To be honest, if we only analyze the current situation, Bernard Arnault, his opponent, is far ahead and basically has a chance to win.
But Ning Weimin and Pierkaton's side are now at a full disadvantage.
For no other reason than because Bernard Arnault collected chips much earlier than them and the cost was lower.
Especially with the help of Lazard Investment Bank, a financial expert in Jewish capital, it has obvious technical and financial advantages.
Even now, Bernard Arnault's shareholding has reached 43.5%.
It can be said that if the market market continues to improve and no accidents occur, then no matter who wants to snatch LVMH away from Bernard Alnu, there should be basically no chance.
Then, the direction of this matter should be the same as in the original history. LVMH, the biggest pearl in the luxury goods industry, will naturally be included in Bernard Arnault's bag.
Whether it is LV, MH, or the British company Guinness, they will all end in disgrace, and will be kicked out step by step, and will eventually end up making wedding dresses for others.
Even if Ning Weimin finally has the funds he can raise in his hands, it will not help if he hides and watches.
Because of his lack of overall strength and lack of an upper hand, he could only sigh in the air and watch the "Wolf King in cashmere" achieve the hegemony of his luxury goods empire.
It is very likely that in the end, he will have to bear the actual losses caused by filling the short position at a high position.
However, the only turning point in this matter is that "Black Monday", a global stock market crash that broke out in the United States, has been almost arranged by God.
As expected, this "accident" was the best opportunity God left for Ning Weimin to "pick peaches".
As a time traveler, Ning Weimin knows very clearly what destiny is and cannot be violated.
Some things are destined to happen. The more complex the causes, the less likely they will be interfered by any force.
Although he is not sure how much impact he will have on the trajectory of the world.
Will his arrival create a butterfly effect?
Could it really have happened on "Black Monday" as he remembered?
But as long as he is sure that the stock market crash is already on the line, it is inevitable.
As long as he knows that no stock market in the world is immune to this disaster, it will cause a huge decline.
Then that's enough.
The most wonderful thing is that according to the original history, this "Black Monday" is an opportunity for countries to worry about market risks and thus launch a series of measures to prevent financial risks.
In other words, before this incident happened, no circuit breaker mechanism had been introduced in the stock market of any country in the world.
So theoretically speaking, once a stock market crash occurs, under this unilateral downward trend, there is no force that can restrict the violent decline of the stock market based on panic and inertia.
This disaster will unleash all its horrific damage, and its process will definitely be a torrent of crushing steel that can break the heart of anyone who is unprepared and make them pee.
Of course, the first thing that can be determined is that investment banks like Lazard will inevitably run out of funds when encountering such a rapid shift in market trends, and it is impossible not to suffer huge losses.
In other words, if a stock market crash breaks out, Lazard Bank will lose no amount of money unless it quickly sells its stocks to avoid risks.
So as a party that invests in supporting Bernard Arnault, all decisions and measures they make based on emergency hedging will inevitably affect Bernard Arnault's shareholding in LVMH.
As for Bernard Arnault, he only plays "karate" and his strength is limited.
One wonders if even Lazard Bank could not handle such an unexpected situation, could Bernard Arnault be able to handle it on his own?
You can imagine how difficult it would be for him to fully withstand the impact of the stock market crash and keep his current shareholdings unchanged.
Not to mention that this guy managed to put his own Dior clothes on the market.
And the funds raised from the IPO were used to purchase LVMH shares.
Now it's better. Originally, it was enough for him to suffer only one company going through the stock market crash. Now there are two. It's no wonder that his small body can handle it!
To put it bluntly, by doing this, this guy is giving himself more leverage!
Everyone knows that if such a sudden stock market crash occurs, who will die the most?
Of course they are people who use leverage to trade stocks.
Needless to say, this guy will suffer when the time comes.
How great it was to make money at the beginning, but how painful and miserable it was to fall!
As the saying goes, if you don't do it, you won't die. Since he did it himself, who will die if he doesn't die?
Even his "wonderful strokes" invisibly solved all of Ning Weimin's most distressing and worrying problems.
Originally, Ning Weimin was worried that even if a stock market crash occurred, if this guy pretended to be dead and lay down to resist, he would not be able to find enough chips to make a deal. It might be difficult to buy enough low-priced chips to fulfill the master's duty as a friend and help him.
Henri Lacamier wins back the company.
The result is that now, this Dior clothing, which has just been launched, has a circulation market value of nearly 900 million US dollars. In the future, it will become a wound that the enemy will bleed but cannot save.
In the eyes of Ning Weimin, this Dior clothing company is easier to attack than LVMH itself and can be easily grasped as a bargaining chip.
So even if Bernard Arnault can really resist selling one share of LVMH now, when the stock market crash occurs, he will be unable to make a comeback and change the outcome of the disastrous defeat.
Even if he doesn't get it right, if he makes a wrong decision, it might even involve his own Dior clothes.
This was the script that Ning Weimin secretly arranged for him. Ning Weimin wanted to use the power of the catastrophe to dig a grave for him to bury his ambitions.
So in order for this revenge drama to be staged smoothly, Ning Weimin, who was busy calculating, did not even bother to have lunch.
He just briefly explained his views on the new situation to the master, and after initially reaching a consensus, he hurriedly took the time to start taking action with the master to lay out the situation.
First, of course, is to meet Henri Lacamier.
Before the final showdown, whether it is based on the morality of being a disciple or based on practical needs, they must first unify their opinions with this most important alliance partner and formulate a plan of action for mutual cooperation before they can finally win.
Otherwise, if even this ally refuses to cooperate, why are they still trying to make peace?
As for Ning Weimin's request, it is actually very simple.
He only needs the former LV boss, who has been increasingly marginalized in LVMH, to do two things for him.
The first is to provide sufficient ammunition.
Given that there are not many LVMH shares available for trading in the current market.
Also considering that once the plunge caused by the stock market crash begins, it may be even more difficult to raise enough LVMH shares from brokerage firms to sell.
Therefore, Ning Weimin proposed that Henri Lacamier should authorize him to lend him a portion of LVMH shares so that he could control the market in the secondary market.
Second, Ning Weimin needed Henri Lacamier to express all his dissatisfaction with Bernard Arnault to the public.
You can even bluff to the media and pretend to have collected some evidence and are about to launch a legal prosecution against Bernard Arnault.
Whether it's suing him for illegally acquiring LVMH shares, manipulating stock prices, tax evasion, etc.
Anyway, as long as there is a relevant crime, the purpose is to have a reason to short-sell, so that French investors can feel that there is something wrong with LVMH's management, and it is no longer safe to hold this stock.
I have to say that when we met again this time, Henri Lacamière's attitude was completely different from the last time.
I don’t know if it’s because Bernard Arnault now thinks he has a lot of power. He is becoming more and more arbitrary and arbitrary in LVMH, and his actions are becoming more and more unscrupulous.
Or it was because this guy had already brought Alain Chevalier, the former head of MH, into the hospital first.
Or maybe Bernard Arnault has already placed many of his people on the board of directors, and has already said that the next step is to implement a seventy-year-old retirement system within the company.
In short, Henri Lacamier has become a man at the end of his rope. Under the oppression of Bernard Arnault, he not only has no unrealistic fantasies, but also no condescending self-righteousness.
On the contrary, seeing Ning Weimin and Pierre Cardon was like seeing a life-saving straw.
You Qi learned that they had been trying to confront Bernard Arnault and had never given up on helping him regain the company.
Henri Lacamier was so moved that he was crushed to death and he agreed to all Ning Weimin's requests without saying a word, which was particularly decisive and straightforward.
He even particularly welcomed Ning Weimin's second request.
Because to be honest, he had already felt that he couldn't bear it anymore, but he was always afraid of the consequences.
Now Ning Weimin told him that he no longer needed to endure it. If falling out with Bernard Arnault in public would increase the possibility of defeating this opponent, why wouldn't he be overjoyed?
Nothing else. With Henri Lacamière's approval and full cooperation, Ning Weimin's most important offensive weapon was basically in his hands.
So the next step was for Ning Weimin and Pierre Cardon to go to CLSA to negotiate a contract to increase the credit line.
Although in terms of time, it has basically reached the last moment of the stock exchange, and it is almost time for the securities companies to get off work.
It’s so urgent to find someone to negotiate and cooperate with, and it’s hard to get a positive response in such a hurry.
What's more, the French work attitude is world-famous for being casual and comfortable, and few people are so dedicated that they are willing to work overtime.
But it is worth mentioning that although CLSA is one of the top securities firms in France, it is a financial subsidiary of Calyon Suez.
Therefore, given that Ning Weimin has long been one of the most important private clients of Crédit Agricole Suez in the Asian market, at the request of Crédit Agricole Suez to send a special representative, the general manager of CLSA’s French sales department was still
We made an exception to receive Ning Weimin and Pierre Carton.
Then with the guarantee of the bank representative, the person in charge quickly agreed to the conditions required by Ning Weimin.
That was to expand the credit shares of his and Pierre Cardon's accounts by 50% each, and also promised that all the current LVMH and Dior clothing stocks under the name of CLSA could be lent to them for short selling.
In this way, the 800 million US dollars currently in Ning Weimin and Pierre Cardon's hands can be used as 1.2 billion.
In other words, starting from the next day, in order to make a profit before the stock market crash started, Ning Weimin could obtain stocks worth US$1.2 billion through a securities company and sell them short in the market.
Then after making money, they can further increase their financial strength and enhance their ability to grab chips with a 50% credit margin.
That's not all. Even after reaching this step, the wolf trap has been basically put in place, but Ning Weimin is still not satisfied.
The next thing he has to do is to summon the allies, mobilize more forces that can work together, and unite all the forces that can be united to serve as his auxiliary.
Ning Weimin not only called Shen Cun, his cheap cousin who was handling assets in the United States at this time, but also asked him to help pay attention to the recent situation in the U.S. stock market. He also suggested that he could short Lazard Bank in the U.S. stock market and make a profit.
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Later, he even invited his "good friends" in France to hang out in Paris in the name of a dinner party.
So when it was known that he had come to Paris again, Yves Saint Laurent, who had been hiding in the villa and refused to see anyone because of depression, showed up.
Pierre Bergé, general manager of Yves Saint Laurent, who was busy preparing for the Paris Autumn Fashion Week, arrived at the appointment on time.
Even Catherine Deneuve, who went to the mountains of northern France to watch the excitement of the hunting season and ride horses, and Alain Delon, who was still supervising the work in Saint-Tropez, both came by plane as soon as possible.
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And this time, the result of a simple dinner gathering with a few people was also very ideal.
Just after the meal, these people began to go their own way, raising money as much as they could, and preparing to join the money-making plan provided by Ning Weimin.
To be honest, Ning Weimin certainly didn't expect them to raise much money.
He had no hope that these people would be able to provide him with much substantial help when he launched a financial attack with real money.
However, for these friends who will definitely be of use in the future, it is necessary to form a good relationship as time goes by.
What's more, each of them is a well-connected public figure.
In this matter, what Ning Weimin valued was actually their influence on the public.
Because as long as these people all say that there are flaws in the management of LVMH and Dior, which do not match the current market value, they will even frankly admit that they intend to short.
So for the public, it is natural that there will be a sudden shock.
It's okay when stocks don't fall, but once a stock market crash comes, this information obtained in advance can double the fear in the hearts of those who hold stocks.
What does the so-called financial war and stock market showdown actually rely on?
Isn't it just taking advantage of human nature and increasing human fear and greed?