Chapter IX Financial Turmoil
After meeting Wang Shouyi at Waiting Coffee Shop, Cai Yuanwei returned home and had another discussion with Cai Chengde. In the end www.biquge.info Cai Chengde waved his hand, and the amount of investment that was originally expected to be invested in the shares was increased from 3 million to 30 million. Cai Yuanwei was a little surprised and asked Cai Chengde why he had added so much capital to the shares. Cai Chengde smiled: "Didn't you say that at the end of this year, there will be a financial turmoil?" Rather than waiting for the financial turmoil to be weakened, it is better to take the initiative to take it out and move it to other places. Now there is still a guarantee to invest in domestic companies. ”
And Wang Shouyi couldn't help but smile bitterly when he found out, he was originally a major shareholder, but now he has become a minority shareholder. Although the cooperation agreement has stated that Cai Yuanwei will not participate in the management of the company in the first five years, he is still the actual helmsman of the company, and he also believes that Cai Yuanwei will still respect his opinions in the future, but it is always a little awkward. In the future, this goddaughter will be the largest shareholder of the company, so she has to be offered like a Buddha!
The cooperation agreement was signed soon, and the funds were also in place soon under the instructions of Cai Chengde and with the assistance of the eldest brother Cai Jiguang. Wang Shouyi also hurried back to S City to prepare for some work for the establishment of the company.
When Cai Yuanwei went to the airport to bid farewell to Wang Shouyi, she took the opportunity to ask him to help find a house in S City, ready to use it when the next year passes.
Wang Shouyi was a little strange: "Are you planning to stay in S City for a long time?" ”
Cai Yuanwei smiled a little mysteriously, "Yes! I still want to go to S City to study? ”
"Huh?" Wang Shouyi was confused, scratched his head and got on the plane, until the moment the plane took off, he suddenly woke up: "It turns out that Xiaowei really fell in love with that kid?!" Chased to school! ”
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The 1997 celebration of Hong Kong's return to the motherland soon arrived in Cai Yuanwei's busy study. During this time, Cai Yuanwei not only continued her previous music and art courses, but also increased her learning of image design, and at the suggestion of her art teacher, she also played photography to help her enhance her sensitivity to color and spatial structure. In the evening, when Cai Chengde is at home, Cai Yuanwei will ask him some questions about the company's operation and business, so as to enrich his management experience, and sometimes he will have a heated discussion with his father for a problem, and his life is full and satisfied.
Cai Yuanwei hasn't felt this kind of fulfillment and happiness for a long time. The living conditions in her previous life did not allow her to learn whatever she wanted, and in order to make a living, she could only give up her hobbies. Later, although the living conditions were better, I already had children and daughters, and I no longer had so much energy and time to spend on the studies I wanted. So in this life, she must make up for the regrets of the previous life and learn enough.
Watching the live broadcast on the TV screen of the 97 celebration ceremony of Hong Kong's return that she had already watched in her previous life, Cai Yuanwei suddenly found a familiar face among the sworn officials of the Hong Kong government, which was Xu Tianqi's father.
Cai Yuanwei hurriedly took out her mobile phone and dialed Xu Tianqi's number, "Twinkky, I saw your father at the ceremony, congratulations!" ”
"Don't say that, my dad wouldn't be on that stage without what you said. So we really have to thank you! ”
"The two of us know each other so well, so we won't say such polite words! Eh, by the way, do you buy stocks? ”
"There should be, right? I remember that my dad seemed to have bought the shares of your group! ”
"Twinkky, if you can still trust me, remember to call your dad and cash out all the stocks as soon as possible in a month or two."
"Is there any news again?"
"You think there's inside information. Don't forget to tell your dad about it! ”
"Okay, I must remember. I'm sorry, my mom is urging me to go out, and I'm going to the hotel to celebrate my dad, so I'll hang up first! ”
"Okay, I'll get back in touch when I'm free. Bye! ”
Hanging up the phone, Cai Yuanwei sighed softly. My friends have helped as much as they can, and next, it's their turn to face this storm at home, and there is still a tough battle to fight ahead!
Sure enough, in early August, the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar against the US dollar began to fall sharply, bringing a wave of panic to Hong Kong's financial markets.
Cai Yuanwei only remembered that there was an Asian financial turmoil in her previous life, but because she did not study economics, she only knew one thing about the financial turmoil but did not know the other. But Cai Chengde is an old fritter in the business world, even the eldest brother Cai Jiguang has been in business for more than ten years, and his sense of smell is very keen. Moreover, the Group's business is exported overseas every day, and they immediately notice any changes in the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar. Cai Chengde had to admit at this time that his daughter was indeed a little different after the car accident, and seemed to have a magical premonition of some events. Therefore, he no longer had any doubts and hesitations about the things his daughter had reminded, and Cai Jiguang began to deal with them.
Before returning in July, at the urging of his daughter, he cashed out a large amount of stocks, and all the cashed out funds were exchanged for US dollars, in addition to paying his daughter's 30 million investment, there was still a lot of cash left.
When the Hong Kong dollar continued to fall against the US dollar, Cai Chengde took advantage of the low level to sell a large number of US dollars in his hand to buy Hong Kong dollars, and reserved a large amount of funds, which can be regarded as a favor to the Hong Kong government and made his own contribution to stabilizing the economy.
In October, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index also fell under pressure in this environment. At that time, the whole of Hong Kong was already in the era of "national stock speculation", and the fall of the Hang Seng Index made the entire Hong Kong economy mourn.
Cai Yuanwei's Xinguang Group's share price also fell to the bottom for a time. In addition to retail investors constantly selling their stocks, there are also some shareholders in the group who can't bear the pressure of funds and are forced to close their positions.
And Cai Chengde's previous reserve of a large amount of money can now come in handy. When the stock price was at its lowest, in response to the government's call, he repurchased a large number of shares of his own group, on the one hand, stabilized the stock price and did not fall, and on the other hand, he greatly increased his own shareholding ratio in the group, and really controlled the entire group in his hands.
It wasn't until the end of October that the economy stabilized again, Cai Yuanwei was relieved, and Cai Chengde and Cai Jiguang could also rest for a while. Although the Cai family's net worth has shrunk a lot in this financial turmoil, but because they have been prepared before, they have not really broken their bones, as long as the group's main business is still there, the lost money, Cai Yuanwei believes that with his father and brother's business ability, he will soon be able to earn it back.
And the most direct impact of this financial turmoil on Cai Yuanwei is that the business of film and television companies has decreased. After all, the economy is sluggish, and people naturally don't care about entertainment, not only the advertising volume of businesses has decreased, but some large film and television companies have also postponed the originally arranged screening plans. And Cai Yuanwei's millennium company did not have any investment in dramas before, only doing it behind the scenes, and the workload naturally decreased.
But both crisis and opportunity often go hand in hand. Someone else's crisis may be your own opportunity. Cai Yuanwei has been looking for a good script before, and now is a good time to start filming. With only one-third of the usual cost, she can make good films with the same quality as previous blockbusters. It's time for her company to make a big difference.
In this way, time is in the economic tug-of-war between the Hong Kong government and foreign tourists, in the sweep of the Cai family's steady response to the financial turmoil, and in Cai Yuanwei's busy study and work, several months have passed suddenly.
In this financial turmoil, the Cai family and Xinguang Group not only did not lose much, but also strengthened their strength, not only increased their funds, but also strengthened their control over the group, which can be described as a blessing in disguise.
And Cai Yuanwei also used this time to organize the filming of a light comedy "Grandma is Amazing", which reflects the daily life of small citizens during the financial turmoil in Hong Kong, which also won a good reputation, and slowly some people came to it with the script. Cai Yuanwei also handed over all the management decision-making power of the company to Uncle Human Rights, the professional manager that Cai Chengde helped her find. Uncle Quan was dug by Cai Chengde from other film and television companies, and has been engaged in the film and television industry for many years.
As for Xu Tianqi, in the second month of the financial turmoil, she and her father visited Cai Chengde to thank him for providing the news of the stock market crash.
Cai Chengde was confused when he heard it, but he quickly reacted that Cai Yuanwei must have said something to others under his own name. But he wasn't annoyed, so he took the opportunity to expand his relationship.
And Cai Yuanwei was also in the room at this time, chatting with Xu Tianqi.
Cai Yuanwei took out a few sets of evening dresses and skirts from a box in the wardrobe in the room, came to Xu Tianqi and handed them to her: "Don't you envy the skirt I wore at the company's celebration reception?" Come, I've designed a few sets for you, can you try to see if it fits? ”
Xu Tianqi picked up the skirt with a look of surprise, put it on her body and gestured while saying, "It's very beautiful!" Thank you. But why are you giving me a dress if you have nothing to do? ”
"I don't want to ask you for help with something~"
"Your family has helped my family so much before, where did you use it to give me a dress? Just say it! ”
"I want your dad to help me ......" Cai Yuanwei mysteriously leaned over Xu Tianqi's ear, whispered a few words, and then straightened up and said, "So this dress is both a thank you gift and a farewell gift." ”
Xu Tianqi looked reluctant, and said with some curse: "I won't be able to see you for a long time, I'm really reluctant." ”
"You can send me MSN, you can send me an email, you can call! I'll be back every once in a while, and we'll be able to meet then! ”
"That's all there is to it. Yes~! The skirts you sent can't make up for my loss, you have to send a few more sets! ”
"Haha! No problem! ”