"Then will Hong Kong be safe if the Communist Party win?"
Hardy smiled.
"That's where the gamble comes in. It's possible they might attack Hong Kong directly, but I'm leaning toward the other possibility: the Communist Party is very likely to crumble under the pressure from Britain and the Western world. I believe Hong Kong will remain a British colony for a long time to come."
"The shareholders of HSBC aren't willing to take that gamble. Those with investments in Hong Kong are scared. If the gamble pays off, the returns could be a hundredfold."
"Like when you invested in President Johnson?" David asked, looking at Hardy.
"Haha, something like that," Hardy laughed.
David wasn't a gambler by nature. He preferred steady investments, and as part of the Rockefeller family, now a super financial group, they didn't need to take aggressive risks. Steady progress was the priority.
