Hong Kong Movies: I am Hongxing, what the hell is the intelligence king?

Chapter 409 Ansar's Traditional Skills

"Want money?"

Cunningham was somewhat reluctant, unsure if he would ever be able to retrieve the banknotes he had placed in HSBC.

If HSBC really goes bankrupt, I will really have no money left.

As a nobleman, how can you survive without money?

Nobles have far more rules than ordinary people, and naturally, their expenses are also much higher.

High expenses naturally separate people, and even if you don't explicitly talk about "class," you are still divided into classes.

Just like someone who stays in a five-star hotel every day is naturally incomparable to someone who goes on a trip and stays in a hostel.

In order to maintain the spending power of the nobility, Cunningham naturally tried every means to increase revenue.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have supported Johnny Dewan's arms smuggling; otherwise, he wouldn't have targeted his own troops' weapons for more money.

Ultimately, it's all about maintaining the dignity of the nobility.

"We're from Ansar, working in Hong Kong. Do you still need to pay us back?"

"Then we've come here to colonize for nothing, haven't we?"

George earnestly advised:
"Times have changed, General."

"Whether HSBC will collapse or not, no one dares to say."

"If he falls, all our money will be wasted."

"Spending a little money to find Shen Daban is the right thing to do!"

"Spending a little money is to save a lot of money."

"This business is worth doing."

After a pause, seeing that Cunningham was somewhat tempted, George added fuel to the fire.

"The fact that the Grand Duke was able to transfer the money so readily shows that he values ​​that intelligence merchant very much."

"We may have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future."

"Do you intend to tell the Grand Duke that things have gone wrong this time and ask him to send another sum of money to Standard Chartered?"

"This is no small amount."

"Does our family have that much silver?"

Cunningham was immediately persuaded.

George is right, that's 510 million Hong Kong dollars, doubled, that's 1 billion!
How long would it take for a family to accumulate so much silver?

If the family suffers so much loss because of me, then all the great contributions I made to the family before must be erased.

Most importantly, this loss should never have happened.

If he had listened to George, he would have been able to retrieve the money much sooner. But because of his arrogance and prejudice, he completely squandered this large sum of money...

The Grand Duke must be quite disappointed in himself.

Cunningham immediately said:

"You're right, but I don't have much money left."

"I keep all my money in HSBC..."

Cunningham gritted his teeth once.

He absolutely hated Shen Daban.

Hong Kong HSBC used to be so prestigious, but because of Shen Daban's actions, it was on the verge of being squeezed out of business.

Who would believe that?!

Don't let him get hold of Shen Daban; he'll definitely take the money out first and then kill him.

What a load of rubbish! He's just a manager, nothing more!
"But if your political department is useless, where are you going to find Shen Daban?"

"Who else in Hong Kong can do that?"

George smiled wryly:
"Don't forget how the little tycoon and Shen Daban got their top-secret information."

Cunningham's eyes lit up:
"Are you looking for that intelligence merchant?"

However, he frowned again.

"But we haven't settled his intelligence fees yet. Can he take on any more jobs?"

George countered:
"Do you have any other ideas?"

Cunningham sighed:

"I don't!"

What else is there to say?

"Alright, go ask them now."

"If they raise the price, we might have to accept it."

Cunningham was very lonely.

He felt sorry for him!
The 20 million is his own money, and the 510 million is family funds.

We absolutely cannot afford any mistakes!
If something goes wrong, then so be it, I'll just lose 510 million. I absolutely cannot afford to lose my own money.

You must be able to clearly distinguish between what belongs to you and what belongs to the public.

George bid farewell to Cunningham and returned to his office, where he happened to meet Elizabeth:

"Isa, you got the money back?"

Elizabeth was still shaken:

"Thanks to the reminder from my superior, I saw Ms. Lok Wai-Chun's exclusive news as soon as I took it out."

"I was so close to not being able to get it out."

George was immediately relieved:

"You can just take it out."

"HSBC is too unreliable; put your money somewhere else."

Elizabeth gritted her teeth and said:
"No, I want to put it in the safe!"

George said speechlessly:
"What if you put it in a safe and a thief steals it?"

"HSBC is in a special situation right now, it's better to keep your money in a bank."

"HSBC is currently experiencing a run on its banks, and other banks such as Standard Chartered will certainly offer better terms to attract new customers."

"Opportunity knocks but once!"

Elizabeth hesitated for a moment, then nodded:
"I'll do as my superior says."

George smiled and nodded:

There's a saying in my hometown: "Listen to advice, and you'll have a full meal."

"I would never hurt you."

Elizabeth smiled sweetly.

"I'll go right away."

George nodded:
"go Go!"

"You should go quickly."

Elizabeth said cautiously:
"Sir, are you free today?"

George sighed:

"Today, all of our colleagues are busy with their own wallets."

"How can I be in the mood to work?"

"Take General Cunningham for example. He didn't listen to me and arrived late. A large sum of money was stuck in HSBC and he can't get it back. Who knows what will happen to it now?"

Elizabeth covered her mouth and exclaimed in surprise:

"what?"

George, however, remained quite calm:
"There's nothing we can do about it. You can watch the news tonight; the TV station will definitely do a special report on this."

"At that time, you'll realize how lucky you are!"

Elizabeth was startled:
"Sir, I'll go to Standard Chartered right away."

George waved his hand:
"go Go."

Elizabeth informed George and quickly went out.

So many people didn't withdraw their money, and they were very irritable.

If you leave your money at home, it can easily get messy.

George returned to his office, his face grim.

His money!

Making money as a middleman is such a lucrative business, and I was about to receive the payment when something went wrong during delivery!
It's simply speechless.

Cunningham, that idiot, thinks he's so clever.

Now look, there's a problem, isn't there?

George was furious.

After calming himself down, he dialed Lin Feng's number.

"Mr. Lin, I want to buy information about someone."

Lin Feng joked:
"You're rich and powerful now."

"The Duke of Cunningham transferred a huge sum of 510 million to you, so now you're a rich man."

George was slightly taken aback.

Lin Sheng knew all of this as expected.

This gave him a subtle feeling that was both beyond and yet within reason.

Logically speaking, what the Grand Duke of Cunningham was doing was extremely confidential, and others shouldn't have known about it.

But if this person is Lin Feng, then it's not surprising.

George smiled wryly:
"It's not certain whether we can still come up with this money."

Lin Sheng was taken aback and said:
"The money arrived in my account yesterday. Don't tell me you didn't withdraw it; I told you immediately."

George was speechless once again.

Good grief, you called me just to tell me to withdraw this money?
Is it really necessary to be so tactful?

Eastern-style euphemisms are just too difficult to understand.

“The money was deposited into General Cunningham’s account without my knowledge.”

“After you sent me the message, I immediately relayed it to General Cunningham, but he dismissed it, believing that no one would run on the bank established by the old Ansar Capital.”

"General Cunningham only panicked when Ms. Le Huizhen's exclusive news spread."

"When he went to withdraw money again, there was no cash left!"

Lin Feng cursed loudly:

"Is Cunningham stupid?"

"Such a large sum of money, shouldn't you make an appointment first?"

“This money will definitely be withdrawn. Cunningham’s identity is what it is. HSBC would rather not cash out to the citizens of Hong Kong than not cash out to Cunningham.”

"It will only be a day or two later."

George smiled wryly:
“I’m not that optimistic… nor is General Cunningham.”

Lin Feng frowned and said:
"why?"

George sighed:
"Shen Daban has disappeared!"

"People from all walks of life have been looking for him."

"I called you this time because I wanted to ask for your help in finding out about Shen Daban."

"Only by finding him can we get five hundred million Hong Kong dollars, which is your intelligence fee."

Lin Feng corrected:
"My intelligence expenses are only 100 million; the other 400 million is your profit from the difference."

George chuckled dryly:
"You can't hide it from your eyes."

Lin Feng asked:

“Shen Daban is the focus of Hong Kong now; it won’t be easy to find him.” “Even I don’t know where he is.”

Lin Feng actually knew.

Shen Daban was long ago poured into cement and thrown into the seabed, never to be found again.

The perpetrators were his own trusted confidants.

He certainly wouldn't betray his trusted confidants.

He would never do such a thing, not for any amount of money.

George lost his voice:
"Even you, Master Shen, don't know the exact location?"

Lin Feng smiled and said:
"I'm not omniscient or omnipotent, so what's so strange about me not knowing his whereabouts?"

"However, I know everything that happened before he left. Do you want to know?"

George gritted his teeth and said:
"miss you!"

Lin Feng spoke:

"I want one million Hong Kong dollars for this message."

George was speechless. Lin Sheng's information was guaranteed to be accurate, but it cost him a million Hong Kong dollars. That was really expensive!

But some people have said that expensive things have no other drawbacks besides being expensive.

George gritted his teeth and said:
"I want it!"

Lin Feng nodded slightly:

"I'll give you the message first, then you can send me the money later."

"After the young tycoon got into trouble, someone in Wudu informed Shen Daban of the news."

"This man is Shen Daban's rival and old friend; he is the head of HSBC's headquarters in Angssa."

"The Duke of Cunningham has made his move. Through his connections, he has sent a message to the Governor, instructing him to teach Shen Daban a lesson."

"If Ms. Shen knows when to advance and retreat, then everything will be fine."

"If Ms. Shen doesn't know when to advance or retreat, then everything will be hard to say."

"The governor then ordered the ICAC commissioner to prepare a file for Shen Taiban."

"Then, two people contacted Shen Daban."

George's eyes widened in surprise.

Goodness, this is incredibly detailed!
It was so detailed that it was as if Lin Feng had been watching Shen Daban do things right before his eyes.

A chill ran through George as a voice inside him kept reminding him.

Never, ever offend the man in front of you.

Offending this man will not end well.

"The first person to call him was the Financial Secretary."

“The Financial Secretary and Shen Taiban are also good friends. The former has considerable ambitions and, according to tradition, he originally had the opportunity to become the Governor.”

"But you know, Hong Kong is definitely going to be returned to China, so it's almost impossible for the Financial Secretary to become the Governor."

"So he had other ideas and wanted to start with the foggy city."

George shook his head:
"impossible!"

“Anyone who comes to Hong Kong to serve as an official actually doesn’t have much of a network of connections in the city.”

"If they could hold a position in Hong Kong, why would they travel so far to come here?"

Lin Feng did not deny it:

"The Financial Secretary knew that his connections in the city were weak, so he wanted to expand his network through Shen Daban. He wanted to persuade Shen Daban to have a respectable position."

"This is also a backup plan that the Financial Secretary has left for himself."

"Shen Daban was moved by what he said."

"But I'm still hesitating."

"The second call came in from senior legislator Sir Lee."

“Sir Lee established the Golden Club, one of its key members being the Deputy Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).”

“Sir Li told Shen Daban that the ICAC had opened a case against him and promised to have the deputy commissioner do his best to delay it for a few days.”

"Shen Daban then stopped hesitating."

"I had his secretary book him a flight back to Chongqing; he needs to go back immediately."

George was startled:
"Did Shen Daban admit defeat?"

Lin Feng shook his head:
"No, he's the kind of person who won't give up until he hits the Yellow River or the South Wall."

"He would fight for any opportunity, no matter how small."

George quickly asked:

Where is Ms. Shen now?

Lin Feng sighed:
"do not know!"

"He disappeared after he got on the bus."

"What I can tell you is that customs did not check his identity registration information."

"So, I don't know where he went."

George was stunned:

"Disappeared?"

Lin Feng shrugged:

"Disappeared!"

"Nobody knows where he went."

"Anyway, my sources told me that he just disappeared without a trace."

"They might remain hidden in Hong Kong, or they might have been smuggled to other places, or they might even have been murdered..."

"Anyway, they've disappeared."

George was incredulous:

"How could this be?"

Lin Feng suddenly asked:

"Do you want to get all your money back?"

George quickly replied:
"Of course I did."

Lin Feng smiled and said:

"Then I'll teach you a trick that will guarantee you get your money back, but this trick requires Brigadier General Cunningham's intervention."

George quickly asked:

"How to do?"

Lin Feng smiled and said:
"Have Cunningham call HSBC's appointment hotline. Given his status, no matter how difficult things are for HSBC, they certainly won't dare to make things difficult for him."

George shook his head and said:
"This isn't a safe option!"

"HSBC has a million reasons to refuse."

Lin Feng chuckled:
"Won't you threaten them?"

George was taken aback:
"threaten?"

Lin Feng naturally replied:
"It's very simple."

"You should have Cunningham tell customer service that if they don't get the money out, he'll go on TV."

George was both amused and exasperated: "Is that the kind of threat you're talking about?"

Lin Feng said speechlessly:
"What are you thinking?"

"I'm a legitimate businessman. Do you think I'd let you do something bad?"

"You're really overthinking it."

George would never believe that.
"On the contrary, it is quite reasonable for you to make such threats, after all, you have been doing so for three or four hundred years."

George remained silent.

Actually, they haven't done this for a long time.

But to be honest, he missed the days when he could be so carefree.

That was the empire's most glorious period.

Unfortunately, the empire is no longer the empire it once was.

George sighed inwardly. He used to really look down on those old people who were living in the afterglow of the former empire.

But now, he is beginning to understand.

That is dissatisfaction with the status quo and despair at being powerless to change it.

After teasing for a while, Lin Feng kindly said,
“If Cunningham wants to do this, he needs to be quick.”

George was taken aback:
"This kind of thing has nothing to do with speed, right?"

Lin Feng chuckled:
"You don't actually think you're the only ones who keep your money in HSBC, do you?"

"You don't actually think that only you guys come up with ways to threaten others, do you?"

George's mouth dropped open:
"Mr. Lin, could you tell me who else would do this?"

Lin Feng shrugged:

"You absolutely deserve to spend this million."

“As I just said, the Financial Secretary and Mr. Shen are good friends, and good friends should naturally help each other.”

"The Duchess's Mansion has a huge annual income and expenditure. Is there a problem with the Financial Secretary keeping it in HSBC?"

"I'll also send you a message."

"Today, the vast majority of people have not received their banknotes from HSBC."

"Many people have set up makeshift camps outside HSBC; it's much more intense than when IPOs are going public."

Do you understand this?

"The Financial Secretary isn't in a hurry to retrieve the silver notes today, but he'll definitely be anxious once the news is compiled."

"So, with the Governor's Mansion involved, whose case do you think HSBC should prioritize handling?"

George was dumbfounded!

The Governor's Mansion?
A garrison brigadier general?

Is this still a choice?

The former is definitely the better choice.

Could the latter possibly bring an army to block the gate?

Conversely, the former can use various administrative means, both tangible and intangible, to make things difficult for HSBC.

George Khan came down:
"Thank you, Mr. Lin. I will report to General Cunningham right away."

Lin Feng smiled and said:
"Hurry!"

"Otherwise, HSBC might only be open for a few hours tomorrow."

George said repeatedly:
"Once you take the silver, I will send you the intelligence fee immediately."

Lin Feng shrugged:

"If you're so capable, then go ahead and renege on your debt."

George chuckled dryly:
"Mr. Lin, you should know that I didn't mean that."

Lin Feng was in a good mood and smiled:
"I didn't say anything else, I was just stating a fact."

"If you think you can renege on your debt, then go ahead and try."

George shook his head.

He wouldn't dare.

After hanging up the phone, George went straight to Cunningham's office and shouted:

"General, this is bad!"

(End of this chapter)