Chapter 514: doubt

At this historical moment when Mrs. Thatcher wrestled at the gate of the Great Hall of the People in China Capital, as the reporters clicked the shutter, it spread to the world at the fastest speed.
Although at the level of technology in 1982, what you can see in the newspaper is only a black and white photo that is not too clear, but it is enough for people to perfuse countless wonderful plots.
And the capital market is not only concerned about the fall itself, but also why a political iron lady like Mrs. Thatcher, who has established her own image with a strong leadership style, could not control herself and fell that fall.
Mrs. Thatcher obviously wanted to do something to restore the impact of her fall.
On the afternoon of September 24, she held a press conference in the Great Hall of the People.
At the reception, she said this: "I have had more than six hours of formal talks with Huaxia leaders on many issues in a very friendly atmosphere. I listened to them with great interest in the world situation. And our bilateral relations include the views of the Hong Kong issue."
However, she refused to express any views on the future situation of Hong Kong.
The next day, Mrs. Thatcher was interviewed by British Broadcasting Corporation Radio reporter Gordon Martin alone. She said: "My talks with the leaders of China are friendly. We admit that we have differences, but our common purpose is greater than Disagreement."
Such an ambiguous statement is completely different from her high-spirited declaration before she set out. Therefore, people with a little political sense have already smelled the unusual smell. Although neither party in the negotiation has clearly said anything, Iron Lady This attitude has already revealed the facts to the world: I am afraid that Britain will not be able to keep Xiangjiang, otherwise, with Iron Lady's consistently strong character, how could this be?
The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. Because of the victory of the Falklands War and the media's one-sided claims that "Britain cannot give up Hong Kong", the tall pound was immediately overwhelmed by huge selling.
These were originally expected by Tan Zhenhua, Guo Zhaode, Yu Pengxia and others, and they were also the purpose of their travels to London.
Although Xiangjiang is also known as one of the international financial centers, in 1982, this name may be a bit misleading. And here, London, is the veritable old international financial center, operating here more than one billion U.S. dollars, even if you add ten times the leverage to enlarge its energy to more than ten billion, its scale is still not too big, and if If the same scale is placed in Xiangjiang, I am afraid that even enough trading orders will not be available.
This is also one of the main reasons why they chose London as their main battlefield this time.
what? Children's shoes, shouldn't you say that banks, securities, and exchange rates should be online in real time? So what does it matter where?
Well, that's not wrong, but let's discuss this issue after the Internet leaves the laboratory.
Moreover, our father of optical fiber communication, Nobel Prize winner, Chinese physicist Gao Kun is currently serving as an executive scientist and director of the engineering department in the Optoelectronics Department in Launock, Virginia, USA, and the world's first generation of optical fiber communication The system is still being debugged and improved in his hands.
Therefore, the major financial centers in the world still have serious time differences in information exchange, and they are still in a state of de facto fighting each other.
Tan Zhenhua made himself a cup of coffee, tapped his slippers down the stairs, and came to the middle of the house. Several large TV sets have been set up here to display the trading curve of the exchange in real time, and several from Xiangjiang The professionals who came are also busy in front of the newly purchased personal computer.
Seeing him come down, Guo Zhaode stopped his movements and greeted with a smile: "Zhenhua, you are awake."
Tan Zhenhua smiled and said: "Yes, if you say this Highclere Castle is really a good place, not far from London, but the air and environment here are much better than there. Even sleeping is comfortable. You can consider buying it in the future. A castle like this to play by yourself."
Guo Zhaode joked: "Actually, you can buy it now? Do you want me to talk to the landlord?"
Yes, the second son of Tan and his entourage only stayed at the Paddington Hilton Hotel for one night and then collectively moved here-Highclere Castle in the suburbs of London.
This castle covers a very large area. In addition to the castle itself, it also includes several pastures and forest farms. What Tan Zhenhua and the others rented is only the main body of the castle itself, a garden and a small lake surrounding the castle, but that’s all. Renting it also costs an extremely high price of 4,000 pounds a day, and Tan Zhenhua booked it for two months with a wave of his hand, which also surprised the owner of this historic castle.
In fact, there are many such castles in Britain. These are precious inheritances left by the ancestors with titles of nobility. However, in Britain, inheritance of inheritance requires the payment of a large estate tax. Moreover, according to the law, The successors of the castles must bear the responsibility of maintaining these precious historical sites, and repairing these castles is really an expensive expense.
Therefore, many successors had to give up this right, which led to the fact that there is always a "castle" in the market whether it is leasing or selling, and the price is not too expensive.
When Tan Zhenhua and the others found the renting agent and said they wanted to rent a large house that can accommodate nearly 20 people, the agent recommended the castle, and Tan Zhenhua liked it when he saw the building. Therefore, the mighty group including Shao Yifu, Wu Daguan and all the visitors from Hong Kong left the Hilton room and moved here.
Tan Zhenhua smiled and did not take Guo Zhaode’s fault. He still has a lot of things to care about, and there are also many things to be busy. But there are too many places to spend money. I am afraid that the desire to buy a castle is short-term. It is still impossible to achieve within.
He asked: "How is it?"
Obviously, he asked about the current exchange rate market.
Speaking of business matters, Guo Zhaode also became serious. He replied:
It seems that the situation is very favorable for us. Since September 24, the exchange rate has fallen by more than 15% in this week, and the selling pressure is still there. Increase, and there is something unusual."
"Oh? What's unusual?" Tan Zhenhua couldn't help but asked. If Guo Zhaode could say that it was unusual, then it must be something extraordinary.
"There are short-selling pound orders that are ten times larger than ours in the market." Guo Zhaode replied.
Tan Zhenhua was taken aback, ten times more, what is that concept? Their investment this time has reached a huge amount of 1.3 billion U.S. dollars. Coupled with the use of ten times the leverage ratio, it is equivalent to 13 billion U.S. dollars in short contracts. This is already a huge number. Is there anyone who is shorting the pound at a dozen times this size? ?
Fuck, with hundreds of billions of dollars worth of empty orders at one time, who has such strength?
And being able to short the pound sterling with such an intensity, or to put it simply, short the British, obviously cannot be done by a simple consortium.
Tan Zhenhua's curiosity was completely aroused, and he asked: "Who do you think it will be?"