Hong Kong Film Intelligence King

Chapter 266 The Stock Market God Reborn
In the HSBC executive conference room, Ms. Shen was meeting with a guest, who was the executive of Hongkong Land.

"The attitude coming from the mainland is very firm," said the tycoon of Hong Kong Land. "The governor's view is that Hong Kong will definitely return on time."

"We cannot even rule out the possibility of an early return."

He looked very worried as he said this.

“Hong Kong is too close to the mainland and too far from Chongqing.” Shen Daban shook his head. “Eighty years ago, this wouldn’t have mattered. We were the sun never set.”

"Wherever the sun rises, the Union Jack will fly."

"Things are different now than they used to be."

Shen Daban sighed deeply.

He genuinely doubted the era of eighty years ago, that wonderful time that could only be found in textbooks.

What ugly? What red bear?
Wherever the Union Jack goes, everything must obediently bow down and submit.

This is the true world hegemon.

Unfortunately, the sun never sets on Earth.

“Our colleagues in the mainland have sent us a message,” Shen Taipan told Hong Kong Land Taipan, “that life in the mainland is normal and has not been affected in the slightest.”

Thanks to the fact that Beijing was the first country in the Western world to recognize mainland China, HSBC was able to conduct a number of businesses in the mainland.

In major cities, HSBC has branches or agencies in most areas.

Landmark Grand Boss didn't react at first:

What changes have occurred on the mainland?

Shen Daban couldn't help but remind him:

"The mainland is currently at war with Annam, a hot war!"

what?
The landlady was deeply moved:

"Wait, you mean that people in other provinces and cities, apart from western Guangdong, haven't been affected in the slightest?"

Shen Daban corrected:

"In reality, only the border area between western Guangdong and Annam is affected!"

“Apart from those places, the rest of the place was really not affected at all.”

"Many people don't even know that their country is at war!"

Landmark Grand Boss Loses His Temperament:

"impossible!"

Shen Daban sighed:
"impossible?"

"No!"

"This kind of thing isn't unprecedented."

“In all the wars since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, people in the regions other than the bordering areas have not been affected at all.”

Do you know what this means?

The landlady seemed somewhat lost and dejected.

Shen Daban bluntly stated:

"The mainland is too big; their territory is among the top three in the world."

"Even if a war breaks out in a local area, other places will not be affected."

"In addition, it shows that the organization in mainland China is too strong."

"The damage caused by the war was limited to a small area."

"My colleagues in mainland China told me that if it weren't for their propaganda, ordinary people would have no idea that a war is currently underway."

"This has been the case in every war since the founding of the People's Republic of China."

The land tycoon smiled wryly:
"If this were Chongqing... our entire talent agency ecosystem would collapse!"

Shen Daban sighed:
"They have never lost a war of aggression."

"They were invincible."

"What a terrible thing!"

Landlord's boss is dejected:

"The officials in Fog City actually want to send several warships..."

"Isn't that just a dream?"

Shen Daban sneered:

"Aren't this the kind of politicians in Chongqing?"

"Hong Kong will definitely return to China."

Landlord gritted his teeth and said:
"I must go back to Chongqing; I absolutely cannot stay in Hong Kong any longer."

Shen Daban asked:
How far along is your plan?

The landlady was very excited:

"very smooth!"

"I currently hold two-thirds of the shares circulating in the market."

"Only one-third of it circulates outside the market."

"I've already pushed the stock up to four dollars, and my plan is to push it down to four dollars and then sell it!"

"When there are no buyers left for Hongkong Land's shares, they will inevitably plummet, and no one will buy them for a while."

"Before I leave, I will draw up a trust agreement, and I will ask Ms. Shen to manage the shares of Hongkong Land on my behalf."

Shen Daban frowned and said:

"You released all the company's stock?"

The land tycoon smiled wryly:
"That's unavoidable. In order not to alarm the market, I certainly can't repurchase the circulating shares; I can only use my own shares."

He immediately rallied his spirits and said:

"Fortunately, we are making good progress."

There wasn't even the slightest interference.

"In this way, not only can we make a lot of money, but we can also entrust the entire Hongkong Land to HSBC."

"Although the stock market may be sluggish for a while, the overall trend in Hong Kong's brokerage industry is upward."

"Wait two or three years, and then HSBC can be sold off, making a huge profit!"

Shen Daban nodded slowly:
“You’re right, this way we’ll all make a fortune.”

"However, are you sure those previously outstanding shares won't hinder your plans?"

The landlady smiled and said:
"Of course not!"

“I closely monitored those circulating shares, and apart from a few being sold off, most of them remained untouched.”

"It is safe for our plans."

Shen Daban nodded slowly:
"In that case, let's leave it at that."

“If you can escape successfully, then we will take over Hongkong Land.”

"It's a very simple thing."

Landmark Grandmaster and Shen Grandmaster shake hands:

"Please wait for my good news. Once I return to Chongqing, I will definitely treat you to coffee."

Shen Daban smiled:
"It's a word."

After seeing the landlady off, Mr. Shen's right eye kept twitching. He frowned and thought to himself:
"Have you not rested well these past two days?"

"I had a good rest."

"How is this going?"

A bad feeling welled up in my mind.

"People in Hong Kong say that a twitching left eye means good fortune and a twitching right eye means bad luck, and my right eye keeps twitching."

"Could it be that some kind of disaster is about to occur?"

Shen Daban racked his brains but couldn't find a solution. He carefully considered his business for a while but still couldn't find a clue. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head.

"Could it be that this isn't my business, but someone else's?"

The moment that thought crossed my mind, my right eyelid started twitching even more violently!

Shen Daban's face changed drastically, visibly turning bluish-purple:
"It's someone else's business?"

"Wait, could it be Jardine Matheson?"

“But I’ve reviewed his operational plan, and there’s nothing missing.”

"From beginning to end, it was all done by Hongkong Land; there wasn't even anyone trying to disrupt things!"

Hongkong Land's tycoon has gone to great lengths to profit from retail investors, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to push Hongkong Land's stock price to its current level of four dollars per share.

If the price increases by just two cents, Landmark Grand Residential will be able to make a fortune!

no problem!

Why is my eyelid twitching so badly?

Shen Daban really couldn't understand it.

The tycoon returned to the VIP room and was overjoyed to see the four dollars next to the stock.

In just half an hour, he could push the stock price up to the high of 4.2 yuan, at which point he could sell and take away billions of yuan.

They could earn at least 3 billion from both inside and outside!

There's no way around it; setting up a scheme requires money.

To boost the stock price, Hongkong Land has already invested hundreds of millions.

As a result, profits can only decrease accordingly.

The tycoon of Hongkong Land said to the project manager:
"Acquire as many chips as you can at the 4.1 yuan mark!"

He had barely finished speaking when someone suddenly shouted,

"Big boss, four slots have been filled!"

Landmark Grand Manager disagreed:

"Absorb!"

The trader screamed loudly:
"Insufficient funds, facing the risk of margin call!"

The eyes of the landlady widened in astonishment:
“WTF?!”

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

The trader nearly struck the keyboard with explosive force, his voice growing increasingly anxious.
"Big Class, there are one billion shares being sold."

The tycoon's figure swayed slightly, and he said incredulously:
"How many?"

The trader repeated loudly:
"One billion shares!"

"Should we accept it or not?"

The landlady, his face covered in sweat, gritted his teeth and said:

"catch!"

I can't refuse to answer.

He not only established a long position at 4.1 yuan, but also at 4.2 yuan.

A massive short-selling of one billion shares occurred; if this doesn't happen...

My account was liquidated immediately!

The trader rapidly reported the numbers:

"Buy one billion shares!"

The land tycoon roared:
"Acquire as many chips as you can at the 4.1 yuan level!"

The trader acted swiftly.

The tycoon kept wiping away cold sweat with a handkerchief. The more triumphant he was before, the more disheveled he was now.

The scene from the beginning of the month, in the small conference room of Shen Daban, suddenly flashed into his mind.

At the time, some people said that someone was targeting foreign firms, but the tycoon of Hongkong Land didn't take it seriously, thinking that the other party was just scaring themselves. Now he understands, there really is someone targeting them.

The landlady secretly prayed:

"Christ, Holy Mother, Allah, please help me get through this ordeal safely."

Landlord knew that once this large-scale development collapsed, he would only have one fate.

To orchestrate this scheme, he used shares of Hongkong Land itself; to orchestrate this scheme, he invested all of Hongkong Land's funds into the stock market.

It seems that several billion is not much for a large enterprise.

However, in 1981, Hutchison Whampoa's total market value was only a little over 300 million.

Billions is an astronomical sum that could make anyone jump off a building!
The land tycoon was praying to every god he could, but Wang Dao didn't pray to any gods. He told the agent:

"Place a short order at position 1.1".

I'll take as many as you have!

The agent was terrified:

"Wang Sheng, how many shares do you want to establish?"

Wang Dao smiled and said:
"Two billion shares!"

The agent was dumbfounded:

"……it is good!"

Such a massive short order triggered a chain reaction.

The tycoon stared blankly at the large development in front of him.

Hongkong Land's stock... has crashed!
From a high of four yuan, it plummeted like a waterfall.

In the lobby, many stock market investors, their faces contorted with rage, shouted that they should sell their stocks—most of them were shareholders of Hongkong Land.

The price of Hongkong Land's stock plummeted even further, like a straight line, from four dollars to three dollars, from three dollars to two dollars, from two dollars to one dollar, from one dollar to fifty cents, and then stabilized above one dollar!
At a price of 1.1 yuan, someone has put forward an enormous list of acquisitions.

They bought up a full two billion shares!
The tycoon of Hongkong Land suddenly smiled bitterly. Two billion shares of Hongkong Land stock, which already accounted for fifty percent of Hongkong Land's stock, had triggered the takeover rules... No, Hongkong Land Group had already changed hands!
Two billion shares are worth only two hundred million dollars!

What's alarming is that Hongkong Land's stock triggered a chain reaction, affecting the entire market, with almost all stock prices falling.

It almost triggered a stock market crash.

The tycoon at Landmark gave a bitter laugh, picked up his walking stick, and numbly walked out of the VIP room.

The others in the VIP room didn't dare to utter a sound.

We could only watch helplessly as he left.

Wang Dao also came out of the VIP room at this time and saw the distraught tycoon of Landmark: "The tycoon of Landmark fell down, Mr. Wang has eaten his fill."

"Now, should I start calling him Chairman Wang?"

Wang Dao smiled and said:
"It's a good harvest today."

The agent was utterly impressed by Wang Dao's abilities.
"It's more than just good; following your orders, I've acquired a lot of shares in leading stocks."

“Hutchison Whampoa, Electric Holdings, Wharf Holdings, HSBC, etc.”

"We only have two billion in our account now; the rest has been converted into stocks."

Wang Dao smiled and said:
"enough!"

The agent looked at him eagerly:
"Wang Sheng, when will the next operation begin?"

The king's way was silent:
"You just closed a big deal, shouldn't you be taking a good rest?"

"Aren't you afraid of dying from overwork?!"

The agent scratched his head:
"Thanks to you, I didn't have to put in much effort at all; I'm just excited right now!"

He was telling the truth, and the broker only got nervous when Hongkong Land's stock reached four dollars.

For the rest of the time, I just glanced at the stock price each day and that was it.

I'm not tired at all.

Wang Dao smiled:
"My fund is still operating, but I don't know when I'll be able to find such a good opportunity again."

"However, our cooperation was very pleasant, and if I get another big order like this, I will definitely come back to you."

The agent quickly expressed his gratitude:

"Thank you, Mr. Wang."

He had made up his mind to stick close to this big shot from now on.

The stock market guru is alive today!

The agent added:

"I have already transferred the two billion to your account, along with various vouchers, which will be delivered to your office today."

“Mr. Wang, I suggest you hire a law firm to manage your business. That will make things much easier for you.”

Wang Dao nodded slowly.

"That's true, I do need a law firm to help me."

The agent laughed:

"Wang Sheng, then I won't bother you any longer."

Wang Dao nodded with a smile.

He had just reached the door when he suddenly sensed something was wrong and quickly retreated.

boom!
There was a loud bang.

Someone shouted:

"Another person has jumped off a building!"

The stock market is like a casino; people jumping off buildings are a common occurrence, and there have never been few cases.

Wang Dao sized him up, a slight smile appearing on his lips:
Goodbye, Landmark Grand Manager!

The person who jumped off the building was none other than the landlord from Landmark, whom we had just met.

Wang Dao showed absolutely no sympathy; on the contrary, he was quite pleased and even called Liang Kun.

"Brother Kun, I've heard something great, and I have to tell you."

Liang Kun became interested:

"What you're saying must be a good thing."

Wang Dao laughed heartily:

Someone jumped off a building!

Liang Kun asked, puzzled:
"Isn't it normal for people to jump off buildings? People jump off buildings every now and then in front of bond trading companies."

Wang Dao chuckled and said:

"This time, it was a foreigner who jumped off the building!"

Liang Kun disagreed:

"What's wrong with foreigners?"

"The stock market is a big casino. If foreigners lose their chips, they'll still jump off buildings."

"What's so happy about this?"

The two were on the phone when Han Bin suddenly burst into Liang Kun's office.

"Ah Kun, great news! We've sold our Hongkong Land shares!"

Liang Kun was taken aback:
"When did this happen?"

Han Bin laughed loudly:
"Just now, the brokerage firm called me. Hasn't anyone called you?"

Handsome Kun said speechlessly:
“Ado kept calling me, saying he saw a foreigner jump off a building.”

"He's holding the line, how can anyone else call in?"

Liang Kun suddenly froze, his eyes widening in disbelief as he asked Wang Dao:

"Wait, Ado, you don't mean to say that the foreigner who jumped off the building was the taipan of Landmark Group, do you?"

Wang Dao laughed heartily:

"That's right, it's him."

"That old guy almost hit me when he jumped down!"

"Hahaha!"

Young Kun laughed wildly:

"Good jump, good death!"

"Ado, come back quickly!"

"Binny's here too!"

Han Bin exclaimed in astonishment:
"what?"

"The head of the Landmark Group jumped off a building?"

He was immediately overjoyed.

"Good death!"

Wang Dao said to Liang Kun:
"Brother Kun, have Jimmy go buy some red envelopes, a hundred or so, I'll be back in a bit!"

Liang Kun agreed:
"That's right, we should definitely give out red envelopes for such a good thing!"

After hanging up the phone, Liang Kun pushed open the door and called for help.

"Jimmy!"

Jimmy came out immediately:

"Old Ding?!"

Liang Kun pulled out 60,000 yuan:

"Go buy some red envelopes, and use the rest to buy firecrackers!"

Jimmy is very experienced in this matter:

"Boss, there's money in the account."

Handsome Kun shook his head:
"No, this is a private expense and cannot be accounted for through public funds."

"By the way, call everyone from our company back."

"Tell them we're going to give out red envelopes, and if they don't come back today, they'll miss out!"

Jimmy exclaimed in surprise:
"Master Ding, this is wonderful news!"

"I'll do it right away."

Jimmy didn't dare delay for a moment, grabbed the money and headed out. When he got to the front desk, he quickly repeated what he had said:
"Call the people at the company and tell them to come back. Mr. Li and Mr. Wang are going to give out big red envelopes."

The four receptionists cheered and quickly picked up the phone to make a call.

Jimmy rushed to the car, but just as he was about to start it, he realized something was wrong.

How could one person possibly carry back 60,000 yuan worth of firecrackers?
Shake people!

Jimmy was the first to call Chen Yongren and tell him about it. Chen Yongren immediately exclaimed:

"Wait, Leopard and I will go help right away."

Jimmy asked:

Should we notify the other brothers?

Chen Yongren thought for a moment and said:
"Just notify the guys in Mong Kok; don't bother notifying those outside of Mong Kok!"

Jimmy thought about it and agreed. Both Sha Qiang and A Niu were now in charge of the team, so it wouldn't be good to let them come back like this.

Once everyone had gathered, they were all very busy.

When Wang Dao came down carrying a large suitcase, I was almost stunned.

The square of Qiankun Film and Television Company was covered with bright red firecrackers.

Almost everyone from the film company came down. Liang Kun even had his camera equipment brought down so they could take a family photo.

Wang Dao looked closely and, wow, Bozi, Le Huizhen, Vanzai, Apple and the other girls had also arrived.

What a perfect family photo!

(End of this chapter)