Break out of the courtyard

Peace Group headquarters in Central, Hong Kong Island.

When Director Wang brought Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandyi to the front desk of Heping Group, Chen Shuting was in a meeting in the conference room upstairs, so they could only wait in the lounge nearby.

"Eldest aunt! Second aunt!"

As soon as Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi entered the lounge, they were recognized by Tang Qiang. However, Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi did not recognize Tang Qiang as their adopted nephew.

However, with Director Wang's whispered reminder, Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi finally remembered these relatives in Hong Kong Island whom they had only met a few times.

Tang Ren stood up and nodded to Director Wang, then smiled at Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi and said, "How come you two ladies have time to come to Hong Kong Island?"

Zhang Zhaodi, Zhang Pandi exchanged greetings with Tang Ren, Tang Lie, Tang Qiang and others for a while, then they saw the receptionist walk in.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting. Mr. Chen just finished a meeting. Please follow me and I'll take you upstairs." After the receptionist said this, she turned sideways and extended her hand to the door, then walked out.

The only people who followed the front desk upstairs were Zhang Zhaodi and Tang Ren. Others who didn't have strong connections couldn't even enter the lounge, let alone go to the top floor.

Even though the front desk blocked many outsiders from visiting, there were still a lot of people on the top floor of the Peace Group at this time, more than 5 times more than usual!
Therefore, even though Zhang Zhaodi, Tang Ren and others reached the top floor, they still were unable to meet Chen Shuting.

They could only watch Chen Shuting busy in the office from afar through the glass wall in the lounge area.

Director Wang looked at the people waiting in line outside the general manager's office to sign, and said to the female secretary who was pouring tea, "Your General Manager Chen must be very busy recently!"

"I've been very busy lately, so please forgive me for any negligence I may have caused!" the female secretary replied softly, and then poured tea for the two groups of the boss's relatives.

Tang Ren laughed and said, "The businesses split out are all big businesses worth hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars. What's more, they have to be listed in Japan through shell companies."

"Just thinking about all the aspects involved is enough to make one's head spin. Looking around Hong Kong Island and beyond, only Mr. Chen can coordinate and manage such a large group."

When the boss was praised, the female secretary could only smile in response. Any words of modesty on her behalf would be considered disrespectful to her own boss.

Director Wang retracted his gaze, looked at Tang Ren and asked, "I heard that Mr. Tang's family is engaged in finance in Magnesium Country. How come you have time to return to Hong Kong Island today?"

"Haha!" Tang Ren laughed, "I retired a long time ago, I'm always free."

Tang Ren didn't say why he came, so Director Wang didn't dare to ask any more.

Just like Tang Ren had just asked Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandyi about their purpose of coming, Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandyi were unwilling to say, and Tang Ren did not press the issue to the end.

Although Director Wang knew that Tang Ren and his family came for the listed companies of Heping Group, he was unable to stop them.

Director Wang still heard what Chen Shuting said before: "We, the Heping Group, should not need to report to you when expanding our business!"

After a while, the female secretary came over and invited Tang Ren, Tang Lie and his son to the general manager's office.

"The valuation of Heping Wine Industry is too low. Our annual net profit from Tiger Whip Wine alone is 6.5 million magnesium yuan!" Chen Shuting picked up a document and put it aside, frowning and saying:

"Tell those Japanese people that if they continue to underestimate our company, get out!"

The female secretary standing at the door of the office waiting, seeing Chen Shuting just finished a task, hurriedly said: "Mr. Chen, Mr. Tang and others are here."

"Come in!" Chen Shuting lowered her head to look through a document and replied casually.

After Tang Ren, Tang Lie and others came in, they sat in the reception area beside the sofa for a while before Chen Shuting finished processing the documents on hand.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting!" Chen Shuting came to the sofa with a cup of water and asked with a puzzled look, "What are Brother Tang and A Lie doing here? Can't you tell them at home at noon?"

Tang Ren smiled and said, "A few days ago, I heard that you were going to list Hong Kong Island Telecom, Land, Sea, and Renewable Energy in Japan for a second time. I thought you were having financial difficulties, so I asked Aqiang to come and ask, but he didn't get any answers."

"Just when I thought that you let those three companies go public in Japan for the second time in order to cash out at a high price and buy back shares at a low price, you came out with news of splitting up your business and preparing to go public in Japan through shell companies."

"Although I don't know why you want to let go of those profitable businesses, I'm sure that my brother-in-law and Mr. Chen are smart and will definitely not do business that loses money."

"So, I came back this time just to ask if there is anything we can help with."

The so-called help is nothing more than coming to subscribe for the stocks to be issued.

Chen Shuting brought the water cup to her lips and drank the water strategically to buy herself time to think.

Facing the gazes of Tang Ren, Tang Lie, and Tang Qiang, Chen Shuting slowly said, "Alie's funds should be less than 100 billion magnesium yuan in total. It would be better for him to stay in magnesium and wait for the opportunity to short Japanese stocks."

These words made Tang Ren and Tang Lie frown!
Chen Shuting's subtext is that she and Zhang Heping are still bearish on Japanese stocks and asked Tang Lie not to participate in the reorganization of the Heping Group.

But the problem is that the Heping Group has split up all of its profitable and non-profit businesses and is preparing to list them on Ridao Dongdu!

Taking all of these into consideration, we are back to Tang Ren's family's initial speculation that the Heping Group was preparing to raise money at a high price and buy back shares at a low price.

According to this logic, it is indeed not a good time to participate now. It is best to wait until the Japanese stock market plummets, then buy Peace Group shares at a low price, and then sit on this big ship to get dividends.

"Qiang, you'd better think about how to deal with the 1 trillion yen of bad debts of those shell companies. If the bad debts are not dealt with, don't get involved with our Peace Group, otherwise we will be misunderstood by the Japanese and affect our subsequent plans!"

When Tang Qiang heard about the 1 trillion yen bad debt, he was stunned. He couldn't understand how Chen Shuting knew the total amount of bad debts of his shell companies!

As a semi-outsider, Tang Ren had already seen the shortcomings of Tang Qiang's Datang Investment Company.

However, he, like his third son Tang Qiang, was optimistic and thought that Japanese stocks had surged this year and the bull market would continue, so he still acquiesced in using those shell companies for arbitrage.

There are actually many people like them in Japan.

In order to boost their performance, banks in Japan allow anyone with no criminal record to get a loan from the bank.

In addition, the number of unemployed people in Japan has increased in the past two years due to restrictions on export trade, and taking out loans to speculate in real estate and stocks has become the best solution to unemployment.

As a result, Tang Qiang's shell company accidentally accumulated bad debts of 1 trillion yen.

It is not actually accurate to say that the bad debt is 1 trillion yen.

Because those shell companies still have several million yen in their accounts to pay interest, the market value of the stocks they hold is about 2900 million yen.

Although Tang Qiang only had over one million yen in his Datang Investment account, the market value of the stocks he held was 8900 million yen. According to what Zhang Heping had said to Chen Shuting privately, if there were no other major players attacking Datang Investment in the stock market, the stocks they held might have doubled!
Chen Shuting chatted with the Tang family for a few more words and then sent them out.

Then, I went to the rest area to meet Director Wang, Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi.

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"Dad, what do you think about what Aunt Chen just said?" Tang Qiang was a little unsure.

When it comes to stock speculation, once the amount of money involved is too large, whether buying or selling, it will cause the stock price to fluctuate greatly.

The stock price will be affected and rise, which is a win-win situation for everyone.

However, if you want to make continuous profits in the stock market, selling stocks is an unavoidable hurdle.

In order to help Datang Investment overcome this hurdle, Tang Qiang chose to use the money from a shell company to support Datang Investment's funds.

When the stocks invested by Datang were transferred to the accounts of shell companies, there was no more funds to cover the shell companies.

Therefore, those shell companies could only sell off their stocks regardless of the consequences, in order to quickly recover funds and support the next stock investment by Datang.

In this series of left-hand-to-right-hand transactions, Datang Investment and those shell companies offended many major funds that were responsible for making the market.

As a result, there were subsequent attacks on the stocks held by Datang Investment.

Tang Ren did not rush to answer his third son's question. He waited until they walked out of the building and stood under the scorching sun before he said in a deep voice:
"I heard you say before that a large institution in the country was dissatisfied with your operation and attacked the stocks you bought in the Japanese stock market."

"So, it's no secret that Datang Investment has been transacting with those shell companies. You'd better listen to my advice and deal with them legally and reasonably as soon as possible!"

"By the way, where is that kid Tang Kun?"

Tang Qiang was thinking about whether to deal with those shell companies. When he heard his father's question, he pointed to the Heping Hospital and said, "When that kid was playing with a female star here, he was tested positive for syphilis by the Chameleon condom. He is now in the hospital."

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"Mr. Chen, Chairman Guo is at the front desk right now, you see..."

Chen Shuting waved her hand at the female secretary and said, "Tell him to go to the Medical Research Institute and find my husband."

Without asking, Chen Shuting could guess why Lao Guo came here!
It is nothing more than getting involved in the shares of companies listed in Japan and taking advantage of the Japanese stock market to make money.

Director Wang, Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi were the ones Zhang Heping passed the buck to Chen Shuting.

As a result, when she got here, the person Chen Shuting couldn't refuse was kicked to Zhang Heping's side.

Although she felt uncomfortable, Wang Sumei had no choice but to endure it. It was their fault for not being able to keep Zhang Heping!
"Shu Ting, I remember you said before that the products under Tingmei Trading are very profitable. Why do you want to split them out now and list them in Japan?" As a person in foreign trade and economics, Zhang Zhaodi has been studying foreign companies recently, including the Peace Group, the largest company in Hong Kong.

"Sister, the questions you asked all involve our company's business secrets, so I can't answer you now." Chen Shuting frowned and spoke, but her eyes were looking at Director Wang who was silent.

"Instead of focusing on the listing of companies under our Peace Group, you should think about whether Hong Kong Island Telecom purchased equipment from China or customized it overseas when building its 4G communication network overseas."

Zhang Pandi said on the side: "The main reason is that your recent actions are too big and involve a large amount of funds. Our Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office asked me to come here to understand."

"Then I'll ask my secretary to take my second sister to learn about the companies under our group and the progress of our listing in Japan!" Chen Shuting did not disclose the matter of raising money through listing in Japan because of the other party's second sister's identity.

Because Zhang Heping had said before that Mr. Hua and the others didn't want Zhang Heping to mess around in Japan.

Otherwise, Heping Investment and Stepmother Investment would not have withdrawn so decisively.

After speaking, Chen Shuting stood up and asked her female secretary to receive Director Wang, Zhang Zhaodi, Zhang Pandi and others, while she returned to her office to continue reviewing the documents.

~
Zhang Heping promised Mr. Hua that he would find time to write an application for D, even if the chance of getting into D was slim, he would wait until he had tried.

However, when Mr. Hua asked Zhang Heping about the motivation for going public in Japan, Zhang Heping asked Mr. Hua to go to the Heping Group to ask, obviously not wanting to be honest.

Mr. Hua made a compromise and asked, "Heping, look at those technical consultations, can you spare some time to respond to them?"

"I'm busy now!" Zhang Heping replied calmly.

Although Zhang Heping still refused the offer, Mr. Hua felt that the other party's tone had softened.

Before, Zhang Heping always said directly that he was "busy", but today he was more tactful. Being busy now does not mean that he will not be busy in the future.

So, Mr. Hua changed the topic again. "The mayor of Nishima resigned yesterday, and the cabinet will definitely be reorganized later. After discussion, our economists believe that the new mayor of Nishima may continue the loose monetary policy. What do you think?"

"It's no use asking me!" Zhang Heping was still busy doing experiments, "You have to ask the guys in Magnesium if they agree!"

Just as Zhang Heping and Mr. Hua were chatting about all sorts of things, the bodyguard came to report that Chairman Guo and President He had arrived.

After the two men went upstairs and saw that Mr. Hua was also present, what they had originally wanted to say was changed into meaningless pleasantries.

As it was getting close to dinner time, Chairman He was the first to say goodbye, and at the end he pulled Chairman Guo out who wanted to stay.

After the two men walked out of the Medical Research Institute, Chairman Guo said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "Old He, didn't we agree before? We should buy the stocks of the listed companies under the Peace Group together!"

"Old Guo, where is your usual cleverness?" President He said helplessly, "Didn't you notice that Mr. Zhang didn't even look at us?"

"He's been working on his research lately. If you stay there and disturb him, and he's unhappy, how can you buy shares in advance?"

"Isn't Mr. Hua there too?" Chairman Guo said unwillingly, "We have known Mr. Zhang for many years. If we stay here and have a free dinner, he won't say anything, right?"

"Old Guo! Old Guo!" Chairman He shook off Chairman Guo and said with disappointment, "You already know that the man is Mr. Hua, why are we still going there?"

"Didn't you notice that Mr. Hua has been standing there without even a chair?"

"Tell me, is it that Mr. Zhang doesn't know the etiquette? Or is it that Mr. Hua just left? Or is there some conflict between them?"

Chairman Guo froze for a moment, then reacted and said in surprise, "You mean, Mr. Zhang had some conflicts with the mainland, so he returned to Hong Kong Island from Shenzhen?"

"We should just keep this speculation to ourselves and don't tell anyone else!" President He warned, "What if it's just a minor disagreement and they make up after a while? Then we will be in trouble."

Chairman Guo nodded, and walked towards the car on the roadside with Chairman He. Before getting in the car, Chairman Guo couldn't help but said to Chairman He:
"How about I send a text message to Mr. Zhang to ask if we can buy shares in those shell companies in advance?" (End of this chapter)