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Chapter 1306, 1315, God of Investment?! Why not call him an Investment Immortal?
Chapter 1306, 1315, God of Investment?! Why not call him an Investment Immortal?
While Naoki Nagayama was asleep, the stock market storm was still raging across the ocean.
Numerous companies faced bankruptcy, many investors chose to commit suicide, and even the top 100 billionaires on the Forbes list were greatly affected, with dozens of billionaires falling off the list altogether.
Even the renowned stock market guru Warren Buffett lost billions of dollars in a single day, but he remained calm in an interview, saying that the stock price had recovered to its original value.
The Reagan administration, which had already taken some measures, urgently recalled the Treasury Secretary, who was on a foreign visit, to the United States, and then contacted the G7 to urgently discuss how to deal with the crisis, since this crisis was not limited to the United States but affected the whole world!
However, at this time, the key personnel that Naoki Nagayama had arranged in advance had already begun to operate in an orderly manner at their respective exchanges.
The previously released futures contracts have now fallen to their lowest point, allowing them to buy back and close their positions with minimal investment.
Having foreseen the stock market crash and even anticipated the subsequent market rescue and recovery, and having already prepared a plan, these guys were now staring at the trading screen with their eyes gleaming.
It wasn't because of the red text on the screen, but because of their ambition; they had staked their entire fortune on it!
"Close out the positions first to recover the funds."
Nakai Wonta murmured to himself,
"Then take advantage of the low prices to buy shares of IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle."
Naoki Nagayama has invested over $1 billion in the US stock market, and now effectively controls futures contracts worth tens of billions. These need to be purchased and closed in batches to lock in nearly $10 billion in profits, which requires a lot of effort.
However, most of this money will not be repatriated to Japan. Instead, it will remain in the US branch that was previously established and wholly owned by Tree Friends Capital, taking advantage of this opportunity to frantically buy high-performing stocks that have plummeted and make a fortune in high-quality US assets.
Since you can't just sit around making money, you might as well buy shares in well-known companies in the future! Nearly 10 billion US dollars is enough for Naoki Nagayama to become a major shareholder in many large companies!
Meanwhile, in London, Masamichi Sakaguchi was also conducting operations on the London Stock Exchange:
"Shell and HSBC Holdings."
Yukio Nakayama from Sydney: "David Jones, Colesmere"
Katsuhiro Hayakawa from Toronto: "Suncor Energy, Blackberry."
These guys are all waiting for the perfect opportunity to buy up shares in these well-known companies at rock-bottom prices. Although they don't have as much capital as their American counterparts, they can still get their subsidiaries to hold a significant stake in these large companies.
Only Takeda Tomoaki in Hong Kong was somewhat helpless; the Hong Kong stock market had been closed for a week, and he would have to wait a few more days to close out his futures contracts.
Furthermore, Naoki Nagayama didn't seem to be buying shares in any companies in Hong Kong; instead, he was buying land!
"Buy a plot of land in Victoria Harbour?"
Takeda Tomoaki was a little confused by the target given by Nagayama Naoki. It seemed to come out of nowhere. The Japanese company wanted to buy land in Hong Kong.
Does this mean they're planning to expand into Hong Kong in the future?!
Several key members of Shuyou Capital now hold a large sum of money, making them powerful figures. If they were to harbor other intentions, they might actually be able to abscond with the funds.
If it weren't for the fact that these guys' families were all in Tokyo, and that each branch office had its own independent financial and auditing personnel, and that Nakai Genta was a close friend and confidant of Nagayama Naoki, and also held shares in the company...
Naoki Nagayama might not feel comfortable letting them handle so much money!
Once this stock market crash is over, people will find that Shuyou Group has become an international investment group spanning several continents, and has shares in well-known companies in various countries, and is even a major shareholder in some of them!
In Japan, Shuyu Capital won the favor of many investors due to its outstanding performance during the stock market crash, and Naoki Nagayama himself successfully entered the upper echelons of the financial world.
They're getting closer and closer to becoming a chaebol!
The perspective shifts to Yamazakura-in Temple in Chiyoda. After a peaceful night's sleep, dawn breaks in Tokyo!
While eating breakfast in the morning, Xia Hua kept glancing at her father and then at her mother, as if something was amiss.
She clearly remembered sleeping in her father's arms last night, but when she woke up this morning, she was in her crib while her mother was in her father's arms.
I put him to sleep myself, but he was all alone when he woke up in the morning, while the other two were sleeping together.
This is bullying a baby!
So the little guy channeled his grief into appetite, scooping out a huge ball of rice with his spoon and stuffing it into his mouth!
"Hua Jiang has a good appetite today!"
Naoki Nagayama said with a smile,
"Looks like you slept very well last night."
Akina smiled and added some food to the little one's plate:
"Hua Jiang is at the age where she's growing rapidly; children grow the fastest at this age!"
"Yes. I remember just a few months ago it wasn't even waist-deep."
Naoki Nagayama patted the little one's head, which made her turn her head away with a "don't bother me while I'm cooking" expression.
So Naoki Nagayama ate his breakfast while reading the newspaper.
Sure enough, today's newspapers relegated entertainment gossip and political news to the side, with almost every newspaper's cover featuring the bold headline "Stock Market Crash."
They all described the stock market crash, even covering the current situation in other countries, and the tragic stock market crash that occurred in Ginza.
"Bloodstained Ginza." "The Day Ginza Collapsed." "The Tragedy of Investors."
Each adjective is exceptionally rich, vividly depicting the plight of the people under a great disaster!
However, some newspapers did notice the counter-trend phenomenon of Shuyou Capital, and among the many bad news items, they highlighted Shuyou Capital and Naoki Nagayama.
"Shuyou Capital bucked the trend during this major market crash. President Naoki Nagayama had foreseen the crash beforehand, but his comments were considered 'cowardly' and 'timid' in the past two days."
"In the current market crash, TreeFriend Capital's previously extremely conservative investment strategy has proven to be a wise move."
"Naoki Nagayama is a true god of investment!"
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The overly complimentary words left Naoki Nagayama speechless. Was this a script assigned by the company?!
"If I didn't know the inside story, I'd be blushing just reading that!"
Naoki Nagayama shook his head. Sure enough, the Japanese always talk about gods or immortals, exaggerating as much as possible!
"Nani Nani?"
Akina curiously peered over and, sure enough, saw the sycophantic report.
"Hahaha, Naoki-san is an investment god?! That's amazing!"
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Naoki Nagayama shook his head, flipping through several newspapers and finding that they all contained some degree of flattery.
"Is this a form of idolization? Perhaps it's to appease the public, or to endorse future policies?"
The more critical the situation, the more important it is to reassure people; nothing gives people more hope than creating a god.
In this stock market crash, Naoki Nagayama was undoubtedly the best choice. He is very famous and is known as a genius. His friends' response this time was absolutely successful.
Moreover, he made many suggestions at yesterday's meeting, which might actually be used by the higher-ups as a positive example to boost market confidence.
Naoki Nagayama finished his breakfast in large bites, then took out the remote control and turned on the TV in the living room to watch the morning news.
As expected, Prime Minister Nakasone, who was embroiled in a scandal and had already decided to resign, reappeared on screen:
"Japan's economy is absolutely fine! We are experiencing our best period in decades!"
"This stock market crash is just a temporary disaster; it will recover quickly!"
"The Finance Minister has accepted the invitation from the United States to attend the G7 meeting to discuss methods for cooperation among the countries. The Ministry of Finance has also consulted with senior experts in the financial sector and will soon release temporary measures."
Please don't give up.
After the Prime Minister finished speaking, Ryotaro Takayama, who had chaired the meeting the day before, walked to the center of the press conference and began to announce a series of temporary measures.
"Led by the Ministry of Finance, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Securities Association of China, and other regulatory agencies, along with financial experts from major banks, Nomura Securities and Daiwa Securities (among the top ten securities firms), and Shuyu Capital (which foresaw the stock market crash), jointly discussed and reached the following temporary measures."
"The central bank injected funds to increase liquidity."
"Major banks have relaxed loan approval processes, and major securities firms have purchased stocks to stabilize share prices."
"Encourage major companies to repurchase their own shares, and provide policy support."
"To encourage investors to help themselves, banks have launched temporary loans, relaxed loan requirements, and offered preferential interest rates."
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Hearing Ryotaro Takayama say that "Kiyu Capital had foreseen the stock market crash," Naoki Nagayama felt that his prediction had come true.
Sure enough, he was used as a shot in the arm to calm public sentiment and boost market confidence!
"Tsk tsk tsk"
The line between idolizing someone and flattering them to death is very thin. Fortunately, Naoki Nagayama didn't act impulsively yesterday and participate in more market rescue measures, otherwise he might have really become the scapegoat.
Akina noticed that Naoki Nagayama looked unwell and asked in confusion:
"Naoki-san, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing. I'm just feeling a bit sentimental."
The higher you go, the more careful you need to be with your every move!
"Akina, let's keep a low profile for a while, maybe we shouldn't go out~"
"Is Naoki-san not going out either?!"
Akina was delighted to hear this. She didn't care about the turmoil outside. It was enough for Naoki Nagayama to stay at home with her during her pregnancy and Natsuka!
"Um"
Anyway, everything's arranged with TreeFriend Capital and overseas, so I can just wait for news at home.
However, Naoki Nagayama's leisurely days did not last long. In the morning, the phone in the living room rang again.
"Moshi moshi, this is Yama-oka-in."
"Naoki-san!!!"
The voice on the other end of the microphone was an enraged Shuichi Itō.
"Have you forgotten something?!"
"what?"
Upon hearing his friend's voice, Naoki Nagayama was taken aback. He immediately recalled the events. Wait a minute, I've been protecting Shuichi's money well, just waiting to buy it at the bottom and see it appreciate in value!
"What's wrong?!"
"Naoki-san! The Tokyo International Film Festival is about to close!!!"
Shuichi Itō's voice was loud and helpless.
"Now that we've encountered a stock market crash, everyone is worried about what will happen to the closing ceremony! How can you just ignore it!?"
Ah!
The Tokyo International Film Festival is still going on!
At a time when the stock market is crashing, the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the 3rd Tokyo International Film Festival are about to be held!
Putting aside the current public opinion environment, even major film companies, producers, and even the stars themselves have likely suffered significant losses in the stock market crash.
Is it appropriate to send them to an international film festival at a time like this?!
"The executive committee is in complete chaos!"
Shuichi Itō was dressed in a rough manner.
"Some people want it postponed, while others suggest we just cancel the event and go straight to the awards ceremony."
"However, some people support continuing and holding the event as originally planned! They say that it's precisely at times like these that we need to give the public confidence."
"Everyone's arguing like this, Naoki-san, what do you think we should do?!"
"Well"
Naoki Nagayama, regaining his senses, stroked his chin.
"This is the matter."
I think the closing ceremony of this year's Tokyo International Film Festival should be postponed.
Naoki Nagayama recalled the stock market crash, which had been initially resolved by the end of the month. Recovery would naturally take time, but that was none of Naoki Nagayama's concern!
"This stock market crash won't last long. When it stops, both the government and the public will need more positive and uplifting news to divert attention. Film festival awards and red carpet events would be great!"
"Shuichi-san, have Suo-san communicate with the people in the Ministry of Education. I think we should reach a consensus on this matter."
Suo Ikuo is the next chairman, so he will naturally do his best in these matters.
Itō nods:
"Does Naoki mean to ask the Ministry of Education to increase its investment?"
"It's about getting more support from the higher-ups."
Naoki Nagayama said,
"They will welcome such a good way to divert attention and boost public confidence!"
"And just like that, it makes the Tokyo Film Association's role even more prominent!"
Since its inception, the entertainment industry has been one of the best ways to whitewash reality. In the past, it was a loose alliance of various television stations and agencies, but now the Film Association is showing a subtle trend of unifying the film industry.
"How long will it be delayed?"
"By mid-November, everything should have calmed down!"
"Really? It only took half a month to calm down. Looks like this stock market crash wasn't so terrible after all!"
Hearing Naoki Nagayama's words, Shuichi Itō's tone became less impatient.
"Naoki-san, will you be coming to the Tree Friends Building during this time? We'll feel more at ease if you're here."
Naoki Nagayama glanced down at Natsuka, who was watching him curiously as he made a phone call, then looked up to see Akina making fruit tea in the kitchen.
Indeed, at this time, we should stay with our families!
"This isn't a good time. My name is too prominent in the financial world right now. I need to stay home and bide my time for the time being."
Naoki Nagayama feigned a mournful tone.
"Otherwise, everyone will suffer losses, and only Tree Friends Capital will profit. They might even be caught and retaliated against if they go out!"
"Sigh...that's true!"
Shuichi Itō sighed. People who go to extremes are capable of anything.
"It looks like it's just me and Otomo-san left!"
Naoki Nagayama smiled and reassured him:
"Haha, back in the Tree Friends Building, you and Dayou were the pillars!"
In his office at the Tree Friends Building, Shuichi Itoh couldn't help but smile.
"Naoki-san, if you know how to give compliments, then give them more!"
Oops, before I knew it, my communication skills as the boss had reached a new level, leaving everyone else completely bewildered by my praise!
(End of this chapter)