Reborn in 2014: A One-Man Tycoon

"Meng Chuan, you're back?"

Upon seeing Meng Chuan, Alice, who had been waiting for a long time at the entrance of Meng Chuan's dormitory, immediately put on a sweet smile.

If you didn't know better, you'd think it was a virtuous wife waiting at the door for her husband to come home!

What... are you doing here?

Meng Chuan looked at Alice with some surprise.

This girl is not normal.

In the past, given Alice's pride and arrogance, she wouldn't have waited for him here.

If she doesn't see me in the dorm, she'll definitely call me.

Or they could simply walk away.

But she had clearly been waiting here for a long time.

Meng Chuan had seen the impatient look on her face before.

Only after seeing herself did she immediately reveal a sweet smile.

"I'll be waiting for you here!"

Alice said with a smile.

"Why are you waiting for me? Is something wrong?"

Meng Chuan asked again.

"Can't I just wait for you here if there's nothing wrong? I missed you, okay?"

Alice tilted her head back and asked in a cute way.

"Speak up!"

Meng Chuan snorted.

Alice was, after all, the most beautiful girl at Shanghai Dan University.

She appeared at the entrance of her dormitory, surrounded by subtle glances from all around and downstairs.

Although many people have already gotten used to it.

But as the number one beauty in the school, she's still quite eye-catching.

Meng Chuan didn't want to have any scandal with her.

"Alright, alright, you really have no sense of humor at all. I mainly wanted to talk to you about crude oil."

Alice pouted, looking somewhat unhappy.

"Alice, I'm warning you again, speak properly. Is the word 'fun' even appropriate for me?"

Meng Chuan scoffed softly as he took out his keys.

I don't know if Alice is really stupid or just pretending.

No wonder even someone as clueless about relationships as Yingdie could see through her ulterior motives.

She's up to no good, harbors ulterior motives, and has malicious intentions...she's lusting after my body...

Meng Chuan thought to himself, "This is what I'm complaining about."

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong."

Seeing Meng Chuan open the door, Alice smiled and was the first to slip inside.

Then, as soon as Meng Chuan entered, she immediately and impatiently closed the door and locked it.

What Alice and Meng Chuan didn't know was...

The instant Alice closed the door.

A pair of piercing eyes shot out from the corner of the stairs.

His eyes were as cold as ice.

However, quite a few eyes are now fixed on Meng Chuan's door.

The owner of that gaze simply couldn't reveal themselves.

"You locked the door again? Get to the point..."

Back in the dormitory, Meng Chuan also became anxious.

Leaving the door open is fine; at least it gives people a sense of dignity and respectability.

But once the door is closed, any story can be made up.

Even when there was no story, accidents can be created.

"Come quick, look, I've already opened the account,"

Alice completely ignored Meng Chuan's protest and took out her personal notebook from her backpack.

Her laptop can connect directly to the internet.

She skillfully opened her personal stock trading software.

It can update data in real time.

"The 10 billion has been received, and the 100x leverage has been set up. Just tell us when we're going to enter the market!"

Alice said to Meng Chuan.

When it came to serious business, Meng Chuan couldn't care less about closing the shop earlier.

Meng Chuan walked to the computer and began to look at it carefully.

This is a futures account in the United States, and the account name is indeed Alice's.

With $10 billion leveraged 100 times, the current operational funds in the account are $100 million.

Even on the international crude oil market, this is a considerable sum.

"Is the price of a barrel now approaching $60?"

Looking at the price on the screen, Meng Chuan saw that it had risen considerably compared to the previous two days.

Meng Chuan checked a few days ago, and it's about $51 a barrel.

It has now risen to $58.

The upward trend is quite strong.

However, there were both increases and decreases during this period.

But the overall trend is still upward.

For example, when it was at $53, it suddenly dropped to $52, and then immediately rose to $53.8.

This fluctuation is caused by someone selling or buying in large quantities.

Therefore, even if you know that the overall trend is upward, there is still a risk of being liquidated if you use too much leverage.

"I suggest that, to be on the safe side, it would be best to establish a position with $50 billion first, and keep $50 billion of principal as margin. That would be more secure."

Alice offered Meng Chuan advice.

Alice is relatively conservative.

However, Meng Chuan frowned, and after pondering for a long time, he said:

"Let's not buy it yet."

"Not buying? Meng Chuan, are you serious? Crude oil prices are rising every day, it's too late..."

Alice said somewhat anxiously.

Two days ago, when Meng Chuan was discussing cooperation with her father, the price of crude oil was only $51 a barrel!

It's $58 now.

If the cooperation had been agreed upon back then and the shares had been bought immediately, there would have been a considerable profit by now.

If we wait any longer, it will soon break through $60.

Even a second's delay is a huge loss.

"If I'm not mistaken, crude oil prices will experience a significant drop in the next couple of days."

Meng Chuan tried hard to recall.

If Meng Chuan's memory serves him correctly, OPEC member countries should issue a statement within the next couple of days confirming that they will not cut production.

When Meng Chuan came across this video, he just glanced at it quickly and didn't check the time.

Therefore, Meng Chuan genuinely did not know the exact time when this statement was released.

OPEC is an intergovernmental organization established in 1960, comprised of 12 member countries, and was jointly initiated by five countries: Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and others.

Its aim is to unite and set a unified price for oil among the 12 member countries.

The purpose is to ensure price stability in the international oil market.

And to ensure the stability of their member countries' oil revenues.

In fact, the existence of the United States as a "troublemaker" has led to a slowdown in the economic growth of countries around the world.

Therefore, the demand for oil has already shown signs of slowing growth.

That is precisely why the United States instigates wars everywhere to increase oil consumption.

Although everyone is now predicting that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will escalate.

This is what led to the continuous rise in oil prices.

The OPEC meeting also concluded that oil demand would increase in the future.

Therefore, the decision was made not to reduce production, but rather to increase capacity, lower prices, and seize market share.

With this news, crude oil prices will likely fall.

Because there is already overcapacity, and there is still a need to increase production capacity, prices will naturally fall.

But it shouldn't drop too much.

The main reason is that as OPEC member countries lowered prices and increased production, shale oil production in the United States ceased.

Because there has not yet been a revolutionary breakthrough in shale oil extraction technology.

The cost of mining is too high.

Shale oil extracted in the United States is more expensive than refined petroleum products purchased directly from OPEC member countries.

This is why the United States regards countries like Iran as thorns in its side.

They announced both plans to increase production and plans to halt production.

The total production of crude oil on the international market will not increase by much.

Therefore, the price of crude oil only fell in response, but quickly stabilized.

Then, as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine intensifies, crude oil prices will eventually rise.

"Meng Chuan, you..."

Alice wanted to hold on a little longer, but the dormitory door suddenly opened.

Yingdie slipped in, her face grim, and said:

"It was agreed before the cooperation that you would unconditionally obey Meng Chuan's orders. If you cannot do so, you can choose to terminate the cooperation."

"you……"