At 11:00 p.m. on August 1, 1990, Kuwait time, it was already very late at night. However, at this moment, the presidential residence in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, was still brightly lit, and countless communication signals came and went in the confidential room. In the study, an old man with a beard was standing in front of the window, looking into the southwest, because there was the direction of Kuwait.

This old man is Iraq's President Saddam. From 1979 to now, he has been like an emperor and has been ruled by this ancient land for eleven years. Even in the distant China, he is very famous.

Suddenly, the dedicated line on his desk rang. Saddam immediately withdrew his gaze from outside the window, and then ran to the table quickly to pick up the phone. However, he did not speak. Instead, he heard the instructions there and asked: Can I really do this?

Do you think you still have a choice? Of course, if you want to give up, it doesn’t matter. It’s just that your country needs a war. In addition, can you bear such a provocation from a small country? Then, with a tone of ridicule.

Saddam hesitated for a while and then hung up the phone. His eyes suddenly became sharp. He pressed the phone on the table and called his secretary. Saddam handed him a command he had signed on the table and said to him: Immediately hand it over to the combat command center, and must be kept strictly confidential.

His secretary answered yes, then turned away from the room, Saddam turned around and came to the window again, looking at the night sky in the southwest, he said: The stars are bright tonight, but in two hours, I believe he will be brighter, just like in my country, anyone who dares to provoke me, will tear him to pieces, just like the lamb I enjoy at night.

Safwan is a small town near the Kuwait border in Iraq. Since the tension between the two countries, Saddam has been placing 100,000 troops here, with all kinds of tanks and planes.

Two hours after Saddam hung up the phone, Safwan immediately started to move. All the soldiers gathered in an emergency at night, and the tanks and planes also opened their camouflage. As a pale signal flare exploded in the night sky, all the troops quietly lined up in attack formation towards the Kuwait border. Half an hour later, when the first shell exploded at the Kuwait border outpost, Kuwait sounded the war alarm.

A shrill alarm sounded throughout Kuwait and also followed the reporter's lens to the United States far away from the other end of the earth.

Zhou Ming, Lin Muqing, Tong Gang and Li Cheng, and Ilbedov from Northern Russia, are still sitting in the Wharton meeting room. It was already six in the afternoon in Brighton time. From 7 in the morning to now, they have been sitting here for eleven hours. However, compared with the tension in the morning, their expressions now seem much more relaxed, because a news was being broadcast on the TV in front of them, which was Iraq's sudden attack on Kuwait.

In the TV screen, fires kept lit up in the city of Kuwait, and bursts of gunfire came from not far away.

Along with the gunshots, there was also a report from a war correspondent: Dear viewers, we can see that the Iraqi army has crossed the Kuwait border and launched an attack on Kuwait. We cannot tell whether Iraq's undeclared battle was a warning or a long-planned invasion. However, we can see that the battle on the front line is now very fierce, and even the king's younger brother went to the front line to command the battle.

At this time, someone handed a piece of paper to the reporter. The reporter quickly finished reading the content above and said: According to the news we just received, the King of Kuwait had just published a letter to the Kuwait people. He called on all Kuwait people to unite and fight against the invasion from Iraq. He said that the Kuwait royal family will fight with all the invaders to the end.

This long-prepared drama finally started. It seems that both the capital involved in this war and Saddam himself are impatient. Ilbedov said that he could clearly hear that he was relieved.

In fact, it was not only him, but everyone in the conference room, including Zhou Ming, breathed a sigh of relief because they all knew that with the outbreak of this war, the situation in the Middle East would become worse, especially Iraq and Kuwait, both of which are very important oil-producing countries, and their oil production accounts for nearly one-fifth of the world. Now that they have a war, the oil fields will inevitably be destroyed. This will undoubtedly aggravate market concerns, and the result will be a sharp rise in crude oil prices.

Well, I believe this news will make the whole world unable to sleep. Whether it is politicians who care about the international situation or the capital that operates oil, we can have a good sleep.

Zhou Ming said and stood up. He said to everyone: Okay, Chairman Tong, Brother Li and Mr. Ilbedov, everyone should go back and rest. Today's battle situation is over. Everyone should go back and take a shower and go to bed. We have been sitting here all day today. I believe everyone is very tired. If you want to hear the news of Iraq's annexation of Kuwait, you have to wait until tomorrow morning.

Tong Gang noticed the key point in Zhou Ming's words and asked him: Brother Zhou Ming, you mean that Iraq will occupy the entire territory of Kuwait this morning

Is there any problem with this? Is it true that you think Kuwait can really fight to the end? Zhou Ming asked, to be honest, even if the Kuwait royal family has the will to resist, it cannot match the Iraqi army. In a maximum of fourteen hours, the country of Kuwait will no longer exist. And oil prices will also rise with the destruction of Kuwait, like chicken blood. Let's all wait to collect the money.

After Zhou Ming finished speaking, he walked out. Lin Muqing stood up without hesitation and followed. Ilbedov thought for a while and followed him and asked him: Mr. Zhou Ming, if I have friends who want to enter the market to buy oil futures now, I don’t know if it’s time to do it.

Zhou Ming stopped, but did not answer immediately, but looked at him with a smile and asked: Do you still remember when I placed the order?

Zhou Ming's rhetorical question reminded Ilbedov of what happened in the afternoon, which was at three o'clock in the afternoon.

The on-site bidding time for oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange was 4:30 in the afternoon. However, at 2:30, when the prices of light crude oil and heavy crude oil fell to $15.89 and $14.22 per barrel, Zhou Ming issued an order to clear the position and place all orders to Sun Wei. At that time, the entire crude oil trading market was still falling continuously.

Zhou Ming's move against the trend made them unable to understand at the time. Although they all understood that as the negotiations between Iraq and Kuwait broke down and war would soon break out under the capital, they were still unwilling to give up in the face of the benefits that were within their reach. After all, it is not impossible to clear up and place orders at four o'clock when the bidding on the field is about to end.

However, the subsequent development of the situation surprised them. I don’t know if their actions were remembered by those who were interested or if they guessed the arrangement of the Brighton Consortium again.

In short, when Zhou Ming started to clear the position, other companies immediately began to clear the position. When countless order contracts were sold out, it immediately caused market chaos. Although anyone with a discerning eye could see that as the situation in the Middle East deteriorates, oil prices will definitely rise in the future. But isn’t the oil prices still falling now? Then I speculate again this time and wait until the on-site bidding is about to end and then clear the position.

So with this idea, the oil futures market became increasingly chaotic, with the prices of light crude oil and heavy crude oil hovering around US$15.9 and US$14.3 respectively, until the last moment of time.

Since people have the same idea, starting from four o'clock, not only can they not place orders, but they can't even complete the clearance order.

At this time, Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov felt that Zhou Ming was really foresighted and took the initiative to give up the last hour's gains, but they received quick clearance and transactions.

So since it is difficult to make an order at 4 pm, now that the on-site bidding is over, it is obvious that it is impossible to make an order at 10 pm if the war has begun.

This idea made Ilbedov feel a little discouraged. He had known that he would have asked the old guys in Northern Russia to place an order earlier, but it was so troublesome now. But then again, after all, not everyone trusted Zhou Ming as much as he did. Even if he asked them to place an order at that time, I was afraid they would not listen to him.

But that's it, but who would listen to this explanation

Ilbedov already thought about what kind of anger he would face when he went back to Northern Russia.

Mr. Ilbedov has other friends who are also paying attention to the situation in the Gulf and are ready to take action at any time. Zhou Ming suddenly asked.

Ilbedov was startled by Zhou Ming's words, but he nodded embarrassedly. Zhou Ming then said to him: Actually, you are not embarrassed, everyone can make money together, but the current situation is indeed difficult to deal with.

Zhou Ming thought for a while and then said: You can only try your luck in all futures markets in the world that are still within the trading time limit. Maybe you are lucky and can still make some orders, but you must act quickly, because this will be a capital feast for the whole world.

Zhou Ming's words rekindled Ilbedov's confidence. He immediately nodded to Zhou Ming and then took out his cell phone and started making the phone call.

Looking at Ilbedov's impatient look, Zhou Ming could only smile helplessly.

Then Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing returned to their hotel room. Recalling the situation during the day, Zhou Ming said to Lin Muqing: With this happening today, you, the chairman of the Hong Kong City United Investment Fund, have completely rebelled.

Regarding Zhou Ming's statement, Lin Muqing gave him a blank look and said angrily: How do you say it? Do you want me to be theirs

After being choked by Lin Muqing, Zhou Ming touched his nose awkwardly and said: Of course I don’t mean that. I just want to say that they are afraid they will not fully trust you as the chairman in the future, at least in the case of my affairs.

It doesn't matter. Anyway, I don't have that much interest in the position of chairman of the Hong Kong City United Investment Fund. If they don't trust me, they can completely fire me. I can't ask for it, but I think they shouldn't be so stingy. Lin Muqing said.

If Tong Gang and Li Cheng heard this, they would have been helpless. You should know that this position is a wish that financial practitioners cannot realize in their dreams. Now Lin Muqing still cares so much, which is really a waste of resources. However, Lin Muqing is very normal. After all, she is a woman, and only by following her beloved man is her greatest wish.

Zhou Ming naturally understood this. He stroked Lin Muqing's hair and said: I was indeed wrong. It seems that I want to make up for you.

Before Lin Muqing could look up and ask how to compensate, Zhou Ming suddenly picked up Lin Muqing, then walked towards the room with Lin Muqing's screams, and finally threw her on the bed. He didn't even have time to take off his clothes, so he rushed onto the food.
Chapter completed!