National Tide 1980

To be honest, if we only analyze the current situation, Bernard Arnault is far ahead and has basically won.

However, Ning Weimin and Pierre Cardin are now in a full disadvantage.

For no other reason, it is because Bernard Arnault collected chips much earlier than them and the cost is low.

In particular, there is Lazard Investment Bank, a financial expert with Jewish capital, to help him, which makes him have obvious technical and financial advantages.

Even now, Bernard Arnault's shareholding has reached 43.5%.

It can be said that if the market trend continues to improve and no accidents occur, then no matter who wants to snatch LVMH from Bernard Arnault, there should be basically no chance.

Then, the direction of this matter should be like the original history, LVMH, the biggest pearl in the luxury industry, will be naturally taken into the pocket of Bernard Arnault.

Whether it is LV, MH, or the British Guinness Company, they will all end up in regret, and will be kicked out step by step, and finally end up with a miserable end of being a wedding dress for others.

Even if Ning Weimin finally prepared all the funds he could raise, hiding aside and watching, it would be of no avail.

Because of his poor overall strength and lack of initiative, he can only sigh to the sky and watch the "wolf king wearing cashmere" achieve the hegemony of his luxury goods empire.

It is very likely that in the end, he will have to bear the actual losses caused by covering short orders at high positions.

However, the only turning point in this matter lies in the global stock market crash of "Black Monday" that broke out in the United States, which God has almost arranged.

This "accident" that is not unexpected is the best opportunity for Ning Weimin to "pick peaches" left by God.

As a time traveler, Ning Weimin knows very well what it means to be unable to defy fate and things will turn around when they reach their extremes.

Some things are destined to happen, and the more complex the causes, the less likely they will be interfered with by any force.

Although he was not sure how much impact he would have on the trajectory of the world.

Will his arrival produce any butterfly effect?

Will it really happen on "Black Monday" as he remembered?

But as long as he was sure that the stock market crash was inevitable.

As long as he knew that no stock market in the world was immune to this disaster, it would cause a huge drop.

That would be enough.

The most wonderful thing is that according to the original history, this "Black Monday" was the opportunity for countries to worry about market risks and launch a series of measures to prevent financial risks.

In other words, before this incident, there was no circuit breaker mechanism in the stock market of any country in the world.

Theoretically, once a stock market crash occurs, under this unilateral downward trend, there is no force that can restrain the violent decline of the stock market based on panic and inertia.

This disaster will burst out with all the terrible damage, and its process is absolutely a torrent of steel that can crush anyone who is not prepared.

Of course, the first thing that can be confirmed is that investment banks like Lazard will inevitably run out of funds when encountering such a rapid shift in market trends, and it is impossible not to suffer huge losses.

In other words, once a stock market crash occurs, Lazard Bank must quickly sell stocks to avoid risks, otherwise no matter how much money it has, it will not be enough to compensate.

As the party that supports Bernard Arnault, all the decisions and measures they make based on emergency risk avoidance will inevitably affect Bernard Arnault's holdings in LVMH.

As for Bernard Arnault, he is playing "karate" and his own strength is limited.

It is easy to imagine that in the face of such an emergency, even Lazard Bank can't bear it, can Bernard Arnault bear it on his own?

If he wants to fully withstand the impact of the stock market crash and ensure that the number of existing shares remains unchanged, the difficulty can be imagined.

Not to mention that this guy was lucky enough to get his Dior clothing listed.

And he also used the funds raised from the IPO to buy LVMH shares.

Now, it's good. Originally, only one company experienced the stock market crash, which was enough for him to bear. Now it has become two. It would be strange if his small body could bear it!

To ​​put it bluntly, this guy did this, which is equivalent to adding enough leverage to himself!

Everyone knows that if such a sudden stock market crash occurs, who will die the most miserably?

Of course, it is the people who leveraged stocks.

Needless to say, this guy will suffer at that time.

How happy he made money at the beginning, how painful it will be when it falls, how miserable!

As the saying goes, if you don't do it, you won't die. Since he did it himself, who will die if he doesn't die?

Even his "magic pen" has solved Ning Weimin's most distressing and worrying problems invisibly.

Originally, Ning Weimin was worried that even if a stock market crash occurred, if this guy pretended to be dead and lay flat to resist, he would not be able to find enough chips to pass on, and it might be difficult to buy enough low-priced chips to fulfill the master's friendship and help Henry Lacamier win back the company.

As a result, this newly listed Dior clothing company, with a market capitalization of nearly US$900 million, will become a wound that will cause the enemy to bleed profusely but be unable to heal in the future.

In Ning Weimin's eyes, this Dior clothing company is easier to attack than LVMH itself, and it is a bargaining chip that can be easily controlled.

So now even if Bernard Arnault can really hold back from selling a share of LVMH, when the stock market crash occurs, he is powerless to turn the tide and it is difficult to change the tragic outcome.

Even if he makes a wrong decision, he may even lose his own Dior clothing.

This is the script that Ning Weimin secretly arranged for him. Ning Weimin wants to use the power of heaven to dig a grave for him to bury his ambition.

So in order for this revenge drama to be successfully staged, Ning Weimin, who was busy calculating, didn't care about eating lunch.

He just roughly explained his views on the new situation to the master, and reached a preliminary consensus in general. He hurriedly seized the time to start taking action with the master to lay out the plan.

First of all, of course, he went to meet Henri Lacamier.

Before the final showdown, whether from the moral point of view of having a legitimate reason or from the practical needs, they must first reach a consensus with this most important ally and formulate a plan of action for mutual cooperation, so that they can finally win.

Otherwise, if even this ally is unwilling to cooperate, what are they still busy with?

As for Ning Weimin's request, it is actually very simple.

He only needs the former LV head, who has been increasingly marginalized in LVMH, to do two things for him.

First, provide sufficient ammunition.

Given that there are not many LVMH stocks that can be traded in the market at present.

Considering that once the stock market crash begins, it may be even more difficult to raise enough LVMH stocks from securities companies to sell.

So Ning Weimin proposed that Henri Lacamier should authorize him to lend him some LVMH shares so that he can control the market in the secondary market.

Second, Ning Weimin needs Henri Lacamier to express all his dissatisfaction with Bernard Arnault to the public.

He can even bluff the media and pretend to have collected some evidence and will launch a legal complaint against Bernard Arnault.

Whether it is to sue him for illegally acquiring LVMH shares, manipulating stock prices, or tax evasion, it doesn't matter.

Anyway, it's fine if there is a crime that is related to it. The purpose is to have a reason to short sell, so that French shareholders can feel that there is a problem with LVMH's management, and it is no longer safe to hold this stock.

It must be said that when they met again this time, Henri Lacamier's attitude was very different from the last time.

I don't know if it's because Bernard Arnault now thinks he has the power, and he is becoming more and more arbitrary and reckless in LVMH.

Or is it because this guy has already put Alain Chevalier, the original head of MH, into the hospital first.

Or maybe Bernard Arnault has already placed a lot of his people on the board of directors, and has already said that the next step is to implement a 70-year-old retirement system within the company.

In short, Henri Lacamier has become a man at the end of his rope. Under the oppression of Bernard Arnault's true colors, he no longer has those unrealistic fantasies, nor does he have the condescending self-righteousness.

On the contrary, seeing Ning Weimin and Pierre Cardin is like seeing a life-saving straw.

Especially knowing that they have been trying to confront Bernard Arnault and have never given up wanting to help him take back the company.

Henri Lacamier was so moved that he agreed to all of Ning Weimin's requests without saying a word, which was particularly decisive and straightforward.

He even welcomed Ning Weimin's second request.

To be honest, he had long felt that he could no longer bear it, but he had always been afraid of the consequences.

Now Ning Weimin told him that he didn't need to bear it anymore, and if he turned against Bernard Arnault in public, he could increase the possibility of defeating this opponent. How could he not be ecstatic?

Nothing else, with Henri Lacamier's approval and full cooperation, Ning Weimin's most important offensive weapon has basically been in his hands.

So the next step, Ning Weimin and Pierre Caton went to Lyon Securities to discuss the contract to increase the credit line.

Although in terms of time, it was basically the end of the stock exchange, and the securities company was almost off work.

It was really hasty to find someone to negotiate cooperation so eagerly, and it was difficult to get a positive response.

Moreover, the French work attitude is world-famous for its casualness and freedom, and few people are dedicated enough to work overtime willingly.

But it is worth mentioning that although Lyon Securities is one of the top securities firms in France, it is a financial subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Suez.

So given that Ning Weimin has long been one of the most important private clients of Crédit Agricole Suez in the Asian market, at the request of Crédit Agricole Suez to send a special representative, the general manager of Lyon Securities' French business department still made an exception to receive Ning Weimin and Pierre Caton.

Then, under the guarantee of the bank representative, the person in charge quickly agreed to the conditions required by Ning Weimin.

That is to expand the fund credit share of his and Pierre Catton's accounts by 50% respectively, and also promise to lend them all the LVMH and Dior clothing stocks currently under the name of Lyon Securities for them to short sell.

In this way, Ning Weimin and Pierre Catton can use the 800 million US dollars of funds they currently have as 1.2 billion.

In other words, starting from the second day, in order to make a profit before the stock market crash begins, Ning Weimin can get 1.2 billion US dollars worth of stocks through securities companies and sell them in the market for short selling.

Then after making money, they can further increase their financial strength and enhance their ability to grab chips with a 50% credit margin.

That's not all. Even if this step is achieved, it is basically a wolf trap, but Ning Weimin is still not satisfied.

Next, he has to do one more thing, which is to call up allies, encourage more forces that can work together, and unite all forces that can be united as his own assistance.

Ning Weimin not only called his cheap cousin Shen Cun, who was handling assets in the United States at the time, and asked him to help pay attention to the recent situation of the US stock market, but also suggested that he could short Lazard Bank in the US stock market to make a fortune.

Then he invited his "good friends" in France to Paris in the name of a dinner party.

So when they knew that he was in Paris again, not only did Yves Saint Laurent, who had been hiding in the villa and refused to see people because of depression, show up.

Pierre Bergé, the general manager of Saint Laurent, who was busy with the Paris Fall Fashion Week, arrived on time.

Even Catherine Deneuve, who went to the mountains in northern France to watch the hunting season and ride horses, and Alain Delon, who was still in charge of supervision in Saint-Tropez, flew here as soon as possible.

And the result of this simple dinner of several people was also very ideal.

Just after the meal, these people began to do their own things, raising money to the best of their ability, and preparing to join the money-making plan provided by Ning Weimin for them.

To be honest, Ning Weimin certainly didn't expect how much money these people could raise.

He didn't expect that these people could really provide him with much substantial help when he launched a financial attack with real money.

However, it is also necessary to make good friends with these friends who will definitely be useful in the future.

Moreover, each of them is a public figure with extensive connections.

In this matter, what Ning Weimin values ​​is actually their influence on the public.

Because as long as these people say that LVMH and Dior have flaws in their operations and are not in line with the current market value, and even frankly admit that they intend to short sell.

Then for the public, they will naturally be shocked.

It's okay when the stock market doesn't fall, but once the stock market crash comes, these advance information can double the fear of those who hold the stock.

What do the so-called financial wars and stock market confrontations actually rely on?

Isn't it just taking advantage of human nature to increase human fear and greed?