Chapter 83 "These sons of bitches!"
Huang Fengwen's mind raced, trying to keep up with Su Hao's unconventional thought process:
"That's true. If seven billion yuan is suddenly poured in, those bastards in the German financial regulators will definitely jump up and down."
Didn't Zhongda's stock price hit a record high?
This kid wanted to hitch a ride, but was afraid of making too much of a fuss, so he pulled this stunt:
"Should we mix some water on the east side and some mud on the west side to muddy up the water before trying to catch fish?"
"No, Chairman Huang."
"Not yet?" Huang Fengwen was taken aback.
"Wait a minute! You mean... all this money is used for short selling?!"
" Chairman Huang is brilliant! He's put all his eggs in one basket: shorting Zhongda," Executive Director Liu said with a wry smile.
"He just put a fake label on each egg and put them in countless small baskets, as if afraid that others would know that these were eggs laid by Su Hao!"
Huang Fengwen's eyes almost popped out of their sockets:
"Short selling? Isn't Zhongda the hottest German automaker right now?"
"Didn't the analysts all say its stock price would hit 300 euros next week, like it's on a rocket? Has this guy gone mad?"
"There hasn't been any negative news breaking out yet."
On the contrary, a ton of positive news has emerged. Analysts are confidently guaranteeing that the price will definitely reach 300 euros next week; if it doesn't, they'll do a handstand and eat their keyboards live on air!
But Su Hao, precisely at this moment when everyone was bullish, reversed his position and doubled down, going all in on the short sellers.
"Moreover, they completely erased the name ' Fang Huan Investment ' from top to bottom, as if afraid of being associated with it in any way."
Executive Director Liu added.
"That's right. If Su Hao really pulls off this, the rival company won't even know who's fleecing them, because the money will come from all directions under different guise."
Conversely, what if it fails...
The scene was too beautiful for Huang Fengwen and Executive Director Liu to even imagine.
Seven billion yuan, that's not just a bunch of Happy Beans!
"To pull off such a shocking short-selling attack on the hottest auto stocks right now..."
Huang Fengwen smacked his lips, feeling a slight pain in his gums.
"The key is that even if the truth comes out in the future, it will absolutely not implicate Fang Huan Investment. This 'golden cicada shedding its shell' move is really well done."
Executive Director Liu was extremely impressed.
If it were anyone else, daring to use 7 billion yuan to short a leading stock that the entire market is bullish on, Huang Fengwen would kick their office door open on the spot, then kick them out and throw them onto the street!
But this person is Su Hao —the financial genius who can always smell the scent of money at the most inexplicable moments.
He caught the Swiss franc black swan event, making a fortune by predicting that the Swiss Central Bank would remove the floor on the euro to Swiss franc exchange rate.
He profited from the domestic stock market crash; and he also profited from the debt crisis in Greece...
This thing has a nose that's even more sensitive than a police dog's; it always manages to sniff out dangerous situations and always manages to come out with a gold brick in its mouth.
" Chairman Huang, to be frank," Executive Director Liu said in a low voice, his tone tinged with a hint of reverence.
"Now, whenever Director Su mentions investing, my heart skips a beat. I always feel like the financial markets will shake up when this kid makes a move, and I wonder what big event is about to happen!"
"Hahaha, who says otherwise? This Su Hao really does have a pair of eyes that can scare people to death."
Huang Fengwen grinned, but it was less a smile and more a way of finding humor in hardship.
"I just don't know what kind of intuition he had this time, that led him to place such a big bet."
Based solely on data and fundamental analysis, Zhongda, even if its stock price doesn't skyrocket, is definitely a high-performing stock with steady growth, and it doesn't look like it's about to collapse at all.
"But since it was Su Hao who made the judgment..."
Huang Fengwen and Executive Director Liu exchanged a glance, and a meaningful silence fell over the office.
Reason told them that Su Hao's judgment this time was utterly absurd and ridiculously wrong!
But emotionally, or rather, based on their countless painful experiences of being "slapped in the face" by Su Hao, a strange sense of trust has inexplicably arisen in their hearts!
"Oh, right, Lao Liu," Huang Fengwen suddenly remembered something and gave a mischievous smile.
"Isn't your precious car a Zhongda?"
Executive Director Liu's face darkened: "It was just proposed not long ago..."
Huang Fengwen gloated:
"Why not sell it secondhand before it becomes dirt cheap? Otherwise it'll just be stuck with you and you'll be annoyed every day."
Executive Director Liu: "I..."
He decided to go see the new car tomorrow; he'd rather not have this piece of junk!
***
The competition within the automotive industry has always been fierce.
In other sectors, things might be relatively peaceful, but in the automotive market, it's a bloodbath.
Although Tianfeng, the sales champion, firmly holds the top spot, it is always on guard against Zhongda's pursuit.
Where does technological progress come from?
Often, the answer lies in the very concept of "reverse engineering."
Buy back the competitor's latest model, disassemble it completely, from the engine to the transmission, from the body structure to the electronic systems.
Then, sophisticated instruments were put to use one after another, and engineers worked day and night to study and try to understand and "borrow" these technologies.
"That's not right. Tianfeng's exhaust emission technology is clearly much better than theirs, so how come..."
Tianfeng's engineers were scratching their heads, staring at a pile of data.
One of Zhongda's recent selling points is its "exceptionally clean" exhaust emissions, giving it a strong sense of being an environmentally friendly Vanguard.
That's really strange.
Aren't these Germans usually not very environmentally conscious, focusing instead on luxurious interiors and aggressive marketing?
When did you switch to a vegetarian diet?
"But didn't they pass all their tests smoothly?" someone questioned.
"Yeah, it was fine during the tests, it met all the standards. But when it actually runs, the exhaust smells are just weird!"
After countless trials and tribulations, working day and night to disassemble, analyze, and retest, Tianfeng's engineers finally uncovered the truth.
"Holy crap! It's different! The emissions data from the test mode and the actual road test are vastly different!"
An engineer with a stubble beard pointed at two completely different test reports, his eyes wide open like saucers.
After several rounds of repeated tests, the results all pointed to the same conclusion: emissions during actual road driving and emissions under laboratory testing conditions are completely different things!
This undeniable fact points to a chilling possibility—
" Those bastards from Zhongda...could they have tampered with the software?!"
They developed a special "cheating software" to deal with the tests. It was one way during the testing, but a completely different way when it was actually on the road!
"These sons of bitches!" The engineers slapped their thighs in anger.