At eight o'clock in the morning, in the conference room of the Wharton Insurance Company in the ladder building, Zhou Minglin Muqing, Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov were all sitting around the long conference table.

After a while, a voice came out of everyone's earphones: "Mr. Zhou Ming, I am now on the New York Mercantile Exchange, I have successfully shorted and sold 3 million lots of light crude oil and 5 million lots of heavy crude oil, and now the futures price of light crude oil is $16.23 a barrel, the price of heavy crude oil is $14.58 a barrel, the total contract price is 120 million US dollars, and I am now paying a contract margin of 12 million US dollars." ”

This voice is Sun Wei, the manager of the U.S. branch of the Hong Kong City United Investment Fund, who was sent to New York after Zhou Ming and Tong Gang and Li Cheng reached an agreement, for the purpose of the futures market.

Because the futures market and the stock market are not the same market, and according to the time regulations of the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude oil futures trading is divided into two trading methods: on-site and over-the-counter, which is staggered in time, so that the crude oil futures market in the United States can be traded almost around the clock, but the premise is that the trader must have someone to trade on behalf of the trader, so Sun Wei was sent over as a trader.

In addition to the New York Exchange, Zhou Ming also contacted the British and French trading markets, and even the futures market in Hong Kong City, but for Zhou Ming, the most convenient and fast is the local futures market in the United States.

"Very well, please continue to pay close attention to the changes in the price of crude oil in the market, and if you find any problems, report them to me immediately!"

Zhou Ming gave an order to Sun Wei, then hung up the phone, and said to Tong Gang and Li Cheng, who were sitting opposite: "Brother Li, Chairman Tong, you just wait to collect the money." However, I have to say that the margin trading of futures is really a good invention, we only paid 10 million US dollars, and leveraged the crude oil market of 100 million, if I could not judge the impact of the situation in the Middle East on light crude oil, I really want to buy more. ”

In the face of Zhou Ming's ridicule, Tong Gang smiled and said to him: "It's good that Zhou Ming's little brother has confidence, but we still don't want to be too blind, after all, you also said that this is just a pre-play before the opening of the big play, if you invest too much now, then how can you sing the next play? ”

However, compared with Tong Gang's optimism, Li Cheng showed a little worry, and he asked Zhou Ming: "We have traded a total of eight million lots, which is already a very large number of transactions, I think with the energy of the Addams family, it shouldn't be impossible to find, right? Even if he is not the head of the family." ”

"Brother Li, this is indeed a problem, so I agree with your decision, I only invested 10 million US dollars to test the water, and if something goes wrong, we can withdraw it immediately. Zhou Ming said, "Because if we are facing the same situation now as we are after the outbreak of the Gulf War, if we dare not invest $10 million in advance now, then how dare we invest 300 million dollars after the outbreak of the Gulf War?"

Ten million dollars just to test the waters?

Although Tong Gang, Li Cheng, and Ilbedov did not know Zhou Ming on the first day, when Zhou Ming said this, they were still a little unacceptable for a while. After all, that's 10 million US dollars! Not to mention ordinary people, even as elites from all walks of life, they have spent at least half their lives working hard to have such huge assets, but Zhou Ming opened his mouth to test the water for 10 million, how could they not feel helpless?

In addition, there is a more important point, that is, futures trading is not to pay the margin and it is fine, because each account of futures trading in order to clear the risk of default, in the futures company to deposit a certain additional deposit, once the transaction risk, or the futures price plummets and the margin is insufficient, they must sell the contract or use the deposit to close the position, and their deposit is the funds they want to use to invest in the future when the Gulf War occurs, the price of crude oil futures plummets.

If there is really any risk now, the loss of 10 million yuan will be lost, but other funds must not be damaged! Zhou Ming is also a top student of Harvard Business School and the head teacher of the finance class, so he should not understand it, how could he still make such a decision?

Li Cheng and Ilbedov were a little surprised, but when they wanted to open their mouths to say something to Zhou Ming, Tong Gang said first: "Since Zhou Ming's little brother is so confident, we can only choose to believe it." ”

"Thank you very much. ”

Zhou Ming thanked Tong Gang, then leaned back in his chair, took out the remote control, turned on the TV on the table on the other side, and said: "Do you have any TV programs you want to watch now?" After all, the futures market is different from the stock market, because it is almost all-weather trading hours, so that futures trading is not so intensive compared to the stock market, so the change will not be so fast, we can watch American dramas or something. ”

Listening to Zhou Ming's words, Li Cheng and Ilbedov looked at each other, only Tong Gang laughed and said: "I think it's okay, I think it's very good-looking from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean that is being broadcast now, according to the broadcast time, it should be rebroadcast now, let's just watch this drama, right?"

"Chairman Tong, it seems that we have the same interests, because I've been chasing this show recently, I personally think that Americans' science fiction imagination is still very powerful, maybe they can come up with more powerful science fiction ideas in the future, let federal agents investigate these, anyway, I don't know what it is, just call it The X-Files, or make Transformers into a movie, it's the kind of real people, not cartoons. Zhou Ming said as he took the remote control to change the channel.

Tong Gang shrugged his shoulders senselessly: "Maybe, when this bay plan is over, little brother Zhou Ming, you can also make a movie if you have time." ”

"That's right, anyway, I don't worry about money, even if it doesn't have a box office, it doesn't matter, just shoot my idea. Zhou Ming said.

Zhou Ming's seriousness made Tong Gang a little dumbfounded, because he just said this casually, but he didn't think that Zhou Ming really had this idea and wanted to enter the film industry? Although the film industry in the United States has been stabilized, and the territory has been demarcated by major consortia, it is difficult for outsiders to get involved, but if Zhou Ming is really willing to smash tens of millions of dollars, it is not impossible to fight a bloody road.

And the most important thing is that with Tong Gang's understanding of Zhou Ming, he really dares to do this!

Tong Gang then thought: If Zhou Ming really entered the film industry, should he follow him?

It's just that when Tong Gang was seriously thinking about this problem, Zhou Ming's next sentence made him so depressed that he almost didn't catch his breath.

Zhou Ming said: "But this is a joke, maybe I will make enough money in the future and retire, but at least I don't have this interest now, after all, I don't understand the film industry first, what if I lose money? As a successful businessman, I don't want to make a loss-making business, and even if I succeed, I can't make a lot of money, so it's better to forget it." ”

Zhou Ming's words not only stimulated Tong Gang, but also made Ilbedov stunned, he couldn't understand Zhou Ming and Tong Gang's big hearts, why didn't they want to prepare the Gulf Plan today and make money from crude oil futures? Why did they suddenly talk about the film industry?

Li Cheng on the other side frowned, he could understand that Tong Gang's big heart was the experience he had accumulated in his life, but Zhou Ming was only in his twenties no matter how he looked at it, how could he be so calm?

Such a thought made Li Cheng sigh in his heart: It seems that there is really that kind of genius in this world, like Zhou Ming.

However, compared to Tong Gang and Zhou Ming's true calmness, Li Cheng's calmness in learning, and Ilbedov's calmness, the easiest thing in the conference room is Lin Muqing. For her, as long as it is something that Zhou Ming decides, she will support it unconditionally, even if it really costs nothing in the end. She thinks this way, not that she can be more calm than Zhou Mingtonggang, but it is determined by her woman's nature.

Lin Muqing is a very mature woman and a strong woman, but this is all she must be strong in the face of outsiders, and once she meets someone she can rely on, then she will give her all her heart to the man who conquered her, that is, Zhou Ming.

It is precisely for this reason that she can care about the outcome, as long as it is Zhou Ming's decision.

And just like that, in the midst of the different ideas in the conference room, a whole episode of the Atlantic Bottom came to an end, and as if it had been pinched, the phone on the conference table rang again.

Everyone immediately pressed the headset on their heads and held their breath, because everyone knew that the phone was only connected to New York.

Zhou Ming didn't hesitate to connect, and Sun Wei's voice immediately came from the earphones, and his tone was a little evasive: "Mr. Zhou Ming, I have been on the New York Mercantile Exchange now, and I have been staring at the market of crude oil futures......"

Zhou Ming directly interrupted Sun Wei and said, "Tell me the point, you know what news we are waiting for." ”

Sun Wei subconsciously replied yes, and then said: "I'm sorry Mr. Zhou Ming, at present, both the price of light crude oil futures and heavy crude oil futures are rising. ”

This answer made everyone in the conference room stunned, and they subconsciously looked at Zhou Ming.

Under everyone's gaze, Zhou Ming thought for a moment and then asked, "Is the amplitude large?"

"Light crude oil futures are now up four percentage points from the opening of the auction and are now trading at $16.88 per barrel, while heavy crude futures are up even more, six percentage points to $15.45 per barrel. Sun Wei replied.

Since this is a conference call, everyone in the conference room is connected to the phone, so Sun Wei's words immediately reached everyone's ears, and Ilbedov immediately said to Zhou Ming: "I think it must have been affected by the breakdown of the negotiations between Iraq and Kuwait in the morning, this news is too negative, the market will be worried about the situation in the Middle East, and they will keep buying contracts, so the price will inevitably rise, should we continue to buy?"

Although Tong Gang and Li Cheng were not in a hurry to express their position, their worried eyes looking at Zhou Ming had already indicated their attitude, only Lin Muqing secretly held Zhou Ming's hand and said that no matter what Zhou Ming decided, she would support it to the end.

Zhou Ming gently patted Lin Muqing's little hand to reassure her, and then Zhou Ming said: "My thoughts are just the opposite of yours, I think the price of crude oil will definitely fall, not only because of the breakdown of negotiations between Iraq and Kuwait, Kuwait originally used oil production as a weapon, he will definitely hope that oil prices will continue to fall;

"So I think the Brighton consortium and the Rockefeller consortium, they will not sit idly by and watch the price of crude oil futures rise. Zhou Ming made a decision, "So Sun Wei, continue to short sell, let's add another million lots!"

"This ......"

Sun Wei was obviously a little embarrassed, until Lin Muqing said: "Manager Sun, listen to Mr. Zhou Ming's words, just do what he says." ”