Manhattan Reborn 1978

Island country, Tokyo.

Haneda International Airport.

When David and Carnes and his party arrived at the airport to board the plane, a "friend" who they should have met a long time ago but had not met came up to them.

David saw the tall figure coming towards him and asked with an uncertain smile, "Jeffrey Rand?"

"David Coleman?"

"That's right!"

"it's me!"

"Hahaha~"

Jeffrey Rand, deputy ambassador of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo and a good friend of Mag Ludwig, put down his suitcase, walked up to David, patted him on the shoulder without any hesitation, and said with a smile.

"I just got back from a business trip for some work. I heard you were going back?"

"So I didn't rush back. I wanted to say goodbye to you here."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Seeing that he seemed to have a generous personality, David also smiled and walked up to him in a relaxed manner, smiling intimately.

"I came to Tokyo a few days ago and missed meeting you..."

"It doesn't matter. We've met each other now!" Jeffrey seemed to know that David and the others didn't have much time to stay, so he interrupted him directly, pulled him sideways to a deserted place nearby, and after pondering for a few seconds, he whispered.

"The last time Yuri Orlov and his team were in trouble at the airport, the instigator behind it was someone from our embassy."

"At the time, I didn't know the cause of this incident, nor did I know that they were all your subordinates, so I didn't ask about it."

"Last time Mag came to Tokyo to find me and asked me to get acquainted with Marat, Yuri and the others, I did some research inside the embassy."

"Oh? This... won't cause you any trouble, right?" David was stunned for two seconds with a surprised expression and asked back.

"Haha~" Jeffrey couldn't help but raised his eyebrows, shook his head and laughed.

"I always pretend not to see the little tricks they usually do to avoid trouble."

"But this time it's different!"

"Have you ever heard of Yujisuke Seko of the Seko family?"

"No.."

"The mastermind is a CIA military attaché stationed at the embassy, ​​but he is secretly controlling the largest smuggling group in the northern part of the island country."

"The Seko family has long been active in Wakkanai Port in the island nation of Hokkaido, controlling hundreds of fishing boats."

"In recent years, they have been smuggling daily necessities and household appliances to the Primorsky Krai, a bear country, through fishing boats, and then buying back timber, coal, steel, borax and other commodities to make money. They will resell almost anything that can make money."

"Black market traders in the Primorsky Krai of Xiongguo like this lucrative smuggling business very much, so they also pulled in the border patrol forces at sea."

"When you successfully establish a trade channel with the Nakhodka Commercial Port, it will directly affect the interests of both parties."

"so.."

"I understand!" After listening to Jeffrey's explanation, David gradually sorted out the clues of the whole matter in his mind.

But he did not show anger, but asked more puzzledly.

"Have all the black market traders in Nakhodka been controlled by someone?"

"That's right~" Jeffrey smiled, narrowed his eyes, and nodded slowly.

"Previously, several transactions between Marat and Nakhodka were manipulated by people from the Primorsky Krai of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Xiongda, in conjunction with their special agent department."

"But as they slowly discover through transactions, you just want to profit from it by establishing trade channels."

"The military stationed in the Primorsky Krai tried every means to squeeze out the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and teamed up with the secret service to block all underground black markets, preparing to take this big cake for themselves and eat it all."

David rubbed his chin with his hand, looked off into the distance with a somewhat vague gaze, and continued in a low voice.

"A few days ago, when international oil prices fell significantly, Marat asked for a price reduction in the transaction, but they did not bargain. Is it because the manipulator has changed?"

"So they may want to keep this trade route smooth and unimpeded more than we do?"

"Hmm..." Jeffrey looked at David who was lost in thought, smiled and nodded, and said.

“Goods that have passed through customs and have paid taxes are imported goods.”

"Those that have not been taxed are all smuggled goods."

"The tax alone is enough to keep them well fed and well-fed."

"And you can also benefit from it..."

"We are law-abiding businessmen!" David quickly raised his hands to Jeffrey and explained.

"Although the trading company registered by Marat is not registered in the island country or the bear country..."

"But he is an independent legal person of the company. No matter what business he does, he will abide by the relevant laws of the place where the company is registered and will never easily get into trouble in this regard."

"Oh?"

"Haha~" Jeffrey's smile became even wider, and he nodded and continued in agreement.

"As the deputy ambassador of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, when I learned that American citizens were treated unfairly in the island country, I would definitely do my best to help American citizens get justice!"

"This is my duty and my obligation!"

"Thank you!"

"Hahaha~" David and Jeffrey looked at each other and smiled, everything was said without words.

After the two laughed.

David turned around and was about to introduce Jeffrey to Carnes and others when he was stopped by him.

Jeffrey glanced at the few people standing not far away waiting, and his gaze finally fell on Kihara Nobunari. He spoke quickly and in a low voice with a hint of meaning.

"The military attaché I just mentioned has been recalled to the country."

"It's not me, it's your friend Davis."

"You'd better be careful of the group of people behind him!"

"Otherwise, I can't help you."

"Yeah, I understand." David's eyes flashed with surprise, he shrugged and spread his hands and smiled.

"Although I have said this many times to many people, I still want to say it now~"

"I am a businessman, and just a businessman!"

"The nature of businessmen is to pursue profit!"

“Where there is money to be made, there will inevitably be businessmen.”

"The only difference is that I only care about what I deserve. I will never be greedy and I will never let my friends down!"

"Cooperation leads to win-win situation~"

“It’s my business principle!”

"Ok..." Jeffrey smiled and put his hand on David's shoulder.

David took his arm and walked towards Carnes and the others, smiling naturally: "Let's go~ It's still early, I'll introduce you to my friends!"

----

Two hours later, over the western Pacific Ocean.

Carnes put down the juice cup in his hand, looked at David who was busy organizing his notes, thought for a moment and asked.

"According to your revised plan, even if we double our leverage to stockpile crude oil, we won't make much money when the oil price reaches its peak, right?"

"Yeah~" David stared at the notebook in his hand and smiled.

"Even if the international oil price triples and breaks through the historical highs, it is difficult for us to make amazing wealth from it."

"So what do you want to do?"

“We know we won’t make money, but we still want to continue?”

"Of course!"

David smiled and stood up and walked over to sit next to Carnes, handing him the notebook and smiling.

"In fact, whether it is investing in gold, silver, or investing in spot crude oil, it is not the most critical point in the plan."

"But without them laying the groundwork for these prerequisites, my subsequent plans would have been difficult to proceed smoothly."

"So, we must start with these aspects and gain a foothold in this game before we can focus more on the most profitable investments."

Carnes lowered his head and looked through the notebook in his hand. He seemed to understand what David meant and asked in a guessing manner.

"The main reason you agreed to come to the island country this time is to try to promote... foreign exchange?"

"That's right, what next?"

"You continue~" David nodded with a smile and asked.

"Then.."

Kanes stared at the carpet in front of him and said after thinking for a moment.

"According to your explanation, FXtong is a financial product that can help investors convert their local currencies into RMB through a series of financial investments."

"If the Japanese do not want to watch the yen in their hands continue to depreciate, the wisest thing to do is to use their yen deposits to buy foreign exchange products."

"After three years, when the product investment period expires, they can get back the agreed RMB cash plus a return lower than the bank deposit rate through FXtong."

"Ok!"

David crossed his legs and sat back on the sofa, looking toward the cabin window opposite and smiled.

"Let me tell you a more dramatic story~"

"Suppose, a rich second-generation from an island country secretly took 100 million yen from his family and ran to Hawaii. He happily squandered it for more than a year before being caught by his family members."

"According to the exchange rate when he first arrived in Hawaii, 200 yen: 1 dollar, he could have received about million dollars."

"What about a year later?"

"Let's not worry about how much money he squandered for now, if we only calculate the money based on the exchange rate..."

"If the exchange rate after one year is 250 yen: 1 dollar, he can get 50 million yen, and the comprehensive rate of return reaches %!"

"So, even if he only spent 50 million yen this year, it's the same as not spending a penny of the family's money. He just spent the unexpected gains he made from the changes in the international exchange rate."

"What about our goals and plans? Are they the same as in this story?" Kanes felt that he had figured it all out, and asked with his eyes wide open.

"Yeah~"

David spread his palms to him and said with a smile: "As long as the foreign exchange pass can be approved by the island country, it can help us obtain a steady supply of Japanese yen!"

"After we get these Japanese yen, we can go to the Chicago foreign exchange futures market to short a large number of near-month contracts, deliver them all, and then use these US dollars to establish long positions in the far month, and patiently wait for the next US Federal Reserve interest rate decision."

"Wait a minute!" Kanes felt that he heard something wrong from David's words and immediately asked back.

"How can you ensure that you can short the near-month contract?"

"If you open a short position, someone will definitely open a long position in return."

"Who would be so stupid as to choose to bet against you?"

"Haha~"

David pointed his index finger at his temple and said with a smile, "Look, your logical analysis method has begun to get into shape!"

“Yes, investing in futures is a zero-sum game.”

"If there is one order with multiple openings, there must be one order with no openings."

"But~"

"If we hold a large amount of Japanese yen, we hope to deliver it through the foreign exchange futures market to hedge the risk of yen depreciation."

"The current exchange rate of Japanese yen to US dollar is about 190 yen to 1 US dollar."

"At what price do you think someone would bet against me?"