Chapter 160: The Night of Return
Yang Xing, who was responsible for the heavy trust of his hometown fellows, immediately went to the Hong Kong International Convention and Exhibition Center after dinner. As for his parents, he had to take his relatives to visit. Yang Xing transferred dozens of Hong Kong local employees from the company and accompanied them around these days. However, they were not qualified to enter the handover ceremony tonight, so everyone could only go to He Guizhi to watch the live TV broadcast in the newly opened "Hot Girl" Baling Restaurant in Hong Kong. As Yang Xing's identity, he only had a few more tickets than others. He calculated that apart from Wang Yiren, Jiang Daofang limited to several people could accompany him to enter the venue, and most of his assistants had watched his camera show through TV.
Early in the morning on June 30, the whole of Hong Kong was completely shrouded in a heavy rain. Many mainlanders and Hong Kong people who were watching the ceremony said, "This is not just a heavy rain, it is like a hole leaking from the sky, pouring down all the water in the sky, and cleaning up the humiliation of Hong Kong for a hundred years!" In the heavy rain, Yang Xing and others came to the newly completed Hong Kong International Convention and Exhibition Center, which was just completed. This gull-wing-style building was almost specially built for today's ceremony. Yang Xing is not unfamiliar with this place. This New Year's Eve Song Festival "Stars in Asia" this New Year's Day is held in the square outside it.
But today, the police are covered with police in three steps, five steps and one whistle, and the atmosphere is very tense. Yang Xing and others were allowed to enter after repeated inspections and verifications. Although the handover ceremony only started tonight, for safety needs, the guests required to enter the venue in advance. For this reason, there was a small banquet on the third floor of the Convention and Exhibition Center before the handover ceremony, and Chinese leaders and British Prince Charles and other international politicians will attend.
Yang Xing and his party walked to the lounge under the guidance of the concierge. He noticed that Wang Yiren beside him wore a red national flag cheongsam today, with five-star patterns on it. Although she was used to the big scenes, she still trembled slightly while holding Yang Xing's arm, showing a nervous mood. Yang Xing had watched a ceremony on TV in his previous life, so although this time, he was excited to watch it up close, he could still control his emotions more than Wang Yiren. He stared at Wang Yiren and painted his makeup, exquisitely as if he was not as good as a fairy face. The red lipstick could not hide the paleness of his lips. He patted her hands with pity: "Don't be nervous, today is the day for us Chinese to be proud. You see, you have put the national flag on your body, you should be happy. To be nervous, it is also the British who are nervous, their good days are about to end!"
Wang Yiren was teased by his clothes and pinched him hard, but finally relieved her tension. It was no wonder that she was nervous. Everyone she saw at this banquet was a famous international political and economic figure, including high-level elites who could make Asia and even the world tremble with stomping their feet. Jiang Daofang also put away his cynical appearance today and changed into formal dresses. He was elegant and graceful, which made many wealthy ladies frequently look at him.
However, his love luck was not long after, he was called away by his second brother who worked in the Hong Kong Department of Justice. His father Jiang Lunyou will attend the oath-inauguration ceremony with a group of colleagues tonight. Although he was rebellious, he was the chairman of a listed company in Starry Sky Human Resources for a while, which was considered a success and his status at home naturally improved. So he always had to go over and congratulate his father on his success. Wang Yiren and Yang Xing were flirting around the topic of changing the national flag that Wang Yiren had chosen. A man wearing headphones and sharp eyes with a flat head walked up to Yang Xing's ear and said something. Yang Xing's face changed, and he hurriedly put away his laughing expression, explained a few words to Wang Yiren, and then left the man.
After passing several tight defense lines, Yang Xingcai was taken to a small hut. He stared at Vice Premier Cheng Canghai who suddenly appeared in front of him, unable to help but feel dizzy. The hurricane caused by the butterflies in history was indeed too big. He remembered that only the President of the State, the Prime Minister and the Vice Premier in charge of diplomacy came to Hong Kong to attend the handover ceremony. When did Cheng Canghai secretly come to Hong Kong? What does his appearance mean?
After Cheng Canghai ordered his assistant to close the door, a rare smile appeared on his old-fashioned face and said, "Don't be surprised. This time I came here to commend you for your great contributions. We have circulated all the information you handed over. In addition, we have obtained the information to analyze it ourselves, we agree with the signs of international hot money trying to disrupt the financial and economic order of Southeast Asian countries. Second, in order to protect Hong Kong's linkage exchange rate system and Hong Kong's economy from major fluctuations after the return, the central government decided to work with the SAR government to fight dangerous activities in the financial field."
The night was low, and Cheng Canghai came and went in a hurry. In order to keep it a secret, he would not even attend the handover ceremony of Hong Kong's return. He told Yang Xing that he came today mainly to coordinate the steps of the Hong Kong government and the central government, and to unitely fight against the attacks of international hot money on the Hong Kong financial market. Given that Yang Xing played an important role in communication and intelligence provision with the Hong Kong government in the previous stage, Vice Premier Cheng specially met him this time, hoping that he can continue to work with the Hong Kong government in the future to find out the time and way for international speculators to start.
After hearing Cheng Canghai's explanation, Yang Xing was both surprised and happy, and even absent-minded in attending the handover ceremony. He was happy that he was already considered to be the central government and Hong Kong had reached a consensus on the arrival of the financial crisis and was prepared. He was shocked that he did not expect that Bao Haisheng, who was usually indecisive, could move forward and ask the central government for help after he made up his mind.
Cheng Canghai also invited Bao Haisheng in. After all, this will be his main battlefield. Only by understanding his specific plans can he be targeted. Bao Haisheng proposed that he had begun to hire many internationally renowned economists to form an advisory group to prevent financial risks, and Yang Xing was also invited. He was also preparing to follow the actions of US President Roosevelt during the Great Depression in the 1930s and take advantage of the crisis to strengthen the supervision of the entire Hong Kong financial market and improve rules and regulations.
At the same time, he and the Financial Secretary Tu Guangxian and the Financial Affairs Secretary Dai Xiayi reached an agreement to prepare to launch a proposal at the first legislative meeting tomorrow to investigate the foreign exchange futures trading records of banks across Hong Kong and control foreign exchange and other measures to crack down on international "hot money". In addition, he has also stepped up the work of Director of the Financial Management Bureau Ge Chenggang. Even if he cannot immediately raise interest rates, he will force him to promise that if there are any signs of financial turmoil, he must cooperate with the Hong Kong government to take action immediately.
Yang Xing, who was considering what Bao Haisheng's plan would benefit him and the country, did not come back to his senses until Wang Yiren pushed him. He heard the music of the Scottish bagpipes and the Chinese band neared the end. With the end of the national anthem of the British "Queen of Heaven", Prince Charles took the rice-shaped flag from the hand of the flag-lower with frustration. At this time, everyone was focused on the five-star red flag rising along with the marches of the Volunteers. Yang Xing and everyone around him couldn't help but stand up.
Come and sing the national anthem with the music. With the end of the national anthem, the five-star red flag slowly floated in the wind blowing from the blower inside the flagpole. Yang Xing looked at the Chinese around him with tears in his eyes. Wang Yiren beside him was already full of tears. Never once he felt so sincerely that he was so blood-connected with the land under his feet. The voice of a great man sounded in his ears: "I am the son of the Chinese people, and I love my motherland and people affectionately!"
It was midnight after the ceremony, and the fifth floor of the exhibition center was still brightly lit and crowded. The handover ceremony was followed by the oath process of the staff of the government, courts and other departments. The President and the Prime Minister had to supervise. Yang Xing didn't want to join in the fun, so he ran away after getting their signatures. Sitting in the car, he turned on the CD machine, and the famous singing "No one to sleep tonight" in Puccini's opera "Turandot" echoed in the narrow carriage.
Wang Yiren snuggled up to Yang Xing, "This song is quite appropriate. Many people probably can't sleep tonight. What are your arrangements?" Yang Xing pointed to the Ang Chuanzhou Pier exposed outside the car window. The British were preparing to board the Britannia yacht and leave Hong Kong forever. "Today is the end of their British Empire. We walked away in shame and of course we couldn't sleep. How could we compare? Of course, I want to sleep with the big quilt, let's have a friendly match." Wang Yiren smiled and wanted to pinch his face, "Look at your expression of worrying about the country and the people just now, and the feelings are making such a vulgar idea. I want to see if you only have this kind of thing in your head!"
The excitement of the return night was fleeting. Yang Xing spent a few days with Wang Yiren and the others in the gentle village of Repulse Bay. At this time, the outbreak was in trouble. On July 2, the second day of the opening of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Bao Haisheng, the chief of the Special Administrative Region, who has always been gentle and stable, suddenly launched an offensive. He announced that the current injection of international hot money with a large amount of unknown uses in the stock market, housing market and other financial markets has been injected into an economic bubble. In order to prevent problems before they happen, the Secretary for Administration personally took charge, and the Finance Department, the Financial Affairs Department, the Independent Commission Against Corruption Office, the Police Business Investigation Department and other departments will jointly conduct a major investigation of economic and financial activities in Hong Kong.
As the news came out, the whole island was shocked. The Democratic Party, the largest opposition in the newly established Legislative Council, suddenly jumped up and down, scolding the Hong Kong government for calculating accounts after the fall and using administrative power to interfere with the free economy. Affected by this, the Hong Kong stock index, which is striving towards the 17,000 point mark, suddenly fell 300 points and fell to a standstill.
However, Bao Haisheng turned a deaf ear to this, and in the next month, he fully demonstrated his iron-fisted style. Almost every day, more than ten legislative proposals on regulating financial institutions and transactions were sent to the Legislative Council. Those MPs who had made a big fuss had no time to read the bill and had to vote. They were so angry that they scolded Bao Haisheng for trying to exhaust all the members.
The inspection of major foreign multinational banks has not been relaxed and is in full swing. As a result, a large amount of internal transaction information was obtained by the government, the illegal establishment of short positions in Hong Kong dollars with many overseas hedge funds was exposed. These banks had to cooperate with the government's request to post contracts in advance, giving Soros and the others a blow.
The Hong Kong government's first move caught hedge funds off guard, and had to mobilize international public opinion to criticize the Hong Kong government's administrative intervention in the economy, but the Hong Kong government still did its own thing. Soros and the others smelled an ominous smell and found that their actions were at risk of being exposed in advance, so they increased the pressure on the Thai government to make it necessary to lift military control as soon as possible and restore foreign exchange transactions of the Thai baht.
Chapter completed!