Chapter 1021: Everything is under control

The golden morning sun gradually dyed the eastern sky red, and the peaceful Xiangjiang was once again enveloped in hustle and bustle after a quiet night.

Early on Thursday morning, Xia Yu went to Jiuding Securities Company after breakfast.

With nearly an hour and a half left before the market opened, Wang Qi gathered his capable subordinates for the daily pre-operation deployment meeting, which was also a plan adjustment meeting. They reviewed the results of the previous day's operations and brainstormed together to adjust the action plan according to the actual situation.

Xia Yu just sat at the head listening, not interfering with Wang Qi's management, and let him give orders.

When the meeting was over and Xia Yu and Wang Qi were left alone in the conference room, Wang Qi said to Xia Yu, 'Chairman, I've discovered a problem related to our plan, but it hasn't affected us yet. I didn't say anything at the meeting just now so as not to distract everyone.'

Xia Yu asked softly, 'What is it?'

Wang Qi explained, 'According to the original plan, we were to target Swire Finance and constrain the Swire financial empire's money bag. However, through the past few days of tracking and investigation, our people discovered that Swire Finance is liquidating its stocks on a large scale.'

'I am 90% certain that Swire Finance is running out of funds and wants to liquidate its insignificant investment stocks to return capital and use it to compete with us for companies related to the Swire Group.'

Xia Yu nodded gently, and after a moment of thought, he said directly with narrowed eyes: 'Then change the plan. Apart from the companies in the Swire group, we will not buy the stocks of any companies in which Swire Finance has invested, and we will also sell the stocks we hold to control the stock price.'

'I hope that after Swire Finance cashes out, it will use all the funds to buy the stocks of the companies in the Swire group at high prices, but we cannot let them cash out at high prices and get the money back.'

Wang Qi nodded solemnly: 'I understand.'

In fact, what Chairman Xia Yu was saying was exactly what he had considered. The purpose of their plan was to get Swire Finance deeply locked in, and then be crushed by the stock market crash.

Although according to the current market trend, almost all Hong Kong stocks are rising, they can simply wait until the stock prices of non-Swire Group companies rise higher and then sell them to get a higher profit return.

However, in order to control the funds of Swire Finance and weaken their ability to withstand risks and pressure, they could lose money if necessary. In any case, the Swire Group would be in a worse situation by then, and the losses could definitely be recovered from the Swire Group.

Just then, Xia Yu suddenly asked, 'Wang Qi, you assigned Yuan Tianfan to negotiate the acquisition of equity with HSBC, right?'

Wang Qi nodded and replied, 'Yes.'

Xia Yu continued, "I have confirmed that HSBC has secretly transferred its stake in the Swire group of companies to the Shih family, and the two sides have already joined forces to set us up.'

Wang Qi was shocked, and after praising the chairman for his connections, he hurriedly asked, "Chairman, what is their plan?'

Xia Yu replied, 'The goal of both parties is clear: to take us for a ride.'

'This morning you should have received a notice from HSBC that negotiations are scheduled for the day after tomorrow, Saturday morning. In the next two days, HSBC will definitely publicise the matter to attract more people to compete. The Shi Yahuai family is HSBC's pawn.'

'Arrange things according to what I have said. Since HSBC is joining forces with the Shi Yahuai family to rip us off, we don't need to hold back. We can take advantage of the stock market crash to get rid of them. Let HSBC lose all those Swire Pacific shares, so that they can't cash out and ride out the storm.'

'The Sze Ya Huai family has already used 1.674 billion in cash and pledged 3.348 billion worth of shares to secure loans in order to obtain the shares of Swire Pacific, Swire Pacific Warehouse, Swire Pacific Shipping and Swire Pacific Industries held by Shunfeng Bank.'

'The Sze Ya Huai family's funds have reached their limit, and they can basically only rely on Swire Finance. HSBC now has an extra 1.6 billion in cash flow, and it cannot be allowed to increase.'

'Those shares must be allowed to rot in the hands of HSBC or the Shi Yahuai family.'

'These things are a bit tricky to handle, and they require a lot of attention to detail. Do you think Yuan Tianfan is capable of doing this?'

Wang Qi pondered for a long time, and nodded firmly: 'Chairman, Yuan Tianfan is mature and prudent. I'll give him some pointers later, and I think he can do it.'

'Okay, then let him continue to handle this matter. Let me know the result later, I want to know how he performs.' Xia Yu trusted Wang Qi's judgment, so he nodded in agreement and made a request.

Yuan Tianfan was a potential stock that he had set his sights on, and he also wanted to see, after following Wang Qi for more than a year, what level Yuan Tianfan's abilities had reached and whether it was necessary to add more responsibilities.

'Okay, I'll make the arrangements later.'

'Okay!'

...

Sure enough, about ten minutes after Xia Yu finished chatting with Wang Qi, Wang Qi received a call from Shen Bi, who invited them to attend a private equity auction held by HSBC on Saturday morning.

After once again marveling at the chairman's formidable intelligence, Wang Qi treated the matter with even greater caution and personally participated in discussing the special action plan.

Xia Yu, on the other hand, waited until the stock market opened, and then, after watching the Hang Seng Index continue to rise and the stock prices of Swire Pacific Group continue to soar, he left satisfied.

He was going to Central, Hong Kong Island, to see how things were going at the Bank of Kyodo and Standard Chartered Bank.

A stock market crash is both a disaster and an opportunity. It is definitely a disaster for companies that are unprepared and usually messy, but of course it is an opportunity for companies with strength and stable operations.

Not to mention, this time the stock market crash that originally broke out in 1981 and lasted until 1983, Xia Yu is preparing to artificially trigger its outbreak. As the instigator, he must definitely be prepared, avoid the minefield as much as possible, and at the same time seize the greatest possible benefits.

And the bank is, of course, the key.

When Xia Yu arrived at the headquarters of Jiuding Bank in Central, Hong Kong Island, he learned that Liu Tianci was receiving an important client. Xia Yu stopped his subordinates from going to call Liu Tianci and leisurely drank tea in the office.

About half an hour later, Liu Tianci, who had received the news, quickly came to the office.

'Chairman, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting,'

Liu Tianci said apologetically as soon as he entered the door.

'It's no problem, work comes first.'

'Let's sit down and talk,'

Xia Yu smiled, waved his hand, and invited Liu Tianci to sit down on the sofa.

Then he casually asked, 'Who was that just now, who needed you to receive personally?'

Liu Tianci smiled and said, 'It was Chen Qingsong, the chairman of the Carring Group.'

Xia Yu's eyebrows shot up, and the movement of holding the teacup and preparing to drink tea all stopped.

His brows knitted slightly, and he asked with concern, 'What is his purpose?'