Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 6: Financial Storm ()

As time approached closing time, Li Yunqing issued more and more orders. It was not until ten minutes before closing time that Li Yunqing paused for a while after issuing the order to liquidate the currency in the Philippines. However, it did not last too long, about two minutes, before Li Yunqing issued another crucial order.

"Ship with all your strength, at any cost..."

With only eight minutes left until closing, Li Yunqing initially liquidated his stocks one after another, both large and small orders, but in the end, he still failed to achieve the goal of clearing all the stocks. The market was about to close again, and if Li Yunqing wanted to clear all the stocks in one go, he had to sell them at all costs.

The second hand of the large clock hanging on the wall was ticking away as if it was in a race, but Li Yunqing and the others held their breath and dared not breathe out, staring at the large screen without blinking. Even Li Zongen lost focus on the several computers he was in charge of and started looking at the large screen.

The same thing happened to Lu Shaohua. He had originally closed his eyes to rest, but when Li Yunqing gave the order to start clearing out the goods in the Philippines, Lu Shaohua opened his eyes, because Lu Shaohua knew that starting to move the goods in the Philippines meant that there were only ten minutes left until closing.

Before the market opened in the afternoon, Lu Shaohua heard Li Yunqing talk about their plan to start clearing out the goods from the Philippines in ten minutes. This was also what Li Yunqing told Lu Shaohua. For someone with a strong sense of time like Li Yunqing, he would not be a second faster or slower.

The crucial ten minutes...

These ten minutes are the final deadline and also the ten minutes to verify whether the inventory can be cleared. Of course, Lu Shaohua has to open his eyes to see the final battle. Even if he only sees a trend chart and does not see the task operation, Lu Shaohua still wants to see what the situation is.

Yes, there will be no operations from the headquarters. They are only responsible for looking at the trend chart and issuing orders. All operations are done by the teams below. You cannot see any operations here.

Five minutes, only five minutes left before closing...

Three minutes, and then two minutes passed, leaving only three minutes. Lu Shaohua clenched his fists naturally, showing that he was very nervous at the moment.

Finally, another two minutes passed and the closing entered the countdown, the last minute.

At this time, the computer speaker connected to Liu Mingzhang's wife also sounded that there was an incoming message.

"Clearance completed..."

"Clearance completed..."

All the information is the same, just four simple words, but they clearly express the final result.

"I've counted and all the stocks have been cleared." Liu Mingzhang's wife counted the number of messages and combined it with the number of teams below, and finally gave the answer.

"yeah!"

"yeah!"

Success, they succeeded, Li Yunqing and his team succeeded, they placed all the orders at the last minute and cleared all positions, which means that they don’t have to wait until tomorrow morning to finish, they completed the task today.

Lu Shaohua was also happy for them. Perhaps clearing out the warehouse did not mean anything, but Lu Shaohua knew that clearing out the warehouse at the last minute meant that Li Yunqing and the others' previous calculations were very accurate and almost identical, neither fast nor slow. This was something worth celebrating.

The financial market is inherently volatile, with changes occurring every second. In addition, there are so many accounts involved in this operation that it is a massive undertaking to calculate. Needless to say, it is extremely difficult.

And now, Li Yunqing and his team have calculated something very accurately. Isn't this worth celebrating?

"Good, mission accomplished." Lu Shaohua said with a smile.

"Haha!" As the commander-in-chief, Li Yunqing was somewhat excited by Lu Shaohua's praise, but Li Yunqing was not the kind of person who would not tolerate praise, so he suppressed his vanity and said, "It was originally a task to be completed today, and now it is just completed according to the plan."

Yes, it's just completing the task as planned, there's nothing to brag about. If the task is not completed, it would be dereliction of duty, proving that Li Yunqing's ability as the commander-in-chief is limited, because Liu Mingzhang never made any mistakes when he was the commander-in-chief.

Lu Shaohua smiled softly. He knew what Li Yunqing meant, and did not continue the conversation. Instead, he chose to change the subject. "Take a break first. Let's do the summary later. I just happen to have something to talk to you about."

The end of a mission means that Li Yunqing and his team still have a lot of work to do, especially integrating data. The transaction status of each order will be transmitted to them via QQ in a while, and then they will extract the data of each order, calculate and integrate it, get a final number, and then transfer it to Lu Shaohua.

Now that Lu Shaohua had spoken and asked them to take a rest first, it meant that Lu Shaohua was not in a hurry to look at the final data. Li Yunqing and the others certainly knew how to be lazy. They all smiled and sat down around the sofa.

"This operation can be said to be the second wave of operations. It has now ended, which means that we should start preparing for the third wave of operations." At this point, Lu Shaohua paused and continued, "Of course, I also know that you are under a lot of pressure, but time is running out. The third wave of operations is very important, and I believe everyone knows it."

The entire Asian financial crisis was divided into three stages, and each stage was divided into multiple waves. Like now, it belongs to the second wave of the first stage. The first wave was Thailand, the second wave was Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, and as for the third wave, it belongs to Taiwan and Hong Kong.

That’s right, the third wave is Taiwan and Hong Kong. Hong Kong is the base camp of Phoenix Group, and Lu Shaohua is determined to keep Hong Kong. It is not an exaggeration to call it the top priority.

Li Yunqing and the others also understood the importance of Hong Kong in Lu Shaohua's mind, so they naturally did not dare to neglect it. So when they heard Lu Shaohua mention the third wave, they all stood in awe and listened carefully.

"Hong Kong, I don't need to say more, everyone knows that our base camp must be saved, because saving Hong Kong is equivalent to saving our Phoenix Group from shrinking, so we must pay attention to every link in the layout, and we can't afford to make mistakes." After a pause, Lu Shaohua said, "There is another one, that is Phoenix Bank. I have communicated with the senior management of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce before, and they will also join in the action of saving Hong Kong. The members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce are an uncertain factor, so Phoenix Bank is very important in this link. I plan to allocate 200 billion US dollars to provide loans to the members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce so that everyone can get through this difficult time together."

"Let me interrupt." Li Yunqing said this without thinking, and waited for Lu Shaohua to look at him and signal him to speak before continuing. "Some time ago, you told us about the layout of Hong Kong, and asked us to prepare 500 billion US dollars. However, after withdrawing from Thailand, we have invested more than 140 billion US dollars in the new layout, and the results of this wave of income have not yet been obtained. I don't know if we can get 500 billion US dollars."

"If we can't get $500 billion together, what should we do? Also, if we allocate $200 billion from it to Phoenix Bank to provide loans to members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, then after all the money is taken out, there may not be much money left to save the market." Li Yunqing's face was not very good, and he was in a dilemma. "What's more, now we have only cleared the currency position, and the stock market has not moved. It may be difficult to get $500 billion together. According to my preliminary estimate, the income and principal of this wave will definitely not exceed $380 billion."

"..." Lu Shaohua didn't rush to say anything. He had to admit that if Li Yunqing hadn't mentioned this matter at this time, Lu Shaohua would have overlooked this small detail. In an instant, his face was full of embarrassment, and he secretly said in his heart, "Miscalculated."

That's right, Lu Shaohua miscalculated. According to Lu Shaohua's calculations at the time, the declines in Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia were relatively large, especially Indonesia, which ranked first among the three countries. In addition, Lu Shaohua had instructed special care at the time, so the money earned would not be too little.

But no matter how much money is earned, it is limited after all. Even if the other two countries and the capital invested in the layout are added, it is still difficult to collect 500 billion US dollars. Because the decline and investment are calculable, it is impossible for Li Yunqing and others to make more money for no reason.

"I didn't think this through." Lu Shaohua sighed, thought for a while, and then said, "How about this, I don't have to raise the full 500 billion US dollars. The profits and principal can be whatever they are, and all of them will be used to save Hong Kong. As for the 200 billion US dollars allocated to Phoenix Group, it will remain the same. We will see if there is any left. If there is, we can transfer it at any time."

"In addition, I will mobilize another 40 to 50 billion US dollars for you from other places. There is no rough figure, but the upper limit is 50 billion US dollars. I think it should be enough to deal with the Hong Kong stock market." Lu Shaohua added at the end.

The situation in Hong Kong is very critical, but Lu Shaohua has already decided that the exchange rate issue of the Hong Kong dollar will be dealt with by the country, and Lu Shaohua only needs to deal with the stock market. With the help of Ho Ying-tung and others, he should be able to cope with it even with less funds.

According to Li Yunqing's estimate, if the final profit plus the principal of this wave is 380 billion US dollars, then Lu Shaohua will withdraw another 50 billion US dollars, adding up to 420 billion US dollars. Excluding the 200 billion US dollars allocated to Phoenix Bank, there are still 220 billion US dollars left. It seems that it is not difficult to cope with the Hong Kong stock market.

Don't forget, that is 220 billion US dollars, not Hong Kong dollars. There is an exchange rate between US dollars and Hong Kong dollars.

"In fact, I've wanted to say this for a long time. Given how much the entire Hong Kong stock market is worth, there's absolutely no need for us to mobilize $500 billion. In my opinion, $300 billion would be enough." Liu Mingzhang couldn't help but complain.

"Just to be on the safe side..." Lu Shaohua smiled and said.