Different God of Cooking [Rebirth]

Beijing time, just after twelve o'clock, Zhao An's phone rang.

"Happy birthday!"

Ji Jiashu's voice came from within the comprehension.

Today is September 2002, 9, Zhao An's birthday.A year ago, the two had agreed to celebrate their birthdays together every year, but who knew that a year later, their birthdays would be on different sides.

In April, Zhao An went back to the capital to accompany Ji Jiashu to shoot "Chasing", and after two days of rest, Zhao An left.

"Thank you."

"Come on, I'll sing for you. Happy birthday to you, happy life..."

Without the slightest bit of shyness, Ji Jiashu sat on the bed where the two usually rested together in the middle of the night, singing to the phone.

At the end of the song, Ji Jiashu gave serious instructions:

"Hurry up and make a wish, or it won't work in a while."

There was obviously a silent silence at both ends of the phone, but they seemed to be able to hear the sound of each other's heartbeats accelerating. Even though there was an air conditioner that didn't listen to the cold wind, the two of them couldn't help but feel a little hot.

After earnestly making a wish, Zhao An said easily:

"Thank you."

"Aren't you going back to the capital anyway? We haven't seen each other for five full months."

In the past, the two would travel around the country, but they could always sneak back to the capital to meet each other.But this time Zhao An has been out since leaving the capital, and has been busy on the other side of the earth. Ji Jiashu and Zhao An usually only have a time difference of twelve hours and a diameter of the earth to listen to each other's voice. live.

"Well. For the next period of time, I will stay here in Hong Kong City. Maybe until December. But on weekends, I can find time to come back to you."

"Ah, then you'd better get busy with your business first, that matter is more important."

Ji Jiashu knew very well how tired Zhao An was during this time, and he never took a rest during the few months abroad.Every time Ji Jiashu called Ji Jiashu, he could feel Zhao An's exhaustion, and even a few times Zhao An and Ji Jiashu suddenly fell asleep while talking on the phone.

From then on, Ji Jiashu tried his best to control the frequency and duration of his calls to Zhao An, not because he didn't want Zhao An, but because he hoped that Zhao An could rest for a while.

"Don't you want to see me?"

With a hint of narrowness, Zhao An asked the question knowingly.

"I think so. But you don't need to make a special trip to fly back to the capital. Let me tell Brother Li and arrange a vacation for me. I will come to Hong Kong City to find you when the time comes."

Answer frankly, miss the other party and don't want the other party to work hard on the road, so just go see the other party by yourself.

The more you give yourself, the easier it will be for the other party.This is how Zhao An and Ji Jiashu get along in love, always thinking about each other.

"Okay, then I'll wait for Master Ji Xiaoshu to pamper me."

Zhao An didn't feel any embarrassment, and accepted Ji Jiashu's thoughtfulness frankly.The way the two get along has become more and more casual, just like a couple who have lived for decades.

But having said that, the two have known each other for more than ten years, so it is normal for them to be so familiar with each other.

The two chatted on the phone for a while. Zhao An had just flown back to Hong Kong directly from abroad today. It is reasonable to say that Zhao An was very tired today, but the two of them were really excited today, and they chatted until after two o'clock.

Perhaps it was because the two found that the distance between each other had increased, which was already an exciting enough thing.

In the end, Ji Jiashu forced Zhao An to sleep, and the two hung up the phone.

Early the next morning, Zhao An went to the Hong Kong City Futures Exchange in high spirits.

Although it is called the Hong Kong City Futures Exchange, in fact the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is just a transit and trading point for futures exchanges around the world.It does not have its own futures product delivery.

As a world-recognized financial port and city, Hong Kong City has many preferential policies unimaginable in other cities.

The most important point is the free conversion of foreign exchange, so that most of the world's currencies can be freely converted in the port city.

Hong Kong City is where Zhao An planned the third battle!

In the past few months, Zhao An worked hard to collect all kinds of information, which is one of the reasons why he went out, and handed over the first-hand and detailed information to the Huaxia government/government.

With the permission of the government, the exchange of the Huaxia currency earned at the Liancheng Futures Exchange into the Lighthouse currency was just for this day.

One of the exchanges that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is connected to is the CBOT Futures Exchange (CBOT), which is a domestic trading market for agricultural products and treasury bond futures, and is also the most important market for soybean futures in Lighthouse.

Walking into the VIP room, Zhao An saw many familiar faces.Some are subordinates who accompanied Zhao An to fight in the Gulf, and some are former comrades-in-arms, such as:

"Mr. Song."

Zhao An walked up to the middle-aged man first, and saluted him as a student.It was Professor Song Qiao who had helped Zhao An a lot.

"It looks a lot darker, but it's not bad, it's healthy."

Professor Song Qiao looked at Zhao An, who had been hacked a lot, and said with a smile.

"It can't be helped. It's sun and rain outside all day. But it's okay."

Zhao An's country is also in the southern hemisphere, and it happened to be summer in the past few months, so it's not easy to think about it when you're running around.But Zhao An is very familiar with his skin, and I'm afraid it will come back to nothing after this winter.

"I saw that you compiled the contents of the report. It's not detailed, and the reference value is also very high. Many plans this time were formulated according to your plan. However, you spent a lot of money when you went out this time."

Professor Song Qiao has heard a lot about Zhao An's experience in the past few months.Now that a large amount of cash flow is about to be needed, Professor Song Qiao asked.

What Zhao An has to deal with this time is the capital of the Beacon Country, which is far more dangerous than the Liancheng futures market before. The story of the Quantum Fund shorting the Port City back then was to invest more than one billion Beacon coins.The capital of the lighthouse country is so strong that it is unimaginable.

After taking a look at the trustworthy people around, Zhao An revealed some cards to Professor Song Qiao.

For example, the government promised to inject capital at an appropriate time, or the gambling agreement signed abroad...

Even the most important hole card, Zhao An still did not disclose, but the strength shown made Professor Song Qiao very relieved.

"With so much preparation, then I don't have to worry too much."

After exchanging pleasantries, Professor Song Qiao began to discuss future plans with Zhao An, in short, "one step ahead"!

Professors Zhao An and Song Qiao already knew the tactics of the Beacon Country Capital in the future.

According to the data collected by Yuehua, more than 70% of soybean farmers have chosen to plant other crops this year or even give up farming directly.

The soybeans provided by the remaining 30% of farmers cannot even meet 20% of domestic soybean demand.

This number can be said to have reached an extremely dangerous situation, which means that Huaxia's demand for soybean imports has reached an exaggerated value, and Huaxia has no pricing power at all in pricing soybeans!

In fact, for a while, Zhao An couldn't fall asleep thinking of this data, and tossed and turned in bed all night.

The price of soybeans in Huaxia fell in the last lifetime, but it definitely did not reach such an exaggerated level.

This is because Zhao An's operations in the Liancheng futures market were too terrifying.Farmers are not particularly aware of the final cost of buying soybeans from lighthouse countries for large companies, and may hesitate.

But domestic futures prices are different, but that is the real delivery price.From 800 to 500 within a few months, it was almost cut in half. How dare farmers continue to plant soybeans, so they gave up soybean planting one after another.

Zhao An is particularly worried that if he fails to win in the futures market and adjusts the domestic import and export ratios, then China's soybean market will be tightly grasped by the Beacon Country.

Even if he knew that the previous life was the same solution, but the time was different sooner or later, Zhao An would still blame himself.

The consequences are not something he or Shi An can make up for.

This kind of pain and depression is far beyond what ordinary people can bear. If it weren't for Ji Jiashu's company, Zhao An might have collapsed first.

This matter concerns all the people of the country, and there is no room for any mistakes.

That's why Zhao An will invest so much in the next few months. It is worthwhile to increase the odds of winning this war by 1%.

Now that the Huaxia market is so dependent on the Beacon Country, it is not difficult to speculate on the future operations of the Beacon Country.

It is nothing more than hoarding and driving up prices.

At present, the three major grain merchants in the lighthouse country have not signed supply contracts with Huaxia enterprises, which means that whether they can reach a deal now is a problem.

At that time, the United States can completely say: This year's soybean harvest is not good, so the price will be raised.

There are no other substitute products for soybeans, and the supply will obviously affect the market price.Besides Zhao An's understanding of these capital companies, they are not kind people, and the increase in the spot market is generally not too large, and it is by no means a price that they are satisfied with.

So they will definitely set their sights on the futures market and gain high leverage by manipulating futures prices.

And what Zhao An has to do now is to build a warehouse in advance before the three major grain merchants do it.

The so-called opening a position is to buy a futures contract at a certain price in the future first.Because someone buys, the futures contract price will rise.

First, Zhao An can earn leveraged profits through the rise of futures, and second, he can disrupt the future actions of the three major grain merchants.

After all, this is still the behavior of the market, so Zhao An estimates that the government of the lighthouse country will not intervene rashly.The financial pressure on the entire futures market will also be less.

If the government of the Lighthouse country dares to intervene rashly, it will be easier, and the Huaxia government also has a reason to intervene.

Zhao An was discussing with Professor Song Qiao when and at what price the acquisition contract should be established.

September is also a very critical time, because now is the time when the first season of soybeans in the Lighthouse Country matures.And China's domestic soybeans were almost exhausted last year.

According to Zhao An's information network, most domestic enterprises have already gone to the Lighthouse Country to start negotiations with the three major grain merchants, hoping to start trading in October.

That's why Zhao An chose this time to come back from abroad. After all, his layout in another country was about to take effect.

"Then in the short-term futures warehouse on October 10th, soybean prices should be about to rise at this time."

5000 million Beacon coins, delivered on October 10th, the price is 15 Beacon coins/bushel.

After a whole year of adjustments, the price of soybean futures in Beacon Country has also returned to the normal price of 450 Beacon coins, which is nearly two levels higher than the price supplied to China last year.

Zhao An estimated that this was the result of the efforts of the three major grain merchants to control it.After all, everyone now knows that soybeans from the Beacon Country have occupied a particularly large market in Huaxia.Any trader would want Beacon Country soybeans at a time like this.

However, it is impossible for the three major grain merchants to increase the price of soybeans before the harvest, and it will be troublesome if they arouse the vigilance of the other party.

Nine times out of ten, the three major grain merchants did their own hedging operations. Some people bought high-priced contracts, and the three major grain merchants sold low-priced contracts, reducing the volatility of the entire market to "0".

Thinking of the money that the three major grain merchants had invested, Zhao An's mood improved a lot. After all, the more the enemy lost, the happier he was.

It is also because Zhao An has already guessed the operation of the three major grain merchants, so Zhao An's 5000 million lighthouse coins were not put into the market at one time, but hundreds of thousands or millions, different accounts, different times, different places, Different contract content, secret purchase.

Sure enough, at the same time as Zhao An was operating, there were also people in the Chicago futures exchange on the other side of the ocean who were doing the right thing.Repeating the whole market is not good for the price increase of soybeans.

At this time, if ordinary investors do not have inside information, or are not confident enough in their own market judgments, they are likely to retreat in spite of difficulties, but Zhao An has both!

On September 9, the price of soybeans finally fluctuated!

Zhao An got the news a few hours earlier, because Wang Zegang came back from the lighthouse country immediately.The first negotiation between the Huaxia Trading Group and the three major grain merchants has collapsed!

Originally, the Ministry of Commerce did not plan to organize a trade delegation to go to the Lighthouse Country this year, which would give the world a reputation that the Chinese government/government manipulates the country's economy.

This is very inappropriate for Huaxia, which is trying to shape its international image.

But under Zhao An's suggestion, the Ministry of Commerce agreed to Zhao An's request.

Naturally, food safety is also on the list, and the representative in charge is Wang Zegang.

It wasn't that Zhao An used Wang Zegang as a coolie, but that this matter was too important, and Zhao An couldn't get away from manipulating the futures market in real time.But within Shi An, Zhao An's most trusted person was none other than Wang Zegang, so he could only send Wang Zegang out.

Hearing the news from Wang Zegang, Zhao Anhao invested another 5000 million lighthouse coins and opened a position on November 600 at a price of 11.

In fact, the suggestion given by Professor Song Qiao is 550. This increase is already quite terrifying in the futures market.However, Zhao An vaguely remembered that from September of that year to March of the following year, the price of soybeans in the Beacon Country rose from 9 Beacon coins to more than 3 Beacon coins, doubling the price.

Now that China is more dependent on soybeans from the Beacon Country, there is no reason why the Beacon Country can't be crazier.That's why Zhao An chose such a crazy price.

Zhao An trusts Professor Song Qiao very much. As far as the level of the futures market is concerned, Professor Song Qiao is definitely the best in the world.Zhao An believes that even if the three major grain merchants invite the top investment institution such as Quantum Fund to plan a plan, they can only get a plan that is highly similar to Professor Song Qiao.

However, the funds in Zhao An's hands are still weaker than those of the three major grain merchants. If the same plan as the three major grain merchants is adopted, Zhao An can only eat a little bit of bone behind the three major grain merchants at most.

If the three major grain merchants are ruthless, they may turn around and control the price to swallow Zhao An.

Therefore, Zhao An must be ahead of the three major grain merchants in order to ensure full profits and his own safety.

This time, the hedging operation in the Zhijiadi Futures Exchange market was significantly slower, and it did not take all of Zhao An's contracts in the first time.

On October 10, the price of soybeans has risen from 7 Beacon to 500 Beacon.

Zhao An knew that the three major grain merchants were also hesitating at this time.

They definitely want to increase the price of soybeans, after all, this is their purpose of controlling the Huaxia market.

If the Lighthouse Country cannot provide soybeans this year, Huaxia will definitely find other channels next year. This is something that the Lighthouse Country absolutely does not want to see, so they will definitely sell soybeans to Huaxia in the end.

But they are also unwilling to raise the price of soybean futures now, because they entered the market one step later than Zhao An.

They have already done too many hedging operations. If the price rises at this time, the low-priced soybean contracts they bought for hedging will lose money, and all the profits will flow into Zhao An's pocket.This is the ending they absolutely don't want to see.

So they are hesitating whether to hold on to this price and wait until November to raise the price, or to let go of soybean futures prices now, and then build warehouses at a higher price.

"Zhao Xiaoba, are you not panicking at all?"

Guo Kai stretched out his hands to rub Zhao An's face.This kid is obviously two years younger than himself, but he is not cute at all, and now he has a calm face, he really can't stand it anymore.

He must use his unique skills to let Zhao An fail!

However, Zhao An had long been on guard against Guo Kai, a troublesome ghost, and avoided Guo Kai's attack by dodging.

However, who knew that the boss Yu Yongyuan and the old Wujiang Tianhua sneaked up from behind, left and right, and captured Zhao An to death.Yu Yongyuan said viciously:

"Honestly, what do you have behind you. Don't hide it, I'm going crazy."

Waiting for the windy/talented talent to return to the shape of the original nerd after a month of torture, staying up late every day, with stubble all over his face, and the gold-rimmed glasses frame has also been replaced by a pair of black round frames with deeper prescription. Nodding like a goose.

Jiang Tianhua is really miserable. He just looks at data, reports, and quotations every day... and then uses a calculator to continuously calculate the data. This is the true portrayal of a financial elite.

It is precisely because he saw all the hard work of his roommate that Ji Jiashu did not resist the "violent" behavior of the three at all.

Zhao An glanced at Professor Song Qiao, who was quietly drinking iced Coke, and said:

"Ask Mr. Song, Mr. Song's eyes are like torches, he must know everything."

Professor Song Qiao glanced at Zhao An, with contempt in his eyes: This little guy is getting more and more ignorant of respecting the elderly, and he still wants to test me.

Putting down the iced cola in his hand, Professor Song Qiao said:

"In the capital market, it is not the manipulator who holds the most capital. Whether it is Zhao An or the three major grain merchants, they are just manipulating the investors' choices through certain means. Why do the three major grains need to do hedging operations? It is the fear of fluctuations in soybean prices that makes scattered investors confident in the trial production of soybeans.

Once these small households lose their minds and invest in the soybean market, not to mention Zhao An, even the three major grain merchants will lose control.Therefore, what Zhao An needs now is just a little fuse. "

Professor Song Qiao made it very clear that as long as the price of soybean futures rises again, it will definitely trigger a skyrocketing rise in soybeans.But the problem is how to guide the market.

"The problem is that we have no way to influence investors in the lighthouse countries or even the international market."

The first thing Jiang Tianhua thought of was the means of domestic market manipulation.It is nothing more than opening a position to manipulate prices and guide public opinion.

Like many TV stations that have special stories and financial programs, those so-called well-known traders are just chess pieces that are withdrawn by dealers and capital to manipulate public opinion. Jiang Tianhua is very familiar with these methods, but he has no conditions for using facts at all.

Newspapers and TVs in the Lighthouse Country?Don't even think about it.

Although the Beacon Country is known as a country of freedom of speech, in fact, public opinion in the Beacon Country has always been manipulated by capital.If Zhao An has this capital, he doesn't need to be cautious in the futures market.

As for the market price, it is still controlled at around 530 lighthouse coins by the three major grain merchants, so there is no need to consider it for the time being.

Seeing the doubts on his students' faces, Professor Song Qiao sighed.

The school started in August this year, and Jiang Tianhua had officially joined Professor Song Qiao's school. In all fairness, Jiang Tianhua was Professor Song Qiao's favorite student in recent years.

It's just that compared with Zhao An, he is still a little immature and needs more training.

In order to enlighten his students, Professor Song Qiao had to speak more clearly:

"Although Zhao An doesn't have the strength to manipulate public opinion, our country does. What can affect the entire market more than news at the national level? Zhao An, you have already contacted the Minister of Commerce, right?"

"Ah."

Zhao An nodded honestly.

Seeing the sudden realization on the faces of his students, Professor Song Qiao continued to pick up his iced Coke.

Ice cola is a good thing. The sugar supplements the nutrition needed by the brain, and the ice air takes away the sulking of being stupid by one's own students.

This is the best way for Professor Song Qiao to keep trusting him recently.

April 10

The Huaxia Ministry of Commerce conducts trade negotiations with the Ministry of Commerce of the Beacon Country in an official capacity, hoping that the Beacon Country can provide Huaxia with a sufficient amount of soybeans at the current futures price.

If the lighthouse country feels that the price is not appropriate, the price issue can be further negotiated.

April 10

Negotiations between the two countries failed.

There are gossip that the Huaxia Enterprise Group offered a price of 560 lighthouse coins per bushel, but it was still rejected by the three major grain merchants.

Whether it is Huaxia or Lighthouse, no one denies this news.

On that day, the Chicago Futures Exchange was full of people, and all the investors frantically bought soybean futures.The price of soybean futures rose to 610 Beacon in one day

In one day, more than 5 million Beacon coins were invested in the soybean futures market, but 2 million of them came from the three major grain traders.

At the same time, Zhao An sold out all the contracts with a price of around 600 lighthouse coins in his hand, and cashed out nearly 1.5 million.Then Zhao An didn't frown, and combined the remaining 5000 million Beacon coins in his hands to buy all the December futures contracts.

The futures contract price is 850 lighthouse coins/bushel.

A price that no one could have imagined 30 days ago!