My Age of Investment

Hong Kong Island.

A white villa that looks like a castle is located on the hillside. The surrounding terrain is severe and it looks a bit easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The house is surrounded by lush woods, and the environment looks very elegant.

At the same time, because of the shelter of trees, the villa has good privacy.

Without the cover of these trees, passers-by standing by the road outside the house would not be able to see clearly the interior of the villa, because the five-meter-high wall blocks all prying eyes.

If someone climbs over the wall and enters, he or she will run into the security team patrolling inside the courtyard wall.

This is the mansion No. 79 Deep Water Bay built by Lai Wong Tai with a huge investment of HK$700 million.

Not only is the house well-designed and tightly secured, even all the windows are made of bulletproof glass, and there is an emergency shelter inside that cannot be opened by explosives.

In addition, there is an alarm system inside the villa that is directly connected to the Hong Kong Island Police Station. When the alarm bell rings, the Flying Tigers can rush to the scene by helicopter as quickly as possible for rescue.

It can be seen that Li Huangtai put a lot of thought into the safety of himself and his family.

I believe there won’t be another Hao brother swaggering into the villa to discuss business with Li Huangtai.

But as the old saying goes, the strongest fortress is never breached from the outside!

In the living room of the house, Li Huangtai was sitting on the sofa dressed in homely clothes, holding a cup of coffee in his hand, and calmly listened to the bad news reported one after another by several people around him.

"Investment banks led by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have all downgraded our stock ratings. Among them, Goldman Sachs was the most ruthless, giving Huanghe Industrial a target price of HK$40, which is less than half of Huanghe Industrial's net assets per share."

As soon as Guo Jianning finished speaking, Li Yiju reported to the old man: "In fact, the investment banks are adding insult to injury. The biggest problem now is that investors have begun to lose confidence in the financial market, or blindly sell stocks. , or start short selling.

Nowadays, the whole Hong Kong Island is spreading, saying that the stock market crash is coming, and the scene ten years ago will happen again!

If things continue to develop as they are now, a plunge in stock prices is basically inevitable. "

Li Yiju's expression and tone were serious. They had just finished increasing their holdings, and the stock price plummeted. Faced with floating losses that had reached tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars, even though the Li family had a great business, they could not afford such a loss. Law.

What's more, the financial crisis has just begun, and we don't know what more difficult problems we will face next.

Thinking of this, he already regretted it very much. Why didn't he persuade his old man to increase his holdings?

Li Huangtai nodded slightly, with neither joy nor sadness on his face, looking extraordinarily calm.

Seeing that the old man was so calm, Li Yiju, Guo Jianning and others felt much relieved.

"Where is Yi Kai? Didn't I ask someone to notify him? Why haven't you gone home yet?"

Li Huangtai glanced around and found that all the company executives were here, but his youngest son was not seen. This made him a little angry. Such a big thing happened today, but Li Yikai disappeared. .

How could he safely hand over the empire he had conquered to his younger son?

Thinking of this, Li Huangtai became more determined in his choice of successor.

He glanced at Li Yiju, who looked worried, and said that it was better for him to be the boss, as he knew how to share his father's worries.

"I don't know where he went. I called him before, but the result showed that his phone was shut down!" Li Yikai said calmly.

Li Huangtai's face turned cold: "She must have gone out to fool around with the female star named Liang from Yingwang Entertainment!

He didn't choose from so many aristocratic daughters and famous ladies, but he chose to like such a little star, which brought shame to our family.

He also paid people to terminate his contract, and was accused of various scandals by reporters. He is 40 years old and not mature at all.

In short, I will never agree to let that female star enter our home. "

The executives attending the meeting looked a little embarrassed. They accidentally overheard their boss's housework, so they had to pretend not to hear anything and looked down at their shoes and the floor.

Fortunately, Li Huangtai's mood quickly returned to normal, and he didn't talk any more about his son who he still had to worry about even at the age of eighty.

"The collapse of Lehman Brothers made the entire Wall Street tremble! The United States is the vane of world finance. When they sneeze, the whole world will catch a cold, and Hong Kong Island is no exception.

The current plan is to immediately shrink the group's front line, stop all unnecessary investments, wait and see the situation, and make plans based on the further evolution of the market.

At the same time, a large amount of cash needs to be withdrawn. For example, some developed real estate projects should be sold as soon as possible, or they can be sold at reduced prices.

It is necessary to quickly reduce the company's debt ratio to ensure the safety of the company's capital flow.

As long as the company has enough funds in its account, no matter how big or how long this financial storm blows, we can cope with it.

Don't get confused now. The more you panic, the more likely you are to make mistakes! "

Although Li Huangtai is old, he has always been active on the front line of work. His mind appears to be very calm, and his analysis of the financial situation is very clear and logical.

Li Yiju frowned slightly, "We have a large number of real estate and port projects under construction in the mainland and overseas. If we only ensure basic operation and suspend work on a large scale, the losses will be huge."

Li Huangtai smiled and said: "Safety first! If we drag it on for a while, the losses we are suffering will be replenished sooner or later."

Li Yiju realized that the old method was to cover one word, the more it is covered, the more valuable it becomes.

Li Huangtai looked at everyone with a smile and said: "I have experienced countless economic crises and property market crises in my life. The reason why I can survive these crises safely and even make further progress is that the secret is very simple, which is "accumulation" Cash, wait for opportunity" these eight words.

Believe that the plunge is only temporary!

How long can it fall? What a week! One month!

As long as we have plenty of cash, we can even go against the trend and buy the bottom! "

Infected by Li Huangtai's calm and unhurried mood, executives have greater psychological tolerance for today's plunge and the larger downward trend that may continue in the future.

As long as Lihuangtai, the white jade pillar holding up the sky, does not fall, no matter how big the crisis is, it can survive it safely.

The business myth created by Le Hoang Tai over more than 50 years is not just talk. It already has intangible value, which can reassure people internally and soothe partners externally.

After a meeting, and after coming up with a rough response plan, all the executives left, leaving only Li Huangtai and Li Yiju, father and son, in the room.

Li Yiju asked aloud: "Dad, there are still 20 billion Hong Kong dollars that have not been invested. Should we forget it? Find an excuse to give up increasing our holdings?"

Li Huangtai nodded lightly at first, then shook his head.

“No, the shareholding increase plan has been put forward, and we still have to fulfill our commitments!

However, the time to increase holdings can be slowed down. After the stock price drops to the bottom, we will step forward to increase holdings to restore market confidence and at the same time reduce the cost of increasing holdings. "

Li Yiju thought for a moment and then understood.

It is indeed not a good time to increase holdings at this time, and it is impossible to reverse the trend with a mere HK$20 billion, not to mention that the short sellers are still watching eagerly from the sidelines.

However, this also means that the previous increase in holdings...

Li Huangtai looked at Li Yiju's expression and knew what he was thinking. He sighed and said, "Yes, I made some mistakes before and increased my holdings too early!

Who could have predicted that Lehman would collapse?

Alas, this investment may cost tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars! It's not worth wasting our family's cash on this! "

Li Yiju comforted him: "It's okay, Dad, the stock price will rise sooner or later."

Li Huangtai shook his head repeatedly, "If you lose, you lose. Even if the stock price rises again in the future, you will lose the efficiency of capital utilization and help the short sellers at the same time.

Looking at it over a long period of time, if you make less money, you will lose money! "

Li Yiju said nothing. From the looks of it, his family did have the opportunity to increase their holdings at a lower position.

For example, they waited until the stock price of Huanghe Industrial fell to 40 or 50 Hong Kong dollars before increasing their holdings. Not only could they fight against the financial crisis and boost market confidence, but they could also spend a lot less money.

However, there is no regret in this world about selling medicine. If you make a bad decision, you can only endure it and taste the pain and sorrow alone.

The only good news is that the losses are limited and not permanent. They are called "floating losses". There will be opportunities to slowly unwind in the future.

However, the next situation will be much more passive, which means that their family may be beaten up by short sellers, watching helplessly as they loot their money, and then walk away!

True to the popular saying, Xia Jingxing is even more skilled than Brother Hao!

As soon as he thought of Brother Hao's name in his mind, Li Yiju's face suddenly turned pale.

Those unbearable days slowly came to mind. At that time, he was tied up hand and foot, put on a black hood, and huddled in a chicken farm waiting for his father to pay money to redeem him. He was just like a broiler on the chopping board, his life was completely gone. Under control.

Fortunately, his father was calm and gave him the money very happily, allowing him to return safely. He pretended to be calm and went to work the next day, and the incident soon subsided.

However, this incident still left some psychological shadow and trauma on him. From time to time, he would have nightmares, thinking of Brother Hao who pointed a gun at his head!

But then again, Xia Jingxing was even more hateful than Brother Hao, and the amount of "robbery" was dozens of times that of Brother Hao.

Brother Hao has been executed now, and Xia Jingxing is probably celebrating the success of the robbery!

Thinking of this, Li Yiju suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart, and asked in a questioning tone: "Dad, if Xia Jingxing's robbery is successful, we may not be able to hold our heads up in Hong Kong Island and the Chinese world for a long time. Now that we are here, can we just let it go?"

Li Huangtai said lightly: "Have you forgotten what I taught you and Yikai? You must have the power of a lion and the heart of a Bodhisattva. Use the power of a lion to fight, and use the heart of a Bodhisattva to be kind to others."

Li Yiju had some disapproval on his face. The old man told Brother Hao the same thing at that time, and then the grass on Brother Hao's grave grew several feet high.

He thought about it again and suddenly understood.

"Dad, I understand!"

Li Huangtai looked at his son with a smile of relief, and then he looked up at the magnificent sea view outside the window. After taking his money, would the sea really be as wide as the fish could jump, and the sky would be free for birds to fly?

It would be a little too simplistic to think of Li Huangtai.