game trailblazer

Chapter 61 RB1990, Heaven and Hell
After World War II, RB's economy grew rapidly.In the 70s, the RB economy further stabilized.At the same time, the developed countries in Europe and the United States have fallen into economic stagnation due to various reasons such as long-term excessive government intervention in the economy, inefficient state-owned welfare systems, and the oil crisis.Worldwide, RB economy can be described as thriving. The industrial products manufactured by RB are sold all over the world and are invincible.The United States has almost only been able to parry.The auto industry has suffered particularly heavy losses. In the minds of American auto workers, RB people are the chief culprits for their unemployment and salary decline.

RB and the United States had trade frictions in the 20s, initially triggered by trade in textiles, steel and televisions.By the 60s, trade disputes intensified further.In order to weaken the competitiveness of RB's export of industrial products, the US government began to put pressure on RB, and the RB government, which lacked real autonomy, was forced to compromise.Therefore, in September 80, the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany and France signed the famous "Plaza Agreement", which jointly intervened in the foreign exchange market to promote the depreciation of the US dollar, and the corresponding yen began to enter the appreciation channel. In the years after the "Plaza Accord" was signed, the value of the yen almost tripled.

After the appreciation of the yen, RB's industrial export capacity has indeed been considerably affected, but RB people have become unprecedentedly rich as a result.The yen in their hands can be exchanged for more dollars.As a result of this situation, American assets suddenly became much cheaper in the eyes of RB people.Things that RB people could not afford in the past seem to be within easy reach now.

As a result, RB people with a lot of dollars in their hands began to pour into the United States.Ordinary RB people just buy some goods in places like Hawaii, which can promote the economic development of the United States, and Americans are happy, but what makes Americans uneasy is the massive acquisition of American corporate assets by RB people.These RB people waving checkbooks seem to be dismissive of the price at all. They seem to be able to buy the entire United States. Some people even think: "The United States is becoming the No. 40 county of RB."

By 1989, RB people's purchase of American assets reached its peak.In June of this year, Sony Corporation announced that they successfully purchased the American entertainment giant and one of the symbols of American culture-Columbia Films for US$6 billion.This move is one of Sony's strategic moves from manufacturing to entertainment.Prior to this, Mitsubishi had already purchased a more important national symbol of the United States - Rockefeller Center - for US$34 billion.The great building that represented the heyday of American capitalism now belongs to the RB people.

In Los Angeles, RB people control almost half of the real estate in the downtown area; in Hawaii, more than 96% of foreign investment comes from RB.From 1985 to 1990, RB companies carried out a total of 21 giant overseas mergers and acquisitions of more than 500 billion yen, of which 18 mergers and acquisitions targeted American companies.By the end of the 80s, 10% of the real estate in the United States had been owned by RB people.

Witnessing that many influential large companies and industries in the country have been turned to RB people as their bosses, American public opinion exclaimed that this is simply the second time RB has invaded the United States. News, RB people bought the Statue of Liberty."

On the side of the RB people, their self-esteem has been greatly satisfied.Many RB people are complacent about their crazy buying around the world.For many years, RB, who can only promise the United States, seems to see that he is expected to surpass the United States and become the world's number one power.This novel experience is very good, and the people of RB have a great moment.

During this period of time, RB was also prosperous in China. Since 1986, with the steady trend of RB economy, driven by the automobile, electronics, integrated circuit and other industries, its strength has gradually increased, and it has lasted for 4 years since then. "Heisei boom".After entering the "Heisei boom", the Nikkei average index continued to rise from 1985 points in 12000, and even took the lead in "reviving" after the global stock market crash in 1987, which led to the recovery of the global stock market.Since then, the share price has been rising strongly.For this reason, people in the RB economic theory circle have made a positive analysis, believing that RB's strong economic growth momentum is the main reason for the RB stock market's surge, while some people in the securities industry are optimistic about the 50000-point mark.

On December 1989, 12, the RB Nikkei index reached a new high, reaching 19 points, which was more than three times higher than the lowest point in 38915. The market value of RB stock was as high as 1985 trillion yen, which was 3 times the GNP of the year. At this time, the RB economy It seems that the scenery is infinite.

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The lights in the room were not turned on, and Yuko Nagai sat in front of the dressing table in a daze in the darkness, thinking about the past in these years.Since making money from stock investment two years ago, Yuko left Kyoto and came to Tokyo, where she had been longing for for a long time, and found a decent job. life.After working hard for more than a year, Yuko bought a high-end apartment in Roppongi, Tokyo by installments, and her life is getting better and better.However, Yuko is not satisfied with this. Under the advocacy of the so-called investment masters on TV, coupled with her own experience of investing and making money, Yuko believes that the stock market is a place where she can make money without losing money, so she made a risky decision. He decided to borrow 4000 million yen from loan sharks with his apartment as collateral, and tried to speculate in the stock market once.Hiroko believes that the Nikkei will continue to rise, because experts say so, and there are even many people who are optimistic about the 50000-point mark, so as soon as the money is received after the New Year, Yuko bought a lot of Nikkei on the stock exchange. Contract, this is the most profitable way recommended by experts.

After buying the contract, Yuko was looking forward to the good news every day, and her mood also fluctuated with the fluctuation of the index. One day or two passed, and the Nikkei index did not go as Yuko expected. After a few days of slight fluctuations , suddenly began to dive down, and Yuko's heart became colder and colder.A few weeks have passed, and the Nikkei index is still going down every day. Yuko's money invested in the stock market has also been lost due to forced liquidation. Her heart is completely cold...

Through the faint light coming from the window, Yuko looked at herself in the mirror, her delicate face was already disfigured, she turned on the small light on the dressing table, took out makeup tools from the drawer, and repaired it carefully.Yuko has had a hard time during this period. It is either the bank's reminder notice or the usury's door-to-door thugs asking for debts. She even lost her job because of this.Just tonight, Yuko had worked so hard to get rid of two loan sharks who came to ask for debts, which left indelible scars on her body.Tomorrow is the last day of payment. Yuko has tried many methods, but unfortunately none of them worked. Now she is completely desperate.

From the balcony, there was a man's ferocious roar, a woman's wailing, and the sound of physical contact. Yuko knew that it was Oda next door beating his wife again. Originally, Oda was also a gentle man, but a few weeks ago He also turned into a beast, drank drunk all day long, and vented his anger on his wife as soon as he got home.During this cold snap, I don't know how many people completed the transformation from human to beast.

After finishing her makeup, Yuko took out a set of favorite clothes to change into, then took out a bottle of wine from the refrigerator, turned off the small light on the dressing table, turned and walked out.When leaving the bedroom, Yuko glanced at her extremely warm big bed, there used to be many warm memories on it, but now it is extremely disgusting because of the two ugly men lying on it.With a cold snort, Yuko walked out of the apartment. The moment the door closed, some red liquid slowly flowed down the fabric on the bed.

It was cold on the roof in the early hours of the morning, Yuko sat on the railing of the roof, drinking wine while looking ahead with empty eyes.Unknowingly, a bottle of wine was finished, Yuko put the bottle on the railing casually, then stood up unsteadily, and walked a few steps east along the railing.The sky was twilight, and a long narrow dark red belt hung in the distance, and above the belt was a large expanse of light blue cool morning light.As time passed, the long dark red band slowly expanded, and the color became brighter and brighter. It slowly changed from dark red clouds to a golden coast, and a round of red sun gradually rose from the east.

Bathed in the morning sun, Yuko felt her body warmed up, just like her mother's embrace in her memory.Opening his hands, Yuko's body slowly leaned forward, and then lightly jumped, the whole person seemed to melt into the air.Yuko closed her eyes and murmured: "Mom...", a tear went away with the wind.

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It's not time to withdraw troops today, but after Zhang Lexing came to see the turmoil for himself, it's time to go back.Perhaps because he was too excited, Zhang Lexing woke up early, poured himself a glass of water, and sat on the sofa in the living room to taste it slowly.A noise came from the open window, Zhang Lexing put down his water glass, went to the window and looked out.

Two police cars and an ambulance were parked downstairs in the opposite apartment. Several police officers were setting up a blockade. On a big red beach, two men were carrying a human body onto a stretcher. Outside the blockade There were many people watching, and it seemed that someone had committed suicide.This kind of thing is happening almost every day now, and there are even reports in the newspapers that a family committed suicide by turning on gas because of bankruptcy.Zhang Lexing closed the window smoothly, and the noisy sound disappeared, as if there were two worlds inside and outside the room.

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Following Goldman Sachs' move, the global financial community became more and more bearish on the RB stock market, and the Nikkei began to fall across the board. In April 1990, in order to curb the increasingly serious speculation, the Ministry of Finance began to impose strict restrictions on the real estate industry. On the one hand, it strictly controlled financing, and on the other hand, it imposed a land price tax, which made the land price cold.The decline in land prices reduces the real asset value of enterprises, and further promotes the decline in stock prices.The decline in stock prices and land prices has weakened the source of support for the increase in RB's corporate profits, while borrowing interest rates have increased, costs have risen, and the company's ability to increase revenue has been greatly restricted.The gloomy outlook for corporate earnings has cast a cloud over investor psychology, with expectations deteriorating.Reduced investment, selling stocks, further causing panic, scrambling to lower prices, and a big bear market has arrived.

On April 1990, 4, the Nikkei average plummeted to 2 points, a drop of 28002.07% from the highest value at the end of 1989. On October 28.05, 1990, it fell to 10 points, and the total market value of the stock market disappeared by 1 trillion yen. above.The decline in stocks also caused panic in RB's domestic bond market. The funds that sold stocks and bonds quickly flowed overseas, and RB's financial market was in chaos of triple depreciation of stocks, bonds and the yen.

In the fall of 1990, real estate also began to plummet.The RB real estate industry, which used to be aloof, once had the total real estate value of a Tokyo area surpass the total real estate value of the United States at its peak, and the house prices that had been rising all the way finally began to decline.

Under the double drag of the stock market and housing prices, the RB economy seemed to go backwards for ten years. Countless RB people who dreamed of success and had succeeded suddenly found that the wealth they were once proud of disappeared like clouds, leaving only mourning.

(End of this chapter)