Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 640 The third step: secretly crossing Chencang

"Damn it! Damn it!"

The early summer sunshine shines through the wide glass windows into the executive conference room on the third floor of Swire Bank, but it cannot bring even a hint of warmth to the senior executives of Swire Bank who are seated orderly at the oval conference table.

At this time, there were not only members of the bank's board of directors, but also all senior executives of the Schweizer family in Hong Kong.

If yesterday's large Chinese customers' group withdrawal only caused a lack of liquidity to Swire Bank, then the sudden public opinion trend today may have an impact on all the family's businesses in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong City is, after all, the place where Chinese people live.

They also make money from Chinese people.

It is definitely not a trivial matter to stir up national hatred.

Noah Swire, the CEO of Swire & Co., Ltd. and the top figure of the Swire family in Hong Kong, who was sitting in the first place, slapped the "People" newspaper in his hand on the table with an angry and ferocious expression, and at the same time his light blue eyes. There was another hint of fear in his eyes.

The news content on the front page of the newspaper is the dark history that the Schweizer family least wants to mention.

For nearly a century, they have tried their best to erase that sinful past, and the effect has been very good. With the death of the older generation, almost no one remembers the "Pig Incident".

In addition, for many years, the family has been doing some good things to care for the Chinese, which has made them very famous and well-known. Among the four major foreign companies, they are the least disgusted by the Chinese, and they are even loved.

And now this report has wiped out their years of hard work.

Noah Schweizer certainly had reasons to be angry.

"At all costs, let the People's Daily publish a clarification notice stating that the content of the article was fabricated by a reporter with anti-Eagle sentiments! Do you hear me?"

Camilla Schweizer, who is in charge of public relations in the family, stood up and said that she had heard it. However, she wore exquisite makeup to hide the erosion of the years. Her slender eyebrows frowned unconsciously, and she said in a deep voice:

"Maybe it's not easy to handle. The current editor-in-chief of "Baixing" newspaper is famously tough."

A cold light flashed across Noah's eyes. "Did I not make it clear? I said it, no matter the cost!"

When he said this, he looked at his cousin who was a beauty when she was young, and recalled some good memories. He softened his voice and said, "Camilla, you should understand the seriousness of this matter. If you don't kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, you won't be able to protect other newspapers." They will also follow the trend, which is obviously a news selling point that the public is very interested in!”

Camilla's heart trembled, her red lips pursed and she said, "I'll try my best."

In fact, Noah has deeper worries - the mysterious Eastern country next door is the starting point of their family's fortune; past history also proves that this land where the Chinese live is the family's blessing. We do business with North America, but nowhere do we do it better than here.

Now that the mainland has been reopened, after decades of waiting, we are finally looking forward to returning to the land of prosperity and the opportunity to return to the vast and unparalleled market. At this time, we must not arouse the hatred of the Chinese, otherwise the customs and customs of the mainland The environment, let alone making a fortune, it may be difficult for them to even enter the "gate".

This is a strategic plan and there is no room for error!

"The companies you each control will immediately introduce some friendly policies that are beneficial to the Chinese. For example, Cathay Pacific will provide caring services. If I hear that there is any discrimination against the Chinese recently, Lucas, I will only ask you. !”

Lucas Schweizer, the head of the airline who was named, shrank his neck and responded: "Understood!"

"The top priority is the bank." Noah said, getting up from the soft-backed chair, walking to the wide glass window, looking downstairs.

It didn't matter at this point, but suddenly I found that there was a huge crowd in front of the bank gate downstairs. The number of people queuing up to withdraw money was more than ten times larger than before the meeting. Noah's scalp felt numb.

Noticing his surprised expression, several Swire Bank board members stood up one after another and walked to the window sill to take a look, and soon their expressions became exactly like his.

The road in front of the bank showed signs of being paralyzed.

"If this continues, the bank's cash flow will be depleted!"

"What kind of cash flow? The cash flow was emptied yesterday. It's all raised cash, don't you know? If it gets worse, the bank's assets will be emptied out!"

"Oh my God, have you seen those luxury cars on the roadside? There are also big customers coming to visit!"

"Damn Quinlan! They think they can defeat us like this. It's ridiculous! My Schweizer family has been prosperous for two hundred years, and we haven't seen any big storms." The person who said this angrily was Hebrew Schweizer. He noticed a few An angry look fell on him.

"Get out!" Noah pointed at him and yelled angrily, "Get out of here quickly to maintain the situation. The big customers can convince each one of them!"

Hebrew's face was bruised and white, and he had never been scolded like this in his whole life.

"Noah, believe me, Quinlan Investment is actually just a leather company. Their biggest backer in the port city is the Dong Chuanwang family. It's not surprising that the Dong Chuanwang family has caused some trouble, but that's all. , we are fully capable of withstanding this counterattack. After all, I have saved the family perhaps billions in expenses."

After he said this, he walked toward the door of the conference room.

Noah looked at his back with an uncertain expression. Between the current bad situation and the sword of Damocles hanging over his head caused by the tens of billions of short-selling business, how should he choose? To be honest, if he were to choose , he will also be in a dilemma.

<divclass="contentadv">"That's right!"

Noah suddenly remembered something and slapped his thigh suddenly, "Stock market! Quick, quick, go see what's going on in the stock market!"

With this public outcry and the bank making such a big fuss, the stock market will definitely be affected. The company's overall funds are currently tight. If the stock market explodes again, it will be even worse.

A figure rushed out of the office.

Not long after, he came back and reported with a touch of joy: "The stock market has fallen a little, but not by much. Obviously the capital market is not stupid. It knows that our overall business is operating well and is still optimistic about us in the long term."

Noah sighed secretly, this is probably the best news he has heard in the past two days. "How much of a drop?"

"It's a small drop of three cents."

Everyone in the Schweizer family in the conference room looked a little pale, but they could accept it. If something like this happened, it would make no sense for the stock not to fall.

At the same time, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was in a very large VIP room.

Along the wall, in an L shape, nine special computers are placed, with a professional trader sitting behind each. Liu Jingyan and her master Gong Kening were also present.

Clap clap clap clap!

The sound of fingertips tapping on the keyboard is endless.

Next to the wall on the side of the closed door, on a black leather sofa, Li Jiankun and Dong Haoyun sat side by side. On the small round glass coffee table in front of them, there was a simple Kung Fu tea tray.

"Is it too exaggerated to open ninety accounts?" Dong Haoyun asked with a smile.

"Be careful with your ship." Li Jiankun handed over a cup of Phoenix Dancong. "Their family holds nearly 40% of the shares of the foreign company. We must not let them know about our acquisition plan for the time being, otherwise as long as they We have no chance of launching a counter-takeover."

I think he used the same trick at the beginning to quietly acquire nearly 20% of the shares of "Wharf". Although in the end, due to lack of strength and the lobbying of Fenghui's chief executive Shen Bi, he gave it to the chartering king, but he He also made a huge profit of nearly million Hong Kong dollars, and exchanged it for the opportunity to join Hutchison Whampoa.

In this regard, the two older shipping kings, Bao and Dong, seem to be less knowledgeable.

Dong Haoyun still had doubts in his mind and asked: "But with such a large-scale acquisition, no matter how careful we are, it will inevitably cause the stock price to skyrocket, right?"

"Therefore, a balance must be struck. Public opinion must not stop. Small investors in the market must be either hostile or lose confidence and sell stocks aggressively, causing the stock price to continue to depreciate. This can be used as a hedge against our acquisitions. Only in this way will the stock price fluctuations appear. It’s relatively reasonable and can hide us better.”

This is the essence of the "secret crossing into a warehouse" in the Thirty-Six Strategies.

Li Jiankun's move was more beautiful than when Li Jiacheng made a move on "Wharf". At that time, Li Jiacheng only focused on hiding himself and ignored the hedging in the market, so that he single-handedly reduced the share price of "Wharf" from 13 Hong Kong dollars to 13 Hong Kong dollars. Pushed to HK$56.

In this way, if Jardine Matheson no longer sees any problems, then it’s really time to go to bed.

Therefore, the subsequent "Wharf War" between the Shipping King and Jardine Matheson was actually not an easy fight. From September 1978, when the Chartering King took over the shares of "Wharf" from Li Jiacheng, the battle continued until June 9. The government was forced to sell iron and go into debt, using nearly HK$1980 billion in funds.

It can be said that one can injure the enemy by one thousand and injure oneself by eight hundred.

Dong Haoyun's cloudy old eyes were filled with sparkle, and he smiled knowingly and said, "It seems it's our two old guys' turn to take action. I'll leave the matter here to you and Jiacheng. We don't understand much anyway."

Li Jiankun slapped a rainbow fart and said: "Who else could I take next to you?"

Among the four major shipping kings in the port city, the other two have collapsed, and Dong and Bao are the only two remaining. No one dared to question their energy, let alone the two joining forces.

Dong Haoyun finished the last sip of tea in the small white porcelain cup, patted her butt and stood up, ready to go to work. I took another temporary look at Li Jiankun to see if the "marshal" still had an explanation.

"It is not appropriate for families to take the lead and form groups together to find topics. If the fire starts a prairie fire, it will be difficult for them to extinguish it. Furthermore, you and the charter king cannot be exposed. If they know that you two are instigating and cooperating behind the scenes, their sense of crisis will immediately rise. Mentioned to the highest level.”

Dong Haoyun nodded, opened the door and walked out. He threw the dark red dragon head in his hand to a bodyguard waiting by the door, and left in a hurry. He looked energetic, and there was still a faint excitement in his heart.

I haven't fought a tiger in many years.

Although Lian Po is old, he can still make a living!