Great Power Technology.

Chapter 274 A Grave Without a Tombstone
In this massive "exhibition" for the keys, the only big country absent was Ugly Country. After all, they did not let go of their self-esteem as the former leader, and planned to use their technology accumulation and market policy advantages to compete with China.

After all, anti-dumping and technical sanctions are still the route they can take under the current situation that they still hold the power of the world economy.

However, there is really not much time left for them.

Across the sea, the Office of Strategic Analysis.

Today, this small office is full of people. In front of them are several huge screens, and the latest trends in international oil prices are projected on the screens.

According to the previous announcement from Huaxia, they will raise the international oil price to the scheduled 40 Dole per barrel today.

The analyst standing in front of the screen is explaining the current situation to everyone, but in fact, he really has nothing to explain.

Because according to the advance notice they received, Huaxia only clarified two pieces of information:
First, oil prices will remain in the range of 40 Dole per barrel to 45 Dole per barrel.

Second, the strategy used by Huaxia will not bring new negative effects to its own side.

As for how they will do it and what method they will use to do it, they will not reveal it at all.

So in the final analysis, the only thing people in this conference room can do is stare at the numbers on the screen.

".So, the current situation is like this. The current September futures price in the international market is 9 Dole per barrel. A day ago, this figure was still 0.6. It almost fell below negative within a few days."

"We believe that the reason why the other party did not allow oil prices to fall below negative numbers is purely out of consideration for their own interests."

"They don't want to have too many arbitrageurs, so as not to increase the difficulty of subsequent work."

"However, even at this price, it is still not an easy task to bring oil prices back to the 40 Dole price range."

"We can speculate on many strategies they may use, including limiting capacity, restricting capacity, operating financial markets, etc., but we cannot predict the effect of these measures."

"In short, whether it can reach 40 Dole per barrel today is a key milestone, which is related to whether our cooperation can be carried out."

"At the same time, if they are unable to complete the requirements of the agreement within the time limit, we can use this as a basis to make appropriate adjustments in the subsequent implementation process-I think everyone understands what I said What does adjustment mean?"

Everyone in the conference room nodded, and Johnson tapped the keyboard silently, deducing the strategy they had already decided in their minds.

According to the plan, today's transaction in the financial market will determine the implementation of the subsequent agreement. As analysts said, they will use all necessary strategies to prevent China from reaching the goal of 40 Dole oil prices, so as to regain their own initiative.

Such an operation seems extremely counter-intuitive and runs counter to their ultimate goal, but only by doing so can their interests be preserved to the greatest extent.

Thinking of this, he asked:
"Are our funding chips ready?"

"All are in place, as long as we wait until the market opens, we will use the fastest speed to hit the price below the negative number."

"At the same time, we have also arranged for the release of reserve oil resources - Aozhou and Maple Leaf countries, they will assist us to increase the resistance to rising prices."

"With this set of strategies, I think no matter what, oil prices will not be able to rise within a week. After all, we still have an advantage in terms of mobilized funds and oil reserves."

Johnson nodded and looked at the people in the venue, and then continued to ask:

"Do you guys have any questions about our strategy? Our operation is about to start, and if we haven't reached a thorough agreement, it's better to raise it now. We have .15 minutes."

No one answered him.

In fact, his decision faced a lot of resistance when it was submitted to the White House for decision-making. Everyone doubted whether he could succeed in doing so, and wondered whether such a move would be successful at the critical point in the implementation of the agreement. It will further anger Huaxia and make them adopt more aggressive strategies.

If such worries become a reality, then what our side will face will be even heavier pressure.

But in the end, Johnson decided against all odds and decided on a strategy.

Unlike those high-ranking gentlemen, he has always believed that his position is the forefront of this energy battle.

I can smell the smoke of gunpowder on this battlefield, I can see the flames of guns and guns that the masters can't see, and at the same time, I know what I should do to survive in such a hail of bullets.

They have to take a gamble, this is their last chance, once they lose this initiative, they will never have a chance to turn around in the future.

After a long time, a white-haired man sitting in the corner of the conference room raised his hand, Johnson nodded to him, and the latter said:
"Sorry, I don't have any objection to Johnson's plan. I just want to tell you one thing when I speak at this time."

"I want to tell everyone that you must have absolute confidence in our strategy."

"We have controlled the financial power of this world for hundreds of years. During this long time, we may have experienced failures, but we have never really failed."

"The twists and turns in the process will not affect the final result. I believe that as long as we can do it firmly, the balance of victory will definitely fall to our side."

"Thinking about it another way, our opponents have always called themselves an ancient civilization with thousands of years of history, but they have only joined the big game of international trade for 20 years, and they haven't even touched the rules yet. Qing, how is it possible to defeat us and our alliance?"

"Of course, relying on some accidental technological breakthroughs before, they did gain a certain advantage, but I can tell you clearly that our related technologies have also entered the final sprint stage of research and development-as long as we win two more In a year's time, we can completely take back what is ours."

"So, Johnson, go ahead and do it, I trust you—that's what the white house is about too."

Johnson nodded gratefully. He knew how important it was for someone to stand up and encourage the morale of the army at such a moment.

This action involves many different departments and many interest groups, and these short-sighted interest groups cannot see any short-term losses.

Once the loss exceeds their psychological defense line, they will immediately withdraw and leave, and the impact of this departure on the entire plan is extremely terrible.

No one spoke in the conference room, and 15 minutes passed quickly, and the operation officially began.

Everyone stared nervously at the screen. Just 2 minutes later, a straight vertical line was drawn on the screen, and the September oil futures price directly fell below the 9 yuan mark and broke through to the -0 level.

Subsequently, oil prices continued to fall.

"Let's start publishing news about the release of oil reserves - use the media we control to spread the news as quickly as possible. We must see the reaction of the news in the futures market immediately."

"Understood, we will announce it now."

Looking at the falling oil prices, Johnson breathed a sigh of relief.

Judging from the current situation, their strategy has been implemented smoothly. Under the control of many capitals, although the downward trend of international oil prices has slowed down, it is still hovering in the range of -15 to -10.

This means that market confidence has been severely suppressed, adding to the existing concerns about the traditional fossil energy market, the futures market's expectations for oil have almost dropped to freezing point.

This is an extremely risky operation. Although we have prepared a series of backhands for the subsequent increase in oil prices, if we use too much force now, then everything will become out of hand.

But, just like what your opponents have been doing, you can only survive if you are put to death, isn't it?
This is a game of survival.

Two hours later, the news that Aozhou and Maple Leaf announced the release of reserve oil spread to the world, and the oil price rushed to the lowest level of -29 dollars, which is the internationally recognized baseline for the cost of crude oil reserves.

This also means that if a barrel of oil has to be transferred from the seller to the buyer, not only can he not charge any fees, but he has to pay 29 Dole to pay the storage cost for the buyer.

This is the absolute zero point of oil prices, and it is impossible to break through this price.

Because if it falls below -29 Dole, then the seller would rather the crude oil rot in their own hands, or even dump it back into the oil well.

"Comprehensive data, let's take a look at the approximate cost we are paying now."

"The current total cost is about 1371 billion Dole, which is much less than we expected. It is strange that Huaxia does not seem to have made much response."

"We did encounter some resistance, but these resistance disappeared soon after they met us. Maybe they don't intend to win or lose with us today."

"But today is the most critical day. If they don't do it today, when will they have to wait?"

Johnson frowned.

There was a vague premonition in his heart.

I don't know where this premonition came from, maybe it came from the shadows of my previous failures?
He shook his head vigorously, trying to dispel the pessimistic thoughts in his heart.

On the screen, the oil price remained at the absolute zero point of -29 Dole, and Johnson stared nervously at that figure, for fear that it would change.

But fortunately, half an hour later, this point is still motionless.

Probably, they really gave up this crucial first day, right?

This idea was spinning in Johnson's mind, but in the next second, his pupils suddenly shrank.

The point has changed.

The straight line on the line chart suddenly broke without warning.

Then, the dots of light flickered, and the dot representing the latest price suddenly appeared above the horizontal axis.

The price represented by that point is 69 Dole.

"What does it mean?"

Johnson's voice trembled, revealing a deep fear.

His fear is not because of the hundreds of billions of entertainment costs that he is about to lose—in fact, this amount of money is not too large for the funds he can mobilize. What he fears is that if the system really There is no fault, if the price at this moment is true, then it means
Huaxia's control over the entire energy market has far exceeded their imagination!
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29 taola is not just as simple as -29 taula, it is absolute zero.

It is extremely difficult to change this point, even if they themselves have to spend a huge amount of money and refined strategies, let alone pull the price to a positive number.

But the actual situation now is that this point seems to have been directly modified by someone, jumping to an incredible height.

They didn't even monitor any cash flows pouring into the futures market.

It was like a miracle.

"Is the data real? Is the system sure that nothing went wrong?"

".I'm afraid not."

The analyst looked equally terrified.

Johnson forcefully stood up, walked to the screen as if he wanted to see what happened, he stretched out his finger, put his index finger on the latest price point in disbelief and wiped it, as if to wipe it off Same.

All eyes in the conference room followed his movements, but at this moment, no one thought he was ridiculous.

Because their thoughts are the same as Johnson at the moment.

"Call the exchange right away, I want them to confirm the accuracy of the data, and everyone should immediately collect information to find out what happened!"

"I can't believe something like this is happening in this market!"

"It's absolutely impossible! Unless they modified the financial data!"

"Start the system self-check immediately to see if there are any suspicious Trojan horses, and our personnel also need to conduct a comprehensive review to find out whether it was done by internal personnel!"

Commands were issued one after another, like a dying fish making its final struggle.

Johnson sat back in his seat, and he felt a huge deviation in his perception of the world.

Financial markets, should not be like this.
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Unless, they use a more aggressive and crushing method that is beyond this market.

There seemed to be a thunder in his heart.

"Send the information from Huaxia immediately. I want to know whether they have done anything that we don't know about, and whether they have issued any policies that we don't know about!"

At this time, Johnson calmed down instead.

His thinking was extremely clear, and he even roughly guessed the answer in his mind.

Yes, to cause such huge fluctuations in financial data, it is not necessarily due to internal personnel modifying data, or some system error.

A long time ago, when they established the Bretton Woods system, such a thing actually happened.

The establishment of this system represents the change of hands of the world currency hegemony.

Could it be that what happened today has something to do with it?
Just 2 minutes later, he got his answer.

A day ago, at the "exhibition" where the ugly country was absent, Huaxia reached energy and energy product procurement agreements with more than 100 countries. The most critical item in the agreement is:

Allows the use of soft sister coins and digital soft sister coins to settle energy raw materials and ancillary products.

This story was posted 30 minutes ago.

At the same time, there was also a speech from the relevant department of Huaxia.

In the next few years, Huaxia will be committed to realizing a steady leap from fossil energy to new energy, helping many friendly countries in the world to tide over the difficulties, and will do everything in the short term to help countries stabilize the prices of oil and traditional fossil energy, and ensure the ability of the new energy order. Build on a stable, peaceful and firm foundation.
Johnson was stunned in place, he raised his head to look at the ceiling, but his vision became dark uncontrollably.

Amidst the exclamations of the people around him, he saw a strange hallucination.

He saw, above his head, a group of yellow-skinned men with bright red five-pointed stars on their hats wielding shovels, splashing loess on their heads one by one.

He is already in the grave.

And this tomb doesn't even have a tombstone.

(End of this chapter)