Mixed in 1980

Chapter 385 Before the Final Battle (33)

"Not so fast, let's talk about it in a while."

Chen Fan took out cigarettes and offered them to everyone: "There's something else I need to do. I need to dig a big pit for Soros, lure him in, and then go to Hong Kong."

"After you finish this job, you'll get a promotion, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xin Yingjie lit a cigarette and nodded slightly: "I've been stuck at this level for several years. After finishing this, I'll have saved up enough capital."

Chen Jianye was the one who got promoted the fastest among the group.

Of the group, Chen Jianye was the most hardworking.

He is often full of energy and eager to get things done. This kind of personality makes him easy to be taken advantage of, especially when the surrounding environment is not good.

After a hearty meal and drinks, the group stayed in Beijing for two more days. Chen Fan, having nothing else to do, began to devise a plan to trap Soros.

"Find a project to invest in, stage a grand spectacle of transferring funds, put international speculators at ease to launch a large-scale attack, and then crush them in one fell swoop."

"What kind of project would be suitable?" Chen Fan frowned.

More than a decade has passed, and the company has acquired a considerable number of businesses, especially after its expansion into Southeast Asia, which has added a whole host of new assets to its portfolio.

Currently, the authorities are studying the possibility of establishing several companies to manage industries in Southeast Asia.

Chen Fan no longer has the ambition to start a business. Even if he enters the Internet era, he will only invest in some companies to reap the benefits of the times, rather than start his own business.

There's simply not enough capacity to manage it all.

"Find a big project where you don't have to worry about anything, you just have to share the profits."

Listening to her husband's grumbling, Xu Jinqiu teased, "You don't want to work, but you still want a share of the money? There's no such thing as a free lunch. You might as well dig a canal and collect tolls for crossing it."

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment, then hugged his wife and kissed her head: "Teacher Xu, your brain, your genius imagination, it's decided, let's dig a canal."

Xu Jinqiu touched his forehead: "Are you crazy? I was just joking."

He pushed her hands away and pulled her into his arms: "I'm not kidding, it's quite suitable. Although the infrastructure investment is large, we can collect rent from the land, so the prospects are still very good."

"It's the same principle as a port."

"The first and second phases of the six major ports that our family has invested in—Yantian Port, Shanghai Port, Jinmen Port, Ningbo Port, Lianyun Port, and Huizhou Port—have all already turned a profit."

After kissing his wife, Chen Fan ran out, bought a map, and began drawing lines on it based on his memories from his previous life.

These are all canal routes planned in later generations.

Xu Jinqiu leaned closer to look, her lips twitching slightly: "Comrade Chen Fan, you've gotten too cocky. With so many canals, even if you lost your entire fortune, it wouldn't be enough."

"Only when the project is large enough can funds be transferred, putting international speculators at ease."

Chen Fan drew another line and explained, "For this kind of project, we can only invest, not hold a controlling stake. The higher-ups will definitely take the lion's share."

"Such massive infrastructure projects can quickly boost the economy and can be directly borrowed from the central bank to complete a round of massive monetary easing."

Xu Jinqiu neither understood nor objected.

Chen Fan's ideas are often ahead of their time, and the three sisters often don't understand them, but the feedback they get back is always correct.

The three sisters will not interfere with each other's investments.

Chen Fan took the map and went to talk to Sun Shaojie first, which startled Sun Shaojie: "Junior brother, are you crazy? Aren't you afraid of losing everything?"

The biggest characteristic of investing in artificial canals is that the investment amount is huge and the payback period is long.

Chen Fan shook his head slightly and pointed to the line on the map: "Can large-scale infrastructure projects boost the economy? Will they benefit the local area?"

"Is not this nonsensical?"

Sun Shaojie took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a deep drag: "We've thought it through. With the current economy, this money won't be recouped in 30 years."

Chen Fan lit a cigarette and chuckled, "It's no big deal. No matter how much you invest, I'll make it all back in a few years."

"Damn... talking to you is so boring."

Sun Shaojie spat and flicked his cigarette ash: "So the whole world is your ATM, you can make a quick buck whenever you want." Chen Fan retorted sarcastically, "Isn't that right?"

Sun Shaojie rolled his eyes. That was indeed true. If they hadn't reinvested the profits from Southeast Asia, the money they made would have been enough to build a canal.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Fan added, "If the higher-ups are short of money, I can provide a low-interest US dollar loan, and we can repay the debt in yuan later."

Sun Shaojie pondered for a moment, stubbed out his cigarette, and pulled Chen Fan to find their minister. Immediately afterwards, various departments began to discuss and verify the findings.

The economy hasn't developed to that level yet.

The higher-ups would actually prefer to use these funds to develop the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, but Chen Fan neither invests in real estate nor starts any more businesses, and is simply unwilling to invest in anything else.

Reluctant to lose their investment, the higher-ups had no choice but to agree, and Chen Fan would also provide low-interest loans, with funds being transferred in batches.

There are six canals in total: the Gan-Yue Canal, the Xiang-Gui Canal, the Pinglu Canal, the Jing-Han Canal, the Zhe-Gan-Yue Canal, and the Central Plains Inland Water Network.

These are all canals planned in later generations.

The two parties actually invested 7000 billion yuan, and when land and water resources are included, the total investment reached 1.1 trillion yuan, the largest investment since the reform and opening up.

Chen Fan invested 4400 billion yuan, holding a 40% stake; the government and local governments contributed land resources as shares, investing 2600 billion yuan, holding a 60% stake.

The 2600 billion yuan was a loan provided by Chen Fan.

With the collaboration finalized, the technical feasibility study began. Chen Fan made a special trip to Hong Kong to hold a press conference and officially announce the partnership.

Chen Fan also released a false statement, claiming that all funds were in place in one go, just like when he invested in the port and the Erta Hydropower Station, the funds were in place in advance.

An investment of up to 1.1 yuan is astonishing!

The Hong Kong media sensationalized the story, and the British felt uneasy after seeing the reports, as some of Chen Fan's money had been taken from them.

Hong Kong businesses, Hong Kong land, Hong Kong banks, the pound sterling exchange rate war... each and every one of these incidents involved large sums of money.

Even now, British capital still has hundreds of billions of US dollars tied up in Hong Kong real estate, and these assets have now depreciated by more than half.

Buying a property for over HK$6000 or HK$7000 per square foot has already seen prices drop to over HK$3000 per square foot, and due to the economic crisis, prices are still falling.

The sharp drop was undoubtedly related to Chen Fan.

The shareholders of Hang Seng Bank have no intention of stopping. Taking advantage of the economic crisis, they continue to suppress housing prices, truly intending to completely destroy the property market.

The mainland authorities have kept their word and have already allocated land to build low-rent housing. Over the next five years, they will provide 1.5 low-rent housing units annually, totaling 7.5 units.

This is undoubtedly adding insult to injury for the housing market.

More importantly, they still owe the bank a large sum of money, and they are having trouble even paying the interest now. When the real estate market is liquidated in a while, the land and houses will be taken away, and they will have to owe the bank money again.

This is where Chen Fan's true ruthlessness lies.

They even took off their underwear.

At the same time, Soros also noticed the news, was surprised by Chen Fan's generous gesture, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In the first two attacks on Hong Kong, Zeng Ali and Zhao Yuanyuan took the lead, and other shareholders of Hang Seng Bank jumped in one after another. Soros was even worried that Chen Fan would get involved.

No need to worry now!
The investment involved was 1.1 yuan, but the actual capital contribution was 7000 billion yuan, which, based on this year's exchange rate of 8.2, is nearly 1000 billion US dollars.

Even if Chen Fan had a lot of money, he had very little cash left.

With this constraint removed, the third round of attacks on Hong Kong can proceed with complete freedom. This time, the preparations are also more thorough, and all conditions have been met from January to June.

"Notify the British, make your move in early June!"

By the end of May, Chen Fan, Zeng Ali, and Zhao Yuanyuan had secretly entered Hong Kong. After getting off the plane, they put on hats and sunglasses and entered the Suzhou-style garden in Deep Water Bay in a very low-key manner.

Zeng Ali was visibly excited about this trip, as the Grand Bauhinia Medal would be awarded next month.

Both she and Zhao Yuanyuan were nominated.

If this battle completely defeats the international speculators led by Soros and allows Hong Kong to emerge from the shadow of the economic crisis, there is a high probability that he will win the Grand Bauhinia Medal.

Can be addressed as: Grand Bauhinia Medalist!
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