Starting from floating in Hong Kong

Chapter 359 Help Me Keep It Secret
"HSBC's new reform plan was rejected by the Monetary Authority... This is the third time that the plan has been rejected."

"According to insiders, there are serious differences within the HKMA, and no agreement has been reached on whether to rescue the market."

"The reopening of HSBC Bank is nowhere in sight, and millions of depositors want to cry but have no tears."

The atmosphere in the morning tea lobby is particularly depressing, without the noise and fireworks of the past.

The faces of the diners were all black and black, and the sumptuous breakfast in front of them could not attract their attention, and they all stared straight at the TV.

"HSBC said they are actively working to resolve the current situation, they are confident in the current situation, and urge depositors not to blindly follow suit."

"Drop you old wood!"

"You bastard!"

There was a lot of cursing in the lobby, and some diners didn't even eat their meals, just stood up and left.

"Boss, turn off the TV! Look at the fire!!"

Soon a waiter ran over and turned off the TV button kindly, and the lobby became quiet.

HSBC is now suffering from the closure of its business, not only for itself, but also for its customers.

There are many companies that use HSBC for capital turnover. As a result, the business was closed and the funds could not be withdrawn, and the company immediately fell into trouble.

Hundreds of small companies and thousands of small shops use HSBC to pay their employees.

The number of people affected by this crisis is more than one million.

Moreover, this crisis has caused a chain reaction of financial institutions and other banks, and the resulting disaster is spreading.

"This is really miserable, alas." Zhang Zhiheng folded and put away the newspaper in his hand, shook his head and sighed.

The wave of business closures caused by the bank run naturally also affected the police force, and the salaries of the police officers could not be paid.

Fortunately, the Baishan Foundation stood up at this critical moment and helped the police force by lending its one billion Hong Kong dollars in cash as an interest-free loan to the police force.

With this money, the police force paid a month's wages in advance to the police officers by manual payment, which quickly stabilized the morale of the army.

When the police force on Hong Kong Island is stable, law and order are also stable.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has also noticed this problem, and immediately allowed the Bank of East Asia to start operating, and provided financial support, and temporarily handed over the salary payment of public servants on Hong Kong Island to the Bank of East Asia.

At the same time, the Hong Kong Island government strictly urged HSBC to solve the problem as soon as possible, otherwise it will lead to a major economic crisis.

At that time, it will not be a local problem on Hong Kong Island, but will affect the entire Southeast Asian region.

Zhang Zhiheng returned to the office with a big bag of breakfast, and put it on the table, "Madam, your coffee."

Guan Deqing thanked him with a smile, took out his wallet and started looking for change.

"Ajie, Brother Cheng, Brother Yong, let's have breakfast."

"Thank you, Ah Heng, how much is it?"

Several people counted the money carefully and calculated the early money clearly.

Now that funds are tight, we are much more careful about money, and the police are not well-off now.

"Hey, where's Sir Qin?" Zhang Zhiheng put the rest on Qin Yi's desk earlier, and asked a little strangely.

Every time Qin Yi was the first to arrive at the office, everyone was here today, but he was not seen.

Before he finished speaking, Qin Yi's figure appeared at the door of the office, and he looked around with a serious expression, "Everyone come to the conference room."

"Yes, sir!"

"Bring something early!"

Guan Deqing immediately stuffed two or three bites of the breakfast into his mouth, swallowed it with a stiff neck, took a sip of coffee, and trotted out of the office.

Zhang Zhiheng and the others looked at each other, quickly grabbed some breakfast and coffee cups, and followed quickly.

At this time, several people were already sitting in the conference room, all of them were police officers from O Ji.

The two parties greeted each other, and each found a place to sit down. Some acquaintances began to inquire about the content of today's meeting in a low voice.

Before they could start discussing, Superintendent Li Wenbin of O Ji opened the door and walked in. After nodding to Qin Yi, he walked directly onto the podium.

"Everyone hand in your mobile phone and call machine." Li Wenbin glanced at the audience solemnly, "There is a secret operation today, and everyone is not allowed to leave or contact the outside world until the operation is over."

Everyone was stunned and looked at each other. This is a big move.

"Yes, sir!"

"Click."

The lights in the conference room were turned off and it became dark. The projector was quickly turned on, and a photo appeared on the big screen.
"This man is Hong Wengang. He is wanted by the police on Hong Kong Island for allegedly planning and organizing the sale of human organs."

"Hong Wengang later absconded to Siam with a forged passport, and then transferred to India to become the president of a biotechnology company."

"After being reported in June this year, he absconded to the United States and was detained by the U.S. Customs when he entered the country. He is now under the custody of the FBI."

"After negotiations with Interpol, the US side agreed to extradite him."

Li Wenbin propped his hands on the table with a cold look in his eyes, "Our goal is to cooperate with Interpol to escort Hong Wengang from the airport to the police station."

"He is the principal criminal of an international criminal group and has been involved in multiple crimes."

"So, there must be no mistakes during the escort!"

"The following is the detailed plan."

……

Xu Jiabao sat in front of Luo Minsheng again, with a sad face, "Brother Sheng, just help me one more time, the last time."

"Sorry, I can't help you." Luo Minsheng shook his head expressionlessly.

"Brother Sheng!" Xu Jiabao was anxious, "You asked me for help before, when did I fail? Now I come to beg you, but you refuse to help me? Do you want to be so desperate?!"

"I can't do anything?" Luo Min slammed the table violently, and refuted loudly, "Xiao Xu, didn't I help you when you begged me before? When did I not help?"

"Then you are not bad this time!"

"Not this time." Luo Minsheng snorted coldly, "How can I help you with such a big hole in your bank?"

"I don't need you to fill in the hole now, brother Sheng. I just want to ask you to pay back the 60 billion in advance." Xu Jiabao begged bitterly, "You took the 60 billion in loan and did nothing. It’s useless, it’s better to pay it back in advance, I’m begging you Brother Sheng.”

"Who said the 60 billion is useless to us?" Luo Minsheng retorted very dissatisfied, "The 60 billion is very important to us, okay? Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand our business."

"Again, there are several companies under the name of our foundation that have more than a dozen funds deposited in HSBC. When will you pay me back?"

Xu Jiabao was stunned for a moment, "We'll let you withdraw the loan after you repay it."

"Then can I take it out first and then repay the loan?" Luo Minsheng asked rhetorically.

"..." Xu Jiabao was speechless.

"Little Xu." Luo Minsheng sighed, his tone softened, and he casually picked up a bottle of red wine and poured it into a glass, "Your HSBC has too much trouble, even if I pay back the 60 billion Hong Kong dollars, it will be a drop in the bucket."

"Our bank will not fail!" Xu Jiabao said immediately, "We are a Hong Kong dollar note-issuing bank. Our business covers more than a dozen countries and regions. The board of directors has already raised funds in London, and it will be in place soon."

"What does that have to do with you?" Luo Minsheng asked back, "This time there is such a big trouble, didn't you hold anyone accountable?"

"..."

Xu Jiabao's complexion has become ugly at this time.

Of course, the inside of the bank began to throw blame, and the quarrel was very fierce. He didn't know who was responsible for the ghost, but he definitely couldn't escape.

Because he was the first to put forward the proposal of taking a stake in Eden Biotech. Although it was decided by the board of directors, he would not be the first to escape if it was really pursued.

Why did he rush over to urge Luo Minsheng to repay the loan? He just wanted to struggle to see if he could make a contribution and keep his job.

"Xiao Xu, you can't get along in HSBC this time, don't you know what kind of virtue you are?" Luo Minsheng handed the red wine to Xu Jiabao, "Our boss plans to set up a bank, if you are interested , come and help me."

"Really?" Xu Jiabao looked at Luo Minsheng in surprise.

"Of course it's true. I've invited you several times before, and I'm very sincere." Luo Minsheng smiled and clinked glasses with Xu Jiabao, "What's the point of staying at HSBC? Why don't you come out and do it yourself."

"I...I'll think about it." Xu Jiabao's expression changed, and he couldn't make up his mind for a moment.

"By the way, your position in HSBC is quite high. Do you have any inside information to disclose?" Luo Minsheng asked casually.

"Ah?!" Xu Jiabao immediately became vigilant, but when he remembered the proposal just now, he hesitated again, "This...isn't that good?"

"Is there anything good, anyway, you don't plan to stay in HSBC anymore, right?" Luo Minsheng looked at Xu Jiabao with a smile.

Xu Jiabao pondered for a few seconds, then gritted his teeth suddenly, "You have to keep it a secret!"

"of course."

(End of this chapter)