In the end, Pucher chose the safe way. He agreed to the acquisition of Yi Fund.
As for the proposal to hold Mike accountable, nothing has happened.
The originally planned board meeting turned into a performance of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
You can imagine how angry Puchel was.
As for Lucent, of course things will fall into place and everything will go smoothly.
After the flashback, Pucher returned to the office and Nance followed.
"Pucher, regarding the shares, I want to say sorry to you"
In fact, Nance is free to sell his shares.
"But he shouldn't have kept this from Puchel.
If Puchel could know the news in advance, he would rather reach an agreement with Mike than see Hantang grow bigger.
Because Yi Xiaohai gave him a very bad feeling.
"Buying and selling is your freedom, you don't need to apologize to me."
"I just¡¡"
Nance wanted to explain, but then Puchel's secretary came in.
"Chairman, Dong Li from Han and Tang Dynasties wants to see you"
"Let him in."
Pucher looked at Nance:
"If there's anything else, let's talk about it later."
??He has issued an eviction order.
Nance sighed.
¡°He is now off the board and his value to Puchal has become much less.
¡°And Puchel¡¯s character is domineering and does not allow betrayal.
It¡¯s very difficult for him to forgive me.
¡°Let¡¯s have a drink together at the same place in the evening. I hope you can come¡±
Nance made a final push and left the office.
Pucher looked at his back with fire in his eyes.
As Nance knew, he would not easily forgive someone of little value.
At this time, Dong Li entered the office under the leadership of his secretary.
Pucher adjusted his expression and put on a smile.
"Dong, please sit down"
He was very unhappy with the Han and Tang Dynasties in his heart, but he would not show it.
Because the Han and Tang Dynasties were of great use to him.
"Chairman Pucher, I just told you a few words from my boss, and I will leave after saying that"
"Please tell me"
"The boss said that he just wants to do business and make money, and does not want to get involved in the power struggle of Morgan Stanley. If anyone tries to drag him into trouble, don't blame him for being rude. This time he is only targeting Mike, not you. ¡¡±
"Facing Mike?"
Pucher couldn¡¯t understand.
Although most of the shares acquired by Hantang came from Mike¡¯s side,
But Mike managed to escape,
He couldn¡¯t see that Hantang was facing Mike.
"Our boss has his own ideas. It is not convenient to disclose those things now, but he promises that as long as you do not do anything that harms the company and him personally, he will support you on the board of directors in the future"
"Yi, do you really say that?"
Pucher was overjoyed.
He was still thinking about how to win over Yi Xiaohai, but unexpectedly, Yi Xiaohai directly extended an olive branch.
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"Yi, your goal has been achieved, please keep your promise.
After the meeting, Mark called Yi Xiaohai.
"I will give you that recording, but what you promised me has not been completely completed yet"
"Don't worry, I will help you get the stocks you want to borrow. As for the options in my hand, I will also sell them to you. Lawyer Liu Yangfan is already handling the procedures"
"That's good¡¡"
Yi Xiaohai hung up the phone.
"Mike, why did Yi Xiaohai borrow so many stocks, not only from Morgan Stanley, but also from other securities firms? Is he trying to short the entire U.S. stock market?"
"He even wanted to buy the short option in my hand. He probably wanted to go short."
"Many people in the company's stock department are saying that technology stock bubbles are now very dangerous, reminding us to be careful. Does Yi Xiaohai think so too?"
"It should be, otherwise what would he do with such a large amount of stocks?"
"Then shall we follow him?"
"Forget it, he's too unpredictable, so don't get into troubled waters. We just need to help lend out the stocks. We don't need to worry about anything else"
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Why did Yi Xiaohai borrow so many stocks?
Because he wants to go short!
What is short selling?
When you feel that a certain stock is at a high level or is overvalued, and there is huge room for correction in the short or medium term,
At this time, you may need to apply to the brokerage for short selling first, and the brokerage will lend you a certain number of stocks based on its own lending inventory.
You can choose to sell it at the right price.
After the stock falls to the price you expected, you buy back the same number of stocks and return them to the brokerage.
?The difference is your profit.
China¡¯s stock index futures can be shorted without selling the stocks in hand, commonly known as naked shorting.
¡°But the United States is different.
¡° Short selling in the United States requires first borrowing stocks from brokers.
Therefore, if Yi Xiaohai wants to make enough profits during the Internet bubble next year, he needs to borrow a large number of stocks from securities firms.
Morgan Stanley's lending inventory is not enough to meet his needs, so he has to borrow stocks from other brokers.
certainly,
Direct short selling of stocks is the simplest and crudest method, and it has relatively large limitations.
Because the borrowed stocks are limited after all, they can only be operated once and cannot be bought and sold repeatedly.
Yi Xiaohai must choose other ways to cooperate with short selling.
There are many short-selling methods in the United States.
For example, shorting U.S. stocks through stock index futures.
Because stock index futures have fewer options than options, fewer investors use stock index futures to short U.S. stocks.
For example, short-selling exchange-traded open-end index funds,
The risks are low and the returns are relatively small. It is a choice favored by experts.
These short-selling methods are not what Yi Xiaohai likes.
He was thinking about options.
There are two types of option short selling, option shorting corresponding to buying an index and option shorting corresponding to buying and selling stocks.
Many companies¡¯ stocks in the U.S. stock market have corresponding options, with options expiring in one month, two months, one year, etc.
You can buy the short option directly, or you can buy the stock and sell the long option to someone else.
Buying options corresponding to the index and shorting them is similar to the trading method of stock options.
It¡¯s just that the stock has been converted into an index, and individuals cannot sell it. If they want to go short, they can only buy short options.
The short-selling methods of options are ever-changing and diverse, which is very suitable for a situation like Yi Xiaohai with a relatively large amount of funds.
Dong Li left Damo and went straight to the Han and Tang Dynasty branch of the United States.
In June, Yi Xiaohai sent his grandfather to the United States, and Dong Li came over to set up the American branch.
It¡¯s just that Yi Xiaohai didn¡¯t have a good opportunity at that time, and no one was arranged here.
This time, Yi Xiaohai reached an agreement with Mike and borrowed stocks from the brokerage through Mike's help.
Dong Li needs to get things done before he can go back