Searched by thousands of ships.
Finally, two days later, the good news came.
A helicopter from the Seventh Fleet of the United States discovered the giant ship the robbers took when they left Xiangjiang, five hundred nautical miles west of the guest house.
He was traveling at a speed of 20 knots per hour, in a non-concierge direction.
Because US$180 billion was involved, the helicopter pilot did not dare to neglect and immediately reported to the fleet command center and requested support.
After receiving the news, the commander of the Seventh Fleet immediately ordered the fleet to move forward at full speed. He must stop the cargo ship and recover the gold and foreign exchange.
Finally, two hundred nautical miles away from Non-Concierge, the fleet caught up with its target.
No matter how warned, the freighter showed no response, the approaching helicopter was not attacked, and there was no sign of human activity on the deck of the freighter.
To determine if there was any gold on board.
Two teams of Marines boarded the freighter in a helicopter and found that the freighter was empty without a single person.
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So the troops boarded the ship.
Hundreds of Marines turned the freighter upside down and found no gold bricks or banknotes. It was obvious that the freighter was used by the other side to attract the attention of the pursuers.
The robbers have escaped with the gold and foreign currency and are missing.
The news spread back to Xiangjiang, and everyone knew that HSBC was finished.
long after the robbers left by boat.
The rescue team began to clean up the mess.
Mainly three places.
The HSBC building that was blown down by robbers, the treasury that was robbed, and most importantly, the place where the Eagle Army was shelled.
When we arrived at the shelling site, many people vomited. It was so miserable. The entire road was like a hell on earth, with craters caused by shells and the wreckage of cars and armored vehicles everywhere.
It was here that the Eagle Army encountered the most violent shelling since the Korean battlefield.
Thousands of British officers and Gurkha soldiers were defenseless and received 150 rounds of heavy artillery shells.
More than a thousand people were killed on the spot, with countless serious and minor injuries. Less than 10% of the people were lucky enough to escape the disaster, but they also suffered a mental breakdown.
Looking at the soldier sitting on the roadside crying like a child, the people in the rescue team all sighed. These people are useless unless they can return to normal under the guidance of psychiatrists.
Otherwise, the future life will really be inferior to that of a normal person.
This is true for the survivors, not to mention those who died.
Those who were directly vaporized in the shelling were considered good, but the most unlucky ones were those who were turned into corpses. The green belts on both sides of the road could no longer be called green belts, and were just as good as morgues.
There were corpses everywhere.
Because there were too many corpses and too fragmented, the rescue team could not clean them up. They had to dispatch sweepers and shovels to shovel away the meat and soil from the ground and transport them to a crematorium in the suburbs for cremation.
Because it's so miserable.
To save face, the police team set up cordons at both ends of the road and no one was allowed to take photos. If someone refused to listen to the dissuasion, not only would the photos taken be taken by strangers, but the person would also be sent to the police station to be educated.
Not to mention the HSBC headquarters building.
Under the bombardment of four howitzers and more than a dozen tank guns, the building collapsed on the spot, leaving a ruins more than 30 meters high and covering an area of 1,000 meters.
fine.
Because the robbers gave everyone enough time to escape, most people managed to escape except for those executives who were killed in the first round of shelling.
Because things were so complicated, HSBC and the police were too lazy to clean up the rubble. They just put up a cordon around the area and waited for the matter to calm down before handling it.
As for how things will calm down, it depends on whether the gold and foreign exchange can be recovered.
After confirming that the robbers had left and the police reoccupied the vault, people from HSBC arrived.
Without saying anything, he went straight to the underground vault.
Thanks to the strength of the vault and the fact that the robbers did not use explosives in the vault, most of the facilities in the vault were working normally. The elevator to the underground vault took everyone into the underground vault as usual.
The people at HSBC didn't care at all about the deaths of the five bottom-line employees. It was just a few dogs that died.
However, looking at the intact vault door, the people at HSBC were on the verge of tears, especially when the vault door was opened and they looked at the already empty vault.
HSBC is so popular that I want to curse.
This cleaning was so clean that the vault was cleaner than a dog licking it.
This loss is too great.
The gold in the vault is okay, it was accumulated by HSBC through hundreds of years of plunder.
If it is lost, although it will be heartbreaking, it will not break your muscles and bones, and you can avoid difficulties through turnover.
The key is those foreign exchange!
These are large deposits held by various large enterprises and institutions as well as the Hong Kong Government in HSBC. Now they have all been robbed by robbers.
This amount is too huge and cannot be subsidized by internal coordination and loans.
Even if HSBC owns the right to issue currency in Hong Kong, it is impossible to plug the hole through crazy money printing.
Everyone just hopes to recover gold and foreign exchange.
Prior to this, under the pressure of the Hong Kong Governor's Government, all major media in Hong Kong had cold-shouldered the HSBC Treasury Heist. Asia Television, including Asia Television, was not allowed to broadcast news about the gold heist.
He only plays some of his trivial social news and celebrity gossip to divert everyone's attention.
At the same time, the Hong Kong stock market will be closed, just like the 1987 stock market crash, it will be closed for three days until the situation stabilizes and results are obtained before resuming.
at the same time!
Rich people and officials in Xiangjiang jumped out one after another.
It is said that although the robbers left Xiangjiang with gold and foreign exchange, the Seventh Fleet of the beautiful country has arrived, and the surrounding countries have already said hello.
Even if the robbers get on the ship, they will have no way to escape. The gold and foreign exchange will be returned. Let everyone be calm and wait a few days. HSBC has a great fortune and will not be depressed because of a small robbery.
Everyone wants HSBC Hong Kong and believes in the Hong Kong Governor's Government. Hong Kong has successfully survived the thrilling 1984 years. A small robbery is nothing, it's trivial.
After all the publicity, Xiangjiang returned to calm. Although police officers were stationed in the streets and alleys to carefully check the passing vehicles, it finally returned to normal.
Unfortunately, as the cargo ship was discovered on the sea and the news came that the robbers inside had disappeared along with the gold and foreign exchange, HSBC completely jumped.
At first, the Zu family wanted to support HSBC.
After all, HSBC is a large financial institution with a century-old history. It has branches all over the world, has countless business needs every day, and earns amazing service fees.
If it goes bankrupt, it will cause a chain reaction and even cause economic power, causing countless rich people to suffer from heartache.
But the gap is so big that even the Zu family can't support it. If we bite the bullet, even the Zu family may be trapped in it, leaving a gap of 180 billion US dollars.
Even if the ancestral family has a great fortune and has accumulated wealth for hundreds of years, it will not be able to raise it for a while. It can only survive, sell some high-quality assets and entrust it to the white knight.
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"Report!"
Lei Weidong, who returned from the Caribbean, knocked on the door of Police Director Cao's office with the report prepared by Yazi.
Because the deputy director in charge of operations died in battle, the deputy director in charge of management was incompetent, and the powerful figure Lei Weidong was out of town. In order to prevent the police force from being leaderless, Cao Dahua returned to the police station.
"Xiao Lei, I'm back. How are things going? Come on, please take a seat." Although Lei Weidong is two levels below him, he is not only a powerful figure in the police force but also the biggest rich man in Hong Kong. Facing Lei Weidong, Cao Dahua said Just like when facing the Governor of Hong Kong, keep your attitude very low.
"Although we encountered some troubles, there was always no danger. Mrs. M's killer organization was uprooted, she was killed, and the girls she kidnapped were also rescued."
Lei Weidong handed the document in his hand to Cao Dahua neatly and said, "This is the record of the action. You can take a look."
"Haha, well done, Xiao Lei, you know, because of the HSBC gold heist, the Hong Kong Governor can scold our police force. Now it's okay. With your report, I can also report it to the higher ups. Accounted for."
Looking through the documents handed over by Lei Weidong, Director Cao was very happy to see that Mrs. Faye's daughter had been found. He knew Mrs. Faye's status in the Legislative Council.
Being able to help him find his daughter, who had been kidnapped for six years, is really a great achievement.
"I heard about the HSBC gold heist on the way back. Director, how big was the loss of HSBC?" Lei Weidong gloated and laughed when talking about HSBC.
"You don't know how big or small it is, but I heard that the Eastern Group mobilized a large amount of funds and started to take advantage of the situation." Seeing Lei Weidong's gloating look, Cao Dahua laughed and cursed:
"HSBC is the largest bank in Hong Kong. I don't know how many companies have deposited their deposits in HSBC. Now it's all over. Only your Eastern Group has settled in Standard Chartered Bank.
It is the enemy of HSBC. If you deposit your deposits in either Standard Chartered Bank or Citigroup and other foreign banks, this impact will not only not be a disaster but a rare opportunity for you.
You have taken a fancy to those assets of HSBC. Do you want me to be an introducer for you? Now HSBC is waiting for the rice to fall into the pot. "
"Waiting for the rice to fall into the pot, that is to say, as long as someone raises the price, HSBC is willing to sell anything." Lei Weidong asked.
"It's almost like selling as long as you give money. The shareholders of HSBC are anxious and need a lot of money to fill the hole. Now the ancestors have given up on them.
They can only survive by short-tailing themselves. It would be best if you could buy shares in HSBC. They can sell you 49% of the shares for one dollar.
If you don't want to, I'll sell you some of HSBC's properties. Now you are the only one in Hong Kong who has the money and can afford it. "Cao Dahua said with a smile.
"Sell me 49% of the shares for one dollar. Think I'm being taken advantage of." Lei Weidong shrugged.
Given the size of HSBC, selling 49% of the shares for not to mention 10 billion US dollars is equivalent to getting nothing, but considering the huge hole, this transaction is not worth it.
Others don't know how much HSBC has lost, but Lei Weidong still doesn't know.
The wealth is now lying quietly in Lei Weidong's personal space, including more than 2,000 and nearly 3,000 tons of gold, four-digit foreign exchange and a large number of bearer bonds.
The amount was so large that Lei Weidong had a headache on how to launder the money.
Gold is easy to handle.
Although it has the stamp of HSBC on it, it just needs to be melted again, and you don't even need to find someone outside. The service system provides this service for a small fee.
Bearer bonds are also easy to handle and can be slowly laundered through the black market.
The only trouble is foreign exchange.
The amount was too huge. Panda Dao would be discovered as long as he washed it, and he could only lie quietly in Lei Weidong's space. It was worse than waste paper. At least the waste paper could be sold for money.
You can’t even make money by selling these foreign exchanges.
Lei Weidong has a headache about how to spend money. You can imagine how he could jump into the hole in HSBC Bank, but he can still take advantage of the situation and get some high-quality assets.
In the real world, a primary school student wrote in Sitting Well, "Li Jiacheng is worthy of his name. Xiangjiang is the city of the Li family."
In fact, this is just a symptom. The Li family seems to be prosperous, but it is actually supported by HSBC. Xiangjiang is actually the city of HSBC.
Thanks to the armed support of Mr. Gui and the advantage of the right to issue Hong Kong dollars, HSBC can get the fattest meat in every crisis.
For example, in the 1973 oil crisis, due to the collapse of stock prices and the economic recession, the famous real estate company Hutchison Whampoa struggled in this crisis and almost fell into bankruptcy.
In order to keep the company, Hutchison Whampoa had to sell 30% of its shares to HSBC at a low price in exchange for a loan from HSBC.
Since the bank does not engage in real estate, after acquiring 30% of Hutchison Whampoa's shares, HSBC began to look for a successor.
In the beginning, HSBC was looking for an old man, so that the money would not go to outsiders.
However, with the strength of the mainland, HSBC realized that the wind direction was changing and had to change its goals. Therefore, Li Jiacheng, a real estate businessman who started out as a plastic flower maker, came into the eye of Shen Bi, the senior manager of HSBC Bank.
With Shen Bi's help, Li Jia took advantage of the empty-handed tactics to acquire 22.4% of Hutchison Whampoa's equity, gained a reputation as a superman, and began his rise from an ordinary businessman to the richest man.
There is also the battle for Wharf by Tycoon Bao. Watching this battle go up and down, it is extremely thrilling. In fact, HSBC is doing the business of the left hand and the right hand.
Because not only does Tycoon Bao's Global Shipping Group have a stake in HSBC, which is close to half of the shares at most, Tycoon Bao himself is also a shareholder of HSBC.
Even Jardine Matheson and HSBC also have shares.
In 1974, HSBC and Jardine Matheson exchanged shares. HSBC held a 5% stake in Jardine Matheson, and Jardine Matheson held a 3% stake in HSBC.
The Wharf acquisition was actually HSBC helping Jardine Matheson to get out of trouble. Otherwise, why would it have spent HK$2.2 billion to help Tycoon Bao force Jardine Matheson out of business?
How could Jardine Matheson take the initiative to sell its shares to Tycoon Bao when the Wharf stock was at its highest point?
