Manhattan Reborn 1978

Europe.

London, England.

Early morning~

Karnes, who only slept for more than four hours last night, steeled himself to take care of his personal hygiene. As soon as he walked out of the bedroom, he saw Bill Gutherland, holding several documents in his hand and frowning.

"What's wrong?" Kanes walked to sit next to him, crossed his legs and asked.

"Whoo~"

Bill took a deep breath, handed him the document in his hand, and said, "The Bank of England is going to start raising interest rates in line with the Federal Reserve Bank of England."

"Oh?!" Kanes looked down at it carefully for a while and couldn't help laughing.

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"No, that's not a good thing." Bill explained, seeing the surprise flash across Carnes's face.

“Since the dollar decoupled from gold, the pound exchange rate has fluctuated like an electrocardiogram.”

"Around December 73 to August 12, the pound exchange rate could be maintained for the time being due to a combination of various factors."

"After the Hong Kong dollar was decoupled from the US dollar in November 74, the pound began to gradually depreciate~"

"At the end of 76, the pound exchange rate also reached its lowest value in history."

"This situation lasted for nearly a year. It was not until the end of 77 that the pound exchange rate gradually rebounded, and then fell again and rebounded again."

Bill took out a piece of statistical data from the folder in front of him, handed it to Karnes and said.

"This is a comparative chart of exchange rate fluctuations of major international currencies compiled by the Bank of England last year."

"You can easily see from this that although the exchange rate of the rice dollar has attracted much attention in recent years, its exchange rate fluctuations are simply incomparable to that of the British pound."

"In which year was the most severe depreciation of the pound, domestic unemployment and inflation rates hit a new high in the past 40 years."

"Then the pound began to appreciate, but the domestic unemployment rate and inflation rate did not decrease significantly at all. On the contrary, it further affected the enterprises that rely on commodity exports."

(Note: The accelerated depreciation of the domestic currency will definitely allow export-oriented companies to gain more price competitive advantages in the international commodity market.

vice versa!

That's why this year, in order to restore export trade volume, the country will cut interest rates and increase multiple rounds of reverse repurchases to allow our currency to depreciate slightly within a controllable range. However, one of the important reasons is that the United States wants our currency to appreciate.

However, these are only one side of the game between major powers, so there will be no more nonsense. )

. . .

After listening to Bill's explanation, Karnes thought for a moment and then said.

"More than ten years ago, I heard people talking about starting to deindustrialize and improve the environment."

"Nowadays, high-polluting factories and companies in the UK have moved away, leaving more and more unemployed workers."

"Due to the sharp fluctuations in the pound exchange rate in recent years, the purchasing power of government unemployment subsidy funds in their hands has also fluctuated significantly."

"So, this winter in London will be called the hardest winter to endure?"

"That's right!"

Bill handed the chart in another folder to Carnes and continued: "The British-made goods in people's impression have now been completely replaced by goods made in Germany and island countries."

"The Federal Reserve announced another interest rate hike. Currently, Germany and island countries, the world's largest export trading countries, are also actively discussing interest rate hike policies, hoping to retain funds flowing out of their countries."

"Judging from the banking industry capital flow data compiled by the Bank of England, about 80 billion yuan flowed out of the UK last month alone."

“This month, after the Federal Reserve announced an interest rate hike, the Bank of England had to stop bickering within the Bank of England in order to cope with the possible expansion of capital outflows and announced that it would raise interest rates accordingly.”

"Hmm~"

After Kanes read the documents in his hand, he frowned and thought for a while, then asked.

"Any other news?"

"Have!"

Bill picked up another folder and said, "This is the gold price chart in the City of London in the past three months."

"The price of gold, except for a few days of slight decline in December last year, has been on an upward trend~"

"Especially since the 1st of this month, the price of gold jumped by 12 meters from the slow fluctuation upward trend."

"The following week, the price of gold rose by a total of 23 meters per ounce."

Bill pointed to the closing price of gold in the City of London yesterday on the chart and said: "As of yesterday, the price of gold has exceeded 260 meters per ounce."

“But the lower-belly correction that should have occurred after this round of rise has not appeared for a long time!”

"so what?"

“How much of a price correction do you think it’s going to have?”

“Or do you think it will maintain a small price fluctuation for a while and then continue to rise?”

"I think it's going to go down a little bit and then go up again."

"What about the time?"

"Two weeks? One month? Two months?"

"Well...it's hard to say." Bill felt a little helpless and teased Karnes, spreading his hands.

"If I could have 100 billion pounds in capital for trading, I could make it happen when the price of gold rises."

"Tch~" Kanes curled his lips and rolled his eyes at him, staring at the gold price chart in his hand, and sneered.

"Are you still confused..."

"Why am I willing to take huge risks to invest in crude oil spot, but I am not willing to join forces with Peter to buy gold?"

"Yeah..." Bill nodded calmly, wanting to hear Karnes' true thoughts.

Karnes drew a few circles in front of Bill with his index finger and said with a smile: "The answer is very simple. How come you can't figure it out?"

"Because the price of gold has room for growth, it is completely incomparable to spot crude oil!"

"Gold, no matter how high the price is... how much higher can it go?"

"500? 800? Or 1000 yuan?"

"When the price of gold exceeds 1000 yuan per ounce, do you think the world's economic system can continue to be healthy?"

"Certainly not!"

"Even if gold has been decoupled from the dollar, central banks will not sit back and let speculators drive its price to the sky!"

“But what about crude oil?”

"Hehe~"

"After experiencing the last oil crisis, crude oil futures are the favorite prey of speculators!"

"The overall cost of the spot crude oil I bought is only about 21 yuan per barrel. If storage and transportation expenses are included, it is only 22 yuan per barrel."

"But how high will its price be?"

"Can you guess?"

"I don't know!" Bill shook his head honestly.

"What about you? Can you guess it?"

Karnes smiled and shrugged: "No~ Of course I can't either!"

"But I will never sell this crude oil below 66 meters."

"No one wants me to let go without triple the profit!"

"Uh..." Bill was speechless.

Seeing the way he was hesitant to speak, Kanes laughed, shook his head, and waved his hands.

"Okay~ I've given you the answer you want."

"Next, you can't be distracted anymore!"

"...Okay~" Bill nodded with a wry smile on his lips, temporarily putting aside the distracting thoughts in his mind.

----

new York.

Early morning~

LaGuardia Airport.

Ezra Cremo, the head of the CIA's New York branch, found his subordinate Pamela Randy with red eyes in the crowd, walked up to her, and asked doubtfully.

"You... want to go home first and take a rest?"

"No need~" Pamela calmed down her complicated emotions, handed a small bag in her hand to her boss, and whispered.

"After I met David, he gave me this..."

"Um...what is this?"

"See for yourself."

"...ok!" Ezra Cremo carefully observed Pamela's condition, looked down at the small bag in his hand, pulled her with him and walked out of the airport.

in the parking lot.

Cremo started the car, glanced at Pamela sitting in the back seat in the rearview mirror, and opened the small bag.

"this..?"

Claymore took out the only notebook he had and asked, "Is this what he asked you to bring back?"

"Well, you can open it and take a look."

"..." Claymore opened the notebook and looked through it for a while, slowly understanding why Pamela rushed back with red eyes, and said with a wry smile.

"Does he want you to start a company?"

"Well..." Pamela tilted her head and lay down in the seat, looking at the bright morning light outside the window, wondering what she was thinking.

Claymore couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, looked at the text on the last few pages of the notebook, and whispered.

"The earth has a magnetic field, and the northern lights are a magnetic field phenomenon that can be seen with the naked eye."

"The human body also has a magnetic field. If the human body's magnetic field is disrupted, various diseases will occur."

“Modern people are paying more and more attention to healthy diet, and various healthy foods and nutritional supplements are emerging in endlessly~”

"But people ignore that the body must consume a lot of water every day!"

"Magnetized cups can ensure that people drink healthy water and drink healthy water!"

"After boiling boiling water and then passing it through the magnetized water treated with the magnetic field inside the magnetized cup, its physical properties will undergo a series of changes."

“For example: the internal hydrogen chains of magnetized water molecules are destroyed, and long-chain water molecules change into short-chain water molecules and single water molecules. The surface tension of water increases, the ability to dissolve calcium, magnesium, and salts is enhanced, and the osmotic pressure is increased. higher.."

"So, magnetized water has the functions of molten stone, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, bactericidal and antibacterial, and improving human immune function, etc., which is very helpful for people to stay healthy."

Claymore quickly finished reading this record, looked at Pamela in the rearview mirror with a strange expression, and asked.

“David wants to install a few magnets on the water cup and then package it as a magnetized cup for sale??”

"Um.."

"So, do the functions and effects of magnetized water recorded in this book have any scientific basis?"

"I don't know." Pamela seemed to have remembered something, suddenly smiled and continued.

"He said that this thing is an innovative product that is useful if you believe it, but useless if you don't believe it."

“Some people may experience improved health after drinking magnetized water.”

"However, when people develop healthy drinking habits, the metabolic function of the human body becomes normal, and the health condition will naturally improve."

"..." Claymo was speechless.

Even if such a thing were to come out, would anyone buy it?

Although Pamela kept looking at the morning light outside the window, she seemed to be able to guess his thoughts and said with a smile.

"David said ~ First we need to get test reports from authoritative testing institutions at home and abroad to prove that magnetized water is completely harmless to the human body and is actually beneficial to health."

"Then we need to find investors, spend huge sums of money to advertise that drinking magnetized water is good for health, and then find some company executives to give away some new magnetized cups to create a herd effect."

"The magnetized cup will become a popular health product all over the world, setting off another wave of pursuit of health!"

"..." Claymo put away his notebook as he felt some toothache. After thinking for a moment, he looked at Pamela in the rearview mirror and asked.

"He must have told you how he wanted to run the business, right?"

"Um.."

"Then what are our first steps?"

The smile on Pamela's lips became wider, she shrugged and said, "Find angel investment."

"Da company's angel investment company?" Cremo immediately felt his eyes light up and continued.

"Um.."

"and then?"

"He... won't ask you to resign, right?" Cremo asked with a bit of sourness in his tone.

"Haha~" Pamela covered her mouth with her hands and laughed.

"Why should I resign?"

"Let him... raise me?"

"Um..." Claymo asked, feeling a toothache + a headache.

"Have you two had a more in-depth communication?"

Pamela glanced at him sideways, and then said in a cold voice with a straight face: "He came to talk to me with the beetle..."

"Ah~oh..."

Claymore smiled and shook his head, thinking that he might have thought wrongly, and asked again.

"He asked you to find angel investment, and also asked you to put your name on the patent rights..."

"Is he willing to help you become a millionaire without asking for anything in return?"

"..." Pamela remained silent.

Claymo looked forward and waited for a while, then shook his head with a self-deprecating smile and said: "That boy has always had good luck, and he also likes to talk about win-win cooperation."

"That's why I keep asking you questions..."

"Sorry! Maybe I'm overthinking it..."

"Because I have never heard of anyone helping others to make a fortune without expecting anything in return."

"..." Pamela did not remain silent this time. She sat up straight, took out a note from her pocket and gave it to Claymo.

Claymore took the note, opened it and looked at it for a few times, and couldn't help but smile: "I understand."

"That's all, right?"

"Um.."

"Hahaha~"

"Ok!"

"no problem!"

"What do you want for breakfast? I'll treat you!"

"..."

Pamela silently observed her boss who seemed to have found a "big deal", and couldn't help but recall what David had said, and it once again aroused "waves" in her heart~

----

Texas.

Early morning~

Northwest of Houston, eastern suburbs of the small city of Hempstead.

After David had breakfast with his family, he picked up the briefcase prepared for him by Elena. As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw two cars approaching from a distance.

He waved to Mr. Tai Niu curiously and asked, "I didn't invite anyone to my house this morning, right?"

"No~"

Mr. Tianniu looked at the two cars getting closer and said with a smile: "It should be Leslie and Livlin."

"Oh..."

David glanced at his watch, greeted the driver One-Eyed Andres, took the initiative to walk to the car that stopped slowly, bent down to look at Leslie and Livlin, and joked.

"Hi~morning!"

"We've already had breakfast~ You're late!"

"Hahaha~" Livlin grabbed her boyfriend Leslie, who was about to speak, and smiled with her fingers crossed.

"Come on, get in the car!"

"We have something good to show you!"

"...??" David looked at Livlin's pretending to be mysterious, shrugged and smiled.

"Come on, can you still eat me?"

"Hahaha~ That's not necessarily the case." Livlin replied without any sign of weakness, making David instantly feel whether he should be more careful. .