In December 1973, the effects of the embargo on oil-producing countries caused by the war in the Middle East began to spread. In the United Kingdom, the price of oil rose several times, the operating costs of production enterprises increased dramatically, and prices also rose, and the first oil crisis occurred.

According to the memories of previous lives, the economies of oil-producing countries in the Middle East began to rise rapidly after reaping huge profits from this oil crisis.

Later, with the increase in oil prices, the economy of oil-producing countries developed rapidly, and when they became rich, their domestic construction was also large-scale investment, and opportunities for financial investment were highlighted. Preparing in advance and choosing the opportunity to intervene in the domestic construction projects of these oil-producing countries at the right time has great investment benefits, and this is also another direction for Hong Kong's financial deposit companies to choose where their funds will go.

After determining the idea, Andrew discussed with Mr. Raymond, the director of the investment company, and the business of the investment company was temporarily divided into two parts, the gold investment plan and the Middle East investment plan. In this investment project in the Middle East, Andrew decided to let go of the full implementation of the investment company's personnel, with Mr. Lehman as the project leader, and announced the incentive plan.

Andrew's gold investment plan is in charge of the investment company, and financial deposits in Hong Kong will continue to buy gold.

After dealing with the investment company, Andrew's two years of busy work can finally come to an end. Next year, there will be almost a year of leisure time for the successful harvest of gold investment and the operation of the Hong Kong stock market to control a listed company.

The year-end Christmas holiday is approaching, and the school is closed. This year's year-end visit plan of the Smith family, father Allen arranged it very carefully. Andrew was not interested in these entertainments, and declined his father Allen's year-end visit early arrangement, saying that he already had another year-end visit arrangement.

Since he refused his father Allen's year-end visit and stayed at home all the time, it was a bit too much to say.

What about going to do something and spending a few days at the end of the year? The affairs of several companies have already been arranged, and there is nothing Andrew to do. A few days ago, a few of his classmates and friends from middle school invited him to a pre-Christmas party, but Andrew, who didn't like the buzz very much, found an excuse to refuse.

At the end of the year, I really couldn't find the right thing to do. Two hobbies:

Watching football games, the current style of English football, simple and rough, with muscle collision, does not quite meet Andrew's appetite.

Reading books, not at home these days. Well, buy a small apartment and make your own comfortable nest. As soon as he thought of it, Andrew dressed up neatly, called a taxi, and told the driver to go to the real estate company that was still selling in the nearby area. After looking at the apartments sold by several real estate companies, I finally chose a fully furnished apartment near the University of Richmond campus in Kensington-Chelsea District, which can be moved in immediately.

The neighborhood is populated mainly by international students attending the University of Richmond, and Andrew's current student appearance is not surprising to the neighbors at this time. I thought it was an international student who didn't return to China.

After buying some daily necessities, books and food near the residential area, Andrew returned to his new home with a large bag on his back. lived the days of a daytime otaku in a comfortable nest.

Gold ended December at $106.7 an ounce. In late December, £3 million was transferred from financial deposits in Hong Kong, and Andrew arranged for an investment firm to buy it at $105 an ounce.

The Christmas holidays passed, and January 1974 arrived. On the third day of school year, Mr. Kobe, the new head coach of the Oxford University football team, contacted Andrew and invited Andrew to the team's head coach's office for a detailed discussion over the weekend.

Andrew has been busy making money for the past two years, rarely participating in football, and his football level has declined somewhat. The invitation of the team's head coach, Mr. Kobe, is nothing more than to investigate the recruitment of Andrew to the Oxford University football team. Andrew considers that there are not many trivialities outside of school this year, and it is not bad to play football in his spare time. So I agreed to Mr. Kobe's invitation to the team.

With a few days to go until the weekend, Andrew began recovery training and inquired about the football team's recent situation.

The most recent match for the Oxford football team was a 5-1 defeat against the Cambridge University football team in December last year. This is the second year in a row that they have lost to the Cambridge University football team. The century-old feud between the two universities is not only reflected in the academic competition, but also in the various sports competitions.

The Oxford University football team has lost to the Cambridge University football team for the past two consecutive years, and last year it lost to the opponent with a score of 1-5, which made the teachers and students of Oxford University lose face.

The school's bigwigs are determined to save face, so at the beginning of this year, the Oxford University football team began a major reorganization, the original coaching staff was disbanded, the representative of the young Zhuang faction, the new head coach Mr. Kobe Bryant quickly took office, and the players will be re-selected in the whole school. I see!

On weekend mornings, Andrew arrived at Oxford University Football Club, where the new head coach, Mr. Kobe, was already waiting in the manager's office. The two introduced and exchanged pleasantries, and when they got to the point, Mr. Kobe Bryant talked directly about the match with the Cambridge University football team.

Since Andrew did not know the specific situation of the football match between the two universities in the past two years, Mr. Kobe Bryant took out the video materials of the two years of the match, invited Andrew to watch it together, and then asked Andrew to analyze the game between the two teams and the difference in strength between the two teams.

Although I don't know much about Mr. Kobe's intentions, watching the game video and analyzing the team's game situation and strength is not like examining the player's number! However, since it was Mr. Kobe's solemn request, Andrew had to talk about his feelings based on the video data of the two games.

Andrew Dao: First of all, from the game situation of the two teams, the same 442 formation, the strength of the two teams seems to be a little different, and the score results of the two games prove the difference in strength. The score was 2-4 in the first game and 1-5 in the second.

Judging from the score results, it seems that the Oxford football team has a bigger problem in defense, conceding a lot of goals, which led to the loss of the game. In fact, from the perspective of the game between the two teams, there is not much difference in the defensive ability of the two teams, and they are not strong defensive teams.

The main problem for the Oxford football team to lose the game was the scoring ability of the forwards. In both games, the strikers did not score, and the three goals were scored by three midfielders.

During the game, the team's strikers commented on the performance of the team's strikers, saying that there was no impact outside the box, and there was no dominance in the opponent's box. The duties of the striker, grabbing points, scoring, and responding to several items are not satisfactory.

After listening to Andrew's game analysis and comments, Mr. Bryant recognized Andrew's ability to read and analyze the game, and he was very much about his own ideas. After watching only two game videos, you can see the real problems of the team, which is very professional.

Having obtained a relatively satisfactory preliminary investigation, Mr. Bryant made clear to Andrew the intention and reason for the invitation.

It turned out that Mr. Kobe was a good friend of Bobby Charlton, and he heard the football story of the teenager Andrew from Bobby Charlton several times a few years ago, and such a strange thing made the audience Mr. Kobe Bryant have an impression.

Not only did he write best-selling football novels when he was a teenager, but he also had outstanding football skills. What made him incredible was that Andrew, who was still a teenager at the time, even his ability to teach football training was extraordinary.

At that time, Bobby Charlton also asked Andrew about his future ambitions and whether he would develop into a professional player. It's a pity that Andrew, who became famous by writing when he was a teenager, did not choose to become a professional footballer, but said that he was interested in the profession of football coach.

This time, he was hired as the head coach of the Oxford football team, reorganized the team, and reselected the players. While looking up the materials recorded by the University of Oxford on the football experience of students, I saw Andrew's record of football.

To confirm the information, Bobby Charlton, who is the head coach of Preston North End club, was also contacted to find out how Andrew is doing.

I see, no wonder before school started, Bobby Charlton, who hadn't been in touch for several years, would find his home phone number and chat with each other about the current situation.

This time, Mr. Bryant invited Andrew to analyze and comment on the team's game by watching the game video, on the one hand, to test whether Andrew is as talented in football as Bobby Charlton said. On the other hand, it was for the new coaching staff to find an assistant coach who could communicate with the student players.

If Andrew is really good at coaching, and he is an Oxford student himself, the stability of the players' dressing room can act as a bridge between the new coaching staff and the student-players.

Andrew understands the intention and reason for the invitation made clear by Mr. Bryant. But he was not interested in the position of assistant coach, so he clearly rejected Mr. Kobe's invitation. For Andrew's unequivocal refusal, Mr. Bryant can only express regret.

After talking with Mr. Bryant this morning, Andrew was less interested in joining the school's soccer team. He just plays football as a hobby, for fun, and focuses on the joy of the process. To focus too much on the team's results is to lose the joy of football. It seems that if you want to play football independently, you should wait until you graduate from college to fund an amateur football club, and then you can play as much as you want.

Letting go of the idea of playing on the varsity team, Andrew turned his attention to his studies to ensure that he would graduate successfully next year, and then further his studies, Andrew had no such plans.

Retiring after graduation, not working for the sake of living, is Andrew's wish for both lifetimes. Thanks to the memory of the previous life, in this life, if you work hard for a few more years and save a few billion pounds, you will be able to achieve your wish, and build a luxury football club, a private plane, and a luxury pleasure boat, which cannot be worse than Abu in the previous life!

Andrew worked hard at school and kept an eye on the latest developments of several of his companies. With the exception of investment firms, business is quiet for several other companies.

The investment firm's gold investment program continues as usual, and in January, the price of gold began to rise rapidly due to the sharp rise in prices, closing at US$129.2 an ounce at the end of January.

The Middle East Investment Plan of the investment company was launched after the beginning of the year, and it hired investment personnel who were familiar with the situation of the oil-producing countries in the Middle East, collected intelligence and materials on the oil-producing countries in the Middle East, and sent personnel to meet with the officials of the government construction of the oil-producing countries in the Middle East.

In February, the impact of the oil embargo on Middle East oil-producing countries was further reflected, the rapid depletion of oil inventories in Europe and the United States, the emergence of oil shortages, the acceleration of the economic downturn, the soaring prices, the value of gold was reflected, and the price also rose rapidly, at the end of February, the price of gold closed at 150.2 US dollars / ounce.

European countries affected by the oil crisis took the lead in reaching an agreement with Middle Eastern oil producers in late March, and the European oil embargo was lifted. Investment firms' gold buying plans were halted, and gold settled at $168.4 an ounce at the end of March.

By mid-April, production in various countries began to recover and the rise in prices was brought under control as oil from Middle Eastern oil-producing countries arrived in various European countries. The momentum of gold's price increase slowed down, and Andrew decided to gradually sell his gold holdings at the current price of $170 per ounce.

By the end of April, gold had closed at $172.2 an ounce, and Andrew had sold about 60% of his gold holdings, recovering about £800 million.

In early May, Andrew continued to sell his gold holdings, selling all of his holdings at an average price of $168 per ounce, recovering about £600 million.

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