Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 1002 Big Move

It is already August. According to Lu Shaohua's memory, August was the advanced stage of the financial crisis. The 2008 financial crisis started in June 2007, but it was just the beginning. There were only a few signs. The real evolution took place in August.

On August 8, the tenth largest mortgage lender in the United States, American Home Mortgage Investment Corporation, filed for bankruptcy protection in court, becoming another large mortgage lender in the United States to file for bankruptcy after New Century Financial Corporation.

On August 8, Bear Stearns, the fifth largest investment bank in the United States, announced that two of its funds had collapsed due to the subprime mortgage crisis.

On August 8, BNP Paribas announced that it would suspend trading of three of its funds involved in U.S. mortgage business; the European Central Bank announced that it would provide 9 billion euros of funds to relevant banks - the subprime mortgage crisis spread to other Western markets. This move caused a sharp drop in European stock markets.

On August 8, Mizuho Group, the parent company of Japan's second largest bank, Mizuho Bank, announced a loss of 13 million yen related to US subprime mortgages. Japanese and Korean banks have already suffered losses due to the US subprime mortgage crisis.

On August 8, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was still fluctuating between rising and falling in the morning, and then finally turned downward, falling below 15 points and closing at its lowest point since April this year. The S&P 13000 index also fell to a point where it had lost all its gains this year.

The subprime mortgage crisis has evolved from then on, and now it is the beginning of August, which means that in a few days, the subprime mortgage crisis will truly exert its influence and has affected Europe and several countries. However, this is only an impact, and the financial storm has not yet evolved successfully. Oh, no, it cannot be said that it has evolved successfully. In fact, at this time, the financial storm has already evolved successfully, but this financial storm is gathering momentum and is constantly evolving into a super storm.

The subprime mortgage crisis was about to break out, and the financial storm was intensifying. How could Lu Shaohua have the time and energy to pay attention to Phoenix Group? You have to know that this was the last financial storm in Lu Shaohua's memory. It would be a lie to say that he didn't care.

It was also the last time that Lu Shaohua was ready to make an effort and concentrate all his energy. Although it was impossible to stare at it every day, it would not be like before, fishing for three days and drying the net for four days. He would go to take a look when he wanted to, and just stay in the villa when he didn't want to go.

Although Lu Shaohua is only a half-baked financial expert, he is the top boss of Phoenix Group. If he were to take command of the headquarters when the financial storm comes, it would certainly increase the momentum. At the same time, it would also let the traders below know that the boss attaches great importance to this action.

Making money, making lots of money, this is Lu Shaohua’s only goal!

If they want to make huge amounts of money, they must get all the traders, including Liu Mingzhang and others, to work together and put in 200% effort to pocket all the money that can be earned. Even if it is money that cannot be earned, they must try their best to get it. In a word, in one sentence, do their utmost to make money.

Lu Shaohua is a man who pays attention to practical actions. So, the next day, when the sun just rose halfway from the east, he got up, went to the gym to exercise for a while, then came back to take a hot shower, had breakfast, and set off.

Lu Shaohua's destination today is the headquarters, which is also where Liu Mingzhang and his colleagues work. There, Lu Shaohua can give orders to all traders under the Phoenix Group. At the same time, he can also see all stock market trends around the world.

Lu Shaohua put a lot of effort into this command post and this operation. "Commander, the previous large LCD screen has been replaced with an even larger one, so large that it covers the entire wall."

In addition, the original two-story villa was expanded to become a four-story villa with dozens of rooms, which is large enough for nearly a hundred people to rest and live.

There are also computer equipment, all of which have been replaced recently, with the latest models of Phoenix computers, as well as notebooks. Originally there were only three notebooks placed here, but this time they were all replaced and seven more were added, reaching a total of ten notebooks in history.

Well, there are a lot of desktop computers in the villa, so there is no shortage of computers here, but if I get ten laptops at once, can I use them all?

Are you kidding? If he couldn't use it all, Lu Shaohua wouldn't have brought so much. Would he leave it there to get moldy? Lu Shaohua was rich, but he wasn't that extravagant. Since he got it, he must have needed it.

In addition to these, the defense level was also raised to the highest level. In order to ensure the safety of Liu Mingzhang and others, Lu Shaohua specially transferred thirty members of the Shadow Organization from the island. All of them were hidden masters, and they were mainly responsible for peripheral police tasks.

There are also visible bodyguards. Lu Shaohua transferred ten tall and strong men from the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group. It is obvious at first glance that they are masters among masters. They are responsible for police patrols in the villa courtyard and behind the building.

As for the inside, there is no need to mention it. Each of Liu Mingzhang and his team has at least four bodyguards. They will stay on the second floor of the villa to rest, but once there is any movement, they will definitely be able to rush to Liu Mingzhang and his team in less than three seconds.

Sixteen bodyguards, oh, no, to be more precise, it should be twenty-four bodyguards, because the current command post no longer has only Liu Mingzhang and his wife, Li Yunqing and Li Zongen, there should be one more bodyguard, Huo Xiaoyue.

Huo Xiaoyue is one of Lu Shaohua's women, and also the most beloved granddaughter of Huo Yingdong. But for some reason, none of the women following Lu Shaohua likes to be a vase. Huo Xiaoyue, who graduated from the Finance Department, started her internship at Phoenix Financial at an early stage. She regarded Liu Mingzhang and Li Yunqing as her apprentices, and has been following them in operations.

This time, Huo Xiaoyue also joined in. She was an independent person and her rank was below Li Yunqing and others, but she led an operations team and was considered a leader of the first level.

Huo Xiaoyue is surrounded by eight bodyguards, who were arranged by Lu Shaohua. Huo Xiaoyue is also in the villa, so the villa has as many as twenty-four internal security personnel.

However, when Lu Shaohua's motorcade arrived at the outskirts of the villa, there was a sense of tension in the general command post, thinking that such a big scene was a sign of something happening. When it was confirmed that it was Lu Shaohua's motorcade, all the security personnel were relieved and notified Liu Mingzhang and others of Lu Shaohua's arrival.

Now that the boss has arrived, it is natural to welcome him. Led by Liu Mingzhang, everyone including Huo Xiaoyue came out to the door to welcome Lu Shaohua.

Lu Shaohua seemed to have expected it and did not feel surprised. After getting off the car, he greeted everyone and looked at Huo Xiaoyue again. He found that Huo Xiaoyue's eyes were full of bloodshot and his heart suddenly ached.

Huo Xiaoyue and he were rarely together. She was never around Lu Shaohua most of the time, and she didn't even live with Lu Shaohua. She only occasionally went back to Lu Shaohua's villa to stay for a night or two.

As for Lu Shaohua, he has been busy most of the time in recent years and has not paid much attention to Huo Xiaoyue. It seems that Lu Shaohua is a bit incompetent, but Huo Xiaoyue has no complaints.

More importantly, Huo Xiaoyue seemed not to want to be a vase and worked hard to learn financial knowledge, but she was also helping Lu Shaohua. After all, she was working at Phoenix Financial Company.

What does Phoenix Financial mean to Lu Shaohua? Needless to say, it is definitely an extremely important company, even comparable to the importance of the Tiger Roar Base.

Without Phoenix Financial, there would be no Phoenix Group. Without the financial company, there would be no Tiger Roar Base. Without Phoenix Financial, there would be no Lu Shaohua's current glory.

Do you think Phoenix Financial is important?

It is definitely a treasure trove. Every year, a steady stream of funds is taken out from there and distributed to other tribes to help them grow and develop.

Huo Xiaoyue is working hard in such a high-status company, working for Lu Shaohua without any complaints. Looking at her bloodshot eyes, one can tell at a glance that it is the aftereffect of staying up late.

"Pay attention to rest."

Lu Shaohua's words sounded innocuous, but to Huo Xiaoyue's ears, they turned into meticulous concern.

Yes, Liu Mingzhang and the others were all present. Even though they had known about their relationship for a long time, Lu Shaohua's words in this situation were obviously very meaningful.

Huo Xiaoyue didn't say anything, just nodded, indicating that she would have a good rest, and then there was no further words.

Lu Shaohua also knew that it was not convenient to say unnecessary words in this situation, so he just nodded slightly and walked into the villa.

After entering, Lu Shaohua first took a look at the new layout of the villa, and then sat down on the sofa. He motioned Liu Mingzhang and the others to sit down as well to create a good atmosphere, and then began to get to the point.

"Are you ready?"

Lu Shaohua's first sentence seemed a bit formulaic and a bit like nonsense, but the opening remarks are always very simple.

"Everything is ready." Liu Mingzhang nodded, his expression less cheerful than usual and looking extremely serious.

Liu Mingzhang couldn't help but be serious. After all, this time the investment was a historic $3 trillion. Over the years, Liu Mingzhang had never handled such a large amount of funds. At the same time, the scope involved was never as large as this time. Even though Liu Mingzhang still had a childish heart, he did not dare to be careless.

Obviously, Lu Shaohua was very satisfied with Liu Mingzhang's serious attitude. He nodded slightly, then skipped the topic and asked an irrelevant question. "How are the shares?"

As for the shares held, Lu Shaohua asked Liu Mingzhang and others to start selling as early as two months ago. At that time, Lu Shaohua also gave Liu Mingzhang and others an order that the sale must be completed before August. Now it is August, and we should have an answer as to whether the sale has been completed.

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