Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 9 Financial Crisis ()

Lu Shaohua was not in a hurry to reveal the answer. The purpose of doing so was of course to whet the appetite of Li Yunqing and the others. The result was obvious. Not only was Li Yunqing, who was standing next to him, intrigued, his eyes widened and he looked inquiringly at them, but even Liu Mingzhang and Li Zongen, who were far away, were attracted by Lu Shaohua's words and came up to him one after another, looking inquiringly at him.

Lu Shaohua was very satisfied with this situation, and smiled gently before saying, "The data I gave you is for three countries. As for which three countries, I think you all know without me saying anything. That's right, they are the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia."

In Lu Shaohua's memory, in August, Malaysia, which had been sticking to the 'ringgit' report, finally couldn't hold on anymore. Under the attack of international hot money, the Malaysian ringgit fell.

When the ringgit fell, the Philippines and Indonesia, which had already been affected by the Thai baht and stock market, could no longer hold on and also fell. Of course, Soros's shadow was also involved. It can be said that the fall in the exchange rates of these three countries were all caused by Soros's attack.

Moreover, the exchange rates of the three countries fell at almost the same time. Although it cannot be said that they were attacked at the same time by international financial speculators led by Soros, they can be considered to be about the same time, with not much difference in time.

At the same time, Soros' attack was certainly the fuse, but the real reason still came from its own situation. Don't forget that the plunge of the Thai baht itself has a huge impact on surrounding regions and countries. In July, whether it was the Philippine peso, the Indonesian rupiah, or the Malaysian ringgit, they all showed a downward trend to varying degrees.

Now the Malaysian ringgit has been attacked and plummeted. Can the other two countries be spared? The answer is obvious: no, they cannot escape. At this critical moment, once they are affected and start to fall, Soros will add fuel to the fire, and the fall will be even faster.

As a result, the exchange rates of the three countries plummeted. There were two main reasons for this. The first was the impact of the decline of the Malaysian ringgit. Another reason was Soros’ attack.

"Three countries?" Li Yunqing frowned and asked, then paused, as if he had thought of something and fell into deep thought. After a long time, he raised his head and said with a smile. "Butterfly Effect."

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua had a teachable expression on his face, with a smile on his face, showing his satisfaction with Li Yunqing's words, and then he said, "In addition to the butterfly effect, there is another more important reason, that is Soros, he will probably add fuel to the fire."

"I understand." Li Yunqing nodded heavily and responded. He stopped talking to Lu Shaohua and turned to Li Zongen and shouted, "Zongen, cut the currency trend charts of the three countries to the big screen. Make them three pieces. The largest image should show the Malaysian ringgit."

As early as when the general command room was being arranged, all the connections had been made, and there were more than a dozen computers turned on nearby. Li Zongen was in charge of this. Now, in order for him to switch the trend chart to the big screen, he only needed to operate the computer to complete it, and the speed was very fast.

However, as soon as the screen was switched over, the trend chart displayed on the three large screens had already shown movement. The movement was nothing but a straight drop, but the most serious drops were in the Malaysian ringgit, the Philippine peso and the Indonesian rupiah, which also seemed to be falling, but the speed of decline was obviously much slower.

"It has already started..." Li Yunqing muttered to himself.

"Yes!" Liu Mingzhang said with a look of regret. "What a pity, a play has no beginning. It's boring to watch it from the middle!"

"Come on, you're still watching the show, just take a good look at the trend." Li Zongen said dissatisfiedly.

Liu Mingzhang glared at Li Zongen unhappily, and moved his lips to refute Li Zongen, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know how to refute Li Zongen, so he could only shut his mouth. Just as Li Zongen said, the most important thing now is to see the trend. After all, the battle has already started, and seeing the trend is the real business. Liu Mingzhang can always ignore the real business and talk nonsense with Li Zongen.

"Alright, alright, business is more important. If you want to argue, wait until we're done with work before arguing to your heart's content." At this time, Li Yunqing displayed the dignity that a commander-in-chief should have. He shouted, then shook his head helplessly.

Li Yunqing was indeed helpless. During this month, Li Yunqing and Li Zongen had no idea how many times they had quarreled. Every time, it was because of some trivial matter. It could be said that they had a small quarrel every two days and a big quarrel every three days.

But fortunately, after the quarrel, they soon became cheerful again, as if nothing had happened at all. In their words, the quarrel was for entertainment and to kill time.

Come to think of it, they have been staying here for almost a month. During this month, they have hardly ever gone out. Even Liu Mingzhang's wife is the same. As a woman, she has never gone out either. Someone delivers meals to them three times a day, and sometimes they ask people to buy vegetables, which Liu Mingzhang's wife cooks. They have stayed in the house for a whole month. If they are not bored to death, they will be suffocated to death.

"By the way, give orders to the people below, asking them to pay attention to the situation and avoid any accidents." At this time, Li Yunqing remembered this matter and quickly gave the order.

"Ok."

Another fight broke out. Seeing them concentrating all their energy on staring at the trend chart, Lu Shaohua didn't say anything. He sat down quietly on the sofa and also stared at the big screen. However, after watching for a while, Lu Shaohua lost interest and began to close his eyes to rest.

Time passed by bit by bit, and soon, half an hour had passed, and Lu Shaohua could no longer keep his eyes closed and rest. Feeling a little irritated, he opened his eyes and called out to Li Yunqing. "Yunqing, come out with me."

Suddenly, Lu Shaohua felt a little distressed for these people and felt irritated. He was ready to return to the villa. But before leaving, Lu Shaohua wanted to give them a holiday, and give a holiday to all the traders who participated in the speculation, including Li Yunqing and others.

"Yun Qing, are the traders below reliable?" Lu Shaohua asked without thinking, but as soon as he said it, Lu Shaohua regretted it. He regretted that his meaning was not clear enough, so he had to add another sentence. "I mean, can the people below be trusted to keep secrets?"

"Don't worry about that. The people who participated in this operation have been with us for a long time. Most of them participated in the Japanese stock market crash in 89. Some of them have been working in Phoenix Group since Phoenix Financial was founded. There is no problem with confidentiality. They are all tight-lipped." Li Yunqing paused for a few seconds and continued. "Also, you may not understand that as a trader, confidentiality is the first priority. As long as the trader has a little professional ethics, they will keep it confidential."

Lu Shaohua knew very well the professional ethics of a trader, but this time the matter was of great importance and no mistakes could be allowed. If the information was leaked, the consequences would be disastrous, and Lu Shaohua did not want that to happen.

After thinking about it, Lu Shaohua finally proposed his own idea and said, "I plan to give all of you a holiday, because the time may not be too short, and I'm afraid that everyone will be lonely! What do you think?"

Li Yunqing did not answer immediately. He was also thinking for a long time before he said, "In my opinion, the time will not be too short. A holiday is necessary, otherwise the people below will be emotional and make mistakes. However, keeping secrets is a problem. Although I trust the people below, I am not 100% sure that they will not leak secrets."

"I'm worried about that, too." Lu Shaohua patted his forehead, somewhat helplessly, and asked, "Is there any good way to solve this problem?"

"Let me think about it." Li Yunqing responded, and then ignored Lu Shaohua and started thinking alone. After about ten minutes, Li Yunqing raised his head, looked at Lu Shaohua, smiled, and said, "How about this, we can give them a holiday, but they can't go home. They can also go out to play, but they must be together as a team, and no one can leave. Then we can send one of our people to go with them, so that we can ensure that there will be no leaks."

Lu Shaohua had been listening carefully until Li Yunqing finished speaking, then he said, "This method is possible, but you have to send someone to follow them. It looks a bit like surveillance, and I'm afraid the people below won't be able to accept it."

Li Yunqing shook his head and said, "I don't think so. They can understand. After all, the number of operations is too large. It's an unprecedented operation. They should also know that such an important operation will not give them a holiday. Now that they are given a holiday, it's not a big deal to send someone to follow them."

"Don't take it lightly." Lu Shaohua said in a heavy tone.

"How about this, I'll make everything clear, and there shouldn't be any problem." Li Yunqing suggested again.

What else could Lu Shaohua say? He didn't have any good ideas, so he could only nod and say, "Okay, then, I'll leave it to you."

Li Yunqing said nothing, just nodded.

"Also, think of a way to deal with the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, communicate with their CEO, and let them find a way to solve it themselves." Lu Shaohua changed the subject and turned to the team at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Without waiting for Li Yunqing to answer, Lu Shaohua took up the second topic. "You guys, you can also take a holiday, but the time will have to be split up. Someone has to keep an eye on you, so take turns. Well, the team below us also needs someone to keep an eye on us, so let's have a duty-based holiday."

At the end, Lu Shaohua was anxious, paused, and then added, "As for when you can take a holiday and when you can't, I will inform you in advance."

"Okay." Li Yunqing nodded heavily and responded.

"Well, go ahead and do your work. I'll be leaving first."