Chapter 156 Big Red Envelope Poaching
end of December
The eyes of the whole world are attracted to the Middle East. After more than a month of skyrocketing global oil prices, it has now risen from the previous price of less than three dollars per barrel to eleven dollars per barrel.
The rate of increase has reached three to four times that before the outbreak of the oil crisis. This has plunged the developed countries in Europe and the United States, which are extremely dependent on oil imports, into a turmoil. bucket.
Although the island country has issued a statement at the end of November that it will stand on the side of the Arabs and will no longer follow the Americans to support Israel, in exchange for the Middle East oil-producing countries to lift the oil embargo on the island country.
After experiencing supply cuts for more than a month, it is obviously not so easy for the island countries to restore the stability of the domestic oil market in a short period of time.
Furthermore, the oil-producing countries in the Middle East have taken this opportunity to raise the price of oil to 11 dollars a barrel. Even if the oil supply of the island countries recovers next year, their oil prices will not drop too much.
The time has come to this stage, and Chen Yi is also ready to withdraw from the stock market.
According to the current oil price of the island country, the 200 million Hong Kong dollars he invested before, with the support of HSBC, bought one billion Hong Kong dollars of international crude oil with five times leverage. Now the oil price has quadrupled, which is equivalent to the previous one billion becoming four billion.
Four billion minus the 800 million leveraged funds provided by HSBC, minus the 10% commission that HSBC charges from profits, and part of the transaction tax that the island country needs to pay...
Lin Lin finally figured out that the funds he could get were about three billion Hong Kong dollars. He invested two hundred million Hong Kong dollars and made three billion back, a profit as high as 15 times. It only took more than two months in the middle.
Calculated in this way, he has made a lot of money.
Throughout the whole day, Chen Yi stayed at HSBC Bank. The transaction that he thought would take a few days to complete unexpectedly went smoothly. In just one morning, all transactions were completed.
You must know that the total value of the oil in Chen Yi's hands has reached 4 billion Hong Kong dollars, and there are more than 60 million barrels of oil. After Saudi Arabia and other Middle East oil-producing countries embargo oil, the world market will reduce the supply of oil by 5 million barrels per day. Calculated, the oil he holds is enough to make up for half a month.
However, when you think about it in a blink of an eye, the consumption of tens of millions of barrels of oil by the island countries can only solve the urgent need until the oil supply in the Middle East resumes.
With Shen Bi, the general manager, handling it personally, in just half a day, Chen Yi's profits from the stock market were remitted from the island country to Xiangjiang. A total of 3.3 billion Hong Kong dollars was transferred to Boss Chen's account at HSBC. .
Seeing the string of numbers on his account, Chen Yi's hanging heart finally fell.
After more than two months, the hard work was finally not in vain.
Quiet, quiet and a little weird.
In the entire vip room, everyone seemed to have stopped breathing, and no one spoke the first sentence.
As soon as Chen Yi calmed down, he sensed the atmosphere in the vip room. He glanced at everyone, and the excited and envious eyes that couldn't be concealed were all focused on him at this moment.
The so-called, drink water without forgetting the well digger.
Chen Yi looked at the traders with tired faces but energetic eyes, and said with a grin, "Thank you for your hard work during this time, as I said before, after the task is completed, I will give each of you a big red envelope. "
"I, Chen Yi, mean what I say. I have prepared this red envelope for everyone." After speaking, Chen Yi turned to look at Haozi who was following him, and motioned him to deliver the red envelope to several traders.
"Hiss" The trader who was the first to open the red envelope couldn't help but gasped when he saw the check amount inside the red envelope.
"Hiss..." Immediately afterwards, there were a few more inhalations.
'One million', that's right, it's one million, and it's not Hong Kong dollars, it's U.S. dollars, one million U.S. dollars.
Several traders glanced at each other, and looked at each other. Obviously, they were all shocked by the generosity of Boss Chen.
After working hard for more than two months, I was able to get such a big red envelope.
Is Boss Chen too generous? Or is it pie in the sky?
One million U.S. dollars, converted into Hong Kong dollars, is five million Hong Kong dollars. What did five million mean in the 1970s, at least ten thousand-foot luxury houses.
Looking at the check in their hands, for some reason, the expressions on the faces of several traders were not excitement, but embarrassment, which felt a bit hot.
If Boss Chen gave them a red envelope of 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, they would definitely accept it happily. After all, they have suffered for more than two months, so they should get a big red envelope.
However, the money now far exceeds their remuneration.
Several traders looked at me, I looked at you, and finally turned their attention to Boss Chen. If they want to return the money to Chen Yi, everyone is of course unwilling and reluctant.
So, several traders waited for Chen Yi's order.
Seeing that several traders did not return the money to him, Chen Yi showed a satisfied smile on his face, "There is no one in the world who doesn't love money", obviously everyone's performance proved this point.
Of course, Chen Yi sent such a big red envelope to these traders, it was definitely not to prove that everyone loves money or not.
He's not that boring, and he's not that generous.
"After this period of contact, everyone must have a certain understanding of me. I don't like to make fake ones. There is no doubt about the check in your hand. It can definitely be withdrawn in cash at HSBC Bank."
"This is the reward you all deserve, and it is also a little bit of my heart. You don't need to be embarrassed, just accept it generously."
"It's been a pleasure working with you all during this time. I've seen your abilities, and I won't go around the bush. Next, I intend to establish an investment company, mainly in the field of financial investment.
Several of you are professionals in this field, so I sincerely want to invite everyone here, and you don’t have to rush to give me an answer. If anyone of you wants to join, you can call me in a few days. "
"In terms of salary and treatment, I assure you that it is absolutely generous."
"Of course, if you don't want to, I won't force you, but there is one thing I need to remind everyone, since you have taken my red envelope, you must abide by professional ethics, and you should not say that you should not spread it to the outside world.
Don’t forget, you have all signed a non-disclosure agreement, if anyone tells the story, not only will I have to return all the red envelopes I gave you, but also the person who leaked it will have to sue..."
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(end of this chapter)