On an isolated island, Charlie and his sister were in a daze as they held the news from the Federation the day before in their hands.
The money they made from silver was enough for them to buy a private island and turn it into a fortress.
This was their last guarantee to ensure their safety!
The two of them had a strange expression on their faces. There was an unremarkable piece of news in the "Financial Times" from the Federation in front of them. The news said that the Federation government and the Financial Management Committee believed that there was a certain amount of "fraudulent" operations in the current market.
Through some technical and unconventional means, the price of some things was pushed to a very high position. This made the risk extremely high. It was hoped that any investor would be cautious and think more before investing in this type of product.
The entire report did not mention that this investment project was silver, but anyone could see that it was talking about silver.
"This signal … is a little dangerous."
Charlie bit his nails. He also had the habit of biting his nails when he was nervous.
Charlie nodded. "I have to make a call to figure it out. Otherwise, I may not be able to sleep at night."
Charlie agreed with her idea. Then he picked up the phone and dialed the number of an investor he knew from the Federation.
"I saw the news two days ago. What is the Financial Management Committee trying to do? Why are they targeting us?"
His voice was filled with anger, but there was more fear hidden behind the anger.
Individual behavior and market behavior were always the behavior of the lowest level. The behavior of the state ruled everything.
If a powerful country like the Federation stood up and issued some damn policy at this time, it would be devastating to their actions.
The investor on the other end of the phone was also very distressed. "I have been trying to figure out these things for the past two days. You better calm down. I have also invested a lot of money. I will not watch it go down the drain!
"Also, you should think about whether there's something wrong with your plans …"
This investor from the Federation had invested more than ten million in silver. This did not include the leverage of the financing. He had raised this money from society through various means. It was not his own.
In other words, he had to be responsible for this money, and he had to bear a lot of responsibility.
He was now like Charlie and his sister. He was like an ant on a hot pan. If there was a problem with silver, even jumping off a building would not be the end!
Charlie (Brother) saw that he could not get anything out of him, so his tone changed slightly. "Help me find out as much as you can. Send someone to the Financial Management Committee to ask. I will pay for it."
He was now very rich. What he lacked was a sense of security. If money could buy a sense of security, he did not mind spending a little money to at least make himself more comfortable.
Finally, he reiterated his point. "It doesn't matter if something happened that we cannot change. At least we have to figure out what we are facing.
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Not long after he hung up the phone, Charlie (Sister) walked over from another room. She shook her head as well. "I couldn't get anything out of her. I only heard that it's related to Blackboard …"
Charlie (Brother) frowned. This Blackboard thing … was very troublesome.
. The Blackboard was a market that had nothing to do with formal transactions. People could buy and sell in the Blackboard, but the person who settled the accounts was no longer the other traders or investors, but the person who opened the Blackboard.
People who could open a Blackboard were usually people from gangs or people from big forces. Normal people could not open such a thing, and they could not get people to do it.
Most of the time, the "dealer" was the dealer of the Blackboard. However, the dealers of the Blackboard did not care at all.
If it really exploded, they could just take the money and run away.
If it did not explode, the investors would lose money and all the money would go into their pockets.
Therefore, no matter what, the Blackboard only profited and did not lose money. This became the fuse of some problems.
If someone made a lot of money and the dealer ran away, they would definitely report it to the Financial Management Committee. Once reported, there would be an investigation and many problems would be implicated.
An investor was persuaded by a stockbroker to open a Blackboard account to speculate in silver. Now that the price of silver had skyrocketed, the investor planned to withdraw his investment.
According to his calculations, he should have made a profit of two to three hundred thousand. However, not only could he not withdraw the money, but those people had also disappeared.
"We've been implicated. I'll think of a way to contact that guy and ask him to withdraw the lawsuit."
Sister Charlie sighed. "We've been implicated this time."
After knowing the whole story, Brother Charlie sighed in relief. As long as it was a problem that could be solved with money, it would not be a problem.
He thought for a moment. "Give him more and ask him to withdraw the lawsuit as soon as possible. We have to speed up our plan too!"
After that, the Silver Alliance announced to the world that they would be setting up a Silver Alliance Council. The Council's role was to coordinate the trade and other issues between the member states. It also included military matters.
Once the news came out, the price of silver rose a little. Before the market closed at night, it had risen to 18.77 dollars. It was still 1.23 dollars away from the "threshold" of 20 dollars.
All the organizations thought that the price of silver would definitely break through 19 dollars tomorrow and accelerate towards 20 dollars in a short period of time.
The market was irrational, but at the same time, it was common. To put it simply, when investors did not think that silver would rise to 20 dollars, they would retain some rationality and make a move when they thought it was appropriate.
This made the market prosperous.
However, when the price of silver really rose to 20 dollars, investors would lose their rationality and reduce the volume of transactions. They would directly and steadily increase the price.
If everyone thought so, then they would not sell the silver in their hands. This meant that the market would change.
If buyers could not buy silver at the current price, then they would have to raise the price. This was also one of the factors that caused the price to fluctuate.
The Silver Alliance was very cunning, especially their Silver Alliance Council. The most important part of it was coordination.
In their own words, they could help the member states coordinate in all aspects, including technology and so on.
This was not very attractive to countries like the Federation. However, it was very attractive to countries that were lagging behind or developing.
Some small countries had even submitted applications to join the Alliance overnight. This would all become the driving force for the rise of silver!
Lynch had also seen the briefing. Due to the limited transmission of information in this era, the local reporters had sent the contents of the briefing back to the Federation via telegram. They would first publish it in newspapers and magazines and other news media. Only then would there be more detailed reports.
However, with this brief, Lynch realized that the Charlie siblings had sensed the danger.
Once the price of silver exceeded 20 dollars, hundreds of billions of capital might escape, leaving behind a group of ordinary people who would take over for them.
He sat in the room and thought for a full half an hour. Then, he called Mr. Trumann and explained the situation.
"If we launch it now, it will be at least half a month earlier than we expected..." The estimated time to launch it was the end of May or the beginning of June.
He even teased Lynch. "Your previous plan was not very successful."
He was talking about the informant. The price of silver was rising too quickly. Lynch wanted to slow it down, so he arranged a script.
However, the Charlie siblings might have sensed the danger, so they began to accelerate. This was beyond Lynch's expectations. It was one of his few misjudgments.
In the face of Mr. Trumann's question, Lynch's answer was very calm and powerful. "I'm ready. You just need to do some thinking for Mr. President."
"There won't be any other problems. We can operate and prepare at the same time. Everything is under control!"
Then, Mr. Trumann was silent for half a minute before nodding in agreement. "Then, let's begin!"
On Friday of the second week of May, the news of the Silver Federation's board of directors had spread throughout the country. Furthermore, the price of silver had skyrocketed to 19 dollars and 83 cents. Everyone was celebrating in advance when a piece of news from the Federation shattered everyone's beautiful fantasies!
"The largest open-pit silver mine in human history has been discovered!"
Almost all mainstream media outlets were broadcasting this news, accompanied by various large colorful pictures.
Printing colorful content on a black and white newspaper would increase the cost of the newspaper by a lot. This was not an issue of the ink, but rather, it was an additional process.
The process was the cost, but they still did it.
At the same time, the major television stations also began to broadcast this news. However, compared to the simple pictures in the newspapers, the television stations provided more.
Not only were there field investigations by the exploration team, but there were also aerial photos. They had discovered an open-pit silver mine with an astonishing amount of reserves in Malibu.
According to the results of the Federation's geological survey, this batch of silver, once fully developed, would exceed the amount of silver currently circulating in the market.
This kind of lie was obviously f * cking fake. The silver circulating in the market had undergone many years of mining and refining from many different silver mines.
How could a mine produce so much silver?
However, the problem was that lies and exaggerated claims always had a filtering mechanism. It was like the lies of liars, easily filtering out those who would not be fooled.
These exaggerated facts were also true. It wanted those who believed in these overly exaggerated claims!
This incident happened on Friday. After the market closed on Friday, the market would not open on Saturday and Sunday. However, the price fluctuations would not stop!
Sitting in the trading center, Lynch personally watched as Lyme ended his short gold trade ahead of time and switched to short silver. At the same time, he began to buy up the gold spot.
He was crazily buying up gold without any restrictions!
Once silver collapsed, gold would return to its dominant position as a currency. Lynch knew very well that the Federation would establish a new "Gold Empire." Gold would not only be a precious metal that represented wealth, but it would also have a deeper political value!