Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 991: The Source of the Outbreak

Originally Lu Shaohua was in a good mood, but Li Shangkui's words made Lu Shaohua feel extremely bad. The reason was nothing else but that a commercial spy appeared inside the Phoenix Group, and this commercial spy had a high position in the Phoenix Group, but he was a middle or senior management staff.

It was also the fault of this commercial spy's bad luck. It had not been long since Lu Shaohua was attacked. Once Lu Shaohua was in the Phoenix Group, the defense level of the entire Phoenix Group would be raised by more than two levels. Now Lu Shaohua was inside the Phoenix Group. Forty bodyguards, ten members of the Shadow Organization, and the security department of the Phoenix Group were on high alert. But he broke in at this time, which was no different from seeking death.

"Go check and see if this is the first time or if it has been lurking for a long time!" Lu Shaohua gave the order directly to Li Shangkui.

Although there is not much difference in Lu Shaohua's words, the deep meaning is very different. If the middle or senior management personnel did it for the first time, then Lu Shaohua regarded the other party as someone who was bribed and betrayed Phoenix Group recently.

If he had been lurking for a long time, it would mean that many of Phoenix Group's business secrets had been sold out by him more than once. If that were the case, Lu Shaohua would have to change the plan he had already made.

However, Lu Shaohua had a hunch that the middle and senior management personnel must have just been bribed, because everyone who could enter the Phoenix Group had to be thoroughly investigated before entering, even the ordinary employees at the bottom had to be investigated.

As for the middle and senior management personnel, the investigation on them is extremely strict. It can be said that their ancestors have been thoroughly investigated. If there is even the slightest problem, they will never be promoted or will be directly fired from Phoenix Group.

It was precisely because Lu Shaohua was very confident in his investigation of the intelligence network that he felt that the spy had just been bribed. Of course, Lu Shaohua would not easily draw conclusions before the results of the investigation came out.

Soon, Li Shangkui came back. It seemed that the investigation had produced results. Facts also proved that the investigation had indeed produced results. Li Shangkui used the most direct method - interrogation. Under the interrogation of Li Shangkui and other veterans, the results were known in less than a few minutes.

The reason why it only took a few minutes was that the spy was a novice who had just been bribed and had not received any special training. Therefore, Li Shangkui was able to get the result so quickly.

Just bought...

This was the result Li Shangkui brought back, and he told Lu Shaohua that he had already contacted Chen Guobang by phone, and the next matters would be taken over by the Huxiao Intelligence Network.

Li Shangkui and his team's mission is to be responsible for Lu Shaohua's safety, not to investigate anything. Now he has obtained the desired result. As for the other information disclosed by the spy, Chen Guobang and his team will take over.

"Let Big Brother get to the bottom of this. When you find out, don't ask me. Just destroy him!" Lu Shaohua's voice was calm, but it was filled with murderous intent. Before he finished speaking, he paused and continued, "As for the spy, send someone to send him to an uninhabited place in Africa and let him fend for himself."

Originally, Lu Shaohua wanted to kill the middle or senior management personnel directly, but after thinking about it, he realized that to be able to become a middle or senior management personnel, they must have made a lot of efforts for the group and made many contributions. Lu Shaohua always had a little gratitude in his heart for the meritorious officials of the group. But it was almost impossible for Lu Shaohua to let him go. Throwing him into an uninhabited place in Africa, it would depend on himself whether he could survive.

Li Shangkui didn't say anything, just nodded, and then left.

The Phoenix Group was already in chaos enough, but something like this happened, which really made Lu Shaohua feel extremely bad. However, Lu Shaohua soon adjusted his mentality, focusing on work and ignoring other things.

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Time flies, and it is May in the blink of an eye. As time goes by, the global situation becomes more and more tense, but it has not led to the outbreak of a storm. If we have to say that there are wind and waves, it is just a sign.

However, Lu Shaohua knew that the emergence of this sign meant that an unprecedented financial storm was about to break out, but it had not really broken out yet. Lu Shaohua was not in a hurry. What he had to do now was very simple, which was to increase the defense capabilities of Phoenix Group to the extreme.

Phoenix Group has also been doing this. After Lu Shaohua was attacked and the Rothschild family attacked, Phoenix Group suffered a series of setbacks and its industry shrank significantly. But Lu Shaohua came back and Phoenix Group came back to life. Now it has basically restored its former glory.

However, after all, it is a group that has just been hit hard and naturally cannot be compared with the calm Phoenix Group. But in Lu Shaohua's view, he still has time. He believes that when the financial crisis really breaks out, the Phoenix Group will be able to restore to its former glory, or even go further.

That day, Lu Shaohua suddenly called Liu Mingzhang and others to express their views on the current situation. After Liu Mingzhang and others looked at each other, they smiled at each other, and Liu Mingzhang spoke lightly. "The wind has changed now. The global economy is in recession. Many investors with middle and lower incomes in the United States are unable to repay their loans and have begun to sell their properties."

After a pause, Liu Mingzhang continued, "When the number of properties reaches a critical point, housing prices will plummet, and many investors will go bankrupt. Investment banks will also be unable to recover a large number of bad loans and will also suffer. By then, the subprime mortgage crisis will form, and then the financial storm will not be far away."

Yes, this is the subprime mortgage crisis. Banks do not care whether homebuyers are able to repay the loans, or even when homebuyers are unable to repay the loans within the deadline. Banks still lend money. When the subprime mortgage crisis is formed and banks are unable to recover the loans, they will not be able to issue other loans. By then, funds in the production sector will be unable to circulate, a large number of companies will go bankrupt, and the financial storm will develop into an economic crisis, which will then affect the world.

However, Lu Shaohua knew that with the United States' capabilities, there would be no problem in its ability to dig holes in others' pockets. Even if the subprime mortgage crisis occurred, the United States would not collapse so quickly, and at least it could hold on for a while.

According to Lu Shaohua's memory, the prelude to the storm did not really appear until June. In June, the fund under the fifth largest investment bank in the United States suffered losses due to its involvement in the subprime mortgage bond market, which once again caused a sharp drop in U.S. stocks. That was when the prelude to the storm began.

June was the source. As the fund under the fifth largest investment bank in the United States suffered losses involving subprime mortgages, it led to a series of butterfly effects. By August 6, the tenth largest mortgage institution in the United States, American Home Mortgage Investment Corporation, filed for bankruptcy protection in court, becoming another large mortgage institution in the United States to file for bankruptcy after New Century Financial Corporation.

Two days later, on August 8, Bear Stearns, the fifth largest investment bank in the United States, announced that two of its funds had collapsed due to the subprime mortgage crisis.

A day later, on August 8, BNP Paribas announced that it would suspend trading of three of its funds involved in U.S. mortgage business; the European Central Bank announced that it would provide 9 billion euros of funds to relevant banks - the subprime mortgage crisis spread to other Western markets. This move caused European stock markets to plummet.

Four days later, on August 8, Mizuho Group, the parent company of Japan's second largest bank, Mizuho Bank, announced a loss of 13 million yen related to US subprime mortgages. Japanese and Korean banks have already suffered losses from the US subprime mortgage crisis.

Two days later, on August 8, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was still fluctuating between rising and falling in the morning, finally turned downward and fell below 15 points, closing at its lowest point since April of that year. The S&P 13000 index also fell to a point where it had lost all its gains this year.

In just a few days, the crisis broke out and swept across the globe, involving the whole of Europe and Asia, and the storm is getting more intense.

However, it is only May and the storm has just formed. Although many astute speculators have realized that the danger is coming, not many people have taken action. At this time, it undoubtedly gives Liu Mingzhang and others more time to make their plans.

"There is nearly a month left. You must complete the layout within a month and no later than June." Lu Shaohua issued a death order.

A few days after Lu Shaohua returned to Hong Kong from Africa for recuperation, he gave them detailed data and dates. Liu Mingzhang and Li Yunqing, who had seen the data, naturally knew that there was a deeper meaning in Lu Shaohua's words.

Just kidding, June is the beginning of the storm. If the layout cannot be completed in June, then there will be no need for later layout.

"The current layout is nearing completion and there will be no problem with the mission." Liu Mingzhang said confidently.

After seeing the date, how could they not understand the urgency of time? Therefore, when Liu Mingzhang and others began to make their plans, they more or less increased their investment in the financial market. So far, four-fifths of the funds have been invested, and the remaining one-fifth, nearly a month, is enough.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua still trusted Liu Mingzhang and the others, so he naturally didn't say much. So he changed the subject and asked, "What about the members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the national side?"

Several months have passed since Lu Shaohua greeted Ho Ying-tung and others. I'm afraid they have already made preparations, allocated funds, and are ready to make money with Phoenix Group.

"We are preparing to let them in." This time it was not Liu Mingzhang who spoke, but Li Yunqing.

"It's almost there." Lu Shaohua said lightly.

Afterwards, Lu Shaohua didn't say anything, but fell silent and fell into deep thought. After a long time, Lu Shaohua moved his lips and was about to say something of vital importance.

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