Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 644: Before the War

Half a month passed quickly, and it was already October 10th. On this day, Lu Shaohua came to the Huo family's villa again and asked Huo Yingdong to summon several directors of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, as well as Mr. Feng, to attend the meeting.

Lu Shaohua never liked to talk nonsense. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lu Shaohua didn't hesitate and went straight to the point. "The situation in Hong Kong is not optimistic now. In the past few days, there has been a lot of hot money in the stock market. We are almost ready to take action against Hong Kong."

According to his memory, Lu Shaohua knew that on October 10, the 20th anniversary of the Wall Street stock market tragedy "Black Monday", the Hong Kong stock market began to fall.

On October 10 and 21, the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index fell sharply for two consecutive days, with a cumulative drop of nearly 22 points, or about 1200%, which was described by local market participants as a small stock market crash. On the 9rd, the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index fell to a low of 23 points, a drop of 9766.7 points. The Hang Seng Index closed at 1871 points, down 10426.3 points, a drop of 1211.5%. Some even believed that the drop on this day was comparable to Black Monday in 10.4.

The market value of Hong Kong's listed companies lost HK$23 billion on the 4335rd alone, a decrease of HK$8 billion, or 43354%, compared to the peak of HK$15420 billion in August. At the same time, the top ten richest people in Hong Kong are estimated to have lost more than HK$35 billion in total. The Hang Seng Index continued to plummet, and the sharp decline and huge losses shocked the world.

"The intelligence collected from all parties is indeed like this. I think they took action in the past few days." Mr. Feng is now the deputy director of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and an official appointed by the mainland. He has some influence when speaking. At this time, he echoed Lu Shaohua's statement, undoubtedly to make Lu Shaohua's words more reliable.

In fact, it was unnecessary for Mr. Feng to say so much. Lu Shaohua has always been influential in the circle of senior executives of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. What he said can convince everyone without verification. However, having Mr. Feng come out to verify it saved a lot of trouble.

"I won't say anything else. I am the president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Let me make my position clear here. We have made all preparations in the past period of time. As long as a disaster breaks out, we can take action at any time." Ho Ying-tung responded seriously.

Ever since Lu Shaohua summoned everyone last time, everyone has been taking action, collecting funds, deploying defenses in their own companies, and then freeing up part of the funds to acquire Hong Kong stocks. It can be said that they have made all the preparations.

"I have also made all preparations." Li Jiacheng also smiled and expressed his opinion.

The same went for others. After Ho Ying-tung and Li Ka-shing expressed their stance, they also expressed their stance one after another, indicating that they were fully prepared.

Seeing this, Lu Shaohua was very satisfied, smiled lightly, and said, "Then there is nothing to say. Just follow what we said last time. I will take the lead, and everyone will escort me and strive to keep Hong Kong."

After these words were spoken, everyone present stood in awe and nodded solemnly. It was Huo Yingdong who spoke on behalf of everyone and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely win this battle beautifully."

"Yes." Lu Shaohua was also full of confidence and nodded, then changed the subject and said, "As for the Phoenix Bank loan, I have already prepared it and will officially open the window tomorrow morning. Please ask Mr. Huo to tell the members below that they can apply for loans with the membership card of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce."

"No problem, I will release the news later." said Ho Ying-tung.

"it is good."

The simple meeting ended with Lu Shaohua's final "OK". Lu Shaohua did not stop, left the Huo family villa, and went straight to the general command post to meet with Liu Mingzhang and others. It could be regarded as a mobilization meeting before the disaster broke out.

"Our purpose is very clear. That is the Hong Kong stock market. Once someone sells, we will absorb it for us. Well, of course, we are only responsible for absorbing large orders. Don't make a fuss about small orders. Leave them for others." Lu Shaohua got right to the point without any preparation.

"I understand." Li Yunqing was the first person to speak out.

"Ha ha!"

Liu Mingzhang didn't rush to express his opinion, but laughed loudly, and then said something without thinking. "The show is about to begin."

Yes, in Liu Mingzhang's opinion, this battle in Hong Kong is a good show. After all, Hong Kong is the headquarters of the Phoenix Group, and Lu Shaohua has prepared a large amount of funds for them to operate. In this case, what else is this a good show?

"I now hope that people will sell more, so that when I acquire them, Phoenix Group will play a leading role in Hong Kong and become a giant group that has the final say." Li Zongen also said.

What Li Zongen said was absolutely correct. If Phoenix Group acquires more Hong Kong stocks, it will really become a giant group with the final say. The turbulence of the stock market will depend on the face of Phoenix Group. If Phoenix Group sells off a large number of Hong Kong stocks, then the Hong Kong stock market will definitely plummet.

Lu Shaohua also thought so, but he had never said it out loud. Now that Li Zongen had revealed it, Lu Shaohua did not say anything, but just smiled and changed the subject. "Okay, don't be so proud for now, how are the preparations and funds for the war going?"

Originally, Lu Shaohua shouldn't have asked this, but at this time, Lu Shaohua couldn't help but ask. The reason was very simple. There was no problem with the pre-war preparations. Half a month of preparation was enough, but the funds were different. Lu Shaohua didn't know whether the funds integrated from the four countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore last time were in place.

There is something more important. Lu Shaohua called Li Zhijie half a month ago and asked him to transfer 400 to 500 billion US dollars. Until now, Lu Shaohua has not asked about this matter, and it is not known whether the funds have been in place.

"Let me speak first." Li Yunqing looked at everyone and saw that Liu Mingzhang and Li Zongen had no intention of speaking first, so he had to step forward and speak. "The last battle is halfway over, and the profit results came out on October 10th. The final profit and principal together totaled 4 billion US dollars."

"373.6 billion US dollars?" Lu Shaohua frowned, and without waiting for Li Yunqing to answer, he turned to Liu Mingzhang and asked, "Has Brother Zhijie's funds been transferred?"

Lu Shaohua had already been mentally prepared for the figure of 3736 billion US dollars, because before it was over, Li Yunqing had already predicted that the revenue plus cost would be no more than billion US dollars. Now there was a shortfall of more than billion US dollars, which was not too big.

"It has been transferred. It arrived yesterday." Liu Mingzhang paused for a moment before continuing. "46.8 billion US dollars have been transferred, less than 50 billion US dollars."

"US$420.4 billion?" Lu Shaohua frowned again and calculated in his mind. In addition to the US$200 billion transferred to Phoenix Bank for loan purposes, there was still US$220.4 billion. It was not enough to deal with the Hong Kong stock market, but it was almost enough. "Reaching this number is enough. If it is still not enough, it should be close to the end by then. Well, when it is close to the end, there should be some remaining loans from Phoenix Bank, which can be withdrawn from there."

When Lu Shaohua decided to transfer 200 billion US dollars to Phoenix Bank to provide loans to members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Lu Shaohua had already secretly calculated that 200 billion US dollars was not too much, not too little. If it were not for the sake of safety, Lu Shaohua would only transfer 150 billion US dollars at most.

"Okay." Li Yunqing responded, and then said, "The group has stabilized now. Although there is not much liquidity, one or two hundred million US dollars can still be transferred out. There should be no problem."

The Asian financial crisis had a great impact on the Phoenix Group, but don't forget that the Phoenix Group is a multinational group and its products are aimed at the global market. The shutdown of the Asia side due to the financial crisis does not mean that there is no market in other regions and countries, so the Phoenix Group can still operate normally.

Lu Shaohua didn't say anything in a hurry. He was silent for a long time before he said, "I will leave the matter of Hong Kong to you. You can handle it as you wish. If the funds are not enough, you can find a way to withdraw from Phoenix Bank and the Group. As long as Hong Kong can be saved, it will be fine."

When it comes to funds, Lu Shaohua was very troubled. At that time, he had planned to allocate 500 billion US dollars, but now, there was a shortfall of more than 70 billion US dollars. Lu Shaohua didn't know what to do for a while. But now it seems that there should be no problem in allocating funds from here and there.

"I dare not say 100%, but it's still 80 or 90 percent." Li Yunqing immediately gave a guarantee.

Lu Shaohua smiled, nodded, and then waved his hand, changing the subject again. "Let's talk about another thing next."

"Oh?"

Be it Li Yunqing, Liu Mingzhang, or Li Zongen, they were all stunned. They originally thought that Lu Shaohua came here just to talk about the Hong Kong stock market, but now, it seems that Lu Shaohua is hiding something that is not related to the Hong Kong stock market.

This is actually true. Lu Shaohua did hide something that had nothing to do with Hong Kong, but it was not a big deal and did not matter that much, so Lu Shaohua kept it hidden and did not say it out.

But it is different now. It has come to a crucial moment. If Lu Shaohua doesn't say it, I'm afraid that Li Yunqing and the others will not have much time left, and they will miss this opportunity.

That was an opportunity to make money, how could Lu Shaohua miss it?