The Hong Kong government wanted to stabilize Hong Kong's economy at this time, and even Hong Kong Governor Youde personally approached Chu Huan, but was rejected by Chu Huan, which made Youde feel helpless.
Only then did he truly realize Chu Huan's status in Xiangjiang.
I only knew about it before, but didn't have a clear concept.
It's just different now. His Colonial Secretary personally said this to him, which made him truly understand Chu Huan's influence in Xiangjiang.
"Luo Bishi, I remember that you were not very satisfied with Chu Huan before?"
Luo Bishi nodded: "That's true. I have never concealed this point, but it is precisely because of this that I know one thing."
"How powerful is Chu Huan?" Youde couldn't help but ask. Although it was a question, his tone was actually very affirmative.
Luo Bishi said: "Yes, Lord Governor of Hong Kong, you should know that there is a saying in China that the person who knows you best is often your enemy!"
At this point, Luo Bishi paused for a moment before continuing: "It is precisely because I understand how powerful Chu Huan is that I understand that if we want our political career to have a perfect ending, then we should not follow him.
Chu Huan is the enemy. The former Financial Secretary Xia Dingji just didn’t understand this truth, so it ended up like that!”
Youde naturally knew about Xia Dingji's situation. When Luo Bishi mentioned Xia Dingji, Youde finally said nothing.
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The economy of Xiangjiang cannot be stabilized just by anyone who wants to stabilize it. At least for Youde now, it is impossible.
In the next few days, "Shengbao" reported on the economic situation of Xiangjiang every day. Because its headlines were exaggerated and exciting, many citizens in Xiangjiang began to know about this newspaper.
Their behavior attracted the attention of other newspapers in Xiangjiang. The media industry in Xiangjiang has no integrity. The whole of Xiangjiang knows this. Now everyone can see that the sales of "Shengbao" are rising steadily because of their headline-grabbing reports.
, then of course they are imitating the same thing!
As a result, reports that horrified the citizens of Xiangjiang began to appear in major newspapers. In fact, these reports were more reprints of the content of "Shengbao".
In the "Shengbao" report, Xie Liyuan Gold Shop was the company mentioned the most, and when other newspapers followed suit, they would naturally mention Xie Liyuan Gold Shop!
At this time, Xie Zhichao finally brought his mind back to his son. He had already felt the seriousness of this matter.
"Have you found out what the origin of this "Sheng Bao" is?" At this time, Xie Zhichao was furious in his office.
Lin Jiamin also had a headache at this time and said: "We have already investigated. This "Shengbao" used to be a low-ranking newspaper. It usually reported gossip about some entertainment stars, but there was nothing worthwhile about it. In recent days,
I don’t know why, but they seem to be eyeing our company, and every time they report some bad news, they always bring our company with them!”
Xie Zhichao said angrily: "Who is asking you this? I am asking if you have found the owner of this newspaper? Now let them report like this. If it continues, the depositors of the gold shop will come to withdraw their cash!"
This is what Xie Zhichao is most worried about. When Xie Liyuan Gold Shop came up with the 'Qianzu Gold Savings Plan', it did bring a lot of cash to their company, but everything has pros and cons. When the market is good, , naturally it’s hello to you, hello to me, and hello to everyone.
But if the market conditions change and trigger crazy withdrawals from depositors, then their company will be doomed!
Therefore, Xie Zhichao wants to find the boss of "Shengbao" and ask him to stop reporting on this matter.
Lin Jiamin timidly said: "We have already searched, but the employees of "Shengbao" said that their boss sold the company and immigrated some time ago. Now they only have a ghost guy as the new president. Recently, "Shengbao" The content of "The Victory Report" was also written by him!"
Xie Zhichao was slightly stunned. At this time, he had a bad premonition. "Shengbao" was suddenly sold, and then there were more reports about Xie Liyuan's gold shop. Are these two things necessarily connected?
Just when Xie Zhichao was thinking about this matter, someone suddenly ran into Xie Zhichao's office.
Xie Zhichao is a man of rules, so when he saw someone entering his office in a hurry, he immediately showed a look of dissatisfaction on his face and scolded him.
"You are so panicked. The people in our company should be in a state of panic without changing their expressions. If people outside see you like this, they will think there is something wrong with our company!"
The people who came in could no longer care about Xie Zhichao's reprimands and started preaching in a panic.
"Chairman, something happened. I just received the latest news. The price of international gold has risen to HK$1,500 per tael. The company's gold reserves are simply not enough. If there is a run event, it will be troublesome!"
Xie Liyuan Gold Shop's "Thousands of Gold Accumulation Plan" uses Xiangjiang citizens to deposit fixed funds into Xie Liyuan Gold Shop within a certain period of time, and Xie Liyuan Gold Shop's commitment is that no matter what time, Xie Liyuan Gold Shop's depositors, You only need to bring the certificate at that time to Xie Liyuan Gold Shop to exchange for the full amount of gold.
But now that the price of gold is rising, coupled with the repeated bad news reports about Xie Liyuan Gold Shop in newspapers, it will completely touch the sensitive nerves of those depositors.
A squeeze event is very likely to happen!
"What?"
Xie Zhichao, who had just been scolding his subordinates that they should be overwhelmed by the collapse of the mountain without changing their expression, jumped up on the sofa and asked in horror: "Are there many people?"
Obviously, he also knew the seriousness of this matter.
The visitor said something that sent chills down Xie Zhichao's back, "There are not many people now, but many people are coming one after another. In addition, I believe that after the news spreads in Xiangjiang, more people will come." of!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xie Zhichao was completely panicked at this time and said to Lin Jiamin: "Call, call Hang Lung Bank quickly and tell them that we want to borrow money, hurry up, and besides Call Zheng Yutong, Chen Chongwei, and Zhou Junlian and find a way to get some gold from them!"
The most feared thing about such an incident is that they cannot provide sufficient gold to depositors. At the same time, if the gold is really insufficient, they can only give the other party cash according to the current price of gold.
If Chu Huan has any problems during the exchange process, then a run event will inevitably occur.
Needless to say, Zheng Yutong is the chairman of Chow Tai Fook, and Zhou Junlian is the chairman of Xiangjiang Chow Sang Sang. As for Chen Chongwei, his reputation is not well-known among the ordinary people in Xiangjiang, but among the wealthy families in Xiangjiang, this person is still very famous. .
In addition, this person's company, Jubao Hang, also had little reputation in later generations. The main reason was that Jubao House was engaged in high-end customization business at that time, and ordinary people had no access to it.
But this person does have a daughter who is well known to everyone, and that is the Hong Kong female singer Chen Huilin!
Chow Tai Fook, Chow Sang Sang, Ju Bao Hong and Xie Liyuan can be regarded as the four most famous jewelry companies in Hong Kong during this period.
I called them because I hope to mobilize some gold from them, and I called Hang Lung Bank because Hang Lung Bank is a cooperative bank of Xie Liyuan Gold Shop.
Lin Jiamin also understood the seriousness of the matter and immediately started making calls.
Xie Zhichao answered the phone and said in a sincere tone: "Brother Zheng, I hope your company can help our company this time!"
The first call was to Zheng Yutong.
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Chinese Bank, in Chu Huan’s office on the top floor!
Xu Yi just hung up the phone, and then said to Chu Huan: "Boss, it's going to be chaos outside now. Many people are going to Xie Liyuan Gold Shop to withdraw cash. In such a situation, Xie Liyuan Gold Shop will definitely have to withdraw money from the other three jewelry stores. If you ask your bank for help, you will definitely ask their partner bank for help.
Should we call the bosses of the three major jewelry stores?"
Chu Huan waved his hand and said: "No, we don't need to take action in this matter, those three people will not help Xie Zhichao!"
There is a competitive relationship among peers. If it were normal times, maybe everyone would help out for the sake of doing business in Xiangjiang.
But with the current market situation, Xiangjiang's economy has begun to decline. Everyone has too much to worry about, so how can they help Xie Liyuan Gold Shop!
What's more, the three major jewelry stores actually don't have much gold reserves, so they can't help even if they want to!
In fact, in another time and space, Xie Zhichao also asked the three major jewelry stores for help, but received no response. As for their cooperative bank, Hang Lung!
During this period, Hang Lung also had too much to take care of itself. The most important thing is that once the bank run incident occurs, Xie Liyuan Gold Shop will definitely collapse. Even if you want to help, you can't help!
So Chu Huan rejected Xu Yi's suggestion.
This incident was actually the second trigger that Chu Huan was waiting for. In another time and space, the collapse of Xie Liyuan Gold Shop triggered a run on banks in Hong Kong, and the entire incident lasted for several years.
During this period, Hang Lung, Overseas Trust, Sun Hung Kai, K. Wah, Wing On, Union, and Connian were successively impacted, and even changed owners.
What Chu Huan has to do is to break this timeline and try to make everything happen within a month.
This is why "Shengbao" continues to report news on various financial crises, and at the same time focuses on Xie Liyuan Gold Shop.
"Shengbao" was naturally acquired by a middle-level member of the North American Jiaku under Chu Huan's order.
"Has Thatcher announced the time for her visit to China?"
Chu Huan asked Xu Yi.
This is the thing that Chu Huan is most concerned about at this time. Since he has promised his hometown to stabilize the economy of Xiangjiang after the negotiation between his hometown and the British, what Chu Huan needs to do now is to ensure that during Thatcher’s visit After the Kingdom of China, put an end to this mess in front of you.
Xu Yi nodded and said: "According to the news we have received, Thatcher has decided to officially start a visit to his hometown on the 22nd of next month. This news has also been notified to his hometown, and I believe it will be announced to the public soon!"
Chu Huan smiled, everything was as he planned. As long as this news is made public, it will immediately have an impact on Xiangjiang's economy, which may help Chu Huan complete all this within a month.
"Inform Sheng Bao to pay attention to Hang Lung Bank and Overseas Trust Bank. We will completely light up this fire within this month!"
Xu Yidao: "Understood!"
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The development of the situation completely exceeded Xie Zhichao's expectations. He believed that even if everyone came to withdraw cash, they should not be so crazy, but the citizens used their crazy behavior to slap Xie Zhichao hard in the face!
At this time, Xie Zhichao was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his office. His office was not high because it was just above the Xie Liyuan Jinpu flagship store. Naturally, there was no way to overlook the beautiful scenery of Hong Kong. However, Xie Zhichao could stand by his window every day. In front of me, I admire the endless flow of customers who come to Xie Liyuan Gold Shop to buy gold.
But today is different. Although there are more people in Xie Liyuan Gold Shop today than on previous days, these people are not here to spend money, but to withdraw money and gold!
These people now no longer have the order they once had, and crazy is the only word that can describe them.
"It's over!"
Xie Zhichao finally understood at this time that Xie Liyuan Gold Shop might not be able to hold on any longer.
In fact, when the three major jewelry stores and Hang Lung Bank refused to provide help to Xie Zhichao, Xie Zhichao understood that Xie Liyuan Gold Shop was probably not going to be saved.
It is always easier to destroy than to build.
Xie Liyuan Gold Shop was established during the Qing Dynasty, and it has a history of hundreds of years. It can be said that Xie Liyuan Gold Shop has come to the present step by step.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The collapse only happened in an instant.
The only thing that makes Xie Zhichao happy now is that the Xie family, as a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, still has some heritage. In other words, even if Xie Liyuan Gold Shop really closes down, their family will not really be finished, but the family's wealth It will definitely be affected.
"Chairman, Guo Guandong, general manager of Xiangjiang Department of Empire Fashion Group, is here!"
Lin Jiamin also looked like she was mourning for her heir.
Xie Zhichao was stunned for a moment and asked, "What is he here for?"
Empire Fashion Group is a very strange group in Xiangjiang. If you want to say it is famous, it must be famous. After all, it is the world's top luxury goods group, and their chairman is Chu Huan's wife Cao Yunshang.
But this group has very little presence in Hong Kong.
To put it simply, the most important thing is that although Empire Fashion Group is a Hong Kong-based group, their brands are all overseas luxury brands, and only one fashion brand exists.
In addition, Empire Fashion Group basically does not participate in business matters in Xiangjiang.
In other words, this group basically has no news to report in Hong Kong.
But no matter what, the prestige of Imperial Fashion Group remains.
Lin Jiamin said: "I don't know, the other party didn't tell me!"
"Please come in!" Xie Zhichao thought for a moment and asked Lin Jiamin to invite Guo Guandong in.
Guo Guandong is thirty-nine years old. At this age, he can become the general manager of the Xiangjiang branch of the Empire Fashion Group. His abilities are naturally imaginable. But in fact, few people know now that Guo Guandong is actually among the first batch of
Talents coming out of the Jiaku talent pool.
"Mr. Guo, I won't say anything polite. Now you have seen Xie Liyuan's situation, so Mr. Guo, I want to know what you are doing here at this time?"
After meeting Guo Guandong, Xie Zhichao did not exchange greetings and preached straight to the point.
Guo Guandong sat on the sofa and said calmly: "Since Mr. Xie is so direct, I won't say anything else. I am here on behalf of our Empire Fashion Group this time. I want to ask Mr. Xie if he has sold Xie Liyuan Gold.
Plan to pave the way!"
Xie Zhichao was a little stunned. He did not expect that Guo Guandong would come to acquire their Xie Liyuan Gold Shop. If it were two days ago, Xie Zhichao would have rejected Guo Guandong's acquisition with a smile.
But today is different from the past. Xie Liyuan Gold Shop is a building that is about to collapse. If it can still be sold at this time, it means that Xie Liyuan Gold Shop has exerted his last remaining heat in his own hands.
"Mr. Guo really knows how to choose the right time!" Xie Zhichao couldn't help but sigh, and then asked Guo Guandong: "I wonder what kind of price your company is willing to offer?"
Guo Guandong reported to Xie Zhichao a price!
After Xie Zhichao heard this, his expression suddenly changed. He was not here to buy Xie Liyuan Gold Shop, but to pick up money.
"Mr. Guo, you are probably joking. Even though our gold shop is encountering some problems now, are your prices too bullying?"
With a smile on his face, Guo Guandong said: "Xie Sheng, as you just said, the whole of Xiangjiang now knows the situation of Xie Liyuan Gold Shop. If our company did not come forward to acquire it, would Xie Liyuan Gold Shop be able to survive?"
This week, there are two things to say. In addition, after we took over Xie Liyuan Gold Shop, we also have to deal with the depositors outside. This is also a big expense, isn't it?"
Xie Zhichao fell into silence, taking advantage of the situation to rob. The Imperial Fashion Group is robbing now, but Xie Zhichao has no way to do it, because the situation is like this.
But if Xie Zhichao wants to agree to Guo Guandong's price, he cannot accept it. The price is too low now. Even if Xie Liyuan Gold Shop goes bankrupt due to this incident, Xie Liyuan Gold Shop's current inventory can still be bought for a sum Not a small price.
Even if those debts are repaid, maybe it can still support Xie Liyuan Gold Shop to come back to life in the future!
Unless Guo Guandong can increase the money, Xie Zhichao will definitely not sell it at this price!
"Mr. Guo, we cannot accept this price. If your company can do it based on this price."
Before Xie Zhichao finished speaking, Guo Guandong interrupted Xie Zhichao and said: "This is the last price our company can offer. Even if it is one Hong Kong dollar, we will not increase it!"
Guo Guandong's attitude made Xie Zhichao very dissatisfied, and naturally there was no way to continue this negotiation!
So Guo Guandong was politely asked to leave by Xie Zhichao!
"Xie Liyuan Gold Shop is finished this time. Have we sorted out the financial relationship with them?"
Zhuang Rongkun was sitting on the sofa in the office of the chairman of Hang Lung Bank and asked Zhuang Qingquan.
Hang Lung Bank is the bank that has the closest cooperation with Xie Liyuan Gold Shop. Now that Xie Liyuan Gold Shop has problems, the most important thing for Zhuang Rongkun and Zhuang Qingquan is not to let the situation of Xie Liyuan Gold Shop affect the operations of Hang Lung Bank.
Zhuang Qingquan nodded and said: "It has been clarified. Although Xie Liyuan Gold Shop has some loans from our bank, the amount is affordable. As long as we control public opinion and don't let the public associate the Xie Liyuan Gold Shop with our bank, the matter will not be too big." ."
Zhuang Rongkun breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It is impossible to completely deny our relationship with Xie Liyuan Gold Shop. What we should do at this time is to immediately mobilize the entire bank's cash. We must not allow Hang Lung to be here." Any difficulty in withdrawing cash occurs within a period of time.”
Zhuang Qingquan nodded and said: "I understand, but there is another important issue now, that is, the gold coupons issued by Xie Liyuan Gold Shop are opened in our Hang Lung account. Those who cannot get money at Xie Liyuan Gold Shop will definitely come. We withdraw money from the bank, how should we deal with this matter?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhuang Rongkun's relaxed expression just now wrinkled up again. This is why it is said that Hang Lung Bank is the cooperative bank of Xie Liyuan Gold Shop.
This matter really gives Zhuang Rongkun a headache. If they don't exchange cash, it will probably arouse public suspicion of Hang Lung Bank. However, Xie Liyuan Jinpu's deposits in Hang Lung Bank are so large that they will definitely not be able to sustain it. It is impossible for Hang Lung to advance money to Xie Liyuan Gold Shop by itself.
"I need to think about this matter carefully. You first prepare a statement to explain the relationship between us and Xie Liyuan Gold Shop, and then I will think about the specific circumstances of this matter!"
Seeing Zhuang Rongkun with a headache, Zhuang Qingquan had no choice but to agree first.
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In fact, it is not just Xie Zhichao, Zhuang Rongkun and others who have headaches in Xiangjiang now, there is another person who is also suffering from severe headaches.
This person is Chen Songqing, the chairman of Jianing.
As I have said many times before, Chen Songqing's Carnegie is actually snowballing, and it is in a particularly dangerous way. As long as the Hang Seng Index fluctuates, it is a very dangerous thing for Carnegie.
Now that the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index has been falling, Carin's situation is naturally very bad.
What makes Chen Songqing even more frightened is that the commercial building on the first subway station that they won the property development rights above the subway station through bidding last year is almost completed.
However, the current land prices in Xiangjiang are falling again and again, which makes Jia Ning's originally estimated profit also fall again and again. More importantly, now that there is a market but no price, whether it is the rental or sale of commercial buildings, it is very pessimistic.
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In addition, according to the originally signed treaty, Jianning will start the construction of the second subway station at this time.
"The MTR Corporation has issued a notice, ordering us to complete the payment of the land premium of HK$1.82 billion for this land within 28 days, otherwise it has the right to stop our cooperation. If this is the case, we will
The 400 million deposit from the company will be taken back!"
Qian Zhengnan was also very worried at this time. Although Qian Zhengnan did not know as much as he thought about the situation of Jianing and Chen Songqing, at this time Qian Zhengnan also understood that Jianing had now reached a very important stage.
It's dangerous time.
Chen Songqing sat there a little irritably. At this time, he felt that this was the most difficult time since he started his business in Xiangjiang.
"How is the company's financial position this quarter?"
Chen Songqing asked Qian Zhengnan.
"According to the company's estimates, the profit for this quarter will be HK$270 million!" The number reported by Qian Zhengnan was the number in Jianing's financial report.
Chen Songqing pondered for a moment and then said: "Find familiar media to publish this figure, and then inform shareholders that the group will pay an interim dividend of 1.2 cents per share!"
Qian Zhengnan was stunned. When the company was short of cash, the company actually wanted to pay dividends?
Shouldn't we be looking for ways to borrow more cash?
"Brother Qing, can we contact the capital behind you now and ask them to provide us with some financial support at this time?"
Qian Zhengnan couldn't help but ask Chen Songqing.
Chen Songqing said noncommittally: "I will arrange this matter, you don't have to worry about it!"
Qian Zhengnan naturally didn't know what Chen Songqing was thinking. Paying dividends? It was impossible!
What Chen Songqing wants to do is actually to use this news to stimulate Jiani's stock price, because only if Jiani's stock price shows headwind growth at this moment, will the banks in Xiangjiang value Jiani more, and will it
Can provide more loans to Jia Ning.
After Qian Zhengnan left, Chen Songqing came to Zhuang Yongcheng and gave instructions for a more private matter.
"Immediately contact the media you are familiar with, give them a sum of money, and tell them that the sales and leasing conditions of the Hongmian Building are good. An overseas consortium has already contacted us, Jianning, hoping to acquire the Hongmian Building in one go!"
Chen Songqing told Zhuang Yongcheng.
If you want to increase the share price of Jianing, it is not enough to just rely on an interim dividend statement. The most important thing is to let shareholders see that Jianing's operations are going well.
And there is no more exciting news than the good sales of Cotton Tree Towers!
In fact, in another time and space, Chen Songqing played such a trick in order to increase the stock price of Jiali. At that time, he first bought the Golden Gate Building from Jardine Matheson, and then used the left-hand trick to increase the price of the Golden Gate Building.
, thereby achieving his idea of increasing the stock price of Jia Ning.
In fact, Chen Songqing also succeeded at that time.
But now, because the Kinmen Building is in the hands of Chu Huan, there is no transaction with the Jianing Group at all, so Chen Songqing thought of the Hongmian Building at this time!
Zhuang Yongcheng carried out Chen Songqing's order more directly, saying: "No problem!"
He has seen Chen Songqing turn decay into magic too many times, so he has no doubts about Chen Songqing at this time. He believes that Chen Songqing will definitely lead Jia Ning through this difficulty!
After Zhuang Yongcheng left, Chen Songqing stared at the phone on his desk, and finally couldn't help but dial the number of the Chinese Bank!
However, what made Chen Songqing's heart sink was that the Chinese People's Bank of China office responded to Chen Songqing that their chairman Chu Huan was answering an important call at this time and Chen Songqing needed to call back later!
Thank you everyone, typos will be corrected first and then~