Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 289: Hard to eat soft food
Mr. Poincare looked at the still sober Shanying and said with a smile: "Eddie's wife wants to join our foreign exchange market harvesting plan..."

Upon hearing this, Shanying frowned and said, "Harvest? With the chips we have, it's not a harvest, right?
There is not much meat in Thailand, so if she wants to join me, I welcome her, but the profit cannot be too high.”

As he spoke, Shanying looked at Mr. Poincare's meaningful expression and said in surprise, "Shit, don't tell me she was talking about rubles?
Did I say what I was going to do?"

Mr. Poincare nodded with a smile and said, "Mountain Eagle, you got a huge bargaining chip in Moscow, and you didn't hide it from anyone...

There are many smart people, but not all of them are qualified and capable of benefiting from it! "

After hearing this, Shanying nodded with a sigh and said, “It must be very difficult for Eddie to live with such a powerful rich woman.

I still don't know his wife's name, I need to find out so I can be respectful to her when I meet her next time."

Mr. Poincaré said, smiling: "Amelia, Amelia Nathalie de Boufflers..."

Shanying couldn't help but whistled after hearing this and said, "She is actually a descendant of the French nobility, so we should respect her even more.

How much money and connections can she come up with?
In my plan, shorting the ruble does not require much money. If she wants to participate, money is only one aspect, and connections are the most important.

If she can't provide these, then I think it's better for her to give the funds to Jon and keep them in Thailand."

Mr. Poincare listened and smiled and said, "It depends on what kind of connections you want. The person in charge of risk management at AXA Southeast Asia has plenty of connections."

Mr. Poincare looked at the mountain eagle curiously and said, "What are you thinking?
It is almost a consensus that the ruble will suffer a severe blow, and many big speculators in the international market began to accumulate chips a few months ago.

And some people have already reaped the benefits and left!
I don't know why Amelia proposed the idea of cooperating to short the ruble after hearing about your situation, but judging from your expression, you already have a detailed plan.

You have to tell us in advance what it is and how much money is needed, otherwise I will suffer a great loss if I temporarily transfer funds."

Shanying listened, thought for a moment and said, "My plan for Krabi has never been just a gas station...

I asked Tessa to help me set up an international trading company in Bangkok early on, mainly engaged in crude oil and refined oil trading.

At the beginning, my plan was to use the gas station network to attract Chinese capital to invest in me, and then use the smuggling lines to import refined oil from Malaysia and sell it for profit, and by the way, catch those smugglers.

But after I went to Russia, I found better opportunities!

I haven’t told you all this time because the opportunities there don’t require a lot of capital.”

Mr. Poincare frowned at Shanying and said, “You want to use your connections in Moscow to borrow rubles, then exchange them for euros and pay them back in rubles after the ruble depreciates?

Don't do this, it will offend people!

not worth it! "

Shanying spread his hands and said, "Don't worry, I won't be that stupid!
I do want to borrow rubles, but I don't want to short the ruble by draining Russia's foreign exchange reserves.

Instead, he wanted to set up an energy company, seek a loan from a Moscow bank through a friend at the right time, and then buy low-priced refined oil and transport it to Krabi to sell.

It takes some time for international oil prices to reflect in the market. I can use this time difference to profit from the spread of one or two 2.5-ton tankers.

Even if the profit is only about 10%, you can earn 400 to 500 million US dollars.

When the time comes, we can use the money we earn to transfer through the international financial market, convert it into euros and return it to Russia. Their banks will definitely be very happy.”

As he spoke, Shanying looked at Mr. Poincare, who was frowning slightly. He spread his hands and said, "The best time to short the ruble has long passed, and I don't think my little capital can make any waves in the international foreign exchange market.

What I want is to develop a channel. Even if the profit is small at the beginning, I can take advantage of the time when Russia is sanctioned to enter the Russian energy market. "

Mr. Poincare was silent for a long time, shook his head and said, "What do you want to do? I listened, but I didn't understand!"

Just as Shanying was about to explain, a slightly hoarse and magnetic female voice sounded from the door of the office...

“He wants to set up shadow ships to help Russia circumvent sanctions and trade energy around the world!
This not only allows us to get profits from energy trading, but also avoids large taxes and fees.”

Shanying actually knew there was someone behind him. He turned around to look at Eddie, who was holding his old waist and making faces at him, then stood up and extended his hand to a lady who looked like she was almost 60 years old...

"Hello, I'm Mountain Eagle!"

Shanying glanced at Eddie with disdain, then said to Amelia: "You look too young. For a moment I felt that Eddie had betrayed his wife."

Amelia laughed and hugged Shanying tightly. She kissed him on both cheeks passionately and said, "You are an amazing boy. Eddie mentions you whenever he calls me recently."

Shanying spread his hands and said, "Then I hope you will hear only good words..."

Amelia obviously admired the mountain eagle. She took the initiative to point to the barbecue grill and said with a smile: "Aren't you going to invite me to sit down?"

Shanying took the initiative to go back to the office and brought out a few fishing stools. After opening them, he asked the two to sit down. Then he loudly called out to Luo Yang, who was always staring absentmindedly outside, and asked him to grill some Wagyu beef...

Amelia looks to be only in her forties. Although the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes cannot be hidden, her skin is still smooth.

Her deliberately tanned skin makes her look very energetic.

Without Shanying's invitation, Amelia picked up a bottle of beer and clinked glasses with Shanying, saying with a smile: "Thank you for helping AXA Group save tens of millions..." Shanying smiled and said: "I won't hesitate to give you credit, but if we look at the final profit, it should be me or the Krabi government who should say thank you!"

After taking a sip of ice beer, Amelia sighed comfortably, then swayed her body slightly with the music and said, "Do you know who is the boss behind the Big Russian Shadow Fleet?"

Shanying nodded slightly and said, "I have lived in St. Petersburg for a few years and I happen to know a few things.

Great Russia does not have a shadow fleet, nor does it need to maintain one...

Because they can always use companies registered overseas and legally hire tankers registered in Panama, Gambia, the Marshall Islands, Belize and other places to help them circumvent sanctions and transport oil to buyers.

It’s just that in the past they bypassed sanctions to supply energy to those sanctioned third world countries, but now and even for a long time in the future, they may need to use shadow fleets to help themselves circumvent sanctions.

The current international crude oil price has been hit below $60, and because of the exchange rate issue, Russia's crude oil and refined oil prices will remain low for a long time to come, otherwise their foreign exchange sources will be in trouble."

Amelia looked at Shanying with admiration, because he pointed out a very important problem, which is Russia's high dependence on crude oil trade...

As a result, even if it means losses, they have to seek energy exports to earn foreign exchange.

There are many people who can see through this situation, but not everyone can make money from it.

Because Russia wants to maintain its bottom line on energy prices, it cannot sell oil by means of large-scale price cuts, as that would cause the international oil price to collapse.

In the end, they will not gain any benefits, but will instead offend their OPEC+ allies.

Apparently their only option is to work hard for a political solution and then wait for energy markets to pick up.

In other words, in the eyes of outsiders, Russia must fight on its own or surrender to NATO.

Political issues require a long period of negotiation before we can see the results, but at this stage, as long as you can get in touch with the top leaders of Russia, you can get crude oil or refined oil at extremely low prices.

Otherwise, how can those Russian energy oligarchs maintain their luxurious days?

Oil and natural gas come out of the ground, and the energy groups' equipment is to some extent state-owned, so there is no loss to the oligarchs if they sell them at a lower price.

When the economy is bad, ordinary people will suffer, but the oligarchs cannot live in hard times.

Amelia looked at Shanying, who was talking with an elite spirit, and nodded in appreciation, saying, "Do you know who is the person in charge of this in Russia?"

Shanying nodded and said, "As far as I know, it's Timchenko. This tycoon started out by reselling state-owned crude oil, and he has established energy companies in the three Nordic countries.

Now he is the boss of energy giant Gongqiao Petroleum, but many people speculate that he is Boss Pu's money bag.

I don’t know the specific relationship between them, but I am not prepared to contact Timchenko, the big boss.

What I was thinking was that after finding a buyer, I would charter a tanker to transport oil from refineries in the Far East and sell it in Southeast Asia.

As long as the price is right, energy will always be hard currency!

However, this plan will not be implemented now. I have to decide the timing of launching it based on the direction of Russia in the future.

Whether the timing is right or not determines how much money I can borrow from the Russian banks, and also determines those people's attitude towards me.

Giving a favor to get the job done is not the same as putting in the effort to help! "

After hearing this, Amelia drank the beer in her hand and said to Eddie who was sitting next to her: "Eddie, Arctic Fox finally has someone who can really do things!

Those stubborn old guys and those stone-headed soldiers need a real leader, not you retired fringe people who are blindly spending money to promote your greatness. "

Eddie was obviously suppressed, he spread his hands helplessly and said: "Hey, Amelia, this is our own choice, it is never wrong to be loyal.

If it weren’t for the brothers I trusted with my life, I wouldn’t be alive today.”

Amelia shook her head slightly and did not continue the topic. She looked at Shanying and said seriously: "Then count it as my share, I will take out 500 million euros as an investment.

If your big Russian plan starts, you can call me at any time. I know many shipowners of tanker companies and can find some reliable sales channels for refined oil in Southeast Asia.

The specific distribution of shares can be negotiated according to the situation at the time, but you are definitely the leader."

Amelia looked at Shanying's surprised expression and said with a smile, "In the past, I thought Eddie and the others probably had no hope in this life, so I never thought about helping them maintain that damn pension.

But it’s different now!

I don't ask whether you use this 500 million euros to invest in the Thai financial market or for other purposes. I only ask for a 5% annual return.

Then the proceeds will count as Eddie's contribution to that unfortunate pension."

Shanying was shocked by Amelia's generosity...

Eddie looked at Shanying with a strange expression. He took the initiative to put his arm around the rich woman's shoulders and said with a grin, "Don't look at me like that. This is love!"

(End of this chapter)