"yes, I don't want anyone to know about it, so—"

Sophie Marceau naturally heard Lu Qing's ridicule, and asked with a smile, "Handsome Mr. Chen, do you want to do anything to me?"

There was a hint of provocation in his tone, and his brown pupils were like elves in the forest, looking directly at Lu Qing without showing weakness.

Obviously, she's not the kind of character to give in easily, even if it's just a joke.

"I'd love to say I don't have any deviant thoughts about you, but I don't want to lie."

Lu Qing shrugged his shoulders and asked with a smile, "Would you like to give me your contact information?"

Hearing this, Sophie Marceau also laughed: "Chen, you really surprised me a little because you are the second man who dares to admit that he has thoughts about me in front of me."

"The second?"

Lu Qing blinked: "Who is the first one?"

"My current boyfriend."

Sophie Marceau tilted her head and smiled playfully.

"Oh no!"

Lu Qing slapped his forehead and sighed with pretense of regret: "God, look at what I've missed."

Sophie Marceau also laughed happily.

Lu Qing's direct and subtle compliments made her very useful.

She has always had a direct personality and doesn't like those roundabout ways of communication, so she doesn't like that kind of euphemistic confession;

But in the same way, because she already has a boyfriend, she doesn't like the kind of person who doesn't care about ethics and confesses directly when she comes up.

Lu Qing is just right.

"I'm sorry, handsome Mr. Dongfang, you're late."

Sophie Marceau smiled at Lu Qing, turned around and left gracefully.

Looking at her slender figure leaving, Lu Qing couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

Of course, he didn't sigh for not being able to meet Sophie Marceau earlier, but just for not being able to communicate further with Sophie Marceau.

Indeed, she likes Sophie Marceau's straightforward personality, but he also likes graceful, simple, bold, and green tea......

Just when he secretly regretted that he couldn't get Sophie Marceau's contact information, he saw Waleed not far away beckoning to him, and beside him, there were four or five blonde beauties with hot bodies.

So, Lu Qing suddenly forgot the regret in his heart and walked over with a smile.

……

September 5th.

Saturday.

After Lu Qing got up, he turned on the hotel TV.

Soon, when he saw the news report on TV, a smile suddenly appeared on his face:

[The script reporter reported that at the recent meeting of central bank governors and finance ministers of many countries held in Bess Town, Bundesbank President Schlesinger said that Germany has no plans to raise interest rates at present]

"Waleed, the feast is about to be served."

Lu Qing pointed to the TV and smiled at Waleed, who was still a little confused.

"Huh?"

Waleed perked up and looked at the TV.

But after looking at it for a while, I felt my brain dizzy: "Chen, can you translate it for me, what do they mean by raising interest rates or something?"

Lu Qing shook his head helplessly, he really didn't know how this kind of person could hand over 3 billion US dollars to himself, and said: "At present, Europe implements an exchange rate mechanism called ERM, simply put, under this mechanism, the exchange rate of the currencies of European countries must be anchored by the Deutsche Mark, and only allowed to float between 6% above and below it." ….

"Isn't that nice? The range of exchange rate fluctuations has been determined, which is more conducive to economic flows."

Waleed, apparently not ignorant of anything, asked strangely.

As we all know, if the exchange rate fluctuation is too large, it is extremely unfavorable to the operation of the economy, because the uncertainty factor is too large.

With the floating interest rate mechanism of ERM, the stability of the currency can be guaranteed, which greatly improves the stability of economic operation.

"Yes, this mechanism is very good, but it can't stand the development of the world

It wasn't all smooth sailing."

Lu Qing said: "Two years ago, the Berlin Wall fell overnight, so that West Germany suddenly had a large area of land and tens of millions of people, economic pressure came up all of a sudden, inflation took off, and the deficit soared, so the German central bank chose to raise interest rates to curb inflation, but the problem is that the economies of other European countries are not very good at this time, especially the United Kingdom, they are all cutting interest rates......

Hearing this, Waleed finally understood something:

"So, if at this ECB presidential meeting, Germany says that it has no plans to raise interest rates, then it means that the exchange rate mechanism can continue to work."

"Yes."

The corners of Lu Qing's mouth showed a sneer of schadenfreude: "But in fact, it is certainly impossible for Germany to sacrifice its own country's economic development for the sake of the exchange rate stability of other European countries."

Schlesinger is the president of the Bundesbank, but not the president of the European Central Bank, so there is no reason to care about others and himself.

"Wait, Waleed, it's been two days!"

Lu Qing lay on the sofa, resting with his eyes closed, while silently using the system to calculate his next actions.

Seeing Lu Qing's unfathomable image, Waleed didn't know how to do it.

……

Three days later.

September 8th.

Tuesday.

Weather, fine.

Central bank governors of European countries continue to meet in Basel.

After the meeting, Schlesinger gave an interview to reporters, but in the interview, he openly claimed that he did not dare to guarantee the future trend of interest rates, and did not have much confidence in the fixed exchange rate of European currencies, and singled out the Italian lira.

As soon as this news came out, it shocked Europe.

"Chen! Is there a chance?"

When Waleed saw the news on TV, he was immediately excited: "Schlesinger said that the Italian lira is going to be finished!"

"Yes, the Italian lira is finished...... It's just that, before the lira, there were some small countries that fell earlier."

At this moment, Lu Qing's eyes also flashed with a cold glint.

It's time to hunt!

"Other small countries?"

Waleed was stunned.

Lu Qing didn't explain, but just started making phone calls and directing traders to start selling currencies in various countries.

Short selling has officially begun!

thereupon

Waleed saw that in the international market, a large number of Finnish mark short orders suddenly appeared, and its exchange rate suddenly took a big dive, and the Deutsche mark fell by 5% instantly!

Moreover, it looks like the situation will continue to fall, and there is no sign of stopping.

meanwhile

Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg......

All the countries that joined the ERM, except for France, which was rare and strong, all the currencies of the rest of the countries ushered in a wave of depreciation! ….

Until the evening of the same day, Waleed was pleasantly surprised to see that the Spanish peseta depreciated by 5.3%, and the Finnish currency depreciated by 15%, and had to announce its withdrawal from ERM.

"Chen! We won! We won!"

Seeing that Finland was directly withdrawn from ERM by its own army of short sellers, Waleed's face turned red with excitement and he danced in the room.

"Waleed, take it easy, it's just a dessert before dinner."

Lu Qing was also very happy in his heart, but he was still able to stay calm.

"How can I calm down, this time we are facing Europe!"

Waleed shouted.

"When you fight Britain in two days' time, you won't pass out happily?"

Lu Qing said with a smile.

……

In fact, Lu Qing still thinks highly of Waleed-

Before he officially started a war with the Bank of England and directly sold $5 billion to short the Italian lira the next day, Waleed was so excited that he collapsed directly on the sofa.

Fortunately, as a Saudi prince, Waleed traveled with his own medical team, and a doctor immediately came to treat him, so nothing major happened.

And when he woke up, the first thing he said was to ask Lu Qing: "Chen, tell me, how much money did we make?"

"This ......"

Lu Qing looked at Waleed's side and said, "Don't worry, I'll tell you when you're better."

"No!"

Waleed grabbed Lu Qing's hand and said eagerly, "You tell me now, otherwise I won't even be able to sleep!"

"Okay, okay."

Lu Qing stretched out a finger to him: "We have earned so much."

"$100 million? Not bad, not bad......"

As soon as he said a word, he saw Lu Qing shaking his head at him: "Huh? It's not 100 million, it's hard... Could it be ten... 10......"

Waleed's eyes widened and his voice stammered.

"Yes, a billion dollars...... Waleed! Waleed! Are you alright?"

But after he said the number, Waleed fainted again.

"No, how can you say that you are also a dignified Saudi prince, why can't you even accept a billion dollars in profits?"

Seeing Waleed faint again, Lu Qing couldn't help but scratch his head.

He didn't figure it out.

Is Waleed rich?

Of course there is money.

Otherwise, I would not be able to afford to live in such a luxurious manor and gamble with such a large stakes.

But

The $3 billion he took out this time was not his!

Because a large part of his assets have been converted into various investment products, he does not have much cash in hand.

This time, the $3 billion is the royal money he secretly withdrew!

in other words

If he wins this shorting, he will be equal to a white wolf with empty gloves, and he will get hundreds of millions of dollars in vain.

Of course, if he loses, he will also be held accountable by the royal family.

It is precisely for this reason that under the tremendous pressure of being in prison, when he learned that just one Italian lira had made a billion dollars in profits, he was so excited that he fainted directly.

……

The next day.

Waleed woke up from the hospital and came to Lu Qing directly with the nurse and the accompanying doctor.

"No, Waleed, are you there?"

Looking at Walid, who was still wearing a hospital gown, Lu Qing couldn't help but laugh: "Moreover, why would your doctor agree to let you come out?"

"They would have strongly disagreed, saying that it was not in line with their work ethic, but ......"

Waleed rubbed his fingers, "I bought out their seniority."

「……」

I knew it.

"Leave me alone, tell me how is it now?"

Waleed excitedly asked, "Did you make another billion dollars?"

"You think I'm a money printer, making a billion dollars a day?"

Lu Qing rolled her eyes speechlessly.

"How much did that earn?"

Waleed was a little disappointed.

Lu Qing did the math and said, "920 million."

Waleed: "......".

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