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Lin Haoran wants to see how much Toyota Motor’s stock price can rise today?
Therefore, before the stock market trading ended, Lin Haoran stayed in the office of Galaxy Securities Department all day.

After coming to Japan in February, the number of employees in Galaxy Securities Department has increased from a dozen to more than seventy as of May.

During this period, many elites from the Japanese securities industry were recruited, and the loyalty of these employees was observed by Lin Haoran. Those with a loyalty level below 60 were not accepted.

The recruitment conditions are lower than those in Hong Kong, but this is Japan after all, not Hong Kong, so the requirements are slightly lower, but it is still necessary.

For example, at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, there are employees from Galaxy Securities Department stationed there.

Therefore, even if you stay in the office, you can receive real-time information on stock market fluctuations.

It was not until 3:30 in the afternoon, when the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed, that the results finally came out.

During the trading hours of this day, the entire Japanese automobile sector became the sector with the largest increase.

Basically, automobile companies involved in exports, or listed companies related to the industrial chain, have seen increases to varying degrees.

For companies like Liangtian and Yichan, their stock price increases are far ahead.

In the 20th century, the Japanese automobile industry underwent a transformation from nothing to something, from imitation to innovation, and gradually expanded from the domestic market to overseas markets. After more than half a century of development, it has successfully leapt to the forefront of the global automobile industry and reshaped the landscape of the world's automobile industry.

During this process, the international competitiveness of Japanese cars continued to improve, while American car companies gradually declined due to multiple challenges such as industrial upgrading bottlenecks, the oil crisis, and labor disputes.

The Japanese automobile industry further accelerated its international expansion by improving the durability of its cars while launching low-emission, safe and fuel-efficient models.

As production scale continues to expand, the export volume of Japanese cars has also steadily increased.

By the mid-70s, Japan surpassed Germany to become the world's largest exporter of automobiles.

By the early 80s, Japan's automobile production had surpassed that of the United States, earning it the title of "Automobile Kingdom". Nearly half of its cars were exported to the U.S. market, accounting for more than 20% of the market share, making Japan the largest source of automobile imports for the United States.

These have always been the things that the Japanese automotive industry is most proud of.

However, more than two months have passed since February when the United States announced it would impose sanctions on Japanese automobile companies, and March when the United States and Japan began automobile trade negotiations, and now it is May.

Japanese cars have had a hard time during this period.

Although the drop in stock prices was not large, many people were pessimistic about Japan's auto industry.

The market is concerned about the export restrictions and profit declines that Japanese automakers may face.

The U.S. market has long been the largest market for Japanese automobile exports, even accounting for nearly half of the market share. If Japanese cars lose the U.S. market, the loss will be immeasurable, and this blow is also something that the Japanese automobile industry cannot accept.

This is also the reason why so many people in Japan are so pessimistic about their country's automobile industry during this period.

Now, the negotiation results are out, and the results are far less terrible than imagined, which is actually good news.

Therefore, it goes without saying that everyone knows that the result of the negotiations is good news for major automobile companies.

The stock market, as a barometer of the economy, responded quickly to this positive signal.

This is also the reason why the stock prices of major automobile-related listed companies will rise sharply.

"Boss, Toyota's market value has officially exceeded 26.8 trillion yen. As of the last transaction, the stock price has increased by % compared to the closing price of the previous day, making it the stock with the largest increase among major automobile companies..." As soon as the final result came out, the head of Galaxy Securities Department quickly reported to Lin Haoran.

Hearing this, Lin Haoran's face immediately broke into smiles.

Over the past month, Citibank has invested approximately 20 billion yen in order to acquire 3198% of Toyota Motor shares, which is nearly 80 billion Hong Kong dollars when converted into Hong Kong dollars.

Now, when the negotiation results came out, in less than half a day, his investment has increased to more than 4000 billion yen, which means that the Toyota Motor shares he holds are already worth 100 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Even after deducting commissions, interest, etc., the money he made must have been considerable.

The most important thing is that during this period, Lin Haoran did not pay a penny, but Citibank was the one who advanced the money for him.

Not only that, it was Citibank that helped him get everything done. And Lin Haoran, who just moved his mouth, ended up being the biggest beneficiary behind the scenes.

Moreover, Lin Haoran was very clear that this increase was definitely not the final increase. He had no idea how much room there would be for further increase, but he knew that it would definitely be more than he imagined.

The reason is simple. He now holds 20% of the shares, which means that only 80% of Toyota's shares do not belong to him.

After deducting the shares held by those shareholders who are unable to sell their Toyota shares, it can be imagined that the remaining stocks that can be traded are definitely much less than in the world of the previous life.

Just like the Sony shares he bought before, because of his action, there were fewer shares in the secondary market, resulting in the normal increase of Sony should have been around 20%, but it increased to more than 40 points, and his final gain even exceeded points.

Today, although most of his Toyota shares were not acquired in the secondary market, they were mainly acquired from fund companies and investment companies. Whether it is a fund company or an investment company, if they want to reduce their holdings, it can be done at any time.

Therefore, in this world, influenced by his early acquisition of so many Toyota shares, the 20% stake in his hands will only make him more in the end.

The funds with Citibank can last up to six months, and only two months have passed. During these months, he could have made his moves slowly without alarming the stock market at all.

The surge in auto stocks including Toyota Motor and Honda Motor gave Japan's stock market a carnival feel.

Many investors have regained confidence in the future prospects of Japanese cars and have increased their investments in the auto sector. The entire market is filled with optimism.

Inside and outside the stock exchange, people were discussing the positive impact of the negotiation results and the bright prospects for the future development of Japan's auto industry, which was in stark contrast to the pessimistic mood before the negotiation results came out.

At the headquarters of Citibank Japan, when the stock market closed, the general manager of Citibank Japan, Yasushi Kawai, was incredulous when he learned that Toyota Motor's market value had finally exceeded 2 trillion.

In fact, when Japan announced this morning that it had reached and signed a US-Japan automobile trade agreement with the United States, Yasushi Kawai was already shocked.

After all, for more than a month, Lin Haoran used Citibank to acquire a large number of Toyota Motor shares, and he was the one who supervised and executed it.

But when the acquisition contract was signed with Lin Haoran, no one was optimistic about Lin Haoran. Even the most professional chartered financial analysts at Citibank were pessimistic about the Japanese auto industry. They did not think that Lin Haoran would gain any benefits from the acquisition of Toyota Motor Corporation's shares.

They even thought that Lin Haoran's real purpose was to acquire Toyota Motor.

After all, as a bank that has cooperated with Lin Haoran many times, Citibank knows Lin Haoran very well and knows that he is very keen on acquiring companies.

Because of this, in less than three years, this very important client of Citibank had become the boss of several large companies.

They never considered that Toyota's stock price would skyrocket in May.

Yasuya Kawai felt very complicated. He finally witnessed how powerful Lin Haoran was.

With such investment ability, what can the familiar American stock god compare to?
Could it be luck?
Lin Haoran did it completely by accident?
This is all Yasuya Kawai can think of now.

At this moment, he called Walter Reston, chairman of Citibank in New York, and reported Toyota's performance in the stock market today to his immediate superior.

However, after listening to Kawai Yasuya's report, Walter Reston's behavior was completely different from Kawai Yasuya's.

Yasushi Kawai was also surprised and shocked.

Walter Reston was full of emotion and became more certain of his intention to maintain a good relationship with Lin Haoran.

After all, as the chairman of Citibank, Walter Reston had several major collaborations with Lin Haoran in the United States, especially in gold futures. Lin Haoran directly earned more than one billion US dollars for this. The subsequent investment in Apple was enough to show how strong Lin Haoran's investment vision was.

If one or two such investments could be attributed to luck, investing multiple times and getting unexpectedly large returns each time goes far beyond the scope of luck.

"Mr. Kawai, please remember that Mr. Lin is currently making large-scale investments in Japan. As the head of Citibank's Japan branch, you must do your utmost to maintain the relationship between our Citibank and Mr. Lin.

We must make sure that Mr. Lin feels that we are their most trusted partner, and we must do our best to meet all his cooperation needs!" Walter Reston said to Kawai Yasuya seriously after careful consideration.

The more he worked with Lin Haoran, the more Walter Reston felt that Lin Haoran had extraordinary talent and keen insight in investment.

Therefore, Walter Reston is very clear that investors like Lin Haoran are rare and valuable resources for the bank.

Therefore, he naturally hoped that Citibank would maintain a good relationship with Lin Haoran, so that in the future Citibank would also be able to gain more benefits through cooperation with Lin Haoran. (End of this chapter)