Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 1175 Courage

The Minister of Finance could give Lu Shaohua an explanation for one matter, but for the remaining two matters, he, as the Minister of Finance, could not give Lu Shaohua a "reasonable" explanation. Well, not only could he not give Lu Shaohua an explanation, he also had no power to give Lu Shaohua an explanation.

The Minister of the Treasury is in charge of financial affairs. Although he is one of the senior officials of the United States, when it comes to a powerful department like the FBI and a few core senior officials of the US government, he, as the Minister of the Treasury, has no ability to inquire or decide to give Lu Shaohua an answer.

It is precisely because the Minister of Finance could not give Lu Shaohua a "reasonable" explanation that Lu Shaohua had to look for him. This was obviously to embarrass him. Of course, it cannot be said that Lu Shaohua had no reason to ask him, the Minister of Finance, for an explanation. After all, to go abroad, one only needs a high-ranking government official, who represents a country.

Since you represent a country, if your country does something wrong, of course I have to ask you to explain, no matter if you are the Minister of Finance or the President, or a person from another party, as long as you are here on behalf of the official.

Is the Minister of Finance coming here on behalf of the official authorities?

The answer is: Yes.

Then there was nothing wrong with Lu Shaohua looking for him, but the problem was that the other party was unable to give Lu Shaohua an answer at all, and in the end he could only temporarily stop the meeting process.

Yes, the U.S. Treasury Secretary temporarily stopped the meeting process on the pretext that he could not give Lu Shaohua a satisfactory answer, claiming that he would immediately consult the U.S. President and then give Lu Shaohua a result.

At the same time, the Minister of the Treasury also stated that he came to Hong Kong with sincerity and said that the US government is willing to maintain friendship with Lu Shaohua.

These are all nonsense. Lu Shaohua just laughed them off. He is not a senior government official, nor a politician. These hypocritical things are useless to him. Lu Shaohua is a businessman and he pays more attention to profits.

Now the United States has realized the crisis. Whether they are in crisis or not is in Lu Shaohua's hands. Therefore, Lu Shaohua has no intention of being in a good mood with the Minister of Finance. Not only did he not say a few polite words, but he kept talking about his business.

"I know that the US government can give me an answer as soon as possible, especially the fact that the US government instructed the Wall Street Journal to defame Phoenix Group, which caused Phoenix Group to lose nearly $7 trillion." Lu Shaohua replied, and finally cried poor again. "Now Phoenix Group is penniless, I hope you can give me an answer as soon as possible."

The meaning couldn't be more obvious, that was a matter of losing money, 10 trillion US dollars! Although Lu Shaohua didn't say he would pay, he said that Phoenix Group suffered a huge loss, and then said that Phoenix Group was very poor now, the meaning was self-evident.

In addition, there is another underlying meaning here, which is a threat. Yes, Lu Shaohua is threatening the United States. The general meaning is that Phoenix Group is very poor now, and the reason why it is poor is something that everyone knows. Lu Shaohua threw his money into the stock market.

Lu Shaohua had been rich for so many years, and now he was broke, so of course he wanted to make money. Where did he make money from? Of course he made money from the stock market.

To make money from the stock market, one must undoubtedly launch an attack on the US stock market.

With all this in mind, the idea becomes much clearer. If the United States does not repay the money, then fine, I will make it back from your stock market, and then I will claim compensation from the Wall Street Journal. It can be considered a two-way profit.

Well, it would have been fine if Lu Shaohua's words contained some threats, but the problem is that Lu Shaohua did not specify that if money was paid to Lu Shaohua, he would give up attacking the US stock market. This is the most headache-inducing part.

Looking at Lu Shaohua's expression, it was obvious that he already knew what he came here for, but Lu Shaohua did not give an accurate answer, which was intriguing and showed that Lu Shaohua did not want to give an answer.

First pay me the 10 trillion U.S. dollars I claim for, and then we can talk about our share!

This is what Lu Shaohua means now.

I feel helpless, deeply helpless!

The U.S. Treasury Secretary could only run back to the hotel he had booked in despair and call several senior American officials to report the matter. Then the senior officials would decide what to do next.

Soon, the answer came. After discussion among several senior officials, the result was to give the matter the cold shoulder and not give Lu Shaohua any substantive answer. They also asked the U.S. Treasury Secretary to return to the United States immediately. As for how they were going to respond, they would discuss it later.

Leave without saying goodbye!

Yes, on that day, the U.S. Treasury Secretary left without saying goodbye and flew back to the United States on a plane arranged by the U.S. Embassy. Afterwards, the U.S. Ambassador to China called Lu Shaohua and stated that the United States had urgent matters to deal with, so the Treasury Secretary left without saying goodbye.

Hearing this news, Lu Shaohua didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but it was obvious that Lu Shaohua had already expected such a result, so he was not surprised at all.

In fact, this way, Lu Shaohua felt much more relaxed. He didn't want to chat and talk nonsense with an American government official all day long and say things that had no substantive meaning. The fact that the US Treasury Secretary left early actually made Lu Shaohua much less troubled.

Lu Shaohua had already decided to attack the United States. No matter what, Lu Shaohua would not change this decision. Even if the US government compensated him 10 trillion US dollars now, Lu Shaohua would not give up attacking the United States.

Now that the decision has been made, everything else is just empty talk. It would be better to stop talking nonsense and do something practical.

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That evening, Lu Shaohua received a call from the No. 1 leader. On the phone, the No. 1 leader made it clear that the U.S. Treasury Secretary came to borrow money from the Chinese government, but he refused and the Prime Minister also refused. Only then did the U.S. Treasury Secretary come to Hong Kong.

Originally, this kind of thing belonged to the government, but the No. 1 leader told Lu Shaohua. There was naturally a deeper meaning behind this, and there was more than one deeper meaning. First, the No. 1 leader wanted to tell Lu Shaohua that they would follow Lu Shaohua's advice and not lend money to the United States!

The second reason is even simpler. The No. 1 leader was telling Lu Shaohua that the country was already prepared. After the financial crisis, China would rise and was waiting for Lu Shaohua to announce that it held the RMB so that they could make a real big move.

After Lu Shaohua understood the deep meaning of the No. 1 leader, he couldn't help but sigh at how sharp Deng's vision was.

It can be said that the current No. 1 leader was entirely promoted by Deng. Back then, when the current No. 1 leader went to ** to be the No. 1 of the autonomous region, when those separatist elements in ** rebelled, he did not ask the central government for instructions, but went straight to suppress them. His methods were extremely ruthless and his style of doing things was decisive.

Afterwards, the matter was reported to the central government. At that time, Deng was still alive. When he heard about it, he was overjoyed. When some people were planning to deal with the current No. 1 leader, Deng spoke up and said that he should be rewarded.

Afterwards, Deng transferred the current No. 1 leader back to the central government and began to train him to take over the position of No. 1 leader.

And the No. 1 leader did not disappoint Mr. Deng’s expectations. Look at him now, he is very courageous and dares to explore.

On the surface, Lu Shaohua's announcement of holding RMB after the financial crisis would make the RMB's international status extremely important. If handled well, it is possible that the RMB would replace the US dollar and become the international currency.

It’s just that all of this is in a good direction, but there are also many bad directions.

One of them is that China is still a developing country and not a developed country. If the currency of such a country becomes an internationally circulated currency, would it be a case of forcing things to happen?

Adventurous, yes, very adventurous.

If it succeeds, China's economy will double, and within a year or two, it will become a developed country. This is a milestone, and the current number one leader will also leave a strong mark in China's history.

And if you fail, you will become a sinner!

The consequences of forcing things to grow too fast are very serious. It will put China's economy in a huge bubble. If the bubble grows, it will inevitably burst. Once it bursts, the consequences will be unimaginable.

A stock market crash caused Japan's economy to regress by ten years!

If a storm more terrible than the stock market crash in Japan were to break out, China's economy might regress 20 or even 30 years, or even return to the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Undoubtedly, this is a big gamble!

However, the No. 1 leader dared to gamble. He had the courage to do so, which made Lu Shaohua admire him.

However, Leader No. 1 dared to take the gamble, so he was confident. He believed in Lu Shaohua and knew that this was an opportunity. As long as Lu Shaohua was fine in the end, the plan would surely succeed.

Well, even if something happens to Lu Shaohua and he fails in the end, the number one leader still has a way to ease the crisis.

Don't forget that the country has mobilized a large amount of money to participate in this financial crisis. Now that the financial crisis has broken out, the money invested in advance is like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger. If it is withdrawn now, it will have become hundreds of billions of dollars.

Hundreds of billions of dollars are enough to settle many things, so the number one leader is not afraid. Even if he fails in the end, maintaining the status quo, or causing China's economy to regress by one or two years, is not a big deal.

Going back one or two years is really a piece of cake. To be honest, if Lu Shaohua had not reminded the top leaders in advance that a financial crisis was about to break out, and the country had not made arrangements more than two years ago, otherwise, the outbreak of this financial crisis would have caused China's economy to regress by one or two years.

Therefore, even if they fail in the end, Leader No. 1 and his men can just regard it as caused by the financial crisis. But it would be such a pity if they gave up such a great opportunity.

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