Chapter 749: The Richest Family in the World
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29 November 1990. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
UNSCR 678, which set a deadline of 15 January 1991 for Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait, and authorized "the implementation of Resolution 660 by all necessary means" – a diplomatic language authorizing the use of force.
9 January 1991.
U.S. Secretary of State Baker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz met in Geneva for the last time before the war.
During the meeting, Baker asked Aziz to hand over a letter from Bush Sr. to Saddam.
Actually,
It is not so much a letter as a threat -- if Iraq does not pull out Kuwait to stop the confrontation with the other Arab countries, as the United States wants, the United States will return Iraq to the state quo ante before the industrial age!
Saddam Hussein did not accept Bush Sr.'s threat, and it can be said that Saddam Hussein still insisted that this was just a game, a game in which whoever could hold out until the end would win.
Naturally, therefore, the talks did not yield any results.
12 January 1991.
The United States Congress authorized the military to expel Iraq from Kuwait, and the other countries of the coalition authorized their troops shortly thereafter.
The Gulf War is on the verge of breaking out!
From the beginning of 1986 until some time ago, the international price of crude oil basically remained stable below $20 per barrel.
However, in September this year, not long after the Iraqi army occupied Kuwait, the price of international crude oil exceeded $40 per barrel in just a few days.
In this process, the prescient Xu Cun actually had an income of more than $15 billion.
But-
This $15 billion or so is a lot for anyone other than Xu Cun, but for Xu Cun, it is just an appetizer that can be saved-the process of Iraqi army's occupation of Kuwait is too rapid, and there is no chance for the international crude oil futures market, which has been stable for many years, to swell, and Xu Cun naturally has no chance to make a big profit.
After the oil price exploded, speculators from all over the world poured into the international crude oil futures market, which made the international crude oil futures market swell more than ten times at once.
Continue to go crazy?
Or a sudden crash?
If you bet right, you go to heaven!
If you make a mistake, you will go to hell!
The same is true for Xu Cun.
This time is different.
In the past, no matter how big the game was, Xu Cun was just a participant.
This time, Xu Cun is a bookmaker behind the scenes - the bookmaker behind all the bets that the oil price will continue to rise wildly, and gamblers bet on it!
In this game, Xu Cun used more than 70 billion US dollars just for funds, and if he lost, although he could not beat Xu Cun back to the prototype, it was inevitable that his vitality would be greatly damaged.
But-
On the contrary, it is even more exciting - if he wins, then Xu Cun's Xu family is the richest family in the world, the richest consortium in the world, and even the Rothschilds and the top ten American consortiums are not as rich as his Xu family.
Actually,
By 12 January 1991, when the US Congress authorized the military to expel Iraq from Kuwait, Xu Cun had already won.
Because, war will be inevitable.
Moreover, international oil prices have already begun to fall, and the rate of decline is still very fast.
But—
There are still a lot of gamblers who are red-eyed, so to speak, and they are struggling to support - they pray, and there will be a miracle, that this battlefield will not be fought, that Iraq will occupy Kuwait, and that oil prices will rise...... At the very least, it will level out the price at which they bought, so that they can be safe even if they lose out of the game!
It's a pity -
How can there be so many miracles in this world?
In the past 40 years or so of Arab-Israeli conflicts, the United States has always sided with Israel, and has been bitterly hated by many Arab countries.
Nowadays, because of the relationship between oil and gas, the Arab countries are becoming more and more important in the international arena.
Naturally, the United States wants this opportunity to settle its old grievances with the countries of the Arab world, and then return to the Arab world to obtain huge benefits.
So—
January 16, 1991, 10:30 a.m. EST.
President George H.W. Bush Sr. signed a national security directive document to Schwarzkopf, commander of the US Central Headquarters, ordering the US military to go to war in Iraq.
17 January 1991.
The US-led multinational forces bombed Baghdad and the Gulf War broke out.
January 17, 1991, 2 a.m. local time.
When Iraq refused to implement UN Security Council resolution 678, the multinational air force launched an air raid on Iraq and launched the "Desert Storm" operation, and the US air raids began to be carried out -- the entire air raid included the first three of the four operational phases of the "Desert Storm" plan, which the US military called an air war situation. According to the plan, the three phases will start at the same time, advance together, and achieve the set goals one by one. The usual air attack pattern is that EF-111, EA-6B, and EC-130H electronic warfare aircraft open up the channel first, and the F-117, F-117A, F-111DAEAF, A-6, A-10, AV-8B, F-15E, B-52 and other aircraft responsible for the attack each designated target, and the F-14, F-15C, F-16 and F/A-18 aircraft take on the cover mission.
On this day, international oil prices fell sharply, falling back to $20 per barrel in just one day.
So far, Xu Cun's Xu family has become the richest family in the world and the richest consortium in the world!
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Neverland.
Theron drove her miniature Beetle to the manor's parking lot.
Parking the car, Theron drove to the manor's main building.
On the way, the maids and bodyguards that Theron met all took the initiative to greet Theron - obviously, Theron was a frequent visitor to the manor, if not the owner.
Upon entering the living room of the main building, Theron saw Beckinsale sitting cross-legged on the couch watching the bombing of Baghdad broadcast live by the DreamWorks television network.
Actually,
Beckinsale doesn't want to watch the DreamWorks TV network now, to be precise, Beckinsale doesn't dare to touch anything related to Xu Cun right now -- just a few hours ago, Xu Cun hugged her and gave her a long kiss when the US military began to attack Iraq! That feeling, she still can't help but reminisce about it! What's even more terrifying is that she didn't even push Xu Cun away at that time, even though Xu Cun stuck her tongue into her mouth! She was afraid, she was afraid that she would lose to Bellucci! Therefore, she didn't dare to touch anything related to Xu Cun!
It's really not good not to get in touch with things related to Xu Cun, not to mention that she Beckinsale is now in Xu Cun's dream manor, and even the report she wants to see about the US air raid on Iraq can only be reported by DreamWorks TV Network. When the U.S. military began bombing Baghdad, the international telecommunications lines of the three major news networks were all cut off, Iraq ordered all foreign journalists in Baghdad to leave the country, and reporters from the DreamWorks television network, which was unique, could stay to cover the Gulf War, and a large number of live reports such as the bombing of Baghdad by multinational forces had become household names, and even President George H.W. Bush was watching the news reported by the DreamWorks television network.
Theron didn't notice Beckinsale's mood at this time, but asked to himself: "Brother Cun, I have something to look for him?"
Beckinsale's eyes continued to be fixed on the TV and said, "Party at the indoor pool." ”
Hearing this, Theron prepared to go to the indoor swimming pool to find Xu Cun.
But Theron had just turned around when Beckinsale's voice sounded behind Theron, "If I were you, I wouldn't go to him now, he's celebrating with all his women what became the First Family, that scene...... Tsk, I'm afraid you won't be able to stand it, and then join in. ”
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