Rebirth of Xiangjiang: Across the World

Chapter 348 The Turbulent Early August
The end of July and the beginning of August should be the busiest time of the year, with various major international events happening frequently.

Each single item has a profound impact on all walks of life around the world, and even the international situation, but it happens at the same time.

First of all, at the end of July, Nokia joined hands with KPN Telecom of the Netherlands to launch a 2G communication pilot project in Rotterdam, the second largest city in the Netherlands.

As soon as the news came out, it captured the headlines of the world, and the enterprises in the lighthouse country once again led the technological revolution.

The throne of the headlines has not yet sat on the heat, and the Tokyo government announced the increase of export tariffs on domestic products one day later.

They have also come to their senses now that they have no technology but no force, and if they dare to dump Europe and the United States, they are courting death.

So take the initiative to raise tariffs, restrict the development of the domestic semiconductor industry, and beg my father to forgive them for being ignorant when they were young.

Just winking at the blind.

His father was not free, because in the early morning of August [-]nd, a major event that attracted worldwide attention occurred. Iraq strongly launched the Kuwait Operation and invaded Kuwait on its own initiative.

The war started too suddenly, the five hooligans were directly treated as a decoration, and it ended extremely quickly.

The Kuwait operation began at [-]:[-] a.m., and the Iraqi side launched an invasion with [-] troops. In just four hours, they successively captured the radio station, surrounded the palace, and blocked strategic targets such as the airport, railway, and docks.

At twelve o'clock at noon, the tenth hour of the war, the capital of Kuwait fell to the ground. Members of the royal family, celebrities and dignitaries could only escape to the US warship by helicopter.

At noon, one hour after capturing the capital, Saddam held a press conference, announcing to the public that Kuwait had been a province of Iraq since ancient times, and that an interim government would be established in the country's capital.

The Western forces headed by the United States expressed strong condemnation and forcibly ordered the Iraqi side to stop the war and withdraw from the capital of Kuwait, otherwise they would intervene by force to help the members of the Kuwaiti royal family restore...

"It's time to come, it's still here."

Zheng Yaoyang turned off the TV that was broadcasting the news, and didn't care about the follow-up trend of the incident.

Because the next four months of talk, the United States intends to let the price of oil fly for a while.

When the negotiations break down in mid-January next year, the U.S. military will teach the world what modern warfare is.

If you are poor, you will have tactics interspersed, and if you are rich, you will be covered by firepower.

A large number of stealth fighter jets were directly used to plow several times in the major cities of the Iraqi side, showing a one-sided situation, and telling the world that technological crushing is massacre.

Not long after, Zheng Yaoyang received a call from a group of people, including Rogers, Zheng Weijian, and Wade.

Rogers said in an excited tone that the two countries were really fighting, and international oil prices skyrocketed.

After all, the Gulf region accounts for 60% of the world's oil exports. This time, Iraq's invasion of Kuwait directly turned the entire Gulf region into a military martial law zone.

The old US did the same, treating Iraq like Cuba, and imposed a comprehensive blockade on both light and heavy industrial products, as well as rice, flour, grain and oil.

As soon as the news came out, the price of crude oil skyrocketed instantly.

Since the start of drilling in the early hours of last night, a barrel of oil has risen from US$13.5 to US$27.27, an increase of 102%.
They made a lot of money.

Rogers doesn't know how much Zheng Yaoyang bought, but he holds an oil contract worth US$12.2 billion.

It more than doubled in just one night.

He personally enjoyed a 2% commission on his net worth, and made about $2600 million.

And this is just the beginning, $27.27 a barrel of oil is definitely not the limit of this wave of rise.

After all, the head-on confrontation between the third power and the first power will not be over if there is not a year or so.

Speculators like war the most. Even ordinary insignificant supplies can be multiplied several times during wars.

Zheng Yaoyang pondered for a moment, then ordered: "Don't rush to sell, wait for my news."

They can hold it for a period of time, and then sell it on the eve of the oil shortage in various countries and the breakdown of the US-Iran negotiations, so as to maximize their benefits.

Zheng Yaoyang easily made billions of dollars in one night, and Zheng Yaoyang is very fortunate that he invested in the communication industry at the beginning.

The investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions of dollars, keeps him yearning for wealth.

Otherwise, like now, it is too easy to earn money, and it is easy to lose yourself and lose the direction of struggle.

Immediately afterwards, Zheng Yaoyang received a call from his father. Zheng Weijian was in a good mood and informed him of the current profit.

His cost was about 15.5 US dollars, and the total investment was only 2 million US dollars, but he only made more than [-] million US dollars.

Zheng Yaoyang smiled: "It's good to make money, don't be too greedy, wait for a while, and you can almost sell the oil contract in your hand."

Zheng Weijian nodded. If he was greedy, he would not only invest [-] million U.S. dollars, and leave [-] million U.S. dollars untouched.

Investing [-] million U.S. dollars is also the confidence Zheng Yaoyang gave, otherwise he would have just planned to invest [-] million U.S. dollars initially.

In the end, it was Wade's phone call, informing them of their current profitability and asking about follow-up arrangements.

Their 35 billion dollars are all bullish on oil, which doubled overnight, and Wade didn't know what to say to express his excitement.

Zheng Yaoyang had no choice but to repeat what he said to Rogers, continue to hold it, and wait for his notification.

Almost the whole morning, Zheng Yaoyang was answering various calls, and the influence of the Gulf War began to spread until Zhou Huimin came back from work.

She was changing slippers at the entrance, and seeing that Zheng Yaoyang's shoes were still there, she was surprised and said, "Didn't you go out today?"

Zheng Yaoyang put down the satellite phone, stretched his waist and lay lazily on the sofa, and looked up at her: "Do you really hope that I can leave?"

Zhou Huimin paused, with an awkward but polite smile on his face: "No...it's not the case."

Having been with Zheng Yaoyang for more than a year, she has been highly praised by the Huanyu Group, and her career has been smooth sailing.

In the past year and a half, three solo albums have been released, two of which have become platinum records.

It also spread a word in the music scene of the new generation of Xiangjiang.

There is Jacky Cheung for men and Zhou Huimin for women.

It's just that as her fame grew, she also hated Zheng Yaoyang's identity as an underground lover.

There's nothing she can do about it, if she leaves Zheng Yaoyang, she doesn't know where to go, and her career will be ruined.

The entertainment industry is the industry that pays the most attention to resources. No matter how good a person's voice (acting skills) is, if no one writes songs (investment), they will only lose everyone.

Zheng Yaoyang reached out and patted the empty seat on the sofa, and Zhou Huimin immediately sat down obediently beside him.

Zheng Yaoyang brushed her hair with his hand: "My girlfriend in Xiangjiang not only has you, but also Li Jiaxin and Gigi Lai, do you know why I like to find you?"

Zhou Huimin was stunned, and slowly shook her head again.

With a faint smile on Zheng Yaoyang's face, he stroked her cheek: "Because I like what you don't like."

Zhou Huimin believed in religion, but violated the teaching.

He clearly enjoys the career resources he bestowed and became a first-line singer, but he is unwilling to accept the status quo and always wants to escape.

To put it bluntly, it's just picking up the bowl to eat, putting it down and scolding your mother, how can there be such a good thing in the world.

If she could be willing like Li Jiaxin and Gigi Lai, maybe Zheng Yaoyang would get bored soon.

Because she doesn't like it, but he can't help it, that's why Zheng Yaoyang has been looking for her lately.

Zhou Huimin was silent for a long time, then suddenly knelt on the ground and almost begged: "Let me go, please?"

"I hate to see a woman cry."

Zheng Yaoyang helped wipe away the tears, lifted his chin, and said with a smile: "Are you sure, and you have thought it through?"

Zhou Huimin was taken aback, and the tears stopped in his eyes: "So you agree?"

Zheng Yaoyang's smile remained undiminished, and he smiled lightly: "Why don't you agree? I don't like to make things difficult for others."

He patted Zhou Huimin's little head, walked to the entrance, put on his shoes, and said with a smile, "Let's start today."

He's tired of this game.

In his opinion, Zhou Huimin was too hypocritical, honor and wealth came too easily, and he was not beaten by the society.

It's also time to let her out and be beaten by the society, so that she will realize that everything is not easy now.

He had already given Zhou Huimin a chance to regret it, but she didn't seem to care at all, so so be it.

Zhou Huimin looked at the direction he left, sat on the ground with a dull expression, and couldn't believe it.

It turns out that getting rid of Zheng Yaoyang is so simple, it only takes one sentence, and the deliberate avoidance in the past is like a joke.

After a while, the home phone rang.

When Zhou Huimin received a call from her agent, Huanyu and the many endorsement brands all terminated her contract. Fortunately, the company fully borne the breach of contract fee.

The manager was silent for a long time and said: "Although I don't know what happened, but I also want to transfer, Vivian, you can do it in the future."

Listening to the busy tone from the phone, Zhou Huimin felt empty. She finally got her wish today and got the freedom she longed for for a long time, but she couldn't feel happy.

I feel like I'm missing something...

(End of this chapter)