Chapter 109 Reliable Intuition!
For Europe as a whole, this year is probably the darkest and most turbulent year in recent years.
"President Su, something bad has happened again! After Germany, Belgium has also been affected!"
In the office, a young man in charge of monitoring the stock market gasped in surprise.
Starting in Paris, France, a chain of terrorist attacks followed like a domino effect.
No sooner had Berlin's Christmas market been devastated by bombing than Brussels ' airport was engulfed in thick smoke.
The European continent, once considered safe and civilized, is now shrouded in the shadow of terrorism.
The security system that was once a source of pride has become a sieve, riddled with holes and practically useless!
This prompted an emergency summit across the European Union, which announced the temporary closure of the common borders to jointly address the threat of terrorism.
The European Union issued a strongly worded official statement, threatening a devastating strike against ISIS strongholds in Syria and Iraq.
In the Xia Kingdom's stock market, due to the high level of global concern about national security triggered by the terrorist attacks, the market expects the country to increase its investment in counter-terrorism and national defense.
The stocks in the entire defense and military industry sector have skyrocketed, rising like rockets!
"Mr. Su, look! The 'Huaping Shares' stock that we've heavily invested in has hit the daily limit up! That's amazing!"
The office was filled with jubilation; the joy of making money temporarily overshadowed the gloom brought by the terrorist attack.
For some, war is a catastrophe, a living hell.
But for others, it is a once-in-a-lifetime "golden opportunity" to make a fortune.
Meanwhile in Europe, all sorts of unfounded conspiracy theories are flying around, spreading faster than the virus itself!
Everyone says that the European security system was compromised so easily and decisively that there must be something fishy going on behind the scenes, that some dark force is manipulating things!
Some people have speculated with certainty that it was those well-connected military industrial enterprises that secretly funded terrorists and orchestrated this tragedy in order to make a fortune from the war across the Atlantic!
In addition, all sorts of bizarre claims, purported to be "insider information," have emerged one after another, each more outrageous than the last.
It's all a fabricated story that France deliberately let Syria go in order to justify its military intervention in Syria, interfere in other countries' internal affairs, and even orchestrated the attack.
So Israel orchestrated this whole charade to incite anti-Islamic sentiment internationally and further isolate the Arab world...
Anyway, whenever a major event like this that shakes the world happens, conspiracy theories always follow it like a shadow, even more annoying than flies.
That's how it was back then, around 9/11.
"The key issue is that the French government is now caught in the crossfire of public opinion and is in a difficult position, so it has started targeting the financial sector." Someone brought this latest news.
"This terrorist attack caused the French Stock Market to plummet, leaving widespread devastation."
They are conducting a thorough investigation to find out which fools dared to short-sell stocks and profit from the national crisis!
"Seriously? They're investigating this too? They earned their money honestly, who did it bother? It's just a market activity, they bear the risks themselves!"
"It is said that someone was suspected of having prior knowledge of the inside information, and may even have been involved in providing funding to 'IS'."
To put it bluntly, it's about presuming guilt, preferring to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free. It's purely a political show to appease public sentiment.
Whenever a major event involving the national level occurs, the government is often swayed by overwhelming public opinion and makes some emotional decisions.
From this perspective, Su Hao was secretly glad that he hadn't gotten involved.
When Su Hao was researching the French market, he inexplicably felt a sense of physical unease about that place, as if he had a premonition of something ominous.
Therefore, he didn't even bother to glance at the French Stock Market, let alone invest in it.
If I had acted impulsively back then, I might have thrown in hundreds of millions or billions to short the market...
Now, Fang Huan Investment is likely to be dragged into this vortex as well, and suffering heavy losses will be the least of their worries!
In this light, his almost superhuman intuition really proved to be quite reliable in crucial moments!
"The ones who are truly overwhelmed and have nowhere to turn for help are those unlucky bastards at Changqing Group," someone remarked.
" They've staked everything on their so-called grand plan to enter the European market."
Now that he's gotten himself into this mess, he's probably contemplating jumping off a building.
"France is completely doomed, and Germany and Belgium are now suffering as well. So, their only hope now is Britain, which hasn't yet Brexit."
I've heard that Britain is the place they spend the most money on, after France.
Changqing Group's situation is indeed visibly dire; it's as if they've been struck by bad luck, with misfortune piling upon misfortune.
But this is no longer something Su Hao needs to worry about, at least not for now.
The performance-based agreement between Changqing Group and Fang Huan Investment was slowly negotiated with Changqing Group by the eloquent and legally astute staff in the legal department.
Su Hao's only concern now is when they can finally cash out on the stocks they previously invested so precisely in the military sector.
"Alright, stop watching the show. First, take stock of those defense and military stocks I asked you to buy, and prepare to sell them off in batches."
Su Hao gave the instructions.
He quickly scanned the holdings information displayed on the computer screen; the densely packed stock codes looked to him like chess pieces on a chessboard.
Most of the military stocks they had invested in beforehand, despite their strong upward momentum, are now issuing strong "sell" signals.
The European Union's declaration of war against ISIS has brought global attention to national security following terrorist attacks.
But this is ultimately just the market's reactive response to the unexpected event.
Ultimately, this thing is just a passing fad, a bubble; it comes quickly and goes quickly.
"Huaping shares seem to have some potential, so I'll hold them for now."
We'll observe Dali Technology and Anjubao further to see if there's a second wave of price increases.
Everything else, every single one, is to be cleared out!
Su Hao gave the order decisively.
"Yes, Mr. Su! Proceed immediately!"
The traders immediately obeyed, their fingers flying across the keyboard so fast they almost left afterimages.