The Mid-Levels area of Hong Kong originally referred to the Victoria Peak and its nearby commercial areas on Hong Kong Island. Later, as the concept of Mid-Levels luxury homes became more and more popular, all luxury homes built in the mountains on Hong Kong Island were called Mid-Levels luxury homes. .
Chen Qing and her party flew to Hong Kong at ten o'clock in the morning.
After landing, we rushed directly to a mansion on Shi Xun Road at the top of Victoria Peak.
In addition to Chen Qing herself and the sisters Jiang Shanwu and Jiang Yuanchi who were brought out to see the world for the first time, several of Chen Qing's right-hand assistants in recent years, Ran Yue, Catherine Elgar, and Lily Favell, have also come from Shanghai or Hangzhou and other places arrived in advance, and there was also Charlotte Brenita, a Swiss girl who has been active in the Chinese investment circle.
They are all women, and we all live here together.
This is not the first time Chen Qing has come to Hong Kong, nor is it the first time she has lived in this mansion covering an area of about 3,000 square meters on Shih Hoon Road.
However, after landing this time, I thought of one thing again.
It seems that my boss has never been to Hong Kong.
Before, Chen Qing even accidentally asked her boss if he didn't like this city. Someone's expression was slightly weird and he said he liked it very much.
Chen Qing did not delve into it.
Perhaps, it’s probably because it’s too crowded here. A top-notch mansion only covers an area of 3,000 square meters. Excluding the lawn, swimming pool and observation deck, the main villa occupies an even smaller area of only 1,200 square meters. It’s really not in line with the owner’s requirements. identity.
The boss likes big ones.
The bigger the better.
Chen Qing also proposed to buy land to build a more spacious mansion here. Although land in Hong Kong is tight, as Simon Westeros, it is not easy to purchase it.
It's a pity that my boss didn't agree and seemed to have no interest.
No explanation why.
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Chen Qing didn't ask any more questions.
This time, there was no time to pay attention to the trivial matters. When he arrived at the mansion, he met the people waiting here and briefly discussed some arrangements here. Chen Qing took Ran Yue and Charlotte Bu Lenita and several others left again and rushed to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
There's a meeting over there at 11 o'clock.
The meeting ended, and at noon we had a dinner meeting with Jared Buckley, President of the China Investment Department of Apollo Management Company, and a vice president of AOL who would appear at the press conference in the afternoon.
After a discussion at our dinner, at one o'clock in the afternoon, we met again with some representatives from China and Drucken Miller, the chief investment officer of Quantum Fund who was about to appear this time.
Time flies so fast.
As it approached two o'clock in the afternoon, everyone began to rush to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, where the press conference was about to be held. This time, a hall was specially rented for speeches there, which could accommodate thousands of people.
At the same time, hundreds of Hong Kong-based reporters from TV, newspapers, Internet and other media outlets in Hong Kong and around the world who were notified at short notice also gathered at the Convention and Exhibition Center from all over Hong Kong Island.
Everyone was keenly aware that something big was about to happen.
However, because they only received an emergency notice from the Hong Kong government and did not even know what specific information was to be announced, most people still did not think of the Hong Kong financial market.
In a lecture hall at the Convention and Exhibition Center.
There were five minutes left before two o'clock. Takamasa Komura, a reporter from Japan's "Yomiuri Shimbun", rushed there with his assistant and photographer Naki Ando. They saw that the hall, which could accommodate thousands of people, had already been opened. More than a third of the way, he quickly quickened his pace and rushed over.
Unfortunately, there are no seats in the first few rows.
Instructing Ando Naki to go to the podium in front and take photos, Komura Takamasa looked around again and saw the figure of Okada Sawa, a reporter from Japan's NHK TV station, and came to sit directly behind him and patted him gently. The middle-aged man in front: "Hello, Mr. Okada."
Okadazawa was originally chatting with a reporter from CNN in the United States. When he heard this, he turned around and saw that it was Komura Takamasa. He showed a smile and greeted: "Hello, Takamasa. Oh, where is the beautiful Ms. Ando next to you? ?”
Komura Takamasa echoed with a smile and gestured to the front: "Naki went to the front, Mr. Okada, do you know what happened?"
Okada Ze shook his head: "There is no clue at all."
As he spoke, he introduced Eddie Fogler, the CNN reporter next to him, and greeted each other a few words. Fogler was also confused.
Since no one knew about it and the topic was not continued, Komura Takamasa asked again: "Mr. Okada, I heard that you are also doing derivatives investment and you have made a lot of money, right?"
When Okada Ze heard Xiao Cun mention this, his face that already had a lot of wrinkles split into more wrinkles again. He smiled and said: "Not much, not much, just to supplement the family income. Ozawa, if you are free, I will come in the evening Let's drink together, and by the way, call Miss Ando, you are a man, you should take the initiative."
Just by looking at Okadazawa's expression, Komura Takamasa knew that the other party's related investment could not be just to subsidize his family's income.
It's indeed impossible.
Unlike stocks, there are financial thresholds in the derivatives field, and international derivatives investment is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Komura Takamasa is inevitably a little envious. He is 31 years old. He has been working hard and finally got this expatriate position in Hong Kong. He has a good future. However, it is a pity that the best years of Japan's economy are over, so there is no savings at all in these years.
Let’s talk about Mr. Okada, who is in his early fifties. Although he still works as a reporter, he has a rich net worth because he made some accurate investments during the best years of Japan’s economy in the 1970s and 1980s. Coupled with luck, He has always been good. Even after Japan's economic downturn since the 1990s, he is still a well-known wealthy person in the circle.
Everyone was chatting, and when two o'clock came, a host came on stage, and the hall quickly became quiet.
"Everyone, everyone," the host spoke in Cantonese, which fortunately was not a problem for everyone sitting here: "I'm really sorry for inviting everyone here suddenly, but I believe that the following news will not disappoint you. "
Backstage in the lecture hall.
Chen Qing does not intend to appear in public. She also likes to be the mastermind behind the scenes like her boss.
Seeing the Chinese representatives from Beijing and Hong Kong, Jared Buckley, Charlotte Brenita, Drucken Miller of Quantum Fund and others filing out, Chen Qing smiled at the people around her. Ran Yue said: "Sister Ran, please call and ask what the current Hang Seng Index is. This is a very memorable moment."
Ran Yue did not take out her mobile phone, but said directly with the same smile: "I have already asked, just now, it was 9372 points."
"It's 9372 points. Asu and I have already lost money on our positions. I feel so sad."
Ran Yue smiled and said nothing.
Perhaps the Hang Seng Index will fall a little in this short period of time, but, no surprise, at two o'clock in the afternoon on October 29, 1997, it will become the lowest point of the Hang Seng Index for a long time.
As Chen Qing and Ran Yue talked, the press conference in the lecture hall had entered into its main theme.
The first to be announced are three cooperation projects that have been secretly negotiated for a long time, namely Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport, Suzhou-Hangzhou Expressway and China Telecom Corporation with a total scale of US$3 billion.
In the end, an additional investor from Hong Kong was added to the three projects, and the purpose was obvious.
However, in fact, these three projects did not even need to be announced. The hundreds of media reporters at the press conference were all journalists with news sensitivity. They just saw representatives of the Westeros System and the Quantum Fund standing together with the Chinese team. Just about what I expected.
Especially the appearance of Drucken Miller, chief investment officer of Quantum Fund.
It's obvious, the camps that were obviously supposed to be on opposite sides... are suddenly reconciling!
The next three projects, obviously, proved this again.
The media reporters in the lecture hall couldn't wait to take out their mobile phones to connect to the outside world before the host's introduction to the three joint venture projects was over.
Good news.
Super positive.
However, reporters soon discovered that this extremely good news was just the appetizer.
After the announcement of the joint venture project, Drucken Miller of Quantum Fund gave a short speech, saying that Quantum Fund has always been very optimistic about the economy of the Hong Kong region and will not try to short the Hong Kong currency and stock market before or in the future. Not only that, Quantum Fund will also establish a US$1 billion investment fund to invest in high-quality companies in Hong Kong and mainland China.
Hundreds of reporters at the scene were stunned.
This is a complete betrayal.
As we all know, Quantum Fund is the leader in attacking Asia and can be called a commander-level existence. In the past few months, a large number of international hot money has actually followed Quantum Fund in its operations, targeting wherever it directed.
As for Hong Kong…
Although there was some news before that Quantum Fund had not established a position targeting Hong Kong, Soros also did not clarify. With the plunge of the Hang Seng Index, more and more people just felt that it must be false news.
Now, Drucken Miller's remarks not only prove that the previous rumors are true, but also completely declare that Quantum Fund has suddenly stood on the opposite side of the large number of international hot money it once led.
What is this situation? !
Could it be that wolves no longer eat meat but eat grass? !
Then, things weren't over yet.
Jared Buckley, president of the Chinese investment department of Apollo Management, a subsidiary of Cersei Capital, which is obviously a more heavyweight company in the Westeros system, also said that Simon Westeros has always been very optimistic about the Chinese economy. Therefore, this time, the Westeros system will set up an investment fund with a total scale of US$5 billion in the Hong Kong branch of Apollo Management Company, specifically for investment in Hong Kong and mainland China.
In addition, given that the Hang Seng Index is currently at a considerable low, this investment fund will continue to buy a number of high-quality stocks in the Hong Kong stock market for the purpose of long-term holding.
Fry the pan again.
Simon Westeros is going to directly support the Hong Kong stock market!
5 billion US dollars, equivalent to more than 40 billion Hong Kong dollars. At this stage, the average daily trading volume of the Hong Kong stock market is only about 10 billion Hong Kong dollars. If Simon Westeros forces it, with the influence of the Westeros system and this huge capital, a large amount of capital will definitely follow suit. It is conceivable that it will not be impossible to pull the Hong Kong stock market to 16,000 points again. possible.
It's just... This... is some bad rules, right
Before everyone could react from the shock, at the end of the press conference, an official from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued the last statement of the press conference. In view of the recent malicious attacks on Hong Kong by international financial capital, in order to safeguard Hong Kong In order to maintain the stability of the financial market, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority will take appropriate measures to resist short-selling capital that maliciously attacks Hong Kong.
There was another uproar.
Hedging leaders turned against the trend, super capital supported it, and the authorities intervened in the market.
Three-pronged approach, what a big deal!
Most of the people present were reporters in the financial field, and they had very rich knowledge in related fields. Faced with this series of news, they could easily make a judgment: none of the various short-selling capitals that have poured into Hong Kong in the past period of time can escape!
The official of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority had just finished speaking, and before the host announced the start of the question session, a middle-aged man suddenly stood up from a seat at the back of the audience, shouted in Japanese with great excitement, and then seemed to reflect Come over and change to Cantonese: "Conspiracy, you are a conspiracy, betrayal, Soros, how can you betray us. And Hong Kong, and Simon Westeros, you are all traitors, and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, You have no right to intervene in the market. This is against free market theory. You are breaking the law. I will sue you..."
The middle-aged man became more and more excited as he spoke. Suddenly he took off one of his shoes and was about to throw it on the stage. The security guards who responded quickly rushed over and someone took the shoe from the middle-aged man's hand. The other two The strong security guard directly grabbed the opponent from the back row, lifted the middle-aged man from his position like pulling out a carrot, and quickly carried him out of the field.
The sudden change made many reporters at the scene stunned for a moment, and then they were shocked again. They all turned their cameras that were originally pointed at the stage, and flashlights intensively chased the middle-aged Japanese man who was dragged out of the venue.
Somewhere in the audience, Takashi Komura of "The Yomiuri Shimbun" watched the senior struggling to be dragged out. Even if he suppressed the expression on his face as much as possible, he still felt some schadenfreude. Since Okadazawa likes financial transactions so much and happens to be stationed in Hong Kong in the past few years, it is obvious that the other party must have invested in Hong Kong.
Although Okadazawa himself can only be regarded as a small shrimp in the huge international derivatives market, for him, it may have weighed on his entire net worth.
Hong Kong teamed up with two major international capitals to suddenly do this. Takamasa Omura, who is also an economic reporter, knew very well that even if the chips invested by the senior were not cleared, there would definitely be very few left.
After a brief interlude, the venue fell silent. Takamasa Komura only heard the Hong Kong Monetary Authority official on the stage answer a reporter's question, "China is a sovereign country and has the right to adopt any method we think is right to safeguard the regional economy." and the stability of the financial order'.
With such explosive news, in order to avoid missing any important information, Komura Takashi quickly collected his thoughts, braced himself and looked at the stage, preparing to raise his hand to ask questions.