Chapter 823: What is a Technical Adjustment?

On Monday, the introduction negotiations for Li Ye and the others went unexpectedly smoothly. That Department Chief Inoue "cooperated happily" in just two hours.

"Mr. Ma, we basically agree with your several basic conditions in principle. Can we discuss the remaining details tomorrow?"

Ma Zhao was stunned for a moment, then immediately beamed with joy: "Thank you, Department Chief Inoue, for your trust. I believe our cooperation this time will definitely be very smooth and very successful."

"Definitely, definitely, happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation."

"..."

Li Ye watched Ma Zhao and Department Chief Inoue hold hands tightly for a long time without letting go, feeling truly puzzled in his heart.

Yesterday, everyone just had a meal and didn't even enter the door of the pleasure shop; how did the relationship between them suddenly become so lubricated?

In his previous life, Li Ye always heard people mention the three great iron-clad friendships of life. Unfortunately, he was nearsighted and couldn't carry a gun, was timid and kind, and didn't dare to do "that," so at most, he had a "one-iron friendship" with a few classmates he got along with.

It was only after becoming an adult, by chance at his unit, that he reluctantly tried a "half-iron friendship" of singing and bathing with a few colleagues.

It must be said that this thing really has some tricks to it. Although it is not as pure as the friendship of young classmates, it really does things for you!

Thinking about yesterday at the entrance of the pleasure shop, Department Chief Inoue repeatedly invited Li Ye and the others to go in and relax. Could it be that this already counted as having a half-iron friendship?

But in any case, Li Ye, Ma Zhao, and Lu Zhizhang were all happy. Mitsubishi not only agreed to deliver the full set of production molds and technical data but was also willing to sell some second-hand equipment used for production.

Moreover, the price was within the acceptable range for Ma Zhao and the others. Even Gu Jianqi, who kept picking faults, couldn't find any reason to complain.

The remaining details were just minor issues like delivery time. After all, it would take time for them to clean and pack the sealed equipment.

"Returning to the hotel at this time, isn't it too early?"

"That's true. Why don't we go stroll around again?"

Because the negotiations ended very early, everyone came out before noon.

With nothing to do, someone suggested going to the mall first to see the prices of the small electrical appliances they liked, so that when the negotiations ended and they returned to the country, they could choose the most suitable items based on the money in their hands.

But after Gu Jianqi received a call, he indicated that he was going to visit his Japanese friend's house again.

"My Japanese friend helped us collect some information. I'll go over and understand it; it should be helpful for our subsequent detailed negotiations."

Li Ye: "..."

【I say, old man, you are almost sixty years old. No matter how beautiful things are, you have to have restraint and a limit!】

But blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents, and ruining someone's good deeds will bring divine retribution. Since Watching Liu Muhan didn't stop him, Li Ye really couldn't meddle in other people's business.

However, this time Li Ye actually misunderstood Old Gu, because he returned before dinner. After returning, he sent Secretary Guo to ask Li Ye for advice.

"Deputy Factory Director Li, I have been observing the Japanese economy with Old Gu these past few days and heard a new term—'technical adjustment.' Deputy Factory Director Li is a top student in the economics department; you should know what it means, right?"

【Technical adjustment? Then I'm too familiar with it. I don't know how much of my hard-earned money the damn dog-dealers have swindled out of me using this trick.】

But Li Ye pondered for a few seconds, frowned, and said: "Technical adjustment? I have heard a classmate of mine who studied at the Lighthouse mention this term. It seems to be an economic term in Western stock and futures markets. Are you asking about questions related to stocks and futures?"

Secretary Guo's eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly: "That's right, it's a question related to stocks and futures. I heard from Old Gu's Japanese friend that Japanese stocks and futures are closely related to their country's economy.

From the changes in the rise and fall of stocks and futures, we can analyze their entire country's economic strength and development trend. You also know that Old Gu is very concerned about family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs..."

"Hmm, hmm, hmm."

Li Ye also nodded repeatedly, then said: "But I only know this term; I only have a half-understanding of its meaning.

I just heard that classmate of mine say that technical guidance can be true or false. If it is true, then stocks and futures will usher in a big rise later; if it is false, then it will be a disastrous big fall."

"Then, Deputy Factory Director Li, can you tell the true from the false of technical guidance?"

"Of course not."

Li Ye smiled and said: "People who can tell the true from the false are not about how much knowledge you have, but about what class you are in. For example, the Minister of Finance who manages the Japanese economy would likely know the truth from the falsehood."

"Oh~, so it still depends on connections!"

Secretary Guo was suddenly enlightened, his eyes drifting, and his spirit clearly showed strong fluctuations.

After Secretary Guo left, Watching Liu Muhan approached Li Ye and asked in a low voice: "Don't you feel that these two have been mysterious these past few days, and their minds are not on the introduction of our project at all?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "Isn't that even better? I was afraid they would drag their feet and ruin things. Now that everything is going smoothly, isn't that exactly what you and I want?"

Watching Liu Muhan rolled her eyes: "I'm talking to you seriously! Don't play dumb with me. If something is abnormal, there must be a demon. I don't believe that someone as smart as you wouldn't be suspicious."

Li Ye said modestly: "What kind of smart person am I? Compared to you, I'm a real dumb-dumb, okay?"

"Forget it!" Watching Liu Muhan said with disdain: "I've calculated several things related to you with Xiao Yu. You are a guy who plays the pig to eat the tiger, and your heart is black and bottomless."

"..."

Li Ye was speechless. How could his own little wife dig up her husband's bottom with an outsider?

At ten o'clock in the evening, Lu Zhizhang, who was in the same room as Li Ye, had already fallen asleep, but Li Ye hadn't slept yet.

Because if the trajectory of this world hadn't changed, a phone call should come very soon.

"Ding-a-ling~"

The mobile phone, which had been adjusted to the lowest ringtone, finally rang.

Li Ye silently picked up the phone: "Hello? What's the matter?"

Han Chunmei on the other side said in a deep voice: "The Lighthouse stock market has opened. It's very abnormal. The trading volume during the bidding stage is less than one-fifth of the usual."

"Hmm, I know. I think it will fall by 20%. You handle it, old lady! I'm going to sleep."

"..."

Han Chunmei on the other side was stunned, then immediately started scolding: "Sleep, sleep, sleep! Can't you die if you don't sleep? I'm so anxious here—hello? Hello? Hello? You dog thing, how dare you hang up on me?"

What else could Li Ye do but hang up? Things had been planned months ago. What else did Li Ye need to do when the time came?

Li Ye had already given Han Chunmei, Pei Bosi, and the others a God's-eye view, sending a feast to their mouths. Did he still have to feed them spoonful by spoonful and then ask them if it was salty or bland?

According to the established trajectory, the Lighthouse stock market opened today with a 3% drop, followed by a series of thunderous crashes.

Just after opening, there were no buy orders in the market, no transactions, and this eerie situation lasted for a long time.

Then, sell orders surged like waves, causing the computer to crash. The display of the index calculation results lagged 20 minutes behind the actual transactions.

Many traders were dumbfounded. The big board they saw clearly showed a 3% drop, but the actual transaction had already fallen below 10%.

Two hours, just two hours, and the Dow Jones index fell below 20%.

If looking back at history, the Black Monday of 1987 didn't count as a major financial crisis, but the single-day drop was definitely one of the fastest and most ruthless.

This speed of decline left those bulls and small retail investors completely penniless and plunged into darkness.

Especially those small retail investors, who were the ones hurt the most.

According to statistics, in 1987, 40% of families in the Lighthouse with "spare money" invested in the stock market, but their order priority was very low, and many were not executed until midnight.

Decades later, this situation also appeared once in Shanghai. Li Ye could remember how dirty the curses were from those helpless compatriots later on.

One must know that when such a big disaster falls on small households, they might never be able to turn over for a lifetime.

It's just that the dead friend is not the poor me; these things had nothing to do with Li Ye anymore.

All the bears who held short positions on Friday would make a fortune today as if in a dream.

And Li Ye slept very soundly all night and even had a few good dreams! ===== CHAPTER 824 =====