1000 [Uncrowned King].
As a person who has come over, Song Zhichao clearly knows that the flashpoint that will trigger the Asian financial crisis in the future --- is Thailand's foreign exchange mechanism.
In fact, until the end of the 80s of the 20th century, Thailand has been implementing a relatively strict foreign exchange management system. In the 90s, the Thai government felt that Hong Kong was about to return to China in 97 years, and the discouragement of the people on the island was an opportunity, and decided to compete with Hong Kong to replace Hong Kong's status as a financial harbor, and to build Thailand into a financial center in Southeast Asia and even the whole of Asia. To this end, policies have been put in place to allow the free flow of funds from foreign financial institutions in and out of Thailand without the need for central bank supervision.
As a result of this policy, a large number of overseas funds, mainly in US dollars, flocked into Thailand and lent a large number of Thai enterprises and individuals with low interest rates as bait. Foreigners are even allowed to borrow baht freely.
From 1990 to 1996, Thailand slowly opened its capital account until it was finally fully opened. By 1996, foreign capital could come in and buy stocks at will, buy real estate at will, and even more frighteningly, foreign capital could withdraw from real estate and the stock market at will.
In just two years, Thailand's economy has completely bubbled, land prices have been rising, stocks have reached new highs, and ordinary people have borrowed money to buy cars and houses.
It was at this time that Soros, the international financial predator, aimed at Thailand and used all means to start sniping at the Thai baht. He first pledged U.S. Treasury bonds and exchanged them for Thai baht from Thai banks, and then sold Thai baht internationally, shorting the Thai baht and devaluing the Thai baht.
At this time, Soros can buy a lot of Thai baht for a small amount of US dollars to repay it to the Bank of Thailand, and under such positive opposition, the depreciation of the Thai baht is getting stronger and stronger, and Soros takes the opportunity to earn a lot of US dollars.
Of course, Song Zhichao could not tell Yan Tong so clearly about the financial crisis, but only told Yan Tong that there are loopholes in Thailand's finance, and this crisis is likely to erupt, and explained in detail the false prosperity of the Thai economy and the shortcomings of the Thai foreign exchange market.
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Song Zhichao finished speaking---
Yan Tong is in business, and he is also in the gold jewelry business, and his brain is also turning fast, and he immediately asked Song Zhichao a question: "When the financial crisis broke out in Thailand, is gold going to appreciate?"
The meaning is very simple, Yan Tong guessed that Song Zhichao wanted to hoard gold and make a lot of money after the crisis broke out in Thailand, after all, gold is a hard currency and can maintain its value.
In fact, many people think the same thing as Yan Tong--- as long as the financial crisis breaks out, the price of gold will definitely rise.
To Yan Tong's surprise, Song Zhichao replied: "No, on the contrary--- after the outbreak of the Thai financial crisis, the international gold price will depreciate!"
Immediately, Yan Tong almost bit his tongue: "Is there a mistake?
Song Zhichao smiled: "When the global financial crisis breaks out, gold will appreciate; like this kind of regional, whether it is the Americans, the British, or the French, everyone uses money to snipe at the Thai baht, and if they want to make a big profit in Asia, who will spend money to buy gold? Of course, gold will fall!"
"In addition, when the people in Thailand see the outbreak of the financial crisis in the country, what will they do at the first time? The cars they buy and the houses they buy are all loans, and when they see the banks asking for money, of course, they are selling off the gold they have to pay off their debts. As a result, the price of gold has fallen even more. ”
Yan Tong: "......"
I feel like I don't have enough brains.
"You are talking so much about gold going down--- but why do you have to spend money to hoard it? I spent three billion yuan, and you want to drag me into the sea, do you think I'm stupid?" Yan Tong pointed to his nose, feeling that Song Zhichao looked down on himself too much, and regarded himself as a person with IQ arrears.
Song Zhichao smiled, feeling that it was too tiring to stand and talk with Yan Tong, so he squatted down and sat directly on the ground again.
Yan Tong was old, and he couldn't stand the toss, and when he saw Song Zhichao sitting down, he also sat on the ground with his ass, and hammered his leg with his hand and said, "It's old!"
"When did I tell you that hoarding gold is for speculation?" Song Zhichao said with a smile.
"What do you mean?"
"We hoarded gold to do business--- to do business with the Thai government. Song Zhichao said lightly.
Immediately afterwards, Song Zhichao told Yan Tong about part of his plan.
According to the trajectory of the previous life, in a few months, the financial predator Soros will snipe at the Thai baht, and then the entire Thai economy will collapse and mourn all over the country.
At the same time, major foreign banks have been collecting debts from Thailand, which has made the Thai economy, which is already mired in a quagmire, even worse. As a result, Thailand had to announce that the Thai baht would no longer be pegged to the US dollar and officially depreciate, which in turn spread the financial turmoil from Thailand to other countries and regions in Asia.
Now what Song Zhichao has to do is to let the Thai Chinese take out the hoarded gold to help the Thai government --- the key point when Thailand is isolated.
Why help Thailand?
The reasons are simple: first, to delay the collapse of Thailand's economy and give other regions, especially Hong Kong, enough time to respond. Second, use this batch of gold to bargain with the Thai government, and it is best to use the Thai overseas Chinese organization to control Thailand's economic lifeline.
For Song Zhichao, this is the greatest contribution he can make to China after Hong Kong's economic crisis.
In fact, as long as Thailand accepts their aid, then their political and economic status in Thailand will be further improved and consolidated in the future--- after all, they are willing to take out real gold to aid when Thailand is in the most crisis, and they love Thailand more than the Thais.
After listening to Song Zhichao's plan, Yan Tong was silent.
Suddenly, Yan Tong said: "With such a huge plan, you can organize the four major Chinese businessmen in Chinatown to execute it with you, why did you choose me?"
Song Zhichao smiled: "What do you say?"
Yan Tong also smiled: "Because I am easy to control, right? You helped me run for the chairman of the Chinese businessmen, let me command so many Thai Chinese businessmen, and now let me see so many gold reserves without concealment, the purpose is to make me believe in you, let me believe in your sincerity, and let me believe in your plan, isn't it?"
Song Zhichao smiled and did not speak.
Yan Tong was obviously a little angry, feeling that he was treated as an easy-to-manipulate puppet by Song Zhichao, and was underestimated by Song Zhichao--- after all, he was a person who had been Inspector Hua, and he had been majestic and proud.
"What if I don't agree? are you really going to lock me up here?" Yan Tong sneered.
Song Zhichao didn't answer, but took out something from his pocket, handed it to Yan Tong and said, "Look at this first!"
Yan Tong took it and looked at it, but it was a letter.
The envelope was very ordinary, but the signature on it was very unusual, because when I saw the name Yan Tong's heart, I trembled.
On the envelope were written two big letters--- Lei Luo!
500 million Inspector Lei Luo!
Yan Tong is the top boss of Xiangjiang, the famous Inspector Zonghua!
Yan Tong couldn't hold back his excitement, to be honest, he hadn't been in contact with his old friends and superiors for many years, especially Lei Luo.
I didn't expect Lei Luo to write to him now, how could this not make Yan Tong excited?
His hands trembled as he opened the letter, and the familiar handwriting leaped onto the page.
Letter ---
Lei Luo first greeted Yan Tong, then briefly talked about his former friendship and his life in Canada, and finally talked about Song Zhichao's special trip to Canada to find him, the purpose was to persuade Yan Tong to cooperate with Song Zhichao and do something for Hong Kong together--- in Lei Luo's words, "This is also a kind of atonement." ”
After reading the letter in his hand, Yan Tong closed his eyes deeply, not knowing what he was thinking.
Fleeting ---
Yan Tong opened his eyes and said to himself: "I used to be the most obedient to Lei SIR, he is a good boss, he is righteous, rewards and punishments are clear, and the most important thing is that he never harms us......"
Speaking of this, Yan Tong looked at Song Zhichao, sighed softly, and said, "I believe that he won't harm me this time." ”
Song Zhichao: "......What do you mean?"
"I MEAN, EVEN IF IT'S A LOSS-MAKING DEAL THIS TIME, I WILL DO IT! JUST LIKE LEI SIR SAID, I CAN BE REGARDED AS HELPING MYSELF TO ATONE FOR MY CRIMES, --- WHEN I WAS IN HONG KONG BEFORE, I DID A LOT OF HARM TO THE HONG KONG PEOPLE, AND NOW I WILL SACRIFICE MY LIFE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS!"
Song Zhichao: "You will never regret it--- if this plan is successful, then in the future, the Chinese will be able to control the two major aspects of Thailand's politics and economy, and you Yan Tong can also tell everyone openly that you can control the government, you can control the economy, and the Chinese you represent in Thailand can be said to be the same--- and even, you are the well-deserved 'uncrowned king' of Thailand!"
Yan Tong smiled and tried to get up on crutches, but because he had been sitting on the ground for too long, his legs were a little numb and he couldn't get up.
Seeing this, Song Zhichao stood up first, and then stretched out his hand to pull Yan Tong up.
Yan Tong shook his head and laughed at himself: "I'm old, I'm useless--- I was crying just now, and now I can't stand up, today I have lost all my face in this life." After saying that, he patted his buttocks, and then asked unexpectedly: "I am the uncrowned king, what are you?" Don't tell me that you took out three billion dollars for nothing just to do good deeds......
"What do you say?" Song Zhichao reacted super quickly.
Yan Tong glanced at Song Zhichao, suddenly approached, stared at Song Zhichao's bright eyes, and said word by word: "If you want me to say, if I am the 'Uncrowned King', then you are the --- 'Emperor Taishang' behind the 'Uncrowned King'!"
Song Zhichao smiled but did not say anything when he heard this.
Yan Tong knew that he was right, and couldn't help but sigh: "This is really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, the hero is a young man--- spending three billion in exchange for the control of a country, this business is too cost-effective!"
Song Zhichao smiled slightly: "Inspector Yan is serious,"