After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future-Chapter 235 - 234: Is This Also Part of His Calculations?
The buying process went smoothly, largely because Tesla released a new car today, which greatly increased market activity.
On the other hand, it was due to Musk, who often made outrageous statements, such as threatening to immigrate to Mars, and was hailed as the modern 'Iron Man'.
Regardless of whether it was good or bad, much like black traffic is also traffic, it at least ensured that Tesla wouldn't fade into obscurity in the financial market.
Near three o'clock, Lu Liang and his team bought another 880 million US dollars' worth of chips, and Tesla's stock price broke through 390 dollars.
"3.96%, continue to increase capital investment, no need to worry about exposure of the capital sources."
Lu Liang worried that delaying could cause problems; it was best to reach a circulating share ratio of 5% before the market closed at four in the morning, triggering the reporting threshold.
At his command, eight traders rapidly manipulated their mouse and keyboards, absorbing the market's floating chips like sponges.
At the same time, Wilson of the JPMorgan Fund, the second-largest shareholder of Tesla, also realized that someone was accumulating shares.
"Buying at a high price? Who could this be?" he frowned, thinking that the positive news about Tesla should have been fully released by now.
The other party had used over one billion dollars in funds, definitely not a nobody. Why hadn't he received any news?
Wilson turned to his assistant: "When will the list of the top ten circulating shareholders for Tesla come out?"
With such a large fund investment, they would definitely make it onto the list of the top ten circulating shareholders, and he would know who was accumulating the shares.
"We'll have to wait until after 4 o'clock," the assistant replied.
The other party had taken action only in the second half, so the statistics on circulating shares would only be disclosed after the market closed.
Wilson contemplated for a while, a smile playing on his lips: "Then let's sell at 395 dollars, take the opportunity to cash out a portion of the funds."
JPMorgan was indeed a major player in Tesla's success, and he personally was very optimistic about Tesla's future, believing it could become another leading global conglomerate tech company after Microsoft and Apple.
Holding chips long-term was the strategic goal, but that didn't prevent them from profiting by buying low and selling high during their ownership.
Take the JPMorgan investment team three as an example, they held Tesla chips worth 6.4 billion dollars, constituting 14.82% of the circulating shares.
Normally, 5 billion was the untouchable base position, but the remaining 1.4 billion could be used for trading or market stabilization.
"Who's the kind soul giving us these chips?"
Lu Liang was taken aback and chuckled, noticing that as they increased their investment, the stock price fell instead of rising, indicating that someone was selling off a large number of shares.
There's a saying, "He who plants flowers with intent, the flowers will not bloom; he who inserts willows without intent, the willows flourish."
Initially, he had been worried they wouldn't complete their stake acquisition tonight for fear of the long night bringing more dreams, but now it seemed he was purely overthinking.
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Approaching four o'clock, Lu Liang looked at the balance in the main account; only 320 million dollars remained, and they were just 0.58% away from reporting their stake.
Even if the sellers stopped offloading their shares, allowing the stock price to jump directly to 400 dollars, their 320 million dollars would be enough.
Lu Liang smiled, "Pull out three people to sell Apple and Microsoft shares, free up some of the funds."
Doubling their money in three months, buying more now would simply earn them more, and the extra earnings could help mitigate the risks of the following uncertain three months.
If people were willing to sell low-priced chips for them to buy, Lu Liang didn't mind buying more.
If enough chips were sold off, Lu Liang was even willing to sell all of the Apple, Microsoft, and NVIDIA stocks.
Even a second reporting of their stake was not out of the question.
As the two institutions clashed, one buying and one selling, Tesla's stock price, although hovering around 395 dollars, saw a surge in trading volume.
If someone were to open the trading volume K-line chart at this moment, they would definitely see a super bullish line that shot straight to the sky.
"How much did we sell?"
"We've recovered 723 million dollars."
"..."
Wilson's frown deepened as he watched that unknown force continue to aggressively purchase shares, with Tesla's stock price nearly uncontrollable.
The smile on his face gradually stiffened, and his eyes showed disbelief as he suddenly got a bad feeling.
Could they have inadvertently sold too soon?
That couldn't be, right?!
Selling too soon should only happen to individual investors.
He was the head of JPMorgan investment group three, not someone to misjudge market trends and prematurely sell off stocks.
Not long ago, Wilson had even spoken with Musk, and other than the new car release, there shouldn't have been any good news in the short term.
As they hesitated, Tesla's stock price broke through 400 dollars per share, creating a new historical high.
Only ten minutes remained,
and today's trading was about to conclude.
Lu Liang pondered for a moment, then issued another order, "Buy as much as you can before closing at $420 a share."
The resistance at $395 was no longer there, signifying that those selling had either run out of shares or given up on suppressing the stock price.
His stake in Tesla was definitely positive news for the market, not to mention, a 5% increase should be expected.
Buying at $420 or lower was guaranteed to at least break even in the short term.
However, in the last few minutes before the close, suddenly another force entered the market, competing with them for shares.
The stock price surged by 7.5%,
breaking through the $420 mark.
Lu Liang was taken aback, "Stop, let's not buy for now."
He roughly knew who was selling and who was buying again.
Without any surprises, it should be Tesla's main backer, a familiar face to Lu Liang, though they had never met in person, but had crossed swords several times—Comrade Wilson from JPMorgan's Investment Group Three.
He must have realized he'd sold too soon and was trying to remedy the situation.
Lu Liang's lips curled into a smile. Suddenly he really wanted to call the other party, to see what his expression was.
Just now, at 4:03 PM, the New York Stock Exchange detected that an institution's holdings exceeded 5%, triggering a stake disclosure reminder.
Tesla was also set to find out who was taking a stake in them; they would then make a public announcement and reveal the details of the stake.
"Fuck!"
Wilson's face darkened. He didn't actually harbor much animosity towards Lu Liang. On the contrary, he even harbored a small amount of admiration.
Although the Western world prides itself on civilization, the nature of the world is survival of the fittest, especially so in the capital markets.
Lu Liang's victory despite their efforts to shut him out was a living legend, deserving of anyone's respect.
Wilson had researched Lu Liang and had collected a lot of photos of him; he even had a magazine with an interview of Lu Liang by Forbes on his bedside table.
His anger was purely because he'd missed out on the sale.
Lu Liang held 6.58% of the shares, well above the disclosure threshold, clearly bullish on the future of Tesla.
Wilson sighed, then his lips curved into a smile. His idol shared his view, bullish on Tesla and willing to put down a hefty sum to back it up.
In a sense, their spirits were intertwined.
No one could rival Lu Liang's foresight, further proving that betting on Tesla was the right choice.
As Tesla issued its stake disclosure announcement, revealed to be Tianxing from China.
The news spread, causing a stir on Wall Street, as various institutions began to chatter.
Each was sharpening their knives, already discussing how to harvest this lost lamb after the six-month lockup period.
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Taking a 6.58% stake in Tesla indicated Lu Liang had invested $2.8 billion of cold, hard cash.
Tianxing Asset Management currently has three funds, managing assets totaling about $7 billion.
This investment accounted for 39% of their entire position.
If they could lock up this portion of funds, even if Lu Liang wouldn't be finished, he would be severely weakened.
Yet, immediately someone stood up to oppose.
Lu Liang had invested $2.8 billion in Tesla, and it would take less than 24 hours for the news to be known throughout the globe.
If they were to break the rules of the free market, it would undoubtedly be a fatal blow to the credibility of the US Stock Market.
Losing is one thing, but making money and not being able to leave,
what would differentiate the US stock market from an illegal gambling den?
"And don't forget, behind Tesla stands the United States Energy Department and the space agency,"
"Doing this would inevitably cause irreparable damage to Tesla's global strategy."
"After all, the last Tesla Gigafactory is in Modu, and Lu Liang is in Modu. If they act slyly, couldn't Lu Liang do the same?"
"Would Tianxing's backers stand idly by as their capital was tied up in US stocks?"
With these words, everyone fell silent.
Although $2.8 billion was tantalizing, it could cost them the credibility of the US Stock Market and a potentially limitless new star company.
This deal didn't seem worthwhile no matter how they crunched the numbers.
A thought emerged in everyone's minds—could this also be part of his calculated plan?
