Chapter 441 calls for the punishment of Hong Kong traitors

"Five billion, boss!" Panting, Ma Jiarui ran into Zhong Shi's office, and quickly reported a number, "Today we spent a total of five billion Hong Kong dollars on protection, and the situation is much better than we expected!" After taking a breath for a while, Ma Jiarui continued to add.

  All the top executives of Tianyu Fund, including Andrew, let out a long sigh of relief, and their faces showed joy. Amid all the smiles, only Zhong Shi's face was livid, his brows were furrowed, and he didn't intend to relax at all.

   It was Andrew who first realized that something was wrong. After seeing that Zhong Shi was completely indifferent to the news of spending 5 billion, he quickly asked: "Zhong Sheng, is there something wrong? Why is your expression still so serious?"

  After hearing his words, the other group of people also calmed down, turned their eyes to Zhong Shi, and waited for his answer.

"Do you think that there are only a few trading days left in August, so far, we have only used 20% of the total funds, so basically our plan to support the market is considered a success?" Zhong Shi's eyes were burning. , after glancing at everyone's faces, he asked in a deep voice.

"Isn't it?" Liao Xiaohua jumped out first. He scratched his head and asked inexplicably, "Zhong Sheng, is there any variable? According to the current situation, our victory is just around the corner! As long as the August deadline It means that if the defense is successful, the international speculators will lose a lot of money, and they will definitely retreat.”

  Others nodded in agreement.

"You guys really oversimplify the wisdom of speculators!" Patting the table lightly, Zhong Shi sighed, shook his head and said, "Just yesterday, a broker called Zhong Yi and wanted to To lend 10% of his shares in China German Real Estate, the interest rate is 30% higher than the bank lending rate, and the time is one week."

  “Although my cousin didn’t lend out his shares, he can’t guarantee that the other major shareholders on the board of directors didn’t lend out their shares. So, you should also think about how much work the international speculators have done in private!”

Words such as "10%" and "one week" immediately attracted everyone's attention. After looking at each other for a long time, Ma Jiarui said: "Zhong Sheng, you mean that speculators are plotting to launch a large-scale offensive? The time is short." At the end of this month?"

If you want to short the stock market, you must have a certain amount of stocks on hand. Although there are many brokerage firms in the nature of market makers in Hong Kong, the stocks owned by these brokers are only a small part, and speculators want to short the stock market wantonly If so, the best way is to borrow shares from the major shareholders of listed companies.

For speculators, borrowing stocks and selling them crazily, and then buying them back to cover their positions when the prices are low, can not only earn the price difference, but also drive down the Hong Kong stock futures index, and at the same time make a fortune in the futures index market .

  For major shareholders of listed companies, lending stock does not affect their control over the company, because it is only equivalent to lending a short-term loan. Naturally, they are also very happy to make a small profit without affecting their controlling position.

  As for the part of the market value loss, they don't care much, because this part is originally false. And for these rich people, as long as the shares in their hands do not decrease, it is only a matter of time before they recover their wealth.

Although the richest man Li Jiacheng publicly stated that he did not sell goods, nor did he lend his shares to others to sell goods, but he was the only one who made such a statement, and there may be other red-top businessmen who are closely connected with the central government. out of stock. But who knows how many wealthy businessmen have lent their stocks to international speculators in private?

   In this way, what Tianyu Fund has to deal with on the surface is international speculators, but in fact it is dealing with those wealthy people in the city who have lent stocks. Perhaps these rich people also secretly sell the Hong Kong stock futures index, hoping to take advantage of the momentum of speculators and make a fortune in the same way.

   Everyone here is not a fool, after a little thought, they understood.

   These talents are the confidants of Tianyu Fund. No, specifically, they are not only the confidantes of Tianyu Fund, but also the confidants of Hong Kong's economy.

"In this way, what we have to face are not only international speculators, but also those rich people who secretly betrayed Hong Kong's interests?" Ren Ruowei's face changed suddenly, and his voice trembled a little, "Even with the whole The market is against it, my God, this is too scary!"

   "I can't talk about selling or selling!" Andrew didn't think so, shrugged, and said lightly, "Buying long and selling short, isn't this a normal business behavior? How did it rise to the height of betraying Hong Kong's interests?"

"You're right, it really shouldn't be raised to the level of betraying Hong Kong's interests!" Zhong Shi waved his hand to stop the rebuttals that others were preparing, "It's just that they are taking money out of our pockets in this way. The victims of this behavior are ultimately us, not the Hong Kong government as they think."

   "God!" Andrew was dumbfounded, put his head in his hands, and screamed exaggeratedly, "How could they do this? God, these damned guys are complete thieves!"

  Andrew's inconsistent performance startled the others, causing them to look at each other, not knowing what to say for a while. But after thinking about the joints, everyone laughed again. It turned out that Andrew was concerned about his own money, which is why he had such a contradictory performance.

  After Andrew's farce-like performance, the atmosphere in Zhong Shi's office has obviously eased a lot. Even Zhong Shi had a rare smile on his face because of Andrew's exaggerated performance.

"It's just that, the whole market may be against us!" After laughing for a long time, Ma Jiarui's face suddenly turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, "No matter how much money we have, we will spend it in it! I'm afraid No matter how much Andrew spreads rumors and no matter how much support from small and medium shareholders, we will be hard to get out of it in the end.”

"Yes!" Zhong Shi slapped the table, his face became extremely ugly, "Even if we can survive August, we won't be able to survive the next time. Therefore, we must think of ways to get the government to do something, trust them It should also be clear about the current situation.”

"If we don't get more support, we may have only one end in the end, that is, all the funds are trapped in it, there is no liquidity, and all the efforts of the previous period will be in vain. More seriously, in the future, if If the Hong Kong dollar really falls, you, you, including me, everyone's wealth will shrink significantly."

  After this analysis, everyone realized the seriousness of the situation. From ancient times to the present, although there have been strong people who have opposed the entire market, their fate has always ended in bankruptcy.

  In the 1920s, a super-rich man in the United States hoarded silver and wanted to raise the price of silver. At his peak, he bought half of the silver in circulation in the entire futures market, but eventually declared bankruptcy due to the sharp drop in silver prices.

Everyone here is well aware of this case. Although what Tianyu Fund is currently doing is different from his, and the leverage ratio is not large, but because there is an exchange rate factor in it, the risks involved are not at all compared to this one. Silver Tycoon is less.

  The atmosphere that had been relaxed just now became tense again. This time, everyone's eyes turned to Zhong Shi again, hoping that he could come up with a solution.

"At this time, what we can do is very limited!" Zhong Shi's words broke everyone's hearts to the bottom, but the next sentence rekindled their hope, "Although we can't do much, But the Hong Kong government can do it! Now, it’s time to negotiate new terms with them again!”

   After finishing speaking, Zhong Shi called Cen Yinquan in full view.

"Zhong Sheng, you've done a good job recently! The chief executive and I are very satisfied with your work, saying that you have done a great favor to the Hong Kong government. Why, call now, do you have anything important to discuss?" Cen Yinquan's voice was very resonant on the phone that was released from the phone. Judging from his tone, Cen Yinquan seemed to be in a good mood.

  Zhong Shi quickly told what he knew.

"We are also very aware of the situation you mentioned, but this is just a purely commercial behavior, and we have nothing to do about it." Cen Yinquan said in an official tone, "You should also know that apart from HSBC and other note-issuing banks, The Monetary Authority has almost zero binding force on other banks, and few banks would listen even to appealing to them not to lend money to speculators, let alone me, the financial secretary."

Zhong Shi was very dissatisfied with Cen Yinquan's statement. He had a feeling of being betrayed, but this was not the time for an attack, so he said lightly: "Director Cen, if you say that, is it a formal official opinion or just A private statement?"

Due to the recent statement by the central government, two vice presidents of banks from the mainland have secretly arrived in Hong Kong, and they came with funds as high as 60 billion Hong Kong dollars. Therefore, Cen Yinquan has a lot of confidence at this time , The reliance on Zhongshi Capital has also decreased a lot, so he unconsciously took on a somewhat perfunctory tone when speaking. But after hearing Zhong Shi's words, he was keenly aware of a trace of uneasiness.

"This is just a private chat between our friends. It doesn't involve any statement or not. You are too sensitive, Zhong Sheng." Cen Yinquan laughed, seeing that Zhong Shi still had no statement, he continued, "But we It’s really embarrassing, you also know that Hong Kong is a free economic market, can we restrict short selling in the market?”

   Cen Yinquan still shirks the blame.

Soon, he heard the answer from Zhong Shi, "Restrict short selling? Of course it is not allowed. But Director Cen, you also know that after this period of consumption, I have invested 20% of the funds in the market You and I are very clear that this kind of rescue cannot last for a long time. Even if the futures index in August is successfully supported, what if the speculators continue to attack in September? Therefore, fundamentally cut off the borrowing by speculators The possibility of stocks is the most important thing. Speaking of short selling, I think short selling is also a great way to make money!"

"What? Short selling?" Cen Yinquan's tone suddenly became angry, "Zhong Sheng, do you want to sell short? You are threatening me. If the Hong Kong government does not introduce measures to prevent speculators from borrowing stocks from the root cause, So you're going to be short? Do you know who you're talking to?"

"No! No! No!" Zhong Shi said "No" three times in a row, "Director Cen, you have misunderstood me. If the Hong Kong government really does not intend to stop it, then I have no choice but to sell the stocks I am holding. , and then withdrew all funds from Hong Kong. To be honest, after half a month of fighting with international speculators, I truly feel that their financial strength is simply unshakable. Although I can't fight against them, at least You won’t act to betray Hong Kong, do you think so?”

"Hehe, brother, why did you do this?" After a long silence in the microphone, when Cen Yinquan's voice came again, his tone suddenly became kind and kind, "To be honest, I have been talking to you for the past two days. Discuss with the chief executive to see if we can introduce any new policies to stop speculators. The situation you mentioned is also within the scope of our discussion. I believe it will not be long before you will have a satisfactory result. Before that, please Brother, please help me for a while, as long as this hurdle is passed, everything will be fine."

  At this critical juncture, if Zhong Shi turns his back on the water, all the tens of billions of stocks he has on hand will be thrown into the market, and the consequences will be absolutely disastrous. What's more terrible is that the escape of tens of billions of dollars of funds out of Hong Kong is an incalculable major event for the Hong Kong dollar market, and it is not an exaggeration to even cause an avalanche of Hong Kong dollars.

  So after a quick weigh-in, Cen Yinquan had to give in to Zhong Shi.

"Director Cen is indeed wise and powerful, unruffled in times of crisis, and has the demeanor of an ancient general. If you plan to run for chief executive, I will fully support you!" After Zhong Shikou complimented the other party inadvertently, he finally got to the main point. "So, we have re-negotiated the deal. I have several witnesses here!"

"It's natural, brother, can my words not count?" Cen Yinquan didn't react for a while, and still boasted, but the next moment, he understood, and his tone suddenly became vicious, "God, why are you Can it be done? Don't you know that our conversation is highly classified?"

   After he finished speaking, maybe because he was unprepared for the sudden incident, or maybe because he became angry from embarrassment, he hung up the phone with a bang.

   "Damn politicians!" Zhong Shi muttered dissatisfiedly. After hanging up the phone, he spread his hands and said to the shocked faces, "Now our crisis is finally resolved!"

   Thanks to book friends atuzai-zwb and kalm for voting monthly! Sometimes I can’t even tell myself which day I’m too busy to write, so try to write more words in each chapter, which can be regarded as a way to make up for it. I hope everyone can understand.

  

  

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