Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 858 begins...

Lu Shaohua had a purpose in purchasing Manchester United. Now that he has acquired Manchester United and has been operating it for nearly two seasons, how could he not achieve his goal? He did not keep any badge advertising and gave all of it to Phoenix Group. He did not purchase any sponsors other than jerseys and shoes. It can be said that Manchester United has no income other than ticket sales and broadcasting revenue.

The lack of income does not mean that Manchester United cannot operate independently. With a big sponsor like Lu Shaohua, is Manchester United still worried about not having money? The answer is obvious. There is plenty of money. Lu Shaohua can easily invest $100 million in a season.

What's more, Manchester United is now advertising for Rolls-Royce, so Rolls-Royce will definitely provide something. At least several heavyweight players will be able to get a Rolls-Royce.

All advertisements became those of Phoenix Group, and the effect was obvious. Phoenix Group's popularity rose rapidly in the football world, and there were even some die-hard fans who issued slogans saying that they would only sell Phoenix Group's products.

The effect came out. The sales of Phoenix Group's products increased significantly, bringing real benefits to Lu Shaohua, so Lu Shaohua was naturally willing to invest.

However, Lu Shaohua is not interested in the situation of Manchester United now. Lu Shaohua now focuses his main energy on the 9/11 incident and is just waiting for the right time to come. Liu Mingzhang and others will invest large sums of money into the US stock market, and then the money will come rolling in.

Twenty days passed quickly. September 2001, 9 was a day that would go down in history. In response to the stock market turmoil caused by the 5/9 incident, Lu Shaohua convened a second meeting. This meeting was held in the study room of Lu Shaohua's villa.

Red wine and cigarettes are two indispensable things. Lu Shaohua sat on a separate sofa, Liu Mingzhang and Li Yunqing sat on one side, and Li Zongen sat on another sofa. The distribution was very obvious, with Lu Shaohua as the center.

"How have you been preparing recently?" The first thing Lu Shaohua asked was about Liu Mingzhang and their preparations.

As early as twenty days ago, Lu Shaohua asked Liu Mingzhang and others to familiarize themselves with the situation in the U.S. financial market, and also mobilized his subordinates as traders to make all preparations. Now that twenty days had passed, it was time to inspect the results.

Liu Mingzhang and the others did not rush to answer Lu Shaohua's question, but looked at each other, and then Liu Mingzhang spoke, "We are familiar with the situation in the United States, and the manpower has been mobilized. The funds plus the 30 billion US dollars you transferred are also ready, and we can enter the market at any time."

"Yes." Lu Shaohua nodded gently and asked another question. "How many accounts are the 50 billion dollars divided into, and how many teams are the personnel divided into?"

According to the previous rules, each operation would be dispersed, and the manpower would be deployed in groups of several people. Each group would control one or several accounts to carry out the operation. The method of communication would use the dedicated channel of QQ, and any one of Liu Mingzhang's group would be in charge.

Lu Shaohua knew that this time would be the same as in the past, so Lu Shaohua asked how many teams and accounts they would be divided into.

This time it was not Liu Mingzhang who answered Lu Shaohua's question, but Li Yunqing, because Li Yunqing was in charge of this aspect and he had more say, so it was understandable for him to answer.

"They were divided into ten groups, each with four people. Each person had an account, and some quick-witted people had two accounts. In total, there were more than fifty accounts." Li Quqing tried to keep it simple. "Also, there are many securities firms in the United States, and the ten groups were all assigned to their own securities firms."

Simple and clear, this is Lu Shaohua's evaluation of Li Yunqing, expressing the issues Lu Shaohua needs to address in just a few words.

"Very good." Lu Shaohua said this, paused, and then changed the subject and asked, "How is the preparation of the QQ dedicated channel going?"

Communication is very important because it is the headquarters. All commands will be sent down through the QQ channel, and the people below will act according to the commands. If there is a problem with the communication, then the people below will become headless and have no idea what to do next.

Of course, just in case, Liu Mingzhang and his team would definitely have another plan, such as telephone contact. Liu Mingzhang and his team had nearly ten telephones in the command post, and each phone corresponded to a number. If there was a problem with the QQ dedicated channel, the people below could contact the command post by phone.

"It's ready, the testing has been completed, everything is normal." Li Zongen said with certainty.

This aspect was the responsibility of the meticulous Li Zongen, who had the absolute right to speak. So when Lu Shaohua asked, neither Liu Mingzhang nor Li Yunqing spoke, only Li Zongen spoke.

"Yes." Lu Shaohua nodded, thought for a while, and seemed to have nothing missing, so he said, "Take a good rest for a few days. September 9th will officially start. Well, I want to say that you must put all your funds into the market within three days, that is, by the afternoon of September 9th when the stock market closes, and on September 9th, you can just wait and see."

After a few seconds of pause, Lu Shaohua emphasized one more sentence. "According to the news from over there, the terrorist organization's action is scheduled for the morning of September 9th. As for whether the time will be changed, it is unknown."

Lu Shaohua’s last sentence was complete nonsense. If the course of history had not changed, the morning of September 9th, US time, would have been the moment of disaster.

Liu Mingzhang and the others automatically ignored Lu Shaohua's last words and nodded to show that they understood.

At this point, the action to destabilize the U.S. stock market in response to the 9/11 incident has entered the second stage. Liu Mingzhang and his colleagues have already prepared all the work, and once the disaster occurs, Lu Shaohua will be able to make a lot of money.

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Three days passed quickly, and when the time came to September 9, in the villa command post of Phoenix Financial, Lu Shaohua sat on the sofa, his eyes fixed on the large screen hanging on the wall, while Liu Mingzhang and others stayed at the computer on the side, ready to wait for the time to come.

Soon, the time was up. With a ding sound, the big screen lit up and various data appeared one after another. Liu Mingzhang and his colleagues also took action at this time. The keyboard sounded and commands were formed into text and sent out through the network.

"Enter the venue."

This is the content of Liu Mingzhang’s order.

Once the order was issued, the people below would naturally follow Lu Shaohua's order. In a residence not far from the headquarters, there were four traders constantly typing on the keyboard, manipulating the funds in the account.

Due to the huge amount of funds, Liu Mingzhang and his colleagues did not dare to input the funds all at once, because it was through the margin system. Five hundred billion US dollars was expanded n times. If the operation was too fast, the US stock market might collapse instantly.

More importantly, Lu Shaohua wanted to conceal the fact that such a large amount of funds had entered the U.S. stock market. Confidentiality, yes, confidentiality, confidentiality measures are very important, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.

It is true that the United States is a corrupt financial market, but once official agencies interfere, Lu Shaohua will be powerless. If the official agencies of the United States target and target Lu Shaohua, the consequences will be even more serious.

Therefore, before September 9th, confidentiality measures were extremely important.

Over the course of one morning, funds slowly flowed in, and statistics showed that the amount was around 10 billion US dollars. This was the result calculated by Liu Mingzhang and his team. 10 billion US dollars flowed in on the morning of the first day, and 5 billion US dollars flowed in in the afternoon, making a total of 15 billion US dollars flowed in on the first day.

The same thing happened on the second day, except that there was a time difference. 5 billion US dollars entered the market in the morning, and 10 billion US dollars entered the market in the afternoon. It was reversed. The amount of funds entering the morning was transferred to the afternoon, and the amount of funds entering the afternoon was transferred to the morning.

If this is the case, 30 billion US dollars will be injected into the market in two days, but Lu Shaohua gave Liu Mingzhang and others 50 billion US dollars in trading funds. If calculated in this way, there would still be a shortfall of 5 billion US dollars that cannot be injected into the market.

However, would Liu Mingzhang and his team let 5 billion US dollars sit idle in the bank?

The answer is obvious. Liu Mingzhang and his people will not do that. Even if they have such a plan, they will be refuted by Lu Shaohua. Lu Shaohua said that he would take out 50 billion US dollars for the cooperation, which means 50 billion US dollars. He will not give a cent more, and he will not agree to a cent less.

Since Liu Mingzhang and others will not let the 9 billion US dollars stay in the bank account, then the 10 billion US dollars can definitely be digested. As for the method of digestion, it is also very simple. On the afternoon of September , a fierce wave of large amounts of funds will enter the market.

The day of the disaster was the 11th, and the 10th was the last day. A large amount of funds entered the market on this day. Even though the official US agencies had discovered it, it was of no avail because they no longer had time to deal with Lu Shaohua.

Liu Mingzhang and his team's arrangement was also agreed by Lu Shaohua, otherwise they would not dare to do so. After all, it is a big deal. Once 20 billion US dollars enter the market on the same day, the force will attract the attention of those who are interested. Even if it is dispersed, it is bound to attract attention.

"Have you completed the target?" Lu Shaohua asked calmly.

Seeing that the U.S. stock market had closed, the morning's operations had come to an end, and the statistical results should have been submitted, so Lu Shaohua asked the question.

"The target has been achieved. It's just right, one hundred million US dollars, no more, no less." Liu Mingzhang nodded heavily and answered in a businesslike manner.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua also nodded, very satisfied, and then changed the subject and asked, "How is Uncle Xiang doing? Did he follow in?"

As early as two years ago, Lu Shaohua told Xiang Huaqiang that there was an opportunity to make money. The opportunity Lu Shaohua referred to at that time was the turmoil in the US stock market caused by the 9/11 incident. Now the action has been taken, and Lu Shaohua naturally notified Xiang Huaqiang to follow in and make money from the Americans.

It’s just that Xiang Huaqiang’s amount of funds was too small, so Lu Shaohua didn’t need to make any special arrangements. Lu Shaohua just threw the responsibility to Liu Mingzhang like a burden. He himself didn’t pay too much attention to it, and didn’t even communicate with Xiang Huaqiang.

Now that they are entering the venue, Lu Shaohua should ask about it, otherwise it would seem a bit irresponsible.

"I have arranged for him to enter the market in the afternoon. The amount of capital is too small, only 1.1 billion US dollars. It will only take a moment to enter the market, so it doesn't matter much." Liu Mingzhang said indifferently.

It’s not that Liu Mingzhang looks down on Xiang Huaqiang, but the 1.1 billion US dollars is too little for a spendthrift like him. Liu Mingzhang’s net worth is several times that of 1.1 billion US dollars, so why would he care?

What's more, Liu Mingzhang invested over 10 billion US dollars in each of his operations, with the largest investment reaching 200 billion US dollars, and the return exceeding 1 trillion US dollars. In comparison, 11 billion US dollars is really nothing.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua nodded, moved his lips and wanted to continue speaking, but he had to swallow the words back. It was not that Lu Shaohua didn't want to say it, but Lu Shaohua's cell phone rang at this moment, forcing Lu Shaohua to swallow his words back into his stomach.

He took out his cell phone and saw that it was Xiang Huaqiang calling. Lu Shaohua smiled and said to himself, "Speak of Cao ***, and Cao *** will be here."

Isn't it? Lu Shaohua just mentioned Xiang Huaqiang's matter, and now Xiang Huaqiang called me. If this isn't Cao ***, then what else could it be?

After the call was connected and a few polite words were exchanged, Xiang Huaqiang on the other end of the phone finally got to the point. It turned out that Xiang Huaqiang was planning to treat Lu Shaohua and Liu Mingzhang and others to a meal to express his gratitude to them.

As long as he had food to eat, Lu Shaohua naturally wouldn't mind and agreed readily.

As for Liu Mingzhang and his men, it is even simpler. In Hong Kong, they are always inseparable from the Black Society. Even if Liu Mingzhang and his men are not troubled by the Black Society now, no one knows whether they will be troubled by the Black Society in the future.

As Xiang Huaqiang is the head of a Hong Kong underworld society, it is a good thing for Liu Mingzhang and others to know Xiang Huaqiang. Maybe they can solve some minor troubles smoothly in the future. There is no reason for them to refuse the invitation.

Everyone agreed readily, and everyone got in the car and headed to the agreed hotel. Then they had a big meal, which was an indispensable part of the trip.

Xiang Huaqiang and Lu Shaohua are old acquaintances, so there was no need for them to be polite to each other. However, Xiang Huaqiang knew that the 1.1 billion US dollars invested this time would become tens of billions of US dollars after a period of time.

It can be said that Lu Shaohua was helping him make money, and it was a lot of money. How could Xiang Huaqiang not be grateful? So even though the relationship between the two was very close, Xiang Huaqiang also solemnly expressed his gratitude to Lu Shaohua.

After thanking Lu Shaohua, Xiang Huaqiang naturally would not forget Liu Mingzhang and the others, and they also expressed their gratitude. Guan Qie also said that if they encounter any problems in the future, they can call him, and he will do his best to solve them if he can.

This was the promise from the leader of the Black Society. Although it was just a verbal promise, for Liu Mingzhang, it was a life-saving talisman. Naturally, Liu Mingzhang and the others were extremely happy.

Thus, a joyful dinner began...