Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

Zhang San was enjoying a good meal and drinks with the beautiful woman when he went to supervise the stock sales. Then he received a new order: to have Lihua Group and its related companies sell some luxury homes. He made a list for them to sell many villas according to the list.

These luxury villas were arguably his last remaining properties for sale; this is also one of the reasons why he was selling them at this time. 1997 can be considered a year of hardship for celebrities.

Many Hong Kong celebrities lost their life savings investing in real estate in 1997. This is no joke; quite a few Hong Kong stars fell into this trap around that time. For example, a certain celebrity surnamed Chung spent 300 million HKD in April, including more than 200 million HKD in loans. He and his notoriously spendthrift wife were a perfect match—a mismatched pair of a spendthrift son and a spendthrift daughter.

The celebrity surnamed Zhong is just one of the famous ones; there are many others like this.

There was another person, Zhang San's best friend and confidant, the prodigy Hui. He was also a remarkable person. The tycoon Liu once told him, "Hong Kong real estate is in great danger now. You should get out as soon as possible."

However, the prodigy Hui had become arrogant and naturally wouldn't listen to what others said, and continued to buy heavily.

This time, he bought a commercial building in Kowloon from the Lihua Group. He borrowed 50% from Golden Globe Bank to buy the building. The transaction amounted to HK$2.6 billion.

Not only if, but there are many other such cases. Zhang San has already dealt with most of his luxury homes. Apart from his villas on the hilltop, one in Deep Water Bay, three in Repulse Bay, and several villas on the Mid-Levels, he is slowly selling off the rest.

That's the situation. Zhang San has been in a good mood lately. He shipped his goods a year in advance, which can be considered very wise. Prices have risen again this year. It's simply not letting ordinary people live... no... it's not letting ordinary people have any chance to rise. It's trapping ordinary people in those small cage houses and making them struggle for that small house their whole lives.

To paraphrase a famous expert: High housing prices are meant to ignite the passion in people to strive for success. Otherwise, without goals, people will lack ambition and drive. High housing prices, therefore, motivate them to work hard and persevere.

Even though Hong Kong is a small place, the high housing prices are prohibitive compared to income levels.

When the nest is overturned, how can any egg remain intact?

Many people thought that Thailand had withstood an attack and that everything was fine, but they did not expect that this was just a drill. Only Thailand was attacked in Southeast Asia, and other countries were not. Therefore, everyone felt that the world was at peace.

Zhang San was no ordinary person; he knew the outcome. After Thailand fell to the enemy in its second attack, Indonesia, Malaysia, and other Southeast Asian countries collapsed one after another.

This shows that the first attack was merely a probe, a feint; the second attack was the beginning of the real attack.

Moreover, the first attack is also very important. As the saying goes, two fists can't beat four hands, and even a hero needs three helpers.

Two fists can't fight four hands. It's obviously not feasible for Liangzai Foundation to fight alone. Moreover, there is also an alliance in Southeast Asia with complicated relations between countries. However, Qin Hui also has friends, which shows that when one country is in trouble, other countries will also help.

It's impossible for Liangzai Fund alone to withstand this.

Therefore, he needs to produce results to show those speculative investors and attract those savvy, intelligent funds to enter the market.

As long as we find like-minded investors to enter the market together, and with the backing of these speculative funds, not only are regional alliances in Southeast Asia useless, but even if India came, they would be...

Zhang San was already prepared to make a quick buck during this crisis. Meanwhile, NT-MS had also reached a final consensus and was taking the opportunity to contact all parties to jointly reap the rewards.

The target for this mission, according to Zhang San's suggestion, is the Southern Dynasty. NT-MS will simultaneously participate in rescuing the Southern Dynasty's economy, invest in those companies, and help them out of their predicament.

This was a well-intentioned, aimless, internationalist... that's what it means.

Zhang San saw that Lihua Group, whose market value had risen to 230 billion, had already begun to arrange for shipments. It was only the beginning of April, but time was running out.

Other stocks, besides those that didn't rise, include those with very low prices, such as Xiangjiang Lianhuxiang. Although Xiangjiang Lianhuxiang is no longer what it used to be, having risen from HK$0.3 to HK$3.1, Zhang San has no intention of selling and is even accumulating shares.

Others might feel that earning ten times their initial investment is a lot, but Zhang San feels that earning several dozen times his initial investment is his ideal.

Hong Kong newspapers, however, reported on the first baht crisis with the victory as the central theme. The Hong Kong stock market was not just doing well, but doing exceptionally well. Under such circumstances, retail investors were naturally willing to buy in.

Lihua Group sold all 300 high-end residential units, which are self-owned investment properties, within two months, generating a net profit of HK$3.6 billion.

Lihua Group sold an office building on the island for a whopping HK$1.5 billion.

Profit from the sale of two buildings in Laguna City...

Throughout April, Lihua Group's net profit reached HK$7 billion, while its total market capitalization only rose to HK$250 billion.

This is abnormal. According to the usual practice of Lihua Group, such high profits should have already exceeded the sky's limit.

There's only one reason: either someone is deliberately suppressing Lihua Group's stock, or someone is selling off shares. If it's the former, that's a good thing. Given Lihua Group's current situation, it's blessed with all sorts of positive factors, and breaking through 300 billion in total market value is a very easy thing. Hutchison Whampoa, for example, once broke through 1 trillion Hong Kong dollars in market value.

However, the fact that the stock is currently consolidating at a high level can only mean one thing: someone is selling off their shares, and in very large quantities.

It's pretty much the same. In order to boost the Lihua Group, Zhang San used various accounts to hold nearly 80% of the Lihua Group's shares. Now, if he wants to reduce his shareholding to 35%, he has to sell 45% of the shares, which would cost HK$1125 billion.

Based on the current situation, it might take four months, but Zhang San plans to keep operating, including short selling, until September 1997, and then start buying back shares at lower prices. Only in this way can it be called a T.

As for the Yang family, will they have any objections? No, they won't. They no longer have any shares. As for seeing the stock price rise to this level through capital operations, they won't say anything. Zhang San bought it at HK$21 per share, which was HK$4 more expensive than in the original timeline. So what if he recouped some of his costs now?