Upon entering the small hall, the decorations were much simpler than those in the main hall, but it looked like a rather cozy little room.
Chen Dong looked closely and realized that the people from the four major families were all inside. He also noticed several big stars from Hong Kong standing in the corner of the small hall.
It turns out that the outer hall was reserved for ordinary celebrities and wealthy people, while this innermost small hall was reserved specifically for the members of the four major families.
"Mr. Chen, come here quickly." Li Jiacheng greeted Chen Dong warmly when he saw him arrive. "These are some of the major families in Hong Kong. You all met them when we were protecting the Hong Kong stock market last time, so I won't go into further details."
Chen Dong nodded slightly when he saw the people from the major families, which was considered a greeting.
At this moment, Li Jiacheng gave his female companion a look, and the companion quickly and tactfully walked to Annie's side, took Annie's hand and walked out, saying, "Annie, I happen to have something to discuss with you."
This was clearly an attempt to get Annie away. Of course, both Annie and Chen Dong were perceptive and realized that Li Jiacheng didn't want Annie to stay, so they didn't say anything and went along with their plan.
"Mr. Li Jiacheng, is there anything you want to say to me?" Chen Dong asked curiously, watching Annie's departing figure.
“It’s just some arrangements for the dinner that I wanted to explain to Mr. Chen in advance.” Li Ka-shing said, glancing at the other family members before continuing, “The purpose of this charity dinner is to raise funds for the mainland through auction.”
"I've spoken with the four major families and other wealthy people in Hong Kong. They will do their utmost to raise funds for the mainland at tonight's auction."
"Although the major floods that the mainland is currently preparing for have not yet officially occurred, I believe that even if no major floods occur in the future, the funds we have invested will be used as a charitable donation to build Hope Primary Schools in the mainland."
"In addition, I have invited a lot of celebrities and reporters to promote this auction, so the auction must be effective no matter what, otherwise we old guys will lose all face."
So that's what Li Ka-shing was worried about. Chen Dong thought to himself, maybe he invited him here beforehand just to get him to participate actively in the auction.
“Actually,” Li Ka-shing said somewhat embarrassedly, “we had too little time to prepare for this auction, so there aren’t any impressive antiques or valuable items on the list.”
Chen Dong recalled the auction list that the waiter had given him before they entered the hall. The items on the list ranged from antiques to jewelry pieces created by famous designers, and some of the items were even priceless.
However, something so valuable became worthless in Li Ka-shing's mouth.
It seems there are still many wealthy people in Hong Kong, and they have very high standards.
"However, the purpose of the charity gala is not to hype up antiques, so we are quite lenient in this regard. It's just that the big bosses in Hong Kong are used to seeing good things, and the auction items at the gala probably won't catch their eye."
At this point, Chen Dong understood what he meant. "Mr. Li means that when the auction officially begins, I should actively raise my paddle to help drive up the prices of the items?"
Generally, auction organizers will hire a few shills to manipulate the auction behind the scenes. These shills will raise the price of items that are not actually valuable to a certain expected price, making it impossible for the auctioneers to judge the true value of the items, thus achieving the purpose of profiting from the confusion.
However, unlike other events, Chen Dong was attending a charity gala this time, and all proceeds from the auction will be used as relief funds for mainland China.
So even if the organizers want to use some underhanded tactics, it's only to sell the items at a higher price.
Chen Dong immediately agreed to Li Jiacheng's request.
“No problem,” Chen Dong said with a smile. “Longteng Company still has some working capital, enough to snag a few good items at the auction.”
Li Ka-shing and Kwok Ping-cheung were very pleased to see that Chen Dong was willing to cooperate.
The small living room was full of elderly people. Guo Bingxiang and the young man from the Li family couldn't stay still. After chatting for a few minutes in the small living room, they insisted on dragging Chen Dong to the main hall outside.
Guo Bingxiang mysteriously handed Chen Dong a glass of red wine and asked in a serious manner:
“The Hang Seng Index has fallen for two consecutive months, and I suspect that international hedge funds are manipulating it.”
What are your thoughts?
Upon hearing this, Chen Dong couldn't help but sneer, "Well done, young master! You've grown up quite a bit lately, you've even learned to read the stock market."
Chen Dong's words were somewhat sarcastic towards Guo Bingxiang, but the implication was essentially an admission of the actions of international hedge funds.
"You mean international hedge funds have really returned to Hong Kong?" Kwok Ping-cheung asked.
In fact, before attending the charity gala, Chen Dong had already made arrangements for the company's various actions to deal with international speculators. He said seriously, "This time, with international hedge funds returning to Hong Kong, it is very likely that Quantum Fund and Tiger Fund will also be involved."
"Because they were previously stuck in the Korean won market, but according to my people's investigation in the Korean won market, their positions in the Korean won have been closed out, which means that international speculators have left the Korean won market."
"At the same time, the four major sectors of agriculture, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry in Hong Kong have successively declined." Chen Dong knew that Guo Bingxiang was not very knowledgeable about the stock market, so he added, "These four sectors usually don't change much even when a financial crisis breaks out in Southeast Asia."
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