Chapter 344: Deep Blue Aviation

Zhou Ming returned to the dormitory at 8 o'clock in the evening. After talking with Rogers, the key account manager at Brighton Bank Securities, he went to the office of the lawyer Alan to learn about the law regarding bonds and stocks. Of course, the most important point was that Zhou Ming asked a lot about the law regarding stocks and acquisitions. It was also for this reason that he returned so late.

As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Zhou Ming heard the sound of typing on the keyboard, which was very clear in the quiet dormitory. Zhou Ming knew that it came from the computer room.

As agreed previously, Zhou Ming had already transferred the 25 million funds to the financial accounts of each student in the finance class, and they could freely dispose of the money to make any investment. However, since they were only exposed to stocks, they were all speculating in stocks. In order to make it more convenient, they didn't have to go to the securities company every day to watch the market and look at the data. Zhou Ming had equipped the dormitory with computers, and they could query a lot of information from the computers.

However, in order to facilitate mutual information exchange and prevent them from becoming a bunch of nerds, Zhou Ming had placed the computers in several vacant rooms downstairs.

Zhou Ming went to the first computer room, where Chen Shu, Li Yangye and Ye Ning were. They were about to get up and greet him when Zhou Ming gave them a sign to sit quietly. Zhou Ming went over and casually asked, 'How's it going today?'

'Today's situation is very good. The U.S. stock market has now come out of the shadow of the stock market crash two years ago and is steadily rising. The situation is very good. Most stocks will rise as long as we buy them. In the past few days, all of our stocks have risen at least two to three percent. All we have to do now is find the stocks with the best upside and work hard to make us even more money,' Chen Shu replied to Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming nodded and said, 'You've all done a very good job. But I still have to say that safety comes first. No matter what the stock market is doing, all stocks will rise and fall. What you have to do is to find the stocks that will definitely rise, and sell them before they fall. It's better to make less profit than to lose as much as possible. Of course, even if you make a mistake and lose money, it's fine. You must sell as soon as possible to ensure that you don't lose more.'

'Don't worry, teacher, we've all remembered. We'll try to analyse the situation and collect all kinds of information. We'll also diversify our investments to ensure that our overall returns are positive,' Chen Shu said.

'Portfolio investment is a good direction. Although the funds you have at the moment are not much, they can provide you with the best opportunity for practice,' Zhou Ming said.

'We understand. We will work hard in this area in the future!' Chen Shu said.

Some words are enough to get the point across, and it's not good to say too much. Zhou Ming, who has been a person in two lives, naturally understands this truth. He then changed the subject and asked, 'By the way, do you share information with each other? I want to know if anyone is following the stock of Deep Blue Airlines?'

Facing Zhou Ming's question, Ye Ning spoke first, 'Teacher, are you talking about the small local Brighton airline Deep Blue? If so, I'm following it now.'

'That's the Deep Blue you're talking about. Since Ye Ning is following it, how has it been performing in the stock market recently?' asked Zhou Ming.

'From the recent situation, due to the adjustment of aviation fuel prices and the price war launched by other major airlines, it has had a significant impact on him, causing him to continue to lose money for a long time. The market is also very pessimistic about him at the moment. Since last month, the stock price of Deep Blue Airlines has also been deeply affected by these circumstances and has been falling.' Ye Ning replied.

Zhou Ming just nodded in response to Ye Ning's answer, not in a hurry to speak. Ye Ning continued, 'However, I have looked up some information on Deep Blue Airlines over the past few days, and I personally feel that Deep Blue Airlines is a very resilient company. Their flight team and marketing strategies are both correct. If they can convince the union to accept a pay cut and open up new popular routes, they may not be unable to get back on their feet after this period of time.'

'So I think I will continue to follow him for a while, because my judgment is that the current price war has reached its peak, and even the major airlines can't hold out much longer. The pressure will definitely be much less in the future, and after this round of reshuffling, there will be a lot of resources freed up in the civil aviation sector. If Deep Blue Airlines can follow suit in time, then it will have a lot of room for development in the future.'

Ye Ning expressed her own judgment, and after she finished, she tentatively asked Zhou Ming, 'Teacher, you pay so much attention to Deep Blue Airlines. Is there something wrong with him?'

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, 'No, don't be paranoid. Just keep following up. Let me know if you have any ideas, because I'm going to invest in Deep Blue Aviation too, and I'll let you know if anything happens.'

Hearing Zhou Ming say this, Chen Shu and Li Yang both perked up and said, 'Teacher, is that true? Then let's all invest in Deep Blue Aviation too! We can also help you collect information on Deep Blue Aviation. There's strength in numbers!'

Zhou Ming still shook his head and said, 'That's not necessary, because this investment is not an investment in the usual sense. The fewer people involved, the better. So you'd better just get on with your own work. The insurance company is already gradually getting back on track. Are you still afraid that there won't be a place for you to play in the future?'

In the end, Zhou Ming left them with a pep talk and went out of the computer room to go to bed.

Looking at the back of Zhou Ming as he left, Chen Shu and Li Yang said helplessly, 'Ye Ning, the teacher really favours you too much, giving you all the work. We can do it too!'

Ye Ning, however, shrugged and said, 'But you didn't think of Deep Blue Airlines before. This shows that I am the one who thinks like the teacher, so you can forget about it. Well, I'm going to go back and rest too. Tomorrow I still need to collect more information about Deep Blue Airlines, so I might miss some classes. If I don't go to class, could you please take a leave for me? Thanks.'

Ye Ning finished speaking and got up to leave the computer room and go back to her room. However, she didn't go back to her room to rest, as she said she would, but instead jumped with excitement. She threw herself onto the bed, wrapped herself in the quilt, and rolled around on the bed.

'I never expected that the Deep Blue Airlines I followed was one that even the teacher wanted to invest in! Could this be the legendary telepathy, a sign from my teacher? This is really the best news!' Ye Ning said to herself, her heart racing with joy.

At 9am on the fourth day, Zhou Ming left the Harvard campus. He first went to the car rental company and rented an extended Lincoln Town Car, before going to the law firm and Brighton Bank Securities Company to pick up Lawyer Allen and Manager Rogers respectively, and going to Deep Blue Airlines together.

'Mr. Zhou Ming, the headquarters of Deep Blue Airlines is located near Rugen Airport. They originally started as a travel company, but then, by chance, they bought an airliner from another airline at a lower-than-market price. Since then, Deep Blue has transformed into an airline company. Now, twenty years have passed, and although Deep Blue Airlines is still a small budget airline, it has already made great strides.'

As soon as they got in the car, Rogers began to introduce Deep Blue Airlines to Zhou Ming: 'The chairman and president of Deep Blue Airlines is Mr. Mark, a German-Jewish man with a great business mind. The development of Deep Blue Airlines is closely related to him. When Deep Blue bought its first plane, he had already planned the entire airline...'

Zhou Ming interrupted Rogers's torrent of words: 'Manager Rogers, I'm sorry to interrupt you, because there are some things I will prepare. It's been three days since we last met, and you're not going to tell me that's all you've prepared in these three days, are you?'

'Of course not,' said Rogers. 'In fact, Mr. Zhou Ming, the point of me telling you this is to tell you that Deep Blue Airlines is worth investing in.'

Saying this, Rogers took out a document bag and handed it to Zhou Ming, saying, 'This is the financial report I got on Deep Blue Airlines. Although there is a certain degree of loss on the books, overall, their financial situation is still very healthy. At the same time, their chairman, Mr. Mark, is also a very brave fighter. Even in the face of such a bad situation, he still hasn't given up moving forward. He is now lobbying the union to support his pay cut policy, with the aim of opening up new popular routes in response to the possible rebound in the aviation sector in the next few years.'

'It can be said that this is the most difficult period for Deep Blue Airlines, which is why its bond and stock prices are so low. I believe that if you buy at their lowest point and sell after they rebound, it will be a very successful investment,' Rogers said.

'Mr. Rogers, I understand what you mean, but this is all based on the union accepting the pay cut. If the union doesn't accept it, then it is impossible for Deep Blue Airlines to maintain its high expenses while adding new routes.'

Zhou Ming handed the documents to Allen while saying this, asking him to see if there were any legal problems with these documents. As for the confidentiality of the documents, on the one hand, as a professional lawyer, keeping client confidentiality is the most basic professional quality, and on the other hand, these financial reports themselves are public reports of Deep Blue Airlines, which must be disclosed every quarter on the stock exchange, and there is no worry about leaks.

Rogers nodded and said, 'Yes, Mr. Zhou Ming, that's why I didn't recommend this investment in the first place, because his success or failure is based on whether his internal employees are greedy, which is a big variable.'

Rogers then added, 'But I believe that since Mr. Mark has been able to bring Deep Blue Airlines this far, he is definitely not an incompetent person, and his team is also not a team that does not think about the big picture. Accepting a pay cut to open new routes is still possible, I think.'

Zhou Ming nodded silently and said, 'It's hard to say anything for sure right now. Let's wait until we meet with Mr. Mark at the headquarters of Deep Blue Airlines.'

At this moment, in the front of the car in the driver's cab, the bodyguard ** was driving, but his eyes were not always looking straight ahead. Instead, he was constantly checking the rearview mirror, because in the mirror, there was a car covered in cellophane that was following closely behind.