The Rebirth of the Financial Hegemon

On the side of women.

Zhao Jiangchuan has always been honest.

If he says he has no sexual interest in women at the airport, that means he really has no sexual interest.

However, this does not mean that Zhao Jiangchuan is not interested in Zhang Xiaolei.

When he remembered who Zhang Xiaolei was, Zhao Jiangchuan became very interested in Zhang Xiaolei.

Zhang Xiaolei.

Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank China.

Of course, this was twenty years later.

But this is what Zhao Jiangchuan is interested in.

A Chinese, a woman.

It is not easy to work in any company in any industry in the world.

Everyone is equal, and equality between men and women has always been a joke.

Due to racial discrimination and gender discrimination, it is much more difficult for women to get ahead in foreign-funded companies than for others.

But Zhang Xiaolei did it.

Twenty years later, Zhang Xiaolei, who was born in mainland China, became the CEO of Standard Chartered China.

A position of this level cannot be achieved through nepotism.

Without super working ability, no one would assign a woman to be the CEO of a region.

This is what Zhao Jiangchuan is interested in.

The current Zhang Xiaolei has just joined Standard Chartered.

Status is obviously very low.

Zhao Jiangchuan had already guessed from clues why George Jin arranged for Zhang Xiaolei to come to receive him.

In order to maintain a good relationship in business, send an insignificant woman to keep both parties friendly.

How could Zhao Jiangchuan not understand this kind of thing?

George King, are you giving me a great value gift package?

Zhao Jiangchuan thought to himself.

He observed Zhang Xiaolei with great interest, thinking about how to use this woman for his own use.

Since Zhang Xiaolei can be the CEO of Standard Chartered China in the future.

After careful carving by his hands, it might not be able to support a larger world.

For example, let Zhang Xiaolei be in charge of global Standard Chartered.

"Bang bang..."

While Zhao Jiangchuan was sipping his coffee and thinking about how to deal with Zhang Xiaolei, George Jin opened the door by chance.

George King was very polite and apologized as soon as he entered the door.

"Zhao, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting."

"How could it be possible? With a beauty like Miss Zhang as my companion, I hope you will come again at the party."

"From your tone, I'm very satisfied with Miss Zhang."

Ever since George King arrived, Zhang Xiaolei's expression has become very bad.

She failed to complete the task assigned to her by George King.

There is no need for Zhao Jiangchuan to say too much, as long as Zhao Jiangchuan shows a little bit of dissatisfaction with Zhang Xiaolei, it is enough to drive Zhang Xiaolei into an abyss of despair.

Zhang Xiaolei knows very well what the value of a customer like Zhao Jiangchuan means to a bank.

Her face turned pale.

There are grievances, regrets, and more importantly, worries.

Zhang Xiaolei looked at Zhao Jiangchuan nervously.

There was helplessness and prayer in his eyes.

Zhao Jiangchuan glanced at Zhang Xiaolei, who was embarrassed.

Then he laughed.

The current Zhang Xiaolei is very different from the Zhang Xiaolei who was so generous at the global financial summit.

George Jin's words fell, and Zhao Jiangchuan continued.

"Satisfied, very satisfied, George, you are satisfied."

"Ha ha….."

"Ha ha……"

After hearing that Zhao Jiangchuan was satisfied, George Jin gave him a look that only a man would understand.

Then, the two of them laughed together.

"George, thank you for that last time."

"Zhao, we are friends, right."

"Yes."

"Do you think you need to be so polite between friends?"

"Haha, George, you know a lot about Chinese culture. Now that you say that, I won't be polite to you."

"Of course, you are my most distinguished guest, so there is no need to be polite."

"..."

What the two talked about was naturally what happened at the Kowloon branch last time.

In Hong Kong, the media holds a lot of power.

Once many shady things are caught by the media and exposed to the sun, the government will be forced to deal with them fairly under the pressure of public opinion.

That's why Zhang Jiarong thought of exposing the injustice he suffered through the media.

As long as it is reported by the media, the government will inevitably help him come forward.

But Zhang Jiarong never expected that it was his move that sent him to hell.

media organizations.

As the name suggests, the media is also a profit-oriented organization.

With money, there is never anything impossible.

As a comprehensive financial institution, Standard Chartered is also one of the banks issuing Hong Kong dollars.

It is bound to secretly control multiple media organizations.

Zhao Jiangchuan is not a fuel-efficient lamp either.

In China, he knew how to secretly purchase media to promote public opinion. After arriving in Hong Kong, he took control of two newspaper companies as soon as possible.

It also reached a shareholding agreement with Murdoch Newspaper Company and purchased part of the shares of Murdoch Media in Hong Kong for US$30 million.

Not long after Zhang Jiarong dumped the revelations to the media organizations, George King and Zhao Jiangchuan received the news almost at the same time.

Two-dimensional creatures cannot see the truth of the three-dimensional world.

After Zhang Jiarong made his choice, the result was already determined.

It's just that he didn't understand until the end why his usually normal insults suddenly turned into racial discrimination.

The only thing he thought about was that the mainland might no longer be the same continent as it used to be.

After some polite chat, Zhao Jiangchuan talked about the topic of this meeting with George King.

"...George, I want to short-sell real estate in the entire Southeast Asian country."

"Pfft..."

Short selling the entire Southeast Asian real estate?

Oh maiga.

After hearing Zhao Jiangchuan's purpose, George Jin couldn't hold it back for a moment and almost sprayed all the tea he was drinking on Zhao Jiangchuan.

What a joke.

As the Asia head of a financial institution, George King is well aware of the Asian economy in recent years.

Due to the economic recession in European and American countries, global capital is pouring into Asian countries.

Especially Southeast Asian countries, with the injection of capital, the economies of these countries are developing rapidly.

Four countries, led by Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia, have already begun to catch up with developed regions such as Hong Kong and Singapore.

The 'Four Little Tigers' and the 'Four Little Dragons' stand side by side.

Anyone who understands economics can see the opportunities contained therein.

Take Thailand for example.

Thanks to the injection of capital, Thailand's economy has been making rapid progress after more than ten years of development.

Whether it is the stock market, exchange rate, or real estate industry, they are all in an upward cycle.

This is an economic law that cannot be violated.

As a banker, George King knew the horror of this economic law.

Just like America.

After 1929.

Whether it is the U.S. stock market or the real estate industry, they have been rising for 67 consecutive years.

In these sixty-seven years, no matter how sluggish the U.S. economy was, its real estate and stock markets never really fell.

The same goes for Hong Kong and other countries.

Since 1949, Hong Kong's economy has been booming.

Real estate prices have also continued to rise.

The reason was clear to George King.

Since the emergence of currency, mankind has established countless monetary systems.

From the early gold standard, to the silver standard, to the silver standard, and now to the credit standard.

But no matter what kind of currency issuance system, there is no way to avoid the eventual collapse.

The reason is that human society is in the form of a pyramid structure.

In this situation, no matter what monetary system it is, it will eventually collapse.

Human selfishness and greed drive social progress.

With the purchasing power of money, countless people can create value for this society.

But everyone's abilities are ultimately different.

Some are smart, some are hardworking, some are stupid, and some are lazy.

Due to various reasons, the scale of currency issuance will only become larger and larger until the day it naturally collapses.

Because if the amount of money is not increased, then a fixed amount of money will make some people impoverished.

Just like allocating one hundred yuan to one hundred people, if the total amount of money is not expanded, the final result will be that 80 of them will be penniless.

But this result is not conducive to the stable development of society.

Therefore, currency can only be replenished and over-issued when needed.

Only by ensuring that the people at the bottom can live normally can they create greater value.

Based on this economic and political principle, the circulation of currency will only become larger and larger, and the symbol of money will only increase in number.

Therefore, theoretically, prices can only rise.

As for the decline.

It's not impossible, but the probability is very small.

From data and economic theory, the rise can be unlimited, but the fall is ultimately limited.

Even when Japan's real estate finally collapsed, it only reached its limit after continuing to rise for decades after the war.

Based on this logic.

A large part of Standard Chartered Asia's financial products are invested in the financial and real estate industries in Southeast Asian countries.

How could Standard Chartered do this if it hadn't seen the opportunity?

The current economies of Southeast Asian countries are like a bull market that has just started and is on the rise.

People's incomes are good, their willingness to take out loans to buy houses has increased, and housing prices are rising.

The economic cycle of the real estate industry lasts for decades or even centuries.

The situation is very good, how can it fall at any time?

George Jin looked at Zhao Jiangchuan like a fool.

After confirming that Zhao Jiangchuan was not joking, George Jin shrugged and said helplessly.

"There are no index contracts or options in real estate, so how do you want to short-sell?"

"I want your bank to create a financial contract tailored for me, and then use the contract to short."

"Do you have any good suggestions?"

"For example, use the current real estate prices in Southeast Asian capitals as the subject matter to create a comprehensive housing price index, and then your bank will create a standardized financial contract for me based on this index."

George Jin understood what Zhao Jiangchuan meant.

This is a betting agreement.

It can also be called a credit default swap.

A type of insurance.

Through this insurance contract, there is no need for a gambling agreement related to the physical object, so that the number of transactions between buyers and sellers can be infinitely multiplied without being separated from the physical quantity.

"Zhao, with all due respect, this is really a stupid investment."

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