Spark

"So your 'thinking method' is to let the research institute release the fake news about the LITV engine in advance?"

In the office of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, a man named Zhang Yi wearing glasses said helplessly.

"Do you know that such a trading technique can almost be said to be counterattacked by the market? After all, this is a financial market. It is difficult to prove a piece of news, but it is easy to falsify it."

"Once the other party catches the loophole, our trust in the market will inevitably drop sharply. Even if it is really done by then, the market will already be rotten."

"The accumulated negative impact is likely to bankrupt many retail investors --- then what we are facing is not a financial problem, but a stability maintenance problem."

Hearing this, a confident smile appeared on Chen Feiyun's face.

"I'm not manipulating the market in this way -- in fact, we don't need to."

"The successful verification of the LITV engine is already true."

"?? Really? What do you mean?"

Zhang Yi asked inexplicably.

He couldn't understand Chen Feiyun's logic. After all, just a few days ago, a group of technical laymen were still arguing about the availability of LITV engines, and the research institute did not give a clear answer. In the final result, everyone also made a lot of extra preparations and wind plans. As a result, the information has completely changed in just a few days?

No matter how fast the technical department progresses, it can't be so fast, right?

But soon, he suddenly realized, and before Chen Feiyun could answer, he continued to ask:

"You mean, we already have the technology of the LITV engine, but it was deliberately hidden?"

"If this is the case, wouldn't even the SpaceX deal be a cover? Just to get rid of Blackstone Capital?"

"That's not right. If this is the case, the timing of our action is too early. They may hurt their muscles and bones, but they will definitely die."

Looking at Zhang Yi's expression, Chen Feiyun gave him a thumbs up approvingly, and then said:

"As expected of my junior brother, the analysis is very good."

"The situation is similar to what you imagined. We have indeed obtained the technology related to the LITV engine long ago. Of course, it is an incomplete technology."

"The SpaceX deal is real because we need to make up some of the technical flaws, or you can take it as a sort of, data validation, anyway, that's how I understand it."

"As for Blackstone Capital, in fact, we didn't regard them as opponents from the beginning. They just happened to bump into each other and gave us a chance to deal with them."

"It just so happens that by taking this opportunity, we can pull out all the nails they nailed in the market at once."

Hearing this, Zhang Yi shook his head dumbfounded.

"How else can I say that you are a senior brother? You are so ruthless, you are lying to yourself?"

"What else? If there is an inner ghost, wouldn't it be a waste of time? To put it bluntly, our interior is not as clean as you think."

Zhang Yi agreed, but Chen Feiyun secretly thought that it was a fluke.

In fact, he is really not the person who "knows everything from the very beginning". If the phone call to Chen Nian does not give him a positive answer, then he is likely to be as the junior brother thought. , take the risk to release a "fake news".

After all, peripheral industries and non-core private enterprises must be protected. This is not only an economic issue, but also a strategic issue.

It is related to whether a group of white gloves overseas investments represented by the Guinea Common Development Fund are "sieging cities" or "swapping each other". Right, it's actually not worth it.

"Now that the financial market is basically stable, what's the next step? How to solve the problem of Honglin Capital?"

"You said you were going to pull out the nails, but if the black stone doesn't fall, the red forest won't fall—I'm still saying the same thing, we moved too early this time."

Hearing this, Chen Feiyun shook his head.

"There's nothing too early --- want to rely on market means to beat them to bankruptcy, do you think about the reality? We have funds behind them, but they don't?"

"The Yankees are poor, but not so poor that they will bankrupt a capital force with a major influence on Wall Street-especially at this juncture."

"So, the only thing we can rely on is administrative means. We can only find a way to expel Honglin Capital and give them an entry permit."

"And this is an important step in our future financial strategy."

"Investment restrictions?"

Zhang Yi asked sharply.

"That's right."

His eyes were a bit worried, because in his opinion, this strategic idea was a bit...too radical.

The so-called investment restrictions are actually not uncommon in terms of form. Most countries will require state-owned or domestic companies to hold more than a certain percentage of shares when foreign capital enters certain areas for investment. In essence, such policies are In order to ensure the healthy development of domestic enterprises, it will basically not be listed as the characteristics of "trade barriers" or "closedism" for discussion.

But the problem is that what Chen Feiyun said about investment and holding shares is not simply for a certain industry.

In the plan of him and the upper-level decision makers, what they will erect is a real barrier.

To put it simply, it will be a major update to the QFII and RQFII mechanisms. If foreign capital wants to invest directly in the Chinese market, it must go through more stringent review, and even the government will have a veto power on the flow of funds.

If you want to circumvent this updated mechanism, or in other words, if you want to make money more efficiently in China, a market with obvious unlimited potential, the only solution is actually only one:

That is, in accordance with the special management measures for foreign investment access, the institution should be established in China and accept capital shareholding from China.

This is a ruthless move to pull the plug. At that time, the United States forcibly established the dominance of the US dollar through the Bretton Woods system. Now, Chen Feiyun and his group want to use the Chinese market as a "gold reserve" to establish the status of China's currency.

If it can really be done, what do you care about SWIFT?

Once quantum computing comes out, RSA decoding becomes popular, and SWIFT's trust drops to a threshold, the world's financial landscape will really change.

The Bretton Woods system will be changed into the China Central System.

Yes, Chen Feiyun gave it this name so straightforwardly.

Is this a good thing?

For China, of course it is.

But that’s not necessarily the case for other countries, even for countries other than the United States.

Therefore, resistance and resistance will definitely exist, and what he is worried about is the uncontrollable backlash that this resistance may bring.

After all, it is really impossible for human beings to remain rational all the time, and seemingly reasonable national decisions cannot remain completely "correct" in many cases.

Thinking of this, he continued to confirm:

"Is it about to start already? Start now? Wait until the situation in Europe is settled?"

Chen Feiyun shook his head and replied:

"We can't wait. We have done deductions and found that if the financial system does not keep up, the economic system cannot maintain long-term stability, and its systemic collapse will not take more than 30 years."

"Obviously, this is not enough time for us."

"Understood."

Zhang Yi sighed.

"Then let's take action - plan to arrest Ji Cheng from Honglin Capital first? For what reason? Insider trading?"

"No, the potency is too low."

Chen Feiyun smiled strangely, and then replied:

"The Espionage Act."

Just a few minutes after the conversation between Chen Feiyun and Zhang Yi ended, in Shanghai, inside the Honglin Capital headquarters building.

Ji Cheng was hurriedly packing his belongings, and the real-time traffic map was constantly refreshing on the screen of his mobile phone beside him. He would take a look at it every few seconds to confirm that there were no mistakes in his pre-selected route.

He had to bring all the items he needed within 10 minutes, drive into the car he had prepared, arrive at the airport within 30 minutes, and then spend another hour going through security and customs before boarding a plane to Mauritius.

As for the reason?

It's very simple, he knows he's exposed.

This was obvious enough from the sudden disclosure of information by LITV, not to mention that just two hours ago, he suddenly received a notification that the risks of his trading account were frozen.

There is no doubt that the other party is going to attack Honglin Capital, or rather itself.

The moment he saw the result, Ji Cheng felt unbelievable.

The worst-case scenario he had for this operation was actually purely "economic" issues such as losing money, being suspected of insider trading, and being banned from the market.

And if it's just these problems, you will definitely go through the "investigation" stage before making a penalty result. It is absolutely impossible to lock the account directly indiscriminately.

The only purpose of doing this is to collect the net.

Therefore, he quickly realized that the problem must be more serious than what appeared now.

So he spent 20 minutes reviewing all the operations, and finally found the flaw that triggered all risks.

——

Without his consent, the team members released a piece of negative news that had been prepared long ago and was originally intended to respond to the LITV technology progress signal released by Chinese officials.

And that message contained some technical details he obtained from SpaceX through his connections.

It was this knife that killed himself.

It should have been used in a better place, but because of Honglin Capital's aggressiveness and stupidity, it was handed into the hands of its opponents.

But now, it was too late to say anything.

All he can do is leave this place as quickly as possible. No matter where he goes, as long as he can take off as soon as possible and enter the country without a visa, that's fine.

He had cleared away the files on his desk, and most of the less sensitive things had been burned to ashes by the sharp chirping of the smoke alarm, while the rest he had to take away. A bargaining chip that can save his life at a critical moment.

After checking the list one last time, Ji Cheng let out a long sigh of relief.

There's still enough time, so there shouldn't be much of a problem.

Mauritius is not a bustling island.

But going there for a two-month vacation seems like a kind of break.

He smiled slightly at himself but with relief, then picked up his backpack, turned around and strode out the door.

——

But the moment he was about to step out of the door, several figures in uniforms were already standing in front of him.

The leader first walked around him and glanced into the office behind him, and then said:

"It burns pretty quickly."

"But it's okay, I just need to catch you."

"Ji Cheng, you are under arrest."

A few days later, SpaceX headquarters held a press conference on the Falcon 9 rocket launch mission.

Musk sat in the middle with a nonchalant expression, calmly answering reporters' tricky questions one after another.

"Mr. Musk, what do you think of the recent news about China's significant progress in LITV technology?"

Musk smiled slightly and replied:

"The LITV technology used by Huaxia is based on the technology that SpaceX has researched for many years. Of course we are happy for them to be successful, and at the same time, we are also proud of our own scientific research team."

"But unfortunately, according to the current cooperation agreement we have signed, new technological breakthroughs will not be shared with SpaceX in the short term, and we will not be able to reap the dividends brought by this technology."

"Of course, this will not have much impact on the future development of SpaceX. We have chosen the direction of rocket recovery and have also achieved good results."

"As we all know, this time the Falcon 9 rocket will conduct its first recovery test after launch, and we have 100% confidence in this recovery."

After hearing his answer, the reporters in the hall started typing on their keyboards to record this crucial sentence of "100% confidence".

But then, the reporter who asked the question asked a second question that he had prepared long ago.

"Mr. Musk, you know, that's not all we care about."

"It is reported that SpaceX and the Chinese team had major differences on the development prospects of LITV technology, and SpaceX's important partner - I am referring to Capital Group, once tried to take advantage of this difference to make profits, but ultimately failed. "

"Are you aware of this matter? Was this 'advantage transaction' carried out at your suggestion?"

Upon hearing this question, the originally noisy hall instantly became quiet.

Everyone is waiting for Musk's answer, and everyone knows that this answer will inevitably cause an uproar in public opinion.

But to their disappointment, Musk had no intention of answering.

He just shook his head calmly and said:

"I'm a technical guy and I don't know anything about the investment world."

"We did have differences on LITV technology, but they were just very ordinary 'academic differences' and had nothing to do with any capital market actions."

"And I would like to reiterate one point regarding the existence of the 'advantageous transaction' that you are concerned about."

"That is, SpaceX does not need such an advantageous deal."

"We'll prove it, we'll go to the moon."

At this point, Musk paused for a moment and then continued:

"We will go to the moon again."

"Once again, we are at the forefront of China."