Although the sun had already shown its head on the horizon, Brighton had just woken up from sleep at half past six, and there were no such bustling vehicles on the street during the day, Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing arrived at the Sky Ladder Building very smoothly, and they came to the conference room of Wharton together.

Wharton's stipulated working time is nine o'clock in the morning, so when Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing arrived here, the company was empty, but fortunately, Zhou Ming kept the key to the company, otherwise Zhou Ming would really not be able to enter his company.

When Zhou Ming finished all this, Tong Gang Li Cheng and Ilbedov from North Russia arrived at the conference room almost at the same time.

After everyone sat down in the conference room, Zhou Ming said: "Since everyone has already come, I think everyone must have known the news, just this morning at about six o'clock, Iraq ended his war in Kuwait and announced the formal annexation of Kuwait as its nineteenth province. At the same time, the international oil market reacted immediately, and according to the last round of over-the-counter auctions on the New York Mercantile Exchange this morning, the price of light crude oil and heavy crude oil has risen to $18.27 and $17 per barrel, respectively. ”

"That is to say, since we placed the order yesterday, our assets have risen by fifteen to twenty percent, which is really exciting good news!" Ilbedov said first, "Mr. Zhou Ming, I thank you very much yesterday, under your guidance, my friends squeezed into a part of the funds in the futures market in Dublin, and they are all calling to thank me this morning!"

Tong Gang and Li Cheng also said to Zhou Ming: "Yesterday, fortunately, it was Zhou Ming's little brother who decided to clear the warehouse in advance and start to buy a long price, otherwise it would be a bit difficult to deal with the chaos of the situation later." ”

In the face of Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov's praise, Zhou Ming just smiled casually, and then turned on the TV, which was playing Kuwait news.

"After thirteen hours of fierce fighting day and night, Iraq has occupied all of Kuwait and cleared all Kuwaiti forces, claiming Kuwait as its inalienable nineteenth province. In addition, according to credible sources, a Prince of Kuwait and five members of the royal family were killed in the fighting, while the King of Kuwait and other members of the royal family went into exile in Saudi Arabia. ”

Looking at Zhou Ming's strange performance, Tong Gang suddenly realized something, he said to Zhou Ming: "Now the TV is full of news about the Kuwait War, and the futures market also has an expected reaction, although now due to time constraints, the New York Mercantile Exchange has not yet started the on-site bidding, but it is foreseeable that the price of crude oil futures will definitely rise one-sidedly, and even exceed the range of the over-the-counter auction last night." ”

Speaking of this, Tong Gang paused for a moment, and then asked: "But little brother Zhou Ming, you don't seem to care about these things now, can it be that you are still waiting for any news, and will there be any changes in this situation?"

After Tong Gang raised it, Li Cheng and Ilbedov also reacted, and looked at Zhou Ming one after another, Zhou Ming did not answer directly to this, but first asked rhetorically: "Chairman Tong, Brother Li and Mr. Ilbedov, what do you think the United States will react to this incident?"

Zhou Ming's rhetorical question was like a thunderbolt from the blue, which made the three of them stunned for a moment, because this is indeed a problem, only children who don't know anything will naively think that the economy is economic, politics is politics, and there is no connection between the two; but in fact, the connection between politics and economy is very close, and even sometimes a small political move can bring about great economic changes; and vice versa, the economy can often affect the political ecology between countries.

Needless to say, politics affects the economy, and if there is no such influence, then any economic reform bill is nonsense, whether it is China or the United States.

Conversely, since capital in each country controls a very large amount of political resources, politics cannot take into account the ideas of its own capital before making any decision. Just like the Vietnam War, the arms dealers got a large number of orders through the war, so no matter how big the anti-war wave was at home, the presidents unanimously supported and even expanded the war, until the last president to end the war appeared, and as a result, he was retaliated by capital and forced to resign.

So in the international arena, since the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the United States has become the sole controller of the world order, and he has to intervene in everything he wants, so now Iraq has openly violated the UN Charter, that is, the order established by the United States, and has invaded Kuwait, and there is no reason for the United States to sit idly by.

Condemning sanctions and then armed intervention is a common tactic used by the United States, and if it was in the past, Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov would definitely think so, but now, with the participation of the two major conglomerates of Brighton and Rockefeller, it seems that things are not so simple.

First of all, these two major consortia are not ordinary small consortia, but as the two pillar consortia that control the lifeblood of the U.S. economy, they have won many U.S. presidents, and even the Kennedy family from the Brighton consortium, and have also served as presidents themselves, and have considerable influence in the U.S. political arena. So under this premise, these two major conglomerates want chaos in the Middle East so that they can profit from it, and will they allow the US government to impose intervention?

No one knows about this problem, but it is obvious that Zhou Ming is worried about this.

"It seems that little brother Zhou Ming, your idea has come ahead of us again," Tong Gang said with a smile, "Indeed, under the current circumstances, the reaction of the US government and the whole world will also have a very big impact on the international oil futures market." ”

Ilbedov also speculated: "However, the purpose of the Brighton and Rockefeller consortium is not the same as ours, their target is the oil fields in the Middle East, and the value of the oil fields is obviously not guaranteed in times of war, so under the influence of the consortium, the US government may really acquiesce in Iraq's occupation and annexation of Kuwait." ”

"But there's another thing we can't afford not to pay attention to. Li Cheng also speculated, "In the United States, there are not only two consortia, Brighton and Rockefeller, but also other big conglomerates such as Morgan and California, which are not only in opposition to Brighton and Rockefeller consortia for a long time, but also have a very great influence on American politics. ”

While speaking, the three of them finally turned their eyes back to Zhou Ming, and Zhou Ming spread his hands and said, "Don't look at me, I'm also waiting for the answer to this question." ”

After speaking, Zhou Ming also pointed to the TV: "I believe that the US government will have news soon." ”

As if it was a kind of proof, when Zhou Ming's voice fell, a televised speech by US President Walsh was immediately broadcast.

"Just yesterday, an unbelievable thing happened, Iraq in the Middle East blatantly invaded its neighbor Kuwait, which is a flagrant violation of international law, a well-defined aggression, they destroyed oil fields, they took American hostages, this is not only a provocation to the United States, but also a real threat to the national interests of the United States, so we must fight back! As President of the United States, I am here today to freeze all assets of Iraq and Kuwait in the United States, and at the same time, the United States will fulfill its responsibilities as a major country to safeguard security in the Middle East!"

Listening to Walsh's televised speech, Tong Gang guessed: "Walsh is a president with very political experience, and he is very good at speaking, but the more important thing is to see what he will do." ”

Zhou Ming nodded and then asked Ilbedov: "Wasn't the Soviet Union an ally of Iraq? You must still have a large part of the industry in the Middle East, right? Can you help check the movements of the US military in the Middle East?"

Ilbedov nodded and said yes, and then in front of Zhou Ming and them, he dialed a number, which was quickly connected, Ilbedov asked in Russian, and waited for a while, until half an hour later, he put down the phone and replied to Zhou Ming: "Mr. Zhou Ming, my friend just told me that the six US warships stationed in Bahrain have all pulled anchor and set sail, and they don't know where to go, but they are definitely not going in the direction of attacking Iraq." ”

Ilbedov's answer surprised Tong Gang and Li Cheng at the time: "What? The US warship ran away? These guys, what they say nicely, are going to move seriously, it seems that they still let the capital be blocked!"

"Not necessarily, maybe to avoid your own losses. "Because just now, the Iraqi army has already marched to the Saudi border, and has set up outposts there, putting on a posture of continuing to drive straight into Saudi Arabia, and the current strength of the US military in the Middle East is not enough to stop the Iraqi attack, so they cannot help but run first." ”

If that's the case, then the situation in the Middle East is becoming more and more confusing. Tong Gang said, "Although from the perspective of the United States, the world's only superpower, its international order is definitely provoked and it will fight back, but the key Brighton and Rockefeller consortiums want to prevent this war, and whether this war breaks out or not is largely related to the future international oil futures price." ”

"But today is the first day after the outbreak of the war in Kuwait, and with the information we have now, it is certainly impossible to judge, or we can take a step at a time, that is, we can throw away part of the order first, and wait until the situation gradually becomes clearer, and then we will make a decision. Li Cheng said.

Zhou Ming shook his head and said: "That's a speculative practice, investment is to grasp the exact news before acting, and it must be mastered when no one else knows, once the news spreads, everyone is selling, and it is almost impossible for us to buy it back." Or our judgment is correct, but then everyone is placing the same order, and we will not be able to squeeze the car at all, just like the Spring Festival. ”

"Then Brother Zhou Ming, do you have any good ideas?" asked Tong Gang.

Zhou Ming thought for a moment and said, "Chairman Tong, maybe we can change our thinking." ”

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At the same time, a phone call came to Saddam's office, he was listening to the secretary's briefing, and when he heard the phone ringing, he immediately waved his hand to the secretary to avoid it, and he answered the phone.

"Congratulations, Mr. President, on the expansion of the country's land area by another 18,000 square kilometers. Said on the other side of the phone.

"I have made an attack and completely occupied Kuwait in one day, and now it's your turn to make good on your promises, and I want to think about why I and Kuwait have frozen all of my assets in the United States? You know my country is running out of money right now. Saddam Hussein said very angrily.

"There is no need to rush my Mr. Saddam, as long as you have oil, then there will be money, and as long as you do what I say, I can guarantee that your country will soon return to the state it was eight years ago. Said on the other side of the phone.

"Do what you say you ......"

Saddam's words came to an abrupt end here, and he suddenly realized something, grabbed the phone and asked: "Wait, you're not that person, who are you, this is a special line phone, how can you make this call? What happened here?"