I woke up after a sleep and arrived on October 15th, US time.

The movie was finished, and before returning to Hong Kong, it was free time. Qiao Feng arranged the crew members and returned to San Francisco to accompany Lin Qingxia. Li Zhi and Qiu Shuzhen were also accompanied by Li Zhi and Qiu Shuzhen. The artists in their company cannot be taken seriously like the employees. Otherwise, if a big beauty like Qiu Shuzhen is prone to accidents in the United States, Qiao Feng is worried about the security of the United States.

However, after taking Qiu Shuzhen to San Francisco, Qiao Feng was not so stupid as to arrange her at the Lin family, but arranged her in a hotel nearby, allowing several bodyguards to protect her.

I celebrated with the Lin family, especially Ma Lanying. When the Lin sisters discussed with Ma Lanying when they would go back to their hometown in Shandong, where to turn around, etc., it was soon at night, and it was already October 16th in China.

And almost the same time as yesterday, Dad Lin called again.

The Taiwan authorities only opened to visit relatives yesterday. On the same day, the People's Daily published the attitude of relevant officials of the State Council to welcome the Taiwan authorities to visit relatives. The next day, today, the State Council announced the "Notice on the Reception Measures for Taiwanese Compatriots to Visit Relations in the Mainland".

The policy is introduced so quickly that it is unprecedented. To be honest, this is also a place where the mainland's political system is superior. As long as there is a need, there is no need to vote for this meeting resolution, or vote for that meeting resolution, etc. It is quite fast to make a decision and make a policy.

Of course, this is also because the mainland has been preparing for it long ago. Only by researching and launching it can it be as fast as this reaction speed.

"Homesickness is a short grave / I am outside / Mother is inside; homesickness is a shallow strait / I am here / The mainland is on the other end." Since the two sides of the strait were artificially separated, the mainland has been preparing for it since the nostalgia. Since Ye Jiuzhao a few years ago, I don't know how many times have such preparations been previewed.

The Taiwan authorities not only lifted the ban, but also opened up visits to relatives. Many Chinese in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and overseas are cheering and happy about this. Qiao Feng and the Lin family are also very happy, so happy that they can't sleep.

However, at this time, the British were very unhappy because the UK was hit by a strong wind on this day, and the storm was quite serious, especially London, one of the world's financial centers, was particularly severely affected. Many London brokers and financial industry personnel were unable to go to work on this day, and this day was Friday, which caused a large number of open positions to be delivered before the weekend, which made the open positions over the weekend, which made the market participants uneasy.

The stock market in the UK was affected by the storm, and there was a volatility and uneasiness, which also affected Hong Kong.

The Hang Seng Index fell nearly 100 points at one point, and the decline was the most fierce at noon. At this time, there was no negative news in the market. Everyone did not know why the market fell, but only knew that it was a decline. The market rebounded in the afternoon, and this rebound made many investors continue to have confidence in the future.

The full-day index fell only 45.44 points on that day, while the futures index was still high at 107.1 points (spot month), and the premium for the forward month was as high as 200 points. The newspaper quoted the opinions of securities industry personnel, and most of them continued to be optimistic about the future market, believing that the market environment was good and could rebound next week.

As securities industry insiders and the founder of Quantum Fund Soros expressed in Fortune Magazine, everyone is optimistic about subsequent developments and believes that the stock market will continue to be bullish.

As a result, the New York stock market in the United States, which entered October 16th a certain time later than Hong Kong and London, fell by more than 91 points (about 5%) on the 16th after a consecutive summer high.

However, due to the time difference, the East Coast time of the United States opened late compared with other major financial markets. When the New York stock market plummeted, other markets were closed and were not affected. Even the Toronto stock market, which was synchronized with the New York stock market, was not affected.

It was a coincidence that the stock market in Hong Kong and New York fell on Friday.

The decline in stock markets in Hong Kong and New York did not cause any bad feelings, until the time came on October 19th.

The Sydney stock market, which opened first, did not see any abnormal movement, and everything seemed to be normal as usual. Until the later Hong Kong stock market opened on time at 10 a.m.

On Monday, October 19, 1987, the day was clear and the staff in the office were working as usual, and factory workers started work as usual. There was no unfavorable economic news in Hong Kong, and China-UK relations were good.

However, when the United Exchange opened at 10 o'clock, a strong selling wave appeared, and all blue-chip stocks opened several prices, and then the selling price appeared like a storm. The decline of second- and third-tier stocks was even more miserable. Many stocks listed only had sellers and no buyers.

The market not only did not fall, but it also rose against the market. At 10:15, just 15 minutes after the opening, the Hang Seng Index had fallen by 120 points. Then the market stabilized, and the selling contracted slightly, and the stock price was generally stable at the low level. The Hang Seng Index rose by more than 2 points at 11 o'clock. Then another round of selling frenzy appeared again. At 12 o'clock, the index fell by about 140 points to 3524.64.

All investors had a big confused word written on their faces, and many investors asked each other: What happened? Has Hong Kong fallen?

No one can find a reason to explain it. If it is affected by the psychological impact of the sharp drop in US stocks two days ago, the reaction of Hong Kong stocks is more intense than that of US stocks, which seems a bit too much.

The performance of Hong Kong Land has plagued the market's sight. Rumors of Hong Kong Land being acquired are circulating in the market from time to time. Before the sharp drop, this statement was even more rampant. Some say that Japanese consortiums bid for a full acquisition of more than 13 yuan per share, and some say that Liu Luanxiong intends to snipe, causing Hong Kong Land's stock price to go upstream in the sharp drop market, causing many investors to look forward to it and forget to take precautions for the decline.

Because the decline is really exaggerated and the market has no reason to be indifferent, many people think that it is just an accidental decline and will rebound again and rise again. So at noon, some brokerages began to buy, causing the market to rebound slightly by 23 points and close at 3547.90.

Despite this, panic has spread in the hearts of investors.

Just at noon, as usual, the places where people eat in Central, Hong Kong were still crowded, but you can see that many people lost their smiles and looked very serious. There were people standing in front of the bank's stock quotation machine. Radio and TV stations reported the news with headlines. The media not only spread the news, but also spread the panic.

In addition, many people told their relatives and friends the news, and panic quickly spread to every corner of Hong Kong.

Everyone was anxiously waiting for the opening of the market in the afternoon.

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Chapter completed!