Chapter 136: Battle to Defend Hong Kong (6)
Starting from the first Wednesday of August, under three attacks from international financial speculators, the Hong Kong stock market has been falling for consecutive days. In the five trading days from August 3 to 7, the Hang Seng Index has fallen by 917 points, and the market value of the stock market has lost HK$250 billion.
On the 7th, the Hang Seng Index fell to the 7,000 point mark and closed at 7,018.41 points, down 235.95 points for the whole day, with a single-day drop of as much as 3.25%!
This is the new low since January 1995, but a year ago yesterday, the Hang Seng Index closed at an all-time high of 16,820 points!
A mood of despair began to permeate the entire Hong Kong stock market, and even local stock analysts were generally pessimistic.
As for ordinary Hong Kong stock investors, they are in great distress. Countless people have lost their pensions and savings, and their lives have hit rock bottom.
Just at this time, a fund company called "Future Capital" came into view and openly declared war on international hot money in the newspapers.
Like a ray of light in the dark night, this move greatly boosted the morale of Hong Kong stock investors and made many people applaud.
During this period, Zheng Zhiguang made a lot of money following Lu Yiming. Every morning when he woke up, he found that his pockets were fuller than the day before, which made him very happy.
After washing up, he hummed a little tune and went to the tea restaurant outside the community to have morning tea.
At the next table, a few burly men wearing big gold chains were talking loudly.
"Well said, we Hong Kong people should unite and make sure Soros and Screwball never come back!"
"Come on, international hot money is very strong."
"What do you mean by that? Are we in Hong Kong not strong? Are we really inferior to others? Look at that Future Capital, how powerful it is."
"Then just shout slogans."
"What do you know? Even Li Chaoren is optimistic about this Future Capital."
"Let me tell you a little bit of gossip: the four major families have already discussed with the Hong Kong government in secret and are preparing to rescue the market. As long as we unite together, we will definitely be able to defeat the foreign enemies, and we will be able to make a fortune at that time."
"real?"
"It's all real gold. How could I lie to you? Anyway, I've already bought it."
"Then I'll buy some later."
"If it's released this time, I'll buy it!"
However, one person expressed a different opinion: "Whether this rumor is accurate or not is not the point. Even if it is accurate, how do we know which stocks will rise? In my opinion, instead of investing your money in the stock market, you might as well buy the financial product 'Win in the Future' directly. It has an annualized rate of return of 10% and is guaranteed to pay principal and interest. Isn't it much better than buying blindly on your own?"
“Is this reliable?”
"It was Future Capital that launched this financial product. Even Li Chaoren is optimistic about it. Do you think it's reliable?"
"What if they're bragging?"
"It shouldn't be. After all, if it was fake, why didn't Li Chaoren come out to clarify? So, this is most likely true. Besides, the newspaper also published the photo. Could it be that this photo is also fake?"
"It sounds so good, why don't you buy it?"
The man immediately became complacent: "Hey, I bought it a long time ago. I heard that the maximum quota for each person is only 500,000. I used my wife's ID card and bought 1 million together. I can just sit back and wait to receive the money next year."
"Hey man, why didn't you tell me earlier? Are we still friends?"
"What are you waiting for? I want to buy some too. How do I buy this financial product?"
Zheng Zhiguang, who was standing next to them, listened to the entire conversation between the people and suddenly looked strange and stunned.
He had helped to get Lu Yiming's invitation letter, so he knew everything. Before that, Li Chaoren didn't even know whether Lu Yiming was a human or a ghost, and he was optimistic about...
Right now, Future Capital is using Li Chaoren’s reputation to advertise without paying any advertising fees. It’s a typical freeloader!
"You've been fleecing me like this, and I, Zheng Zhiguang, am willing to call you the strongest... Wait, I helped get the invitation letter, and if Li Chaoren holds me accountable, then I'm doomed, right?"
Thinking of this, Zheng Zhiguang suddenly felt his scalp tingling and quickly called Lu Yiming.
"I, Zheng Zhiguang, am having morning tea..."
"Why don't you treat me? Forget it, we are no longer friends."
"Stop messing around. Let me ask you something. Was the banquet something you carefully planned?"
Lu Yiming retorted: "How can it be called a plan? Coincidence, coincidence, do you understand?"
"What a coincidence! How could I not know you? Did you spread the news that Li Chaoren was optimistic about Future Capital?"
"yes."
"You are the one who said that the battle to defend Hong Kong's financial sector will be won?"
"Um."
Zheng Zhiguang thought to himself that he was awesome, and then asked with a bitter face: "You spread rumors like this, and it will attract hatred, you know?"
Lu Yiming refuted confidently: "What rumor did I spread? Li Chaoren did say that night that he was optimistic about our future capital and the Hong Kong stock market. As for me cheering for the defense of Hong Kong's financial sector, who dares to stand up and say that I am not?"
Zheng Zhiguang opened his mouth wide, not knowing what to say to refute Lu Yiming.
As expected, the lowest of men are invincible.
It would be a shame if you don't use your thick skin to research bulletproof vests.
Zheng Zhiguang suddenly remembered that he seemed to be asking about the invitation letter, so he said: "Um, I..."
As a result, just as the conversation started, Lu Yiming on the other end of the phone suddenly said, "Ah, Lao Wei is here to report the results of the battle. I'll hang up first."
“Beep, beep, beep…”
"Hello?"
Zheng Zhiguang heard the busy tone coming from the phone, and suddenly he felt that the tiger skin chicken feet, steamed spareribs with rice flour, and cold jellyfish skin in front of him were no longer delicious.
And at the Future Capital headquarters, the chairman’s office.
Wei Liqun came in with a thick stack of information sheets and was reporting to Lu Yiming: "Our 'Win in the Future' financial product is very popular now. The first phase of the total amount of 330 million was sold out directly, but there are still many people calling to inquire about the news."
After being acquired by Lu Yiming and renamed, Future Capital's development momentum is at its peak and its reputation is far beyond that of even Jiahua Capital at its most glorious time.
But beneath this scene of decadence and extravagance, Wei Liqun felt that there were undercurrents surging and it was extremely dangerous.
The new boss is really good at making trouble. He took advantage of Li Chaoren and openly challenged the international hot money. Is this something a human being would do?
The whole of Asia is almost crawling at the feet of Soros and others. Even Xia, one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, has to be on high alert. What can capital use to fight against others in the future?
What made him even more upset was that Lu Yiming also bought a large amount of Hang Seng Index futures and bet against others.
Whether he lives or dies, we will know next month.
Wei Liqun felt that he might have to change his boss again next month...
