Chapter 242: 236 Extra Update

The supermarket, which should have been bustling, had now become much quieter, with fewer people, sparse and scattered.

"Impossible!"

Charlie Chow's face changed, and he hurriedly found a cashier and pulled them aside to ask.

"Are there fewer customers today?"

"General Manager Chow, today is indeed very strange, there are many fewer customers. Usually, all 10 cashier counters are working, and there are four or five people queuing to check out. But today, 5 people are working, and there's almost no one queuing to check out."

"Do you know the reason?"

"I don't know, General Manager Chow, I've been at my post the whole time."

"Okay, continue working!"

Charlie Chow was shocked inside: Could that publicity really have made those customers not come?

Unbelievable!

It felt too bizarre!

Charlie Chow found a few more cashiers to ask about the situation.

One of the cashiers hesitated and said: "General Manager Chow, this evening I went to the restaurant next door to eat, and heard people publicizing that they wanted to boycott our supermarket, and there were flyers... I don't know if it's because of this."

Charlie Chow frowned: "You saw it too? Right in the restaurant next door?"

The cashier nodded: "Yes."

Charlie Chow's anger flared up; the other party was publicizing openly in the restaurant next door, simply too arrogant.

He walked out of the supermarket.

Then...

Right by the roadside at the supermarket entrance, he saw two elderly people distributing flyers to passersby on the street.

"This neighbor friend... are you from Wan Chai?"

"Yes."

"That's one of our own... Our Ah Zu was bullied by the Li family, we are preparing to boycott ParknShop... hoping to get the support of many neighbors..."

"Everything is on the flyer..."

Charlie Chow saw two young people preparing to enter ParknShop to shop, but after reading the flyer, they also became filled with righteous indignation,

"Brother Zu is my idol, he was targeted by the Li family, we really should boycott!"

"Right. Let's go, we won't buy things at ParknShop, let's go buy elsewhere!"

Then the two young people took the flyers and left the entrance of ParknShop.

Pfft~~~

Charlie Chow almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

How is this any different from being cuckolded to your face?

The furious Charlie Chow ran directly to the two elderly people distributing flyers: "What are you doing?!"

"Daring to slander our supermarket at the entrance of our ParknShop!"

"Believe it or not, I'll call the police!"

After some threats,

It turned out these two elderly people weren't nervous about this threat at all.

"Let me tell you, I'm 70 years old, my old bones aren't hard enough..."

"If I fall, I'll sue you and make you pay!"

"Right, my heart isn't good, don't threaten me, if you scare me into a heart attack, then you're finished!"

Charlie Chow originally wanted to make a move, but hearing what the two old guys said, he was too scared to move.

Angry and anxious!

Damn it, you said your bones aren't hard enough? You exercise often, right? And you have muscles!

And heart disease? I think your voice is louder than mine, full of energy!

"Fine, fine, fine!"

"You want to play like this, right!"

"Then I'll call the police!"

The two old men distributing flyers looked disdainful: "Call them, I'm afraid of you!"

Charlie Chow picked up the phone directly and called the police.

On another street next door,

Ho Man-chin was leading a group of PTU subordinates, patrolling.

Then, during their patrol, they also received flyers distributed by citizens.

Ah Kat looked at the flyer and was surprised: "Wow, boycott ParknShop? Wouldn't that mean ParknShop loses a lot?"

Ho Man-chin: "At most, they'll boycott for a day or two, it's too hard to boycott forever, I don't think it'll last."

Young police officer Siu Wah viewed Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu as an idol: "I'll go through fire and water for Brother Zu, since the publicity says to boycott together, then I'll definitely boycott."

Others laughed one after another.

"Right, support Brother Zu!"

"Support!"

"I won't go to ParknShop to buy things for these few days."

Just then, the pager made a sound.

"Zzz zzz zzz~~~"

"Calling, calling, a civil dispute occurred at ParknShop on Hennessy Road, please have nearby officers rush over to handle it."

Upon hearing this, Ho Man-chin replied hurriedly: "Okay, Ho Man-chin's squad, rushing over immediately!"

Soon,

Ho Man-chin took 2 people and rushed toward the ParknShop not far away.

Arriving.

Charlie Chow immediately felt like he had found a life-saving straw and shouted: "Officer, you came just in time, these two uncles ran to the entrance of our ParknShop to distribute flyers, saying they want to boycott our ParknShop... They are disturbing our operations, I hope you can arrest them."

The two elderly people looked calm:

"Eh, don't wrong good people."

"Officer, look at him, slandering me, slandering me!"

Charlie Chow almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Shameless!

Too shameless!

Ho Man-chin had such a good relationship with Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu, so of course, he leaned toward Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu, and said,

"Mr. Chow, the location where these two uncles are standing is the street by the roadside, which belongs to a public place. Them distributing flyers here is completely reasonable and legal..."

"There is no such thing as disturbing public order."

Upon hearing this, Charlie Chow was anxious: "How does it not count? They blocked customers coming to the supermarket to buy things!"

An uncle: "Look, you're wronging me again, we didn't block them, we were just chatting with them, as for whether they go to buy things or not, that's their own choice, what? Do I not even have the right to chat with them? Is your power greater than the Governor's?"

Don't look at their age, they were sharp-tongued.

Ho Man-chin spread his hands: "I think this uncle is right." Charlie Chow's fingers trembled with anger, pointing at Ho Man-chin and the uncle: "You..."

Understood!

Colluding with each other!

Too dark!

Charlie Chow: "Very good, badge number 16545, right? I will complain about you."

Ho Man-chin shrugged: "Suit yourself."

Who in the police force doesn't support Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu?

Complaining is useless!

"Alright, Mr. Chow, if there's nothing else, we'll continue to patrol other places."

After speaking, he put one hand on his waist and took his two subordinates away from this street.

Charlie Chow was extremely angry and said to the two uncles angrily: "Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you have the police force helping you?"

Uncle A proudly: "Sorry, having the police force helping means I can do whatever I want! However, I don't think you can grasp this realm."

Uncle B chewing gum: "Right, he definitely can't grasp it."

Charlie Chow was furious!

!.

But he couldn't out-argue these two old bastards, so he could only turn around and sneak into ParknShop.

Charlie Chow was angry, but he also realized a big problem had occurred.

He hurriedly called Boss Li's secretary.

……

……

Boss Li's villa.

At this time, Boss Li was watching TVB news.

"Recently, the Monetary Authority stated that as an international financial center, Hong Kong has a sound financial system and regulatory mechanism. Recently, many internationally renowned financial institutions have expressed optimism about the development prospects of Hong Kong's financial market and plan to increase investment in Hong Kong..."

Boss Li combined the information collected during this period and basically determined that a new round of bull market was coming.

Since October 26, 1987, the United States raised bank interest rates by a full percentage point, a move that triggered a global stock market crash, and the Hong Kong stock market was not spared, with the Hang Seng Index plunging 1,000 points in a single day and 2,000 points in 2 months.

Subsequently, the Gulf War (August 2, 1990, to February 28, 1991) occurred, causing the Hong Kong stock market to be affected by the US stock market and crash again.

And now, Boss Li synthesized information from all sides and realized that the bull market for Hong Kong stocks was coming.

The Li family,

What benefits could they get in this bull market?

Just then,

"Ling ling ling~~~~"

The secretary called.

"Boss, sorry to disturb you at night, there is an important matter here that might need to be reported to you."

"What is it?"

"Something unexpected happened at ParknShop in Causeway Bay..."

The secretary told him everything one by one.

Boss Li's first reaction was: This kind of thing is pure nonsense!

Boycott?

Isn't this funny?

He knew human nature deeply; no one would boycott the convenience of a supermarket for others.

Moreover, he had been running supermarkets since 1973, and now it had been nearly 20 years, and he had never seen anyone boycott a supermarket. And worldwide, for example, the largest chain, Walmart, had never heard of similar cases.

Boss Li looked very relaxed: "Tomorrow, let that Charlie Chow come to my office for a detailed report."

Secretary: "Okay, boss."

"By the way, boss, there is one more thing, the finance department told me 10 minutes ago that at HSBC, there is a fund of about 400 million that has entered the market, shorting Hutchison Whampoa Group's stocks."

Boss Li immediately became vigilant: "Shorting? Do you know who did it?"

HSBC didn't say.

Boss Li nodded: "Good."

HSBC didn't say, that's because the qualification wasn't enough.

If Boss Li asked himself, he would definitely be able to ask.

After hanging up the secretary's phone, Boss Li called the president of HSBC; his relationship with HSBC had always been very good, and the Li family's capital withdrawal from Hong Kong and investment in the world mostly had HSBC helping.

Not long after, he got accurate information — the person who performed the shorting operation was Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu!

Shorting refers to the behavior where an investor (Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu), believing that a certain stock (Hutchison Whampoa) is about to fall, chooses to borrow stocks from the investor's account to sell, and then when the stock falls, buys the stock at a lower price to repay the debt, thereby earning the price difference.

"It's him?"

Boss Li's brows immediately furrowed.

"Why would he think my stocks will fall?"

After two confrontations, he didn't get any benefits, which showed that this person Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was not simple.

And now, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu actually directly shorted 400 million of Hutchison Whampoa stocks.

Obviously, the confidence was very high.

"There's a problem!"

Boss Li finally became serious at this moment.

He made a call to the secretary: "You immediately arrange for that Charlie Chow to come here and report on the supermarket situation."

Secretary: "Okay, I'll arrange it immediately!"

……

Half an hour later,

A car stopped at Boss Li's villa in Deep Water Bay.

Charlie Chow walked hurriedly into the villa.

"Boss!"

1 hour later, Boss Li breathed a sigh of relief.

Boycott?

How long can they boycott?

Boss Li had a lot of confidence in himself.

He gave Charlie Chow instructions: "Starting tomorrow, give those customers eggs for 1 dollar, rice for 1 dollar, oil..."

This move is enough!

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PS: Forcing myself, updating this chapter first. Let's see if I can get 2 chapters together tomorrow morning.

Progress on make-up updates (2/4)!

Requesting monthly tickets~~~

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