Rebirth 1980: Marrying my sister’s best friend at the beginning

Chapter 576: Smashing someone else’s pot!

After a brief silence, Li Jiuying suddenly asked: "Li Sheng, why did you sell gold to the Lin family? Could it be that this batch of gold came from an improper source?"

"That's not high-purity gold that is guaranteed to have an innocent origin and meet the purity standards!"

Then Li Yi said again: "Besides, for a company like yours that plays gold, even if it comes from shady sources, it can be washed away in your hands, right?"

"Since you have such gold in your hands, Li Sheng, can you sell it to our Li family? You also know that our store doesn't have much left!" Li Jiuying said.

"The amount is too big for you to eat, but I can give you some!" Li Yi said.

"I don't know how much of your batch there is?"

"Ten tons!"

"Ten tons?"

Both Li Jiuying and Li Futiao were confused. The unit of tons is usually used here to calculate agricultural products or fish catches. It is really scary to use it for gold!
However, both of them were smart people. Although they were surprised, they did not ask about the origin of the gold.

"Li Sheng, I want two tons, can you?" Li Jiuying said solemnly.

"If I were you, I would need up to [-] kilograms of emergency response!" Li Yi said.

"Five hundred kilograms is really a bit small."

Li Jiuying soon came to his senses, then looked at Li Yi and said, "Li Sheng, do you mean that the price of gold is going to drop?"

"No, it's going to collapse!"

It is obviously inappropriate to describe the gold price after November as falling!
It dropped by one-third in less than a month, and plummeted to less than half of its peak in less than three months. Apart from the word "collapse", Li Yi really couldn't think of any other word to describe it. suitable.

"How is this possible? Although the gold price is rising slowly now, it is still rising, and the overall price is stable. How could it possibly "collapse"?" Li Jiuying frowned.

"I won't explain the specific reasons to you. If you believe me, just stock up a small amount yourself and sell the rest to the Lin family for me!" Li Yi said.

At this time, Li Jiuying, Li Futiao, and Huang Lixing all understood Li Yi's plan. If the ten tons of gold could be sold to the Lin family before the gold price plummeted, the Lin family would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

"Li Sheng, I am willing to cooperate with your plan, but with the strength of the Lin family, they may not be able to eat the 10 tons of gold you have!" Li Jiuying said.

"Haha, if the Lin family can't afford it, they still have those ghost guys. When the Lin family can't survive, they will definitely ask those ghost guys for help. In order to kill the Li family, I think those ghost guys won't mind borrowing money. For the Lin family!" Li Yi said.

"That's true!"

Then Li Jiuying said again: "But it's difficult for me to lure those bastards from the Lin family to the bait alone."

Before he finished speaking, Li Yi interrupted him and said, "It's definitely not possible to rely on you alone, and it's easy to expose your flaws. Old Li has to come forward to do this!"

"I?"

"Yes, you need to find someone you can trust to come forward and claim that you have encountered financial difficulties and need to sell a batch of gold as an emergency."

Then Li Yi pointed at Li Jiuying and said: "As for you, pretend to have heard the news and go to buy it. If not expected, people from the Lin family will also come over, and then you will be responsible for raising the price!"

Li Futiao immediately smiled and said: "I understand, what brother Li Yi means is that this is like an auction. Brother Li Yi is the owner of the goods, my people are the auctioneers, Mr. Li is the trustee, and the Lin family is This is the reason why we want to slaughter the fat sheep!"

"Haha, the metaphor is very appropriate!" Li Yi nodded and said.

"Li Sheng, when will our action begin?" Li Jiuying asked.

"Let's get ready tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

At this time, Li Yi said again: "If this matter is handled well, the Lin family will be severely weakened even if it does not collapse. In the future, your Li family's gold shop will still be the strongest in Hong Kong Island, and a comeback is just around the corner!"

"Thank you Li Sheng for your support. I won't say much more about my thanks. You can just watch my performance in the future!" Li Jiuying said gratefully.

"It is said that a person's strength can be seen from a distance, and a person's heart can be seen over time. I hope you are a person who can stand the test!" Li Yi said.

"Understood!" "Old Huang, please send a car to take Mr. Li back!"

Then he looked at Li Jiuying and said solemnly: "Go back and have a good rest. After dawn, the show will begin!"

"it is good"

After sending Li Jiuying away, only Li Yi, Li Futiao and Huang Lixing were left in the room.

After there were no outsiders, Li Futiao couldn't help but ask: "Brother Li Yi, will the price of gold really collapse?"

"This is inevitable. In fact, if you think about the factors that affect the rise and fall of gold prices, you will know that in the current environment, gold cannot always maintain such a high price!" Li Yi said.

Gold is the same as most commodities. The rise and fall of its price actually depends on the relationship between supply and demand.

When ordinary people or central banks of various countries purchase gold in large quantities, the price will rise, or even skyrocket. Otherwise, the price will fall.

Regardless of whether it is individuals, central banks, or financial institutions, there are only two purposes for buying gold. One is pure consumption, and the other is for wealth preservation.

Especially in times of high inflation, gold has always been the most popular store of value.

So last year, when inflation there reached double digits, the price of gold skyrocketed, once reaching $800 an ounce.

However, after experiencing a series of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve this year, inflation has been suppressed to a considerable extent. The income generated by bonds and other fixed-interest investment methods has been higher than the inflation rate, and the weakness of gold's interest-free cost will be highlighted.

As a result, fewer people will invest in gold, the charm of gold will suddenly fade, and a price fall is inevitable.

But no one would have thought that after this drop in gold prices, gold prices would enter a 20-year downturn.

Li Futiao was silent for a while and carefully analyzed Li Yi's words.

Although he still didn't quite understand why Li Yi was so sure that the price of gold would plummet, out of trust in Li Yi, he still nodded and said: "If the price of gold really does plummet, this may be an opportunity for us. !”

"Old Huang, do you want to short gold?"

"Yes, this opportunity is rare!" Li Futiao said.

Li Yi nodded and said: "I agree to short gold, but I mind not doing it on Hong Kong Island!"

"Why is this?" Li Futiao asked puzzledly.

"Because I don't want to smash the pot while eating!"

"???"

Seeing Li Futiao's puzzled expression, Li Yi immediately said: "The stock market is actually equivalent to a pool. The funds and assets invested by investors, listed companies, and financial institutions are the water in it. All of us participants They all drink water from this pool."

"When you encounter a bull market, everyone is willing to invest money in the pool, and there will be more water in the pool, and everyone will have water to eat. On the contrary, when you encounter a bear market, there will be less water, and everyone will have no money. Gotta eat it!”

"But the water in the pool is limited after all. If the water is pumped too hard at one time, the pool will be useless."

Li Futiao nodded and said: "I understand, you are worried that we will collapse the Hong Kong stock market!"

"Well, after experiencing the last stock market crash, the Hong Kong stock market can no longer withstand the torment. If we do it here this time, even if the stock market does not collapse, our vitality will be greatly damaged. Isn't this just eating Did you smash the pot while you were full?" Li Yi said.

"That's the truth. What you mean is that you want to go abroad to do this. Is that what you mean?"

"Yes, I plan to go to the Thieving Eagle. It's not okay to smash our own faults. It seems that I don't feel burdened by smashing theirs!" Li Yi said with a smile.

"Hahaha, then let's smash the thief eagle's pot!" Li Futiao said with a smile.

Huang Lixing also echoed: "Count me in!"

"Row"

(End of this chapter)