Island Tycoon

Chapter 561 Another stock market shock

Just when Ye Jingcheng took time out to stay on the crew of "Fight Back to School" to guide Wang Jing and Zhou Xingchi in the correct shooting, a huge news broke out.

The Jardine Group, one of the four major foreign firms, suddenly received news from a high-level insider that some leaders suggested changing the registered location of Jardine Holdings from Hong Kong Island to Bermuda.

At this time, the "Sino-British handover" negotiations on the future of Hong Kong Island are underway. This move by the Jardine Matheson Group is undoubtedly a lack of confidence in the issue of the [-] handover.

This incident was announced on Wednesday, and affected by this incident, the China Securities Regulatory Commission immediately announced that the market would be closed in the afternoon.Under the premise that the situation of many things is not clear enough, this move will undoubtedly intensify the reaction of the masses.

Especially those who hold shares of Jardine Group in their hands, facing the possibility of a sharp drop in Jardine Group's stock price, but they have no way to sell the stocks in their hands, and feel anxious like ants on a hot pot for a while.

In just one and a half years, the residents of Hong Kong Island have experienced the three major traumas of the property market, [-], and the stock market. If they are given such a heavy blow, many people will be forced to jump off buildings if they don't want to.

That night, the Hong Kong stock market in London fell sharply, and many of them even hit the limit for a while. The stock prices of Jardine Matheson Group and Hongkong Land fell by about [-]%.

The next day, the Hang Seng Index closed at 1057.09 points, a sharp drop of 61.76 points, or 5.8%, falling below the lowest level in five years.

Originally, because of Li Jiacheng's joint stock market action, many stockholders were in dire straits. Under the impact of the Jardine Group this time, most of the stockholders were on the verge of collapse.

Coupled with some unconfirmed rumors, some experts and industry insiders believe that the Hong Kong dollar will become more "watery" in the future, and may even fall to 1 yuan per US dollar.

It is conceivable that a large number of stockholders rushed into various securities companies after the market opened, demanding that the staff members sell their stocks, what a chaotic scene it was.

Ye Jingcheng naturally knew about this, he was only involved in the filming of "Play Back To School", it doesn't mean cutting off contact with the outside world.In addition to the convenience brought by the mobile phone, he already knew the ins and outs of the whole thing before the news spread through the media.

But for him, this matter is none of his business, he has no need to intervene or intervene, only a little more speculation in his mind.

He suspected that this incident was related to Li Jiacheng's stock market actions, or that it was a well-planned premeditation, and Jardine Group participated in the promotion of the whole incident from the very beginning.

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Because of this incident, a new round of unemployment broke out on Hong Kong Island.

In the early days, a company's employee positions were at most a few or a dozen job seekers competing.

But now, it is an ordinary office position, and dozens of people rush to grab it.Some companies with better benefits and advantages are facing the gathering of hundreds of job seekers.

Many unemployed people don't do anything every day, and they specialize in hunting around some intermediary companies, so that they can go for interviews as soon as there is any job advertisement.

But opportunities can only be grasped by a small number of people, and those who do not grasp the opportunities can only pass them by day after day. Wang Xiaochuan and Kang Jianren are among them.

The two met during a conversation with Ye Jingcheng, and now they have become good friends with each other in reality.The occupations of the two before unemployment were urban white-collar workers and street performers.

Wang Xiaochuan is no longer an urban white-collar worker because of the company's bankruptcy.As for Kang Jianren, he did not perform his Eagle Catch Kung Fu on the street again, because no matter how good he performed, no one would watch it.

In other words, there are people who watch it, but these people just watch it without paying, which will have a great impact on his living expenses, so he can only plan to find a job steadily.

"Xiao Chuan, you're back." Due to the need to cut down on food and clothing, the living environment of the two has changed from the original neighbors to the current bunk beds.

"Yeah, I didn't apply for the job again today." Wang Xiaochuan buttoned up his tie to breathe a sigh of relief.

Kang Jianren also shook his head, and sighed: "At least you still have a chance to go for an interview. I can't even get an interview opportunity. Those job seekers are more cruel than each other, and there are more applicants than those who go to the vegetable market to sell vegetables, but There are only one or two positions open."

"It's hard to find a job recently." Wang Xiaochuan absolutely empathized.

You must know that as a former urban white-collar worker, he has greater advantages than ordinary people.Even so, he couldn't find a job, and the difficulty of finding a job can be imagined.

When Wang Xiaochuan glanced at Kang Jianren's eagle grip, he couldn't help but have an idea in his heart, and said clearly: "Aren, have you ever thought about applying for an artist exam?"

"Applying for an artist?" Kang Jianren touched Wang Xiaochuan's forehead, checked the temperature of his own forehead, and said in a tone that you didn't have a fever: "Now you want to play tricks, no one wants you, and you even say you're applying for an artist."

"Can't apply for an artist? It must be impossible under normal circumstances." Wang Xiaochuan rubbed his chin, lingering on this thought.

Next, he rolled his eyes, first corrected his sitting posture, and planned to give the other party an ideological education.Said: "No, you have to think so."

What he meant was, don't you, Kang Jianren, know how to catch kung fu?If you can't apply for an artist, you can become a dragon and tiger martial artist.The job pays well, but the competition is low at the moment.

The most important point is that you can cover him by the way.

After a round of persuasion, Kang Jianren was moved.Thinking about it carefully, this is indeed a way out. It is better than him blindly looking for a job, and he has absolute confidence in the conditions for becoming a dragon and tiger martial artist.

The two toasted with water instead of wine, Wang Xiaochuan patted Kang Jianren on the shoulder, and said with a friendly attitude: "That's right, I'll treat you to a movie tonight."

"That's great. I heard that several blockbuster movies have been released recently. I've been wanting to see them all the time, but I don't have time." Kang Jianren agreed.

"I heard that apart from Qing Deng Entertainment's "The Lame", Golden Harvest's "The Brave Double Cannon" and Princess Jin's "Brothers and Brothers", the audience's response is good. Which one should we watch?" Wang Xiaochuan asked.

Kang Jianren thought about it for a while, and confirmed: "Let's just watch "The Lame Man". Tomorrow, we will go to Qingdeng Entertainment to apply for a job. There will be a topic then, right?"

"You're right." Wang Xiaochuan raised his thumb.

Originally, he planned to save as much money as he could, or simply go to Shaw's theater to watch it.Thinking back, why didn't I take this into consideration? If I went for an interview and didn't even watch the other party's movie, would I still have the face to continue making up topics?

(End of this chapter)