In this huge "exhibition" for key competition, the only big country that was absent was the ugly country. After all, they did not give up their self-esteem as a former leader and planned to use their technical accumulation and market policy advantages to compete with China.

After all, under the current situation where they still hold world economic authority, anti-dumping and technical sanctions are still the route they can take.

However, there is really not much time left for them.

......

On the other side of the sea, the Office of Strategic Analysis.

Today, this small office is filled with people, with several huge screens in front of them, and the latest trends in international oil prices are projected on the screen.

According to the announcement sent by China before, they will raise international oil prices to a scheduled 40 per barrel today.

The analyst standing in front of the screen is explaining the current situation to everyone, but in fact, he really has nothing to explain.

Because based on the advance notice they received, Huaxia only clarified two pieces of information:

First, oil prices will remain in the range of 40 to 45 to 45.

Second, the strategies used by China will not have new negative impacts on our side.

As for how they want to do it and what methods they use, they will not disclose it.

So in the end, the only thing people in this conference room can do is just stare at the numbers on the screen.

"...... So, this is the current situation. The current futures price in the international market in September is 0.6 per barrel. A day ago, the number was still 13. However, because Huaxia announced that the national photovoltaic power stations were fully connected to the grid, the futures price almost fell below the negative in one day."

"We believe that the reason why the other party did not allow oil prices to fall below negative is purely due to their own interests."

"They don't want to have too many arbitrage players to avoid increasing the difficulty of subsequent work."

"But even at this price, it is still not easy to pull the oil price back to the 40-Daole price range."

"We can speculate on many strategies they may use, including limiting capacity, limiting capacity, financial market operations, etc., but we cannot predict the effectiveness of these measures."

"Anyway, whether we can reach 40 per barrel today is a key milestone, which is related to whether our cooperation can continue to be implemented."

"At the same time, if they cannot complete the requirements in the agreement within a limited time, we can use this as a basis to make appropriate adjustments in the subsequent execution process--I think everyone understands what I mean by adjustment."

Everyone in the conference room nodded, and Johnson silently typing on the keyboard, deducing in his mind the strategy they had determined.

According to the plan, today's transactions in the financial market will determine the execution of subsequent agreements. As analysts said, they will use all necessary strategies to prevent China from achieving the goal of 40-Daole oil prices, thereby regaining their initiative.

Such operations seem extremely counterintuitive and go against their ultimate goal, but only by doing so can they protect their interests to the greatest extent.

Thinking of this, he asked:

“Are our funding chips ready?”

"It's all in place. As long as we wait until the market opens, we will use the fastest speed to hit the price below the negative."

"At the same time, we have arranged for the release of reserve oil resources--Aozhou and Maple Leaf Country, and they will help us increase the resistance to price increases."

"After this strategy, I think no matter what, oil prices will not rise within a week. After all, we still have an advantage in terms of mobilized funds and oil reserves."

Johnson nodded and looked at the people in the venue, then continued to ask:

"Do you have any questions about our strategy? Our operations are about to begin. If we have not reached a thorough agreement, it is best to propose it now. We still have 15 minutes."

No one answered him.

In fact, his decision faced a lot of resistance when submitted to Baifang for decision-making. Everyone doubted whether he could succeed in doing so, and doubted whether such a move would further anger Huaxia at the critical moment of the implementation of the agreement and allowed them to adopt more radical strategies.

If such worries become a reality, then your side will face heavier pressure.

But in the end, Johnson decided on the strategy despite opposition.

Unlike those noble men, he always believed that his position was at the forefront of this energy battle.

I can smell the smoke of gunfire on this battlefield, see the gunfire that the men cannot see, and at the same time I know what to do to survive such a rain of bullets.

We must take a gamble, this is their last chance. Once they lose this initiative, they will never have a chance to turn around again.

After a long time, a white-haired man sitting in the corner of the conference room raised his hand. Johnson nodded to him, and the latter said:

"Sorry, I don't have any objections to Johnson's plan. I want to tell you something when speaking at this time."

"I want to tell you, you must have absolute confidence in our strategy."

"We have been controlling the financial authority of this world for hundreds of years. In this long period of time, we may have experienced failures, but we have never really failed."

"The twists and turns in the process will not affect the final result. I believe that as long as we can do it firmly, the balance of victory will definitely fall to us."

"To think about it, our opponents have always called themselves ancient civilizations with thousands of years of history. However, they have only been 20 years since they joined the big game of international trade. They have not even figured out the rules yet. How can they defeat us and our alliance?"

"Of course, they did gain certain advantages before relying on some accidental technological breakthroughs, but I can tell you clearly that our related technologies have entered the final R&D sprint stage----just give us another two years, we can completely regain what originally belonged to us."

"So, Johnson, let it go, I believe you--this means white house."

Johnson nodded gratefully. He knew that at such a moment, it was very important to have someone stand up and encourage the morale of the army to him.

This action involves many different departments and many interest groups, and these short-sighted interest groups cannot see any short-term losses.

Once the loss exceeds their psychological defense, they will immediately withdraw, and the impact of this departure on the entire plan is extremely terrible.

No one spoke in the conference room. The 15 minutes passed quickly and the operation officially began.

Everyone stared at the screen nervously. After just two minutes, a straight vertical line was passed on the screen. The price of oil futures in September fell directly below the 0 yuan mark and broke through to the -10 Taole position.

Oil prices continued to fall afterwards.

"Start the news of releasing reserve oil -- use the media we control to spread this news as quickly as possible, and we must see the reaction of the news in the futures market immediately."

"I understand, let's go and announce it now."

Johnson breathed a deep breath as he watched the falling oil prices.

Judging from the current situation, their strategy has been implemented smoothly. Although the trend of international oil prices has slowed down under the control of many capitals, it still hovered between -15 and -10.

This means that market confidence has been severely suppressed. Coupled with the existing concerns about the traditional fossil energy market, the futures market's expectations for oil have almost fallen to freezing point.

This is an extremely risky operation. Although we have prepared a series of backup plans for subsequent oil price increase, if we use too much force now, everything will become out of control.

But, as your opponent has been doing, you can only live a life if you put it to death, right?

This is a chess that seeks to survive in death.

Two hours later, news that Aozhou and Maple Leaf Country announced the release of reserve oil spread to the world, and oil prices rushed to the lowest level of -29 at lightning speed, which is an internationally recognized baseline for crude oil reserve costs.

This means that if a barrel of oil is transferred from the seller to the buyer, he not only cannot charge any fees, but also has to pay 29 Taole to pay the storage cost for the buyer.

This is the absolute zero point of oil price, and this price is no longer possible to break downward.

Because if it falls below -29 Taole, the seller would rather this batch of crude oil rot in his own hands or even pour it back into the oil well.

"Comprehensive data and see how much we are paying now."

"The current total cost is about 137.1 billion Taole, which is much less than we expected. It's strange that China doesn't seem to have made much reaction."

"We did encounter some resistance, but these resistances quickly disappeared after they hit us... Maybe they didn't plan to win or lose with us today."

"But today is the most critical day. If they don't do it today, when will they have to wait?"

Johnson frowned.

There was a vague premonition in his heart.

I don’t know where this premonition comes from, maybe it comes from the shadows of my previous failure?

He shook his head vigorously, trying to dispel his pessimistic thoughts.

On the screen, oil prices remained at the absolute zero point of -29 Taole, and Johnson stared at the number nervously, fearing that it would change.

But fortunately, half an hour passed and the point was still motionless.

Maybe they really gave up on this critical first day, right?

This idea turned in Johnson's mind, but the next second, his pupils suddenly shrank.

The point has changed.

The straight line on the line chart suddenly broke without warning.

Then, the light spot flashed, and the point representing the latest price suddenly appeared above the horizontal axis.

The price represented by that point is 69 Taole.

"What does this mean?"

Johnson's voice trembled, revealing a deep fear.

His fear was not because of the hundreds of billions of dollars of Taole cost that he was about to lose. In fact, this money was not a big deal for the funds he could mobilize. What he feared was that if the system really did not fail, if the price at this moment was real, then it would mean...

China's control over the entire energy market is far beyond their imagination!

-29 Taole is not just as simple as -29 Taole, it is an absolute zero point.

It is extremely difficult to change this point. Even they themselves have to spend huge amounts of money and refined strategies, not to mention pulling the price to a positive number.

The reality now is that this point seems to have been modified directly, and it jumps to an incredible height.

They didn't even monitor any cash flows that were pouring into the futures market.

It's like a miracle.
To be continued...