Chapter 239

Chapter 239 Deceiving the audience into entering the arena

Smith Capital naturally knew about Neon Man's entry.

After all, compared to US dollar/yen, US dollar/sterling and US dollar/euro.

The USD/NOK disk is too small.

The entry of tens of millions of dollars may not be obvious.

Capital hundreds of millions. After importing, it is easy to know whether someone has entered or not by changing the data.

Use gaming or betting as a metaphor.

USD/JPY Big Plate is a super huge battle royale and massive VS game with thousands of participants.

Every day someone enters the arena, and every day someone loses a lot and leaves the arena with lost underwear.

For a small board like USD/NOK, for the institutions it's usually a head-to-head card game or multiple institutions and companies fighting against the owners there. If a large organization eventually disappears, the base will sometimes expand for a short period of time.

As a result of the expansion, the exchange rate of the country's sovereign currency will be disturbed.

The bad situation will even affect the country's economic development.

Like the economic crisis in Southeast Asia a few years ago, under the carnage and shock of rising international capital, the economic accumulation of more than ten years of development was lost, followed by the lives are lost and seriously damaged.

Like USD/NOK today, except with long-term institutional holdings. Previously, only a few retail investors participated.

The bet between Smith Capital and the people at Neon. In just a very short time, this has caused major fluctuations in the country's exchange rate.

This type of volatility, retail investors specializing in forex and institutions employing thousands of analysts observe market changes every day.

You will soon notice the difference. Investment bank Goldman Sachs.

Analysts from the Market Surveillance Department will report immediately after detecting this situation.

It took a little longer and Goldman Sachs's market watchdog quickly figured out who were the buyers and sellers in the USD/NOK war.

The head of the surveillance department posted this file online.

The CEO, who was chatting with visiting Wall Street bulldog Richard Fuld, also knew Paulson. "Is there any secret? Then let me begin." The CEO of Lehman Brothers Bank said with a smile.

Richard arrives and plans to talk to Goldman Sachs about repackaging junk bonds.

In 1998, Lehman Brothers almost collapsed.

Richard Fuld saved Lehman Brothers. At the time, Wall Street's bulldog used this method to package financial products like mortgages into securities for sale.

This method has gained great recognition in the market amid the general growth of the real estate market in the United States.

This model, known as subprime mortgages, saved Lehman Brothers from bankruptcy.

This is also the main profit of Lehman Brothers bank in the past two years.

Richard Fuld came to Goldman Sachs this time just to talk to Paulson about this matter. Paulson thought for a moment and felt it wasn't a secret.

"It's no secret," the Goldman Sachs CEO said. This is Mr. Our director and he reappeared in the international foreign exchange market.

Paulson's "Mr. Our Director" stunned Richard Fuld.

As the second of the five largest investment banks on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers have many directors.

If anyone cares to look, they will find these big investment banks on Wall Street. Most of the shareholders behind them are the same people, or the same family and the same organization.

Of course, not all, but just some.

But Richard Fuld combined Paulson's characteristics by creating trouble in the foreign exchange market.

In addition to the foreign exchange incident that happened not long ago, the foreign exchange incident hurt Richard Fuld.

Richard Fuld knew who Paulson was talking about. "Has it started again?" Richard Fuld asked curiously: "Which disc is it this time?"

"USD/NOK," Paulson said.

"USD/NOK? Is this currency heavily traded? »Richard Fuld said:

"Trading difficulty is too high, risk is too high, is he playing alone?"

"There's Neon right now. He's betting with Neon." Paulson said.

"Oh, neon man." Richard Fuld nodded. On Wall Street or in the international financial market.

"Neon people" on people's lips often refers to the Neon national team.

Because Neon is local, there are no strong tycoons.

Their financial giants can only operate in their own country.

Like in other countries, their financial tycoons were taken advantage of by European and American capital when they entered the international arena. So, except for Wall Street and some European capitals.

In international financial markets, as long as you talk about "someone from a certain country".

This usually refers to that country's national team.

For example, the Chinese, that is, the national team on the rabbit side, left.

In the international financial capital market, "neon people" are always relatively active. After all, their currency is one of the international currencies, and it once accounted for 20% of the world's foreign exchange reserves, when it had the highest percentage.

Even if the situation is no longer as good as it was then, the ratio is still close to 12%.

It is currently the second currency in circulation in the world.

Third is the euro, currently at around 10%.

Fourth is the British pound, currently at around 5.9%. No need to say who was first.

Due to its uniqueness, "Neon Man" is relatively active in the international foreign exchange market.

But in general it only works in yen exchange operations.

This does not mean that there are no cases of such operations in the currencies of other countries.

But also relatively rare. Richard Fuld thought for a moment and then said:

"Are you guys interested? Maybe we can take a look, maybe we can go with our principal to see if we can cut up Neon Man."

Paulson glanced at Richard Fuld, who was smiling at him.

The CEO of Goldman Sachs understood that it was true that Wall Street's bulldog wanted to cut Neons.

But I never thought about revenge.

In previous USD/JPY trading, 4 of the top 5 investment banks suffered heavy losses. Lehman Brothers is paying the price and is the company with the biggest losses, except for Merrill Lynch.

Then came Richard Fuld, though he admitted defeat to Abel.

But that doesn't mean Lehman Brothers or Richard Fuld will admit defeat.

On Wall Street, winning or losing is normal for financial capitalists.

Just don't hurt your muscles, as long as someone is responsible. As long as there is profit, it is not impossible to find yourself.

But Paulson decided not to participate haphazardly.

Paulson and the Texas team are getting closer and that's even what the Goldman Sachs board hopes Paulson can do.

In this case, Paulson will try to avoid any conflict with Abel.

Paulson believes it was the board of directors of Goldman Sachs. Once I know why I do this, I will most likely agree.

Thinking of this, Paulson shook his head slightly:

"Goldman Sachs will adopt a relatively cautious investment stance in the near future. When it comes to international foreign exchange and hedging, Goldman Sachs will not be entering the market in the near term.

Richard Fuld doesn't really believe his explanation.

But the Wall Street Bulldog has thought about that.

It seems that after Paulson took office, Goldman Sachs has been much more cautious over the past two years. Maybe this is Paulson's strategy?

Richard Fuld is not sure.

The Lehman Brothers CEO just stood up and said goodbye to Paulson.

"Okay. I understand what Goldman Sachs wants to say." Richard Fuld says:

"But I want to see the excitement. We'll talk about subprime mortgages next time. »

"See you again."

Paulson fired Richard Fuld.

Although the CEO of Goldman Sachs has no intention of ending the game, he cannot stop the excitement.

Paulsen asked the market surveillance department to closely monitor USD/NOK and report all situations.

And this happened in a conversation between Paulson and Richard Fuld.

is also one of the top executives of many investment banks on Wall Street. After USD/JPY last.

All Wall Street investment banks mentioned the highest level of interest and scrutiny over Smith Capital.

Smith Capital steps in at this point, whether it is a currency exchange with relatively large plates, or opening a position is not so urgent.

They may not find out so quickly.

But this time, Smith Capital entered USD/NOK, which is a very small currency pair. And he didn't hide that when he entered the room, there was a lot of movement.

With the addition of neon lights, the mark is very clear.

This quickly made Smith Capital's stock attract everyone's attention.

This naturally attracts people's attention.

Realize a little. Now think of the international foreign exchange market like a big casino.

This USD/NOK is on this small table.

Around this time, two big guys, Smith Capital and Neon People, started betting with each other.

The two big men's tables were full of chips.

Surrounded by many small players in the leek retail sector, they couldn't wait to throw their coins on the gaming table. Surrounded by big players and casino tycoons, the audience stood, their pockets bulging and full of chips.

The ending of the big man's audience depends only on the betting situation of the two big men on the field.

In general, this is the most likely scenario.

This is when two giants bet against each other and one of them is at a disadvantage.

Players with large audiences will most likely join the soon-to-be-winning side and profit by pounding the dogs into the water. At this time, the two great masters who are surrounded will naturally be under the greatest pressure.

Akihiko Kuroda quickly discovered it under the reminder of his subordinates.

Smith Capital is here.

Smith Building, fourth floor.

After noon, the entire 4th floor was sealed off to shelter this investment. At the office, David Mellon reports the situation to Abel.

"Currently, we have invested 2 billion funds, 5 times the leverage, and opened a position of 100,000 USD/NOK.

"The VAM supporters must be Nihong people, and the number of hands they open positions in is about the same as ours."

"The current real-time exchange rate is 7.6048, we have lost a bit of the difference and have interest. »

"Norway's economy has recently developed strongly in an unscientific way. I hate this oil hegemony country the most. Just digging a new oil field can bring them long-term economic benefits." .

Abel smiled and nodded and said to David Mellon:

"Remember that the United States is also an oil hegemon. The United States has no oil reserves and less natural gas than other countries."

"Alright. You're right. » David asked: "So boss, what's next?" »

"Investing another 2 billion, the goal is still 100,000 lots. But this time, the speed of location construction will be slower."

"As long as our margin account is not depleted, it will take about ten days to establish this 100,000 lot position contract," said Abel.

"Keep the rhythm?" "I understand," David said. »

Abel stood up on the sofa, walked over and patted David on the shoulder.

"This time I just wanted to cut Neon Man up. But now I think the game might be more interesting."

"So why don't we try to make the game as fun as possible?"

"That's it, David, do your job well. If there is any situation, please notify me immediately, I will leave first."

"airy."

Abel and David left the office and David walked towards the trading room.

Smith Capital's CEO is about to start working around the clock. Abel walked towards the elevator, relieved to see David looking at him.

Furthermore, if anything happens, talent will remind him.

When he was about to get to the elevator, Edward, who had been following him silently, suddenly appeared.

"BOSS, mobile number one."

Edward gave him a cell phone, which was Abel's first personal contact.

Only his wife and close people have this cell phone number. Abel looked over and discovered that it was a call from the girl Laura who just broke up with him last night.

He gently replied: "Hello?

"Honey, have you had breakfast yet?"

From the microphone of the mobile phone came the loud voice of Little Laura.

She appeared to be in a public place and it looked like there were a lot of people around.

"Not yet, I'm about to eat." Abel answered gently.

"Oh me too. I eat at the student canteen," said little Laura.

After confirming the relationship, little Laura was the one who received the most calls, sometimes calling several times a day.

Luckily, it was basically just a few conversations, typical boyfriend and girlfriend style.

I didn't ask any questions that would make Abel uncomfortable.

Abel thinks that this is acceptable, he himself also likes this type of relatively gentle romance. Eating too much fish and large meat.

Occasionally eating light porridge to adjust your taste is also a good choice.

But little Laura seemed to have something to do with that phone call.

She asked, "By the way, honey, I have a question for you.

"Yeah?"

"Your company. Have you ever hired an employee named Catherine Jones as a secretary?"

Hearing the name Catherine Jones, Abel was stunned. He thought it sounded familiar, but he hadn't remembered it for a while.

"I seem to have some impressions. Oh~" he recalled, "I got it last year, and then she quit at the end of the year. What's going on?"

This very beautiful girl, Abel remembers that she is FBL.

At first, it was a god buried next to the FBI.

Then it seemed like the little bush had declared victory. The smart people at the FBI got rid of it before it could get out.

"Hey, it's good to have this person. It's okay, I was just asking." Little Laura said happily.

"Honey, I'm going to have lunch. Don't forget to eat too. I'll hang up first."

"Okay, agreed."

Little Laura hung up the phone first. Abel was a bit taken aback, not understanding why she suddenly asked a woman from the FBI.

But that's just a small thing and Abel isn't too worried about it.

He quickly left the Smith Building, which was stuck in traffic for about half an hour, and the motorcade arrived in Queens.

Located in eastern New York City, the neighborhood is the largest and second most populous of New York's five boroughs, and the second most economically developed.

The MGM version of "Spider-Man" had much of its appearance filmed here.

Because in the comics, Parker, "the loser", lives here. Filming on the MGM version of "Spider-Man" began on the 20th of last month.

Filming is estimated to be four months, with post-production editing and special effects taking five to six months.

It will be released early next year.

Because Abel's request, character image and acting skills were indeed suitable for Parker's reasons.

In the MGM version of Spider-Man, the hero is also Tobey Maguire. Mainly Spider-Man in Abel's impression, has to be Toby Spider-Man from "I Want to Sprinkle Ash in Your Eyes".

One of the two remaining spiders is too small, just a younger brother, not corresponding to Spider-Man's giant position in the MGM version of the Marvel universe.

That spider is too beautiful and too wonderful to fit the definition of "loser".

Even in some comics, Parker is indeed an advanced technological genius.

But now that he has Tony, Parker doesn't have to show off his super-technological genius spirit anymore. What Parker in the MGM version of the Marvel Universe needs to show is his closeness to people and normality, as well as his transformation into a hero.

This is different from the overwhelming "normality" and "normality" of the US team.

Normal Parker, as grounded as possible.

Of the three spiders, Abel felt the most suitable was the old spider Tobey Maguire.

The crew's filming location today is in Forest Hills, Queens. In the plot of the comics and movies, this is Parker's lair.

This is also one of the civilian areas in Queens where at least a dozen or twenty shootings occur each year.

When Abel arrived, the crew was filming the first scene where Parker transformed into a spider.

The appearance of a large group of course attracted the attention of the entire group.

Many people suddenly appeared, shocking the film crew. I thought a gangster incident had happened.

After all, in a place like Forest Mountain, it wasn't surprising that something like this would happen.

Director Sam Raimi had no idea Abel was coming.

The director was so worried that he immediately talked to the rock security officer in charge of the team's security.

But Rock's general staff, responsible for the safety of the crew, did not respond. Sam Remy was stunned when he saw that Anne Hathaway had completed her filming duties today.

She suddenly rushed out of the group and rushed towards the large group of strangers.

Sam Raimi was surprised.

She is the crew's aunt.

Anyone in the group could have had an accident, including me and Tobey Maguire. No accidents can happen with this.

Sam Remy was about to call someone when he saw Annie rush forward and be hugged by a man.

The two even tease each other in public.

Sam Raimi was stunned.

Oh, this is Abel Smith. Sam Raimi thought.

(end of this chapter)