When Ding Le arrived in Hong Kong, he still stayed at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, and his idol Leslie Cheung was also one of the regular customers here before his death.

On the evening of April 1, 2003, my brother jumped off the fitness room on the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, forever fixing his life at the age of 47.

In his previous life, Ding Le thought that if he had the opportunity to go to Hong Kong, he must recall the idol back then, and now staying at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel is also a dream come true for him, and his brother likes to come here for afternoon tea.

In terms of time difference, he arrived in Hong Kong a day earlier than Xia Xiao, and after checking in to the hotel, he went to the Black Panther Fund. He spent half a day in the office dealing with some backlog of documents.

Although Ding Le receives investment analysis reports from Hong Kong every day, and Gao Renqiang also contacts him from time to time to report on his work, according to the internal compliance management requirements, some important circulation documents still need to be signed by him.

Just as he finished processing the papers, Gao Renqiang pinched the point, knocked on the door and walked into his office.

"Brother Le, our portfolio has fluctuated greatly in the past two days, and several stocks have suffered losses, I think we should stop losses in time?" Gao Renqiang said in Mandarin full of Hong Kong flavor.

"Loss?" Ding Le was stunned, he gave a list of short sellers, mainly focused on the financial industry, he only judged from the general trend, and was not too impressed by the specific stock price. According to his understanding, the financial industry was the first to bear the brunt of the subprime mortgage crisis, so Gao Renqiang's report surprised him.

"Yes, the stock prices of Bank of America, Barlake, Citigroup, and Goldman Sachs have been rebounding after a single needle bottom!"

Ding Le listened, skillfully clicked on the stock trading software, called up the recent K-line chart of these stocks, since it is a single-needle bottoming trend, the short-term stock price will definitely not go down, it seems that the first quarter of the financial report has brought a lot of confidence to Wall Street investors.

"You stop the loss first, the other positions are also cleared, and in the end, only Lehman Brothers' positions are left, and I will add some additional funds to come in, and you will concentrate all the transactions on Lehman Brothers!"

Gao Renqiang was a little hesitant about Ding Le's decision, it was too risky to short a stock with a full position, but thinking of the previous successful case of Black Panther shorting Bear Stearns with ten times leverage, he had to persuade himself to believe in the boss.

In his eyes, the boss from the mainland is mysterious and unpredictable, and his judgment of the stock market, especially the market trend of Wall Street, is extremely accurate.

Gao Renqiang asked himself how hard he was doing his homework, he studied K-line charts, analyzed reports, and found data every day, from macro analysis to micro analysis, but he was never as sure as Ding Le in judging the stock market.

At the beginning of the subprime mortgage crisis, Lehman Company decisively sold all the subordinated debts with a "strong man's broken wrist", and the crisis could not have spread to Lehman.

But the crazy rise in housing prices has made everyone lose their minds, and Lehman's fund holds more than $30 billion in commercial real estate and residential properties.

In the first financial quarter, Lehman sold one-fifth of its leveraged loans, and at the same time used the company's assets as collateral to borrow a large amount of cash to trade for customers, hoping to get out of trouble, but due to the sharp drop in housing prices, these efforts not only did not work, but instead carried a heavier burden, the company's stock price began to fall again after a brief shock.

Ding Le quickly went through all the information about Lehman Brothers at hand, and after analyzing it, he decided to give it a go.

Previously, he had a large amount of unused funds for dividends, in order to be able to come in handy at a critical time.

This time, the position of Black Panther short Lehman Brothers has begun to make a profit, offsetting the losses of other stocks, and with additional funds from Ding Le, the Black Panther Fund is expected to hold a position of $800 million.

"It's still according to the previous method, borrowing and borrowing to buy, buy as much as you can every day!" The key point is calm, Ding Le explained in an orderly manner, not caring about the billion-dollar transaction.

"Do you have anything else?" Gao Renqiang's expression was a little hesitant, and he looked like he wanted to stop talking, Ding Le saw it in his eyes, and he put down the work in his hand and asked.

"There are some doubts within the company, and everyone doesn't seem to agree with Brother Le's trading strategy!" Gao Renqiang gritted his teeth and said.

Since he was appointed by Ding Le as the director of operations, fully responsible for the daily management of the Black Panther Fund, some analysts under him have not taken him seriously, and in his daily work, there are many verbal collisions, and there are several public disputes that make him very unable to get off the stage.

He was born as a private equity trader, and naturally he was insignificant in the eyes of these Wall Street returning elites.

After listening to Gao Renqiang's narration, Ding Le's expression was solemn: "You give me your name and call everyone to the conference room for a meeting!"

In the conference room, Ding Le sat on his side in the middle, and he looked out the window at the dotted ships in Victoria Harbor, his face grim.

Everyone was still giggling when they walked into the meeting, but after seeing the big boss's serious face, the conference room suddenly became deserted.

At the meeting, Ding Le supported Gao Renqiang with practical actions and directly fired the two analysts.

"As I said before, Cuong is the director and is in charge of the overall management of the Black Panther Fund, but some of you have not listened to me, and I hope there will be no similar situation in the future!"

"In addition, after shorting Lehman this time, I will give an additional 10% of the income to the whole team, and it will be up to Ah Qiang to decide how to distribute it at that time, I hope everyone will work together to make a fortune together!"

After Ding Le's iron-fisted measures, he threw out the cake, a typical carrot and stick policy.

"You can do things with peace of mind, I believe you!" Before leaving, Ding Le patted Gao Renqiang on the shoulder and said.

Ding Le knew that Xia Xiao's plane would not land until at least 3 p.m., but he still decided to wait at the airport in advance, watching the planes rise and fall in the sky, his heart was full of anticipation of happiness when they met.

Not far from the exit, Ding Le saw a celebrity support group, and a large group of fans gathered around the exit, as if waiting for someone. He paid attention to the announcement of the arrival and departure of flights on the radio, and waited patiently at the exit.

As soon as the group left, Xia Xiao's figure appeared behind Ding Le, she was wearing a white short-sleeved suit, a royal blue V-neck shirt, crisp white trousers, black and white high-heeled sandals, and a suitcase in her hand, coming towards Ding Le.

Ding Le seemed to feel something, and as soon as he turned around, he saw the long-awaited beauty.

The two stared at each other like this, all the noise around them was ignored, and time seemed to stand still in this moment.

Both of them have a lot to say in their hearts, but when the words come to their mouths, they don't know where to start......

At night, Hong Kong is filled with bright lights and a bustling urban atmosphere, as well as white clouds, hills and a humid sea breeze.

Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost tip of the Kowloon Peninsula, is the best place to enjoy Hong Kong's night view. The second is the Victoria Peak, which is the highest peak on Hong Kong Island at 554 meters above sea level, and you can overlook the entire Hong Kong night when you stand here.

The best way to climb Victoria Mountain is to take the cable car. After afternoon tea, Ding Le and Xia Xiao came out of the hotel and, like other tourists, took the century-old mountaintop cable car up the mountain.

The cable car track goes up the steep slope to the top of the mountain, and you sit on the cable car, watching the sunset in the distance, listening to the clatter of the cable car and the sound of the trees in the mountains and forests being blown by the wind.

At the top of the mountain, the sky is getting dark, the two of them hold hands, stroll back to the trail, the breeze Buddha face, look into the distance, the lights are on, the whole city looks particularly bright at night, the colorful lights dye the night of Hong Kong Island golden and red.

"It's so beautiful!" Xia Xiao looked at the scenery in front of him and muttered to himself.

Ding Le looked at Xia Xiao's intoxicated appearance, this situation, he couldn't help but think of Bian Zhilin's "Broken Chapter" in his mind: "You stand on the bridge and look at the scenery, and the people watching the scenery are watching you upstairs." The bright moon decorates your windows, and you decorate other people's dreams. ”

Hong Kong TV has produced a TV series "Under the Lion Rock", this drama tells the story of Hong Kong ordinary citizens in adversity and self-improvement, which began to be broadcast in 1973 and spanned 21 years.

The theme song of the same name "Under the Lion Rock" sung by Luo Wen in the play is even more familiar to thousands of households on Hong Kong Island, and the song sings the spirit of struggle and adversity of the grassroots class in Hong Kong.

The two shared the bits and pieces that happened to each other after they separated, and after experiencing the shyness of meeting when they first met, Xia Xiao was more talkative at this time, and the one-year study abroad experience made her more confident and calm.

Walking slowly along the trail at the top of the mountain, looking into the distance, the lights of thousands of homes flickered on and off, like the breath of this city.

Ding Le hugged Xia Xiao's waist tightly with both hands, and Xia Xiao also pressed against his chest, at this moment, silence is better than sound......