Chapter 148: The Storm Strikes

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On July 1, 1997, the first day of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, the whole country rejoiced, and people were celebrating everywhere in China. Following the "Concentric Concert" held by artists from the two places in Happy Valley the night before, the Hong Kong SAR Government held a "Fireworks Show to Celebrate the Return of the People's Republic of China" that night.

On July 2, two days ago, the Thai prime minister also vowed that "the Thai baht will not depreciate, and we will let those speculators lose all their money", but on the morning of this day, the Bank of Thailand, which has run out of food, had to announce the abandonment of the fixed exchange rate system and the implementation of the floating exchange rate system, and the Thai baht fell by 20% on the same day, and began to affect the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, and a financial storm slowly began to take shape in Southeast Asia.

Half an hour before the announcement of the Bank of Thailand's "abandonment of the fixed exchange rate system", Zhang Lexing had received the relevant news, and he knew very well that this was a war launched by hedge funds led by Soros's quantum fund, a war that tried to take advantage of the shortcomings of the Southeast Asian financial system to make profits, in fact, the war had been quietly launched as early as the end of last year, but the Thais who were still dreaming of a tiger and a dragon did not notice it.

Zhang Lexing has read a lot of relevant materials and has also roughly studied Soros's speculative methods, so when he knew that he would experience the Asian financial crisis for the second time, he began to prepare for this day from a very early stage. Of course, Zhang Lexing is not arrogant enough to think that he can fight the world with the strength of one person, in a vain attempt to calm this turbulent financial storm alone, but as an important foundation of his own industry in China (including Hong Kong), he does not want to have the tragic situation in Southeast Asia, although according to his influence this storm did not directly impact the country, and several attacks by speculators on Hong Kong have been repulsed, but since he has this ability, he still hopes to contribute to this defense war.

After learning that Thailand had given up resistance, Zhang Lexing turned on his computer, logged in to a free mailbox through a proxy server, and sent a pre-written email, the content of the letter was very simple, just a few words "The feast has begun". Not long after, in the room on the third floor of a villa in Pattaya, Thailand, a young man sitting in front of the computer saw the email transmitted through the satellite receiver, and he immediately clicked on a decoding software to copy the last 64 bytes of data at the end of the email.

The young man stood up and walked downstairs, which has been transformed into a large open office area, with more than 30 computers, the computer screen is full of numbers or curves, and in front of each computer sits a person who is attentive, and there are also a few people sitting on the sofa in the middle, they seem to be more leisurely, or chatting casually, or drinking drinks in the cup.

The young man clapped his hands, attracted everyone's attention, and said, "The boss has spoken, we are going to have dinner!"

β€œYeah!” The idlers on the sofa didn't care about drinking any more drinks or gossiping, and they all jumped up and cheered.

With a smile on his face, the young man began to assign tasks: "Andy, you lead people to keep an eye on the price of gold, if it rises sharply, we can start shipping...... Miller, you pay attention to the spot market...... Matt, you're in charge of the stock market, give me a hard beating...... Jennifer, you do the data analysis, I want the most detailed market report in Thailand...... Donnie, you and Ronnie and Thomas are looking at the situation in several other countries in Southeast Asia, and we may soon be over......"

β€œYesSir!” After the young people answered the name, they all went to their respective posts and began their own tasks.

"Everyone, do a good job, we can't afford to let that old guy from Soros get rid of us. The young man waved his hand and instructed.

"Good!" the crowd roared.

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After sending the email, Zhang Lexing brought Yan Ruofei again and asked her to prepare a video conference with several wealthy people in Hong Kong. Half an hour later, the big-screen TV in Zhang Lexing's office appeared on Li Ka-shing, Guo Bingxiang, Zheng Yutong and other wealthy people.

"Ladies and uncles, I don't know if you have read the financial news this morning, the Bank of Thailand has abandoned the fixed exchange rate system. Zhang Lexing smiled and looked at the camera next to the TV, and said into the microphone on the table.

Several tycoons nodded, but Zheng Yutong sat on the chair and asked as if he didn't understand: "What does the Bank of Thailand have to do with whether or not the Bank of Thailand gives up the fixed exchange rate system? Mr. Zhang came to us on purpose, not just to say such irrelevant things." ”

Zhang Lexing believes that it is impossible for these old and sophisticated tycoons to be completely unaware of the impact of the Bank of Thailand's actions, perhaps because of old habits, Zheng Yutong and others are unwilling to be the first birds. He couldn't help but sigh and continued: "Your uncles and uncles are seniors in the business world, and they have lived in Hong Kong for decades, and I believe they all have a lot of affection for this place. I have just obtained a very reliable information, the situation in Thailand is related to the attack of the hedge funds led by Soros, and at the moment Thailand is estimated to have no hope of saving, but these hedge funds will not stop there, they will continue to wreak havoc in Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia are likely to be their next target, and they may also attack Hong Kong. I don't think your uncles would want to see their territory fall into the hands of these foreign hedge funds. ”

Li Ka-shing laughed and said: "Of course not, Hong Kong is our backyard, and we will definitely not be willing to let people come in casually and put a fire." Lao Guo, Lao Zheng, you should think the same way. ”

Guo Bingxiang and Zheng Yutong laughed a few times and said: "Li Sheng is right, this place in Hong Kong can't just let outsiders in and make trouble. ”

Seeing this, several other rich people also nodded again and again, and echoed: "Mr. Li has spoken, and we can't hold back." ”

Zhang Lexing sighed with emotion in his heart, to say that his career is definitely faster than Li Ka-shing, but to say that the influence is still far from the same, if he didn't agree first this time, I'm afraid he will have to grind with these rich people for a while, it seems that he will have to put more effort into network management in the future.

"Uncles and uncles, since everyone doesn't want outsiders to disrupt the Hong Kong market, I have an idea. I plan to set up a foundation with 7 billion Hong Kong dollars, and when Hong Kong faces the attack of international speculators, the Hong Kong SAR government will definitely intervene, and this foundation can also take the opportunity to make some efforts. But after all, the power of one person is limited, so I hope that all uncles and uncles can also help. ”

This time it was Li Ka-shing who spoke first, he promised to invest 4 billion Hong Kong dollars to join the Hong Kong Defense Foundation, some people started, and other rich people were embarrassed to show weakness, and they all agreed to contribute to the foundation, and the expected scale of the Kung Fu Foundation has exceeded 26 billion Hong Kong dollars in a while, and Zhang Lexing's first line of defense prepared for Hong Kong began to take shape.

Of course, the real main force to defend Hong Kong is the Hong Kong SAR government, as well as the support from the central government, after all, even if Zhang Lexing pulls the entire Hong Kong rich together, I am afraid that he will not be able to take out so much money to fight against the surging hedge funds, so Zhang Lexing's plan is to make a key blow at the right time, the main force is still the funds drawn from the Montara Foundation, and the funds of more than 26 billion Hong Kong dollars will be used as a defensive force to ensure that the funds drawn from the Montara Foundation can catch up with the critical moment。

On July 9, hedge funds began direct attacks on countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, and the Malaysian stock market fell to its lowest point in 18 months, with the central banks of the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia announcing that they would intervene in the foreign exchange market with the intention of continuing to support their currencies. Just two days later, countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia were forced to announce that they would expand the range of their currencies, and the financial crisis intensified in Southeast Asia. At this time, the Montara Foundation was also divided into several parts, some of which remained in Thailand, and the other part followed the national speculators into the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and other countries, trying to dig more cakes in this feast.

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At this time, in China, it is still a very small number of people who realize that the financial crisis has hit, and more people are still immersed in the joy of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the prosperity of the motherland, while players are enjoying the games that are pouring in. There are a lot of games on the market this summer, EA has engaged in a "summer of electronic arts", and has launched a series of games including "Monster Truck", "Die Hard", "Super Dumb Cat", "Beast and Hillbilly", "Independence Day", "Advanced Tactical Fighter Gold Edition", "Boutique Game Three-in-One", etc., Taiwanese game companies have also launched a series of self-developed or agent games, including "Hunting Submarine", "Beacon Sky", "Slam Dunk", "Edge War Zone" and a series of self-developed or agent games. Mainland game companies have also launched a series of self-developed or agent games, including "Between Life and Death", "Opium War", "Legend of Chrono Heroes", "Intercontinental Storm", etc., especially Totem Company has launched 12 new and old games in one go, in addition to three self-developed games "Water Margin Heroes", "Monkey King" and "Fire Fox" trailers.

In contrast, Fengyun Interactive has few games in the summer vacation, but they are all high-quality products, including the "Supreme Alert" expansion "Defend China", which was planned and remastered from "Blood Lion", the sequel to the best-selling game "Blood Battle Shanghai Beach 2", "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 2", "Three Kingdoms 2", etc., the turn-based strategy game "Three Kingdoms" launched by its game studio, and of course, the highlight of Zhang Lexing's most attention, "Adventure King", plus "SimCity 3000", "Theme Hospital", " Diablo and several other imported games.

Compared with previous years, there are not a few games listed during the summer vacation of Fengyun Interactive, but they are not outstanding compared with other companies, especially game agencies, but with the quality of the game itself and the golden sign of Fengyun Interactive, it still successfully broke out of the encirclement and achieved relatively good results. However, the centralized listing of a large number of games and the more sophisticated piracy methods have led to the fact that this year has not exceeded 100,000 sets of crazy sales like last year, and the best result is more than 68,000 sets created by "The Highest Alert: Defending China", plus more than 50,000 sets of "Blood Battle Shanghai Beach 2" and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 2", the remaining games of Fengyun Interactive have basically passed the passing line of 30,000 sets.

However, the life of other companies is not so good, many companies may sell two or three thousand copies of a game after working hard to develop a game, and the best one is just over 10,000 units, either barely able to recoup the cost, or simply lose money, and those who can make money are rare. In contrast, it is better to go to a pure agency company, as long as you are more accurate when choosing a game, and a little tighter when negotiating, it is still quite easy to make money. Under the frustration, many companies have begun to think about how to control costs, and even layoffs, only the leading companies have performed a little differently, because they have made a lot of money through game exports, bundled sales and agents, not only did they not shrink, but began to expand aggressively, recruiting a lot of new game developers, and also launched several game projects in one go, "Water Margin", "Journey to the West: Monkey King" and "King Gesar", and even "Dream of Red Mansions" It was also turned out, and for a while, the leading company was full of people every day, and there was a bit of a scene of the prosperous era of Kaiyuan.

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