Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 1007 0992 [Billion-Dollar War]

December 1976, 5.

For many Hong Kong people, today is neither an auspicious day nor a holiday. It is just an ordinary day. They go to work, wait to get off work, listen to the boss yelling, endure all kinds of mental torture and physical labor for three meals a day and to support their families.

But at this time, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Central was no longer as quiet as before. It was crowded with people. Dozens of ceiling fans were whirring above the hall. Even if they were all running at full capacity, it still made people feel hot and uncomfortable.

Look at those stock brokers. Even though it is extremely hot, they are all dressed in suits and ties, and are very dedicated to their work. They will only take out their handkerchiefs and wipe the sweat from their foreheads when they can't help it.

In front of them, there were two long rows of hundreds of telephones, and a dozen stockbrokers were talking loudly on the phones.

Because of the stuffiness and the noise around, they were talking on the phone so loudly that you could hear what they were saying even when you stood at the door. It made you feel like this was not a stock market but a vegetable market.

In fact, it is not that these stock brokers are impolite and do not know how to be polite and solemn, but that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has established rules since its establishment, strictly prohibiting stock brokers from whispering when conducting transactions or quoting, especially not whispering to each other.

This kind of practice, which is most common among traditional Chinese businessmen, cannot occur in exchanges at all.

To put it bluntly, the stock exchange was founded by foreigners, and they don't trust the Chinese, so they stipulate that their conversations must be loud so that most of their peers can hear them, to prevent collusion and cheating among stock brokers.

Meng Qingsong is the brokerage manager of a local stock firm. His ancestral home is Weihai, Shandong. He is tall and strong, which is in stark contrast to his delicate heart and work attitude.

He is thirty-five years old this year, a man who is mature, stable, ambitious and in a period of rising business.

Not only is Meng Qingsong himself excellent, but the team he leads is also excellent. He is especially appreciated by his foreign superiors. He knows many wealthy bosses in Hong Kong, including his most recent "noble man" Li Zhaoheng.

Everyone knows that the Li family is very wealthy in Hong Kong. It is said that there was once a small agent who became famous after getting close to the Li family. Not only did his performance soar, but he also made a lot of money and bought a house in the best location in Sham Shui Po.

Therefore, there is a saying among these brokers: "If you want to make money, find Lijia!"

Meng Qingsong had longed for Li Jia, but he just had no chance to meet him. To be precise, although he was a stock manager, he was not qualified to meet with a big boss like Li Jia. Those who could do business with Li Jia and trade stocks on behalf of Li Jia were all top players here, to be precise, those who had studied abroad and were British or Chinese.

It is a pity that although Meng Qingsong is very outstanding, he is a Chinese and is considered a third-class person in Hong Kong, even worse than his Indian counterpart. Therefore, big families like the Li family would never have any contact with him and ask him to help speculate in stocks.

But Meng Qingsong did not expect that this phenomenon would be broken a week ago.

That day, Smith, the foreign boss, said he wanted to introduce him to an important person. Looking at the foreigner's expression and attitude, he seemed very cautious, and there was even a hint of jealousy in his eyes.

Meng Qingsong guessed who that person was?
It was only after they met at Victoria Café that Meng Qingsong was shocked to find that the other party was the second young master of the Li family - Li Zhaoheng!
Li Zhaoheng can be regarded as one of the most influential figures in Hong Kong, especially in recent years, his reputation has spread throughout Hong Kong thanks to several big business successes.

Meng Qingsong didn't know why a great man like Li Zhaoheng wanted to find him. He guessed that it might be related to stock speculation. After all, this was his major and what he was good at.

During the banquet, Li Zhaoheng did not reveal his intention immediately, but just praised Meng Qingsong a few words, praising his superb skills and profound skills in stocks, and said that several plans he had made before were all very good.

Although Meng Qingsong knew that these were just polite words, he still felt very touched. He felt that the second young master of the Li family was not only talented, but also approachable, modest and prudent.

Suddenly, Meng Qingsong developed a great liking for Li Zhaoheng.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Li Zhaoheng then turned the topic to stock trading and asked Meng Qingsong a series of technical questions about stocks.

Meng Qingsong answered questions fluently, treating every question with caution and answering seriously.

Meng Qingsong's attitude also won Li Zhaoheng's favor, and he nodded in approval.

After this tacit "assessment" was over, Li Zhaoheng explained his purpose. He wanted to hire, or to be more precise, recruit Meng Qingsong to work for him. He planned to do something big in the near future and needed a capable and clean person. Meng Qingsong seemed to be a good person.

Meng Qingsong had no idea why Li Zhaoheng approached him, but his foreign boss Smith knew. In order to find the right candidate, Li Zhaoheng had actually sent people to investigate and observe the stock brokerage firm for a long time before finally selecting three people. Meng Qingsong was the best and most critical one among the three.

Smith was very jealous of this, or rather, he was very jealous of Meng Qingsong. After all, being valued by someone like Li Zhaoheng, it was not impossible for him to soar to great heights in the future, and his future was even limitless.

However, the white guy Smith also knows his own advantages. Apart from his British nationality, white skin and green eyes, he is inferior to Meng Qingsong in other aspects.

Meng Qingsong represents the countless talented Chinese stockbrokers in Hong Kong. These people are smart, hardworking, and willing to work hard. It is only because of their skin problems that they are treated as subordinates and ordered around by these foreigners.

Now Li Zhaoheng selects talents, not nationality, and certainly not skin color, so Meng Qingsong can stand out.

Meng Qingsong never thought that he would get lucky today and be noticed by a big shot like Li Zhaoheng. When Li Zhaoheng personally recruited him, Meng Qingsong was so excited that he almost agreed.

However, as a stockbroker, Meng Qingsong's cautious attitude in his work made him think twice, so he asked Li Zhaoheng what exactly he was recruited to do.
Li Zhaoheng did not hide it. He took a sip of coffee and replied with a smile: "Acquire Hengchuang Real Estate!"

Just this one sentence frightened Meng Qingsong to death.

Why?

Everyone knows what kind of company Hengchuang Real Estate is.

You will also know who is the big boss behind this company!
Du Yongxiao!
Hong Kong’s first Chinese Police Commissioner!

President of Hong Kong Du Group!

It is said that his personal wealth is as high as billions, and he is also among the top five in the Hong Kong rich list!
The most important thing is that this person is still very young!
Youth is capital.

Not afraid of losing!

What's more, there are so many legends about Du Yongxiao in the Hong Kong underworld and business that Meng Qingsong can't help but listen even if he doesn't want to.

What is the street cleaning tiger?

What a bloody butcher!
Du Yongxiao is given a green-faced, fang-toothed, murderous image. Meng Qingsong is in the stock business.

I am most afraid of going against a strong man like Du Yongxiao. If I win, it will be fine, but if I lose, I will probably be skinned alive even if I don't die.

Meng Qingsong is not willing to bury himself because of a mere acquisition operation.

After learning that his future opponent was the Du Group and Du Yongxiao, Meng Qingsong did not directly agree to Li Zhaoheng. Instead, he used drinking coffee to cover up his inner thoughts. He just changed the subject and said that this coffee was a bit bitter and not as good as the one on Nathan Road. Not only did it taste authentic, it was also freshly ground by hand.

Li Zhaoheng is a very capable person. Seeing this, he would know what Meng Qingsong meant.

For people like Meng Qingsong, in addition to showing attitude and sincerity, the most important thing is to get benefits that are within reach and can be seen and touched.

So, Li Zhaoheng directly took out a house deed located in the luxury residential area of ​​Sham Shui Po and handed it to Meng Qingsong, saying that he would be a neighbor of that powerful colleague, and that his house was even twice as expensive as that of his colleague.

When Meng Qingsong saw the house deed, his eyelids twitched and a feeling of greed rose in his heart.

Seeing Li Zhaoheng's generosity, the foreign god Smith became extremely jealous and wished he could get the house deed on behalf of Meng Qingsong.

Meng Qingsong's mind was working rapidly.

His colleague who lived in Sham Shui Po was the object of jealousy for most of them. They talked about this a lot on weekdays and were all extremely envious.

Meng Qingsong and his family of six still live near the Kowloon Walled City. Although the Kowloon Walled City is being demolished and rebuilt after being captured by Du Yongxiao, Hong Kong people still regard it as a "slum" area.

Meng Qingsong worked hard and saved money with the goal of moving out of his home. Then, when he met people outside and they asked him where he lived, he could tell them loudly that he lived in such-and-such high-end community and that there were some wealthy people and celebrities living nearby, instead of telling others that he lived near Kowloon Walled City where people liked to eat dog meat hotpot, as he did before.

Seeing Meng Qingsong's excitement, Li Zhaoheng knew the outcome was decided. He pushed the title deed over and said, "If you complete the mission successfully, this is yours! Take a chance and become a third-generation rich man. This will be enough for your son to live in a big villa instead of Kowloon Walled City!"

Meng Qingsong's heart was pounding as he looked at Li Zhaoheng. For the first time, he found this man to be truly terrifying as he could understand people so well.

However, what Meng Qingsong cared more about at the moment was the house!
The benefits are within his reach, and he will never let them go.

He took the deed and said, "Mr. Li, I do!"

"That's right! Du Yongxiao isn't really a big tiger, so what's there to be afraid of?"

At that moment, Li Zhaoheng was full of confidence, while Meng Qingsong was full of ambition.
Bet!

……

Back to the present——
Several of Meng Qingsong's men were among the people making phone calls at this time, holding the phone and using a quick tone to buy Hengchuang's shares -
"Buy! Buy all! We will buy as much as the other party sells!"

"Yes, we must take over Hengchuang's shares no matter what!"

Smith, a foreigner who came to the stock exchange specially today, put down his tea with a grim look on his face, because he saw with his own eyes that Hengchuang's stock price was still soaring. Previously, Hengchuang Real Estate was hit by a scandal and its stock price plummeted. That was also when Li Zhaoheng began to maliciously acquire Hengchuang.

As Li Zhaoheng's close friend, Ghost Smith once vowed to Li Zhaoheng that he would take over Hengchuang at the lowest cost, but now -
At this moment, a stock price reporter picked up a piece of chalk and strode to the blackboard to write down the stock value of Hengchuang.

The market opened today with a three percent increase, which is not a good sign for Smith.

Smith had been sitting in the exchange hall for nearly two hours this morning. At this time, there were dozens of buy orders for Hengchuang Real Estate's stocks on the blackboard in the trading hall, totaling more than 4,000 lots. However, there were very few sell orders so far, and the occasional sell order was immediately absorbed by the huge buy order base. According to this trend, when the exchange closes in the afternoon, Hengchuang's stock price could be easily raised to more than three yuan per share by buy orders.

As the bills piled up, Smith became more and more distressed. Although Li Zhaoheng was taking hostile takeover action, it was not willing to spend so much money.

Smith glanced at stock manager Meng Qingsong, who was yelling at his men.

Meng Qingsong took out a handkerchief from time to time to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

A few days ago, everyone thought that Hengchuang Real Estate was going to go bankrupt, and many investors frantically sold their stocks. Meng Qingsong could easily buy these shares at the lowest price and pave the way for Lizhaoheng to acquire Hengchuang.

But who would have thought that things would become so abnormal starting from the day before yesterday, Hengchuang actually took out a huge amount of funds to buy back its own stocks, directly pushing up Hengchuang Real Estate, which was about to hit the bottom.

Meng Qingsong is in a dilemma at this moment. He has already swallowed up so many Hengchuang shares and has two choices.

First, by selling the stocks in hand and earning a high price difference, Li Zhaoheng can earn at least tens of millions!
As a stock broker, this is the best choice. You should know when to quit and know how to stop losses and take profits. This is the only way to succeed as a broker.

Second, he would continue to increase his efforts to compete with Hengchuang for the stocks sold on the market. This would probably cost him the money he had earned, and he would also have to use up the reserve funds that Li Zhaoheng had prepared for him.

The advantage of doing this is that it can eventually swallow up Hengchuang by relying on the number of shares. The disadvantage is that the cost is too high. Is it worth it?

Under normal circumstances, Meng Qingsong would definitely choose the first method, stop profit in time, and take advantage of the market chaos to stop fighting.

But he knew that Li Zhaoheng's acquisition of Hengchuang had another purpose, which was to target the big backer behind Hengchuang Real Estate - the Du Group.

Therefore, he now has only one option, which is to continue to frantically acquire Hengchuang shares, no matter how high the price is!

This is Li Zhaoheng's order!

What's more, Li Zhaoheng told him that 10 billion had been raised for him!
One billion in hand,
Meng Qingsong doesn't need any techniques or skills at all, he can defeat Hengchuang and Du Yongxiao!

In the face of absolute strength, the stock market is your own fish pond, you can do whatever you want with it!
In addition, Meng Qingsong speculated that the reason why Hengchuang's stock price rose sharply was that Hengchuang was releasing smoke bombs. It was at the end of its strength and had run out of its last funds.

But they have the support of bigwigs such as Li Jiacheng of Cheung Kong Holdings, Li Zhaoji of Henderson Land Development, and Qiu Defu of Far East Bank. The strength of the company is obvious at a glance!
"Yes! I will definitely win this round! Everyone is afraid of Du Yongxiao, but I want to defeat him!" Meng Qingsong clenched his fists and vowed.

(End of this chapter)