Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 988 Black Monday

  Two days passed in the blink of an eye

  Monday, October 19, after a two-day closure, a huge storm finally arrived.

   There is some way out from what Yang Chen expected. Due to the time difference, the Hong Kong stock market opened before the New York market.

   ten in the morning

   The Hang Seng Index dropped by 120 points at the opening of the Hong Kong stock market, and closed down more than 200 points at noon. In the afternoon, there was another slump, with a drop of more than 10% throughout the day, and the stock market directly fell by the limit.

   Affected by the slump in the Hong Kong stock market, the stock markets in various Asia-Pacific regions plummeted, and the fall in the Asian stock market extended to Europe, causing the London stock market to plummet, and eventually returning to the New York stock market around the world.

London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore and other major global stock markets plummeted on the same day, which made the New York stock market more attention. Originally, everyone expected the US stock market to ease the global stock market slump. Never thought the New York stock market The opening was frantic, and it directly staged a big dive that made everyone desperate.

Black Monday, the day when the New York stock market recorded the largest stock market crash in U.S. history, the Dow Jones index fell 500 points throughout the day, or as much as 20%, the highest single-day decline since 1941. Highest record.

   In just six hours, the New York stock market lost as much as $500 billion, equivalent to one-eighth of the U.S. annual gross domestic product.

  The media of various countries have reprinted the news of major financial and stock markets, all of which are shockingly bad news. Throughout the day, major TV stations and major newspapers have published news of the stock market crash, all of which are developing in a bad direction.

  Black Monday passed in the panic of investors. This is just the beginning. This sentence is echoing in everyone's mind. Next is the time to really test everyone.

  When everyone was anxious about the stock market crash, our boss Yang and a few women in the family happily played mahjong & jong.

  Due to the stock market crash, Boss Yang asked several women in the family to temporarily stop working during this period.

   There is no other way, now there is chaos outside, and Yang Chen is also afraid that that person will be red-eyed, and will hit the people around him.

  So, a few women turned on the mahjong table at home.

   Lin Qingxia and a few people were also called over, it was too chaotic outside, Yang Chen was worried about a few people, so he gathered them together and let them play cards to pass the time.

   On the poker table, Boss Yang, who was about to touch himself, saw Zhou Huimin walking over with a pitiful expression on his face, Yang Chen's lips trembled slightly, and he said a little speechlessly, "Amin, have you lost everything again?"

   Zhou Huimin blushed and was a little embarrassed.

   She was temporarily pulled over to make up the number, and she didn't know how to play cards, so every time she was shot, she would lose the most in one lap.

   And the most important point, she was given a turn to win money, she came to Yang Chen three times in less than an hour, no amount of money was enough to lose.

   Yang Chen saw Goddess Zhou's pitiful appearance, so he couldn't say anything about her, but it would be impossible to lose like this.

   So, Yang Chen turned his head and waved to Xiaolian beside him.

   "Xiaolian, come and help me get a seat."

Xiaolian heard that Yang Chen wanted her to play mahjong at the table, she shook her head and refused, not because she didn't know how to play, but because Yang Chen and the others played too much, and it was enough for her one month salary, how dare she dare Serve.

   Yang Chen saw her shaking his head and knew what she was worried about, so he said, "If you lose, it's mine, if you win, it's all yours."

   "Really?" Xiaolian's eyes lit up when she heard the words.

Yang Chen pinched Xiaolian's chubby cheeks and let her sit in his seat, "What are you doing to lie to you, I'll keep half of the money for you, you can play with you Sister Yufei and Jun Li, don't be afraid, put They won all the money and the boss got a reward."

   After saying that, regardless of the white eyes of Xue Yufei and the three women, Yang Chen pulled Zhou Huimin to her table.

  Li Lizhen saw that Zhou Huimin brought Yang Chen over, and immediately quit, and shouted, "Amin, you are too much, why did you bring all the rescuers here."

   Yang Chen's poker skills Li Lizhen knew, every time she had to sit at a table with the opponent, she was sure to lose, and it was the kind of smooth and clean loss, so every time she was reluctant to play poker with Yang Chen.

   Someone like Zhou Huimin is the best, not only can you bully if you have nothing to do, but you can also win money at the same time, so don’t be too happy.

"You two together to bully her, can't I come to avenge her?" Yang Chen reached out and knocked on Li Lizhen's head, looked at Chen Yulian and Lin Qingxia, and saw a conspiracy succeeded on their faces. With a smile, he immediately understood that the two must have done it on purpose.

   is also right, with the temperament of two people, how can they target this little girl Zhou Huimin for no reason, obviously wanting him to come to this table.

   In this regard, Yang Chen also sees through but does not speak.

  Da Ma Jindao sat in Zhou Huimin's position, looked at the three women and said, "Tell me, how do you want to play, do you want to double it?"

   "If you double it, you will double it. Who is afraid?" Li Lizhen pouted.

  Yang Chen said with a smile: "With such a big tone, are you rich just after filming? Do you think it's not fun to spend more than you can spend?"

  Li Lizhen: "Yes, Brother Chen, please help me spend some money!"

   Yang Chen saw her being so arrogant, turned his head and said to Zhou Huimin who was standing beside him: "Amin, go and bring a chair over here, I'll teach you to play cards, and see how I teach this girl a lesson."

  …

   A few people played until the next morning, all night long, not only the girls were tired and sleepy, but Yang Chen was also lethargic,

   After the servants prepared breakfast, the girls ate something and went back to the room to sleep. Only Yang Chen was sitting on the sofa, waiting for an important announcement.

   October 20th

Tuesday

morning

  After a night of discussion, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange announced that it will be closed for four days and will reopen the next week.

   The reason is to keep investors calm and to deal with the large backlog of unsettled settlements on Monday.

As soon as the news came out, Yang Chen was happy, and many investors also applauded. Unlike the investors who hoped that the suspension of the market would cool down the stock market, Yang Chen knew that the suspension of the stock exchange this time would provide sufficient relief for the stock market crash next week. time.

  The stock market crash in 1987, the stock market fell over the entire October, no matter how many days the market was closed, the Hong Kong stock market could not escape.

In the previous life, the stock market crash in October caused huge losses in the world's major stock markets, including a loss of US$800 billion in market value of US stocks, a loss of US$600 billion in island countries, a loss of US$140 billion in the UK, and a loss of US$30 billion in the Gulf. The US dollar, Hong Kong lost 30 billion US dollars, and the entire stock market crash caused the world's major stock markets to lose nearly 1.8 trillion US dollars, which is equivalent to five times the direct and indirect economic losses of the First World War.

   Of course, only Yang Chen knows this. Now both the shareholders and the stock exchange believe that the suspension of the market is the best way to cool down.

   After waiting all night, I finally got the news of the market suspension.

   In Yang Chen's view, this is a perfect beginning. . .

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   (end of this chapter)