Upon hearing this, Chen Dong's face instantly darkened. "What did you say?"
The powerful aura pressed down on Ma Guoliang, and almost everyone in the office held their breath, not daring to make a sound.
"It's understandable for businessmen to pursue profits, but Hong Kong is in a critical moment right now. If we, well, international speculators become the best, I just feel disgusted."
Chen Dong then criticized Soros's actions in the global stock market and stated his position.
“Protecting Hong Kong’s market is no longer just a simple business action. Every move we make now is related to the future of Hong Kong. If the free port is taken over by the Soros Group, then we have failed in our responsibility.”
Wangcai and Ma Guoliang looked at each other in bewilderment.
Chen Dong continued, "The fact that Hong Kong's economy has been able to break out of this situation is all thanks to international hedge funds. As the operators, you should leverage your advantages and stand on the side of saving Hong Kong's economy."
They hadn't realized how important social responsibility was to Chen Dong, but since the big boss had already made his position clear, Wangcai and Ma Guoliang didn't say anything more.
Chen Dong silently put away the newspaper. In fact, he knew in his heart that international hedge funds were just pawns, and the Freemasons were the ones who were really controlling everything behind the scenes.
In recent years, the Freemasons have become increasingly involved in economic and political events, and Chen Dong clearly sensed that the Soros Group's attack on the Hong Kong stock index was unusual.
They don't want to use large amounts of capital to crash the market and profit from Hong Kong's stock index; they want to use financial weapons to completely destroy Hong Kong.
Therefore, Chen Dong was even more determined not to let them do whatever they wanted in Hong Kong.
Following the extensive news coverage, Hong Kong remained quiet for two days, which puzzled both the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Financial Secretary.
Just when they thought a storm was brewing in Hong Kong, Soros published an article in America titled "The Ruble Should Be Devalued by 15% to 25% to Justify Its True Value."
The article caused an uproar in global financial markets as soon as it was published.
That evening, the New York Dow Jones Industrial Average fell from 8,550 points at the opening to 8,449 points at the close, a drop of 101 points or 1.09% for the day.
This was a bolt from the blue for the North American stock market, which had not experienced large-scale turmoil for a long time.
The Federal Reserve had just given a speech in Asia expressing its support for Hong Kong and its commitment to doing everything in its power to maintain trade balance in all free markets in Southeast Asia when Soros suddenly launched a stab in the back, catching the Fed off guard.
Moreover, the turmoil in North American stock markets also caused changes in London. Within two days, the FTSE 100 index in London fell from 5,462 points to 5,262 points, a drop of 200 points, which is 2.16% lower than the average change of the previous week.
Upon receiving the news, Longteng reacted swiftly internally, with Chen Dong ordering all traders to sell off their existing US dollar holdings.
Ma Guoliang stated that the current US stock market is facing negative news, and short selling could quickly recoup the HK$6 billion they previously lost in the Hong Kong stock market.
Chen Dong directly rejected Ma Guoliang's suggestion, saying, "A major earthquake in the US financial market will shrink our dollar reserves."
"If we can retreat at this point, we can stop the loss in time. If we continue to follow the short sellers, we can indeed make some profits. However, trying to do two things at once will only give Soros more opportunities to take advantage of the Hong Kong market."
Ma Guoliang sighed, "You really value the Hong Kong market."
"There's no other way. International hedge funds have huge sums of money, and they can attack both the Russian and Hong Kong stock markets at the same time. But as the defending side, we have no choice but to go all out in order to preserve our strength."
Chen Dong's face was gloomy. He had already prepared himself mentally. No matter how Soros manipulated the data in the world stock market, he would not be swayed.
After all, he has already reached an agreement with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Financial Secretary, and he will definitely cooperate with the Hong Kong government to complete this bailout.
The mainland has already suffered enormous losses due to the massive floods, and we cannot allow international speculators to take advantage of this crisis.
However, Chen Dong had already rejected Wangcai and Ma Guoliang's suggestions several times, and the two of them were feeling quite resentful.
“Anyway, if we’re going to deal with Hong Kong’s international hedge funds, we’ll have to increase our leverage,” Lin Zhiyuan said, mediating between the parties. “Selling US dollars now will also increase Longteng’s liquidity, like having an insurance policy.”
He turned to Wangcai and Ma Guoliang and said, "This time, the international speculators are coming in with great force, clearly aiming to short the Hong Kong stock index. If we cannot successfully protect the market, I'm afraid they will harvest Longteng's entire base."
Wangcai and Ma Guoliang were well aware that Hong Kong had always been known as a free port and was an important window for the mainland's opening up to the outside world. Now that the mainland was in a critical period of flood control, if they could not protect the window, a heavy blow to Hong Kong by international speculators would inevitably affect their industries in China and even the world.
“We understand.” Wang Chai glanced at Ma Guoliang and immediately said, “This time, we will go all out to enter the Hong Kong stock market. We will not give the international hedge funds that are lingering in Hong Kong any chance to relax.”
After hearing this, Chen Dong nodded in satisfaction.
After two days of calm, the Hang Seng Index fell again, this time dropping below 6,500 points. The Hong Kong authorities finally couldn't sit still any longer, and Financial Secretary Yang Fugui called Chen Dong late at night.
"Mr. Chen, it seems the Soros Group has no intention of stopping. If this continues, we will have to resort to official intervention."
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