The five hundred and fortieth chapters come to New York
On Monday, June 16, 1986, the U.S. stock market crashed. The Dow Jones index plummeted 507 points, a decline of 22% of the market, and 900 billion US dollars in market value were wiped out. On this day
Known as "Black Monday".
This is the information Liu Lang got from the "long river" of memory.
The term "Black Monday" was also born from this stock market crash. This term seems to have the power of a curse. Since then, most stock market crashes have occurred on Mondays.
In fact, it is easy to understand that the stock market will fluctuate greatly every Monday. Because the stock market is closed on the weekend, a lot of information will come out in two days, and some people will make judgments. When the market opens, the index will inevitably fluctuate violently.
Already.
Liu Lang arrived at New York, the largest city in the United States, known as the capital of the world, a week in advance. Following him were Sun Hu and Sun Mingren, and Louis Wang, who works at the Harvard Institute of Economic Research.
But Liu Lang specially called Professor Wilson to "rent" it. Liu Lang's explanation was that he wanted to ask Lewis for some investment information.
Wilson immediately agreed to Liu Lang's request without hesitation. Not to mention one Louis, ten or eight people would lend money to Liu Lang. In his eyes, Liu Lang's value was much higher than that of his subordinates.
As for Liu Lang's parents, they didn't come with them. They were looking for a house near Stanford University. Liu Lang was going to school soon and the place to live had not yet been decided. Liu Lang's parents didn't know anything. Their task was to choose a suitable place.
They felt comfortable in the place. As for the matter of finding a house for them, it was left to Moran.
Moran arrived in Los Angeles a few days ago and took Liu Donglai and his wife and Sun Hu's wife to stroll around Stanford University. They will be able to decide in the next few days, and then they have to find a kindergarten for Sun Hu's son. Of course
, all the expenses were paid by Liu Lang. Liu Lang could not afford tens of millions of dollars now, but tens of thousands of dollars was really nothing to him, not to mention that he was about to become a multi-millionaire.
When Liu Lang and the four of them came to New York, they didn't need to look for a hotel. Nike has set up a branch in New York. Knight's time in New York during the year is basically the same as the time he spent at the Silicon Valley headquarters, so he also owns property here.
It is a room on the 31st floor with an area of more than 120
The price of this high-rise residence is more than 300,000 US dollars per square meter, which is close to 3,000 US dollars per square meter. This price can be regarded as a luxury house, but Liu Lang always feels that this price is comparable to the houses within the first ring of the capital.
It is really weak. Of course, that refers to the era twenty years later.
This mansion is less than 300 meters away from Manhattan Square. Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see the famous Times Square.
In Liu Lang's previous life, Times Square in New York was known as the crossroads of the world. A grand New Year's Eve party was held every New Year. Liu Lang had seen on TV that the sky full of fireworks and the surrounding brightly lit skyscrapers filled the night sky.
The illuminated scene is indeed very shocking.
However, that was the scene twenty or thirty years later. It is now 1986. Even though it is the most prosperous area of the first city in the United States, it can only be regarded as barely worthy of attention in Liu Lang's eyes.
The area around Times Square is indeed very prosperous, with neon lights shining all night long, but the buildings are still ordinary. For example, the tallest building is only the New York Times, a fifty-two-story building with a height of less than 200 meters, which is not even a few kilometers away.
Half the height of the two skyscrapers known as the Twin Towers, but these two skyscrapers will collapse in fifteen years...
In addition, there is also the famous Broadway and Fifth Avenue with the largest number of luxury jewelry stores in the world. These are iconic terms of Times Square and even New York. Countless foreigners have heard the legends about these places and flocked there without hesitation.
Got here.
However, in Liu Lang's eyes, these so-called "beautiful" places in New York in the 1980s could not fully represent New York. He felt that depravity, violence and disorder were more appropriate.
The streets around Broadway are filled with various pornographic performance venues. The pink neon lights combined with the women with exposed figures convey an aura that makes men's blood rush.
And in the darker corners are the territory of those down-and-out homeless people and idle drunkards, and by the way, there are also the black people hiding in the shadows who are engaged in shady business... No, the black people just act as thugs.
, behind them are often white criminal groups with deep backgrounds, such as the most famous New York gangs and the Italian Mafia. Their tentacles spread throughout New York, and even the police are deeply afraid of them.
The current public security situation in the United States is really terrible, racial discrimination is getting worse, and gangs are also very arrogant. Therefore, during the period from the 1980s to the 1990s, this place was really not a paradise, at least for ordinary people.
This is true for people of different social classes.
However, the security here in Manhattan is still much better. After all, rich people live here. There are obviously many more police officers around Times Square. Some people who look like deer heads and rat eyes will be taken aside for questioning, and they will be pressed down if they resist the slightest.
On the ground.
Liu Lang stood in the room and looked down through the floor-to-ceiling windows. To be honest, the Times Square below may not be much better than the night market in his hometown of Fucheng more than 20 years later, but the wealth here is not comparable to other places.
Sun Hu walked around the house as always, and opened the windows to see if people outside could climb in, but this was over thirty floors, so it was only possible unless he was Spider-Man.
Sun Mingren and Louis Wang tidied up the room, and then put the KFC fast food bought from downstairs on the table. A few of them hadn't had dinner yet. Liu Lang was tired after a day's flight and wanted to take a rest early.
The four of them simply washed their faces and sat around to eat.
"Brother Wang, the recent stock market is very interesting. It is developing in the direction I want. How about it? Do you want to make a fortune?"
Liu Lang asked while stuffing a piece of chicken leg into his mouth.
Louis Wang had been in contact with Liu Lang in the past two days and became familiar with each other. He knew that the reason why Liu Lang called him was to create an opportunity for him to stand out in front of Professor Wilson.
This is enough to show that Liu Lang is very sure about this stock market crash. In fact, the stock market seems to be developing in the direction he expected. The violent fluctuations in the market have greatly increased the probability of a stock market crash.
Technically speaking, if the probability of a stock market crash was one in 10,000 a month ago, it would now be one in several hundred. Although it is still very low, if Liu Lang's "prophecy" is added, Louis Wang
He is convinced that there will be a high probability of a stock market crash. Although he is not convinced that the Dow Jones Index will plummet by 500 points in one day, 300 points is still possible.
"I have been working for five years and I haven't saved any money. I only have US$10,000, which I brought with me."