Chapter 308: Don't Let People Laugh at You!

"Feng, Dongxing has raised 120 million, and it has all been sent to me!"

On the phone, Jiang Tiansheng's tone was quite amazed: "Luotuo said he's investing all this money into the Japan stock market; that old guy really has guts!"

"An old veteran of the underworld is an old veteran; his ability to leverage momentum is perfected to a fine art!"

Wu Feng also sighed in response: "With the opportunity to invest in the Japan stock market, the matter of Ben Shu being slashed by Wuya has just been brushed aside like that!"

"But is the clean money in the hands of these Dongxing Hall Masters a bit too little?"

With so many Hall Masters pooling their funds, the fact that it only amounted to 120 million Hong Kong Dollars was, in his view, truly too little.

"Feng, you think too highly of that bunch of guys in Dongxing!"

On the phone, Jiang Tiansheng's voice carried a hint of mockery: "Most Dongxing Hall Masters are the type to drink today's wine today; being able to scrape together 120 million in such a rush is already quite good!"

Wu Feng was stunned for a moment, then realization dawned on him.

The vast majority of Dongxing Hall Masters were in the business of risking their lives.

Guys like that naturally find it easy to develop a habit of spending money as soon as they get it.

For them, once they get caught and sent to Stanley Prison for "further studies," any savings they have will just be a wedding dress made for someone else.

Take Wuya, for example—a dignified member of the Dongxing Five Tigers and a favorite of the Dragon Head Luotuo—yet the Underlings following him are "starving nine meals out of every three days"; is that normal?

But that is the reality!

It is impossible that Wuya cannot make money.

The only explanation is that this guy spends money as soon as he has it and simply cannot hold onto it.

"Mr. Jiang, have Luotuo send someone who is well-versed in finance and has a sharp mind to Japan!"

Withdrawing his thoughts, Wu Feng reminded him: "In some matters, one must still take precautions!"

He was one step away from naming names and having Xiaomian Hu, one of the Dongxing Five Tigers, sent out directly.

This guy is sinister and vicious, with a head full of devious ideas; he is no good sort and belongs to the category of standard underworld villains.

Rather than letting him stay in Hong Kong and cause trouble, it would be better to send him off to Japan to hole up early.

"Feng, are you worried that the money earned in Japan will be hard to bring back?"

Jiang Tiansheng reacted immediately and mused: "Should Hongxing also send people over?"

"Sure, it never hurts to be careful!"

Wu Feng chuckled: "If possible, it would be best to get in touch with the Chinese gangs over in Japan!"

"That shouldn't be a big problem!"

Jiang Tiansheng said slowly: "When it comes to their own interests and legitimate money that can see the light of day, if any Big Brother of a society doesn't take it seriously, then there really is something wrong with his brain!"

"Mr. Jiang, you need to make this clear to Luotuo!"

Wu Feng still offered a reminder: "If an accident really happens, Dongxing will have to exert their strength too!"

"That is a certainty!"

Jiang Tiansheng said as a matter of course: "There is no logic where I lead them to make money, but when trouble arises, they can just stay out of it; there is no such rule!"

"If other societies are the same as Dongxing, you must make it clear to them as well!"

Wu Feng felt slightly relieved and continued: "Mr. Jiang, each society should open its own separate financial investment company; don't mix the investments of many societies together, lest things get chaotic later!"

"For this, I will have professional financial personnel step forward!"

Jiang Tiansheng said confidently: "Since it is society capital being operated, even if you gave them more guts, they wouldn't dare to play tricks on this; are they tired of living?"

"That's good then!"

Wu Feng said with a smile: "I don't want a perfectly good thing to end up becoming a bad thing because of some unspeakable reasons; that would be more trouble than it's worth!"

After hanging up the phone, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Those society Big Brothers certainly have plenty of courage, and they are truly daring enough to invest.

They aren't even worried that their entire family fortunes will go down the drain; they are quite decisive and straightforward.

As far as he knew, not only Dongxing, but also Wo Shing, Luen Wo, Shui Fong, and the Wo On Lok (Number Gang) major factions had all brought out significant funds, voluntarily handing them over to the new financial company Jiang Tiansheng opened to invest in the Japan stock market.

Each one, more or less, contributed funds ranging from 50 million to 100 million, totaling nearly 500 million Hong Kong Dollars.

If invested in the Hong Kong stock market, this amount of money would not be a small sum and could still stir up quite a few waves.

But invested in the Japan stock market, even with 20x leverage added, it is still only the size of a small fry.

However, being able to raise so much capital from a bunch of first-tier society Hall Master-level Big Brothers is already quite difficult; these guys are the type who won't release the hawk until they see the rabbit.

If they can earn enough profit from the Japan stock market in just one month like Luotuo, it would be easy to talk about, and they would likely raise even more funds to invest.

If the returns are not as expected, their investment enthusiasm will likely fade rapidly.

Fortunately, this year is the final madness of the Japan stock market!

By this time, the layout of European and American financial groups and national forces has been completely finished, waiting only for the final harvest of madness, and they will not stir up too violent fluctuations in the stock market.

It goes back to what I said!

As long as one isn't overly greedy, an investment with 20x leverage will still yield quite stable returns.

In fact, the Japan stock market at this time is the period most friendly to retail investors.

Wu Feng cannot do what the protagonist of a certain Hong Kong entertainment novel does, where even fluctuations of dozens or hundreds of points in the Japan stock market can be predicted in advance and responded to with countermeasures.

What he can do is provide the most accurate relevant information to the people of Hong Kong at the most appropriate time.

As long as one isn't too greedy or too daring, and has the connections and channels, harvesting a wave from the Japan stock market is not a difficult task.

European and American financial groups and national forces are all eyeing those crocodile-level capital powers!

They don't have that much energy to pay attention to retail investors.

In fact, since the signing of the "Plaza Accord" in 1985, nearly five years have passed, and various small-scale fluctuations in the stock market during this period have basically cleared out who knows how many speculative capitals—including retail investors—that were too daring and too greedy.

The most severe was the great stock market crash of 1987, which created quite a number of people jumping off buildings.

Anyway, Wu Feng used the channels of television stations and newspapers to thoroughly spread the news throughout Hong Kong.

As for whether the residents of Hong Kong are willing to participate, or whether they have the means and channels to do so, that is not his concern; he has already done a great deal.

Right now, he still has to personally host a group of Hong Kong tycoons close to the Mainland, and even representatives sent by the Mainland side, so he doesn't have much heart to pay attention to other things.

In fact, he has actually been looking forward to this day for a very long time.

If he can obtain an endorsement from the Mainland, even if he earns a lot more from the Japan stock market, he will have great confidence in safely taking the money out of Japan.

There are some things that the Hong Kong wealthy families are willing but unable to do, but once they have the support of the Mainland, the situation is completely different; a great power is a great power.

Regions with developed economies like Hong Kong and Macau can mock the poverty and backwardness of the Mainland, but they absolutely cannot deny the strength of the Mainland; at the very least, Japan acknowledges this point.

Of course, wanting to reach a cooperation with the Mainland, especially to cooperate in the Japan stock market, is still quite difficult.

Originally, the Mainland's foreign exchange reserves were quite scarce at this time, so it was definitely impossible to put too much capital into the Japan stock market; once lost, the consequences would be quite serious.

It is precisely because Wu Feng has industrial factories in the Mainland, and the scale is quite astonishing.

The factory group in Pengcheng in the Mainland is absolutely the most famous star enterprise in the Special Economic Zone at this time!

The number of workers alone exceeds fifty thousand, and the factory area is a full several hundred mu in size!

Currently, the factory is still undergoing expansion, and the number of workers required is still increasing.

Not only that, the factory group alone provides an astonishing amount of foreign exchange earnings to the country every year, measured in tens of millions of Dollars.

Moreover, the scale of the upstream and downstream enterprises and the number of workers involved are even more exaggerated!

Of course, the most important thing is that the factory group actively cooperates with military industrial units, and its style of conduct is similar to that of a large state-owned enterprise, which makes the Mainland have a very good impression of it.

There are other actions that have basically earned Wu Feng the trust of the Mainland!

Only then was there a foundation for cooperation with the Mainland; otherwise, don't even think about it.

Fortunately, it is still possible to first let the Mainland side see the benefits by cooperating with Hong Kong tycoons who are close to the Mainland.

In fact, the Mainland suffered quite astonishing losses during the period when the Japan exchange rate was rising crazily.

Japan had previously invested heavily in the Mainland and simultaneously provided large-scale loans to the Mainland.

Knowing that the United States might force the yen to appreciate, they took advantage of the Mainland's lack of understanding of these circumstances to demand that the Mainland must pay in yen when repaying the loans.

This single clause alone caused the Mainland to pay a quite heavy price!

These situations were information Wu Feng learned when he was reading rebirth urban novels in his later life.

As for whether it is actually like this, he is actually a bit unsure!

After all, for this kind of information, it is not an easy thing for an ordinary person to collect it from the complex and chaotic network information and still be able to find the key information.

But given Japan's consistent style of conduct, it is highly likely that such things are true.

It can only be said that this is the high tuition fee that must be paid for opening up to the outside world!

Wu Feng is not particularly angry; he just hopes to be able to participate in harvesting the national treasury of Japan through cooperation with the Mainland!

Because of the football club matter, Wu Feng's relationship with Huo Lao has been maintained quite well.

This time, led by Huo Lao, a group of Hong Kong tycoons close to the Mainland and Wu Feng quickly reached a cooperation.

With their participation, the Chinese capital flowing into the Japan stock market finally reached a certain scale.

Wu Feng, at this time, mixed among the many Chinese capitals, is no longer so conspicuous.

Of course, his capital volume is the largest, but the outside world simply does not know it.

At this time, it is not yet the internet era of the later generations!

Even for those powerful large financial groups in Europe and America, it is not an easy thing to find all of Wu Feng's financial shells spread across the world without spending a great deal of cost and energy.

Preparedness ensures success, while lack of it leads to failure!

Wu Feng's intentional layout over several years is not so easy to see through.

After finishing the discussion on cooperation matters, Huo Lao specifically kept Wu Feng behind.

"Wusheng, according to the advertisements on television and in newspapers, the European team under you and Jiang Sheng will arrive in Hong Kong in half a month, right?"

Huo Lao got straight to the point: "When the time comes, can you let them play a few more matches?"

"Why, are there other teams with ideas?"

Wu Feng asked curiously: "It's best if they have some strength; otherwise, if the performance is too poor, I'm afraid they will be looked down upon!"

"The Hong Kong team, and the Mainland national team!"

Huo Daheng chuckled: "Wusheng, don't just talk big; I am quite clear about the quality of those two European teams; they cannot be considered strong teams!"

Hehe...

Wu Feng, at this time, really couldn't say much, so he just nodded and agreed to Huo Lao's request.

If there were fans from later generations present, they would certainly not be as calm and composed as Huo Lao.

Batistuta, Rivaldo, Redondo—the names of these three alone are enough to be deafening.

Not to mention there are also first-line stars like Brian Laudrup, Ebbe Sand, Larsson, and Okocha.

With two football teams composed of such a lineup, as long as they can exert most of their strength, there is no problem at all in setting off a so-called "youth storm" in Europe.

It's just that right now, they are all in a state of obscurity.

Before they have shown enough strength, Wu Feng also cannot say any big words.

It's just that he didn't expect that the Mainland national team also wanted to get involved!

Obviously, it should be influenced by the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup championship football tournament that started earlier this year!

In fact, the head coaches of the two European football teams that had just undergone reorganization were quite resistant to running all the way to Hong Kong, a place they had hardly even heard of, to play friendly matches.

Unfortunately, this was the intention of the club owners; the arm cannot twist the thigh.

Plus, the head coaches of both teams were still just rookies in the football world, so they didn't have much of a temper.

Even the so-called mad coach Bielsa of later generations was a rookie coach who had not coached a first-line team, and he couldn't go crazy at this time unless the club's requirements touched his bottom line.

In fact, at this time, the two new and inexperienced head coaches had already been shocked by the strength of the young players under them.

Originally, they thought that one was a Dutch league relegation team and one was a strong English Second Division team, and the strength of the players in the team was very average.

But when they started to integrate with the team that had gathered early, they were surprised to find that the situation was not like that at all.

The young players bought by the two teams this summer were terrifyingly strong, one by one!

They were already starting their pre-season training together, so how could they have known that none of the players Wu Feng had recruited for the team were so-called late bloomers.

I believe it won't take long before their strength shocks the Eredivisie and the English Second Division.

On the other side, Luotuo of the Eastern Star received a phone call from Jiang Tiansheng.

After listening, he immediately summoned Xiaomian Hu and ordered: "Take some of the society's elite fighters and head over to Japan to help keep an eye on things!"

"Big Brother, why are you suddenly sending me to Japan?"

Xiaomian Hu was confused and asked curiously: "The societies over in Japan are not to be trifled with!"

"If I tell you to go, then go. Why so much nonsense?"

Luotuo reprimanded him with dissatisfaction, but seeing Xiaomian Hu's puzzled expression, he still explained: "Jiang Tiansheng of Hung Hing just called me; he's worried that the money we invested in the Japanese stock market might get stuck!"

"So, he hopes we can send a heavyweight Hall Master over to hold the fort, and while we're at it, make some connections with the Chinese gangs over in Japan. If nothing happens, that's obviously for the best, but if something does..."

"If there really is a change of events, I will definitely stir up a storm!"

A sharp glint flashed in Xiaomian Hu's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Big Brother, you should have said so earlier. I'll head to Japan immediately!"

"Hmm, I expect Hung Hing, as well as Wo Shing, will all be sending Hall Masters over!"

Luotuo instructed: "When the time comes, you all should cooperate well and don't let people make a joke out of us over there!"

"Don't worry, Big Brother, I won't mess around!"

Xiaomian Hu promised with a grin, though his eyes kept darting around.

(End of this chapter)