Chapter 255: Financial U-turn

Zhou Ming and Luo Han rode in an Audi along Nangang Avenue, and soon arrived at the Nanhu Hotel. Luo Han was very quiet the whole way, and did not say much to Zhou Ming as usual. This was not because Luo Han had changed his personality. For Zhou Ming, it was just a matter of two meals, and he made those people from Binhai fight among themselves. Luo Han was actually quite shocked.

Zhou Ming finally told Li Dong in front of him that there were other Binhai people who had invited him to dinner, which was actually creating internal conflicts for them. However, the most important thing was that Zhou Ming did not make things up, but was actually telling the truth. As long as Li Dong was willing to investigate, he would definitely be able to find out Zhou Ming's honesty with his abilities.

The reason why Lei Feng is great is because there is only one Lei Feng. For the group of people at Binhai harbour.

To put it another way, once these Binhai bosses start divesting, it will be a huge blow to the Nanjiang stock market. You have to know that Lin Muqing had already withdrawn the funds from the Hong Kong side, and then Yang Laoshi spread the news and made ordinary investors sell their shares as well. It can be said that the Nanjiang stock market now depends entirely on Binhai's funds to prop it up. Now if they are also asked to divest... wouldn't that be a disaster?

I'm afraid that if you randomly pick any stockholder in the stock exchange, they will understand that this will definitely cause the stock market to plummet. Isn't this what Zhou Ming was originally trying his best to avoid? However, it has now become the situation he hopes to see, and the reason is the last dinner tonight at the Nanhu Hotel.

'Boss, we will be arriving at the Nanhu Hotel soon, I will get off first,'

The voice of the bodyguard ** in front of him came, pulling Luo Han's thoughts back. He knew that ** was assigned by the state to protect Zhou Ming, but in order to conceal his identity, ** called Zhou Ming boss when there were other people around. Luo Han turned his head and looked out the window, and sure enough, he saw the Nanhu Hotel.

The car stopped smoothly in front of the hotel, and Zhou Ming and Luo Han got out. Someone was waiting at the door to greet them: 'It is a great honour to have Advisor Zhou here. This is not the first time Advisor Zhou and I have met, so I don't think I need to introduce myself, do I? Director Lin is already waiting in the private room, please follow me upstairs, Advisor Zhou.'

This person, of course, Zhou Ming knew, not only Zhou Ming, but also Luo Han knew, he was the general manager of Gangcheng Siming Investment Company, Dai Tingwei, and the 'Director Lin' he mentioned could only be the Hong Kong businessman Lin Muqing.

Zhou Ming nodded and indicated to Dai Tingwei to lead the way, and they followed Dai Tingwei all the way to the hotel's luxurious private room.

Pushing open the door to the private room, Lin Muqing was waiting inside. She was wearing a purple dress today, with wavy curls in her hair and light makeup on her face. She was incredibly beautiful, and although Luo Han had seen her before, he could feel his heart suddenly pounding a few times when he saw her suddenly. He sighed, 'She is truly a celebrity from Hong Kong City.'

Lin Muqing invited Zhou Ming and the others to sit down in the private room. Compared to the previous time at the Binhai, this time Zhou Ming first praised Lin Muqing's beauty before sitting down with her.

'Thank you very much, Chairman Lin, for cooperating with my plan and coming back from Hong Kong,' Zhou Ming said first.

It was indeed the case. After withdrawing from Gangcheng, Lin Muqing had also returned to Gangcheng with Zhou Ming and Luo Han seeing her off in person. However, it now seemed that it had all been a pre-planned act.

'According to Consultant Zhou's plan, we haven't even finished making money here in Nanjiang, so I'm not in a hurry to leave. You know capitalists are always greedy,'

Lin Muqing teased, her smile like a spring breeze. Even though Zhou Ming was familiar with her, his heart still skipped a beat. Then Zhou Ming shrugged and said, 'In fact, greed is the driving force behind human progress, isn't it? And this is not greed on the part of Chairman Lin. I invited Chairman Lin back to be the final stabilising force in the Nanjiang stock market.'

After hearing Zhou Ming's words, Lin Muqing also put away her smile and asked Zhou Ming seriously, 'You have just been to the dinner of the people from Binhai, and they have told you their demand to withdraw their capital from Nanjiang?'

'That's right, but unfortunately I did not agree, because not only are you, Chairman Lin, not investing any more capital, but most ordinary shareholders have also withdrawn their capital from the stock market. How can such a big hole be filled? Since it cannot be filled, how can I let them go so easily?'

Zhou Ming continued, 'But in the end, I told Chairman Li that his partners all wanted to withdraw their capital. So I guessed that they would all scramble to sell their stocks in order to get out. But with the current situation of the Nanjiang stock market, where would there be any conditions for them to get out? After all, the stock market is a trading market, and stocks can only be sold to be exchanged for money, otherwise they are just a shareholder certificate that cannot be cashed for the time being.'

Lin Muqing took up Zhou Ming's line of thought and said, 'But given the current situation of the Nanjiang stock market, coupled with your previous publicity, Mr. Zhou, as soon as they start selling, it will cause a major stock market crash. In this state, everyone is selling their stocks and no one is buying, so they will not get their money no matter what. In other words, their funds are destined to be trapped inside, and it doesn't matter who sells first or second.'

Having said that, Lin Muqing glanced at Luo Han and changed the subject, asking Zhou Ming, 'But I've heard that at this stage, the Nanjiang Municipal Committee and even the central government do not want to see the stock market crash. As Nanjiang's development consultant, are you sure this is okay?'

Zhou Ming also glanced at Luo Han and said, 'Of course there are problems, but we have to solve them one step at a time. We can't always think about getting there in one step, right? And this is also an important reason why I asked Lin Dong to come back.'

Facing the one-note dialogue between Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing, Luo Han felt very depressed, because just now when they both looked at him, it was obvious that they were saying those words deliberately to themselves. But he was not an agent sent by the municipal party committee and government, so why were they guarding against him like this?

Luo Han was depressed, but he didn't show it. Firstly, he was afraid to confront Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing, and secondly, he wanted to hear the answer to the mystery.

Zhou Ming poured a cup of tea for Lin Muqing and said to her, 'Lin Dong, please help stabilise the stock market situation at the right time.'

It was just a sentence, but Luo Han felt very excited when he heard it, because this was the answer he had been waiting for. Although he had guessed Zhou Ming's plan when he heard that the last dinner meeting was with Lin Muqing, hearing Zhou Ming say this request in person still made him feel excited, as if his whole body was about to burst into flames.

After all, Zhou Ming's arrangement can be summed up in one sentence: a financial comeback, with each move leading to the next.

First, Zhou Ming deliberately provoked Li Dong, making them take the initiative to invest in the Nanjiang stock market. But when they invested, Zhou Ming instead spread unfavourable news about the stock market, not only causing Lin Muqing to withdraw the funds from Gangcheng and withdraw from the stock market, but also causing most shareholders to start selling their stocks.

Binhai bosses Li Dong and Wang Dong are not fools. Once they reacted, they naturally wanted to get out of the stock market. But by this time, not to mention that Zhou Ming intended to trick them, even if Zhou Ming wanted to let them go, there was no chance. Once they started selling stocks, it would trigger a stock market crash.

Perhaps in a mature securities market, some people would think about making contrarian investments at this time, but given the current situation of the Nanjiang stock market, ordinary investors can't even accept a small loss. They will desperately try to sell their stocks as soon as they see them falling. How could anyone be thinking about contrarian investments? And when no one is buying in a market, it's useless to lower your price even further.

For everyone else, the plot would have ended here, but under Zhou Ming's arrangement, the plot has only just reached its climax.

Because Zhou Ming really only wants to panic these coastal speculators, not the stock market, and he doesn't want the Nanjiang stock market to really crash, that's why he has recovered Lin Muzhen. The purpose is to buy back the stocks when the Nanjiang stock market hits rock bottom, to stabilise the stock market situation.

These Binhai speculators, they bought the stocks when the Nanjiang stock market reached its peak, but sold them when the stocks hit rock bottom. They obviously lost a lot of money. Even if there was a bubble in the Nanjiang stock market before, after this explosion, it will be able to regain stability for a period of time.

In fact, if Binhai is smart, they shouldn't sell all their stocks at once. They should try to keep the situation stable and maintain an intermediate stage, waiting for someone to pick up the stocks. After all, most retail investors follow the trend, so as long as the people in Binhai are patient, they will be able to wait until they have all sold their stocks.

Unfortunately, with Zhou Ming's two dinners, the people in Binhai don't trust each other, so they naturally can't do it.

'This time, Chairman Lin will not be able to drive up the stock price. You will have to hold it for a long time. But don't worry, Chairman Lin, the stock market in Nanjiang will continue to develop!' Zhou Ming said.

Lin Muqing shook her head and said, 'In fact, even if Consultant Zhou doesn't say it, we are also planning to hold some stocks for the long term this time. Because I have discussed it with the board of directors, and they all think that Nanjiang is a city with great development potential, and these companies in the stock market also have great development prospects. In particular, Nanfang Development Bank can be expected to create even greater value in the near future.'

'Therefore,' Lin Muqing concluded, 'our board of directors collectively believes that it will be more beneficial to hold for the long term.'

'That's good,' Zhou Ming said, raising his glass. "On behalf of the Nanjiang stock market, I'd like to thank Chairman Lin for this collaboration. Cheers!'

Lin Muqing lifted her teacup and said, "Cheers to the collaboration, but I don't drink much, so I'll have tea instead today. Cheers!'

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