Don't be in a hurry to remind me ......"

Wu Qian saw that Christo was about to speak again, raised his hand to stop the other party, and said, "I understand what you want to say, do you want to tell me about the negotiation between Mao Ziguo and Saudi Arabia last night?"

Christo nodded solemnly, although he got the promise of the boss that he would no longer worry about losing his job in a short time, but out of responsible considerations, he still had to solemnly remind the boss.

"Boss, as Mao Ziguo and OPEC member countries have increased production, the situation of international crude oil and shale oil will be very serious for a period of time in the future, if you follow your intentions, it is very likely to ...... if you put all your resources into the exploitation of shale oil in a desperate gamble."

Christo hesitated, he was afraid that his words would arouse the disgust of his boss, but he still said without hesitation: "It is very likely that the company will be in an embarrassment in the near future, in its current form, the loss is a foregone conclusion, if you want to get through this difficult period safely."

Not only should we not put resources on mining, but we should try to slow down mining as much as possible, and devote all our energy to scientific research in refining to increase competitiveness. ”

I have to say that Christo's opinion is very constructive, and as he said, all oil and gas companies in the country except for a few giants are trying to save themselves in the situation of halving international crude oil prices, and the first step to save themselves is to reduce production.

The gradual decline in international crude oil prices has brought the shale oil industry into a harsh winter, and now it has entered a dilemma, maintaining production or increasing production, digging a barrel and losing a barrel.

But it is not so easy to reduce production, there is an agreement between the oil and gas companies and the government, and the production matter is not so easy to negotiate, which involves a higher-level game.

The higher-level bigwigs don't look at the profits and losses in the short term, but those bigwigs see the future, an industry, and even the future economic trend of a country.

"Christo, do you want me to go against the top brass of your country? I'm not that stupid, believe me, those top brass are not stupid, they don't let the production cut easily, it must be reasonable. ”

Wu Qian leaned forward with both hands on the sofa chair, leaned forward, and said very strongly.

There must be reasons for the high-level officials of some departments in the United States not to reduce production, but Wu Qian did not let Daiwen Energy Company reduce production and insisted on increasing production, which is another consideration.

With a modest smile on his face, Christo was actually scolding the sky in his heart, but this time he was not scolding Wu Qian, but scolding those high-level bigwigs who ate people and didn't spit out bones.

Those older generation of capital players in high positions don't care about life or death at the bottom, and can sacrifice the interests of countless people in order to achieve their goals.

"Christo, I ask you, how strong is your thirst for riches?"

Wu Qian's words changed sharply, and he suddenly asked a question that was unrelated.

The span of this conversation made Christo's cranial nerves almost cramp, his facial expression management was out of control, his left cheek muscle flicked a few times, and he smiled: "Boss, you have this question...... I certainly want to be richer. ”

Wu Qian leaned back on the sofa and asked, "Then is your desire for wealth ten percent, twenty percent, fifty percent, or one hundred percent, three hundred percent?"

When Christo heard this question, a bead of sweat oozed from the corner of his forehead, and he knew very well what the origin of these percentages was that the boss said.

It was a quote from Marx in Capital from Dunning's "The Unions and Strikes".

As soon as there is a proper profit, capital is emboldened,

If there is a ten percent profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere;

With twenty percent profit, it becomes active;

With a 50 percent profit, it takes a risk;

With 100 percent profits, it dares to trample on all human laws;

With a profit of 300 percent, it dares to commit any crime, even risking hanging its head.

Christo's Adam's apple agitated, the boss's question was actually asking him how bold he could be in order to get wealth, and he hesitated and said: "My desire for wealth is fifty percent, boss." ”

In other words, he thought that he would take risks in order to make money, as long as he had enough money.

At this time, the maid walked into the living room with a tray, and the enamel teapot and teacup on the tray were very delicate.

Wu Qian didn't care about the maid serving tea and pouring water, he shook his head at Christo, and said: "Not enough, Christo, your desire is not enough, it is precisely because your desire for wealth is not strong enough, you are not bold enough, you can't understand what I think and those high-level people in your country, so you don't express your opinions and listen to me obediently." ”

Christo was silent after hearing Wu Qian's words, silent like never before, he understood what the boss meant.

Wu Qian was very satisfied with Christo's performance, and continued: "From today onwards, you will represent Davin Energy Company, if you have time, you will arrange a press conference this afternoon, or tomorrow at the latest, to show the attitude of Davin Energy." ”

"In the face of Mao Ziguo and OPEC's production increase, we will also use the same means to fight back, although our group's capacity is limited, but we will also do our best to increase the production capacity limit, I hope this limit is 800,000 barrels a day!"

800,000 barrels, the limit of Devon Energy's production capacity in the Permian Basin oilfield.

This figure made Christo gasp, the average daily shale oil production in the country was 10 million barrels per day, but this is the sum of dozens or hundreds of oil and gas companies.

Just like Devon Energy, in the whole country, it is naturally not a leading enterprise, but it is by no means an ordinary person, and the previous day's mining volume was only 200,000 barrels.

The production was increased to 800,000 barrels, an increase of 400 percent!

Once this news is announced, it will not only arouse the serious concern of Mao Ziguo and OPEC member states, but also cause a conflict between the same industry in the United States, which is a very, very dangerous behavior.

In this sensitive and difficult moment, all parties are waiting and watching, and everyone may be waiting for an attitude, which can be issued by the senior management of a certain department, or issued by a certain scale enterprise, in short, an attitude is needed.

Wu Qian planned to be this "leader" and show his attitude.

As long as the power is used skillfully, four taels can also be dialed a thousand catties, although the attitude of a company will not affect the direction of an industry, but it will definitely play a certain role!

Christo always felt that there was something wrong with doing what the boss said, but he didn't want to, didn't dare to express his opinions at will, because the boss had already made it very clear that he was not hungry enough for wealth, and some things could not be seen thoroughly.

"That's the thing, come, taste the green tea of the Celestial Empire. ”

Wu took a sip of water from the teacup, and raised his hand to signal Christo to drink tea as well.

Christo was still in the mood for tea, he felt that today was the most absurd morning he had ever experienced in his life.

The government of the United States has not yet expressed its attitude to deal with those major crude oil producing countries, and its new boss has taken the first step, and I have to say that this is the first in the world.

If the judgment is correct and the meaning of the senior management is correct, then the future of Devon Energy is promising, but if it goes in the opposite direction, the company will really be doomed.

Christo picked up the teacup, he felt that the tea was tasteless, and after taking a shallow sip, he put the teacup down.

"Boss, it's definitely too late this afternoon, contact the media to arrange the venue, you need to be at least one day in advance, and the press conference will be held tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. ”

Christo said.

Wu Qian nodded and said, "Yes, as soon as possible, believe me, the future of shale oil is bright." By the way, don't sell the equipment of the crude oil refinery plant in South America, and don't let the scientific researchers be dismissed, I have an arrangement. ”

Cut unnecessary expenses, but technicians and some useful equipment, Wu Qian will not dispose of it.

There is an unknown amount of crude oil hidden in the ground of Solan, and there is a high technical threshold for crude oil refining, and if the technology is sufficient, the value of crude oil can be sublimated.

Christo breathed a sigh of relief, this was the first good news he had heard when he was here today, at least Devin Energy could lay off some fewer employees, but even if it was good news, it was good news built on bad news.

The two discussed the details of the press conference, Wu Qian did not leave Christo to eat, so he let him leave, Christo also couldn't ask for it, and stayed with the young boss, he felt extremely aggrieved and depressed.

"For the sake of money, I endured it...... I endured everything, I really hope that Wu's consideration is correct, I really hope that this is the case. ”

Christo, who drove away, sat in the car and muttered, he himself was too lazy to use his brains more, the international crude oil price was more than ten dollars a barrel, and even the three leading companies were not doing well, he couldn't ask for too much, let the boss come.

Standing in the villa watching Escalade sail away from Helios Island, Wu Qian called Woodward.

"You pay attention to an oil and gas company called Devon Energy in the United States, this company will hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon, and when the press conference releases specific news, you will increase the price of WTI by ten percentage points for me, understand?"

Wu Qian pointed to draw a "10%" on the wooden windowsill and said.

He wants to create a false impression to mislead the judgment of the outside world, although not everyone will be deceived, but there must be believers.

Woodward hadn't shaved for three days, and his stubble was a little messy, and when he walked out on the street with his honor, others would think he was the boss of a bankrupt company, who would dare to believe that he had access to tens of billions of transactions in the WTI market.

Woodward didn't understand what his boss was going to do, but he was aware of it, and he agreed, and then informed Fimiller and Barbara of the incident.

In the futures market, if there are a large number of short contracts to close and settle, it is bound to pull up the price of goods, and even as long as the volume of short contracts is large enough, it does not need good news to pull a wave of upward trend.

Although the volume of trading orders in the WTI crude oil market is huge, Wu Qian has more than 5 million short contracts in his hands, and the name of the largest short is not in vain.

If more than 5 million short contracts are invested in the market, then the price of WTI crude oil futures will form an unimaginable surge, but it is impossible to return to the original more than 40 US dollars a barrel, because that is not the result of Wu Qian's "efforts".

If you want to increase the price by ten percentage points in seventeen or eighteen, it is enough to leak a little short contract slip from Wu Qian's fingers, and it will not affect the overall plan.

This kind of operation is the real embodiment of financial trading operation skills, how to accurately judge the handicap, the use of the least "ammunition" to complete the task of pulling, is what the trader has to do.

"I don't know what the boss is going to do......"

Woodward said while calculating the complex financial formula: "According to the current trading volume, I calculate that I only need to sell 200,000 contracts at the same time to pull up ten points, Barbara, what about your results?"

"The boss is naturally in the next game of chess, a big game of chess, we just need to do what he tells us, the result of my calculation is similar to yours, wait for the United States time tomorrow afternoon to see the specific handicap increase and decrease ratio." ”

Barbara said, spinning a very ordinary pencil in her hand.

Femiler sat aside with a faint smile, he did not participate in the highly professional calculations.

On Wu Qian's side, Taylor Allison and Wu Qian left after having lunch together, and according to Wu Qian's request, no matter whether the dust settles or not, don't tell anyone about the acquisition of Universal Music.

In addition, Wu Qian officially invited Taylor's agent to help perform at the cruise launch ceremony, and it would be better if he could bring more friends with him.

In the quiet afternoon, the rain kept falling, and a thin layer of mist appeared on the entire island of the sun god, if you look down from dozens of meters in the air, the island is simply beautiful, if you block those villas, it is like a forest inhabited by elves in the fantasy world.

Cooks made an offer to acquire Universal Music, but it was rejected without any surprise, and the CEO of Universal Music had no right to make a decision on this matter, which was expected.

Immediately afterwards, Coux contacted the CEO of the French Vivendi Group, and although the official positions looked the same, one worked in the parent company and the other in the subsidiary, and the power in his hands was completely different.

But even Vivendi's CEO does not have the authority to decide on his own whether Universal Music will stay or not.

If it weren't for the fact that Cooks reported himself to his home when he contacted Vivendi, he might have to be shut down, and as an agent of the consortium alliance, Vivendi's CEO is very arrogant.

But when he understood the background of the comer, he quickly lowered his figure.

The name of Happy Source Investment Company now has a very high status in the ears of the top level of many European countries, and this investment company that has risen in recent months is powerful, with a mysterious background and a wide range of contacts, and it is by no means a general generation!

Vivendi's CEO said that the board members will be notified immediately, the discussions will take place, and that the company will notify Cox as soon as it is known, no more than 24 hours.