Chapter 795: Return
He took a sip of water and continued: "Uncle Song, I think that since the citizens of Hong Kong Island do not know about our troops, and are even more worried and afraid, it is all the more necessary to create more contacts with the citizens, such as holding regular open days for the barracks, inviting the citizens of Hong Kong Island to visit the barracks, so that they can see the life and training of our Hong Kong Garrison with their own eyes, dispel their vigilance and misunderstanding of the troops, understand the superb military quality of our people's army, and gain confidence in the stability of Hong Kong Island." At the same time, he loves Hong Kong and is close to the people, actively participates in public welfare undertakings, donates blood for the public, participates in voluntary tree planting activities, charity performances, etc., and has won the support and love of Hong Kong Island citizens with his practical actions. It is believed that as Hong Kong people get to know more about the Hong Kong Garrison, their goodwill toward the Hong Kong Garrison will increase day by day......"
Lin Yu talked endlessly there, explaining all the situations he could think of one by one. And Song Jinping also listened very carefully, and while listening, he also wrote down something in the small notebook, and asked Lin Yu again and again if he was unclear. After Lin Yu finished speaking, he didn't say anything immediately, just frowned, as if digesting and thinking about what Lin Yu said.
When he raised his head again and looked at Lin Yu, there was already obvious appreciation in his eyes.
"However, Uncle Song doesn't have to worry too much, as long as our soldiers don't take the initiative to provoke things, as long as they do things reasonably, well-founded, and lawful, everything else is a trivial matter. The kid still has a bit of energy on Hong Kong Island. Lin Yu said with a smile.
Old Man Lin smiled when he heard this: "Jinping, you have to remember what Xiao Yu said, it's right to go to Xiao Yu if you have something, in Hong Kong Island, he really has a bit of energy." ”
Song Jinping nodded and took a pen to write down this sentence.
"Xiaoyu, how are you preparing for the affairs of Hong Kong Island? Do you have the confidence to repel them? Old Man Lin suddenly changed the subject.
"Grandpa, don't worry, as long as they dare to come to Hong Kong Island, I promise that they will not return." Lin Yu said confidently.
"I'm relieved to have your words. Remember, you must not be soft on these aggressors, you must hurt them and cry them. Let them be scared and panic when they think about it. The old man said calmly.
But beneath this calm surface lies an angry heart.
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In March of this year. The Bank of Thailand announced that nine domestic finance companies and one housing loan company have problems with poor asset quality and insufficient liquidity. This is tantamount to sending a signal to the international financial predators to attack the general offensive. International speculators and arbitrage funds, led by Soros's "quantum fund", which have long been eyeing each other, have rushed in and began to sell a large amount of the Thai baht they ate some time ago.
Thailand's foreign exchange market was immediately turbulent, and the exchange rate of the Thai baht fell all the way, and the ratio against the US dollar fell to the bottom. Seeing that the situation is not good, the Bank of Thailand urgently activated the response mechanism, mobilizing more than 10 billion US dollars in foreign exchange and shopping a large number of baht. At the same time, the overnight lending rate will be raised to reduce the lending behavior of domestic banks.
It should be said that these emergency measures have greatly increased the transaction costs of various funds, and have caused certain losses in the initial stage, but they have still played a certain effect. However, with the large investment of international speculators' funds, overseas travelers have also poured in, and the attacks on the Thai baht have been stronger than one wave. The major exchanges were in chaos, and the Thai baht fell sharply. Traders are selling like the end is coming. The Thai government then stepped up its intervention, using $30 billion in foreign exchange reserves and more than $10 billion in international loans in an attempt to turn the tide. But by this time, the situation was irreversible, and tens of billions of dollars were a drop in the bucket for the influx of money.
The international financial speculators led by Soros began the second wave of attacks, coupled with the situation in Thailand, some financial speculators who heard the wind also took action, Asian countries are destined to be unable to escape the disaster, the financial turmoil has formed, it has become uncontrollable, this is now, Malaysia is the first to bear the brunt, the first to be shot, then the merits of Indonesia, and then the Philippines, the two surrounding countries that are considered developed in Asia must be passively knifed, Lu Shaohua is naturally enjoying it. …,
However, for Li Yu, there is a more important meaning, that is, history has not changed, everything is according to the previous life, how much it has fallen, what the date is, it is exactly the same, Lu Shaohua's hanging heart can finally be put down.
When Thailand's baht had not plummeted, Lu Shaohua looked very calm on the surface, but who knew that Lin Yu's heart was not calm at all, he was also worried, worried that history would change, after all, this kind of thing is not something that can be controlled by manpower.
And now it's different, everything is going according to the previous life, how can Lin Yu not feel at ease, of course, it can't be said that it hasn't changed at all, the only thing that has changed compared to the previous life is that there is an extra miracle soldier.
This miracle soldier doesn't need to say much to know, that is Lin Yu's Lin investment company, and at the same time, it is also a gold-sucking predator, if nothing changes at the time of the Asian financial crisis, then the biggest winner in the end fell on Lin Yu's head.
What is Soros, their strength is very strong, but what about their funds? If they hadn't used the method of pooling funds together, how could they have attacked Asia, and besides, even if they used the method of pooling funds, the final amount of funds was far less powerful than the Lin consortium. You must know that the Lin consortium can invest 200 billion US dollars in this financial turmoil, which is a large amount of money, which is not something that ordinary people can predict, nor is it comparable to Soros and their gathering of a dozen or even dozens of them together.
There is a more important thing, that is, the Lin consortium has all the data, very accurate data, with careful data, Jason can clear the position on time when they operate, and maximize the profits they make.
What kind of concept is this? To put it bluntly, that is, Lin Yu's final money will be the largest, what will he be if he is not the biggest winner? Compared with Soros, they have a cannon in the east and a cannon in the west, fighting one place and changing places, Lin Yu is much smarter than them, and a big fish and Xiaoyu can't run away with a net.
Therefore, since the beginning of the financial turmoil, the results have come out, and the Lin consortium has undoubtedly become the biggest winner, which is an indisputable fact and an unchangeable result.
After a short period of stubborn resistance, the ravaged Thai government and central bank have exhausted more than $30 billion in foreign exchange reserves and more than $10 billion in international loans, and they can no longer withstand the fierce and fierce attacks of the major funds and international speculators represented by Soros, and they have no choice but to announce on 2 July that they have abandoned the currency-linked exchange rate system that has been maintained for 13 years and implement a floating exchange rate system. This declaration was tantamount to giving the final blow to the national currency with his own hands, and the Thai baht fell to an all-time low all at once. It has depreciated sharply and lost nearly $10 billion. Vitality is badly damaged. The resulting financial crisis spread to Southeast Asia like a flu, and Soros's "quantum fund" swept across Southeast Asia, sweeping Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia and other countries. Currencies such as the Indonesian rupiah, the Philippine peso, the Kyat, and the Malaysian ringgit have depreciated sharply. Factories have closed down, banks have gone bankrupt, and prices have continued to rise.
The financial crisis quickly spread to foreign exchange earnings and equity markets in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and other Asia, and the foreign exchange and securities markets in Brazil, Poland, Greece, and Singapore were also in turmoil, with currencies and securities values falling, and governments of these countries had to use their national coffers to support their currencies and securities markets. At the same time, countries have begun to strengthen financial supervision and strictly guard against international financial predators such as Soros.
At a time when the entire Southeast Asian countries are full of sorrow, the Chinese people are celebrating with joy on their faces.
With such a grand occasion as the return of Hong Kong Island, Lin Yu was only seven years old in his previous life, and he didn't understand what this meant to Huaxia at all, but he knew it when he grew up. I understand, but many years have passed, and I can only get a rough understanding of it from TV broadcasts and newspapers. While I am happy that the motherland is becoming more and more prosperous and strong, I cannot help but feel some regrets. After all, it is a pity that we cannot witness this moment that makes hundreds of millions of Chinese people raise their eyebrows. And if you have such an opportunity in this life, and even if you are more or less involved in it, it is even more unmissable. …,
On July 1, 1997, the moment of anticipation finally arrived. On this day, the eyes of the whole of China and even the world were cast on Hong Kong Island, a place that has gone through a hundred years of vicissitudes, and this place that reflects the rise and fall of China in the past century.
The question of Hong Kong Island is a long story, and it covers almost half of China's modern history. However, after going through difficult twists and turns, we finally ushered in such a historical moment -- Hong Kong Island, which had experienced a century of vicissitudes, returned to the embrace of the motherland, and the Chinese government began to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong Island.
Infinite excitement. Endless emotion gathered on Hong Kong Island, the place where bauhinia flowers bloomed. This child, who made the dream of the motherland, finally returned to the arms of his mother today.
On this day, 100 well-known news organizations in the world sent a strong lineup to cover the grand ceremony of the return of the century.
this day. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate this great and solemn occasion, and more than a billion viewers at home and abroad sat in front of their television sets to watch the unprecedented return ceremony.
On this day, a grand and solemn ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Island Convention and Exhibition Center, and the countdown board for the return of Hong Kong Island in front of the Museum of the History of the Chinese Revolution completed its final mission, and the land of China was jubilant.
At 23:59, the British flag and the Hong Kong Island flag slowly descended to the music of the British national anthem. With the slow lowering of the "rice flag" of the Kingdom of Great Britain, an old era came to an end, and a century and a half of British colonial rule on Hong Kong Island came to an end.
At 0:00 a.m. on July 1, the exciting and sacred moment arrived: the military band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army played the majestic national anthem of the People's Republic of China, and the Chinese national flag and the regional flag of the Hong Kong Island Special Administrative Region were slowly raised together. The audience stood solemnly in the Great Hall, and thousands of pairs of eyes saluted the bright five-star red flag and the Bauhinia District flag that were rising. When the two red flags were raised to the top, the audience boiled, and many people's eyes were full of tears of excitement, and the thunderous applause lasted for a long time.
This is a moment that the Chinese nation has been looking forward to for a long time, and it is a moment that will forever be recorded in the annals of world history. The lenses of cameras and video cameras are constantly flashing, recording this solemn historical moment. The eyes of the whole Hong Kong Island, the whole of China, and the whole world are focused on this place at this moment. What a moment! Tears welled up and thoughts flowed.
The Chinese people have waited for 99 years for Hong Kong Island, and finally returned to the embrace of the motherland, although the process was a little bumpy, but there was no tearful regret in the previous life.
Lin Yu flew to Hong Kong Island on a special plane with the old man at the end of June, and did not attend the ceremony of Hong Kong Island's return to the motherland.
This is not the first time in his life that the old man has set foot on Hong Kong Island. In the twenties and thirties, his family had visited Hong Kong Island five times, but each time he had only passed through Hong Kong Island for various reasons, such as going to France for work-study and being dispatched by the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission on official business, and never really stopped. Moreover, although the vast majority of people living on Hong Kong Island at that time were Chinese, all kinds of jurisdiction belonged entirely to the United Kingdom.
Therefore, since the old man's retirement in 89, there has always been a wish that has not been fulfilled, that is, in 1997, when Hong Kong Island returned to the motherland, he wanted to set foot on the land of the motherland, even if he was in a wheelchair, even if he stood on the land of Hong Kong Island for a minute.
However, such a small wish, the old man failed to realize it in the end.
Fortunately, Lin Yu's rebirth, this butterfly effect changed all this, so that the old man was finally able to get his wish.
On the plane when he came, Lin Yu talked with the old man for a long time, but more of his views on the economic crisis in Southeast Asia.
"Xiaoyu, what do you think about things in Thailand?" The old man asked.
Lin Yu seems to know that the old man will ask himself this question, this time the economic crisis in Southeast Asia is so big, it is absolutely impossible for the Huaxia government to say that it is not worried, the mainland side is okay to say, but if it affects the upcoming return of Hong Kong Island, it will not be good for Huaxia.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Yu said: "It's a bit similar to the economic crisis in the 30s, what international speculators are best at is speculation, especially the "quantum fund" headed by Soros, which is one of the best, the Canadian dollar, the pound sterling and the current Thai baht, as long as there is a seam, they dare to ding, a small seam they can give a big hole, not to mention that it has now been a hole, they will not give up halfway." ”