Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 689: 'Punching Bag'

The battle of Hong Kong is over, but the entire Asian financial crisis is not over yet. Although it has reached its end, there is still a long way to go. Not to mention other things, the crisis in Russia alone has lasted for more than a month, and it will also last for a long time in Europe and the United States.

If history had not changed according to the memory of the previous life, Lu Shaohua could clearly tell Li Yunqing and others that the Asian financial crisis would last until the end of this year before it would be completely over.

According to the current situation, Soros and his team have failed in Hong Kong. It is unknown which country they will take out their anger on next, but Lu Shaohua is certain of one thing: Russia will definitely be an unlucky country.

There is no way. Soros himself is an American, and the people behind him are also pro-American. The United States has no good feelings towards Russia. It can be seen from the fact that it forced the Soviet Union to disintegrate. As the successor of the Soviet Union, how good can Russia be?

Combined with Soros's failure in Hong Kong, they will definitely find someone to vent their anger on, and Russia is likely to be their first choice. Of course, these are all Lu Shaohua's speculations, and Lu Shaohua is not too sure whether the development of the incident is like this.

However, one thing is certain: no matter how events develop, it has little to do with Lu Shaohua, because Lu Shaohua had already made plans for Russia a long time ago, as well as the list of 18 countries. No matter which country becomes Soros's punching bag, Lu Shaohua will be the biggest winner.

However, today, Li Yunqing and the others came. Taking this great opportunity, Lu Shaohua should have a lecture with Li Yunqing and the others. After all, the time is now August 1998, 8. According to the trajectory of the previous life, the storm in Russia will break out on the 16th, which is tomorrow. If he doesn't explain it now, when will he?

"The battle in Hong Kong is over. We ended up as the victors, which is a good thing." Lu Shaohua smiled softly, and after a long pause, his expression changed slightly, and he gradually became serious. He changed the subject and said, "But the Asian financial crisis is not over yet. Soros and his team will definitely not accept their defeat this time, and they will definitely find someone to vent their anger on."

At this point, Lu Shaohua paused, his eyes swept across everyone's faces, and seeing that none of them were willing to speak, Lu Shaohua nodded in satisfaction, and continued, "Soros and his team finding the gas pump is a bad thing for their target, but it's a good thing for them. This is a great opportunity, and we may be able to take advantage of it to make a fortune, don't you think?"

Indeed, as Lu Shaohua said, it is a bad thing for Soros and his team to find the target, but it is a very good thing for Lu Shaohua, who is hiding in the dark and doing small tricks, because the more fiercely Soros and his team attack, the more crazy the target will fall, and Lu Shaohua and his team can make more money.

"It's more than a good thing, it's a great opportunity given to us by God." Liu Mingzhang looked as if he was afraid that the world would not be in chaos.

Liu Mingzhang's words were very popular. Li Yunqing and Li Zongen both nodded in agreement.

Lu Shaohua was the same, he also nodded, but Lu Shaohua did not continue the topic, but changed the subject again and asked, "But which country are they targeting? This is what we need to consider right now."

It is basically certain that Soros and his team are trying to find the source of the trouble. This is determined by Lu Shaohua based on Soros's character. Now that it is certain, then we need to guess which country the target is, so that Li Yunqing and his team can be mentally prepared.

Lu Shaohua had a guess in his mind, he thought it would be Russia, but Lu Shaohua was not in a hurry to say it out loud. His purpose was to listen to Li Yunqing and others' guesses to see if they were consistent with his guesses.

Li Yunqing and the others did not disappoint Lu Shaohua. After thinking for a while, Li Yunqing broke the silence and said, "It is better to go near than to go far."

What does it mean to go near rather than far? The meaning expressed by Li Yunqing is a bit vague, but it is not difficult for people who are familiar with the world map to hear that the so-called "going near rather than far" refers to Russia, because Russia is the closest to Asia.

"Russia?" Liu Mingzhang was the first to react. He frowned and asked.

Li Yunqing nodded slightly and responded to Liu Mingzhang's words.

Of course, there is a reason why Li Yunqing dared to say this. In Li Yunqing's opinion, Americans do not have a good impression of Russia, which is one of the reasons. There is another reason, which is that Lu Shaohua had long predicted that there would be turmoil in Russia. This is the biggest reason why Li Yunqing pointed out Russia.

Having said that, Liu Mingzhang also had a clue in his mind, and nodded, and then said, "Russia is a possibility, but I have a different opinion. Japan is also in danger and will become a country for Soros and others to vent their anger."

"Oh." Now it was Lu Shaohua's turn to frown and said with interest. "Tell me, why is Japan likely to become a target?"

In fact, in the final analysis, Lu Shaohua was not sure that Soros and his men would use Russia as a punching bag. Everything was just a guess based on his memories of his past life. Now that history has changed, Lu Shaohua really doesn't dare to be too sure.

"First, Japan has just gone through a period of turmoil and is not very stable internally. If we attack them again, it will be easy to conquer them." Liu Mingzhang first raised their first point, paused for a few seconds, and then continued. "The second reason is that it is easy to make money in Japan. From what Soros and his people have experienced, we can see that Japan is definitely a 'super cash machine'."

It's true that Soros attacked Japan twice. The first time was in **, which caused a major stock market crash in Japan. The second time was some time ago, when he also conquered Japan and made a lot of money before leaving.

This is Liu Mingzhang's reasoning. If there is a first time, there will be a second time. If there is a second time, there will be a third time. This is normal logic. Combined with the current situation in Japan, it is not impossible for it to happen again.

Wasn’t Indonesia attacked twice? Both times it was captured and suffered heavy losses. It is not ruled out that Soros and his people will turn their guns around and attack Japan.

"I think it's possible too." Li Zongen also spoke at this time, and he agreed with Liu Mingzhang's statement.

Lu Shaohua also nodded, and then he sighed again, a little regretfully, and said slowly, "If Soros and his men set their sights on Japan, then we can only watch with envy."

Lu Shaohua was right, and he could only watch with envy. The reason was that the crisis in Russia was about to break out, and it was impossible to spare the energy to plan for Japan at this time.

More importantly, Lu Shaohua did not want to take any risks. After all, his memories from his previous life told him that Japan was not attacked twice in the Asian financial crisis. Therefore, even if he guessed that Japan was likely to be the target of criticism, Lu Shaohua would not make any plans targeting Japan.

Lu Shaohua had his own ideas, but Li Yunqing and the others didn't know. Liu Mingzhang was the first to speak and asked. "Why?"

Lu Shaohua shook his head with a wry smile, and returned to the main topic, saying, "Because according to my prediction, Russia will take action tomorrow, and the 18 countries on the list will also have problems. Do you think we can spare the energy to plan for Japan?"

"More importantly, these are just guesses. At this time, if the guesses are wrong, what will be the result? The result will be that the funds we invested will be wasted. Well, if there is a mistake, we can also take the lead once, but in that case, we will be exposed and come into the open." Lu Shaohua said in a very firm tone.

Lu Shaohua doesn't want to be exposed. The reason is very simple. Once it comes to light, all of Lu Shaohua's actions will be targeted, and there is a certain probability that previous actions will be exposed. Therefore, if he wants to deploy in Japan, once a mistake is made, there are only two options. The first option is to let the funds go and let it go. The second option is to invest more and lead an attack against Japan.

With Lu Shaohua's current strength, he is fully capable of leading an attack, but the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, so Lu Shaohua will not lead the attack. If that's the case, why doesn't Lu Shaohua give up the layout of Japan, regardless of whether Japan will become Soros's target again.

Li Yunqing and the others are not fools. They are all extremely smart. Lu Shaohua's words are so clear, it is impossible for them not to know what Lu Shaohua's intentions are. They can only sigh and choose to give up helplessly, focusing their main energy on Russia.

That's right, Lu Shaohua has just said that there will be turmoil in Russia tomorrow. Lu Shaohua has his reasons for being so sure. If that's the case, Li Yunqing and others should focus their energy on this aspect.

Once their thoughts changed, Li Yunqing and the others immediately became excited and ready to go.

Liu Mingzhang even asked, "How long will the turmoil in Russia last? Will the decline be large?"

Liu Mingzhang suddenly had two questions: the timing and magnitude of the turmoil.

"It will take some time, um, about a month. As for the magnitude, it's hard to say, because we can't confirm whether Soros regards Russia as a punching bag. If their target is Russia, then the magnitude of the decline is unpredictable." Lu Shaohua became cautious this time and only answered the time, not the magnitude with an uncertain answer.

"Oh!"

Disappointed. No matter whether it was Liu Mingzhang, Li Yunqing, or Li Zongen, all three of them were a little disappointed, because compared to the previous period of time, Lu Shaohua would always give them data, but this time he didn't. How could they not be disappointed?