Chapter 0172: Exquisite Heavenly Situation
Mahmoud is Saudi Arabia's energy minister in his capacity as prince, while Harita is vice president of Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company. Victor went on to explain.
"So the Mahmoud father and son are actually in charge of the most important economic lifeline of Saudi Arabia--- oil! This is the most eye-catching errand in the Saudi royal family, and this time their opponents have taken advantage of it!"
"Two months ago, there were rumours that 5,000 tonnes of gold would appear in Dubai's gold spot market, and the incident caused a lot of uproar, attracting the attention of many pretenders. ”
"You know, the two favorite things of Middle Easterners are oil and gold, especially the Saudi royal family, who are particularly fond of gold, because they firmly believe that gold, in addition to being the most noble status symbol, is also the safest means of preserving value and storing wealth. ”
"Therefore, a large part of the large amount of petrodollars that the Saudi royal family sells every year from the surplus of oil is used to buy gold all over the world, and this time there is a sudden appearance of 5,000 tons of gold, and they are naturally salivating!"
So soon the Saudi king secretly ordered that the 5,000 tons of gold must be taken, but three months ago, the Saudi Ministry of Finance invested most of the surplus petrodollars in Saudi sovereign wealth funds, and there was not much cash in domestic dollars. ”
"Therefore, someone put forward the idea of exchanging oil for gold, which is actually to sell the 37 million tons of oil existing in Saudi Arabia and then buy the 5,000 tons of gold, and this task fell to Mahmoud and his son!"
Shortly after Mahmoud and his son took over this task, OPEC suddenly announced a significant increase in crude oil production, and a number of hedge funds led by LTCM frantically shorted the international crude oil market. ”
Affected by this, the international crude oil price fell off a cliff, from more than a month ago 23 US dollars a barrel fell rapidly to 12 US dollars a barrel, and 5,000 tons of gold news began to make a fuss, many countries regard it as an excellent opportunity to quickly increase gold reserves, countless international forces have appeared in Dubai. ”
Of course, Mahmoud and his son know what a sin it is to rob those 5,000 tons of gold by someone, and I am afraid that Saudi Arabia will never have a place for their father and son in the future, so Mahmoud and his son can only sell the 37 million tons of oil at a low price. ”
However, the 37 million tons of oil were originally worth nearly 90 billion US dollars, which was enough to eat the 5,000 tons of gold, but who knew that after the international crude oil price fell, the 37 million tons of crude oil were only sold for 50 billion US dollars. ”
"In addition, the international gold market is highly sought after by the 5,000 tons of gold, and the pretenders have raised the price of gold, raising the price of the 5,000 tons of gold from the original 66.5 billion US dollars to 100 billion US dollars. ”
"Mahmoud and his son want to buy $100 billion worth of gold with the $50 billion they got from selling oil, which is undoubtedly a fool's dream and an impossible task!"
In front of the Saudi king, the political enemies of the father and son of Mahmoud took the opportunity to stir up trouble in the Saudi royal family, and in front of the Saudi king, the father and son misjudged the situation, not only did they not get the 5,000 tons of gold, but also sold the 37 million tons of oil at a very low price, which caused Saudi Arabia to suffer huge losses. ”
"As a result, the Saudi king was furious and immediately ordered the Saudi General Intelligence Directorate to control Mahmoud and his son, and wanted to extradite his father and son to China in the near future for punishment, so Mahmoud and Harita and his son will face annihilation, and their days are numbered!"
"How can this be?" Qiao Tianyu's face changed greatly after hearing this.
Qiao Tianyu really didn't expect Harita's situation to be so sinister at this time, originally Qiao Tianyu was counting on Harita to use their father and son's influence in Saudi Arabia to influence OPEC decision-making and help him.
didn't expect Harita to be in such danger now, and as an old friend from the previous life, Qiao Tianyu definitely couldn't sit idly by.
Gotcha, Qiao Tianyu has one more job!
But fortunately, after today's one-day investigation, Qiao Tianyu has almost figured out the matter of Qiao Dahua, and to solve the matter of Qiao Dahua, OPEC led by Saudi Arabia will not be able to jump over it no matter what.
And in the dark, Qiao Tianyu always felt that these two things must be inextricably linked, maybe Qiao Tianyu could take two steps and solve the two problems together!
"5,000 tons of gold are in the world, exchanging oil for gold, international forces are rushing to buy gold, driving up the price of gold, the price of oil has plummeted, and Mahmoud has suffered heavy losses...... Qiao Tianyu thought about all the key words, and couldn't help but admire.
"This game of chess is interlocking and meticulous, it is really a good move! It seems that the opponent has made a lot of effort this time!"
"Mr. Qiao, that's all I know, do you think you need me to do anything?" Vic said as he looked at the wall clock on the wall, and Qiao Tianyu realized that the time had come to twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and it was indeed not early.
"Victor, thank you for the news you brought today, it is very useful to me, but I still have something to ask for, I don't know if you can help?" Qiao Tianyu asked.
"Mr. Qiao, you are now my big boss, if you have something, you can tell me. "The boss has a life, how dare Victor slacken off, he quickly agreed.
"I want to meet Harita!" Qiao Tianyu said.
"See...... See Harita?" Victor was dumbfounded, his eyes widened in shock, and his head shook like a rattle, "Impossible! Mr. Qiao, I advise you not to think about this matter, it's impossible!"
"Why?" Qiao Tianyu asked puzzled.
"In the Middle East, the Saudi Intelligence Directorate and the Israeli Mossad are the two largest intelligence agencies, and their agents are located in every corner of the Middle East, and they are all known for their ruthlessness, and no one dares to mess with them!"
"So Mr. Qiao, I suggest that you don't play with fire**, otherwise you will be burned by fire, but no one can save you!"
When it came to the Saudi General Intelligence Directorate, Victor's face was extremely flustered, and it seemed that he had suffered a lot from the Saudi General Intelligence Directorate on weekdays.
"So powerful?" Qiao Tianyu was shocked by Victor in a cold sweat, this feeling, why is it so much like watching the movie "007"?
"Is there no way at all?" Qiao Tianyu still asked without giving up.
This matter is a big event that shocked the world, and Harita will also be one of the most important partners that Qiao Tianyu needs to rely on in the future, Qiao Tianyu will definitely not sit idly by, but to save Prince Harita, no matter what, he has to meet Harita's own master, and many things have to be verified by him.
"What...... way" Victor hesitated for a moment, and said even more embarrassed, "It's not that there is no way, but I'm afraid it's not less difficult than that, so I suggest forget it." ”
"It's okay, let's talk about it. Qiao Tianyu didn't give up, and insisted on asking......