Chapter 354: This is a conspiracy of the sun

After suffering the Waterloo of Black Monday, the stock of the Dark Blue Airlines began Tuesday with the exception of the opening continuing the downward trend of Monday, and then quickly stabilised, and began to steadily rise in the afternoon. This is now the stock that the people of Brighton talk about the most. He is the chairman of the board of Dark Blue Airlines, Mr Mark.

As the hostess opened the show, Mark walked into the camera to applause. The hostess asked him, 'Mr. Mark, I think the stock investors in front of the TV are now all watching you intently, hoping you will tell them the truth. What is really going on with Deep Blue Airlines?'

Mark gave a helpless expression: 'God, it's that question again. I think I'm going crazy from being tortured by this question. Can you imagine the scene today when I told a 70-year-old man that Air Deep Blue was doing well, and he jumped up and hit me in the head?'

As soon as Mark finished speaking, someone next to him immediately chimed in: 'If Mr. Mark is still saying that, I don't mind helping you to recall the fear of that old man.'

This remark caused a burst of laughter, and even the female host said, 'Mr. Mark, it would be better if you could say something different, otherwise I'm afraid you won't be able to answer the investors in front of the TV.'

Mark shrugged, 'Okay, I actually know that there are all kinds of rumours about the stock price crash on Monday, but I want to say that this is not that complicated. It's just that someone wanted to short sell the shares of Dark Blue Airlines, coupled with a technical correction in the market, and so on. These are a series of combined reasons that led to that Black Monday.'

Then Mark changed the subject and continued, 'But this Black Monday is a lesson and an inspiration. It has taught me that in the market, the only way to stay in the same place is to keep swimming hard, and the only way to move forward is to exert one's full strength. And this is exactly what the courageous and capable Deep Blue Airlines is doing, swimming against the current!'

Amidst the cheers, this episode of Stock Market Watch came to an end, and the TV was turned off, with Mark being the one to turn it off.

'This is the end of this episode of Economic Watch. I have already asked the TV station to cooperate with us as much as possible in advertising, but after all, it is an economic programme, and it still needs to maintain an objective attitude,' said Mark.

He is now in the reception area of his office, and sitting on the sofa in front of him is Zhou Ming. After listening to Mark's words, Zhou Ming said: 'It's enough to be able to do this. What we need now is to boost market confidence, and blind praise is not a good way to do it. On the contrary, an objective analysis by a third party can achieve this effect better.'

Zhou Ming then said: 'But on the other hand, to boost market confidence, a TV show alone is not enough. Dark Blue Airlines needs more news and action.'

'More news and action? I don't understand what it is,' Mark asked blankly.

Zhou Ming did not give a direct answer, but instead asked him in return, "I heard that Mr. Mark is now restarting the investment loan with Brighton Bank, is that right?'

Mark nodded and said yes at first, but then he immediately reacted and asked Zhou Ming in surprise, "You're not going to ask me to lie to the market and investors and say that I've already obtained this loan, are you? That would be very unethical!'

'Not only is this unethical, it's even a violation of securities laws, so of course I wouldn't suggest that,' Zhou Ming said, 'What I want you to do is to directly hold a press conference to announce that Deep Blue Airlines has restarted negotiations with Brighton Bank for an investment loan and that the negotiations have reached a critical stage. That's fine, and we won't be lying.'

Mark suddenly understood Zhou Ming's suggestion. He said to Zhou Ming, 'Yes, that's it. Sometimes, just saying something in a different way is the most effective way. Zhou Ming, you are a genius of words!'

'That's enough,' Zhou Ming said with a wave of his hand. "Mr. Mark, if you have time to flatter me, you might as well do something more meaningful, like contacting the press for a press conference or something.'

Mark nodded with a smile and agreed. Zhou Ming then left Deep Blue Airlines and drove to the Brighton Bank Building Rogers" office.

'Mr. Zhou Ming, you're here. You just went to Deep Blue Airlines, right? How are things going with Mr. Mark? The stock price of Dark Blue Airlines has been steadily rising since Tuesday, and it is currently at a critical period of balance between selling and buying. Mr. Mark, there must not be any problems on your end. If this balance is broken, the consequences will be unimaginable.

As Rogers spoke to Zhou Ming, he invited him into his office. On the large rear projection screen in Rogers' office was the chart of Dark Blue Airlines' stock price for the week.

As a key account manager, Rogers has devoted all his energy to one stock, the relatively obscure Deep Blue Airlines, which in itself is incredible. In fact, Rogers himself has thought about this countless times: why did he follow Zhou Ming and invest in this Deep Blue Airlines, or help convince his clients to invest together.

By now, the investment snowball has grown larger and larger, and his own clients have successively invested tens of millions of dollars. This capital is enough to cause a disruptive impact on most small and medium-sized listed companies, but Deep Blue Airlines is still unruffled, growing by a pitiful one percent every day. Fortunately, Deep Blue Airlines gave all its clients confidence at the beginning, otherwise with this rate of growth, Rogers would definitely go crazy.

But fortunately, Rogers is an optimistic person. Now that he knows he is on the bandwagon, he might as well use it to bring him greater benefits.

'Manager Rogers, don't worry. Mr. Mark is also a very ambitious entrepreneur. He will not lose his credibility and reputation. Now all we need to do is to maintain the current situation,' said Zhou Ming.

Rogers hesitated for a moment, and finally said, 'Mr. Zhou Ming, if possible, I think you'd better invest more capital in hedging now. Otherwise, with such a small increase, I'm very worried that my customers will not be able to continue due to the lack of profits.'

'In fact, I have always had a question,' said Ming Zhou. 'Manager Rogers, do you believe me or do you believe in the market?'

Rogers was at a loss for words. He looked at Ming Zhou blankly, not understanding what Ming Zhou meant.

Zhou Ming explained to him: 'Manager Rogers, why did you buy the stock of the airline company Dark Blue in the first place? Wasn't it because you had confidence in the market and believed that the stock of Dark Blue would definitely rise in the future?'

I was fucking persuaded to convince customers to buy the stock of Dark Blue, wasn't it all because you encouraged and deceived me?

In his heart, Rogers cursed his mother, but he didn't say it out loud, because if at first he was just skeptical, and then he couldn't stop seeing the crazy rise in the stock price, then now he continues to help Zhou Ming convince clients to hedge their stocks, it's purely because Zhou Ming has tricked him into doing it. Rogers is too ashamed to talk about such a shameful thing.

In the end, Rogers said, 'But at least at the moment, Blue Deep Airlines is not a stock that is very well regarded by the market.'

'That's because the market is waiting to see what happens. The market needs a reason to change their minds. And Mr. Mark's next announcement that they've made a breakthrough in their loan negotiations with Brighton Bank is just such a reason. Until then, we just need to maintain the status quo.'

Zhou Ming saw what Rogers was trying to say, so he said, 'Don't mention your clients. They definitely won't withdraw their investment, at least not yet, because they believe in the opportunity!'

'I wasn't talking about my client, I was talking about you, Mr. Zhou Ming,' Rogers said. 'You said that you had a conflict with Congressman Brook, and it was also him who had a capital hedge with you on the stock of Deep Blue Airlines. You are now constantly pushing the stock price of Deep Blue Airlines up, which is like digging a trap for him to jump into. But I don't understand why he would jump into such an obvious trap?'

'Because of interests and suspicions,' Zhou Ming said, 'The point of interest goes without saying. Congressman Brooke is a businessman himself, so there is no reason for him not to do something that is in his interest, not to mention the fact that he has already tasted the sweetness.'

'As for suspicion, I have to mention Mr. Wharton, who has been following me,' Zhou Ming continued, 'In fact, I found that Wharton was aware of the fact that he was following me. Then he would wonder why I knew that Wharton was following me but did not take the initiative to expose him, and only gave a hint at the beginning of Black Monday. What was the purpose of my doing so? Is he planning some kind of conspiracy against him?'

Rogers nodded in understanding, because if it were him, he would agree and suspect the same thing.

Zhou Ming continued, 'Then later, when the stock price of Deep Blue Airlines started to rise steadily after it withstood his selling, he must have wondered why. Is this the conspiracy I have planned for him? When he can't resist the temptation to invest again, I will immediately withdraw from the market and sell, trapping his money in it.'

'Isn't that what you planned, Mr. Zhou Ming?' Rogers asked.

Zhou Ming smiled and said, "Of course I planned that, and it is precisely because I planned that that I want to maintain the continuous rise in the stock price of Deep Blue Airlines.'

'Why is that?" Rogers asked, completely baffled.

'The same answer...suspicion,' replied Ming Zhou. "Because he knows that I can definitely guess that he has seen through my trap. Then generally, if a trap has been seen through, it should be useless. So why would I continue to maintain the growth of Deep Blue Airlines? There is only one reason for that. This is not a trap at all. I did it on purpose to show him that he should not act rashly.'

'So after the period of suspicion, he will invest again and prepare to take advantage of you?" Rogers asked tentatively.

Zhou Ming nodded and replied, 'That's it.'

Rogers let out a long breath, shook his head, and said, "Zhou Ming, the design of this plan is too complicated. You and I are guessing at each other, and it's like a chain of suspicion.'

'It's just complicated to talk about, but in reality, it's still what I said: this is a conspiracy. I told him that this is a trap, and then waited for him to jump," Zhou Ming said.

At this time, Zhou Ming's pager rang without warning. Zhou Ming took it out and looked at it, then said to Rogers with a smile, 'The press conference of the Dark Blue Airlines is about to begin. I believe Mr. Mark will give the market a shot in the arm, and of course throw the most attractive bait to our dear Congressman Brook.'

'Zhou Ming, you are a gambler,' said Rogers.

Zhou Ming nodded seriously, 'Thank you, I think I like this nickname very much.'