My salary used to be only around one or two thousand yuan, and a loaf of bread cost only one yuan, enough for a family to eat for a day.

But now, a loaf of bread costs more than twenty yuan, and wages remain the same. Who in the family dares to eat as much as they want?

At this critical juncture, you're adding to the Russians' troubles. Don't you know the old saying, "Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse"?

The Black Sea Fleet went directly to the Gulf of Aden and began exercises.

Sorry, a few small firecrackers landed on the oil tanker in the exercise area. This is a barbaric way of trying to raise oil prices.

It's all oil transported by the US through third parties. They have very clear information about it, such as which ship, what the ship number is, who the shipowner is, etc., focusing on precision.

Some ships sank into the sea, and some leaked.

The neighboring coastal countries are not happy about the oil tanker leak, as it is very difficult and costly to clean up.

I don't know what happened, but some neighboring countries are not letting oil tankers leave.

If you're not detained, tell the other party to take a detour.

If you take a detour, the time and shipping costs will increase.

This led to an increase in oil prices.

This maneuver ruined the speculative capital in Hong Kong. They initially wanted Xing Baohua to loosen his grip so they could exit the market, but Xing Baohua wouldn't listen to their advice.

After the Russians withdrew from the market, oil prices rose, and foreign speculative funds were successfully trapped.

Speculative investors cut their losses and withdrew as quickly as possible.

This tactic left retail investors dumbfounded. Such a large sum of money, just thrown away, just withdrawn.

Anyone who has worked in finance has experienced the act of cutting losses. Cutting losses is always better than having your account wiped out.

Those who are reluctant to cut their losses often experience a margin call.

The fact that speculative investors are selling at a loss signals that oil prices are about to rise.

The recent actions of the Russians, in particular, have contributed to the rise in oil prices.

Perhaps it was because the Russians themselves intervened that those speculative investors got scared and, fearing a margin call, decisively chose to cut their losses and withdraw.

That's the general consensus. The Russians deserve all the credit, and they've reaped all the benefits.

Xing Baohua knew the reason, but couldn't say it.

Given the involvement of the Russians, oil prices are bound to rise. Foreign investors, seeing they can't drive down oil prices, will have no choice but to withdraw.

In just a few days, oil prices will rise to an insane level.

Many people tried to buy at the bottom. After the speculative funds withdrew, many retail investors started to enter the market and all went long.

After some speculative funds withdrew, they turned around and began frantically buying long positions.

Is it easy to buy?

If it's hard to buy and no one is shorting, the price will only keep going up.

In less than a week, the price rose from over 13 yuan to around 15 yuan.

The more a market is dominated by buyers, the more impressive the price increases will be, and the more people will follow suit.

Xing Baohua's orders come in all price ranges, from a little over 13 yuan to a little over 15 yuan, with an average price of around 14 yuan.

The download price is currently around 15 yuan, and it looks like it's heading towards 16 yuan.

Even a difference of just one dollar makes it seem like Xing Baohua is making a killing, because of his large volume.

Everyone envies Xing Baohua's wealth.

Speculative funds have withdrawn, probably because they dare not short sell anymore. One reason is that there isn't enough time, and the other is that the price is too high. To suppress oil prices, not only do they need more funds, but they also need to remove Xing Baohua, who is an obstacle.

With Xing Baohua around, he was the biggest obstacle, so they dared not act rashly.

I stayed in Hong Kong with Master Zhou and persuaded her to move to Shenzhen or anywhere else.

Anyway, we'll raise them, so it doesn't matter where they are in China, except for Shandong province.

In the end, Master Zhou chose to go to Shanghai, and Xing Baohua agreed, giving him some money to see where to buy a house, since she couldn't live in the villa there anyway.

It would be easy for someone to find fault with Master Zhou if he stayed there, and besides, he registered his marriage in China.

It's easy to cross that line, so it's better to just buy a new house.

During this period, Xing Baohua traveled back and forth between central Shandong, Shanghai, and the capital.

August will arrive soon.

Suddenly, radio and television began reporting a surprise attack on a desert country, turning a small neighboring country into its own province.

This is like dropping a drop of cold water into a pot of hot oil—it causes an explosion.

Several neighboring desert countries have begun to be on alert and on high alert.

At this point, the price of oil also surged, reaching around 17 yuan, and fluctuated around that price.

One day later, a superpower intervened directly.

A large-scale attack was launched under the codenamed Desert Operation.

Oil prices are starting to rise again.

Those retail investors who bought at low prices were happy, as were the loyal fans who supported Xing Baohua and held onto the price line.

The key now is to see when Xing Baohua ships the goods; they will ship the goods accordingly.

Some people saw that the price had reached seventeen or eighteen yuan and slapped their thighs, saying they regretted it.

You should have invested more when prices were low. If you could have held on until now, you'd have at least a small million by now.

There's no going back in life, and there's still a lot of room for further price increases if you add more shares now.

Unfortunately, people were too timid, afraid that if they entered now they would hit a ceiling. Not a single one followed.

We watched helplessly as oil prices rose. 20, 25, 30.

Those people were furious.

Still too afraid to enter, I'm just waiting to see what the price ceiling is.

The Hong Kong traders were also nervous; the price increase was a bit outrageous. But when asked about Xing Baohua's target price for selling, no one dared to ask; they just watched helplessly as the price climbed higher.

Finance is all about excitement, and even the most professional people, seeing the current market conditions, don't know where the top or bottom is.

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