Spring Festival and Spring Festival Gala.

I don’t know since when, these two words have been closely linked together.

The 1986 ATV Spring Festival Gala was praised by countless people in later generations as a battle of gods.

Han Baoyi brought the song "Pink Memories" which made her famous last year.

Qi Qin brought the well-known song "Probably Winter" which has been changed in various ways.

Qian Baihui's "Walking Through the Coffee Shop" and Jenny Chan's "Tomorrow Will Be Better"

Not only singing kings such as Leehom Wang, Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung, but also people like Jacky Cheung and Jacky Wang, who have emerged in the past two years from Brilliant Records, will take the stage.

However, the one who caused the biggest stir was definitely the treasure of the Chinese music scene, Teresa Teng.

In December, the Japanese version of Teresa Teng's song "I Only Care About You" took the music scene by storm in the island country.

This Mandarin version was originally intended by Brilliant Records to be the title song of her Mandarin album this year, but now it was sung directly on the ATV Spring Festival Gala.

It was also because of this song that many media reported that 1987 would be another year of Teresa Teng, even though the official album had not yet been released. This shows how much people liked this song.

After the Spring Festival, a Singapore company attracted the attention of the global financial industry.

On February 1987, 2, Wilmar International Holdings Group was established.

The reason for using this name, in addition to being memorable, is to make people think of Robert Kuok first when they see the word "Kerry", thus pushing the Kuok family to the forefront.

Not many people paid attention to the establishment of Wilmar International Holdings Limited at the beginning, but things changed after it successively acquired several sugar companies in Southeast Asia throughout March.

Relying on sufficient cash flow, Wilmar International has almost swept across all the small and medium-sized sugar factories in Southeast Asia, making it a large sugar trader in Southeast Asia, even with business in Australia.

However, what really made Wilmar International Group famous was its acquisition of Kerry Grains and Oils and Indonesian grains and oils giant AFP.

These two groups are not small businesses. Although their grain and oil products other than raw sugar business are not very competitive in other countries, their share of raw sugar is enough.

After the acquisition was completed, the new chairman of Wilmar International Group was actually Robert Kuok. The Kuo family is also the largest shareholder of Wilmar International, so many people said that this was a victory for Kerry Grain and Oil.

According to estimates, the integrated Wilmar International Group will account for a quarter of the world's raw sugar trade, which made Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok famous overnight.

As for the raw sugar futures market, prices have been rising throughout April due to the acquisition and integration of Yihai Kerry Group, with an increase of more than 30%, which is considered a very large price fluctuation among commodities.

Not only are the futures markets and major financial institutions in New York and London keeping a close eye on the raw sugar futures market, but the raw sugar futures trading volume in the Hong Kong futures market has also increased significantly.

Ever since Far Eastern Bank made a fortune in oil futures, attracting Hong Kong residents' attention to this more exciting financial market, trading in Hong Kong's futures market has increased.

In the past two years, a lot of commodity futures trading has been added, and raw sugar is one of them.

Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong Island.

The Trading Plaza Center built on this piece of land that Far East Real Estate bought at a sky-high price was officially completed this year.

There are three phases and three buildings. Phases I and II were completed at the end of 1985, while Phase III was delayed until the end of last year and was officially launched on January this year.

It’s not that Far East Real Estate didn’t have money and didn’t start construction together, but the heights of the three buildings changed.

The original Exchange Square by the SJM Group consisted of three 52-storey buildings, but the current version by Far East Land is different.

Not only are Phases 62 and 68 both stories high, but Phase in the middle has stories, which is why they can’t be completed at the same time even though they started construction together.

Moreover, the buildings in Phase 3 are much wider than those in Phases 1 and 2, and they look like two generals guarding a king.

The base is a super building complex that holds the three towers in the middle. The four-story structure is filled with various shops, restaurants and supermarkets.

With the launch of Phase III of Exchange Square, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange trading hall and the Futures Exchange moved here on January 1, making this place the new financial center of Hong Kong Island.

Not only have many major foreign financial institutions settled here, but Phases 1 and 2 have also become even more famous because of the presence of embassies from various countries.

Especially the two facing golden bulls created by famous artists in the open space at the entrance make this place be compared to Wall Street in Hong Kong Island.

51st floor, Exchange Square Phase , Skycity Hedge Fund.

“Well, the current price of raw sugar futures is obviously too high, and the retail investors and small investment institutions in the entire market have been overwhelmed.

Wall Street is really doing a lot of harm to people, adding fuel to the fire and waiting to reap the benefits."

"Isn't that better? This way we can make a fortune quietly, right?"

The people being discussed at the Tiancheng Hedge Fund at that time were none other than the three major shareholders of Wilmar International Holdings Group, Luo Nianzhong, Robert Kuok and Huang Yicong.

Just as Luo Nianzhong had promised, Luo Nianzhong did make huge concessions in the financial field.

Luo Nianzhong only holds 35% of the shares of the newly established Tiancheng Hedge Fund, just like Robert Kuok, and the remaining 30% belongs to Huang Yicong's family.

As for Wilmar International, even though Robert Kuok is the chairman and holds a 35% stake, the largest shareholder is the Far East Group, and the shares of various institutions combined account for 45%.

After the two agreed to cooperate, the first company established by the three parties was not Wilmar International Group, but this AMC Hedge Fund.

Ever since Wilmar International completed its acquisition of the two companies, those guys on Wall Street have been constantly releasing various news that are conducive to the increase in raw sugar prices.

The first is the uncertainty of the newly merged Wilmar International Group. It is unknown how long the internal integration will take and whether it will have an impact on shipments.

Another is Brazil. This year, Brazil has again reduced its share of raw sugar exports, making the already small export volume even worse.

It is because of these news from Wall Street that the price of raw sugar futures has skyrocketed, and now it is somewhat out of control.

They won't tell you that Australia's sugarcane fields are having a bumper harvest this year, and that Thailand's sugarcane fields are also experiencing a bumper harvest now.

Finally, they knew that sugar kings like Robert Kuok could not be without inventory, and there would be no measures before the establishment of Wilmar International Group.

The price of raw sugar futures has gone up. Wall Street is very familiar with this set of rules of the game. Now they just need to wait and see when Wilmar International, the super player in raw sugar futures, will let it come down.

"I feel that time is running out. If we delay, something bad will happen. Now it's time for us to reap the battlefield."

Neither of them objected to Luo Nianzhong's words. He was a big shot in the financial market and had countless financial talents under him.

Robert Kuok was better off because he made a lot of money in the futures market because he was the Sugar King. However, Huang Yicong knew nothing about raw sugar futures.

"Stock, tell our directors about our estimated earnings this time."

Stoker was recruited by Robert from the London financial community and has extensive experience in futures.

"If the price of raw sugar futures can return to two months ago, I think our profit this time will not be less than US$14 billion. I feel that we are a bit conservative."

Stolk was annoyed, Huang Yicong's eyes widened, and even Robert Kuok, who understood the ability to make money in the futures market, looked surprised.

How much money do their family businesses make in a year? They got $14 billion in this round? You still think it's conservative.

Think about how many futures and leeks there are in the world. A wave of them comes every ten years or so, which made the two of them start to curse Wall Street in their hearts.

As far as individual financial institutions are concerned, those on Wall Street probably don't make as much as Tiancheng.

But overall, Stolk estimates Wall Street is more than twice as big as Amagi.

On April 4th, our protagonist appeared.

The new international sugar giant Yihai Kerry Group announced that the sugarcane plantations in Thailand and Indonesia have a bumper harvest, and this year's raw sugar production is expected to increase by 11% compared with last year.

Don’t worry about whether my 11% increase in production is true or not, or why there is such a big increase. It is definitely a super harvest. I can give you the goods if you want them.

That same afternoon, as if planned, Wall Street announced that Australia's sugarcane plantations were expected to have a bumper harvest this year, and raw sugar futures prices plummeted.

In just half a month, not only did the price return to where it was a few months ago, it actually fell slightly.

"The plate is still too small."

Robert Kuok and his partner were satisfied with the profits this time, but Luo Nianzhong was somewhat disapproving.

This is because the market is small. If the scale of oil futures is the same, with this kind of curve fluctuation, it would mean that Stoker has something wrong with his brain if he doesn't make tens of billions of dollars.

Report? Manipulation? Don't be silly.

Even gold and oil, which are pegged to the US dollar, have dealers, let alone other commodities.

If you want to report it, you can also find out the problem.

This is the first time that the three of them come to the trading square. From now on, this place will have nothing to do with them and they will never come here again.

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