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Chapter 270 Fake news! It must be fake news!
The silent war continues.

In the fourth month, domestic banks reduced their gold reserves by 176 tons, a significant increase compared with the previous month.

Relying on the large-scale reduction of gold reserves, the international gold price continued to remain stable.

The large-scale reduction in gold reserves has also brought about many negative effects, such as more pessimistic voices in the international community.

At the same time, more funds have participated in the gold game, with an overall increase of 20% over last month.

The relevant funds are like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger.

For international investors, the gold game is more like a gamble. If they are optimistic about the domestic market, they bet on a drop in gold prices, while if they are optimistic about international capital giants, they mainly look at bullish gold prices.

At this point, it is not just domestic mainstream funds that are shorting the gold price.

From the perspective of ordinary investors, the price of gold is already at a historical high, and being bullish on the price of gold will not bring much profit.

After the gold game is over, the price of gold will inevitably fall, and conventional investment will have no profit at all.

Therefore, many "gambler"-type investors have chosen to be bearish on gold prices. If the gold price really falls sharply, they will make a lot of money at once.

Against this backdrop, bearish and bullish funds on gold prices have remained at a balance.

It’s different offline with physical gold.

Gold speculation has already had a serious impact on offline markets, with people saying, “Don’t buy gold recently, it’s too unstable.”

"The news says that gold may plummet, so don't buy it."

"Maybe it will go up? The international community is saying that gold will go up, and I have invested in some funds."

"It won't go up much, I think it'll be good if it can stay stable..."

"There will definitely not be a big increase, but a slight increase is possible."

Amid these voices, offline gold shops are deserted, sales of gold products are dismal, and this has also directly affected the upstream and downstream industries of gold.

In fact, for ordinary people who use gold as jewelry, a stable gold price is the best. Whether it falls or rises, it will seriously affect offline gold sales.

International financial professionals were also very surprised that domestic banks continued to reduce their gold reserves. They did not expect that the country could hold out until the fourth month and continue to increase the amount of reduction.

The country's gold reserves are only more than 2,000 tons. After four consecutive months, the reserves have fallen below 2,000 tons.

If you continue to persist, you may reach a very dangerous limit.

The impact is already huge, affecting gold's upstream and downstream industries, stock markets, futures, and related financial fields.

Some economists commented that "this is the first time in history that a game against gold has appeared in the financial field!"

Most capital games take place in the stock market, futures, bonds, and currency exchange rates.

There are many means that can be used in these credit-based monetary games.

The gold game is much less controllable than the currency game, but its impact is multifaceted because gold must still have a currency anchored valuation.

As early as the last century, the gold dollar had declared bankruptcy, but gold is still the most solid asset.

The game of gold, when it spreads out, is still a game of monetary capital.

If too much money is involved in the game, the impact will be on all aspects, even the foreign exchange market.

International capital believes that the main reason why China is fighting this war is to have the right to set gold prices.

As long as we can get the right to price gold, it will be very worthwhile even if it affects the upstream and downstream industrial chains related to gold.

These guesses were, of course, wrong.

In fact, once one has the technology to make gold, one can easily produce huge amounts of gold, and naturally one will have the right to set the price of gold.

There are two reasons why the country took the initiative to start the gold war.

One is to buy time for domestic gold production-related companies to transform, or collapse naturally.

When the technology for efficiently manufacturing gold is available, companies related to gold mining and production will quickly go bankrupt.

It is much better to have a period of buffer now and transform with the support of superior policies than to go bankrupt directly.

The other is to make a killing.

Making a fortune is not just about the profits from selling physical gold, but also about earning profits in various financial markets.

In addition, the value of gold reserves in other countries has been greatly discounted, which is also a huge benefit.

There is an inherent competition between banks and finance in different countries.

Each major country has a large amount of gold reserves. Domestic gold is sold in large quantities in advance, while other countries continue to hoard it.

When the value of gold plummets, other countries will naturally suffer huge losses.

This is also a huge intangible benefit.

……

Fifth month, beginning of the month.

The gold game in the international market has entered a white-hot stage and has spread to all aspects of the international financial field.

The game is already clear.

There is a lot of public opinion both at home and abroad, and the introduction of various policies has a great impact.

International capital, including decision-makers, are also curious about domestic policies and hope to know more information.

In this context, a reporter went to a domestic press conference to ask questions about gold speculation. "China has issued a series of policies, many of which are related to gold and are deliberately suppressing the price of physical gold. Can you tell me about the situation in this regard?"

This question has come up several times.

Every time a question was asked, the press officer would say a lot, but in reality there was no content, which was equivalent to not giving an answer.

This time is different.

The press officer said solemnly, "We have also paid attention to the gold market situation in the domestic and foreign markets in recent times."

"We believe this is a normal financial operation."

"It is true that domestic banks have been reducing their holdings of physical gold, but this is also a normal financial operation. Gold is a precious metal and also a currency, and all currencies have value."

"Reducing holdings of physical gold means we are not optimistic about the prospects of physical gold."

"It's just like ordinary people investing. When you are not optimistic about the prospects of a company, you will naturally sell the shares you hold."

"Here, we warn domestic and foreign investors to be alert to the risk of a sharp drop in gold prices in the near future!"

The press officer spoke with conviction and in a very serious tone.

After the press conference, domestic and foreign media reported extensively, and every word the press officer said about gold was analyzed in detail.

The direct impact was that the international gold price fell that day.

However, many international investors do not see it this way. They believe that the country’s call for reducing gold holdings at a press conference has clearly reached a point where it has “no cards to play”.

So the next day, gold prices rose instead of falling. Not only did it rise again, it rose by more than one point.

Three weeks later, data released by domestic banks showed that they continued to reduce their gold reserves, with shipments reaching 320 tons, which can definitely be said to be a very large reduction.

On the day the data was released, it immediately became the focus of international public opinion.

There are many discussions at home and abroad, "Why such a large reduction? It has increased by more than 70% compared with last month!"

"With such a large reduction in holdings, there won't be much gold left, right? Are they going to sell all the gold?"

"That's impossible, why would they do that?"

"I don't understand it at all." "One day they will be sold out. What will we do then?"

"A bank of a superpower doesn't even have gold reserves?"

"..."

Amidst the buzz of discussion, Zhang Shuo had already arrived at the Physics Center of the Institute of High Energy Physics.

The purpose of his visit this time was to discuss the research on chaotic force fields with the Institute of High Energy Physics.

This is advance preparation.

Wu Jianning, Yu Fei and others had a serious chat with Zhang Shuo in the reception room.

Zhang Shuo spoke frankly about the follow-up research, "I plan to set up a large-scale project and conduct experimental research based on the equipment and technology of the Institute of High Energy Physics."

"At that time, the higher authorities will deploy a safety team and will also carry out a new transformation of the equipment and surrounding areas to ensure the safety of the experiment."

Wu Jianning and Yu Fei are both looking forward to the "large-scale project research" that Zhang Shuo mentioned.

The equipment of the Chaos Force Field Research Group had been repaired long ago, but the experiment could not continue at all. They all knew that their superiors would see Zhang Shuo's opinion, mainly because the experiment was very risky.

The experimental accident that happened on the other side of the earth was really terrible.

Without the leadership of a "trustworthy" person, the higher authorities dare not allow the Chaos Field Research Group to continue the experiment, otherwise the risks will be uncontrollable.

Wu Jianning, Yu Fei and others immediately nodded in approval, agreeing with everything Zhang Shuo said.

Zhang Shuo also talked about the follow-up development, "In the future, the project team's experiments will not only be limited to the experimental base of the Institute of High Energy Physics, but may also build new large bases and large particle colliders to support research."

"what?"

"really?"

Wu Jianning and Yu Fei were both stunned.

They had never expected Zhang Shuo to talk about the Large Hadron Collider.

Wu Jianning immediately asked, "This will require a lot of funds, right? Will the superiors agree?"

"should be."

Zhang Shuo confirmed it right away because the large project team was just about to be set up, and there was naturally no funding since the policy had not yet been issued.

He skipped this topic and talked about the equipment modification issue, and also said that the equipment of the Institute of High Energy Physics will still be used for a long time in the future.

This is because it takes several years to build a large experimental base.

Before the large-scale base is built, only the equipment of the Institute of High Energy Energy can be used, and research is also very important.

Zhang Shuo’s research on the chaos force field is too urgent.

He has been focusing on the research of "hydrogen bomb batteries", which are based on nuclear fusion reactions. However, for continuous nuclear fusion reactions, the temperature must be kept relatively low, otherwise the problem of the outer material cannot be solved at all.

To maintain current nuclear fusion reactions, ultra-high temperatures of over 100 million degrees Celsius must be maintained, and the reactions are exponentially superimposed.

If you want to keep nuclear fusion reactions going in an environment below 100 million degrees Celsius, you must study the process by which the chaotic force field tends to change to strong forces.

Only continuous strong force can make nuclear fusion take place in an environment below 100 million degrees Celsius.

In fact, the splitting of nuclear force is the transformation of chaotic force field into strong force, but the reaction of nuclear force cannot measure the "transformation" at all. If we want to study the transformation process, we must still conduct experiments on chaotic force field.

By studying the transformation of chaotic force fields into strong forces, we can better understand the process of chaotic force field transformation.

The next step is to study 'media-balanced materials'.

'Media balance material' can emit strong force under special circumstances, allowing nuclear fusion to continue in a relatively low temperature environment.

Now all the theories that can be studied are ready, and all that is missing is direct experiment.

Zhang Shuo talked a lot about the project team to be formed and the transformation of experimental equipment.

Wu Jianning and Yu Fei's minds were filled with thoughts like "building a new experimental base" and "large particle collider".

A large particle collider is estimated to cost more than 10 billion US dollars, and it will cost hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars to build.

If we add the construction of large-scale equipment for chaos field research and the addition of various safety measures, the funds required will be absolutely huge.

Where does the funding come from?
Will the higher authorities really approve it?

……

Donggang International Airport.

A large cargo plane took off, its destination being Kuwait in western Asia.

The cargo plane was not carrying conventional cargo, but 23 tons of gold.

Ben Nelson Muhammad was on the plane. He was the manager of a large oil company in Kuwait.

This time I came to China to do oil settlement delivery, but the delivery did not rely on the international settlement system. Instead, it was settled in physical gold with the support of Americam.

When the plane took off, Ben Nelson was still a little dazed. He never thought that he could really get 23 tons of gold.

He was talking to his assistant, "I have been working for more than ten years, and this is the first time I have used gold as currency to deliver crude oil."

"There is a saying in the international community that oil is gold, and it is really true. Now I feel deeply that oil can really be directly exchanged for gold..."

He even laughed when he said this. "I always thought Chinese people were very smart, but I didn't expect they would do something like this."

“Using physical gold to deliver oil…”

"Hahaha~~~"

Ben Nelson smiled all the way and was full of energy as he spoke for two hours straight. He felt like he didn't need to rest at all.

I can brag about this when I get back to Corvette.

At this time, one of his men came over anxiously, "Mr. Nelson, look at this!"

"what?"

"It's just a report. I don't know if it's true or not."

Ben Nelson looked over with confusion, and saw a piece of news with a very shocking headline -

China suspected of having high-tech gold-making technology

The content of the news is that a new high-tech has emerged that can produce gold in large quantities.

The news also came with two pictures.

One photo shows a large pile of golden granular material, which looks golden.

Another photo was taken of a special factory. There were a lot of golden particles placed on both sides of the factory, and many gold bars could be seen.

Ben Nelson stared blankly for a long time, read the news word by word, and then shouted in panic -

"False news!"

"False news!"

"It must be fake news! It's impossible!"

“This is a hoax!”

"They were desperate, so they made up a lie!"

(End of this chapter)