Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 79 Negotiation
on the wine table.

Gu Yansheng also continued to explain to them the next method of making money.

"Didn't I bring down the futures prices?
But the news of forced requisition was false after all. After a few days, the merchants were disciplined and became quiet. What needed to be clarified had to be clarified. So did the price go up again?

What's the most stable price in winter? Cotton yarn!
In these few days, we bought cotton yarn at a low price, buying as much as we could, buying at 30 yuan or 40 yuan, and then selling it when it reached around 100 yuan.

Three hundred percent profit."

"Oh my." Wu Sibao clapped his hands, feeling he had met her too late. "I was saying that people have different brains. Some people are born to make money. It's such a simple truth, how come we don't think of it?
You can make some money by raising your hand to suppress the price, and make another money by selling the goods. It is so easy to make money. How much time have we wasted in the past when we tried so hard to make so little money?
Why didn’t I think of paying attention to the stock market before?”

Ye Jiqing deeply agreed with this.

"If you don't point out some things, people outside really won't know."

After Gu Yansheng explained it clearly, they felt that this was really how to make money.

"Then we need to get that money to you quickly. We need to continue investing this money."

Ye Jiqing immediately thought of the box of money still in the secret service headquarters. No wonder it was called an appetizer. That part had just doubled in value, and if it was invested again, it could triple in value. It was indeed very appetizing.

Gu Yansheng smiled as he ate his food. "Don't worry, I have enough cash for now. It will take time to buy tens of thousands of dollars worth of cotton yarn."

"It's no use keeping it with me. I'll send someone to deliver it to you tomorrow morning." Since there is no worry about making money and there is no risk of losing money, Ye Jiqing's respect for Gu Yansheng has risen to a higher level. This is a boy who makes money. What he says is right. The important thing is to make money quickly.

Wu Sibao was still pondering, and asked in confusion, "There's something I don't understand. You said you sold the cotton yarn futures at 35, but our operation isn't over yet, so the price could still fall, right? Why sell it so early? Won't you make less money?"

"If I don't sell it, how can I get the money to buy the cotton yarn?"

"That's true."

"Come on, come on, have some drinks and eat some food," Li Shiqun said. "Don't just ask. Let Yansheng eat a few bites too. It's like he's here just to teach you. He's still hungry."

"Hahaha, yes, yes, Director Gu, please."

He drank more as soon as he started drinking. Since making money was such a happy thing, Wu Sibao drank two more bottles. When the party ended, he was still drunk and insisted on sending Gu Yansheng home.

He said he wanted to talk about stocks again.

With the drunken look on his face, Gu Yansheng was afraid that he might get into a car accident and lose his life to him.

Even walking is not allowed. If you walk with Wu Sibao, the chance of encountering retaliation from the Military Control Commission is 20% higher. If you stand next to him, you will be specially taken care of if you are shot.

He refused to obey no matter what, but with Li Shiqun and Ye Jiqing holding him back, the drunkard Wu Sibao couldn't make any trouble.

The banquet tonight went smoothly and nothing happened on their side. Gu Yansheng knew that receiving the goods from Lu Bowen should be smooth.

the next day.

The sky cleared up, he sobered up, and Wu Sibao felt that he was back to normal.

It turns out there are so many tricks in the stock market, so it's easy to make money.

When he arrived at the secret service headquarters to work, he did not rush out to seal the warehouse, but instead pondered the stock trading secrets that Gu Yansheng had shared yesterday.

As long as there is bad news, the stock price will definitely fall. For example, the price of cotton yarn will definitely not rise today because they will continue to inspect warehouses and the market will definitely be in panic.

In other words, if he buys some options to short cotton yarn now, the money will be earned for free!
Make a bold assumption, verify carefully, and think about this matter carefully in your mind. There is nothing wrong with it. He can create bad news by himself, which is 100% scary and 100% profitable.

"Liu San," Wu Sibao called over to his younger brother. "You'll lead the team when we go out to seal the warehouse. When you arrive at your destination, contact me first by phone. Only after I give you my orders can you seal it. Remember that?"

"remember."

"Remember this! Don't delay my work. Go ahead."

Wu Sibao arranged for a subordinate to answer the phone, and went to the bank to withdraw money himself. This time it was his turn to make a fortune.

An hour later, the stock market opened at the Zhongye Public Office.

Wu Sibao looked around, not quite understanding what was being said, but he definitely understood what was being said about cotton yarn yesterday.

When I looked at the price, it had dropped to 19 yuan, no, 18 yuan, compared to the 35 yuan that Gu Yansheng sold it for yesterday.

Eighteen dollars!
Doesn't that mean if I didn't sell yesterday, I could make an extra 18 yuan per order if I sell now? So, for 200 orders, I'd lose 3600 yuan.

In just a short while, 200 yuan was gone again.

"Hurry, go buy some cotton yarn for me. Put it on the short side. Buy it all. Use leverage, double leverage."

Wu Sibao told his men to hurry to the counter and come back to report after they had finished buying.

"Captain, all the 20,000 yuan has been bought."

A call back to No. 76 confirmed that Liu San was in place, so what are you waiting for?
"Tell Liu San to seal him up! The bigger the noise, the better!"

Fu Xiaoan's office.

Wu Maiding reported: "No. 76 has started again. According to the stockbroker, the people at No. 76 have bought a lot of short positions in cotton yarn again."

"Really amazing!" Fu Xiaoan sneered. "I never imagined that Li Shiqun was such a master trader. He's making money from us in the stock market while buying cotton yarn at a low price to make another fortune. I think being the deputy director of the Special Agent Headquarters is a waste of his talent. He should be the director of the Economic Department of the Chongqing government. His stock trading skills alone are enough to make him popular with Chiang Kai-shek!"

"He was a bit greedy, but he grasped the timing very well." Wu Maiding had to admit his judgment. "I guess Gu Yansheng asked him for help, and he found the right time to short us." "How much is the current loss on the books?"

“That’s almost 2200 million dollars.”

Although they have adopted certain strategies to reduce losses and even made profits in the process, it is also a fact that the book value of the bills has been falling.

In other words, they have strong financial resources. If it were an ordinary person, they would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Fu Xiaoan thought for a moment and said, "The time is almost here. If we push it down any further, someone will easily snatch the bargaining chips away. Let's have our people go out and collect the goods. Take as many cheap things as possible. Also, prepare another $100,000. I'm going to congratulate Director Gu on his victory."

"Yes."

While they were talking, Gu Yansheng was meeting with Lu Bowen in the office.

Lu Bowen talked about his harvest last night: "It was very easy to get the goods. These merchants were afraid of being forced to requisition them. I just asked to buy them, and they rushed to sell them to me. Moreover, the goods had to be delivered on the spot and the money and goods were cleared.

I have collected nearly 30,000 of the 40,000 US dollars, and more than a dozen warehouses are full.

It keeps me busy.”

Lu Bowen didn't sleep all night. He was either receiving the goods or negotiating.

At this moment, there was no sleepiness at all, only excitement: "Based on our inventory, I am not exaggerating when I say that as long as the organization can find a way to transport it out, our family can buy all the cotton yarn for 100,000 people!
The average price is only 20 yuan. Even if the organization racked their brains, they would never have thought that we could buy so much cotton yarn so cheaply!

When Lu Bowen first took on the task, he expected to provide only about ten packages, after all, they had just arrived in Shanghai and did not have much financial resources.

Even if we take into account Gu Yansheng's financial resources and power, and based on the ever-increasing price of cotton yarn, and the average price of 100 per bag, it would be incredible to be able to handle 10,000 people, which is extremely exaggerated. This would require 10,000 oceans, and one must be careful not to be discovered.

Now it is a blatant acquisition, and the number has increased tenfold.

Twenty yuan a pack, one pack can satisfy a hundred people, so for a hundred thousand people that means a thousand packs, which costs twenty thousand yuan. This money was earned from the stock market and provided by the traitors themselves.

Thinking about this, I don’t feel sleepy at all.

"Keep buying, be quick, and make sure the price is about right." Gu Yansheng handed No. 76 the money he had sent back to him. "The window of opportunity won't be too long. We can buy such a large quantity of cotton yarn. We could have done it last night, but we can't prevent the news from spreading during the day. Once those profiteers come to their senses, it will be difficult to buy it again."

"Okay, then I'll continue collecting." Lu Bowen said as he stood up without wasting a minute.

"Find a car and take a break on the way. Don't collapse from exhaustion."

"No, I'm in good spirits. Besides, I'm a boss now, so how could I not have a car? Let's go."

Ding-ling-ling. Ding-ling-ling.

"Hey."

At noon, the garden is filled with fragrance.

Gu Yansheng didn't expect that Fu Xiaoan would invite him to dinner, and it was such a sincere meal.

Straight to the point, there were two boxes on display, totaling $100,000.

"Brother Gu is so quick to make things happen. The very idea of ​​forced requisition by the Japanese army has frightened the foreigners. When they first started hoarding goods, the most they could have imagined was that the city government might conduct a raid, and then they could use public pressure to stir up trouble.

But they never expected that it was the Japanese army's forced conscription that made them speechless and unable to express their suffering.

The key is that they still don't know that this is actually fake news. The Japanese have never admitted it. Even if they want to curse in the future, they won't find anyone to curse."

Gu Yansheng smiled as he drank his tea. "Mayor Fu sounded like he thought I was the one who spread the false news about the Japanese forced conscription? I wouldn't dare say that. I knew nothing about it."

Fu Xiaoan didn't care that Gu Yansheng didn't admit it. He smiled and said, "It's impossible for the British and Americans to give up the Shanghai market, but the situation of hoarding goods and making a profit has been broken by Director Gu. Once the news of the Japanese army's forced requisition is clarified, it is a foregone conclusion that the foreign chambers of commerce will pay the money.

Now that the outcome is decided, the economy of SH City should recover, otherwise I, as the mayor, will be scolded by the business community.

Director Gu, is that about enough? "

Gu Yansheng drank his tea leisurely. He was offered $100,000 to stop, and without taking into account the previous conflicts between the two sides, the mayor condescended to ask for peace and even gave him money. It can be said that he did not care about his face at all. No wonder Fu Xiaoan was still able to stand firm in Shanghai after going through so many personnel changes.

Since he had finished his work, there was really no reason to confront Fu Xiaoan.

Isn’t one hundred thousand dollars good?
Gu Yansheng put down his teacup and said, "Mayor Fu is right. Shanghai's economy definitely needs our care. I am willing to make an effort, but this matter needs to be concluded. The people in the concession need to pay."

For Gu Yansheng, the only criterion for reporting to the Japanese was that the merchant ships in the concession were willing to accept the new law, that is, to pay money and admit defeat.

Fu Xiaoan didn't dare to be vague: "Leave this matter to me. Give me a day and I'll go and discuss it. I'll try to finish it before your judicial department gets off work today."

Fu Xiaoan was not afraid that Sassoon and his men would not agree. This time, Sassoon and his men had also suffered heavy losses in the stock market and also needed to make up for the losses. In comparison, a 20% deposit for the cargo ship was not much at all.

The reason why he had to solve it before getting off work was because the time from now until the stock market closed was enough for him to catch a big bottom.

When the market reopens tomorrow, it will be foreigners who will help him carry the sedan chair.

Gu Yansheng nodded, "Then I'll have to trouble the mayor."

"Okay." Fu Xiaoan laughed. "Then tomorrow, please join me in holding a press conference to reassure the citizens about the continued prosperity of Shanghai's economy."

"No problem. The Department of Justice fully supports the stable development of Shanghai's economy."

(End of this chapter)