Chapter 69: Short Selling? Fellow villagers open the door, free trade! (Must order the three-in-one chapter)

(PS: This is a three-in-one chapter. I feel like the length of each chapter is not right, so I just updated it all at once.)
The thousand small drones from Persia to support Palestine were all delivered a week ago.

The reason why they have not taken any action yet is that these carefully selected talents are undergoing special training in this military training camp.

They are mainly trained on how to use small drones, such as flight control, hovering, throwing, returning, and how to make any modifications to the drones in an emergency.

After all, even though the operation of a drone is very simple and not much different from playing video games, it was still considered a high-tech product in 09, not to mention the Gaza Strip where even televisions are rare.

Therefore, the soldiers selected for operation this time are young soldiers or people who are familiar with electronic products.

Only in this way can you learn to use drones proficiently as quickly as possible.

Today will be the last lesson of training.

"For our dead loved ones and friends, and for our occupied homes." The commander's voice was roaring.

Everyone repeated this sentence, and the surging sound reached the sky.

"Move out now!" the commander shouted.

Everyone was walking in untidy steps, some were holding boxes containing small drones, while others were carrying various ammunition and equipment.

The murderous intent in their eyes spread throughout the entire camp. This was not as simple as the territory being occupied by the enemy. This was the destruction of a country and a family, and this was a genocide.

The family and friends of each of these soldiers have long been wiped out in this massacre. They must sacrifice the souls of their loved ones with the blood of their enemies. No one can say the word "forgiveness" on behalf of Palestine.

The Northern Gaza Province, an area of ​​only 60 square kilometers, is hit by dozens of tons of Israeli bombs every square kilometer every year.

Among them, in Beit Hanoun, a key battle area, artillery fire was heard almost every moment.

A roof that had been hit by a missile and was already collapsed and abandoned.

Several members of the Palestinian resistance organization were crawling on the shelter behind the wall.

Staring closely at the target two kilometers ahead, which is a Merkava MK4 main battle tank, several soldiers are monitoring the surroundings. Any Palestinian who intends to approach the tank will be ruthlessly killed.

Gaza is an open-air prison, and this is the high wall built by Israel to surround and kill all Palestinians, not allowing them to get close.

"Adan, is this thing of yours really useful?" Abbas chewed on the root of a plant that looked like a weed. "It doesn't look like a weapon, but more like a child's toy."

The plant, known locally as 'hobija', is the food most often eaten by Gaza residents during times of food shortage.

However, even when digging these wild vegetables, Palestinians would risk being discovered and shot by Israeli soldiers.

If it is a watchtower, it would be fine. At worst, we just need to stay out of the shooting range of the city wall.

But these armored vehicles and tanks roaming around northern Gaza are like nails stuck in the heart of Gaza, making it impossible to move.

However, can this remote-controlled toy controlled by Adan, which can only fly, really be useful?
Abbas had doubts in his heart that even if the Merkava MK4 tank was hit by an RGP rocket at close range, it would not be enough to break its protective armor.

Hear this.

"Its effect is greater than you think."

Adan showed a mysterious smile: "This is a brand new concept of war. Let these squids have a taste of it first!"

Having undergone a week of rigorous training in 'drone control', he knew very well how powerful this seemingly harmless 'toy' was.

It can be said that this type of drone will completely change the situation of the entire Gaza battlefield.

He controlled the heavy screen lightly with his fingers, and an object with a diameter of thirty to forty centimeters quickly flew to a height of several hundred meters and turned into a black dot the size of a sesame seed.

Under the strong sunlight at noon, it seemed to be invisible in this world, rushing towards the tank that had been parked there at a speed of more than ten meters per second.

"This time, it's the turn of these squids to try out what air strikes and sniper attacks are." Adan muttered to himself.

there.

Inside the Merkava MK4 tank, several soldiers were gathered together, resting and chatting.

"It's a pity that I couldn't bring back a lot of things last time, otherwise I might have made a lot of money."

"You are so stupid. Wouldn't you burn everything you couldn't take away? The food was thrown away, the mineral water was poured out, and the house was burned down."

"I just happened to find a wedding venue last time and snatched the bride's diamond necklace. My girlfriend was so happy."

They occasionally joked about the massacre of Gaza civilians and discussed what "good things" they could bring back from the next encirclement and suppression.

As for surveillance and vigilance? They had long been forgotten.

They don't think that the light weapons in Gaza can pose any threat to this "main battle tank" weighing more than 60 tons.

Little did people know that, thousands of meters in the sky, a small drone was hovering quietly.

"Hover first and then aim at the target with the crosshairs." Adan stared at the screen and kept repeating the training mantra.

Finally, after continuously enlarging the picture clarity.

The crosshairs were aimed right at the top of the Merkava MK4 tank, which was the tank's weakest defense point.

"bomb."

He pressed a button, and a drone in the sky immediately dropped two bombs with tail fins and smashed down in free fall.

'boom! boom! '

Two explosions were heard.

In an instant, a big hole was blown out from above the Merkava MK4 in the picture. The four or five soldiers in the tank had no time to react and lost their last consciousness in a daze.

“One-click return.”

Adan entered another command, and the drone hovering high in the sky quickly returned along its original flight trajectory.

"Adan, I was wrong."

Abbas widened his eyes and looked at the huge achievement in front of him: "This small drone is so powerful. It is our real magic weapon."

You know, the manufacturing cost of a Merkava MK4 main battle tank is at least four to five million US dollars.

How much does this small drone cost? Does it cost two or three thousand dollars?
"Adan, we need to report to the leader."

Abbas' eyes were filled with excitement: "Continue to purchase these drones in large quantities. One thousand is far from enough."

Even if Palestine uses a thousand drones to destroy a Merkava MK4 main battle tank, it can be said to be making a huge profit.

What's more, this was achieved with only two modified bombs costing only a few dozen dollars!

More drones means more enemies destroyed.

He couldn't imagine what a spectacular sight it would be if their resistance organization had tens of thousands or even more small drones.

This is the weapon that Palestine needs most now, and it is also the most suitable weapon!
at this time.

In addition to the Gaza region in the Middle East, there is also a place where fierce fighting is taking place.

That is, the global stock market and futures market, which are dominated by the carbon fiber composite materials market and supplemented by other high-end materials, are experiencing a terrifying surge.

Since Toray Group announced a reduction in the production of carbon fiber materials, the price of carbon fiber has skyrocketed from US$30 per kg to US$70 per kg.

The price of high-end carbon fiber composite materials such as T700 in the international market has skyrocketed from US$1000 per kg to US$3800 per kg.

In addition to market panic, the main reason for this is the subprime mortgage crisis that occurred in the United States in recent years, which swept the global capital market, causing the financial market to cool and a liquidity crisis.

This time, faced with such a good opportunity, many international investors are planning to make a big move to satisfy their voracious appetites.

As for the price of carbon fiber materials in Daxia, it has completely collapsed, and it has skyrocketed almost every day, with a new price every day.

After all, any discerning person can see that this is an action by the Eagle Sauce targeting Daxia's J-20 and high-end manufacturing projects.

It is no exaggeration to say that carbon fiber materials are now "worth more than gold", and all kinds of speculators are flocking to it.

In fact, the Daxia authorities seemed unable to come up with any effective countermeasures, which further fueled the market's sentiment.

This enviable and crazy momentum lasted for a whole week.

Global capital is rushing in, and the amount of northbound funds breaks a historical high every day. These people are eager to bite off the tastiest "fat meat" from Daxia.

the other side.

Eagle sauce, the rest area of ​​the main building of LLNL laboratory.

In the afternoon, Lu Ze still sat on the sofa where he was used to.

Today is Friday, and there are two days until the next replication refresh.

[Achievement points: 10000.]

[Number of copies: 1.] (Refreshed every Monday.)
"The 'mysterious surprise' Lucy mentioned will come next week." Lu Ze muttered to himself.

He had deliberately saved one copy just in case two high-level technological items arrived and he missed the opportunity to copy them.

Although part of it is that he didn't find anything worth copying this week.

After all, even if he was promoted to a D-level staff member, he was just a small fry in this LLNL laboratory. There were very few high-level technological items in the D-level area.

You know, even the front desk receptionist who usually has a Sima face like Sun Xiaochuan, her staff authority is actually D-level.

As you can imagine, this thing has no value at all.

To enter some key scientific research project areas, the entry threshold is C-level authority, and when it comes to the world's top technological items such as lithography machines, only those with B-level authority or above are eligible to access them.

As for what is in the A-level authority area, Lucy is not quite sure, and Lu Ze can't figure out what is inside for a while.

Is it a nuclear weapon? Or is it a technological item that is vital to the survival of the Eagle Sauce?

Just as he was immersed in these thoughts.

Lucy, who was eating snacks next to him, suddenly raised her head and looked at him with starry eyes: "Lu Ze, I think the snacks you make are more delicious."

"Especially the green powder ball I made last time, it was so delicious and addictive."

Ever since she had eaten the snacks made by Lu Ze once before, she felt that her favorite blueberry tarts seemed to be completely tasteless.

Sure enough, when it comes to food, any province in Daxia can rival the rest of the world.

Lu Ze curled his lips, full of helplessness: "That's called mung bean cake, not some green powder." What she said doesn't sound like a snack at all, it's clearly the favorite drug of many people in the United States, right?

"If you like, I'll buy some raw materials and make some for you over the weekend."

As the only good friends of each other, Lu Ze would not refuse such a thing.

"That's great." Lucy nodded quickly like a chick pecking at rice.

The snacks in my mouth no longer smelled fragrant, and were replaced by the fragrant taste of mung bean cake.

After eating and drinking enough.

Lucy chatted about a topic: "It seems that the market for carbon fiber materials in Daxia has experienced a surge."

"This is probably not a good situation now that all the major international hot money on Wall Street is flocking in."

"Why do you care about this kind of thing?" Lu Ze was quite curious. Why would she care about such an international event?
"I heard someone talk about it this morning, so I thought of this."

Lucy picked up a milkshake and placed it directly on her chest, lowering her head and taking a few sips.

In the morning, she heard many employees in the laboratory discussing whether to participate in this investment feast.

A 200% profit in just one week is enough to blind most people.

She had only witnessed this kind of extremely fanatical market atmosphere on the eve of the financial crisis.

"I believe that Daxia will definitely handle this matter well."

Lu Ze smiled confidently: "It only takes a little time."

He was very confident, not only because he believed that Daxia would never sit idly by and wait for death.

More importantly, whether it is the carbon fiber composite materials of T800 or T1000 technical specifications, there are detailed complete sets of technical research and development information in the F22 fighter or B-2 Spirit bomber technology he submitted before.

If we just want to carry out large-scale production, there may be some technical difficulties that need to be overcome.

"Is that so? That's good." Lucy let out a long sigh.

"What? You seem to hope that Da Xia can win this time?" Lu Ze was even more puzzled at this time.

Is it because of him that I am more inclined towards Daxia?
"That's not right." Lu Ze quickly denied it in his mind.

It’s not that I think Lucy’s relationship with him is not good enough, but simply that Lucy has never had such intentions.

She always says whatever she thinks, so how could she take these reasons into consideration?

"I don't want the capitalists on Wall Street to win."

Lucy curled her lips and looked at Lu Ze with a firm look: "And I know that Daxia is a poor developing country. I don't want them to make huge profits from these poor people."

Even if she is an American, so what? Not to mention that the United States is a federal country consisting of 51 states, many people identify more with their state than with the country.

More importantly, it is a group of capitalists on Wall Street who are making money. What does it have to do with the vast majority of ordinary Americans?
They squeeze profits from the poor in third-party countries all over the world and cause all kinds of wars and conflicts. Lucy wishes these people could lose more money.

After all, the more money those capitalists on Wall Street make, the worse the world becomes.

Hearing this explanation.

Lu Ze had a different impression of Lucy. Not only was she not too cunning, but she was also kind-hearted.

Being able to look at things objectively and sympathetically from the perspective of the weak is a very valuable quality.

"I'll make you an extra portion of mung bean cake this time." Lu Ze scratched her nose.

This must be rewarded well.

"Okay!" Lucy has never been good at refusing delicious food.

At this time, she remembered something: "By the way, the 'mysterious surprise' at the maintenance center seems to be arriving next Monday."

"I understand." Lu Ze nodded, unable to suppress his excitement.

He has waited for so long, has he finally waited for this "mysterious object" to enter the LLNL laboratory?
'I hope you won't let me down.'

There has been no news about this thing until now. Even Lucy couldn't find out any information about it. The confidentiality level is three times higher than that of the previous B-2 bomber.

How could Lu Ze not be curious? What level of technological item was it?

"Speaking of which, I should go find that couple this weekend." Lu Ze blinked and thought to himself.

If he doesn't go there soon, unexpected events might happen.

Besides, it has been more than a week now, so I think you should have finished reading those books, right?

the other side.

It was already night in Daxia.

Xiake Institute, inside the dean’s office.

"Mr. Zhang, there's only one hour left before the U.S. stock market closes."

Zheng Lixing said cheerfully: "The price should not go up any more."

The price of carbon fiber in the international futures market has risen to US$85 per kg, and the average delivery price of T700 carbon fiber has exceeded US$4500.

As for carbon fiber materials with strength specifications of T800 and T1000, they are simply out of stock on the market.

"How are the preparations of Shenying Composites, Guangwei Materials and Zhongjian Materials?" Zhang Yuli asked.

"The production line has been fully operational and the first batch of goods is ready."

Zheng Lixing's smile seemed to hide a sharp knife: "It's time for us to take action."

"Then notify them and start the full-scale delivery." Zhang Yuli waved his hand: "I want to see whose flesh is being cut."

This time they not only arranged for Shenying Composites, but also mobilized several top carbon fiber material production bases in Daxia.

Some are responsible for the research and development and production of high-end markets such as T800 and T700, while others are mainly responsible for the mid- and low-end markets such as T300-T600.

The reason for choosing this time point to trade is that the futures trading market in Daxia has been closed, and these capitals have nowhere to escape.

Now is the time for Daxia to close its doors and beat the dog.

moment.

Following Xia Keyuan's order, many carbon fiber material contracts in the international futures market were sold at the highest price.

And the delivery price dropped step by step, from US$84 to US$83, and then fell below US$80 in a blink of an eye.

As for the prices of mid-to-high-end carbon fiber materials, they plummeted in an instant, triggering the circuit breaker mechanism. The upward trend of the entire rare materials market led by carbon fiber began to fall sharply.

As a result, the stocks of all carbon fiber-related companies also experienced a sharp drop.

"WTF? What happened? Am I dreaming?"

“It almost broke through the support point of $86 just now. How could this happen?”

“Is this another black swan event? Is there something big going on in the carbon fiber field?”

"My money. Why was it profitable just now, but now it's liquidated?"

"Goodbye everyone, I'll be waiting for you on the rooftop."

Suddenly, waves of wailing were heard everywhere among the major hot money players on Wall Street and in the global futures markets.

Don’t think that this is just a drop of less than 6%. It may be within an acceptable range for regular stocks.

But you have to know that the leverage these people used is at least ten times.

Just a 1% drop means they have lost 10%.

A direct plunge of more than 10% means that if the vast majority of investors do not replenish funds, even if they are forced to close their positions by the time the goods are delivered.

However, their losses are still greater than the balance of funds in their accounts, which is commonly known as a margin call.

As for a plunge of 15% or more, it means that they not only lost all their principal, but also owed a large sum of money to the futures company. This is also known as "short position". If it comes to this, it is only a matter of time before they go to hell.

'What the hell does this happen?'

This is the first question that comes to everyone’s mind.

Before their questions could continue for a while, a statement jointly issued by many carbon fiber chemical companies in Daxia spread all over the world.

[Shenying Composites, Guangwei Materials, and Zhongjian Materials issued a statement. 】

[Five thousand-ton carbon fiber production lines are in full production, and one T800 strength specification thousand-ton production line has been put into production. ]

[It is expected that within one year, we will jointly build a 10,000-ton carbon fiber production scale to cover the low, medium and high-end markets.]

[Conventional carbon fiber material factory price: 35 USD/kg. ]

[Factory price of T700 grade carbon fiber material: 1500 USD/kg. ]

[Factory price of T800 grade carbon fiber material: 3500 USD/kg. ]

After reading this announcement, even the most ordinary futures players will understand.

There is no doubt that all the contracts on the market were sold by Daxia, because their ex-factory price of carbon fiber materials is much lower than the futures price.

The selling price is just the original price, and you can make huge profits by choosing physical delivery.

Of course, they had no time to consider physical delivery, because their funds would not be able to sustain until that time, and they would have to choose to jump off the roof and start over.

"No wonder there are no countermeasures. It turns out that Daxia had already thought of it."

An international hot money investor's heart was bleeding: "35 US dollars is not even their lowest price."

The production cost may be much lower than Toray, so how can they make more? Are they planning to give money to others?
The capitalists on Wall Street now wish they could ask the United States to impose huge tariffs on these big countries' carbon fiber materials.

It was like Daxia driving a huge ship to blast open their port and loudly saying, "Open the door, fellow countrymen, free trade!"

I QVNMD free trade. The thing we Eagles don't talk about the most is 'freedom'!
They never talk about "trade principles".

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