Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 631: Securing Hong Kong (Part 2)

Originally, Lu Shaohua wanted to discuss with Ho Ying-tung and others about how to save Hong Kong, but some unexpected things happened in the middle, which diverted the topic to the difficulties of various companies. However, this is not unrelated. As Director Zhang said, they themselves have difficulties and need funds to save their own company. They are also making it clear to Lu Shaohua that even if they want to contribute, they probably won't be able to come up with much money at that time.

If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. Lu Shaohua knows this truth very well. He himself will also think of himself first and then other things. Therefore, Lu Shaohua is very understanding of their difficulties and did not say much. The problem now is how to keep Hong Kong while keeping his own company.

"In fact, what we need to do is very simple, that is to buy as many stocks as possible on the stock market, no matter what kind of stocks, to maintain the stock price, do not let it fall too quickly, after this wave of attacks is over, everything in Hong Kong will recover." Lu Shaohua was straightforward, without beating around the bush, and said the most direct and effective method. "Of course, there are also things that need to be paid attention to. With our current strength, we can only try to hold down the stock price as much as possible, thereby slowing down the decline of the market index. As for completely saving the Hong Kong stock market, that is impossible. I don't ask to save it completely, just try to slow down the decline."

After finishing speaking, Lu Shaohua paused for a moment and then continued, "As for any arrangements? Any strategies? I don't have any. Everyone is free to play and acquire as they wish. It all depends on everyone's wishes."

In fact, Lu Shaohua's original intention was very simple. The dozen or so people sitting here are all CEOs of Hong Kong's first-tier listed companies, and Hong Kong does not have too many first-tier listed companies. As long as they can keep their companies, the overall market index will be restrained and the decline will not be too fast.

In addition, Lu Shaohua's large amount of funds will enter the market and sweep the stock market, especially the 2% of Hong Kong stocks held by Morgan Stanley. As long as Lu Shaohua can acquire them, everything will be easy. It is not impossible to slow down the decline of the index.

If Huo Yingdong and his men also joined in the stock purchase, it would be a great help to Lu Shaohua, and success would become 100%, without any accidents. This was Lu Shaohua's real purpose.

Lu Shaohua was not very confident on his own, so he tried to get more allies, because Lu Shaohua did not like failure, and did not want the word failure to appear. After all, he was an extremely confident person and would not allow himself to fail. He could only make full preparations.

"I think it would be better if Xiaohua takes the lead and takes charge of the overall situation, and we help out and ensure logistics. If there are some scattered shares that need to be acquired, just say hello to us and we will take action." Li Jiacheng still made a suggestion at this time.

Li Jiacheng's proposal was also very simple, that is, Lu Shaohua only targets large orders, and for some small and scattered orders, those who do not want to take action can just say hello to them and they will purchase them, and they will completely become a logistical support role.

"Well, I agree. What Jiacheng said makes sense. Those who take the lead should consider the overall situation and not waste time on some scattered stocks. It is best for us to finish it off. After all, our funds are limited and we cannot take the bulk of the shares." Ho Ying-tung also expressed his opinion at this time.

In the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the president, Henry Fok, is an authoritative figure. Li Ka-shing is not bad either. Although he is also a director, his Cheung Kong Industries is very powerful in Hong Kong and his words have a certain influence.

Now that Ho Ying-tung and Li Ka-shing had exactly the same views, the others had nothing to say and all nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's solve it this way." Lu Shaohua also nodded in agreement.

The matter was resolved satisfactorily. It seemed like just a few words, but everyone knew that there was a big story behind it. As for what this story was about, it all depended on Lu Shaohua, because Lu Shaohua was in the dominant position.

Everyone took Lu Shaohua as the leader. When there was something that Lu Shaohua could not take care of, he would give orders to Ho Ying-tung and others, and then they would take action. Invisibly, Lu Shaohua became the leader.

In the ever-changing stock market, plans can never keep up with the changes. Although Lu Shaohua is a reborn person, he cannot make plans at this time. He needs to wait until that time to take each step.

Therefore, it is the ideal and most appropriate plan for everyone to take Lu Shaohua as the leader and obey Lu Shaohua's instructions when the time comes.

"Xiaohua, there is another incident that worries me." Ho Ying-tung thought for a moment, frowned, and said with concern.

"Oh!" Lu Shaohua was stunned and said, "Mr. Huo, just tell me what you are worried about. Everyone is here anyway. It's better to tell them while they are here so that we can think about it and solve it."

"Okay, I'm fine. Speaking of this, it's still about our Chinese Chamber of Commerce." At this point, Huo Yingdong paused for a moment before continuing. "Our Chinese Chamber of Commerce has been established for many years and has developed rapidly. Now there are nearly a thousand members, including large and small companies, and some listed companies. Although they are all second-tier and third-tier listed companies, once the stock market falls, even if it is a slow fall, it will inevitably affect their stock prices."

At this point, Huo Yingdong glanced at everyone and saw that everyone was listening attentively, so Huo Yingdong continued, "In addition to absorbing some pro-mainland members, the principle pursued by our Chinese Chamber of Commerce is to help each other. Since the Hong Kong stock market is facing a disaster, we have a large amount of funds to rescue the market, so we are not afraid of accidents. But what about others, those members who don't know that the stock market will be turbulent and don't have much money in their hands, what should they do? How are they?"

It is obvious that what Ho Ying-Tong said was for the sake of the Chamber of Commerce's members, and he was also raising a question to everyone: how to solve the difficulties faced by the Chamber of Commerce's members.

"Do you mean to inform the members of this news and let them be prepared?" Lu Shaohua asked.

"Yes and no." Fok Ying-tung shook his head and continued, "Inform the members of the news. Maybe some people can prepare in a very short time and are fully capable of dealing with this disaster. But some members may not be able to deal with it even if they know that a disaster is coming."

After all, there is only one problem, and that is the funding issue. Some companies can get funds to deal with this disaster, but some companies don't even have the ability to borrow from banks.

More importantly, with the disaster in Thailand, Hong Kong has been affected to varying degrees. Banks now dare not lend money to businesses casually. This is a very important reason. Therefore, members of the Chamber of Commerce are destined to be unable to cope with it.

As the president of a chamber of commerce, Ho Ying-tung had to consider the overall situation. Although it is said that if a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth, but as the president, he had to consider the members of the chamber of commerce. Moreover, now that it was known that a disaster would occur, Ho Ying-tung had no reason to have to consider it.

"Actually, this problem is easy to solve. It's just a matter of money." Lu Shaohua smiled and said.

Yes, it all comes down to money, and the thing that Lu Shaohua has the most is money. He has plenty of it. If Lu Shaohua is willing, he can come up with a large amount of funds to help members tide over the difficulties.

"Indeed, it's a matter of money, but it's just money that can push people into the abyss alive." Ho Ying-tung said with some emotion.

I have to admit that what Huo Yingdong said makes sense. With money, you can get through any difficulties, but without money, you can be pushed into a desperate situation and into a bottomless abyss. "How about this, I will take out 200 billion US dollars from the 500 billion US dollars I have prepared and put it into Phoenix Bank. If the members of the Chamber of Commerce need it, they can apply for a loan from Phoenix Bank."

That's right, it's a loan, not free help or interest-free loans. Lu Shaohua thinks he is not a philanthropist, he is a thorough businessman, and businessmen are concerned with profit. Lu Shaohua can't do such things as free help or interest-free loans, and he won't do it. After all, at this time, it must be very good to be willing to take out money to provide loans to people to tide over the difficulties.

However, before that, Lu Shaohua had another condition. After Lu Shaohua finished speaking, he did not wait for Huo Yingdong and the others to speak, and continued, "I have no problem providing loans to the members of the Chamber of Commerce, but the premise is that you should not tell others about this so early. After all, there are many people and we cannot guarantee that all the members of the Chamber of Commerce can keep the secret that Hong Kong will be attacked."

If the news of Phoenix Bank's loan was released, it would be telling people that Hong Kong would be attacked. If so, all the arrangements of Lu Shaohua and Huo Yingdong would become transparent, which would be very disadvantageous to them.

None of the people present were fools. After hearing what Lu Shaohua said, they all came to their senses immediately, especially Ho Ying-tung. Suddenly, he broke out in a cold sweat and felt a sense of fear.

Imagine what would happen if the news got out? Fok Ying-tung couldn't imagine what the result would be. Maybe their involvement in the Thai financial market would be exposed, and then the loss would outweigh the gain.

"Well, let's not release this news for now. There will be no rush to release it when the time comes." Ho Ying-tung nodded and said.

Others also made the connection and nodded in agreement.

At this point, the plan to save Hong Kong has been roughly formed, and even the members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce have been protected. The next thing to do is to wait, wait for the disaster to break out, and then take action to save it.