Life at The Top novel Chapter 1857

Rogers shrugged and said, “Somerland’s

stock market has a 10% limit down, so

you are destined to stop at this step, but

what I am responsible for is different.

“Here, I can bring down any industry in

Somerland, and it’ll only take 1 day.’

On the screen in front of Rogers, the real

time futures trading chart was on display.

If there was an unannounced crash in the

stock market, then the investors would

exclaim that this was Somerland’s first

stock market crash. Yet, the sudden

collapse of the futures market would

make most people realize that foreign

forces were deliberately targeting

Somerland’s economic system.

The former was just the natural law of

economic development. As long as the

development period was long enough, no

country or society could avoid an

economic crises like stock market

crashes, and Somerland was no exception.

However, the latter was the blatant result of financial war.

The kind that would kill people at every turn.

During the Cold War, why did the Red Empire, one of the two figureheads of the world, collapse overnight? The United States did not use a single bullet to make the Red Empire that stood proudly in the east and made the world tremble fall to ruin, all because they started a financial war.

And this time, Wall Street capital directly targeted the domestic futures market. This method was far more terrifying than targeting the stock market.

What were the things that could be listed o In the domestic futures market?

Copper, aluminum, oil, wheat, cotton, white sugar, soybeans, and so on.

A closer look revealed that these goods were either basic materials needed for production and construction , or staple consumables required for daily living.

It could be said that these things were the lifeblood of society, and even the country.