The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

December 5, London.

Lin Ruihuan, who was still in London for inspection, urgently found Lin Zhichao: "Father, the Bren oil futures have moved and skyrocketed to 30 US dollars per barrel in a short period of time. We are in urgent need of a margin to invest 100 million US dollars!"

Lin Zhichao was stunned, how could it rise for no reason?

He soon understood that the Yangtze River Industrial Group's blatant investment might have caused a 'attack' from people in the City of London.

However, he is very calm. US$100 million is a "small number" to him, or to the Yangtze River Industrial Group. Of course, he would not throw up his hands in surrender.

"There are only three trading days until December 9th, plus today, they can't beat us!" Lin Zhichao said quickly and calmly.

Lin Ruihuan suddenly calmed down. He also discovered that he was being attacked by financial speculators in London, so he urgently contacted his father who was on vacation. Now his father acted nonchalantly and asked him to calm down.

He said: "Today's transaction will end soon. It seems that they can't raise it higher! However, Changshi Group cannot raise more deposits in a short time."

Lin Zhichao said: "I will ask Victoria Harbor Investment to transfer 200 million US dollars from the account to Cheung Kong. I will cover the position tomorrow and directly sell the 1 billion US dollar contract first!"

Lin Ruihuan nodded and said: "Okay, as long as we persist until next Monday and the OPEC meeting is over, I believe that no matter how big the power is, it will be impossible to operate against the trend."

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "You all believe me, if the OPEC meeting does not talk about increasing our holdings, then we will be ripped off!"

Lin Ruihuan said: "I believe my father's analysis! It's just that this time it reminded us that this kind of venture capital can easily be attacked, especially since our family is not very strong in the financial field."

After thinking for a while, Lin Zhichao said: "In the financial field, our Lin family still needs to strengthen, but you don't have to worry about this matter for the time being. In the future, I plan to let Overseas Trust establish a stronger investment department."

"OK!"

On the same day, Lin Zhichao immediately arranged for Victoria Harbor Investment to borrow US$200 million from Cheung Kong Group from its capital account in London.

In fact, in many countries, Lin Zhichao's funds can be received in almost an hour. His ability to mobilize cash is definitely very profitable.

The other side.

In an office building in the City of London, Evelyn Rothschild was sitting in her office, listening to the report from her assistant Marion.

"Today, a total of seven financial teams participated in raising the price of Bren oil futures. According to our analysis, if the price only needs to increase by another US$0.5 tomorrow, the short-selling forces in Hong Kong will be liquidated."

Evelyn Rothschild said proudly: "So, we are already going to blow up the short-selling forces in Hong Kong before we even do our part?"

Marion said: "Yes! We only need to reveal the news to those forces that control Bren Oil, and they will be more than happy to crack down on the short-selling forces."

Evelyn Rothschild played with a pen and said with some regret: "That's a pity! But if they increase the funds for short selling, I will definitely be happy to give them a fatal blow. The financial industry is not an industry, so Bits can’t be played!”

Marion asked curiously: "Did the Chinese offend sir?"

Evelyn Rothschild shook his head and said: "No! He has even cooperated with our branch family in Hong Kong (investing in Ma Shimin's company). But this is London, and he is shorting Bren Oil. Futures, so we might as well give him a little color to see.”

Marion immediately understood that although the Rothschild family was already a 'declined' super family, it was not someone a local family from Hong Kong could mess with. If you want to come to London for a financial meal, how can you do it without visiting the pier?

The Rohir family's trick of 'killing someone with a borrowed knife' is still very good. Lin Zhichao's short selling of Bren Oil has touched the interests of some London forces.

The next day.

Lin Zhichao is personally in charge of the investment department of Changshi Group in London. This time he plans to establish the prestige of funds and let the forces in London see that he, Lin Zhichao, is like a dragon crossing the river, just to overpower the local snakes.

Of course, if it were not for the two days over the weekend that would be December 9, which is the OPEC meeting, he would not have resisted.

Lin Zhichao, who is now familiar with history, knows that OPEC must increase production this time, so he feels that steel will be hardened once. In addition to the US$200 million loaned to Changshi Group, Lin Zhichao also asked Victoria Harbor Investment to prepare US$300 million, all of which were prepared in Bren crude oil futures.

"Boss, the market is now open!"

"Okay, sell short the 200 million US dollar order immediately (the margin is 20 million US dollars!)

"yes"

Zhao Gongheng, a Chinese-British man in charge of the investment department, immediately went to implement it nervously. He also understood that this time they were being targeted. Fortunately, the boss went into battle in person, so he gained a lot of confidence.

With the entry of Cheung Kong Group, Victoria Harbor Investment also began to follow suit, which caught many forces off guard.

In fact, they were operating against the trend. The price of oil rose by US$2 per barrel in two days, which was an abnormal rise.

The other side.

Marion quickly came to Evelyn Rothschild’s office and said: “Boss, the power of short-selling has suddenly increased a lot, and there are more than one. In the past hour this morning, the price of Bren crude oil futures has dropped by 0.5 US dollars per barrel. (Converted), there are currently only US$29.4 per barrel left.”

Evelyn Rocher stood up in surprise and said, "How is it possible? Could it be that Lin Zhichao was able to mobilize a large amount of funds in such a short period of time?"

Marion said: "He is not the only force, it seems that a new short-selling force has joined, and it is very strong!"

Evelyn Rothschild immediately said: "We are also entering the market. I don't believe that the strong dragon can defeat the local snake! Buy the oil futures contract immediately. I want today's price to increase to 33 US dollars a barrel!"

"No, I'll make arrangements right away!"

Next, the two sides went back and forth, and the price fluctuations of Bren oil were obviously abnormal.

This anomaly is more beneficial to Lin Zhichao. Since crude oil has been rising for a long time, some people think this is an opportunity to short-sell and join in one after another. On the contrary, in addition to the Rothschild family, the long forces include those British oil traders and related financial institutions.

On that day, Lin Zhichao also kept suppressing the price with the idea of ​​not letting the previous investment liquidate, otherwise it would rise to more than 32 US dollars, so the sell order was very large, and someone happened to buy it again.

City of London.

Many senior executives of financial companies were discussing what was the cause of the Bren oil futures riot, and they quickly found out the reason!

"I didn't expect that capital from Hong Kong would short Bren Oil in a large amount. This is really a shame!"

"The Rothschild family is on the long side this time. I heard that they have contacted many financial groups and are encircling Hong Kong capital."

"Hey, this Rothschild family really regards themselves as the masters of the City of London. When others are short-selling, they are the first to stand up."

"Should we join in?"

“Long or short?”

Due to the active trading, many people soon joined, but the power of long and short is about the same.

As of the close, the long and short forces were balanced, and the Bren oil futures price was US$31.90 per barrel.

Next, there will be two days of market closure on the weekend, and I believe many people will be full of anxiety.

Cheung Kong Group and Victoria Harbor Investment only sold a total of 2 billion short orders that day, and only used half of their margins.

With the arrival of a new week, Bren oil futures have once again attracted the attention of investors, and the trading volume has been greatly amplified.

Evelyn Rothschild has become red-eyed and has mobilized another US$200 million to prepare to go long. Although the Rothschild family has strong financial resources, they are scattered in many places and projects around the world.

At the end of the morning, Marion hurried to his office.

"Boss, something's not right. Now a lot of funds have begun to join the short side. As long as our funds are bought, there will soon be sell orders that consume our funds. After I sent someone to investigate, I found that there seemed to be something about the OPEC meeting. Something major is about to be announced, possibly an increase in production!”

Evelyn Rocher was stunned at first, then stood up in shock and said, "Is your news sure?"

It turned out that he had bought a contract worth 3 billion US dollars, and this only took a whole trading day. Coupled with other forces that are long, their power can be said to be quite powerful.

However, the short side does not show weakness and is eager to accompany the market. There are always a lot of short selling orders.

Marion said: "There should be an 80% chance! As you know, OPEC's share of global oil supply in recent years has only been 27%, and Saudi Arabia has only 7.02%, so there is a high probability that they will pass this meeting Agreement to increase production.”

Evelyn Rothschild sat powerlessly in her position. In the face of the absolute trend, even the Rothschild family could not cover the sky with one hand. Their family can indeed temporarily pull Bren oil futures to 35 US dollars per barrel, but the first is that it requires a lot of strength, and the second is that it is easy for others to eat them all, and in the end they have to pay the unit price.

Nowadays, many well-informed speculators will choose to go short without hesitation!

That is to say, from now on, they just want to go long, and the opponents they face are not only Hong Kong capital!

“Let’s start closing positions in the afternoon!”

Evelyn Rothschild was also very decisive and began to short-sell. Although he would also suffer a lot of losses, he could no longer care about it and could not liquidate his position.

Futures are a 'bet'. If you want to sell, someone must buy. If you can't sell, you will have to fall.

And due to the nature of high leverage, as long as it drops a little, the position may be liquidated.

For example, if the price is 32 US dollars per barrel, if the leverage is 20 times, it only needs to drop to 30.6 US dollars per barrel, and the position will be liquidated (without adding new margin).

If the price drops from US$32 per barrel to US$10 per barrel, many people will go bankrupt and liquidate their positions. Of course, some short sellers will also make huge profits. Of course, this oil plunge will probably last 5 to 6 months before it falls that much.

That afternoon.

Bren oil futures reversed the situation and began to fall!

Lin Zhichao also breathed a sigh of relief in the office.

This time, the investment department of Cheung Kong Group made an additional investment of US$100 million. Victoria Harbor Investment had no intention of investing in Bren oil futures, so it had to spend US$200 million for short selling.

In this way, Lin Zhichao is equivalent to investing US$400 million, or a US$4 billion contract, in Bren oil futures.

Such a large number of short-selling contract holders made Lin Zhichao directly become a giant in the London capital market, and also exposed part of his strength.

Of course, compared to profits, he is still very satisfied.

Next, he only needs to ensure that he continues to short after the contract is delivered, so that he can win without losing!

Of course, we must ensure that the principal cannot be changed after each delivery. We must retain the profits and continue to use 400 million margins for operations.

Lin Zhichao took a private plane and flew towards Hong Kong.

International crude oil plummeted 3.5% on December 10. This incident has proved that crude oil futures will start a downward trend. Lin Zhichao also left London very relieved and left the investment matters to his investors.

As for the reason why he was targeted this time, it has been found out that it was actually the Rothschild family that was targeting him. However, Lin Zhichao didn't take it to heart. After all, he had already defeated the Rothschild family. Those who did long must have suffered a lot of losses.

At the same time, this time allowed Lin Zhichao to make a lot more money and invest an additional US$300 million. It is expected that in the next few months, the London market alone will provide him with more than 2 billion US dollars in wealth, so why not Lin Zhichao!

This incident served as a reminder to Lin Zhichao that a family branch must be established in Europe. This task must of course be handed over to his youngest son Lin Ruinan.

Lin Ruinan, the youngest son of him and Audrey Hepburn, now controls the Red Bull Group (Europe) and is about to control the Givenchy brand. If it invests in luxury goods groups, plus Red Bull Group and sports, it will definitely be good.

As for finance and energy, that is a matter after the third generation. After all, none of his seven sons are good at it. Lin Zhichao himself also keeps a distance from finance. Apart from participating in major historical events, he himself will not invest in highly leveraged financial products.

Of course, if the third generation of Lin Zhichao's family grows up, and the family wealth is in the trillions, they will naturally be able to support it.

What's more, Lin Zhichao is also building his own financial group, but he will pursue a stable one. At this time, he had extended his financial tentacles into Singapore and established a bank investment department.

In fact, when he matures, he will come to London to establish a bank investment department. By then, he will not need to go through other banks and financial institutions to invest in futures, foreign exchange, etc., which will be much more convenient.

When Lin Zhichao flew back to Hong Kong, a news broke out in the City of London - the Rothschild family had been taught a lesson by a Hong Kong capital, and the ones who taught the Rothschild family a lesson were none other than the world's shipping king Lin Zhichao's family.

Originally, the Rothschild family had a great chance of winning by manipulating the rise in Bren oil futures. After all, they were a major force in the City of London. However, they did not expect that OPEC suddenly decided to increase production to increase its share of oil exports.

With such big news, no one dared to go long in oil futures, so Bren oil futures plummeted 3.5% in one day. This drop is already a very large fluctuation in futures.

The Rothschild family.

Jacob Lochier said dissatisfied: "Evelyn, you underestimated your opponent too much this time!"

Losing hundreds of millions of dollars is not a big problem.

The important thing is that Evelyn Rothschild cooperated everywhere, not only did not win, but lost completely.

Evelyn Rocher said: "Master, it's not that I underestimated my opponent, but that we all underestimated our opponent. Lin Zhichao can generate a cash flow of 300 to 400 million US dollars in a short period of time. Based on this, he He is a very powerful person. What's more, I suspect that he just calculated that the OPEC meeting will make a big move, so he decided to go short. Therefore, no matter how much we mobilize, he will win the final victory. Our biggest mistake is that we should not Treat him as a competitor, after all we have no reason for conflict.”

The implication is that if you didn't want to teach others a lesson, why would you have failed this time?

Jacob Rothschild was speechless. It was he who proposed to teach Lin Zhichao a lesson. And now my cousin has made it very clear that Lin Zhichao is very likely to calculate that OPEC will propose to increase production on December 9, so no matter how big Evelyn Rothschild's bet is, others will follow suit, and the Rothschild family will lose even more. many.

"Yes, the head of the family! Evelyn Losier was able to backhand short the first time, which is already very powerful, and also avoided greater losses." Ibo Losier said.

After all, Jacob Rochiel is the fourth generation Lord. This position is the head of all Rochiel family members. This Lord is actually the first generation of Rochiel to receive the honor bestowed by the British royal family. Now it is the Rochiel family. The honor of being the 'head of the family' of the Hill family.

So, he immediately said: "Evelin, I apologize to you. If it were me, I would have failed this time!"

Evelyn Rothschild immediately said: "The head of the family has made a strong statement. A small setback is nothing to our Rothschild family! As long as we unite together, we will be able to break into the United States sooner or later."

The United States has become the world's leader; the United Kingdom is already in decline.

However, it is too difficult for the Rothschild family to enter the United States. The main reason is to be wary of their too much power.

Jacob Lochier said: "Well, as long as we establish a foothold in Canada, we can enter the United States smoothly."

Several members of the Rothschild family immediately started discussing. (End of chapter)