Chapter 299 (1/2)
The financial turmoil in mid October led to the collapse of the US junk bond market.
A large number of short capital earned a lot, and more people lost their money. Therefore, whether it is out of the consideration of launching a scapegoat to attract media public opinion, or there are other ideas, cersei capital's Secret participation in this crisis seems to be no longer necessary to keep secret.
October 21, Saturday.
New York's ”Daily News” suddenly published a press release titled ”Westeros is coming, so is the stock market crash.”.
The article reviews the Japanese stock market crash caused by Simon's last trip to Melbourne to visit his girlfriend in a playful tone, and then points out that Simon westero and Janet Johnston just stayed in New York for a week before the ”mini crash” on October 13.
If that's all, it's nothing.
However, as a gossip newspaper with a position similar to that of the New York Post, the daily news exposed a lot of inside information about cersei capital in its press release, including its core net asset value. Finally, we will lead the topic to cersei capital and Australian consortia to participate in promoting the collapse of the US junk bond market, and then make huge profits by shorting.
Cersei capital has made $1.6 billion this week, and there is nothing wrong with the daily news article.
However, the intention of this article is obviously not so simple.
However, the public opinion guidance of ”cersei capital and the Australian consortium destroy the US junk bond market” can be regarded as sinister, which is totally to label Simon as a ”US traitor” who leads wolves into the house. Simon doesn't have a sense of belonging to the country he lives in, but he also knows what impact this kind of public opinion will have on his personal image and business map.
Therefore, the public relations team of westero company immediately countered the article of the daily news, pointing out that the scale of short funds against the US junk bond market exceeded $30 billion this time, and it was impossible for any capital force to dominate it. Moreover, the root cause of this collapse is that United Airlines and other enterprises have ignored their own strength and excessively issued bonds. The daily news's attempt to blame cersei capital for the collapse of the junk bond market is a complete slander.
Westero not only made a public response, but also asked the daily news to withdraw its article and apologize on the front page of the newspaper. Otherwise, westero will sue the daily news.
As a supplement to this counterattack, Denise Entertainment's ”Daily News” made a dramatic compromise in just one day. The swift and fierce strike of westero made many people realize that a powerful capital force has been formed in this country.
The reason why the nouveau riche is called the nouveau riche is that they often lack the power and inside information equivalent to their personal wealth. Even if you have ten times as much wealth as other old families, you will still be despised by others.
If Simon westero is just a upstart who suddenly has billions of dollars, the American media, which advocates ”freedom”, will not pay attention to the demands of westero. The compromise of the daily news clearly means that this newly rich man who has risen rapidly in just three years has established the potential power and influence equivalent to his huge personal wealth.
As a result, although the pressure exerted by westero company on the daily news is very obvious, out of fear of Simon westero, after the daily news announced to withdraw the article and apologized, other mainstream media in the United States are very cautious not to continue to discuss a sensitive topic.
No matter how exuberant a fire loses its combustibles, it is impossible for it to spread into a fire.
The major newspapers actively ignored it, while the mainstream TV stations did not discuss it. The tone of the daily news quickly disappeared in other news waves after a brief flash in the pan.
At the end of the day, that's the power of capital.
However, although the media no longer dare to lead Simon to the trend of ”American adultery”, cersei capital's participation in shorting the North American junk bond market has been ignored.
It doesn't seem taboo to just discuss how much money Simon westero has made, or to get a little insight into cersei capital. Some newspapers published similar articles after several times of scratching in the face of this topic which is destined to attract people's attention. As soon as they did not arouse the dissatisfaction of Westeros, other media began to follow up.
Of course, the inside story of cersei capital's operation can not be detected by anyone. Most newspapers only get the semi public information leaked out through some less secret channels of the daily news.
However, there has never been a lack of dedicated people in this world.
Cersei capital's creation of No. 6 to No. 10 sub fund is not a secret for some people, but most of the insiders ignore some deeper information.