Chen Dong was immediately enlightened. He was the boss of Longteng, and hundreds of thousands of people relied on him for their livelihood. He couldn't ignore them for his own selfish reasons.
If something unexpected happens on the front line of flood control in the future, Longteng will inevitably be leaderless, and the families of those who rely on him for their livelihood will be affected.
Chen Dong then sincerely apologized to Elder Lin, "I'm sorry, Elder Lin. I was being stubborn and thought that only I could help them."
"Now I realize that my real battleground should be the Hong Kong stock market. Only by stabilizing Hong Kong's financial market can the mainland be free from worries."
Upon hearing this, Old Lin nodded with satisfaction.
Starting in February of this year, Chen Dong traveled around the world procuring supplies and urging governments at all levels to prepare for flood relief. At that time, almost the entire Chinese nation thought Chen Dong was a joke.
Later, with Chen Dong's insistence, Lin Lao finally assembled an expert group and calculated a flood prediction model, and governments at all levels also formed their own support forces.
Although the massive flood was unavoidable, Chen Dong's actions undoubtedly prevented them from suffering even greater losses.
Without Chen Dong's efforts, when the massive flood struck, they would have been like headless flies, and the losses would likely have been even greater than they are now.
“The area around Poyang Lake is already a vast expanse of water. The base station has been under repair for quite some time now, so your family can’t contact you no matter what. You should call home to let them know you’re safe.” After saying this, Secretary Wang, who was next to Old Lin, handed Chen Dong a satellite phone.
The moment the call connected, Chen Dong heard the familiar voices of his family.
"Is it Dongzi?" Xiao Xinyi asked cautiously.
Chen Dong hid in a corner and said with deep emotion, "Mom, it's me."
"It really is Chen Dong!" Chen Nan snatched the phone and yelled at Chen Dong on the other end, "You still know how to call back? We saw you on TV. What are you doing on the front lines of the rescue effort?"
"The front line is so dangerous, are you out of your mind?"
Chen Dong sighed, unsure how to explain to them, and said somewhat vaguely, "I'll be going back to Hong Kong in a few days. The floods in Poyang Lake have been brought under control, so you don't need to worry, sister."
Previously, because Chen Dong was on the front line, they couldn't contact him at all. Zhou Huimin and Annie were relieved to hear Chen Dong's voice.
Chen Nan glanced in the direction of the two women, and finally said to Chen Dong sensibly, "Zhou Huimin and Annie are here too, why don't you say hello to them?"
“Chen Dong… it’s me.” Zhou Huimin was already sobbing when she answered the phone. “Don’t worry, come back. I won’t force you to marry us.”
When Zhou Huimin couldn't contact Chen Dong for so long, she would have all sorts of wild thoughts in her mind, thinking that Chen Dong had gone to the front line of flood control to avoid them.
"Who said you forced me to marry you?" Chen Dong smiled helplessly. "Don't overthink it. I'll come find you after I've settled things in Hong Kong."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Dong and A Fang were taken to the train station by Mr. Lin's secretary.
As he was leaving, he looked back at the county town ravaged by the flood, feeling a pang of sadness. No matter what, he had protected this place, and not seeing the floodwaters recede left Chen Dong feeling like a piece of his heart was missing.
“Boss, although Poyang Lake County hasn’t opened the floodgates yet, many downstream areas have already successfully controlled the floods. Once all the flood control channels downstream are cleared, the pressure on Poyang Lake won’t be so great,” Afang comforted him.
Chen Dong gritted his teeth, and several familiar faces flashed through his mind.
Secretary Liu of the Poyang Lake County Party Committee, the company commander of the 17th Company, and all the militia members who fought alongside him.
He didn't even know the names of some of them, but all the details of fighting the flood together were deeply etched in his mind.
"Let's go." Chen Dong finally said those two words.
When the train arrived in the provincial capital, Chen Dong's mobile phone regained its signal. At this time, his phone kept ringing. Wang Cai and Ma Guoliang reported on the situation of the Hang Seng Index, the futures market, and the exchange rate market in Hong Kong.
After personally seeing Chen Dong off, Old Lin remained in Poyang County.
"We have all seen the contributions Chen Dong has made to the country," Old Lin said, looking at the reluctant company commander of the 17th Company beside him. "But the financial battlefield is where he should be."
The company commander's dark face revealed a look of reluctance. "I hope Chen Dong can stabilize the financial situation in Hong Kong and ensure that the mainland has no worries about the future."
On August 7, Chen Dong officially returned to Hong Kong. On the same day, international hedge funds led by Soros launched a fierce attack on Hong Kong's financial market.
A frenzy of selling Hong Kong dollars was reignited, and led by Tiger Fund and Quantum Fund, the Hong Kong dollar's value was once again suppressed, with the exchange rate against the US dollar falling to 7.75.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority swiftly retaliated, with Du Xingzhi ordering traders to buy up all large Hong Kong dollar sell orders in the market, determined to prevent the Soros Group from successfully dumping shares.
On the afternoon of the 7th, bulls and bears battled it out at the 7.742 level of the Hang Seng Index.
Soros is always willing to lose money when shorting stock indices. In just one afternoon, he had nearly 500 million Hong Kong dollars dumped.
The volume of currency and foreign exchange transactions in the Hong Kong stock market reached its peak in a single day. Top international speculators had laid a trap in the Hong Kong free port, a situation that instilled fear in all retail investors.
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