Chapter 457: Laughing is uglier than crying

On October 10, Yom Kippur, Israel was in a state of peace. It was a national holiday, and all citizens, even soldiers, were at home with their families and went to church to worship.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the air defense sirens suddenly sounded in the Sinai Peninsula, and more than 200 Egyptian fighter jets launched air strikes on the rear of the Israeli army, destroying the Israeli air defense positions and various warehouses.

Shortly afterwards, the Egyptian Army near the Suez Canal launched an attack. Large water pumps imported from Europe sprayed water on the sand walls several dozen meters high, destroying them in a few hours. The Egyptian Army crossed the river in amphibious tanks and landing craft to launch an attack.

At the same time, the Syrian army also launched an attack on the Golan Heights defense line at the same time. With MiG fighters paving the way, more than 500 tanks escorted thousands of armored vehicles and rushed towards the Israeli positions.

The Fourth Middle East War broke out.

Since the restoration of the country, Israel has prevailed in the two subsequent Middle East wars, except for the first war in 1948. Unexpectedly, the conflict on Yom Kippur directly made Squid relive the fear of being almost destroyed.

On the evening of the day the war broke out, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir spoke with US President Nixon on the phone, and US military aid departed that same evening.

With the support of the United States, the Israeli army quickly defeated the Egyptian and Syrian armies.

The Arabs found that this war had returned to the old path of previous wars. The Israeli army had a greater advantage in weapons and the number of troops was not inferior to that of the Arab coalition forces. Now they had no choice but to ask the United Nations to intervene.

Starting from the 18th, the Arabs announced the start of oil production cuts and threatened an oil embargo against the United States and Europe. You know, the oil industry is very important in the world at this time.

Not only gasoline is produced, but also various types of kerosene, diesel, lubricants, organic chemicals and synthetic materials are also derived from the oil industry chain. If the oil supply in the Middle East is cut off, the world's industrial industries will basically be shut down.

Under tremendous pressure, the UN Security Council issued a ceasefire resolution on the 22nd, which was immediately accepted by Syria and Egypt, and Israel also accepted it at the instruction of the United States.

This ceasefire represents the end of the Fourth Middle East War. Both the United States and the Soviet Union have made great efforts behind the scenes. The two giants do not want any sparks that would affect the balance in the Middle East.

The United States had just emerged from Vietnam, anti-war sentiment was high, and Nixon himself was walking on thin ice because of the Watergate scandal. The Soviet Union was afraid that Israel would really destroy Syria, Egypt, and Jordan, which would allow the United States to completely control the Middle East.

The battle lasted 20 days, with the Arab coalition winning first and then losing, suffering tens of thousands of casualties, nearly 500 aircraft losses, and more than 2200 tanks destroyed. The Israeli army suffered fewer casualties, with 3000 dead, wounded or captured, 850 tanks destroyed, and more than 110 aircraft shot down.

But because the war situation was reversed by external factors, the Arabs after the war believed that this was another "stolen victory" - just like the first Middle East war, US aid saved Israel, which was almost destroyed.

Therefore, in order to warn the West, Arab countries formed a small alliance within the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and collectively announced a formal production cut, which led to a sharp drop in global oil production and a surge in oil prices.

The Dow Jones' upward momentum was directly interrupted, and the rebounding index fell all the way from around 200 points, falling by nearly points in one month.

The returns from Wang Yuanchao’s futures investments have soared, but is this just the beginning?
The power of production cuts has not yet been fully revealed!
However, Wang Yuanchao did not invest in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. He invested in the Hang Seng Index. The Hang Seng Index has not been affected for the time being. It even rebounded slightly before starting to fall, heading straight for 400 points.

Wang Yuanchao continued to sell out as the Hang Seng Index fell, and now he has basically nothing left to lose.

He holds 50% of the shares of small-scale core enterprises such as newspapers, radio stations, magazines, and Baoantang. He sells high and buys low at most. Yes, he sells a little at a high price, and then buys it back immediately when the price drops.

For big companies such as Deep Blue Electric, Blizzard Toys, Pacific Industrial, Qingzhou Yingni, and film companies, he basically bought low and sold high, and continuously reduced his holdings to 10-15%.

Who says you can’t make money when the stock market is going down?
Didn't Wang Yuanchao's Hong Kong dollars quickly reach 55 billion? (Including gold and gold appreciation)
If you add the company shares you hold, you have 62 billion in assets, which is a 2 million increase from when you left Hong Kong for the United States.

As for the money the company makes, well, it's already pretty good enough to maintain operations, distribute dividends, and repurchase shares to stabilize the stock price.

Considering that the company's stock price has been falling and the trading frequency and amount of the entire stock market have been decreasing, it is not easy for Wang Yuanchao's assets to increase instead of decrease.

So he happily went to the mainland to attend the Autumn Fair.

The new deputy director of the art troupe came to see the world. Director Liu, Director Huyan and Guo Feng were all absent.

Then the second brother Wang Heping and the younger sister Wang Li also came.

"Second brother, you gave birth to another child? A son or a daughter?"

When this was mentioned, Wang Heping became excited and gave birth to three sons!

He doesn't compare himself with the freak third brother, he compares himself with the eldest brother, hahaha.

With a smile on his face, he said:

"Your sister-in-law caught a cold in April, so I couldn't come to see you. Now, you have a nephew!"

As he said this, he secretly glanced at his elder brother Wang Sheng.

Wang Sheng simply ignored his second brother's provocation and cracked melon seeds. He was so old, but he was still competing with a child. He had a son and a daughter, you know?

Sure enough, I saw my third brother Wang Yuanchao smiling and taking out a stack of photos, saying:
"Look, I have a pair of twin daughters! Wang Zhiliu and Wang Zhifeng!"

As for sons, he has many, and daughters, too, but are twins rare?

Everyone knew that the third son's wife had given birth to twins, but no one had ever seen them. Now, everyone tilted their heads unconsciously to look at the photos.

A pair of pretty little girls.

“Exactly the same!”

“It’s exactly the same!”

"These are the twins from the Wang family! You can only tell them apart by the different colors of their clothes, right? If you make a mistake when they take a bath, will the two sisters swap identities in the future?" Wang Heping asked.

"It's all the same no matter how you change them! If they really get mixed up, no one will know, not even these two kids themselves." Wang Li sighed.

"My sister-in-law has twin sisters, right? Is our Wang family taking advantage of them?" Wang Sheng said happily. "That's right, the third child has the ability, so how can we take advantage of him?" Wang Heping argued.

The three siblings started chattering and flipping through the photos one by one.

"Hey, this one has yellow hair!"

"No, this is..."

The three siblings all looked at Wang Yuanchao.

Wang Yuanchao said proudly:

"I have a daughter with a foreign woman. Isn't she pretty? A real doll!"

Wang Li exclaimed:
"I have another foreign sister-in-law?"

Wang Yuanchao blinked. Yes, there was a foreign sister-in-law, but she was not the mother of this child. He couldn't explain it clearly for a while, so he could only say:
"Her name is Wang Lili! Li as in jasmine."

As he spoke, he winked at Wang Li, implying that I am a very considerate brother. I am thinking about you.

Because another deputy director came, the eldest brother Wang Sheng simply drank some tea, looked at some photos, chatted for a few words, and then left. Anyway, he had a good meal with his third brother in the first half of the year, so this time, let the second brother and the youngest sister enjoy the third brother's hospitality.

Wang Yuanchao cared about his younger sister and said:

“What’s it like to go to college?”

Wang Li frowned and said:
"That's right, we organize activities every day. But I listened to you, Third Brother, and found a few old professors to study with privately!"

Wang Heping immediately praised his achievements:

"Some of the old professors don't have a good life. Some have a lot of money but no tickets. Anyway, our family doesn't lack things. Sometimes I bring some things to them or help them get some tickets."

When it comes to things like bills of exchange, he and his elder brother have ways to deal with the conventional ones, as well as the unconventional and wild ones.

Wang Li nodded and said:
"I came here with a mission. The Bayi Film Studio found me and wanted to make a movie. They wanted me to help write songs, so I used the excuse of collecting folk songs to come here, hehe."

As he said this, he winked at his third brother Wang Yuanchao. Anyway, his second brother couldn't see this little action.

Of course Wang Yuanchao knew what his sister meant, but, this but, he could "create", but he couldn't write an essay based on a given topic!

He was just thinking about how to politely reject his younger sister's request when he heard Wang Li say:

"Fu Gengchen, head of the music group at the August 1st Film Studio, was responsible for composing the theme song "Red Star Song" for the movie "Sparkling Red Star".

But he thought the lyrics of the theme song were too long, so he asked the studio to find someone to rewrite it.

Afterwards, the studio called the lyricists Wei Baogui and Wu Dawei and asked them to rewrite the lyrics of "Red Star Song", but after repeated consideration, the two politely declined the invitation.

After they rejected the offer, the studio found me because they felt that the songs I had composed before, especially "Wanjiang", were very much to their liking because of their majestic feeling.

Team Leader Fu also agreed to let me give it a try.

My eldest brother and second brother also support me..."

As she spoke later, Wang Li's voice became softer. No matter how many people supported her, it was not as good as the support from her third brother. Otherwise, she would not be able to create.

Wang Heping said:

"Yuan Chao, I think Wang Li's strength is her creativity, just like you. She should not lose this advantage. Regardless of whether she will return to the art troupe in the future, as an excellent songwriter, she should be bold in trying, right?"

Wang Yuanchao glanced at his second brother who spoke in a clear and articulate voice and said, "You are not asked to create anything, so of course you can talk without any worries."

But, "The Red Star", oh my god, luckily, he can!

However, I must warn my younger sister that she should take the management route in the future. Otherwise, what should I do if he is unable to help me when I take over creative tasks in the future?

My little sister has developed path dependence!

He coughed twice, and Wang Li looked at him nervously.

"I wrote the essay for the Railway Department. I traveled all over the country and it took me more than two years to write "The Road to Heaven". I am not good at writing essays based on assignments, unlike you, my little sister. You are better than me."

Wang Li’s little face turned pale instantly.

Wang Heping didn't know the inside story and said with a smile:

"You two are both talented men and women in our Wang family. Why are you two being so modest to each other?"

Wang Yuanchao laughed loudly, and Wang Li could only force out a few smiles. Did the third brother refuse to help? Her mind was in a mess. She used to think that the third brother should be omnipotent and had created many works!

But it took San Ge more than two years to create "Heavenly Road" from the time he received the task to the time he created the finished product.

Wang Li’s smile is uglier than crying.

(End of this chapter)