As the twelve-inch crystal factory is getting closer and closer, these contractors are anxious and spending such a big price. If they can't even recover the cost, they will lose a lot.

These days, people have been selling shorts in the stock market and selling their stocks, which has greatly affected the mood of investors.

Especially a few days ago, Saudi Arabia announced that it would order the S-300 air missile from Russia. With the emergence of large short orders, the stock price of Leisheng, a manufacturer of Patriot missiles, plunged sharply. In just two weeks, the decline reached 21%, and the losses were heavy!

Although they eventually saved customers such as Saudi Arabia, the stock price rebounded slightly and then stopped.

Just when they were in a state of great turmoil, in Eastern Europe, Poland proposed to buy a large amount of digital individual equipment from Thunderstorm.

They were ecstatic and quickly sent someone to negotiate. In terms of price, the Poles didn't care at all. The number was the same. As soon as the other party opened their mouths, they would ask for 100,000 units, and almost fainted from the contractors such as Leisheng Company.

But when the final discussion was made on how to pay the bill, the Poles spread their hands: We have no money!

The negotiators of Leisheng Company were in a big ups and downs, and they almost didn't catch up in one breath and were so angry that they were irritated at the negotiating table.

He slapped the table angrily and shouted: "Since you have no money, what else can you do to negotiate a deal?"

Poland was not embarrassed at all and said in surprise:

You can't give us aid? In the past Soviet Union, they did!"

The representative of Thunder Company didn't know what to do with these guys who only know how to eat for free. He patted his forehead and thought painfully for a long time and proposed a solution: "Loan! You can apply for a loan to the US government. Then, the bill will be paid by the US government."

"This method is good! How much can I borrow? If I could borrow more, we wanted to replace the fighter jets. Russia's fighter jets have too poor performance. We have long wanted to buy your country's f15 and f16! There are also tanks, by the way, Patriot missiles, we also want to buy a few sets." The Poles excitedly calculated, and what equipment should I change.

The representative of the company, Leisheng, felt that he was very likely to suffer internal injuries and said weakly: "What are you going to use for a loan?"

"Why do we need to mortgage? We are state loans?" the Poles asked in a naive manner.

In their hearts, following the United States is no different from following the Soviet Union. It is just a matter of being with another big man. Since we have all taken the initiative to pay, isn’t it natural for you, a big man, to buy jewelry and pay the bill for us?

Whether it is loans or military aid, they all seem to be the same. Anyway, the things are in my hands, so the money will definitely not be paid back.

Leisheng Company was speechless, and he didn't even have the strength to get angry.

Seeing the representative of the Leisheng Company left with a blue face, the Poles were still cursing in the house, Damn, I took the initiative to surrender to you, isn’t it just to hold a thicker thigh? We have done so much, why don’t we give us any rewards?

Just as Leisheng Company and others were rushing to find buyers, Universal announced again that after exploring their potential, the number of monthly digital individual equipment increased to 10,000 sets!

The contractors in the United States were shocked by the number and then roared loudly.

Bullshit potential exploration!

Universal announced that its monthly output will increase to 5,000 units in mid-February. In less than a month, what potential will they still be able to "explore"?

This is clearly creating psychological pressure on Leisheng Company and others!

The psychological pressure of American contractors such as Leisheng Company has not yet appeared, but in the hearts of shareholders, they have exposed their distrust of Leisheng Company.

A large number of short selling began to appear, and the stock prices of American contractors such as Raytheon Company also fell rapidly in response to the sound.

In May, on the eve of the completion of the factory jointly invested by Leisheng Company and others, Saudi Arabia suddenly announced that Universal Company had delivered all digital individual equipment to them in advance, and the 130,000 sets of equipment they ordered have been handed over!

Before Leisheng could come back to his senses, Universal Company handed over 10,000 sets of digital equipment to Kuwait and Germany.

This is when people with the least investment vision can see that in the competition in the international arms market, Leisheng's digital individual equipment has completely failed to be promoted.

Moreover, due to the First Gulf War, when Iraq used missile seas to supply the ground, it exposed the air defense capabilities of Patriot missiles, which were not as powerful as the United States boasted. Therefore, the number of orders for Patriot missiles was far smaller than that of Thunderstone. After being defeated in the competition for digital equipment, investors completely lost confidence in it, and a large number of sell-offs followed one after another. The share price of Thunderstone was suppressed to the point where it was only twenty-five dollars per share.

During the Gulf War, the highest level of the Raytheon stock market surged to thirty-six dollars per share. Although Iraq's missile sea attack broke the Patriot myth, their stock could still remain at thirty-two dollars per share in early January this year.

In just a few months, Leisheng Company suffered heavy losses, its stock price shrank by more than a quarter, and its stock loss exceeded nearly 3 billion US dollars, which was in vain.

Perhaps investors felt that Raytheon's stock had fallen to the bottom. Short orders in the stock market began to drop sharply.

What appeared instead was a large number of long orders.

Among them, one of the fund companies bought hundreds of millions of optimistic options in one go, which made Leisheng Company feel a little embarrassed.

There is an old saying that goes, "The best is to come."

This is just right for Leisheng Company.

July 1997 was the day when Hong Kong returned to China. In this month, Universal announced that their monthly output had reached 20,000 sets. While continuing to supply equipment to Germany, it signed a contract with Canada for 50,000 sets of equipment.

Now, the United States can no longer sit still.

Several countries in Central and South America are all heading to Beijing, hoping to purchase digital individual equipment. Cuba has long sent representatives and has almost stayed in the hotel of the Universal Company, waiting to purchase equipment. Now neighboring Canada has already issued orders of 50,000 sets, and is surrounded by the United States. It is impossible to remain indifferent.

If the whole world changes into digital equipment, the United States' military advantage will be greatly reduced. Especially Cuba's actions make it feel threatened.

They can no longer ignore the great help this new equipment has in combat!

Although many people believe that the Chinese are imitating the United States' "Star Wars Plan" and dragging the United States into a competition for digital equipment, dragging the United States' economy and consuming the United States' strength.

But when faced with some countries it hosts, such as Libya, Cuba and other countries, they all sent purchasing representatives to lobby Universal for selling equipment. No matter how reluctant they are, they have to keep up.

In September 1997, the US Congress finally passed the additional military expenditure case for the Pentagon, totaling $10 billion, and at a price of $50,000 per set of land, it purchased 150,000 sets of digital individual equipment and related supporting facilities from Thunderstorm and others.

This good news immediately stimulated the stock market, and the stock price of Leisheng Company rose in response.

After the first batch of 1,000 sets of equipment were handed over to the military, the stock of Raytheon doubled compared to the price in May, reaching a high price of $5 billion per share!

Investors in the United States are all celebrating their investments correctly.

Xiao Qiang is happier than them.

As the stock price of Thunderstorm soared, in addition to the transaction costs, he made a total of nearly $300 million from Thunderstorm in the past year.

And this is just the beginning!

It’s so cool to use the money you earn from American companies to fight back against American companies!

The next goal is right in front of you!
Chapter completed!