America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 239 Deceiving onlookers into the arena

  Smith Capital naturally knew about the entry of the Neon Man.

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

   USD/NOK plates are too small.

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

   Hundreds of millions of funds.

   Once entered, it is easy to know whether someone has entered through the change of data.

  Using games or gambling as a metaphor.

   The big plate of USD/JPY is a super battle royale and big VS gambling with thousands of participants.

  Every day someone enters the arena, and every day there are people who lose a lot and leave the arena with their underwear lost.

   For a small plate like USD/NOK, for institutions, it is usually a one-on-one game of cards, or several institutions and companies fight against the landlord in it.

  If a large organization ends up, sometimes the plate will expand in a short period of time.

  The result of the expansion is that the country's sovereign currency exchange rate will be a mess.

   A bad one will even affect the country's domestic economic development situation.

  Like the economic crisis in Southeast Asia a few years ago, under the massacre and shock of international hot capital, the economic accumulation of more than ten years of development was lost, and then the vitality was seriously injured.

  Like USD/NOK now, except those long-term holding institutions. Before that, only some small retail investors were playing.

  The bet between Smith Capital and the Neon people. In a very short period of time, it caused great fluctuations in the exchange rate of this country.

  This kind of volatility, retail investors who specialize in foreign exchange, and those institutions that keep thousands of analysts, are watching market changes every day.

   You will soon notice the difference.

  Goldman Sachs investment bank.

  The analysts of the Market Surveillance Department will report immediately after discovering this situation.

   It took a little more time, and Goldman Sachs' market surveillance department quickly discovered who the long and short sides were in the USD/NOK fight.

  The person in charge of the Ministry of Supervision, upload this matter.

   The CEO, who was chatting with visiting Wall Street bulldog Richard Fuld, Paulson also knew about it.

   "Is there any secret? Then I'll go first." The CEO of Lehman Brothers Bank said with a smile.

  Richard came over and was going to talk to Goldman Sachs about repackaging junk bonds.

  In 1998, Lehman Brothers nearly collapsed.

  Richard Fuld rescued Lehman Brothers.

  The Wall Street bulldog used the method at that time to package those financial products such as mortgages into securities for sale.

  This method has gained great recognition from the market in the context of the overall rise in US real estate.

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

   It is also the main profit point of Lehman Brothers Bank in the past two years.

  Richard Fuld came to Goldman Sachs this time just to talk to Paulson about this business.

   Paulson thought about it, and felt that this was no secret.

  The CEO of Goldman Sachs said: "It's not a secret. It's our Mr. Director, and he appeared on the international foreign exchange market again."

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

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

  If someone is careful to track it down, they will find those big Wall Street investment banks.

   Many of the shareholders behind them are the same person, or the same family, and the same organization.

   Of course, not all of them, but only a part.

  But Richard Fuld combined Paulson's attributives of making trouble in the foreign exchange market.

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

  Richard Fuld knew who Paulson was talking about.

   "Has it started again?" Richard Fuld asked curiously, "Which plate is this time?"

   Paulson said: "USD/NOK."

   "USD/NOK? Doesn't that currency trade much?" Richard Fuld said:

   "The difficulty of the transaction is too high, and the risk is too high. Is he playing alone?"

   "At present, there are Neon people. He is betting against the Neon people." Paulson said.

   "Oh, Neon Man." Richard Fuld nodded.

  In Wall Street, or in the international financial market.

  The "Neon people" in everyone's mouth generally refers to the Neon national team.

  Because Neon is local, there are no strong financial oligarchs at all.

  Their financial giants can only be active within their own country.

  Like other countries, their financial oligarchs are harvested by European and American capital when they go to the international arena.

  So except for Wall Street and some European capital.

  In the international capital and financial market, as long as you talk about "someone from a certain country".

  That generally refers to the national team of this country.

  For example, the Chinese people, that is, the national team on the side of the rabbit is off.

  In the international financial capital market, "neon people" have always been relatively active.

   After all, their currency is one of the international currencies, and it once reached 20% of the world's foreign exchange reserves when it accounted for the highest proportion.

  Although it is not as good as it was then, the proportion is close to 12%.

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

  The third is the euro, which is currently about 10%.

  The fourth is the British pound, which is currently about 5.9%.

   It goes without saying who is the first.

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

  But it is generally only active in foreign exchange transactions against the yen.

   It is not to say that there are no such cases of being active in the currencies of other countries.

   But also relatively rare.

   Richard Fuld thought for a while and said:

   "Are you interested? Maybe we can take a look, maybe we can accompany our Mr. Director to see if we can cut the flesh of Neon Man."

   Paulson glances at Richard Fuld, who is smiling at him.

  The CEO of Goldman Sachs understands that it is true that the Wall Street bulldog wants to cut the flesh of Neon people.

   But never thought of revenge.

   In the previous USD/JPY trade, four of the five major investment banks suffered heavy losses.

  Lehman Brothers bears the brunt, and is the biggest loss company except Merrill Lynch.

  Later Richard Fuld, although he had conceded defeat to Abel.

  But it doesn't mean Lehman Brothers or Richard Fuld, it doesn't mean they will admit defeat.

  In Wall Street, winning or losing is commonplace for financial capitalists.

  As long as it doesn't hurt the muscles and bones, as long as someone can take responsibility.

  As long as it is profitable, it is not impossible to end up again.

   But Paulson made up his mind not to participate indiscriminately.

  Paulson and the Texas side are getting closer and closer, which is even what the Goldman Sachs board hopes Paulson can do.

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

   Paulson thinks that it is the board of directors of Goldman Sachs. After knowing the reason why I did this, there is a high probability that I will agree.

  Thinking of this, Paulson shook his head lightly:

   "Goldman Sachs will take a relatively conservative investment attitude in the near future. For international foreign exchange and hedging, Goldman Sachs will not enter the market in the near future."

  Richard Fuld didn't quite believe his explanation.

   But Wall Street Bulldog thought about it.

   It seems that after Paulson took office, Goldman Sachs has been a lot more conservative in the past two years.

   Perhaps this is Paulson's strategy?

  Richard Fuld is not sure.

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

   "Okay. I see what Goldman Sachs means." Richard Fuld said:

   "But I want to take a look at the excitement. We'll talk about the subprime mortgage next time."

"see you later."

   Paulson waved off Richard Fuld.

  Although the CEO of Goldman Sachs intends not to end the game, he does not hinder the excitement.

  Paulsen asked the Market Supervision Department to closely monitor USD/NOK and report any situation.

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

   also appeared among the top executives of many Wall Street investment banks.

   After the last USD/JPY.

  All Wall Street investment banks have already mentioned the highest level of attention and monitoring to Smith Capital.

  Smith Capital entered this time, if it is those currency exchanges with relatively large plates, or if it is not so urgent to open a position.

   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 it when he entered the venue, there was a lot of movement.

   Coupled with the addition of neon people, the traces are very obvious.

   It quickly drew everyone's attention to the actions of Smith Capital.

   This naturally attracted everyone's attention.

   Realize a little bit.

   Treat the international foreign exchange market at this time as a big casino.

  That USD/NOK is on this small table.

  At this time, the two big players, Smith Capital and Neon People, have begun to bet against each other.

   The table of the two big players is already full of chips.

   Surrounded by a lot of small leek retail players, they can't wait to throw their own coins on the gaming table.

   Surrounded by big players and tycoons in the casino, the onlookers are all standing, their pockets are all bulging, and they are full of chips.

  Whether the big players onlookers will end depends only on the betting situation of the two big players on the field.

   Generally speaking, this is the most likely situation to happen.

  It is when two big players are betting against each other, and one of them is at a disadvantage.

  The big players onlookers will most likely join the side that is about to win, and make profits by beating the dog in the water.

   At this time, the two big players who are surrounded will naturally bear the greatest pressure.

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

  Smith Capital here.

  Smith Building, fourth floor.

  After noon, the entire fourth floor has been blocked as a safe house for this investment.

  In the office, David Mellon reported the situation to Abel.

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

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

   "The current real-time exchange rate is 7.6048, we have lost a little spread, and there are some interest fees."

  "Norway's economy has been unscientifically strong recently. I hate this oil hegemony country the most. Just digging a new oil mine can give them economic benefits for a long time."

   Abel nodded with a smile, and he said to David Mellon:

   "Don't forget that the United States is also an oil hegemonic country. The United States has no less oil reserves and natural gas reserves than other countries."

   "Okay. You're right." David asked, "So boss, what's next?"

   "Invest another 2 billion, and the goal is still 100,000 lots. But this time, the speed of building positions will be slower."

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

   "Keep a rhythm?" David said, "I see."

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

   "I just wanted to cut the flesh of Neon Man this time. But now I find that the game may be more interesting."

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

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

"clear."

  Abel and David walk out of the office, and David walks to the trading floor.

  The CEO of Smith Capital is about to start working day and night again.

  Abel walked towards the elevator, feeling relieved to have David staring at him.

   What's more, if something goes wrong, the talent will remind him.

  When he was about to reach the elevator, Edward, who had been silently following him, suddenly came over.

   "BOSS, mobile number one."

  Edward handed him a mobile phone, which was the number one of Abel's own personal contact.

   Only his wife and relatives have the number of this mobile phone.

  Abel took a look and found that it was the call from little Laura who just separated last night.

  He answered it smoothly: "Hello?"

   "Honey, have you had lunch yet?"

   From the microphone of the mobile phone, there was some noisy voice from Little Laura.

   She seems to be in a public place and it sounds like there are a lot of people around.

   "Not yet, I'm about to eat." Abel responded softly.

   "Oh, me too. I'm eating in the student cafeteria," said little Laura.

  After confirming the relationship, Little Laura had the most frequent calls, sometimes making several calls a day.

   Fortunately, it was basically just a few chats, which belonged to the style of normal boyfriend and girlfriend.

   Didn't ask questions, which made Abel feel bored.

  Abel thinks it is acceptable, and he himself likes this kind of relatively light romance.

   Eat too much big fish and meat.

  Occasionally, it is also a good choice to have some light porridge to adjust your appetite.

   But Little Laura seemed to have something to do with this phone call.

  She asked: "By the way, my dear, I have a question for you."

"Ok?"

   "Your company. Did you hire an employee named Catherine Jones before, a female secretary?"

  Hearing the name Catherine Jones, Abel was stunned.

  He thought it sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

   "I seem to have some impressions. Oh~" he remembered, "I had it last year, and then she resigned at the end of the year. What's wrong?"

  This very beautiful girl, Abel remembered that she was an FBl.

   In the beginning, it was a **** buried by FBl beside him.

   Later, it seems that the small bush basically declared victory.

  The smart people at FBl removed her in advance when she might be exposed.

   "Hey, it's good to have this person. It's nothing, I just ask." Little Laura said sweetly.

   "Honey, I'm going to eat lunch. Remember to eat too, I'll hang up first."

"okay."

  Little Laura hung up the phone first.

  Abel felt a little baffled, wondering why she suddenly asked a female FBl.

   But this is a trivial matter, and Abel didn't bother too much.

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

  Located in the east of New York City, this district is the largest and the second most populous among the five New York boroughs, as well as the second most economically developed district.

  MGM's version of "Spider-Man" has a large part of its exteriors, which were shot here.

  Because in the comics, Parker, the "failed man", lives here.

  The MGM version of "Spider-Man" started filming on the 20th of last month.

  The estimated shooting time is four months, and post-editing and special effects will take five to six months.

   It is expected to be released early next year.

  Because of Abel's request, and the character image and acting skills are indeed in line with Parker's reasons.

  The MGM version of Spider-Man, the hero is also Tobey Maguire.

   Mainly the Spider-Man in Abel's impression, it should be the Toby Spider in "I want to sprinkle some ashes in your eyes".

  One of the other two spiders is too young, he is just a younger brother, which does not meet the giant positioning of Spider-Man in the MGM version of the Marvel Universe.

  The other spider is too handsome and too genius to fit the definition of "failed man".

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

   But now that there is a Tony, Parker doesn't have to show off his super tech genius mind.

   What Parker in the MGM version of the Marvel universe needs to show is his closeness to the people and ordinaryness, as well as his reversal into a hero.

  This is different from the "ordinary" that is too tall and "ordinary" of the US team.

  Parker's ordinary, the more grounded the better.

  Among the three spiders, Abel felt that the most suitable one was the old spider Tobey Maguire.

  The filming location of today's crew is in Forest Hills, Queens.

  In the plots of comics and movies, this is Parker's lair.

  It is also one of the civilian areas in Queens, where there are at least a dozen or 20 shootings a year.

  When Abel came over, the crew was filming the first performance of Parker turning into a spider.

  The arrival of a large group of them naturally attracted the attention of the crew.

  So many people suddenly appeared, the crew was shocked.

   thought some gangster incident happened.

   After all, in a place like Forest Mountain, it is not surprising that this kind of thing happened.

  Director Sam Raimi didn't know Abel was coming.

  The director was so anxious that he immediately went to the rock security staff who was in charge of the security work of the crew.

  But the general rock security staff responsible for the security of the crew did not respond.

  Sam Remy was in a daze when he saw Anne Hathaway who had completed the filming mission today.

  She suddenly rushed out of the crew and rushed towards the large group of outsiders.

   Sam Raimi was taken aback.

   This is the aunt of the crew.

  Anyone in the crew can have an accident, including myself and Tobey Maguire.

  No accident can happen to this one.

  Sam Remy was about to call for someone, but saw Annie rushing in and being hugged by a man.

  The two even gnawed in public.

   Sam Raimi froze.

   Oh, here comes Abel Smith.

   Sam Raimi thought.

  (end of this chapter)