Respected Ms. Alice, I am Jack from Goldman Sachs. There are twenty minutes left until the Japanese afternoon market opens. Is there any problem on your side?"

Alice sat in the wide boss chair, her expression looking very relaxed: "No problem."

Jack chuckled: "This war will end soon. I don't know if I'm lucky enough to invite Ms. Alice to dinner?"

The smile on Alice's face became brighter: "It is my honor to be able to have dinner with Mr. Jack, but I am in London, and you are in New York, so I can only wait for an opportunity in the future."

"As long as Ms. Alice agrees." Jack's voice became gentle: "No matter where you are, I will appear in front of you."

Alice blinked and took a shallow sip of red wine: "Is that so? I'm looking forward to it."

"Okay!" Jack's voice sounded very happy: "It's a deal."

"Bye!"

Alice said, then put down the phone, and a handsome figure appeared in her mind.

Jack was the son of a shareholder of Goldman Sachs, a very capable person. Although they had only met once, the impression he left on her was very good.

Since the other party invited her to dinner, she naturally wouldn't refuse, and wouldn't resist having something happen with the other party.

Alice's mood was even better, slowly turning the chair, facing the floor-to-ceiling window again.

Time passed bit by bit, one minute before the Japanese stock market opened.

Alice raised her glass, drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and then got up and walked out of the office.

"Everyone!" Alice clapped her hands: "Everyone perk up, the time for us to launch a general offensive has arrived."

Japan!

As soon as the stock market opened, the curve that was originally rising turned and fell.

In the trading hall, it suddenly fell into silence, and the expressions on everyone's faces.

Some were dull, some were surprised, some couldn't believe it, and some were panicked and helpless.

"How could this be? How could this be?"

A middle-aged man muttered. Wasn't it rising all morning?

He had increased his position, so why did it start to fall as soon as the afternoon market opened?

Time passed second by second, and the index ran down like a wild horse, falling rapidly at an astonishing speed.

Within less than an hour, the index fell below the 1400-point integer mark again, as if a nightmare had descended.

Everyone stared blankly at the thrilling scene in front of them, their heartbeats accelerated, and their scalps felt numb.

At this moment, well-known companies such as Sony, Hitachi, and Kobayashi Chemical were completely caught in extreme panic.

They hurriedly invested the 20 million US dollars of funds they had carefully prepared into the market, hoping to save this disastrous situation.

However, all of this seemed so powerless. Eleven companies, a total of 220 million US dollars, were thrown in, and it was difficult to even set off a splash.

Although it slowed down the momentum of the decline, this short-term stability only lasted for a few minutes.

Immediately after, the stock market fell into chaos again, and the momentum of the decline became more fierce and unstoppable.

Facing such a severe situation, the hearts of shareholders were like being tightly pinched by an invisible hand, and they began to feel desperate.

Staring wide-eyed, they could only watch their assets dissipate like bubbles.

Panic spread like a plague, and people fell into despair one after another.

Some people tried to recover their losses, but more people chose to sell.

Thus, an unprecedented panic selling began.

A tense atmosphere permeated the market, and every transaction was like dancing on the edge of a cliff.

Stock prices fell all the way, as if there was no end. People's faces were pale, and their eyes revealed deep despair and helplessness.

However, this was just the beginning. As time passed, the panic sentiment gradually intensified, and the entire stock market fell into chaos. Everyone lost their reason and was driven by panic.

The stock market at this time was like a giant ship that was sinking. No matter how hard it tried, it couldn't avoid the fate of being submerged.

Shareholders desperately sold the stocks in their hands, hoping to recover some losses, but found that the market had lost liquidity and no one was willing to take over.

As time passed, the panic sentiment gradually intensified, everyone lost their reason, and the shouts and curses rose one after another, mixing into a noisy symphony.

Tokyo time, 3:00 PM, the stock market closed, and the Nikkei 225 index had fallen below the historical low point, 1389 points.

The Sony conference room was silent, and everyone's face became very ugly.

They invested a total of 220 million US dollars, thinking they could protect today's basic market.

But what they never dreamed of was that they only persisted for a few minutes before losing the power to resist.