Chapter 398: Another trick of 'robbing the poor to help the rich'
The 07 subprime mortgage crisis.

A company called Lehman Brothers suddenly declared bankruptcy and liquidation.

Many investors in Hong Kong used their entire fortunes to buy bonds issued by Lehman Brothers.

When Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, it entered the liquidation process.

These investors immediately became paupers, and another group of people began to look for a place to jump off a building.

The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers was just the beginning of a new chapter for Hong Kong.

Among the more than 20 members of the Landlords' Association, more than a dozen of them held a large number of Lehman bonds. As Lehman went bankrupt and liquidated, these people suffered heavy losses.

Fortunately, most people are experienced and know that one should not put all their eggs in one basket. Although they have suffered serious injuries and it will take several years to recover, they have at least retained a breath and are able to survive.

Some people have weaker foundations and suffered this time.

For example, Luo Minsheng, he has only been in the industry for a dozen years and he suffered heavy losses this time. If he cannot recover in time, this stage will probably cost him his life.

However, he was unwilling to give up, so he could only take a pencil and write and calculate on a piece of white paper to check his current financial situation.

Unfortunately, no matter how he calculated, after this stock market crash, he suffered huge losses from which he had no chance of recovery.

The phone on the table rang, but Luo Minsheng ignored it. Guo Liping, who was sitting next to him, had to answer it for him.

After a while, Guo Liping put down the phone and said to Luo Minsheng, "Honey, it's Uncle Tong who called and said there will be a meeting at the old place tonight."

"Is it Uncle Tong who called?"

Luo Minsheng finally put down the pencil in his hand, took off his gold-rimmed glasses, and rubbed the dark circles under his eyes.

After being busy for more than half a month, his eyelids are swollen and he looks listless.

"I understand. Help me pack my things."

Luo Minsheng gave some instructions to his wife, picked up his coat and walked out the door.

The Landlords Association was established in 73, and at that time it consisted of only seven gold medal brokers. The purpose of establishing the Landlords Association was to resist the encirclement of foreign capital against Chinese capital.

Afterwards, the landlords formed a monopoly in the stock market and securities exchange market.

They gradually manipulated the stock market in Hong Kong, kept harvesting leeks, and became vampires hanging over the heads of investors.

Su Mingzhe originally looked down upon the landlords.

However, most of the business leaders in Hong Kong have joined in. If Su Ji does not join in, it will seem too different.

In 98, the landlord wanted to absorb Su Ji, and Su Dingbang at that time joined in.

Su Mingzhe also received a call from Uncle Tong, who arranged a meeting at the old place tonight.

When he drove to the place, more than a dozen big guys had been waiting for a long time.

"Wow, uncles and aunts are here so early."

"Azhe is here, sit over here."

"Azhe is getting more and more handsome, let's get together tonight?"

"Okay, let's get together."

Su Mingzhe greeted everyone and then found a sofa to sit down.

"Master Zhe."

Luo Minsheng didn't expect Su Mingzhe to sit next to him, so he quickly greeted him with flattery:

"We haven't gotten together for a long time, how about we get together tonight?"

"You are all busy people, how can I waste your time?"

Su Mingzhe politely declined Luo Minsheng's invitation.

"Azhe, you've embarrassed us to death with what you said."

Before Luo Minsheng could continue speaking, Guo Youting came over and complained, "We all treat you as a friend, but you knew we were going to jump into the fire pit, but you didn't even remind us."

"Brother Ting, I don't want to take the blame for this. I have reminded you a long time ago, and I have reminded you more than once, but you insisted on doing it. What can I do?"

Su Mingzhe interrupted Guo Youting and responded directly, then said helplessly: "Besides, I wasn't completely sure at the time, and I also lost a lot myself, almost tens of billions."

"You only lost a few billion, while Ah Ju and I both lost tens of billions. All the money we earned in the past few years was lost."

Guo Youting suffered a real loss this time.

It's not just Guo Youting, the others have almost lost all their capital as well.

Before the formal meeting, everyone was complaining.

After a lot of effort, Uncle Tong and Uncle Xiang, who were presiding over the meeting, came over, and everyone started complaining to them again.

It's just that everyone is having a hard time this year, and if one thing goes wrong, we may be back to square one.

Most of the veterans present here have gone through hard times, and no one wants to go through hard times again.

"Okay, okay. Brother Xiang and I have already discussed this matter. Now there is a way to save everyone. It depends on whether everyone agrees."

Uncle Tong felt secretly pleased when he saw everyone begging him for help.

These guys usually seem to be the boss of the sky, the second of the earth, and them the third of the boss. When I discipline them, they always disobey me in secret.

Now, look what happens to these guys. They come to me when something happens to them.

Uncle Yun, who was standing beside him, heard that Uncle Tong and Uncle Xiang had an idea, and he was the first to flatter:
"Brother Tong, whatever you and Brother Xiang say is what we will all follow you."

"It's better to bring out the idea and discuss it with everyone."

Uncle Tong laughed and told me the method he had come up with:
"Now the situation is about to collapse, and it can't be saved. But I believe in the strength of our landlord association. As long as we work together, it will be no problem to maintain a basic base."

Seeing that his words attracted everyone's attention, Uncle Tong said some twisted logic.

What is the reason? Hong Kong's prosperity is rooted in the stock market, and the stock market's foundation is in a few large securities firms.

So if we want to save Hong Kong, we must first save a few big securities firms. And aren’t the securities firms in Hong Kong just the dozen or so people present here?

Therefore, Uncle Tung concluded: "As long as we work together and protect everyone, we can protect the future of Hong Kong."

When Uncle Tong used a "should-be" tone to say the classic perverse idea of ​​"robbing the poor to help the rich".

Su Mingzhe was stunned when he heard this.

It turns out that Heshen's perverse theory of "saving officials first when rescuing a disaster" has always been prevalent in the world.

Among the twenty or so people present, more than a dozen of them praised Uncle Tong for his wisdom, and some were close to praising him as a living Bodhisattva who saves people from suffering.

Where some people agree, naturally there will be others who criticize.

The Guo family has always been loyal to the country and honesty is the foundation.

When Guo Youting heard a group of people boasting that they wanted to "rob the poor and help the rich" and at the same time they were self-satisfied and claimed to be saints who could save the market, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and finally he couldn't help but slam the table and stood up:

"Azhe, I'm not feeling well, please take me home."

Su Mingzhe was about to leave, but when he heard Guo Youting speak, he readily agreed:

"Then I'll take Tingge."

Not all people are rich and unkind.

Among the more than 20 people present, several stood up and said that they were not feeling well and would not participate.

However, there were still more than a dozen people left in this box.

Before Su Mingzhe left, he looked at Luo Minsheng, who was fidgeting, but didn't see him follow him out, so he couldn't help but sigh.

I was originally quite optimistic about Luo Minsheng, but today it seems that Luo Minsheng lacks some responsibility after all.

Guo Youting left the club and waited for a while, then saw Su Mingzhe and a few others coming out with even gloomier and uglier looks on their faces.

"Okay, Brother Ting, we can't work together if we don't share the same ideals. At worst, we can just not come here anymore."

"Azhe is right, Brother Ting, let's have a party ourselves in the future, and let these dying old men have fun on their own."

He Tongcheng, the eldest son of the He family, likes to hang out with people from the entertainment industry. It is said that he is popular with both men and women.

Su Mingzhe, Guo Youting and others don't like playing with him.

However, since he has come out of this club today, it proves that although we cannot be in the same business, we can still cooperate with each other in business.

Su Mingzhe also quickly persuaded:
"Brother Cheng is right. Brother Ting, I'll treat you tonight, let's go and become rich!"

"Azhe, why are you going to the Rich Man? I'll ask someone to make some arrangements. Come to my place. We won't leave until we're drunk tonight."

He Tongcheng took Su Mingzhe and left.

He also knew that Su Mingzhe and he were not of the same kind, but he could not resist Su Mingzhe's "fair skin, beautiful face and long legs", a perfect little puppy that everyone loves.

Such a person is very good even as a friend.

"Brother Cheng, I don't like men."

Su Mingzhe didn't give He Tongcheng any face and directly pulled his hand away.

If the relationship between everyone had not just eased, he would have wanted to hit someone now.

"Don't worry, I've arranged beautiful girls for you tonight."

He Tongcheng didn't mind Su Mingzhe giving him a cold shoulder.

As a person who is obsessed with appearance, as long as the other person is pretty, regardless of gender, he has the patience to make the other person happy.

Of course, most of the time, he was the one being coaxed.

Su Mingzhe and Guo Youting were brought to a manor by He Tongcheng. When they entered, they saw a dozen female stars sitting in the living room chatting in groups of three or four.

As soon as these actresses saw He Tongcheng and his men coming in, they hurriedly stood up to greet them.

Su Mingzhe took a quick look and found that many of these female stars had had relationships with him before.

Of course, it is not in this world, but in other film and television dimensions.

In this world, Su Mingzhe and them can only be considered to have just met.

Guo Youting looked at the group of female stars surrounding him and felt a little displeased. Because of some things that happened to him when he was young, he was particularly disgusted with women in the entertainment industry.

If he wants to find a woman outside, he would rather go to a nightclub than look for a woman in the entertainment industry.

Su Mingzhe also knew the reason. At this time, he could only pat him on the shoulder and let him endure it for one night.

No matter what, tonight is the first time both parties get together, so it’s not easy to just walk away.

Soon the banquet began.

Everyone was eating and drinking, and after Guo Youting had a few drinks, he slowly relaxed.

However, Su Mingzhe kept hugging the two female stars and didn't drink much. When everyone had played for a while, they went upstairs to rest.

The next day, when the sun was high in the sky.

Su Mingzhe woke up, pushed aside the two actresses named Piaopiao and Yingying beside him, put on his clothes and went downstairs.

According to the housekeeper, everyone else hadn't gotten up yet. Su Mingzhe left a message and went back to the company.

The stock market has been volatile recently, so he has to go back to the company to take care of things.

None of the women he has now is obedient. They all have some money in their bank accounts and want to learn how to invest.

As a result, everyone suffered heavy losses in the subprime mortgage crisis.

He told Guo Youting that he had lost billions, but in fact it was the women around him who paid the price.

These loser women!

(End of this chapter)