In an upscale community on the outskirts of Songjiang Prefecture, Shi Liqun drove to the company to work as usual.
As soon as I left the courtyard, I heard the sound of a car starting next door. After a while, I saw my neighbor also driving out.
After leaving the community and entering the main road, Shi Liqun encountered several cars along the way.
When we arrived at an intersection, there were even seven or eight cars waiting in line to cross the intersection under the command of the traffic patrol.
Looking at these, Shi Liqun couldn't help but sigh, there are more and more cars like this.
ok?
It’s definitely not good!
In the past, when I drove out, I would attract the attention of people around me.
But now, when you drive by on the road, no one gives you a second glance...
Since Qixiang Automobile Company launched the Qixiang brand car, this car is no longer a rarity.
Even though the prices of Qixiang Automobile Company's cars are still high, with even the cheapest car costing more than 1,500 Tangyuan, this price is already much cheaper than in the past, which was easily 8,000 or more.
A car that costs between one thousand and two thousand yuan is naturally beyond the reach of ordinary people, but for those high-income families, buying a car is not too difficult.
As long as you grit your teeth, you can buy a car and take it home.
Although these high-income groups account for a very small proportion in the entire society, they cannot stand up to the large number of people in the Tang Dynasty.
Even if the proportion is smaller, the total number of high-income groups is still huge.
This can be seen from the fact that Qixiang Automobile Company can sell tens of thousands of taels of cars a year, and the supply is still in short supply: there are actually many rich people in Datang.
Especially in Songjiang Prefecture, there are more high-income groups.
The Songjiang Prefecture area was originally the place with the best economy in the entire empire, with the highest average input and the city with the highest consumption level. There were more people here who could afford cars.
Especially in suburbs where there are many wealthy people, cars can often be seen.
The community where Shi Liqun lives now only has about a hundred households, but there are already more than 20 cars!
Although most of the remaining families do not yet have cars, it does not mean that they cannot afford them. In fact, quite a few have already placed orders for cars, but due to the tight production capacity of car companies, they are temporarily unable to supply them. According to reports, Qixiang Automobile Company
The orders are already scheduled for two years later.
Others simply like carriages and are unwilling to change carriages, or there are other factors.
There were many wealthy people in the Tang Dynasty, especially in Songjiang Prefecture.
After driving all the way to the company, he parked the car and Shi Liqun steadily entered the company's office building. When he entered the lobby, he greeted several familiar colleagues.
After taking the elevator to the office on the eighth floor, Shi Liqun started working as usual.
As a fund manager of Third Securities Company, his work is quite busy. After all, the funds he manages are huge. Although his fund investment strategies are conservative and the risks are relatively small, but in the financial market
There will always be some unexpected changes, and if you are not careful, you will suffer losses.
He manages a comprehensive fund, with funds mainly coming from major institutions and wealthy individuals. The starting investment is 100,000 yuan, and he will not accept anything less.
The purpose of these institutions and wealthy people investing in his fund is not to make a lot of money, but just to outperform the market. It is a stable investment.
But it’s still not easy!
After observing the fluctuations of the stock market as usual, Shi Liqun temporarily put aside the stock market.
This is not to say that Datang's stock market is very stable and has no risks, but because the stocks he invests in are all large-cap stocks, the fluctuations are relatively small, and his investment strategy is long-term investment, and short-term small-scale fluctuations are
Within the acceptable range.
But you can relax a little in the stock market, but you need to pay attention to the futures market.
On the last day, the wool futures that their fund mainly invests in have experienced abnormal fluctuations, and a large amount of money has poured in.
Their fund currently holds $1.5 million worth of wool bullish futures.
It is the largest single investment amount in their fund.
However, there has been an influx of funds in the market in the past two days, and it is impossible to tell whether they want to go short or long in a short period of time. This kind of weird fluctuation is obviously trying to cause trouble.
This made Shi Liqun a little worried.
After asking his subordinates that the wool market remained stable despite some fluctuations, Shi Liqun was still a little worried.
This kind of futures market, to put it bluntly, is gambling. You make money if you win the bet, and you lose money if you lose the bet.
Shi Liqun's team came up with the conclusion based on the empire's clothing consumption data in the past two years, cotton and wool production, overseas wool supply, the empire's subsidies to the livestock industry, the empire's vigorous support for remote areas, and attempts to increase the income of farmers and herdsmen.
It is concluded that wool prices will rise slightly in the future.
This conclusion is also consistent with other economic data from researchers within Third Securities Company.
Based on these conclusions, Shi Liqun will go long on wool futures. Although the price increase determined will not be very large, only a few percentage points at most, for futures trading, this is enough.
Shi Liqun and others believed that the price of wool would rise slightly, while others believed that the price of wool would fall. After the two parties bet against each other, futures trading was formed.
However, now a large amount of funds suddenly appeared, which made Shi Liqun a little worried.
After thinking about it, Shi Liqun called in the analysts in his team for questioning. The analyst team still firmly believed that wool prices would rise.
After asking, Shi Liqun did not stay, but went directly to the tenth floor to find the Strategic Research Department of Third Securities Company to consult their opinions.
When I heard that he wanted to consult about the price of wool, the Strategic Research Department did not send any research experts or other experts on animal husbandry or textile industry, but instead sent an expert who specialized in studying the situation in Europe.
This person said: "Not long ago, the Tatars came to pay tribute, you know?"
Shi Liqun said: "I know something about this matter. It is said that a series of cooperation agreements have been reached, especially the territory transfer agreement, which also includes the wool trade!"
"But this should not have an impact on the wool market, because part of the Tatars' wool was actually exported to us before, and their overall wool export volume is not large. Even if it has an impact, it will
It has been released in the previous market!”
The researcher shook his head and said: "The latest news from the empire's mission to the Tatar Kingdom is that the delegation is negotiating a large contract with the Tatars. If the contract is reached, then the Tatars' livestock industry will
The scale of breeding will at least triple, and wool production will also increase accordingly."
Hearing this, Shi Liqun was slightly startled: "Why do we want to expand their wool imports?"
The researcher shrugged and then said: "Isn't this obvious? The higher-ups don't want to see the indigenous people engaged in industry. They just want the indigenous people to farm and graze... And this is also good. We can expand the sources of agricultural and livestock products."