Chapter 2 Great Power Game
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Behind the White House's famous classical baroque oval desk, US President Brom quietly looked at the well-dressed oil and financial tycoons sitting on the green leather sofa opposite, and of course several of them were the president's national security advisers, directors and deputy directors of the Council of Economic Advisers
Sitting on the far left of the green leather sofa was a silver-haired, silver-bearded, smiling old man with a hooked nose and a gentleman's hat of England, holding a cane, but always relatively calm
The others sat behind the old man correspondingly, with a solemn and solemn expression, and their faces were much more solemn than those of the calm and indifferent old man
U.S. President Bloom said: "Gentlemen, I don't need to say more about today's intentions, today's dismal market on the exchange is obvious to all, the North Sea Brent crude oil futures index has fallen by 30 percent, the Gulf countries' sovereign wealth fund has not even turned a wave, it has been drowned in a panic selling, affected by the downward trend of oil, coal, shale gas, natural gas futures trading have sat on the slide, in nuclear fusion, we have slowed down the Chinese a beat"
"The Chinese have an old saying called taoguang yang, and we have been watching out for their every move for years, but we still underestimated them in the end, we didn't expect them to be so menacing, and the first wave of impact was to attack our oil money bags"
American oil tycoon L. Rockefeller said with a fierce look:
"Stupid Chinese, they are declaring war on us"
bp boss says:
"Our situation is not optimistic, this move by the Chinese has given us a lot of trouble, at present our three most advantageous projects in terms of energy have been challenged by the Chinese, the first project is shale gas development, although our technology has matured in recent decades, but the cost of treatment of pollutants such as boron bromide around shale gas fields is very large, and again shale gas development will occupy a lot of land resources, which also increases the cost of shale gas development, just a tceq to engage in environmental legislation has caused a lot of resistance to our development, if large-scale development requires a long time for planning and coordination, Chinese in action we are difficult to compare." Shale reservoir permeability is low, artificial fracturing technology is not fully mature, Geovision imaging while drilling technology and RAB bit near the formation resistivity instrument and other technologies have encountered a lot of bottlenecks, in the accuracy of logging is difficult to improve, the use of large-scale pilot will increase the cost, this has become a pair of contradictions, in addition, the life of PDC bits, there are horizontal wells when the completion of the need to perforate, sit and seal the bridge plug in the construction, The time-consuming problem of drilling bridge plugs is also a major obstacle, and even if these technical problems can be solved, the development volume of shale gas is difficult to raise all of a sudden, and the high cost also determines that it cannot completely replace oil for power generation, and according to the theory of cold fusion, the energy fully released by one gram of pure nickel powder is equivalent to the energy of five hundred barrels of oil, and now the price of a pound of nickel is about thirty dollars, which is equivalent to less than seven cents for five hundred barrels of oil in an ideal situation, such a price for shale gas to compete with it."
After a pause, the bp boss said: "Of course, my statement is not scientific, considering other costs such as technical costs, labor costs, metal costs and equipment, the power of cold fusion will certainly not be so low, but it is basically certain that if the Chinese's cold fusion power station is built on a large scale, the blow to our shale gas and oil system will be fatal."
ExxonMobil Chairman said:
"I really don't know how the Chinese made a breakthrough in cold fusion, before our gas-based e-cat has been leading the global cold fusion project, how they managed to overtake in one fell swoop"
bp boss says: "Sir, this is the second project blocked, our e-cat program has encountered a technical bottleneck for a long time, in the previous test at MITM, the team of e-catm proved that the cold fusion reaction of the gas-based e-catm requires excess energy input, that is, a large amount of natural gas needs to be burned as a condition for the cold fusion reaction to occur, which is not as economical as direct combustion of natural gas for power generation, and the gas-fired e-cat is not suitable for mega-level power generation, because the larger the power generation, the more natural gas needs to be burned as power, and the higher the fuel temperature, the greater the initial power that needs to be input, and the final result is that the gas-type e-cat device cannot be largeUnless the power is electrically started, the self-sustaining e-cat device is possible to achieve large-scale power supply, but we are still far from mature technology."
"Finally, there is the inertial confinement controllable nuclear fusion project, but this project has fallen into a thirty-year curse, thirty years ago it was said that there was progress, but now it still takes thirty years, basically can not solve the problems we are facing now, as for other cyanobacteria solar power generation effect is not as good as the direct construction of solar panels, the actual water to oil has also been proven to be a hollow farce, it can be said that the Chinese really hit our soft underbelly this time"
"Could it be that the Chinese's cold fusion technology has been highly mature to the stage of self-sustaining electric energy starting"
"The information blockade in China is very strict, but according to the results of the report, since China's cold fusion power station can carry out large-scale power supply, it means that they have solved all the phased problems on the road of cold fusion, and the rest is only a later improvement."
The president said: "However, although the energy of cold fusion is huge, the fusion reaction metal nickel it needs is limited, China's nickel reserves are very low, less than 3 million tons, accounting for less than one-fifteenth of the world's nickel reserves, if China is limited in nickel metal ore resources, then in exchange for this can ask the Chinese for the core technology of cold fusion."
"The problem is that getting nuclear fusion is equivalent to getting the first ticket to space civilization, the lightness and high power of cold fusion can solve the problem of power limitations of traditional working fluid rocket power engines, nuclear-powered manned spacecraft are enough to support people to reach the moon, and the nickel reserves on the moon are very considerable, China has made leaps and bounds in exploring lunar data in recent years, if the Chinese buy the core technology of the Soyuz-ST heavy-lift launch vehicle from the Russians and begin to develop lunar resources," said the security consultant with a sad face. And China's nickel reserves, although short, are fully enough to support them to take the first step into space civilization, and if they go to the top of our heads, we will have a hard time."
The president said with a gloomy face:
"Mr. Rothschild, why don't you say a word as my appointment for today?"
Sitting in front of the green leather sofa, the benevolent and peaceful old man slowly stood up, the gray cane fell to the ground, he gently pushed the gentleman's hat on his head, and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, respectable Mr. President, the Chinese are just bluffing, although PetroChina and Sinopec sold a large number of crude oil orders, caused a downward trend in North Sea Brent crude oil futures trading for a short time, but crude oil is important not only its value as an energy source, but also its material value as a chemical raw material, China's largest production plant now does not dare to turn all materials out of the door, the Chinese sell crude oil orders today just to facilitate tomorrow sheep shearing, look at it, tomorrow the North Sea Brent crude oil market will go back to a high position, the smart chairman Wang Shengsheng, he laid a smart bureau, so we can make good use of this bureau, as for the president." Sir, all you need to do is get your team to encourage the news to spread the word about the pollution and dangers of cold fusion."
After speaking, the old Rothschild, of unknown age, blinked playfully, and his old face engraved with the marks of time also carried a bit of innocence and mystery
The blue half-moon shining on the old man's black handbag is particularly eye-catching
Beneath the blue half-moon are the letters that represent his status as an elder of God:
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"Mr. President, if I don't have any more interesting suggestions, I don't want to miss my hot midnight coffee," the hook-nosed old man said with a wink and a smile
"Mr. Rothschild, when you are burning your eyebrows, don't you worry about your family's assets in the bank, if the Chinese build an energy-monetary system, I am afraid that it will be the biggest challenge for your family in generations of finance?"
The old man smiled and said:
"The energy system is naturally worrying, but I think there's another bullet in the hands of the United States
Food-dollar system: I think this bullet is enough to deter the Chinese"
"Mr. Rothschild, please don't forget, cold fusion technology is enough for the Chinese to develop a small sun that shines all year round, and if the rice in China's northeast can be ripened three times a year, then our food deterrence will be greatly reduced"
The old man smiled:
"My team has calculated the cost, if the cost of food production is to be doubled, the technical cost and nickel cost of the Chinese on the cold fusion small sun need to be increased by an order of magnitude, although cold fusion energy can increase food production, but it will also raise the price of food, before the Chinese manned spacecraft can fly to the moon, smart Chinese cannot solve the food problem alone"
Three days later, the London Futures Exchange in the United Kingdom
After Christmas, crude oil plummeted for two consecutive days, breaking the glasses of the gentlemanly British, and the white-collar and gold-collar workers gathered on the London Futures Exchange every day watched the price of oil slide all the way, from $108 all the way to $69, I don't know how many financial oligarchs' money bags have been emptied, and their savings for many years have turned into ashes
However, this trend only lasted for two days, after the opening of the morning of the third day, the oil futures trading price that was originally low below the warning line suddenly began to rise slightly, at first the increase was not high, but in the middle of the market, the upward trend has begun to be obvious, the futures traders in the exchange are looking at the miraculous scene of intraday volume, rubbing their eyes one by one, their faces are full of shock, and on the same day, BBCVOC, n began to hype up the pollution of cold fusion, The dangers and difficulties of nickel development, as well as its costs and risks, other media in the world have also begun to swarm to exaggerate the dangers of cold fusion, and the price of crude oil, which has fallen for two consecutive trading days at the opening of the afternoon, has finally begun to recover, all the way to the warning line
The oil prices that began to rise made the Western oil oligarchs breathe a sigh of relief, but the warning line is still unattainable, most of the futures traders have temporarily chosen to wait and see, it is obvious that oil will fluctuate many times in the future, and oil trading prices will not be too smooth
Zhu Caixia, the chief investment officer and trader of China's foreign exchange reserves, quietly placed a cup of Biluochun on the table, and a plain white hand held up the steaming teacup, and the owner of that hand was Xi Qingmei
"How much wool have you cut," Xi Qingmei quietly dragged the porcelain cup, letting the white light swirl in her hand
"260 billion US dollars, plus the funds of CDB and CITIC, has exceeded 400 billion, and the final estimate can approach 700 billion." Zhu Caixia raised four fingers and said: "But the reaction of Western countries, especially the United States, was very fast, and after selling a large amount of oil in the first two days, they began to buy back sharply on the third day, and the price was forced back, and it seems that they have seen through the cattiness in the cold fusion news, and it is not a problem for the dollar to pull back above the warning line tomorrow."
"The money in the futures market and the stock market is much lower than expected, and the United States reacts very quickly, it seems that those Western financial oligarchs are smarter than expected, and there are more eyeliners on our Chinese soil than expected," Xi Qingmei slowly turned the porcelain cup, knocking her teeth, and said, "The United States doesn't have a big loss."
"The U.S. side was the first to follow China and began to sell oil futures, and then it was the first to re-buy after breaking through the warning line, so let other countries go to the bottom, their losses are much less, especially a few international investment companies that don't know where to get the news, when Cold Sinopec did not announce the cancellation of orders, they took the lead in throwing a large amount of oil, and then they bought a lot of oil yesterday, faster than our actions, which is why we are currently only buying 5.5 billion barrels of oil, instead of the expected 7.5 billion, and other oil profits have been divided by those shrewd investorsβ
"Rockefeller's," Xi Qingmei asked
"It's not the Luo family this time, it's mainly a company under the Rothschild Group," Zhu Caixia said
"The relationship between the Luo family, the Luo family, and the Rockefeller family is not a day or two, they are not wearing the same pair of pants, but it can be regarded as a prosperous relationship, this time the Luo family is ruthless," Xi Qingmei sneered
"There is information that the Rothschild family on the first day of the news of cold fusion on the BBC and N hyped the news that cold fusion will cause oil prices to plummet, and at least 106 media in the world reported that cold fusion will lead to the collapse of the oil system, which was greatly exaggerated by Rothschild, but later most of the first to exaggerate the harm of cold fusion were the Rothschild family's shares, of course, there are some other oil oligarchs, but those oligarchs do not have many shares, and they all have business relations with the Luo family."
"Sure enough, this Luo family is also making a lot of money by taking advantage of this wind," Xi Qingmei smiled dumbly, but her eyes were extremely cold
"Napoleon's Waterloo and the triumphal Arc de Rothschild of old Rothschild, the Monroe family has always been known for the speed and accuracy of first-hand information, this old family has experienced ups and downs for hundreds of years, and in today's era, the eyes are still so vicious," Xi Qingmei sighed helplessly, "After the news of cold fusion is announced, the hot money entering the country is expected."
"It's two percentage points more than expected, and today's trend has stopped some," Zhu Caixia said, "The emergence of cold fusion is equal to the dollar-oil system collapse, and the remarks that the renminbi will become an international currency have spread all over the country, and there is naturally a group of international speculators who are afraid of the depreciation of the dollar in their hands, and they are rushing to buy the renminbi, but they have raised the reserve ratio a little, and they have locked up the hot money of these speculators, and in a few days, they will draw up a way to depreciate the U.S. Treasury bonds that are destined to be depreciated and thrown into India, Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka. Countries in Africa and South-East Asia that have seen the wind and steer the rudder of the de-bubble risk transfer"
"Ukraine and Thailand are already chaotic enough, and if they turn a little more, the Americans are afraid that they will break the net, and the arms sales in the Philippines, Japan and Taiwan will increase," Xi Qingmei stretched her long lazy waist and shook her eyelashes, and said, "Japan's self-defense cruise planes are afraid that they will enter the waters of the Diaoyu Islands again, and Xinjiang and Tibet will only have some chaos again, and Afghanistan will stabilize for a while, and now it is estimated that the old fire will be rekindled, and Taiwan will definitely start clamoring for the military exercises between the US military and a certain country, and I am afraid that it will be back on the agenda...... It's not going to be stable for a while, so be prepared to let North Korea's Kim Sam Pang release a nuclear test, and deal with the Americans, this trick will work."
Sure enough, in the next few days, Xi Qingmei's prophecy came true one by one
First of all, China Railway reformulated the plan to issue US dollar bonds to invest in overseas projects, and proposed to Saudi Arabia, Poland and Nigeria to sign railway construction contracts
On the same day, the US dollar depreciated sharply, falling by 2.6 percentage points
Three days after that, nine U.S. strategic nuclear submarines began to wander around the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy's SSBN-734 Tennessee Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarine almost approached China's territorial waters, India began the Agni-6 upgraded long-range missile, and the official test launch rumors once the test launch was successful, it would be able to cover China's northeast, and at the same time, the United States began to sell five F15 fighter jets to Taiwan, and the largest joint military exercise with NATO and Japan in history was also put on the agenda
The following week, there was a large-scale riot in Xinjiang, 75 Han Chinese were stabbed, 39 Hui were arrested, and the US president asked to meet with the lama, and the next day there was a vicious slashing incident in Chongqing, where 23 people were slashed
On the other hand, three days after the terrorist incidents in Xinjiang and Chongqing, North Korea announced that it had conducted a nuclear test, which shook the United States and the world