The UK and mainland China jointly negotiated to discuss the issue of saving Hong Kong's economy.

Although there is no sign of the matter yet, the market has already responded.

Some people believe that China and Britain cannot reach a consensus. Because the differences between the two sides are too big, there is no possibility of bridging them at all. Moreover, the longer the negotiations delay, the less likely it is for Britain to save Hong Kong.

Furthermore, China has no bargaining chips to restrain Britain now. Britain can completely ignore it and no longer continue to negotiate with it.

Another group believes that although Britain and China are now in serious differences, they will eventually reach an agreement and will join forces to save Hong Kong's economy.

However, these people have two completely different views on whether the two sides can successfully save Hong Kong's economy.

Some of them believe that the two sides can join forces to repel international hot money and successfully save Hong Kong's economy. After all, the UK and China are both the top 15 countries in the world's GDP. If the two can join forces, even if the international hot money is strong, it will be difficult to compete.

In addition, Hong Kong is the home court of both of them, and when it reaches the last moment, administrative means can be used to crack down on hot money, so they are almost invincible.

Another part believes that even if China and the UK join forces, they may not be the opponent of international hot money. Because to crack down on international hot money, the key is to rely on foreign exchange reserves. If there is not enough foreign exchange reserves, it will be difficult to compete with international hot money.

Neither China nor the UK are big foreign exchange reserves. Together, they are only more than 50 billion US dollars at most. Even if they add Hong Kong's foreign exchange reserves, they are less than 150 billion US dollars.

International hot money led by Soros may have more than 200 billion US dollars in capital, and they may have invested more international hot money. Therefore, China and the UK alone are afraid that they are not rivals to international hot money.

The reason why Hong Kong has been able to develop from a small fishing village into the current Oriental Pearl and one of the most prosperous cities in the Far East is also inseparable from its positioning as a free port for economic and trade.

It is precisely because it is a free trade port that so many companies use it as a transit transportation station in Asia. It can develop the financial, real estate and service industries based on this.

Once the Hong Kong and British governments use administrative means to suppress international hot money, it will violate its positioning as a free trade port. The destructive power of this matter is even far beyond the collapse of the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate.

Because sniping of hot money is actually a normal economic activity. The British Hong Kong government can use administrative means to crack down on hot money today, and may use the same means to crack down on other economic activities another day. This will make people wary and will greatly affect Hong Kong's financial and trade.

Even if the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate collapses, as long as it is still a free trade port, it will still have the basis for making a comeback and making a comeback. On the contrary, if its status as a free trade port is shaken, it will lose its foundation for its establishment.

At that time, all international trade may be far away from it, so it will undoubtedly be a dream to develop it again.

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The current mainstream view is these three, and these three views are different, which makes investors inconsistent and makes the prospects of Hong Kong's economy dark and difficult to clarify.

"Mr. Xia, look at the negotiations between the two countries, what will happen in the end?" Soros asked Xia Tian for advice.

Although Xia Tian is much younger than him, he still has to admit that Xia Tian’s investment vision is much more accurate than him. He has only taken six years to become the world’s top rich man. But after working for so many years, his net worth is less than one-tenth of Xia Tian.

Now that the negotiations between China and the UK have not been released for a long time, he is inevitably a little panicked. You should know that if the negotiations between the two countries fail, it is okay to say how he should snipe, just snipe as usual.

But if the two countries have successful negotiations and choose to join forces to fight against hot money, then he really has to be more careful. After all, China and the UK are both countries with high global economies. Once they join forces, their strength will make him afraid of three points.

"I think the possibility of successful negotiations is relatively high. Think about it, even such a difficult problem as the Hong Kong issue, they can reach an agreement. In comparison, what is the issue of saving Hong Kong's economy?" Xia Tian smiled.

When Soros heard this, his face turned pale.

Indeed, the Hong Kong issue was so difficult at the beginning. It was a global problem and there was no precedent to follow. However, China and the UK finally reached an agreement in a harmonious manner, which was a miracle in the history of world politics.

In comparison, whether to save Hong Kong's economy is nothing. With the wisdom of the rulers of China and the UK, we will definitely be able to reach an agreement in the end.

"Then guess if they join forces, will our sniper still succeed?" Soros asked curiously again.

"I think it's better to stop when you're good." Xia Tian smiled and said, "Don't forget that you are confronting two major powers after all. If others use administrative means to intervene, you will not have any chance of winning."

"Then aren't they worried that it will affect the status of Hong Kong's free trade port?" Soros couldn't help but say when he saw Xia Tian praise them so high that he seemed to be doomed to fail.

"Don't be so naive. Businessmen are all profit-seeking. When the scars are healed, they forget to hurt. Will you be depressed because of failure once, and you are afraid of the mall from now on? It's impossible." Xia Tian smiled, "By the same, even if Hong Kong uses administrative means this time, it temporarily scares away a group of investors. But as long as there is profitability here, those people will come back.

Hong Kong, on the one hand, has the world's largest deep-water port, and on the other hand, is backed by China, which can be regarded as an important stronghold on the Asian maritime trade channel. As long as these two points remain unchanged, even if it is no longer a free trade port, do you think its business will be completely cut off?"

In his previous life, when Soros was sniping Hong Kong, at the last moment, the Hong Kong government also used administrative means to suppress hot money. But the facts proved that Hong Kong's economy later developed quite well.

When Soros heard Xia Tian say this, he thought for a while, nodded, and admitted that Xia Tian’s words made sense.

Merchants are all profit-seeking. Not to mention that Hong Kong is just an administrative suppression of hot money, even in such a chaotic place in the Middle East, many consortiums still go to invest.

Therefore, the consequences of Hong Kong's use of administrative means to suppress hot money are not as serious as everyone says, so it cannot rule out the possibility of it using this move.

Once it really uses this trick, it will be useless even if it has more capital in its hands. After all, the rules of the game are set by others. Once the rules are modified, the chance of his winnings will be basically zero.

"What do you think if I take a gamble and sell all the Hong Kong dollars before they have a result?" Soros said again.

Now it is just a short line of difference between the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate. As long as he sells all the Hong Kong dollars in his hand, the Hong Kong dollar will definitely collapse.

"It's not that simple. As long as the Hong Kong government does not announce the abolition of the fixed exchange rate, the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate will remain unbreakable. Do you think the Hong Kong government is likely to make this decision now?" Xia Tian waved his hand.

As long as the Hong Kong government does not announce the depreciation of the Hong Kong dollar, no matter how much Hong Kong dollars Soros sells now, the Hong Kong dollar will not depreciate.

Of course, this is nominal non-depreciation. In fact, I am afraid that the public's confidence in the Hong Kong dollar will disappear and will seriously affect Hong Kong's economy.

But given that the public lacks confidence in the Hong Kong dollar now, even if more Hong Kong dollars are sold, it is unlikely that there will be more serious consequences.

This is like pressing a spring. At the beginning, you can press down the spring with a very small force. But after pressing to a certain level, you may have to put in a hundred times the effort to press one inch.

As long as the Hong Kong government does not declare the depreciation of the Hong Kong dollar in name, Soros will have to repay the same amount of Hong Kong dollars in full and add interest. This will make him not profitable in the money market, but will have to pay an interest fee.

So although Soros's ruthless move sounds evil, it actually does not cause much damage.

When Soros heard Xia Tian say this, he nodded again. Indeed, selling all the Hong Kong dollars is completely useless now, and it is useless. As long as the Hong Kong government does not announce the depreciation of the Hong Kong dollar, then his plan will be useless.

"What do you think I should do?" Soros asked again.

"I don't think you need to worry for the time being. The negotiations between the two countries have not yet come to fruition. You are better off than to be quiet. I'll wait until the negotiations between the two countries are really successful, and I don't know how long it will take to wait." Xia Tian smiled, "And you don't know what method they will use to save the market, so why bother to get rid of it now."

"It makes sense, okay, that's it. I'll observe and talk about it." Soros nodded with a smile.

He now has the upper hand and comes and goes freely. Even if China and Britain jointly rescue the market, he can still run away, so there is no need to worry now.

"Yeah." Xia Tian also smiled.

...

Summer returned to the United States in March.

The Wang Weiwei Fashion Workshop, co-organized by him and Wang Weiwei, will open in mid-March. At that time, we will first try opening a specialty store in Hollywood.

If the response is good, specialty stores will be established across the United States and eventually become well-known brands like Ruff Lauren.

According to Xia Tian’s estimate, this workshop is destined to be successful, and it is difficult to fail.

In a story, Wang Weiwei is indeed a famous designer with real materials. As a Chinese, it is not easy for him to make a name for himself in the American fashion industry.

You should know that in the fashion industry in Europe and the United States, foreigners have always held the right to speak. Chinese are discriminated against in the United States. In this harsh living environment, Wang Weiwei can still emerge, which shows her ability.

Secondly, this workshop is backed by him, and he can provide endless funds and publicity resources for the workshop. There is a saying that makes sense. Compared with ordinary children, it is easier for children from wealthy families to start a business. It is not because they have high IQ and high quotient skills, but because they have high fault tolerance.

A rich family invests 100,000 yuan to start a business, and if they lose, they will lose. After summarizing the experience and lessons, you will be able to succeed when you start a business next time and avoid making the same mistakes again.

In comparison, if a commoner's children invest 100,000 yuan to start a business, they may lose their power. Because they can't afford to try it for the second time, they will not be able to make a comeback.

In the fashion industry, every year, new studios are launched in countless new brands. In order to promote their brands, many fashion designers will give their clothes to celebrities for free to wear, which is not a rare thing in the American entertainment industry.

Like in the American drama "In-and-Off-the-Scenes" starring Matt LeBron (Joey in "Friends"), he will receive a large number of free clothes given by unknown designers when attending events.

But the reason why these new brands ended up silently is because they lack resources. They may fail once or twice, and they will not have the capital to make a comeback.

In comparison, even if Wang Weiwei fails once, twice, or three times, she can continue with Xia Tian’s support. And with her ability, she will succeed one day.

Moreover, the media under Xiatian will also give her a lot of publicity opportunities, greatly increasing her popularity. As long as her clothes are not so bad that they are outrageous, they should not worry about sales.

You know, clothing brands launched by reality show star Kim Kardashian can sell tens of millions of dollars every year. Wang Weiwei is definitely much stronger than Kardashian with his support.

And then again, even if Wang Weiwei is not strong enough, relying on Xia Tian’s current power in Hollywood alone, there will be a large number of stars willing to please him and spend a high price to buy clothes designed by Wang Weiwei.

Just like the leading actor of Hollywood's sex slut, Harvey Weinstein, although he is notorious now, he was a regular at the Academy Awards before the scandal broke out, and helped more than a dozen stars win the Academy Awards, so he is also known as the Oscar ace promoter.

Harvey's wife, Georgina Chapman, is the founder of the well-known clothing brand Marchesa.

There is a hidden rule in Hollywood, that is, to be supported by Harvey Weinstein, you must wear Marchesa dresses on the red carpet. As a result, this brand has become the standard red carpet for almost all celebrities, with revenues of more than billions of dollars a year.

Xia Tian’s current identity is much higher than Harvey Weinstein. He not only has Columbia Pictures, one of the six major Hollywood giants, but also Columbia Records, one of the world’s five major record companies, as well as Columbia TV and Snow Media.

When Harvey Weinstein was the strongest, he was just the boss of a film company specializing in distributing independent films. Compared to the super tycoon in the entertainment industry in Summer, it was really far behind.

So Harvey Weinstein can rely on his own power to help his wife's clothing store take on business. Xia Tian is much more powerful than him, so it is naturally easier to start a business.

At that time, if Hollywood stars want to gain his recognition, they have to wear his brand clothing, and it will be difficult for him to not make money.
Chapter completed!