Chapter 192

"Dongfang Industrial has fallen into a huge financial crisis, and its total debt has exceeded 800 million."

"Skyscrapers with unsatisfactory bets, and established Chinese companies are in a financial crisis."

"The stock price has fallen by more than 90%, and Dongfang Industrial's equity has been frozen by the bank, facing the risk of delisting."

At first, Dongfang Industrial had to borrow money to acquire the land of the old post office. In order to build this skyscraper, Chen Hengxi borrowed from almost all banks. Although he also ate a wave of listing dividends, the high interest rate made it difficult for him to acquire the land. They don't have much money left for other investments.

When the oil crisis came, Arab countries cut oil production and raised oil prices, causing the price of global necessities to rise. Prices in Hong Kong nearly doubled, and real estate prices plummeted.

As bad news continues, one can imagine the stock price.

The stock price fell, and the loan previously secured by equity was bound to make up the difference.

At this time, someone was selling Dongfang Industrial's shares crazily in the secondary market, causing Dongfang Industrial's stock price to fall below the bottom.

Banks couldn't sit still at this time, and loans that could have been negotiated for extension were now coming to collect debts.

Dongfang Industrial now not only has to deal with bank debts, but also needs to increase its stock holdings to protect its bottom line, appease investors, and prevent delisting.

But no matter what measures are taken to save themselves, all they need is money.

The bank will definitely not lend money to Dongfang Industrial anymore, so it will have to find someone to borrow it.

Chu Aidong promised that whoever can deal with this debt crisis will have Dongfang Industrial in his hands and will immediately transfer 10% of his equity.

"10%?" Xu Wenshan smiled, "The entire Dongfang Industrial is not even worth 200 million now, what is this 10%? There is no one who is more calculating than your father."

Dongfang Industrial's stock price has fallen to the bottom, and its market value It’s only 200 million. If it continues to fall, it will be delisted, and no one is buying it even if it’s 200 million. Buying it means that there will be an additional 800 million debt to deal with.

Now that the stock price has plummeted and everyone is in danger, where can I have the spare money to buy such a mess?

The most valuable thing of Dongfang Industrial now is the skyscraper. At the beginning of 1973, it was valued at 3 billion. At that time, Fu Sheng bought a smaller piece of land in Central for 2 billion. But now the real estate has plummeted and the valuation has shrunk. No one is capable of taking over.

Furthermore, it is impossible for Chu Aidong to sell the skyscraper. On the one hand, it is worth money, and on the other hand, it is his personal honor. All the glory and hard work for the rest of his life will be on it, and he will not let go of it until he dies.

He believes that as before, difficulties are only temporary. As long as we survive this darkest moment, Dongfang Industrial will turn around.

Therefore, even if he sells the pot and sells the iron, he will persevere through gritted teeth.

He even used his inheritance rights to confuse his sons.

Chu Yinghao was a little worried: "But I think Chen Hengxi has this intention. He has always done whatever the old man says. At this time, he will definitely stand up and express himself."

Xu Wenshan sighed: "This poor guy The child is obviously excellent in all aspects, but it is a pity that he did not have a good father, and it was wasted."

In fact, as Chu Yinghao said, Chen Hengxi really asked someone to borrow 300 million to deal with the financial crisis of Dongfang Industrial.

Then, Chen Hengxi gathered all the creditors together and explained their interests. If everyone keeps pushing like this, Dongfang Industrial will eventually go bankrupt and be auctioned at a low price. The assets may not even be able to collect 200 million. The result can only be a loss of people and money. , why not give the company some breathing space and pay off the debt slowly.

Later, Dongfang Industrial sold some real estate, and Chu Aidong also moved some private property. Under "coercion and inducement", the creditors relented, and Dongfang Industrial finally temporarily alleviated the immediate crisis.

However, the decisive factor was Chen Hengxi, whether it was the handling of creditors or the 300 million he brought back, they all played a decisive role.

Chu Aidong was very happy: "Ajie... I read it right, you are my proudest child."

Then, he announced to everyone on the board of directors that Chu Yongjie was his heir, and the control of Dongfang Industrial would slowly transition to In his hands.

Chu Yinghao was so angry that his face was livid.

"The successor is announced today, and the cancellation can be announced tomorrow. Why bother in advance about something that is uncertain?" Xu Wenshan didn't believe Chu Aidong's promise at all.

She was concerned about another question: "Who will lend him 300 million at this time?"

"He said he borrowed it from a friend in Taiwan." Chu Yinghao was still upset. He sat on the sofa, exhaled heavily, and Thinking of the loving father and filial son he saw just now, his chest felt like it was on fire, burning uncomfortably.

"Friends from Taiwan?" Xu Wenshan frowned slightly.

"Who knows? He has been in Taiwan for so long, doesn't he have a good relationship with the Gu family of the four major families?"

"Really?" Xu Wenshan twirled the hair on her chest thoughtfully, and after a while , she smiled and said, "I'm afraid they are friends I met in Taiwan."

Huh?

Chu Yinghao looked at her, what's the difference?

Xu Wenshan smiled and said: "I've watched a good show. I'm a little curious about how they will sing in this play. Chu Aidong is not a vegetarian."

"What?" Chu Yinghao looked puzzled.

"When gods fight, just watch. No one here is a fuel-efficient lamp."

...

Wu Ming looked at the mortgage contract in his hand. Although it seemed that he was taking advantage, it was just...

"One year, if one year later, If Dongfang Industrial slows down, aren't we helping them now?"

"Slow down?" Lin Wei was revising the jewelry design draft and said without looking up, "Dream faster, and they will soon know that life is getting worse every day. What will it look like? "

A year from now, the Hong Kong city will only get worse. Ocean Bank and Hutchison Whampoa will not be able to survive. How can an Oriental Industrial Group break out of the siege despite being heavily in debt?

Wu Ming wanted to ask her how she was so sure.

As a result, the phone in the office rang.

Lin Wei picked up the call: "Hello..."

Listening to the sobbing voice on the phone, Lin Wei paused with the pen in her hand.

"Xiaoyue?" she asked doubtfully.

"I'm sorry, wuwu... Mr. Lin, please save Ari, Ari..."

"Calm down and tell me slowly, what's wrong?" Lin Wei comforted.

Seeing Lin Wei's increasingly serious expression, Wu Ming also walked over.

"He owed money in Macau, ugh...lost...lost a lot of money."

Lin Wei closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then said: "Then, what happened when you just said you wanted me to save him? What's going on?"

Wen Jiayue on the other end of the phone burst into tears and sobbed: "He is being held in Macau and asked me to take the ransom to save him."

"I understand, please stop crying and stabilize yourself. Don't be afraid, I will fly over to you right away."

It was difficult to explain clearly on the phone. She was going to England to find out the cause and effect.

Lin Wei immediately asked someone to book a flight for her and told Wu Ming to fly directly to the UK.

The worst outcome that Lin Wei thought of was that Su Tianrui lost all 1 billion in gambling, and then owed a huge gambling debt and had it detained in Macau.

But in fact, things were not as bad as she thought, but they were also more annoying than she imagined.

In the past year, gold has exceeded US$100 per ounce, and they have made a profit of 300 million. This rate of return is already very high, but Su Tianrui has been fed up by the stock market in Xiangjiang, and he always feels that it is not enough.

For some reason, he was encouraged to gamble by people around him. He still had some sense and did not dare to touch the 1 billion principal. Finally, he went to Macau with 300 million in profits and people. It is said that he did win a lot in the beginning. Like a philanthropic boy, he spent a lot of money in Macau, and then he was targeted and went to a black casino.

The result was that he lost everything and still owed a gambling debt of 200 million, which Wen Jiayue had to redeem.

Only then did Wen Jiayue find out that her husband had gone to Macau to gamble. This was the first time she encountered such a thing, so she wanted to deal with it herself before telling Lin Wei.

He mortgaged his own stocks and some of Su Tianrui's assets to get enough 200 million to go to Macau to redeem him.

As a result, the other party took the money but still refused to let him go. The lion opened his mouth and said that he would take another 500 million plus interest.

Wen Jiayue was completely panicked now and didn't know what to do?

What she is more afraid of now is that Su Tianrui is dead, and these people were actually lying to them from the beginning.

"Mr. Lin... I don't know. I don't know how he could be such a bastard. It's all my fault. He was too busy and didn't even notice anything was wrong with him." Wen Jiayue was sad and guilty. She felt shameless, but her husband She had no choice but to save her. She really had no choice at all.

The original plan was to rescue the people first and then plead guilty, but now it has ended up like this, with both people and money lost.

"Stop crying... I just gave birth to a baby not long ago. It's not good for your health to cry like this." Lin Wei didn't know how to comfort her.

Wen Jiayue now has to take care of her career and family, and really has no time to care about Su Tianrui.

You can't stare at such a big person every day.

Lin Wei was angry, but she would not take it out on Wen Jiayue. Even if she got angry, she would have to rescue Su Tianrui first.

"Have you found out who the other party is?"

Now that I don't know the situation, even if it's in the past, I won't be able to bring him back in the end.

Now the other party regards them as their enemies, and no matter how much money they bring, they will be beaten by meat buns.

This is the first time Lin Wei has seen such an unethical thing. There are people who have taken the ransom and asked for it, but if they continue to ask for money after taking the money, that is really provoking.

"When I was following Mr. Su, I heard them calling that man Brother Jin, and some people said he was the gambling king of Macau." Su Tianrui's younger brother said.

Lin Wei sneered coldly: "King of Gamblers? Can a king of gamblers do such a thing?"

Most likely he is self-proclaimed. No matter how bad the gambling kings of future generations are, they will not blatantly extort money.

The gambling king has his own legal casino, so why would he go to a black casino to set up a trap for others?

Will you do business again in the future?

"Call back to Hong Kong City and ask them to find out who this Brother Jin is."

Lin Wei spent a week in the UK to find out the whole story and asked everyone around Su Tianrui.

It looked like Su Tianrui had gone astray on his own, but Lin Wei felt that it was more likely that he was doing it for her.

To continue to extort money after taking the money seems greedy, but it may also mean that the purpose has not been achieved.

The title of the richest man is not entirely a good thing. If you cannot gain a firm foothold, all kinds of ghosts and monsters will jump out to "challenge" this kind of profitable business.

If you can't kidnap her, kidnap the people around her.

It's an era of disorder. If we can't deter the other party this time, I'm afraid this kind of trouble will continue to invade us in the future.

After all, she couldn't make everyone around her invulnerable.

As a human being, we cannot transcend human nature, and we will definitely be driven and tempted by the desires in our hearts.

A week later, Lin Wei took Wen Jiayue back to Hong Kong City.

After returning, she first met Mr. Huo at the Sandao Shizhou Hotel.

Mr. Huo is a partner of gambling king Zhong Wenbo. The two have not a close relationship, but the ship Lin Wei came to Hong Kong on originally belonged to the Huo family, and her grandmother Lin Heying had a relationship with the Huo family.

After listening to Lin Wei's words, Mr. Huo put down his tea cup: "If my guess is correct, this Jin brother should be Wang Jin. He was also our partner originally, but a year ago, Jin withdrew his shares."

At the beginning, Mr. Huo, Zhong Wenbo, Lin Zhiyuan, and Wang Jin formed a company as a partnership, each holding 25% of the shares. At first, Mr. Huo and Lin Zhiyuan were the main contributors. Zhong Wenbo contributed a small part, and Wang Jin contributed completely to the technology. He has been hanging out in casinos all year round. Among the four people, he is the only one who knows how to gamble. He is indeed known as the "King of Gamblers". The other three do not know any gambling skills.

The four people formed a powerful alliance, and under the encirclement and suppression of many forces, they won the casino operating license in Macau in one fell swoop.

"I was rushing to get on the market, and I have never been interested in casino matters. Ayuan is the same as me, so the operation of the casino has always been handled by Azhong and Ajin."

Mr. Huo cherishes his reputation very much and does not want to "gamble" with him. No matter what the relationship is, he was forced to buy shares by his friends at the beginning, so he was not involved in the casino affairs. Lin Zhiyuan was wealthy and busy picking up girls every day, so he had no interest in it.

"Last year, Ah Zhong proposed increasing capital and shares in order to expand operations. Ah Jin..." Mr. Huo paused and said, "Compared to us, Ah Jin doesn't have many assets."

Lin Wei immediately understood what he meant. Meaning: "So he was kicked out."

Zhong Wenbai kicked out his biggest opponent without any hesitation. The other two were left alone, and he would naturally have the final say in the future of the casino.

Although Mr. Huo didn't say anything, Lin Wei guessed that Wang Jin must have objected at that time, but the objection was invalid.

The history of becoming a gambling king is to kick out all the partners one by one.

Mr. Huo acquiesced to Lin Wei's statement and continued: "Ordinarily A Jin should not do such a thing, but he is the only one I can think of now. A Zhong should know more. I will ask later. He looked at Lin Wei and said, "

Don't worry, Miss Lin. I will ask Ah Zhong to help find out. Especially for underground black casinos, the Macau government cannot continue to let it go. The police will take care of it." Macau's reputation has a bad influence. If this continues, who will dare to gamble in Macau in the future?

Macau has been cracking down on underground black casinos. The kidnapping of Ma Zai, the richest man in Hong Kong, is likely to have a bad impact, and they will not sit idly by.

"Excuse me, Mr. Huo," Lin Wei was silent for two seconds and said, "What I'm worried about now is Ari's safety. If the other party kills someone in anger, then all my efforts will be in vain." "

If The possibility that this matter is really related to Jin is actually not high. What he wants is money. The previous unhappiness made him more paranoid. He usually does things without regard for the consequences, but killing is not his style. "

He also didn't expect that Wang Jin would not stop after getting 500 million from Su Tianrui. He was really too greedy.

500 million... It can only be said that Lin Wei is indeed very rich. Forget it before, now when everyone is struggling to protect themselves due to the stock market crash and oil crisis, her men actually have 500 million to squander. Now Lin Wei is really rich. .

This matter quickly made the news, and it was impossible to cover it up.

How much impact will 500 million have on ordinary people?

500 million in the 1970s...

For a time, the streets and alleys of the entire Hong Kong City were covered by this news. Almost everyone knew that Ma Zai, the richest man in Lin's family, had been kidnapped.

"This is not a good thing. More and more people will be targeting you. For money, those desperadoes will do anything." Wu Ming's face was solemn.

Lin Wei lay on the chair and closed her eyes to rest: "So they must pay a heavy price."

"I will go to Macau to handle this matter for you." Wu Ming said.

"No need, I'll go there by myself. Since I want to be a deterrent, it's better for me to go there in person," Lin Wei took a deep breath, "Things may not be that simple." It always felt like someone was behind it.

Wu Ming disagreed: "This is too dangerous."

"Don't worry, I will ask someone to take care of it in advance. I will leave everything to others. I personally will not be in any danger. What really matters is whether I can Rescue Ari and let these people take action. "

Macau will not let anything happen to her. She is famous now, and this has a huge impact.

The phone rang.

Wu Ming picked up the phone. After a while, he handed the phone to Lin Wei: "It's Song Ye."

Lin Wei took it.

"I'll go with you." The person on the phone said.