Chapter 2856: Pressure from home and abroad!
It didn't take long for the phone to hang up.
The announcement that the hegemonic country would add another 5 percentage points of tariffs instantly dominated the top ten trending searches on all social media!
The 20% tariff has already broken the defenses of many exporters.
Now that it has been raised to 25%, many people feel like the sky is falling!
In the past, many people on the Internet were overwhelmingly in favor of Chen Mo, but this time, the majority of people from Daxia were scolding Chen Mo.
"What is Chen Mo doing? Is he going to let us exporters survive?"
"There are over 30,000 people in our factory waiting to eat! Now all the orders have been cancelled! Are you satisfied? Are you happy?"
"Aren't you from Tianlongxing? Don't you spend all day online pretending to be a patriot, saying you want to make Daxia rise, take Daxia to the center of the world stage, and let all Daxia people enjoy the same high welfare as the people of Baguo?
Oh, now so many people have no export orders, this is your contribution, right?"
"Look at my lips: Stupid!"
"You're already the richest man in the world, why are you still trying to short-sell a powerful country? Are you just bored?"
"Alright, the hegemonic nation can't sanction you, but it can sanction us!!! Life for us ordinary people is already difficult enough. We're all struggling to survive. Can a wealthy person like you understand?"
"Strongly request Chen Mo to stop short selling!!!"
"Yes, short selling must stop, and the hegemony must stop imposing tariffs!!!"
"Oppose the shorting of Tianlongxing! Tianlongxing must stop shorting!!!" "We don't want the rise of a great power, we only want the dignity of the common people!!!"
"We don't want the rise of great powers, we only want the dignity of the common people!!!"
"We don't want the rise of great powers, we only want the dignity of the common people!!!"
"..."
Soon, the internet in Great Xia was flooded with insults against Chen Mo on various websites.
They even elevated Chen Mo's short-selling behavior to the national level and put the blame on Chen Mo.
Many of them had their interests really affected, so they insulted Chen Mo.
But there are also many people who take the dog food distributed by the foundation and use it to get things done.
Solomon's goal is to create public opinion and put crazy pressure on Chen Mo to make him withdraw from short selling so that the foundation and the hegemonic country can breathe a sigh of relief.
However, many people online also supported Chen Mo: "Are you mistaken? It's the Hegemony that's raising taxes, not the Dragon Star! Why are you criticizing Chen Mo?"
"The hegemonic country is raising taxes on you, you should hate the hegemonic country!
Chen Mo is shorting Baguo, isn't that helping you get revenge?"
“There are so many people eating dog food!”
"If Chen Mo succeeds in his short selling, do you think the hegemonic country will dare to raise taxes again?!"
"..."
On foreign websites, the discussion on this matter is also very high.
The number of discussions on this matter on Twitter and Facebook has exceeded 20 billion.
Although Chen Mo's identity is very special, he is short selling in his private capacity. In theory, he is just an individual entrepreneur who is short selling in the financial market of Baguo.
However, the hegemonic country used nuclear-level financial weapons to deal with him, an individual entrepreneur, and also used the power of public opinion.
This is truly jaw-dropping.
It even feels like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.
"Chen Mo, the culprit, is finally leaving!"
"Yeah, with him around, I lost 10 in stocks in one day!"
"Get out of here now! I curse Chen Mo and his entire family to death!!!"
"Although the process was rather tortuous, in the end, the hegemonic country still won!"
"I can already guess what the Great Xia Congress did. It was nothing more than strong condemnation and protest on the surface.
But privately, they must be putting all the pressure on Chen Mo, forcing him to stop short selling and put an end to this farce."
"It looks like the financial markets of Hegemony are going to rise!"
"Let's make the Hegemony great again!!!"
"..."
Foreign netizens are generally pessimistic about Daxia and Chen Mo, and they all believe that Daxia and Chen Mo will definitely give in.
The port city of Daxia Kingdom, Huo family.
Zheng Yitong and Huo Qigang are firmly in their seats, and the circle below them are all well-known entrepreneurs in Hong Kong!
There are shipbuilding tycoons, gambling tycoons, bankers, and real estate tycoons...
One of the things these people have in common is that they have very large export businesses overseas.
"Old Zheng, we are giving face to you and the late Mr. Huo, so we have not jointly reported Chen Mo.
But now, when the gods fight, not only the common people suffer, but even us demigods are implicated."
Shipbuilding tycoon Bao Gang sighed and said, "Now all the shipbuilding orders under my name have been stopped! You know, in the shipbuilding industry, foreigners, especially the Chinese, are the biggest customers.
I'm already so old, how can I live like this?"
Wu Guangming of the Nine Dragons Group said, "We have a significant share of overseas investments, and Baguo Bank has clearly warned us that we must put pressure on Chen Mo, otherwise our overseas assets will be frozen.
We can’t stand it any longer!”
Lu Zhiping, the boss of Jiahua Real Estate, said angrily: "In my opinion, there is no need for us to come here!
I can't even survive, who should I give face to?!
Just file a joint complaint directly!"
A group of bigwigs spoke up to express their dissatisfaction.
Finally, Li Cheng made the final decision and said, "Old Zheng, none of us would disrespect Chen Mo.
When he shorted Baguo, we all put our lives and fortunes on his shoulders and gave him a helping hand.
But now, he has earned enough, isn't it his turn to repay the favor? "
Huo Qigang couldn't help but say, "Master Li, my master..."
"You have no right to speak here!"
Li Cheng retorted and turned to look at Zheng Yitong.
After Mr. Huo's death, Zheng Yitong had the most say in the Hong Kong capital circle.
Even though Huo Qigang was sitting in a high position, none of the big guys who had just spoken took Huo Qigang seriously.
This made Huo Qigang feel angry and powerless.
He also wanted to help Chen Mo share some of the pressure!
"I'm still too weak..."
Huo Qigang sighed inwardly.
"Everyone, please be patient.
I know everyone is very anxious now, but please believe in Chen Mo.
He was the person that Brother Huo specifically entrusted to him before his death. Even if you don't trust me, you should trust Brother Huo." Zheng Yitong said with a smile.
"Old Zheng, it's not that we don't trust Chen Mo.
But as long as he continues to short sell, other countries’ tariffs will only increase and not decrease.
We can’t do business overseas anymore!”
Li Cheng stood up and said to everyone, "Don't you agree?"
"That's right!"
"If we can survive, who can not support Chen Mo?"
"In my opinion, Old Zheng, you should stop speaking for your third brother. Doesn't your Zheng family's export business account for a large proportion?"
"..."
"Master will definitely succeed! Please, uncles and aunts, give Master some time!" Huo Qigang couldn't help but speak again.
"We give him time, but who gives us time?" Li Cheng said coldly, "Xiao Huo, if you say that the losses of us old guys should be borne by your Huo family, then what will happen if you let Chen Mo remain short forever, let alone give him a few days?
Do you have the courage?"
