Chapter 287: Fell
This day.
Liu Tao came to Hong Kong with his guards.
Huo Yingdong personally entertained them, and the security personnel around him were fully armed with guns and live ammunition.
"Mr. Liu, this time the movement is not small, can we really take them down?" Huo Yingdong hesitated a little, and his confidence was not very strong.
This time they mobilized a large amount of funds, and the funds were so strong that they were definitely the best in the whole Hong Kong.
But you have to know that the four major central banks have been operating in Hong Kong for so long, and their influence has penetrated into all aspects.
Chinese capital is not all of one mind, and most of them now choose to wait and see.
Although the struggle between Chinese capital and foreign banks has never stopped, the movement has never been so big.
Huo Yingdong is quite clear about the strength of the four major foreign banks.
In the whole of Hong Kong, no one does not know the four major foreign banks.
The four major foreign banks refer to Jardine Matheson, Swire, Hutchison Whampoa and Wheelock!
Jardine Matheson, the oldest and largest of the four major foreign companies, was established in Guangzhou in 1932. At that time, it mainly engaged in general trade with China. Later, it replaced the East India Company to develop the opium trade and started with opium trafficking. In 1941, the headquarters was moved from Guangzhou to Hong Kong. In the following century, it expanded its influence to major cities in China and became the main force of Britain's economic aggression against China.
Jardine Matheson is very powerful, and the other three major foreign companies are not much worse.
They have a lot of funds, but they are still far behind the four major companies.
Liu Tao smiled and said, "Mr. Huo, this time Mrs. Thatcher visited China, the overall situation has been determined, and some things that should be done should be done now."
"Can it really be negotiated?" Huo Yingdong's eyes lit up.
In the past two years, he has made a lot of money through cooperation and his strength has been greatly enhanced.
He is also trying to win over some people, but too many Chinese investors are watching.
Liu Tao nodded slightly, "The overall situation has been determined, there will be no accidents. At that time, these British investors will be panicked. These assets are still very high-quality assets."
"This time the movement will be far greater than that of Wharf Holdings!" Liu Tao said with certainty.
The battle for Wharf Holdings took place two years ago. The charter king came ashore and took Wharf Holdings from the Hong Kong Land Company through a battle for equity, which was the pride of countless Hong Kong people.
The charter king spent 2.2 billion Hong Kong dollars in the entire battle for Wharf Holdings.
But this time, the Hong Kong dollars prepared alone exceeded 4 billion, and there were also 3 billion US dollars.
According to professional analysis, once the situation Liu Tao said happens, the Hong Kong dollar will depreciate rapidly, and may even reach a situation where 1 US dollar is exchanged for 10 Hong Kong dollars.
In other words, they will have a huge amount of funds of 34 billion Hong Kong dollars.
And the funds that can be leveraged may be a huge amount of 50 billion or even 60 billion Hong Kong dollars.
And this 3 billion US dollars was borrowed by him after he persuaded the leaders with great pains.
This time he came to Hong Kong to reassure some people.
Even just in case, the number of security company personnel has increased to 3,000 in recent days, and some 78-type heavy machine guns, heavy sniper rifles, rocket launchers and other powerful weapons have been secretly transported.
Even 20 sets of "Vanguard" air defense missiles and 100 air defense missiles have been transported.
Once the most unfavorable situation occurs, as long as an order is given, it will be a huge and powerful force.
"Mr. Huo, Hong Kong still relies mainly on you. I don't understand the specific operations." Liu Tao smiled and said, "Hong Kong still needs to be governed by Hong Kong people. British capital can be used, but it should not be the dominant force in Hong Kong."
This time, Liu Tao will not stay in Hong Kong for too long.
The goal this time is very clear, in terms of basic livelihood, such as Hong Kong Electric, and banks. After all, banks will be beneficial to some transfer transactions in the future.
As for HSBC and others, he can't trust them.
Time flows.
Major media in Hong Kong reported extensively on Mrs. Thatcher's arrival in Beijing for an official visit to China. Even many newspapers wrote about the meals Mrs. Thatcher had in Beijing.
On this day, near noon, some media accompanying the trip in Hong Kong reported a piece of news that made many people restless.
It happened that this day was Friday, and the stocks of major companies plummeted rapidly as soon as the stock market opened in the afternoon.
Even the stock prices of those well-known large companies plummeted at this time.
The news that caused the stock market to plummet was that Mrs. Thatcher fell in Beijing.
The fall not only lost the confidence of Britain, but also hurt the hearts of securities companies in Europe, America, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.
After Liu Tao received the news, he felt that the inertia of history was really huge, and Mrs. Thatcher still fell.
At the same time, what made him even more emotional was that the image of Britain's "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" is still deeply rooted in the hearts of many people, so that many people are still full of confidence in Britain even when the British Expeditionary Force suffered a great defeat in the Falklands.
Huo Yingdong was stunned. He didn't expect that this fall would have such a big impact.
4 billion Hong Kong dollars in cash with 10 times leverage, a total of 40 billion Hong Kong dollars in short orders.
The profits generated from this shocked him.
The largest short order this time was taken by the Development Bank of Singapore, a state-owned bank in Singapore. This bank alone took up 12 billion Hong Kong dollars, accounting for 30% of the short orders!
The second is Citibank, an old bank with a history of nearly 100 years in Hong Kong. It has always been the largest financial institution in the United States. Many banking businesses in the United States and Hong Kong are operated through Citibank. This time, Citibank took over a short order of 10 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Other British banks such as HSBC took over a short order of 18 billion Hong Kong dollars.
It can be said that these banks or forces have to pay a huge price this time.
"This time, the stock market is just the first to react. This incident will be a chain reaction. The collapse of the stock market will lead to the collapse of the property market, and the collapse of the property market will lead to the collapse of many banks in Hong Kong. After the property market has problems, many banks will have large amounts of bad debts, which will directly crush many small and medium-sized banks." Liu Tao smiled lightly, "Next, Hong Kong will rely on you, Mr. Huo."
Liu Tao is optimistic about Hong Kong, because it is actually a window for China to the outside world. The rapid development of Hong Kong is not because of how powerful it is, but more because of its geographical advantages. This is a window for China to the outside world and a window for overseas to China.
It is this favorable time, place and people that have led to the rapid development of Hong Kong.
"Those basic livelihoods should be controlled as much as possible, including banks! Hong Kong should not be dominated by HSBC alone. If possible, take this opportunity to acquire HSBC shares or Standard Chartered Bank." Liu Tao smiled, "This will make it much easier for us to do business in the future."
Fok Ying-tung nodded. In fact, he already had a bank, but the bank was not a large bank, just a medium-sized bank.
The current situation is undoubtedly very beneficial to them.
As for whether they can achieve their goals, it depends on their specific operations.
