Chapter 121: Dumb Riddle

Li Xin said: "I hope so, I came here to ask experts for advice." ”

Yuan Jie followed up on Li Xin's question just now and said: "As you said, copper prices have doubled in the past two years, but now the market is generally bullish on copper prices. Of course, this refers to the long-term trend, and the short-term trend needs to be analyzed in detail. ”

Li Xin listened and didn't speak.

Yuan Jie asked: "What futures varieties did Mr. Li do before?"

Li Xin said: "I have done sucrose futures. ”

Yuan Jie said: "Oh, that's also an expert. ”

Li Xin said: "Where are the experts. Oh, by the way, there's a question for you. ”

Yuan Jie said: "You're welcome, you say." ”

Li Xin asked: "I saw that on the K-line chart of Shanghai copper futures, the price fluctuated greatly overnight, and the opening price of the next trading day often jumped up or down sharply relative to the closing price of the previous trading day.

Yuan Jie said: "Yes. Because the current trading hours of Shanghai copper futures are still concentrated in the morning and afternoon, and they are not traded at night. Copper futures trading on the international market is continuous, and we traded them during the night. As we mentioned earlier, the domestic demand for copper is highly dependent on foreign countries, and the price is greatly affected by the international market. If the price of copper in the international market fluctuates significantly during the period when we are not trading, it will cause the situation you mentioned, after the opening of the Shanghai copper market, the price will gap sharply up or down with the impact of the international market. ”

Li Xin said: "So this is what it looks like!"

Yuan Jie said: "The domestic copper price is very closely linked with the price in the international market. Have you noticed that the Shanghai copper futures price has always been in a very high fit with the influential London copper futures price in the overseas market. ”

Li Xin nodded.

Yuan Jie said: "Also, in terms of the graphical comparison given by the keynote speaker just now, whether at home or abroad, the rise in copper prices in the past three years is highly negatively correlated with the dollar index, the dollar index rises, the copper price falls, the dollar index falls, and the copper price rises." This also confirms the role of the US dollar, the world's first hard currency, in the international commodity market. ”

Li Xin said: "I also noticed that when the dollar index is at a relatively high point, the Shanghai copper futures price will have a relatively low point. The reverse is also true, when the U.S. dollar index is at a relatively low point, the Shanghai copper futures price will be relatively high. ”

At this time, Wang Minghui said: "Let's go in, the second half of the meeting will start soon." ”

Yuan Jie said: "Mr. Wang, Mr. Li, you go first to listen to the report, let's contact more, if you need to call me." ”

After entering the venue with Wang Minghui, Li Xin was still thinking about the issue just discussed, the current rise in copper prices, changes in the US dollar and the external market should be the main external factors. But Li Xin feels that this is only part of the reason, and this alone is not enough to explain why copper prices continue to rise.

After listening to it for a while, I felt that the guests behind me were not very good, and Li Xin was worried about making an appointment with Jiang Xiaolan to go camping in Ziyun Mountain at night, so he left the venue in advance and rushed to the school to pick up Jiang Xiaolan.

After picking up Jiang Xiaolan at school, Li Xin was worried that it would be too late, so she drove all the way to the restaurant at the foot of Ziyun Mountain and continued to the campsite after eating.

"How far is the campsite from here?" Jiang Xiaolan asked as she fastened her seat belt after getting into the car.

"Near the top of the mountain, 8 or 9 kilometers from here, it's a little bit away. Li Xin said.

The car continued along the winding road towards the top of the mountain. Ziyun Mountain is located in the middle of the Yangtze River and is the largest forest park in the province, with a forest coverage rate of 91%, and the trees in the forest are mainly pine trees. Looking out of the car window, I saw the golden sunset, and the endless pine forest was lush and green.

In this majestic mountain, there will be patches of white clouds from time to time, like white cotton wool floating down from the sky, lingering on the mountainside.

If you come here in spring, the horse cherry blossoms and camellia flowers hidden in the pine forest are in full bloom, and the red color reflects the mountains, and the beautiful scenery makes you forget to leave.

Although it is now the late autumn season, there are fewer flowers in the forest, but the pine forests are becoming more and more verdant.

The campsite is near the top of the mountain, which is a large lawn, right in front of the Ziyun Mountain Forest Park Management Office. On the left side of the park management office is the Ziyun Mountain Police Station, and on the right is some shops and snack bars.

Every summer and autumn, Ziyun Mountain Forest Park is a well-known summer resort, and many tourists come here for camping and sightseeing.

After arriving at the campsite, Li Xin parked his car in the parking lot not far away, and walked to the lawn with Jiang Xiaolan carrying camping equipment on their backs.

Seven or eight colorful tents have been erected on the green lawn, and there are quite a few campers.

Li Xin put down his equipment, carefully selected a piece of grassland with flat terrain and no ant hills, and asked Jiang Xiaolan to be a helper and set up a tent together.

It didn't take much effort to set up a tent, and it was done quickly, but the inflatable air cushion made Li Xin work hard to get enough gas.

Seeing that the tent had been set up, Li Xin went to the car again to bring a large bag of things and asked Jiang Xiaolan to go in and lay it out in the tent.

"What are these?" Jiang Xiaolan asked.

"Sheets, quilts and pillows. Li Xin said.

"Isn't camping supposed to sleep in a sleeping bag? Why do you still have to bring a quilt?" Jiang Xiaolan asked.

"The sleeping bag is not easy to move around, it is like an envelope, it is uncomfortable, but I still like to cover the quilt. Li Xin said.

After Jiang Xiaolan laid out the futon, she lay down on the mat and said, "This air cushion is soft, so comfortable!"

Li Xin pulled her up and said, "It's still early to go to bed, take advantage of the sunset, I'll take you to the woods to have a look." ”

The two followed a path into the woods.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the light outside the trees is still very good, but after entering the forest, the tall trees block most of the light, and the path looks a little dim.

But it was this darkness that aroused Li Xin's desire to explore, and he wanted to see what the forest was like at night.

Jiang Xiaolan didn't have Li Xin's ambition, looking at the darkening woods, she couldn't help but slow down and hide behind Li Xin.

The further you go, the denser the woods become. As the sun sets, the forest soon becomes dark.

Although Li Xin had a flashlight in his hand, the light of the flashlight couldn't shine far. As the light swept through the trees, the huge shadows of the trees moved quickly with the lights, as if there were many phantoms running in the forest.

Such a scene, not to mention that Jiang Xiaolan was terrified, even Li Xin was a little unexpected. He thought that the forest was dark and mysterious, but he didn't expect the forest at night to be so blind, and the flickering lights added some terrifying atmosphere to the forest.

It is estimated that it is a kilometer or two away from the campsite, but it feels like a primeval forest off the beaten track. The wind blows through the leaves, making a "brushing" sound, and in the depths of the dense forest, from time to time, the chirping of wild birds can be heard, and the sound can be heard far away in the forest at night.

Jiang Xiaolan held Li Xin's hand tightly and said worriedly: "Can we go out on this road?"

Although Li Xin was also very scared, if he turned back at this time, he finally mustered up the courage to see the night view of the forest and gave up his previous efforts, which made him a little unwilling.

He took Jiang Xiaolan's hand, comforted her, and at the same time emboldened himself and said: "Don't worry, when I entered the woods just now, there was a road sign on the side of the road, showing that this path is about 4 kilometers long, and the end of the road is a road, so you should be able to walk out." ”

Looking at the dark forest, Jiang Xiaolan became more and more scared the more she walked, she wanted to turn around and go back, but Li Xin insisted on moving forward, and she didn't dare to go back by herself. So I had to follow Li Xin, walking on the path with one foot high and one foot low.

After nightfall, the temperature on the mountain dropped quickly, and even if he kept running on the mountain road, Li Xin felt a chill hit his body.

As the mountain road got farther and farther, a trace of fear gradually arose in his heart: there was no light in this mountain, and he couldn't distinguish the direction at all, if he got lost, the flashlight light went out, wouldn't he be trapped in the forest tonight!

His anxious mood was unconsciously transmitted to her through the cold, tightly holding Jiang Xiaolan's hand, making her dare not speak again, for fear that the sound of speaking would attract some kind of fierce beast in the woods.

The two of them held hands tightly and walked in the dim valley for more than half an hour, and finally came out of the forest and onto the road.

At this time, Li Xin's palms were full of sweat, and he didn't know if he was tired from walking or worried and scared.

Li Xin let go of the hand holding Jiang Xiaolan, quietly wiped the sweat from her palms on her clothes, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said, "I said don't worry, don't you see that you came out?"

Jiang Xiaolan looked around and asked worriedly, "But we still don't know where we are, how far do we have to go back to go back?"

Li Xin carefully distinguished, pointed in one direction and said, "This is the road we walked on when we went up the mountain." The campsite is near the top of the mountain, just now we walked all the way down, now this direction is the direction of the mountain, as long as you follow this direction, you will definitely be able to walk back, the campsite is on the side of this road. ”

Jiang Xiaolan followed Li Xin along the road to the mountain, although there were still dark mountain shadows all around, and there was no light, but when she walked out of the dense woods and came to the flat road, her nervousness dissipated a lot.

She felt that Li Xin was right, this is the road up the mountain, and if you go up the road, you can return to the campsite.

"Look at this sky full of stars, there are so many! Why can't you see them in the city?" Jiang Xiaolan, who was walking on the road, had no worries or fears in the dense forest, and looked up at the starry sky and said.

"This is on the mountain, much higher than in the city, and when you get close to the stars, you can see it clearly. Li Xin teased her.

"At most, it's eight or nine hundred meters higher than the city, so it's not so different. Jiang Xiaolan said.