Chapter 393 Investment Genius from the East

"Middle East War?"

When Jim heard Li Changhe's words, his expression changed.

If a war really breaks out in the Middle East, there is no doubt that international oil prices will be affected.

But how can Vic be so sure that there will be a war in the Middle East?

"Vic, do you have any definite news?"

Jim asked hesitantly at this time.

Li Changhe smiled and said, "Are you kidding? How can I get accurate information?"

"But in my opinion, war between Iran and Iraq is inevitable."

"I don't have time to analyze why they started the war, but I think you can report this news."

"With your Manhattan Bank channels, I think I will be able to understand the situation in the Middle East."

It is now July of 80, and according to Li Changhe's memory, Iraq will declare war on Iran and actively invade Iran in September.

So at this time, there is a high probability that Iraq has already begun to prepare for war.

It may be difficult for other banks to obtain this information, but Chase Manhattan Bank will definitely be able to get accurate information.

Who made the man who dominated Chase Manhattan Bank called David!

David Rockefeller!

Although he is not the head of the Rockefeller family yet, he is the face of the Rockefeller family.

Chase Manhattan Bank grew strong under his leadership.

With David Rockefeller's channels, as long as he consults Manhattan Bank, he will definitely get a clear answer.

Li Changhe now has no time to give Jim a detailed analysis of the reasons for the outbreak of the Middle East war. Although his physical fitness is different from ordinary people, the time difference from Hong Kong Island to Los Angeles and then flying to Chicago will eventually have some impact on him.

Seeing that Li Changhe looked a little tired, Jim knew that he was affected by jet lag.

"Then you take a rest. I'll go back first."

"Trust me, Jim, you can apply to your bank to do oil spot business with me."

"As long as your bank investigates, you will definitely discover the potential war crisis in the Middle East."

"That's your chance."

Before Jim left, Li Changhe spoke to Jim seriously.

Jim nodded. "I understand, Vic. I will go back and give the company some advice."

After leaving the hotel, Jim kept thinking about Li Changhe's words in his mind.

"Middle East War?"

If a war really breaks out in the Middle East, oil prices will skyrocket, there is no doubt about that.

So Victor brought a full 10 billion US dollars to the United States to trade spot oil. Was it the war that caused the oil price to skyrocket?
But is this really possible?
Jim was a little hesitant, but then the image of Li Changhe, who was in charge of the overall situation and had confidence, emerged in his mind again.

It can be said that the British Jardine Matheson Group was calculated by him to the extreme. Not only the business but also the political impact was calculated by Li Changhe to the extreme.

Jim felt this very clearly when he was negotiating with Newbijian.

It can be said that every point he put forward during the negotiations hit Jardine Matheson and Newbijian in the heart, causing their concerns to continue to magnify.

What if such a person simply took 10 billion US dollars to gamble?

Jim didn't believe it.

Vic won't take a shot unless he is sure of winning.

In particular, he mobilized 1 billion US dollars this time. Such a huge amount of funds was beyond the expectations of Manhattan Bank when HSBC and Manhattan Bank were connecting.

One billion U.S. dollars is nothing, but investing one billion U.S. dollars into the oil trading market is shocking.

You have to know that even last year, when the Hunt brothers manipulated the silver market, the entire family only invested more than 1 billion US dollars.

Thinking of this, Jim felt that he should trust Victor this time.

His vision is unmatched. After all, when he was in Hong Kong, he told himself that the price of US bonds would definitely rise.

To be honest, if Jim had not listened to Li Changhe's reminder, he would not have lost most of his fortune, but would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Back in his office, Jim looked at his assistant.

"Karl, I have already met with Vic. Next, you will lead your team to cooperate with Vic's team at the Chicago Stock Exchange and start trading oil."

In fact, there is no difficulty in trading spot oil. It is nothing more than buying spot oil and then trading and storing it.

One of the reasons why Li Changhe asked Chase Manhattan Bank to participate was to use Manhattan Bank's channels to handle transaction storage and other businesses at the same time.

Therefore, the operation of this business is not difficult.

With the influence of the Rockefeller family in the oil industry, Chase Manhattan indirectly owns a sales and storage network throughout the United States.

After all, the funds of many companies flow through their banks.

Jim could have handed over these tasks to his assistants working with Vic's team. As for him, he decided to rush back to New York immediately and deal with the boss of his high-ranking boss whom he knew.

Although that person is high up, the loss of the investment department this time has a huge impact on him. Jim is very confident that he can convince him this time.

I don't ask him to support my investment in oil immediately, it is enough to confirm whether there will be a war in the Middle East.

Jim believed that based on Vic's judgment, he would most likely not go abroad.

And he was right. This time might be his chance to make further progress at Manhattan Bank.

"this?"

"Jim, are you sure you want to go back to New York now?"

"Don't worry, I've already communicated with Vic, I'll be waiting for him in New York."

Jim said to his assistant seriously at this time.

Li Changhe will not stay in Chicago forever. He will go to New York next. After all, there are also a large number of oil transactions in the New York Stock Exchange.

Originally, Jim planned to go to New York with Li Changhe after finishing his work in Chicago. This was their planned itinerary.

But now, Jim felt that he had to go first.

"Okay, I'll arrange to book a flight for you right away."

So, while Li Changhe was resting, Jim had already boarded the plane back to New York.

In the evening, when Li Changhe woke up and heard the news that Jim had gone to New York, Li Changhe smiled slightly.

Hopefully Jim will take advantage of this opportunity.

"Ze Shao"

"Mr. Steven"

In the hotel restaurant, Li Changhe saw Steven again.

"By the way, where is my brother-in-law Hammer?"

Hulmut Sohmen is Sohmen’s real Austrian name, which is also his original name, abbreviated as Hammer.

"Boss Su has invited some of his friends to dinner tonight, and he asked me to tell you not to wait for him."

Steven said respectfully at this time. Li Changhe nodded, knowing that Su Haiwen was running around for him.

Bao Yugang sent Su Haiwen along this time, on the one hand to use his experience to help Li Changhe complete the registration arrangements for the company here.

On the other hand, it also allows Li Changhe to use Su Haiwen's connections to recruit some talents in advance.

To put it bluntly, even if Li Changhe is doing the early stage recruitment here, the company's backbone must always recruit a few people with real talents and abilities, and most importantly, people who are trustworthy.

And this is what Su Haiwen wants to help Li Changhe with, at least to help him recruit a few trustworthy talents to serve as the backbone of Li Changhe's initial company structure here.

"Would you like to go out for a walk?"

Steven saw that Li Changhe was silent again, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

"Okay."

"By the way, Steven, do you like basketball?"

Li Changhe asked Steven with a smile.

"basketball?"

Steven was a little surprised when he heard Li Changhe's question, but he still said honestly: "Master Ze, to be honest, compared to basketball, I actually like football more."

Hong Kong Island seems to be influenced by the British and likes football more.

"Do you want to play basketball? Or watch a basketball game?"

Steven hesitated for a moment and asked Li Changhe again.

"I heard there's a Bulls team in Chicago. See if they have any games. If they do, maybe we can go watch one."

Li Changhe said to Steven with a smile.

"Chicago Bulls? Okay, I'll go ask."

Steven didn't hesitate. It was just an NBA basketball game, easy.

For this kind of thing, he doesn't even need to run errands to the hotel front desk, and the hotel will naturally contact the Bulls.

Li Changhe and his team were also lucky, as there was indeed a Bulls game tonight, and it was a home game.

You can buy tickets for the game at the hotel.

So Steven paid for a box ticket and took Li Changhe to the Chicago Bulls' stadium.

After all, NBA is a blue-collar sport, how could he let Li Changhe sit on the sidelines and watch?

While Li Changhe was watching the Bulls game, at this moment in New York, in an office at Chase Manhattan Bank, Jim was fiercely competing with a big boss he knew.

"Mr. Dennis, I think it wouldn't take much effort for us to investigate the current situation in the Middle East."

"The investment department has suffered huge losses this year. If we don't make certain achievements, it will have a huge impact on your performance evaluation this year."

"After all, everyone knows that Douglas is your most trusted subordinate, even though he has been fired by the bank now."

At this moment, Jim said to Dennis with a serious expression.

The Mr. Dennis in front of him is a real senior executive of Chase Manhattan Bank, and the investment department is one of the businesses he is in charge of.

In the U.S. bond market, the investment department expects to lose $300 million. Such a huge investment mistake is a huge stain even for a top executive like Dennis.

Jim used this approach to try to convince Dennis.

After hearing what Jim said, Dennis stared at Jim with his eyes like a hawk.

"Jim, are you sure you want to do this?"

"I can use the company's resources to learn about the situation in the Middle East, but you have to understand that this is not just a chance for you to turn things around, it could also be the abyss of failure."

"If you continue to fail this time, you will lose not only your position in Manhattan Company, but also the trust of the entire Wall Street."

Dennis said to Jim in a cold voice at this moment.

Wall Street is not that big, and any news from Chase Manhattan Bank will be quickly known to other banks.

Similarly, when employees at Chase Manhattan Bank made serious mistakes, other banks would also quickly learn the truth.

Therefore, if Jim fails this time, two consecutive wrong judgments, U.S. debt and oil, the two failures will completely plunge him into the abyss, and it will be difficult for Jim to gain a foothold in the investment department of Wall Street again.

At least the big companies will no longer believe in his abilities.

Although it is cruel, this is Wall Street, and there is never a shortage of investment elites with outstanding vision.

Dennis now wants to see Jim's current mentality through the consequences of this incident, whether he is really here to turn things around with him, or is just taking a risk to show his presence in front of him.

At this moment, Jim, who was standing in front of Dennis's desk, nodded without hesitation: "Mr. Dennis, I have already thought about it before I came here."

"I know that if this investment fails again, I will completely lose my chance on Wall Street."

"But please believe me, this time I am not acting on impulse."

"Victor is a rare investment genius. When he was in Hong Kong Island, he told me that the price of U.S. bonds would definitely rise and that our shorting of U.S. bonds was doomed to fail."

"His vision is beyond imagination, and most importantly, he can always see the truth of things from another level, rather than just economic judgment."

"You can see that he brought a full billion US dollars to bet on the oil market this time. Without absolute certainty, I don't think he will take the risk."

“And you are well aware that his first funds in Manhattan came from the silver and gold markets.”

When Bao Yugang helped Li Changhe transfer funds, part of it was transferred to Manhattan Bank, and the origin of this money was not completely hidden.

Therefore, Manhattan Bank knew very well that this money was earned by the Eastern shipping tycoon family from investments in the U.S. silver and gold markets.

And being able to seize the surge in silver futures and gold markets in succession is enough to prove the genius of that investor.

So at this moment Dennis fell into deep thought.

He had been somewhat persuaded by Jim.

Of course, what convinced him was not Jim’s words, but the investment record of the descendant of the Eastern shipping tycoon’s family that he had linked together.

A genius who was able to seize the surge in the silver futures market and the gold market, and accurately judged the recovery of the U.S. bond market, would not simply gamble when he bet a billion U.S. dollars on spot oil.

Perhaps the other party's judgment is accurate, and war may really break out in the Middle East.

Once the war breaks out, oil prices will inevitably rise, and Dennis is also well aware of this.

If they can seize this wave of market, they don't need to make back all the 300 million US dollars. Even if they can only make back 100 million US dollars, the impact of the loss of US debt will be minimized.

Because for a senior executive like Dennis, profit is not his ultimate evaluation criterion. The real evaluation criterion is his judgment on business.

It can be said that as long as the judgment is correct this time, the negative impact caused by the previous wrong judgment can be offset.

After all, no one can accurately judge the market every time.

"You go back first. Wait for two days and I'll give you an answer."

Jim was delighted to hear Dennis' answer. Instead of refusing directly, he actually agreed to his proposal.

"Yes, Mr. Dennis!"

After Jim left with joy on his face, Dennis sat in the office and sighed deeply.

Now the pressure is on him.

After thinking for a moment, Dennis picked up the phone on the table.

"Hello, please connect me to Mr. David's secretary's office at Rockefeller Manor. I would like to apply for a meeting with Mr. David."

(End of this chapter)