The major securities investment institutions on Wall Street were popping champagne to celebrate this major fundraising victory. These securities investment institutions ranged from large to small. The large ones absorbed tens of millions of dollars in Apple stock this time, while the small ones also absorbed over one million dollars. They have the chips in hand, and with their inside information and in-depth understanding of Nasdaq, they are very aware of the potential profit margins of these chips in hand.
They continue to raise funds at a price of more than four yuan. At least after Makino Technology acquires Apple and privatizes it, they can obtain no less than 40% of the revenue. A wave of short-term operations and 40% of the profits are recorded. This is enough to make people crazy.
But these organizations that were celebrating their victory never expected that the world would suddenly be filled with severe criticism and denunciation of them. All their strategic intentions would be exposed, and they would attract thousands of accusations.
Those retail investors who were defrauded of their chips were naturally furious, as if they had a priceless painting in their hands, and suddenly a group of experts came and told them that it was a fake and worthless, so they got confused and hurriedly sold it at a low price, and the result was Being pocketed by the expert team at a very low price, taking away people's money is like killing their parents, these retail investors are simply hating them crazy.
It is generally extremely rare for securities investment institutions to be criticized by thousands of people on Nasdaq. Because securities investment institutions like Nasdaq themselves control public opinion, they can use public opinion to confuse right and wrong to fool retail investors or deceive them. Retail investors take over.
Normally, retail investors have no strategic advantage at all in the face of public opinion. Institutions are like military organizations with modern military power, while retail investors are just cold weapon hunters armed with bows, arrows and spears, fighting on their own. The disparity in strength is so huge that it makes The latter has no chance of victory at all.
However, at this time, the organization's ability to guide public opinion has failed! Although the organization has launched its own public opinion weapon and begun to refute the rumors and whitewash itself, there seems to be an extremely powerful force secretly forming a force field on the Internet, in public opinion, and among the masses. This force field is so powerful that the organization Modern weapons are completely useless in front of it.
As the public's anger continued to brew, many investors who had lost their chips began to gather at the offices of major government investment institutions to protest, and more and more people joined in. Not only the investors who had lost their chips in Apple stock gathered to protest, but also Many investors who had lost money in the stock market also participated in the protest, because for the first time they realized the shamelessness of the main force, and when they recalled the assets they had lost, they felt indignant.
The most angry ones are naturally Apple’s shareholders.
They have been suffering from continuous stock declines. In the past few days, their floating losses have even exceeded 50%, and more than half of their funds have been wasted, so they have been waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback. After waiting for so long, the opportunity finally came. However, they were misled by the public opinion of the institution, so that they made wrong judgments, shipped goods quickly, and lost chips. This huge contrast can easily make people overreact.
The anger of stock investors made it difficult for various institutions to deal with it for a while. They could only close the door tightly and call the police, hoping that the police could drive away the protesters. The Nasdaq had closed, but stock investors were still surrounding them angrily. The employees were originally planning to go out to celebrate at night, but now it seems that they can't even get out of the company's door.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, bad news came that made them even more devastated!
Makino Technology officially issued a statement, which reads:
“Official statement to global users and Nasdaq investors regarding Makino Technology’s acquisition of Apple:
Recently, there have been various statements claiming that Makino Technology is about to acquire Apple and will be committed to promoting the comprehensive privatization process of Apple. In response to this statement, Makino Technology publicly stated: Our company is indeed in the process of acquiring shareholders' shares of Apple. , discussed with the board of directors of Apple, but our company has not submitted any form of privatization proposal to Nasdaq, so any form of remarks about Apple's privatization are rumors. Our company does not assume any responsibility and reserves the right to The right to demand compensation and apology from rumor makers and disseminators;
In addition, our company officially announced to global users and Nasdaq investors: Whether Makino Technology acquires Apple and privatizes it depends on Apple’s current stock price. Makino Technology will only operate when Apple’s stock price is lower than 3.5 Under the premise of US dollars, considering the possibility of acquisition and privatization, if Apple's stock price is higher than 3.5 US dollars, Makino Technology will not invest in or acquire Apple in any form, and even if Makino Technology privatizes Apple, it will not pay anything for Apple's stock price. For any form of premium, investors are advised to refer to the official statement and do not believe any form of rumors or so-called inside information. "
As soon as this statement came out, the entire financial circle exploded instantly!
This statement issued by Makino Technology is almost unheard of in the United States. Publicly announcing its acquisition bottom price? ! What kind of cool operation is this? And the acquisition price was suddenly set at US$3.5 per share. You must know that at the close of trading today, Apple's stock price was US$4.22! Is this going to be an acquisition, or is it going to ruin things
Moreover, by doing this, is Makino Technology suspected of manipulating stock prices? Because of the influence of Makino Technology, as soon as this statement comes out, Apple’s stock price will inevitably fall below $3.5 at the opening tomorrow! And it’s basically impossible to hit the $3.50 mark again!
However, Makino Technology’s legal department immediately issued a statement: Makino Technology’s statement was just to crush the previous rumors about Makino Technology’s stock price of US$4.15, a 50% premium, and to publicly clarify the rumors. Makino Technology, as a large and responsible multinational company, , the responsibility and protection of American investors is not to manipulate the stock price. The real manipulation of the stock price is the main body who spreads rumors to the outside world with ulterior motives. It is their malicious behavior that led to the abnormal fluctuations in Apple's stock price today.
As soon as this statement came out, no one lost their temper.
Makino Technology has done nothing wrong. Why can information about Makino Technology rumored by others be circulated on the market, but Makino Technology cannot clarify it? If releasing news is manipulating stock prices, then the person who is really responsible for manipulating stock prices should be the one releasing the rumors. What does it have to do with Makino Technology
Now, Makino Technology's attitude is very obvious, just one point: if the stock price is higher than 3.5 US dollars, I don't want Apple. Whoever wants it wants it, but don't pretend to be me and tell the outside world that I will still want it.
The reason why Li Mu dared to issue this statement was that he was convinced that no one at this stage wanted to take over Apple's mess, not even the US government.
To put it bluntly, if any big boss suddenly jumped out and wanted to snatch Apple from Li Mu, then Li Mu would snatch Apple back even if the stock price was ten dollars.
This series of statements directly caught the securities investment institutions that were preparing to hold a celebration banquet today unprepared!
Didn’t we agree to multiply $4.15 by 150%? ! Why do you say you fall out when you fall out? And he turned against her in such a shameless way! You must know that everyone’s cost of raising funds ranges from 4.6 to 4.2, and the average is about 4.4. It suddenly dropped to 3.5 US dollars, and the loss exceeded 20%!
For a securities investment institution, the difference from 40% net profit to 20% net loss is a huge difference.
Most of the money used by securities investment institutions to operate comes from funds. A large amount of funds are diversified into different securities products. The first thing securities investment institutions must ensure is the overall rate of return on funds. Some of these products are profitable, and some are profitable. At the end of each cycle, the fund must use the profit part to make up for the loss. After all accounts are settled, all operating costs are deducted, and what is left is net profit.
Originally, securities institutions could secure 40% of net profits from Apple stocks, and then use the money to subsidize other loss-making investment projects, but now even this inevitable project has lost money, and there is still a 20% hole waiting for it. Other products will help it fill the hole, which will have a great negative impact on the subsequent morale, development and operation of the entire organization.
This feeling is like a grown-up working man in the family going out to work to make money. He thought he could earn a sum of money to support the family. However, he accidentally got into an accident. He made no money and had to pay a lot of medical expenses. The rest of the family had no money. Waiting for the rice to be ready, now we have to tighten our belts to subsidize the medical expenses of this strong laborer. The huge gap is obvious at a glance.
Moreover, it is almost unimaginable to have one stock, one operation, and a 20% loss. Except during the stock market crash, such a tragic situation rarely occurs. But now, there is no need to wait until the market opens tomorrow. Everyone is very worried. It is clear that the stock price will fall tomorrow, and there will be no doubt that it will fall below $3.5 in an instant, because everyone knows that as long as the stock price is still above $3.5 at this time, Apple will be dead. If it is dead, the stock price will surely fall. Then it plummeted again, falling below $3.5, before it could be saved by Li Mu's father.
Apple was like a pig that fell into the water. Li Mu's father, who was sailing the boat, stood beside the boat and said to it: "Loose weight. If you reduce it from 500 pounds to 400 pounds, I will let you on the boat."
On the water, except for Li Mu's father's boat, most of the other boats couldn't fit such a guy at all. Microsoft's boat could fit it, but he only wanted the tenderloin from the pig. , and are unwilling to pay for other parts. Many other non-Internet companies have this ability, but they don’t eat pork...
Every securities investment institution that has absorbed a large amount of Apple's chips is wailing in despair deep in its heart. It's over. Nothing can stop Apple's stock price from plummeting tomorrow. Huge losses are already a certainty!
Going from heaven to hell in an instant, this feeling is so sour and refreshing.
At the same time, those angry investors who had just lost their chips today cheered instantly!
One second they were angry at missing a great opportunity for a sharp rise, and the next second they were cheering for escaping a plummeting pit.
They will not thank these investment institutions that help them carry the bag, because they know very well that these people are executioners who kill without blinking an eye. This time they came with the mentality of cutting other people's flesh, but they failed to cut their own flesh. , not worthy of sympathy at all.
What they are really grateful for is Makino Technology!
Because they know that if Makino Technology issued this statement earlier today, the stock price would collapse this morning, and they would be the ones bearing the losses at that time.
Precisely because Makino Technology delayed issuing a statement until after the market closed, they were lucky enough to escape.
At this time, a rumor began to spread outside: In fact, Makino Technology was actually planning to privatize Apple at a price of US$4.15 with an additional 50% premium. However, it was precisely because these institutions were frantically defrauding ordinary investors of their chips that Makino Technology has made a decision: let unscrupulous institutions pay the price!
Rumors also mentioned a series of methods used by Li Mu to deal with profiteers who were driving up prices during the epidemic in China. In order to stabilize prices and punish profiteers, Li Mu's Taobao used the method of selling anti-epidemic materials at a loss, completely destroying the profits of profiteers. The financial path has even caused many profiteers to suffer huge losses and pay huge prices. This is similar to Makino Technology’s statement today. It can be said that this is very Li Mu’s style of behavior, or that this is Li Mu’s typical behavior. style.
Although there is no evidence to prove this statement, everyone believes in this rumor.
Everyone is willing to believe that this is the truth of the matter, because everyone believes in Li Mu. First of all, everyone believes that Li Mu will never harm the interests of ordinary people. Secondly, everyone knows that Li Mu has a strong sense of social responsibility. If today's enterprises There is still one person in the family who unswervingly punishes evil and promotes good, and that person must be Li Mu!
As a result, Li Mu became the hero of this incident where Apple's stock price fluctuated abnormally and investors were defrauded of their chips. Nasdaq investors' favorability for Li Mu exceeded that of any CEO of any company in the United States, and their opinion of Makino Technology The favorability rating also exceeds that of any listed company in the United States.
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In the high-level conference room of Makino Technology's Silicon Valley branch headquarters, all participants applauded enthusiastically for several minutes, and the applause lasted for a long time.
Every participant was extremely excited because they witnessed an unprecedented counterattack in the financial field. This counterattack had extremely low investment costs, excellent enemy-killing effects, and extremely significant positive strategic impact.
Before this, no one expected that this morning's passive situation would turn out to be such a perfect turn.
It was originally thought that the operation of institutions would make Makino Technology pay more for the acquisition of Apple, but Li Mu directly wielded a machete and cut off the leeks of US stock investment institutions. Not only did the actual privatization have to pay the delisting costs of Nasdaq Nearly half of it was cut off, and because of this cut, he became a superhero in the eyes of American investors. Today is a perfect explanation of what a blessing in disguise is!
If these institutions had not jumped in to interfere, Li Mu would have spent twice as much money, and at best he would have become an extremely generous entrepreneur in the eyes of American investors.
Now, Li Mu has gained an unimaginable mass base for himself and Makino Technology in the U.S. financial field, which will have a huge positive impact on Makino Technology's next IPO on Nasdaq!
(End of chapter)