Great Power Technology

In this massive "exhibition" for the key, the only big country absent was the ugly country. After all, they have not let go of their self-esteem as the former leader, and plan to use their technological accumulation and market policy advantages to compete with China.

After all, under the current situation where they still hold the power of the world economy, anti-dumping and technical sanctions are still the routes they can take.

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

Across the sea, the Office of Strategic Analysis.

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

According to the previous announcement from China, they will raise the international oil price to the predetermined 40 Torres 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 according to the advance notice they received, China only clarified two pieces of information:

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

Second, the strategies used by China will not bring new negative impacts to itself.

As for how they will do it and what method they will use to do it, they will not disclose it at all.

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

"So, the current situation is like this. The current September futures price in the international market is 0.6 Torres per barrel. A day ago, this number was still 13. However, because China made a high-profile announcement that photovoltaic power stations across the country will be fully connected to the grid, the futures price has increased a day. It almost fell below negative territory."

"We believe that the reason why the other party did not allow oil prices to fall below negative numbers was purely out of consideration for their own interests."

“They don’t want too many arbitrageurs to appear, so as not to make subsequent work more difficult.”

"However, even at this price, it is still not easy to bring oil prices back to the 40-ton price range."

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

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

"At the same time, if they are unable to complete the requirements in the agreement within the limited time, we can use this as a basis to make appropriate adjustments in the subsequent implementation process - I think everyone understands what I am saying. What does adjustment mean?”

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

According to the plan, today's transaction in the financial market will determine the subsequent implementation of the agreement. As analysts said, they will use all necessary strategies to prevent China from reaching the 40-ton oil price target, thereby regaining its own initiative.

Such an operation seems extremely counter-intuitive and runs counter to their ultimate goal, but only in this way can their interests be preserved to the greatest extent.

Thinking of this, he asked:

“Are our financial chips ready?”

"Everything is already in place. As long as we wait until the market opens, we will use the fastest speed to bring the price below negative numbers."

"At the same time, we have also arranged for the release of reserve oil resources - Aozhou and Maple Leaf countries. They will assist us in increasing resistance to price increases."

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

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

"Do you still have any questions about our strategy? Our operation is about to start. If we have not reached a complete consensus, it is best to raise it now. We still have .15 minutes."

No one answered him.

In fact, his decision faced a lot of resistance when it was submitted to the White House for decision-making. Everyone doubted whether he could succeed in doing so. They doubted that such a move would be successful at the critical time point in the implementation of the agreement. This will further anger China and lead them to adopt more radical strategies.

If such worries become reality, then our side will face even heavier pressure.

But in the end, Johnson decided on the strategy against all odds.

Unlike those superior men, he always believed that his position was the front line of this energy battle.

I can smell the smoke on this battlefield, I can see the gunfire that the gentlemen can't see, and I also know what I should do to survive in such a hail of bullets.

They have to 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 objection to Johnson's plan. I'm just thinking. The reason why I'm speaking at this time is to tell you something."

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

"We have controlled the financial power of this world for hundreds of years. During this long period of time, we may have experienced failures, but we have never truly failed."

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

"Think about it differently. Our opponents have always called themselves ancient civilizations with thousands of years of history. However, they have only joined the big game of international trade for 20 years, and they have not even figured out the rules. How can Qing defeat us and our alliance?"

"Of course, relying on some accidental technological breakthroughs before, they did gain certain advantages, but I can clearly tell you that our related technologies have also entered the final sprint stage of research and development - as long as we get two more In a few years, we can completely take back what belongs to us."

"So, Johnson, go ahead and do it, I believe in you - this is what the white house means."

Johnson nodded gratefully. He knew how important it was for someone to stand up and encourage him at such a moment.

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

Once the losses exceed their psychological defenses, they will immediately leave, and the impact of this departure on the entire plan is extremely terrible.

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

Everyone stared at the screen nervously. Just two minutes later, a straight vertical line was drawn on the screen. The price of September oil futures fell directly below the 0 yuan mark and broke through to -10 yuan.

Subsequently, oil prices continued to fall.

"Start publishing news about the release of reserve oil - use the media we control to spread the news as quickly as possible. We must see the reaction of the news in the futures market immediately."

"Understood, let's announce it now."

Johnson looked at the falling oil prices and breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Judging from the current situation, their strategy has been executed smoothly. Under the control of many capitals, although the downward trend of international oil prices has slowed down, it is still hovering in the range of -15 to -10.

This means that market confidence has been severely suppressed. Coupled with 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 back-up measures to raise oil prices in the future, if we use too much force now, everything will become out of control.

But, just as his opponents have always done, only by putting him to death can he survive, right?

This is a chess move that seeks survival from death.

Two hours later, the news that Aozhou and Maple Leaf Country simultaneously announced the release of oil reserves spread to the world, and oil prices rushed to the lowest level of -29 dollars with lightning speed, which is the internationally recognized baseline cost of crude oil reserves.

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

This is the absolute zero point of oil prices. It is impossible for this price to break downward again.

Because if it falls below -29, the seller would rather the crude oil rot in his own hands or even be poured back into the oil well.

“To put the data together, let’s take a look at the approximate cost we are paying now.”

"The current total cost is about 137.1 billion yuan, which is much less than we expected. It is strange that China does not seem to have made much response."

"We did encounter some resistance, but these resistances disappeared quickly after encountering us. Perhaps, they did not intend to decide the winner or loser with us today."

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

Johnson's brows furrowed.

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 failures?

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

On the screen, the oil price still remained at the absolute zero point of -29 degrees. Johnson stared at that number nervously, fearing that it would change.

But fortunately, half an hour later, this point still hasn't moved at all.

Probably, they really gave up on this crucial first day, right?

This idea swirled 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 point flashed, and the point representing the latest price suddenly appeared above the horizontal axis.

The price represented by that point is 69 Tole.

"What does it mean?"

Johnson's voice trembled, revealing a deep fear.

His fear is not because of the hundreds of billions of dollars that he is about to lose - in fact, this amount of money is not large compared to the funds he can mobilize. What he fears is that if the system really There is no malfunction, if the price at this moment is real, then it means

China's control over the entire energy market has far exceeded their imagination!

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

It is extremely difficult to change this point. Even they have to spend huge amounts of money and sophisticated strategies, let alone bring the price to a positive number.

But the actual situation now is that this point seems to have been directly modified, jumping to incredible heights.

They didn't even detect any cash flow into the futures market.

It's like a miracle.

"Is the data real? Is the system sure that no errors occurred?"

".I'm afraid not."

The analyst looked equally horrified.

Johnson forced himself to stand up and walked to the screen as if he wanted to take a closer look. He stretched out his finger and put his index finger on the latest price point in disbelief, as if to wipe it away. Same.

Everyone in the conference room followed his movements, but at this moment, no one thought he was ridiculous.

Because their thoughts are just like Johnson's at this moment.

"Call the exchange immediately. I want them to confirm the accuracy of the data. Also, everyone should collect information immediately to find out what happened!"

“I don’t believe something like this can happen in this market!”

"This is absolutely impossible! Unless they modified the financial data!"

"Start the system self-check immediately to see if there are any suspicious Trojans. Also, our personnel also need to conduct a comprehensive review to find out whether it was done by insiders!"

Orders were issued one after another, like a dying fish making its last struggle.

Johnson sat back in his seat, feeling a huge deviation in his understanding of the world.

Financial markets shouldn't be like this.

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Unless they use more radical and crushing advantages that are beyond this market.

There seemed to be a thunder in his heart.

"Send the intelligence from China over immediately. I want to know whether they have done anything we don't know about and whether they have issued any policies we don't know about!"

By this time, Johnson had calmed down.

His thinking was extremely clear, and he had even roughly guessed the answer in his mind.

Yes, for financial data to have such huge fluctuations, it is not necessarily internal personnel modifying data or some system error.

A long time ago, when they established the Bretton Woods system, such a thing had actually happened.

The establishment of this system represents the change of hands of world monetary hegemony.

Could what happened today be related to this?

Just two minutes later, he got his answer.

One day ago, at the "trade fair" in which Chouguo was absent, China reached energy and energy product purchase agreements with more than 100 countries. The most critical item in the agreement was:

It is allowed to use soft coins and digital soft coins to settle energy raw materials and ancillary products.

This report was posted 30 minutes ago.

Also released at the same time was a speech from a relevant Chinese department.

In the next few years, China will be committed to achieving a steady leap from fossil energy to new energy and helping many friendly countries around the world tide over difficulties. In the short term, it will do its best to help countries stabilize the prices of oil and traditional fossil energy and ensure the ability of the new energy order. Built on a stable, peaceful and solid foundation.

Johnson froze on the spot. He raised his head and looked at the ceiling, but his vision became dark uncontrollably.

Amid the exclamations of everyone around him, he saw a strange hallucination.

He saw, above his head, a group of yellow-skinned people with bright red five-pointed stars on their hats, waving shovels and splashing loess on their heads one shovel after another.

He is already in the grave.

And this tomb doesn’t even have a tombstone.