America: My Time

Chapter 130 Outbreak
Chapter 130 Outbreak
"No, you don't understand. This is just the beginning of his acquisitions. Soon his target will not be the United States. He will continue to expand, targeting Japan, Europe, and Asia. He is constantly improving his industrial chain. This kid has always been improving his industrial chain. All companies are a whole!"
"I'll do everything I can to satisfy him. I want to see what other plans this kid has up his sleeve, whether his previous research in the automotive and mining industries was just a smokescreen, and whether he's really serious about acquiring the tire center as quickly as possible. I want to see if he's genuinely interested in entering the automotive industry. Before this, he hadn't considered investing in manufacturing in the US, but now he's getting involved in auto parts retail and convenience stores—that's very unusual!"

At this moment, Morgan had a vague suspicion, though it was a rather outlandish one. He felt that John's repeated contact with Morgan for acquisitions wasn't just about perfecting his own supply chain; he had a more ambitious plan—John was using Morgan to attract attention. Unfortunately, this was merely speculation, without any evidence, and he didn't know John's true plan, at least not yet!

A feint? No, John had no intention of feinting. His research on automobiles and mining was genuine; it was just not the right time to act. He didn't need Morgan's help with automobiles and mining; he could handle it himself. It wouldn't take much time, and his target was quite small.

There will certainly be investment in automobiles, but it won't be in the US. Barring unforeseen circumstances, it's unlikely to occur there anytime soon; at most, there will be some activity in the retail sector. John won't give up on mining; it's an asset he's always wanted, but insufficient funds have limited his plans. If he had enough capital, John would be willing to directly acquire those large mining companies.

The 1980s were also the best opportunity to invest in mining; it would be foolish to miss it. After submitting an acquisition offer to Morgan, the mining company was established, and Quantum Mining officially entered the United States. Although it was only an exploration company without its own mining capabilities, it was a good start. Initially, John wasn't prepared to invest in mining operations unless he acquired a mining company with complete mining capabilities; otherwise, he couldn't do it himself.

The mining company's target is not the United States, but Australia, North America, South America and Africa, where there will be mining operations. The American workers are too expensive for me to afford, and at least in the short term, I don't have the energy to get entangled with them!
Just as Morgan accelerated his acquisition of Tire Center and Southern Company, John's situation in the gold futures market finally came to light. However, although the Wall Street giants noticed that John's Hurricane Investments was making profits, because all of Hurricane Investments' funds flowed through the banks they controlled, no one knew how much John had profited in this gold futures market. By the time they noticed the changes in Hurricane Investments' funds, all the accounts had already been cleared!

Soon, the entire capital market was shocked. Hurricane Investment, which had been overlooked by everyone, had actually made money, and quite a lot of it. They all understood how volatile the gold futures market had been this time. Although they didn't know much about Hurricane Capital, they believed that John had made an amazing profit during this market fluctuation.

The acquisition saga of Motorola Semiconductor hadn't subsided, and John once again became the focus of the media. Everyone wanted to know the returns on Hurricane Investment, whether John's judgment in this gold futures market was truly related to the software invested in by Hurricane, and whether Dreamworld's big data software was really that powerful.

"Damn it, I knew this kid was up to something. Now I finally understand why he made such a big fuss before. It turns out it was all a cover-up for gold futures. It seems we've been played by this kid. If it weren't for those bastards Morgan, we might have noticed the problems with Hurricane Investment much earlier!"

"Alright, stop saying things like that. If your words get out, people will only think we're ignorant and stupid. Even without Morgan, we wouldn't have been able to detect that kid's activities in gold futures. Judging from his methods, it was all planned in advance. He was able to clear all traces and eliminate all accounts before we even noticed. How could we possibly have detected his investment in gold futures? It's impossible. If Hurricane Investment hadn't just been established and hadn't yet done many things properly, we wouldn't have noticed anything at all!"

"Yes, we all underestimated this kid's abilities. Hurricane Investment is really worth our attention. We must make sure that Hurricane Investment's software is really that powerful, capable of analyzing market changes and allowing this kid to prepare in advance and complete this futures transaction silently!"

"It's hard to say, it's really hard to say. Dreamworld is the number one software company in Silicon Valley. We only noticed Dreamworld's capabilities in office software before, and we didn't know much about data software. We only had a little contact with minicomputers and workstations. But now it seems that we underestimated this kid!"

"Unfortunately, this is still a newly established company, and we can't force this little rascal to take it public. Although I hate to admit it, I have to say this little rascal's abilities are truly remarkable. He could sweep the entire game market with his game world, and now Dream World has such astonishing capabilities. It seems we must contact Morgan and let him understand Dream World's capabilities, and the capabilities of that data software. Of course, we can't completely rely on Morgan; we also need to take action and use the media to put some pressure on that kid." "We will naturally use the media, but we can't ignore Morgan either. This kid has a very close working relationship with Morgan, and he recently gave Morgan a big order. It seems Morgan's previous efforts have yielded the desired results. We were too careless, letting Morgan seize the initiative."

"It's too late to say all this now. Even if we wanted to take all of this from Morgan, we couldn't. That guy simply won't believe us. If we want to understand the data software, we need Morgan's cooperation, but we also need to understand it ourselves. There are so many companies in Silicon Valley; they must know something about it!"

"Let's split up. This time, we need to do everything we can to figure out the capabilities of that data software and also understand the situation of Hurricane Investment. We can no longer ignore this company, nor can we underestimate the bank it controls. If it weren't for the cooperation of this bank, we wouldn't have been able to detect it after this kid had cleared up all the traces. We also need to treat this bank with caution!"

Under the direction of these old guys, the media began to frantically report on Hurricane Investment's actions in this gold futures market. The media could fabricate stories based on rumors and exaggerate the capabilities of big data software, attributing Hurricane Investment's success to the software, making John's investment company and Dream World the center of attention, and making John the center of the storm once again.

"Those damned old bastards, it's all their doing again, using such insidious methods to make Hurricane Investment and Dream World the focus of everyone's attention, and the spearhead is aimed directly at Hurricane Investment's data software. However, they will never think that this is still a deliberate attempt to mislead them, and they will never understand that there are more secrets behind this. Since you want to play, I will play with you properly. It seems that it won't be long before Morgan asks me about this software. Perhaps this is the opportunity to launch Dream World's database software."

When those old fogies used the media to attack John, he immediately understood their scheme. He had anticipated this outcome, and it was exactly what he wanted. How could he ensure the quiet withdrawal of funds from the British market, without alerting anyone, if he didn't focus their attention on him, on Dream World and Hurricane Investment?

John underestimated Morgan. He had expected Morgan to ask him about the data software for Hurricane Investment, but that didn't happen. Although Morgan also knew about the 'amazing' news, they didn't ask John about Hurricane Investment at that time.

This is not because Morgan has abandoned its understanding of hurricane investing, but rather because they are placing greater emphasis on hurricane investing and the dream world. At Morgan headquarters, a storm is brewing, and this astonishing change in hurricane investing is infuriating them, because they know nothing about it.

For a bank like Morgan to not even understand its own clients is a serious problem. Moreover, such a major incident will have a significant impact on Morgan. After all, in some people's eyes, Morgan and John are in cahoots, and perhaps Morgan was also involved in this turmoil. However, Morgan himself has no way to explain himself, as everything is beyond their control and has exceeded their expectations.

(End of this chapter)