27th, morning.
Xing Hai Building, in an independent office.
Chen Jin, Ling Jun Dong, and a few other company executives walked in.
Hearing the commotion, the young man in the light golden suit who was working in the office turned around. When he saw the person, his expression quickly became serious. He stood up abruptly and gave a 60-degree bow.
"Hello, President Chen, President Ling, and all the leaders."
The man in the suit was extremely respectful.
"No need to be so polite."
Chen Jin waved his hand. "Go back to your seat and tell us about the situation of the international crude oil futures market."
Ling Jun Dong, who was beside him, also said, "Yu Rui, can you briefly tell President Chen how much money the company has earned from yesterday to today?"
"Okay."
Yu Rui returned to his seat, adjusted the orientation of the computer screen, and used the mouse to bring up a red and blue K-line chart.
This K-line chart was the dynamic change chart of oil prices in the international crude oil futures market.
He placed his palm on the rightmost part of the K-line chart that looked like a vertical cliff and gestured excitedly.
"President Chen, President Ling, this is the change in the price of oil from yesterday to today on the international crude oil futures market.
It can be clearly seen that the price of oil has plummeted from a high of 95 dollars per barrel to 40 dollars per barrel. The price has halved compared to yesterday!
"Our company's short-selling fund entered the market when the price of oil was 90 dollars per barrel. We invested a total of 100 billion! We increased the leverage by ten times!
"Originally, we lost more than half of our investment. We are no match for those international financial institutions. As long as the price of oil rises to 100 dollars per barrel, we will lose all 100 billion!
"But how would they know that our country has ignited an artificial sun and achieved controllable nuclear fusion? We have embraced unlimited energy!
"So, they are screwed, completely screwed. At least dozens of international long-selling funds will go bankrupt.
"As long as the price of oil is reduced to below 90 dollars, we will earn 10 billion dollars for each reduction. Now that it has plummeted to 40 dollars, we have earned a total of 500 billion dollars!
"President Chen, in just one day, we have earned a year's worth of profit from the crude oil futures market!"
"And I estimate that the price of oil still has room to continue to fall. It is entirely possible that it will fall below 30 dollars. We can still earn at least hundreds of billions!"
The total was 600 billion!
Chen Jin could not help but take a deep breath.
He thought to himself, "Speculation? Could it be that some people like to speculate? When the amount of money you earn in a day is more than what you earn in a year, when the amount of money you handle in a year is more than what you earn in a lifetime, no matter how down-to-earth a person is, he or she will become restless and hope to get rich overnight."
This was the reason why many people were obsessed with gambling and speculation. Once they were lucky, they could own the whole world.
Chen Jin was not a good gambler. He was even very averse to all kinds of speculative activities. He was not even interested in speculating in stocks. As for things like the lottery, it was a malignant tumor of this society. It would only breed a desire for ease and disdain work, destroying the spirit of hard work and hard struggle of a nation.
As for the leverage of three, five, ten, or even a hundred times, he did not even have the desire to delve into it. Only a madman or an idiot would play with something that could cause him to go bankrupt at any moment.
But because of this, he missed a chance to make a fortune.
After Xing Hai Technologies released the "High Energy 1" battery, the international price of crude oil plummeted from $140 per barrel to less than $100. Since then, it had never returned to more than $100.
A full 40 slashes of space was missed just like that.
At that time, Yu Rui was heartbroken. He thought of a way to convey his views to his boss, Chen Jin.
"What?"
Chen Jin smacked his head. "At least $400 billion in profit, and I just missed it?"
He was a little regretful. If only someone had told him earlier. He did not know that one could actually make so much money in the futures market. Moreover, the initiative was completely in the hands of Xing Hai Technologies. The probability of making money was 100%.
Moreover, this was not called speculation. It was simply "picking up money."
He did not even see the $400 billion. He had completely missed it.
Chen Jin immediately reflected and concluded a principle: Many things could not be viewed with subjective thinking. Their existence was reasonable! Even if it brought about all kinds of disadvantages, it also contained great benefits.
As long as it was used well, it could bring huge benefits to oneself. There was even a way to manipulate it so that the risk was reduced to zero. The probability of making money was 100%.
So, after concluding his lesson.
He did not miss this opportunity again.
However, perhaps because of his conservative and cautious personality, Chen Jin felt that earning $500 billion was enough. He could stop now. His heart might not be able to take it anymore.
"Well, President Chen, I also think it's time to stop."
Yu Rui nodded and returned to the computer screen. He said in surprise, "The price of oil has fallen to $37 per barrel."
In just a short while of talking, the price of oil fell by another $3. Xing Hai Technologies earned another $30 billion.
Even so.
Yu Rui did not wait too long. He quickly sold the oil futures in his hands.
After the successful selling operation, the platform deducted some transaction fees. Xing Hai Technologies had just earned a little more than $500 billion.
Another while passed.
Yu Rui intended to enter the market again and buy another $10 billion to earn a little money. However, he was surprised to discover that the international oil futures platform had frozen and could not carry out short operations.
This meant that the money of the long side in the entire platform had been sucked dry. The speculators on the long side had all lost money.
Yu Rui's face was full of horror. "There are tens of trillions of funds in the international oil futures platform. Who made at least trillions of money in an instant?"
He shook his head.
In short, many of the financial elites of the West would be on the rooftop today!
…
After the great breakthrough success of the "artificial sun" device in the Z country.
In addition to causing the international crude oil price to plummet precipitously.
It also caused a huge sensation and repercussions in the international arena.
"This is a technology that should benefit mankind. The Z country should not monopolize it."
"The Z country is a big country, a responsible big country! Please bear the responsibility that belongs to you and share some key technologies. "
"We are willing to offer $100 billion to ask the Z country to help us build an 'artificial sun.' We will buy it with money!"
"The Z country is a kind and friendly country. I believe that the Z people will not abandon us."
Most of the small and medium-sized countries were more restrained. Their tone even became respectful and polite. They published a lot of reports with flattering colors.
But the M country was going crazy!
They conducted military exercises, conducted nuclear weapons test drills, announced that they had entered the highest state of combat readiness, made tough statements on television every day, and even issued an ultimatum: the Z country was required to hand over the "artificial sun" technology within 24 hours. Otherwise, they would have to bear the consequences.
… and so on. A series of tough performances.
The whole world held its breath and passed in a state of high tension.
It was not until January of 20X4 that the M country finally calmed down. This was because the election year had arrived. The new presidential election was about to begin. At this juncture, the election was still the most important.
The whole world breathed a sigh of relief.
And in the Z country.
The enthusiasm for the "artificial sun" finally subsided.
The media also began to focus their attention on Xing Hai Technologies. Suddenly, there were many shocking discoveries.
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