Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 451: Catalyzing the Financial Crisis

The old man surnamed Feng was different from Liu Mingzhang and Li Zongen. He did not know the wonders of Lu Shaohua. Moreover, finance was not something that could be predicted with certainty. However, Lu Shaohua now said that the financial crisis would break out within a month, which made him doubt whether what Lu Shaohua said was true.

If the old man surnamed Feng was not facing Lu Shaohua, the chairman of Phoenix Group and the major general awarded by the National Military Commission, he would definitely jump out at the first moment and scold Lu Shaohua for being ignorant. But it was Lu Shaohua who said this. Even if he was wrong or his words were without any basis, he needed to consider his own identity and pay attention to the tone of his voice.

That's why the old man surnamed Feng started to move his lips, but finally realized that something was wrong, so he swallowed his words back into his stomach, thought for a while, organized his words, and then asked Lu Shaohua.

"General Lu, will the financial crisis really break out in a month?" The old man surnamed Feng did not raise the question directly, but asked a question first, which was also a preparation for his subsequent words, and served as an introduction to smoothly lead to what he was going to say next.

Lu Shaohua did not answer directly, but nodded and smiled faintly, as if he had expected the old man surnamed Feng to speak, and then asked again, "When do you think it will explode?"

Lu Shaohua's rhetorical question was quite tricky. Like kicking the buck, he kicked all the questions to the old man surnamed Feng and asked him to answer them.

"This...this..." The old man surnamed Feng was stumped by Lu Shaohua's question and couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.

Yes, if he knew the exact time when the financial crisis broke out, he would not have to follow Lu Shaohua to Mexico, and he would not have to hand over the command of the team to Lu Shaohua. He could have just taken charge of the command himself.

Seeing that the old man surnamed Feng was stumped by the question, Lu Shaohua smiled faintly again. He was definitely doing it on purpose, deliberately embarrassing him. However, seeing that he couldn't say anything after a long time, Lu Shaohua knew that it was almost done. If he continued to embarrass him, he would appear to be a little stingy. So he stopped and said, "Mr. Feng, let's not talk about whether it will break out in a month. I just want to ask you one question. Given the current situation in Mexico, is it possible for a financial crisis to break out?"

Liu Mingzhang and Li Zongen believe in themselves, but the old man surnamed Feng does not. Lu Shaohua even doubts whether the old man surnamed Feng is doubting whether a financial crisis will break out in Mexico. Therefore, before explaining the problem, Lu Shaohua needs to start from the most basic point.

"Not sure." The old man surnamed Feng was not sure either, but in the week after arriving in Mexico, he had been collecting information about Mexico all the time, and finally came to his own conclusion. Now that Lu Shaohua asked this question again, he just spoke out his thoughts. "From the current situation, the crisis in Mexico has already formed. What's missing is someone to ignite it and make this powder keg explode."

Lu Shaohua was very satisfied with this answer, nodded, and said, "I'm not afraid of being laughed at by the old gentleman. My Phoenix Group participated in the Black Monday in 87, the Japanese stock market crash in 89, and the attack on the British pound in 92. I participated in all three "grand events", and each time I arranged the game in advance before the crisis broke out, and finally became the biggest winner. The reason why I was able to arrange the game in advance was because of my intuition."

At the end, Lu Shaohua paused and continued, "Yes, I rely on my intuition, and it is always accurate, and the number of points of each decline is very close."

Lu Shaohua had no other choice. He couldn't possibly tell the secret that he was a reborn person. He could only attribute everything to his intuition. Although the explanation was very mysterious and difficult for people to accept, it could still be considered an explanation!

"Intuition?" The old man surnamed Feng obviously didn't believe it.

Lu Shaohua smiled, nodded, and said nothing.

Lu Shaohua's silence does not mean that others will not speak up. Liu Mingzhang will not look favorably upon anyone who dares to question his boss, the person he admires the most. Even if the old man surnamed Feng is an acquaintance of his, Liu Mingzhang will still not look favorably upon him.

"Xiaohua is right. Our Phoenix Group has participated in all international 'grand events', whether it was Black Monday in 87, the Japanese stock market crash in 89, or the attack on the pound in 92. We have participated in all of them, and I have participated in every one of them. For example, in the attack on the pound in 92, he gave me the data and asked me to lead a team to the UK to participate."

If Lu Shaohua were to be accused of lying, the old man surnamed Feng might believe it, but now that Liu Mingzhang has also come forward to confirm it, and his statement is very consistent, he has to face up to the truthfulness of what Lu Shaohua said.

Not only that, Li Zongen, who had been sitting there without saying much, also spoke up at this time. "I didn't participate in the Black Monday in 87, but I participated in the two subsequent ones in person, and that is beyond doubt."

Lu Shaohua did not introduce Li Zongen's identity. The only thing the old man surnamed Feng knew was that Li Zongen was also Lu Shaohua's man, and was a person in the financial world. As for whether Li Zongen would lie, he could not confirm it, but he spoke so convincingly that he did not have the slightest doubt.

Come to think of it, whether it was Liu Mingzhang or Li Zongen, when they spoke, their expressions were a bit hostile, and they didn't seem to be lying. If they were lying, the old man surnamed Feng could have easily declared that their acting skills had reached the pinnacle and they would have no problem winning the Best Actor award.

With a long breath, the old man surnamed Feng digested all the information, and then tried to calm himself down. After a long time, he said apologetically, "General Lu, you know that I am the leader sent by the country. I think from the perspective of the country. Some things have to be considered carefully. Well, you are also an expert in finance. You should know what the result will be if you make a wrong judgment, so..."

How could Lu Shaohua not understand what the old man surnamed Feng meant? He stopped and said, "I know what you are thinking, and I don't mean to blame you. But then again, if we can't plan ahead before the financial crisis breaks out, it will be difficult to enter the market at that time. So, we can't hesitate. We are just gambling, gambling that our judgment is correct."

Yes, Lu Shaohua was gambling, but that was how outsiders saw it. In fact, Lu Shaohua was not gambling. He was a person with reborn memories. As long as history did not change, the ending was already determined.

After a pause, Lu Shaohua said, in order to make the old man surnamed Feng feel more at ease, "You may not know how much funds our Phoenix Group has transferred this time, right?"

"How much?" the old man surnamed Feng asked immediately.

"58.6 billion." After saying that, Lu Shaohua paused for a moment and added, "It's US dollars, not RMB, nor Hong Kong dollars."

"What? Fifty-eight.6 billion US dollars?" Shocked, extremely shocked, the old man surnamed Feng opened his mouth into an O shape, big enough for an egg to fit in.

The old man surnamed Feng had this expression, and Lu Shaohua was very satisfied. He smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, it is 58.6 billion US dollars. I want to ask you, if I put all of this 58.6 billion US dollars into it, given Mexico's current situation, can it bear it?"

Lu Shaohua was not joking. If he used such a huge amount of money for malicious speculation, no country would be able to bear it. Even the most economically developed country, the United States, would not be able to bear it. What's more, Mexico, a country on the brink of a financial crisis, would not be able to bear it even more.

"..." The old man surnamed Feng couldn't utter a word for a long time. It was not that he didn't want to say it, but he had reached the point of being speechless and didn't know what to say.

Lu Shaohua was different. The old man surnamed Feng was speechless, but Lu Shaohua did not stop and continued, "It is 586 US dollars, which is more than 11 times the funds mobilized by the country. If the judgment is wrong, I am fully capable of helping Mexico to create this financial crisis. Of course, this is the worst option. If it is not necessary, I will not take such extreme measures, but I will not rule out using this method in the end."

Lu Shaohua was right, he had the ability. The old man surnamed Feng had every reason to believe that Lu Shaohua could do it, because Lu Shaohua had a huge amount of funds of 58.6 billion US dollars behind him.

"General Lu, just tell me what you need me to do. I won't say anything else." After understanding, the old man surnamed Feng expressed his opinion immediately.

Lu Shaohua nodded, very satisfied. He said so much just for this purpose! Now that the goal has been achieved, Lu Shaohua can finally breathe a sigh of relief. "Well, let's make an assumption. A month later, a financial crisis breaks out, the Mexican peso depreciates rapidly, and the exchange rate with the US dollar plummets. What do we need to do in advance?"

The question finally got back to the topic. There was nothing to do with Lu Shaohua next, because he had said everything he needed to say. As for what to do next, they could do it on their own.

However, they did not answer immediately, but fell into deep thought.

This is what Liu Mingzhang is like.

The same is true for Li Zongen.

This was especially true for the old man surnamed Feng. He also fell into deep thought, trying to come up with a way to maximize the invested funds.

Lu Shaohua did not disturb them. He squinted his eyes and scanned the faces of the three people, watching their changing expressions with interest.

After a long time, the three people's faces finally calmed down, and they seemed to have their own plans. However, no one spoke. Three pairs of six eyes were all focused on Lu Shaohua, as if waiting for him to speak.

Seeing this, Lu Shaohua knew that he had to speak up, so he turned his gaze to Liu Mingzhang and said, "Mingzhang, tell me about your plan."