Tokyo Bubble Life

Chapter 1309, Chapter 1318: The next step is to open a bank!

Chapter 1309, 1318: The next step is to open a bank!

It's Monday again, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is finally open for business.

I had assumed that after a week, the New York market would have recovered and the plunge in other global markets would have been contained, so the opening of the Hong Kong market should be much more moderate.

However, after the market opened in the morning, the Hang Seng Index seemed unable to stop its plunge and plummeted again!

After a week of heavy selling pressure, the Hang Seng Index plummeted from 3362 points to 2241 points by the close, a drop of 1120 points, or 33% in a single day!

This dramatic drop set a new world record for the largest single-day decline in a stock market, sending a chill down the spines of countless investors who were watching from the sidelines. It turns out, the stock market crash is far from over!

Global market sentiment has begun to turn pessimistic.

However, in Tokyo, which is not far away, the situation is quite different. Perhaps it is because Japan's economy is very good, or perhaps it is because Japan's regulatory agencies listened to Naoki Nagayama's advice. In any case, the Japanese stock market recovered particularly quickly after this stock market crash.

It should be said that apart from being stunned for the first two days, the market rebounded rapidly in the following days as if it had taken a magic pill, even showing signs of an imminent rebound, which relieved regulators, investors, and onlookers alike.

The official speeches from higher-ups became increasingly positive and optimistic, with Naoki Nagayama of Shuyu Capital, who made significant contributions, receiving lavish praise.

Naoki Nagayama was showered with praise, with titles like "a visionary young man" and "a pragmatic and prudent investor," making everyone aware that there was such a talented young generation in the Japanese financial world.

This is similar to how a few exemplary figures are always chosen for publicity after a major disaster. It's all about calming public sentiment and boosting market confidence. After all, during a stock market crash, a large number of investors did indeed lose everything!

Naoki Nagayama, the main character, kept a surprisingly low profile after the disaster, staying at home to avoid the limelight.

However, Naoki Nagayama, who had only spent a few days with his family at the Yamazakura-in Temple, was still called out by phone on this day.

The person making the call was Kanai Hiroka, the receptionist at Shuyou Capital.

"Naoki-san, if you don't show up soon, the company will be bursting at the seams!"

"Is it really that exaggerated?"

"It's true!"

Although somewhat skeptical of the receptionist's words, Naoki Nagayama still went to Shuyu Capital in Ginza. After all, he needed to check on the company's business situation and see if the employees were working according to his previous instructions.

Upon arriving at the 12th floor, the moment the elevator doors opened, the sheer number of people made Naoki Nagayama think he had entered a farmers' market.

"How is this going?"

He tried to push his way forward, but he couldn't get in! He's a strong and healthy young man!

"Kano duck?! Why are you pushing?!"

The middle-aged man in front of him, annoyed by the jostling, turned around and yelled something before looking up at Naoki Nagayama. His tone suddenly softened considerably.

"Can't you see everyone is queuing? If you want to open an account with Shuyou Capital, you have to follow the rules!"

Naoki Nagayama's helplessness:

"I'm not here to open an account."

"So what are you here for?"

The grumpy middle-aged man instinctively replied, then took a closer look at Naoki Nagayama before realizing that the young man behind him looked vaguely familiar. His tone was somewhat doubtful.

"Are you... are you Naoki Nagayama?"

"Hi, it's me," Naoki Nagayama smiled kindly. "Could you let me in? I need to go to work."

"Ah!!!" "It's Naoki Nagayama!"

The uncle's angry roar made everyone at the door turn around and look, and then the entire elevator lobby seemed to boil over.

"Really?!" "It really is Naoki Nagayama!" "It's him!" "Alive! Alive!" "Grab him!" "Nagayama-san, I want to invest in stocks!!" "Nagayama-san, help me make money!" "..."

"!!"

Naoki Nagayama was completely overwhelmed by the commotion; it was the first time he'd experienced what it felt like for Akina to be surrounded by fans. After all, while he was famous, he wasn't an idol or entertainer, and didn't have many die-hard fans.

Just when he didn't know what to do, fortunately, Kanai Suka from Shuyou Capital noticed and quickly called several employees to welcome their boss.

"Excuse me!" "Let Naoki-san through." "Don't block the way."

Several strong employees forced their way through the crowd and then led Naoki Nagayama into the company.

With the glass door separating us, we finally had some breathing room.

"How long has this been going on with Zhouxiangjiang?"

"It's been two or three days!"

As Kanai Hiroka led Nagayama Naoki to his office, she said...

"Ever since Shuyou Capital started buying up stocks at the bottom, first investment institutions, then major clients, and after the Ministry of Finance said in its statement that the market rescue was thanks to Naoki-san's advice, all sorts of retail investors have also rushed over."

Upon arriving at the office, Naoki Nagayama finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked:

"I roughly understand what the clients want to do, but what do investment institutions do?"

"Some want to switch jobs, while others want to collaborate."

Kanai Hiroka married a folder.

"I've already registered all the visitors from various organizations! We'll wait for Naoki-san to process them."

"Well done!"

Naoki Nagayama was very satisfied with his receptionist's cleverness and secretly decided to give her a bigger year-end bonus!

"Also, Naoki-san," Kanai Hiroka said, pointing to the gate not far away, "there are just too many individual customers coming to the company every day. What should we do? Should we accept them all?"

"Many of them are clients of companies like Nomura Securities and Daiwa Securities."

“Hmm~” Naoki Nagayama stroked his chin. “Let’s take them in! We have the confidence now.”

Anyway, now that Shuyou Capital's reputation has soared, it can no longer afford to keep a low profile. Besides, with knowledge of the major trends for the next few decades, Naoki Nagayama is not worried about not being able to guide Shuyou Capital's investment direction well.

Putting everything else aside, as long as you stick with a few unicorns, you can keep your customers satisfied.

"Hey, I'll go and inform the investment managers."

Kanai Hiroka went directly to inform the investment manager. During this period, they had been following Nagayama Naoki's instructions to maintain the loyal clients they had, and then use these funds to form a Ponzi scheme to buy at the bottom.

As for new clients, they dare not accept them without Naoki Nagayama's orders.

When Naoki Nagayama was left alone in the office, he looked at the registration list with some difficulty:

"Nomura Securities and Daiwa Securities are established and financially strong firms; this stock market crash is unlikely to cripple them."

"It's fine to target some retail investors, but it's probably best to avoid targeting these large fund managers and their backers. It's both troublesome and risky."

Social security funds, medical funds, education funds, fire protection funds, etc., are all large-scale capital at the national level. Getting them to entrust their money to Shuyou Capital for management would involve issues beyond profit sharing, as well as numerous other problems.

Besides, by the time the stock market crash is over, Naoki Nagayama won't be short of money.

After thinking for a while, Naoki Nagayama noticed that the doors of Shuyou Capital were already open, and a line of visitors had begun to queue up. Then, the investment managers of Shuyou Capital began to connect with each other on a one-to-many basis.

Without any persuasion, after a brief introduction, they quickly produced account opening contracts for these people to sign and deposit their funds.

And all these clients seemed to be happy about it. Now everyone knows that Tree Friends Capital is the investment institution that can protect their funds and even make money against the trend during the stock market crash!

Seeing this, Naoki Nagayama felt that Tree Friends Capital was like a ferocious beast growing stronger, grinding its teeth, sucking blood, and devouring everything, seemingly turning the Japanese financial world into its hunting ground.

"The Tiger of Ginza? Looks like it's Tree Friends Capital!"

As he made more and more money and controlled more and more Ponzi schemes, Naoki Nagayama was one step closer to becoming a zaibatsu (financial conglomerate)!

"The next step... is probably to open a bank?"

"To be the lender who lends money out? Ha! Lend it out on a sunny day, and collect it back on a rainy day?"

For some reason, Naoki Nagayama suddenly heard a hallucination.

"Owada, kneel down before me!!"

Naoki Nagayama couldn't help but shudder. Tsk tsk tsk, the banking industry is a deep and murky place!

Yuanta Nakai, who was in the United States, suddenly received a call from Susan, the receptionist at the U.S. office of Tree Friends Capital:

"Mr. Nakai, the office has received an inquiry letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission."

"Inquiry letter?"

As a professional, Nakai Genta naturally understood the meaning behind the Securities and Exchange Commission's inquiry letter.

What's being said inside?

"This inquiry letter is for you, so I cannot open it."

"I've given the authorization, Susan. Don't overthink it now, just take a look and tell me what it says."

"Okay, Mr. Nakai~"

The sound of a mail being opened came from the other end of the line, followed by Susan's summary.

"The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants TreeFriend Capital's U.S. branch to explain the specific connection between its funds and its parent company in Japan, and then to explain whether its advance purchase of stock index futures during this stock market crash involved stock market manipulation."

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Upon hearing the contents of the letter, Nakai Genta felt some pressure.

He and Naoki Nagayama were aware of the potential risks before they began the operation and had prepared contingency plans.

All preparations for this operation were compliant, including fund transfers. In fact, most of the funds in the US branch were originally in the US and were earned in the foreign exchange market; very little was transferred from Japan.

As for the reasons for shorting, Naoki Nagayama has never hidden them. He spoke out in Japan, warning the industry of potential risks and adopting a conservative strategy. These are all obvious facts.

Moreover, in the United States, major investment institutions had made predictions, even anticipating a sharp drop at the end of the year, but they did not act in time!

Given the anticipated stock market crash, making money by shorting the index futures is perfectly justifiable!

If U.S. regulators dare to hold Shuyou Capital accountable or punish it for this reason, it would be tantamount to trampling on the very foundation of American capitalism.

Many top law firms will be very happy to take on this lawsuit and shut the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission up!

However, since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sent an inquiry letter, Nakai Genta naturally has to respond properly.

"Susan, tell Aldridge to come to the office for a meeting tomorrow."

As a seasoned local investment manager, Aldrich is more familiar with the US market and understands the rules and regulations.

"Okay, Mr. Nakai."

"Oh, and by the way, contact the law firm we're working with and ask them to send a legal team over tomorrow, with at least two senior lawyers leading the team!"

Susan at the front desk was stunned. Although Tree Friends Capital's US branch had a law firm for legal consultation, generally, any problems would first be addressed by contacting a legal assistant, and then a senior lawyer would be involved depending on the severity of the issue.

"But Mr. Nakai, if you suddenly request two senior lawyers and they need to bring their teams, the costs will be discussed at the meeting."

American lawyers are very expensive, especially for temporary assignments like this!

"It's okay, just call them over! Money is no problem!"

Nakai Gen said too much.

"Susan, stand up for yourself. You represent our company. You should know that the last thing Tree Friends Capital's US branch has in abundance right now is money!"

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Susan was taken aback by the arrogant tone of this nouveau riche.

"Okay, Mr. Nakai, I'll make the call right away!"

"Um"

After hanging up the phone, Nakai Genta was still somewhat worried. He checked the time and silently did some calculations in his mind:

"Naoki-san should be awake by now, right?"

"We still need to talk to him about this!"

In his office in Ginza, Naoki Nagayama received a call from Genta Nakai. After understanding the general situation, he instructed Genta Nakai to proceed according to the pre-arranged plan.

"Okay, Yuan Tai-san, keep in touch. You can call me anytime!"

After hanging up the phone, Naoki Nagayama pondered silently.

Since Shuyou Capital is not a real business, it doesn't need to worry about trade matters, diplomatic pressure, or the US directly confiscating its funds in the US!

If they dared to do that, all foreign investment in the US would flee!

I'm a little worried that Nakai Genta might get stuck in New York like someone from the Mong-zhou incident. The US might be able to do that.

"If Yuan Tai-sang doesn't come back in a year or two..."

Naoki Nagayama pondered,

"The Social Democratic Party should have already come to power by then, and they have a very good relationship with us tree-loving friends."

Tree Friends had long been in contact with the Socialist Party, and the Film Association had much room for cooperation with left-wing political parties.

"We'll launch a diplomatic protest then! We'll force the US to release them!"

Although there are troops stationed in Okinawa, Japan is not afraid of war. The fact that they can even spread the idea of ​​buying up the United States shows how confident Japan is these days!

"Japan has such high national self-confidence now, they're not afraid to go head-to-head with the US!"

This is the Cold War era, and the United States is no longer the world's superpower. There's another big brother over there!

Since we're both defeated nations anyway, what difference does it make which side we stand on?

Moreover, the mainstream ideology in Japan today is left-wing and reflective.

The older brother is still much closer to Japan!

If the US were to push Japan to the other side, the Big Brother would gain a powerful ally, and its sluggish economy could instantly recover. The combined power of Japan's manufacturing sector and the Big Brother's energy and mineral resources might just turn the world upside down!

We'll see which side is crying then!

(End of this chapter)