In Tokyo, even the most fierce dragon is afraid of the hatchet

Warren Buffett, Henry Paulson and several other senior partners rushed over immediately, including former president White Hate who had joined the Treasury Department.

It's already midnight.

Warren Buffett yawned and frowned, saying, "What happened? You called everyone here at this time. John, don't you know that disturbing people's rest is a sin?"

"Sorry! Something very serious has happened! I just received a call from the Intelligence Department. There is a very serious uncertainty on the Sumao side?"

"Su Mao?"

"Yes." John Weinberg nodded and signaled his secretary to turn on the projection equipment in the conference room. "Crude oil prices are out of control and rising wildly today. Therefore, the Soviet-Maoist left-wing forces may become uncertain."

“Isn’t it the company or other consortiums that are pushing up the oil price?”

"No. Apart from Kuwait, today we were mainly affected by Japan. Someone signed a large crude oil agreement with the Sumitomo Group, a huge bet of up to 1,000 barrels of oil per day."

Since the beginning of the Cold War.

The Eastern and Western camps formed economic and ideological barriers. With the construction of the Berlin Wall, the Warsaw Pact and Western countries divided the entire earth into two halves, yin and yang.

For quite a long time.

Both the Soviet Union and Mao were at an absolute disadvantage and had to win over neighboring countries to fight against the West.

It was not until the 60s and 70s that Soviet-Maoist Russia entered its best period of economic status - huge oil and gas fields were discovered in Siberia, and the "Third Baku" was officially born.

During the 1973 oil crisis, international oil prices increased several times.

当时苏毛政府每次投资西伯利亚油田1卢布，3～4年之内就可以获得30～40卢布的利润。

Stimulated by such high returns, the Soviet Union's oil production increased again and again: in 1960, the Soviet Union's oil production was 14.4 million tons, accounting for 1% of the world's total production;

In 1980, the total annual output of Soviet wool was 19.5 million tons, accounting for % of the world's total output.

As oil prices rose and oil production increased, the Soviet Union accumulated a huge amount of wealth in a very short period of time.

In this period.

There is a movie called "The Crew", which reflects the living conditions of the Soviet Union and the Maoists in the 80s: at that time, for the Maoists, their most fashionable lifestyle was basically through purchasing foreign daily necessities - Japanese high-tech tape recorders and televisions, Western European clothes and cigarettes.

为了维持人民的这种“高质量生活”，苏联石油出口在开采量中的比例正在增加：1970年为25.8%、1980年为27.7%、1987年为29.1%。

This "everyone is happy" situation sends the message that oil prices will continue to rise and will stabilize after reaching a certain level.

This is equivalent to telling people that a good day will never end.

Since exporting resources can bring huge profits, why do we still need to farm or engage in other industries?

So Su Mao got a disease - Dutch disease.

During this period, Soviet-Maoist industry adjusted towards heavy chemical industry. With inexhaustible oil, other heavy industries such as steel, automobiles, electronics and aerospace made great progress.

But at the same time, light industry was abandoned, and as for land, it was even more dispensable.

It is so hard to work facing the black soil and with your back to the sky. Anyway, you have money to buy food, so why bother farming!

It is in this context.

A strategy of encirclement and suppression from all sides was launched.

The first strategy is the reverse oil shock strategy.

In 1985, the Reagan administration reached an agreement with Saudi Arabia.

Before the agreement, Saudi Arabia's oil production had remained at less than 200 million barrels per day. After the agreement, daily production quickly soared to 900 million barrels.

Kuwait is also one of the United States' allies. It ignored OPEC's quota restrictions and increased production on its own, and its daily production capacity quickly increased to 800 million barrels per day.

At the same time, America's own oil production capacity was rapidly stimulated.

In 1970, the United States' oil production was 300 million barrels. After Reagan came to power, the production increased day by day. Now, the United States' oil production has increased to 800 million barrels.

Then the Plaza Accord was launched.

Japan has always relied on its cheap yen to sustain its strategic position in the Pacific, especially since the Russians all love Japan's Toyota, Sony, Toshiba and Canon.

Cameras, tape recorders, cars, televisions.

Become a necessity.

The ruble lost the light industry market and the yen appreciated. As the second largest economy and neighboring Russia, it immediately came under tremendous exchange rate pressure.

On the other hand, as a large amount of oil was injected into the international market, international oil prices have been falling, which is a heavy blow to the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong, which are already completely dependent on oil exports.

In just one night, the Soviet Union lost $100 billion.

Even worse, if the price of a barrel of oil drops by $1, Moscow Oil Company alone will see its annual revenue drop by $5 million to $10 billion.

In the international market, the prices of natural gas and oil are always linked.

The sharp drop in oil prices also caused natural gas prices to start falling, and the Soviet Union lost billions of dollars in natural gas exports.

But the second killer move of the United States was the Plaza Accord.

Japan and Germany have strong economic strength and can take over the current US economy that is on the verge of collapse. In this way, the United States can use quantitative easing to stimulate the economy while also weakening the purchasing power of foreign exchange held by the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union.

Two-thirds of foreign exchange earnings come from oil, which is mainly used to import advanced Western technology, equipment and food.

Suddenly, income was cut in half and the purchasing power of foreign exchange depreciated sharply, which immediately caused serious economic problems.

There is a shortage of food, high-tech products, daily necessities, and even toilet paper has become extremely scarce.

Lost land.

It's hard to pick it up again.

In addition to Ermao's family, there are also people who farm and own a large amount of black soil, but food has become scarce.

Major state-owned stores had rubles but could not buy bread, and the adage that the economic base determines the superstructure became a reality.

But now.

Iraq's war on Kuwait caused crude oil prices to soar.

If Japan continues to add fuel to the fire at this time, it will undoubtedly make the fire burn more and more fiercely.

If this continues.

The Russians are reviving thanks to oil exports, and the influence of the left is expanding. God knows what will happen.

"Oh my god! Are these little Japanese sick again?!!!"

Henry Paulson screamed.

The faces of the other people present were also very unhappy. John Weinberg said with a dark face: "You all know the character of the Japanese. These idiots only know how to buy, buy, buy!"

"Damn it! This must be stopped!"

"How can we stop them? These guys are frantically buying coal and rare earths for land reclamation in China. Some time ago, they even wanted to buy the Statue of Liberty to fill the sea. We have no reason to stop them from buying oil reserves."

"Walter? Buying the Statue of Liberty and using it for land reclamation? God! Have these bastards gone this far?"

"Let's not talk about this annoying thing. No other country can produce 10 million barrels of oil a day except Russia. So we must find a way to stop them. We must not let them buy oil from Russia, otherwise things may go beyond everyone's expectations."

White Hatter frowned and said that as a senior official in the Ministry of Finance, he knew the seriousness of the matter better than anyone else present.

Because once the balance is broken, things will become out of control.

"Selling a thousand barrels of oil, what kind of background does this guy have? He is so crazy and ruthless, even the major Japanese financial groups don't have the strength to do this!"

"He is a director of Nihon Ibo. By the way, I heard that he has become the president of Nihon Ibo Kansai Region. His name is Nagano and he seems to be the heir of the Nakamura family."

"Nagano? The guy who cooperated with Japan Life Insurance on the Nikkei Bearish Waiver project was called Nagano. He should be this guy!"

"That's great! Warren, are you sure you can convince him?"

"This guy is a Japanese who doesn't look like a little Japan. I don't feel any patriotism from him during my conversation with him. So, I can only try my best! But this guy is a bit profit-driven. He is betting against Sumitomo in the hope of making money."

"..."

Japan.

Hokkaido.

Autumn is high and fresh.

It's perfect weather for fishing.

Nao Nagano sat on a small stool, holding a fishing rod, leisurely waiting for the fish to bite.

"grown ups!"

"Crude oil has risen another 2% today. You need to think of a solution!"

Seto Shinnosuke was spinning around in panic.

As the saying goes, success or failure depends on relationships. In Japanese society, he is where he is today because he followed the right people.

But if something goes wrong with the person you follow, it will definitely be worse than death.

Ten million barrels of crude oil are imported per day.

This terrifying amount is enough to make people tremble with fear just by thinking about it.

Fools know it.

If the bet with Sumitomo fails, Nagano Nao will be abandoned by the family.

By then, all kinds of problems including corruption, abuse of power for personal gain, and false transactions will be exposed.

He has someone to protect him.

At worst, you'll be put in jail for ten or eight years.

There is no god behind you, so you can't do anything if you come out to take the blame.

But now, with such an urgent matter at hand, this guy actually still has the leisure to go fishing!

Shhh!

Nagano Nao was getting annoyed by the nagging.

Made a gesture.

Seto Shinnosuke immediately got angry and knelt down with a plop: "Sir! Please! My life and worth are in your hands!"

Nima!

Kneeling down is so easy.