Chapter 375 (1/2)

The Hurst family's mansion is not far from Simon's manor. In less than five minutes' drive, Simon and Janet arrive at their destination.

It is also a large manor. Just as the car stopped in front of a simple villa, the waiter quickly stepped forward and opened the door.

Simon and his wife get out of the car and can already see the graceful figure in the villa hall.

Except for the waiters, there was no host to welcome the guests. As they looked at each other, Janet came over with a smile and said in a low voice, ”maybe it was intentional.”

Simon saw that one of the previous guests was led to the parking space by the waiter, and there were guests coming behind, so he didn't stay outside. He shrugged his shoulders slightly and took Janet directly to the villa.

They stepped into the villa gate and looked around.

At this time, there were about 20 guests in the hall chatting together in groups of three or five, including some faces Simon knew, such as the mayor of New York, David Dinkins, who found Simon and his wife appeared at a glance.

Since the Hurst family is a strong supporter of the Democratic Party, it's not surprising that David Dinkins is here.

Simon didn't see the host's house. Seeing David Dinkins and some people who had just chatted with him coming, he welcomed them with a smile.

David Dinkins also came with his wife. They said hello to Mr. and Mrs. Simon. They introduced a couple of old wives and said, ”Simon, this is Mr. John guttflund, chairman of Salomon Brothers, and his wife Lisa.”

Salomon Brothers is a famous Wall Street investment bank with the same reputation as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in this era. To be exact, Solomon brothers is stronger than Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

Of course, this is only now.

Simon reached out and shook John guttflund. ”Nice to meet you, John.”

”Hello, Simon. I've been looking forward to seeing you.” John guttflund also showed great enthusiasm, released Simon's hand, shook Janet again, and said, ”Hello, Mrs. westrow.”

Janet shook hands with goodfreund and said with a smile, ”just call me jenny.”

After the introduction, David Dinkins looked around and said, ”I remember William was here just now.”

John guttflund, as if suddenly noticed it, also looked around and said, ”it seems Tom Murphy is here. They're next door.”

Tom Murphy is the chairman of metropolitan / ABC Group.

Simon could roughly guess what Hurst and Murphy were going to talk about, but said, ”I'll just wait. John, David, what were you talking about? ”

David Dinkins also did not continue the topic just now. The Hurst family can neglect the young super rich, but he has no such capital. He said, ”Oh, Simon, what do you think about the” new world order ”plan that the president has been promoting recently?”

Before Iraq invaded Kuwait at the end of July, the U.S. ambassador to Baghdad personally promised Saddam that the United States would not interfere in the dispute between Iraq and Kuwait.

However, when Iraq successfully occupied Kuwait, the Bush administration immediately forgot its promise. Not only within a week of the outbreak of the Kuwait war, it quickly launched the ”Desert Shield” plan to confront the Iraqi army, but also Bush began to lobby his own ”new world order” plan at the United Nations, calling on the United States and European countries to maintain the world order The stability of the oil market, sending troops to the Middle East, driving the Iraqi army out of Saudi Arabia and further destroying the regime of Saddam Hussein.

When other guests in the hall found Simon, they came over and heard David Dinkins mention the war in the Middle East. For a moment, they gave up the idea of greeting Simon and listened to what the young man would say.

Cerxi capital has made huge profits by relying on the operation of crude oil futures market in the past half year. Naturally, the guests at the scene know that some of them are investors of cerxi capital. If Westeros can reveal some valuable information, they will definitely make it tonight.

Simon glanced faintly over the crowd and said, ”I think this war is probably inevitable.”

Another guest in the crowd couldn't help asking, ”so, Simon, do you think oil prices will continue to rise?”

Recently, the international crude oil price has been close to $40 a barrel, basically reaching the highest point in Simon's memory.

”It should go up a little more, but I heard that the White House is planning to open up the federal crude oil reserve to stabilize oil prices, and the plan may be finalized in the near future.”

Simon's remarks are all news in recent newspapers, so someone retorted: ”it's said that there are only 20 million barrels. If we calculate the daily consumption of millions of barrels of crude oil in the federal government, it can't last even a week.”

”The key is to stabilize the situation,” Simon shrugged. ”Besides, I haven't paid much attention to it recently.”

The crowd continued to test a few words, and they were disappointed that they could not get any useful information from Simon.Simon doesn't have the impulsive vanity of being surrounded by people, and, though only a few words, he has actually revealed some useful information, two of which are sure to be found by the intuitive audience.

First, war is inevitable. Second, Simon is no longer concerned about the crude oil futures market. As for the second point, Simon is no longer concerned about it, which obviously proves that it is not feasible to continue to speculate in the crude oil market.

In recent months, numerous global crude oil futures brokerage companies, securities departments of energy companies and hedge funds that were misled before the war have closed down because of huge losses. Crude oil futures trading has dropped to a freezing point, and the market can not be reactivated in the short term, so it is difficult to carry out large-scale hedging arbitrage.

However, perhaps even those who have found these two points will first consider the credibility of Simon's words, and then add their own will.

Just like the previous operation of crude oil futures market and the further operation of Japanese financial market, there are not a few people who can hear the operation of cersei capital, but no one has been able to obtain such huge profits as cersei capital from the beginning to the end. The fundamental reason is that too many people believe in their own judgment rather than follow others' operation.

Even if the other party has created a series of miracles, there are always people who think that maybe this time someone will make a big fall.

Cersei capital was able to establish a long position with a scale of more than 10 billion US dollars when the crude oil price was still falling rapidly. Considering the risks, other hedge funds would reduce the proportion of positions and leverage even if they followed up, so as to avoid risks as much as possible. The results can be imagined.

Simon continued to chat with David Dinkins and others for a few minutes, and finally a middle-aged man with a fat figure and some baldness appeared. It was William Hurst III, the third generation leader of the Hurst family.

Coming to Simon, William Hurst III looked at the young man in front of him with an apologetic smile and explained, ”I'm so sorry, Simon. I was just talking to Tom about something.”

Because of his slightly obese figure and his easy to put down defensive smile, William Hurst III can hardly feel like the heir of a century old media family.

Simon also showed a sincere smile, shook hands with each other and said, ”it's OK, Mr. hurst.”

William Hurst III continued to say hello to Janet. He introduced a sharp eyed old man in a black suit and said, ”Simon, and Jenny, this is Tom Murphy.”

Simon and Janet greet the metro / ABC chairman again.

After greeting, William Hurst III asked them with a smile, ”what are you talking about?”