Chapter 2506
Wealth of 100 Million
The Ho Group's manufacturing base has been shifted to the mainland, and the cash flow has been converted into Japanese knives, which are expected to appreciate the most in the future.
The assets remaining on Hong Kong Island had already undergone industrial upgrading long ago.
Or rather, the business loop has been completed.
Just like the home appliances and kitchen and bathroom products under the Ho Group, Lou Xiao'e has a monopoly in Hong Kong.
The places she exports to are also the areas where US dollars are consumed.
With the two currencies pegged, such exports would have little impact.
The truly influential industries are those companies that export to small businesses and Europe.
This has very little impact on the Ho family business.
It's a bit harder to say about other export-oriented companies.
Many low-end manufacturing plants, such as those producing plastic flowers, have gone out of business this year.
However, Hong Kong Island is still relatively good, since it has the mainland to support it.
Many low-profit, low-tech factories were forced to relocate to the Pearl River Delta at this time.
Later generations always say that our development is as if it were blessed by heaven.
This is actually the right timing.
There was no opportunity originally, but those capitalists, fighting tooth and nail for profits, handed the opportunity directly to us.
The construction of our home was supposed to be in sync with the world's, which was originally expected to take longer, but as we've seen, it turned out to be true.
Many factories have recently opened in mainland China.
Of course, these are all low-end industries right now, but at this time our family doesn't pick and choose; anything that's in the basket is good.
Besides, just like what Lao Niu and the others said when they were chatting with He Yuzhu, our family is big enough and has enough people, so there's no need for us to do anything picky.
We want them all, whether they're high-end or low-end.
In fact, the Hans family was also affected.
América focused her efforts on these two establishments.
The reason is quite simple: America still values its allies, like John Bull, quite a bit.
After all, they were still hoping to win them over to fight against their neighbors.
The Hans family, because of the mistakes they made in the past, are being dealt with by Amarica, and no one will stop them.
But there were also many clever people in the Hans family. It started in 1970 when the head of the Hans family knelt down in front of the HS quarantine zone monument.
On behalf of Hans, he apologized to the victims who had been harmed by his family.
As the saying goes, a man's knees are worth gold, let alone the head of a country.
Their willingness to offer such a sincere apology has laid the foundation for their reintegration into the European Community.
Moreover, this year, the current head of the Hans Christiansen government, in his speech marking the end of the 5th anniversary of the Second World War, explicitly defined May 8th as 'Liberation Day'.
This was the day the Hans family signed the surrender document.
Therefore, many things are always quite interesting.
This year, it's obvious that América is trying to exploit Xiaosheng and Hans's families for her own economic improvement.
Then, the eldest son of the Hans family gave in once again.
Now, even if América wants to deal with Hans, the other European countries that accepted Hans's apology will be willing to lend him a hand.
After all, those foreigners understand the principle of "if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold."
Even if the family apologized and kowtowed thousands of times, it wouldn't stop the America conglomerate from reaping its profits.
To offset the impact of the yen's appreciation, the government significantly cut interest rates and implemented loose fiscal policies.
This has spurred huge stock market and real estate bubbles.
In other words, the two sectors that Lou Xiao'e strategically positioned herself for in her daily life are now experiencing significant price increases. With the stock market rising, convertible bonds will inevitably follow suit.
If real estate prices rise, then even if He Xinghua doesn't execute the forward purchase contract for the house he signed with Xiao Rizi, he can still get a lot of money on the market.
It wasn't even September, the month of the Plaza Accord, yet Lou Xiao'e's billions invested in Xiao Rizi had already doubled on paper.
When the Hong Kong business community confirmed through certain rumors that Lou Xiao'e's assets were about to exceed 10 billion.
Everyone fell silent.
Lou Xiao'e's assets were originally similar to those of other wealthy people, so how many newspapers dared to criticize her?
They dared to make unfounded accusations, pick up trivial matters, exaggerate them, and then smear Lou Xiao'e with slander.
Because those people knew that there were still people in Hong Kong who could keep Lou Xiao'e in check, and Lou Xiao'e, in order to protect her image, would not be able to completely eliminate them.
As long as their reporting maintains a certain level of tact, occasionally criticizing Lou Xiao'e or He Xinghua, Lou Xiao'e and her son have to accept the criticism with a smile in order to show their magnanimity.
However, the Ho Group's current financial holdings in the small-scale financial market are about to exceed 10 billion US dollars.
Who the hell would dare to gossip about the He family now?
Everyone knows that the size of the funds is one thing, but how much money actually ends up in someone's pocket is another.
Putting aside other things, Lou Xiao'e has invested more than 3 billion yuan, nearly 4 billion US dollars, in Xiao Rizi.
Of this, the He family themselves contributed hundreds of millions of dollars.
The others are either banks or allies.
There are also seven or eight hundred million US dollars in funds that she manages.
In other words, most of the money belongs to other people.
But being able to control such a large sum of money represents a kind of power.
Energy capable of destroying the world.
Putting aside other things, in 1984, which was last year, Hong Kong Island's GDP was less than US$35 billion, or about HK$260 billion.
The total market capitalization of the Hong Kong stock market last year was over HK$100 billion.
Lou Xiao'e's investments in Xiao Rizi now have a total book value of approximately 8 billion yuan.
Of course, much of that 8 billion is just a bubble.
For example, refinancing based on financial assets is also included.
And it accounts for a large portion.
It's like in later generations, a certain tycoon surnamed Ma used 4 billion to grow a market value of trillions.
However, with the stock and real estate markets continuing to rise, and the expectation of a depreciating US dollar about to materialize.
The bubbles in Lou Xiao'e's hands could very well turn into real money.
So, how can we play anymore?
On the surface, if you bundle together all the Hong Kong tycoons, the assets would be roughly the same as those controlled by Lou Xiao'e.
Some of the foreigners who had offended Lou Xiao'e, as well as some fake foreigners, were already thinking about immigrating.
These people knew very well that they could no longer stay on Hong Kong Island.
Even if Lou Xiao'e is magnanimous, those who want to make a living off her might one day offer them to her as gifts.
They certainly don't want to be stuffed into oil drums, filled with cement, and thrown into the sea.
No, there aren't that many.
"If I really had 10 billion US dollars, I'd retire and go back to Beijing." Lou Xiao'e explained helplessly to the fat woman opposite her.
Guo Shumiao's face was shiny with oil, and the fat on her face trembled slightly with excitement.
Lou Xiao'e was naturally happy to make a fortune.
Putting everything else aside, with Lou Xiao'e backing her up, her voice carries more weight in the board of directors of a certain company.
"Have you estimated how much profit we can expect this time, sister-in-law?" Guo Shumiao continued to ask. (End of this chapter)