silent farm

Chapter 313 A Strong Smell of Conspiracy
It took ten days to install the three wind turbines, but the farm did not become deserted, but even more noisy.Because the fourth Silent Farm Youth Football Cup has started.

Although Li Sheng is quite concerned about this matter, after three tournaments of this cup, the farm already has ample experience.The only thing that is uncertain is that the farm's football school officially formed a team to participate in the competition for the first time.But Li Sheng couldn't help but pay as much attention as before.

There are still many things that he has to personally handle recently.Although Qiu Desheng has helped him form a management team.But this team has not gained his trust for the time being, and some of the more secretive matters still have not been handled by them.They just stayed in Huaxia to help Li Sheng manage several domestic companies.And their first mission after accepting Li Sheng's employment was to acquire the winery that Luo Zheng had mentioned to Li Sheng before.It's just that there is still definite news now.

Both Li Sheng and Qiu Desheng knew very well that this matter was a test question for the team.So Li Sheng would not take the initiative to ask questions, and Qiu Desheng rarely reported.

Li Sheng is currently having a video call with Finn.

The day before yesterday, after months of tug-of-war between bulls and bears in the crude oil futures market, OPEC finally reached an agreement and decided to reduce OPEC crude oil production by 200 million barrels per day starting this month.Because the news came quite suddenly, the good news stimulated crude oil prices to surge by 8.6% that day.

However, the United States was tit-for-tat yesterday, not only announced the domestic consumption index for April, but the index was lowered by 0.2%.This data shows that the US economic situation is not as good as expected.Of course, that is not enough to cause too much negative effect on crude oil prices.In addition to this, the US announced that it will reduce its diesel stockpile by 500 million gallons in May.

However, yesterday was a rest day in the United States, and this news has not yet affected crude oil prices.However, the market judges that there will be some fluctuations in crude oil prices. As for whether the final crude oil price will rise or fall, it depends on whether the oil-consuming countries that have a relatively large influence on the crude oil export market, such as the United States and China, have any countermeasures.

If not, the price of crude oil will definitely go up all the way. If there is, then crude oil may rise in volatility.

It was Fein who conveyed these analyzes to Li Sheng.At the same time, I also hope that Li Sheng can invest some of the remaining funds in the market: "Li, there are indeed some risks in the market now. But the performance of the past month has also proved that the market is inclined to rise in crude oil prices. The power of capital lies in the capital In the world, the influence of the country is far greater than that of the country. The United States is a world of economic freedom. His intervention methods are only so three-handed. The price will almost certainly fall a little in the next two trading days. Great opportunity for low take-up."

Li Sheng looked at Finn on the screen and said sincerely, all he wanted was for him to invest the remaining 30 billion dollars of himself in the multi-party market.

Yes, he only spent 50 billion of the 20 billion US dollars he put on Finn before.For more than a month, he has been holding multiple positions with five times leverage.There has been no movement from the back.That position, after the sharp rise in oil prices in the previous trading day, has brought him [-] million US dollars in book income.Of course, maybe the next trading day will pay back.

Li Sheng thought for a while, then looked at the camera above the screen and said, "Fin, I want to know how sure you are that the bulls will overpower the bears in the next few trading days?"

Finn probably didn't expect him to ask that question, but he quickly reacted and said confidently: "I think the bulls have an [-]% chance of withstanding the pressure."

Li Sheng pouted inwardly, but the expression on his face remained unchanged: "Then I can agree with you to help me build a position with five times the leverage."

Finn was not completely satisfied with this. His original goal was to hope that Li Sheng would take out 20 billion US dollars to operate with eight times or ten times the leverage.But since Li Sheng has already decided, he can only be better than nothing.

After the two of them spoke a few more words, the call ended.

Li Sheng leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes.There was also a tug of war in his mind.Finn has already invested a lot.Did the team that Luo Zheng found also follow up?

Although both sides made some money because of the last trading day.The money that is not in his pocket is not his money.Now in the hands of that team, Li Sheng still has 50 billion funds.If you don't buy now, if the oil price rises next, it will not be easy for this money to absorb empty orders in the market.If the price of oil falls, you may be able to issue billions of dollars in one day.

Although the money is not too much in his eyes.But you will still consider it carefully when choosing.

In fact, Li Sheng knows that although speculation depends on vision, it is also a gamble, but this gamble is not about whose technology, but whose capital is strong.In the current situation where the fundamentals are similar, the party with strong capital will eventually win.So no one will think about how many people fell on the road and became food for the crocodiles before this victory.All speculators don't ask themselves or others how sure they are.

Because no one knows what will happen to the fundamentals.

Li Sheng hopes to know more things that can affect the fundamentals.After thinking about it for more than 20 minutes, he called Ali.

"Lee, are you okay?"

Hearing Ali's laughing voice, Li Sheng couldn't help laughing, and said, "I'm fine. It's just that I've been busy recently. What about you? Where are you enjoying life now?"

"I'm in Hollywood. Are you coming? The beauties here are amazing!" Ali joked.

Li Sheng said with a smile: "I really want to meet the beauties in Hollywood, but I can't leave for the time being."

"Well, then you don't call me just to envy me that I can enjoy life."

Li Sheng organized his speech and asked, "How long have you been in the United States? Do you understand the direction of domestic policies?"

Ali on the other end of the phone put away his smile and didn't speak for a long time.

Li Sheng knew that he understood what he meant, and was considering whether to speak out.Otherwise, he can just perfunctory casually, and there is no need to be silent about each other.

Sure enough, Ali finally said: "They plan to persist for at least three months, hoping to reach between 120 and 130 and maintain it for about a month. The other party said it is understandable."

What he said was confusing.But Li Sheng knew the inside story, and immediately translated his words automatically: OPEC, mainly in the Middle East, plans to raise the price of oil to more than 120 US dollars within three months, and intends to maintain this price a month.Their plan has been discussed at least with the United States.The United States acquiesced in their move.

Although he does not understand why the United States would acquiesce to OPEC raising oil prices.But he felt that there was no need for Ali to lie to him.If he loses, Ali won't get a cent of the benefits.

"Will there be any variables?" Although he got some inside information, Li Sheng knew that nothing was absolute.

"Russia and Central Asia." Ali said only three words to his question.

Li Sheng was stunned.Apart from OPEC, there are only a few countries that can export large quantities of crude oil.One is Russia, one is Kazakhstan, and the other is Canada.

Russia will not have a superficial price reduction behavior, because their domestic crude oil production costs are higher than other countries.It is said that if the international oil price falls below 55 dollars a barrel, they will lose money.The production cost of a barrel of crude oil in the Middle East countries only needs more than ten dollars.

Therefore, five years ago, in order not to lose money, Russia had to increase crude oil export taxes in order to increase international crude oil prices without reducing production.

Kazakhstan is an emerging oil exporting country, and its main export target is China.But its oil production is not high, it is impossible to affect the overall situation.As for Canada, crude oil is mainly extracted from oil reservoir rocks, the cost is relatively high, and the export volume is not very high.Higher oil prices should also be welcome.

Li Sheng knew that Ali had said enough, so he said, "Thank you. Come to the farm to play when you have time. I won't disturb you to enjoy life."

Ali breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that Li Sheng would continue to question him.Seeing Li Sheng's interest, he smiled and said, "If you have time, come to America. I might stay here for a while."

Li Sheng smiled and said, "If I'm free, I'll definitely go."

The two hung up the phone.Li Sheng savored Ali's words carefully.

It's not that he doesn't believe it, but he feels a little weird.As the world's largest importer of crude oil, the United States agreed to a substantial increase in the price of crude oil.This is definitely not normal.And Ali's words also revealed a piece of news, that is, the supply and demand sides of the world oil price are actually negotiated to a certain extent.

Is the United States trying to play a game in the futures market?
Li Sheng didn't think that was impossible.The White House is far from Wall Street though.But Wall Street's tentacles have been stabbing the US president's ass.This is even more true for those MPs.It is not impossible for Wall Street to make a fortune and then influence the policies of the United States.

He has thought about several possibilities, such as curbing the Asian economy and so on.But he is not an analyst of the international situation, and he is not sure what is tricky in all this.

However, he can be sure that oil prices will definitely rise in the future.So he called Luo Zheng and asked the trader team to build a position of at least 40 billion US dollars in the next trading day.

Although the risk is relatively high, as long as the oil price does not fall by more than 8% from the current level, he does not need to invest any more money to pay a margin.If it exceeds this range, he feels that investing another US$20 billion will ensure that the position will not be liquidated.

As for the subsequent operations, he believes that professionals know better than him.It's time to let them do it.But now he has to make up his own mind.

Since Ali didn't make it clear when he told him the news, he felt that maybe the OPEC countries didn't want anyone to know their intentions.Since that was the case, it was impossible for him to be exposed.Although I don't know the plan of the OPEC countries, it must be a plan to make a fortune. Cutting people's way of making money is the most hated thing.He is not living a leisurely life now, so there is no need to take the initiative to find trouble.

(End of this chapter)