Rebirth: My 80s

The autumn breeze is blowing gently, it is a season of harvest.

As usual, Domotoki, the director of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, came in the morning after inspecting the trading hall and various departments, and was in a very good mood.

The market is as steady as an old dog.

Shareholders made money, and he also gained a good reputation and political achievements.

Domotoki felt that he was lucky. Since he took this position, the stock market has been booming and no troublesome things have happened.

So his life is quite leisurely.

I returned to the carefully decorated office, brewed a pot of Gyokuro tea, and sipped it slowly while flipping through today's Asahi Shimbun.

Boom boom boom!

Doumoto Mu frowned slightly and glanced at the red oak door. This voice was not gentle at all. He liked all gentle things, such as women, and hated anything rude:

"Enter."

An executive of the exchange swirled in like the wind:

"Director, the U.S. bond and stock indexes have experienced abnormal fluctuations!"

Domotoki didn't care much about it, thinking that he was making a big deal out of nothing. This guy has always been like this.

"How abnormal?" he asked casually.

"From the opening of the market today to now, it has fallen by 0.7 points."

It doesn't sound like much. Domotoki subconsciously looked at the Rolex on his wrist. Only a quarter of an hour had passed since the market opened.

The executive added: “And it’s trending down further!”

Domoto Mu was getting a little impatient. He glanced at the pot of Gyokuro tea which was at just the right temperature and said unhappily, "Let's go and take a look."

The US dollar has always been stable.

It is even more stable than the currently bullish Japanese stock market.

A drop of 0.7 points in fifteen minutes was already abnormal, and there was even a downward trend... Domotoki thought, how could this be possible?

I haven't heard of any factors that could impact the US dollar recently.

Once this kind of thing happens, it will spread all over the world quickly.

After all, the U.S. dollar is the number one currency on the planet.

Any factor that can have an impact on it must be big news.

Soon, the two came to an office with a wall full of large-butt display screens.

Below the display wall, there is a red-painted table that is the same length as the wall, with seven or eight technicians sitting in front of it.

The executive who came with Domotoki pointed to one of the display screens on the wall:

"Look!"

Domoto Mu looked over and was startled.

It fell by 0.9 points.

This is just a notification...

It's so abnormal.

If the rate of decline continues, it is hard to imagine how low the U.S. Treasury bonds will fall by the time the market closes at noon.

The U.S. Treasury bond index is equal to the value of the U.S. dollar.

What caused the sudden plunge in the US dollar?

Domotoki searched his mind for all the information, but still couldn't find the answer.

"Check! I want to know why the dollar is falling so fast," he ordered.

Clap clap clap!

The keyboard tapping sounds suddenly became dense.

Technicians took advantage of the exchange's platform and various resources and immediately began looking for the cause.

Along with this, there is also the sound of a phone call - in the era when information was not well developed, the telephone was a common and convenient means of communication.

Of course, the most they can find are just clues in the financial market.

"Reporting to the Director, there are many huge orders to sell U.S. bonds in the market!"

"A huge amount? How much?"

"The minimum amount is 100 million, and the maximum amount is over 5 billion!"

Hiss!

Not to mention Domoto Ki, everyone in the room took a deep breath.

A 5 billion U.S. Treasury bond order?

Who has the ability to own so much US debt?

"Reporting to the Director, sell orders are pouring in, far more than these!"

Domoto Ki is really a bit wooden.

"Director, news has come from the New York market that a large number of large-value U.S. debt sell orders have also appeared there!"

"Reporting to the Director, there is also the German market."

"Director, the situation in the US market is even more exaggerated than ours!"

"Reporting to the Director, a similar situation has also occurred in the French market!"

Domotoki was dumbfounded.

What's going on?

His first thought was that someone was shorting the dollar.

The question is, who has the ability to do this?

Not to mention that this move requires unimaginable amounts of money, no one on this planet can play such a big game -

In the world's five major financial markets, the US dollar is shorted on a large scale at the same time.

"Director——"

"Shut up!" Domoto said rudely.

He needs to calm down and think carefully.

No, no, this is not the behavior of a certain capital tycoon or a certain investment institution, absolutely not.

This is the state machine in action!

And five state machines are operating together!

There is only one explanation.

Otherwise nothing will be accomplished.

First of all, if Americans don't want the value of the dollar to fall sharply, no one on this planet can do it, at least for now.

This is an intentional act led by the United States to devalue the US dollar!

What do they want to do?!

Even with Domotoki's professionalism, he was unable to guess the intention of this behavior in a short period of time.

But Domotoki knew one thing: the US dollar was about to collapse!

The five countries are inducing the market to sell the US dollar.

And for sensitive financial markets, their plan is bound to work.

Don’t throw?

Unless the majority of investors agree, you can expect to lose a lot of money.

However, it is impossible for the vast majority of investors to reach a consensus.

……

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Hongsen Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a company specializing in financial investment, and its business in the securities market accounts for 60%.

Shintaro Gaoliang just received a call from his subordinate who was stationed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

"What did you say? The dollar dropped one point?"

The thing that was least likely to fall, fell for no reason...

"President, it's absolutely true. The U.S. Treasury bond index started to fall as soon as the market opened this morning. Whoever did it, they obviously made arrangements in advance. Now there are a large number of U.S. Treasury bond orders on the market, and some of the amounts are huge!"

Gao Liang Shintaro learned the details of the situation.

When I heard that these sell orders were worth billions, I smelled an extremely uneasy feeling.

It's not surprising to have one such order, but a dozen suddenly appeared on the market...

“Dump, dump, dump! Dump all the U.S. debt securities we hold!”

Gao Liang Shintaro increasingly felt that this was an irresistible factor and that the best strategy was to stop the loss in time.

After hanging up the phone, Gao Liang Shintaro walked to the French window in his office, overlooking the central city of Shinjuku, and murmured, "The weather is going to change."