Chapter 135 Petroleum Futures

Carl Zeiss took 300 workers from East Germany and bought a lot of old classic cameras and lenses. Even if you don't understand photography, you know that these things will definitely appreciate in the future. Bao Zixuan left this country, after all, it is really not very free here, and many people will be suspicious of staying here for a long time.

Bao Zixuan arranged all the workers to come from Paris to Yokoi Junpei, and at the same time to build 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 of Akio Morita pitting himself, the software of the notebook is still in his hands, if he does something on the construction of the lithography machine, then 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 if he does it well, he will make more money than he imagined, so the place he is going to now is Wall Street.

Wall Street, a large street in the southern part of Manhattan in New York City that stretches from Broadway to the East River. It is only one-third of a mile long and only 11 meters wide. The streets are narrow and short, only seven blocks from Broadway to the East River, but they are known as the "financial center of the United States." The offices of the managers of banks, insurance, shipping, railroads, and other companies set up by the Morgan chaebol, the Rockefeller oil magnate, and the DuPont consortium are concentrated here. The famous New York Stock Exchange is also located here, and it is still the headquarters of several major exchanges: such as the NASDAQ, the American Stock Exchange, the New York Board of Trade, etc. The term "Wall Street" has now transcended the street itself to become a synonym for the neighborhood and to refer to financial markets and financial institutions that have influence on the entire U.S. economy.

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

Oil futures is a standardized contract formulated by the exchange and stipulated to deliver a certain quantity and quality of oil at a specific time and place in the future, and is a trading variety in futures trading. It may be simply understood as futures on items with forward oil prices as the underlying item.

In an inconspicuous place on Wall Street, Bao Zixuan walked in. Here's what Phil Hawkins helped him find, after all, he doesn't have any resources on Wall Street. I am not very good at playing finance, but in my previous life, as an aircraft engine engineer, I knew everything about several oil crises in the world.

In the recent period, when customers remitted money for Heiyun Group, Bao Zixuan would intercept a part of the money every time. And through Michael Mellon's relationship, he borrowed $300 million from Mellon Bank with Black Cloud Software as collateral, and also gave 10 times the leverage of the allocation credit. Coupled with the 300 million US dollars owned by Heiyun Group, a total of 600 million US dollars is placed in this inconspicuous fund company.

Bao Zixuan gave the company a name similar to that of Heiyun, "Blackstone Fund". Now there are only 10 employees in the Blackstone Fund, and the family background and background of these people have been investigated by someone Bao Zixuan, although they can't be fully trusted, but there are still professional ethics that should be there.

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 of you are not. I am Bao Zixuan, the boss of the Black Cloud Group, and the Blackstone Fund where you are now is located is something I have just established. ”

"I'm going to talk about some top-secret internal information, which I just gotten. If you want to participate in this program, the basic bonus of $100,000 per person will be paid to you and you can be paid immediately to your family. ”

"There will be a prize money waiting for you after the end, but I want to make sure that it is a top secret. You live in this building. The time is between 3 months and 6 months, and you can choose now. ”

None of the 10 people wanted to leave, and all of them chose to join the program. In fact, Bao Zixuan thinks too much, these people are for money, and secondly, it is the most normal thing to be closed on Wall Street internally. After all, everyone controls tens of millions of dollars, and the loss of a little bit of information can be very serious if you don't pay attention to it. And this boss also gave money first, which is a good thing that has never been done. This is also related to the fact that Bao Zixuan doesn't understand the rules here.

After everyone called their families to confirm that they were going to be closed for a period of time, and there were big projects. Everyone had an extra $100,000 in their accounts, which made everyone overjoyed. Especially the two employees who have just graduated from college, seeing that they have such treatment when they first enter the company, they have long forgotten about the fact that they have not been able to enter a large company.

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

"According to reliable intelligence, Iran is going to carry out a coup d'Γ©tat. Now Khomeini has returned to Iran. And the political instability will definitely affect oil production. We have $600 million now, and if you use $500 million to long oil futures, you can use 10 times leverage, leaving $100 million in reserve for emergencies. ”

Hearing that this little boss dared to play such a big game for the first time playing futures, everyone was excited and very worried. If it fails, it's 500 million dollars! But when I think of the boss, they are not afraid of what they are afraid of, and this boss is a billion-dollar billionaire, at least he can afford to gamble.

At this time, a middle-aged man around 45 years old said: "Boss, how exactly are we going to hype." ”

This middle-aged man named Clay Clark is a manager of the Hawkins Fund, and because he was not promoted at the Hawkins Fund, he was poached by Bao Zixuan to the Blackstone Fund. It's not because of his ability, it's because the Hawkins Foundation doesn't have any positions to promote him. The management is already very stable, and there is no idea of recruiting partners yet, so it was picked up by Bao Zixuan.

Bao Zixuan: "Clay, that's your business, it's not for me to worry about." You know I'm a researcher, not an economics or finance major. I do business with many countries around the world, so you don't have to worry about the information resources, the rest is how you operate. ”

"I can only provide a general direction, and how to do it is a matter for you, the team leader. ”

Clay Clark didn't expect to let himself operate $500 million in oil futures just after joining the company, is it April Fool's Day?

Clay Clark: "No problem, boss, we will definitely use the best operation to complete the task, worthy of your trust in us." ”

In fact, Bao Zixuan doesn't trust and can't do anything, after all, there is 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 you can start towards a goal, Heiyun Group is now the largest enterprise in Hong Kong, and now many people in Xiangjiang are discussing who is the largest enterprise in Xiangjiang between Heiyun Group and HSBC.

However, most people still think that it is HSBC, after all, HSBC has been deeply rooted in Xiangjiang for more than 100 years, and it is not comparable to the black cloud that has been established for more than a year.

Baozi explained some precautions for this operation and left the Blackstone Fund Company, and arranged 16 security personnel to do logistics support before leaving. In fact, there is also the intention of surveillance, but everyone knows it. This is a very normal thing in a fund company, and it is strange that no one is sent to monitor it.

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