At this time, the international crude oil price had risen from the original US$14/barrel to US$28/barrel, and was still rising, almost every minute.
International speculators who were long in crude oil futures will definitely make a lot of money if they clear their positions now.
However, people are greedy, especially in the face of so much good news. Almost everyone believes that crude oil prices will continue to rise, so how could anyone get off the train midway?
In the next week, the price skyrocketed from US$28/barrel to US$35/barrel, and the crude oil futures market around the world was burning like oil on fire.
Wu Shixian stared at the screen in front of him. When the price of crude oil futures jumped to 40 US dollars per barrel, he subconsciously looked behind him.
"Boss, are you sure you want to short oil?"
Qin Hao patted him on the shoulder: "Five times leverage, buy with full position!"
Wu Shixian issued orders to his traders with a grimace. If it hadn't been for Qin Hao's several magical operations in the financial market, he would have thought the trader was crazy.
This is the Gulf War. The impact of the first two oil crises has even directly changed the world structure. Seeing that the third oil crisis is coming, Qin Hao wants to short oil. Anyone who understands finance would probably not do this.
Dry.
However, Qin Hao not only did it, but also went all-in.
Sure enough, the price of crude oil was still rising, and in less than half an hour, Qin Hao's losses on his books had exceeded US$10 million.
However, when Wu Shixian saw that Qin Hao still looked very indifferent, he swallowed the words that were on his lips again. Until now, he could only attribute it to the fact that Shunyang Group had mastered some information that he did not know.
Let Qin Hao dare to make such an astonishing judgment.
In the following more than a month, Wu Shixian's blood pressure also soared as the price of crude oil increased. Fortunately, the price of crude oil had increased by 200% at this time, and the stamina was somewhat lacking, and the crazy increase did not occur again.
momentum.
Time quietly came to January 1991, and the United States suddenly announced the release of 20 million barrels of strategic oil reserves. In an instant, the entire crude oil futures market situation reversed.
Crude oil prices began to plummet, from the original 41.3 US dollars per barrel to 35 US dollars per barrel in just one day.
"Have you known for a long time that the United States would release oil reserves to suppress crude oil prices?"
Taking advantage of the market break, Wu Shixian asked curiously.
Qin Hao just smiled mysteriously and did not answer. His so-called prediction was that it was okay to fool laymen like Chen Yangzhe who didn't know much about finance, but it was a bit obvious to fool Wu Shixian. Instead of doing this, it was better not to say anything and leave
Give Wu Shixian a certain amount of room for imagination.
"So, this is the intelligence capability of Shunyang Group?"
Qin Hao was delighted. Many times, smart people are actually easier to deceive than fools, because as long as it is something they are willing to believe, no matter how unreasonable it is, they will make up for it for you.
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Time soon came to mid-January. During this period, crude oil futures prices began to fluctuate repeatedly. Although the United States released 20 million barrels of strategic oil reserves, it did not completely destroy market confidence because a war could break out at any time.
A few international speculators even want to take advantage of this opportunity to buy lows.
It wasn't until January 17th that the war officially broke out.
In the next 42 days, the United States defeated Yin's army with a devastating offensive, and the fighting came to an end.
At this time, Wu Shixian, under Qin Hao's instructions, had successfully cleared his position when the crude oil futures price plummeted to US$20/barrel.
According to Wu Shixian's subsequent statistics, the entire investment process lasted 102 days, with a total investment amount of US$1.2 billion, and a final profit of US$1.5 billion. At this moment, "Haoran Finance" had US$2.7 billion on its books, and the owner of this money was just
A 16-year-old student who is still in his first year of high school.
Wu Shixian is sure that if such news were to break out, it would definitely cause a sensation all over the world.
"Well done. Everyone has worked hard during this period. All those involved in the project will be rewarded three times their salary. Another month of paid vacation, and all round-trip air tickets for travel will be provided by the company!"
Qin Hao will naturally not be stingy after making money.
"Long live the boss!"
"Wow, that's great, I love you boss!"
While the employees were cheering and celebrating, wondering where to go for vacation, Qin Hao pulled Wu Shixian to the balcony.
"Thank you for your hard work this time, what do you want?"
Wu Shixian leaned against the guardrail and thought carefully: "A house, a big house, like my previous boss's one with a swimming pool, is that okay?"
Qin Hao snapped his fingers: "No problem, I will let the agency help you find someone, but before that you have to go on a business trip with me."
"Okay, I know, but for the sake of money."
"Very good, go back and prepare some more winter clothes. See you at the airport tomorrow."
"Oh no, I hate the cold. Speaking of boss, where are we going?"
"Finland!"
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Finland is located in northern Europe, bordering Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. It is the seventh largest country in Europe.
The reason why Qin Hao took Wu Shixian all the way to Finland was naturally for Nokia.
As soon as I got off the plane, I saw that Director Li had been waiting for a long time. The acquisition of Nokia would naturally be in the name of Shunyang Group. Otherwise, just a kid like Qin Hao and a "Haoran Finance" who had never been involved in the real industry.
It's really not convincing.
"Master Haojun, it's been a hard journey. The president has been waiting at the hotel for a long time."
In front of the pie drawn by Qin Hao, Chen Yangzhe was also very optimistic about the prospects of mobile phones. However, the main purpose of coming to Finland in person this time was to examine his grandson's ability.
Wu Shixian followed Qin Hao, feeling a little excited. In addition to being interested in Chen Yangzhe, a well-known chaebol in Goryeo, he was also very curious about the intelligence network of Shunyang Group. What kind of intelligence network could it be?
Such accurate information was collected.
In the hotel suite, Wu Shixian finally met the legendary Chen Yangzhe, but what surprised him was that Chen Yangzhe was rumored to be an unsmiling and iron-blooded tycoon, but in front of him was a man who couldn't close his mouth with laughter after seeing his grandson.
old man.
What made Wu Shixian even more flattered was that Chen Yangzhe also praised him greatly, seemingly without any pretensions.
However, Wu Shixian soon discovered that he was wrong. When Chen Yangzhe talked about business, his whole aura was completely different.
"Haojun, Nokia has rejected our acquisition twice in a row. Are you sure it will succeed this time?"
Qin Hao showed a mysterious smile: "Grandpa, don't worry. If I wasn't absolutely sure, how could I dare to bother you and make a trip in person?"
Chen Yangzhe shook his finger and laughed and scolded: "You kid is trying to play riddles for me again. Okay, grandpa won't ask. It will depend on your performance then."
Soon, Qin Hao and his party arrived at Nokia headquarters.
Nokia still gave some courtesy to the arrival of Qin Hao and his entourage. Vice President Will received him personally and was polite during the meeting. However, after entering the conference room, Nokia's executives became completely businesslike.
face.
Will cleared his throat: "Ahem, first of all, on behalf of Nokia, I welcome the arrival of Sir Chen of Shunyang Group. However, we have already passed an internal resolution regarding the acquisition of our electronic information department, so I can only say sorry."
Chen Yangzhe blew the steaming coffee slowly, then looked at Qin Hao and signaled: It's up to you.
Qin Hao introduced himself first. After all, he looked young and could easily be thought of as a secretary. The main owner, Chen Yangzhe, did not speak and let a "secretary" speak, which seemed too insincere.
After hearing that Qin Hao was Chen Yangzhe's grandson and the actual controller of "Haoran Finance", Will and other Nokia executives began to look at him seriously.
Facing the scrutiny of Nokia executives, Qin Hao first emphasized Shunyang Group's sincerity in the acquisition, and then pointed out Nokia's current predicament.
As the Finnish translator explained, the expressions of Will and other senior executives lost their previous calmness, and they all looked at this Korean who looked a little too young in surprise.
Chen Yangzhe couldn't help but feel proud when he saw his grandson talking so eloquently in such a formal occasion that he confused several foreigners.
After Qin Hao finished his speech, Will and other senior executives whispered among themselves.
Then, Will spread his hands and said directly in English: "First of all, thank you Shunyang Group for attaching great importance to Nokia. Your ability to collect intelligence is indeed excellent. We at Nokia are indeed encountering some difficulties now, but this is only temporary, and
This does not mean that we will sell our core business..."
Qin Hao chuckled upon hearing this: "Oh? As far as I know, Nokia's Electronic Information Department has been losing money for several consecutive years, and its annual revenue is less than 3% of the group's overall revenue. Is this what you call the core business?"
Will's face froze and he said bravely: "But we are very optimistic about the prospects of the mobile phone market, just like your Shunyang Group, otherwise you would not have made several offers of acquisition."
"No, no, no, Shunyang Group's acquisition of Nokia's Electronic Information Department, in addition to being optimistic about the prospects of the mobile phone market, is also to open up the downstream industry chain for Shunyang Semiconductor. I think you should know that the crazy dumping of Japanese semiconductors in the past few years
Under such circumstances, Shunyang Group did not give up the semiconductor project, which shows how much my grandfather attaches importance to Shunyang Semiconductor." Qin Hao retorted.
All Nokia executives looked suspicious. Judging from the information they collected, Shunyang Semiconductor was indeed a project that Chen Yangzhe had guaranteed. It had suffered losses for many years and still persisted in acquiring a supporting downstream manufacturer for it.
It makes sense.
Will's face looked a little ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "This has nothing to do with us. The electronic information department is Nokia's not-for-sale property."
Qin Hao took a sip of coffee and then sneered: "Oh? If this is really the case, why did Nokia seek the acquisition of Ericsson for its electronic information department?"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of all Nokia executives present in the conference room changed.
Even though Nokia had been so strong before, rejecting acquisitions and emphasizing that it was not for sale, in fact, to put it bluntly, it was nothing more than wanting to sell it at a high price. At this time, the entire Nokia Group's business was significantly affected.
The reason is very simple. The economy in "Mao Xiong" has declined, the purchasing power has dropped significantly, and the electronic information department has been losing money for many years. Nokia has long wanted to get rid of this burden. Unfortunately, Ericsson in neighboring Switzerland has talked about acquisitions several times.
I don't look down on it at all. After all, Ericsson at this time was a world-renowned communications giant, and technically it was much better than a small department of Nokia.
Wu Shixian watched this originally disadvantageous negotiation, but Qin Hao gradually took the initiative, and couldn't help but sigh again at the intelligence capabilities of Shunyang Group.
However, he didn't know that Mr. Chen Yangzhe didn't know anything about this so-called information.
After blowing away Nokia's "not for sale" mask, Will stopped hiding it and began to negotiate the terms of the acquisition.
At this time, Qin Hao proposed that he first visit the electronic information department before starting to negotiate the acquisition conditions.
This obviously disrupted Will's plan, but seeing Qin Hao's tough attitude, he could only agree.
On the way back to the hotel, Chen Yangzhe suddenly asked.
"How did you know that Nokia was seeking an acquisition from Ericsson?"
Qin Hao spread his hands: "Actually, when Nokia rejected the acquisition for the second time, I expressed my intention to acquire Ericsson. As you can imagine, I was rejected. However, Ericsson thoughtfully recommended Nokia to me."
"Haha, is it that simple?"
"Otherwise, how complicated do you think it is?"
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In the afternoon, Will arranged for Qin Hao and his party to visit Nokia's electronic information department and factory. Chen Yangzhe also saw the complete mobile phone production process. After returning to the hotel, Chen Yangzhe only left Qin Hao with one sentence:
No matter the cost, buy it!
In terms of employment system, Chen Yangzhe is conservative, but in terms of business vision, Chen Yangzhe is extremely far-sighted, just like when he saw the prospects of semiconductors.
Subsequently, after a full week of negotiations, the two parties reached an agreement on the acquisition conditions.
$53 million plus retaining all employees in the Electronic Information Division.
After the negotiations, Nokia's attitude was obviously much more enthusiastic. It is estimated that these executives will gather in a private club after get off work to toast and celebrate the slaughter of a fat sheep.
For Qin Hao, the purpose of this trip to Finland has been successfully achieved. As for the purchase price of one or two million US dollars, it is just a trivial matter to him. On the contrary, time is the most precious. At this time, Motorola has already
It is the dominant player in the industry, and if we want to catch up with it, we must race against time.
Wu Shixian was left in Finland by Qin Hao, who had full authority to complete the rest of the acquisition process on his behalf. Only then did Wu Shixian understand why Qin Hao was so generous and directly gave away the mansion. As expected, the boss's money was not so easy to get.
After returning from Finland, Qin Hao immediately started building the factory in Korea.
It is definitely impossible for Nokia's electronic information technology department to move here for the time being. We might as well leave the R&D department alone. Workers here in Korea have low wages and complete supporting industries. If we keep production costs down, won't our competitiveness rise?
