Hong Kong Island, HSBC building, top floor.
In the executive office, Shen Bi had just finished a thoroughly enjoyable "morning exercise".
He took a leisurely sip of the premium Blue Mountain coffee his secretary had brought him, thoroughly enjoying the vibrant feeling he was experiencing, as if he had instantly become twenty years younger.
He couldn't help but think to himself, that little blue film... it's truly a masterpiece of God, and Kobayashi... he's practically his second parents.
“That idiot Niu Bijian, did he think I, Shen Bi, would betray such an ally… who could help me regain my former glory?”
It's utterly ridiculous! As long as Kobayashi has the patent and production process for this little blue tablet, even if he loses all 4 billion Hong Kong dollars, he can still make a comeback.
"Newbie is really out of touch with reality, actually going against a business genius like Kobayashi Tenno. Faced with such a prodigy, our best course of action isn't to reject him, but to court and align ourselves with him..."
Just as Shen Bi was thinking this, the red dedicated telephone on his desk rang shrilly.
As Shen Bi slowly picked up the receiver, he casually glanced at some business documents on the table.
On the other end of the phone, the instant the call connected, Niu Bijian's barely suppressed maniacal laughter immediately followed:
"Hahaha! Shen Bi! Kobayashi Tenmoku is about to be wiped out in the silver market..."
Shen Bi did not show much emotion upon hearing this.
He simply picked up his coffee cup, blew on it gently, and pondered, "A margin call? So fast? No... that's not right. Kobayashi couldn't have been without a backup plan. There must be something wrong here. What exactly is this Niu Bijian up to?"
Niu Bijian didn't immediately hear Shen Bi's shock and panic; instead, Shen Bi was quite calm, which was very different from his expectations and made him very unhappy.
He cleared his throat reluctantly, then continued with the arrogance and mockery of a victor:
"Sir Sir John Sham! I'm just giving you a friendly reminder... otherwise, your HSBC bank... will be dragged down completely by this penniless bastard! Hahahaha!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Bi finally spoke slowly in response:
Sir John Newbrick.
"Thank you for your 'kind' reminder."
"However, HSBC's risk management is not something an outsider like you needs to worry about."
“I understand Kobayashi's strength and value better than you do.”
"Oh, right."
Shen Bi smiled and said, then took another sip of coffee before slowly adding the final blow:
"Finally, if I may be so bold, Sir Newbrick, you should first worry about your... short positions in the silver market!"
"beep……"
After saying this, Shen Bi hung up the phone.
"idiot."
He looked out the window and thought to himself:
"That idiot Niu Bijian has no idea what Kobayashi's real trump card is."
"He thought that Kobayashi only mortgaged Jardine Matheson's shares? How ridiculous."
"That little blue pill...that's the real gold mine, worth a fortune!"
"As long as that thing exists, Kobayashi is invincible. My future, and the future of HSBC, are all tied to it."
"Newbijian? You're nothing but a pathetic wretch about to be eliminated by the times."
...
at the same time.
The headquarters of Leyland Motors in London.
It was still in that oak conference room, filled with arrogance and the smell of cigars.
Just now, Lin Huowang calmly hung up the phone with Huo Yingdong reporting the situation and told him not to panic and to wait for news.
Similarly, executives at Leyland Motors in the UK also learned about these significant international policy and market changes through their own channels.
They also learned that the "Eastern Wizard" before them seemed to have fallen into a huge silver futures trap.
The losses could amount to billions of US dollars, or even tens of billions of US dollars.
The meeting room was deathly silent.
At that moment, Governor Murray MacLehose's face also turned deathly pale.
He had just gone out to answer a phone call; it was an urgent call from HSBC's Shen Bi.
Shen Bi was quite responsible and explained Kobayashi Tenno's current situation to MacLehose in great detail.
However, Shen Bi had confidence in Kobayashi Tenno, believing that given Kobayashi Tenno's past planning and skills, he must have a backup plan.
He also told Governor Murray MacLehose not to worry too much, saying that no matter what, the funds guaranteed by the Hong Kong government and HSBC were backed by the patent of the "little blue film".
However, Governor Murray MacLehose himself panicked first.
He was different from Sir Michael Sandberg, who was in charge of Hong Kong's finances. HSBC's funds were unlikely to encounter major problems, and even if there were losses, the entire Hong Kong economy would provide them with a source of income.
However, from the moment he brought Kobayashi Tenno to England, he had already staked his political resources and future on Kobayashi Tenno, even taking him to visit so many nobles in Parliament.
With relations with the British side now completely smoothed out, the contracts for the three car brands—Rover, Land Rover, and MG—are about to be finalized.
Why did something go wrong at such a crucial moment?
Silver futures crashed?
Is Kobayashi Tenmou going to be forced to pay a billion dollars in margin?
What about the acquisition in the UK? What about the future development of the automotive industry in Hong Kong?
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