Chapter 135： Oil Futures

300 workers were taken away from Carl Zeiss in East Germany, and many old classic cameras and lenses were purchased. Even if I don’t know photography, I know that these things will definitely appreciate in value in the future. Bao Zixuan left the country; after all, it is really not very free here, and many people will doubt if he stays here for a long time.

Bao Zixuan arranged for the workers to rush over from Paris to Yokoi Junpei, and at the same time built the lithography machine department according to the requirements of Sony engineers. In fact, the foundation has been built, that is, the internal environment needs to be rectified. Bao Zixuan is not afraid that Shengtian Zhaofu will pit him. The software of the notebook is still in his hands. If he is working on the construction of a lithography machine, he will not want to use good software.

Bao Zixuan did not return to the United States directly. This time, instead of returning to Boston, he flew directly to New York. This time, he is going to make a quick buck, and he will make more money than he imagined, so he is going to Wall Street now.

Wall Street, a large street extending from Broadway Road to the East River in the southern part of Manhattan, New York City. It is only a third of a mile long and 11 meters wide. The streets are narrow and short, only 7 blocks from Broadway to the East River, but it is known as the "financial center of America". The managers of banks, insurance, shipping, railways and other companies established by the American Morgan chaebol, Rockefeller Oil King and DuPont consortium are concentrated here. The famous New York Stock Exchange is also here, and is still the headquarters of several major exchanges: such as Nasdaq, American Stock Exchange, New York Futures Exchange and so on. The term "Wall Street" has now transcended the street itself and has become a synonym for nearby areas, as well as financial markets and financial institutions that have an impact on the entire US economy.

Bao Zixuan came to this famous street, and now he wants to use the Iranian issue to do oil futures.

Oil futures are standardized contracts formulated by the exchange that stipulate the delivery of a certain quantity and quality of oil at a specific time and place in the future. It is a trading variety in futures trading. Or it can be simply understood as the futures of the item with the forward oil price as the underlying item.

In an inconspicuous place on Wall Street, Bao Zixuan walked in. This is what Phil Hawkins found for him, since he doesn't have any resources on Wall Street. I'm not very good at playing finance, but as an aircraft engine engineer in my previous life, I knew well about several oil crises in the world.

In the recent period of time, Bao Zixuan intercepted part of the money when customers sent money to Heiyun Group. And through the relationship of Michael Mellon, he loaned US$300 million from Mellon Bank with Heiyun Software as collateral and also gave 10 times leveraged credit. In addition to the 300 million U.S. dollars owned by the Black Cloud Group, a total of 600 million U.S. dollars is placed in this humble fund company.

Bao Zixuan named the company "Blackstone Fund", which is similar to Heiyun. Currently, there are only 10 employees of the Blackstone Foundation. Bao Zixuan has already found someone to investigate the family background and background of these people. Although they cannot be completely trusted, they still have the professional ethics they should have.

After all, the amount this time is in units of 1 billion US dollars, and he has to guard against these people.

Bao Zixuan held the first meeting of the Blackstone Fund in the conference room and said, "Some of you may know me, and some are not. I am Bao Zixuan, the boss of the Heiyun Group. Now you are at the Blackstone Fund. I am just established."

"Next, I'm going to talk about some top-secret internal information. I just got the news. If you want to participate in this plan, the basic bonus of 100,000 US dollars per person can be paid to you in a while and can be handed over to your family now."

"In addition, there will be bonuses waiting for everyone after the end, but I want to guarantee the confidentiality of the matter. You live in this building. The time is between 3 months and 6 months, and now you can choose."

None of the 10 people wanted to leave, and all of them chose to join the plan. In fact, Bao Zixuan thinks too much. First of all, these people are for money, and second, it is the most normal thing to be closed on Wall Street. After all, everyone controls tens of millions of dollars in funds, and if you don't pay attention to leaking a little information, the loss can be very serious. And the boss also gave the money first, which is a good thing that has never happened before. This is also related to Bao Zixuan's ignorance of the rules here.

Everyone is calling their family members to confirm that the operation will be closed for a period of time, after there is a big project. Everyone was overjoyed with an extra $100,000 in their accounts. Especially the two employees who have just graduated from college, seeing that they were treated like this when they first joined the company, they forgot the fact that they failed to enter the big company.

After signing the confidentiality agreement, Bao Zixuan said, "Since everyone has chosen to join this program, I can assure you that I will not regret this choice."

"According to reliable information, Iran is going to launch a coup. Now Khomeini has returned to Iran. And the unstable political situation will definitely affect oil production. We now have 600 million US dollars, you use 500 million US dollars to long oil futures, you can use 10x leverage, leaving $100 million in reserve for emergencies.”

Hearing that this little boss dared to play such a big game for the first time, everyone was excited and worried. In case of failure, this is 500 million US dollars! But when I think about the boss, they are not afraid of what they are afraid of, and this boss is a rich man worth 3 billion US dollars, at least he can gamble.

At this time, a middle-aged man about 45 years old said, "Boss, how do we hype it up?"

This middle-aged man named Clay Clark is a manager of the Hawkins Fund. He was dug into the Blackstone Fund by Bao Zixuan because he could not get a promotion opportunity at the Hawkins Fund. Not because of lack of ability, but because the Hawkins Foundation has no positions to promote him. The management is already very stable, and there is no idea of ​​recruiting a partner yet, so Bao Zixuan picked up a leak Bao Zixuan: "Clay, that's your business, not my concern. You know that I am a scientific researcher, not a major in economics or finance. I do business with many countries around the world, so you don’t have to worry about information resources, the rest is how you operate.”

"I can only provide a general direction. As for the specific operation, it is up to you, the team leader."

Clay-Clark did not expect to let himself operate oil futures of 500 million US dollars just after he joined the company. Is today April Fool's Day? But I don't want to be joking when I see the boss's serious look.

Clay-Clark: "No problem boss! We will use the most perfect operation to complete the task, worthy of your trust in us."

In fact, Bao Zixuan couldn't do anything if he didn't trust him. After all, he had no one to use! The starting time is too short and there is no family support. It is difficult to find suitable talents, but now we can start with a goal. Heiyun Group is now the largest company in Hong Kong. Now many people in Hong Kong are discussing who is Heiyun Group and HSBC. It is the largest enterprise in Hong Kong.

However, most people still think that it is HSBC. After all, HSBC has been deeply rooted in Hong Kong for more than 100 years. It is not comparable to Heiyun, which has been established for more than a year.

After Baozi explained some precautions for this operation, he left the Blackstone Foundation. Before leaving, he arranged for 16 security personnel to provide logistical support. In fact, there is also the intention of monitoring, but everyone is tacit. This is a very normal thing in a fund company, and it is strange not to send someone to monitor it.

After having a meal with Phil Hawkins, Bao Zixuan prepares to leave New York and go to the next city in the United States to recruit talents for the Black Cloud Group.

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