Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 610: On the Eve of the Storm (Part 1)

The year 1997 was an eventful year. Hong Kong returned to the mainland on July 1st. In the same year, China's former leader, an old man who made great contributions to the rise of the Chinese nation, passed away. The whole country was in mourning. Compared with Lu Shaohua, the passing of Mr. Deng was certainly sad, but the life and death of human beings are the unchanging laws of nature. Time has diluted everything. Now Li Shangkui, who was by his side, got married, and then Li Zhijie also got married. The two happy events came one after another, which made Lu Shaohua feel a little happy and in a particularly cheerful mood.

Of course, when Lu Shaohua returned to Hong Kong, everything in Hong Kong would officially start operating. However, at the same time, Lu Shaohua still gave Li Shangkui and his wife a vacation of nearly half a month, allowing them to have a good honeymoon, which was also a time for them to relax.

Half a month later, Li Shangkui's wife came back and he returned to work. Li Shangkui also returned to Lu Shaohua and served as a bodyguard. However, with Li Shangkui's marriage, Lu Shaohua did not leave all things to Li Shangkui as before, but let Li Wusheng share some of the work so that Li Shangkui could relax a little.

At the same time, with the return of Li Shangkui and his wife, Qin Sichen, the pregnant woman, gradually relaxed and handed over all the work to Li Shangkui's wife. Qin Sichen only handled some important documents, and she handled them at home. She did not need to go to the group, and made decisions through the Internet or by phone.

Gradually, April became the past and May came. Hong Kong, which belongs to the southern region, also welcomed summer. The temperature rose, but Lu Shaohua had already gotten used to it. He occasionally swam in the small swimming pool in the yard of the villa and lived a carefree life.

In mid-May, which happened to be the middle of the month, Lu Shaohua became no longer idle. He summoned Liu Mingzhang, Li Yunqing and Li Zongen, three generals of Phoenix Finance, to his home. He locked the four of them in the study, and Li Wusheng and Li Shangkui were guarding the door personally. No one was allowed to approach.

There was no other way. As Qin Sichen's belly gradually grew bigger, Lu Shaohua could no longer bear to let Qin Sichen do housework, so he hired many servants. Some of them took care of Qin Sichen, some were responsible for cooking, and one was responsible for keeping the villa clean. The villa suddenly became lively and crowded. In order to prevent the secret from being leaked, Lu Shaohua could only let Li Wusheng and Li Shangkui guard the door personally.

In the study, Lu Shaohua opened a bottle of 82 red wine and poured four glasses of wine himself, one for himself and one for Liu Mingzhang and the other three. They drank leisurely, and it looked like a wine tasting event, not anything important.

However, after finishing a glass of wine, Lu Shaohua refilled their glasses and his own. This time, he did not rush to drink, but cleared his throat, straightened his face, and said, "It's already mid-May, time has passed quickly! And now the financial markets of Asian countries have begun to become unstable, which means that the storm is not far away."

"Yes, I also think that the outbreak is not far away. Especially Thailand, which has been very arrogant recently and seems to be threatening to rise first." Liu Mingzhang said mockingly.

Maybe in the past, Liu Mingzhang did not think these actions of Thailand were anything special, but to Liu Mingzhang now, these actions of Thailand are so naive, which undoubtedly provides a good breakthrough for the financial tycoons led by Soros.

"Haha!" Lu Shaohua laughed and said, "Thailand is courting death. They never thought that Soros has been lurking in Asia for a long time. Once they find an opportunity, Thailand will definitely be the first country to suffer."

In Lu Shaohua's memory, Thailand is the first country to suffer. Originally, Lu Shaohua was afraid that history would deviate and was not so sure. However, considering the actions taken by Thailand now, Lu Shaohua can finally say with certainty that Thailand will be the first country to suffer.

No one thought that Lu Shaohua was bragging or talking nonsense. Although Lu Shaohua said it with a smile, as if he didn't care, but these words came from Lu Shaohua's mouth. No matter whether it was Liu Mingzhang, Li Yunqing, or Li Zongen, they had already determined that Thailand would be the first country to suffer.

"Should we do something in Thailand first?" Li Yunqing asked.

Long time ago, Lu Shaohua had already appointed Li Yunqing as the commander-in-chief of this operation. Since he was the commander-in-chief, he should also take on the responsibilities that the commander-in-chief must have. He asked Lu Shaohua for instructions. Of course, Li Yunqing's request was to ask whether to increase the layout in Thailand. After all, as early as last year, a lot of funds of Phoenix Finance had quietly entered various Asian countries, and a large network had been formed. The layout was completed. If he wanted to make more moves, he would have to invest more, and he could make more money in the end.

"Yes, of course." Lu Shaohua said with a smile.

What? No? How could Lu Shaohua miss such a good opportunity to make money? You know, the current layout has only invested more than 50 billion US dollars, and Lu Shaohua has prepared nearly 150 billion US dollars of the 200 billion US dollars that have not yet arrived.

No one spoke. The three men and six others stared at Lu Shaohua without blinking, all with golden light shining in their eyes, waiting for Lu Shaohua to make his final statement.

Seeing this, Lu Shaohua smiled and stopped pretending to be mysterious. He said, "Move out 50 billion US dollars from the Phoenix Group's treasury and invest it all in the Thai financial market. Get as much as you can. Also, find a way to borrow money from Thai banks. Borrow as much as you can. Then, I don't need to tell you, convert it all into US dollars. We can try to get something for nothing again."

With the coming of the financial crisis, Tae Joo's value plummeted, and the exchange rate with the US dollar kept falling. It was pretended that Tae Joo was loaned out at this time, and the loan contract stipulated that it would be repaid in three months, and then converted into US dollars, and then converted into Tae Joo when it was time to pay it back. Although it seemed a bit complicated, the difference in price was huge, and it didn't matter if it was a bit more troublesome, the important thing was to make money.

Sure enough, as soon as Lu Shaohua said this, the three people headed by Li Yunqing all showed their eyes of conspiracy and contempt for Lu Shaohua. Lu Shaohua had played this trick in his early years, but the target at that time was the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union collapsed, Lu Shaohua got a large amount of rubles, exchanged them for US dollars, and then exchanged them for rubles, earning the difference in the middle, performing a perfect empty-handed trick.

Now that the old trick has been repeated, how could Li Yunqing and the others not despise Lu Shaohua? However, even though they despise him, the problem is that he can make money, Lu Shaohua can make money, and they, the operators, can also get dividends. The more they borrow, the more Lu Shaohua makes, and the more they get.

"Hehe, I'll arrange it when I get back. Damn it, I'll borrow as much as I can. I'll lend them tens of billions of Thai dollars and make Thailand, the country of ladyboys, completely finished." Liu Mingzhang said with a gloating tone, which sounded a bit like adding insult to injury.

"Okay, you can borrow as much as you can. It's best to borrow all the money in the Thai bank." Lu Shaohua also said jokingly, but then Lu Shaohua's face became serious and he stopped joking. "This time is different from the past. We can't play around. It's okay to borrow as much as you can, but you have to be careful. When borrowing money, you should borrow in multiple batches, and the amount should not be too large to avoid accidents."

"Don't worry, we can find more excuses to borrow, spread out the money, and stagger the repayment dates, so no one will be suspicious." Li Zongen also spoke at this time.

"Well, this method is good." Lu Shaohua glanced at Li Zongen, nodded in agreement, and then said, "Okay, let's get back to the point. Those are just some side doors. Our main battlefield is still in the financial market."

Putting the overall situation first is Lu Shaohua's principle in dealing with things. Especially in response to the current financial crisis, Lu Shaohua should be even more cautious and not allow any mistakes, because Lu Shaohua knows that once a mistake is made, the consequences will be very severe.

"Understood." As the commander-in-chief of this mission, Li Yunqing was fully aware of his responsibilities, so he glanced at Liu Mingzhang and Li Zongen and nodded heavily, representing the two of them in making a guarantee to Lu Shaohua.

"Okay." Lu Shaohua swept his eyes over the faces of the three people one by one, nodded gently, and then changed the subject, saying, "Let me talk about the funding issue. In addition to the original investment of nearly 50 billion US dollars, another 50 billion US dollars will be drawn from the group, and there is another sum of funds."

At this point, Lu Shaohua kept the secret for a while, and when the three people could no longer hold back, Lu Shaohua smiled mysteriously and continued, "This amount of money is the most important, no more, no less, one hundred billion US dollars, I will slowly deposit this amount into the account."

"What? One hundred billion dollars?" Li Yunqing was stunned, opened his eyes wide, looked at Lu Shaohua, a little unbelievable, and asked.

Although he knew that Lu Shaohua was going to do something big this time, Li Yunqing still found it hard to accept the transfer of another 100 billion US dollars. You have to know that this is 100 billion US dollars, plus the nearly 100 billion US dollars before, it adds up to 200 billion US dollars. What a huge amount of money, this is absolutely unprecedented.

In the past, the largest investment Lu Shaohua had ever made was more than 50 billion US dollars, which was already scary enough, but now, it is four times as much, 200 billion US dollars, which shows how determined Lu Shaohua is.

Li Yunqing was surprised, and so were Liu Mingzhang and Li Zong. After all, two hundred billion US dollars is not two thousand yuan. If they wanted to exchange it for some cash, they would have to find a large warehouse to store it, and there might not be enough space.

He opened his mouth so wide that an egg could be stuffed in it. He stared at Lu Shaohua without blinking, his eyes flashing with excitement. He almost rolled up his sleeves and got into a stance to show that he was ready to do a big job.