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Chapter 419 417 [Crisis Erupts]

Zhang Yan didn't sleep at all the whole night. Li Wendi fell asleep at around four in the morning and woke up at around seven.

After breakfast, Zhang's father appeared at the door of the villa as expected, his clothes a little messy.

The father and son were very excited when they saw each other. After talking for a few words, Zhang's father went to take a shower and rest.

"I want to call the police and have those guys wanted throughout Hong Kong." Zhang Yan said fiercely, "I don't believe that both the black and white forces can't find those guys. I want them to know that I, Zhang Yan, am not someone to be trifled with."

Li Wendi walked up to Zhang Yan, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "If you push the kidnappers too far, what will you do if they get desperate and come after you again? Do you want to try it with Uncle Zhang's life?"

In this life, Li Wendi experienced what Li Jiacheng felt in his previous life, and understood why Li Jiacheng did not pursue the kidnappers and killed them all.

You are in the light and the kidnappers are in the dark. If those guys come looking for you with bombs tied to their bodies, it will be difficult to avoid them unless you can really kill them all.

"I really can't swallow this. Those underground rats are so hateful." Zhang Yan clenched his fists.

Li Wendi sighed and said, "First, find someone to find out the details of that group of people, and find out their ancestors for eighteen generations. Then, find mercenaries through secret channels to deal with those people. We must cut the grass and eradicate it completely."

Listening to this plan, Zhang Yan forced a smile and said, "Okay! I'll go find someone later."

"Don't use the channels you have at hand to look for people. We cannot rule out the possibility that the crime was committed by an acquaintance. The person you are looking for must be tight-lipped and reliable. Choose slowly and don't be in a hurry." Li Wendi reminded again.

After discussing with Zhang Yan, Li Wendi left the Zhang family villa and went to Huang Lixin's villa to catch up on some sleep.

Huang Lixin just finished taking a shower and sat on the bed in the bedroom and asked, "Is Uncle Zhang okay?"

"I was a little frightened." Li Wendi tied the belt of his nightgown tightly and said in a deep voice, "You should keep a close eye on Xiaowan recently. Xiaowan often likes to get rid of bodyguards. This is a very bad habit."

Huang Lixin nodded with a slightly pale face. She was also afraid of the kidnappers, not because she cared about the money, but because she would be scared to death. "I know, I will talk to Xiaowan."

"Also, don't spread the news that Uncle Zhang was kidnapped. Many people are paying attention to Wang Dehui's affairs now, so no one should pay attention to Uncle Zhang's affairs." Li Wendi didn't want the kidnappers to turn back.

Acquiring Hampton Inn is a long process. Even if the four tycoons have already discussed it, it is difficult to launch an attack on Hampton Inn all at once. They must first gain some capital to have a better chance of success.

The four tycoons formed a new company, stuffed the capable staff of their respective companies into the new company, and began to slowly and secretly purchase the shares of the Hong Kong Land Company, study the shortcomings of the Hong Kong Land Company, and when to launch a takeover case that would be beneficial to the company.
Li Wendi has injected the 11% of Hutchison Whampoa shares secretly purchased by Wharf Holdings into the new company, offsetting a large amount of funds. The new company now has 18 billion yuan in cash in its account.

If there is any sign of trouble, the tycoons will continue to inject capital into it and immediately borrow money from banks.

After the summer of 83, a bloody incident sentenced the already shaky Jianing Group to death.

Before the incident, Chen Songqing asked Yu Min Bank for a loan of 400 million US dollars, but was opposed by the bank's top management. Therefore, Chen Songqing's assistant He Guiquan strangled Ibarashi, the general manager of Hong Kong Yu Min Bank, at the Regent Hotel and threw the body into a banana grove in the New Territories.

After finding Ibarahi's body, the police searched Ibarahi's office and found Ibarahi's diary with the help of the deceased's assistant, which made the police understand Chen Songqing's source of funds and his so-called background. However, the police had no evidence and could not immediately arrest Chen Songqing or search the headquarters of Jianing Group, so they suppressed the matter.

After Li Wendi learned the news, he sneered, "This time, Chen Songqing can't escape. He is dead."

"Not only Chen Songqing, but also many senior bank executives are involved. The police are just keeping it a secret and want to take advantage of this period of time to collect evidence." Zhang Wentao said.

"The police will probably come looking for us as well, but we will probably be left last. After all, our connection with the Carrian Group is only in the old wing project of the Miramar Hotel." Li Wendi said calmly. Of course he was not afraid, as his cooperation with Chen Songqing was aboveboard.

"Then do we need to stop the project in Tsim Sha Tsui?" asked Zhang Wentao.

"Why do we need to stop?" Li Wendi glanced at Zhang Wentao, "Just start the work as normal. This matter itself has nothing to do with us. There's no need to feel guilty about it."

"Yes!" Zhang Wentao said again, "Jianing Group is about to go bankrupt. They have a lot of good things in their hands. Should we take the lead?"

"It's true that Jianing Group has good stuff, but if you ask for it now, won't you be asking for trouble? Do you think the police force is useless?" Li Wendi said unhappily, "Just wait, these things will be even cheaper at the bankruptcy auction."

A few days later, news came from the charter king that it had won the bid for the Tuen Mun Gold Coast project, only 2000 million yuan more than the second-place Shangri-La Hotel.

Li Wendi was somewhat happy about this news. After all, this was a project with relatively high profits, but it would take a long time.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is September, after a typhoon hit Hong Kong.

The announcement by Great Eagle Properties that its three listed companies suffered losses of nearly HK$83 billion in the first half of 3 caused an uproar in the market and aggravated the current crisis.

Saturday, May 9

On this day, the Hong Kong dollar crisis broke out, and a large number of citizens flocked to banks or financial companies, wanting to exchange their Hong Kong dollars into some more powerful currencies such as US dollars, British pounds, Canadian dollars, etc., among which the most popular currency is the US dollar.

The exchange rate between the US dollar and the Hong Kong dollar once became 1 to 9.6, and there was still no demand for it.

Li Wendi had already converted all the US dollars of his company into Hong Kong dollars when the exchange rate was 8.8, earning nearly 70% profit.

At the same time, Li Wendi ordered his companies to purchase a large number of properties in Hong Kong. He himself held a press conference and publicly expressed his optimism about the future of Hong Kong and hoped that citizens would not panic.

However, all this was in vain. The citizens had already determined that the Hong Kong dollar would become toilet paper and rushed to exchange it for foreign currency. Some even offered an exchange rate of 1 US dollar to 11 Hong Kong dollars.

However, most of the lower-class people in Hong Kong did not exchange foreign currency, but instead began to buy daily necessities such as mineral water, rice, and peanut oil in major supermarkets and department stores.

Fortunately, Li Wendi had made preparations in advance, but he could not stop so many citizens from rushing to buy. However, he could not introduce purchase restrictions, otherwise it would cause greater panic.

(End of this chapter)