money trouble

Chapter 733
The Secretary of Commerce of the United States, Ross, was shocked when he heard the news. He knew very well that Devon Energy Group had just been transferred to Wu Qian's subordinates, because he was the one who brokered such an important decision. Only the company's big boss has the power to decide.

"What's wrong with Mr. Wu? Didn't Hespel fulfill her promise?"

Minister Ross is very aware of the attitude of the US authorities. The shale oil industry will never succumb to other oil-producing countries. In fact, when the talks between Maoziguo and Baipao collapsed, some departments had already held an emergency meeting to study how to deal with it. Increasing production and fighting a price war is a decision made after the conference research, but it has not yet been announced.

Requiring oil and gas companies to increase production when the international crude oil price is low will obviously harm the interests of capitalists, so the relevant departments want to find a suitable opportunity before releasing the news. Who would have thought that Devon Energy would be ahead of the relevant departments? This is a prediction Ability is a bit scary.

Minister Ross suspected that Wu Qian's original intention was not to side with the relevant departments, but to be annoyed by the CIA's harassment, and he was still making compromises in exchange for peace in this way.

"What an annoying fly, hope it's not what I think it is..."

Minister Ross muttered, but this time he did not act rashly. He neither contacted Hespel nor called Wu Qian to ask why. Instead, he chose to wait and see what happened.

Krystal may be one of the few people who knows the approximate truth of this matter.

In a toilet in the Williams Building, Christo looked at the Changyang line in the trading software, his hands covering his mouth trembling in surprise, his eyes were full of surprise, and this one look was better than many actors.

"Oh, buy it, embarrassing!"

He knew very well that it was not what the outside world had guessed. Some department in the United States was protecting the market. Shit, he knew very well that this kind of behavior that did not conform to the laws of the market must be fueled by his new boss secretly!
Christo is not an idiot, recalling some details of the conversation when he met with the boss yesterday, he couldn't help shivering.

Christo, who has worked in the energy industry for so many years, knows how strong financial resources are needed to boost the international crude oil price against the trend. Even if he doesn't know clearly, he can be sure, there are definitely not many!
The powerful strength of the new boss made Christo feel parched. Even if the new boss did not do it himself, it is the same faction that is controlling the market. After thinking about it, Christo was filled with a little excitement. If you can't become a big shot, then at least become a big shot's subordinate, that's not bad.

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, coughed twice to clear Qingsang, pushed open the toilet door and glanced at the empty bathroom, and dialed the boss's phone.

The phone was connected, and there was a lot of wind on the other side.

"Boss, I... I have held a press conference to convey the news according to your request. After a slight drop in international crude oil prices, there has been a very good rise. The current price is stable between 18.8 and 19.1. For I sincerely admire your judgment."

Christo didn't pretend to be smart enough to say his guess. God knows what the boss thinks. Sometimes people don't look too smart, especially if they don't look smarter than the boss. That's not smart, it's stupid.

Wu Qian was full, and he was lazily sitting on the impala sofa and driving towards Kansas City. After hearing Crystal's report, he said.

"Devon Energy is a well-known company. If you say it, you will do it. Hurry up and tell the workers in the oil field to work. In addition, you don't need to care about the international crude oil price anymore. Otherwise, I'm afraid your heart won't be able to bear it, you know?"

The expression on Christo's face was very exciting. The boss's words were clear enough. The fluctuation of WTI crude oil price was the boss' masterpiece. He suddenly felt a sense of anticipation to hide in the fortress to face the storm.

Christo really wanted to ask the ins and outs of the matter, but in the end he suppressed that damn curiosity, and agreed to the boss's words very happily.

"Christo, you have to firmly believe that the future of shale oil is bright. No matter whether the international crude oil price is high or low, this industry will shine in the future. No matter who interviews you, you must show great determination belief, understand?"

There was a little doubt in Christo's eyes, but he didn't know what he thought of. The doubt disappeared instantly, and he changed into a firm expression. He nodded heavily and said, "I see, boss."

"OK, go get busy and deal with the reporters first. If there are not enough workers in the oil field, remember to recruit. Don't let the labor bureau catch you. That's it. By the way, pay more attention to safety."

Pay attention to safety, why should you pay attention to safety, because the decision of Devon Energy will make quite a few people uncomfortable.

In fact, there is no need for Wu Qian to remind. Christo is quite conscious. While writing the press release, he has already contacted the security company to strengthen security for himself and the Permian Oilfield. The CEO is still Quite visionary.

After hanging up the phone, Wu Qian contacted Woodward immediately without waiting.

After Woodward and Barbara completed the transaction, they had been waiting for a call from the boss. The call finally came. After Woodward got through, his face was flushed and he reported excitedly: "Boss, close 10 lots before 25 minutes ago. Short orders, the total profit reached 40 billion, 40 billion US dollars, haha!"

Wu Qian hummed briefly, and then said: "Continue to build positions, full of short positions, that's it, you are busy."

"Boss... hello? Hello? Hang up..."

Woodward stood in the office without wind and mess, which was extremely inconsistent with his expectations. Shouldn't the boss reward them?Why is there no mention of...

"Oh my God, Barbara, the boss told us to continue to fill our positions with short positions, this... this... What the hell is the boss going to do!?"

Woodward was a little crazy, because he couldn't understand what Wu Qian was thinking at all.

Barbara, much more "simple" than Woodward, made an amusing gesture and got to work.

Wu Qian's strategy is complicated, but it is not easy to implement it.

After personally experiencing a series of unreasonable behaviors by the United States towards him, Wu Qian fully understood the dominance of the US authorities, and fully understood that the relevant departments would never compromise with Maozi and OPEC, and would definitely use means to protect domestic shale oil industry stability.

He first took advantage of Devon Energy's limited influence in the United States, blindly helping the relevant departments to build momentum and triggering an internal price war in the same industry.

The next step is to drive away the tiger and eat the wolf, waiting for the United States to actively or passively get involved in the energy price war between Maozi and OPEC, which will further escalate the war situation.

The price of crude oil fell to 5.00 or 40 US dollars, and he sold [-]% of his short positions and made a profit of [-] billion US dollars, which can be described as a lot of money, but this is not Wu Qian's ultimate goal at all!
This time is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the world's major energy countries are involved in it. The situation is changing once in a century, and we must seize this opportunity to achieve a complete sublimation.

After hanging up the phone, Wu Qiangang threw the phone aside, but it rang again after a while. He picked it up and looked with an apologetic smile on his face. Dwayne Johnson called.

"Wu, I'm at Kennedy Airport. A friend is going to hold a party at the winery tonight. It's not far from Long Island. Come over and have fun. You may know the owner of the winery, Portman, Natalie Bowman."

The phone was connected, Dwayne Johnson said very enthusiastically.

"Huh? Natalie Portman? Oh, Dawn, is that the one from Kill Cold?"

Wu Qian asked.

Johnson nodded and said, "Yes, it's her. How about it? Are you interested in going to play together?"

Although Natalie Portman has acted in many classic films, Wu Qian's understanding of her basically stays in the image of the little lolita in "Killing the Cold". If there is nothing wrong, he really wants to participate in this party .

"Dawn, what a pity, let me see..." Wu Qian turned on the navigation app and took a look, and said, "I'm still two hundred kilometers away from Kansas City, so I'm afraid I won't be able to make it to the party at night."

"Oh..." Johnson felt a little regretful, but he knew that if Wu Qian had no very important matters to deal with, he would never fly from New York to Missouri thousands of miles away in a day. Make an appointment to meet.

"Wu, you are busy with things first, let me know when you get back to New York, and we will get together again."

"Okay, I will contact you when I get to New York, goodbye."

While it's tempting to go to parties thrown by beautiful women, some things just can't wait.

After finishing the call with Dawn, the phone finally stopped. Because he couldn't participate in Natalie's party, Wu Qian regretted for 2 minutes, and then continued to turn on the "browsing mode" to continue to enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides of the road.

The fluctuation of WTI did not have any impact on Wu Qian. The chess game has already unfolded. After dropping a piece, he can take a short rest and wait for the opponent's reaction.

Towards evening, the Airbus H215 helicopter landed in Kansas City, on the roof of the Sheraton Club Plaza Hotel. Spades and Bauer got off the plane. The dialer began to check the environment of the hotel.

At the same time, on the street entering the city from the east, a dusty impala drove into the city with faint black smoke from its tail throat. Behind it were Rolls-Royce and Bugatti.

This interesting combination is really eye-catching. Many people on the side of the road stopped and talked about the three cars, especially curious about the young man in the first impala. Everyone knows that the young man There must be a lot of background.

Wu Qian was used to these gazes and completely ignored them. He was immersed in his own world, admiring the most central city in the United States, Kansas City.

Generally, foreigners who travel to the United States seldom choose Kansas as their destination, so they often miss this beautiful city.

Kansas City is the city with the most fountains in the world. It can be called the "Rome" of the United States. No matter where you walk in the city, you can see all kinds of fountains, big, small, ordinary, Luxurious, everything is available!
At the same time, the city is still in the center of the entire United States.

There are very few tourists in this quiet town, and even if there are, most of them are people from other states in the United States who come here to play, or are international students who go to famous local universities.

Wu Qian drove around the streets, and the traffic conditions were very good, which gave him the leisure to observe the city carefully.

In the garden beside the road, there are old couples walking hand in hand, a family of three playing with their children, a middle-aged woman walking out of the supermarket with a paper bag and her children, teenagers gathering in small groups to play under the stairs, bicycles Tossed under a wall of graffiti...

The whole city is full of life, far from the rush of New York.

Driving the car, following the navigation on his mobile phone, Wu Qian drove to the gate of an art museum.

Nelson Atkins Museum of Art.

This art museum is the largest museum in the Midwest of the United States after the Art Institute of Chicago, and its Chinese collections are comparable in quantity and quality to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

There are many treasures, even orphans, in stone carvings, murals, Buddha statues and paintings. At the same time, the museum also has a considerable number of European art collections.

Wu Qian didn't want to go into the museum to take a closer look, but he just wanted to take a look. Sitting in the car and looking at the huge "Badminton" sculpture on the lawn in the garden in front of the museum, he was fascinated for a while, and he didn't know what he thought of. He made a weird expression and smiled, then drove away.

Jazz is another business card of Kansas City. If the time is transferred back to the 30s and [-]s when jazz was popular in the [-]th century, Kansas City can be said to be a city in the United States.

Arriving at the Sheraton Hotel, when we were having dinner in the hotel auditorium, there happened to be a very exciting jazz performance, which was not a coincidence, because every day there was a dining privilege exclusive to top VIPs.

In the evening, in the top suite of the Sheraton Hotel, Wu Qian was sitting on the sofa in comfortable pajamas, with a glass of light-colored cocktail on the tea table beside him. Rosalind was sitting opposite him, reporting the situation to him.

"Boss, at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, Ms. Karma Harrison will give her campaign speech in Kansas City at the 'Liberty Monument' square in the city. There will definitely be many people attending."

Liberty Monument Square is a landmark building in Kansas City. Usually, if you want to visit, there is a fee. Adults are [-] dollars a ticket, and students and children are [-] dollars.

In order to hold a speech in the square, Kama Harrison needs to rent out the entire square, and the money is naturally spent from campaign funds.

"I will find an opportunity to get in touch with Ms. Harrison when she is giving a speech tomorrow. At the same time, I temporarily rented five apartments next to the apartment she rented. The surrounding area is very safe. You can wait for her there tomorrow."

In order to allow her boss to have a safe environment to get in touch with Karma Harrison, Rosalind took great pains to rent five apartments in the shape of a "ten", and Wu Qian could use the "ten" crossed vertically and vertically. That apartment and meet Karma Harrison.

(End of this chapter)