The British Isles have four distinct seasons. London in April is the season when winter turns to spring and the temperature gradually rises.
Although a little drizzle from time to time is a bit annoying, Li Yi likes the flowers blooming all over the city. The more famous cherry blossoms, azaleas, tulips, etc. here can all be appreciated in this season.
After Li Yi arrived in London, he did not dive into the futures market or the stock market as everyone imagined.
In the past few days, under the protection of Zhang Ziqiang, Zhou Wen and others, he enjoyed traveling around this city with special significance in European history.
They drive through the streets of London every day and stop to take photos in front of every tourist attraction worth visiting.
Occasionally, like ordinary tourists, I go to parks, gardens, nature reserves and other places to enjoy the beautiful natural landscapes.
They even went to Detroit and Sheffield to watch flower shows and float parades. People who didn't know it thought they were just here for fun.
Li Yi's careless and unprofessional behavior made Dolson and others who were always paying attention to his movements look confused.
These ghost guys are all stupid. Who doesn't know that opportunities are rare during this period. The earlier you invest your money, the earlier you can make money in the market.
Although the guy was here, he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. This made Dolson and others puzzled and at the same time full of vigilance.
This time, Dolson and others raised a huge sum of 1.5 billion pounds from Hong Kong Island and returned to London with Smith and others.
In order to save the face he lost in Hong Kong Island, he specially mobilized a dozen experienced elites from his family to help him.
This time, he is bound to win and vows to avenge his shame!
However, out of the importance he attached to Li Yi and the fear in his heart that he was unwilling to admit, Dolson did not ignore Li Yi.
He knew that Li Yi would definitely not miss this investment opportunity, and the guy also admitted personally that he would come to London.
Sure enough, the day after he arrived in London, Li Yi also came.
After learning that Li Yi had arrived in London, Dolson was very excited, not only because he didn't have to worry about this guy causing trouble for them on Hong Kong Island.
What's more important is that London is his home court. The power of the Sassoon family and the European consortium that is friendly to the family here is beyond imagination.
Don't look at that guy who has 60 billion Hong Kong dollars in his hands, but it is only about 4 billion when converted into pounds. They may be able to run rampant on Hong Kong Island, but in London and even the whole of Europe, they are just slightly bigger ants!
As long as Li Yi dares to invest here, Dolson feels that with the strength of their Sassoon family here, there are many ways to deal with this hateful guy.
Therefore, after learning that Li Yi had arrived in London, Dolson immediately asked people to keep a close eye on him.
In his words, he wanted to know every move Li Yi and his team made in London.
However, what he didn't expect was that after arriving here, Li Yi seemed to let himself go and play crazily.
In the past few days, I haven't even been to the market once. Every day I am either sightseeing or on the road.
People who don’t know, think they are really traveling here!
But the more Li Yi acted like this, the more flustered Dolson felt.
In his opinion, Li Yi was like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark, ready to pop out and bite them when they relaxed their vigilance!
But what he didn't know was that the reason why Li Yi was like this was entirely because he was too idle and had nothing to do.
They do have more than 60 billion Hong Kong dollars in their hands, but 57 billion of them have been invested by Li Yunbao and others.
Most of the money he made in Hong Kong Island was used to acquire Hang Seng Bank, and the rest was used to maintain the operation of Star Company.
Therefore, even if Li Yi wants to invest in the stock market or futures market, he does not have the funds to operate it.
By the way, Li Yunbao and others still have 200 million pounds in hand, but that is reserved for emergency use.
After all, when the futures delivery date arrives, if they choose to deliver instead of selling the contract directly, they will need to increase their margin, and it will not work without leaving some money.
But obviously, Dolson and others did not know this and could only guess over and over again what Li Yi was waiting for!
In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed!
Since the fleet improvised by the British Navy was still on its way to the Falklands, although the two countries were at war during this period, there was no substantial exchange of fire between the armies of the two sides.
Of course, this is understandable. After all, this is a war between two countries that are more than 14,000 kilometers apart. It makes my balls hurt just thinking about it. No matter how bizarre things happen, it is reasonable!
In the past half month, the London futures market and stock market have remained hot, and the prices of all companies related to the war, as well as commodities, resources, and energy, have soared.
The price of steel has risen to 283 pounds per ton.
The price of copper has risen to 1,750 pounds per ton, and even the price of aluminum has risen to 1,317 pounds per ton.
Everything seems to be developing according to the trajectory planned by Li Yi in advance...
At this moment, the people Li Yi sent to investigate Sheffield United Steel Company came back and brought back shocking news...
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London. Castle Manor!
In the conference room, Li Yi looked at the people in front of him solemnly.
After a while, he coughed lightly and said: "I just received the news that Sheffield United Steel's revenue last month reached 2.9 billion pounds!"
Hearing Li Yi's words, everyone in the conference room couldn't help but take a breath.
Good guy, 2.9 billion pounds, nearly 50 billion Hong Kong dollars!
And this is only the other party’s revenue for one month, which is really an exaggeration!
"Li Sheng, it's unlikely. Is Sheffield's marketing as strong as this?"
"Is this news accurate? Why do I think it's unlikely?"
"I think it may not be impossible. After all, Sheffield United Steel Company is the largest steel company in the British Isles. Their annual output accounts for almost 60% of the entire country's steel production. And now the steel price is so high, 2.9 billion pounds." Marketing is possible too!”
"It's impossible to sell so much money in one month, unless they sell a year's worth in one month..."
After hearing everyone express their own judgments, some people felt that the news was unlikely to be true, but others felt that it might be true.
For a moment, the entire conference room was in chaos, like a vegetable market!
"Everyone be quiet!"
Just as everyone was arguing, Li Yi suddenly spoke, and then he continued: "The news must be true. I spent a full 20,000 pounds to investigate this matter!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Xinghua frowned and said: "But last year, the combined annual steel production of the British Isles was less than 30 million tons. Even if Sheffield could really account for 60% of the production, it would be impossible to sell it. So much money, let alone one month’s sales?”
Li Yi suddenly sneered and said: "Don't forget, what Sheffield Company sells is not necessarily physical steel, it may also be futures contracts!"
"How many futures contracts are there? Do they have such high production capacity?" Zhang Qiusheng frowned.
"Haha, who said you must have enough production capacity to sell a contract?"
Zhang Qiusheng was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened, and he said with a shocked look on his face: "Boss, you mean that Sheffield over-sold futures contracts, are they playing with fire?"
In the industry, it is normal to sell futures contracts in advance in order to lock in profits in advance.
But everything must have a certain degree, and this degree is the company's production capacity.
If too many contracts are released and far exceed the company's production capacity, there will be a risk of default.
If there is a long squeeze and the company is unable to deliver the goods, the consequences could be catastrophic.
Obviously judging from the current situation, Sheffield Company did not expect the price of steel to rise so much. After seeing the price increase, it went crazy to sell out contracts.
"So the risk of Sheffield Company defaulting is very high. What should we do? Should we directly squeeze out the position or cash out?" Zhou Xinghua said.
Li Yi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and then said: "The largest shareholder behind Sheffield Company is the Sassoon family, and the most important backer of the British-owned group is the Sassoon family. What do you think we should do?"
After hearing this, everyone suddenly understood!
The person in front of me has been tit-for-tat with the British group for so long, and he has long wanted to press the other person to the ground and rub him. Now that the other person has handed the knife to his hand, is there any possibility of stopping?
For a moment, everyone in the conference room was looking forward to the delivery day...
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PS: That’s it for today. I originally wrote two chapters, but I’m really not satisfied with the second chapter, so I’m going to scrap it and rewrite it!
