Chapter 48: Bubble Collapse (2)
December 26th.
I called Ha Joo-seong over for a chat—it had been a while.
“The Nikkei’s been climbing pretty high, huh.”
“...”
Ha Joo-seong paused, then gave me a weird look.
“...Is this about that again?”
“I don’t know what that is, but heh, I called you here to get ready for a short sell. We talked about this last time, didn’t we?”
Everyone knew the Japanese stock market had shot up way too high.
But... what would happen next? That’s where opinions split.
Most Japanese companies were betting it’d go even higher. The insane bubble had already gone way past any real value, but they still believed the numbers they could see in front of them.
Adults really do love their numbers, don’t they? Honestly.
“I’ve already put together a plan. Since you worked at Nomura, we’re not gonna mess with them—they’re too big. Let’s make them allies... and fleece some of the easier targets.”