Sure enough, as predicted by economists in the pre-market news, Apple's stock price soared 14% immediately after the opening, soaring from 3.74 to 4.26 and continuing to rise. Investors cheered and they were Apple's stock has been suppressed for too long and suffered too much losses. Now the dark clouds are finally clearing and the bright moon is visible!
At the same time, Li Ziwei had a phone call with Tim Cook and was telling him about Li Mu's decision. Li Mu was sitting in the conference room of Makino Technology and continuing to communicate with others about the follow-up details of the acquisition of Apple. Louis Martin suddenly When I received a message, I opened it and looked shocked. I blurted out: "Mr. Li, there is an emergency!
Li Mu asked him: "What happened?"
Louis Martin said: "The news of our acquisition of Apple has spread to the market, and now Apple's stock price is rising rapidly, and it is now almost $4.50."
Li Mu frowned for a moment and said, "This news is definitely the biggest benefit to current Apple investors, right?"
Louis Martin nodded and said: "If the stock price soars, the cost of our privatization will increase significantly with the rapid growth of the stock price."
Lin Qingya, who didn't know much about the U.S. stock market, asked him: "Mr. Martin, as long as we get most of Apple's shares, we can apply for forced delisting. There is no need to pay for the inflated stock price, right?"
Louis Martin said: "We must pay the bill. If our shareholding and voting number exceed 66.6%, we do have the power to force delisting, but the prerequisite is Nasdaq's nod. When our stock price was 4.15, it was the same as Nasdaq Gram proposed 150% of 4.15 as the privatization price, Nasdaq naturally has no objection, after all, this protects the interests of investors, but if the stock price rises to 6 US dollars, we will ask for forced delisting at this price, Nasdaq In order to protect the interests of investors, Dak will never pass the deal. In that case, our total acquisition cost will increase a lot."
Lin Qingya frowned and said, "In this case, wouldn't we have to pay a large amount of additional funds?"
Louis Martin said: "If the stock price continues to rise, we will have to pay more and more extra money, and those institutions are obviously trying to make a lot of money along the way."
Lin Qingya looked at Li Mu hurriedly.
If the acquisition and privatization are carried out according to the price of the previous framework agreement for the acquisition of Apple, the money in Makino Technology's hands will be just enough, excluding normal operations.
But if the cost of Apple's privatization suddenly increases, then Makino Technology will once again be in a situation of insufficient money, which would be too passive.
Just when everyone was a little nervous, Li Mu, who had been silent all the time, suddenly asked Louis Martin: "The main players on Nasdaq should be working at full capacity to collect funds now, right?"
Louis Martin nodded and said: “Although I don’t know the details, what is certain is that these major investment institutions must be frantically collecting funds, because they know best how much profit margin privatization can bring.
Li Mu nodded and said calmly: "The meeting will be suspended for now. Don't worry. This matter may not be a bad thing for us."
No one dared to answer the call, because in their opinion, if this was not a bad thing, then it was nothing bad.
Li Mu still looked calm and said to Louis Martin: "Louis, please find a reliable news channel immediately. I want all the current trends of Apple stock on Nasdaq."
Louis Martin nodded: "No problem, I'll find out about it right away."
Immediately, Louis Martin immediately mobilized his contacts and grasped the current trends of the entire situation in detail.
The stock price had exceeded $4.6 at this time, but at this time, a large number of rumors began to affect Nasdaq retail investors in all aspects.
Some say that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Stimulated by this good news, Apple's stock price will definitely rise sharply. If you grab Apple stock at this time, you can not only seize the market and make a lot of money, but also make a fortune in the market. When Makino Technology initiates privatization, it will earn another share price premium. After all, Nasdaq frequently privatizes listed companies and will give investors a certain premium when repurchasing shares. This is basically Nasdaq’s convention.
Some hold the opposite frankness. They say that all this is actually a conspiracy of securities funds. They have a large number of Apple stocks that have been deeply trapped and suffered heavy losses. They urgently need to unblock them to recover losses and withdraw funds, so they Only then will false news be released, causing investors to rush to buy Apple stocks, so that they can take the opportunity to raise the stock price and rush to ship the goods. After Makino Technology refutes the rumors, the stock price will fall in retaliation, and all investors who bought in will be devastated;
Some people believe that this acquisition rumor will be Apple's best opportunity; others believe that this is a big hole carefully dug for retail investors, a big hole where people can die without a burial place.
Gradually, the proportion of these comments changed, from a 50-50 odds at the beginning to a 20-80 odds later. Most of the rumors were more inclined to believe that this "opportunity" was actually a huge pit. Gradually, retail investors who were not determined enough lost their confidence.
As a result, the stock price began to fall after reaching a maximum of $4.66.
Louis Martin told Li Mu: "The fall in stock prices will trigger a round of selling, and it should be the main force trying to attract funds."
"Absorbing funds?" Li Mu's expression was a little uncertain.
Louis Martin nodded and said: "The main force must be more optimistic about our acquisition of Apple. They have spent so much effort, but they actually want to trick retail investors into selling, and then achieve low-price acquisition, and lock in the subsequent market for themselves." In arms.
Li Mu suddenly understood, stood up, and said to everyone in the conference room: "Everyone, continue to pay attention to the situation. I will make a phone call first."
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Li Mu's call lasted twenty minutes. Since he went back to his own office to make the call, no one knew who he was calling and what he was going to do.
Just after Li Mu returned to the conference room, the rumors on the market quickly began to escalate.
The new remarks paid more attention to "Li Jufu", and comprehensively analyzed and interpreted it from the perspective of business, from the perspective of strength, from the perspective of future development, from the perspective of Li Mu's character, etc., and finally they concluded that: Li Mu is not It may really want to acquire Apple, and all this may be just a conspiracy.
For example: they conducted an in-depth analysis of Apple’s business conditions and believed that Apple’s current overall situation was of little benefit to Makino Technology and that Makino Technology had no reason to acquire Apple;
For example, they believe that Apple’s mess will cause heavy losses to the takeover. Li Mu has never made loss-making investments, so how could he invest in Apple
For another example, they felt that Li Mu's character would never buy out his defeated subordinates. Apple was destroyed by him. No matter what the circumstances, Li Mu would never be able to help Apple rebuild;
As a result, the older people get, the more people begin to believe that this "opportunity" is actually a "death spiral." Taking advantage of the fact that the stock price is improving and has not yet started to fall, it is wisest to cut off the talent and leave as soon as possible.
When retail investors began to have this idea, a large number of retail investors began to sell stocks. In their view, the stock price has risen a lot, so they should sell quickly, get rid of Apple's stocks that have fallen to the bottom, and recover some stocks. Loss, that's what matters.
Under the influence of this psychology, the market set off a wave of selling. Apple's stock price continued to fall, and soon fell to the level of $4.31, a very fast decline.
But what’s interesting is that no matter how many people are selling Apple’s outstanding shares in the market, there are always people behind the scenes who silently accept every selling order, like a huge sponge, desperately absorbing all the shares they can come into contact with. Every drop of water.
No matter how many people put out sell orders, they will all be immediately pocketed by investors with unknown origins. This has made the turnover rate of Apple’s tradable shares surge, which is particularly eye-catching.
At this time, another rumor spread: "The turnover rate of Apple stock is amazing. It seems that the main force has already fled!"
As soon as the rumors of the main force's escape came out, almost all the real retail investors became uneasy. What they fear most is to be the successor. This is just like the rule that a water ghost must find a scapegoat before he can die. The one who is the successor is the unlucky ghost who takes the place of the water ghost and sleeps under the water in exchange for the water ghost himself to be transcended and passed away. Retail investors would rather I don't want to end up like this even if I cut off my flesh.
Just when retail investors were panicking, the market was flooded with a new rumor: "The main force is fleeing smoothly and quickly. Stupid retail investors are still buying Apple stocks crazily because they imagine that the stock will continue to rise. This gives the main force absolutely no hope." If there is a good opportunity to escape, it won't take long for the main force to completely liquidate and leave all the mess to retail investors.
Retail investors have become more nervous now. Most retail investors are single individuals. They have no way of knowing what kind of operations retail investors are performing in the entire market. In fact, the real market situation now is: retail investors are constantly being deceived. , because they are afraid of deep traps and fear of being a taker, they sell their Apple stocks and prepare to stop losses in time. However, the main force spreading rumors everywhere is greedily absorbing every Apple stock sold by retail investors.
The facts are completely contrary to the rumors. Not only did the main force not escape, but they realized that this was an excellent opportunity, so they were ready to absorb more chips.
However, the circulating chips are ultimately limited. If no one is willing to sell on the market, it will be impossible for others to get more chips. Moreover, if the price is raised too high, the main force's cost of collecting funds will also increase, so the main force will They began to deceive retail investors through various operations, making them believe that the stock was about to fall or even plummet, thereby inducing retail investors to sell so that they could absorb chips.
Such operations are not only common in the Chinese stock market and the U.S. stock market, but are also extremely common in various currency speculation circles in later generations. Today, there may suddenly be overwhelming news saying that a certain virtual currency is about to plummet, and the entire market seems to be pessimizing this virtual currency. Coin, investors are afraid of being trapped and rush to sell it at a low price. At this time, the main force behind the scenes quickly absorbs it at a low price, and then makes some moves to increase the value of the currency again and earn a lot of profits.
For example, a certain virtual currency drops from 1,000 US dollars to 700, then rises from 700 to 1,100, then drops to 650, and then rises back to 1,000. It seems that the currency value has returned to the starting point after a round of tossing, but the fighting behind the scenes Among them, some people have made a lot of money, and some people have lost money and committed suicide by jumping off the building.
The real main force manipulated this virtual currency to fall from 1,000 US dollars to 700. Among them, retail investors took the losses by selling, and the main force accumulated funds at the 700 level, and then raised it to 1,100, and then created false prosperity to the outside world, making retail investors think that the virtual currency was It will continue to rise, and then they began to clear and ship out their positions, earning more than 50% of the profits. After the shipment, they continued to manipulate the value of the virtual currency to fall, triggering panic again, causing the currency value to hit the bottom before attracting funds to increase...
In short, in every price fluctuation, the main players buy low and sell high, while most retail investors buy high and sell low. The final result is that retail investors lose everything and the main players make huge profits.
The current stock price of Apple is playing this way. The main force is creating panic, depressing the stock price, triggering selling and then frantically accumulating funds. Everything is flowing smoothly.
To everyone's expectation, although Li Mu's expression was always serious, he was not impatient at all, or even angry. Since making that phone call, he has been calmly paying attention to Apple's stock price and the general trend of transactions.
By the afternoon, Apple's stock price had fluctuated with a trend comparable to that of a healthy person's electrocardiogram. However, amidst the constant fluctuations, the overall trend was downward. The stock price fell all the way through the 4.3, 4.2, and 4.1 US dollars levels, before reaching the 4.03-4.01 level. A tug-of-war began.
The overall downward trend has strengthened the trust of retail investors in the market in the rumors. More and more people believe that Apple’s stock price will continue to fall, so retail investors have more and more chips in their hands. In this half day, fierce The main force of Wall Street securities has almost sucked up all the stocks in the hands of Apple retail investors.
Louis Martin told Li Mu a very critical data: According to his intelligence, so far, more than 90% of Apple stock in the hands of ordinary retail investors has been sucked away by the shock.
At the same time, Louis Martin lamented to Li Mu: "These main players are so ruthless. They have completely scared ordinary investors. Almost all of the circulating stocks on the market have gone into their pockets."
Li Mu smiled slightly and said nothing, but what he was thinking was that although the main force was ruthless, it was far from being so detailed. In Louis Martin's view, half of the rumors that must have been released by the main force were caused by Li Mu later. Let Zhao Kang's navy be released! And those rumors that made retail investors tremble with fear in the later period were almost all the work of Zhao Kang's water army!
In Li Mu's view, these main players took the opportunity to raise Apple's stock price, then created panic and frantically collected funds. The next step will definitely be to raise the stock price again after the fund-raising is over, and then rely on the high stock price and the additional premium from privatization to compensate to make huge profits.
What the hell is the difference between this and knowing that demolition is going to happen, and then rushing to plant a house and wait for more demolition compensation? With Li Mu's character, it is impossible for these small main players to succeed. Trying to steal Li Mu's wool is no different from daydreaming.
Not only are these guys thinking about harvesting wool from Li Mu, Li Mu actually also wants to go to Nasdaq to harvest leeks. However, as a businessman with strong social influence, he cannot directly cut leeks on the Nasdaq market unscrupulously. , especially the leeks of retail households cannot be cut off, because the leeks of retail households are like the vegetable plots of fellow villagers. Everyone wants to cut them, but the ones who can really do it are the local tyrants and evil gentry, and those who are really respectable will never be able to cut them. Cut the face.
Since you can't bear to cut off fellow villagers' leeks, it's better to create better conditions for these major institutions first, allowing them to quickly attract funds. After they turn the fellow villagers' vegetable fields into their own, you can then cut them off. Chinese chives!
(End of chapter)