1977: The beginning of the blind date with the daughter of the king

Chapter 638: Where the money is, there is the position!
Rosamund Kwan doesn’t have many friends, but almost all of them, without exception, have vaguely mentioned to her things like “investment” or “give me a chance to make a fortune”.

For people in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, most of them work on the sets of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, and the rest work in other companies. However, with the precedent of Shaw Brothers in the past, the income of people in the Hong Kong entertainment industry is generally not high.

Especially compared with the rapidly rising housing prices in Hong Kong Island, the income of many people in the entertainment industry is at the stage where it is neither as good as the rich nor as good as the poor.

Therefore, many people are looking forward to getting any news from Rosamund Kwan. After all, as a young girl, any news she reveals may be an opportunity to make a fortune for them.

But Guan Zhilin has never been able to agree to these things. After all, she doesn't understand Li Changhe's business, and she is too embarrassed to bring up such things.

So sometimes some friends gradually distanced themselves from her, and there were even some rumors, such as mocking her for being a plaything of "Little Baosheng".

Sometimes after listening to this, Guan Zhilin would feel sad, but she never told Li Changhe about these grievances.

After all, she knew that it would be useless to say it, and it might only cause Li Changhe's disgust.

But unexpectedly, Li Changhe actually brought it up on his own initiative today.

"Honey, do you want to bring my friends to invest with you?"

Guan Zhilin asked in surprise at this time.

Li Changhe smiled and nodded: "It's just such an opportunity, I can take them with me."

"In fact, it's not just them. Many people from the film companies can participate."

"They are my employees after all. Theoretically I should give them rewards, but the company's salary system is fixed and I can't break it, so I think I can give them some rewards in other ways."

"In Hong Kong Island, I plan to set up a venture capital institution. When the time comes, I can open up a portion of the funding needs to you. You can allocate it to some people as appropriate and let them participate."

Li Changhe said to Guan Zhilin with a smile at this time.

"Ah? Really? Then I can give it to anyone?"

Guan Zhilin was full of joy at this time. Doesn't this mean that she can freely choose who to bring or not?

This is a great opportunity for her to show off in front of her friends!

"You can decide what to do when the time comes. You can spread the word first, and I'll tell you when I have made the specific arrangements."

Li Changhe did not give benefits to Rosamund Kwan on a whim. The main reason was that he wanted to control part of the assets of the Hong Kong entertainment industry through Rosamund Kwan.

There is a saying that goes, where the money is, there you stand.

Celebrities may not have the most money, but their influence on the public is much greater than that of ordinary wealthy people.

What Li Changhe wanted was to control their position by controlling their wealth.

This is how the future of Jews, Donkeys and Hollywood are tied together.

It is impossible for Li Changhe to personally go out and win over those people in this matter, so it is most appropriate to let Guan Zhilin be the agent.

Anyway, the money is in his hands, so the possibility of loss is not great. It's nothing more than helping some people make some money.

"Well, thank you, dear!"

At this moment, Guan Zhilin excitedly thanked Li Changhe.

There is no doubt that Li Changhe's move will not only increase her reputation in the Hong Kong entertainment circle, but more importantly, her status.

After all, this shows that she has a certain influence in front of Li Changhe, rather than being a "vase" or "plaything" as many people say.

Next, she can slap some people in the face. She will remember all those who laughed at her and ridiculed her behind her back.

Sure enough, after Guan Zhilin spread the news to the outside world the next day, more and more people came to her for dinner and to treat them.

What you find between the lines are investment opportunities.

After all, everyone knows that Xiao Baosheng is the "stock god". He started out by making hundreds of millions of dollars from the US silver futures market and the London gold market.

This news had already spread to Hong Kong Island after Fortune Magazine interviewed Li Changhe.

Li Changhe didn't pay much attention to these things, as he had more important things to do.

In the office of Jardine Matheson, Li Changhe met with Wu Zhicheng, one of the leaders of the financial team who had returned from Saudi Arabia.

"Boss, this is our income during this period, take a look!"

Wu Zhicheng excitedly handed their financial statements to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe took it and read it carefully.

Afterwards, Li Changhe couldn't help but be surprised.

He knew that these people made a lot of money in Kuwait, but he didn't expect it to be so profitable.

Since they went there, the rate of return has been no less than 50% almost every month, and in some months, the rate of return has even exceeded 100%.

This also means that their funds have quadrupled so far!
It was originally 300 million U.S. dollars, but now it has become a huge asset of more than 1.4 billion, close to 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.

“Is the stock market over there so crazy?”

Li Changhe looked at their report and couldn't help but asked in surprise.

At this moment, Wu Zhicheng said excitedly: "Yes, boss, the people over there are extremely crazy."

"Look at our earnings in February. There is a stock called [Gulf Medical Center]. Its price doubled in the month it was listed. So far, its price has quadrupled. But in reality, it is just an empty building in Sazae. It is not a medical center at all."

"Some of the oil tycoons there developed real estate there, but no one bought it, so they simply packaged it and changed it to the Gulf Medical Center and issued stocks to go public."

"The people there don't do any auditing at all. They just buy the company's stock crazily without judging its authenticity."

"To be honest, Boss, if you hadn't asked us not to accept their post-dated checks and only accept fund transactions, our rate of return could have been multiplied several times."

Li Changhe shook his head: "If that's the case, it's just for the good-looking report. We don't have much money. Do you think we can cash that kind of blank check?"

"Yes, anyone with a little financial knowledge knows that the so-called post-dated check is a complete bad check. But those Arabs don't care at all."

"When they get the cheque, they don't even go to the bank to verify it, but directly put it into the trading market. I have never seen a group of people who value integrity so much."

Wu Zhicheng said with emotion.

The Arabs' concept of integrity really left him dumbfounded, and also made them the fattest lambs.

"What is the official attitude over there? How long do you think this market can last?"

Li Changhe put down the report and then asked Wu Zhicheng in a serious tone.

Wu Zhicheng said without hesitation: "Boss, so far, we haven't seen any signs of Kuwaiti officials intervening, and the people in Saudi Arabia haven't warned us either."

"As far as we know, many of their officials are now entering the market and speculating in stocks in this fake stock market."

"We believe that, judging from the current situation, this fake stock market will have no problems by the end of the year." "There is still a steady flow of funds coming from Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey and Libya."

"Our profits mainly come from their funds. After all, we don't accept post-dated checks."

"Based on the current situation, we all believe that there is no problem for this stock market madness to continue until the end of the year, or even longer."

Li Changhe said in a deep voice: "What about the expected subsequent returns? How much can you estimate?"

Wu Zhicheng heard Li Changhe's key question and said seriously, "Boss, our current amount of funds is too large. According to our calculations, the growth rate may drop to about 30% per month in the future. This mainly depends on the speed and volume of funds flowing in from surrounding areas."

"If we can hold on until the end of the year, our total revenue will exceed $20 billion, and there will be no problem at all."

Wu Zhicheng said excitedly.

Li Changhe looked at his expression and then shook his head gently.

"Ah Cheng, do you want to earn less money and quickly collect your bonus to live a comfortable life, or do you want to earn more money and leave your life there?"

Li Changhe's calm voice at this moment was like a basin of cold water, which immediately doused Wu Zhicheng's passion.

"Boss, what do you mean?"

Wu Zhicheng asked hesitantly at this time.

Li Changhe sighed.

"You are in Kuwait, so you should be aware of the situation there."

"Tell me, who are those rich people over there? Are they ordinary rich people?"

After hearing what Li Changhe said, Wu Zhicheng began to think seriously in his heart, and then his expression changed drastically.

During his time in Kuwait, he also clearly understood some of the situation there. The reason why these wealthy people are so rich is that they either control the local mineral and oil resources, or they are dictatorial families in various countries that monopolize the local people's livelihood.

These people are basically the local overlord families and even some local warlords and chiefs.

"Have you figured it out? Those people not only have money, but also guns and people."

"You don't really think that relying on Saudi Arabia alone can keep you safe, do you?"

"Once the stock market bubble in this place collapses, think about those who lost money, how will they recover their losses?"

"Ask the Kuwaiti government? Or ask those who wrote bad checks?"

"Or should we focus on those fat sheep who are making a lot of money in the stock market?"

"Those local bullies who have guns and people, who do you think they will attack first among the Americans, British, and Asians?"

"Are you sure you can walk out of the desert alive by then?"

Li Changhe said coldly, and Wu Zhicheng's face was already covered with cold sweat.

All along, they have been blinded by the huge growth of wealth and have never considered the hidden crisis behind it.

Now, after Li Changhe's reminder, Wu Zhicheng could imagine how furious those warlords and dictators who had lost money would be once the stock market collapsed, and how they would try to recover their losses.

They will not simply talk to you about reason, law, or business gains and losses. Guns and killers are their most real means.

"This fake stock market bubble, with no safety net, we can't wait until the end, until the bubble is over and get targeted by those who have lost a lot of money."

"If that really happens, it will be too late for you to run away."

"So when you go back, convey my instructions and have them start transferring the money to the United States and Europe through the channels we have agreed on before."

"Then the personnel began to withdraw in batches. I told them what I said: Those who are not afraid of death should stay there and continue to work, and those who can quit while they are ahead should hurry back!"

"I will give you three more months at most. Within three months, finish all the work, clean up all traces of the past, and then come back to share your bonus."

"We have plenty of investment opportunities. Don't waste your life on greed. Do you understand?"

Li Changhe spoke calmly to Wu Zhicheng at this moment.

The Kuwait Stock Exchange is not a formal official institution, so naturally there is no official legal protection.

So Li Changhe must have asked them to withdraw their money when the situation was at its hottest, and then bring them back safely.

He couldn't let his team hold out until the end of the stock market bubble, because if he did, the Arab and African old-timers who had suffered heavy losses would definitely focus their anger on his team.

This is an inevitable outcome.

"Boss, can we only last three months? Can't we hold out until the end of the year?"

When Wu Zhicheng heard Li Changhe's words, he hesitated for a moment, but still asked softly.

Li Changhe shook his head.

“Three months is my judgment based on the price of oil.”

"The stock market bubble in Kuwait is essentially caused by oil prices. Although the international oil price is no longer rising, it is still at a high level of more than 30 US dollars."

"That is to say, for Kuwait and these local tycoons who sell oil, they can still continuously obtain huge amounts of money from the international crude oil market."

"Therefore, Kuwait will not take action on this fake stock market before the oil price collapses completely. It needs to use this place to appease the people's imbalanced psychology caused by the surge in oil prices."

"On the other hand, the warlords and local chieftains who invested money will not be anxious or angry because of the early losses."

"Because on paper, they have no losses. Those bad checks have made their wealth grow wildly and hugely, and their crude oil is also selling for money internationally."

"At this time, they will not focus on you. This is also the best time for you to retreat."

"I expect that oil prices will hold up until the end of this year. Next year, oil prices are expected to fall sharply because, in addition to OPEC countries, several non-OPEC countries are vigorously exploiting oil, and their supply has gradually caught up with OPEC countries."

“Once oil prices fall, that’s when this stock market bubble will burst.”

"I actually agree with your judgment by the end of the year, or even in the first half of next year. I think the stock market will still be fine. After all, the stock market's feedback on the economy is delayed."

"But by that time, your safety risks will not be guaranteed."

"So, I think that withdrawing within three months is the best option for you. You can withdraw all your funds and get your people back safely."

"We have earned enough. We should not lose the big picture for the small and end up losing our lives there."

After listening to Li Changhe's analysis, Wu Zhicheng nodded in conviction: "Boss, I understand. When I return, I will immediately arrange for the withdrawal of funds!"

Making money is important, but life is more important!
Wu Zhicheng didn't want to risk his life just when he was about to become a multi-millionaire.

(End of this chapter)