However, thanks to the continued rise in crude oil prices, each order was quickly taken up. Traders tentatively increased their trading volume, but the result was the same, and it did not arouse market vigilance.
In this way, the transaction was completed smoothly, much earlier than expected.
At this time, the price of crude oil was close to 42 yuan and was still rising steadily, but the increase was very small.
Seeing this, Li Xu ordered the trader to short sell.
This time the operation is not as gentle as drizzle, but as fierce as hail.
Of course, the effect was also very obvious, and the price of crude oil fell immediately.
And once it fell, it never rose again.
At the end of November, the price of crude oil fell to US$34, and Li Xu began to close his positions.
Excluding transaction fees, the charter king earned 320 million, Xu Xiangqian earned 240 million, and Li Xu earned 3.4 billion.
This number is truly terrifying.
However, Li Xu felt a little embarrassed. "Mr. Bao, I'm really sorry that I couldn't help you earn back the money you spent on the acquisition of Wharf Holdings."
When Li Xu went to the charter ship king to exchange dollars, the charter ship king made a request, saying that he had to take a share of the business he did.
Li Xu agreed immediately, but he wanted 80% of the profits. He also said that for the charter ship king to get 20% of the profits, it was equivalent to acquiring Hutchison Whampoa for free.
At present, one US dollar can be exchanged for 5.3 Hong Kong dollars. It is calculated that the shipping king earned nearly 1.7 billion Hong Kong dollars this time, which is still a little less than the money he spent on acquiring Hutchison Whampoa.
Upon hearing this, the charter king was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. "This isn't your problem, it's mine. You said at the time that in order to do this, I had to get through Shen Bi. It was my fault that I didn't do it well and the leverage I got was too low."
Seeing him say that, Li Xu stopped talking about this topic and asked, "Mr. Bao, how is your money preparation going?"
The smile on the boat charter king's face instantly disappeared, and his eyes gleamed. "I'm ready. Including the money I made this time, the total is 600 million US dollars."
Li Xu nodded, then looked at the traders in the room, "You did a great job this time. I will reward each of you with an extra two million Hong Kong dollars, and the next transactions will still be handled by you."
He made so much money this time, so he deserves some gift money.
The traders looked at each other and then bowed in thanks.
This time, HSBC collected hundreds of millions of US dollars in transaction fees. As the boss of HSBC, Shen Bi was really unable to remain calm, and soon he came to the door.
After entering the door, he first greeted the charter boat king, and then signaled the charter boat king to introduce Li Xu and the other two to him.
After the boat charter king finished his introduction, Shen Bi smiled very warmly and greeted the three of them one by one.
He couldn't help but be enthusiastic, because Li Xu and the others had real cash in their hands.
It is no exaggeration to say that even without using leverage, they have the ability to short the remaining three foreign companies at the same time, and they can even beat them to their knees and call them daddy.
Li Xu and the other two were also very enthusiastic about Chen Bi because they needed his help with what they were going to do next.
After the two sides had exchanged greetings, the charter king asked the trader in the room to leave and then discussed business with Shen Bi.
The matter is very simple. One is to borrow 5 billion US dollars, and the other is not to disclose the identities of Li Xu and the other two to the outside world.
Shen Bi agreed without thinking for long.
The reason why he agreed was, on the one hand, because he had the charter king around and didn't have to worry about not being able to pay it back, and on the other hand, he didn't want to offend a financial tycoon like Li Xu.
To be honest, Shen Bi can borrow 5 billion US dollars, which is his limit.
Li Xu and his companions were very satisfied and thanked him repeatedly.
After seeing that the story was told, the shipowner called the traders in again and issued a gag order to them, telling them that no matter who came to them to inquire about their employer, they could only say that their employer was themselves. If they dared to reveal the identities of Li Xu and the other two, they would not be able to live, and not only their entire family.
The king of charter ships said this in front of Shen Bi.
After hearing this, Shen Bi's face changed. He realized that he seemed to be in big trouble.
He could tell that the charter king was telling him how serious the situation was and asking him to watch his mouth.
He regretted it very much at this moment. If he had known earlier, he would not have agreed to keep it a secret for Li Xu and the other two.
For traders, this is a minor issue as long as they can reveal the identity of the charter king's employer to others.
So they readily agreed.
That evening, the ship charter king hosted a banquet for everyone to celebrate.
The next morning, Li Xu and others became busy again.
They returned to HSBC's trading room and directed traders to make trades.
This time they are going to do gold trading.
There are four major gold markets in the world today, namely New York, London, Zurich and Hong Kong.
The gold futures contract on the New York Stock Exchange is commonly referred to as New York gold.
New York gold is a futures contract, and the contract has a time limit.
In September this year, the Hong Kong Gold Futures Exchange, which imitates the New York gold trading model, officially opened.
The spot gold traded in the London Gold Exchange is called London gold. London gold is a spot contract with no contract term and can be traded 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The Zurich Gold Exchange was established by Switzerland's three largest commercial private banks and also provides spot contracts.
In 1974, the Hong Kong government lifted controls on gold imports and exports. Afterwards, the five major gold traders behind the London Gold Exchange and the three Swiss banks behind the Zurich Gold Exchange came to Hong Kong and jointly established the Hong Kong London Gold Exchange.
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