National Tide 1980

October 23, 1987, the last trading day of the week.

This day was the most peaceful day for the French stock market since Black Monday.

You know, after a few days of bloodbath, under the stimulation of a series of rescue policies urgently introduced by the French government, the market has finally successfully turned from a unilateral decline to a fluctuating rebound in the past two days.

Especially today, the oscillating trend has flattened, and not only have major investment banks basically recovered.

Many companies that do not have major operating problems are also trying to issue clarification announcements or favorable performance forecasts to cooperate with the market value rebound in order to save their market value.

It can be said that the atmosphere of the French stock market has finally become more optimistic on this day.

Sixty-five percent of all stocks have risen moderately, although the amplitude is not large, almost 1% to 3%, but compared with the fearful atmosphere of the past few days that made people panic as if the end of the world is coming, the market trend of this day can be said to be the most pleasant and pleasing day.

Especially for retail investors, at least they can see that the decline has clearly stopped, and everyone can finally relax.

Therefore, those who still have "bullets" can finally boldly replenish their positions. It is inevitable that they will think that as long as they are willing to exchange time for space, their losses in this stock market crash will slowly be made up.

However, even on such days, there are exceptions. Stocks like LVMH and Dior Clothing still maintain a downward trend, and they are completely determined to continue the decline.

The trend of these two stocks has declined to the extreme in the past few days. Not only has there been no decent rebound, but it has opened a long bear market.

As soon as the market opened today, the two stocks started to compete with each other to create new lows.

And it was either a dive or a decline.

The price just now will be a little lower after five or ten minutes.

Even if there is a slightly larger buy order occasionally, which pulls the stock up a little, there will be at least double the large sell orders to smash the stock price again, which does not give people any hope at all.

As a result, the patience of most retail investors holding these two stocks has been exhausted, and more and more sell orders have begun to emerge.

No one knows who is deliberately suppressing the stock prices of these two stocks.

No one knows that these people's purpose is to use this method of slow torture to force everyone to completely lose confidence in these two stocks and hand over their chips in despair.

"Buy, buy, buy! Let's keep buying! The selling orders have come out, and we will increase our positions at a few cents lower!"

"Okay, okay! The volume has increased! We have bought it, and we have eaten up another 20,000 opponents!"

"Continue! Continue! No, no, someone has placed a buy order, LVMH, more than 3,000 lots, who is overestimating his ability to go against us!"

"Give it to him, give it to him, we will give him 8,000 lots, and we can't let the market show signs of rising, which will shake the confidence of the sellers..."

"Okay, okay, the price has dropped another 1%, and more selling orders have been stimulated. That's it, you deserve it, you asked for it, go home and cry..."

It was still the VIP room of the fifth district branch of Lyon Securities. On this day, as the Paris Stock Exchange opened its doors to welcome guests, the room was once again in full swing, just like yesterday.

Several traders who served Ning Weimin and his team were talking loudly, encouraging each other, and gradually implementing the plan of absorbing funds at a low price for Ning Weimin and his team.

The transaction on this day can be said to be very successful, and the process of absorbing funds was very smooth.

If nothing else, they now have money and chips, and their strength has increased by at least double compared to before the stock market crash.

On the contrary, those financial hunters, institutions and investment banks that may ruin their good deeds have been seriously injured.

So their team is now God for these two stocks that have basically controlled the market, and they can do whatever they want, and the stock prices of the two companies will be pressed to the ground.

Any hot money or institutions that do not know the depth will make them dig a pit and bury it in it.

As for their achievements, it can be said that they are just a step away from success.

Because in the past few days, several traders have helped Ning Weimin and his team buy nearly 11% of LVMH shares and 27% of Dior clothing shares.

And the money spent is only 600 million US dollars, which can be said to be economical and cost-effective.

In this case, if the original 30% share held by Henri Lacamier is included, even if Bernard Arnault did not buy a single share, he still retained all the LVMH shares that were originally controlled by him.

Ning Weimin and his team will definitely win,

because as long as they continue to increase their holdings of Dior Fashion in the open market, so that their shares exceed the 35% restricted shares held by Bernard Arnault, they can count the LVMH shares under Dior Fashion as their own. With this increase and decrease, their holdings can approach 47%, while the other party will lose the same share. Of course, the outcome is no longer suspenseful.

So it is very different from the traders who are still busy and tense.

Ning Weimin, Pierre Cardin, and Henri Lacamier are now in a very relaxed state.

They are sitting in the VIP room, smoking cigars, drinking champagne or cognac, and chatting and laughing. They are talking about their plans and intentions after regaining control of the company. Of course, they also count how much their opponents have lost.

They all knew that Bernard Arnault was already a fish on the chopping board, and he was just one breath away from being finished.

When this is done, not only will they get the fruits of victory, but their names will also be famous throughout the French business community, and everyone will admire them for their beautiful victory.

They even found some friends who helped to celebrate together and share this joy.

For example, Alain Delon and Catherine Deneuve, they also came here today to share the joy of successful cooperation.

Of course, there are also financial gains.

As people who follow Ning Weimin to drink soup, they are also vested interests. Not only did they avoid the stock market crash, but they also made a lot of money by shorting LVMH and Dior clothing.

Ning Weimin never treats his friends badly, and he will not let people help him for nothing, so he is so likable and trustworthy. Anyone who has dealt with him will regard him as a person who can really trust and work with him.

"Haha, I didn't expect that this money was so comfortable to make. Thank you, toast to you."

Like Alain Delon, seeing the current situation of the market, he raised his glass to express his gratitude to him.

This time his profit has reached half of the principal, which is equivalent to tens of millions of francs. He is already satisfied.

"Yes, it's great. It seems that the stock prices of the two companies will continue to be like this. Thank you, Ning, you are such a good person." Catherine Deneuve also raised champagne and said so.

However, women tend to be more greedy. Even so, she still thinks that she has not earned enough.

This part soon complained again, "Damn it, if I had raised another 10 million, God, why don't you give me more courage."

And she didn't realize it at all. She didn't think there was anything wrong with her greed, and she was hurting the "dignity of the goddess".

She was still watching the market with great interest. For her, nothing was more interesting than this now.

Of course, she would not notice that the people in the room looked at her with such a contrasting performance.

This is also a scene that is enough to make everyone laugh. Catherine's disregard for the true nature is not something everyone is lucky enough to see.

But compared to these winners, most people don't feel so good.

Ordinary people who invested their hard-earned money in the stock market for many years - they originally expected to make some money for retirement by taking advantage of the bullish stock market, but in the end, all of it disappeared without a trace in the falling stock prices in one day.

Even the more high-ranking people were, the greater the losses were, and the more painful the changes in their lives they felt.

So far, there are countless upper-class investors who have suffered heavy losses because of this stock market crash.

Sam Walton, the world's richest man today, lost $2.1 billion in stock value in one day.

Bill Gates, the youngest billionaire in the United States, lost $3.945 billion.

Computer tycoon Wang An lost $31 million on the afternoon of the 19th alone...

And today, 38 of the 400 richest people in the United States announced in the authoritative American financial magazine "Forbes" last month have disappeared from the list, and many millionaires have become paupers overnight.

Even because of the shock of the stock price plunge, many people who have suffered heavy losses have become extremely fragile psychologically.

Many people who could not bear the heavy debts due to the stock market crash had a complete mental breakdown, and news of suicides began to emerge.

On October 23, 58-year-old American Veron Lamberg committed suicide by gas in a hotel due to frustration in the stock market.

On the same day, Arthur Kane, a middle-aged man in Miami, USA, who had fallen from a millionaire to a debt of nearly 10 million US dollars due to the stock market crash, shot and killed the vice president and broker of Merrill Lynch Securities and then shot himself.

Of course, at this time, our protagonist's opponent, Bernard Arnault, who was supposed to be the king of the French luxury industry, was also suffering from death.

If the protagonist had not intervened and interfered, he would at least not have lost so badly and would not have been on the verge of bankruptcy.

At the French branch of Lazard Investment Bank, those professional financial hunters were arguing with each other in the meeting, "We have to sell some more securities and bonds!? This damn rebound is almost over! There will be further declines. We have to prepare funds and rely on short selling to make up for the losses. If we don't do it, other investment banks will short sell, and we will be more passive."

"I don't think it's feasible to short sell rashly! This is France, not the United States! The United States is still falling because there is a big problem over there! There is no such a big bubble in the French financial sector. The French economy has been weak for a long time and there is almost no moisture! What if it is done the wrong way? Cause more blood loss?"

"Mr. Frank can't sit back and do nothing! You are the general manager of the French branch, you decide what we should do next! If this goes on, all our profits in the past few years will be gone. Anyway, no matter what we do, we must find a way to save it!"

Frank Mayer, who was forced by his subordinates, had no choice, but he at least knew that whether it was long or short, it would require funds,

So he had to continue to put pressure on his former good customer and good friend-Bernard Arnault.

As for Bernard Arnault, he had completely lost all hope after receiving a call from Frank Mayer asking for funds.

He had to face up to failure, and he sat slumped in the chair behind the long desk, staring at the ceiling, his mind almost blank.

He stared at the chandelier on the ceiling in a state of collapse, motionless, but his eyes were full of red falling numbers.

He blinked hard, completely unable to accept the result that the shares he controlled were facing the result of being liquidated at a low price.

If calculated based on the stock price a week ago, the value of the stocks he held had lost half, or more, because of the stock market crash.

The more than one billion dollars of wealth he had worked so hard to accumulate, and the assets he controlled, which once totaled as much as four billion dollars, were so easily wiped out.

If there hadn't been this stock market crash, he should have been the king.

But now, everything that should have belonged to him has belonged to that old fool Henry...

Bastard! Why is this happening!

What did I do wrong? I have to be punished like this.

Why doesn't God stand on my side!

Bernard Arnault closed his eyes in pain, and suddenly remembered that the board of directors would hold a meeting next week to disclose the third quarter report.

When he thought of this, he dared to conclude that Henry Lacamier would definitely return to the board of directors and laugh at him in person.

Such a scene made him shudder instantly.

At this moment, he really felt that there was no point in living. He went out in a daze, dragged his feet mechanically, climbed up the fire ladder, and actually reached the rooftop.

The autumn sun was bright in Paris. Even though the wind was strong on the rooftop and could make the clothes shiver, it was not cold at all.

But as a loser, he was shivering all the time when he thought of the mess he was going to face, as if he was falling into an ice cellar.

He squatted silently, looking at the busy scene below the high-rise building in a daze, watching the people walking along the Seine and the cruise ships in the river in a daze.

In order to save his dignity, he wanted to jump down a little, but he was unwilling to accept such an ending, and was still trying to figure out why he had come to such a field.

"Squeak..."

Just when his mind was in a mess, the iron door to the rooftop was pushed open again.

Bernard Arnault He looked back and saw that the person who came was a gentleman in a high-end suit.

The face seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember the name. He was not sure if it was his subordinate in the company.

He doubted whether the other party had come up to find him because he had just seen him.

So he felt a little embarrassed. If his subordinates found him on the rooftop at this time, he would become a joke of his opponents forever once the news spread.

Yes, he couldn't die here, so he regained consciousness at this time.

He immediately decided to cover up the matter.

He was about to stand up and make up an excuse, but what happened next scared him.

Because the other party didn't even look at him, untied his tie, and ran to the edge of the roof, completing the last jump of his life.

"Ah!" The long cry even made him think that he was lucky enough to see the flying superman in this real world.

But then, 'beep beep! ' A sharp car alarm sounded from the bottom of the building.

Then a woman screamed.

All this completely brought him into the cruel real world.

"Damn it! I just saw it with my own eyes..."

At this time, he finally reacted, threw himself to the edge of the roof, and lay down to look down.

Yes, the man who was alive just now has become a blurry dot on the roof of the car.

With the glaring blood red as the center, pedestrians gradually gathered around.

Ten minutes later, Bernard Arnault fled back to his office in a panic, and his pants were wet.

Soon he heard someone spreading the news of this incident. The person who just jumped off the building was the vice president of a financial company. Because he used leverage privately, he caught up with the stock market crash and owed a huge debt. In desperation, he jumped down.

Afterwards, he made an important decision in shock. He did not die, but surrendered, formally surrendering to his opponent.

No matter how much humiliation he had to suffer, he had to survive and try his best to keep Dior clothing.

Because when a person dies, everything is gone, but he is not the waste who jumped off the building. He is not so weak and stupid.

Even though he is unlucky this time, as long as he still has a company in his hands, he still has a chance to make a comeback and avenge his previous shame.