My 1999

"Oil prices enter downside territory" - Chris Bob, chief analyst at Lehman.

"As Oil Prices Fall, How Does the Global Economic Pulse Beat?" - 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/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 opened the door and came in: "Mr. Xu, everyone is already here."

Xu Liang nodded, turned around and went out. After passing through a tightly guarded password door, he arrived at the third underground floor of Xu's 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 around.

A total of twelve giant screens are arranged 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 on 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 units.

M\u0026A and Restructuring Department, Financial Investment Department, Investment Management Department and Hengyuan Trust.

M\u0026A 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 mainly serves the role of supervision and inspection.

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 holding price is US$46.7. "

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, currently seems to be the safest.

"Qiu Heng, what about you?"

"Hanhua Pacific No. 2 Fund holds 439,000 positions in WTI crude oil, Brent crude oil and Dubai crude oil with US$5 billion and 4.6 times leverage.

The average holding price is US$52.4/barrel. "

Hanhua Pacific No. 2 Fund entered the market at the beginning of this year.

At that time, oil prices were nowhere near as high as they are now.

Although it was relatively high just now, it is still relatively safe.

Noticing 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 holding price is US$55.6/barrel. "

When he came to the United States and realized 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 and leveraged funds of US$45.27 billion.

But, this is just the beginning.

Next we have a tough battle in the oil futures market.

If you win, each of you will receive 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 the solution to 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 are handed in, and there is only one opportunity per day to talk to family members on the phone accompanied by security personnel.

Those who can agree stay, and those who cannot agree leave.

I'll give you one hour to prepare.

In an hour, I will have a list of everyone involved in the project. "

There was a pause.

"Who has any more questions?"

The three of them shook their heads at the same time.

The big boss made a big bet, not to mention working overtime, they were willing to sell blood.

"Go get busy."

The three of them quickly disconnected and went to prepare.

After Lu Hui operated a few times on the computer next to them.

Soon, the 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. From now on, the Hongyan Foundation will prepare more than a dozen press releases advocating oil price increases for you every day. You will use your own writers to process these press releases and make them easy to understand, and then publish them to the news channels and forums of your respective websites.

Especially overseas news channels and forums."

The four were all smart people and agreed very happily.

They also wisely did not ask more questions.

However, as the CEO of the entire Hongmeng and the core figure of the Xu Group, Xie Wen was qualified to access top secrets.

In the end, he was kept 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 Old Soros and Ellison.

Now they have taken action, and I will do my best to deal with them next.

To achieve the final victory, public opinion is very important. I hope you can command all the publicity channels under Hongmeng to publicize the news of rising oil prices."

Xie Wen nodded seriously.

At this time, he did not persuade Xu Liang to take a step back.

In the financial market, especially the high-risk futures market.

Taking a step back often means death.

"Don't worry, I will do my best."

"Hongmeng will be handed over to you. When this matter is over, we will meet again in China."

"I wish you a successful start."

Xu Liang smiled and nodded.

Time is tight, and the two did not talk too much.

The connection was soon cut off.

Xu Liang quickly called Christina.

Canal+ Group, owned by Vivendi, not only has the largest pay TV channel in Europe, but also has wireless free TV stations and satellite TV, which is a powerful promotion channel.

Then there are Facebook and Yahoo.

The former can cover the entire English market, and the latter can cover most of the global market.

When it comes to online promotion channels, Xu Liang is absolutely sure to crush Old Soros and his team.

The key is offline.

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Old Soros rubbed his face, and his eyes could not hide his fatigue.

"Father, why don't you take a rest, I'll keep an eye on this." Alexander Soros advised.

Old Soros waved his hand.

"Is there no movement from Golden Caesar?"

"No. Hongmeng, Vivendi, and Facebook are all silent." Alexander said.

Old Soros frowned as he looked at the oil price index, which had fallen to $59.6.

"Father, could it be that we acted too suddenly, and Golden Caesar hasn't reacted yet?"

Old Soros thought about it and shook his head slowly.

"He has been in the United States for half a month. Although the time is not long, with his ability, he can make a lot of preparations. It is impossible for him to respond so slowly. It has been almost 24 hours and there is no movement..."

Just as the voice fell, the phone on the table rang suddenly.

The father and son looked at each other, and Alexander rushed over to pick up the phone.

He put it down soon.

His face was full of joy.

"Father, Xu Liang has taken action. Yahoo, Bing, Sina, Vivendi, Facebook, NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation), and Los Angeles Times have published news advocating oil price increases on the front page."

Old Soros was relieved.

He was not afraid of Xu Liang's counterattack, but he was afraid of the unknown.

But a trace of worry soon crept into his heart.

"NBC and Los Angeles Times also embraced him?"

"General Electric, the backer of NBC, had cooperated with Xu Liang when he acquired Universal Entertainment last time. General Electric is also one of the largest investment institutions of Pacific Fund and Qinglong Fund.

Compared with us, they have invested more in Xu Liang.

The Los Angeles Times is probably for 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 came over to help.

The father and son soon came to the meeting room of the manor.

This place was already full of computers and display screens.

The giant display screen in the middle showed the price changes of the world's major oil futures markets.