Chapter 291 - The European Consortium (4)

Despite Lagarde's anger, the United Kingdom and Germany joined forces to hold her nose and agree to Britain's application to rejoin the European Rescue Mechanism at the cost of an additional one-and-a-half dollars from the Treasury on the previously negotiated share.

With the end of the EU Finance Ministers' Consultative Meeting, the relevant news also grew wings and soon spread around the world. The news of the UK's re-entry into the EU bailout mechanism and the EU's consensus on Germany's ban on naked short selling are like bombshells, setting off waves in the current unstable international financial market.

"Zhong Sheng, they've been looking for you for a long time."

In Zhong Shi's office, Jiang Shan yawned and smiled bitterly at Zhong Shi, who was still rubbing his sleepy eyes, "The phone has been ringing non-stop since the morning and has lasted until the afternoon." ”

"Got it!"

Zhong Shi yawned heavily, got up from the sofa bed, rubbed his fluffy hair, pulled back his finger and sniffed at the tip of his nose, "It's time to wash your hair." ”

For Zhong Shi's answer, Jiang Shan seemed quite stunned, wanting to laugh but couldn't. He could imagine that the United States had become ants on a hot pot in a hurry, while Zhong Shi here looked breezy and calm, and the two were in stark contrast.

Last night, the two waited until more than 5 o'clock in the morning, and waited until the EU side issued an official statement, and then the two fell asleep with peace of mind. Before going to bed, Zhong Shi deliberately unplugged the telephone line and turned off his mobile phone, as if he had long expected what would happen today.

Zhong Shi didn't seem to notice Jiangshan's words, stood up and picked up his suit and walked out of the door, only to find that Jiangshan didn't keep up with him as soon as he stepped to the door, and immediately said dissatisfiedly: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up!" ”

"Oh...... I'm coming. ”

Jiang Shan was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and walked over quickly. Following Zhong Shi, he asked as he walked, "Zhong Sheng, where are we going?" ”

"Horses kill chickens."

Zhong Shi squinted his eyes and moved his neck, and for a moment of comfort, then said slowly. "Steam first, then do a massage to relax your muscles and bones. These two days have been so hard that even I can't bear it. ”

"But the U.S. side ......"

Jiang Shan was stunned, he didn't think that Zhong Shi didn't hear his words, but the other party didn't have any intention to deal with it, which made him feel very puzzled, and said cautiously at the moment, "They are still waiting." ”

"Then let them keep waiting!"

Zhong Shi said lightly. "Since they don't listen to me, it's better for them to suffer a little." ”

Although he did not refute it in person, Zhong Shi still had a problem with Paulson and others. In Zhong Shi's opinion, these people are too greedy. Although so far, tens of billions of euros of short positions, even if the euro rises by 5%, these guys will only lose about $600 million to $700 million. In Zhong Shi's opinion, it is not a particularly large number.

But this evil breath must come out, Zhong Shi thought secretly in his heart.

Two hours later. After returning from a complete relaxation, Zhong Shi reappeared in front of everyone in good spirits, but unfortunately, except for the night traders, all the employees who worked during the day had already left work.

After waving his hand to let the night traders go, Zhong Shi was left alone.

"Gentlemen, what are your questions?"

Answering the call from the United States, Zhong Shi said slowly. "I heard that the EU accommodates the UK, and there is a consensus on banning naked shorting?"

"Mr. Zhong, I finally got in touch with you!"

As soon as the phone was connected, Paulson didn't care whether anyone else was online, and he took the lead in pouring out the bitter waters. "We've been looking for you for a day, and now the whole world has gone mad! You...... You're not just hearing that, are you? ”

Paulson had no idea that Bell Stone was hanging from them, and bluntly expressed his anxiety and anxiety. It has to be said that Paulson and Bell Stone are very close at this point.

"Yes, the European Union made such an announcement, just yesterday evening."

Immediately after that, Dario also spoke, "The euro in the Asian trading segment has risen by 2%, and now the market in London has also opened, according to the current feedback, the momentum of the euro's rise has been irreversible." ”

The old and serious Dario spoke calmly, without the slightest anxiety or panic, but deep down he was still dissatisfied with the inability to contact Zhong Shi, and after saying the above words, he added: "Mr. Zhong, we should keep in touch at all times. ”

"What are we going to do next?"

Jim, who has always been a lone word. Chanos also spoke, "With the current momentum, there is a possibility of a long-term euro reversal." ”

"What should I do?"

Zhong Shi raised his voice and asked pretending to be puzzled, "How do I know what you guys think?" But if you can't bear to lose money now, then you can close your position in the market, isn't it very simple? ”

"......"

The anxious Paulson opened his mouth to say something, but soon he realized that the others were unanimously silent, and when he thought about Zhong Shi's words in his mind, he realized the crux of the problem, and then changed to a flattering tone, "Hey, Mr. Zhong, things are not what you imagined. ”

"What do I imagine?"

Zhong Shi still didn't give up, and asked, "What am I imagining, and what do you think?" John, how come I don't understand what you're saying? ”

The words were a bit heavy, and Paulson stammered for a moment, sighed leisurely, and said no more.

When the others heard that Paulson, who was closest to Zhongshi, was reprimanded so unceremoniously, they naturally didn't want to say anything, and for a while, no one spoke on the phone.

"We were wrong about this!"

After a while, Dai Lio said in a low voice, "Yesterday we didn't mean to exclude you, but at that time, we were blinded by the desire for profit and temporary benefits. Now that I think about it, what you were worried about was prescient, and we were too short-sighted. ”

"yes, we're so greedy!"

Ackerman then said, "It's a big no-no, and it's a shame that I didn't control the negative emotions in my human nature. ”

"You're still the brains of our team!"

Jim. Chanos was as concise as ever. But the meaning is very clear, at least he will personally look forward to Zhong Shi in the future.

"Okay, Mr. Zhong, I believe you also understand what is going on, so don't continue to do it!"

Bill. Gross finally spoke, "It's normal to have divergent opinions. But this loss is nothing compared to all of you here. The most important thing now is not to let the euro show signs of reversal, otherwise everything we have done before will be undone, right? ”

"Now is not the time to gas. If the other side only exerts a slight force, and our own people disperse, then how can we continue to impact and defeat the euro in the future? ”

As the heaviest man besides Bell Stone and Dario, Bill. Gross had been on the call with only one pair of ears and never took his opinion lightly, but as soon as he spoke. It gets to the crux of the matter. That is, Europe has synthesized a monolith, at least on the surface, and now the most important thing is that they as a team do not mess with themselves.

However, when Gross said that "this loss is nothing", Ackerman and Griffin, who have the weakest financial resources, still feel a pang in their hearts.

"You're right!" After beating everyone for a while, Zhong Shi changed his words and began to lead the topic to the point, "Bill, you are right, now is indeed not the time for infighting. Yesterday I realized the fact that European conglomerates would rather lose money than take over. It was thought that the time for an internal agreement was near. Sure enough, in the early hours of yesterday morning. And so came the news of them. Not only was there an internal agreement, but London, which had not intended to enter the European bailout mechanism, was also added. Under the influence of these two news, I believe that the euro will be able to rise strongly again, at least in the short term. ”

"And if I'm not mistaken, you should have been looking for opponents in the market since the Asian trading session, but in addition to not being satisfied with the single amount, you should not be very satisfied with the price, right?"

"You know that, too?"

Paulson was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped.

Although several other people did not speak. But the visibly thickened wheezing sound had clearly betrayed their hearts at this time.

"I realized the problem when European conglomerates stopped selling the euro in their hands."

Zhong Shi shook his head speechlessly at their reaction, but patiently explained, "If my guess is not wrong. At the time of today's transaction, the European consortium will continue to maintain a reluctant attitude of selling, and they will not easily release their chips to maximize their profits for at least a week. ”

"A week?"

Paulson gasped and quickly calculated, "If the market does not fluctuate again within this week, then a 10% rise in the euro is possible." Can we only watch our losses widen further? ”

A 10% increase would mean a loss of 10% or more on their positions, a share that is clearly close to their psychological bottom line.

You must know that they originally planned to do intraday trading, and one to two percentage points a day up and down is already incredible. However, because the share of the sell-off was too large, the European consortium cleverly set a trap and completely froze part of the liquidity.

Of course, according to the current volume of the market, in a week these guys will be able to close all positions from the market, but then the euro will not know how much it will rise, at least it is certain that it will be higher than they expected.

"Isn't there any other way?"

Griffin couldn't help but ask, "If it rises by 10%, my profits in the first half of the year will be all filled, and I really can't explain it to investors." ”

Due to a major mistake in quantitative trading in the first half of the year, the entire Castle Fund has only made a profit of hundreds of millions of dollars so far, and once the loss of more than 100 million euros appears, he is now in vain.

"Of course there is a way!"

Zhong Shi's answer was like a lighthouse in the sea in the middle of the night, bringing great hope to everyone in one moment, but the next moment his words poured cold water on everyone from beginning to end, "But it is very difficult!" ”

"Say, what are we going to do?"

Although Zhong Shi said that it was very difficult, Paulson did not even frown, now except for Zhong Shi, he sold the most shares, and it was impossible to say that he was not in a hurry, so he was the first to jump out, patted his chest and asked, with a great intention of taking this matter on his body.

"As I said earlier, if there is no major change in the market, the euro will rise."

In response to Paulson's statement, Zhong Shi only smiled faintly, did not immediately explain anything, but continued to induce, "So we want to artificially create an accident to interfere with the current trend of the euro." The goal should not be too large, as it will easily be seen as a sign of manipulation, but it should not be too small, which may not be effective. ”

"What do you mean......"

Everyone was confused. (To be continued.) )

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