Shen Dong shook his head and said, "It should be tens of billions of US dollars. After I made money during the US stock market crash, I used nearly 10 billion US dollars to buy shares of these companies when their stock prices were shockingly low. Without exception, all of them rose, and the increases were astonishing, with some stocks even rising more than tenfold. According to the investment report that the investment company sent me last month, my total assets in the US have exceeded 35 billion US dollars. As long as nothing unexpected happens, it should be no problem to break through 50 billion or even 60 billion US dollars in another six months."
Upon hearing Shen Dong's words, Huo Yingdong, Li Chaoren, and Li Zhaoshan all fell silent, their faces showing disbelief.
What does 50 to 60 billion US dollars mean?
The combined assets of the three families might not even amount to this much.
Moreover, this is only Shen Dong's overseas assets.
If the Ascendas Group is included, Shen Dong's total assets are estimated to exceed 100 billion US dollars, making him undoubtedly the world's richest man.
In just five years, Shen Dong went from a nobody to the world's richest man; his story is nothing short of a wealth legend.
Looking at the expressions of the three men, Shen Dong chuckled inwardly.
The reason he just revealed his overseas assets was mainly to deter the three of them.
In Hong Kong's business circles, although Shen Dong has far surpassed others and become a business tycoon who has surpassed the four major families, his lack of experience and youth have led people to always look at him with envy and jealousy, believing that Shen Dong only got lucky and did not achieve such great success through real ability.
However, when talking about Li Ka-shing and Huo Yingdong, he showed a respectful expression.
This made Shen Dong very unhappy.
There are no secrets in Hong Kong's business circles.
He told the three that he owned tens of billions of dollars in overseas assets, and within two days, the news would definitely spread throughout the entire business community.
With a fortune of nearly 100 billion US dollars, he is someone everyone looks up to and even worships.
This is of great benefit to Shen Dong in enhancing his prestige and influence in the industry.
Huo Yingdong let out a long sigh and said with a wry smile, "Mr. Shen, compared to you, my old bones have lived in vain."
“Yes!” Li Ka-shing and Li Zhaoshan echoed in unison.
Shen Dong chuckled and said, "I was mostly lucky. But I do have a money-making project, I wonder if you guys are interested?"
Li Zhaoshan immediately pressed, "What project?"
Shen Dong said, "During my trip to the Northern Soviet Union, I noticed a major problem with their economy. The entire country could potentially collapse. Therefore, I plan to short the ruble. Making money would be ideal, but not essential."
Nine parts truth plus one part falsehood is the highest level of lying.
Shen Dong did not tell them that the Northern Soviet Union was bound to disintegrate; he only said that he wanted to short the ruble.
If they dare to follow, Shen Dong wouldn't mind giving them this fortune.
If they don't dare to follow suit, then it'll only benefit those bastards on Wall Street.
Li Ka-shing asked, "Mr. Shen, how much do you plan to invest?"
Shen Dong held up one finger and said, "At least 10 billion US dollars."
Li Ka-shing's pupils constricted sharply, and he said, "It seems you have very little faith in the Northern Soviet Union!"
Shen Dong shrugged and said, "That's right. The three of you, are you coming in or not?"
All three of them hesitated.
Huo Yingdong said, "I will send someone to Northern Soviet Union to investigate. If the economic situation really reaches the point you described, I may also go there. At that time, our Huo family may need the support of Hang Seng Bank."
Shen Dong chuckled and said, "No problem. As long as it doesn't exceed three billion US dollars, Hang Seng Bank won't have any issues."
Li Ka-shing asked, "What about the interest rate? If we want to take out a loan, the interest rate should be lower, right?"
Shen Dong said, "Of course, I can give the three of you a 20% discount. The bank will only charge 8% of the 10% interest rate."
Upon hearing the discount, Huo Yingdong, Li Chaoren, and Li Zhaoshan all smiled with satisfaction.
Hang Seng Bank's share price surged after the three major families and Alka Investment Group became shareholders.
In just one week, the total market value soared to an astonishing 13 billion US dollars.
Seeing that the opportunity was too good to pass up, Liu Dong immediately issued a stock offering of up to four billion US dollars, which was snapped up by investors in the market.
Hang Seng Bank's market capitalization immediately soared to nearly 20 billion US dollars.
Consequently, the shares held by shareholders such as Shen Dong and Li Ka-shing were also diluted.
However, the benefits they gained far outweighed these losses.
Time flies, and another week has passed in the blink of an eye.
That day, the conference room of Tengfei Group was full of people.
All the key personnel from each branch company gathered together, and even big shots from the Tenglong mercenary group, such as Chen Hui and Tian Yangsheng, were present.
Everyone's face was beaming with smiles.
"Airplane, at least you have some conscience, you still know to fly back from Australia."
Upon seeing the plane, which had become noticeably fatter, Jimmy kicked it.
The plane quickly dodged, chuckling, "On such a joyous day, if I didn't come, you guys would have killed me."
Jimmy said irritably, "You know that much."
Chen Hui said, "Airplane. The Tenglong mercenaries are about to go to Myanmar to fight those warlords. Do you want to experience a real battlefield?"
Airplane raised an eyebrow and said enthusiastically, "Great! After Ahua and the others' wedding, I'll go to Malaysia with you."
"Not bad."
Shen Dong walked in from outside and said to the plane with a smile, "After such a long period of comfortable life, you still have some vigor left. That deserves praise."
"Brother Dong."
"President Shen."
When they saw Shen Dong enter, everyone greeted him.
Some call him Brother Dong, some call him President Shen, it's quite a mixed bag.
Shen Dong greeted everyone and then focused his attention on the airplane.
Feiji scratched the back of his head and chuckled, "Brother Dong, I've realized that this comfortable life doesn't quite suit me. I'd like to return to Tengfei Group. Would you still accept me?"
Shen Dong said, "I'll take you in. But first you need to go to Ahui's place to train and lose some weight."
Jimmy chimed in, "Exactly. Airplane, all that fat of yours could be rendered into enough oil to cook more than ten dishes."
Feiji said, "Damn it, it's one thing for Dong Ge to criticize me, but what right do you, Jimmy, have to criticize me? Look at yourself, you're just as thin as me."
Shen Dong nodded and said, "That's right. Jimmy, after the wedding, go to the Tengfei Martial Arts Academy every night and let Ashu and the others practice properly so as not to affect the image of our Tengfei Group."
Jimmy said with a wronged look, "Am I that ugly?"
"Hahaha"
The meeting room erupted in laughter.
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