Throughout April of 92, Zhou Qingfeng basically stayed in HK, and his main job was to town the market and cut out some hidden dangers. This robbery of the HSBC vault was counted as a hidden mission, and due to the extraordinary effect, he was rewarded with 500,000 bonds.

At least the cost of buying all kinds of 'garbage' from the e-commerce plane is supplemented.

For this shocking case, the British's investigation took an unimaginable change at the beginning - he was also worried and guarded against himself as the focus of the investigation, but in fact it was not.

Sophia sneaked into the Governor's Palace and other important institutions several times, and found that all parties involved in the investigation of the case believed that there was a deeply buried ghost, and even HSBC's senior management himself thought so.

Probably because the British have become accustomed to playing conspiracy, and the first reaction when something happens is to find a traitor.

Second, HSBC is saving itself. The home of a century-old enterprise is not only gold and currency in the treasury, but also a large amount of real estate, shares, registered bonds, and subsidiaries.

Zhou Qingfeng didn't leave many clues, and even the T-80U was transported back to Tianyang on the third day after the crime. Even if the British have gathered a large number of elites in the industry, there is no time to solve the case.

A lot of the money in the vault is not HSBC's. There are real estate developers, affiliated banks, and insurance companies, all sorts of things. Everyone needs capital turnover every day, and it is impossible to put it off forever.

Otherwise, it's really a big die.

In order to survive, in order to cope with the coming run, it doesn't matter what the truth is.

HSBC Holdings' top management soon decided to sell off a large number of non-core assets in the company's name, while allowing customers to convert large deposits and bonds into shares in the company.

For example, HSBC acquired 51 shares of Hang Seng Bank for a mere 51 million Hong Kong dollars in 65 years, and subsequently held more than 60 shares. By the nineties, Hang Seng Bank was also worth a lot of money.

HSBC also has the largest foreign bank in the Arab region, the British Bank of the Middle East. There is the oldest bank in India, the Bank of Commerce and Trade of India. It owns SITC Bank, one of the top 20 banks in the United States.

It also has a nearly 15% stake in one of the UK's four largest settlement banks, Midland Bank. It was supposed to complete its control of the latter in June '92, but now it has no money.

And that's just the assets of the financial world, and there are countless other assets. In order to survive, these things are being sold at low prices.

In mid-April, Zhou Qingfeng received an invitation letter from HSBC, and did not say that the bank was currently in financial difficulties, only that an auction of rare assets would be held in the near future. As an 'excellent customer' of HSBC, he is welcome to take the time to attend.

The auction is held in Central, but there is no need for customers to be present directly, only pre-registration is required, and anonymous bidding is required. HSBC keeps the confidentiality of its customers, and by the way, wishes President Zhou a happy life and a prosperous career.

Pleasant, Uncle Zhou is very pleasant.

HSBC sent in a list of auctions, a very nicely printed brochure. There are more than 20 books in different categories. From antique calligraphy and painting to Western art, there are port plots to buildings, as well as corporate shares and operating entities.

It's not just HSBC that is selling assets, but also many of the wealthy people involved who have to sell their properties in exchange for liquidity because of a financial crisis.

At this moment, any grievances and hatreds must be put aside, and it is only right to get money to save yourself. Will there be eggs under the nest? No one of those affiliates wants HSBC to fall.

If it really falls, everyone will be crushed to death, or dragged into the abyss.

Against this backdrop, it's cool to have cash in hand. Chow stayed in the branch building in Causeway Bay, looking through the auction brochure sent by HSBC with great interest.

The starting price of the listed lots is often only one-third or even one-quarter of the market price. As long as it's not hyped, it's still quite cost-effective to buy in.

Antique artworks or something, Zhou Qingfeng moved a lot from the HSBC vault. These are small, lightweight, and have a high value. But he had no interest in it.

those left by their ancestors will find opportunities to donate anonymously to domestic museums; Abroad, looking for opportunities to sell in the black market of art in Europe, you can also exchange a lot of money.

In terms of real estate, there are more than a dozen HK billionaires selling properties, including mid-level villas, high-rise buildings, undeveloped land, and even properties in Southeast Asia.

Some shipping companies sell large oil tankers and freighters under their names, overseas ports, and even sell people and ships together, as long as they give money, they can directly operate.

Someone is selling factories, garment factories, plastic factories, electronics factories. Toys, hardware, clocks, large and small, many categories, all-inclusive.

This is mostly labor-intensive enterprises with a low level of technology, but it can solve a large number of jobs.

At present, the wage level of HK is high, and the low-end manufacturing industry has little competitiveness, and it is moving to the Pearl River Delta region, so the selling price is very cheap.

Take a closer look, this is like Pan Jiayuan picking up a leak. Usually most of them are fakes, but today it is rare to have a batch of rare assets - otherwise it is not enough to attract foreign funds.

Zhou Qingfeng had to put away his jokes and pay attention to this. He found a pen and drew circles on the auction items he was interested in, and drew a few more circles if he was particularly interested.

Circle, circle, circle, the booklet was circled with hundreds of entries.

It includes seven or eight commercial buildings in HK, four or five residential plots that have not yet been built, and a shipping company with more than a dozen ships. Ports and plantation estates and mines in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, etc.

There is also a mess of small factories that need to be integrated and a small bank with branches in Europe and the United States.

All of these industries together cost about $1.5 billion. It doesn't seem cheap either, but it costs at least twice as much if you buy it during normal times.

I just don't know how many people will bid at the auction?

Zhou Qingfeng called Sophia and Erin, pointed to the entry on the pamphlet that was wreathed by him, and said, "Other people's crises are the time for the 'Holy Light' to expand.

Now that the group has money, it is better to spend it if you don't use it. Taking advantage of the fact that these guys broke their arms to save themselves, we just made up for some shortcomings in the group. ”

HSBC's issuance of this invitation is tantamount to effectively lifting the freeze on the funds of the 'Holy Light', allowing it to use its own financial network to conduct transactions.

This matter is tacitly understood, and it is not suitable for public declaration, and it can indeed only be traded anonymously.

Buying the enemy's assets with the enemy's money is a pleasure no matter how you think about it. The only trouble is how the 'Holy Light' can legally take out the funds in his hands?

But this is certainly not an unsolvable problem, the big deal is to use the domestic foreign exchange system to pay, at most use some foreign exchange to purchase in the country.

The exchange rate of the domestic soft sister currency has changed from '4' to '5', depreciating by nearly 30% in the blink of an eye, and it will soon become '8'. I don't believe that the State Administration of Foreign Exchange is not in a hurry.

Sophia is very quick to process official documents, and with the click of her fingers, she can 'read' and 'copy' in an instant.

As Zhou Qingfeng's secretary, Erin privately contacted a number of companies in the brochure to find out the bidding and trading.

External publicity, naturally, 'Shengguang', as a company with a semi-official background in the mainland, intends to take advantage of the low price to carry out large-scale acquisitions.

"Harmony Weekly" patted the president's sycophant - the "god of management" expanded against the trend, and the HK economy has broad prospects. The article also roughly points out the industries that Qingfeng is interested in and the amount of purchases next week.

After the sycophant article was published, the phone call of 'Holy Light' in the Causeway Bay branch was immediately blown up - the one who can come up with real money is the uncle.

There are many companies that are not optimistic about the auction and have no intention of selling their assets. can see that there are really funders who are willing to come out to 'clean up the mess', and everyone feels that it is safer to 'hold cash' at present.

Throughout April, Mr. Zhou was busy buying other people's businesses — too many, really too many. I didn't want it, but they insisted on giving it to me. It is also said that it is the responsibility of the rich.

Uncle Zhou is really carrying a big burden.