Chapter Twelve: Speculation

  Just as the sighs and groans were unending, Xu Shaowen suddenly came up with an even bolder plan. He couldn't help but chuckle and said to the several big shots present: "Seniors, I have a way."

  "What's the solution? Tell me quickly!" Huang Jinrong was the most anxious and couldn't help but ask.

  "Let's sell all the remaining goods back to the Americans." Xu Shaowen said calmly, his face expressionless, with an air of confidence.

  "What? Sell it to the Americans again?" Huang Jinrong looked incredulous, this was a deal he had never seen before.

  Li Wanqi, Yu Kuiqing and Zhang Jingjiang did not utter a word, their faces showing different expressions, each thinking about something in their hearts.

  "It's not a strange form of transaction, it's just buying and selling, the most common way of speculation," Xu Shaowen slowly began to explain, "From start to finish, what we did was raise the price of this batch of military supplies, and then earn the difference in between. As for who bears these differences, either it's the Flag Country itself or European countries, anyway it has nothing to do with us."

  Zhang Jingjiang looked at Xu Shaowen with great surprise, such a young age can have such a bold speculative strategy, really admirable. He nodded slightly, indicating his approval of what Xu Shaowen said, but his eyebrows were still tightly furrowed, saying: "HSBC knows we are doing this kind of speculation, I'm afraid they will be very angry, it's hard to say whether they will accept this batch of goods."

  "Now they still owe a lot of orders in European countries, but the flames of war in Europe have escalated beyond everyone's expectations. In less than two months, it has become like glue and lacquer." Xu Shaowen smiled lightly, not worried about this at all, saying, "So I believe that European countries must be urging the United States. The United States wants to clear its orders with European countries as soon as possible, but by then, the credibility of the United States in various European countries will probably have gone bankrupt."

  Li Wanqi's eyes lit up after hearing Xu Shao Wen's words, and he said: "Wen Yuan, your words are indeed very reasonable. I believe that a country's reputation is more important than money. The United States will not refuse to take back this batch of goods."

  Yu Kaiying had a deep understanding of foreigners and their way of thinking. His expression remained gloomy as he said, "Even if the Americans are willing to buy it, they will definitely try to lower the price, which would still be a significant loss."

  "Mr. Yu's words are quite different," said Xu Shaowen with a very serious expression, "After raising the average price of each branch by 20%, we will sell it to HSBC. If HSBC wants to lower the price, we will propose that for every month they delay, the price will increase by 5%. They can refuse now, but internationally, there are so many spot goods available only from us. The longer they drag on, the lower HSBC's reputation will be, and the higher the bamboo stick we can knock them with. HSBC won't be able to drag this out for too long."

  "But what if the Americans really don't want it? With a 20% increase in price, that's tens of millions more for nothing." Huang Jinrong said anxiously, he liked money very much, but was worried about speculating and losing his principal, and this time the loss would be huge.

  "This yellow inspector can rest assured, the longer it drags on, the United States will know the consequences. Even if they produce a new batch of military equipment themselves, European and global countries will not place orders with them again," Xu Shaowen analyzed with a sense of pride, "Now that we can pressure the US, it's truly something to be proud of. Even if this batch of goods really doesn't sell, we have other options. With the current unstable international situation and domestic unrest, military equipment will definitely not go unsold."

  Zhang Jingjiang suddenly thought of something and burst out laughing, saying: "Wen Yuan's method is absolutely feasible. Not long ago, I had a gathering with friends from Citibank, and my friend revealed to me that in the past month, Citibank has accepted more than a dozen military orders from European countries, adding to the unclear orders before, now it's snowing on top of snow."

  "That's great news!" Huang Jinrong burst out laughing and his appearance transformed back into that of Maitreya Buddha.

  "Alright, I'll take care of the negotiations with the American flag country. We will definitely win big." Zhang Jingjiang said confidently, and even he couldn't help but laugh.

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  Zhang Jingjiang, upon first contact with Citibank, mentioned that the domestic war in China had temporarily subsided and they needed to sell off their existing goods. Citibank naturally took on a haughty attitude, demanding a reduction in the average price of the guns due to depreciation costs. Zhang Jingjiang immediately rejected this, telling Citibank's representative that these were commodity munitions, not returned goods for processing, and that the average price should be increased by 20%, with an additional increase of 5% every month.

  Citic Bank was immediately embarrassed, and after three days of telegraph negotiations with the domestic headquarters and arms dealers, it finally issued a willingness to buy back this batch of arms at the original price.

  Zhang Jingjiang is not a foolish person, it's clear that the Flag Country is in decline. He deliberately delayed for a while and didn't give an answer to the Flag Country, making them extremely anxious.

  While this was going on, the Qing government could no longer bear it and hastily sent someone to knock on the door to urge several times. Zhang Jingjiang still insisted on increasing the average price by 20%, and also released a message that even if the Qing government did not want this batch of goods, Russia and Japan would want them, and the two countries would resell the arms to Europe, because European countries were now anxious and worried.

  The reason for this is entirely due to Citibank's greed, as they accepted the order but had no goods to deliver. Moreover, the President was also hesitant about whether to use active equipment to salvage international credibility. Of course, when the US President heard that China had military supplies available, his hesitation deepened even further.

  The United States knew that this matter could not be delayed, and these arms could not be sold to Russia and Japan. Once Russia and Japan resold the arms to Europe, the credibility of the United States would truly be declared bankrupt.

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