Google was weeping, while some companies saw their stock prices soar because of the Android incident.
Apple, for example.
In this incident, Apple phones had not been attacked and were running normally. Although Apple Inc. had not made a huge fuss about how secure its Operating System was, it had quietly arranged for certain people to write quite a few promotional articles.
Apple phone shipments had surged during this period, and after several rounds of reporting, Apple's stock price had risen considerably.
As Mencius said, enjoying alone was not as good as enjoying together. As a scholar, Jiang Hao felt the sage was absolutely right.
Picking up his phone, Jiang Hao sent a brief message to a number. "Liquidate Google stock. Begin shorting Apple in five days."
Jiang Hao's Sinister Claws were preparing to reach for Apple again.
Upon receiving the text, Johnson did not hesitate. Although he knew Google's stock price might continue falling, he immediately closed all his Google short positions. Johnson had also used fivefold leverage. This time, he had invested 3 billion US Dollars, and his total gains exceeded 6 billion US Dollars—an utterly staggering figure.
Johnson had already told those investors that his commission would now rise to 50% of the profits. Even so, those drug lords flocked to him, because Johnson had earned them greater profits than other investors.
Johnson put all 9 billion US Dollars into shorting Apple stock. Countless people were bullish on Apple now, especially while the aftereffects of the Google incident still lingered. Every investor believed Apple was a good investment.
Although the 9 billion US Dollar order was enormous, it was quickly absorbed, because those securities firms believed Apple stock would continue soaring and that the money would ultimately end up in their pockets.
Johnson still used fivefold leverage