My Age of Investment

   Chapter 1132 Catalyst

   A white private plane landed at Hong Kong Island International Airport. Xia Jingxing and his group got off the plane, walked out of the airport, boarded the luxury motorcade that came to greet them, and drove straight towards Central.

   After a while, two skyscrapers of Phase I and Phase II of the International Finance Center, dubbed "Two Fragrances" by Hong Kong people, appeared in front of them because they blocked the view of Victoria Harbour from the Peak, Central and Mid-levels.

  The long motorcade stopped at the gate of the second phase building. Xia Jingxing walked out of a dark Maybach. Fu Jixun, Liu Xiaoduo and bodyguards and more than a dozen entourages surrounded the boss and walked into the building.

   With such a big pomp, the staff passing by could not help but stop and take a look.

  The President of the Monetary Authority, Yi Gang, was also in the lobby at this time. He glanced at Xia Jingxing and others, and then asked the surrounding entourage a few words. His eyes lit up, and then he strode towards Xia Jingxing.

   "Mr. Xia, please stop!"

  Xia Jingxing looked back and saw an old man in his sixties with silver hair walking quickly towards him.

  "Ren Zong~"

  Xia Jingxing held out his hand and greeted him with a smile.

   He is actually unfamiliar with Yi Gang, but the other party is the president of the HKMA, a senior civil servant, and his status is equivalent to that of the central bank governor of the mainland.

  Since everyone else stopped him, he naturally had to say hello before leaving.

   Yi Gang shook hands with Xia Jingxing enthusiastically, "Mr. Xia, long time no see, I haven't seen you for a while."

   "Recently, I mainly run in the United States and the mainland, and rarely come to Hong Kong."

   "Haha, I understand, your main industries are in these two places!"

  …

   After a few words of greetings, Yi Gang suddenly said: "Mr. Xia, I have a private party the day after tomorrow, and I have invited some investors and the rich in the city to discuss the recent increasingly severe financial situation. Is it convenient to invite you to attend?"

  Xia Jingxing responded readily: "Okay, no problem, thank you for the invitation, Mr. Ren, I will make the appointment on time."

  Zi Zigang immediately grinned, with an extremely bright smile, because Xia Jingxing gave him a lot of face.

   Before coming over, he hesitated, after all, he was not very familiar with Xia Jingxing, it would be embarrassing if he was rejected.

  Although he is the head of the central bank in a region on Hong Kong Island, he heard that Xia Jingxing did not even sell Li Huangtai's face, and he did not think his face was greater than that of Li Huangtai.

   However, considering the series of financial market changes that have occurred this year, he felt that since they had all encountered it, it was necessary to try to invite Xia Jingxing.

   Because the other party has an important identity as the head of the world's top ten hedge funds, and is a ruthless man who makes a lot of money in the subprime mortgage derivatives market.

  With this financial tycoon attending the party, the party style is suddenly pulled up.

   At the same time, he can get to know Xia Jingxing a little more, there are many ways to have friends!

  Like an old friend of his, he has become the chairman of Blackstone Greater China now, and he has made great contributions to Blackstone, and has attracted a heavy investment of 3 billion US dollars.

While Blackstone's stock price plummeted, the deal, which Schwarzman called a paragon of global capital flows, was named the top 10 worst business deals of 2007 by Time magazine, but it didn't detract from the seat under his old friend's ass. Solid as a rock.

   It is said that this year Blackstone will give out a big bonus again, and his old friend is expected to receive a big prize.

Speaking of which, his old friend was not easy. He was in his fifties and gave birth to three children in a row with the Diving Concubine. The youngest child was just born this year. , milk powder can not afford.

   He will retire in the future. Wouldn’t it be great if he had the opportunity to be a consultant to Vision Capital?

   For example, another old friend of his, Greenspan, is now working as a consultant to the Paulson Institute, playing his last remaining heat.

   Therefore, for the financial tycoon, Yi Gang is even more enthusiastic than meeting Li Huangtai. Without him, he is a professional counterpart, and there is still a chance to earn some pension money in the future. Naturally, the relationship must be improved.

   After chatting for a few more words, Yiran, surrounded by a group of people, walked straight to the exclusive elevator that leads directly to the top office on the 88th floor.

  Xia Jingxing and his group walked into the ordinary elevator car leading to the 49th floor.

   "Mr. Xia, are you going to the private party of "any trick"?"

  Fu Jixun had just heard the conversation between Xia Jingxing and Yi Gang, and seeing that the elevator was all his own at the moment, he couldn't help but ask.

   "Any trick?" Xia Jingxing asked in doubt.

Fu Jixun smiled, "This is the nickname given to him by the people of Hong Kong Island. Ten years ago, Soros led a crowd to attack, and he just made a repeated move: raising interest rates and increasing the cost of financial speculation to resist speculators' sniping. , to maintain the linked exchange rate.

  This method has great side effects and has an impact on the local property market and stock market. The people on Hong Kong Island were full of complaints back then.

  Nowadays, the common people hold any of the tricks high, and call them "General Manager Ren" one by one. You know, they only call the head of the mainland called General Manager XX.

   I don’t know if Mr. Xia, you just noticed that the office for any trick is on the top floor of the building, and there is a special elevator.

   When the HKMA spent 3.7 billion Hong Kong dollars to buy a 14-storey building in the second phase of the National Finance Corporation, the media criticized it, saying: This is a clear proof of using the hard-earned money of taxpayers to build a noble enjoyment for itself.

  Zi Gangze calmly explained: Buying a property is more reasonable than long-term lease, and it is a good investment.

   But to tell the truth, the top floor of IFC Phase II is the most expensive office in Hong Kong. You don’t enjoy Mr. Xia, nor do developers Hengji and Xinhongji. He is a man with a public salary and runs very fast.

  By the way, when it comes to salary, Yi Gang is the highest paid central bank governor in the world, with an annual salary of more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars, seven times that of Bernanke of the Federal Reserve, and three times that of the presidents of the European Central Bank and the Central Bank of Japan.

   A small Hong Kong Island is actually catching up with the Premier League. "

  Xia Jingxing listened quietly without commenting, but he knew the main reason? The fact is that the HKMA is not under the control of anyone, and it makes and spends its own money, just like a kingdom.

  Liu Xiaoduo frowned and said, "If we hadn't taken the shot back then, they could have swallowed them with their belt bones, but now they're dragging them up and spending extravagantly."

  Xia Jingxing's sharp eyes stabbed Liu Xiaoduo, who stuck out his tongue and didn't dare to say anything.

  The elevator went up to the 49th floor. As soon as Xia Jingxing and the others got out of the elevator, they saw Ye Shuhui who was greeted by a few people at the door of the company.

   "Xiasheng~"

   Ye Shuhui still had short glossy hair and took a few quick steps to shake hands with Xia Jingxing.

   After a few words of greetings, she led Xia Jingxing to the office and at the same time began to introduce the recent situation of the Hong Kong Island office.

   These are all trivial matters, and it was not until she walked into Xia Jingxing's office that only she and Xia Jingxing were left in the room, and she began to mention her short-selling record this year.

   "We have established a short position of HK$41.1 billion around major real estate stocks such as Yellow River Industrial, Lai Kee Whampoa, Lai Kee Telecom International, SOHO, Hengji Properties, Xinhongji Properties, and New Universe Properties..."

  Xia Jingxing smiled, "Yes, the four major families have been placed on the table neatly, it can be called a big reunion."

   "Unfortunately! Although the stock price kept falling, it fell very slowly and did not fall as expected."

   Ye Shuhui said with regret, "The Hang Seng Index at the beginning of the year was more than 24,000 points, and today it is approaching the 20,000-point mark. The cumulative decline in the broader market is less than 20%, only about 16%.

   Several large real estate stocks have fallen by the same amount as the broader market since the beginning of the year. So far, our short-selling profit has not reached the HK$10 billion mark, but only about HK$6 billion. "

  Xia Jingxing nodded lightly, "The market lacks a catalyst right now, the kind that can produce a chemical reaction immediately if you drop it."

   Ye Shuhui smiled and said, "Then when will it come?"

  Xia Jingxing glanced out the window, the originally clear sky turned into dark clouds at some point, and he said without thinking, "It's going to rain heavily."

   Ye Shuhui also took a look at the weather outside the window and seemed to understand something. She smiled and said, "We are ready, we will see when the rain will fall."

"soon!"

   Thanks to book friend Liang Xiao for the reward of 20,000 points, and 2 chapters will be added later. Make up for the chapter that was missing yesterday.

   (end of this chapter)