"Jenkins, great speech."
Seeing Jenkins sitting next to him, Queen Isabella didn't look at him directly, but shook a small bottle under her nose. It wasn't a snuff bottle, but some kind of aromatherapy, the kind Jenkins had seen used by others.
"Thanks."
"Is there anything you can do for me? The rest time is over."
"It's just that I didn't expect that my action to ask Mr. Mayor to block the city hall was not opposed by you."
"You're also doing it for Nolan's good, aren't you? I probably belong to what you call a 'smart person', so I can tell that what you're going to say next may impact the order of the market. You're right to do so. Don't let anyone get the word out."
It’s okay to be exposed, after all, the “big banker” in the market now is Jenkins himself, and the supply and working capital of tulips and bulbs are all in his hands. As long as he doesn't do anything, if he wants to have a price crash, it will definitely not be done in a few hours.
Queen Isabella's words were half-truths, but at least they weren't lies. Jenkins looked at her suspiciously, but did not continue to ask, but was going to return to the podium ahead and continue what he had just said.
Another series of explosions sounded from a distance, the first two sounds were weak, and only the bestowers with outstanding hearing could hear them. But this time the explosion, as long as you calm down, everyone in the city hall can hear it.
Jenkins squinted his eyes and looked in that direction, and it was obvious that the black aura was gathering. But because the distance was so far away, it was impossible to tell whether those auras belonged to mechanized corpses, or whether something strange had appeared.
The explosion disturbed the people in the city hall, but because the distance was far away, it only caused discussions and did not affect the continuation of the speech. It will take some time for the news of the church to come from afar, so Jenkins can only suppress the uneasiness in his heart and continue to speak on stage.
"Now we have learned about the abnormal 'tulip mania' event that happened in Nolan, this event can be simply divided into two parts, one part is the abnormal rise in the price of tulips in a short period of time, and the other part is its price deviating from its own value , Become an appreciation product in the eyes of the public.
In this final stage, tulips are not actually tulips anymore, and what people buy is an item that can appreciate in value. According to this logic, 'tulip mania' can also become 'white rose mania' or 'windmills' mania. The example I gave is not to show that this phenomenon can be replicated, but to show that tulips are not really important in this incident.
This is a terrible phenomenon. The short-term appreciation of a certain item does not even have much to do with itself. I know there are some big businessmen among you, and at this point, there are probably some people who can understand what I want to say. "
"You mean someone is going to make a lot of money by hoarding tulip bulbs and inducing the market to raise their prices?"
Someone shouted from the audience that Jenkins did not arrange this time. The person Jenkins had placed hadn't spoken yet, but he was going to have the question asked.
"No, no, I said that this is not a price gouging. Although there are right ingredients, it is too simple to think of it this way. Besides, who would deliberately hoard tulip bulbs? Nolan itself is not a place where tulips are produced, and the local There are no giants in the flower industry. But this kind of thinking is correct. Some people have a large number of precious sources, and they have raised the price of tulips in ways that cannot be explained yet.
But that unidentified person is not as simple as wanting to make a fortune. When everyone in the whole city regards tulips as an appreciation item and invests excessive funds in chasing them, then in fact, it means that people in the whole city tacitly raise the price of tulips together, because people think that The selling price must be higher than the buying price. "
He wrote a few words on the blackboard behind him, and then greeted the civilians from all walks of life waiting in the audience to tell the story of their family and tulips. This is also someone who was found in advance, and before the speech started, Jessica had asked them to completely get rid of the tulips.
Whatever the outcome of the speech led to, it was none of their business.
"The people behind the scenes are actually just involved in the early price hikes. I bet that in the middle and late stages, that is, starting about two or three weeks ago, even those people themselves can't control the prices of the entire market."
"How did you know it was a group of people?"
someone asked.
"It's obvious. I don't think one person can do so many things at the same time, such as shipping, monitoring market prices, and driving up prices. This must be a gang, and it's a gang with quite outstanding capabilities."
Jenkins replied, seeing that no one continued to ask questions, he continued:
"It's an uncontrollable 'game' and, to use an inappropriate metaphor, the person we haven't identified just ignites the fuse of an explosive that they know will cause an explosion but don't know how much it will go off. Vigorous. And all they have to do is 'run fast enough'."
Just as he was about to explain the meaning of "running fast enough" to draw out the consequences of the over-expansion of the tulip market, he suddenly saw someone gesturing to him in the last row of the lecture hall. It was the priest of the church, and beside him stood Captain Bincy and two of his team members.
"Emergency situations?"
Jenkins interpreted the meaning of the sign language suspiciously, and continued to speak without stopping:
"Remember the 'Fabry scam' some time ago? It was actually a similar technique. People kept putting money into it to get more income. But they had to get their investment back before everything collapsed, not Throw it all in and wait for the next payoff. That's what 'running fast enough' means.
Correspondingly, in tulip mania, although the specific way to obtain income is tulips with substance. But according to the analysis just now, the current market price has exceeded the value of the tulip itself, making the tulip only a symbol of trading. In this incident, there is no difference in essence between tulips and the nonexistent 'Miss Fabbri's mining business'.
Once it collapses, the consequence of the Fabry scam is nothing, and the consequence of the tulip scam is that there are a bunch of flowers that cannot be sold at a price. I think it's the same consequence. "
The last paragraph immediately caused an uproar, and people looked to Jenkins for further analysis. The speech has reached this point, and it has completely mobilized people's enthusiasm and attention. But this was just the beginning, he had to thoroughly analyze what he did, and then, "Miss Fabry" appeared.