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While Luo Jiu was still happy that he could make friends with the senior representative Jie Run, Bill was also excited that he could successfully make friends with a fool like Luo Jiu.
Because Luo Jiu thought he was lucky, while Bill was happy that this fool from China fell into the trap so easily.
You must know that before contacting this guy, they have studied this guy for a long time. Goldman Sachs never fights an unprepared battle. Every time they plan to trick someone or some institution, their preliminary research capabilities are world-famous. .
In recent years, due to the good economic environment in the United States, Goldman Sachs has been winning consecutively in China, but most of them are just sharing the cake with Wall Street giants.
¡°Overseas markets are Citi¡¯s strengths, which makes Goldman Sachs feel very dissatisfied. They feel that they must also actively expand overseas markets.
However, they entered the mainland of China a little late, and because of their special relationship with the US government, they were always uneasy about this largest market in Asia and did not dare to devote themselves fully. After all, if they annoyed the other party, they would If you say that, you can take care of them in minutes. After all, that is their home court.
So they thought of places like Xiangjiang and Singapore. Such places are also dominated by Chinese, and many government-owned enterprises from mainland China have placed their overseas outposts in these places. This gives Goldman Sachs a lot of contacts with them. Opportunity.
And these China ¡¯s grievances are quite good, especially Goldman Sachs knows the operating mechanism of the Chinese official system. That's a bunch of pure bureaucracy. Even if they were cheated overseas. I didn't dare to speak out in China, I could only keep my head down and suffer the consequences of being dumb.
It is only these bureaucrats who can drive out those guys who have been losing consecutive battles and write that they have to retreat and fight at the same time.
So in the past few years, they have been looking for suitable Chinese companies to take advantage of. Not to mention, they have actually found a lot of them, such as the xxx bank, which was listed in Xiangjiang. They became one of the major brokers.
Relying on ultra-low pricing, they made a lot of money from these scapegoats, and even became one of the major shareholders of a certain scapegoat bank.
Later, many American investment banks also came to take advantage, but they were deceived by those Chinese enemies, and they were very fat.
The reason why I focused on Luo Jiu this time was because I had been studying him and his supervisor, Hua Aviation Oil, for a long time.
This is a deadly black hole, but it is a pity that the Chinese people have not noticed it yet, and Na Luojiu was so stupid that he thought he was a financial genius. If you don't deceive such scapegoats, who will you deceive?
So next. Just like the beginning, Bill. Houston unexpectedly bumped into Luo Jiu, and the two quickly became good friends.
It was still in the middle of 2003, when the United States had just learned how to use its fists against Iraq, and the second Gulf War was in full swing.
It's just that unlike the first Gulf War, this time the Americans seemed to win more easily. Last time, they used a beautiful left hook to knock down Saddam's National Guard, and this time Once, it was basically very easy, no uppercuts were used, just a few jabs so easily, already beat Saddam to the ground with teeth.
The National Guard is simply vulnerable, and the people of Iraq who are suffering from international sanctions are full of complaints. They have long lost confidence in guys like Saddam.
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So it can be said that the British and American coalition forces made rapid progress on the battlefield in Iraq. They quickly reached Fallujah, which is where they spent a little effort, and then quickly arrived in Baghdad.
??And as Luo Jiu himself is engaged in oil, of course he is also very sensitive to this war in Iraq.
After all, Iraq itself is a major oil-producing country, and the purpose of the United States in launching this Gulf War is quite clear, which is to more firmly control oil in the Middle East.
The reason why Americans want to do this is for two purposes. The first is to tighten the reins around China's neck. After all, China has now become the world's largest oil importer after the United States, and according to the With their current development trend, within a few years they will become the world's largest oil importer.
Therefore, for future plans, the Americans must of course firmly secure the oil fields in the Middle East.The control is in the palm of your hand, and the second purpose is to teach the two-faced guys in the EU a lesson and let them understand that it is impossible for the euro to replace the dollar.
The reason why Americans have been able to become the world hegemon for a long time is because of their petrodollar system. After World War II, after the Bretton Woods system in which gold and the U.S. dollar were linked, the petrodollar system became the mainstream. Currency relies on the law that oil and the US dollar are directly linked.
As for Saddam, the grandson of Saddam who has been sanctioned by the United States for ten years, if you are more honest, the Americans may let you take a breather. It is a pity that this old guy did not see Bin Laden blowing up American buildings. Be honest.
¡°He actually started flirting with France and Germany in the EU, and even said that he would link the oil produced in Iraq to the euro. This is simply a slap in the face. This is a serious provocation to the US dollar world monetary system.
What¡¯s even more damning is that those European guys actually agreed, secretly lifted the no-fly zone in Iraq, and sent many divisions there, and they were friendly with Saddam.
Uncle Sam is famous for not rubbing dirt in his eyes. How could he see this? He immediately fell out on the spot.
"In one sentence, you said that Iraq has hidden weapons of mass destruction, don't say anything, just suffer death!"
So there was this second Gulf War, and almost everyone in the world knew what this war was about.
As soon as the United States took action against Iraq, the price of crude oil in the world immediately shot up like a rocket. After all, everyone knows that Iraq is a major oil-producing country, and the second and this time the war took place in the world's largest oil producing areas.
Iraq¡¯s old neighbor is Iran, which is also a major oil-producing country that has always been at odds with the United States. Who knows whether the Americans will take advantage of it and destroy Iran too?
As a result, the world crude oil price suddenly jumped from 25 US dollars per barrel before the war to 35 US dollars per barrel. This was something that many people could have guessed.
And Luo Jiu also made a fortune from this surge, so he was even more concerned about the impact of this war on oil prices.
And just when he and Bill were asking about the future trend of oil prices and whether there was any news from Goldman Sachs, Bill drugged him here and filled him with water.
People told him directly that the price of oil will definitely come down, so don¡¯t worry!
You see, if the resistance in Iraq is fierce and the U.S. military is not progressing smoothly, there is almost no doubt that the oil price will rise. But now the Iraqi army is just a bunch of rabble, and they have only come into contact with our American army. The situation is on the verge of collapse, and this war will not last more than a few days.
Iraq is destined to lose, and once the US military captures Baghdad and overthrows Saddam's government, it will mean the end of the war. Our big American oil companies have taken control of those oil fields. How can there be any reason for the oil price not to drop?
You must know that after the war started, the skyrocketing oil prices have seriously hurt the real economy of the United States. We, the American people, will not tolerate such a situation.
So as long as the war is over, don¡¯t worry. The price of oil will come down even if it doesn¡¯t come down. If it doesn¡¯t come down, we, the American people, won¡¯t agree to it.
"Bill's analysis that contained personal information really deceived the idiot Luo Jiu. When he thought about it again, it was indeed true.
You must know that the vitality of the U.S. real economy is closely related to the price of oil. You must know that the United States is a country that is said to grow on wheels. People have to rely on cars to get in and out, and when using cars, they have to burn oil.
So if the Americans win the war, why not give the people a little sweetener and put some water on the oil price?
So, in the long run, the price of oil will definitely fall, and it must fall.
This was Luo Jiu¡¯s analysis, so under Nabier¡¯s instigation, he withdrew a sum of funds from the company and began to short oil on the market.
At the beginning, it was just a small test, shorting two million barrels. At this time, Goldman Sachs, a market maker, began to quietly enter the game, and they sat opposite Luo Jiu and his China Aviation Oil. On the gambling table, it's a pity that this fool doesn't know anything about it.
And at the beginning of every gambling game, in order to let the fools fall into the trap obediently, the bankers will shear their sheep. Of course, they will give the fools a little sweet taste.
Therefore, in the second half of 2003, Luo Jiu's short position of 2 million barrels of crude oil futures not only did not lose money, but also brought him and China Aviation Oil a profit of US$5.8 million.
This timeLuo Jiu, who had tasted the sweetness, began to become more bold. He made 5.8 million from only 2 million barrels. What if he shorted 20 million barrels?
And people have said that as long as you invest enough, they can give you a greater leverage. Then won¡¯t you earn more by then?
Now Luo Jiu couldn't help it anymore. After discussing with the people behind him and good brothers like Chen Hanxi and Huang Jueran, he decided not to say anything. Everyone collected the money and entered the venue quickly. . . (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!