1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 175 Remember to wash your hands at any time

The constant ascending of oil prices immediately attracted the attention of other investors on Wall Street. At this time, rumors about the possibility of oil being used to extract a cure-all medicine also appeared on the market inexplicably. Although the spokesperson of the largest pharmaceutical company in United States-MacDonald Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, in an assured interview on this issue, told the media that he had never heard of the company having such a research project. But he did not deny the possibility of extracting drugs from oil.

“Petroleum has been used as a medicine a long time ago,” said Sahaf, a spokesperson for McDonald’s Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company, to reporters. “But then our research showed that most of the problems related to the use of petroleum to cure certain The so-called medical records of these difficult and miscellaneous diseases are not able to withstand scrutiny and cannot be verified in various experiments. Moreover, the composition of petroleum is very complicated. I don’t know. So I haven’t heard of the company’s plans to use petroleum to make medicines.”

However, this statement did not completely contain the rumors, because the spokesperson of the McDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company just said that he had never heard of such a plan, which did not mean that there was no such plan. So the rumors became more and more miraculous, from the treatment of all diseases to the ability to comprehensively enhance the ability of sex. Anyway, the more and more ridiculous, afterwards, it is the same as the flat peach of the queen mother and the ginseng fruit of Zhen Yuanzi. Some have a comparison.

Such rumors have made the market more and more enthusiastic. In this kind of craze, almost no one noticed the fact that Rockefeller’s “standard oil” has gradually reduced its purchases. However, almost no one noticed does not mean that no one noticed. In fact, such a method can not hide the old foxes and little foxes on Wall Street at all.

“Rockefeller’s mind is dark enough.” JP Morgan said to his new partner, Gutwin, “He wants to play with oil as a tulip. But this is definitely an opportunity to make a fortune. Just seize the opportunity. We can also take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune. Well, my dear friend, this is also a good opportunity for you to exercise. I will give you the upper limit of 500,000 US dollars to transfer funds to see if you can get from it. How much money was earned in the “Tulip Storm”.”

“Relax, the situation is very clear, I will definitely not lose.” Gutwin smiled confidently.

“John, we should begin to remove the suspicion that we are manipulating this crisis.” Scrooge said, “We are going to publish a warning in the newspaper that the current high oil prices may repeat the’tulip mania’. Remind investors to be sober and not to chase the wind blindly.”

“Won’t this disrupt our plan?” Rockefeller said, “Scrooge, your influence is not small now. If you say this, if they really back down, then our plan will be destroyed.””No, John. Look at the current price changes. Judging from such prices and trading volume, the main force of the funds invested here is no longer us. Most of the wolves on Wall Street have joined. We have come in, and a lot of retail investors have come in. Now we ask everyone to calm down, but we don’t ship. The first reaction of many people is to believe that we actually want to curb the price increase, and a lot of people enter. Order goods. Besides, how many goods did we purchase in total?” Scrooge asked.

“Currently it is 40,000 barrels.” Rockefeller replied.

“What is the average cost per barrel?” Scrooge asked next.

“Slightly more than sixteen dollars,” Rockefeller replied.

“If we don’t throw them out and use them to make lubricating oil and kerosene, how much will we lose?” Scrooge continued.

“It won’t be a loss, but when we get to the top, we can make a lot of money by throwing it away. I estimate that in the current situation, it is possible to rise to 25 dollars a barrel. We are at the price of 24 dollars. Throw them out and you can make an extra $320,000.”

“John, listen to me.” Scrooge said, “Three hundred and two hundred thousand is a lot of money, but we can’t make this money. Look at the current data, I dare say that there are tens of thousands of retail investors. Invest in this gamble. As the price rises, those Wall Street speculators will slowly leave quietly, and then the proportion of retail investors holding oil will be higher. By the time of the crash, a lot of The retail investors will lose everything, and there will be a large number of people who jumped off the building, jumped into the river, and lie on the rails. Then the newspaper will ask who caused this catastrophe. If we also made the three hundred and twenty thousand, Then all the accusations will be very easy to focus on us. Then we will become the bad guys pointed out by thousands of people. Listen to me, John, in many cases, a clean reputation is also worth a lot of money. If you still think If it is a pity, then just deduct that share from my future dividends.”

After hearing Scrooge’s words, Rockefeller gave a wry smile.

“You are right. I ignored this some time ago, so my reputation is much worse than that of a few years ago. Unlike you, who has always maintained a reputation for being white and flawless. You are right, white and flawless. Fame is indeed very valuable. I feel it right now. Of course, you don’t need to mention what you pay this money alone. Our purpose in launching this operation is not to make money through it, but to squeeze more money through it. Many oil refineries and oil wells. Now, many oil refineries have stopped production. Many oil refinery owners are already crying and crying to sell their factories to me. They can use the money from the factories to gamble on the crude oil market. A handful. Correspondingly, there is less and less oil on the market now. Although all the oil wells are ascending, they are all hoarding goods waiting for the price to rise higher. And as far as I am concerned. I know, most of them have invested money in drilling new oil wells. When the crash occurs, we can naturally take the oil well from them easily. In addition, since we want to preserve our reputation, we can declare after the crash that we Willing to buy the oil in the hands of retail investors at a relatively reasonable price. This will prevent these retail investors from suffering a big loss and going nowhere. Well, we have to include this statement in the warning you mentioned. Now that this is said, people will definitely understand This is what we tried to squeeze the price of oil in order to acquire it.”

“Noyle, Noyle!” Emma ran over in a panic and said, “I heard people say that Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Rockefeller said in the newspaper that the current oil price is inflated. In fact, the oil is fundamentally high. It’s not worth so much money. So their acquisitions stopped temporarily. They also advised everyone not to be too fanatical. They also said that if the price collapses in the future, they will buy those retail investors at a price of ten dollars a barrel out of social responsibility. For 200,000 U.S. dollars of oil, each retail investor can only sell them three barrels of oil at most. Does this mean that we should sell that oil right away?”

“Huh? I’ll check it out and inquire about the prices on the market.” Neuer was taken aback, and said to Emma, ​​”You are optimistic about our home and our oil. I’ll be back when I go.”

After explaining his wife, Neuer hurried out and ran towards the oil well. As soon as he turned the corner, he saw Old Carl walking back panting.

“Mr. Carl, have you heard? Both Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Rockefeller said that the price of oil was too high and that they had stopped buying oil. Did you know?” Neuer quickly grabbed Old Karl and asked.

“I know, I just went to the oil well to inquire about it.” Old Karl gasped.

“How is it? Mr. Carl?” Neuer asked hurriedly.

“Hey, you let me catch my breath and wipe my sweat.” Old Karl said.

Seeing Old Karl’s performance, Neuer was relieved. If the situation is very bad, Old Karl doesn’t have such an important posture.

Old Carl panted, wiped his sweat with his clothes, and then said: “There are still people waiting in line to buy oil outside the oil well, and the price is still rising. The people in the oil well said that there was actually no standard two days ago. I have bought oil from them again, but oil is still in short supply. The standard is just to scare everyone so that the price of oil will drop and they are buying.”

“How can Standard Oil be so black-hearted!” Neuer said, “I used to think that Mr. MacDonald was a good honest man.”

“Mr. MacDonald is a good man, of course, but is he also a businessman?” Old Karl said.

“Thank you, Mr. Carl! You gave me a sigh of relief.” Neuer replied.

“You plan to go to the mud gang oil well to see the situation?” Old Karl said, “you don’t need to go now. Don’t worry, the oil will continue to rise.”

“I’m going to visit the Wanhe Oil Well again, so that I can be completely relieved.” Neuer said, “After all, this is related to a lot of money.”

“Young people are not as cautious as you are.” Old Carl smiled. “It is a good habit to be cautious, but Wanhe is a bit far away. You have to hurry up, or you won’t be able to make dinner today.”

“Mr. Nacar, I’m leaving first.” Neuer said.

“Okay, goodbye, Neuer. Well, you are back now. Tell me what you learned!”

“What is the impact of our article?” Scrooge said to Rockefeller with a smile.

“As we expected, the price is far from reaching the point where no fool can take the plate. So although our warning has caused a little turbulence in the market, it has not changed the general trend. Today, oil prices have risen again. Rockefeller laughed, “After the collapse, no one can blame us. What’s more, we don’t throw oil when the collapse occurs, and even specifically target the poor to receive oil to reduce their losses. At that time, we will post another article to criticize speculators. Maybe the tens of thousands of retail investors will still be grateful to us.”

“Well, I hope so.” Scrooge said with a cute smile on his iconic harmlessness.