Chapter 136: A Deal with Song Ling
Song Ling was very proud during this time, and it was not ordinary proud.
Although he was a disastrous loser in the battle to defend Hong Kong's stock market in October, he deftly shifted all the blame to the leaders of the state-owned enterprises who let him bail out the market. Although most of the money will be spent on the shares of state-owned enterprises listed in Hong Kong, the fact that the Hong Kong stock market has plummeted, coupled with the small actions of the leaders of some listed companies, has made Yanjing very annoyed.
Zhuge Guan, who is about to take over the post of prime minister at next year's people's congress, is an iron-fisted man who cannot see sand in his eyes; although he has not yet taken over the post of premier in name only, he has been in charge of the economy, finance, the central bank, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and other departments.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately shook the entire large state-owned enterprise community, and almost all people who were not on the same line as Zhuge Pavilion were panicked, as if they were about to doom. However, when they calmed down and analyzed it carefully, they found a lot of clues in this wave of adjustments.
First of all, most of the companies that have suffered during this period of adjustment are listed in Hong Kong, and the deterioration of business conditions is directly related to the decline of the Hong Kong market. Second, the management of these companies is more or less involved in fraud, that is, what is commonly referred to as insider trading, in which they use inside information to sell high and buy low or buy low and sell high, etc., although the actions are very hidden, but they still cannot hide the eyes of the censorship department; The most rear. These people do not respect the leaders in charge on weekdays, and often engage in some acts of disobedience behind their backs, and even obstruct the negotiations between Huaxia and the World Trade Organization, which is particularly unbearable for Zhuge Pavilion.
After figuring it out, the management of the central enterprises quickly took targeted measures, first, to stop insider trading in the capital market, whether it was in the A-share market or in Hong Kong and other markets, the relevant actions were temporarily stopped; the second is to raise their hands in favor of negotiations with the World Trade Organization, despite their reluctance in their hearts; The third point more important is to cheer up and supervise production and sales, because as long as the performance of the enterprise goes up, even if Zhuge Pavilion has the heart to make trouble, it will be unknown.
The leadership of Hong Kong-listed state-owned enterprises has a deeper understanding of Yanjing's moves. Because they found that these reshuffled corporate management. Including Zhang Baiqing of Huaxia COSCO, they have borrowed funds from the Xia Run Group, specifically borrowing the money from the central government to support the Hong Kong stock market, and only then was the position decisively adjusted. Other companies that didn't reach out to the money, or didn't have time to reach out, got away with it. This made them immediately understand the deeper meaning of this adjustment. No one dares to reach out to this fund rashly anymore.
No constraints. Coupled with the full support of the forces behind him, Song Ling is naturally "proud of the spring breeze" and suddenly became the biggest protector in the Hong Kong stock market. It is almost possible to make whichever stock you want to protect go up. However, he soon found that he did not have the ability to influence the broader market, and he began to panic when he saw that his chips were being consumed day by day, and the Hong Kong stock market did not improve much at all.
Although protecting the disk is a medium and long-term thing, and the leader will be patient, if the chips in his hand are reduced day by day, when the international speculators come to attack again, Song Ling really doesn't know what to do.
After racking his brains for several nights, he remembered that before the international speculators attacked Hong Kong, Zhong Shi had predicted that it would be carried out through some news or means, and one of the most impressive for him was that the new Taiwan dollar might suddenly announce a devaluation.
Once he had the idea, Song Ling became active, looking around for news about the Zhong brothers, and this inquiry didn't matter, and suddenly his jaw fell to the ground in surprise.
First of all, the Zhong family moved to Hong Kong from the mainland more than ten years ago, and then launched the acquisition of Huade Real Estate, a listed company with a market value of tens of billions in 94, and after several twists and turns, it swallowed all the behemoths, and then persuaded shareholders to privatize it, and re-IPO near the highest point of the Hang Seng Index this year, which earned more than billions of Hong Kong dollars between this entry and exit.
Now the chairman of the board of directors of this real estate company is Zhongyi, this person Song Ling does not think much of is also very promising, first as a junior economist in Asia at the World Bank, and later hired by a mainland bank to set up the first large state-owned investment bank, as the president, only a few months later. But within a few years, he became the largest shareholder and chairman of the board of directors of Huade Real Estate, which surprised Song Ling.
Originally, Song Ling wanted to ask Zhong Yi to give him advice, but this idea was just a flash, after all, the other party was the chairman of the board of directors of a listed company, and no matter how much he offered the conditions, he could not be higher than the other party, so he could only give up and focus on Zhong Shi's public relations.
It's just that he didn't expect that Clock Stone's net worth was even dozens of times that of his favorite, and if he wanted to understand this situation, he would definitely not come over to visit directly so rashly.
Seeing Zhong Shi coming over to greet him with a smile on his face, Song Ling couldn't help but muttering in his heart, he had dealt with Zhong Shi before, and what he said was quite ugly, because at that time he was always afraid that Zhong Shi would rob him of his job. Although there is no such concern at all now, he still remembers that Zhong Shi is an unapproachable person, and he always has a feeling of rejecting people thousands of miles away, and he doesn't want the other party to smile today, which makes him very surprised.
Accident to accident, Song Ling's face was immediately full of smiles, he took two quick steps and held Zhong Shi's hand tightly, and said with great enthusiasm: "Mr. Zhong, it's been a long time, what have you been busy with lately, and the business is still booming?" ”
Zhong Shi smiled, held Song Ling's hand with a little force, and then said, "The world is not good, and money is hard to make." I don't know what kind of wind it is. Can blow Song Sheng here, I said why did I hear the magpie chirping when I went out this morning, dare to love that there are distinguished guests coming to the door today! ”
Zhong Shi's words made Ren Ruowei and Ma Jiarui behind him roll their eyes, who didn't know that the repulse bay where Zhong Shi lived faced the invincible seascape of Victoria Harbour, and it was possible to say that it was possible to hear the sound of seagulls, and it was too nonsense to say that magpies.
However, Song Ling was very useful in his heart, thinking that this kid was quite fooled, seeing that today's matter was very likely to be negotiated, he said a few words of modesty, and then followed Zhong Shi and the others into the conference room of the Tianyu Foundation.
"What are they?" Through the bright glass partition wall. Song Ling pointed to the busy traders on the trading floor and asked puzzledly.
"Them?" Zhong Shi looked in the direction he was pointing. Only then did he come to his senses, rubbed his hands a little embarrassedly, and said with a little embarrassment, "They're doing things." I don't know exactly what to do. ”
He wasn't lying. Even if I work with them every day. But Zhong Shi still can't figure out what most of the researchers do on a daily basis, not only because of the clear division of labor within Tianyu Fund, but also because of the different investment fields. The research work is also different, and Zhong Shi has limited energy and can only focus on key investments.
It's just that when he heard Song Ling's ears, this self-proclaimed smart senior executive of a state-owned enterprise wanted to be crooked, because this kind of thing would never happen within them, and in order to show their absolute control over the departments under their control, they could even pay attention to everything one by one. As soon as he thought of this, Song Ling had some doubts about Zhong Shi's status in the Tianyu Fund.
Before he came, he had heard more than one hint that Zhong Shi was the master behind the Tianyu Fund, even though the title on his business card was only that of a fund manager. But now it seems that all this he heard was a bit exaggerated.
Although he kept muttering in his heart, Song Ling still hid the doubts in his heart very well, and quickly described his intentions in detail.
"Want me to be an advisor?" Zhong Shi couldn't help but smile dumbly, touched the bridge of his nose and asked a little puzzled, "Mr. Song, if I'm not mistaken, I promised Yanjing before, and I was originally your advisor, right?" ”
As soon as he heard Zhong Shi talk about this, Song Ling's face became a little unnatural. Zhong Shi was right, they did hire someone like Zhong Shi who was already well-known in the capital market, but in order to exclude dissidents, Song Ling only held a conference call at the beginning, and then there was no follow-up.
However, Song Ling had already thought about this question before he came, so the unnaturalness on his face was just a flash, and he immediately replied calmly: "Mr. Zhong, you are right, there was an agreement before. However, due to the large number of consultants and the serious differences of opinion, we only listen selectively, and there is a process of removing the false and preserving the true. ”
"In that case, does Mr. Song think my point of view is false or true?" Zhong Shi still didn't give up, and immediately asked.
Song Ling shook his head helplessly, revealing a smile that was more ugly than crying, and said rather dejectedly: "Mr. Zhong, you are really unforgiving." Well, I admit that I neglected you before, but this is out of public interest, after all, since I am in charge of so many funds, I must be responsible for the country, and I cannot waste a dime of public funds. ”
Speaking of the back, he became more and more confident, and his voice gradually became louder, "Mr. Zhong, I don't think you are very important here, so it's better to do this, you jump to me, don't say less, at least give you this number a month." As he spoke, he opened his hands and shook his ten fingers towards Zhong Shi, "100,000 Hong Kong dollars, how about it?" ”
A monthly salary of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars is not a lot, but it is already a lot in state-owned enterprises, after all, their salary standards are not on par with Hong Kong society. And most importantly, now that Hong Kong's economy is not in a good mood, people who used to be able to get this figure casually have to accept the reality of salary cuts.
It should be said that Song Ling was still very sincere in quoting this number, but he didn't understand what the situation was about the person he wanted to recruit. Zhong Shi just smiled at this, and said in a flat tone: "It's better to be like this, Mr. Song, I can provide you with a little professional advice, if international speculators have another act of attacking the Hong Kong capital market, I can do my best to help you snipe them, as for the rest, you can be exempted." ”
A trace of disappointment rose in Song Ling's heart, he really wanted to recruit Zhong Shi under his command, but the other party had no intention of accepting it at all. However, Zhong Shi didn't say anything to death, and still agreed to help him, which made him feel that he had achieved his goal.
"But......" Zhong Shi's words were obviously not finished, "Mr. Song, you should also know that there will be no pie in the sky, and in exchange, I need you to help me do something." ”
"An exchange of interests?" The corners of Song Ling's mouth twitched slightly, and he almost understood as soon as Zhong Shi's words fell. However, he didn't agree immediately, and after thinking for a while, he said slowly: "Mr. Zhong, I don't know what kind of conditions you want?" If it's beyond my power, I'm afraid I can't do anything about it. ”
"Naturally, it won't be beyond your means." Zhong Shi smiled slightly, and flatly denied, "It's just that I want a semi-official status, like a security consultant." It's just that the unit I am linked to can be a little involved in finance, and this official can be the Hong Kong government, or the central government, or even a completely fictitious unit. ”
"......" Song Ling was surprised after hearing this, he didn't understand what Zhong Shi meant at all, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment before he raised his head again, and said with a solemn face: "I can't promise you this for the time being, I need to apply to Lu Shang." ”
Zhong Shi nodded.
After the two sides finished talking, they began to talk about the current situation of Hong Kong stocks. As he was talking, he saw that the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and then a figure rushed in in a hurry, it was Ren Ruowei. I saw that he was sweating profusely, his face was nervous, and he didn't care about the presence of outsiders, and asked Zhong Shi directly: "The news just came from the South Korean side, the Seoul Bank has been taken over by the government, and now the Korean won will fall sharply soon, am I flat today?" ”
Zhong Shi was a little embarrassed, slapped his head and sighed, and said helplessly: "Ask me what to do?" Make your own decisions. But let me warn you, don't forget our bet! ”
"Don't worry!" Ren Ruowei rushed out again without looking back, and did not forget to say, "You just wait, Rolls-Royce I won!" ”
Song Ling, who had been listening with his ears pricked up on the side, was suddenly so shocked that his glasses fell to the ground, and then looked at Zhong Shi, who did not have the slightest fluctuation in expression, and remembered what he had just recruited, and suddenly his face turned red, and he was almost dripping blood. (To be continued......)
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