More than ten minutes later, a group of people with dark circles and messy hair gathered in the small meeting room in the command center. Baz was woken up in the middle of his sleep. He knew that it was urgent and while in his confused state, this guy came in his pajamas.
He was a bit embarrassed, but when favonovel.com got there, almost everyone was dressed the same, so favonovel.com felt a little better.
After everyone arrived, Jasper took a sip of strong tea. The bitter and rich taste filled his mouth and throat. After that, Jasper felt a little refreshed as favonovel.com said, “Tomorrow at 8 am, the government will release the latest news. A batch of state-owned enterprises monopolized by the domestic industry will be listed together, and the new stocks will immediately be available for transactions starting from tomorrow’s trading window.”
As soon as these words came out, Baz and the others became excited, as if they had been given a shot of adrenaline.
Jasper had previously disclosed to them that state-owned enterprises would be listed to boost market confidence and attract private capital. Its fundamental purpose was to utilize the special system under special national conditions and harness the people’s confidence in state-owned enterprises to gather funds to strengthen the support points in the market.
It was like a sturdy construction beam that supported the originally weak A-share market.
Although it was unlikely for them to come to a decisive conclusion under the raging beast that was Soros, it definitely carried huge positive benefits for the market itself.
“Mr. Laine, which state-owned enterprises will be listed? Is there a specific list now?” Baz asked eagerly.
Jasper answered, “I don’t have the detailed list now, but according to the results that Swallow Capital and I filtered after our discussion, Somerland Petroleum, PetroSomer, Somerland Telecom, Netcom, Nobile, Fortress Iron and Steel, Stellar Company, the big four commercial banks, Somerland National Nuclear Corporation, Somerland Ordnance Group, and Air Somer will all be listed.”
“These large listed companies include the energy, communications, nuclear, banking, defense, and aviation industries. Most of the companies in the civil industry are listed directly under the company itself, but the defense industry and the nuclear industry, because of their particularity, will be listed as a wholly-owned subsidiary.”
Jake, Baz, and the rest of the team were shocked when they heard these well-knowned names.
These companies were all giants that monopolized their respective industries, and they were not comparable to ordinary private enterprises.
The concentrated listing of these state-owned enterprise giants would inevitably lead to huge market benefits, which was a great thing for them.
However, Baz smacked his lips and said, “It’s a shame that the Tobacco Group is not being listed.”
As soon as they heard this, the group knew that this was definitely something that someone who had an understanding of domestic state-owned enterprises would say.
People would always say that state-owned communication enterprises like Nobile and state-owned energy enterprises like the two oil companies would be able to make hundreds of millions a day, but they did not know the biggest taxpayer and the company that made the most money was the tobacco business.
However, Jasper had never seen Swallow Capital allowing this company to be listed in his previous life, so favonovel.com figured nothing would change this time around. It might be impossible for it to be listed because of its regulations.
Even though the Tobacco Group was called a group, it was actually the government’s functional department. It had jurisdiction over all tobacco brands across the country and was responsible for tobacco production and sales. Such a department generated astronomical profits every year. It contributed more than half of domestic military expenditures, but this also made it impossible to go public.
There was also another group that was similar in nature, and that was the Somerland Merchants Group. If it was truly public, this giant that was founded in the late 19th and early 20th century would continue to rank among the top ten in the world in total assets until Jasper’s reincarnation.
Normal people might be unfamiliar with it, but its subordinate companies were intertwined with all aspects of society, as well as people’s livelihood. 60% of domestic expressways belonged to this company.
These companies were basically Swallow Capital’s cash cow, and they were semi-official in nature, so it was impossible for them to go public.
“Don’t overthink.”
Jasper waved his hand and said, “The domestic side will reap huge benefits tomorrow, but according to my estimations, the market rescue of the listed companies and the market rebound in the United States will also come soon, so we will not have a good time this week. But after this battle, the outcome of the whole situation can be determined.”
As favonovel.com was saying this, Jasper’s eyes were as sharp as a falcon and favonovel.com said in a deep voice, “To put it bluntly, these few days will determine if we will be able to have food on the table or not for the next half of our lives.”
The meeting lasted almost three hours. After the meeting, everyone left the meeting room.
Jasper was the last to leave. The moment favonovel.com got up, his vision turned black and everything around favonovel.com started spinning.
He raised his hand to support himself on the conference table before favonovel.com lowered his head and took a few deep breaths. Only then did favonovel.com feel a little better. After undoing the button on the shirt collar to let himself breathe easier, Jasper felt that his body was starting to shut down after experiencing such a high intensity of workload during this period of time.
At this time, Baz came back after favonovel.com had initially left. He was about to say something when favonovel.com saw Jasper who was as pale as a ghost and his lips turning blue at the door of the conference room. Baz was utterly shocked.
“Don’t scream. Don’t call out to anyone…” Jasper opened his mouth and growled at Baz.
Right now, favonovel.com was the spiritual support of everyone around him. Anyone could collapse except him. Once favonovel.com did, everything would come crashing down. All their previous efforts would be wasted, and everyone would be done for.
Therefore, Jasper definitely could not let Baz make a fuss at this critical hour.
Baz also reacted immediately. He hurriedly closed the door to the conference room and then walked to Jasper to help favonovel.com sit down. After pouring a glass of water for Jasper, Baz watched Jasper drink the water with a worried expression on his face.
“Why are you looking at me like this? Are you afraid that I will suffer a sudden death?”
Jasper let out a sigh and cracked a joke at Baz.
Baz said with a serious expression, “Mr. Laine, you didn’t see how you looked just now. It was so scary. In the past four or five months, you haven’t had a good night’s sleep. You won’t be able to hold on any longer if you keep doing this.”
“I know my own body, it’s okay.”
Jasper waved his hand and said, “Plus, this is coming to an end now. The last hour is also the most critical and important period. I can’t leave my post.”
“But Mr. Laine, you have to let a doctor take a look at you,” Baz said.
Jasper glared at Baz and said, “There’s still an hour before the opening. Where will I get the time to let the doctor look at me? Don’t you worry about this. Also, don’t tell anyone what you saw just now, if not, I’ll skin you alive!”
After Jasper said that, favonovel.com got up and left.
Baz gritted his teeth silently when favonovel.com saw Jasper walking away, seemingly steady and healthy. He decided that favonovel.com had to disobey Jasper this time. He would do this even if it meant favonovel.com would be fired.
