Chapter 780: The Sacking of Korea (Part I)
Seoul has Gangnam-gu, which is a fashion icon, and naturally Gangbuk-gu, which is a representative of tradition. In fact, the center of gravity of Seoul, including the former royal palace, the presidential palace, and the city hall, is in Gangbuk. There are mountains and streams, excellent feng shui, and large and small detached villas hidden deep in the dense forest, which is the residence of the truly wealthy aristocratic families. As for Jiangnan, it is just a newly rich area that has only flourished in the past two or three decades, and from the conservative eyes of some old-fashioned people, it has a bit of an upstart temperament.
Lee Jae-hyun's family lives in Beiyue Mountain in Jiangbei, with twists and turns of stone paths, towering ancient trees, and golden fallen leaves paving the paths, showing the tranquility and elegance of oriental gardens. At the end of the stone path is a quaint wooden pavilion where you can not only see the endless autumn colors next to it, but also the picturesque scenery of the Han River in the distance.
Today, Li Mengxi and his son are standing here, not looking at the scenery, but holding a high-powered telescope to look at the third brother's house diagonally opposite, that is, the house of Lee Kunxi, the current chairman of Samsung Group.
"Father, do you see that? If they were just monitoring their doorstep, the cameras should be like that, and now they're completely biased towards us, which is clearly spying on us. ”
Lee Jae-hyun looked at his father Tie Qing's face and continued: "No wonder the last time we invited Minister Kim of Shinhan Bank to come over for dinner, he agreed to give us financing, and the next day he changed his mind. ”
Thinking of the money sent out last time, it was returned again, and Li Mengxi was so angry that he trembled. I like to invite my friends home for dinner, and there are few people in high society who don't know, but I didn't expect to let that bastard use it so shamelessly!
The father was so angry that he smoked, and the son was also indignant, and said excitedly: "Father, I don't care about you and his brotherhood, I only know that this is naked/naked contempt!" I will definitely fight for this, and I will definitely cooperate with the Far Eastern Group to quickly grow CJ into a world-class company! I talked to Sun Ziming about how they don't have the energy to enter the Korean industry, they just want to share the fruits of our development. ”
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In late October 1997, international speculators moved to Hong Kong, an international financial center, and the spearhead was directly aimed at Hong Kong's linked exchange rate system. The Taiwan authorities suddenly abandoned the exchange rate of the new Taiwan dollar and depreciated in one day3. 46%, increasing the pressure on the Hong Kong dollar and the Hong Kong stock market.
With Steve's involvement, on October 23, 1997, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index plummeted to 1211. 47 points; On the 28th, it fell by 1621. 80 points, falling below the 9000 point mark. In the face of the fierce attack of international financial speculators, although the Hong Kong SAR government reiterated that it would not change the current exchange rate system, the Hang Seng Index rose to the 10,000-point mark. However, by November 5, the Hang Seng Index had plummeted to 7,285 points, and Hong Kong's stock market was in mourning.
The Hong Kong stock market was defeated, and the mighty army of yours came to South Korea, the head of the Four Little Tigers, with the power of a great victory. In just one week, the won completely collapsed, and the exchange rate of the won against the dollar fell to 1737. 60:1, and it also hit the Japanese financial industry, which has a large amount of investment in South Korea, causing a large number of Japanese banks and securities companies to go bankrupt one after another. So far, the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia has evolved into the Asian financial crisis.
In the midst of the financial crisis that swept Asia, Sun Ziming's 'angel investment fund' made huge profits, but he remained in Seoul as if he didn't care about how much money the company was making.
"Tingyan, this Park Chan-wook's script is good, you can talk to him", before Sun Ziming finished speaking, the back of his head made people slap him, which scared him a lot.
Jin Tingyan, the temporary assistant next to her, saw that a tall foreigner was so rude, and she was so frightened that she almost screamed.
Sun Ziming turned his head and looked amused, "Yo, have time to visit your boss?" ”
"Cut, Lao Tzu is bigger than you! yes, I've changed my taste, and I've actually started to soak young women? ”
Yang Guozhong's open-mouthed mouth made Jin Tingyan, who could understand some Chinese, very embarrassed, and Sun Ziming hurriedly introduced: "Tingyan, don't mind, just let this guy fart." Let me introduce you to you, this bastard is my classmate Yang Guozhong, who is also the general manager of the Far Eastern Group, and his Russian name is Ivan. ”
"It's okay, Mr. Sun, Mr. Yang, then I'll go first", Jin Tingyan heard that it was such a big person, and hurriedly got up to say goodbye.
"I'm sorry, I thought you couldn't understand Chinese", Yang Guozhong grinned and shook hands with Jin Tingyan, picked up Sun Ziming's tea cup and poured a few sips.
When Jin Tingyan came out of the office and closed the door, Yang Guozhong said with a heavy face: "Ziming, now that the Hang Seng Index has fallen to 7,000 points, it has already fallen by more than half, and it will be too late if you don't make a move!" ”
Sun Ziming shook his head and refused: "No, if the Hong Kong government doesn't move, we won't move." If they are all indifferent, why should we help? ”
"How can the government intervene in the stock market? They were able to stabilize the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar, which is already quite good! ”
Yang Guozhong was anxious, not only because the government's intervention in the stock market violated the principle of free economy, but more importantly, the Hang Seng Index fell by more than half, and it was the time to buy the bottom.
Sun Tzu knows this in his heart, and he also has a share in shorting the Hang Seng Index, but it is not convenient to say it clearly, "Don't worry about it, Steve, they know it in their hearts." ”
Yang Guozhong stared at Sun Ziming for a long time, and when he saw that he still looked calm, he guessed that this guy must be short, and he was ready to go long with his backhand at any time, just waiting for those people in the Hong Kong government to make up their minds. However, since the people they operated knew it, Yang Guozhong didn't insist anymore, and talked about the purpose of his visit this time.
A few years ago, Sun Ziming used the mineral resources of the Far East as bait to get some large South Korean companies to invest and buy raw materials in Russia. Now that the South Korean economy is in trouble, all the big companies have been affected, and some companies have begun to shut down. That's a big fat meat, if you can take advantage of this opportunity to swallow it, the strength of the Far Eastern Group will have to increase a lot.
It's just that Yang Guozhong saw that Sun Ziming had been staying in Seoul, and he was afraid that he had other plans, so he came over to ask.
Sun Tzu knew what Yang Guozhong meant, but he vetoed: "I am sending people to negotiate with CJ, Dongfang and Daelim Group, if the parent companies of those companies go bankrupt, they can buy those industrial and mining enterprises." ”
Yang Guozhong thought that Sun Ziming didn't understand, and hurriedly said: "Ziming, those are big fat meat, let's just let it go to others?" ”
If you don't let it, so what? Yang Guozhong must want to play some tricks, but now everyone is no longer a small person, and he has to follow the rules of business. What's more, the financial crisis came and went faster, and the South Koreans took advantage of the crisis to carry out economic restructuring, and in ten years they became truly developed countries. At this time, if you don't take a free ride and share the economic fruits of others, do you still have trouble with others?
It's just that these things are not easy to explain to Yang Guozhong, so Sun Ziming had to find another way to say: "Guozhong, if you have something, you must give up!" In order to form a triangular relationship, South Korea has to have huge interests in the Far East, so that they can share the pressure on both governments for us. ”
Yang Guozhong's eyes widened, now that everyone is so good with the two governments, and the two countries have also begun to build a legal system, why are you still thinking about that?
Sun Ziming stuffed a cigarette into his mouth, played the cigarette of the two of them, and insisted: "Guozhong, don't always stare at the things in front of you, take a long-term view!" South Korea has a population of only 50 million, but it is the world's 11th largest economy, and I bet that the Korean economic structure will be successfully adjusted in the future. ”
Yang Guozhong hehe Zhile, he made the mistake of being short-sighted again, and these things are still Ziming's long-term vision.
"Alright, stop giggling. It's just in time that you're here, I'll take you to meet Lee Jae-hyun and them. The shares of their enterprises will later be transferred to the Far Eastern Bank. ”
Yang Guozhong is even happier, those South Korean companies shares to the Far Eastern Bank is equivalent to the formation of a large consortium spanning China, Russia, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Macao. As soon as South Korea joins in, Far Eastern Bank will be able to enter the economically developed South Korea through the guò gang of Korean sticks.