Return to the hotel with excitement.

Ji Sheng instinctively thought that the most intimate relationship would only happen after becoming a boyfriend and girlfriend, and looked forward to five successful dates.

In fact, the dating of a girl and a man in a beautiful country does not have to be officially a boyfriend and girlfriend, and the most intimate basis will occur.

It's a pity that Ji Sheng doesn't know.

The only thing he knows is that the reason why Aniston said that if he can go on a fifth date, he will be his girlfriend, which is very simple, first of all, the beautiful girl is more open, since the two feel good on the first date, and they also feel a little bit of each other, and after four more dates, they should be able to know whether it is suitable for themselves, so Aniston said.

Of course, if Ji Sheng's performance is not very good in the five dates, maybe his girlfriend will be gone.

……

The next morning, Ji Sheng went to the company for a walk, and then received a reply from the auction house, saying that he could participate.

Ji Sheng was very excited to get the good news, and then he only needed to go to Sotheby to see the bid, determine which auction it was in, and then go directly to it at that time.

What made him even more excited was that at around 10 a.m., Matthew personally called to tell him that the price of crude oil had fallen to 16:99 and asked if he would buy it immediately.

Ji Sheng did not hesitate to buy.

Later, he rushed to Erickson, and after a series of operations and over-the-counter capital allocation procedures, he finally got his wish and bought it with $5 million and 400 times leverage.

……

Afternoon.

The agreed time with John has arrived.

Ji Sheng rushed to Citibank's headquarters, registered at the company's front desk, and was then led to the office.

There was no one in the office.

He sat there and waited for a while.

A short time later, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and John and two or three men walked in.

"Ji, I'm sorry to keep you waiting." John apologized as soon as he entered.

Ji Sheng got up and hugged him, "I just arrived, so I didn't have to wait long." ”

"Hehe, let me introduce you to these three." John pointed to a short, thin white man in his forties and said, "This is Tim, the senior vice president of Pioneer Group. Buckley. ”

"Hello Mr. Buckley."

"Hello Mr. Ji."

Ji Sheng and Barkley shake hands.

John continued: "This is Patrick, one of the directors of State Street Bank. De Sheng. Egnan. ”

This seems to be French, Ji Sheng also stretched out his hand and said, "Hello Mr. Egnan." ”

"Hello Mr. Ji." Aignan shook his hand as well.

When the two people were introduced, Ji Sheng was still a little confused, could it be that John called himself over just to introduce the two big shots?

Vanguard Group is one of the leading investment management companies in the beautiful country, and State Street Bank is the world's largest custodian bank.

Although Ji Sheng has a certain amount of financial resources, he is far from such a character, and it seems that it makes no sense to introduce him to him.

But when John introduced the third person to him, Ji Sheng probably knew why.

John said: "Exxon's senior vice president, Darren Brown. Woods. ”

Ji Sheng also shook hands with the senior vice president of Exxon, and his heart was clear.

If nothing else, this group of people is looking for themselves because of crude oil.

Why?

Exxon's largest shareholder is Vanguard, the second largest shareholder is State Street, and Citibank's major shareholders are also State Street and Vanguard.

It can be said that the major consortia of beautiful countries infiltrate each other, competing and helping each other at the same time.

Exxon is not an ordinary oil company, it is the largest integrated oil company in the United States and the world, and in 1988 its sales reached a terrifying $79.56 billion, ranking third among the world's major industrial companies, and now it has assets of about $75.5 billion.

The recent exxon oil tanker ramming the reef caused a large amount of crude oil to spill, causing huge damage to the natural environment, and the business has a great impact under the bombardment of the media and environmental protection groups.

So Ji Sheng could guess that the senior executives of these three companies appeared in front of him for crude oil, but he didn't know why these people were looking for him, he was obviously just shorting crude oil and making millions of dollars, and it didn't seem to be worth visiting these people in person.

After the introduction.

Everyone sat down on the couch in turn.

John didn't say anything, just made a cup of coffee for each of the four of them.

Exxon executive Darren . Woods pushed his glasses and took the initiative to speak, "Mr. Ji, I have something I want to ask you for help. ”

Ji Sheng hadn't spoken yet.

Aignan said: "If you are willing to help with this, we can also share some business with you in the future." ”

Buckley, an executive at Vanguard Group, also said: "Our group and State Street Bank have the same attitude. ”

Ji Sheng was thrilled when he heard it.

This is Vanguard Group and State Street Bank, if you can do business with them, even if the other party leaks a little bit of business on hand, it will be enough for your newly opened company to make a lot of money.

He thought for a moment, "What's the matter?" Please speak up. ”

Darren. Woods then said: "You just made more than 8 million yuan by shorting crude oil in the futures market, you should know why you can make so much, right?" ”

Ji Sheng said: "Because the media and environmental groups have attacked your company and the crude oil industry. ”

"That's right." Darren. Woods nodded, "Although it has been a few days, the media and environmental protection organizations have not stopped, and public opinion has caused great losses to our company, and you are one of the few people who have made money in crude oil futures, I inquired before I came, and it is said that this shorting is all your idea, and it has nothing to do with Erickson, right?" ”

Ji Sheng generously admitted: "Yes." ”

Darren. Woods looked at him and said with a very sharp gaze: "I wonder why you are shorting when the price of crude oil has been rising?" ”

That's a bit of a trick.

Ji Sheng can't say that he has traveled from more than 30 years later, right?

It is also true that the price of crude oil has been rising all the way before, and it seems that there is no reason for anyone to short.

He pondered carefully for a while, and then said cautiously: "There is a word in our country called prosperity and decline, which means that when the prosperity of affairs reaches its peak, it will decline; I have looked at the price of crude oil in recent years, and the average price in 1988 did not exceed 16 yuan, the highest price was only 18.54 yuan, and the lowest price was only 12.58 yuan. ”

Listen carefully, everybody.

Ji Sheng continued: "In 1987, the average price of crude oil was more than 19 yuan, the highest price was 22.44, but the lowest price was only 15.12, so I think that under the premise of no external interference, it is not normal for the price of crude oil to rise to 24 yuan. ”

Well, pure.

Ji Sheng knew for a long time that the accident of Exxon in 1989 caused the price of crude oil to plummet, and it didn't matter what the trend was or not.

But Darren. Woods and the others believed it, they really wanted to ask for proof why Ji Sheng shorted crude oil futures, and whether it was colluded with the captain of their company's oil tanker, so such a serious accident occurred.

In fact, they also know that it is unlikely.

After all, if there was collusion, Ji Sheng would not have spent so much effort to earn more than eight million.

But if you are not afraid of 10,000, you will always need to prove it to be at ease.

Darren. Woods saw that there was nothing wrong with Ji Sheng, so he explained: "Do you know that you made the front page of the Wall Street Journal because of this?" ”

Ji Sheng nodded, "I know about this." ”

"In other words, the level of trust that you give people in crude oil futures right now is very high." Darren. Woods said bluntly: "So we want you to stand up and express your optimism about crude oil to the public, if you can stand up at this time, I believe everyone will agree with your judgment, so as to bring up the price of crude oil, and also divert the attention of the media, so that our company has enough room to operate." ”

Ji Sheng understands what the other party means, and he just wants to settle this matter by public relations, but public relations also needs someone to divert public attention.

But in fact, Ji Sheng, who came from modern society, knows very well that Exxon's public relations this time has failed in the end, no matter how it is.

Even a month after the crisis accident, Exxon was still in crisis, and their business suffered serious losses, not to mention the cost of millions of dollars to clean up the oil spill, and the claims and fines in other aspects were even greater, and the losses were as high as hundreds of millions of dollars.

Hundreds of millions of dollars are still a visible loss.

Losses could be in the billions of dollars.

Now the other party is still obsessed and wants to take the public relations test to solve the problem?

Ji Sheng frowned and said, "Mr. Woods, with all due respect, doing so will not help the company at all, it will only put your company in a greater predicament." ”

Darren. Woods said helplessly: "If you don't do public relations, it will cause more damage to our company, and there is no way." ”

Ji Sheng has read Professor Lucas Zevis, a member of the British Public Relations Association and a public relations scholar, on a comprehensive analysis of this public relations crisis, and probably knows why Exxon's public relations failed, he shook his head and said: "Public relations is not such public relations, if Mr. Woods you believe me, I am willing to give your company a public relations plan, not to mention that this matter must be solved, at least the influence can be minimized." ”

Yes?

Do you want to give advice and come up with an effective PR plan for a company like Exxon, which has assets of seven or eight billion dollars?

Do you really think that the PR department that the company spends a lot of money on is vegetarian?

Everyone was a little speechless at Ji Sheng's words.

Ji Sheng meets Dalun. Woods and the others didn't speak, and asked, "How is it?" Want to hear my opinion? ”

Darren. Woods looked at Barkley, Agnam, and John, "Listen. ”