The first thousand one hundred and forty chapters are bound by public opinion
Under the leadership of Boya, the counterattacks of these international speculators who intend to launch a financial war in Hong Kong were also quite direct and sharp.
On July 17, the third day after Shen Xin opened the curtain of the Hong Kong City Financial Crisis with an entire page of articles at Hong Kong Island Finance, a number of newspapers such as the Star Harbor Times published articles about the Hong Kong City Financial Crisis.
In fact, this seems normal. Since Shen Xin blew the financial crisis and the stock market fluctuated, which media has not followed the hot topics? It is normal for all comprehensive and financial newspapers to publish more than a dozen articles a day. Even entertainment magazines that have always been mainly gossip and scandal have been catching up on traffic and posted a few articles that have linked celebrities to the financial crisis.
But these newspapers from the Xinggang Times are unusual because the finger of these newspapers is directed at the SAR government. They accused the SAR government of blatantly entering the market to interfere with the market liberal order, and even suspected that this was a complete conspiracy.
For example, the article in the Star Hong Kong Times linked the articles of Hong Kong Island Finance and the subsequent stock market development, believing that this is the situation that the SAR government and fund brokers have done together. They first deliberately released news of the financial crisis, causing market panic; then they turned to financial futures to further suppress the stock market. Since almost all ordinary people are in the stock market, only institutional investors or certain professionals invest in futures, this is the collusion between the SAR government and institutional consortiums to absorb the blood of ordinary Hong Kong people!
The Star Port Times not only criticized the current shameless behavior of the SAR government and fund brokers, but also accused the SAR government of entering the market, believing that this is "the worst gross crime."
The article directly says that if the SAR government and fund brokers taste the sweetness this time, they will continue to openly enter the market in the future and then plunder the wealth of ordinary shareholders. Moreover, this brutal trampling on market rules will turn the future stock market into a stage for the SAR government and fund brokers to operate in secret, and ordinary shareholders will never make a breakthrough.
Such articles immediately caused an uproar throughout the entire Harbor City.
That morning, when Zhou Ming was still in bed, Amin came and smashed the doors of Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing. Regardless of Lin Muqing's still here, he stuffed the newspaper directly into Zhou Ming's hand and hurriedly said to Zhou Ming: "Brother-in-law, you see, something big happened!"
Zhou Ming opened the newspaper and took a look, and suddenly became energetic. He returned the newspaper to Amin, then changed his clothes immediately. He didn't even have time to wash his face and brush his teeth, so he followed Amin out.
Facts proved that Zhou Ming's eagerness made sense, so he got in the car and turned on his cell phone. The ringtone was like eating Xuanmai and couldn't stop at all. It was Tong Hua and Guo Xiaohua, who were both trying hard to call Zhou Ming.
But Zhou Ming is in the car now and can't make any decisions. He has to wait until he arrives at the MAS before talking about anything.
**Driving Zhou Ming was driving all the way. In the shortest time, he arrived at the MAS. Chief Executive Tong Hua and Deputy Governor Guo Xiaohua and others were waiting anxiously at the door. Before Zhou Ming's car could stop, they ran over in three or two steps. No matter how much, Tong Hua personally opened the car door for Zhou Ming, then reached out and grabbed Zhou Ming's arm and quickly got out of the car and went into the MAS.
Along the way, Tong Hua and Guo Xiaohua talked to Zhou Ming the most was "What a big deal happened."
"Zhou Ming, you don't know that since 6 o'clock this morning, my phone number has never stopped. Whether it is the Securities Association or the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, even the Huo family called me and asked if the central government had any new orders." Tong Hua said.
Guo Xiaohua also said that he had received many calls from the central government in the morning: "The chief has called me personally and asked me what happened to me in the port city, whether the methods were taken inappropriately or some extreme measures were used."
This is indeed the case. The current situation is the result they are most worried about. After all, the port city has always regarded itself as a free port, regardless of shipping or finance, but now they are going to enter the market, which of course will cause very strong problems.
In the past, everyone's attention was focused on the financial crisis, so there was no feeling, but now, as the article from the Star Harbor Times was published, it was like throwing a torch on a barrel of oil, which immediately ignited the emotions of the entire Hong Kong city.
Mr. Wen Zhiwei, President of the HKMA, told Zhou Ming that the most serious thing is the Internet. Now the Hong Kong City Forum is full of insults to the SAR government and the HKMA, believing that they have betrayed Hong Kong City and want to be lackeys in the mainland. Many people even post to organize people to go to the streets to protest.
Zhou Ming laughed: This is really a feature of Hong Kong City. He would go to the streets to demonstrate if he had a disagreement.
Finally arrived in the conference room, Zhou Ming was not polite and said to them directly: "This is the opponent's counterattack, and I hope to force us to leave through public opinion pressure."
Regarding Zhou Ming's words, Tong Hua and the others looked at each other and said, "I completely agree with your idea, Mr. Zhou Ming, but the question now lies in how to deal with it."
In other words, Zhou Ming and the others thought about it. The difficulty now lies in how to solve it.
Zhou Ming did not answer this question, but asked again: "What about other media? Are there only media such as the Star Port Times, or are all media joining the ranks of the siege of the siege?"
Tong Hua replied: "There are only media such as Xinggang Times for the time being, but based on what I have learned, other media have the intention to keep up. Only that reporter Shen Xin is preparing to write a post to fight back against Xinggang Times."
Finance Secretary Zheng Baowei added: "There are also newspapers from Singapore, Fujian, Taiwan and the United States, who also have the intention of publishing documents to support the Star Port Times."
Guo Xiaohua made a suggestion at this time: "I think this kind of public opinion needs to be curbed as soon as possible. We need to hold a press conference to explain the reasons for our entry into the market and the measures we have taken to let everyone understand that we did this to fight the financial crisis."
Mr. Wen Zhiwei, President of the HKMA, said: "Governor Guo, I don't think the press conference is of any use, because what the public opposes is our intervention in the market itself. If we don't change this fact, then no matter what explanation we make, it will be useless."
"If this happens, we can find some fair media and publish some news that is beneficial to us, such as Hong Kong Island Finance and the reporter of Shen Xin, which can make certain improvements in public opinion." Guo Xiaohua said.
"I'm afraid this won't work." Tong Hua shook his head and said to Guo Xiaohua, "President Guo, you don't understand the situation in our Hong Kong City. If you really do this, it will cause a more violent rebound in public opinion. Even reporters like Hong Kong Island Finance and Shen Xin will be labeled as the government, which is extremely unfavorable."
Several people spoke, but they couldn't explain the reason, so everyone finally focused on Zhou Ming.
Zhou Ming smiled: "It seems that everyone has seen that this matter is quite a headache for us. So my idea is that the press conference will definitely be held. We must also explain the current financial situation in Hong Kong City and the purpose of the SAR government entering the market."
When Zhou Ming said this, he suddenly changed his tone: "But
Yes, we don’t need special attention to the media, just let them report freely.”
After listening to Zhou Ming's words, Wen Zhiwei was not calm at the time: "Mr. Zhou Ming is your solution? I am frank, your method is meaningless at all! Because judging from today's article by the Star Port Times, they are likely to have been infiltrated and bought by foreign capital. If we do not control it, then no matter what we say in our press conference, they will maliciously misinterpret or even tamper with it, and will become worse and worse!"
Wen Zhiwei was really dissatisfied with Zhou Ming. Even though he was slapped in the face at the last meeting of the Financial Management Bureau, Wen Zhiwei still thought that Zhou Ming, the muddy man in the mainland, knew nothing. In Wen Zhiwei's view, what Zhou Ming said now is a compromise plan for the sake of compromise. It is that several people each put forward their own ideas, and then you summarize everyone's ideas.
This made Wen Zhiwei angry. He thought that letting you be the commander-in-chief now is to solve the problem, not to let you be a good person. If you can't do it, just let yourself do it?
Of course, Wen Zhiwei only dares to think about this in his heart. It is better to reserve some things in front of Tong Hua and Guo Xiaohua, otherwise his position will be gone tomorrow.
Wen Zhiwei was angry, Tong Hua, Guo Xiaohua and even Amin looked at Zhou Ming in confusion, not understanding what Zhou Ming meant.
Zhou Ming still told them easily: "It is because we know that many media have been infiltrated and bought by foreign capital that we cannot control the media any control, because we have no idea which media have been infiltrated and bought. If controlled rashly, it will only backfire."
Tong Hua, Guo Xiaohua and Amin then understood what Zhou Ming meant. Now the enemy is in secret and I am in the open. If you rashly control the media, once the media exposes the news of the government's control and bribery, it will definitely arouse further deterioration of public opinion. Because your government itself is very opposed to entering the market, and now you still have to control public opinion... To put it bluntly, do you want to do it?
Moreover, as a Hong Konger, Tong Hua knew very well that he really could not overestimate the so-called "literacy" of these Hong Kong city media. They were desperate to attract attention.
Even in the best case scenario, if they can perfectly screen out the media that has been infiltrated and bought, there will definitely be media intentionally exposed.
Tong Hua suddenly felt that Hong Kong City had always been proclaiming freedom, but now it seemed that freedom was bound to be bound by freedom.
Tong Hua thought about it and then said tentatively: "Or what if the Port City insists on this time, let's strengthen the control? After all, it's an extraordinary time."
Guo Xiaohua opposed: "I understand what you think in Chief Executive Tong. It's just that Hong Kong City has only been more than half a month since the return of Hong Kong City. If the control is rashly started, it will easily make people doubt the promise that has remained unchanged for fifty years and it will easily affect Hong Kong City's international image. This is not a good thing."
Tong Hua sighed softly, because how could he have imagined what Guo Xiaohua said, but what can he do if he doesn't do this now?
At this time, everyone saw the relaxed smile on Zhou Ming's face. Zhou Ming told everyone: "Don't be so nervous. We can do whatever we should do. If we should hold a press conference, we should hold a press conference. If we should continue to enter the market, we should continue to enter the market. If we should not control the media, we should not control the media and let them report freely."
Everyone looked at Zhou Ming with a confused look, and they didn't understand what Zhou Ming sold in this gourd.
Chapter completed!