What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 472 Restart (800 monthly votes in June)

Although the funds Tang Wen bought before his time travel were always thriving, today he is a stock market guru who surpasses Buffett.

After the two cargo ships that were initially intercepted docked, news that U-boats were capable of launching jet fighters spread immediately.

Following this, the Lost Empire sent a global telegram announcing its intention to blockade the empire, causing an uproar. Soon after, a passenger plane approaching the east and west coasts spotted a miniature fighter jet escorting it.

Fortunately, Tang Wen's request was just to scare them into pushing down the stock price again. The fighter jets only made a brief appearance to display the Iron Cross symbol before leaving, but that was frightening enough.

The passenger plane that encountered mosquitoes was immediately taken over by the FIB to prevent the spread of the information after landing, but several major airlines, including Pan Am, realized that the situation was not good and began to delay flights between the two oceans from taking off for various reasons.

After they did this, airlines in other countries realized something was wrong, and combined with the information that U-boats could launch fighter jets, they tacitly followed suit.

Oil prices haven't dropped yet, and air freight is already not very profitable; if another plane crashes, it would be a devastating blow.

Prism Building
"What is the Navy doing? Right now, throw out every ship the Navy, National Guard, and IRS can get out there!"

Rams was furious when he saw the news that airlines were starting to cancel flights, and he bared his teeth at Wayne and Johnson:
"What Hans couldn't achieve back then with nearly a thousand submarines, is now being shaken by just a dozen or so. Are you suggesting that the Empire's tax revenue is just going to be used to let you stand by and watch?"

Although Ramsey wasn't their direct superior, he was highly senior and represented the President's voice, so Johnson could only bow his head and reply:

"We have just confirmed that the enemy has actually deployed fewer than five submarines, and the idea of ​​blockading the ocean is a complete joke that is impossible. In addition, more than a dozen air defense ships have already been sent out."

However, I believe this is actually retaliation for the 168-hour restriction. To completely curb it, we need to seize their stronghold and strike them hard!

The blame immediately fell on Wayne, who then shifted the blame again:
“You know that the 4000-strong Marine force has just landed and needs time to search…”

"enough!"

Rams refused to listen to their excuses:

"Now, send out everything that can fly, or do you want the world to think that the Empire can't even guarantee the safety of its own surroundings?"

in addition--"

He looked at Johnson:
"The President will give a public speech in three hours refuting the Antarctic no-fly zone order. Does the Navy still have the confidence to launch a long expedition thousands of miles to take them out?"

The latter immediately perked up; this was a precious opportunity to regain face.

“We have been preparing, but this requires a special budget request.”

After he finished speaking, he told us about the plan to remodel the Independence and to restart the conversion of another conventional aircraft carrier into a ski-jump deck, which made Wayne, who was standing next to him, widen his eyes and realize that something was wrong.

He immediately realized that the Navy was trying to raise funds again by restarting the aircraft carrier program, which meant that the Air Force's share would be reduced in a roundabout way!

However, Johnson seized the opportunity at that moment, and Rams nodded after only a moment's thought:

“This is a good suggestion… Let’s do it first, and I will submit the plan to the think tank for evaluation.”

……

As the market was closing, Tang Wen, Lin Zhengyin, and Zhang Bingyuan were having dinner together. The private room had a television, and by turning their heads, they could see the scene of Central Plaza on the screen.
Servant.

Literally, this picture captures a figure falling from the sky, along with a group of people vaguely visible on the rooftop. The host was still broadcasting:
"...The Hang Seng Index is expected to be urgently lowered by more than 30%. According to foreign media estimates, related stocks, represented by Cheung Kong Holdings, may fall by more than 30% in a single day, or even be halved. Many economists and representative business figures have called for market intervention..."

There were even instances where investors were so shocked that they jumped from the rooftops…

Zhang Bingyuan didn't understand the stock market, but said with some regret:

"If you lose money, you lose money. It's not worth risking your life."

"That's not just losing money, it's going bankrupt and incurring debts you can never pay off in your lifetime."

Tang Wen hung up the phone as he spoke, refusing to answer any calls, no matter who the other party was... Gai Jin wouldn't take advantage of the situation to profit from the collapse; he would simply watch the building crumble.

It wasn't until several hours later, when he returned to Goose City, that Hughes called late at night, saying with great admiration:

"Tang, you have chosen a great trader. You have achieved your goal. From now on, only you deserve to be called Superman! Your principal held on your behalf is $1.7 million with 50x leverage! That's equivalent to a position of $85 billion, while Cheung Kong Holdings has fallen by 40%! You have a profit of $34 billion!"

Of course, this money was the result of many people working together, and a lot of commissions were taken and the money was monetized through various channels, but in the end it still exceeded one billion US dollars. I really can't imagine!

When Hughes first heard about 50x leverage, he thought Tang Wen had no concept of finance. After all, it meant a margin call rate of over 99.5%, and any slight fluctuation would wipe out everything, almost guaranteeing a 100% loss.

Tang Wen explained that he was only settling a personal score, but no one expected that the U-boat would suddenly appear today, which would instead bring him an extremely exaggerated profit!
This money wasn't just for Cheung Kong Holdings, but included a whole series of related stocks, which nearly emptied their coffers!

Hughes silently labeled Tang Wen a stock market genius in his mind and asked whether to transfer the money to a domestic or Hong Kong account.

"No, we should keep this money; we'll spend it in the US in the future."

Hughes immediately became interested: "Spending a billion dollars? What kind of big deal is that?"

"It's not certain yet, but a billion dollars is just the beginning."

Tang Wen estimated that he would soon be going abroad again, not only to show up at the University of California to get a PhD, but more importantly, to continue his shopping spree.

With the arrival of the Type 001 battleship at the Puget Sound shipyard, relations between the two sides in the Pacific have been warming up, and a recent meeting of expanded WTO members was held to pave the way for China's accession to the WTO.

While the relationship is good and the Empire hasn't finalized the Watson-Lar technology agreement, let's bring back everything we've got our eyes on first.

……

Philadelphia
Calvin boarded the USS Saratoga and inspected the condition of the conventionally powered aircraft carrier with the head of the Philadelphia Shipyard.

The USS Saratoga was the second ship of the Forrestal-class destroyers and was decommissioned in 1994. This year, it was towed to Philadelphia with the original plan for the Philadelphia shipyard to dismantle various subsystems and disable its combat capabilities.

However, following Fern's recent proposal to convert aircraft carriers to ski-jump ramps, Calvin contacted the shipyard to prepare for it.

Just now, Johnson called eagerly, saying that if the Saratoga is successfully restarted, he can continue to serve as captain.

Although being demoted from the Enterprise to the Saratoga was several classes lower, it also meant that he could finally redeem himself.

During his time here, he did not just waste his days in despair. With Johnson's support, he and the Naval Intelligence Bureau secretly formed a group, plotting how to lure the main force of the Lost Empire to its location.

(End of this chapter)