Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 377 A ridiculous idea that’s terrifying to think about

Xu Yanden naturally heard the unhappiness in Li Weidong's tone. No matter who was woken up in the morning, he would not be happy, because he was woken up by someone else just now.

However, after he got the news, he only thought about the pain of the matter and the benefits involved, and forgot about the time. When he made the call, he realized that it was already too late.

If after hanging up the phone, Li Weidong knew it was him who called him, he would probably be more upset than if he was bothered now, so he might as well bite the bullet and say it directly now!

And for such a big thing, he had to tell Li Weidong, even if it meant disturbing his boss's rest.

Xu Yandeng considered himself a close confidant of Li Weidong, and he knew all about Li Weidong's account operations.

After all, he is a professional when it comes to futures trading. From how to open a position, to how to increase and close a position, Xu Yanden personally taught him.

Xu Yandeng knows the details of Li Weidong's positions very well, and in fact, he is also the liquidator of Li Weidong's trading. He will verify every transaction at the closing time.

This is also an industry rule. Although Li Weidong is operating the money, the money is still in the fund management company. He is responsible for every money and no mistakes are allowed.

Liquidation is the last guarantee to make up for mistakes. He does not need to do this specific work himself. He can leave this job to specialized liquidators.

But he couldn't figure out what Li Weidong was thinking, and he didn't understand Li Weidong's true operating level. Making a profit could prove his boss's wisdom and prowess, adding icing on the cake to Li Weidong's undefeated reputation.

However, if there is a loss or a large-scale operational error occurs, it will damage the boss's face. After all, at this point, even a slight flaw will be magnified.

So he had to do the work himself and keep it strictly confidential. Unless one day it was proven that Li Weidong had won again, he would be the trumpet responsible for publicity.

He originally wanted to do some operations after understanding Li Weidong's positions and raise the price of the stocks Li Weidong bought, so that at least the boss could make some money.

But after seeing Li Weidong's positions, he gave up this unrealistic idea and wanted to influence the world's second-largest securities market by himself. This person must be crazy.

After Xu Yandeng spoke, he quietly waited for Li Weidong's reaction. After a major earthquake, the stock market will naturally fluctuate, and the degree of fluctuation will be proportional to the intensity of the earthquake.

And Xu Yandeng used the words "very tragic" to describe this major earthquake. These were the exact words he said when he received the news, without adding any exaggeration.

"Okay, I understand!" Li Weidong pretended to be calm, but there was no way to cover up the trembling in his voice.

This tremor was naturally not excitement, but reverence for life. Although when he and Liu Jinhui were discussing it, he felt sorry that no one was killed in the Japanese earthquake.

But when this moment really came, what came to mind were the tragic scenes on the TV screen during the Shuzhou earthquake.

Moreover, it is said that the footage and photos shown on TV are not even one-third of the real tragedy in order to take care of some people's psychological endurance.

After Li Weidong said that, he hung up the phone and sat by the bed in silence for a long time. At this moment, he had no idea of ​​how much money he could make from the Japanese stock market.

And there seemed to be a trace of self-blame and regret, even though he knew that even if he said there would be an earthquake, no one would believe it, at least psychologically.

With this expectation, perhaps in the face of a real disaster, there is a slight possibility of escaping.

Li Weidong wanted to smoke a cigarette to relax.

Looking at the fish-belly white sky outside, Li Weidong quietly pushed open the balcony door, walked to the balcony and sat down, took out a cigar and lit it.

After taking a puff, he choked and coughed several times before he eased up. Li Weidong was still a little uncomfortable with smoking cigars. He always wanted to suck the cigarette into his lungs and spit it out. Otherwise, would it be smoking?

However, smoking a cigar into the lungs is easy to cause choking, but generally speaking, the nicotine content of cigars is relatively small, and the harm is relatively mild.

But Li Weidong didn’t believe it!

I think this is just a prop to show off taste. They are all smoking. There is nothing noble or despicable about it.

Li Weidong smokes cigars just as a condiment when he has nothing to do, so he always smokes them as a cigarette habitually.

When a cigar was halfway burned, Li Weidong placed it on the ashtray and let it die on its own. However, this handmade high-end cigar has no combustion accelerant and will naturally go out after a while.

Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, Li Weidong gave up his plan to go back to sleep, so he changed his clothes, washed his face and went downstairs.

Zhang Hao, who was on duty, saw Li Weidong coming down. His expression was stunned for a moment, and then he looked at his watch. It was not yet six o'clock. Li Weidong was not in the habit of getting up so early.

"Boss, do you want to use the car while I wake Brother Xie up?" Zhang Hao had to ask, even if he saw that Li Weidong's face was not very good-looking, it would definitely not work if there was no one on duty.

"No, let's go to the beach for a walk!"

After Li Weidong finished speaking, he walked out of the house. Zhang Hao hurriedly ran to the room next to him, woke up Xie Ming, took his mobile phone, followed closely, and went out.

Li Weidong was jogging along the road outside and naturally noticed Zhang Hao behind him.

When we arrived at the beach, we caught up with the low tide, and occasionally we could see a few people rushing to sea, picking up the seafood on the beach that had no time to escape, just like refugees who were helpless in a disaster.

Li Weidong ran along the beach by the sea. The soft sand made running very effective.

Physical exercise can reduce fluctuations in the mind. After running for a long time, it seems that you think less about the earthquake, and you gradually feel relieved.

In any case, this earthquake will always happen. This is an objective law and will not be changed by human will.

If we analyze it based on the theoretical analysis of the relationship between heaven and man, this is God’s punishment and warning to the Japanese people. I just don’t know if the Japanese emperor will issue a sinner’s edict like the emperors in ancient China!

Thinking of these, Li Weidong suddenly became happy, his speed slowly slowed down, he changed from running to walking, and began to change direction, heading towards the Deep Water Bay Villa.

His parents went back to celebrate the Spring Festival. There were three people missing from the house and it was a lot deserted. Li Weidong asked Sister Ding to prepare some simple breakfast and then went to work in the company.

You don't have to go usually, let alone go to work on time, but you have to go to the company early today. The opening time of the Japanese stock market, converted to Hong Kong time, is eight o'clock.

Moreover, he had to go over in advance to understand the situation. Xu Yanden was probably already there.

Sure enough, when Li Weidong arrived at the company, Xu Yanden was already waiting. A trace of sleepiness could be seen on his face, but he could not hide the excitement and fear in his eyes.

He arrived at the company more than two hours earlier than normal and drank several cups of coffee to refresh himself, and of course some of it was to dispel his fear.

After talking to Li Weidong on the phone in the morning, his mood gradually calmed down and his mind gradually cleared up. However, a ridiculous idea suddenly appeared in his mind that made him think deeply!

Could Li Weidong predict the occurrence of earthquakes?

Xu Yandeng carefully analyzed several of Li Weidong's instructions, and it seemed that each time was a divine prediction. After careful consideration and bold predictions in the previous few times, he seemed to be able to find some clues.

But for natural disasters like earthquakes that even the most sophisticated instruments cannot predict, Li Weidong coincidentally started buying put options on the Nikkei 225 half a month in advance.

An earthquake will definitely cause an economic reaction, and the stock market is a barometer of the economy, so this reaction will definitely come true in the stock market, and the probability of a decline is much higher than an increase.

The more Xu Yandong thought about it, the less he dared to think about it, but his mind was not in control and kept thinking about something else.

So now after seeing Li Weidong, the fear in my heart became more and more intense.

"Chairman, here are some messages that have been faxed from Japan in the past two hours!" Xu Yanden nervously handed a few pieces of paper to Li Weidong, which was in the same mood as him.

A fund company that wants to make money in the financial market must have enough reliable sources of information. This kind of information that is one step ahead of others often causes information asymmetry.

Although Xu Yandeng does not have any personnel stationed in Riben, they have cooperated with reporters from many financial media in Riben to obtain first-hand financial news.

Moreover, some news will be delayed or even not published in the newspaper, and will be bought directly by some big guys to obtain exclusive information and obtain high profits.

It is said that those who speculate in oil futures will send people to the storage areas of major oil depots to use helicopters to observe the floating roof height of floating roof oil tanks to determine the oil reserves and then infer the oil price trend.

Those who speculate in iron ore futures will send people to various iron ore mining areas in Australia to observe and count the number of mining machinery used and the vehicles transporting ore every day.

Information asymmetry is the source of wealth. If you simply use various K-line charts, various theories, and various skills, you will not be able to make a big fortune in the financial market, or even lose money.

The words on several pieces of paper were written in English. Fortunately, Xu Yandeng had translated them into Chinese. Otherwise, it would have been very difficult for Li Weidong to guess.

There were not only text but also photos on the paper. Maybe the reporter took the photo at an uncomfortable angle in order to attract the attention of the reporter. The twisted corpse made Li Weidong frown.

"Do you think the Nikkei Index will fall?" Li Weidong asked Xu Yandeng after reading these faxes.

"This is what we have compiled. The impact of several major earthquakes on the local stock market in history has always fallen, but some have large fluctuations and some have smaller fluctuations!"

"And earthquakes are good for building materials and pharmaceuticals, especially for companies around the earthquake. These companies are the building materials companies we collected near the earthquake area!"

"There are also these pharmaceutical companies. Their products mainly focus on trauma treatment and anti-inflammatory drugs. It is foreseeable that the market demand will be huge!"

Xu Yandeng was also prepared for the Japanese stock market. Capital must be profit-seeking, and of course it must be cold-blooded. They will not consider what kind of disaster the earthquake has caused to the local people, but will only consider how much the earthquake will bring to them.

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Therefore, today's Japanese stock market is destined to have a large amount of funds pouring into the infrastructure and pharmaceutical sectors after the market opens.

However, it is undeniable that a large amount of funds will be withdrawn from the sectors affected by the earthquake.

Ko*be is the second largest economic zone in Japan. There are many listed companies here. There is no doubt that these companies will be sold off to varying degrees, and their stock prices will fluctuate significantly.

Although stocks may rise and fall, overall, risk aversion will increase, and judging from historical experience, the probability of the Nikkei Index falling will be high.

"This is our analysis of the constituent stocks of the Nikkei 225 Index. The manufacturing industry accounts for the vast majority, there are very few building materials and pharmaceuticals that are good sectors, and a large proportion of insurance stocks are bad."

"And according to our analysis, almost 10% of corporate headquarters are located in the earthquake area. The impact on these companies will be very large. There should be no suspense about the decline of the Nikkei 225!"

Xu Yandeng handed Li Weidong a few more pieces of paper and said in an almost affirmative tone.

Now, Li Weidong has invested half of his HK$200 million principal and purchased 9503 put options. Li Weidong is a novice and the leverage he adopts is not high. But if it is as Xu Yandeng analyzed, the Nikkei 225 index will fall, and the profit will be quite amazing.

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When Xu Yanden thought of this, he couldn't care less about the fear in his heart and secretly became happy. However, thinking of Li Weidong's current net worth, it seemed that this little money would not have a real impact.

I sighed in my heart, I am so rich and can still make money, why should I give others a way to survive?

I looked at the clock hanging on the wall and saw that the time was almost eight o'clock, which was nine o'clock east longitude, and the Japanese stock market was about to start trading.

Li Weidong took a closer look at the photos on the fax and wanted to compare them with some of the shots in Jinling Thirteen Hairpins to see if he could find any similarities!

They are all innocent people, one is a natural disaster and the other is a man-made disaster.

"Let's go to the trading room. This time we have to let Morgan Investment Bank earn our handling fees!" Li Weidong stood up and said.

The account he used was opened at Morgan Investment Bank, and the capital allocation was also provided by Morgan Investment Bank. If you want to use leverage, you must have supporting funds, and naturally you have to get commissions.

This is also a regular source of income for securities companies. In theory, the supporting funds should belong to the securities companies, that is, the investment banks' own funds, but this is not the case for many investment banks.

Investment banks also have another name called financial intermediaries, which is to take other people's money and then use it to earn the difference in price, but this is different from the deposits and loans of ordinary commercial banks.

Investment banks cannot absorb deposits from the public. They can only borrow money from commercial banks and financial institutions, and then leverage it in the form of capital allocation to customers or themselves to earn interest on the difference.

Some investment banks fell into bankruptcy and liquidation because they borrowed too much, failed to control risks strictly, and failed to close positions in a timely manner.

Of course, you can trade stock index futures without using leverage, and the risk will naturally be greatly reduced, even lower than that of stocks, but the benefits obtained will naturally be greatly discounted.

Then the charm of futures trading is lost, which is the feeling of walking on the edge of heaven and hell.

The Long March can go from 300,000 to 30,000, and you can still win in the end, but when you use 300,000 to trade futures and have 30,000 left, what will your mentality be?

At this time, you can truly understand what is the spirit of the Long March?

Li Weidong was more conservative and did not invest all of it. Two hundred million was his bottom line and he would not add another penny, so he had to keep some money to cover his position at any time.

A stud is a gambler's way of playing and giving up on oneself; unless absolutely necessary, always leave yourself some trump cards to make a comeback.

After several hours of repeated trading, the stocks rose and fell. Xu Yandeng also took advantage of the situation to buy some stocks in the infrastructure and pharmaceutical sectors, and a large floating profit appeared that day.

However, the Nikkei Index did not fall as sharply as Li Weidong imagined. It only fell by 0.5%, which can only be regarded as a normal range, but there was finally a floating profit on the book.

(End of chapter)