English afternoon tea is a simple meal, not just a cup of tea.

In the middle of the seventeenth century, the concept of "afternoon tea" first appeared in England.

In 1840, Anna Maria Russell, Duchess of Bedford, 7th Lady, instructed her servants to prepare a tea tray with butter, bread and cake at 4 p.m., for she found herself hungry at 4 p.m., when dinner was at 8 p.m. Soon she found the new habit addictive and invited other ladies to join her.

This kind of tea break soon became a social trend at the time. By the 80s of the 19th century, upper-class women would change into long dresses, gloves and hats for an afternoon tea, which became more and more complicated, and became a new small place for the British aristocracy and elite at that time.

Most Americans don't drink afternoon tea because of the diversity of ethnicities immigrating to the United States.

But because of this, there are still some European immigrants, or British immigrants, who have this tradition.

And because this part of the immigrants is the first group to come, they occupy the top level of American society.

Gradually, this habit became a social occasion for the American elite.

In a hilltop villa in Malibu Beach, on a covered terrace facing the Pacific Ocean, Abel and Douglas Flint chatted over afternoon tea.

This afternoon tea was eaten for more than two hours.

Abel deeply felt that this guy's talent was worthy of the British banking elite who relied on his personal ability to ascend to the position of chairman of HSBC Holdings.

During this period, Douglas Flint expressed many of his own views, saying that emerging market banks are structurally restructuring, and they plan to set up regional headquarters in other regions except London and Hong Kong Island, especially in the United States, China Mainland, Singapore and Sanko, and will delegate capital and authority to these headquarters to meet the new regulatory needs and reduce the overlap of management structures.

Abel is very satisfied with this, and this policy is indeed very suitable for HSBC at present.

Especially in the U.S. market, if HSBC Holdings chooses this model, it will allow Abel to speak infinitely within HSBC in the United States.

It can be simply understood that since then, at least in the United States, Abel can do what he has the final say, and what people outside say does not count.

In addition to the nominal and the need to hand over a certain amount of profits, it can be said that the future HSBC in the United States is an independent bank.

At the headquarters of HSBC in the UK, all that can be enjoyed is the right to dividends and the name.

This shows the persistence of these British people in entering the American market.

In parallel time and space, they have to enter the market after losing tens of billions of dollars for more than 20 years, and this obsession is too deep.

"Douglas, if HSBC wants to open up a new source of profit outside of the European and American markets. I think the mainland of China will be a good choice. ”

Abel put forward his own suggestions and ideas, "That country is changing day by day, and they have successfully joined the World Trade Organization. If HSBC can become a transit point for the other party's large enterprises. The passing fee and interest alone are enough to increase HSBC's profit by at least another 20 basis points. ”

"Compared to other British or American banks, HSBC or the same Standard Chartered are in a unique position in this regard because of Hong Kong Island. It would be a shame if HSBC missed such a great opportunity. ”

Douglas Flint nodded his head in response, and the chairman of HSBC Holdings very much agreed with Abel's idea.

Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that the country is about to become an emerging economic region.

Although none of them can yet see that this country will become a new pole of the world in the future.

The huge population potential and territory are there, and the huge market is really not a joke at all.

"We've thought about it, but the main problem with getting into that market is that they're very strict."

Douglas Flint said.

"Funds transfer point, fund transfer point. I emphasize this because I think this is the most appropriate position for HSBC over there. Abel emphasized:

"Don't think of that market as if it were any other normal banking market. You know, they don't even have the same color as us, so the situation is naturally different. ”

Douglas Flint nodded again. The Englishman was happy today because he had a good conversation with Abel.

Things went well, and this time HSBC finally found a strong backer in the United States.

After chatting for a while, the two shook hands, even if the English afternoon tea was officially over.

Abel is quite satisfied with the result this time, at least HSBC, which he has been plotting for, now finally has an eyebrow.

If Smith Financial Group can take it, it will even just control HSBC behind it. It is equivalent to winning a large part of the British market, and more importantly, the Asian market.

Although at present, it can only control and influence the HSBC business in North America.

After all, everything is difficult at the beginning, and with this good beginning, many things can be done logically.

With Britain's deteriorating national situation, the British will only become more and more dependent on the United States.

When the time is right, it won't be too much of a problem to completely take over HSBC.

It is precisely because of these benefits that Abel values HSBC.

Like the Mahogun, they are actually interested in this, and everyone is now sharpening their knives against the old British watch.

In fact, in parallel time and space, in another 10 years or so, Wall Street will really succeed.

By that time, almost all of the top five British banks could see what the Americans looked like.

At that time, the City of London really became a doppelganger of Wall Street......

Seeing Douglas Flint away, Abel looked at his watch, which was already around 3 p.m.

asked the housekeeper who was waiting with her, and said that Li Fuzhen was taking a nap with the child, and Li Xinyu was also taking a lunch break.

After thinking about it, Abel shook his neck left and right, and immediately got up and went to the villa, which had been arranged as the study of his financial battlefield command room.

From yesterday afternoon to now, under his orders, Smith Capital has once again increased its long position by 500,000 lots.

Today, Smith Capital already holds a position of 2 million lots.

They are 800,000 lots of long positions in USD/CAD, 250,000 lots in AUD/CAD, 300,000 lots in GBP/CAD, 250,000 lots in CHF/CAD and 400,000 lots in EUR/CAD.

USD/CAD has risen by 40 pips today, from the 1.0840 to the 1.0880 level.

The average position of 800,000 contracts of USD/CAD is at 1.0860, and it has made a floating profit of 20 points at the moment, with a total floating profit of 160 million US dollars.

Instead of rising, AUD/CAD fell 60 pips, from 0.9602 to 0.9540.

Abel's average position is at 0.9580, a loss of 40 pips, and the 250,000 lots of AUD/CAD are currently floating in a loss of $100 million.

GBP/CAD rose from 1.7750 to 1.7800 today, a total of 50 pips, and Abel's 300,000 long orders totaled $150 million.

The CHF/CAD pair was unchanged today, just flat, and the average position of Abel was around the 1.2000 level.

EUR/CAD fell from 1.4842 to 1.4800 today, and Abel opened an average position at 1.4820, losing 20 pips, for a total floating loss of 80 million.

These accounts made a total profit of $130 million, and the net account equity was $13.13 billion.

For him, the small sum of $130 million is insignificant, but mosquitoes are also meat, and it is better than not making any money.

The main reason why there is so little floating profit is that Canada's economy is actually very strong today.

A country with both industry and energy, with such a large territory, has just no more and no less population.

The economy is strong, and when facing a financial predator like Abel, he is more confident.

Defending and fighting back can also be done relatively well.

In fact, Canada's heritage is very good. If it weren't for the bad luck, there was an American on the side, and the climate was relatively cold.

This country has a chance to become a world-class power.

It's a pity that he was born next to the United States, coupled with the high latitude and relatively cold climate, he can only become the current half-American vassal and half-regional power.

Under the penetration of the United States for many years, in fact, it is no different from an overseas province of the United States.

After all, when he was arrogant, he also burned a house that was not called a white house to black.

So that the Americans had to dye it all white, and then there was the country with the name of the current White House.

After a few glances at the market, Abel initiated a video conference. Anyway, he was bored here, so he thought it would be better to just have a good time.

At the same time, Brookfield Asset Management, Foreign Exchange Trading Department, Des and several traders are still discussing at the moment, summarizing today's trading situation.

"Des, today's bulls are much stronger than yesterday!"

A trader was a little depressed, they tried their best today, but the two major currency pairs of USD/CAD and GBP/CAD are still rising under their strong pressure.

Listening to the trader's words, Des's face changed slightly, and he said: "That's true, we have suppressed AUD/CAD and EUR/CAD, but only USD/CAD and GBP/CAD have risen!" I hope that today is just some short-term bulls chasing the rise into the market, in a few days USD/CAD, GBP/CAD can not rise, they will close their positions and leave, then they will sell their long positions, in the blink of an eye become short!

So we must hold on! In the next few days, we will suppress it fiercely!

Force them out!

”

"Okay, Des, I think this is the most effective!"

"That's all we have to do now. But for now, that Smith isn't much of a big deal, it's all a routine operation. ”

“……”

Looking at the excited expressions of everyone, Des's face did not look much better, just staring quietly at the USD/CAD, GBP/CAD, EUR/CAD charts.

Although it is close to stopping, Des continues to review. Trying to find some laws in the historical market.

He has the habit of reviewing every day, and after stopping every day, he will spend an hour to review.

In the process of looking at the historical chart, he saw a number of markets, such as breaking through the highest point of last month, and then the market rose for a few days and then took a sharp turn again.

There are also breakthroughs to last month's highs, and the market continues to soar.

Des took a cold breath, at the moment they have a serious loss of USD/CAD in their account, they previously opened a total of 1 million short positions of USD/CAD, with an average opening point at 1.0630, and now they have lost 250 points, a total of 2.5 billion US dollars, and the trading volume is very large today, they are all adding positions at a high level, adding a total of 1 million USD/CAD short positions. Today USD/CAD rose to a maximum of 1.0900 and finished at 1.0880, adding to their positions on average at 1.0880. There was no loss on the 1 million lots of short positions that were added.

At the moment they have a total of 2.5 million short positions on USD/CAD, which are opened at an average of 1.0755.

They also lost a lot of money on the rest of the Canadian dollar crosses, and now they have a total loss of $3 billion in their accounts!

But Des is still very confident, stubbornly convinced that he is right! The floating loss is only temporary! Because international crude oil will still rise sharply, I believe that the Canadian dollar will also be strong at that time.

He has suffered from this situation many times, and even went bankrupt directly.

In the end, he reversed, and he finally turned the danger into a victory and turned defeat into victory, because of his stubborn belief and firm confidence in his own judgment, he was unwavering!

He believes that this is the trait of his success, and in this situation, he can only persevere.

And when Abel personally went down and confronted the Canadian authorities and the Canadian financial company, with a group of international speculators.

There is also a big thing happening in the United States.

This incident was first revealed by a small California newspaper.

This small newspaper called "San Francisco Herald" is mainly active in the San Francisco Bay Area, and its daily sales are generally about 5000~8000 copies.

However, on its front page today, the small newspaper used the headline "Is it betrayal or?" 】

The title isn't long and not very compelling.

But the content in it is very exciting.

The text inside says that Neil Shrub, the younger brother of the current owner of the White House, an important member of the Texas super-wealthy Shrub family, and the world's richest man, has a close relationship with the world's richest man, and this former senior Elephant Party member actually jumped ship in California.

From the Elephant Party, he jumped to the Donkey Party in California.

Neil Bush, who has jumped ship, will represent the city of Palo Alto in the Bay Area in next month's internal election for the Donkey Party of California. The target of the campaign is the candidate of the California Donkey Party in this year's midterm elections.

If he wins, Neil Bush will represent the California Donkey Party in this year's U.S. House election.

If he can still win, then the younger brother of the current president of the United States will become one of the new members of the House of Representatives.

The problem is that whether it is the younger brother of the Great Commander, or the Great Commander himself, or their family, this family has always been a very senior elephant party.

But now this gentleman seems to have chosen to betray his family and embarked on a different path from the traditional shrub.

He left Texas and chose California. He quit the Elephant Party and joined the Donkey Party......

Taken together, all of this is very striking.

Now that Commander George is waging war on his own initiative, and the Bush family is close to Abel Smith in many ways.

These have attracted everyone's attention even more, and they have gradually become super big news.

After experiencing depression in the morning and noon. At night, it was as if some switch had been pressed.

What was originally just a story reported by the San Francisco Herald was reprinted or exclusive by most of the medium-sized and large media in the United States, whether print or television, that night.

In one day, Neil Bush jumped from the Donkey Party to the Donkey Party, which exploded throughout the United States, and an invisible storm swept the entire United States in an instant.