Chapter 176: Currency Run
After Chen Jie and Lin Zeju left, Li Xier sat alone in the office, looking at the darkness outside, feeling very depressed.
She is under too much pressure these days.
Since she became the general manager, many things have happened in the company, and these things were not something she, a woman, could influence the decision.
This also made her realize that in many aspects, she was not even as good as Chen Jie, whom she had always looked down on.
This made her so upset that she couldn't find anyone to talk to.
By some mistake, she still dialed a number...
at the same time.
Island country, Tokyo.
In a luxurious villa in Meguro District, Chen Weidong was leaning on the bed and thinking quietly.
There are indeed too many things that have happened recently, which makes people dizzy. I thought that if the equipment was shipped back, the company would be free to develop.
As a result, first Li Xier snatched control of the company, and now she was targeted by Color Capital, whose background went beyond the scope of business.
Since they couldn't resist, they had no choice but to evacuate.
Just during the day.
Little Rockefeller, who got their company phone number from somewhere, strongly invited Chen Weidong to develop in the United States.
The reason is also very simple. The United States is a paradise for capital. As long as you have enough money, you can even call the shots and do whatever you want.
This sounds really tempting.
But Chen Weidong, as a reborn person, naturally cannot be easily influenced by him.
What's more, he knows very well that the United States claims to be free and open, but in fact it is still white supremacist.
You, a yellow-skinned person, will never have a real status in America.
They will just drain your wealth and tell you to get lost.
In many cases, Asians are even inferior to black people.
However, some of Rockefeller's words still make some sense. For example, Infinity Company can have more business dealings with Microsoft.
Both are Internet companies, so joining forces is indeed a good choice.
If I have a chance, I still want to go to the United States.
However, this will have to wait until the company gets through this crisis.
Li Huizi leaned next to Chen Weidong, seeing how he was thinking, and couldn't bear to disturb him.
After finishing their work in the company during the day, they would go back here to rest together at night, and their relationship quickly warmed up.
At this time, the relationship between the two was almost made public.
Mitsui Hikojiro did not publicly express his objection, which made the two of them act more wantonly. Rikeko did not shy away from it at all and often visited Infinity Company during working hours.
Many media in Tokyo are hyping up this matter, and it has caused quite a storm of public opinion.
They hinted, intentionally or unintentionally, that Chen Weidong would stay in the island country and even prepared to move the company's headquarters here.
This makes many people believe it to be true.
Because the two of them are extremely well matched regardless of age or net worth.
After Daisuke Toyoda learned about it, he called Chen Weidong every three days and wanted to invite Chen Weidong out for a "chat", but he found various reasons to shirk the situation.
You don't have to think twice to know what that guy wants to do.
Didi didi~
Chen Weidong was about to do some exercise with Rieko to adjust his mood, but the cell phone on the table suddenly rang.
It's already past ten o'clock at night, who's still calling?
It's not the right time.
Under Li Huizi's resentful eyes, Chen Weidong turned over and picked up his phone and found that it was a call from China, and it was an unknown number.
He pressed the answer button.
A somewhat familiar female voice came out.
It only took a few seconds for Chen Weidong to recognize that it was Li Xi'er's voice.
On the phone, she was a little choked and seemed to be crying while talking. Basically, she was talking about recent events. Chen Weidong also quickly comforted her.
It's just that he really doesn't know how to coax women. Li Xi'er seemed to feel even more aggrieved after hearing this. She kept crying and asked him when he would return to China.
Chen Weidong really couldn't bear it, so he could only perfunctory her and said he would go back next week.
Coupled with his painstaking efforts to comfort her, Li Xier's mood gradually stabilized, but she still complained about how tiring it was to be a general manager.
I would rather go back to Xiangjiang and work as a small accountant.
But now she can't let go, at least she has to wait until Chen Weidong returns.
Chen Weidong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This was one of the main reasons why he didn't panic at all after knowing that Li Xi'er became the general manager.
He understood very well that Li Xier still had the mentality of a little girl at heart. She was often willful and had a bad temper, and she just needed more coaxing.
With her ability, she is still not qualified for the position of general manager.
Not even as good as Third Uncle.
This has to do with psychological quality and experience.
The conversation lasted until past twelve o'clock in the evening, when Li Xi'er reluctantly hung up the phone.
Chen Weidong sighed and was about to go back to bed to sleep, but found that Riko was staring at him angrily, with a hint of torture.
"This is a call from a company employee, don't get me wrong!" Chen Weidong hurriedly defended, but his eyes seemed to dodge with a guilty conscience.
This move of his was seen by Rikeko, and she became even more angry. She picked up the pillow and threw it hard.
He is completely different from his usual gentle self. He is completely different.
"Listen to my explanation, I really..."
Chen Weidong was anxious and wanted to explain the matter clearly, but was abruptly interrupted by Li Huizi.
"Aren't you going back to China next week? Don't touch me!"
With red eyes, Li Huizi pushed Chen Weidong out of the living room, and then locked the bedroom door. No matter Chen Weidong's explanation, she would not open the door.
In desperation, Chen Weidong could only sleep on the sofa.
At one or two in the morning, I was sleepy as hell.
He never imagined why Li Huizi had such a strong reaction, which was no different from jealousy. This reminded him of the fear of being dominated by Li Xi'er.
Do all rich girls have such bad tempers?
The next day.
South China City, Infinity Company Industrial Park.
More than 20 staff members claiming to be members of the Internet Information Department arrogantly entered Infinite Company and demanded full takeover of the instant messaging department.
Chen Jie did not let anyone stop them, but was very cooperative and asked the company staff to do the handover work.
Immediately afterwards.
Infinite Company also published a piece of news on its official website and some Hong Kong media at almost the same time.
They said: The company has made major adjustments to its business and will reduce its holdings of all Hong Kong listed company stocks in the next few trading days.
Although this news was not issued by the Stock Exchange, it still caused a huge shock in the Hong Kong stock market!
The Hang Seng Index plunged more than 2,300 points in one afternoon, a drop of -12.6%!
A straight big negative line smashed down, making people shudder.
If it weren't for the fact that when the news came out, the stock market had only more than an hour left to close, I believe it would have fallen even more!
However, before the citizens of Xiangjiang had time to digest the news, another blockbuster news broke out.
Infinity Company has deposited them in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and all of its more than 100 billion Hong Kong dollar deposits have been transferred away!
Subsequently, they sent hundreds of staff to exchange U.S. dollars at the counters of major banks in Hong Kong.
Since there is no limit on the amount of U.S. dollars exchangeable in Hong Kong, they can naturally exchange as much as they want.
The bank tellers and lobby managers were frightened by the large money orders they took out, and hurriedly mobilized U.S. dollar reserves from other places to deal with this emergency.
However, there are people queuing up to exchange US dollars at 186 banks in Hong Kong, so there are no spare US dollars to support them.
Infinite Private Equity even spread a rumor that when all the stocks in the stock market are cashed out, they will also be converted into US dollars.
Because they feel that the U.S. dollar seems to be safer.
Evening time.
Some financial experts made calculations on the spot and quickly came to a conclusion.
If the more than 300 billion Hong Kong dollars of Infinite Company are converted into US dollars at the same time, the linked exchange rate will most likely not be able to withstand it!
Affected by this news, many people in Xiangjiang were afraid that the money in their hands would depreciate, so they built bunks and set up tents in front of the bank overnight.
They were going to convert all their deposits into U.S. dollars immediately when the bank opened for business the next day.
This wave of bank runs has left the Hong Kong Monetary Authority at a loss.
for a while.
The Hong Kong stock market and foreign exchange market have been tested by double pressures.
There was a lot of turmoil in the market, and the news of Infinity Company divesting its capital was spreading all over the place.
Chen Jie and others also convened all the company executives in the top-level conference room to make final arrangements.
Chapter completed!