After lunch, the three of them continued to browse the shops, big and small, in Shinjuku. It wasn't until near dinner time that they smiled and chose to part ways.
"Aren't you staying for dinner?"
Sakai Izumi gently shook her head, her eyes full of apology: "I'm really sorry, I've already told my family that I'll be back for dinner. Next time, let's find time next time."
Tanaka Eri was very astute and good at leaving private time for the two of them. While they were shopping just now, she often quietly left on her own.
Now that they were parting, she naturally chose to leave the time for the two of them.
"Uh, what's there to apologize for?" Takeshita Masato frowned slightly, then said matter-of-factly: "You don't need to apologize for things like this next time, just be confident."
"Okay, I understand," Sister Izumi's dimples appeared slightly, and she blinked her beautiful eyes in an unusual way.
"Good that you know, then, see you next time!"
Takeshita Masato was a little stunned by the girl's playful little expression, but he quickly recovered, smiling and saying goodbye to the girl.
"Okay, see you next time."
Sakai Izumi nodded her small head in agreement, then turned and walked towards her best friend under the young man's gaze.
However, after only a few steps, she stopped.
Then her eyes darted around, her cheeks flushed, and she whispered in a very small voice: "Um, I'm free every night after 8 p.m."
Without waiting for Takeshita Masato to react after saying that, she quickly ran away.
"Sister Izumi voluntarily told me to call her?"
Takeshita Masato's hearing was excellent, and he clearly caught Sister Izumi's mosquito-sized voice.
At this moment, he was in a state of shock, finding it hard to believe that the Sister Izumi in his mind would be so proactive.
However, the young man thought carefully,
A girl who would quit her stable job at an older age to become an artist couldn't possibly have a timid personality.
If it were Takeshita Masato himself, he would definitely not quit a stable job to pursue a vague and illusory dream.
Crossing a single-plank bridge is not that easy.
...
As time went by, Takeshita Masato's relationship with Sister Izumi grew closer, and they were only one opportunity away from confessing and breaking through the barrier.
While Takeshita Masato was successful in love, his career was even smoother.
Not only did he pocket a hefty sum from attending interviews at various companies, but he also made a fortune in the stock market.
"Sell everything, then continue with 5x leverage, a quarter holding Chogin Bank, a quarter holding Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, and the remaining half all holding Nintendo."
"Continue with 5x leverage?"
"That's right!"
Takeshita Masato's money-making strategy was very simple: whenever Nintendo's stock price rose by more than 20%, he would sell all his shares. Then, he would continue to trade with the principal and profit obtained, using 5x leverage.
Taking his first purchase of Nintendo in February as an example:
He initially bought 3 million yen worth of Nintendo stock, and with 5x leverage financing, his capital became 15 million.
Thus, after selling all the shares when the stock rose by 20%, his capital, without calculating other fees, became 15 million × 20% + 3 million = 6 million.
This is a very simple arbitrage formula that allows capital to snowball as quickly as possible, provided you know the stock won't crash.
Of course, this can only be done when the market is very good and you are a small player.
Once the market is bad or your capital increases, you can't play like this.
If you are targeted by big sharks, they can liquidate your position in minutes.
The most typical example is Crude Oil Treasure, although that was futures, it's similar to stocks. As long as there are big players entering the market, it's very possible for the price to drop by 80%, let alone 20%.
So Takeshita Masato also had a double safeguard. Every time he sold his shares, he didn't go all-in, but instead allocated half of his capital to bank stocks.
This way, he would only be liquidated if Nintendo plummeted by 40%.
In 1986, Nintendo was conquering North America. If it was valued by capital sharks, a 10% drop for a shakeout was possible, but a 40% drop was absolutely impossible.
Because there are many capital sharks, if one shark plays too aggressively, they will be devoured by others.
It can be said that in the financial market, everyone is a hunter, and also prey in the eyes of others.
"Almost there, it's time to get down to business."
Time quickly came to June 1986. Nintendo's stock price soared from less than $2 billion at the beginning of the year to $4 billion. Takeshita Masato, who was a player picking up scraps behind Nintendo, also earned a full 80 million yen after deducting all fees.
Although this amount of money could only buy a run-down old house in Tokyo, it was already very good for him, a university student.
The positive news about Nintendo has almost been exhausted now, and the stock has been trading sideways for more than ten days. Takeshita Masato simply withdrew all the money and went all-in on bank blue-chip stocks.
Although the profit is not as much this way, it is stable enough, and he doesn't have to worry about his assets exploding.
Of course, Takeshita Masato wouldn't just leave his stocks at the securities exchange and watch. He directly found his Waseda senior at the Industrial Bank of Japan, hoping to borrow more funds by pledging bank stocks.
A person who only has finance is like duckweed in water, bound to be scattered by the wind sooner or later.
Even the Morgan Group, the dominant force in American finance, knows that relying solely on finance is not enough. The elder and younger Morgans gradually grew into world-class conglomerates after controlling industries such as railways and steel through financial means.
It is very simple for a time traveler to develop industry.
Because the things you took for granted in your daily life before crossing over are extremely precious in this era.
Take computers as an example,
Current operating systems are very cumbersome, and they don't even have things like a start menu.
As long as you draw the interface of a modern computer operating system, Microsoft will definitely spend a large sum of money to buy it out.
In addition, the mouse is also an example.
The mouse in 1986 was still square. As long as you draw a curved mouse, you can make a fortune from the design patent.
It's also interesting to note that the only lesson humanity has learned from history is that it learns nothing.
Early cars were also square, but later, for aesthetics, they were eventually changed to streamlined shapes.
Although a mouse is not the same as a car, they have a similar aspect. Such a simple thing as changing it to a streamlined shape had to wait until the 1990s.
However, these things are still a little too difficult for Takeshita Masato at the moment, and the cost for others to bypass the patent is very low.
What he wants to do is something that others cannot bypass the patent for, even if they know about it.
For example, the pull-rod suitcase.
The simpler the patent, the more difficult it is to bypass.
This revolutionary consumer product, born in 1987, has a super simple principle that even a child can understand, so no one can bypass it.
It just so happens that Japan's tourism industry is booming now,
Takeshita Masato believes that as soon as the suitcase is launched, it will definitely sell like hotcakes nationwide and even worldwide.