"So, how did you get in touch with Huaxia?" Your Excellency asked casually.

Although he only holds five percent of the shares of the Coca-Cola Company, because of the huge influence of the Magic Stone Society, the company's side relies on him very much, so when the Lord asks, it seems very casual, as if the company employees here are also his subordinates.

In fact, he holds five percent of the shares in his hands, which is enough to command these people, after all, there are not many people who have more shares, and the company's current shares are mainly in the hands of a group of people.

These people's equity is relatively dispersed, so they usually rarely care about the company's affairs, professional matters, often entrusted to professional managers to deal with, they are at most to take a dividend, when the shareholders' meeting is held, to prove that they still exist, as for other things, few people will care.

Anyway, the development momentum of Coca-Cola has always been like that, and it is an irreplaceable product.

As for whether the newly developed products sell well, in fact, the impact is not very large, even if they lose money, it will not affect their overall income, at most it is just an attempt, but once it is earned, it is really a big profit.

"Your Excellency, the reaction of the Huaxia side is relatively flat, and they seem to be more cautious about your arrival." When an executive heard this, he quickly replied, "However, the reaction of the other party is very strange, he said that he has no interest in engaging in any duel, unless it is, play some bets, for example, each side comes up with 10 billion US dollars, the winner gets the other party's 10 billion US dollar bet, and the loser completely loses everything." ”

After hearing this, Lord Venerable ran his white hair with his hand, and said with some surprise, "So, Lin Xiao is more confident in his own strength?" ”

"It's hard to say, maybe it's because he wants to create some obstacles, maybe he doesn't know much about the Magic Stone Society, so he thinks we can't even take out 10 billion dollars, haha." At that moment, someone laughed and laughed, obviously a little contemptuous of Lin Xiao's bet of 10 billion US dollars, thinking that he just hoped to use this to dispel the dueling request of the Venerable Lord, which could only show that Lin Xiao was weak in heart and did not dare to fight against the Venerable Lord at all.

"Maybe he's just super confident in himself, so he wants to make some money to spend along the way." Lord Venerable smiled faintly, and then said, "Isn't it ten billion dollars, give it to him!" As long as he has the ability to defeat me, what is 10 billion dollars? ”

"Just by him, he still wants to defeat the Venerable Lord!"

"Hahahaha!"

"What ignorance and fearlessness!"

"A delusional fellow!"

Everyone immediately burst into laughter, as if Lin Xiao's request was as ridiculous as sending money to the Venerable Lord.

"Well, there's nothing to laugh about." Lord Venerable frowned and said, "If Lin Xiao is really so easy to deal with, there is no need for me to travel far and wide to come to Huaxia, this person still has some potential......"

Of course, Lin Xiao had a lot of potential, if it weren't for that, Lord Venerable would not be in a hurry to come to Huaxia to challenge him.

Obviously, in the eyes of Lord Venerable, if Lin Xiao is given some time to develop, it may not be long before he can really surpass himself and become the first person in the world.

It was to strangle this possibility in the cradle, so he came.

In addition, no one wants others to belittle their opponents, if their opponents are scumbags, doesn't that mean that they are fighting against a scumbag? This is simply an insult to yourself!

Therefore, Lord Venerable can look down on Lin Xiao, but others also think that Lin Xiao is useless, then it will be very problematic, and it will also cause Lord Lord's displeasure.

After all, they knew that the white-haired old man in front of them was the one who could drag them into hell at will, of course, it could also be someone who could easily send them to heaven, whether it was a blessing or a curse, just a thought of others, for such a person, they would definitely not be able to offend.

"If it's a duel, I wonder where the Lord plans to take it?" Someone asked.

"I used to study Chinese culture, and I used to read some novels, and I was very envious of the saying that a sword came from the west and flew immortals outside the sky......" When Lord Venerable thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little fascinated.

But when the others heard this, their faces changed a little.

I heard that the Lord meant that he wanted to choose the location of the duel in the Forbidden City.

This thing is absolutely unacceptable, after all, the current Huaxia government is not a good man, if he really has this idea, it will definitely anger the entire Huaxia leadership, and when the time comes, he will have to leave him behind.

"Your Excellency, this matter is actually very difficult." One executive said with a look of embarrassment, "The Forbidden City is one of the spiritual symbols of the Chinese leadership, and they will never allow such a thing to happen in the Forbidden City." ”

"Hehe, of course I know all this." Lord Venerable smiled and said, "Actually, since I knew how bad the haze level of the Huaxia Capital was, I didn't plan to go there. ”

When everyone heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief, and said in their hearts that if they really insisted on going to the Forbidden City, there was really no way to deal with this matter, but fortunately, the Lord was not strong enough to make it difficult.

"So, where is Your Excellency going?" Someone asked.

"Mount Tai, it is said that it is the place where the ancient Chinese emperors sealed Zen, and it is also the most sacred place in ancient China." After thinking about it, His Excellency said to everyone.

Although Taishan is also more difficult to do, but compared to the difficulty of going to the top of the Forbidden City to duel, it is already much smaller, and everyone is completely relieved, at this time they are thinking, how to contact the manager of Taishan, and implement this matter?

As a tourist area covering a very wide area, it is definitely unrealistic to want to wrap Mount Tai down, but it is definitely not difficult to wrap up a few important mountains as a duel place between the lord and Lin Xiao.

When Lord Venerable came to Pearl City, Lin Xiao was chatting with his father-in-law, Han Shengxian, and the two naturally talked about the drop in oil prices.

"The worse the relations between Russia and the United States, the better it is for us in China, and this has been proven by many experiences." Han Shengxian lit a cigarette, and while swallowing clouds and spitting out fog, he said to Lin Xiao, "This time the oil price fell, although the Russian side was hit hard, but our Huaxia side has gained great benefits. ”

Huaxia is the world's second-largest net oil importer, and according to last year's data, for every dollar of international oil price reduction, Huaxia could save $2.1 billion a year.

If the recent drop in oil prices is maintained, China's oil import bill will save $60 billion, or about 3% of its oil purchase costs.

Unless weak demand changes the situation, it is expected that China's foreign exchange reserves will continue to grow and living standards will continue to improve.

Brent crude oil has fallen from $115 a barrel in mid-July to $85 in mid-October, a drop of more than 25%.

Falling oil prices have put pressure on the budgets of oil exporters, such as Brent crude oil, which needs to remain at $100 per barrel for Russia to balance its budget.

On the other hand, low oil prices will also help the Chinese government to eliminate dirtier car oils such as diesel to solve the smog problem, and light oil will be cleaner, according to the current plan, motorists will pay 70% more high prices, and continued low oil prices will narrow this gap.

Low oil prices will also help the government cut subsidies, and now that Huaxia has liberalized some gasoline prices, it is expected to liberalize electricity prices next year.

Today, the average daily global oil production is just over 90 million barrels, and if it is $115 per barrel, it is worth nearly 3 a year. 8 trillion dollars, if 85 dollars per barrel, is worth only 2. $8 trillion, and any oil-importing country would benefit from this trillion dollar price difference.

Of course, the number one winner is the global economy, and a 10% drop in oil prices will boost global GDP 0. 2 percentage points.

The fall in oil prices will benefit consumers, and they are more likely to spend the money they save than the local tyrants in the Middle East, for example, Huaxia, which saved $60 billion in the past, and this side directly spent it on the Russian side, buying eight battalions of missiles, and it is difficult to say what will be spent in the future.

All in all, this is certainly a good thing for China, and the losers are those countries that are completely dependent on oil exports, such as the Middle East tycoons, such as Russia.

"I'm afraid that the Russian side will not swallow this breath." Lin Xiao has more questions to consider.

Russia is not the master of bullying, and how can they swallow their anger when they have suffered losses in oil exports?

If Russia gets annoyed, it will definitely find something to do, such as continuing to put pressure on Ukraine, or creating some other incidents to get oil prices up, and they absolutely do it.

"That's why we have to buy some anti-aircraft missiles from them, which can be regarded as making up for their losses." Han Shengxian nodded and said, "The exchanges between major countries are not something that can be maintained by blindly insisting on their own interests, and a proper balance is conducive to the stability of the regional situation, otherwise, it will really provoke a big country like Russia, God knows what terrible things they will do, you know, they are a big country with more than 8,500 nuclear warheads." ”

Lin Xiao nodded, and then asked with some curiosity, "Russia has 8,500 nuclear warheads, and the United States has about 7,700 nuclear warheads, how many do we have?" ”

"Even if I know this, I can't tell you." Han Shengxian glanced at Lin Xiao with slanted eyes, and the old god replied on the ground, "When you sit in that position, you will naturally know how many families we have." ”