Chapter 530 Burning Soybeans
"How are you doing? Are you still getting used to it?" Xu Liang asked with a smile.
“I feel more comfortable and motivated than when I was at Jinshan.” Qiubo Jun said with a smile.
"Really?"
Qiubo Jun nodded and said: "When I was at Jinshan, I was thinking about how to make money and how to run a good company every day. It was too tiring. In fact, I am not As a good business manager, I prefer and am more suitable for R&D positions than running a business.
It’s just that the lives of thousands of people up and down Jinshan are weighing on my shoulders, and I have to grit my teeth and carry the load forward.
It's better now. The employees of Jinshan Company have been properly arranged. Although Lei Xiaojun has both ends of the spectrum and is very deep, it is undeniable that he is indeed a very capable business manager.
Jinshan Company has him, plus you and Mr. Xie are watching from behind, so you don’t have to worry about the future.
So, I am completely relieved. From now on, I can peacefully engage in my scientific research and strive to develop the Hongmeng mobile operating system as soon as possible. ”
Looking at the man in front of me, he became calmer and calmer than when they first met.
Moreover, he also believed that what Qiubo said just now was not a response.
In this era, business owners who are willing to sell their own houses and cars to pay their employees and do research and development, regardless of their ability, have a sense of responsibility and conscience that exceeds 99% of their peers.
This is another point that Xu Liang values Qiu Bo Jun.
Patting him on the shoulder, Xu Liang said with a smile: "Do a good job. Let's work together in three to four years to fill the gap of China not having a mobile phone operating system and completely revolutionize the global mobile phone industry."< br>
Qiu Bojun’s eyes became fiery, this was his biggest request to enter Hongmeng.
"Definitely."
Xu Liang was just about to take Qiu Bojun to continue visiting Hongmeng Research Institute, when the phone in his pocket rang.
Looked at the caller ID and just pressed the answer button.
“Mr. Xu, something happened!”
Qiu Heng, the head of ‘Pacific Fund’, sounded anxious and frightened on the phone.
Xu Liang looked calm, "Wait a minute."
Put down the phone.
Looked at Qiubo-kun with a smile.
"Lao Qiu, something happened at the company. I have to rush over to deal with it. I will come to visit your Hongmeng Research Institute next time."
"Okay, you are busy first."
Qiubojun is also very knowledgeable.
Quickly walked out of Hongmeng Research Institute and came to his office before picking up the phone again.
"Say, what happened?"
"Last night, we stored soybeans in a total of seven ports in Brazil, Chile, and Australia, and twelve grain storage companies... ...They were all burned!”
Xu Liang’s head buzzed and his heart sank.
"Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu...?"
After taking a deep breath, Xu Liang said in a deep voice.
“How many soybeans were lost?”
“A conservative estimate is no less than 5 million tons.”
A strong pain came to my heart.
Five million tons of soybeans, based on their original position price of 2,450 yuan/ton, are worth nearly 12.3 billion Chinese dollars, about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.
If he closes his position at the current price of 3,800 yuan/ton, he can earn 6.75 billion Huaxia coins.
Loss too much.
Moreover, Pacific Fund holds almost 35 million tons of soybean spot, of which 20 million tons have been shipped to China for storage.
The remaining 15 million tons are located in South America, Australia, North America and Europe.
5 million tons!
This means that except for the inventories in Indonesia and other places, the Pacific Fund's inventories in the southern hemisphere have almost been wiped out.
“Immediately strengthen our security work on soybeans in other countries.” Xu Liang said quickly.
“I have contacted major security companies around the world to strengthen the security of the remaining soybeans.”
Neither of them are fools. Soybeans in seven or eight ports in several countries caught fire at the same time. This It's entirely man-made.
"Send working teams to see how many soybeans can be saved in major warehouses."
As long as we can reduce losses, we will lose less.
"Mr. Xu, if this is the case, I'm afraid the time for insurance claims will be extended..."
"Insurance claims are compensation at the original price. If we pull out an extra ton of soybeans from the fire, we can Earn a ton more money.”
“I understand, let’s make arrangements right away.”
"You contact Qiu Mingcheng from Fengsheng Agriculture. He has more people. The two of you will work together to do this."
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Liang immediately called Qiu Mingcheng.
After the arrangements were made, I received another call from Jiang Xiaoyang.
Take a bus to Hanhua Center.
"This is obviously arson."
Jiang Xiaoyang said angrily.
"I know." Xu Liang nodded slowly.
Playing hooligans when you can't beat them is a habitual operation in Chou Country, but he didn't expect that he would be chopped down when the price of soybeans was far from reaching its peak.
“What are your plans?”
"If someone slaps you, of course you have to hit him back hard." Xu Liang said calmly.
Jiang Xiaoyang was stunned for a moment and said worriedly: "Don't go too far. With our current status, we can't afford to pay for ourselves, so we should rely on legal channels."
Xu Liang nodded. Nodding, the matter is not clear yet, and we don’t even know who the enemy is, so there is no need to get too entangled. But with the laws in the United States being so sloppy, it’s not surprising that you can recover your losses.
Therefore, some means should be used as they should.
And it’s not like he has no background.
“Notify all investors of the news that the Pacific No. 1 Fund was damaged by the fire.” Xu Liangdao.
“What if they withdraw their investment...?”
“The fund has not been unblocked yet, how can it be said that it will be withdrawn? Besides, although our soybeans are burned, there is still insurance. At most, we lost paper profits, not money," Xu Liangdao said.
Paused.
"Now I'm more curious about who is targeting us behind the scenes?"
"You don't think it's the four major grain merchants?" Jiang Xiaoyang said.
“My intuition tells me that it’s not like them.” Xu Liang touched his chin with his slender fingers and said thoughtfully, “And even if the four major grain merchants don’t like us making money from their east wind, but The first step should be to communicate first, then threaten.
They will go to extremes only if these methods don't work.
It is not their style, nor their style. In line with objective laws”
Jiang Xiaoyang nodded in agreement, "If it's not the four major grain merchants, who would it be?"
The two looked at each other subconsciously and said almost at the same time.
"Ellison."
"Oil."
Actually, the two of them were talking about the same thing.
Xu Liang felt that Larry Ellison was the most likely person, while Jiang Xiaoyang judged that several companies that failed in oil speculation included Ellison.
“Why do you think it’s Ellison and not Quantum Fund, Elliott Fund Management and Washington Mutual?” Jiang Xiaoyang asked.
“It’s very simple. When I competed with them in the oil market, although I lost a lot in the early stage, by decisively going long in the later stage, Quantum Fund, Elliott and Washington Mutual Fund basically made up for the losses.
So there is no irreparable conflict between us.
Only Ellison, there was a quarrel in the media before, and there was a loss of more than 2 billion US dollars in oil speculation. This guy is another one. A typical arrogant lunatic who believes in white supremacy. In order to retaliate, I don’t find it surprising that he would use any means.”
After listening to the analysis, Jiang Xiaoyang nodded in agreement.
“But we don’t have enough evidence. I’m afraid it’s hard to do anything with him?”
“Ellison is the founder of Oracle, worth more than 30 billion U.S. dollars, and has deep connections in American politics. , even if we can get the evidence, it will be difficult to bring him down under the American judicial system," Xu Liang said calmly.
Jiang Xiaoyang couldn't help but frown.
Having studied in the United States, although she did not study law, she was deeply influenced by it and understood it better than ordinary people.
Under the lies of freedom and democracy lies deep-rooted autocracy.
The margin system allows the rich to escape legal sanctions as long as they spend money, which is not very good for capitalists.
If the United States hadn’t always treated wealthy immigrants from other countries like pigs to slaughter, he wouldn’t have been able to resist getting a green card.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this. The top priority is investigation and evidence collection." Xu Liang said.
“I’ll have someone do it right away.”
Jiang Xiaoyang said.
"Find several more private investigation companies and rely on the local police to investigate clearly." Xu Liang ordered.
“Yeah.”
After Jiang Xiaoyang left, Xu Liang sat down on the sofa.
The more he thought about this matter, the more he felt that Larry Ellison was the biggest suspect.
Jingle bell bell….
The phone rang.
Xu Liang glanced at the caller ID and pressed the answer button.
"Good morning, Mr. Gates."
In the evening on his side, it was already the morning of the next day in the United States.
"Mr. Xu, congratulations. Hongmeng's Series B financing has achieved amazing results. I believe that it will not be long before it will go one step further and become a top technology company comparable to Microsoft."
"Thank you. But Hongmeng It’s still far away from Microsoft.”
After Gates smiled, “I heard that a lot of the soybeans held by Hanhua’s Pacific No. 1 Fund were burned in Brazil, Argentina and other places?”
"Mr. Gates is very well-informed. Does he know who is behind the scenes?"
Xu Liang said directly.
Anyone who wasn't a fool could tell that someone was causing trouble behind this matter, so he didn't mince words.
“Haha, I just heard about this, I don’t know more about it.”
“Mr. Gates, tonight this fire burned 5 million of the Pacific Fund tons of soybeans. According to the current international soybean prices, we will earn US$820 million less.
And the international soybean market prices are rising significantly. According to our judgment, if it continues until the end of the year, the soybean prices will at least double.
That means we lost at least $1.7 billion.
Of the $1.7 billion, 60 million belongs to you, Mr. Gates. "
Hearing this, Gates breathed a little faster.
Although he is very rich, 60 million US dollars is not a small amount.
" Mr. Gates, the soybeans damaged by the Pacific Fund are basically in the southern hemisphere, but we also have nearly 10 million tons of soybeans in various countries in the northern hemisphere. If we cannot find out who is behind it as soon as possible, we will lose more. ”
Gates is very smart and can calculate almost instantly.
If these 10 million tons of soybeans are burned, the company will lose US$120 million, which, combined with the current US$60 million, equals US$180 million.
For anyone, this is not a small number.
(End of this chapter)