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Ning Weimin gained a lot in France this time.

Even he himself did not expect that this time, in addition to making double the profits through speculative short selling by taking advantage of the "Black Monday" that he had predicted in advance, he would also gain so many additional benefits after helping Henri Lacamier regain the company.

His personal wealth in France now includes:

Pierre Catton gave him 5% of the company's shares.

As a token of gratitude and compensation, Henri Lacamier gave him three extremely high-quality properties that were virtually impossible to buy.

He also held 10% of LVMH shares publicly on the French stock market, and later took advantage of low prices to buy 8% of L'Oréal shares and 4% of Hermès shares.

In the next twenty years, although the stocks of these companies will not increase dramatically, they will rise year by year and eventually become the top three companies with the largest market capitalization in the French capital market.

In addition, he has about 1.32 billion francs in cash, which can be used to maintain the operation of these real estates in France and to establish luxury hotels.

During the few days he stayed at the winery, he even reached a preliminary agreement with Romanee Winery through the winery’s steward and successfully obtained a quota. This is the benefit of his winery being close to the place of origin.

The two parties agreed that starting from this year, Ning Weimin can purchase at least 140 boxes of wine produced by Romanee Winery every year.

The approximate proportion of the quota is as follows: this batch of goods worth 5 million francs includes 15 boxes of Romanee-Conti, the most famous "king of wine" of Romanee, and the rest include other famous wines of the winery, 15 boxes of La Tche, 20 boxes of Romanee-Saint-Vivant, 45 boxes of Echezeaux, Grands-Echezeaux and 30 boxes of Richebourg each.

Don’t underestimate this small number. Even if all these wines are added together, there are only about 1,700 bottles of wine each year, which is barely enough for one or two restaurants.

But as the saying goes, there is a long way to go. Now that we have established a preliminary cooperative relationship, there will be unlimited possibilities in the future.

And who can blame the fact that Romanee Winery’s fine wines are always in short supply?
Ning Weimin is very satisfied that he can get so much now, all thanks to the fact that Jinpo was once a "cousin" of Romanee Winery.

The key is that there are no middlemen taking the difference in price. These wines are purchased at the lowest price, and the current purchase price is less than 4 million francs.

Even if he doesn't leave France, Ning Weimin can just find a few cars to take the wine to Paris and make at least one-third of the profit by simply reselling it.

It would be great if we could get it to Japan or keep it in Saint-Tropez and wait until next year's tourist season to sell it to rich Europeans.

Even if he could make double the profit, it would be considered as being too kind-hearted of him.

It’s not too much to sell it two or three times more.

If it meets someone who truly appreciates it, it can be sold at five or six times, or even better, price.

And if he can bear the loneliness and slowly hoard them, twenty years later, the added value of these liquors will be much greater than that of Moutai.

According to the information Ning Weimin knows, in 2016, someone in Hong Kong bought a bottle of Romanee-Conti for HK$1988 million, and it was a vintage.

If we calculate based on the current franc exchange rate which is slightly lower than the Hong Kong dollar, the average annual increase would be more than five times, right?

Quite a worthwhile trade.

So for this matter, Ning Weimin generously raised the salaries of all the staff in the winery to boost morale and reassure people.

The salary of the six ordinary workers in the winery increased from 14,000 francs to 16,000 francs each.

The income of the two winemakers increased by 6,000 francs and 5,000 francs respectively.

After the change, their monthly salary was basically around 30,000 francs.

The most suitable person is of course the winery butler.

As a key figure in helping Ning Weimin to connect with Romanee Winery, his salary not only increased by 10,000 francs, but his monthly salary reached 40,000 francs.

Even his wife, who was originally only responsible for cooking for everyone every day, was officially employed by the winery and has since had a fixed income every month.

Needless to say, with such lavish economic stimulus, the entire winery is smiling and everyone is happy.

It was obvious that everyone's concerns and worries about the change of winery owner had disappeared.

On the contrary, they felt that the new boss Ning Weimin was quite good, generous and amiable. He had a big star like Alain Delon as a friend, but he was not unkind at all. He was totally unlike the arrogant person they had imagined.

Although he was involved in the business, it was only limited to sales, and he did not interfere with the winemaking work.

In order to improve the quality of alcoholic beverages, it was even announced that an incentive policy would be implemented.

We promised them that as long as the wines produced by Jinpo Winery in the future participate in wine selection competitions and win awards, the winery’s staff will be rewarded and everyone will receive extra bonuses.

Who wouldn’t like a boss who is generous, enterprising, willing to listen to opinions and doesn’t give blind orders?

So even though Ning Weimin was a foreigner who knew nothing about wine and could barely speak a few words of French, he only stayed in the winery for three or four days before going to Saint-Tropez to see his castle.

But even this short stay allowed him to effortlessly gain recognition from the entire winery, and unknowingly brought a sense of hope to Jinpo Winery, making the winery staff have more eager expectations for the future.

However, just when Ning Weimin had to change his original plan and stay in France for a few more days because of the need to inspect the territory and a new business plan.

Japan, which he had no time to take care of for the time being, had undergone many new changes due to the dimensionality reduction attack of "Black Monday".

As far as the entire Japanese society is concerned, this sudden financial disaster has also caused heavy losses to all speculators in the Japanese stock market, causing them to suffer heartache.

In just one or two weeks, the once booming Japanese stock market dropped from an average share price of 26646 yen to 21036 yen, with the Nikkei index adjusting by as much as %.

The adjustments of individual stocks are even more severe.

Drops of 30 to 40 percent were common, while adjustments as high as 50 to 70 percent were also common.

With this sharp drop, a huge amount of wealth evaporated, and almost everyone involved in stock speculation was frightened and stunned.

Most people don't even have time to react and are killed in the stock market.

And those who react in time may be worse off.

Although there was not a pure decline in the past two weeks, there were also rebounds, and the daily fluctuation range of many stocks was around 20%.

But you have to know that in this age of information closure, most speculators lack sufficient understanding of the stock market.

It's the same even if you are an economics professor, a financial expert, or an official from the Ministry of Finance.

Not many people know how to read K-line charts, and those who know that a decline in volume is a signal of a short-term bottom are considered experts.

Few people have truly experienced extreme market conditions, and even less do they know how to deal with them correctly.

Most people were able to make money before because the market conditions were good and they caught a once-in-a-century opportunity.

So, when emotions are amplified, how many people can truly seize the opportunity of volatility and make the right trades?

If you do the opposite, your losses will be doubled.

As the saying goes, the faster you move and the more frequently you trade, the more you lose and the worse it will be.

As a result, the sales of luxury goods began to decline immediately, the business of high-end restaurants and nightclubs suddenly cooled, and the demand for luxury cars stagnated like a sudden brake.

This even affected the property market. As the stock price plummeted, various leveraged speculators suffered the most serious blow, and those who used margin to trade stocks needed more funds to cover their positions or increase their margin.

Otherwise, their positions will be forcibly closed - in stock market jargon, this is called "margin call".

As a result, many people are forced to borrow high-interest loans to fill the holes in desperation. Those who own houses either choose to take out mortgage loans at low prices or simply sell them at low prices.

This naturally slowed down the price increases in the booming Japanese real estate market.

And those people in securities companies, who make their living by the stock market, are doing this now.

Apart from private lamentations, there is currently no positive support in sight and the stock price can only continue to plunge.

All they have left is to continue to deceive the public for the sake of performance, "The index has little room to fall, there is support below. It's time to buy."

Unfortunately, the Japanese government cannot be relied upon at this time because Japanese politics is busy with elections.

In 1987, Prime Minister Nakasone's term was about to expire, and as the media continued to expose his suspicion of bribery and sex scandals, Nakasone planned to retire.

In order to ensure that the Liberal Democratic Party continues to hold power and avoid party splits, he designated the most powerful figure in the party, Noboru Takeshita, as the 12th president of the Liberal Democratic Party. At the same time, he also promoted Noboru as a reward for following him for many years.

Therefore, Noboru Takeshita was approved as the president of the Liberal Democratic Party and was approved by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he became the 74th Prime Minister of the Japanese government.

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In early November 1987, Takeshita officially took office and was ordered by the Diet to form a cabinet. Takeshita finally ascended the throne of prime minister, realizing his long-cherished wish.

But the problem is that Takeshita Noboru had previously served as the Minister of Finance, and all matters concerning Japan's economy were under his jurisdiction.

In this situation, this old guy is so focused on reaching the pinnacle of power that he doesn't care about the suffering of the people.

Moreover, since Takeshita Noboru attached the greatest importance to interpersonal relationships, he believed that the quality of interpersonal relationships was directly related to the stability of the regime.

Even after he came to power, he did not focus on solving practical problems.

Instead, he pursued a system of so-called Takeshita politics in order to consolidate his own power.

Internally, he used the slogan "Everyone is a friend" to strengthen his network of contacts, and tried to control the bureaucrats through the backbone of his faction and alumni.

At the same time, seize the time to visit powerful figures in the financial and other circles.

He is like a big spider in a large spider web, only wanting to use interpersonal relationships as a medium to manipulate Japan from top to bottom.

Externally, he tried his best to curry favor with his American father and made frequent visits to the "free world" of Europe and the United States.

The first thing is to go to the United States and wag your tail to the American president to show your loyalty.

Back in 1985, it was this guy who submitted to the United States without hesitation and signed the Plaza Accord.

It can be said that this guy is the typical example of "as long as I can be rich and powerful, I will do it even if the whole nation has to pay the price". He is the most hypocritical and selfish politician.

How can such a person care about the life and death of Japanese stockholders? How can he do anything practical?

Although after "Black Monday" in October 1987, major Western countries responded by raising interest rates.

The Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan, Yasushi Mieno, also repeatedly stressed that "Japan's economic situation is critical" and proposed to the Ministry of Finance that "in order to prevent inflation, the statutory interest rate should be raised moderately."

But Takeshita Noboru completely ignored it and basically turned a blind eye to his responsibilities.

Faced with the stock market crash, he merely "expressed concern" about the situation on the surface, but was unable to come up with any practical solution to the problem.

When facing the media, he even used diplomatic rhetoric to cover up his incompetence and shirk responsibility.

"As a former finance minister, I have now assumed the responsibilities of prime minister and am no longer responsible for making decisions on financial policies. This should be the responsibility of the next finance minister."

As prime minister, after finally appointing the finance minister, the only practical measure he took was to have the finance minister summon several major securities firms in Japan, asking them to make markets and find ways to deceive their big clients into continuing to invest in the stock market, thereby artificially raising stock prices through the power of the people.

But at the same time, they also asked several major Japanese brokerage firms to continue selling NTT stocks, brainwash the public, promote the idea of ​​an imminent rebound, and spread the myth of NTT to help the government complete its planned money-making plan.

Such an untimely and contradictory instruction made even the major securities firms feel awkward.

It has to be said that the Japanese people are truly blessed to have such a prime minister.

In just two weeks, this crash led to a rapid increase in the number of people suffering from mental illness in Japanese society.

Some medical experts pointed out that "the general anxiety, abnormal excitement and depression symptoms of the people are increasing sharply, and most of the symptoms can be attributed to the pressure caused by the stock market."

That’s not all. The most serious thing is that the number of suicides is also increasing, and the suicide rate in Japanese society has greatly increased.

Japanese people don't seem to like jumping into the air as much as Europeans and Americans, but there are quite a few people who do this, such as cutting their wrists, touching the electric switch, hanging themselves, taking poison, or running into the sea.

As a result, Japan's funeral industry experienced a slight boom due to this wave of stock market crash, and it was one of the few industries that benefited.

However, even so, the recent news about a person who created profits for this industry has surprised the Japanese people in particular and caused quite a stir at the social level.

For no other reason, first of all, this person has been a hot topic in the recent period of time.

He is the leader of the Burning School, Ikuo Suho, who has been condemned by everyone in Japanese society after the entertainment bullying scandal was exposed.

Secondly, it’s also because this guy’s death was rather strange.

On November 1987, 11, 9-year-old Ikuo Suho died naked in a high-end hotel in Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku. The cause of death was an overdose of "illegal drugs."

Especially at the time of the incident, there was a woman in the same room with him. This woman's identity was also unusual. She was the newly popular actress Yasuko Sawaguchi.

And since Yasuko Sawaguchi had left the scene before the emergency personnel arrived, the police discovered this through testimony from hotel staff.

As a major suspect, she was taken back to the police station for questioning that night.

Later, the police learned from Sawaguchi Seiko that Suho Ikuo used illegal drugs to numb himself because he was depressed after failing in stock trading.

We also know that Suho Ikuo has lost all his property due to leverage and has become penniless.

Even Yasuko Sawaguchi lost all her personal savings because of his bewitching.

After Suho Ikuo showed signs of poisoning, although Sawaguchi Yasuko called the emergency number, she left the scene hastily out of fear.

Not only did her behavior constitute negligence in the death of Ikuo Suho, but illegal drugs were also detected in her body.

So she was unlucky. Not only did she lose her money, but she also had to go through legal proceedings and see how the court would determine the guilt that belonged to her.

You'll have to spend a few days in jail.

Needless to say, Ning Weimin probably would not have thought that this stock market crash would actually give Zhou Fang Yuxiong such a final result.

This leader who once dominated the Japanese entertainment industry and looked down on everyone died so quietly and miserably.

This is probably the best interpretation of the saying "If you don't do it, you won't die." (End of this chapter)