"Is it finally here......

Yu Guang saw that the two of them who were standing not far away finally came over, and Lin Xiaozhi breathed a sigh of relief. With such a boring drinking party in the financial world, he couldn't stay for a minute. If he hadn't been waiting for the opportunity to go online with the Bank of China, I am afraid that he would have returned home a long time ago.

"Lin Sheng......" Song Nianhui was even less interested in such a drinking party, and found that Lin Xiaozhi, who was suddenly chatting, began to feel a little distracted, and his eyes drifted in one direction from time to time. As soon as he looked up, he saw Song Lihui and Xiao Nianqi, who had already walked only four or five steps away from them.

"Song Sheng, are you still having fun at night?"

It's not the first time Song Nianhui has dealt with people from Bank of China, so he nodded with a smile, "I met a few acquaintances, and I chatted quite happily, and I haven't thanked Song Dong for your invitation......"

Although I don't know why Lin Xiaozhi is so polite to the mainland, but after all, it is what his boss means, although he is not close to the mainland, at least he can maintain neutrality.

Coincidentally, I didn't expect that the chairman of the Bank of China this term was also surnamed Song, and it was even more coincidental that the two of them also had a Hui character in their names, and the last time they met, they also chatted a few more words because of this.

"Song Dong ......"

"Mr. Xiao ......"

The few people who talked to Lin Xiaozhi on the side were all a group of people in Hong Kong who were relatively close to the mainland. Seeing Song Lihui and Xiao Nianqi coming over, they greeted each other, and the two of them did not put on a show, and responded one by one. As a result, when the two of them finally set their eyes on Lin Xiaozhi, they had already snubbed him for a while.

"Song Sheng, don't you introduce this one to me?"

Lin Xiaozhi smiled gently, and took the initiative to speak: "I'll come by myself, thank you Song Dong for the invitation, let me meet a lot of friends tonight." My name is Lin Xiaozhi, the new chairman of Kowloon Bank, hello Song Dong......"

"It turned out to be Lin Dong, I was still thinking about which young hero it would be......

Song Lihui pretended to have just recognized him, and shook hands with him warmly: "Lin Dong has been making a lot of moves recently, I heard that your Media Asia is ready to go public, but I am ready to smash the pot and sell iron to save some money, and buy some to keep for the elderly."

This is naturally a polite remark, because at this time, the Bank of China Group, as a professional financial group that manages international foreign exchange for the mainland, is directly under the supervision of the State Council. Being able to be trusted and sent to Hong Kong to serve as the chairman of the Bank of China, Song Lihui enjoys at least quasi-ministerial treatment in the mainland, and the money may not be as much as that of a businessman, but the resources and benefits he enjoys are far beyond the reach of ordinary people.

As soon as the greetings began, the atmosphere quickly began to liven up. Since they were all acquaintances except Lin Xiaozhi, chatting and chatting, the topic naturally turned to the matter of the Bank of China inviting the financial community to participate in the cocktail party today.

"Song Dong, I'm really sorry. The London gold futures market has been unstable in recent months, and the price of gold has risen considerably as a result of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. We haven't been able to buy much gold here......"

Like Kowloon Bank, IB is one of many small banks in Hong Kong. Liu Yanqing, the boss of the Industrial Bank, is an old gentleman who is almost 70 years old, and Lin Xiaozhi's whole knowledge of him comes from what Song Nianhui told him just now, it is said that he used to be a landlord family in Hunan, and after coming to Hong Kong in the 40s, he worked hard for decades to have the current situation of the Industrial Bank, but his grandfather Lin Jili is somewhat similar.

Different from the Lin family, this Liu Yanqing has no descendants in his life, and he gave birth to two sons in his early years, both of whom died young, and since then he has devoted himself to the way of Huang Lao, worshiping God and worshipping Buddha and doing a lot of good deeds. Since the 70s, he has returned to his hometown in Hunan many times to donate to the local area, and among the pro-mainland people in Hong Kong, this old gentleman is the most pure. I heard Song Nianhui say that a few years ago, it was rumored that he wanted to sell the Industrial Bank to the state, and if it had not been for the political storm that hit the Bank of China hard, the Industrial Bank might have changed owners long ago.

"Mr. Liu is so polite, and I would like to express my sincere thanks to you once again on behalf of Beijing. It is because of you patriotic businessmen that the country can get better little by little"

This set of standard political clichés made Song Nianhui a little uncomfortable. He turned his head slightly to the side and looked to the side, his face a little disapproving.

Lin Xiaozhi was worried that there was no chance to insert, standing aside and seeing a few people politely, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he finally found an opportunity to interject.

"What, Dong Song, do you want to buy gold?" Pretending to answer a sentence casually, he found that Song Nianhui suddenly turned his face and kept giving him a hint in his eyes, Lin Xiaozhi glanced at him and stood there with a smile on his face, waiting for the two of them from Bank of China to speak.

Song Lihui and Xiao Nianqi glanced at each other, but they didn't expect him to suddenly interject. It is important to know that after the political storm in the province fell to the freezing point of the renminbi, the mainland urgently needed a large amount of gold and foreign exchange to maintain international payments. Hong Kong is the largest foreign exchange market and gold spot trading market in the Far East, and the Bank of China has been ordered by Beijing to get more gold and foreign exchange. For this reason, the two have contacted the Hong Kong financial community for help.

The renminbi used to be no different from waste paper, and now it can only be used on the mainland. Selling gold to the Bank of China is a loss of money, and the Hong Kong financial community is naturally afraid of them, and they can't even avoid the invitation, let alone bump into it on their own initiative.

As soon as he took the initiative to speak, Song and Xiao had their own thoughts in their hearts, some people thought he was ignorant, some people were secretly suspicious, and some people figured out his thoughts, but Xiao Nianqi didn't forget to answer: "I need some ......."

At the end, I didn't forget to ask again: "Do you Kowloon Bank have gold spot in your hands?" ”

The Bank of China had contacted Kowloon before, and at that time, due to uncertainty, Lin Jiannian had refused on the grounds that the Kowloon Bank had no gold, and he was also spared a lot of harassment after that. Although Xiao Nianqi and the others don't count on it, they are also very happy if they can help the country get a little more gold and foreign exchange.

Song Nianhui saw that he gave him a look several times, but he was ignored by Lin Xiaozhi. Immediately understood that he, the young boss, was afraid that he had some thoughts about the Bank of China or the mainland behind the Bank of China, so he could only stand aside silently and see what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

It's no wonder that Lin Xiaozhi didn't tell him some of his plans, Song Nianhui is a Taiwanese, and when he was a young student, he was also swayed by some Taiwanese propaganda, and he had some prejudice against the mainland from the beginning. In order not to support his plan, Lin Xiaozhi never mentioned it to anyone in his heart.

Pretending to think for a moment, Lin Xiaozhi nodded slowly and said: "In recent months, our bank has indeed purchased a batch of gold spot for reserve and hedging, and if you do the math, there are almost more than 70,000 ounces of ......."

"Seventy thousand ounces?" Xiao Nianqi's eyes widened, and his face was overjoyed.

The ounce is an international unit of measurement, and one ounce is approximately equal to P. 35 grams. More than 70,000 ounces, which is almost more than two tons of gold.

Not only Xiao Nianqi was taken aback by his words, but even Song Lihui and Liu Yanqing were also taken aback. Two tons of gold is not much, and HSBC and Standard Chartered, as Hong Kong dollar banknote printing banks, have jointly stockpiled more than US$700 million worth of gold in Hong Kong alone, which is almost 100 tons. As the world's largest gold import port, Hong Kong has been influenced by the Chinese people's preference for gold ornaments, and has been importing 100 to 2 to 300 tons of gold for consumption almost every year since the 80s.

It's just that after the gold speculation of the sixties and seventies, few private banks have eaten large quantities of gold to preserve their value, except for central banks. A small amount doesn't hurt, but if you calculate more than 70,000 ounces at today's $0 per ounce, it is worth about $17,800 million, which is equivalent to about 13,400 million Hong Kong dollars. As a small licensed bank, the fact that Kowloon Bank has such a large amount of gold reserves in its hands is really shocking to many people.

Seeing that many people had suspicious eyes in their eyes, Lin Xiaozhi could only give Song Nianhui a look. He, the president of the Kowloon Bank, who often deals with the financial circle, is obviously more trusted by everyone, and when he saw the boss giving him a look, he had to nod in a deep voice: "To be exact, it is 70,000 ounces, during the stock market crash in 87, Kowloon almost went bankrupt because of its poor ability to resist pressure, and this gold was only proposed by Lin Dong a few months ago and was purchased to increase the bank's ability to resist risks."

This is naturally Lin Xiaozhi's words to deal with him, if there is nothing to do, Lin Xiaozhi will not be idle to buy so much gold and save it. Since the purchase of two tons of gold, the underground vault of the Bank of Kowloon Building has not only spent HK$6 million to renovate, but also had to recruit more than a dozen security guards and double the number of security guards left behind at night. What is he for, just waiting to catch the big fish of Bank of China and take the bait.

Xiao Nianqi was overjoyed when he heard this, and glanced at Song Lihui, but unexpectedly found that there was not much joy in the other party's eyes. He was slightly surprised for a moment, and soon his mood also fell.

Yes, although gold is good, it belongs to others. The renminbi was preceded by the political turmoil because of the mainland's poverty, and few countries recognized its purchasing power, but it could still be used in Hong Kong. After the political storm, the credit of the renminbi fell to the freezing point, and even Hong Kong, which is about to return to the motherland, has turned its face and denied the renminbi.

Nowadays, if you want to buy precious metals such as gold and machinery and equipment, you can only use foreign exchange. The problem is that the mainland has lost a lot of foreign exchange such as US dollars, pounds, and yen in the previous sniping attacks by Western countries, and now the Bank of China has no foreign exchange at all, except for the renminbi, which Hong Kong people do not recognize at all. It was precisely because he understood this that Song Lihui and Xiao Nianqi were in a low mood one after another.

Song Lihui suffered a lot of rejections, and now he doesn't count on it. Xiao Nianqi, who is a little younger, is still unwilling to give up a possibility. At that moment, he asked urgently: "Lin Dong, if you can, please consider reselling the part to our Bank of China Group, but because of the lack of foreign exchange, we can only buy ...... with RMB."

The first half of his voice was not small, but the second half was lowered. Obviously, Xiao Nianqi also knows the predicament that the renminbi is in now.

Swish......

In an instant, several eyes fell on Lin Xiaozhi's body. Everyone is curious and waiting to know what kind of choice Lu Dao, a young man who has been in Hong Kong for the past two years, will make.

Frowning slightly, as if he was thinking, Lin Xiaozhi pretended to be silent for a moment, until everyone except Song Nianhui would refuse like everyone else, he slowly raised his head and opened his mouth with Xiao Nianqi's expectant gaze: "I know the relationship between your Bank of China and the mainland, if Mr. Xiao, you can help me take the lead in contacting a few companies and bring a word to Beijing on my behalf, I can accept to sell all this gold to you......"