Although Viscount Rost had already made up his mind, actually putting it into practice would still take time.
Moreover, in his view, the matter should be promoted and carried out at a rather crucial juncture.
If everyone believed the share prices of the several companies under his command were undervalued, and everyone was bullish, then if he suddenly split the shares, wouldn't the potential crisis from the split be much smaller? Instead, wouldn't it quickly drive the price even higher?
The only thing Viscount Rost was somewhat uncertain about was exactly how to split them.
Should one share be split so that it cost several gold coins to buy one, or should it be split so that several silver coins would suffice?
If people really could invest with just a few silver coins, then basically anyone with access to the Magic Net who had even a little money on them would choose to invest. Perhaps it would create a new miracle.
For a long while afterward, Viscount Rost remained troubled by this matter.
It was not until the magitech convoy was nearing the Southlands that he finally made up his mind and directly split each share into one hundred!
With that, Rost Territory Group Company had a full four hundred million shares, more than one hundred million of which circulated on the Stock Market.
The price of each share fell from thirty gold coins to 0.3 gold coins.
Southlands Development Company carried out nearly the same operation, likewise splitting one share into one hundred.
As soon as the news came out,
it immediately caused a huge uproar.
"What kind of operation is this?"
"Doesn't that mean the price of each share fell a hundredfold? What about the people holding them?"
"Are you stupid? The number of shares held by those