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Chapter 638 - 638 599 The Final Battle

638: Chapter 599: The Final Battle 638: Chapter 599: The Final Battle Soros, who made a fortune in Southeast Asia, set his next target on Hong Kong, and his move caused a huge loss to the city!

After several consecutive days of financial attacks, the entire Hong Kong was shrouded in gloom, with widespread sorrow.

Hong Kong had become an ATM for international financial speculators!

And what they were withdrawing was the hard-earned money of the Mainland people!

As Liu Hun watched Hong Kong being plundered once again, and he could no longer sit still in the city, Xia Mingren took the initiative to contact him.

“Chief of the General Staff, why did you only return my call now!

We’ve lost so much!

All this is the nation’s wealth!” Liu Hun could no longer control his emotions.

“The government is in a critical period of transition, and everything must be handled with caution!” Xia Mingren didn’t take Liu Hun’s tone too seriously and didn’t get angry with him.

If it were the Liu Hun of before, he would have certainly started yelling at Xia Mingren regardless of the consequences, but having watched South Korea and Japan go through elections without any regard for the economy and the people, he had become much more indifferent.

Perhaps that was the case for all Eastern nations, where everything served politics.

“What?

Not talking now?

You still upset?” Xia Mingren said when he did not hear a peep from Liu Hun over the phone.

“I haven’t even settled the score with you for the things you and that girl did behind my back, and you dare to be moody!”

“Chief of the General Staff, I know it’s my fault.

I will reflect on my actions to the organization,” Liu Hun suppressed his temper.

“I know you’re anxious!

I also know it’s your task and you want to complete it successfully!

But everything must follow the organization’s arrangements!

How can you take action recklessly?

That’s undisciplined and disorganized behavior!” Xia Mingren earnestly advised Liu Hun, “The government has already made a decision!

As for what to do, they still need further discussion!

Good thing you returned the money, kid!

The current government is not to be trifled with.”

“I’ll wait for the news from the Chief of General Staff!

I hope…

it can be swift!” Liu Hun said, clearly in a rush.

“What’s the rush?

If you’re anxious, just watch TV!” Xia Mingren said, then hung up the phone.

Liu Hun had repeatedly experienced the efficiency of the organization while in the bureaucracy, not having felt it too keenly before even during his time in the Golden Triangle, where with the help of Uncle Seven he could still solve problems.

But now, he truly felt it—how frustratingly slow it was!

Liu Hun threw down the phone and flopped onto the couch, turned on the television, and started flicking through channels haphazardly, until his wild pressing suddenly stopped.

“…Just appointed as the government’s Premier, Hong Yuan… answered reporters’ questions about the Hong Kong issue at a press conference in the Great Hall of the People…”

“Mr.

Premier, hello.

Surely you are aware of the recent events in Hong Kong.

Numerous media reports indicate that Hong Kong has been attacked twice by international speculators, and now its economy is on the verge of collapse.

What are your thoughts?”

“On the issue of Hong Kong, I only have one thing to say: the Central Government will spare no expense in defending Hong Kong!”

“…”

Liu Hun watched the Premier’s stance on the television, yet he had not seen any concrete action being taken, which made him incredibly impatient.

Being in Hong Kong, he witnessed the congested traffic of people trying to flee from the airport, saw building after building that once twinkled with thousands of lights turn into ghost towers, hotels closing their doors, malls shutting down; Hong Kong seemed to be preparing to leave this world.

As he sat in the hotel, Liu Hun felt heavy-hearted and didn’t even have the desire to turn on the TV anymore.

He picked up a Wen Wei Po newspaper, and the headline shockingly read, “Please, the last person to leave Hong Kong, turn off the lights!”

It was heart-wrenching, unbearable to look at!

Could it be that Hong Kong, painstakingly negotiated for with the British, was now going to become a ruin?

Could the end of centuries of so-called colonial history be nothing but empty talk?

Liu Hun couldn’t bear it!

He could bear it no longer!

“Li Jiasheng!

Immediately buy up!

Real estate!

Stock market!

Shops!

Storefronts!

Enterprises!

Eat up as much as you can!” Liu Hun picked up the phone and roared to Li Jiasheng.

“General Manager!

The stock market is about to fall through the floor, and no one wants the buildings, everyone has fled, is it really…”

“Li Jiasheng!

Listen to me!

You’re from Hong Kong!

I am also from Hong Kong!

We are also Chinese!

This is our territory!

This is our land!

Even if I am torn to pieces, I won’t back down half a step!” Liu Hun shouted at Li Jiasheng, emotional.

“Okay!

General Manager!

I, Li Jiasheng, will always fight for you on the frontlines!” Inspired by Liu Hun, Li Jiasheng’s voice was somewhat choked.

After hanging up the phone with Li Jiasheng, just as Liu Hun was about to call Soros to discuss a withdrawal, the phone rang before he could even dial.

“Major General Liu Hun, listen to the command!

At all costs!

Defend Hong Kong!”

Hearing Xia Mingren’s voice, Liu Hun almost burst into tears.

“Yes!”

The final battle!

The battle of the century!

— Defend Hong Kong!

Liu Hun, who had been monitoring the financial war from home, only realized that his undershirt had been completely soaked with sweat after trading ceased at noon.

“Honey, wipe yourself off!” Xia Yanran timidly spoke up, offering him a towel.

“Mm!” Liu Hun took the towel, his eyes still fixed on the stock market that had just closed.

“Ding ding ding…

ding ding ding…”

A series of urgent telephone rings sounded, and the phone Liu Hun held in his hand slipped from the sweat and had to be picked up twice.

“General Manager, our funds are about to run out!

And…

can we really win?” Li Jiasheng’s voice almost trembled as he asked.

He had never experienced such a torturous and difficult moment in his life.

Standing at the turning point of history, Li Jiasheng felt sweat all over his body!

“Li Jiasheng, you have to hold on for me!

Put all the money in!

All of it!” Liu Hun said and then hung up Li Jiasheng’s phone.

Next to him, Xia Yanran took the towel to wipe his sweat sympathetically, not daring to say a word.

At the same time, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa announced on television to the whole world, “I have firm faith in Hong Kong’s financial system and even greater faith in the strength that Hong Kong has built up over the years.

We will not bow down!

I reiterate to the world that the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will not alter the current exchange rate system!

I am confident that the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the people of Hong Kong will surely defeat the speculators!

Let them be utterly defeated in Hong Kong!”

After the market opened in the afternoon, the hall of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was so crowded that it was impenetrable.

Everyone stretched their necks to look at the big screen, not daring to blink, knowing in their hearts that if Hong Kong held firm, they would have everything from Mercedes-Benz and BMWs to villas and women.

If Hong Kong did not hold, jumping from a building was the only option!

After the opening, the sell-off continued unabated, with speculators like Soros intensifying their sell-off efforts, while the government of Hong Kong took it all in stride, with trading volume climbing steadily, and the Hang Seng Index firmly maintaining above 7,800 points.

“Hold on!

Hold on!

Don’t fall!

Don’t fall!”

“We can’t drop!

We can’t drop!

I put everything I have into this!”

“Just a bit more growth!

Just a little more!”

“…”

Liu Hun stared at the screen, watching the Hang Seng Index firmly clutching the 7,800 point mark, while the watch on his wrist showed the time inching closer to four o’clock in the afternoon, market close time.

The final five minutes!

Five suffocating minutes!

The whole of Hong Kong and even the entire world seemed unable to breathe, the veterans at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange holding the mallet to strike the closing bell, hoping for the first time that time would hurry up even faster!

****** and Tung Chee-hwa, along with other officials, also stared intently at the computer screen, the handkerchief in their hands wiping away sweat who knows how many times, wet and then dry, dry and then wet again.

Watching the clock hands slowly point to four o’clock, and the Hang Seng Index standing unshaken, Liu Hun knew then that the policy decision made by the government of Hong Kong at noon had worked and that Soros and the international speculators had no power to reverse the tide!

“Dong!

Dong!

Dong!” The heaviest and longest closing bell in history sounded at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange!

The market closed!!!

Paper confetti flew around the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and people cried tears of joy!

“We’ve held on!

We’ve held on!”

“We’ve won!

We’ve won!

Hong Kong has held firm!”

“We got all our money back!

We earned it all back!”

“…”

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange and all of Hong Kong celebrated the most brilliant victory at this moment, declaring to the world with real action that Hong Kong is not an ATM for international speculators!

Anyone who wants to take advantage must pay the price!

“Phew!” Liu Hun let out a long breath and collapsed onto the sofa, his life never having felt as relaxed as it did at this moment, slowly picking up the phone to call Cai Qian, stationed at several media outlets under his command, “Cai Qian!

Immediately mobilize all media to propagate and boost morale!

The Hong Kong government has won!”

After making this call, Liu Hun closed his eyes tiredly.

It had been many days since he had had a good night’s sleep.

The Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ****** immediately announced: In the battle to fight international speculators and defend the Hong Kong stock market and Hong Kong Dollar, the government of Hong Kong had won.

The Hong Kong government won!

In the two-week market support operation, the government invested over a hundred billion Hong Kong Dollars, and Liu Hun also poured in nearly thirty-five billion US Dollars, focusing on acquiring stocks of several major blue-chip companies in Hong Kong.

It is estimated that the Hong Kong government now holds about 4 percent of the total market value of two hundred and ten billion US Dollars of Hong Kong’s stock market, becoming the major shareholder of many blue-chip companies in Hong Kong, and the companies under Liu Hun followed closely behind.

After Li Jiasheng’s meticulous calculations, they profited more than ten billion Hong Kong Dollars in this battle, and the revenue of the Hong Kong government was even more considerable.

The blue-chip stocks would continue to rise in the future, and the income would be boundless.

Soros had met his match in Chinese Port City.

This would become one of the most painful memories of his life.

This fierce battle was later written into financial textbooks in many countries around the world and became an important plot in many films and dramas.

However, no matter how it is simulated in the classroom, or how movingly it is portrayed on screen, nothing can compare to the real excitement of that day.

And people would never know that Liu Hun’s name was indispensable in this defense of Hong Kong, yet few aware of his contributions.