Generally speaking, financial speculation is mainly conducted in the stock market. However, the stock market is constantly changing and it is difficult for ordinary people to make money. Only a small number of people can make money, and not necessarily by honest means.
In previous lives, in addition to the stock market, a lot of capital was used to speculate on materials, among which real estate speculators were the most famous. Others speculated on onions, garlic, ginger, etc. These are not very important, but are indispensable condiments to seek profits.
It is very difficult to gain profits by speculating on materials in this life. Needless to say, real estate speculation. Current real estate is either in the hands of state-owned enterprises or the government, or in the hands of its affiliated companies.
Although there are many private houses, they are not commercial houses, and such houses are generally older and have no room for speculation. The land belongs to the state, making it easier to formulate relevant policies.
Moreover, other daily necessities are basically in the hands of Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company, Baiwei Food Company, and state-owned agriculture and animal husbandry companies. As long as they are not greedy, they basically do not allow others to take the lead.
Even if these capitals want to set the pace, they cannot do so, because the sales of many agricultural and animal husbandry products are one-stop services, and the process does not go through other people's hands at all, making it difficult for ordinary people to get involved.
For example, if the products of Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company are industrial raw materials, they are basically traded directly with related companies without going through middlemen, so outsiders naturally cannot get involved.
Vegetables and other foods that are related to people's lives are distributed through the channels of Shangtong Trading Company to retail terminals such as wet markets and supermarkets across the country, where they meet consumers and outsiders cannot get involved.
As for state-owned enterprises, they are basically similar to Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company. They either sell through state-owned retail terminals or through Shangtong Trading Company, and try to avoid the existence of middlemen.
It is difficult to rely on hoarding materials to reach a situation where market supplies are tight. For bulk commodity purchases like this, it is mainly through partners who directly supply stable supplies. Generally, it is difficult for outsiders to obtain a large supply of goods, even if they have money. no.
This caused the domestic stock market to skyrocket from the beginning. Part of the reason was that the domestic people did not fully understand the stock market at that time and had insufficient risk assessment. As long as it rose, most of them jumped in.
At that time, a 10-fold increase in stock prices seemed unusual, but Zhao Yi himself did not participate. In addition to being uninterested, the most important reason was that the nascent stock market could not withstand his efforts.
Not to mention the domestic stock market, even the international super large stock market, he can easily make money. It is no joke to anticipate the enemy's opportunities. He can enter the market faster than others and leave faster than others before risks come. Making money is natural. It's very easy.
But in his opinion, this way of making money does not bring any benefit to the country and society. It is a pure capital game that has no technical content and is not in line with his values.
He has long said that money is a meaningless piece of waste paper if it cannot be used for social progress. In his opinion, it is obviously better to use it for consumption than to enter the stock market.
Of course, the stock market is not useless, otherwise it would not exist. On the one hand, it naturally provides financing for corporate operations and is very useful for companies to expand production. However, this role has gradually changed.
On the other hand, it serves as a storage pool to absorb currency. After the currency supply exceeds the transaction demand for social goods, if there is no good place to go, it will usually lead to rising prices and inflation.
Modern economic theory, as well as the ease of currency printing, have resulted in the supply of money far exceeding what is needed for the circulation of social goods, and the only way to find a place is for the extra money.
This is also an important reason why the size of the stock market will become larger and larger over time, because the supply of money exceeds demand every year, and over time, there will naturally be a large amount of money surplus.
If these surplus currencies flow to the commodity market, they will definitely cause serious inflation, lead to deterioration of social stability, and trigger national turmoil.
Therefore, even a capitalist society understands this truth. It is better to direct excess capital to the stock market and let capital fight with each other than to let these capital run freely.
Although Zhao Yi did not play in the domestic stock market, he initially suggested that brother and sister Zhou Jinjue and Zhou Jinyu, as well as Lin Hexia, invest the US$1 million they earned from Yingjiang Gambling into the stock market.
Nowadays, their huge private money comes from the appreciation of the stock market. However, the skyrocketing stock market later made people panic. After his reminder, they all withdrew and made a lot of money.
The stock market rises and falls, and it cannot continue to rise indefinitely. Therefore, it has repeatedly fallen and risen several times, which wiped out most people's funds, and capital further concentrated in a few institutions.
His financial company has made a lot of money in the process. At this time, the stock market has not reached its limit. It is still a T+0 model. For financial companies, it is even more powerful.
The domestic stock market has developed for so many years, but the number of listed stocks is still small. This is mainly because the reform of domestic state-owned enterprises has been relatively successful and its reliance on the stock market for financing is low.
The original intention of the creation of the domestic stock market was actually to finance the reform of state-owned enterprises. Since the demand in this area has weakened, there is naturally no need to go public.
When someone suggested that his companies go public, he refused. For him, there was no need for his companies to go public. They lacked neither capital nor technology nor scale.
Basically, you can get whatever you want, and you can even independently develop a whole industry chain on your own. There is no need to go public, and some of the money will be given to the capital market to feed the capitalists.
Although he is quite open-minded about money, he is not willing to give money to other capitals for no reason. If he has this intention, it is better to give money directly to the people than to financial capitalists.
Moreover, the rapid development of his companies has also taught the government and state-owned enterprises a vivid lesson, explaining that corporate efficiency, reform, etc., have nothing to do with whether they are successful or not.
The key to success lies in the improvement of corporate systems and the emphasis on technology. As long as these two points are in place, basically a company will not be far behind.
The subsequent reform of state-owned enterprises, especially the reform of key state-owned enterprises, was carried out along this line of thinking. Especially central enterprises, basically they would not choose to go public, but would only carry out internal management reforms and introduce a more modern management model.
Of course, there are also many shares of Zhao Yi in these enterprises. It is not how much money Zhao Yi paid, but the shares he exchanged for technology. For central enterprises, they are not short of money, but they are short of technology.
With the technical support provided by Zhao Yi, their development speed is obviously much faster than before. Some technical state-owned enterprises have begun to impact the world's top 500 companies.
If the companies under his umbrella were not so powerful, even if they were split into countless subsidiaries, many of them would still be on the Fortune 500 list, occupying a lot of positions.
This has led to the fact that the companies that can make it to the top 500 in the world are all very strong, and the competition intensity is much greater than in previous generations. Among them, my country's number of companies on the list is already the first in the world, accounting for more than half.
Many people can actually judge the economic strength of a country from the list of the world's top 500 companies. This is because some of its companies are too spread out, resulting in very small scale.
The most typical one is Pusi Chemical Company. They also have a lot of business, but a single chemical category is not enough to support the Fortune 500.
However, they still separate many smaller chemicals into subsidiaries, in order to provide customers with more professional chemical raw materials, and also in the hope that new giants will be born from these smaller companies.
Even though they divide the subsidiaries so scattered, each company has its own strengths. The business they are assigned is stronger than that of the chemical giants, and at the same time, it does not limit the business expansion of these subsidiaries.
Therefore, Pusi Chemical Company, one of the Fortune 500 companies, only has their agricultural chemicals subsidiary. Although the scale of other subsidiaries is not too small, there is a certain gap between them and the Fortune 500 companies.
It can be said that his companies have basically adopted this decentralized business model. Some were originally operated as subsidiaries, while others were gradually changed after Zhao Yi proposed it at the annual meeting two years ago. .
For example, Baiwei Food Company, originally their total scale was not very large and there was no need to branch out into so many subsidiaries, but now they have adopted this operating method.
Because if these companies are not dispersed, their scale will be too large, reaching trillions of dollars at a time, which sounds a bit scary.
Since the finances of these subsidiaries are calculated independently, when they are ranked, their performance is not calculated on the head of the head office, but in the name of an independent company.
Of course, these rankings are not necessarily accurate, because none of his companies have made public announcements, let alone disclosed relevant financial statements.
However, these economic people can still summarize the data that they think is real and effective from the clues of data. Even so, many companies have still achieved the goal of being a Fortune 500 company.
Agrichemical companies like Pusi Chemical Company, even if their overseas operating performance is calculated, are already up to standard, not to mention that there is such a huge domestic market.
It is difficult to hide the performance of many companies. For example, the panel companies of Polaris Company only need to conduct simple calculations to draw an inseparable conclusion.
Many economists in the world, based on data from the Fortune 500 list, assert that my country's economic scale has actually surpassed that of Eagle Sauce, becoming the largest in the world.
Because there are so many companies in our country on the list, and other countries in the world combined do not have as many companies as ours, which clearly illustrates the problem.
It's just that no one has an accurate estimate of how much larger our country's economic scale is than Yingjiang. In addition, our country's large population is five times that of Yingjiang. In terms of per capita, everyone still agrees that it is not very high.
Generally speaking, the stock market is dominated by the local market, which means that local funds must occupy the mainstream in order to attract external funds and thereby boost the development of the stock market.
Our country's stock market is originally small in size, and the number of listed stocks is only three or two. You can't always be happy by yourself, so the ebb and flow is very normal.
And because retail investors are not familiar enough with the stock market, they wash their hands immediately after encountering a few dangers, resulting in fewer and fewer leeks. Now they have learned to be smart and no longer go into battle naked.
Many people who couldn't help but want to make a fortune directly handed over their funds to stock fund companies for management. Instead, their securities investment companies raised a lot of funds.
However, the domestic stock market is destined to not achieve much. His securities companies have transferred most of their funds to overseas financial markets, with Japan as the main destination.
Whether it is the stock market or the real estate market in Japan, it can be described as a raging fire, and it is getting more and more crazy. Both the people and the government have blind confidence.
It stands to reason that their advanced manufacturing industry has been severely impacted by the companies under Zhao Yi. Whether it is automobiles, semiconductors, or even shipbuilding, they have all been greatly impacted.
Under such circumstances, Japan's economic fundamentals will certainly not be particularly good and cannot support the prosperity of the stock market and real estate market, but the real situation is so outrageous.
Because so much international capital has entered the Japanese market, so much capital has no other place to go but to flow to the stock market, which has contributed to the rapid rise of the stock market, even crazier than in previous lives.
In the previous life, the Japanese stock market did not break through 40,000 points, but according to the current situation, breaking through this point is already a high probability event, and it may even break through to 45,000 points.
Because Sunflower Investment Company was the first to have a presence in Japan, they already had a lot of capital in Japan before the Plaza Accord was signed. Later, on the eve of the signing, after his suggestion, they increased their investment even more.
Sunflower Investment Company brought a large amount of capital with it. After entering Japan, it began to purchase land on a large scale. It also used the empty-handed white wolf model and relied on credit to continuously acquire land.
This model was not particularly easy to use at the beginning. After all, the money in the bank did not come from strong winds. The scale was too large and it could not withstand it, but it became different later.
As other capital also entered Japan one after another, a large amount of currency was injected into the Japanese financial system. As a result, banks suddenly became abundant with funds, and they even had to worry about how to lend them out.
This situation is simply a godsend for Sunflower Investment Company. They rely on bank credit and their own funds to repay interest, allowing the land area in their hands to continue to expand.
Part of it was sold to real estate companies from Hong Kong who went to Japan, and most of the rest was kept to increase in value. After all, the price increase of these lands was not large at first.
It wasn't until 1987 that everyone realized that the real estate market had grown a lot without realizing it, allowing more capital and individuals to pour into the market.
The increase in capital in the real estate market has naturally led to explosive growth in land prices, and the prices of some land parcels have even increased tenfold. At this time, Sunflower Investment Company will sell some land in poor locations.
Because land in good locations increases in value faster and is more likely to be sold in the future, giving priority to land parcels in poor locations will allow funds to be recovered and used to pay interest, while also making up for previous capital losses.
And they put the capital they got into the stock market, because at this time, the stock market was growing at a fast pace, and they could get another wave of profits by putting it in the securities market.
Because other capital enters the Japanese market late, investment projects that are easy to speculate and can accommodate large amounts of capital have fewer opportunities and can only put their excess capital in the stock market.
This has also led to the performance of Japan's stock market being even more exaggerated than in previous lives. It is not even February yet, and the stock market has already reached more than 37,000 points. At the current speed, it will only take a month or two to break through 40,000 points.
Of course, in addition to the above reasons, there is actually another important reason, that is, Yingjiang's own economy has serious problems and needs other economies to make up for them.
Japan is obviously a good target. Its economy is large enough and easy to control. It doesn’t matter who they look for. Therefore, the number of Eagle Capital entering Japan is the largest among international capitals, except for Sunflower Investment Company.
It's actually quite difficult for Eagle Sauce now. They have to fight with polar bears and face economic pressure from my country, which has led to serious internal problems.
If the U.S. dollar were not still the main international trade payment currency, it would really collapse. As long as the economy of a country like theirs, which is united by interests, collapses, the problems that arise will not be solved, and eventually they will naturally sink.
This is not because he is gloating over misfortune, but he hopes for global peace and that all countries will be richer, so that his companies will have more business, but he knows that this kind of thinking can only be wishful thinking.
If the polar bear falls, it is estimated that we will be the first to be dealt with. Among them, the industries under his umbrella should be the most seriously harmed, because the industries under his umbrella have the highest degree of internationalization.
The highest degree of internationalization means a high degree of dependence on foreign markets, especially the markets of developed countries. Naturally, there are many things that can be manipulated.
In response to this situation, he has actually made a lot of arrangements, first to increase the degree of monopoly. After all, if their economy wants to develop, they also need the support of the external supply chain.
As long as the companies under his control have a higher degree of monopoly, they can naturally manipulate each other in the opposite direction, such as in the communications field, software field, key electronics field, semiconductor field, etc.
If these places are cut off from the supply of these enterprises for a short period of time, the economic impact on them will not be small, or even greater than the impact on these enterprises.
The ability of monopolistic enterprises to withstand pressure is not comparable to that of ordinary enterprises. Even if the traditional enterprise Hualong Apparel Company is sanctioned, the world will not be able to find an alternative supply chain in a short time.
In this way, their bad intentions can be effectively prevented. At least in the short term, relative peace can be maintained, and they will not start to attack immediately, and they will do it in a big way.
The second is to break it into parts. The most typical one is Shangtong Trading Company. In addition to their direct business, they also have huge shareholding companies. If they want to crack down, it will only hit the direct business. These businesses that have shareholdings, want to It's very difficult to hit.
The third is localized operations. The most typical one is Baiwei Food Company. They are the most successful localized operations under Zhao Yi and the most suitable ones for localized operations.
Among their businesses, except for the fruit wine business, most of their businesses are localized, and even fruit production is the same. If they attack Baiwei Food Company, it will be equivalent to attacking the local economy, which is a loss of one thousand to the enemy and eight to oneself. Hundred.
The last step is to operate the alternative market. His main focus is on countries such as Southeast Asia. This is why they invest a large amount of funds in Southeast Asian countries every year.
The current economies of Southeast Asian countries are generally very good, with per capita income much higher than before, and some countries have reached the level of middle-income countries.
The reason why we invest in Southeast Asian countries is that they are very close to my country, and there are many Chinese groups in these places, so they naturally have a certain sense of closeness, and they are also within the scope of my country's military radiation.
When my country's national defense construction is completed as planned, although it will not be able to station troops around the world like Yingjiang, it will still be very easy to radiate Southeast Asia and ensure that the economic and political affairs of these places are not influenced by Western countries.
On the other hand, the combined population of Southeast Asian countries is large enough, which means that their market potential is very large. Without a population, there will naturally be no great potential, and it will be difficult to expand the market size.
Of course, the most important thing is to expand the domestic market and expand internal demand. This is why he has repeatedly emphasized the need to increase people's salary levels as soon as possible.
If the people's salary level cannot be raised, talking about expanding domestic demand is empty talk. Taking advantage of its industries to conquer cities and territories abroad, it is serious business to increase the wages of domestic people and expand the market size.
Many things have begun to take shape this year. What he needs to do is to preserve his own strength before danger comes, while weakening the strength of hostile countries.
Just like what Sunflower Investment Company has done, on the one hand, it can weaken Japan's strength and prevent them from being able to afford the vanguard. At most, it can only be a cry.
On the other hand, it will weaken the capital profitability of Yingjiang, making their plan to take Japan's supplements come to nothing, or at least reduce the level of supplements, which will not fundamentally solve their domestic problems and contradictions.
Moreover, Sunflower Investment Company's greatly increased strength will also help them make trouble in the international financial market. By then, small countries will be unable to withstand Sunflower Investment Company's financial attacks.
Although he does not advocate such an approach, if it is at a critical moment, it can still play a great role in preventing some countries from following the troubles of Eagle Sauce and attracting their attention to their own countries.
These are the layouts he has made over the years. Of course it is best if they are not used. Once used, it can relieve huge pressure to a certain extent and allow us to deal with some problems calmly.
Time is on our side. As long as we delay it, it will not be us but the enemy countries that will eventually collapse. Therefore, we only need to defend well and there is no need to spend more energy on offense.
At the subsequent financial meeting, Zhao Yi gave relevant reminders to his financial companies, asking them to be prepared and not to get into trouble. Instead of making money, they would get themselves into it.
Let them formulate a withdrawal plan. They can make less money, but they cannot suffer a lot of losses due to greed, because according to the current situation, problems may arise in Japan in advance.
The most important thing is the meeting with Peter, the president of Sunflower Investment Company, to ask them to make plans as soon as possible and prepare to withdraw. The most important thing is real estate. Withdrawal is not that easy. They need to find someone to take over.
Although Japan is now very obsessed with the pleasure brought by real estate appreciation, after all, transactions take time, not to mention that they have too much land in their hands, so it takes even more time.
As for the stock market, you can wait. Generally speaking, if there is a problem in the stock market, it may not occur until after the real estate bubble bursts and a wave of rising prices occurs, before the stock market plummets.
He asked Sunflower Investment Company to start withdrawing from the long positions in the stock market when the real estate bubble burst and prepare to go short. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he taught Japan a lesson. If it could also trap international capital, that would be the best. .
After Sunflower Investment Company completely withdrew from the Japanese real estate market, it immediately notified those Hong Kong real estate companies to begin a large-scale withdrawal to avoid suffering large losses.
As for whether they listen or not, I don't care. I just need to ensure that his interests are not harmed. There was an agreement at the beginning, so I guess most Hong Kong real estate companies will not be disobedient. (End of chapter)