Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 251 Iraq Goes Crazy

"Please rest assured, President. We are fully prepared."

Matsumoto Manufacturing's management had long predicted a series of situations that might occur abroad.

A complete evacuation is one of the envisaged options.

Masato Takeshita smiled and affirmed, "Well, that's good."

"By the way, what good plans do you have for Europe?"

When it comes to the market, if you don’t occupy it, others will.

If Pulse wants to control the scale of Red Bull, it must block Red Bull in Europe.

"The company will invest in two factories each in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain."

"While rapidly promoting the development of Pulse Energy Drinks, we are also developing Pulse Drinks that are more in line with European tastes."

Pulse drinks require extreme localization.

Not only must the recipe comply with the laws and regulations of each country, the taste must also be closer to the preferences of the local people.

Only in this way can the dream of long-term development be realized.

"It's a good idea, but it has to be done quickly."

"I don't want Pulse to appear in Europe when the streets are already full of Red Bull."

Red Bull's development momentum in its previous life was too rapid, so Masato Takeshita had to be on guard in every way.

This niche field cannot accommodate two beverage giants.

"Yes, I will!"

The young man then went on to say, “Also, Southeast Asia is also making the same plan.”

“We will not only build a factory in Malaysia, but also in Thailand, Red Bull’s homeland.”

Compared with European Red Bull, Asian Red Bull is weaker.

Pulse's entry into its home base of Thailand may make Asian Red Bull run around in a hurry.

It would be even better if we could kill off the Asian Red Bull.

"Hey, please rest assured, President."

After the meeting, Matsumoto began to speed up the operation of this behemoth.

Soon, it acquired and built more than 10 factories in a series of moves that were seen by the outside world as overly radical.

It is estimated that Matsumoto Manufacturing’s financial report this year will not look good.

There is no way. The current profits from Pulse Energy Drinks are not enough to cover advertising costs and factory costs, and subsidies from the suitcase business are needed.

With revenue increasing but profits decreasing, the financial report will naturally look bad.

At this time, we need investors with a discerning eye for talent.

It is discovered that Matsumoto Manufacturing's current large-scale investment is for better growth.

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Xinghai Group has begun to change the world, but it remains more superficial.

So in August of this year, Iraq launched its invasion of Kuwait as usual.

As soon as Masato Takeshita received the news, he rushed to Xinghai Investment for a meeting.

He looked at the three presidents seriously.

"This is urgent, so I won't be polite with you guys."

"Let everyone sign a confidentiality agreement as soon as possible. The company will be under closed management for six months."

Kamoto Takamasa and the other two looked at each other, but did not hesitate at all.

They responded in unison, "Yes, President!"

The young man continued hurriedly, "Well, I'll give you all a day to take care of your personal matters."

"The rules still follow as before."

"Family members can stay together, and if they don't, the company will find someone to help supervise."

In order to ensure that employees have no worries, Xinghai Investment hires professionals to monitor the employees' spouses for every closed-end investment.

Prevent employees from experiencing emotional instability, which may affect the smooth operation of Xinghai Investment.

Of course, although it is called surveillance, the main focus is more on companionship.

For example, employees’ families can be brought together to learn some more artistic skills, such as flower arrangement and tea ceremony.

Or go traveling or hiking together.

In short, provide employees and their families with something to do while ensuring safety.

This way, even if your partner is not at home, there will be no unexpected situations.

Of course, the activities are separate for men and women.

Many times, it is more difficult to guard against thieves within the family.

"understand!"

"Okay, let's break up the meeting."

After saying that, Masato Takeshita took the lead and left. He now had a lot of work to deal with.

"Hi!"

After watching his chairman leave, Nagasawa Masao looked at Kikuno Shinji, the second smartest person in the company.

"Kikuno-san, has something big happened?"

Kikuno Shinji raised his eyebrows speechlessly and looked carefully at the carefree head of the Supervision Department.

"Tsk, tsk, didn't you read the newspaper last night and this morning?"

Nagasawa Masao said embarrassedly, "Um, sorry, I was busy last night and didn't make it this morning."

"You, you, ask the president."

After hearing what his colleague said, Masao Nagasawa had no choice but to look at his immediate superior with envy.

Kamoto Takashi didn't hide anything and simply said, "War broke out in the Middle East yesterday. Iraq invaded Kuwait."

"Ah, invade Kuwait?"

Masao Nagasawa was dumbfounded. He didn't expect Iraq to be so stupid.

Those small countries in the Middle East are all protected by the United States.

How dare Iraq?

"So, should we sell stocks to protect our funds?"

Masao Nagasawa had a deep impression of the oil crisis.

His former employer, Yamaichi Securities, was hit hard by the crisis caused by rising oil prices.

Xinghai Investment is so good, he doesn't want any problems to arise.

"Don't let your imagination run wild. These are things the president needs to consider. We are only responsible for execution."

Both Kamoto Takamasa and Kikuno Shinji had a rough idea of what was going on, but neither of them was prepared to reveal it.

If it affects the president's plan, it would be worth dying a thousand times.

"That makes sense. The president is so smart, he can definitely solve it."

Xinghai Investment, the number one private equity hedge fund in Japan and even in the world, is once again operating at full capacity.

Soon, those financial companies and intermediary companies that were keeping a close eye on Xinghai Investment received the news.

The three giants of hedge funds in the United States in the 80s also came together because of the changes in Xinghai Investment.

Robertson, founder of Tiger Fund, asked while sitting on the sofa and smoking a cigar comfortably.

"Guess what Xinghai Investment is doing with its sudden change?"

Soros, founder of Quantum Fund, snorted disdainfully.

"What else could it be? Oil."

Steinhardt, founder of the Steinhardt Fund, asked uncertainly.

"Really? But I haven't heard of Xinghai Investment investing in bulk resources?"

Soros has done the most research on Xinghai Investment and even Masato Takeshita, and he said this with great certainty.

"Just because you haven't been there doesn't mean you won't be there. With such a good opportunity, everyone wants to get involved."

"Well, that makes sense."

Robertson agreed because he also planned to take advantage of the opportunity.

Although Soros of Quantum Fund was more famous in the 90s, in fact, his accomplice Robertson made more money.

"Shall we try something ruthless?"

Soros has a strong hatred for Masato Takeshita.

On the one hand, Masato Takeshita is more well-known than him in the financial field.

On the other hand, we have to mention one of his failures.

In 1987, Soros judged that the Japanese stock market had reached its peak.

The result is obvious. He, who likes to short sell, lost a lot of money.

Masato Takeshita is the opposite example.

Relying on the successful judgment of the 87 stock market crash, his reputation soared and he also made a fortune.

In contrast, Soros began to hate Takeshita Masato for no apparent reason. Ordinary people might find this a little strange, but it was actually normal for Soros.

He is not a normal person, but a guy with antisocial thoughts.

Not only do they like to destroy other people's financial ecology, they also like to sponsor anti-government forces.

Life is either spent wrecking things or wrecking things.

A guy who exudes the aura of a villain from the inside out and his entire soul.

"You're stupid! What can we do with this kind of situation?"

Robertson was a little confused as to why Soros was so crazy.

"Yes, let's let him go this time."

Stanhardt felt that Soros was a little puzzled and didn't understand what was going on.

Xinghai Investment is dozens of times larger than the three of them combined.

If there is a tit-for-tat confrontation, who will let whom go is a question.

Hedge funds are discussing this endlessly, and so are investment banks.

Paulson of Goldman Sachs was quite certain that Xinghai Investment would definitely enter the oil futures market.

It's just difficult to figure out when to enter and when to leave.

But Goldman Sachs doesn't care.

On the one hand, it is difficult to snipe under the general trend.

On the other hand, the two companies are partners.

If Xinghai Investment makes money, Goldman Sachs can also get a piece of the pie.

The external disturbances did not affect Xinghai Investment.

Masato Takeshita convened another small meeting of the four people, and then announced the investment target after Takamasa Yoshimoto and the other two signed a confidentiality agreement.

"Our investment direction this time is to go long on oil."

"really."

Shinji Kikuno and Takashi Kamoto looked at each other, very happy that they guessed correctly.

Only Nagasawa Masao muttered: "Wow, it's oil futures."

"Yes, it is oil futures."

The Middle East is the world's oil depot, and Iraq and Kuwait are both important players in this oil depot.

This sudden invasion of Iraq is not just an invasion of a small country, but also a provocation to the petrodollar system.

The Bald Eagle will definitely impose sanctions on Iraq.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which are also in the Middle East, will also choose to impose sanctions on Iraq out of fear.

With one of the two heavyweight oil exporters being sanctioned and the other being invaded, the price of oil is bound to skyrocket.

If you don’t choose to enter at this time, you will be making things difficult for the US dollar.

Kamoto Takamasa had already guessed the result, so he was very calm.

He asked respectfully, "How much money do you need to invest?"

"Well, buy as much as you can, the upper limit is 2.5 trillion yen."

After the outbreak of the war, the rise in oil prices is an inevitable trend, and no matter how much money is invested, there is no need to worry about being targeted by other capital.

The key is that the chips in the market are limited, and even if Xinghai Investment wants to buy, it cannot buy too much.

Of course, although the risk is close to 0, you still need to be careful.

Therefore, Masato Takeshita only plans to use 200 billion US dollars this time, and keep the rest as reserve funds.

If there is really a giant capital that suppresses the oil price, it is also possible to calmly complete the replenishment.

"understand!"

USD 200 billion, the largest single project ever invested by Xinghai.

This made the three of them serious at the same time and more cautious.

After more than three minutes, Kamoto Takamasa asked in a low voice.

"President, how do you plan to arrange the futures schedule?"

Masato Takeshita was well aware of the dynamics of the war and gave orders very straightforwardly.

"War requires a certain amount of preparation and coordination time."

“Even if Bald Eagle’s plan goes smoothly, it will take four to five months to prepare.”

"But December is Christmas, so the earliest a war could break out is January."

"We directly set the futures delivery time from January 1 to January 5."

"You can advance and retreat more calmly."

In the previous life, the Bald Eagle took action in January, and in just over 1 days, Saddam was defeated.

This is another change in the history of human warfare.

Times have really changed!
If nothing unexpected happens, the course of the war in this life will remain the same.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if you guess wrong, you will just make less money.

Anyway, there will be no war in 90, and oil prices will not fall back to the level before the invasion.

"President, are you saying that war will break out in January?"

The young man nodded, "Yeah, probably about the same."

"December is Christmas, and it would be difficult to complete the mobilization in October and November."

"January is a very safe time."

Finance is closely related to the world, and we must learn to look at international trends.

Those financial practitioners who can make a lot of money are experts in studying the international situation.

Shinji Kikuno was very smart and understood the subtext of his president.

He tried to ask: "Is the president very pessimistic about Iraq?"

Masato Takeshita nodded again.

"Saddam will lose, and he will lose quickly."

Iraq's defeat was not only due to its military backwardness, but also to major problems in the personnel's thinking.

First, the ten-year Iran-Iraq War caused officers and soldiers to become weary of war.

Second, the massive condemnation campaign by Western and Middle Eastern media has caused confusion within the military.

It can be said that the morale of the Iraqi army is very low.

The United States, on the contrary, is recognized worldwide as an army of justice.

Morale is ridiculously high.

Of course, the difference in morale between the two sides also factors into the outcome of the war.

Iraq is a small country and is no match for the US-led coalition.

Even if the bald eagle goes on an expedition across the sea, it can easily take care of Iraq.

The resources of both sides are there, and the gap is too great.

"understand!"

Since the president said the war will end soon, then it will definitely end soon.

The three of them plan to develop a more detailed plan based on the guidance of the president.

"Yes, there is more."

At this time, Masato Takeshita suddenly remembered that the country's stocks had not been dealt with yet.

He directly ordered: "Clear all Nintendo stocks now. As part of the futures funds."

Nintendo's market value just exceeded $200 billion a few days ago, and it's time to leave.

If you don't evacuate, it will be a disaster.

"Hi!"

After the small meeting and the big meeting, after all employees signed a confidentiality agreement, Masato Takeshita immediately announced that he would enter the oil futures market.

As for the amount of funds and the specific futures delivery time, they are kept confidential from ordinary employees.

Each group cannot exchange this information, and each group only controls a small portion of the funds.

We cannot trust human will, we need to rely on institutional constraints.

Nintendo's stock is easy to handle.

Because Nintendo's new handheld game console is still in the hot-selling stage.

Chips in oil futures are also easy to absorb.

Because most players cannot accurately judge the time of war.

Even if we could make a judgment, we would think the war would last a long time.

However, everyone, including the US military, guessed wrong.

This allowed Xinghai Investment to complete its layout with ease.

(End of this chapter)