Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 630: Preserving Hong Kong (Part 2)

Preserving Hong Kong was something Lu Shaohua had already planned, but considering his personal ability, Lu Shaohua had to call Ho Ying-tung and others together to discuss the matter. Originally, Lu Shaohua could have made the discussion after clearing out the inventory in Thailand, but Lu Shaohua did not do so. The reason was very simple: he did not trust the traders under Ho Ying-tung and others.

The preservation of Hong Kong was on the agenda. If Lu Shaohua discussed this with Ho Ying-tung and others through the special QQ channel, it would certainly be known to the traders under their command, because it was the traders who controlled the special QQ channel.

Anyone who is a little smarter can easily guess that Lu Shaohua's next target is Hong Kong, and they also know that the next target of international hot money is Hong Kong. If people knew that Hong Kong would be attacked, what would those traders do?

Perhaps Ho Ying-tung and his team had done a good job of keeping secrets, and there was no possibility of any leaks, but stability was the most important thing in everything. Lu Shaohua did not want any unstable factors to appear, so he did not let them pass through the special QQ channel, but chose to talk to Ho Ying-tung and his team face to face.

Coincidentally, Qin Sichen gave birth to a child, and inadvertently, Huo Yingdong and others came over. Now that she has given birth, everything is going well. Lu Shaohua did not want to waste this opportunity, so he simply used the reception room to hold a meeting and asked Huo Yingdong and others for advice.

"Let me say a few words first." Huo Yingdong is the president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Since Lu Shaohua has already raised the topic, he should stand up and continue Lu Shaohua's words. "As the saying goes, if a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. Maintaining the stability of Hong Kong is important, but we are all first-tier listed group companies. I think our first goal is to protect our own company first, and then consider the overall situation and do our best to protect the entire Hong Kong."

"I agree with what Brother Huo said. People are selfish. I think we should protect our own family first and then consider the overall situation." Li Jiacheng said thoughtfully.

……

……

Needless to say, other opinions are the same as those of Henry Fok and Li Ka-shing, advocating to first preserve their own listed companies and then consider preserving Hong Kong and do their best to contribute.

"I think this is an opportunity." Director Zhang smiled and said, and after a moment's silence, he continued, "My group may seem calm on the surface, but several of the major shareholders are not stable and are thinking about selling their shares. If the Hong Kong stock market falls at that time, and several major shareholders sell their shares on the stock market, I might be in big trouble if I am not prepared."

Director Zhang has always been careless, but that doesn't mean he has no brains, nor is he talking about his own group's affairs for no reason at this time, but he has other intentions. After making preliminary preparations, he continued, "Brother Huo and Brother Li both said that if a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. I agree with them. Of course, I also want to make a contribution to Hong Kong, but our company really has its own difficulties. So, I want to explain here that if something really happens, I may buy back the stocks that were sold, so I may not have much money left."

This is what Director Zhang wanted to express, and he was also giving a heads up. There was no other way. His group itself had problems. In order to save his company first, he could only use the funds to save himself, and then start from the overall situation after it stabilized.

"Brother Zhang, this problem exists not only in your group, but also in my group. What's more serious is that I don't hold many shares. If a shareholder sells his shares and is bought by other major shareholders, I will lose control of the group." Director Chen was somewhat helpless and worried. "Fortunately, Xiaohua gave me this opportunity and made a lot of money in Thailand with everyone. I have a bottom line. When the time comes, I can grab some stocks from the stock market and completely control the group."

Having money in hand is more important than anything else. This sentence was confirmed again. This is what Director Chen meant. If Lu Shaohua had not led everyone to make such a fortune in Thailand, even if they had funds in hand, it would only be a little bit. But now it is different. They now have tens of billions of dollars in funds in their hands, and there is no problem in acquiring some shares.

"I'm not in a much better situation. Although I hold 53.8% of the shares, it will be troublesome if any shareholder sells off a large number of shares. So I want to take this opportunity to acquire more shares while rescuing the market." The director surnamed He also expressed his opinion at this time. After he finished speaking, he did not forget to look at Lu Shaohua to show his gratitude to Lu Shaohua.

As for Lu Shaohua, he just smiled, pondered for a while, and then said, "This is what I mean. Just like what Mr. Huo said, if a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. It is important to protect Hong Kong, but protecting my own industry is the primary goal. The same is true for me. I also have several listed companies. If I were to choose, I would also put my own company first. So, this point is clear. It is important to protect my own company first, and then consider the issue of protecting Hong Kong."

After finishing speaking, Lu Shaohua's eyes swept over everyone's faces. Seeing that everyone was listening attentively, Lu Shaohua continued. "Of course, I believe everyone should have made a lot of money this time. What I want to say is that after withdrawing funds to save your own company, you can use the rest to work together. How to live in Hong Kong? As for how to save it? What's important is how we need to operate."

The topic had deviated a bit from how to save Hong Kong to how to save his own company. Lu Shaohua originally wanted to discuss with everyone how to save Hong Kong, but later it came to his own company. Lu Shaohua was a little helpless, but fortunately, Lu Shaohua's words brought the topic back to the topic.

"Haha! That's a bit off topic. Yes, as Xiaohua said, what we are discussing now is how to keep Hong Kong, and keeping our own company is a prerequisite before that. So, let's talk about how to work together to keep Hong Kong." Ho Ying-tung was more direct and took over Lu Shaohua's topic to correct the theme of discussion.

After Ho Ying-Tong said this, everyone present nodded, but no one spoke, and everyone fell into deep thought.

Where is Lu Shaohua? After Huo Yingdong corrected the topic, he cheered in his heart and smiled. Seeing that everyone was lost in thought, he had to throw out some ideas. "Let me start with this. According to my estimation, the international speculators led by Soros have two targets to attack Hong Kong. The first is the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar, and the second is the stock market. We don't need to worry about the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar. I will communicate with the people of the Monetary Authority and let them deal with it. As for the stock market, we need to work hard. My expectation is that Soros and his people alone cannot break the Hong Kong stock market. The only thing that can cause a crisis in the Hong Kong stock market is internal."

Lu Shaohua is a reborn person, so what he said about the inside story certainly has his basis. Lu Shaohua also told Li Yunqing and others about this inside story, which is Morgan Stanley, the giant Morgan Stanley that owns 2% of Hong Kong stocks.

"Internal?" Ho Ying-tung frowned and asked.

The same thing happened to the others. They all frowned and looked at Lu Shaohua, sending out questioning signals.

"Haha!" Lu Shaohua was not in a hurry. He laughed first, paused, and then became serious. "What I said about insiders can't be considered as real insiders. We are all from Hong Kong and are familiar with the Hong Kong investment market. It is easy to imagine that foreigners, especially Americans, hold most Hong Kong stocks because of that financial tycoon."

"Who?" Li Jiacheng asked naturally, then thought for a moment and asked again, "Morgan Stanley?"

"Morgan Stanley?" Huo Yingdong's forehead wrinkled deeper, thinking, and said. "Morgan Stanley holds 2% of Hong Kong stocks."

"Yes, Morgan Stanley holds 2% of Hong Kong stocks, which may not seem like much on the surface." Lu Shaohua repeated, "But if at a critical moment, they sell off this 2% of their holdings, coupled with Soros's attacks, can Hong Kong hold up?"

The topic has become increasingly clear, and Lu Shaohua doesn't want to hide it any more, so he directly throws out the key to the matter. Although it is just a hypothesis, what Lu Shaohua, a reborn person, says still has a lot of basis.

Undoubtedly, Lu Shaohua's assumption is very reasonable. If what Lu Shaohua said really happened, then a sharp drop in the Hong Kong stock market would be certain.

"It seems that Morgan Stanley is the key." Ho Ying-tung murmured to himself.

Although Ho Ying-tung was muttering to himself, he was also defining Lu Shaohua's words, and reminding everyone present that he agreed with Lu Shaohua's assumption.

"Two percent of Hong Kong stocks, that's a lot of money." Director Zhang also said lightly, with worry written all over his face. He looked at Lu Shaohua, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Xiaohua, can you take this two percent of Hong Kong stocks?"

"There's no problem taking it in." Lu Shaohua said confidently, and after a few seconds he added, "This time for Hong Kong, I have set aside 500 billion US dollars in funds. Not to mention 2%, even 10% can be taken in."

Yes, 500 billion US dollars, that is such a huge amount of money. Not to mention 10%, even 20% or 30% will not be a problem. Even if 500 billion US dollars is not enough, Lu Shaohua can still draw more!

This is where the problem arises. Although Lu Shaohua has a lot of money, he alone cannot save the whole of Hong Kong. He is alone and powerless, and it feels like he is unable to sleep alone.

“No matter how much money or energy I have, it is limited. It is impossible for me to save the whole of Hong Kong by myself. I need everyone to join in the effort to truly save Hong Kong!” Lu Shaohua lamented again.

"Yes, Xiaohua is right." Director Zhang agreed and said, "In my opinion, let's do this. If there is anything you need us to do, Xiaohua, just tell us and we will do it."

"Yes, Xiaohua, just tell us, what do you need us to do?" Director Chen also stood up and expressed his opinion.

"I have the same idea as Lao Zhang."

"Me too."

"Well, since everyone agrees, Xiaohua, you just give the orders. What do you want us to do?" Ho Ying-tung glanced at everyone, got the final result, and made the final decision on behalf of everyone present.

What else could Lu Shaohua say? Everyone wanted to hear his arrangements, so he naturally had to tell them what he had in mind.

……