Chapter 956 Oil prices skyrocketed
August 27.
As Katrina continues to move closer to the United States, more and more attention has been attracted.
"Mr. Xu, the global oil futures price has exceeded US$65, with the New York Stock Exchange having the highest price, and the latest quotation has reached US$66.4/barrel." Lin Junrui said excitedly.
Xu Liang nodded slightly, as Katrina continued to approach the United States.
The accuracy of estimating where it landed is also getting higher and higher.
According to the information currently released, there is a 70% chance that it is Louisiana.
So more and more long funds are pouring into the oil futures market.
Coupled with the continuous liquidation of huge short positions held by Quantum Fund, oil prices are rising faster and faster.
Xu Liang folded his arms and looked at the oil futures price change curves of major futures markets around the world on the screen, and pondered for a while.
"Junrui, notify all trading rooms to sell 50 billion long positions on the New York Stock Exchange."
Lin Junrui said in surprise: "Mr. Xu, is it too early now? We can wait until the hurricane makes landfall. Selling, the profit at that time will definitely be higher than now."
Xu Liang shook his head, "Rather than the higher profit, what I care about now is how to secure the victory."
< br>Lin Junrui is also a smart person and understood his thoughts instantly.
Patted him on the shoulder.
Xu Liang lamented: "The long positions we hold are as high as 1.5 trillion US dollars, which is too much. If we don't take advantage of the opportunity when Americans' attention is focused on Hurricane Katrina to close our positions.
I’m afraid that when the hurricane passes in the future, there may not be such a good opportunity.”
Lin Junrui nodded. He grew up in the United States. Of course, he knew very well that in this white-dominated society, Chinese people wanted to go to the United States. How difficult it is to get to the top.
In particular, Xu’s battle with the Quantum Fund was not only earth-shattering, but also well-known around the world.
Now that the Xu family has won a big victory, naturally there are many powerful people who can't stand it and want to cause trouble for them.
But now I am hampered by the impending landfall of Hurricane Katrina, and I cannot spare any more energy.
When the hurricane passes and the attention turns back, there will be no such good opportunity.
If we don’t pay a big sum of money, I’m afraid we won’t even be able to save our capital.
"Mr. Xu, I will make arrangements right away."
After figuring out the joint, Lin Junrui said quickly.
Xu Liang nodded.
After taking one last look at the data on the display, he turned and left the trading room.
The Quantum Fund has completely failed, the 'war' is over, and there is no need for him to stare here.
First I went to the first floor to play with my son for a while.
The process of getting along with the little guy not only relaxes the mood, but also repairs the relationship between father and son.
In the afternoon, Lu Hui sent over a document.
"Mr. Xu, as you expected. After the failure of the Quantum Fund, most of the institutions that filed lawsuits against us chose to settle out of court.
Currently there is only one lawsuit against YouTube. Still in a stalemate."
After taking it, he looked at it and put the document aside.
“YouTube’s copyright conflicts have existed for a long time, but they have only broken out now, and it is not easy to solve them.”
After thinking for a moment, Xu Liang shook his head.
"Ignore it for now, oil futures are still the main focus now."
Until the $1.5 trillion futures are completely settled, he has no intention of doing anything else.
“Yeah.”
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August 28th.
“Mr. Xu, Washington has issued a notice requiring millions of people in New Orleans to evacuate areas where the hurricane may arrive.
Moreover, more than one-third of the oil fields near the Gulf of Mexico have been forced to close. .
Seven oil refineries and an important U.S. crude oil export facility also had to temporarily suspend operations. ”
Lin Junrui’s eyes were full of excitement.
"Tomorrow, Hurricane Katrina will make landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana."
Xu Liang smiled. Although he had predicted it before, there was still a difference between prediction and reality.
Now that the prediction has become a reality, it is no wonder that Lin Junrui is happy.
However, since he knew the name Katrina, he already knew the result, but he was not as happy as Lin Junrui.
Looking at the global oil futures price on the monitor that has climbed to $67.5.
After selling 50 billion yesterday, another 30 billion was sold on the right.
But it did not affect the general trend of rising global oil futures prices.
“$200 billion sold today.”
“Yes.”
Dingle bell…
The phone rang.
Looked at the caller ID and picked up the call.
“Dear, are you at home?”
Helen’s voice came over.
“Here, what’s wrong?”
"Reed is here, he'll be home in a minute."
"Who else besides me, my father-in-law?"
"Chris, Peter and Elgin, and my mother ."
"The whole family is here?"
"Yes."
Xu Liang said playfully: "My father-in-law's purpose is not simple."
"He only has interests in his eyes. I must have seen you defeat Soros this time, under the pretext of family ties, Make money from us," Helen said coldly.
"It is normal to be poor in the busy city and have distant relatives, but to be rich in the mountains and have distant relatives."
Xu Liang was not surprised at all.
Even in China, if someone wins the lottery and makes a fortune, there will be a lot of relatives running around to borrow money.
"Are you coming back?"
"I'm on my way home."
After the two chatted for a few more words, Xu Liang hung up the phone.
After thinking for a moment, he walked towards the first floor.
Come outside. The son is holding a huge Transformer Optimus Prime that is nearly one meter tall.
This is a special commemorative model produced by Hasbro, priced at $99.
Last time Universal Pictures CEO Ron Meyer brought it to him specially when he visited him.
Since Universal launched "Transformers 1" in 2004, this toy has become the new favorite of children all over the world.
As the filming of "Transformers 2" begins and Universal Pictures launches the announcement, Transformers toys have also become popular.
"Dong dong..."
The little guy played with the big toy in his hand, making all kinds of weird sounds in his mouth.
Maybe it was not fun to play with, so I started to pull hard on my arm, trying to pull it off.
But this kind of high-quality toy is very well made, especially the steering knuckle, which is very strong.
The little guy who is just over one year old obviously does not have the power to destroy.
After working on it for a while, I couldn't get it off. The little guy was obviously angry.
Pick up DuangDuang and smash him to the ground.
Xu Liang stood aside and watched quietly. He never beat or scolded his children as long as it did not involve issues of principle.
What is a principled issue?
Insulting elders, stealing, lying, etc.
"Dad...?"
Noticing Xu Liang standing in the distance, the little guy's eyes lit up, he threw the big toy in his hand and ran over.
Smiling, he squatted down and let his son fall into his arms.
“What did Teacher Mary teach you today?”
“Animals, cats, dogs.”
The little guy said excitedly.
"Can you teach daddy later?"
"Okay."
Smiled and kissed his soft and smooth little face.
Since she was one year old, Helen has hired a teacher who specializes in educating infants and young children for preschool education.
Children aged two or three are at the time when their brains develop the fastest and their learning ability is strongest. It’s just that many people don’t have the conditions and don’t know how to tap children’s learning abilities at this stage.
“Brother Liang, we’re here.”
Huo Gang came over and reminded.
Xu Liang nodded, hugged the child and walked out.
When you arrive at the door, you can see four black Mercedes-Benz cars filing in at the entrance of the manor.
Slowly move forward along the flat garden road, bypass the fountain, and stop in the small square in front of the villa.
The car door opens.
A group of people walked down one after another.
A middle-aged woman wearing a blue floral dress, tall and similar to Helen walked over quickly.
A smile of joy on his face.
"Winston, my little baby."
He reached out to hug him, but the little guy quickly turned his head and hugged Xu Liang's neck tightly with both hands, obviously not wanting to leave his father's arms.
Xu Liang patted his back gently to comfort him.
“Didn’t you keep calling grandma when you were on the phone? Now that grandma is here, why don’t you look for her?”
The little guy revealed half of his little face from his father’s arms and looked at himself. The woman by the side.
"Winston, I'm grandma."
The woman's face quickly showed the gentlest smile.
Seeing her like this, the little guy finally turned his head.
The woman was happy and stretched out her hands tentatively.
This time the little guy didn’t resist.
Xu Liang looked at this scene with a smile.
He could tell that his mother-in-law really liked the little guy.
The tenderness shown in the corners of the eyes and eyebrows cannot be faked.
This is also the reason why he is willing to let his son be close to her.
Looks around.
He greeted him with a smile.
"Reed, you are welcome to be our guest."
My father-in-law also gave him a hug.
Although the two of them have their own hidden agendas, we are all people in the scene, and the superficial harmony must still be maintained.
"Xu, congratulations."
Reid's eyes were a bit complicated.
If before, his impression of Xu Liang was just a lucky and talented young man.
This time I watched the whole battle between him and the Quantum Fund. The two sides controlled trillions of dollars to fight in the futures market. The various conspiracies and intrigues in the middle were thrilling for him, who was not involved in the matter.
In this situation, you may suffer losses of hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars every minute and every second.
In one day, it is possible to lose all the assets accumulated by the entire Montes family over hundreds of years.
This huge pressure makes his scalp numb even just thinking about it.
But the twenty-six-year-old man in front of him not only withstood this huge test, but also brutally defeated Soros, the world's top financial tycoon.
This ability is among the best in the world, even the strongest.
He couldn't think of anyone else who was more capable than the one in front of him.
So, after the matter was settled, he ran over with the Montes family members as soon as possible.
I want to use family ties to consolidate the relationship between the Montes family and the Xu family.
As long as they have this relationship, the Montes family will continue to gain benefits.
As for being laughed at for being arrogant in front and respectful in back?
As long as there are enough benefits, he doesn't care about these.
After saying ‘thank you’, Xu Liang turned his eyes to the people behind him.
Peter Montes met half a month ago.
(End of this chapter)