Five people who will determine America's path forward gathered in the Oval Office of the White House to discuss future policies.

The security consultant repeated his report again.

When he spoke, no one interrupted, everyone listened carefully to his explanation and thought carefully about the content contained in it.

“Build up our defense budget now!”

As soon as the security consultant finished speaking, the Pentagon representative said immediately.

"We should take tough measures against their development!"

The Secretary of State's attitude was relatively mild. He immediately retorted: "The military budget is already large enough. It is so large that it disgusts Congress. How tough can we be on them? Are you preparing for a war? A nuclear war?"

The vice president, who is also a hardliner, took over and said: "Of course we are not going to start a war. No one will lose their mind and start a war with a nuclear country, but we should change our existing policies. Their rise is not in the interest of the United States."

, and it is not in line with Western interests."

"So, we should unite Europe and contain them."

"Ahem!"

The security adviser coughed: "There are still means of containment. For example, we can form a ring of encirclement in Southeast Asia and island countries and build a large number of missile defense networks..."

The Secretary of State stood up and said in horror: "You are crazy, this is war!"

"of course not!"

The security consultant said slyly: "As long as others take the initiative to let us go, it is not a war... In short, this can slow down their economic development."

"Also, we can also intervene as mediators on India and Pakistan, which will increase their military burden from the west."

"Doing it on multiple fronts, they will spread their energy and consume a lot of money anyway."

The Pentagon representative echoed: "Oil! We control more than 70% of the world's oil. By raising oil prices, our economy can plummet. If they want to continue to develop, they will have to bear a heavy burden!"

The vice president also smiled strangely: "The American consortium has been coveting their wealth for a long time. If a large amount of hot money pours into their stock market, real estate, and this kind of arbitrage opportunity, the consortium will definitely be very happy."

The security adviser smiled knowingly: "After leaking this report through the media, and then our attitude is ambiguous, neither admitting nor denying it, think about it, what will Europe think? What will Southeast Asia, island countries, and South Korea think? Our arms

, can we sell more?”

"That's right! After the Cold War, Europe has drifted away from us. A strong East is not in the interest of the United States, and a strong Europe is not in our interest either!"

"Now, the Western world should be reunited - the manufacturing industry in the East has caused a large number of factories in Europe to close down, and they are also gritting their teeth. We can tease the new Europe and then influence the old Europe. Through the United Kingdom... let Europe gather together again.

Under the flag of the United States." The Pentagon representative understood and explained his views eloquently.

The Secretary of State was stunned and murmured to himself: "You are crazy, you are really crazy! You actually want to start another Cold War!"

Unlike the president, he has a calm mind.

What these people said was for America, but as soon as he heard these suggestions, he knew that some of them were true and some were false.

The ultimate goal is profit!

These people represent the interest groups behind them. The arms dealers want to sell arms to the world through a new round of JS competition.

Oil companies want to raise prices and earn greater profits.

The financial group has taken a fancy to the huge wealth in the East and wants to harvest their money just like they harvested the island countries in the 1990s.

All American interests are a joke!

He sat up straight and said coldly: "They are not the Soviet Union, they are more cunning. Your attempt will never succeed!"

"The other side will not confront us. Even if you force them, they will tolerate it, but they will keep their anger in their hearts. You are playing with fire! You are overdrawing the future of the United States!"

After listening to it for so long, the president felt a little dizzy and had to say: "Okay! That's it! If they don't stop their ambitions now, America will have no future!"

He ultimately made a decision that was in line with the interests of the interest groups.

However, the game is played by both sides, and it is different from the chess record given by the United States. The other side of the Pacific has its own development plan, and they are destined not to place their chess pieces where others want them to.

Chen Weidong also has his own chess to play. Although he doesn't know the effect of this move, he still wants to give it a try.

May 29, 2007.

As expected, the Shanghai Composite Index hit a new high again, reaching the 4,300-point mark in one fell swoop, reaching a maximum of 4,335 points!

The single-day trading volume of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets also increased simultaneously, exceeding 500 billion!

If we count from 998 points in 2005, in less than two years, the market has risen as high as 326%.

During this period, most stocks rose irrationally and crazily, allowing the vast majority of investors who entered the market early to earn huge amounts of wealth that they could never earn at work.

The government has issued a series of warnings and measures for this purpose, such as raising interest rates, increasing deposit reserves, etc...

It's a pity that these policies failed to stop the stock market from rising wildly.

There are still long queues inside securities firms to open accounts, and all kinds of people flock to the market. Walking on the street, you can hear people talking crazily about the stock market at any time.

However, at this historic moment when all investors were rejoicing and experts were shouting that there was hope, late that night, the Ministry of Finance issued an announcement: It is expected to increase the stamp tax rate on stock transaction fees from 1% to 3%.

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The next day is May 30th.

During the collective bidding stage, the market revealed a strange atmosphere. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Baosteel Co., Ltd., Huadian International... many heavyweight stocks opened significantly lower.

The Shanghai Composite Index opened 247.51 points lower than the previous trading day, with a range of -5.87%.

The market was in an uproar.

However, half an hour after the opening, the Shanghai Composite Index relied on strong market sentiment and made a tenacious upward move, gradually rebounding to 4275 points.

At this time, the market index fell only 60 points.

Countless people thought that this time it would open lower and move higher again, pulling out a big positive line like the previous adjustment. Who would have thought that the stock market would continue to fall after ten o'clock, all the way down.

By the end of the day, the two markets had plummeted by more than 6%.

A total of 853 stocks were hit by the lower limit, of which 508 stocks were hit by the Shanghai stock market limit.

The vast majority of investors, including institutions, believe that this is just a small technical adjustment on the way to the stock market rising to 10,000 points.

However, no one expected that in the next four trading days, the Shanghai Composite Index continued to fall, plummeting from a high of 4335 points to a low of 3404 points, a drop of an astonishing 21.7%!

As for individual stocks, it can only be described as terrible. Small-cap stocks have fallen to their limit and then their limit again, and there are stocks that have hit their daily limit 3 or 4 times in a row.

For a time, corpses were everywhere, like the end of the world.

On the afternoon of June 5th, after the stock market closed.
Chapter completed!