Chapter 237: Time Stands Still
After Yin Rufeng, Yan Ruoxue, Hua Yourong, and Hua Zhihui agreed on a plan to lure the snake out of the hole, they began to implement it.
Each of them has a locator on them, and if there is any accident, they can be rescued in time, and the same Lin Shaoyang and others can find the location at any time through the positioning system.
In other words, Lin Shaoyang can now see Yin Rufeng and the three of them separated from Hu Lai, if he really wants to get a few Chaos Seven Spirit Beads on Yin Rufeng's body, he should be able to act in the next two days.
Otherwise, when the trial is over, Lin Shaoyang will have a lot of trouble if he wants to deal with Yin Rufeng.
Whether it is on the road or in the academy, there will be a lot of eyes staring, and it is almost impossible to get the Chaos Seven Spirit Beads unknowingly.
In contrast, when the Kunlun Mountain trial, it was much more convenient, and if there was anything really going on, it would be easy to deal with.
Because of this, Yin Rufeng and Yan Ruoxue concluded that Lin Shaoyang would not miss this opportunity.
As for the trial, Yin Rufeng and Yan Ruoxue didn't take it too seriously, and it didn't matter if the results were good or not.
Hua Yourong and Hua Zhihui are too, they don't want to fight with others for anything, not to mention that Hua Zhihui also got the Chaos Fire Spirit Bead, compared to others, she doesn't know how much better her harvest is.
They just want to live in peace without too many extravagant hopes and expectations.
The four of them walked and stopped in the mountains, talking and laughing, enjoying the beautiful scenery of Kunlun Mountain.
Yin Rufeng used his super perceptual skills from time to time in order to be the first to perceive danger.
After waiting for a long time, he still didn't notice Lin Shaoyang's traces.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, just when Yin Rufeng, Yan Ruoxue, Hua Yourong, and Hua Zhihui thought that Lin Shaoyang would not appear and was about to join Hu Lai and others, Yin Rufeng suddenly had a sense of crisis.
At this time, although he did not use super perception, his perception ability was far superior to ordinary people, and at the critical moment, Yin Rufeng did not have time to think about it, and immediately showed it to repay the favor.
He hadn't learned much about defense and dodging, and he didn't know where the danger was coming from, so the only thing he could do was to retreat or reciprocate.
Yin Rufeng did not use the earth escape technique, perhaps subconsciously did not want to be exposed, but chose to repay Li with a peach.
In an instant, a scream rang out from the mountains and forests.
Yan Ruoxue, Hua Yourong, and Hua Zhihui looked over there when they heard the voice, but they didn't see a figure, they all looked at Yin Rufeng, wondering what was going on.
They didn't know what was going on, and when they heard the screams, they knew something was wrong.
Yin Rufeng didn't rush over there to check, wouldn't it be bad if this was a trap set by the other party?
He doesn't know now if it's one person, or a few people, or a lot of people who came this time, and it's not a good thing to be unsure and rush closer.
Yin Rufeng exerted his super perception, and then he noticed that there was another person in the mountains and forests over there, and that person was carrying a person in his hand and quickly descended the mountain.
He sensed the surrounding mountains and forests again, and found nothing abnormal, so he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.
"What's wrong?"
Yan Ruoxue said suspiciously: "The scream just now, was someone following?" ”
She thought that Yin Rufeng found out that someone was following them, so he shot out and injured that person, but she wondered why he didn't chase them.
"Escaped, there are two of them together, both of them are very strong, it should be Lin Shaoyang Long Aotian."
Yin Rufeng secretly said that it was a fluke, fortunately, the person who attacked him was him, if he attacked Yan Ruoxue, Hua Yourong, and Hua Zhihui, he would have been injured a long time ago; Fortunately, the effect of reciprocation was stimulated, and he was not injured and let the sneak attackers reap the consequences, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
Although he didn't know who the injured person was, and he didn't know who the person who saved people was, he vaguely felt that their figures overlapped with Long Aotian and Lin Shaoyang.
At this time, he will come to attack him, except for Long Aotian and Lin Shaoyang, it seems that he can't think of anyone else.
On second thought, the man's target was obviously him, and attacking others didn't make much sense, it only reminded him to be more careful.
"Really?"
Hua Yourong said hesitantly: "When did you hit and hurt that person, why didn't I feel it at all?" ”
She didn't see Yin Rufeng do it, and she didn't know that someone was following her in the mountains and forests, if it wasn't for the person who screamed, Hua Yourong wouldn't have known about it.
"Otherwise, how can you call it a master?"
Yin Rufeng said calmly: "I was careless, I thought they wouldn't come today, and I almost had an accident." ”
He didn't tell the truth, and once he did, it was useless except to make Yan Ruoxue and the others more worried.
If he exerted his super perception, the traces of those two people would definitely not be able to hide from his ears and eyes, but Yin Rufeng's carelessness almost made a big mistake.
Through this, he was taught a profound lesson.
At any time, you can't easily relax your guard, and if you're not careful, you'll be completely finished.
Of course, Yin Rufeng is not without a little gain, and finally let him see the power of repaying the peach.
Although he still didn't know how to stimulate the effect of reciprocating the peach, he had a clue in his heart.
Yin Rufeng and the four of them quickly joined Hu Lai and returned to the camp together.
Yan Ruoxue found an opportunity to ask Zhao Chao for verification, wondering if the person who was injured in the mountains and forests just now was Long Aotian.
Unexpectedly, when everyone was having dinner, Long Aotian and Lin Shaoyang appeared in front of everyone together, and the two of them didn't seem to be injured at all.
Seeing this scene, not only Hua Yourong and Hua Zhihui were puzzled, but even Yan Ruoxue and Yin Rufeng were a little surprised.
After resting in the tent, Yin Rufeng appeared in Yan Ruoxue's tent on time again.
Yan Ruoxue had just finished chatting with Hua Yourong and Hua Zhihui, and as soon as she returned to the camp, she saw Yin Rufeng.
The two chatted on a mobile phone, and Yan Ruoxue typed on the mobile phone: In the afternoon, didn't you hurt that person?
First, she didn't see Yin Rufeng make a move at all, if Yin Rufeng knew that someone was following and injured someone, how could she let the other party escape?
Second, Yan Ruoxue had beaten Yin Rufeng a few times, but she didn't understand what the intention was at the time, and she didn't realize it until today.
Yin Rufeng looked at Yan Ruoxue, nodded slightly, and then he typed: I was careless, I thought they wouldn't go today, but fortunately, they weren't injured, so you are worried!
Yan Ruoxue suddenly smiled, stretched out her slender fingers and wrote directly on the mobile phone held by Yin Rufeng: I thought you were injured at first, so I didn't make a move, otherwise they wouldn't be able to escape.
At that time, she thought that Yin Rufeng had injured the other party and controlled the situation, so she didn't make a move, but she didn't know that this was the case, and by the time Yan Ruoxue understood, it was too late.
Yin Rufeng glanced at Yan Ruoxue in surprise, and typed quickly: You are so powerful? I've never seen it!
He had long wanted to know what Yan Ruoxue was capable of, but there were some things that were not ripe, so he didn't ask.
Yan Ruoxue smiled at Yin Rufeng: It's not amazing, it just can make time stand still for a short time, do anything else.
Her ability is to make time stand still for a short time, and even if it is very short, it is enough to change many things.
Yin Rufeng couldn't help but pause, and immediately typed: This moment is so beautiful, can you stop time?
As soon as he finished speaking, he secretly kissed Yan Ruoxue's face.
It's like taking a picture with someone you like, and suddenly kissing her when the shutter is about to be pressed.
Yan Ruoxue didn't know that it would be like this, and gave him a charming look.
She was about to say that it was not suitable, but Yin Rufeng kissed her on the face, only to know that he wanted to make love to her.
Then Yan Ruoxue asked Yin Rufeng why Long Aotian and Lin Shaoyang didn't seem to be injured, could the people in the mountains and forests in the afternoon be someone else?
In her opinion, the person in the mountains and forests was not lightly injured, and he screamed very badly, and he should not be able to get better for a while, unlike Long Aotian and Lin Shaoyang.
Yin Rufeng said that it may be that the person is not seriously injured, or they have good medicine to heal the wounds, of course, it is not completely ruled out that it is someone else.
He only knew that the strength of those two people was very strong, especially the person who appeared behind to save people, and it was like running away with a person through the mountains and forests.
The people who attacked were not simple, Yin Rufeng didn't find them all the way, and he didn't know that something was wrong until he had a strong sense of crisis, otherwise he wouldn't have found out that someone was following them at all.
If it weren't for Yin Rufeng's high vigilance and good luck, he would have been injured long ago.
Yan Ruoxue nodded lightly in agreement.
Looking at the time, it was not too early, so they entered the game together.
In 1999, Warren Buffett published an article in Fortune magazine, reminding him of the Internet bubble at that time, followed by the "Internet winter" in 2000; During the 2008 financial crisis, when the market lost confidence in the stock market, especially the financial industry, and even panicked, Buffett chose to significantly increase his holdings of bank stocks at that time.
Later, the U.S. stock market opened an 11-year long bull era: from March 6, 2009, to the end of February when the **** epidemic broke out in the United States this year, the U.S. S&P 500 index has risen by 408%, the Dow Jones Industrial Index has risen by 357%, and the Nasdaq index has risen by 669%.
Therefore, to a certain extent, Buffett's investment choice is a weather vane and barometer of the U.S. economy. As the turbulent year of 2020 draws to a close, we may be able to see the future trend of the U.S. economy from the investment choices of the "stock god".
When the U.S. stock market plummeted in the first quarter of this year, Buffy chose to follow his own principles: "I am greedy when others are panicking, and I panic when others are greedy." He reversed his holdings in airlines and oil companies, which were severely affected by the epidemic at the time.
However, soon after, with the unfavorable overall epidemic prevention and control in the United States, Buffett immediately changed his investment logic and "cut meat" all aviation stocks (the four major American airlines, namely American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines). At Berkshire Hathaway's shareholder meeting on May 3, Warren Buffett said: "The aviation industry is a very challenging and difficult industry, especially under the current circumstances. Now, everyone is being told not to fly or to travel again. We don't know what kind of trends all the business is going to develop into today. ”
As it turned out later, as the pandemic spiraled out of control in the United States, the American aviation industry was hit like never before. According to data released by the International Air Transport Association, due to the impact of the epidemic, global airline passenger revenue may decrease by 314 billion US dollars in 2020, a year-on-year decrease of 55%. The decline in the U.S. airline industry is even more unprecedented, with Air Transport Association CEO Nicholas Calio saying that the number of net passenger bookings by U.S. airlines fell nearly 100% year-over-year.
In July, Buffett spent $9.7 billion to buy Dominion Energy, including 7,700 miles of natural gas pipelines and 9,000 cubic feet of natural gas storage space.
In fact, as early as 2016, Warren Buffett said that he wanted to build his own energy industry. In 2017, Berkshire Hathaway initiated a plan to acquire Oncor Power. However, at that time, the market's chase for energy stocks led to their prices being too high, and Buffett did not chase the wind.
This year, the United States has experienced the double blow of the epidemic and the increase in global oil production, and energy companies are also facing the same fate as aviation companies. However, unlike the pessimistic expectations for the aviation industry, Buffett is willing to continue to invest in the two traditional industries of energy and rail. He has also said on several occasions that energy and railways are two industries that need a lot of money and are the best options to fight inflation. Today, Warren Buffett holds the upstream assets of oil exploration and extraction rights (Occidental Petroleum) in his left hand and the midstream assets of transportation pipelines and storage space and railways in his right hand. Warren Buffett's energy empire framework has gradually surfaced.
Not only that, but in August this year, Buffett made another unexpected decision. According to the latest documents released by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Berkshire Hathaway bought nearly 21 million shares of Barrick Gold Corporation, a gold mining company, in the second quarter of this year, and abandoned financial stocks held since the financial crisis, such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan and other bank stocks.
Interestingly, in 2018, at Berkshire Hathaway's shareholder meeting, Warren Buffett compared the 130-fold difference in returns between investing in stocks and gold since 1942, and the return on stocks was much higher than that of gold. Warren Buffett therefore advised investors: "It is better to speculate on gold than in stocks." So, at this moment, why did Warren Buffett suddenly enter the gold field and buy gold companies?
In fact, Warren Buffett's approach, on the one hand, indicates his view on the future transformation of the US economy, and on the other hand, it shows that he has begun to prepare for the future.
In 1999, Warren Buffett published an article in Fortune magazine pointing out that there are two important variables that affect the outcome of investment, namely "interest rate" and "profit". Interest rates and investment are like gravity to objects, the higher the interest rate, the lower the return on investment. The profitability of the enterprise is another important variable.
On May 7, 2020 local time, Neiman Marcus, a 113-year-old high-end department store chain in the United States, filed for bankruptcy protection.
So, what are the consequences of this approach?