Chapter 611: 595 HSBC is out! The new era belongs to Five Star Bank!

"Dear media friends, good afternoon!"

Afternoon,

Police Headquarters Building.

The Public Relations Branch held a press conference.

Huang Bingyao, in a handsome police uniform, head held high and chest out, like Fat Tiger going out, stood on the podium,

"Today, we are holding a press conference here to inform everyone of the major progress in the investigation of HSBC's illegal criminal activities."

Ka-ka-ka~~~

A large number of flashes rang out below.

"In this investigation operation, our police force's Commercial Crime Bureau and Financial Intelligence Unit worked closely together, and after arduous efforts, successfully achieved breakthrough results."

"Just this afternoon, we successfully arrested HSBC Chief Manager Ainuoer, as well as some HSBC executives and shareholder representatives involved in the case..."

Subsequently, Huang Bingyao introduced a series of evidence for the case in detail.

"Southeast Asian drug lords used forged trade documents for 'rubber import and export' to launder money through HSBC, with a single transaction amount exceeding 80 million HKD..."

"Jointly with the HKMA, froze offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands, with the amount involved reaching as high as 230 million USD..."

"And..."

One piece of evidence after another was read out...

A full 10-plus minutes...

"Currently, HSBC Chief Manager Ainuoer, as well as some executives and shareholder representatives, have been charged with 7 major crimes including violating Section 9 of the 'Prevention of Bribery Ordinance' and money laundering..."

"The follow-up of the case will be transferred to the Department of Justice for public prosecution according to law."

Finally,

Huang Bingyao paused for a moment.

The voice was sonorous and powerful!

"Hong Kong is a society ruled by law, and everyone is equal before the law. Any behavior that attempts to destroy Hong Kong's financial order and trample on the dignity of the rule of law will be resolutely struck by us."

"We have always emphasized—the spirit of the rule of law!"

"No matter who the target involved is, no matter how long the institution's history is or how deep its background is, as long as it violates the law, there will be no mercy, and it will definitely receive the punishment it deserves. This is not only the duty of our police force, but also the inevitable requirement for maintaining the cornerstone of Hong Kong's rule-of-law society."

"At the same time, I also hope that the vast number of citizens can continue to support our work and join hands with the police to protect Hong Kong's prosperity and tranquility."

As the voice fell,

"Hua-la-la~~~~"

Applause from reporters throughout the venue rang out.

Subsequently, reporters asked Huang Bingyao questions about case details, follow-up law enforcement actions, etc., and Huang Bingyao answered them patiently one by one, and the atmosphere at the scene was enthusiastic.

In the evening, ATV news began to report:

"Good evening, dear viewers!"

"First, reporting a piece of heavy news..."

"This morning, the police arrested a large number of executives involved in the case, including the HSBC Chief Manager..."

"This afternoon, the police force held a press conference to report on the investigation of the HSBC case..."

"At the meeting, Commissioner Huang Bingyao introduced a large amount of investigation results..."

Following the news report,

Citizens discussed it enthusiastically, praising the police's actions one after another.

"Beautifully done!"

"With so much evidence, this HSBC is simply a scourge!!"

"The police did a beautiful job this time! No matter what the background is, if it's illegal, it should be punished!"

"Hope the police can continue to maintain this tough law enforcement attitude!"

"Domineering!"

The news wasn't over yet.

Public opinion warfare is Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's specialty.

The ATV news camera turned to a school office,

"Regarding this police press conference, our station reporter Le Huizhen specifically went to the University of Hong Kong and interviewed Hong Kong's economic expert, Professor Wang of the University of Hong Kong's School of Finance, to analyze HSBC's current situation..."

Professor Wang faced the camera and talked eloquently:

"The problems HSBC is facing at this time are very bad..."

"First, investor confidence has collapsed, which will lead to a large-scale sell-off, causing the stock price to avalanche..."

"Second, customer trust has disintegrated, depositors are worried about deposit safety, corporate clients are concerned about cooperation risks, and the bank's core business has suffered a fatal blow..."

"Third, Five Star Bank has currently completed the establishment of a USD clearing system and at the same time possesses the largest amount of savings funds in Hong Kong... It can completely replace HSBC's role... As long as it uses quality products and services, it is enough to seize HSBC's market..."

HSBC building, Chief Manager's office,

Night, brightly lit.

"Ring-ring-ring~~~"

Anthony was already overwhelmed.

The phone kept ringing.

Following ATV's report, HSBC began to fall into a public opinion crisis, and phone calls from all parties kept coming in.

"Are you HSBC's new Chief Manager? We signed a 500 million HKD cross-border clearing agreement last month, and our group formally notifies you: terminate immediately! Regarding follow-up compensation issues, because it's HSBC that had the problem, you are in breach of contract first, so the compensation will be paid by you..."

"Is this Mr. Anthony... very sorry to notify you, our group decided to suspend all business dealings with HSBC... hope you can understand."

"Are you the new Chief Manager?... Notifying you now, our originally planned 1 billion HKD loan cooperation is temporarily canceled..."

One phone call after another kept coming in,

Anthony's face turned darker and darker, his brows tightened more and more, and then gradually became irritable...

And deep worry!

"I must act quickly!"

He immediately called the secretary and ordered:

"Go notify all major media in Hong Kong, I want to hold a press conference..."

"Also, contact the Viceroy's Mansion immediately, I want to visit the Viceroy tonight!"

Secretary: "Yes!"

One hour later,

Viceroy's Mansion, inside the study.

The light sprinkled softly on the heavy walnut furniture.

The two were drinking coffee.

"Viceroy, coming here this time, there is a money-making project I want to introduce to you."

After all, this is bribery, and it's in the Viceroy's Mansion, no one dares to investigate the Viceroy's Mansion, so Anthony went straight to the point.

Anthony took out a beautifully bound document from his briefcase and placed it gently on the table. The words "Southeast Asia Timber Supply Chain Project" on the cover were particularly eye-catching.

Fei Peng raised his eyelids and glanced at the document.

Here it comes.

You guys finally came to hug God's feet.

This time, if I don't eat a few mouthfuls of meat, I won't be called the righteous Viceroy!

Fei Peng's inner drama was rich, but on the surface, he looked indifferent.

"Tell me about it."

Anthony bent down slightly and introduced: "Now some rare timber in Southeast Asia is in short supply in the international market. We plan to do a supply chain project centered on Southeast Asian timber imports..."

Fei Peng drank a sip of coffee indifferently.

This coffee, really fragrant~~

Anthony continued: "We plan to establish a specialized trading company. Viceroy, you can actually control this trading company through some secret offshore company structures..."

"We will forge procurement contracts, HSBC Bank will issue a 100 million USD letter of credit, this fund will seem to be used for purchasing timber, in reality... then, continuously turn it over, and finally, 3 million USD will steadily enter the account you designate..."

3 million?

Sending a beggar away!

What about the pattern?

Open it for me!

Fei Peng finally shook his head: "Regarding company operations, I don't know much, and... the time is too long..."

Who knows if you HSBC will keep your promise.

Ten thousand years is too long, I only fight for cash!

Anthony frowned: "What does the Viceroy mean?"

Fei Peng: "Cash... Swiss Bank..."

After the money is in hand, I can launder it however I want, or I can spend it slowly after I retire...

Anthony breathed a sigh of relief and clapped: "Good, then 3 million USD!"

"Wait..."

Fei Peng stopped him,

"Too little money, I'm not interested."

Anthony: "???"

Think it's too little?

You are really greedy!

Anthony: "Don't know Viceroy..."

Fei Peng: "20 million USD!"

20 million USD, after laundering, it wouldn't be bad if 10 million USD remained.

Hiss~~~~

Anthony gasped at Fei Peng.

Good guy, you fat man are really greedy, directly 20 million USD?

At this moment, he even had the urge to kick this fat man in front of him to death.

Fei Peng drank coffee slowly.

Too fragrant.

Anthony hesitated, people are the knife and board, I am the fish and meat.

Finally gritted his teeth.

"Viceroy, I think your proposal is very good, 20 million USD, pay half the deposit first!"

"No, pay in full!"

"............"

Anthony looked at Fei Peng, feeling this fat man was so hateful.

And, will this fat man default on the debt?

Looking closely at this fat man in front of him, I don't know why, a breath of pit goods came rushing towards him!

Fei Peng continued to drink coffee, slowly: "Being a person, must be straightforward... open the pattern!"

Anthony: "............"

Finally gritted his teeth.

"Good!"

"However, I hope the Viceroy can notify the Financial Secretary to restrict the police investigation on the grounds of 'avoiding excessive interference with financial market stability'..."

"Then notify the court to speed up the trial progress and return HSBC's innocence!"

Innocence is what HSBC wants.

Fei Peng raised his head, his gaze meeting Anthony's.

Then...

"Hahaha~~~"

"Good!"

Then stood up, head held high and chest out, full of righteousness:

"HSBC has always been an excellent cooperative partner of the Hong Kong British Government..."

"Undertook a large amount of social responsibility, and made indelible contributions to the Empire's management of Hong Kong..."

"Don't worry, I will absolutely not sit idly by and watch HSBC be smeared like this!"

Anthony looked at this righteous fat man in front of him.

Roaring internally:

Shameless!

Scum!

I want to fight these talented players!

A new day,

Because of the influence of the police press conference last night, HSBC's stock price began a new round of frantic falls.

"Five Star Bank, you won, I will never buy HSBC again!"

"I admit defeat! Don't dare anymore!"

"Cut the meat, cut the meat!"

In the Stock Exchange trading hall, retail investors were all furious, selling HSBC stocks one after another.

HSBC stock price fell, fell, fell!

Five Star Bank stock, rose, rose, rose!

And just at this moment,

A dramatic thing happened.

HSBC held a press conference.

Five Star Bank held a press conference.

Both were at 10:00 AM.

This time, it's lively.

Media all over Hong Kong shouted: This melon can't be finished, can't be finished at all!

Central Plaza building, banquet hall.

Five Star Bank press conference, officially held at 10:00.

"Dear media friends, today I want to announce heavy news."

President Chen Yongren's voice was steady and powerful, echoing in the banquet hall,

"Recently, HSBC has been deeply involved in a series of negative events, which undoubtedly had a huge impact on the career development of many excellent talents working at HSBC."

"And Five Star Bank needs to open up a large number of businesses and is in urgent need of talent..."

"Under these circumstances, Five Star Bank decided to open its doors to all affected HSBC talents."

Once these words came out,

All reporters at the scene were directly in an uproar...

What is this?

Digging the wall corner... no, digging the load-bearing wall?

But, what if the other side sends spies directly?

Chen Yongren's voice was loud: "We promise, all professionals coming from HSBC will retain their original rank..."

"Please trust the reputation and word-of-mouth of the Five Star Group, we will not doubt those we employ, all kinds of core projects, promotion opportunities, will be open to you..."

"HSBC will die, Five Star will rise..."

"Welcome all excellent HSBC talents to join Five Star Bank and go to a brilliant future together!"

Here at HSBC,

Anthony showed the style of an "international financial gentleman".

Facing dozens of media reporters, his words were earnest.

"First, I represent HSBC, regarding the police force's accusations, HSBC does not recognize them."

"According to Hong Kong law, the police force cannot convict HSBC, only the court can."

"So, what the police force said does not represent the facts."

He directly denied it!

Because after he left the Viceroy's Mansion last night, he visited Chief Secretary Huo De and the person in charge of the Supreme Court...

He had already cleared the political upper levels.

May I ask, how can I HSBC lose!

Anthony was full of confidence!

And offstage,

All reporters were in an uproar.

The police force announced it with great fanfare yesterday, which shows that there must be no major problems with the evidence. Now HSBC directly denied it.

Hahaha~~

There's a good show to watch!

The media became excited.

Anthony continued: "In addition, to give all partners enough sense of security, we will invite the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to station for an audit."

"We at HSBC will always use the most professional service for all..."

Before he finished speaking,

Just at this moment...

"Ring-ring-ring~~~~"

"Ring-ring-ring~~~~"

"Ring-ring-ring~~~~"

Mobile phone ringtones kept ringing throughout the venue.

Reporters one after another picked them up, and then their faces became excited.

Soon, the venue became noisy.

"Mr. Anthony, just now, Five Star Bank announced a new plan!"

"They want to dig your HSBC people..."

Following the reporters' words,

Anthony's face changed wildly.

Directly exploded with anger!

Shameless!

Too shameless!

Digging my people?!

Wait.........

"Digging people... I can send spies over!"

"Good! Very good!"

Anthony began to sneer in his heart.

Five Star Group, nothing more than this!

You guys, wait to die!

The press conference continued, but Anthony's mind was no longer on this.

He was already thinking about how to send spies into Five Star Bank.

The next few days,

Hong Kong's news hotspots were all attracted by HSBC vs Five Star.

The first day, more than 100 HSBC employees ran to Five Star Bank to apply for jobs.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu personally interviewed them, encountering employees with low loyalty who came to Five Star to be undercover spies, he interviewed them directly. If they could surrender, he would accept them.

If they didn't surrender, he directly rejected them, then found someone to beat them up, and sent a medical package from Mingxin Hospital.

And the successful interviewees, Five Star Bank provided the same salary.

Now Five Star Bank needs to expand a large number of businesses, having a huge talent gap.

Come one, come all!

Even if there are many, they can be used in the subsequent expansion.

Personnel gap, plus future estimates, at least around 5,000.

The second day, many heard Five Star Bank fulfilled its promise, really the same salary, so more than 200 HSBC employees ran to apply...

The third day,

Here at HSBC, internal hearts were floating.

In the employee office area, there were small groups discussing in low voices everywhere.

"I see HSBC might really be dying this time, scandals, stock price plummeting, I heard more than 200 people went to Five Star yesterday."

"If this continues, HSBC is afraid it's finished."

"Five Star Group's development momentum is strong, the treatment is also not bad, as long as you have ability, there are plenty of promotion opportunities."

"Staying at HSBC, maybe one day the bank will be gone, we will all be unemployed..."

"I have a friend who succeeded in the Five Star interview, they gave the same salary as HSBC on the spot, and said follow-up benefits will only be more, not less..."

This resignation wave is like urine that has been held for a long time. If it's always held, it can be held, but once released, it can't be held back.

Panic spread...

HSBC hurriedly increased salaries to retain employees.

But it was useless, soon Five Star also said it would increase salaries!

Now it's a war between the two sides, holding their breath, must fight the other side... uh, just like a tariff war.

The third day, HSBC's resignation wave was even fiercer, more than 500...

The fourth day, more than 700...

The fifth day, more and more people ran, directly ran more than 900...

The sixth day, Chief Manager Anthony asked someone to count, and more than 2,300 people had already been lost, occupying one-seventh of the positions.

Among them, one-third of the bank system employees left!

"Impossible!"

"How could this happen?"

Anthony and the remaining executive Shi Meilun were a bit confused.

Anthony had been working in business for more than 30 years and had never seen such an outrageous thing.

HSBC is a signboard after all!

A rotten ship still has three pounds of nails!

Logically, employees couldn't run that fast.

"What's going on?"

Too contrary to common sense!

What he didn't know was that this was the Five Star Group's reputation + Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's support rate + Five Star Bank's future prospects + HSBC's black history was too much, and there would definitely be many rights and wrongs in the future...

All added together, it caused this strange scene.

Especially the support rate, which is the key to the key.

Not only HSBC couldn't understand,

All media in Hong Kong couldn't understand.

"Five Star Bank boasts about accepting HSBC talents, HSBC resignation wave comes fiercely"

"Five Star Bank recruits talents with high salaries, giant HSBC loses over two thousand employees to job hopping in just a few days"

"Shocking: Five Star Bank intervenes strongly, HSBC talent escape"

"Incomprehensible financial event: What is the charm of Five Star Bank, actually causing HSBC employees to job hop one after another"

"Unbelievable: HSBC as an international super bank, why is employee loyalty so low?"

All newspapers were reporting the escape of HSBC employees.

The content was all:

Why?

Why?

Not only they couldn't understand, all citizens of Hong Kong, street neighbors, also couldn't understand!

However,

The reality was very clear: HSBC's hearts were scattered!

No need to wait for the court verdict, HSBC's hearts were already scattered.

It was also at this time,

All citizens of Hong Kong realized a problem:

HSBC Bank is out!

And Five Star Bank will officially replace HSBC and become the number one bank in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong has ushered in a new era!

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ps: 2 chapters of 5,000 words each, compensating for the few hundred words owed the day before yesterday~~ cry~~~

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