Chapter 19: News Explosion
I was going to take a break over the weekend, but I didn't want to be urgently notified by my boss to come to Greenwich for a meeting. Cook and Jerry. Smith and the others were a little dissatisfied in their hearts, but they also knew very well that as analysts, their time was not under their control.
However, when they learned that there was a huge loss in the natural gas position of the Withering Fund, both of them realized that something big might have happened, and immediately hurriedly drove from the lower New York city/district to Greenwich, along the way also fantasized about being able to do a big vote and get rid of the busy work of the investment bank as soon as possible.
Originally, the two thought that the other party was just robbing money, after all, people of their status would not have anything to do with gangsters. But from beginning to end, the Mexicans didn't say a word about the money, but tied them up and completely ignored them except for the necessary water and food.
In addition to being frightened, the two of them inevitably muttered in their hearts, what did the other party want to do to themselves, it stands to reason that if it is a kidnapping, at least let them record a video or something, and if it is just a simple robbery, there is no need to bring them to such a place, the wallets of the two of them have been intact so far.
After two days had passed, and when they finally heard the other say that they would be released, the thick Mexican English was undoubtedly as wonderful to their ears, so that they did not dare to act rashly, even though the man had his back to face them.
"Alright. Guys, are you satisfied with the past two days? โ
The tattooed man glared suddenly, and said with a sneer to the two men in suits who were already wolf bรจi. Originally, this was just a joke, but this kind of smile appeared on his fierce face, and it was seen by the frightened other party, but it caused their hearts to beat for a while.
Seeing the frightened expressions of the two, the tattooed man nodded with satisfaction, and then waved his hand and said, "Come with me, what are you still doing in a daze." Have you always wanted to be here? "After that. Without looking back, he walked towards the top of the cellar.
Eddie. Cook and Jerry. Smith glanced at each other, both confused, but at the moment they could only take one step at a time, and the two had to follow behind the tattooed man.
Out of the cellar. The two of them had time to breathe in the fresh air. You can see it at the exit of the cellar. The three big men with jet-black and shiny micro charges surrounded them in front and back, left and right, and this time they broke off the idea of escaping. At the moment, they could only obediently put on black hoods and let a few people lead them to the car.
The humming engine sounded, and then the car slowly drove out, and the two spent two full hours in this panic. After the engine sound went out, the two were brutally pulled out of the car again, which was already close to the sea, and the sound of the waves crashing on the beach could be faintly heard.
"Alright, guys, here it is!"
As a rough voice sounded, someone walked over, cut the tape that bound their arms with a dagger, and took off their hoods, and suddenly the golden light of the setting sun pierced the eyes of the two, making the two at a loss for a while. Finally recovering from their dazzle, the two men carefully observed their surroundings and realized that this was indeed a beach, a remote and uninhabited beach.
The blue water rushes towards the beach, and there are only a few swarthy reefs standing tenaciously in the middle of the water, ready for the tide to crash on. As far as the eye could see, there was no sign of anyone's activity, not even a single road, let alone buildings or anything like that.
"It's a great place to kill people!"
Eddie. Cook and Jerry. Smith thought in unison. The two glanced at each other, and they both saw the horror in each other's eyes, but at this time, people were swordsmen and I was fish and meat, even if they wanted to resist, there was no possibility of escape.
For a while, the hearts of the two were like ashes, and they trembled all over.
The reaction of these two people was naturally seen by several big men, and they didn't break it, so they let the two of them tremble for a long time, and when the time was almost up, the tattooed man stepped forward, took out five hundred dollars in cash from his arms, stuffed it into their pockets, and said, "This is compensation for you for these two days." From here, thirty miles north, you'll find a gas station, and you can take a ride back then. But I warn you, your identity and address have been written down by us a long time ago, and if you dare to call the police, even if the police catch us, our brothers outside will not let you go, understand? โ
Seeing that they could escape, where did the two dare to make more plans, and at the moment, the chicks nodded again and again.
The tattooed man wiped his smooth head with satisfaction, nodded to a few people in the distance, and a few people got into the seven-person SUV, and when the tattooed man also came in, he couldn't wait to leave, and soon turned into a small black dot and disappeared into the sky, leaving only the two people with overwhelming dust and smoke.
"I say, Jerry, what the hell is going on?"
After confirming that they really went far and would not be coming back, Add. Cook frowned and asked the other party in confusion.
"I don't know!" Jerry. The boulder in Smith's heart was also completely put down, but the next moment he smelled the unpleasant smell on his body, his brows furrowed high, and he immediately untied his tie, took off his shirt and pants, and the whole person ran towards the sea, and after jumping into the sea, he began to rub his body vigorously, trying to sweep away the filth accumulated in the past two days.
"Hey, man, don't you know, when the water dries up, you'll have a lot of salt on you, and you'll be even more uncomfortable!" Eddie. Cook also walked into the water, but instead of stripping naked and washing like the other man, he picked up a handful of water and drank it with a smack.
The two of them cleaned like this, one after drinking wildly for a long time. They came out of the water, and both of them collapsed on the beach, gasping for air, despite the fact that the water soaked their precious clothes.
"Anyway, they definitely have a purpose, and that purpose is not money." After finally feeling clean, Jerry. Smith's brain began to spin rapidly, "Or maybe they just want to trap us here for two days?" โ
"Is it necessary to trap us?" Eddie. Cook shook his head hard. I was a little unimpressed. "Come on, we're analysts, but it's the weekend, except for those all-weather markets. We don't have anything to deal with. At least the markets we follow have stopped trading. โ
"yes!" Jerry. Smith lazily rolled over. In the past few days, his nerves have been extremely tense, and after he relaxed, a wave of fatigue suddenly came to his heart, which made him want to sleep here immediately. But the next moment, a thought crossed his mind like lightning, causing him to sit up in shock and remain silent for a long time.
Jerry. Smith's sudden move made Eddie. Cook was taken aback, he recalled the previous statement of the two, and also found that there seemed to be something wrong, and after thinking about it for a while, he shouted: "No withered flowers!" โ
It was only at this time that the two remembered that the purpose of their original trip was to assess the price at which the fund would sell its portfolio. Who would have thought that they would be kidnapped to an inexplicable place by a few fierce and vicious people on the way, and their lives could not be saved, so they naturally forgot all about their original task.
At the thought of this task, Eddie. Cook immediately stood up, discerned the direction a little, and ran wildly towards the north, and in the blink of an eye, he ran dozens of meters away, but when he looked back, he found that Jerry. Smith happened to be dressed all the time, and he didn't look in a hurry at all.
"Hey, man, we've got to hurry up or there's nothing!" Looking at Jerry. Smith's slow movements, Eddie. Cook was naturally angry and anxious, and shouted loudly at the other party at the moment.
"We don't have anything left!" Jerry. After Smith slowly buttoned the buttons on his shirt, he waved his hand at the other party and shouted, "They must have done everything in one go, that's why they let us go, otherwise they would never have let people go so lightly." Man, we've fallen into the trap, but it's not our fault, take it easy. โ
Hear Jerry. Smith said so, Eddie. Cook thought about it for a moment, and then he came back to his senses, and then sat down on the ground, holding his head and thinking, "Why is that?" โ
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Not to mention how these two analysts of Goodman were robbed halfway, they inexplicably arrived at an inexplicable place, and the outside had been completely fried, and not long after the email explaining to investors was sent out, the New York Journal received an anonymous call to break the news.
In the phone call, the person who asked not to be named told the New York Daily News reporter that the fund had incurred a staggering amount of losses on its natural gas position, at least billions of dollars. What's more, this number is constantly expanding, because the positions of the withered funds are so large that they simply have no way to close their positions in the market.
In addition to these bombshells, anonymous sources also revealed that over the weekend, the Withered Fund had reached portfolio purchase agreements with several large institutions, but the latest news shows that these agreements have not really been reached, and the natural gas position of the Withered Fund has still not been properly disposed of, and now they have become the focus of the entire market.
Although it is difficult to compare with the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg in terms of professionalism in finance, it is undoubtedly the New York Times that has the upper hand in terms of influence. The New York Times was the first to publish the news on its website after several informants.
Naturally, one stone startled a thousand waves, and now all the markets know about the huge losses of the withered fund.
It's a big deal.
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"Looks like we're finally at ease!"
When he saw the news in the New York Times, Zhong Shi pouted and smiled, and said to Hu Ping, who had been in a state of anxiety for the past two days.
In the previous conversation with Zhong Shi, Hu Ping had already decided that there was a promoter behind the whole thing, and he had been secretly preparing to snipe the position of the Withered Flower Fund, but because Zhong Shi and his own rash joining, he snatched a large part of the profits that might have been saved, so it is not ruled out that the other party has the idea of not letting the withered flowers escape and not let themselves make a profit, so Hu Ping has not eaten well and slept well in the past two days, and the whole person has been a lot haggard.
However, after the news broke, the position of the withered fund has become the focus of the attack of traders in the entire market, and naturally this possibility has disappeared.
The gloom between Hu Ping's eyebrows has been swept away, and the whole person has become extremely excited, and he rubbed his hands again and again: "That's good, that's good, now not only us, the entire market will attack the position without scruples, and their defeat has become a foregone conclusion." But what does 'no agreement' mean above? โ
"Hehe, I don't know about this!" Zhong Shi suddenly showed a thoughtful expression on his face, and after a moment of silence, he wiped the corners of his lips and said lightly, "I'm afraid the story behind it will sink forever, but it doesn't matter, as long as things develop in our favor!" (To be continued......)
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