"We have already mentioned the cotton purchase and storage to various groups. We promised to pay more than 1,000 yuan per ton in excess of the market price and receive the goods from them. The feedback we have received so far is very good.

Each company is willing to secretly place orders for stock cotton from Australia and White Elephant in the name of the textile companies they have invested in. After the goods arrive at the port, they will be sent to our designated port in the name of other commodities.

It is expected that within three months, more than 50 tons of inventory reserves can be ordered from multiple countries.”

Zhou Shouyuan glanced at his boss and saw that he had no objection, so he continued, "In addition, through several financial institutions, we will gradually buy long options for May and July, and then gradually establish long orders for September and November...

In addition, Ms. Ho Ching of Temasek will provide an additional first installment of US$3 million to be remitted to the Hong Kong Investment Fund for additional purchases.”

"No need, open a separate account."

Upon hearing this, Li Zehua interrupted and said, "The cotton trade should proceed as planned. $25 billion is enough. If more money is invested, it is likely to alert the enemy."

Zhou Shouyuan was stunned. "What about the extra funds?"

People are willing to give money because they recognize Li Zehua's ability and vision.

Not only Temasek is willing to invest, but more than a dozen banks, securities funds and insurance companies have entrusted Qingyun Investment to manage funds worth more than US$1 billion.

With so much money invested, the goal is to seek a rate of return. If not cotton futures, where else should we invest?
"First arrange for access to the Xiangjiang Foundation account and tell them to invest money quickly. Maybe we can still catch up and have a bite of hot soup."

Li Zehua casually handed the document to Lin Wenhui who was standing beside him, "Make arrangements to collect all the investment funds from the executives, including those institutions that have pledged to invest, before the last day of this month.

Also, please ask those people in China who have frequent contact with you and urge them to transfer the money as soon as possible. It will be too late to wait!"

Lin Wenhui's eyes lit up, "Boss, another big move?"

"Well, I invested some money in Europe before, not much, just a few million dollars, and I was planning to make some pocket money, but who knew that Hillary Clinton would be so bad, and she couldn't hold on for one round and just gave up."

Li Zehua spread his hands and said, "The whole world is now waiting to see whether it will default. There is a lot that can be done about it."

Originally, he entered the market with the idea of ​​participating in history and shorting the Euro exchange rate. There are many individual investors like him in the market, and they don't worry about being noted down.

He didn't dare to put most of his money into it. It was true that he could make money, but the principal of billions of dollars was too much to leverage.

On the one hand, they are worried about being specifically targeted, but being collectively blacklisted by European countries is even more unprofitable. After all, the group still has a lot of business to develop in Europe in the future.

Once the reputation is damaged, the group's business will also be hindered.

He does not plan to use this more than 1 billion US dollars to continue shorting the euro, but instead plans to invest it all in another track.

gold.

From the day of its rebirth in 09 to the present, the international gold price has risen from less than one thousand US dollars to more than 1200 US dollars.

But he knows that this is far from the end of the gold price. With the release of Europe's plan to rescue the market with hundreds of billions of euros, the gold price will fluctuate back and forth like a roller coaster.

He didn't know how much the price had fallen exactly, but he vaguely remembered that the international gold price rose to a peak of nearly $11 per ounce in 2000.

How much can you earn from 1200 to 2000?

The lowest book profit is more than 700, which is close to 2/3. If it is placed in gold futures, I don’t know how many times it can be multiplied.

Of course, he is not a god and cannot remember every specific fluctuation period, but that does not prevent him from asking the bank to customize a special bullish contract and find opponents directly off the market.

As long as the bullish trend remains unchanged, every surge can bring considerable book profits. If you insist on adding positions with floating profits, you can still make huge profits when the gold price approaches 2000.

At the same time, you can buy gold futures with low leverage and wait for the gold price to rise to take profit.

In addition to gold, he also plans to use the team that previously traded Chinese stocks to directly enter the U.S. futures market to go long on silver.

Although I can't remember the specific data, I have not forgotten one key piece of information, which is that the price of silver has increased twice as much as gold in the past 10 years.

"That's it. Recruit the original team again and notify the banks in Lijiapo to customize a set of long-term bullish contracts for gold and silver.

Mainly within one year, the leverage does not need to be too high, and you can buy as much as you can.

In addition, we also look for institutional accounts from them, which are also long-term bullish and short-term follow the market sentiment. "

He is not a god, so how can he remember every market shock? Fortunately, there is no shortage of smart people in this world, especially those in finance. As long as we point out the direction, we can avoid large drawdowns and losses.

Control your position and leverage ratio well, and you won’t lose money even if you buy with your eyes closed.

After instructing on the stop-loss line, he will no longer be concerned. Lin Wenhui will naturally arrange a whole professional team to handle the subsequent matters. He only needs to control the general direction and avoid making mistakes.

Li Zehua also analyzed and discussed the situation of the American market with Zhou Shouyuan. For some reasons, it would be difficult for him to go to North America in his lifetime.

Therefore, most things have to be entrusted to other people in the group to handle, and he has high hopes for Zhou Shouyuan in this regard.

“The expansion of WeChat Technology in Europe and the United States is destined to be an extremely difficult road. No matter who is supporting it, they are just using us as bargaining chips.

The dominance of public opinion involves the foundation of Squid Capital, which is a taboo and is destined to never be recognized by the mainstream class.

But the more this happens, the more you need to appear positive in front of those people, especially on a public level, and make an appearance that you are determined to stick to WeChat technology.

Whether they are friends or enemies, their eyes should be firmly locked on WeChat Technology. The real killer move lies in the Douyin interactive short video, as long as it can cover its breakthrough.

Your work is more than half done. The remaining task is to ensure the safety of the group's investments in Europe and America, and to contact financial institutions in a timely manner for mortgage and cash out."

After listening to this, Zhou Shouyuan did not seem very optimistic:

“We have multiple channels for monetization of investment.

However, the development of short video platforms relies on high-quality content and core algorithms to win, based on tapping the creative potential of ordinary people and allowing more people to earn considerable income through the platform.

In terms of core technology, it does not seem difficult to achieve through the big data center and semiconductor industry development you described.

After all, in China, the food delivery, express delivery, and online shopping industries, coupled with the WeChat technology promoted in Southeast Asia, all have a large enough user base to develop advantageous algorithm technology.

But the investment and difficulties of persisting in the long term are likely to exceed the group's expectations. Even in the end, even tens of billions of dollars plus five years may not lead to success."

Li Zehua laughed and said: “If 10 billion doesn’t work, then 20 billion, and if that doesn’t work, then 30 billion.

If five years isn't enough, then eight or ten years will. Don't forget, I'm behind it. As long as I don't object, this plan will always get the strongest support from the group.

I will invest every penny I earn in my life without hesitation and never question my ability to make money.

Because the expected revenue from micropayments in Southeast Asia alone is enough to support the expansion of short video platforms in Europe and the United States.

money?
If this thing doesn’t become an influence, it’s just a piece of waste paper, too hard to even wipe your butt with.”

As he spoke, he stood up and said in front of the two people, "Control of public opinion is imperative!
Ask yourself, and then look at the friendly competitors who cooperate with us. How terrible the environment they are in is. Every vital industry involving the economic and social sectors is controlled by Squid Capital.

Even though we see the convenience of micropayments and the huge profit prospects, we still have to consider the attitude of Yutai Capital, and even when exchanging interests, we have to give priority to Fengyi International. "

Zhou Shouyuan nodded with deep feeling, while Lin Wenhui could not help but ask, "Chairman, agriculture is the foundation of all the group's strategies. You have repeatedly emphasized the importance of this area before.

Why did you transfer 20% of the shares of the agricultural service company to Fengyi International? "

"Pure exchange of interests!"

Li Zehua said frankly, "Everyone knows who is behind Fengyi International.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see what it wants to achieve, but in the edible oil and other agricultural product processing industries, it is currently difficult for China to compete with it.

To put it bluntly, it is taking advantage of the production advantages of soybeans, wheat, corn and other grains controlled by the United States and Squid Capital to dominate the market.

Imported soybeans have a high oil yield and low cost, but once domestic companies grow bigger, they will not be able to get enough import quotas. What can we do?
The resulting series of industry demands, including feed and large-scale livestock farming, are closely related to it.

This depends on how you act. If you don't allow others to participate, how can you grow and develop?
Any other company that wants to get involved in this industry must face the double pressure of size and cost advantages. It is also difficult for us to develop agricultural companies in China.

It’s not that the local government is unwilling to cooperate, but the agricultural production model between the two countries determines the result. It is difficult for semi-mechanized and semi-manual production to gain a cost advantage.

So we need to cooperate temporarily, obtain the resources behind it, and take the opportunity to develop our unique advantages.

For example, the conditions I offered were to support Qingyun Group in developing its own KFC and McDonald's fast food brands, with the group providing related agricultural products, oil, feed, etc., and the conditions that the group could engage in agricultural planting and agricultural product trade in Southeast Asia and Australia, and they were willing to help.

To put it bluntly, they want to use their resources to gradually control Qingyun Agriculture, and we also want to use its resources to gradually extend our tentacles overseas.

Then through opportunities like cotton futures, we can gradually regain the initiative.”

Why did Li Zehua go to great lengths to hoard cotton?
If he simply wanted to make money, he could just pull the lever, follow according to his memory, and then reap the benefits, making money easily.

Not to mention increasing the money tenfold or a hundredfold, at least several hundred small goals can be easily achieved. With the capacity of the Chicago futures market, even if he invests this little money in the final stage, there won't be any ripples.

A crazy market doesn’t care who enters the market. As long as you put out real money, whether you make a profit or a loss depends entirely on your vision.

Just like gold futures trading, with a transaction volume of trillions of dollars and the participation of mainstream financial institutions from all over the world, it is a pipe dream for a single institution to control the market.

It must be in line with the international trend and acted by one or more major economies together to have a real impact on the general trend.

But what is the meaning of such a simple financial transaction?

His goal has never been how much money to make, but to achieve a special purpose through financial means, and making money is only a help in achieving the goal.

For example, in this cotton futures, they took the opportunity to establish a relationship with the Western Region Construction Governor's Office. As long as they can defeat the biggest competitor in the futures market, there will be no internal constraints.

From now on, you can purchase goods at an agreed price within a fixed fluctuation range.

Not to mention monopoly, the least they should do is to get one-third or even more of the local cotton market share, and then use this to reach a strategic cooperation with the eastern textile industry.

Based on the future supply of cotton with guaranteed quality and quantity, investing in these companies is not really for making money, but simply to tie more chips to yourself.

No matter how food delivery, express delivery, e-commerce and online shopping develop in the next few years, at most there will be 5 million people. Any more will just be a waste of money to support them.

But what about the textile industry?
It can easily affect the employment of tens of millions of people and a market worth trillions of dollars. Historically, when the price of cotton rose to 3.1 yuan per ton, thousands of enterprises in many places in Shandong, Jiangsu and Guangdong stopped production and hundreds of millions of people lost their jobs.

The situation at that time had a greater impact on the textile industry than the 08 financial crisis. If he could enter the market at a critical moment and cooperate with the state reserves to smash the market and bring down the price.

Enough to become a god in one battle.

This is real influence!
As long as he succeeds, a small half of the future of the entire industry can be tied to him. Moving him is equivalent to affecting the employment of millions of people at the same time.

It is true that the textile industry earns money through hard work and depends on the weather, but as long as he controls a sufficient share of the raw material supply, he can hedge the additional risks through the futures market.

When he had only signed a cotton purchase agreement for one million tons in the Western Regions, he received special attention from both above and below. Then when the number increased to three or five million tons, he expanded outward.

Will it squeeze the living space of cotton farmers in Australia, White Elephant, Free-range Chicken and the United States?

What will happen then?

Even if the annual transaction volume is hundreds of billions of RMB, what does it matter if you don’t make a penny from it?
When his sneeze can affect the future of tens of millions of people in the entire industry, no one dares to spy on any of his industries.

A single move can affect the entire body. Unless what he did is so detested by the public that multiple industries from top to bottom take action together, it is possible to eliminate his influence while ensuring that the industry is not affected.

Zhou Shouyuan understood this point clearly.

He is planning to copy the path of Jietai Capital, which controls energy and agriculture through finance.

He gradually infiltrated the financial industry by binding the three major industries of agriculture, Internet and manufacturing.

The key step lies in whether micropayment can be successful. At present, there are no relevant restrictions in China, and Southeast Asia has already found allies and is ready to move.

During this regulatory vacuum, the initiatives he took in advance are having a huge impact. Once successful, they will benefit from the abundant nutrients contributed by Southeast Asian countries.

Qingyun Group is bound to soar to great heights!
However, in his plan, finance is always in a subordinate position and must be truly controlled, rather than gaining influence by threatening other industries with finance and forcing them to compromise.

This has now become clear.

“I can’t imagine what it will be like after I succeed.”

Zhou Shouyuan felt an overwhelming surge of emotion just thinking about it, and at the same time he realized how important the burden he was carrying was.

The media and public opinion are a mouthpiece controlled by outsiders and capital. If used properly, they can even arbitrarily control the future of a small or medium-sized country.

"You'll see!"

Li Zehua is extremely confident, "As long as Douyin Interactive Entertainment can gain a foothold in Europe and the United States, and then expand to the world to exert influence, any day in the future

We can even hold a hook or a cat standing there giving orders.

In this world, there are always many people who don’t like to think, whether it is because of laziness or they are born that way. It doesn’t matter, just leave the rest to us.

As long as the tweeter in our hands is big enough and more people can listen to our voices and live in the information cocoon we create, we will win.

I forgot to mention that I have a cat named Dudu at home, and I am very interested in making it the prime minister somewhere in the southern hemisphere.

Isn’t it just lying down and selling?

It can also meow cutely and perform backflips to please the public. Isn't it better than someone who sells his ancestral home and empties his wallet of the last penny to give it away? "

Zhou Shouyuan was stunned. "Chairman, are you serious?"

Li Zehua laughed loudly and said, "You believe this joke? How can a cat be the commander-in-chief? Do you think the whole world is stupid?"

Including Lin Wenhui next to him, they all patted their chests and breathed a sigh of relief. For a moment just now, they thought their boss had gone crazy.

How is it possible to let a cat up there?
Only Li Zehua himself knows why the cat is not okay.

He really intends to give it a try in this life!
As a madman who pursues excitement in his bones, as long as the rules of the game can be accepted by most people, then it is the right way!
As for how to gain the support of the majority?

That is a matter of personal opinion, but it's always right to work towards your goal.

Who says cats can’t stand up in the future?

Who do you look down on?
Lin Wenhui wiped the sweat from his forehead. He always felt that Li Zehua's eyes were too dangerous, so he found an opportunity to change the subject and said, "Boss, Chairman Li Yuqing of Great Eastern has a suggestion.

I want the group to help Great Eastern integrate insurance resources in the mainland, and I will reward them handsomely after the success.”

Li Zehua was unhappy: "Didn't you reject it? Why are you still coming?"

Lin Wenhui quickly added: “It’s not a pure capital operation, but a normal commercial promotion based on the various businesses of Qingyun Group.

The condition he offered was to help the group acquire companies with rich agricultural planting resources in Southeast Asia, as well as mining companies involved in commodities such as copper and iron.

As you know, insurance companies have insider access to confidential information in these industries, which ensures that they can complete high-quality corporate mergers and acquisitions at low prices.”

It was profitable, so Li Zehua finally agreed: "Is that so? Then please ask him to send someone to cooperate with us. Let me make it clear first, I will not personally come out to support him."

It’s best not to stick this thing on, otherwise you won’t be able to explain clearly if something goes wrong in the future.

Lin Wenhui breathed a sigh of relief, "We already have a suitable candidate, Jiang Yi."

Li Zehua wondered, "What background?"

"It is his biological son, Li Jiahao, alias Jiang Yi, who will serve as the chairman and executive president of Great Eastern's domestic affairs."

"No way? You're willing to give it up, are you really planning to run your business legally?"

Li Zehua thought about it for a moment and realized that his own son had been sent, so it seemed like there might be something to be done.

Speaking of his new energy plan, the company to insure electric vehicles has not been found yet. It would be great if Great Eastern Insurance could be developed seriously.

In the future, if we pack up online ride-hailing vehicles, new energy vehicles, electric two-wheelers, and vehicles from the Tongda Group and Qingyun Yunyunbang, wouldn't this definitely be a trillion-dollar company?

“Please ask Chairman Li Yuqing to formally discuss tomorrow that Qingyun Group should take the lead in Great Eastern Insurance’s domestic business. For example, the name Qingyun Insurance sounds quite nice.

Also, please ask him to call Li Jiahao, no, the person in charge named Jiang Yi as well." (End of this chapter)