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Chapter 828 The center of Xiangjiang!
That night.

Governor MacLehose and Financial Secretary Peter Richards talked about Sir Yeung's proposal to solve the Hong Kong dollar crisis.

Bi Liezhi was a little surprised when he learned that Sir Yang proposed the method of linking the exchange rate, but he also thought it was normal.

Now except for Sir Yang, the chairman of the Empire Group, who is very powerful, other executives around him are not simple.

When he was the financial secretary of the Governor-General's Office, Billy had been a senior executive of Swire.After graduation, he went to Xiangjiang and worked as a junior executive in Swire Pacific.

In 1974, he became the chairman of Swire Group, expanding the traditional trade and shipping industry to aviation and real estate.

Under his management, the Swire Group became the four British foreign firms in Hong Kong on a par with "Jardines", "Hutchison", and "Wheelock", and Swire was the foreign firm with the largest increase in net profit among the four major firms.

In 1982, he served as the Finance Secretary of the Governor's Office. Before that, he served as the Administration.

During his tenure as the Financial Secretary, Bi Liezhi was brave, decisive and bold.

He had just heard that the method proposed by the governor, Mai Lihao, was proposed by Sir Yang, and his evaluation and impression of Sir Yang was not like that of Jude.

He felt that Sir Yang had two sides, but he was very powerful in business, at least much more powerful than the Swire family.

When the Imperial Group entered the cola industry and the aviation industry respectively, the Swire Swire family John Shi approached him for consultation.

Billy is no longer working in Swire. He is the financial secretary and he doesn't want to offend Sir Yeung.

Although he guessed that Sir Yang was attacking Taikoo, judging from Sir Yang's actions, it was a very normal business behavior.

Now, Sir Yang raised the issue of the pegged exchange rate. He felt that Sir Yang had no selfish intentions, and he really considered Xiangjiang.

"Governor, I think Sir Young's proposal is very feasible."

Globally speaking, the U.S. dollar is the most stable.

If the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar and the U.S. dollar is pegged, it is bound to be impossible for the previous situation to reappear.

"Governor, did Sir Yang say anything else?"

"Sir Yang said that Hong Kong is a free trade port in the world and the third largest financial center in the world. The stability of the Hong Kong dollar plays a very important role in Hong Kong's economy and finance. Now, the Imperial Group has entered all walks of life in Hong Kong. For the Jazz and the Imperial Group, the influence is still great. In my opinion, the interests of our Governor's Palace and the Imperial Group are the same."

After Bi Liezhi listened to it, he felt that what Sir Yang said was right.

Now the Imperial Group has involved the three major foreign banks in Xiangjiang, eleven Chinese-funded banks, Xiangjiang Water Supply, Xiangjiang Power, Xiangjiang Telephone Company, etc., basically all industries have been involved.

Today, the Hong Kong dollar has indeed depreciated severely, which is indeed not beneficial to Sir Yang.At this time, London did not have more funds to support Hong Kong to solve the Hong Kong dollar crisis.

So the best way to do it now is according to what Sir Yang said.

That night, Mai Lihao, Bi Liezhi and the Financial Secretary all discussed it.

They decided to hold a press conference tomorrow in the Financial Secretary's meeting room.

. . .

Yang Ming left from the governor's mansion.

Back to Repulse Bay Mid-Levels Villa.

Have dinner with Yang Jirong and his wife.

"Peter, I heard that the Hong Kong dollar has depreciated so much that many people are queuing up at the bank to exchange Hong Kong dollars into U.S. dollars." Yang Jirong said.

It is because of the depreciation of the Hong Kong dollar during this period that many people go to the bank to exchange dollars.

Many media newspapers reported that tomorrow, the Hong Kong dollar can be exchanged into 1 US dollar for 10 Hong Kong dollars, which means that the wealth of many ordinary people has shrunk by half in two years.

Especially when some people need to use US dollars.

Yang Ming said, "Daddy, don't worry, I guess the Hong Kong dollar will stabilize soon."

Yang Ming finished dinner with his parents.

Take a night off.

Early the next day.

1983 9 Month 26 Day.

Monday.

After Yang Ming finished his breakfast, he took a car to the Empire Group Building.

Beginning last week, all of the Imperial Group's original Federal Building began to move to the Imperial Group Building, and the Federal Building has been vacant.

The Federal Building was originally a building owned by Wheelock and Yang Ming's property. Now it is vacant and will be rented out soon.

Even many rich people in Xiangjiang felt that the Imperial Group made their fortune in the Federal Building. They thought that the Feng Shui of the Federal Building was particularly good, and many people wanted to move to the Federal Building to work.

From Repulse Bay Mid-Levels Villa to the parking lot of the Empire Group Building in Xiangjiang Central District, it is actually closer.

Get out of the car.

Yang Ming, Chen Zhenhua, Zhang Guohua and others accompanied them to take the elevator up to the 150th floor.

There is another floor above here.

This is Yang Ming's single-floor office building.

The whole floor is.

However, the area here is only a thousand square meters, unlike the tens of thousands of square meters below.

Here, it is already more than 600 meters high, and the sight line is very good in all aspects.

Originally, when IM Pei designed it, he even wanted to design a helicopter landing pad on the roof, but in the end, considering safety and other issues, he did not design it.

Taking the elevator up now is actually quite high.

If you are a person with a fear of heights, you may feel dizzy if you look at the glass of the window.

Yang Ming just entered his chairman's office.

The chairman's office is small, less than 50 square meters.However, there are also small conference rooms and large conference rooms next to the chairman's office.

In addition, the downstairs floor is also the office of the general manager of the Empire Group, and now Meris is working downstairs.

Nowadays, it is more convenient to contact by landline phone or computer LAN.

"Lin Xiuzhi, how about working here?"

Yang Ming stood at the window and looked into the distance. Whether it was the Changjiang Industrial Group Building in Li Jiacheng, the Prince Building where Bao Yugang worked, or the Huifeng Bank Building where Shen Yan worked, Yang Ming could see it all. very clear.

Here, it is really a glimpse of all mountains and small mountains.

This is the peak of Xiangjiang.

Soon, Huifeng Bank will also move to the Empire Group Building as a whole. At that time, Huifeng Bank will be demolished and the third-generation Huifeng Bank Building will be built.

However, no matter how you repair it, it is impossible to be as high as the imperial group.

"Boss, working here is really different from working in the former Federal Building."

However, as time passed, she gradually got used to it.There is a subway station not far around, Lin Xiuzhi can also take the subway home when she doesn't have to drive.

Yang Ming sat down and drank coffee.

A very important press conference was held today in the meeting room of the Financial Secretary of the Xiangjiang Governor's Mansion.

Among them, it was the Financial Secretary, Peter Richards, who attended and presided over the press conference.

Bi Lizhi mentioned the Hong Kong dollar crisis and other situations at the press conference.

Now, the Financial Secretary of the Governor-General's Office has formally proposed a pegged exchange rate system, whereby the Hong Kong dollar is then pegged to the U.S. dollar at an exchange rate of 7.8 Hong Kong dollars to one U.S. dollar.

Compared with October 1983, 10 in history, it is a full 15 days earlier.

The linked exchange rate system proposed by the Financial Secretary of the Governor’s Office of Hong Kong forces 7.8 Hong Kong dollars to be exchanged for 1 U.S. dollar. That is, from this time on, the Hong Kong dollar and the U.S. dollar are pegged again.

Afterwards, the Hong Kong dollar crisis rarely occurred again.

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