Silence fell over the entire venue, with everyone staring at Little Swift with wide eyes. After all, the total shares they held combined were only 26.8%.
Yet, this person in front of them held 45.5% of the shares. What was going on?
“What? You don’t believe me?” Little Swift smiled slightly. “Come, let’s show these directors our proof of equity. Originally, these shares were a bit scattered, in over 1600 different accounts. But fortunately, I spent some effort this week unifying these accounts into one. Let me show you gentlemen, so you know who the master is!”
“Yes, sir!” A Caucasian secretary behind Little Swift walked out expressionlessly and produced a document of equity proof.
Of course, paper equity certificates were no longer issued in this era. What was truly valuable was a Tianzhou tablet, clearly displaying backend data of a public trading account, along with the massive amount of shares held.
“This is impossible… the company has been suspended from trading. How could this be…” someone exclaimed in disbelief.
“Nothing is impossible, as long as these shares were bought before the suspension!” Little Swift chuckled. “I originally thought it would be difficult. But I didn’t expect you all to sell your stocks so readily. In less than a week, the market value was driven below 100 billion US dollars, and I acquired some at that price.”
“It’s just that there were too many people selling stocks, to the point that even after absorbing 45.5% of the shares, the stock price didn’t go up. The market value still fell to 80 billion US dollars.”
“If I had known, I would have bought at this price. Then I wouldn’t have had to spend 46.8 billion US dollars; about 37 billion would have been enough!”
“I intended to buy more the next day, but the company was directly suspended from trading. This also prevented me from timely reporting to the trading center and the company board that I had become the largest shareholder.”
“So, when I heard that the company was holding a board meeting today, I rushed over to say hello and to complete the procedures. I hope you don’t mind!”
Little Swift said with a smile, and everyone’s expressions immediately turned extremely grim.
They recalled that before the US United Super Vacuum Tube Railway Company was suspended from trading, their unanimous decision was to flee immediately, hence the frenzied selling of all their shares, intending to trick a fool into taking over. They never expected that they would directly drive the stock price far below the company’s true value.
Of course, if everything had proceeded as normal, with the joint investigation team entering the US United Super Vacuum Tube Railway Company to investigate, much of the mess would have been uncovered. The entire assets of the US United Super Vacuum Tube Railway Company would have been used to compensate investors. Fleeing first was the correct move, and those who took over later were the biggest fools.
However, who could have imagined that a great fire would later erupt, burning everything clean? As a result, there were no penalties, and the entire US United Super Vacuum Tube Railway Company became valuable again.
Even Wall Street couldn’t predict all this. How did this Little Swift manage to plan ahead?
Frankly, if they hadn’t known who started the fire, they would have thought Little Swift was responsible.
Although everyone felt extremely disgusted and uncomfortable, they had to admit that they were powerless against Little Swift, especially with the equity in hand.
While Little Swift hadn’t obtained more than 50% of the shares to achieve controlling interest, the problem was that they could no longer suppress Little Swift in terms of equity. The remaining shares in circulation were less than 30%. They would need to acquire the vast majority of these shares to surpass Little Swift, which was practically impossible.
This was even more so now that the company was suspended from trading. Therefore, their upcoming meeting to divide the remaining assets would be a pipe dream unless they could get Little Swift’s approval.
“Mr. Little Swift, do you want to join us?” someone directly asked. In his opinion, Little Swift entering the game at this moment was definitely to get a piece of the pie, using his share advantage to divide the assets of the US United Super Vacuum Tube Railway Company.
“Of course, I want to join you all!” Little Swift said cheerfully. “Actually, I’ve always admired you seniors on Wall Street from the bottom of my heart and wanted to join your ranks. But you never gave me a chance. Even when I wanted to invite you for a dinner party, you didn’t really grace me with your presence. This is a rare opportunity, and I just want to have some fun with you all. We all make a living on Wall Street, so why exclude me?” Little Swift wasn’t wrong in his words. Although he had firmly established himself as the God of Finance for black people, and could even snatch the title of Stock God from Buffett, given the practical achievements, the Western Mustang Fund controlled by Little Swift had earned profits that ten Buffets couldn’t achieve.
However, in reality, the entire Wall Street still looked down on Little Swift. Although they maintained a superficially respectful relationship, none of them truly considered Little Swift one of their own.
After all, Little Swift had two original sins: one was his skin color, and the other was the skin color of his behind-the-scenes boss. With these two original sins present, Little Swift could never truly integrate into the entirety of Wall Street. Hence, his repeated invitations and organization of various gatherings could attract some smaller institutions, but the true controllers of Wall Street had always disdained associating with him, as it lowered their status!
But now, Little Swift’s words elicited a wave of gentle smiles from everyone. The representative from Goldman Sachs even walked up to Little Swift, patted his shoulder, and said with a smile, “You want to be friends with all of us? You should have said so earlier; we are very happy to be friends with you!”
“Really?” Little Swift asked excitedly, then looked at the others. “Are you all really willing to consider me a friend?”
“Of course!”
“It is our honor to be friends with the God of Finance for black people!” everyone said, each seemingly eager to become sworn brothers with Little Swift.
“That’s truly wonderful!” Little Swift said excitedly. “In that case, I will officially become friends with you all today. I have arranged a grand banquet for tonight and prepared 888 bottles of Romanée-Conti. Drink to your heart’s content. If it’s not enough, I’ll go to the warehouse and get more!”
“Romanée-Conti?” everyone was taken aback. When it came to red wine, many people’s first thought might be the legendary ’82 Lafite.
But if you watched a video from a Bilibili influencer who specializes in creative content, you’d know that a bottle of ’82 Lafite can actually be bought for less than 100,000 RMB.
Romanée-Conti, however, is different. Even the most recent bottle costs $300,000. This is the wine truly enjoyed by the top wealthy. Therefore, upon hearing that Romanée-Conti was available for free consumption, these directors couldn’t help but be tempted.
Some might find it strange. Even if a bottle of this wine is worth $300,000, these individuals present are all senior members of top Wall Street financial institutions. Would they be swayed by a $300,000 bottle of wine?
Well, firstly, these people are indeed senior members of top institutions, but no matter how senior, they are still employees. In their eyes, billions or even trillions of dollars might not mean much, but their personal annual salaries, at best, reach tens of millions of dollars.
Among everyone present, except for a select few, the personal assets of the vast majority were in the tens of millions of dollars range.
It’s like a normal 30-year-old adult, whose cash and fixed assets combined would be at least around 200,000. Now, if you ask them to spend $3,000 on a bottle of wine, they would still find it extremely extravagant.
Of course, it’s not that they’ve never tasted Romanée-Conti. They have had many opportunities to try it. But the key is that Little Swift added the words “drink to your heart’s content.” This makes a difference. If they were willing, wouldn’t they be able to drink over a million dollars worth of wine in a single day?
That feeling is completely different.
Of course, some people disdainfully debunked, “Romanée-Conti, only 2,700 bottles are produced annually. You prepared 888 bottles, which means you bought 1/3 of this year’s production. Even if you have the money to buy it, they wouldn’t sell it to you. It’s all pre-ordered by European nobles!”
“Well, at first, they really wouldn’t sell it to me!” Little Swift nodded. “So, I ended up buying the entire Romanée-Conti winery, and that’s how I got several thousand bottles!”
“You don’t know, this winery is too cunning. Actually, the annual production is 3,500 bottles. They set aside 800 bottles in the cellar, intending to release them for sale after 30 years, at which point the price per bottle would increase from $300,000 to $1,000,000.”
“Unfortunately, it’s cheaper for me now!” Little Swift lamented.
“Then it’s even more impossible. Rothschild offered $500 million back then and didn’t buy this winery. The Conti family doesn’t lack money, so why would they sell it to you?” someone sneered.
“Yes, under normal circumstances, it would be impossible. But who told them to invest in the US United Super Vacuum Tube Railway Company!” Little Swift sighed. “To tell you the truth, I have to thank you all. If you hadn’t driven the company’s stock to this point, this winery wouldn’t have experienced such huge deficits, and I wouldn’t have had to spend less than 500 million to acquire it!”
“However, I have now signed an agreement with Liushang Qushui Caiwei Shi. In the future, the entire winery’s wine will be supplied to them first. If you all want to buy Conti in the future, go to Liushang Qushui Caiwei Shi!” Little Swift said with a smile.
“……” Everyone was first taken aback by these words, and then a flash of insight struck them. “This is a huge inside scoop! Quickly tell someone to invest in Liushang Qushui Caiwei Shi stock in advance!”