Reborn in 1984: Starting with the Development of the Chinese Character Card, Chapter 191: This is the Real Optical Giant! Lauren Mullen is a speculator who frequently trades London crude oil futures.
That day, as he looked at the latest newspaper, he couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "I never imagined that M would actually make a move against Y!!!"
"Furthermore, we immediately dispatched a fleet to blockade their oil estuaries!"
"Iran is a major oil producer in the Gulf region, with abundant oil and gas resources. Its underground oil reserves are 143.1 billion barrels, equivalent to approximately 20.4 billion tons, accounting for 9.6% of the world's total reserves. Its long-range oil reserves rank second in the world! This major battle will inevitably lead to a sharp drop in Iraq's oil production, thereby causing international crude oil prices to soar!!!"
Lauren Mullen was thrilled, believing this event would be a chance to make a fortune. He immediately opened his trading software and went long on crude oil futures!
According to Lauren Mullen, M is a world power, but Y is also a regional power with considerable strength, and is known as the third strongest military power in the world today.
For M to go looking for trouble with Y from such a distance will only drag Mei into a quagmire.
Therefore, Lauren Mullen predicts that this oil crisis will last for a long time.
In fact, this is the view of the vast majority of people.
The first to fight the third should take at least a year or two.
Currently, the multinational force led by M is still deploying troops, and there are still three or four months before the actual operation.
International crude oil prices, however, have been rising steadily.
By October, crude oil prices had risen to $40 a barrel.
At this moment, Zhao Ye decisively ordered his men to sell all the crude oil futures worth $12 billion!
Going forward, crude oil prices are unlikely to rise much further. Once the US takes action, it will be swift and devastating. In just 40 days, the so-called third-largest economy in the world will crumble.
Soon, crude oil prices will fall from $40 a barrel to below $20 a barrel.
At this time, countless speculative funds from around the world rushed into the crude oil futures market, and there were countless buyers. In less than a few days, all the crude oil futures held by Wujiang Group were settled.
This single transaction earned Wujiang Group over $11 billion!
However, this is not the end.
Since Zhao Ye knew that crude oil prices would soon plummet, he naturally decided to short the market.
So, immediately afterward, Zhao Ye ordered his men to short crude oil futures. Who would have thought that the Americans were so powerful, beating the world's third-largest economy was as easy as crushing a kindergarten kid, and they finished it off in no time.
Many international speculative funds and investment institutions believe that the US will get bogged down in a quagmire and will not be able to end the war in a short time, so crude oil prices will continue to rise.
The short-selling orders placed by Wujiang Group were snapped up by many people.
This time, we will invest $2.4 billion, using a 5x leverage, which is $12 billion. We must complete the layout in the next two months.
It can be said that once the $12 billion short selling orders are all completed, Wujiang Group will be the biggest short seller in the crude oil futures market.
This counter-trend move may surprise many people.
At midnight on October 3, East Germany officially joined West Germany, and Germany became a unified country again!
Many people were only slightly surprised when they saw this news.
But it is very important to Wujiang Group.
In order to help develop the economy of the former East Germany and improve the welfare of the East German people, the German authorities announced that the exchange rate between the East German mark and the West German mark would be 1:1, and the mark would become the legal tender in Germany, known as the German mark.
"Notify Tang Yingwu to formally launch an acquisition offer to West Zeiss!!!" Zhao Ye said to Liu Yinyin beside him after reading the news about the reunification of Germany.
"Okay, boss," Liu Yinyin replied in a low voice, then went outside and took out her phone to contact Tang Yingwu.
"Manager Tang, hello, this is Secretary Liu Yinyin. The boss has instructed us to immediately send an acquisition offer to West Zeiss!"
"Okay, Secretary Liu, I understand. I'll get on it right away!"
"Um!"
Liu Yinyin hung up the phone, then walked over to Zhao Ye and reported to him.
Zhao Ye nodded and continued to concentrate on writing code on the computer.
Seeing this, Liu Yinyin quietly left the office.
Germany is home to three world-renowned optical giants: Leica, Carl Zeiss, and Schneider Electric.
After World War II, Zeiss was split into two, with East Zeiss being acquired by the Wujiang Group. It was impossible for Germany to take East Zeiss back from Wujiang Group.
Moreover, since East Zeiss was acquired by Wujiang Group, it has received a lot of support. Now, East Zeiss is developing better and better, while West Zeiss is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Now that Germany has been reunified, the merger of East and West Zeiss has become a vision for many.
The best outcome would be for West Zeiss to be acquired by East Zeiss.
Moreover, Zeiss employees also strongly advocated for a merger between the two companies.
Under such circumstances, it is likely that the German government will have no choice but to agree to this.
West Zeiss quickly accepted the acquisition offer and would not object as long as the price was right.
Three days later, Tang Yingwu formed a negotiation team with people from the East Cai Si and began negotiations with the West Cai Si.
Wujiang Group, the parent company of East Zeiss, is financially powerful and directly stated that it would acquire West Zeiss in its entirety.
The shareholders of West Zeiss actually wanted to switch shares.
However, Zhao Ye disagreed.
Zeiss has enormous development potential and will receive full support from Wujiang Group in the future, allowing it to expand into four major business segments: semiconductor manufacturing technology, industrial quality and research, medical technology, and optical consumer products, thereby achieving remarkable success.
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