Reborn, back to a small county town to become a wealthy family

Chapter 642: Deal and Temptation

Borrowing channels and helping to build channels are two completely different things.

Luo Yang was very interested in the latter.

Of course, he also has to give Jiang Tao the threshold to enter the A round of financing for shared bicycles.

Moreover, Luo Yang also verbally promised that as long as Jiang Tao approved the valuation of Edifier Technology during its Series A financing, he would give him a 5% equity share.

Don’t think that 5% is a small percentage. You should know that Luo Yang only plans to release 20% to 25% of the equity in the A round.

"Mr. Luo, happy cooperation!"

After the two of them verbally agreed on the cooperation, Jiang Tao once again raised his glass and clinked it with Luo Yang.

"Oh my, I really didn't expect that!"

Zhang Weilun at the side couldn't help but speak up. He also picked up the wine cup and said excitedly: "If Mr. Luo's shared bicycle project is a great success in the future, the dinner I organized tonight will become one of the legends in the circle."

The others followed suit and praised, and everyone drank a glass together to celebrate.

At tonight's dinner, both Zhang Weilun, the organizer, and Jiang Tao, who came with a purpose, got what they wanted.

Luo Yang gained a double harvest.

Hence, there was a happy atmosphere at the table.

If Luo Yang hadn't said that he had something important to do in the evening, he would have definitely drunk a lot of wine tonight, and might even have to attend a second game later.

The dinner ended around 8:30.

"Mr. Luo, let's make this clear. I'll go to your office next Tuesday morning."

Before leaving, Jiang Tao held Luo Yang's hand and said, "Whether it's Mr. An from Luo Sheng Tang or Mr. Song who is in charge of the shared bike project, Mr. Luo needs to introduce them to me."

The specific details of the cooperation will definitely be discussed by the people below, and Luo Yang is only responsible for the final decision.

"Okay, see you on Tuesday."

After responding, he said hello to a few other people and then left in a car.

He also had to go to Xijiao Hotel to pick up Xiang Wanwan.

"Brother Tao, the second game has been arranged. Shall we go there now?"

After watching Luo Yang's car leave, Zhang Weilun immediately stuck to Jiang Tao: "The place is already warmed up over there, only you and Brother Song are missing."

"Thanks for today!"

Jiang Tao patted Zhang Weilun on the shoulder and said, "If this cooperation is successful, I will owe you a favor."

Zhang Weilun felt relieved immediately.

In fact, he knew it himself. His subconscious flattery of Jiang Tao in the Yanhuang Business Club last time made Luo Yang have some opinions about him, so that the originally agreed cooperation in game development was shelved.

This time, he shamelessly asked Luo Yang to come out, helped Jiang Tao to negotiate a cooperation, and made him feel that he owed him a favor.

It can be said that when the east is dark, the west is bright.

At least make up for some of the losses.

"Taozi, are you so optimistic about Luo Yang's shared bike project?"

Song Junfeng suddenly interrupted: "I always feel that this thing is a bit risky. It is too easy to be imitated and copied. I believe that it will not be long before competitors appear, and not just in Shanghai. It is very likely that several companies will emerge at the same time across the country."

"It doesn't have much technical content and is indeed easy to be imitated and copied."

Jiang Tao was more careful when replying to his good friend. He explained: "Professional analysis reports have warned that this kind of project is likely to be a hype of a concept. The key is who can get more financing from investment institutions and make the snowball bigger. Now it seems that Luo Yang's company has the upper hand."

“Generally speaking, those who pioneer new things tend to die on the crest of the wave.”

Song Junfeng still felt that it was not very reliable, and muttered: "And seeing the profit point of this project, the snowball will roll big and it will easily collapse!"

"Junfeng, you should learn this from Lao Huang."

When he said this, Jiang Tao laughed: "For venture capitalists, if you are obsessed with the success of a project, you are not far from losing money. What investors need to do is to sell before the game stops, so as not to be the last one."

If Luo Yang were here, he might applaud Jiang Tao.

This is what he thinks about the shared bicycle project.

He wants as many competitors and imitators as possible, so that he can hype up the concept and attract a lot of capital.

Without a large amount of capital entering the market, how can he cash out before the peak arrives?
"Just take it easy."

Song Junfeng was baited by Luo Yang, but the other party did not raise the rod. He felt very uncomfortable being hooked, so it was normal for him to feel some resentment.

Luo Yang had no idea that he was being criticized behind his back.

His attention at the moment is all on tonight's US crude oil futures market.

After leaving the old western-style building, I first went to the Xijiao Hotel to pick up Xiang Wanwan, and then rushed to the office of Gray Rhino Capital in Minhang. The two trips took a full two and a half hours.

When he saw Zhao Pengcheng in the company, it was already past eleven o'clock.

"Chairman, you are here!"

Zhao Pengcheng, who had received a call in advance, was waiting at the company gate, with two young men following behind him.

"This is Xiao Zhang and Xiao Zhao. They are both traders specializing in overseas financial sectors. They signed a confidentiality agreement with the company when they joined. You can use them with complete confidence."

Although Zhao Pengcheng was curious about the porcelain doll following Luo Yang, he didn't know how to ask since Luo Yang didn't introduce it.

After introducing his subordinates, he immediately accompanied Luo Yang and Xiang Wanwan into the company.

He came to the company at around nine o'clock and arranged for someone to clean up the trading room in advance.

In addition to the work computers in the trading room, there are also sofas for resting at night, and a lot of fruits and snacks for filling the stomach are piled on the coffee table. But these are not what Luo Yang cares about.

"What about the financial situation?"

What he is concerned about now is how much money he has available.

"Chairman, a total of 854 million Mi Yuan was raised this time."

Zhao Pengcheng reported truthfully: "Your connections raised 800 million, and I exchanged 54 with my friends."

In one afternoon, Shang Guozheng exchanged 300 million from Xiang Wanwan's father, Dong Xuan helped Luo Yang exchange 500 million, and the remaining 54 was obtained by Zhao Pengcheng through his own connections.

The 800 million euros still need to be raised from three places. Even though Luo Yang is no longer short of money, he still lacks in personal connections.

"Well, use it first."

Luo Yang nodded, and then asked about the financial accounts: "How are the five accounts in the company's hands?"

Zhao Pengcheng understood what his boss wanted to ask, and immediately replied: "These five international financial accounts are relatively safe. In addition to US crude oil, they can also enter the Brent crude oil futures market for operations. I have contacted the account opening institutions this afternoon, and they have all given triple the margin quota, with a minimum contract margin of 5%."

"Enter with full position, 80 times leverage."

“Yes, with 80 times leverage, if we enter the market with a full position, a fluctuation of less than 30 centimeters up or down can cause us to go bankrupt.”

Although Luo Yang showed professionalism in the previous communication, Zhao Pengcheng couldn't help but remind him of the risks involved.

To be honest, he was a little confused from the moment he received Luo Yang's call in the afternoon until now. Gray Rhino Capital made a lot of money in the domestic stock market in the first two quarters of this year, and also made some gains in the US stock market, but so far, the company has not entered the futures market, either domestically or abroad.

It’s not that there are no talented people in this area. In fact, Xiao Zhang and Xiao Zhao who were called over tonight are both professionals.

It’s just that he has his own plan steps and is ready to implement them in the third quarter.

According to his idea, he would take out 50 to 100 million RMB of funds in the third quarter and give it to 3 to 5 professional traders to try their hand in the international futures market, starting with short-term trading, without the need for capital allocation, with a leverage of 10 to 20 times, and the loss line set at 30%.

Unexpectedly, Luo Yang called me suddenly and asked me to go to the US crude oil futures market tonight to take a look.

Moreover, this posture is no longer about swimming in the lake, but about going to the sea to fight the waves!

854 million MiYuan, after deducting the commission, the remaining amount is 841.2 million MiYuan, plus three times the capital allocation, the total funds in the account are 3403.2 million MiYuan, averaged out to 5 accounts, each account can be allocated 680.64 million MiYuan.

The professional traders were more skilled than Luo Yang. After a while of clicking, the two of them prepared all five accounts.

It's just past eleven thirty now, and the U.S. crude oil futures market will not open for another twenty minutes.

"Xiang Wanwan will go to Fudan University to study finance in the second half of this year."

While there was still some time, Luo Yang introduced Xiang Wanwan to Zhao Pengcheng: "During this summer vacation, she will come to the company to study when she is free. Mr. Zhao, please arrange some things for her to do within her ability. The salary will refer to the internship period for new employees."

Although Xiang Wanwan had not shown any intimate behavior towards Luo Yang since she entered the company, the experienced Zhao Pengcheng could tell at a glance that this girl, who was as beautiful as a porcelain doll, was either the boss's relative or his woman.

And the latter is more likely.

"Miss Xiang, you are welcome to come and study during the summer vacation."

Xiang Wanwan waved her hands repeatedly, not daring to accept the courtesy of the boss of her summer internship unit.

If possible, she would rather not have a salary.

"Don't refuse what's yours."

Seeing Xiang Wanwan's blushing face, Luo Yang said, "Of the 854 million Mi Yuanli I collected tonight, 500 million was exchanged at a super exchange rate, and your father gave me 300 million at a normal exchange rate. Even if I'm making up for the difference, the money should go into your pocket."

After hearing this, Xiang Wanwan stopped talking.

In the next ten minutes or so, Luo Yang and Zhao Pengcheng chatted about the domestic A-share market.

"Chairman, Mr. Zhao, the U.S. crude oil futures market has opened."

The trader Xiao Zhang gave a timely reminder after 12 o'clock.

As the two people entered their account command password, the K-line chart of the U.S. crude oil futures market appeared on the computer screen.

"Five accounts were activated, with each account allocated between 600 million and 800 million Mi Yuan."

At this time, apart from Luo Yang, even Zhao Pengcheng had no authority to give orders.

Five accounts were activated at the same time, and these five accounts used accounts of five securities companies in five different countries. No two accounts belonged to the branch of the same securities company in the same country.

Avoid correlation as much as possible.

The current oil price shown on the K-line chart is 97.13 US dollars per barrel. Compared with the price of 95 US dollars per barrel that was concerned about a few days ago, the US crude oil futures price has seen a counter-trend rise during the general downward trend.

This is a wave of shocks to induce buying, the purpose of which is to kill off those small institutions and retail investors who are shorting and force them to hand over their chips.

During the decline from late April to mid-July, Luo Yang had no idea about the specific prices at specific points in time, and it was impossible for him to know.

But he had a memory of the big drop during this period in his mind.

The fund manager once said something that I will never forget: Before the U.S. crude oil futures price fell to the bottom in mid-July, there were several fluctuations in the middle, among which the price of 7 million yuan per barrel was the middle line. After the crude oil futures price fell below it, it never exceeded this benchmark price line.

Combining this memory fragment, Luo Yang stared at the K-line chart on the computer screen.

If you enter with a full position and a leverage of 80 times, your position will be liquidated if the fluctuation is less than 30 minutes.
In the first ten minutes before the opening of the US crude oil futures market, a large positive line was drawn, and the price of crude oil rose all the way to 97.13 US dollars, 97.54 US dollars, 98.23 US dollars, and 98.62 US dollars.
This is to use the opening rise to lure more buyers
When everyone's eyes were focused on the screen, Luo Yang suddenly issued an order.

"99.54 million yuan, full warehouse, buy all, short!"

If it were any other time, both Zhao Pengcheng and the two traders would be stunned for a moment, but in such a tense environment, they subconsciously followed Luo Yang's instructions.

Amid the crackling sound of keyboard tapping, funds from five accounts totaling more than 5 million yuan all poured into the U.S. crude oil futures market.

Buy in full and short at the price of 99.54 million yuan per barrel!

At the moment of the transaction, the price of crude oil suddenly jumped up again, reaching 99.64.

At this time, let alone Zhao Pengcheng and the two traders, even Luo Yang's heart beat violently.

If Mao Ge goes up another 20 meters, we can announce that tonight's 854 million yuan is gone.

After the margin call, all the money was lost.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the candlestick chart on the screen, as if the next jump could take everything away.

At this time, perhaps only Xiang Wanwan, who looked confused, didn't know what the 10-meter jump upwards meant.

Just when everyone's heart was trembling, the crude oil price suddenly began to jump downward, and in the next five minutes, it drew an extremely steep negative line.

原油价格一下子从99.64米元/桶的价格变成了99.11米元、98.67米元、98.21米元、97.82米元
Stable, stable!
Luo Yang's heart suddenly returned to its place in his throat.

It was back in place, but the frequency of the pounding still made his cheeks flush.

It's so scary.

With this wave of price fluctuations alone, which was nearly two dollars, I don’t know how many retail investors and small institutions were shaken out.

In the following period, crude oil prices fluctuated in the range of around 97 million yuan.

"Chairman"

Zhao Pengcheng looked at Luo Yang with a dry mouth: "Do you want to clear the position now?"

Now I have cleared my position and the floating profit is 2 million yuan. Because I entered the market with a full position before, the 5 accounts have a total of 6000 lots, with a total profit of 1200 million yuan!
"Yes, Chairman, do you want to clear the inventory now?"

The braver Xiao Zhang turned around and looked at his boss's boss with admiration: "We have made a profit of more than 1200 million RMB. This short-term operation is amazing."

Full warehouse operation.
Apart from the big boss, who has such courage?

"No hurry, everyone take a break first."

Luo Yang knew that no more accidents would happen next, so he turned and walked towards the sofa in the rest area.

"Mr. Zhao, come over and have a cigarette!"

After greeting Zhao Pengcheng, he instructed Xiao Zhang, "Explain the basic rules of the U.S. crude oil futures market to me, Wanwan. Listen carefully, and keep an eye on the market for a while. Judge the trend based on your intuition and see if it's accurate."

"Uh-huh!"

The porcelain doll nodded repeatedly.

In the previous moment, she saw everyone's expressions.

Although I don’t know what happened, I have heard that the profit has reached 1200 million RMB since the opening.

Half an hour, 1200 million Miyuan!
Even printing money is not that fast.

Is this the charm of the international crude oil futures market?
She suddenly became very interested in the major she was about to choose!

(End of this chapter)