Peninsula Hotel, twelfth floor.
The circular glass door was open, and there were stars outside the observation deck. A wisp of breeze blew into the private room, and several elderly people gathered around the card table to play Landlord.
Sir Li and Meiko stood in front of the bar next to them. They reached out and took out the red wine from the wine cabinet. After pouring it into the decanter, they slowly began to wait for it to be decanted.
Huang Shitong, Chen Zhan, Mai Shengyun, Sima Xiang, and Lin Rundong, five big landlords, were sitting at the card table playing cards.
Luo Minsheng was well dressed, holding documents in his hands, standing at the card table waiting for instructions.
Since Mai Shengyun and Lin Rundong had just finished the round, Chen Zhan and Sima Xiang were now playing cards with their uncle. Uncle Tong was lucky enough to win the landlord card again. Chen Zhan and Sima Xiang sat across from each other and became farmers who joined forces.
Everyone in Hong Kong knew that the landlords would sit together and play cards, but they would not place bets. But Hong Kong's finance is their bet!
Every card game, in a few words, may determine the future direction of Hong Kong Island's finance.
So while everyone was playing cards, they were naturally talking about the recent financial situation...
But for them, playing cards is just to "calm down", and no one is paying attention to the game. Because usually in the card games of the landlords' association, Yazi calls the banker, but today Huang Shitong calls the people, and the nature is different.
What's more, today Huang Shitong is here, and even Li Shaoze is here. All fools know that something big is probably going to happen.
At the poker table, Huang Shitong had just finished talking about the recent fluctuations in the foreign exchange market, and immediately began to talk about the situation on Wall Street.
Although it has not been stated explicitly, everyone has vaguely guessed that today's poker game is in response to Wall Street's recent actions.
Wall Street is the financial center of the world...will the landlords be able to handle it?
I saw Chen Zhan throwing away the cards with an expressionless face, and he already knew the situation. Sima Xiang was playing cards with a smile, and asked Luo Minsheng from time to time how to play. Rather than asking for advice, it was more like teaching him how to play cards.
As for Mai Shengyun and Lin Rundong, they had no cards in their hands, so they sat on the card table and smoked slowly with a cigar in their mouths.
But the longer they listened, the weirder their expressions became. Before Uncle Tong finished playing the cards, Mai Shengyun couldn't help but interjected: "Brother Tong, you said Wall Street is going to attack the whole of Asia? Are you going to fight us?" Start a war?”
"Yes." Huang Shitong dismissed a pair of A soldiers noncommittally and answered Mai Shengyun's words.
Lin Rundong said with uneasiness: "It is a big sin to take the initiative to cause a financial crisis."
"Those Wall Street ghosts are raising us Asians like pigs." Huang Shitong saw that Chen Zhan and Sima Xiang had both said it, and immediately made another three and two.
Chen Zhan continued to shake his head and passed the card, while Sima Xiang responded with a three-and-two sermon: "They like to call Asia the third world, which means that we are behind them."
"Hmph, when Chinese civilization was the center of the world, they didn't know what they were doing!" Huang Shitong said coldly, and then used a set of three and two cards to crush the two "peasants".
"They are starting a war to plunder the wealth of us Chinese people." Li Shaoze brought up the wine glasses with Yao Zi, responded with a sneer, and distributed the red wine glasses to the elders on the card table.
After dividing it up, he turned around and handed a cup to Luo Minsheng.
Luo Minsheng quickly put down the document, took the red wine glass and said, "Thank you, big boss."
"Yes." Li Shaoze nodded and stood at the card table, swaying his wine glass.
I saw Mai Shengyun and others tense up, feeling pressure on their bodies.
There is no other way. These two phrases, searching for the wealth of the Chinese people and starting a financial war, are really thrilling. Even Mai Shengyun and other big bosses in the club did not expect to encounter such a grand strategy that determines the lifeline of the nation in their lifetime.
After a moment of panic, Mai Shengyun and Lin Rundong looked at each other and took the initiative to test: "Brother Tong, how do you plan to deal with this matter?"
"War or peace?"
The so-called peace is to short-sell Asia with Wall Street to preserve one's own worth and assets. To put it nicely, it is "harmony", but to put it bluntly, it is "surrender", which means disregarding fellow nationalities and the righteousness of the motherland!
When Huang Shitong heard what Mai Shengyun said, he glared at him fiercely, threw out the last dragon in his hand, and slammed it on the card table.
"This time there is only war, not peace! Those who want to be traitors cannot get out of this door today and can only walk down from the rooftop."
Li Shaoze stood nearby, staring at everyone eagerly, knowing that it was inevitable that some people would have objections when playing cards. Everything he said at this time was false. He stopped here to see who would dare to speak out against it.
The cool breeze from the sea blew in along the window sill, and Mai Shengyun was suddenly shocked and thought: "That's right! I also think there is only war! There is no peace!"
"I also support fighting the war to the end. We were able to save the market more than 20 years ago, and we can still save the market this year!" Chen Zhan threw away all the cards in his hand and spoke in support of Huang Shitong.
"I also agree that the money earned by the common people should be spent by the common people themselves." Lin Rundong thought for a while and raised his hand to express his opinion.
Sima Xiang, who always had a kind face, put down his cards at this time and said in a solemn tone: "If any robber dares to put his hand into the Chinese's pocket, we will chop off his hand together!"
Luo Minsheng stood nearby. Although he was not qualified to speak, he was very excited inside.
He did not expect that he would have the opportunity to witness the opening of the Asian market to Wall Street! He may even be involved in this financial war.
Sure enough, the eldest Sima Xiang asked: "A Tong, how should we fight this battle? Please draw up a charter."
"Okay." Huang Shitong nodded slightly, and then said: "First of all, according to the data, both the Thai market and the Korean market are unstoppable. We will definitely not be able to beat Wall Street with our own funds."
"Brother Xiang, you are familiar with the boss of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Please help us talk to him first about how much US dollars the Hong Kong Monetary Authority can provide to support us."
The opponent in this war is Wall Street. The Hong Kong dollars in their hands are all waste paper, and only US dollars are hard currency.
Sima Xiang nodded in agreement and said: "No problem, I will go to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to talk."
"In my fund, I can mobilize US$300 million in foreign exchange."
Although it is expected that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority will not be able to provide much support, the official power can borrow as much as it can. It would be an idiot not to use it. Even if those ghost guys don't give you money, they should at least give you some face in the handling fee, right?
Moreover, the funds of the Landowners Association are in the hands of the predators. After expressing their stance, they will start to contribute money and efforts.
Sima Xiang is the oldest and the most measured in doing things. He just accepted the task and immediately reported the funds.
Huang Shitong nodded, knowing that Sima Xiang didn't have much money, and he had already spent all his efforts with 300 million US dollars. So he turned to Chen Zhan again and said: "Azhan, check the companies we saved in '73' and see how many are still alive. I want to support the stock prices of a number of good companies."
"Let's look at the companies that have been doing export trade recently and see if there are any good companies. Then they will come to us for help."
"Whether you want to save someone or not, whoever you want to save must first get the information."
Chen Zhan replied in a deep voice: "I understand, brother Tong, leave this matter to me."
"The fund under my control can mobilize US$450 million."
"Brother Tong, as well as my fund, I can put out 400 million."
"My fund is 500 million." Mai Shengyun and Lin Rundong sat at the card table and raised their hands to report the amount.
Since Sima Xiang has tried his best, they certainly won't be picky and the amounts quoted are all the highest funds that can be mobilized.
Because this group of people are elite members of the Landowners Association, and they have decided to fight this battle, so they will definitely not spare any effort. No one, including Mai Shengyun, left a penny in their pockets except for other real estate and Hong Kong dollars.
Huang Shitong knew that these old brothers had not stolen the chicken.
Looking around at everyone, I found that although everyone is much older, they have changed a lot.
But the original intention in our hearts has not changed, and this financial defense battle still has to be fought.
"Okay, if I mobilize all the funds here, I can come up with 1.3 billion U.S. dollars, which adds up to a full 3 billion!" Huang Shitong shouted out his own amount, and he was indeed the one with the most among everyone.
And these funds are actually all the financial resources that can be mobilized within the Landowners Association. The sum total is exactly the same as Wall Street calculated.
With this money, they had the confidence to go to war.
Huang Shitong looked around at the crowd and then said: "Tomorrow morning I will go to see Li Chaoren, Mr. Guo, Mr. Huo..."
"Discuss the interests and benefits with these tycoons and raise a batch of funds from them."
"They have no reason to sit back and watch on major events related to the development of the entire Hong Kong Island. They will definitely support us."
Although these big guys are all engaged in industry, even if their finances are hit hard, their social status will not be affected.
Because the industry is there, and things won’t change. They can grit their teeth and get through the shrinking wealth caused by finance. Perhaps in a few more years, their wealth will increase as society recovers.
But the time in between will affect the trade development of their industry and their wealth figures. Invisibly, many crises are added.
As long as these big guys don't have a hole in their heads, they will all support Huang Shitong. But there is no need to think about it like they did in person and broke everything in the ring. It’s just a question of how much money to give and how many US dollars to support.
Mai Shengyun and others nodded and continued to wait for their uncle to talk. Just listen to Uncle Tong continue to arrange his troops: "Shengyun, Rundong, you two will first use our internal funds to buy back some Hong Kong Island bonds in the international market and reduce Wall Street's bargaining chips."
"I know." Mai Shengyun and Lin Rundong looked at each other and immediately responded.
"Ah Sheng, please organize all the salesmen in Hong Kong and let all the securities firms in Hong Kong meet. I want to ensure the internal balance of the Hong Kong market. Whatever I say, the entire Hong Kong market will do what I say. Do you understand the orders and prohibitions?" Huang Shitong glanced at Luo Minsheng, and Luo Minsheng immediately agreed: "I understand, Uncle Tong."
His role is actually to act as a sounding board for the landlord association and ordinary financial practitioners, and to serve as a messenger.
But Luo Minsheng didn't expect that he would really take part in this battle. Even if he is just a messenger, as long as he does a good job, he will really be able to sit at the card table and play cards after the financial crisis is over.
"As for Meazi, you are responsible for establishing an account and managing the funds together. Tomorrow night, all the funds mobilized will be transferred into this account." Huang Shitong glanced at his daughter and handed over the most important position to The most trustworthy person.
Where is Li Shaoze? He is not responsible for anything. At this time, he is responsible for taking the lead in holding a glass of wine and speaking: "To save the hard-earned money of the Chinese, cheers."
"Cheers!" Huang Shitong, Yao Zi, Sima Xiang, Luo Minsheng, Chen Zhan...
Everyone here clinked their glasses, stood up and drank the whole glass of red wine.
