Chapter 69 Short selling? Open the door to fellow villagers, free trade! (Must order three-in-one chapters)
(PS: Three chapters in one, I feel like it’s not right to separate them into separate chapters, so I’ll just update them all at once.)
One thousand small drones from Persia to support Palestine were all delivered a week ago.
The reason why they haven't taken action yet is to conduct special training for these carefully selected seedlings in this military training camp.
It mainly trains them how to use small drones, such as flight control, hovering, throwing, returning, and how to make any modifications to the drone in an emergency.
After all, even though the operation of the drone is very simple, not much different from playing video games, it was still a high-tech product here in 2009, not to mention the Gaza Strip, where even televisions are rare.
Therefore, the control soldiers selected this time should try to be young soldiers, or people who are familiar with electronic products.
Only in this way can you learn to use drones skillfully as quickly as possible.
Today will be the last lesson of training.
"For our dead relatives and friends, for our occupied home." The commander's voice was roaring.
Everyone repeated this sentence, and the surging voices reached into the sky.
"Let's go now!" the commander shouted.
Everyone walked with untidy steps. Some people were holding boxes containing small drones, while others were carrying various ammunition and equipment.
The murderous intent in their eyes spread throughout the camp. This was not just a matter of territory being invaded by the enemy. This was the destruction of the country and the family, and this was genocide.
The family or friends of each of these soldiers have long been wiped out by this massacre. They must use the blood of their enemies to sacrifice the souls of their relatives. No one can say the word "forgive" for Palestine.
North Gaza Province, a place of only 60 square kilometers, is hit by dozens of tons of Israeli bombs every year.
Among them, Beit Hanoun, a key fighting area, was filled with artillery fire almost all the time.
A roof that had been hit by missiles was collapsed and abandoned.
Several members of the Palestinian resistance organization crawled on the bunker behind the hidden wall.
Keeping an eye on the target two kilometers ahead, which is a Merkava MK4 main battle tank, several soldiers are monitoring the surroundings. Any Palestinian who intends to approach the tank will be mercilessly killed.
Gaza is an open-air prison, and this is the high wall built by Israel. It wants to surround all Palestinians here, and they are not allowed to get even half a step closer.
"Adan'er, is this thing of yours really useful?" Abbas chewed a weed-like plant root in his mouth: "It doesn't look like a weapon, more like a children's toy."
The plant, known locally as ‘hobiza’, is what people in Gaza most often eat during times of food shortage.
However, even if they dig this wild vegetable, Palestinians will run the risk of being discovered and shot by Israeli soldiers.
It would be fine if it was a watchtower, but at worst it would be better not to get close to the shooting range of the city wall.
But these armored vehicles and tanks wandering around northern Gaza are like nails piercing the heart of Gaza, making it impossible to move.
However, can this kind of remote control toy controlled by Adaner that can only fly really be effective?
Abbas has doubts in his heart. Even if the Merkava MK4 tank is hit head-on by an RGP rocket at close range, it will not be enough to break its protective armor.
Hear this.
"Its effect is greater than you think."
Adal showed a mysterious smile: "The new war concept, let these squids have a taste first!"
Having been rigorously trained in 'drone control' for a week, he is very aware of how powerful this seemingly harmless 'toy' is.
It can be said that this kind of drone will completely change the pattern of the entire Gaza battlefield.
He gently manipulated the heavy screen with his fingers. An object with a diameter of thirty to forty centimeters quickly flew hundreds of meters into the air and turned into a black dot the size of a sesame seed.
Under the fierce sunlight at noon, it seemed to be invisible in this world, rushing towards the tank that had been parked in place at a speed of more than ten meters per second.
"This time, it's the turn of these squids to try out air strikes and sniper kills." Adaner murmured to himself.
there.
Inside the Merkava MK4 tank, several soldiers were gathering together sparsely, resting and chatting.
"It's a pity that I couldn't bring back a lot of things last time, otherwise I might have made a lot of money."
"You are so stupid. Won't you burn everything you can't take away? The food was thrown away, the mineral water was poured out, and the house was burned down."
"I happened to find a wedding venue last time and snatched the bride's diamond necklace. My girlfriend was so happy."
They occasionally joked about the massacre of civilians in Gaza and discussed what "good things" they could bring back from the next siege.
As for surveillance and vigilance? It has long been forgotten directly.
They didn't think those small weapons in Gaza could pose any threat to this 'main battle tank' that weighed more than 60 tons.
Little did they know, a small drone was hovering quietly in the sky thousands of meters high.
"Hover first and then aim the crosshair at the target." Adaner stared at the screen and kept repeating the training formula.
Finally, after continuously zooming in on the picture clarity.
The crosshair was aimed directly above the Merkava MK4 tank, which was the weakest protective position of the tank.
"Drop a bomb."
He pressed a button, and the high-altitude drone immediately dropped two bombs with tail fins and dropped them in free fall.
'boom! boom! ’
Two explosions were heard.
In an instant, a large hole was blown out of the Merkava MK4 in the picture from above. The four or five soldiers in the tank were completely unresponsive and lost their last consciousness in confusion.
“One-click return.”
Adaner entered a command again, and the drone hovering in the sky quickly returned according to its original flight trajectory.
"Adaner, I was wrong."
Abbas widened his eyes and looked at the huge achievement in front of him: "This small drone is too powerful. It is our real magic weapon."
You know, the manufacturing cost of a Merkava MK4 main battle tank is four to five million US dollars.
And how much does this small drone cost? Do you need two to three thousand dollars?
"Adan'er, we need to report to the leader."
Abbas's eyes were full of excitement: "Continue to purchase these drones in large quantities. One thousand is not enough."
Even if a thousand drones are used to destroy a Merkava MK4 main battle tank, Palestine can be said to have gained blood.
What's more, it only took two modified bombs costing only a few dozen dollars to achieve such brilliant results!
More drones mean more enemies to kill.
He couldn't imagine what a spectacular sight it would be once their resistance organization had tens of thousands or even more small drones.
This is the weapon that Palestine needs most today, and it is also the most suitable weapon!
at this time.
In addition to the Gaza region in the Middle East, there is also a place where fierce fighting is taking place.
That is, the global stock market and futures market, dominated by the carbon fiber composite material market and supplemented by other high-end materials, are ushering in a round of terrifying surges.
Since Toray Group announced the production reduction of carbon fiber materials, the price of carbon fiber has skyrocketed from US$30 per kg/kg to US$70 per kg/kg.
In the international market, the price of high-end carbon fiber composite materials such as T700 has soared from US$3,800 per kg/1,000 US dollars.
The main reason for this, in addition to market panic, is the subprime mortgage crisis that has occurred in Yingjiang in recent years, which has swept the global capital market, leading to a cold financial market and a lack of liquidity crisis.
When encountering such a good opportunity this time, many international capitals plan to eat a lot to satisfy their gluttonous appetites.
As for the price of carbon fiber materials in Daxia, it has completely collapsed, and it has skyrocketed by a level almost every day, with a new price every day.
After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a round of Yingjiang's action against the Daxia J-20 and high-end manufacturing projects.
It is no exaggeration to describe carbon fiber materials as 'bits are better than gold', and all kinds of speculators are flocking to it.
In fact, Daxia officials seem to have been unable to come up with any effective countermeasures, which has further fueled the market's emotional upsurge.
This enviable and crazy momentum lasted for a full week.
Capital from all over the world is rushing in, and the amount of funds going north every day has exceeded a record high. These people are eager to bite the most delicious "fat" from Daxia.
The other side.
Yingjiang, rest area of the main building of LLNL laboratory.
In the afternoon, Lu Ze was still sitting on the sofa he was used to.
Today is Friday, two days until the next replication refresh.
【Achievement Points: 10000.】
[Number of copies: 1 time.] (Refreshed every Monday.)
'The 'mysterious surprise' Lucy was talking about is coming next week. ’ Lu Ze muttered to himself.
He specifically saved the number of copies once, just in case two high-level technological items arrived, but he missed the opportunity and failed to copy them.
Part of it though is that he didn't find anything worth replicating this week.
After all, even if he is promoted to a D-level authorized employee, he is still just a minion in this LLNL laboratory. There are really only a handful of high-level technological items in the D-level area.
You know, even the daily receptionist Sun Xiaochuan and Sima Lian, her staff authority is actually D level.
It is conceivable that this thing has no gold content at all.
If you want to enter some key scientific research project areas, the entry threshold is C-level permissions. As for the world's top technological items such as photolithography machines, only B-level permissions and above are eligible for access.
As for what is in the A-level authority area, Lucy is not sure about this, and Lu Ze can't figure out what is inside for a while.
What is a nuclear weapon? Or is it a technological item related to the lifeblood of Yingjiang?
Just when he was immersed in these thoughts.
Lucy, who was eating snacks next to her, suddenly raised her head and looked at him with starry eyes: "Lu Ze, I think the snacks you make are more delicious."
“Especially the green powder dough I made last time, it’s so delicious and addictive.”
After eating a snack made by Lu Ze before, she felt that her favorite blueberry egg tart seemed to be completely boring.
Sure enough, when it comes to food, any province in Daxia can easily challenge the whole world.
Lu Ze twitched the corner of his mouth, full of helplessness: "That's called mung bean cake, not some green powder." What she said didn't sound like a snack. It was clearly the favorite drug of many people here in Yingjiang, right?
"If you like it, I will buy some raw materials on the weekend and make some for you."
As the two are each other's only friends, Lu Ze would not refuse such a thing.
"That's great." Lucy nodded quickly like a chicken pecking at rice.
The snacks in my mouth were no longer fragrant, replaced by the fragrant mung bean cake that filled my mouth.
After eating and drinking enough.
Lucy chatted about a topic: "It seems that the carbon fiber material market in your country is experiencing a surge."
"I'm afraid this is not a good situation. Now all the major international hot money on Wall Street are swarming in."
"Why do you care about such a thing?" Lu Ze was quite curious. She actually cares about such an international event?
"I heard someone else say it in the morning, so I thought of it."
Lucy picked up a glass of milkshake and put it directly on her chest, lowered her head and took a few sips.
In the morning, she heard many employees in the laboratory discussing whether to participate in this investment feast.
Achieving 200% profit in one week is enough to blind most people.
She had only experienced this extremely fanatical market atmosphere on the eve of the financial crisis.
"I believe that Daxia will definitely handle this matter."
Lu Ze raised a confident smile: "It only takes a little time."
He is very confident, not only because he believes that Daxia will never sit still and wait for death.
More importantly, whether it is carbon fiber composite materials with T800 or T1000 technical specifications, the F22 fighter or B-2 Phantom bomber technology he previously submitted has a complete set of detailed technical research and development information.
Just for mass production, there may be some technical difficulties that need to be overcome.
"That's it, that's good." Lucy took a long breath.
"What? You seem to hope that Daxia can win this time?" Lu Ze was even more surprised at this time.
Is it because of him that he is more inclined to Daxia?
‘That’s not right either. ’ Lu Ze quickly denied in his heart.
It's not that she thinks Lucy's relationship with him is not good enough, it's just that she has never had this kind of mentality when it comes to Lucy.
She has always said whatever she thinks in her heart, how could she care about these reasons?
"I don't want those capitalists on Wall Street to win."
Lucy curled her lips and looked at Lu Ze with firm eyes: "And I know that Daxia is a poor developing country, and I don't want them to make huge profits from these poor people."
So what if she is a hawk? Putting aside the fact that Yingjiang is a federal country composed of 51 states, many people have a higher sense of identity with this state than with the country.
More importantly, it is the group of capitalists on Wall Street who make money. What does it have to do with the vast majority of ordinary people?
They extract profits from the poor in third-party countries around the world and cause all kinds of wars and disputes. Lucy wishes these people could thank them for some money.
After all, the more capitalists on Wall Street make, the worse the world will become.
heard this explanation.
Lu Ze had a different understanding of Lucy. Not only was she not too narrow-minded, but she was also kind-hearted.
Being able to look at problems objectively and sympathetically from the perspective of a weak person is a very rare quality.
"I'll make you an extra mung bean cake this time." Lu Ze scratched her nose.
This must be well rewarded.
"Okay!" Lucy has never been good at refusing food.
At this time, she remembered something: "By the way, the 'mysterious surprise' in the maintenance center seems to be arriving next Monday."
"I know." Lu Ze nodded, feeling uncontrollably excited.
After waiting for so long, has this 'mysterious object' finally entered the LLNL laboratory?
‘I hope you won’t disappoint me. ’
This thing has not been leaked until now, and even Lucy can't get any information about it. It is three points more confidential than the previous B-2 bomber.
Why doesn't this make Lu Ze curious? What level of technological item is it?
‘Speaking of which, it’s time to look for the pair of sleeping dragon and phoenix chicks over the weekend. ’ Lu Ze blinked and said to himself.
If he doesn't go there, unexpected changes may easily happen.
And it’s been more than a week, so I think I’ve almost read those few books, right?
The other side.
It was already night in Daxia.
Xia Ke Academy, in the dean’s office.
"Lao Zhang, there is still one hour left for the US stock market to close."
Zheng Lixing said cheerfully: "The price should no longer rise."
The price of carbon fiber in the international futures market has risen to US$85 per kg, and the average delivery price of T700 carbon fiber has exceeded US$4,500.
As for carbon fiber materials with T800 and T1000 strength specifications, there is simply no price on the market.
"How are the preparations for Shenying composite materials, Guangwei materials, and Zhongjian materials?" Zhang Yuli asked.
"The production line is at full capacity and the first batch of goods is ready."
Zheng Lixing's smile seemed to hide a sharp knife: "It's time for us to take action."
"Then notify them and start delivering with all strength." Zhang Yuli waved his hand: "I want to see whose flesh this is."
This time they not only arranged for Shenying Composite Materials, but also several top carbon fiber material production bases in Daxia, all of which were mobilized.
Some are responsible for the R&D and production of high-end markets such as T800 and T700, while others are mainly responsible for the mid-to-low-end market of T300-T600.
The reason for choosing this time to trade is because the futures trading market in Daxia has been closed, and there is no place for these capitals to escape.
Now is the time for Daxia to close its doors and beat the dogs.
moment.
Following Xia Ke Academy's order, many carbon fiber material contracts in the international futures market were sold at the highest price.
And the delivery price fell step by step, with US$84 and US$83 falling below the price of US$80 in the blink of an eye.
As for the price of mid-to-high-end carbon fiber materials, it plummeted instantly, triggering the fuse mechanism, and the upward trend of the entire rare material market led by carbon fiber began to plummet.
Along with it, the stocks of all carbon fiber-related companies also suffered a sharp decline.
"WTF? What happened? Am I dreaming?"
"We just almost broke through the support point of 86 US dollars. How could this happen?"
"Is this another black swan event? Is there something big happening in the carbon fiber field?"
"My money. Why was it profitable just now, and now it is liquidated?"
"Goodbye everyone, I'll wait for you on the rooftop."
There were sudden bursts of wailing in the major hot money companies on Wall Street and in the global futures market.
Don't think that this is just a drop of less than 6%. It may be within the acceptable range for conventional stocks.
But you must know that the leverage used by these people is calculated at least ten times.
Just a 1% drop means they lost 10%.
A direct plunge of more than 10% means that if the vast majority of investors do not replenish funds, even if the goods are forced to close their positions, the goods will be delivered.
And their losses are still greater than the account balance, which is commonly known as liquidation.
As for a plunge of 15% or higher, it means that they not only lost all their principal, but also owed a large amount of money to the futures company. This is also a 'full position'. If they reach this point, the distance will be It's only a matter of time before we get to the rooftop.
‘What on earth is going on? ’
This is the first question that comes to everyone's mind.
Before their questions could continue for a while, a statement jointly issued by many carbon fiber chemical companies in Daxia suddenly spread throughout the world.
[Shenying Composite Materials, Guangwei Materials, and Zhongjian Materials issued statements. 】
[Five 1,000-ton carbon fiber production lines are in full production, and one 1,000-ton production line with T800 strength specification has been put into operation. 】
[It is expected to jointly build a 10,000-ton carbon fiber production scale within one year, covering the low, medium and high-end markets.]
[Ex-factory price of conventional carbon fiber materials: US$35/kg. 】
[Ex-factory price of T700 grade carbon fiber material: US$1,500/kg. 】
[Ex-factory price of T800 grade carbon fiber material: US$3,500/kg. 】
Looking at this announcement, even the most ordinary futures players figured it out.
All contracts on the market were undoubtedly sold by Daxia, because their ex-factory price of carbon fiber materials was far lower than the futures price.
The selling price is only the original price, and you can make huge profits by choosing physical delivery at that time.
Of course, they didn't have time to consider any physical delivery, because the funds would not be able to support it at that time, and they had to choose to jump off the rooftop and reopen.
"No wonder there are no countermeasures. It turns out that Daxia has already thought about it."
An international hot-money investor’s heart was dripping with blood: “35 US dollars is not even their lowest price.”
The production cost may be much lower than Toray, so how can they do more? Are you planning to give money to someone else?
And the capitalists on Wall Street are now eager to ask Yingjiang to impose huge tariffs on these carbon fiber materials from Daxia.
This is like Daxia driving a huge ship and blasting open their port, saying loudly: "Open the door, fellow villagers, free trade!"
I QVNMD free trade, the last thing we talk about in Yingjiang is ‘freedom’!
We never talk about ‘trade principles’.
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