The first piece of money-making news Mo Fei received actually came from the Bear Stearns Wall Street Branch. The bank robbery he had personally planned had completely destroyed Bear Stearns's security system. If the police failed to catch the culprits, Bear Stearns's reputation would suffer a severe blow.
Although crisis public relations had been carried out, that did not mean no one knew about it. In the end, the news somehow reached the Morgan Consortium. How they obtained it was irrelevant. What mattered was that **** Bank had long had designs on Bear Stearns: acquiring Bear Stearns, which was also one of the six major commercial banks. However, while **** was stronger than Bear Stearns among the six major commercial banks, Bear Stearns was still doing well at present, making an acquisition extremely difficult.
Now, though, they had such an excellent opportunity. A blow to the other side's security system was a major taboo for a bank. Such an unsafe place would inevitably worry depositors. No matter what the truth was, the news would not care. At the same time, the stock market could be used to effectively strike at their opponent. It would not defeat them outright, but **** was not aiming for success in a single move. This was merely one step; the rest could be dealt with gradually later.
Commercial competition was brutally fierce, like a war. It could be a brief firefight or a prolonged standoff, slowly wearing down the opponent.
The news Mo Fei received had been released by ****. Someone wanted to use this information to make money in the stock market, and that gave Mo Fei his opportunity. At present, his capital consisted of only one hundred thousand dollars spread across three anonymous accounts, along with the financial account of Ghost Investment Company that Jack and the other two had just opened.
Mo Fei had financial knowledge, but he had no intention of making decisions himself. After all, this was his first operation. He planned to follow their lead, buying and selling along with them, whether buying high or low. His capital was limited, and failure was not an option this time.
"The Bear Stearns Wall Street Branch was robbed two days ago. This branch used the latest security system introduced by Bear Stearns, yet those measures proved utterly useless before the robbers. Four million eight hundred thousand dollars was taken from the vault, nearly their entire daily cash reserve," reported the New York Tribune.
Public relations could be handled by either side. As one of America's ten largest consortiums, **** possessed formidable power and could easily manage several media outlets.
"A single robbery has shown us Bear Stearns's latest security system. It was so fragile that it proved helpless against three robbers armed with three handguns. Can we therefore say that, if the robbers wished, they could come to the bank and withdraw money whenever they pleased?" reported New York News.
The New York Times was relatively more objective. "In the Bear Stearns Wall Street Branch robbery, the robbers first drew away all nearby patrol officers. Then three robbers stormed into the bank. Their operation was extraordinarily swift, taking only five minutes to make off with four million eight hundred thousand dollars in cash. What other unknown details may be involved remains unclear at this time."
"After receiving this news, our reporter went to NYPD headquarters yesterday to learn more. However, we did not meet Chief George Stacy, the person in charge of this robbery case. We did obtain another piece of information: Mr. Tony Stark has arrived in New York and is reportedly assisting the police with the investigation. This newspaper will continue to follow the matter!"
News of Tony Stark's arrival was released. After speaking with George Stacy yesterday, he had not noticed George Stacy's probing at all. Instead, he had focused entirely on the method of intrusion. At present, he did not know whether it was Artificial Intelligence, but he knew of no one who could breach the firewalls of both a bank and a monitoring center, slip inside without a sound, and leave without a trace.
"Whether or not they had an insider, their technical work was indeed impressive!" Tony Stark had said in the end.
After their conversation, he left NYPD headquarters and arranged to visit the bank today for an on-site investigation. Tony Stark was unusually diligent this time. At eight in the morning, he arrived at the bank entrance with his assistant Thomas, only to find a large crowd of reporters there.
"Mr. Stark, why did New York Police invite you here?" A microphone thrust directly toward him, coming within inches of Tony Stark's face.
"Mr. Stark, are you a suspect?" Another reporter was even more brazen. Perhaps he did not actually want an answer. Maybe what he wanted was Stark's fury.
All sorts of questions kept coming. A cluster of microphones surrounded Tony Stark's face without restraint, but he had seen this sort of scene countless times. He had nothing to say about this matter, so he said nothing and entered the bank directly with the police's assistance.
Mo Fei knew nothing about this. He no longer cared about the bank at all and was watching the stock market. His one hundred thousand dollars moved along with the investment companies that had received the news, and he had already earned thirty thousand dollars.
As soon as the market opened today, Bear Stearns's stock began to fall slightly. It was soon pushed back up, only to repeat the cycle. Mo Fei made a small profit by following them, but at this rate, it would be difficult for him to make serious money. Still, Mo Fei did not dare let down his guard. His capital was limited; one excessively large swing could wipe him out completely.
Mo Fei was becoming somewhat restless. He had thought he could quickly earn a huge sum of money, but reality was rarely so accommodating. More importantly, he was not even human now.
"How can I speed this up? Even if I wanted to instantly get tens of billions of dollars like Ultron right now, it would be impossible. The gap is too great." Mo Fei had once thought he could obtain countless dollars in an instant, just like Ultron, but now it seemed utterly impossible. He did not possess that ability.
Suppressing his restless emotions, he continued following the investment companies and accumulating funds bit by bit. He proceeded cautiously, unwilling to lose even a single dollar of his principal. His wealth began to grow slowly.
Meanwhile, Tony Stark was inside the bank. He took out his specialized laptop and began infiltrating the bank's security system. However, once he encountered the firewall, his intrusion speed noticeably slowed. He began constantly probing the firewall, seeking weaknesses within it rather than breaking through by force.
The system was under intrusion, but no damage had begun yet. It simply cleared the various junk data sent by Tony Stark as normal, so no alarm was triggered. However, this would inevitably leave traces.
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