After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 726 Then Let's Go to All-Out War

"Qi Sheng, although it's all just hearsay, I'm still very grateful that you could tell me."

After lunch, the two returned to the tea room, where Lu Liang expressed his gratitude with a smile.

If it didn't happen, it's as if it didn't happen, so he won't admit to anything.

Yang Qisheng knew that Lu Liang had accepted the favor. He glanced down at his watch and said, "It's getting late. I have some things to take care of at the company this afternoon, so I'll be leaving now."

"Won't you sit a little longer?"

Lu Liang was hypocritical; he said he wanted to keep him, but he had already gotten out of his seat and was ready to see him off.

Yang Qisheng said with a smile, "I'm busy during the day, how about we find a place to have a drink tonight?"

"Okay, you can make the arrangements. Call me when the time comes."

Lu Liang watched Yang Qisheng leave, and as his figure disappeared into the elevator, Lu Liang's expression gradually became serious.

He turned around, strode back to his office, and dialed the numbers of Sun Yutao, Wen Chao, and Liang Wenhui as he walked, asking them to go online in the conference room immediately.

The information revealed by Yang Qisheng is crucial because time is not on Lu Liang's side.

Although he has enough funds to fight a protracted war, public opinion cannot withstand being stirred up.

That is, the typhoon was raging over the weekend. If the weather had been clear and cloudless, the third wave of protests would probably have already started.

Once a financial event escalates into a political event, even Chen Jiebin cannot withstand the pressure from the public.

As an ally on the same side, Lu Liang naturally couldn't let Chen Jiebin bear the pressure alone and ignore him.

"Led by the Zheng family and supported by the Liu and Guo families, they have raised approximately $50 billion and plan to ambush us this afternoon."

With everyone present, Lu Liang briefly recounted his conversation with Yang Qisheng, also informing them that their next target was HSBC.

“Our capital is more than eight times that of theirs, so we can use a high-selling strategy to drive them down until they can’t withstand the pressure.”

Wen Chao spoke first. Although he didn't know where Lu Liang got the information, since he knew the opponent's intentions and specific funds, the opponent was practically naked.

So, by using the most traditional method of high-throwing and low-buying, we can beat them until they beg for mercy.

HSBC and Standard Chartered are not new stocks, but rather old stocks that have been listed for over twenty years and have 100% of their shares in circulation.

They have as many short-selling chips as they want; they only have five billion US dollars, how much more can they take?

“This approach won’t work. Hong Kong is a bit complicated. There’s pressure not only from the market but also from the public.”

Lu Liang shook his head and rejected the proposal. Last Friday, they had already caused a market disaster, and the market had fallen by more than 1300 points this morning.

HSBC's influence in the Hong Kong stock market even surpasses that of CITIC Securities in the A-share market. If the suppression is too severe, a stock market crash may really occur.

The ending will be like the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf".

Even if Lu Liang achieves his goal and is willing to save the market, he is powerless to reverse the situation. He came to join this family, not to break it up.

Moreover, they will face huge losses if a stock market crash occurs.

Wen Chao pondered for a moment, then said, "President Lu, since this method won't work, we'll have to focus on a single point."

"Tell me how to break through at a single point?" Lu Liang asked.

"Since the Zheng, Liu and Guo families are in charge, let's raid their hometown first and make their backyard burn."

A ruthless glint flashed in Wen Chao's eyes.

Zheng Jiachun's investment of HK$5 billion is by no means a small sum, even for the Zheng family.

The wealthier a person is, the better they are at making money from money, and the clearer they are at distinguishing between personal money and company money.

The Cheng family has two main business pillars: New World Development and Chow Tai Fook. Once they find out where the funds came from, they will target that company.

Both companies happen to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. If they are attacked in the financial market, they will inevitably have to mobilize their group funds to maintain the market.

They will then face a difficult choice.

Other companies like Chinese Estates Holdings owned by Joseph Lau, Sun Hung Kai Properties owned by the Kwok family, and Henderson Land Development owned by the Li family can all be modeled after this approach for targeted breakthroughs.

"That would be tantamount to waging a full-scale war against the local forces. Can we withstand it?" Lu Liang squinted, a smile playing on his lips.

“Currently, Starway has $80 billion in cash on hand. With all its might, it can even raise another $10 billion, and it can also pledge 160 million Bitcoins to obtain a $70 billion loan from Sumitomo Mitsui and Hyundai Group.”

Wen Chao sensed the excitement in Lu Liang's voice and volunteered to become the person in charge of the project.

Aside from Lu Liang, he was the one among the three in the chat room who knew the whole plan best.

For a financial institution to transform into a conglomerate, it's not enough to just acquire a bank; it also needs to control a large amount of assets. If it only has online assets, it's like a rootless duckweed.

But Hong Kong is just a tiny place.

Everything that can be developed has already been developed to its fullest extent.

Six months later, they will launch a full-scale invasion, at which point they will also have to fight against the local forces and seize their market. It would be best if they could be forced to retreat; if that's not possible, then they can simply raid their base.

In Lu Liang's plan, investing in HSBC was actually a means to an end. The ultimate goal of all means was to allow the financial group to take root in Hong Kong and flourish there.

"Alright, then this project is yours." Lu Liang's eyes were full of appreciation; Wen Chao was indeed the one who understood him best.

He didn't understand what those old guys were thinking.

They clearly guessed that the company would invest in HSBC or Standard Chartered, but why didn't they think about it more deeply?

What was his purpose in acquiring a stake in HSBC?

Could it be that everyone thinks that investing in HSBC is just a way to gain HSBC's support?
After all this trouble, going through such a long and complicated process.

If it were just to be a lackey for British conglomerates, those on Wall Street would probably laugh like pigs.

Perhaps it's like how a prostitute sees no woman in the world as unsellable, or like how a dog thinks everyone is there to steal their bones.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Sun Yutao was already used to it, because he had long known that Wen Chao was more talented than him and his style of doing things was more like Lu Liang's.

From shock to silence, Liang Wenhui felt that ever since he met Lu Liang, he had increasingly felt that Magic Square Quantitative had been playing in the mud in the A-share market.

The saying "Those who play with capital are cunning and shrewd" is indeed true; he is still more suited to technological research and development.

The one-hour break ended quickly, and the Hong Kong stock market reopened at 1 p.m.

In the final moments of the morning session, Tianxing Quantitative had completed its liquidation, and Tianxing Private Equity no longer maintained its market support.

As a result, once the market opened in the afternoon, the Hong Kong stock market acted like a sieve, with a large amount of funds flowing out at an accelerated pace.

As anyone who frequently trades stocks knows, whenever there's a big drop, if the market doesn't rally in the morning, it won't rally in the afternoon either.

Selling pressure is a gradual accumulation process; the later the trading time, the greater the accumulated financial pressure.

Since the time to rush to buy has passed, most of the remaining positions have either been fully replenished or conditional orders have been submitted, and they will be sold off as soon as there is a slight rebound.

Typically, if the market opens sharply lower and continues to decline in the morning, there won't be much improvement in the afternoon, and trading volume will also shrink.

However, in a corner where no one was paying attention, a few stocks reopened in the afternoon, and the outflow of funds began to decrease significantly.

Taking New World Development (HK00017) as an example, after two sharp drops on Friday morning, its share price fell from HK$35 to HK$26.25.

In just one and a half days, the company's market capitalization of HK$800 billion evaporated by HK$200 billion, a drop of 25%, making it one of the worst-performing stocks.

However, after the market reopened after the lunch break, the price of 26.5 yuan seemed to have appeared out of nowhere with a strong support level. No matter how many shares were sold, the funds bought them all.

"Damn, these established giants are really taking responsibility. They're using their group funds to bail out the market?"

This situation has sparked heated discussions among stock market investors in the comment sections of trading software such as Tonghuashun and Eastmoney.

However, the opinions of these ordinary people are completely ignored by the higher-ups, even though the company secretary is just a mentally challenged customer service representative.

Time passes minute by minute,
Before we knew it, it was 1:30 PM.

After half an hour of aggressive accumulation, resembling a blue whale devouring its prey with an unfathomable appetite, New World Development's stock price began to rise uncontrollably.

The morning session saw a downward-sloping candlestick pattern, but after a half-hour adjustment in the afternoon session, it transformed into a ladder to heaven, sweeping up the price with ferocious momentum.

Meanwhile, at Yiyun Mountain Villa.

"Uncle Yang, how long will it take to raise the funds?"

As Guo Jiachun drank his tea, he suddenly felt uneasy, as if a great calamity was about to befall him.

"All the funds can be raised in half an hour."

Yang Shoucheng remained calm and composed, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the sector market data at the bottom of the screen.

Half an hour ago, the real estate sector was down 7.82%, but now it has only fallen 4.25%.

New World Development, Sun Hung Kai Properties, Chinese Estates Holdings, and Henderson Land Development are all heavyweight stocks in the real estate sector.

Yang Shoucheng frowned, startled, and suddenly understood Lu Liang's purpose: to besiege the point and attack the reinforcements, using a feint to the east and a diversion to the west.

He just didn't expect Lu Liang's move to be so big, directly boosting the sector by three points.

The amount of capital invested is absolutely enormous, with a minimum guarantee of no less than HK$300 billion.

But this will create a new problem.

If he pours all his money into the real estate sector just to stop them from making a move, then will HSBC or Standard Chartered still be willing to invest?
Or does Lu Liang hold enough funds?

Is it capable of supporting him to wage war on multiple fronts?
is it possible?
Yang Shoucheng fell into thought, and soon his tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed. No matter what the situation, it showed that Lu Liang's strength was even greater than he had imagined.

The Yang family made the right bet.

(End of this chapter)