Chapter 875: 867 Hong Kong Spirit: United as One! International Hot Money
Today's ATV and TVB have been broadcasting continuously since 8:00.
The camera kept switching, from securities companies to the Stock Exchange.
"10:18 AM, less than 1 hour since opening..."
"The Hang Seng Index soared to 12,000 points, an increase of 9.1%!"
"Countless citizens have come to the Stock Exchange."
"Today, how much will it rise?"
"20%?"
"30%?"
"Next, let's interview the street citizens..."
The reporter first stopped an old woman with gray hair and a passbook in her hand.
"Hello, Grandma! We are TVB reporters, want to ask, you came to the Stock Exchange today, are you here specifically to buy stocks?"
Grandma heard the question, immediately straightened her back, her voice a bit hoarse but exceptionally powerful:
"Yes! I came specifically from Yau Ma Tei by subway! Last year my grandson got a serious illness, and it cost a lot of money to be hospitalized. It was Mr. Guan's Five Star Charity Foundation that approved a medical donation after understanding the situation, and also helped us find the best doctor!"
"This time, Mr. Guan said he wanted to defend Hong Kong and wanted us to buy stocks to support the market. How could I not come? This 100,000 pension money, I am not here to make money, I am here to repay the kindness, and also to guard our Hong Kong!"
Saying this, Grandma's eyes were full of gratitude to Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu.
The reporter turned to a middle-aged man wearing work clothes.
"I work in decoration at a construction site in Causeway Bay. I specifically asked for leave from the foreman today! A few years ago, I was unemployed, and my family was almost unable to eat. It was Mr. Guan's company that recruited temporary workers, giving us people with no work a chance to eat!"
"Now those international speculators want to smash our stock market and want to destroy our home. Mr. Guan called on us to defend Hong Kong together, I must respond!"
"I bought 200 shares of New World Group today. The money is not much, but it is my effort! We Hong Kong people cannot let outsiders bully us!"
The reporter's camera turned to a white-collar girl who looked like she had just graduated.
The girl's eyes flashed with light: "After watching Mr. Guan's speech this morning, I was particularly moved! Mr. Guan said that Hong Kong is our home and must be protected by everyone together! I brought the salary I saved for 2 months today and bought stocks."
"Although my money is not much, we are young people, and we must stand up and defend Hong Kong together with Mr. Guan and all Hong Kong people!"
A stall owner, facing the reporter's camera, said: "In the past few years, I lost my job, and my family ran out of food. It was Mr. Guan's company that promoted the small stall economy, giving us a chance to survive!"
"Now Hong Kong is being suppressed by speculators. Mr. Guan took the lead in investing money and called on us to protect Hong Kong together. How can I stand by?"
"I bought 30,000 yuan of stocks with all the savings from this year today. Although it is not much, it is my heart! Defending Hong Kong is not empty talk, it is something everyone must do!"
The reporter interviewed a gentleman wearing a suit and holding a briefcase. He had just come out of the Stock Exchange, his face full of solemnity.
"I am in the import and export business. Through Mr. Guan's guarantee and leadership, I cooperated with mainland companies and made a lot of money! Mr. Guan is my noble person. Today, not only did I buy 5,000 shares of Hang Seng Bank myself, but I also mobilized the company's employees to buy together!"
"Our company has more than 20 people, and they all came to open accounts today! Defending Hong Kong is not only a personal matter, but also a corporate responsibility! We want to let those international speculators see that Hong Kong's enterprises and citizens are of one heart. They want to grab the wealth accumulated by Hong Kong people for several generations, it's not that easy!"
The reporter interviewed ordinary Hong Kong people of different ages and occupations...
"Dear viewers, just now outside the Stock Exchange, we interviewed five ordinary Hong Kong street neighbors — Grandma who received Mr. Guan's help and took out her pension money to repay the kindness, the decoration master who rushed from the construction site to support the market with his hard-earned money, the college student who just graduated, the small merchant who benefited from the Five Star Group and is willing to contribute to defending Hong Kong, and the entrepreneur who mobilized employees to fight together and firmly believes that Hong Kong will take off."
"They come from different places, do different jobs, and have different amounts of money in their hands, but their eyes are equally firm, and their voices are equally loud."
"Because they all know that what they bought today is not stocks, but trust in Hong Kong; standing here today is not for personal profit, but to guard our common home!"
"What is this?"
The passionate voices of ATV and TVB news hosts spread to every household, spreading throughout Hong Kong.
"It is united as one!"
"It is unyielding!"
"It is — Hong Kong spirit!"
At this moment, all of Hong Kong is in an excited mood.
In front of the TV, Grandma Chen from Yau Ma Tei took out a yellowed passbook from the very bottom of the cabinet — this was her pension money saved for ten years, which she had been afraid to move before for fear of loss, but at this moment she stood up abruptly and shouted to the kitchen:
"Old man! We are going to the brokerage firm now!"
"Mr. Guan has great kindness to us. This time, support Mr. Guan!"
"Also, Hong Kong needs us!"
On the living room coffee table, the freshly boiled soup was still steaming, but no one cared to drink it.
In the vegetable market of Sham Shui Po,
Uncle Li, who sells fish, also stopped his work, took out his mobile phone from his waist, and called his wife: "Wife! Take 50,000 Hong Kong dollars and hurry to the brokerage firm! Mr. Guan took the lead in investing money, we must support Mr. Guan and defend Hong Kong!"
The sound of pots and pans colliding came from the phone: "Good! I'll go right away!"
Ah Ming, a clerk at an appliance store in Mong Kok, after finishing the opening, pulled off his apron and stuffed it into the drawer, shouting to the boss:
"Brother Qiang! I'll take the morning off! I'm going to buy Hong Kong stocks! Mr. Guan said we have to support Hong Kong!"
The boss took out 50,000 Hong Kong dollars from the safe and slapped it on the table.
"I can't leave, count me in! You help me buy 50,000 blue-chip stocks and red-chip stocks, choose whichever!"
If it weren't for Mr. Guan, how could he have the chance to go north? How could he have the chance to get rich?
Now, it's time to repay Mr. Guan and protect Hong Kong!
Perhaps decades later, he can boast to his grandson about this period of time: Back then, international hot money came aggressively with hundreds of billions, wanting to crush Hong Kong, and your grandfather followed Mr. Guan and all Hong Kong citizens to defend Hong Kong together.
Telling the glorious years of the past, feeling old and comforted!
All of Hong Kong, countless eyes were burning with anger, and even more burning with hope.
Some people took out their passbooks and left home, some people picked up the phone to notify their families, some people hurriedly closed their shops and went to the exchange.
A financial defense war belonging to Hong Kong, in the sound of Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's passionate speech, officially sounded the horn of a national charge.
Every Hong Kong person became a soldier guarding their home.
With the addition of more and more citizens,
the Hang Seng Index soared all the way.
11:20, 12,300 points...
11:43, 12,500 points...
12:00, stood at 12,643 points, an increase of 14.93%!
Across the Pacific Ocean,
New York,
23:00,
Soros Fund Group building, the whole building was brightly lit.
The top-floor conference room was even more brightly lit.
At this time, it should have been the moment for financial crocodiles to enter dreams or enjoy debauchery, but now it has become a "battlefield" of quarrels and anxiety.
In the conference room, the long mahogany conference
The air was permeated with the rich aroma of coffee and cigar smoke, mixed with a stifling sense of agitation.
"Bang!!"
End of Chapter
