Traversing the courtyard

Chapter 443 Buying Gold

"Gold business?" John Bao was a little surprised. Xiangjiang itself is a distribution center for precious metals. It is very convenient to buy gold. Why would you want to buy gold with HSBC?

"Of course, let's talk in the office."

Weidong and Bao Yuehan went to the office to discuss business, leaving only the chairmen of the five foreign firms staring. This time the negotiation is anticlimactic?
Niu Bijian still has some ideas: "Everyone, I think it's better to teach the Early Rain Group a lesson and let him know that Xiangjiang is still our place."

Qi Dezun asked: "Then, what if the Qiuyu Group transfers all the patents to the Virginia company and then withdraws them?"

"How dare he?" New Bijian said angrily.

"Why don't you dare, think about it, the surname Yi is not yet twenty, and besides, he swam over from the other side, patted his ass and left, can he really be stopped?"

Niu Bijian is really going to have a headache. Yes, the foundation of Qiuyu Group is not Xiangjiang. After leaving, there are still patents and they can still make money. Leaving, for Xiangjiang as a whole, it is too unwise to lose too much for a small loss, not to mention signing an agency agreement with five foreign firms. If something happens, the agency will not be able to continue after the expiration.

Qi Dezun thought that the agent felt more and more that Yi Sheng was clever. The Autumn Rain Group did not let the five foreign firms get the shares, but just signed the agency agreement together. When things come out, if the foreign firm suppresses the Qiuyu Group, then the agency agreement will be gone, and the foreign firm will feel sorry for the little profit and cannot deal with the Qiuyu Group.

The five discussed for a long time, but there was still no good way to deal with Yi Weidong. At most, he would not allow him to enter the Jockey Club. The members of the two bureaus should not use the means against the company lightly.

Weidong followed into John Bao's office, and Sir Bao asked directly after sitting down, "Yisheng plans to enter the gold shop business?"

Wei Dongdao: "No, it's just that I have more money, buy some gold and save it."

Since March 68, the beautiful country has closed the channel for private exchange of gold, and only accepts central banks and governments of various countries to exchange gold with US dollars.

The international gold price started to rise from the previous 35 US dollars an ounce, and the highest increase to 5 US dollars an ounce in May this year, but the current money is not enough, and thinking about it, it seems that the gold window will be closed after President Nixon made a televised speech in 43.5. , to stop governments or central banks from holding US dollars to exchange for gold.The dollar broke free from the prison of gold and floated freely in the foreign exchange market.

Until then, it will be the era when gold will go up all the way and go up wildly, but right now gold has fallen all the way from a high of 43.5 US dollars to about 36.5 now, a drop of 7 US dollars in just half a year. Weidong thinks that he can start now Gold has been purchased.

"Buy some gold and save it?"

John Bao knew that the Qiuyu Group did not have a gold business, but it would be inappropriate to talk to himself if there were too few purchases. He said, "Aren't the gold certificates issued by our HSBC directly traded on the Dongyuan Exchange?"

The Dongyuan Stock Exchange has also started spot gold and silver trading recently, but the volume is too small to meet Weidong's requirements.

"I'm going to buy some more. Is ten tons of gold available at HSBC?"

"Ten tons of gold? Are you crazy?"

John Bao was taken aback. He had never heard that private individuals would buy so much spot gold. Even buying so much on the precious metals exchange in London was an act of the government.

Wei Dongdao: "Now the unit price is 36.5 US dollars an ounce, ten tons of gold is only 120 million Hong Kong dollars, not much money!"

"It doesn't have much money, the total price is just over [-] million yuan, but Yisheng is optimistic about the future market of gold? Then you can buy gold futures in London. We, HSBC, are members of the precious metal exchange, so we can buy futures for you."

John Bao thought that Weidong didn't know what gold futures were, so he explained a few words.

Weidong knew that the rise of gold was limited before 71. What's more, Weidong only knew the long-term trend, because the price of gold in the two oil wars would soar, and he didn't know the short-term specific direction. If there is a loss, it is better to buy gold now and wait until the right time to play futures.

"Forget about the futures. The company has no investment projects for the time being, so it is better to buy ten tons of gold every month to preserve its value."

"Buy ten tons of gold every month?" John Bao was not so surprised anymore, but just asked for confirmation.

Weidong nodded: "Yes, I want standard gold bricks, don't you know that HSBC does this business?"

"I did, of course I did."

It’s just that the gold he bought was a bit too much. John Bao was a little surprised. There were more than ten tons of gold in the vault of HSBC Bank, which could be delivered at any time, and then he just bought it on the London Precious Metals Exchange.

Here it is sold to Weidong at the current price, and then a call is made to London to place an order to buy, and HSBC will make the difference in the middle.

Wei Dong said again: "Then next month, can I buy another [-] tons?"

"can!"

The corner of John Bao's mouth couldn't help twitching a few times, why did he remember to buy so much gold?
Thinking about Weidong's current income and the rate at which Qiuyu Group makes money, the Hong Kong stock market will be acquired in a few years, and the Hong Kong government will definitely not be willing by then.

It is also reasonable to exchange a part of it for gold to avoid risks, otherwise the entire Xiangjiang would belong to the Amity Rain Group.

"Yi Sheng, do you store all your gold in our HSBC vault? Our HSBC vault is the safest place, and there will be no accidents with the protection of the army."

Weidong shook his head, isn't this proposal a joke?At that time, it will be directly deducted and not given. Isn't that blind?

"I believe in the credibility of HSBC, so I won't tell you about my purchase of gold, right? I have nothing to worry about!"

Bao Yuehan couldn't say anything, yes, Yi Sheng himself would not reveal it to cause trouble for himself, if something really happened, he would suspect HSBC, and he would not be able to explain why it was reasonable .

Skip this topic, and briefly talk about the gold delivery. It is very simple. Based on the current local gold price of 36.5 US dollars per ounce in Xiangjiang, Weidong will charge as much as he has, and the next month will also be calculated according to the current price. Twenty tons of gold will be required every month, and Weidong will notify in advance if they do not want it.

After making an appointment for delivery three days later, Weidong stood up and said goodbye. Today he completed the set task perfectly, and he can also buy ten tons of gold secretly. Thinking about the high price of 850 US dollars an ounce in the future, even if the highest price cannot be sold, the high It's ok at $800, that's 23 times the profit.

It's a pity that Xiangjiang is too small to invest in oil. It would be a good business to store a batch of crude oil. Now crude oil is only one dollar more per barrel, and you can buy as much as you want. Unfortunately, there is no place to store it.

The next day, Weidong received the news that the five foreign firms had sent people to contact the Virginia company in Los Angeles. They wanted to obtain agency rights in some countries and regions. Weidong just instructed to go in the normal way. Talk, that is, neither take care nor intentionally set up obstacles, as long as you are willing to pay a high price, you can give the agency to anyone.

Weidong, the villa in Deep Water Bay, gave everyone a vacation, and then two trucks from HSBC unloaded ten tons of gold and sent them to the warehouse below. After the delivery, Weidong put them all in the space. Nor will it sell.

After dealing with the gold matter, Weidong also went to school with peace of mind. Mi Xiaozhou later also reported the matter of the foreign company's agency of electronic calculators. Not only in North America, most of the agents in European countries were also acquired by businessmen from the beautiful country. Except for Yingzhijie and Wheelock, the five foreign firms have not gained anything. Jardine, Swire and Hutchison have each been an agent in a small country.

Because the price space Weidong left for the agent is limited, the agency fee is not much higher. The total annual fee is only a little over [-] million Hong Kong dollars, and Weidong has made a lot of money.

Virginia waited in Los Angeles to sign the agency agreement, and did not stay long. She returned to her own villa in Sha Tin. When Weidong came over at night and saw the lights in Virginia's room, she realized that it was Virginia. Ya is back.

However, Weidong went into Mi Xiaozhou's room first, and it was his turn to eat millet porridge today.

Maybe you can have a double meal today!

Mi Xiaozhou also knew that Virginia was back, and thought that his boss would not be able to help comforting Virginia, who had made great contributions. When Weidong came in, he couldn't help but smiled and said, "The boss is back!"

"Well, what are you eating today?"

Wei Dong stepped forward to hold Mi Xiaozhou in his arms, and asked with a smile.

Mi Xiaozhou smiled and said, "There are dried oysters and clams. I took groupers from home."

Weidong was sweating profusely. Clams and dried oysters are both nourishing yin and strengthening yang. Does Mi Xiaozhou's family know this?

"Did you take it yourself, or did you get it from your family? Don't you know that it's a nourishing ingredient for kidney deficiency?"

Mi Xiaozhou grinned and said, "Boss, do you really know this? You discovered all of this."

After speaking, he wanted to hide, Wei Dong patted the raised part twice and laughed: "You are naughty, do I still need to eat those things?"

Mi Xiaozhou wrinkled his little nose and rubbed his little butt: "It's all swollen!"

Wei Dongdao: "If you dare to doubt my ability, you will be beaten lightly."

Mi Xiaozhou pursed his lips: "It's in vain for me to go home and bring you seafood. It's fine if you don't appreciate it, and you will still be beaten."

"You!"

Wei Dong pinched Mi Xiaozhou's cheek, and stopped talking about this topic. He sat down and asked, "How are you doing with the newspaper?"

Recently, I have been attending classes at school, flirting with female classmates by the way, enjoying the wanton youth, but the attention of many companies has decreased a little.

Mi Xiaozhou leaned against Weidong and said, "It's almost done. A deputy editor was hired from Xingdao Newspaper, and the framework is set up. It's just that the serialized novels don't have a clue yet."

Wei Dong asked: "Didn't I ask you to find Gu Long for you?"

Now Gu Long's "Legend of Lu Xiaofeng" and "Meteor·Butterfly·Sword" haven't been written yet, but "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" has been published. As long as the price is negotiated with Gu Long, maybe Gu Long can be poached and published in the newspaper Serialized.

Mi Xiaozhou said depressedly: "I have contacted, but Mr. Gu Long rejected the invitation to serialize in our newspaper."

Mi Xiaozhou didn’t use the name of the Autumn Rain Group, so it’s no wonder that Gu Long would refuse. A new newspaper that hasn’t opened yet invites ordinary people to refuse, of course,
Wei Dongdao: "Since I declined, it's not good for me to invite again, so what should I do?"

Although Wei Dong said so, there was no worry on his face, and he looked extremely relaxed.

Mi Xiaozhou was in a hurry, he shook Weidong's arm and said, "Boss, you must have a way, right?"

Wei Dong carried Mi Xiaozhou back and sat on his knees, just looked at Mi Xiaozhou with a smile.

Mi Xiaozhou raised the corners of his mouth and called coquettishly: "Boss~~"

Wei Dong smiled and said, "Go and call Virginia to come over."

"Boss, you are dead, don't come with me."

Mi Xiaozhou knew Weidong's thoughts in an instant. Last time, he deliberately got himself and Virginia drunk, and then they slept together, having a good time.

Now that Virginia just came back today, the boss still wants to relive the old dream again. My man is a big pig, but this is my man, and I rely on him for a lifetime. If Yi Lang insists on this, then he can still be real refuse?
Weidong didn't expect that Mi Xiaozhou had finished his psychological construction, had accepted his arrangement, and coaxed a few more words in a low voice, promising to solve the newspaper's current problems, only then did Mi Xiaozhou show his unwillingness to take Pick up the phone and call Virginia.

Mi Xiaozhou pointed out that the boss was waiting here, and Virginia cheered, even saying that she would hurry over.

Putting down the phone, Mi Xiaozhou said, "Boss, are you satisfied now?"

Mi Xiaozhou suddenly felt a little regretful. What Virginia learned in the Retiro Garden was the art of serving people, and she was proficient in all kinds of methods. She did not reject serving the boss with Mi Xiaozhou. face, do not want to serve together.

Last time, he got caught by the boss because he drank too much, and now he called Virginia himself, and he made such an opening because he was afraid that the boss would get used to it in the future.

Weidong was very happy. Although the methods were not glorious today, there was no reason to talk about the fun in the boudoir. As long as he was brave and gave Mi Xiaozhou and Virginia the greatest happiness, it would be fine.

"I know that my millet porridge loves me, and I'm afraid I'll be overwhelmed. Only when you come together can I enjoy myself."

What Mi Xiaozhou wanted to say, Virginia had already arrived, and before he could change his shoes, he threw himself into Weidong's arms, and offered his fragrant lips for you to pick.

Seeing Weidong's hands up and down, Mi Xiaozhou couldn't help but feel a little jealous. Virginia, a little rascal, doesn't know the slightest bit of shyness, and messes around as soon as she enters the door.

Coughing and parting the man and woman who were chewing on each other, he said, "I haven't had dinner yet!"

Only then did Virginia come down from the arms of the foreigner, hugged Mi Xiaozhou, who had a pretty face with a cold face, and went into the kitchen. After a while, the two returned to normal, and brought out the dinner together.

Mi Xiaozhou hesitated for a moment and took the red wine. Last time the boss got his hands on him because he was drunk, so he should drink more today, so it won't be so embarrassing.

Wei Dong was still very surprised, Mi Xiaozhou drank one glass after another without drinking wine, and didn't stop the red wine until he was a little tipsy.

After thinking about it for a while, Wei Dong realized that Mi Xiaozhou still couldn't bear the shame, and the three of them got drunk together to cover their ears and steal the bell. After a quick meal, he picked up the slightly drunk Mi Xiaozhou as soon as he dropped his chopsticks.

Virginia followed behind and made a grimace at Mi Xiaozhou. Mi Xiaozhou, who was pretending to be drunk, couldn't hold back for a moment and also made a grimace, and then shrank back into Weidong's arms and never poked his head out again. up.

(End of this chapter)