Chapter Fifty-Six: Fireside Talk
Although she didn't care when she talked to Xia Xiaona on the phone, after hanging up the phone, Li Xin couldn't help muttering in her heart: Everyone who knows me knows my mobile phone number and my work unit, who would be asking behind my back so secretly?
Besides, there is nothing unusual about a unit like a sugar company, and it is not a confidential unit, so it needs to be so painstaking.
Looking at his watch, it was almost 10:00, and before he knew it, he slept for more than an hour, and his mouth felt bitter, so he picked up the toothpaste, squeezed a little on the toothbrush, and took the cup to the bathroom at the end of the corridor to brush his teeth.
The cold tap water in the pipes made him frown, and it took a while for his teeth to get used to it.
He couldn't help but sigh: It's still a comfortable room in the hotel, 24-hour hot water, you can do whatever you want!
Lust may really be like a good medicine, relieving great stress both mentally and physically.
Those sweet times with Wan Shui made Li Xin temporarily forget the huge pressure caused by floating losses, and also allowed him to review his positions with a relatively good attitude.
As time goes on, he gradually discovers something he hadn't noticed before.
Now is the busiest time of the crushing season, and there has been a lot of sugar arriving and shipping at the Wonsan Station office in recent times, and there is no backlog in the warehouse.
This is in stark contrast to the same period last season.
At this time last year, the price of sugar was at a high level, everyone's bullish call was very high, sugar factories and traders were reluctant to sell sugar, and the warehouses of sugar factories and the warehouses of various railway freight distribution points in the province were full of sucrose.
But now it is different, and from Wonsan Station, a lot of cane sugar is transported from the sugar factory almost every day.
At the same time, there is also a lot of cane sugar shipped out of the province. This phenomenon of both purchase and sales shows that the market recognizes the current price, and the market in the sales area is buying a large number of goods from the production area.
He roughly estimated that the amount of sugar shipped out of the company's warehouses in the time since he arrived at the office was considerable, not counting the quantities shipped from other companies' warehouses at the station.
He thought that it would be good if he could get the amount of cane sugar from Wonsan Station so far in the current crushing season and the data for the same period in the previous year.
But this should be more difficult, and the station will not give this data to outsiders at all.
It's better to think of a way in the company, the cane sugar branch sends so many wagons every year, and the relationship with the railway should be good, and it is not enough to understand the data of one point of Yuanshan Station, if you can get the data of the whole province, it will be better!
Will Xia Xiaona have these data in her hands?
Thinking of this, he took out his mobile phone and called Xia Xiaona: "Hey, what are you busy with?"
Xia Xiaona said: "Li Xin, right? I'm not busy with this little thing in the office every day. Is there anything wrong with calling back so rarely?"
Li Xinsuo: "I really want to ask you, do you have any statistics on the sugar out of the province so far?"
Xia Xiaona said: "There should be one over there in the Sugar Association, I'll help you ask." ”
Li Xin said happily after hearing this: "Great, it's best to find the data for the same period of the previous year and compare it." ”
Xia Xiaona asked, "What are you looking for this information for?"
Li Xin said: "I just think that from the situation here at Yuanshan Station, the number of cane sugar out of the province so far this year is much higher than the same period last year, but what I can see is only the situation of this station after all, and I want to find statistics to see if the situation in the province is also like this, you can help me ask, please!"
Xia Xiaona said disapprenantly on the phone: "Okay, I'll help you ask, you're mysterious!"
Li Xin could hear Xia Xiaona's skeptical tone, and he didn't want to explain too much, otherwise the words would get darker and darker, and seeing that Xia Xiaona agreed, he said happily: "Thank you, thank you! ”
After Li Xin hung up the phone, he thought to himself, why didn't he notice that there would be data on sucrose out of the province here at the Sugar Association!
During this period, sugar prices did not continue to fall, there were signs of stabilization at the bottom, and the floating loss of the position in hand also decreased a lot.
If the situation of sugar leaving the province is similar to that seen here at Wonsan Station, it will have a greater support effect on sugar prices.
At lunchtime, Li Xin received a call from Zhang Jin: "Li Xin, I haven't seen you come to the exchange for a long time, what are you busy with?"
Li Xin said: "I also want to go over to have a look, but during this time, I was out on a business trip and was not in Jiangcheng, so I didn't have a chance to go." What's the volume of trading in the last few days?
Zhang Jin sighed and said: "The price is still hovering at a low level, and the trading volume is not going up, and the recent popularity of the exchange here is not as good as before." Have you heard that the futures exchanges outside the province have come to the province to set up points, and if they rob a part of the market again, our exchange will be even more difficult here!"
Li Xin said, "Is there such a thing? I haven't heard of it yet. ”
Zhang Jin said: "That's true. Recently, the market has been so sluggish, and the trading volume of each trading seat in the exchange has not been able to rise, and life is sad. So it's not to ask if you have a familiar relationship with someone who can help introduce a few institutional clients, such as sugar mills, traders, and so on. ”
Li Xin said: "In this way, I am not familiar with them, and I have no ready-made relationship." ”
Zhang Jin said: "It's okay, I'll just ask by the way, if you can introduce customers in, the handling fee of customer transactions can give you a commission." ”
Li Xin said: "That's not necessary, I'll help you pay attention to it, and I'll ask if I have a chance in the future." ”
Zhang Jin said, "Okay." Seeing that you are doing so well in sugar futures, I thought you were working in a sugar factory, hehe. ”
Li Xin said: "No, I am not in the sugar factory. ”
Zhang Jin said: "That must also be a sugar-related unit, isn't it?"
Li Xin said perfunctorily: "Actually, I am in a trading company, and sometimes I also do a little cane sugar business. ”
Zhang Jin said: "No wonder, there is an opportunity to help us introduce some customers!"
Li Xin said: "I can only ask when I have the opportunity in the future." ”
Zhang Jin said, "Okay." ”
The reason why Li Xin said it very vividly and did not agree to help Zhang Jin introduce the sugar factory to futures trading is because he knows that futures are very risky, and if he does not have considerable experience and risk awareness, he will suffer a big loss if he rashly enters this market.
When the last round of sugar prices fell from a high level, a sugar factory in the exchange made a mistake in judgment and lost a large amount of money when it went long at a high level, which is a typical example.
People in the sugar mill are very unfamiliar with futures and have no actual trading experience, so it is easy to get lost in this market.
If you introduce them to the futures market, they may not be able to remember you if you make money, but if they lose money in this market, you will definitely complain a lot.
This can't be done, the connection between the sugar factory and the sugar company is too close, or it won't be long before the whole company will spread the word.
Listening to the meaning of Zhang Jin's last few words, he seems to be very concerned about what unit he is in, do you want to ask if she has anything to do with the sugar factory?
Thinking of this, Li Xin suddenly remembered that Xia Xiaona called a few days ago and said that someone had come to the company to inquire about what unit she was in, and now that the two things are connected, that person must be Zhang Jin!
And at first glance, it seems that he may be asking about these things to confirm whether he has any contact with the sugar factory, and want to ask himself to help him introduce some customers.
Look at him making a fuss, let yourself have a false alarm!
Ever since the idea of predicting the future trend of sugar prices by understanding the total amount of sugar exported from the province appeared in Li Xin's mind, it was as if he had found a window.
Through this window, he saw more and more signs in his eyes. For him, these signs are all positive.
But the most important thing is that all he can see is the situation here at Wonsan Station, and there is still a lack of detailed data support for the situation here.
He is now eagerly waiting for Xia Xiaona to get some more convincing data.
In the evening, as soon as Li Xin entered Wan Shui's dormitory, Wan Shui greeted him and said, "Come and try this sweater." After speaking, he picked up a half-knitted sweater and tried it on Li Xin.
Li Xin let her hold the clothes and try back and forth on her back, chest, and arms, and asked, "Knit it for me?"
Wan Shui spread the half-knitted sweater on his hand and showed it to Li Xin, and said, "Learn to knit, do you look good?"
Li Xin glanced at it and said with a smile: "If you don't say it, I don't even know that this is a piece of clothing." ”
Wan Shui glanced at him and said, "Don't discourage other people's enthusiasm, okay? It will take shape in a few days, and it will look good when the time comes." ”
Li Xin said: "Okay, okay, I'll put it on and see it when the time comes." ”
The two sat and watched TV for a while, Li Xin stretched out his hand and hugged Wan Shui and said, "It's weird and cold to sit, let's go to bed!"
Wan Shui raised his face, shook the needle in his hand to knit the sweater, pouted and said, "Don't fight bad ideas, I still have to knit a sweater, be careful that I prick you with a needle!"
Li Xin said: "I'm not in a hurry to knit sweaters, anyway, I don't lack clothes to wear, now go to bed first!" said, took the sweater and needle and thread in her hand, rested them on the coffee table, and then hugged her to the bedside.
In the quilt, Li Xin hugged her and said unwillingly: "It's so comfortable to sleep with you on such a cold day!"
Wan Shui muttered, "Why are you so bad!"
Li Xin whispered in her ear: "What is bad now, it will be bad in a while!"
After the clouds and rain in Wushan, Wan Shui put his arm around Li Xin and asked, "Do you like the sweater I knitted for you?"
Li Xin said: "I like it. ”
Wan Shui said angrily: "You still said you like it, you didn't look carefully!"
Li Xinmo rubbed her tender arm and said, "Isn't it not knitted yet, when the weaving is finished, I will wear it for you, it must look good, okay?"
Wan Shui said, "Hmm!"