Chapter 943 broke out
"Oil prices entered a downward trend" - Chris Bob, chief analyst of Lehman.
"How does the global economic pulse beat as oil prices fall?" - Wall Street Journal.
"Global oil prices will fall below $55" - Bloomberg.
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Almost overnight, global capital markets were flooded with news of falling oil prices.
Oil prices, which had already risen to US$61 per barrel, fell in response, falling below US$60 in just one day.
Xu Liang understood instantly.
The dragon-slaying plan begins.
Dong dong……
There was a knock on the door.
Lu Hui pushed the door open and came in: "Mr. Xu, everyone is already here."
Xu Liang nodded, turned around and went out. After passing through a tightly defended password door, he came to Xu Liang There are three underground floors of the manor.
There are capable bodyguards everywhere, and there will be no blind spots as far as the eye can see.
Push open the room at the end of the corridor.
A room with a height of four meters, a diameter of more than 20 meters, and an overall circular shape comes into view.
In the middle of the room is a simple mahogany desk with a laptop and some information on it.
There are huge LCD screens hanging all around.
A total of twelve giant display screens are in a circle, surrounding the desk in the middle.
Now, only three displays are on.
Seeing him come in, the people on the screen greeted him quickly.
"Mr. Xu..."
"BOSS."
Xu Liang nodded and sat down on the sofa next to him.
A quick glance.
Wu Jing from the financial investment department of Hongyan Fund, Qiu Heng, manager of Hanhua Pacific Fund, and Jeff Cullen, manager of Vivendi Investment Department, are all online now.
"Let's each report your situation first, starting with Wu Jing." Xu Liang said.
As Xu Liang’s family investment office, Hongyan Fund has many departments under its umbrella.
President’s Office, Audit Department, Supervision Department, Legal Department, etc.
In addition to these functional departments, there are four major business departments.
M&A and Restructuring Department, Financial Investment Department, Investment Management Department and Hengyuan Trust.
Mergers, acquisitions and reorganization are easy to understand. It is mainly responsible for investment, acquisition and management of companies acquired by Hongyan, such as Jinling Machine Tool, Tianshan Group, Zhongyan Holdings, NBA Warriors and other companies directly controlled by Hongyan Fund.
The Investment Management Department is mainly responsible for managing Hongyan’s private equity investments.
For example, Apple holds 14.9% of the shares, Standard Chartered Bank holds 36.7% of the shares, etc.
Including but not limited to, organizing and analyzing the financial reports of these companies, assigning directors, etc.
Hengyuan Trust is still an internal institution, managing all Xu family trusts established by Xu Liang.
Of course, this management is still very limited, and currently it mainly serves as a supervisory and inspection function.
Finally, there is the Financial Investment Department.
The main investment directions are the stock market, bond market and futures market.
This department is mainly responsible for Hongyan’s investment in oil.
"Currently, Hongyan Financial Investment Department has US$2.1 billion, 2.7 times leverage, and holds 120,000 positions of WTI crude oil, Brent crude oil and Dubai crude oil.
The average position price is US$46.7."
< br>Xu Liang nodded slightly.
No matter how much oil prices fall, it is estimated that it will be difficult to fall to the price of 46.7 US dollars in a short time.
Hongyan, which is the earliest to enter, seems to be the safest at present.
"Qiu Heng, what about you?"
"Hanhua Pacific No. 2 Fund holds 439,000 lots of WTI crude oil, Brent crude oil and Dubai crude oil positions with US$5 billion and 4.6 times leverage.
The average position price is 52.4 US dollars per barrel.”
Hanhua Pacific No. 2 Fund entered the market at the beginning of this year.
At that time, oil prices were far lower than they are now.
Although it was relatively high just now, it is still relatively safe.
Noting Xu Liang’s eyes, Zeref Cullen said quickly.
“Vivendi Investment Department holds 297,000 positions in WTI crude oil, Brent crude oil and Dubai crude oil with 5 billion euros ($6.15 billion) and 2.7 times leverage.
The average position price is 55.6 US dollars per barrel.”
After coming to the United States and sensing something was wrong, Xu Liang immediately stopped the Vivendi Investment Department’s oil operations.
Otherwise, the leverage would be even higher.
After listening, not only Xu Liang, but everyone knew it.
They must ensure that the price of oil cannot be lower than 55 US dollars, otherwise they will be forced to liquidate their positions by brokers and investment banks, and 5 billion euros will be lost.
“Now our investment in oil has exceeded US$13.25 billion, with a leverage ratio of 3.4, leveraging US$45.27 billion in funds.
But this is just the beginning.
Next we have a tough battle in the oil futures market.
If you win, each of you will get a bonus of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Each of your employees can receive a bonus of more than one million US dollars. "
Looking at the three people with heated eyes, Xu Liang smiled slightly.
No matter when, throwing money is a good way to solve the problem.
"However, it is not easy to get this money. For at least the next month, you and your respective department employees will have to live and eat in the company.
All mobile phones will be handed in every day. There is only one chance to talk to your family on the phone in the presence of security personnel.
If you can agree, stay. If you can't, I will give you one hour to prepare.
In an hour, I will get a list of all the people participating in the plan. ”
There was a pause.
“Who has any questions?”
The three of them shook their heads at the same time.
The big boss made a big bet, and they were willing to sell their blood, not to mention working overtime.
“Go and get busy.”
The three of them quickly disconnected and went to prepare themselves.
After Lu Hui did a few operations on the computer next to him.
Soon, the four figures of Hongmeng CEO Xie Wen, Hongmeng Bing CEO Yu Jun, Sina CEO Wang Zhidong, and Penguin Mahua Teng appeared on the screen.
"Mr. Xu..."
After Xu Liang nodded, "Let's make a long story short. Next, Hongyan Foundation will prepare more than a dozen press releases for you every day advocating for rising oil prices. You can use your respective Our writers will process these drafts, make them easy to understand, and publish them on the news channels and forums of your respective websites.
Especially overseas news channels and forums. ”
The four of them are all smart people, and they agreed happily.
They were also wise and did not ask any more questions.
However, Xie Wen, as the CEO of the entire Hongmeng, Xu The core figure of the enterprise group, he was qualified to have access to top secrets
In the end, he was retained by Xu Liang.
"Old Xie, now the United States has formed a conspiracy to strangle my power by shorting oil prices.
The core is eleven interest groups represented by Soros and Ellison.
< br>Now that they have taken action, I will fight them with all my strength.
To achieve the final victory, public opinion is very important. I hope you can command all publicity channels under Hongmeng to publicize the news of rising oil prices. ."
Xie Wen nodded seriously.
At this time, he didn't try to persuade Xu Liang to take a step back.
In financial markets, especially the high-risk futures market.
Taking a step back often means death and no life.
"Don't worry, I will do my best."
"Hongmeng will be left to you. When this matter is over, we will meet again when we return to China."
"I wish you a successful start."
Xu Liang smiled and nodded.
Time was tight and the two of them didn’t hesitate.
Contact was quickly cut off.
Xu Liang quickly called Christina.
Canal+ Group, a subsidiary of Vivendi, not only owns the largest pay TV channel in Europe, but also owns wireless free TV stations and satellite TV, making it a powerful publicity channel.
Then there are Facebook and Yahoo.
The former can cover the entire English market, and the latter can cover most markets around the world.
When it comes to online publicity channels, Xu Liang is absolutely sure to crush Soros and the others.
The key is offline.
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Old Soros rubbed his face, unable to hide the tiredness in his eyes.
"Father, why don't you go and take a rest, I'll keep an eye on it here." Alexander Soros advised.
Old Soros waved his hand.
“Isn’t there any movement from Golden Caesar?”
"No. There is no movement from Hongmeng, Vivendi, or Facebook." Alexander said.
Senior Soros frowned when he looked at the oil price index, which had dropped to 59.6 US dollars.
"Father, could it be that we acted too suddenly and Golden Caesar hasn't reacted yet?"
Old Soros thought for a while and slowly shook his head.
"It has been half a month since he arrived in the United States. Although it is not a long time, his ability is enough to make a lot of preparations. It is impossible to respond so slowly. It has been almost 24 hours and there is still no movement..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the phone on the table suddenly rang.
The father and son looked at each other, and Alexander stepped over to pick him up.
Put it down quickly.
There was joy on his face.
"Father, Xu Liang took action. Yahoo, Bing, Sina, Vivendi, Facebook, NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation), and the Los Angeles Times published headlines advocating for rising oil prices."
Old Soros felt relieved.
He is not afraid of Xu Liang’s counterattack, but is afraid of the unknown.
But a ray of worry soon crept into my heart.
“NBC and the Los Angeles Times have also fallen into his arms?”
“General Electric, the company behind NBC, had cooperated with Xu Liang when they acquired Universal Entertainment last time. General Electric It is also the largest investment institution of Pacific Fund and Qinglong Fund.
They invested more in Xu Liang than we did.
The Los Angeles Times estimates the same reason. "Alexander analyzed.
Old Soros nodded.
After thinking for a moment, he stood up with a cane.
"Let's go to the investment hall. ”
Alexander quickly came over to help.
The father and son soon arrived at the meeting room of the manor.
This place is already occupied by computers and monitors.
The giant display in the middle shows price changes in the world's major oil futures markets.
(End of this chapter)