Chapter 328 22,21,20
The heavy rainstorm over London is still there. The heavy rainstorm has caused water to accumulate everywhere in the city of London, even in the most prosperous financial district. There are pools of water at the entrance of the London Metal Exchange.
However, no matter how heavy the rain outside is, there are not many people paying attention. Or for these people, even if the whole of London becomes a country due to this heavy rain, it is not as good as the changes in iron ore futures in the metal exchange at this time. The numbers on the big screen seem to understand that they have become the focus and began to slow down the decline. They did not fall below 22.1 for an hour, which is quite mild compared to the storm in the morning.
"Everyone understands that this iron ore futures is the interest of the Luxembourg family. Now that the 20% threshold is their critical point, everyone is waiting for the reaction from Osland, because if he wants to take action, the only thing left is now."
Someone in the box analyzed the current situation: "Most people just wanted to leave after taking a try, and didn't want to fight with the Luxembourg family head-on. Even if Luxembourg does not have an advantage now, as long as the side is tough enough, we can retreat."
"What if the Luxembourg family has not responded?" Someone also raised this question.
In York's room, he clenched his fists and said, "I really hope they didn't react, that means they were really afraid of our might and chose to retreat. Next, it was our performance time!"
Just as these people were guessing each other, time passed by minute by minute, but the numbers on the big screen never changed, and were still above 22.1, which made many people confused.
"What happened? Is there no news about Aoslan and the others yet? Did they really fear us and choose to give up?"
But more people don't believe it: "That's the Sao family in Luxembourg, shouldn't it be like this? Maybe they are preparing for something more terrifying now."
Of course, some people are very brave. York slapped the table hard in his box: "Damn guy, in my opinion, they can't prepare anything at all. What's even more terrible? It doesn't exist at all. If they were really prepared, they would have been showing up long ago. Once they exceeded the critical point, they wouldn't even have a chance to play."
"But... we might be more careful." Lincoln said worriedly.
York glanced at Lincoln: "My friend, your courage is almost the same as that damn Chinese. You seem to have forgotten that what we do in investment is to dare to think and do!"
Lincoln wanted to say something, but York waved his hand and interrupted him, "You need to say it, I understand, I am not that reckless. Before we decide whether to continue to follow up, I will explore the way first. Let's short some iron ore futures to let the price break through the critical point and see their reaction."
Lincoln was relieved now. As an investor, he knew very well that once the critical point was broken, even the Grand Duke of Luxembourg would have no choice.
York made the decision and started implementing it immediately. He called the box waiter to continue placing orders. Since everyone is waiting and watching now, his orders were quickly reflected on the big screen, causing the price of iron ore futures to fall below 22.1 to 22.03, a drop of 3/1000.
If this decline alone may not be a big deal, but you should know that this is a sudden drop after five hours of falling. It is surprising that there will be such a decline again.
This sudden drop also seemed to have turned on a switch. After only five minutes, the large screen of the exchange changed again, and the price fell to 21.98 again, and after another ten minutes, the figure fell to 21.95, and after half an hour, it fell to 21.65.
"Two percentage points, Lincoln, did you see that iron ore futures fell by more than two percentage points in less than an hour!" York jumped up excitedly and said.
Lincoln was also very excited, he couldn't believe it when he stared at him.
"God! If this is true, then has Luxembourg really given up on saving?" Lincoln said incredible.
"It's not that they want to give up saving, but that they have no hope of saving. After all, if it's just us, they still have a way to deal with it. But when all the big investors enter the market, they lose the opportunity. Even if they can guess that we and those big investors just make a fortune and leave, they dare not gamble because they can't afford to lose." York said.
Lincoln became more and more excited: "If that's the case, then we have a chance to make more money."
York said confidently: "I said it a long time ago, we have a chance to become a wealthy family through this time!"
Lincoln finally cheered, of course, such cheers were not just in York's private rooms, but in other private rooms, the cheers were equally enthusiastic.
"Look, I guessed that those guys in Luxembourg were just a group of cowards. When they saw us entering the market together, they must have been scared. They didn't have the courage to fight us at all. So now, we just need to continue to squeeze the interests of iron ore futures!"
The fat man with ten rings shouted: "No king can exist forever, such a coward should have been driven out long ago!"
The Arab prince on the other side also proudly said in very poor English: "The great master of Luxembourg is not good. In the future, he should be the bravest camel in the Saudis, rather than a trembling mouse."
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When the entire metal exchange was in a carnival, Zhou Ming made the most pessimistic judgment in the cafe not far away.
"I broke through the critical point. It seems that just like Mr. Zhou Ming, you said, the guys in Luxembourg are much more ambition than we imagined." Alfonso said in panic.
Zhou Ming nodded in agreement: "This really surprised me. Although such a large family has such a large resource to allocate, and there are more stable ways to use it, but I still have to take this step. I am curious that all the fish have been entered into the net now, so how should he close the net?"
Alfonso was reminded by Zhou Ming: "Yes! If they want to save the current situation, their opponents will not only be York, but also those big investors. They are not that easy to deal with, especially when they are planning to make a fortune. With their alertness and energy, even if Luxembourg counterattacks, they can still leave if they want to leave. After all, the money for these transactions is not locked."
Looking at the numbers that kept beating on TV, Zhou Ming said to Alfonso: "I can't guess what Luxembourg plans, so I look forward to their approach more. I believe that it must be unexpected!"
Alfonso believed in this completely, and he even saw the ending of Luxembourg's turnaround.
But wouldn’t they fail in this way? But why is this guy still so excited? Is he really not afraid of Luxembourg’s strength and ability? Does he have the means to turn the tide?
Zhou Ming seemed to see Alfonso’s thoughts. Zhou Ming told him: “I’m sorry, I’m not Optimus Prime, but first of all, I have to see their means before I can think of countermeasures. But there is one thing I completely believe that there is no problem in this world that cannot be solved, only brains that are unwilling to start.”
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Finally, he returned to the private room where Oslan and Opold were, Opold stood nervously by the window and looked at the numbers that kept beating on the big screen.
"21.15, 21.07...20.56." Opold kept muttering, and he couldn't help but turn around, "Father, the price has fallen by seven percentage points now. Do we have to continue waiting?"
Oslan stood up and said, "Although I still want to say don't panic, the guy who jumped into the trap is enough, so we can go and publish our news."
Opold's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was so excited that he could not howl. He clenched his fists and looked out the window and said in his heart: You guys are all laughing well now, because this will be your last smile, and I will make you cry even if you cry!
He thought so, then followed Oslan's departure, and they all the way to the temporary media hall inside the exchange.
Mihawk was waiting for them at the door. When they came over, Mihawk quickly stepped up and nodded and told them that everything was ready and that all media were already present, and the news would start at any time.
"Then let it be now."
Oslan said that he then turned to Opold and said to him: "My proud son, you are the representative of the Luxembourg Steel Group. I think this media will be held by you."
Opold was stunned. He never expected that his father would hand over such an important thing to him.
"My son, you have to know that you are the Grand Priest of Luxembourg. This is not just a simple noun. I hope you can understand what you shoulder behind this noun. So today, the media meeting, you must do it well!" said Oslan.
With Oslan's words, Opold and Mihawk then understood his intention, and this was still a training for the successor.
Mihawk took a breath. He admired this grand duke very much because this was the model of a wealthy family!
Opold also clenched his fists: "Don't worry, Father, I will definitely succeed!"
With this confidence, Opold followed Mihawk into the temporary media hall.
Opold did not sit down directly. He stood with the microphone and said, "I am Opold, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and also the vice chairman of the Luxembourg Steel Group. First of all, I am sorry for letting everyone wait for a long time, but I can assure you that your waiting is absolutely worth it, because I will give you a very explosive super news."
Just a simple word, everyone's curiosity was successfully aroused, and even Oslan, who was looking at him from behind, couldn't help but nod.
On the stage, Opold took out some documents and said: "These are futures contracts on the London Metal Exchange, a total of 300,000 tons of Brazil 62 iron ore futures. We will arrive in the delivery date in three days and go to the designated warehouse of the exchange to extract these goods."
The scene suddenly became an uproar.
Chapter completed!