8:00 a.m. on March 13, 2006, China time.

That is the time at 9 o'clock in the morning in Neon Country.

At this time, the stock market has entered the call auction stage, and Ajinomoto's stock price jumped by as much as 30%. Ajinomoto's decline drove the entire chemical sector to fall.

Some investors who were still unaware looked confused.

When Kirin launched graphene batteries and sodium-ion batteries, Panasonic and Sanyo had already fallen. Now Ajinomoto's plunge has made small investors howl.

In their view, Ajinomoto has a monopoly on the key semiconductor material AbF. This is a company that they hail as impossible to fall, but now it has jumped 30% at the opening.

"Baga, why did Ajinomoto drop so much?"

"What happened? Panasonic and Sanyo fell before, but now even Ajinomoto has fallen."

"Didn't you watch the news on Mate? 3M has produced AbF substitutes, and Ajinomoto no longer has a monopoly."

"Ajinomoto is our only product that inhibits the semiconductors of the lighthouse countries. Now that the lighthouse countries are able to produce this thing, our semiconductor industry is completely finished."

"They already suppressed us once in the 1980s. Now that they have broken through our technological blockade, our semiconductor industry is destined to decline."

"First, Kirin Group defeated our battery industry, and now 3M has broken its monopoly in the semiconductor industry. Where should our semiconductor industry go in the future?"

"Don't forget that Kirin Group also launched photoresist. Their photoresist is about to monopolize the market. Our company's photoresist can no longer be sold now."

"Oh my God, is the decline of the semiconductor industry going to cause the decline of our economy?"

...

Neon Country 9:29:59.

One second passed and time came to 9:30 in Neon Country. Ajinomoto crashed again after the market opened. This time Ajinomoto crashed by 20%, although Ajinomoto had already fallen by 50%.

But Ajinomoto's stock price hasn't stopped falling yet.

At the same time, semiconductor-related companies experienced collective declines.

Although the speed of the decline was not very fast, panic caused a herd effect, causing the entire Neon Country stock market to fall.

The stock investors were completely panicked when they saw this situation.

"Oh my god, the stock market has collectively fallen. I have to sell my stocks. If it's too late, I'll lose all my money."

"Baga, whoever said that the economy is in decline just now should be sent to Fukushima to feed the fish."

"It's over, it's over, the economy has completely collapsed."

"The events of 1991 will not happen again. Hurry up and exchange your Japanese yen for U.S. dollars. If the Japanese yen falls, it will be over."

...

Neon Country 9:41.

In just the past eleven minutes, the Nikkei Index has fallen by three percentage points. You must know that this is a broad market index, and a drop of three percentage points is very scary.

The entire financial industry in Neon Country is panicking because the stock market decline has not stopped.

...

Lighthouse Country 8:41 p.m.

Although it was almost nine o'clock in the evening, Wall Street was very busy.

Quantum Fund Headquarters.

Soros crossed his legs and smoked a cigar and stared at the K-line on the screen. After seeing the Nikkei index drop by four percentage points, he picked up the phone receiver on the table and pressed the quick dial button.

"Charles, you can take action on the Japanese yen." Jim Rogers said calmly.

...

Goldman Sachs headquarters.

Asia Investment Department.

John II Steven stands in the center of the Investment Department.

More than 30 traders are frantically typing on the keyboard to sell their stocks, and some employees in charge of information are making phone calls to check the situation.

At this time, a bearded man sitting behind John II Steven hung up the phone.

The bearded Keith Barron walked up to John II and said: "Boss, we found out that it is the Quantum Fund that is shorting the yen. They have already started to take action against the Japanese yen, and now many international speculators have followed suit."

"Everyone please mobilize your funds to short the Nikkei Index." John II Steven shouted loudly.

Soros is making such a big splash, this is bound to be a feast, how can they, Goldman Sachs, miss it.

Why is Soros so aggressive?

If Soros was just short selling quietly, they might have received the information so quickly, and the news must have been released by Soros.

Soros did this just to let them join in this carve-up feast.

...

As Goldman Sachs joined the battlefield, many funds also began to join the battlefield. The Nikkei Index fell by 7 percentage points in an instant. The Japanese yen, pursued by Soros, has risen from 116 yen to 123 yen.

And this proportion is still rising.

....

Neon Country 10:30.

The ratio of the Japanese yen to the U.S. dollar has risen from 116 yen to 137 yen.

In other words, in just one hour, Neon Country's overall value depreciated by ten percentage points, and this rate of decline was even more terrifying than in 1991.

...

Near the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Ryoko Tadokoro is conducting interviews and surveys on passers-by.

"Sir, can I interrupt you for five minutes?" Ryoko Tadokoro asked a passing uncle.

The wretched bald man stopped when he saw the snow-white deep groove of Tadokoro Ryoko.

Seeing Tadokoro Ryoko's curvy figure, he couldn't help but lick his tongue.

At this moment, a black shadow fell from the sky.

"Peng~"

The wretched bald man was smashed to the ground by a black shadow.

"Ah~" Tadokoro Ryoko dropped the flyer in front of her and jumped to her feet and shouted.

The sound of the black shadow falling to the ground and the scream of Tadokoro Ryoko attracted the attention of passers-by.

Many women passing by screamed when they saw the scene in front of them.

...

at the same time.

There was a man standing on the roof of the building behind Ryoko Tadokoro.

Jichiro Nakahara glanced downstairs and his legs couldn't help but tremble. He picked up the small bottle of sake in his hand and drank it in one gulp to strengthen his courage.

"Ikeda-kun, why didn't you wait for me?" Jichiro Nakahara murmured.

Jichiro Nakahara closed his eyes and mustered up the courage to take a leap of faith, but when he closed his eyes, he thought of his wife at home, what if he just jumped like this.

Then others will sleep with their wives and beat their children.

Jichiro Nakahara opened his eyes again and looked downstairs.

em.

Even though Jichiro Nakahara had drank half a bottle of wine to strengthen his courage, his fear of heights prevented him from jumping like his opponent.

"I'm sorry, Ikeda-kun. I'm a coward and I don't have the courage. I will take good care of my sister-in-law." Jichiro Nakahara murmured with the intention of giving up.

Isn't it just a loss of 200 million yen? At worst, if I work a few more jobs in the future, I can pay back the money sooner or later. For the sake of my wife and children, I'd better not jump out of this building.

Ikeda Yoshizo: Good brother, thank you. Remember to take good care of my wife.

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