Chapter 976: A Secret War Without Gunpowder

“…… After that, the new country will end the use of foreign currencies to settle space-related trade, and the Singapore dollar will be the only currency for space resource transactions. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”

When these words were read out by Secretary of State John Kerry in the conference room of the White House in the United States, the entire conference room was silent.

Somewhat uncomfortable to be stared at by countless eyes, Kerry shrugged his shoulders as he removed the papers, "I'm done." ”

The atmosphere in the conference room was relaxed, as if receiving some kind of signal, and the sound of ear to ear exchange gradually increased.

Kerry breathed a sigh of relief, sat back in his chair, tossed the papers aside, reached out and pinched his sour brow, and glanced in the direction of Hillary Clinton and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. It stands to reason that this kind of meeting of the White House is not going to be attended by people from the other side of Congress, especially since the Speaker of the House, Mr. Paul Ryan, is still a Republican.

But now it's so much more.

Hillary Clinton and the chief of staff frowned, the secretary of commerce had picked up a teacup for the tenth time, and the secretary of the interior looked at the ceiling thoughtfully. Economic experts and advisers looked at each other and whispered their opinions, but it was clear that they had not come up with a clear idea. If they had an idea, they would have brought it up long ago, after all, giving advice is their only use in such meetings.

This continued for ten minutes, before one official broke the silence.

"I don't understand the reason why they do this, the dollar is an international currency, and if the dollar is used for settlement, it will make a lot of inconvenient things a lot easier!"

"Apparently they are trying to save the crumbling new dollar. An economics expert from Harvard University said.

"No, maybe they have bigger ambitions...... "said an international relations expert at Stanford University, "and just a few days ago, we all thought they were buying back Singapore dollars in the foreign exchange market like nothing more than digging through the flesh to save the time for a failed decision." Unexpectedly, all this was set by them. ”

A Democratic Congressman leaned back in his chair and sneered disdainfully.

"I think we're completely overthinking, and now the entire space resource development market is a little bigger, and it's only a few hundred billion yuan if it dies. ”

"That's right. Our core interests are still on the earth, and no matter how many resources they develop in space, they will eventually be circulated in the international market. The dollar still has indisputable influence, and it would be a fool's dream to challenge the dollar's status with just a space elevator. ”

"It's just that an asteroid has been captured, not to mention that the asteroid has not been fully developed, or if it is fully developed, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars. The number of dollars in the world is more than 90 trillion, and the value of the two is not in the same order of magnitude at all. ”

"Unless, they can prove the profitability of the space elevator. ”

“……”

The argument went on for a while, and it was quiet as Hillary cleared her throat.

Seeing that everyone in the room was looking at her, Hillary said.

"I have just exchanged views with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and we agreed that it is necessary to send the Secretary of State for a diplomatic visit to the new country. Expanding the use of the dollar is one of our strategic priorities in foreign policy. The U.S. dollar is an international currency, and that's what we've been working on for decades. ”

"At the very least, the US dollar and the Singapore dollar are used for dual-track settlement, after all, the US dollar also has a certain amount of circulation in the new country, and we must remind them of this. ”

Secretary of State Kerry turned the pen in his hand, and his hands on the table were slightly spread.

"What about Europe? Recently, Europe has ......."

Hillary Clinton looked at him and said.

"I know that there is a priority in everything. ”

"The EU is our ally, so you go to Europe first, and on your way back, stop by the new country. ”

The key word "by the way", Hillary bit hard.

Kerry nodded knowingly.

It's important to convince Transwarp Trade to ease the U.S. dollar restrictions when it comes to settling space resources, but don't let Transwarp Trade take itself too seriously.

……

Just after Transwarp established the Singapore dollar as the sole settlement currency for space trade, the Singapore dollar exchange rate market experienced quite strange fluctuations, just like most stocks bottoming out, rebounding to the original exchange rate at an incredible rate.

Although there are many ideas about this move of Transwarp Trade, central banks have invariably made the same move, which is to increase their holdings of the Singapore dollar.

If the Singapore dollar is the only currency for outer space trade, then in order to develop the country's space industry with the help of space elevators, the Singapore dollar has a rigid demand for this country. Considering that other countries have similar needs, the SGD is expected to appreciate, and central banks will make essentially the same decisions after discussion.

That is, to buy Singapore dollars from the foreign exchange market in the currency of your home country.

These external factors have naturally contributed to the appreciation of the Singapore dollar.

As early as when the exchange rate of the Singapore dollar fell to the bottom, Jiang Chen purchased a total of S$943.1 billion from the Singapore Federal Reserve in batches of foreign exchange assets worth up to US$212.7 billion at the exchange rate at that time. Now, the exchange rate between the Singapore dollar and the US dollar is about the same.

In other words, in this money printing turmoil, Jiang Chen more than quadrupled the $212.7 billion funds held by the Future People Group and Transwarp Trade through the way of turning his left hand into his right hand, turning it into a fund equivalent to $943.1 billion.

The reason why it can jump up and down like a seesaw is also because the issuance of Singapore dollars is relatively small. If it were to be converted to the currency of another country, such large fluctuations would be almost impossible unless it was hit by a financial tsunami.

"I have to say that financial instruments are simply a magic weapon for collecting money. ”

When Xia Shiyu put a financial report on Jiang Chen's desk, Jiang Chen sighed.

Even for the Future People Group, which has developed to the present extent, $943.1 billion is definitely an astronomical amount. Although all of this money is in Singapore dollars, it is foreseeable that the exchange rate of Singapore dollars will be very strong for a long time to come, so there is no difference.

A resolution on large-scale money printing, a long-awaited regulation of the currency for the settlement of outer space resources, just these two documents, made the Future People Group amass more than 700 billion US dollars in the foreign exchange market. In just one month, an Apple company appeared out of thin air.

"The annual fiscal revenue of the United States is only 5 trillion US dollars, even for the national level, this more than 900 billion US dollars is not a small amount," pulled a chair from the side, Xia Shiyu sat opposite Jiang Chen, supported her chin with her hand, looked at the expression on Jiang Chen's face, and smiled, "How are you going to deal with it?"

Financial markets are a zero-sum game.

It does not create any value itself, and someone makes a profit, then it must mean that someone loses. The more than $700 billion was not added out of thin air, but the Future People Group took advantage of the news to take the Federal Reserve and Wall Street predators who manipulated the foreign exchange market by surprise.

It's hard to imagine that they don't get this field back.

"Their tactics are nothing more than sniping at the Singapore dollar in the foreign exchange market, suppressing the exchange rate of the Singapore dollar by shorting the Singapore dollar, so that the banknotes we bought at a low price rot in our hands, and at the same time destroy the economy of the new country. Jiang Chen leaned back in his chair and said with a smile.

Xia Shiyu glanced at Jiang Chen with some surprise.

"Isn't it a surprise?" Jiang Chen was keenly aware of the surprise in her eyes, and said with a smile, "Anyway, I also charged myself a lot of electricity." ”

Although this financial battle has nothing to do with him, it is all commanded by the professional financial team of Future Bank. And these theories were also told to him by David Smith.

"It's less stinky fart," Xia Shiyu glanced at Jiang Chen and got up from his chair, "Tomorrow the long-distance power transmission device of the lunar colony will be activated, are you sure that laser beam will not poke a hole in the earth?"

Jiang Chen spread out his hand and said helplessly.

"How many times have I told you, even if it shoots in the face of Earth-kun, it can't penetrate its ozone layer. (To be continued.) )