Chapter 236: Madness
In the small conference room of Xinghai Investment, a small-scale analysis meeting is being held.
Shen Hui listened to the discussion while reading the analysis report of the Policy Research Center.
In the past half a month, the epidemic in the United States has shown exponential growth, a large number of companies have laid off employees or forced employees to take vacations, millions of people have lost their jobs, US stocks have been hit hard, American social life has come to a standstill, and the economy has inevitably fallen into recession.
According to the Federal Reserve's March survey of the latest state of businesses across the country, during the pandemic, the United States shifted from worrying about the risks posed by the epidemic to implementing some form of stay-at-home order in most parts of the country, with tens of millions of people losing their jobs.
In addition, U.S. retail sales fell by record in March, with manufacturing output falling by the most since 1946, and U.S. Commerce Department data on Wednesday showed that overall retail sales fell 8.7% month-on-month, the largest decline on record.
Overall, the U.S. economy was extremely weak in early April, with extraordinary measures taken to contain the spread of the virus, leading to the worst contraction in the U.S. economy in decades in the first quarter. Chris Rupuki, chief financial economist at Union Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, said the U.S. economy was clearly in ruins.
Some media predict that the economic data in the United States in April will be even worse.
It is not only the United States that has been affected, but also European countries.
The global economy has shrunk, the consumer index has fallen seriously, the situation of oversupply in the commodity market has been inevitable, the US stock index has fallen sharply, but the international crude oil futures have bottomed out, attracting the attention of many investors.
Since the end of March, international crude oil prices have been rising.
The entry of several bulls has further strengthened investors' determination to go long.
Du Mingxiang, director of the Policy Research Center, believes that under the global economic contraction, the situation of oversupply of crude oil will not be changed in a short period of time, and the bottoming out of international crude oil futures is just an illusion, and the delivery system of WTI grass eggs has led to most institutions and retail investors do not have the ability to deliver physically.
This view was not only endorsed by all members of the Policy Research Center, but also supported by Wei Zongru.
Du Mingxiang also believes that as crude oil inventories continue to rise, WTI's storage capacity will inevitably shrink, and according to the delivery system of WTI light crude oil futures contracts, basically mastering the oil pipeline is equivalent to mastering the final victory.
If Wall Street and U.S. oil producers are short crude oil, then naturally everything is easy to say, just eat meat.
If Wall Street and U.S. oil producers are long crude oil, they should be prepared in advance and be ready to close their positions at any time.
Shen Hui agrees with this point of view, and intuitively shorts crude oil this time are much more dangerous than last month, and if you are not careful, you may make a mistake, ponder for a while, and then give instructions: "Go all out to short, and hit the oil price below $20 per barrel." ”
The managers of the three major investment departments nodded hurriedly, and after the meeting, they went to the big trading room.
Shen Hui left Wei Zongru behind, discussed the details again, and said, "I'll go to Japan to see if I can find an ally." ”
Wei Zongru nodded: "If it is profitable, Japanese financial institutions will not miss the opportunity." ”
As soon as Shen Hui wanted to say something, his phone rang again.
glanced at the call, answered it and hung up after a few words.
Green River.
Wang Haifeng hung up the phone, frowning slightly, a little puzzled.
Although Boss Shen is still polite, he keenly feels a little abnormal, before this, Boss Shen has a strong interest in investing in his hometown, but in this phone call, he feels that Boss Shen is not so active.
What happened?
Is there a problem with Xinghai's funds, or is it something else?
There may be little problem with funds, there is gossip circulating in the Shanghai market, international crude oil futures fell sharply in March, Xinghai is one of the main bears, it is said that it has made a lot of money, it should not be a problem of funds.
It's not a question of funding, that's something else.
What exactly is the reason?
The project has been approved, but it has not been launched.
When communicating with Xinghai, Mr. He, who had been in charge of this before, seemed to have gone out to study, and Xiaoqingshan's development project didn't seem to be handed over to others, and even the team was not formed, so it was not a way to drag it out like this.
personally called Boss Shen, although he was still polite and had sufficient reasons, he was about to go on a business trip to Japan, but he obviously felt that Boss Shen was not active, and after thinking about it, he couldn't understand where the problem came from, so he simply called people for a meeting.
Soon, the county leaders at home all came.
Wang Haifeng moved to the small conference room, explained the situation, and said: "Now that the project has been approved, there is a problem on the Xinghai side at the critical moment, Xinghai is not short of funds, and everyone has felt Mr. Shen's enthusiasm for investment in his hometown. ”
The leaders looked at each other, and they were a little confused.
Okay, how can there be a problem?
Wang Haifeng waited for a while, saw that no one was silent, his face became more and more heavy, and asked, "No one knows?"
I don't know!
Who knows what went wrong.
After a while.
Seeing that the boss was about to explode, Xu Youping said cautiously: "Secretary, I have something to think of." ”
"What's the matter?"
Wang Haifeng swept over, and his face finally looked better.
Xu Youping said: "I heard that Mr. Shen's younger brother had a quarrel with the property a while ago, I don't know if it has anything to do with it?"
Wang Haifeng was stunned when he heard this, frowned, and said: "I heard about this, and I asked the court to do things according to the rules, how to deal with it?"
Xu Youping glanced at the political and legal secretary and did not say a word.
Wang Haifeng looked over, silent is better than sound.
The political and legal secretary's face was a little unnatural, coughed, and said, "I don't know very well, go back and ask." ”
Wang Haifeng didn't wait for him to turn around and ask, and directly ordered: "Call Xi Guoping." ”
The director of the county party committee office agreed, and got up and went out to make a call.
Wang Haifeng remembered something, and asked the deputy county magistrate in charge of culture: "Have you connected with the cultural delegation?"
"Docked. ”
The deputy county magistrate hurriedly said: "The information has been passed on. ”
Wang Haifeng asked the Minister of Propaganda: "When will our film come out?"
The propaganda minister was stunned, he didn't expect to be named, and hurriedly said: "I'm reviewing the horn book!"
Wang Haifeng became angry: "How long has it been, and you are still judging the angle, what are you eating?"
The propaganda minister was so frightened that he craned his neck and didn't dare to speak.
Wang Haifeng took advantage of the topic to play and reprimanded several county leaders who had problems with their work, except for County Magistrate Li, the rest of the county leaders were all frightened, and they had not seen the secretary so angry for a long time.
After nearly 20 minutes of training, just when the leaders kept wiping their sweat, Xi Guoping, the president of the court, finally came late.
"Secretary, you called me?"
Xi Guoping accompanied him carefully, and his heart went up and down like a bucket, and none of them landed.
Wang Haifeng didn't let him sit, and stood directly and asked: "How did the property company deal with that matter?"
"Ugh!"
Xi Guoping hurriedly said: "I let the following do it in accordance with the charter." ”
"The result!
Wang Haifeng's face was gloomy: "Tell me the result." ”
Xi Guoping was sweating profusely: "That, Shen Tao has never been here again, I'll ask you when you get back." ”
"What do you eat. ”
Wang Haifeng was completely angry, how could he not know what kind of virtue these people were, he slapped on the table, the shocking teacup bounced, the tea also splashed out, and the spit Xingzi sprayed directly: "How did I give you an explanation? That's how you did things according to the rules? I remember how you criticized yourself at the democratic life meeting of the court team last year, and what criticisms did other comrades give you? There are work arrangements that have not been implemented, and the sense of responsibility is not strong, is this what you said? It's very comfortable, isn't it, instead of putting you in that position as a hands-off shopkeeper, what's the difference between me putting a pig on it?"
"It's my fault. ”
Xi Guoping's two tremors were almost unable to stand, and he wiped his sweat vigorously: "I will implement it immediately, implement it immediately." ”
"Get out. ”
Wang Haifeng waved his hand, as if chasing flies.
Xi Guoping dared to talk nonsense, hurry up and flash people.
The meeting room was quiet and the needle drop could be heard, and everyone drooped their heads, lest they touch the moldy head.
Only County Magistrate Li's eyes were burning and he glanced back and forth, and everyone who looked at it was even more unnatural.
Wang Haifeng took a sip of tea and continued to spray: "What did I say to the county magistrate at the Standing Committee a year ago, that the development of Xiaoqingshan is the last hope for the great economic development and development of Qinghe, and I ask everyone to unify their thinking and take the development of Xiaoqingshan as a political task of Qinghe to grasp it well.
The crowd bowed their heads, and no one dared to say anything.
Wang Haifeng's gaze swept over: "Comrade Liangtai, I heard that Shen Tao looked for you?"
Liu Liangtai, the secretary of politics and law, trembled in his heart, and hurriedly said: "My responsibility, I will personally focus on the implementation when I turn back." ”
"Now I know how to grasp the implementation, what to do earlier. ”
Wang Haifeng slapped the table again: "We talk about serving the people every day, and that's how you serve the people? Since the relevant laws have clear provisions, why can't they be implemented, and where is our administrative efficiency? For the sake of the Xiaoqingshan project, Mayor Zhou and provincial leaders have gone to Beijing many times to coordinate, delaying the development of Xiaoqingshan, can you afford this responsibility?"
Liu Liangtai kept wiping his sweat and didn't dare to say anything.
The regret in my heart should not have been delayed a long time ago.
This is good, delaying Xiaoqingshan's development of this big hat will kill people.
But the surname Li is not easy to mess with, the key is......
Liu Liangtai felt that his head was big when he thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more panicked he became.
When the meeting ended, he called the person surnamed Li: "Mr. Li, your property company is estimated to be unable to do it anymore, after all, the regulations are there, and I can't press it for long, the development of Xiaoqingshan is the top priority of Qinghe, and it cannot be affected, you know this, the secretary just held a meeting, who delayed the development of Xiaoqingshan is responsible." ”
"Okay, I see. ”
The surnamed Li was silent for a long time, and said, "Thank you, Secretary Liu." ”
Liu Liang breathed a sigh of relief, and hung up the phone and was a little uneasy.