Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 799: Countdown to the Start of the Plan

Lu Shaohua could have returned to Hong Kong at this time, but he did not go back because he wanted to build roads and start the oil project. Of course, it does not mean that Lu Shaohua has to stay in Africa. If he returns to Hong Kong, he can still start his plan. After all, Li Zhijie and his people are not just show-offs, they also have their own way of doing things.

However, Lu Shaohua was not in a hurry to go back. He chose to stay in Africa and do it himself so that he could feel more at ease.

There was no way. The oil futures plan was too important to Lu Shaohua. It was not that Lu Shaohua did not want to hand it over to Li Zhijie and others to execute, but Lu Shaohua always felt that he felt empty and a little unsure in his heart because he had not seen the execution of the plan with his own eyes.

Therefore, Lu Shaohua chose to stay in Africa and planned to personally arrange the preparations before the launch of the oil futures plan.

In fact, the oil futures plan has nothing to do with Africa, but there is a huge underground oil warehouse in the Tiger Roar Base, which stores a large amount of crude oil. Although Lu Shaohua has not thought about selling the crude oil, in order to prevent the market situation from changing, Lu Shaohua has to check the amount of crude oil stored in person.

As we all know, the importance of oil cannot be replaced by anything else. However, there are many countries that have oil, but most of them are in the Middle East. As for Saudi Arabia, it can only be regarded as an oil-rich country.

Since Saudi Arabia is only an oil-producing country, it means that other countries still have a lot of oil. Lu Shaohua's oil futures happen to control the export volume of oil in order to control the price of oil.

So, let's make an assumption. If Lu Shaohua joins forces with the Saudi Arabian royal family to control the export volume of oil, then the control of one side does not mean that other countries will reduce their exports. If this side controls the export volume, the other side will increase its export volume. Wouldn't Lu Shaohua's goal not be achieved?

Even if everything goes according to Lu Shaohua's idea and the export volume is controlled, it will not be very difficult to raise the price. After all, there are many smart people in this world. If a tacit consensus is formed and everyone is unwilling to give up when seeing the oil price rising and chooses to wait and see, that is, not shipping, then Lu Shaohua will be hindered in raising the price.

Don't forget, the price of oil doesn't have to be too much, just a one dollar increase per barrel will do. For those oil companies, that's hard-earned money, and the money they can make is huge.

Therefore, Lu Shaohua had to guard against this. Once the price of oil climbed to a certain level, no one would ship the oil, and it would be a huge problem for Lu Shaohua to lower the price. Even with the cooperation of the Saudi Arabian royal family and the release of a large amount of oil, it was estimated that it would not have any effect.

In order to prevent this, they have to use the oil in the underground warehouse of the Tiger Roar Base. Once no one ships the oil when the price is lowered, Lu Shaohua will take the oil out of the underground warehouse and flood it into the market, creating a suppressive effect.

Of course, the oil in the underground warehouse was stored by Lu Shaohua with great effort. Lu Shaohua does not want to see the oil in the underground warehouse decrease one day. To prevent this, Lu Shaohua plans to adopt a circulation method.

When the price of oil is at its lowest, they will rush to buy it in the market. If possible, they will buy up all the oil in the market, and then sell it when the price is high. They can make a profit from the difference in the meantime. In addition, with Liu Mingzhang and others speculating in oil futures, Lu Shaohua can be said to be making money in both directions.

Is not it?

Since Lu Shaohua, the dealer, controls the price of oil, it is a guaranteed profit when speculating in oil futures. In addition, the oil is released from the underground warehouse, and one can buy low and sell high, and make money from the difference in price. Isn't this a two-way profit?

But then again, that's still a long-term thing. What Lu Shaohua is thinking about now is how to control the export volume of oil first. Fortunately, there is too much demand for oil in the market, and the market is not saturated under normal circumstances. Once the Saudi Arabian royal family stops exporting oil, there will be a large gap in the market. At this time, even if some people ship large quantities, they will not be able to satisfy the market.

If the market cannot meet the demand, those who are in urgent need will definitely raise the price. Step by step, the price of oil will go up, and Lu Shaohua's goal will be achieved. Therefore, Lu Shaohua is not worried about not being able to drive up the price of oil.

Given this natural situation, Lu Shaohua was not worried at all. After spending three days counting the oil reserves in the underground warehouse, Lu Shaohua returned to a relaxed state.

Yes, it took Lu Shaohua three days to count the oil reserves in the underground warehouse.

It shouldn't have taken so long, but because the reserves were so large, it took Lu Shaohua a whole day just to look at the situation below. It took him more than a day to integrate a bunch of data tables before he finally got the exact number.

After getting the exact information, all Lu Shaohua had to do was wait for news from the second prince. Once he brought back good news, the next step would be to take action.

It has to be said that things are not peaceful inside the Saudi Arabian royal family. Signs have already appeared that the direct members of their royal family are preparing to sell the oil in their hands. Lu Shaohua told the second prince about this when he came to Africa, and the second prince also promised to reorganize things after returning.

With the Second Prince's promise, Lu Shaohua felt much more at ease. It was also because of the Second Prince's promise that Lu Shaohua was waiting, waiting for the Second Prince to bring back the news that everything had been reorganized.

The second prince did not break his promise. When he returned to Saudi Arabia from Africa, he made preparations quietly. After finding out everything, the second prince made targeted arrangements and began to reorganize in the next few days.

It is worth mentioning that during the Second Prince's rectification process, several direct line members refused to accept and insisted on separating from the royal family, refusing to accept the Second Prince's dissuasion. In the end, the Second Prince had to show his iron hand and clean up the rebellious direct line members of the royal family.

The second prince's method is to use courtesy before force. At the beginning, he would try to persuade the emperor in a nice way. If the persuasion works, then it's fine. But if it doesn't work, there will be only one result in the end, which is to strip the right to inherit the property and completely demote him to an ordinary member of the royal family.

And if you still refuse to accept and try to use your strength to fight against the second prince, then your fate is already doomed. Not only will the power behind you be eliminated, but you yourself will not be able to escape death.

As a king, the second prince must have such courage, otherwise the result will be miserable. Of course, everything the second prince did was supported by people behind the scenes, especially his father, the previous royal king, who played a very important role in it.

The Saudi Arabian royal family is the same as the ancient Chinese royal family. Every abdicated king has a transcendent status and seems to not interfere in anything on the surface, but when the necessary time comes, he stands up and commands a lot of support. Even the current king does not have as much power as him.

Fortunately, the second prince had the support of his father, which enabled him to quickly suppress the situation and calm the storm in a very short time.

Coincidentally, just as Lu Shaohua had just finished making preparations in Africa, the Second Prince was also ready. When Lu Shaohua thought he had to wait a few more days, the Second Prince called and told Lu Shaohua that he was ready and could start the plan at any time.

Preparations were made, but Lu Shaohua was not in a hurry to start the plan. Instead, he asked the Second Prince to be ready at any time and wait for Liu Mingzhang's order.

Regarding the oil futures plan, Lu Shaohua had already told Liu Mingzhang and the others everything. So much time has passed, Liu Mingzhang and the others should have made a plan, and they can start at any time with Lu Shaohua's order.

But before that, Lu Shaohua knew that there must be a grace period. This grace period might be one day, two days, or three to five days, depending on the speed of Liu Mingzhang and the others.

Liu Mingzhang, who was far away in Hong Kong, was obviously impatient. After all, he had been waiting for nearly three months. How could Liu Mingzhang not be excited when he finally got the notice from Lu Shaohua? So, when Lu Shaohua explained the situation, Liu Mingzhang agreed without even thinking about it.

"Give me one day to prepare, and the funds can flow in tomorrow morning. Complete the layout within two days, and start suppressing oil prices after four days." This was Liu Mingzhang's final addition.

"Is that enough?" Lu Shaohua frowned and asked.

Lu Shaohua knew that Liu Mingzhang was anxious, but Lu Shaohua did not expect that Liu Mingzhang would be so anxious. However, Lu Shaohua knew Liu Mingzhang's character very well. He always did what he said, so Lu Shaohua had nothing to worry about.

"That's enough. If necessary, we can shorten the time." Liu Mingzhang on the other end of the phone said confidently.

"..." Lu Shaohua was silent for a while. It was not that Lu Shaohua wanted to be silent, but Lu Shaohua was quite speechless. However, Liu Mingzhang was so confident that Lu Shaohua had nothing to say. "How about this, I will give you five days. After five days, I will start to stop the export volume and suppress the price of oil."

Liu Mingzhang meant to have four days to prepare everything and start to suppress the price on the fifth day. However, Lu Shaohua did not intend to do as Liu Mingzhang said. Instead, he gave Liu Mingzhang one more day and started to suppress the price on the sixth day.

"it is good."

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua responded, and then added, "Remember to communicate with the Saudi Arabian royal family. I don't want any accidents to happen there."

This action plan requires the cooperation of the Saudi Arabian royal family. In addition, Lu Shaohua asked the financial team under their royal family to participate. Of course, Lu Shaohua had to pay attention to the situation over there. If the arrangements were not appropriate and caused adverse effects, it would be bad.

"I'll do the work, don't worry."

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