My 1999

August 27th.

As Katrina continues to move closer to the United States, more and more attention has been attracted.

"Mr. Xu, the global oil futures price has exceeded US$65. The New York Stock Exchange has the highest price, and the latest quotation has reached US$66.4/barrel." Lin Junrui said excitedly.

Xu Liang nodded slightly, as Katrina continued to approach the United States.

The accuracy of estimating where it landed is also getting higher and higher.

According to the information currently released, it is 70% likely to be Louisiana.

Therefore, more and more long funds are pouring into the oil futures market.

Coupled with the continuous liquidation of huge short positions held by Quantum Fund, oil prices are rising faster and faster.

Xu Liang folded his arms and looked at the oil futures price change curves in major futures markets around the world on the screen, and pondered for a while.

"Junrui, notify all trading rooms to sell 50 billion long positions on the New York Stock Exchange."

Lin Junrui said in surprise: "Mr. Xu, is it too early now? We can wait until the hurricane makes landfall before selling. The profits then will definitely be higher than now."

Xu Liang shook his head, "Rather than higher profits, what I care about now is how to secure the victory."

Lin Junrui was also a smart person and understood his thoughts instantly.

Patted him on the shoulder.

Xu Liang lamented: "The long positions we hold are as high as 1.5 trillion U.S. dollars, which is too much. If we don't take advantage of the opportunity when Americans' attention is focused on Hurricane Katrina to close our positions.

I'm afraid that when the hurricane passes in the future, we may not have such a good opportunity. "

Lin Junrui nodded. He grew up in the United States. Of course, he is very aware of how difficult it is for Chinese people to reach the top in this predominantly white society.

In particular, Xu's battle with the Quantum Fund was not only earth-shattering, but also well-known around the world.

Now that the Xu family has won a big victory, naturally there are many powerful people who can't stand it and want to cause trouble for them.

But now I am hampered by the impending landfall of Hurricane Katrina, and I cannot spare any more energy.

When the hurricane passes and attention returns, there won't be such a good opportunity.

Without a large sum of money, I'm afraid I won't even be able to save my capital.

"Mr. Xu, I'll make arrangements right away."

After figuring out the joints, Lin Junrui said quickly.

Xu Liang nodded.

After taking one last look at the data on the display, he turned and left the trading room.

The Quantum Fund has completely failed, the 'war' is over, and there is no need for him to stare here.

First I went to the first floor to play with my son for a while.

The process of getting along with the little one not only relaxes the mood, but also repairs the relationship between father and son.

In the afternoon, Lu Hui sent over a document.

"Mr. Xu, as you expected. After the failure of Quantum Fund, most of the institutions that had previously filed lawsuits against us chose to settle out of court.

Currently, only YouTube's lawsuit is still pending. "

After taking it and looking at it, he put the document aside.

"YouTube's copyright conflicts have existed for a long time, but they have only broken out now. It is not easy to resolve them."

After thinking for a moment, Xu Liang shook his head.

"Ignore it for now, oil futures are still the main focus now."

He had no intention of doing anything else until the $1.5 trillion in futures was completely secured.

"Um."

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August 28th.

"Mr. Xu, Washington has issued a notice requiring millions of people in New Orleans to evacuate areas where the hurricane may arrive.

Moreover, more than one-third of the oil fields near the Gulf of Mexico have been forced to shut down.

Seven refineries and a key U.S. crude oil export facility also had to temporarily halt operations. "

Lin Junrui's eyes were full of excitement and excitement.

"Tomorrow, Katrina will make landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana."

Xu Liang smiled. Although he had predicted it before, there was still a difference between prediction and reality.

Now that the prediction has become a reality, it is no wonder that Lin Junrui is happy.

But since he knew the name Katrina, he already knew the result, and he was not as happy as Lin Junrui.

Looking at the global oil futures price on the monitor, which has climbed to $67.50.

After selling 50 billion yesterday, another 30 billion was sold on the right.

But it did not affect the general trend of rising global oil futures prices.

"$200 billion sold today."

"yes."

Jingle bell bell…

The phone rang.

After checking the caller ID, he picked up the call.

"Honey, are you home?"

Helen's voice came over.

"Here, what's wrong?"

"Reed is here. He'll be home in a minute."

"Who else is there besides me, my father-in-law?"

"Chris, Peter and Elgin, and my mom."

"The whole family is here?"

"Um."

Xu Liang said playfully: "My father-in-law's purpose is not simple."

"He only has interests in his eyes. This time he must have come to see you defeat Soros and take advantage of us under the pretext of family ties." Helen said coldly.

"It's normal to be poor in the downtown area and have no one to care about you, but to be rich in the mountains and have distant relatives."

Xu Liang was not surprised at all.

Even in China, if someone wins the lottery and makes a fortune, there will be a lot of relatives running around to borrow money.

"Are you coming back?"

"I'm on my way home."

After the two chatted for a few more words, Xu Liang hung up the phone.

After a little thought, he walked towards the first floor.

When he came outside.

His son was holding a giant Transformer Optimus Prime that was nearly one meter tall.

This was a special commemorative model made by Hasbro, priced at $99.

Last time, Universal Pictures CEO Ron Mayer brought it specially when he visited him.

Since Universal launched "Transformers 1" in 2004, this toy has become a new favorite of children all over the world.

With the filming of "Transformers 2" and the launch of Universal Pictures' publicity, Transformers toys have also become popular.

"Dongdong..."

The little guy fiddled with the big toy in his hand, making all kinds of strange noises.

Probably thinking that it was not fun to just fiddle with it, he began to pull his arm hard and wanted to pull it off.

But this kind of fine toy is very well made, especially the knuckle, which is very solid.

The little guy, who is only over one year old, obviously does not have the strength to destroy it.

After a while, he couldn't get it off. The little guy was obviously angry.

He picked it up and threw it to the ground.

Xu Liang stood quietly by and watched. As long as it didn't involve issues of principle, he never beat or scolded the child.

What is an issue of principle?

Insulting elders, stealing, lying, etc.

"Dad...?"

Noticing Xu Liang standing in the distance, the little guy's eyes lit up, threw the big toy in his hand, and ran over.

He smiled and squatted down, letting his son jump into his arms.

"What did Teacher Mary teach you today?"

"Animals, cats, dogs."

The little guy said excitedly.

"Will you teach Dad later?"

"Okay."

He smiled and kissed his soft and smooth little face.

Since she turned one, Helen has hired a teacher who specializes in educating infants and young children to conduct preschool enlightenment.

Children aged two or three are at the time when their brains develop the fastest and their learning ability is the strongest. It's just that many people don't have the conditions and don't know how to tap into the learning ability of children at this stage.

"Brother Liang, people are here."

Huo Gang came over to remind him.

Xu Liang nodded and walked out with the child in his arms.

When you get outside, you can see four black Mercedes-Benz cars entering the manor.

They drove slowly along the flat garden path, bypassed the fountain, and stopped at the small square in front of the villa.

The car door opened.

A group of people got out.

A tall middle-aged woman wearing a blue floral dress, who looked 70% like Helen, walked over quickly.

Her face was full of joy.

"Winston, my little baby."

He reached out to hug her, but the little guy turned his head quickly and hugged Xu Liang's neck tightly with both hands, obviously not wanting to leave his father's arms.

Xu Liang patted his back gently to comfort him.

"Didn't you keep calling grandma when you called? Now that grandma is here, why don't you look for her?"

The little guy showed half of his face from his father's arms and looked at the woman beside him.

"Winston, I'm grandma."

The woman quickly showed the most gentle smile on her face.

Seeing her like this, the little guy finally turned his head.

The woman was happy and tentatively stretched out her hands.

This time the little guy didn't resist.

Xu Liang watched this scene with a smile.

He could see that his mother-in-law really liked the little guy.

The tenderness revealed in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows could not be faked.

This was also the reason why he was willing to let his son get close to her.

His eyes turned.

He smiled and greeted her.

"Reed, welcome to visit."

The father-in-law also gave him a hug.

Although the two had their own ulterior motives, they were all people of the scene, and the superficial harmony still had to be maintained.

"Xu, congratulations."

Reed's eyes were a bit complicated.

If before, his impression of Xu Liang was just a lucky and talented young man.

This time he watched the whole fight between him and the Quantum Fund. Both sides manipulated trillions of dollars to fight in the futures market. There were all kinds of conspiracies and tricks in the middle, which made him, an outsider, feel thrilling.

Being in it, every minute and every second may suffer hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars in losses.

In one day, the entire Montes family's assets accumulated over hundreds of years could be lost.

This huge pressure made his scalp numb even if he thought about it.

But the man in front of him, who was only 26 years old, not only withstood this huge test, but also defeated Soros, the world's top financial tycoon.

This ability is the best in the world, or even the strongest.

He couldn't think of anyone who was more capable than this man.

So, after the dust settled, he brought the Montes family over as soon as possible.

He wanted to use family affection to consolidate the relationship between the Montes family and the Xu family.

As long as there was this relationship, the Montes family could gain benefits continuously.

As for whether he would be ridiculed for being arrogant at first and respectful later?

As long as there were enough benefits, he didn't care about these.

After saying "thank you", Xu Liang turned his eyes to the person behind him.

Peter Montes had met him half a month ago.