Guo Shucheng smiled: "It turns out that you are setting a trap for me to jump." ......, yes, it is true that countries that have no oil underground cannot extract oil from the ground no matter how hard they try. However, you may not know that there are people developing biofuels right now. One of the most common methods is to refine ethanol from organic compounds such as grains, which can be mixed with gasoline for use in engines, or used as fuel alone instead of gasoline or diesel.

Within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), countries with rich oil reserves, such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, have high oil reserves, small populations, poor geographical environment, and weak ability to boost their economies, so they want to enjoy the profits of exporting oil for a long time, so they pursue a low oil price policy, not to make less money, but to curb the development of biofuels, so that they can hold the initiative for generations, so that other countries will come to them and want to buy their oil. Anyway, their population is small, and a little bit of crude oil from the huge underground storage can satisfy their rich life, and they are not in a hurry to extract the crude oil underground one day.

Countries such as Iran, Libya and Iraq, because of their relatively small oil reserves and large populations, cannot last long by selling oil alone, and although they also hope to suppress other countries from developing biofuels, they prefer to obtain the funds needed for economic construction as soon as possible, develop their domestic economies earlier, and gradually reduce their dependence on underground crude oil, so they hope that the price of crude oil will be higher. ”

Sun Xue looked at Guo Zhuocheng in surprise. said, "Oh my God, there are so many twists and turns in here." If you don't tell, I don't really know yet. It's foolish to think that those crude oil exporters want the higher the price of crude oil, the better. ”

Guo Zhuocheng said: "Actually, everything is like this. Did you know that there is an anti-dumping law abroad? These laws are specifically designed to prevent some manufacturers from selling at low prices and from selling their products at prices lower than the cost price. Think about it, why do manufacturers engage in low-price dumping and trade at a loss, but the state prevents them from doing so? ”

Sun Xue said: "Isn't it just to prevent the collapse of other weak companies? Large companies produce in large quantities, and the cost of the product is already low, if they sell in large quantities at a price below cost, then what can those weak and small enterprises sell? It had to go out of business.

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\ In this way, those large companies will form a market monopoly. ”

Guo Shucheng smiled: "Okay." You pass the grades and you are ready to graduate. He often used these methods to instill relevant economic knowledge in Sun Xue, who was studying medicine, so that she could be early

i take charge of it.

While Guo was working in the office, Princess Madeleine had stopped purchasing grain and was slowly throwing out contracts in the grain futures market. They are very careful, no one has noticed the movement for the time being, and the price of food is still slowly rising.

In a large office on Wall Street in the United States, two business tycoons are talking over coffee.

"Mr. Buller. Why did China entrust the IIC company to suddenly purchase a large amount of grain? Have you found out? The old man with yellow hair on the left asked the man with curly hair.

There are many things in the world that cannot be kept secret if you want to, especially when there is a lot of movement.

The curly-haired man, Buller, replied, "Not yet." Red sè China is a mysterious country, maybe their grain production last year was greatly reduced, right? But, to be honest, we really haven't found any real evidence. Mr. Moon, does this really matter? As long as there is the fact that they procure, it will not be fine? As long as they procure. Food prices are going up, isn't that happening? You bankers are just too careful. ”

The curly-haired man, the banker Moon, took a sip of coffee and said, "The purpose of your investments in the stock market and in the futures market is to make money. Our bank also gives you loans to make money. However, the premise must ensure the safety of funds, and only when the safety of funds is ensured can we think about earning more and earning less. You know that, too. I am giving your company a temporary loan out of trust in you, but I have to convince the directors of my board of directors for good reason. Otherwise, I won't dare to lend to you as an investor at such a fast pace next time. ”

Investor Bühler smiled and said, "Mr. Moon, is that all?" If you didn't guess wrong, you were also subjected to zhèng

FU's persuasion, right? ”

Banker Moon did not deny it, nor did he affirm. Instead, he asked, "Have you checked the details of the IIC?" ”

"There's nothing to check out, it's just an ordinary company that seems to have received some of the money from the mysterious rich man in China, and the executives inside are so mysterious that they don't know who they are," said Buhler, an investor. As for this bulk grain purchase, we estimate that it fell on the IIC company because of this mysterious Chinese matchmaking. ”

Banker Moon said with a smile: "If we can raise the price of food this time, it will be a heavy blow to the big bear in the north." Because we in the United States are one of the largest grain exporters, it is not convenient for us to punish them. I can't imagine that the Chinese did it. So it was best, we took the opportunity to make money, and the reputation of fighting Soviet Russia fell on the Chinese, hehe. ”

Investor Buller said, "Your words sound like you're a politician. Have you forgotten who you are? You are the banker who exploits the profits of all our merchants. ......That's right

Those merchants in Ben, the Philippines, and Turkey should also be the ones you instigated to purchase grain, right? ”

Moon shook his head and said, "You're too high for me." How can I have so much energy as a financial person? Since you've just thought about this aspect, why don't you think about it more deeply? ”

Buller asked, "Is it us again?"

fu came forward ......"

Moon smiled meaningfully, picked up his coffee, and said, "I didn't say anything just now. ”

Bühler smiled and asked, "Did I say something?" ”

"Hehe......" both guys laughed.

Buller said a little depressed: "If zhèng

It would be nice if FU could agree to keep food prices high for a long time. Half a year is not good, but three months is always okay, right? ”

Moon said, "You're keeping your eyes on the money, not looking away. If grain prices are kept at a high level for a long time, the Soviet Union will not hesitate to raise grain production, because they have a vast area and fertile land, and as long as they do not pile up money on military spending, it will not be difficult to increase grain output. ”

Bühler sneered: "Just them? It's not that I'm talking about them, the Soviet Union won't be able to increase grain production even in a hundred years. For example, in China, everyone says that they are after the reform

I'm fine, but now it's not the same to buy food? ”

Moon said sternly: "Not necessarily. Didn't China carry out institutional reforms after it was in trouble? Their grain production has increased a lot in recent years, and although I don't know why they purchased a lot of food this time, I am sure that they did not do it because of the reduction in food production. Maybe it's because they have encountered natural disasters such as droughts and locust plagues, or maybe they want to increase the amount of pigs and poultry they raise, or maybe they want to increase the food ration of the citizens, which may lead to the need for a lot of food. Do you know? There is a set amount of grain that Chinese urban residents can buy each month, and they can only eat so much in a month, and if they exceed the prescribed amount, they can only buy it at a high price in the underground market, or go hungry. Now that their living standards are improving step by step, they naturally eat more abundantly, and their food consumption is greater. ”

Bühler blurted out: "Their zhèng."

Will FU be so good? Will you spend foreign exchange on bulk purchases for the sake of improving the lives of ordinary people? I suspect it's a corporate act, or a personal act. ”

Moon disagreed, "Impossible! How is it possible for corporate actions and individual actions to purchase such large volumes? ......, by the way, how much grain have you prepared for the market this time? ”

Buhler smiled: "Don't worry, it's enough to make you shine on the board for a while anyway." ......, Mr. Moon, Australia, Philippines,

What about Ben and Turkey? ”

Moon said: "The Philippines,

As long as the price of grain does not rise too much in two weeks, as long as the future increase is within 10 percent, they will be able to cooperate with us. Australia alone is a bit of a problem, and the high price of food has already attracted a lot of businessmen, who can't stand the temptation and are likely to sell aggressively, and we are now stepping up lobbying for them to wait at least ten days for later. According to the feedback from our people in Australia, it is not very difficult to stabilize the time of 10 days, but you must be prepared to throw away all the food in 10 days, otherwise you will have to sell it at a low price. ”

"What about South America?" ”

Moon said angrily: "It's hard to control over there, those stupid fools, since the day the grain rose, they sold it off, and let the IIC company buy a lot at a low price." However, you don't have to worry too much, first, they have already sold a lot before, and now they don't have much inventory, and many merchants are regretting the early sell-off. Second, as prices rise day by day, they all have a reluctance to sell, and they have been holding on to their food prices from the beginning of the large-scale sell-off, waiting for grain prices to rise further. So, as long as the price doesn't show signs of loosening, they won't sell too much. ......, the grain you purchased must be in place as much as possible, and it must be completed within 10 days. ”

"Don't worry, 10 days is enough," Bühler said. I ......"

Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the office.

After getting Bühler's permission, the general manager's secretary walked briskly, glanced at Moon first, and then stopped.

Moon smiled and said, "Your company's secrets? Then I'll avoid it for a moment. ”

Backed by his words, Bühler had no choice but to say to the female secretary: "Nina, what secrets of our company can't be known to Mr. Moon?" ......, you say, if there's something big, we can ask Mr. Moon to help us figure it out. ”