Wan Chai.
In a dusty basement, the leader of the same uncle, "Ah Jin", was instructing several brothers to clean the tables and chairs in the basement.
"Ah Jin" is an American veteran, and his father and uncle were childhood friends. So when he was discharged from the army and returned to Hong Kong, he directly worked with his uncle.
Although he is young, he has a military background and is quite skilled. Sir Li took out his spare time to teach him a few tricks and issued him a gun permit. He is the only bodyguard around Huang Shitong who carries a gun 24 hours a day.
"Ahem." The dust on the ground rose, and several working brothers covered their mouths and noses and said, "Brother Jin, how could Mr. Huang arrange to meet with other bosses in a basement like this?"
"No one has used this place for more than ten years, right?" A brother waved his hand and looked at the dust mites floating in front of his eyes with disgust on his face.
"Ah Jin" is also a young man, but he follows his uncle every day, so he obviously knows more information. At this time, he smiled, took out the "Datong Securities" sign next to him, and hung it on the wall on tiptoe.
"This was the company of Uncle Tong and Uncle Zhan. At that time, they had no money, so they had to rent an office in the basement. During the stock market crash in 1973, Uncle Tong stepped forward and summoned the bosses of more than a hundred local companies. They have a meeting here..."
"After uniting our forces, we defeated the foreign investment groups at that time." Ajin just finished speaking.
Groups of older bosses all walked into the basement of this store.
I saw chairs arranged neatly on the ground and dust all over the floor. In the minds of these bosses, they couldn't help but recall the situation back then.
"I almost died." A boss named Zhou shook his head, looked at the sign of Datong Securities, and sat down for a moment with concentration. Soon, the bosses came in one after another and quickly filled the place.
The people who came later couldn't find a place, so they simply stood aside and waited quietly for Huang Shitong to arrive. From this scene alone, we can see how much influence the Landlord Club has on Hong Kong Island and how many bosses have received favors from Huang Shitong.
At around 2:30, Huang Shitong walked into the basement step by step, wearing a suit and leaning on a cane. The bosses who were sitting on the chairs all stood up and greeted: "Uncle Tong, good afternoon!"
At a glance, there were at least two hundred people present.
"Okay, good afternoon, everyone. We are all old acquaintances. Let's sit down." Huang Shitong pressed his hands and strolled to the black list beside the wall.
I saw a lot of crooked, ups and downs of data written on the black list, which were left over from the stock market crash in 1973. At a glance, we can see that there are not only the company bosses who were saved at the time, but also many company bosses who were not saved at the time and ended up going bankrupt.
After listening to Uncle Tong's words, the two hundred or so people sat back on their chairs again.
This kind of scene doesn't look like a meeting between bosses, but more like a blacklist gathering to kill people. However, Huang Shitong's murderous look was no different from going out to kill someone.
He knocked his cane on the ground, looked around at the crowd and said, "There are many familiar people, still in a familiar place."
"When people get old, they really like to reminisce about the past. I'm so sorry that I asked everyone to come here for a meeting again."
"One thing I am proud of in my life is rescuing the market during the 1973 stock market crash. During that war, Chen Zhan and I saved many good local companies, including Mr. Zhou, Mr. Chen, Mr. Zhao... There are many, many familiar faces.”
"Because of you, Hong Kong Island is what it is today. Otherwise, we would have to use foreign-owned toothbrushes to brush our teeth, wear foreign-owned clothes to dress, and even eat instant noodles! We would have to eat vegetarian French noodles!"
Huang Shitong shook his head with emotion and said: "But in my opinion, the stock market crash in 1973 was just a small war, and now there is another big war waiting for us!"
"War?" The bosses present gasped. Boss Zhou took the lead and raised his hand, asking everyone's doubts loudly: "Uncle Tong, just tell me if there are any problems in the stock market recently!"
No way, the Hong Kong stock market has been really weird recently. These bosses have experienced the stock market crash that year and have noticed that the current situation is not good.
Many bosses who went bankrupt at that time took advantage of the development of Hong Kong Island in the past ten years and started companies again. After finally making a comeback, I don’t want to encounter another “stock market crash”.
After all, everyone is old. If there is an opportunity to make a comeback, is it possible to make a comeback? The sun in the east is not so bright!
Huang Shitong's voice from the audience nodded and said: "Wall Street is coming! A financial crisis bigger than the stock market crash is coming! Starting from Thailand, it will sweep across Asia!"
"I want everyone to temporarily transfer their companies to me for trading. I want to maintain the stability of the entire Hong Kong stock market."
"I promise everyone! I will never let any company delist!"
Almost all of the companies of these bosses are listed on the market, and it is clear that Huang Shitong's implication is that he wants them to temporarily transfer the company's equity to him. He controls the entire Hong Kong stock market! Manipulate the stock prices of hundreds of companies!
Because fighting is easy only with a united front...
The stock market is a market of confidence, and Huang Shitong knows that the most important thing is to stabilize the confidence of investors first. In this case, it's okay to fall, but you can't fall casually. Huang Shitong has the final say on how to fall!
As for the increase? The war has just begun. Until the war is over, there will be no talk of an increase. I didn’t see that my uncle didn’t dare to say it would go up, but he only shouted the slogan “no delisting” on the target?
Not delisting means not going bankrupt. It is already an extremely difficult operation to ensure that the "good companies" here do not go bankrupt during the financial turmoil.
This is a blatantly illegal transaction and involves great legal risks. But the bosses present all shouted in unison: "No problem! We support the Landowners' Association!"
"Uncle Tong, we support you!"
"At that time, there were nearly 300 companies. This is how we taught Tongshu to manage their equity! One by one, they were beaten and delisted, until there were only about 70 companies left. Only then did we win over those foreign investors. Enterprise! Now that Uncle Tong says he won’t let a company delist, we must support Uncle Tong no matter what!”
Everyone present still remembers how tragic the 1973 stock market crash was. They all still remember that it was only through the Landowners' Association and unity that we were able to defeat those foreign-funded enterprises.
Although many current bosses lost their companies during the 1973 stock market crash, they do not bear grudges against Huang Shitong. Because Huang Shitong had already tried his best to preserve the stock market in Hong Kong Island. Without Huang Shitong, not a single company would remain! Their companies will also go bankrupt sooner or later.
Afterwards, it is Huang Shitong who is willing to make a comeback. Without Huang Shitong to overcome the stock market crash that year, would Hong Kong Island's development have the environment to make a comeback? So now they still support Huang Shitong!
In 1973, they dared to fight like this. There is no reason why they didn't dare to fight like this in 1995!
What's more, the conditions offered by Uncle Tong are already very good. No company will be delisted and no company will go bankrupt. As long as the company does not go bankrupt, the market value can rise again after the financial crisis has passed.
"Thank you all for your support, Mr. Huang will definitely live up to everyone's expectations!" Huang Shitong took a deep breath and stood on the stage and bowed deeply as he did twenty-two years ago.
Looking at the bosses cheering in the audience, time seemed to go back to 1973. The young Huang Shitong stood on the stage and gave a loud speech, analyzing the pros and cons, and finally impressed these bosses.
The bosses loudly supported, took out their equity certificates, pressed their fingerprints one by one, and transferred the equity to "Datong Securities".
However, today is different from the past. Today's opponents are not foreign-funded enterprises from Britain and France, but the oligarchs of Wall Street. Today's Huang Shitong is not the fledgling securities manager. But once you stand on the stage, you will find a big landowner with thousands of followers.
"Ah Jin" and several bodyguards were guarding the wall. The bosses in the enthusiastic atmosphere seemed to have seen the scene twenty-two years ago. He couldn't help but sigh slightly and glanced at the dust around him.
"It turns out that the most powerful thing about the landlord association is not how much money it has, but the full support of Hong Kong businessmen!"
"Big Hong Kong businessmen like Li Chaoru use their money to raise assets, while small Hong Kong businessmen like Boss Zhou use their company's life to support him! It's really admirable!"
What's even more surprising is that the bosses who were present actually took out equity documents one after another from their briefcases.
And he took out the red ink pad and lined it up neatly. One after another at the scene, they pressed the equity transfer form.
It turns out that these bosses knew that something might have happened in this underground warehouse long before they set off.
At the same time, we are fully prepared to support Huang Shitong.
Huang Shitong stood on the stage and accepted the equity books one after another, feeling equally agitated in his heart.
The stock market has always been a market of confidence. Huang Shitong has support from top to bottom, and his confidence is high. Even if the entire net worth is reduced to bankruptcy, it is still a worthy death.
The bosses left the basement one after another after putting down their share certificates.
At the end of the conference, Huang Shitong walked out of the basement carrying two large plastic bags and jumped into the commercial vehicle.
Waiting for the bodyguards at "Ajin" to close the door, get into the car behind and escort Huang Shitong to Tianze Securities.
At the same time, Sima Xiang was also sitting in the office of the "Director" of the Financial Management Bureau, analyzing current affairs with the Director of the Financial Management Bureau in fluent English. Although the director of the Financial Supervisory Authority feels aggrieved, as Sima Xiang said, they do not have the money to deal with Wall Street's attack.
There was no other way. Mr. Director could only nod in the end and agree to the landlord's request: "After the financial crisis starts, I will go to Bali for vacation."
"Mr. Sima Xiang, when will the financial crisis start?"
Sima Xiang looked at his watch and took out three tickets from his pocket: "It's already started!"
