Chapter 373: If you have any emotions, hold them back
Li Yuan's request was no different from what Shen Anna had proposed before.
It's nothing more than wanting equipment, technology, and market.
For example, allowing Qixing Automobile to enter the beautiful country and obtain preferential plans, etc.
In the end, Bierce agreed to none of them.
The excuse is that they cannot interfere in other matters, and the most they can do is to help speak up, but they cannot guarantee that they can do it.
Finally, Li Yuan directly expressed his inner thoughts.
"Mr. Beers, I still have 500,000 tons of lithium carbonate in my hands, which is considered as my previous inventory. If you can get it at $70,000 per ton, I can start taking it immediately. If not, I will also take $5 billion as the fee for telling me the news of the interest rate hike."
Although what Beers said about the timing of the interest rate hike was nonsense, Li Yuan was also talking nonsense.
If Biers dared to refuse, he wouldn't take a penny!
At worst, I can just endure it slowly with Wall Street.
For Beers, this condition was very difficult because the United States could not digest so much lithium carbonate on its own because their industry was not large enough.
Currently, among the top ten global lithium battery companies, six are in China.
As for production, not to mention, China accounts for 70% of the world's production.
Five hundred thousand tons of lithium carbonate is basically the raw material demand of another four non-Chinese companies for eight months. Who will he sell it to?
The only thing that's a little concerning is the price.
The current price of lithium carbonate is US$73,000 per ton. There is a certain profit margin when buying it. The tariff on this thing is very small, and there is only a shipping fee.
However, once 500,000 tons enter the market, the price will definitely drop a lot. The reason why Li Yuan has so much inventory is probably because he doesn't want to lower the price.
"Mr. Li, isn't 500,000 tons a bit too much?"
He knew that Li Yuan owned a chemical plant, and he also knew that Li Yuan imported a lot of raw ore for refining.
I just didn’t expect Li Yuan to hoard so much.
"Everyone makes mistakes. In order to defeat Dongfang Lithium, I took over all their suppliers. However, even if I bought shares in Ningde, I couldn't sell too much. Mr. Beers, I need some US dollars now. We can trade in the form of futures contracts. I will pay for the storage fees, and you can come and pick up the goods with the contract at any time. Whether you sell to Chinese manufacturers or foreign manufacturers, I can cooperate unconditionally."
Li Yuan was betting that Beers had no place to stock the goods.
After all, lithium battery manufacturers are all near China, and he can't go to the West Coast with great effort.
With a rate hike tomorrow, Beers has no choice.
If you fail to sell tens of billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin today, you will have to watch the losses starting tomorrow.
The price of lithium carbonate is still rising. This thing is really hard currency, and production capacity is expanding all over the world.
"Mr. Li, the price of $70,000 is too high. The global production capacity has almost been expanded. The price of lithium carbonate will definitely fall in the future."
This is the most basic market law.
Li Yuan replied: "The expanded production capacity still cannot meet the demand for electric vehicles. In my opinion, it will take at least a year for the market to stabilize. I can give up some profits. How about 69,000 US dollars per ton? You know, I am also responsible for warehousing, and the warehousing cost is not low."
"If it's $60,000 a ton, I'd be happy to help Mr. Li."
With 20% more space, it is more maneuverable for Biles.
It is normal for Li Yuan to want US dollars. Once interest rates start to rise, the exchange rates of other currencies will be raised a lot.
Besides, the essence of raising interest rates is to reap the rest of the currency. Only Franklin is eternal.
"I will lose money that way! How about this, Mr. Beers buys $20 billion worth of lithium carbonate contracts from me at $69,000, and I buy $20 billion worth of Bitcoin from you at $30,000, how about that?"
"How much is Mr. Li's capital?"
Biers would not agree because Li Yuan would make money but they would not.
"It's a lot of capital, $60,000."
Biers: “…”
"Mr. Beers, lithium carbonate is in great demand right now. Even if I dump the price now, it won't go below $60,000 in a short period of time, so I need a certain profit before I sell it. Also, the storage fee is at least $1,000 per ton, and the freight is also $1,000 per ton..."
Biers: “???”
What the hell is this storage and shipping costs.
Can it reach one thousand dollars per ton?
A cargo ship of more than 100,000 tons can earn more than 100 million US dollars per trip?
fart!
It’s not like he doesn’t know the international logistics market.
Only for some special items will the freight rates be increased because of the higher insurance costs and greater risks for freight companies.
Minerals are definitely low-end products.
If the shipment is relatively short, the maximum freight cost is one hundred dollars per ton.
Even if it is shipped to the West Coast, the freight cost is $400 per ton.
Storage fees? No more than fifty dollars per ton, or even nothing.
"Sixty-one thousand dollars, I can eat all the lithium carbonate in Mr. Li's hand."
"Eat it all? My company is expected to have some production capacity this year, probably more than 50,000 tons..."
"Mr. Li, can you guarantee that your company will not be sold privately?"
"Of course I guarantee it. I will give the entire market to Mr. Beers. My company will no longer sell a gram of lithium carbonate. This can be written into the contract, and the penalty can be determined by Mr. Beers."
Biers quickly went to discuss the matter with someone.
The price of $61,000 is really good value for money, although there is a bit too much stuff.
But it also means that they have the initiative in shipping.
New energy vehicles are the common direction for China and the United States, and this will not change.
In order to support the new energy vehicle industry, the United States has offered great discounts in all industry chains, including a subsidy of 15,000 US dollars for buying a car.
It is only limited to domestic brands, and no subsidies are given to foreign brands. The purpose is to improve the market competitiveness of domestic brands.
Being able to acquire a large amount of lithium carbonate at this price can also greatly reduce the cost of the United States' own new energy vehicles. After all, China uses high-priced lithium carbonate.
The cost of new energy vehicles mainly lies in batteries.
In just half an hour, the two sides reached an agreement.
Another hour passed and both parties signed the contract.
The contract stipulates that any company under Li Yuan’s name is not allowed to participate in the sale of lithium carbonate within one year. If there is a breach of contract, the penalty will be US$50 billion.
At the same time, the other party promised to take over the production capacity of Li Yuan’s chemical plant in the next year.
A preliminary agreement was drawn up for the delivery of 500,000 tons of lithium carbonate, with Wall Street paying a deposit of US$20 billion in advance.
At the same time, Li Yuan also added conditions of his own.
If the subsequent balance from Wall Street cannot be received as per the contract date, Li Yuan can also claim a penalty of US$50 billion. If it is not paid, Li Yuan can unilaterally control all the goods under the contract.
The goods must be stored in China.
The final payment will be settled in two installments: the remaining 500,000 tons will be settled after half a year, and the new production capacity will be settled after one year.
The newly added production capacity is greater than 50,000 tons.
“It’s a pleasure to work with you!”
"Mr. Li, it's time to hurry up with Bitcoin."
"Of course, we can complete the transaction in five hours at most."
Li Yuan hung up the phone and smilingly informed Shen Anna to cash out part of the Bitcoin short contract.
He was calculating how much lithium carbonate he had.
Half a million tons? Definitely not.
Not to mention 500,000 tons, there is not even 100,000 tons.
The current scale of the chemical plant is to refine only about 100,000 tons a year. Although Gu Dongsheng has recently snatched some more, the maximum it can produce is 100,000 tons a year.
In essence, his annual production capacity is only 200,000 tons.
Given the current market conditions, he has no worries about sales, as the demand for Qixing cars is not low.
However, the demand for Qixing Automobile was not shown on the books, and an additional account was made with Ningde Holdings. No one knows how much goods he actually sold.
Anyway, 100,000 tons is enough for Wall Street to deal with...
After fighting with Wall Street for so long, this is the first time that Li Yuan has taken the absolute initiative.
Although the project is not big, it feels great to be God.
Damn it, if you dare to use dirty tricks, I can also unplug your Internet cable!
There is not much time left for Wall Street, only one month. How much they can sell depends on their ability.
Global production capacity will soon explode.
There is nothing to hype about A-shares recently, and everyone is working on extracting lithium from salt lakes.
When China decides to expand the production capacity of a certain industry, unimaginable power can be unleashed in a very short period of time.
Lithium carbonate will soon be very cheap...
Anyway, Li Yuan got it in exchange for cabbage, so it’s not a loss at all.
Shen Anna worked overtime and finally repaid the nearly 40 billion US dollar contract at one o'clock in the morning. She paid a cost of 20 billion US dollars, which was equivalent to earning 20 billion US dollars.
This way of making money is very simple.
But the money I made was inexplicable.
Although she had been busy for half a year, she never thought that the money would arrive in one lump sum.
Li Yuan didn't get involved at all, and never even came to the study once.
Obviously, in his eyes, the 20 billion US dollars in profits is not as important as playing games with Shu Yanlin.
The more you participate in Li Yuan's transactions, the more you can feel Li Yuan's trading efficiency.
He doesn't choose randomly. He studies for a long time before placing each bet.
But as long as he is determined to do it, it means he has already calculated how much money he will earn in the future.
I feel confident and I am not worried at all.
Otherwise, why did he stay up late every day in the past?
She didn't use her brain at all for this transaction and was busy for five or six hours without stopping. It is hard to imagine how much Li Yuan thought about before making the operation.
She was willing to accept the identity of a tool. That feeling was something she had never imagined, and it refreshed her cognition every day.
She never felt bored.
How can you not feel bored of being a tool?
She left the study to prepare something to eat and to check on the children.
Before I knew it, my daughter was already two years old.
The only headache is that Li Suqing has become accustomed to calling Li Yuan "Dad".
She was afraid of letting the cat out of the bag outside.
But Li Suqing was still too young to understand adult matters at all, so even if she told him, it would be of no use.
When she walked out, she heard some noise from the bedroom. She pushed the door open and saw Li Yuan standing at the bathroom door.
It was obvious that my daughter was in the toilet.
As long as he is not busy, he is a very competent father.
"Are you done?"
Li Yuan asked.
"Well, we took out $40 billion in margin and made $20 billion. We only need $10 billion to get our money back."
All the remaining chips must be lost before Li Yuan can suffer a loss.
If you want to avoid losing money, just keep the price of Bitcoin below $110,000.
Bitcoin is currently priced at only $30,000. Why would it reach $110,000?
Making money is a foregone conclusion, it just depends on how much you make.
"The rest can be sold in two months. At the price of 18,000 US dollars, it's fine anytime."
"Okay, do you want something to eat? I'll make it now."
"Okay, I just coaxed Su Qing to sleep."
…
Early in the morning of March 16, the whole world knew the news.
The United States suddenly raised interest rates by 25 basis points.
It has been said before that interest rates would start to rise in June and July, but what is the result?
So long in advance.
The reason for the advance is simply that internal inflation cannot be curbed.
This news is bad news for all major economies around the world.
If interest rates were raised in June and July according to normal procedures, then even if the rate hike lasted for one or two years, it would only be around 200 basis points.
The advance at this time represents far more than 200 basis points.
There was no movement in A-shares because they had been lying flat for a long time.
Now there is only a little money left to speculate on leftovers , and the only decent topic is lithium battery-related. The automobile sector has gone silent, even though the automobile market this year is better than any previous year.
The God of Wealth knew it earlier than most people.
He was well aware that this incident would trigger a series of chain reactions and would have a huge impact on the domestic financial system.
He wanted to meet Li Yuan right now, but Li Yuan had agreed to meet him at the end of the month.
The most important point is that he contacted those big institutions, but the capital did not give a clear answer at all.
They are in a very bad situation now, but they also know that the God of Wealth will not ignore them because of the importance they occupy in the entire financial system.
Previously, the God of Wealth said that he would invite Li Yuan to dinner in Beijing, and when the time comes, everyone will come and he will mediate.
No one has any objection.
But now, should I go to Li Yuan?
Wouldn't it make me look like a coward if I went there? Would it mean I gave in?
Therefore, few people gave a clear answer, and everyone was putting pressure on the God of Wealth, causing the God of Wealth to turn around and put pressure on Li Yuan.
The God of Wealth sighed.
I'm about to retire , but I'm still under so much pressure.
He seriously suspected that Li Yuan deliberately set the date at the end of March just to let everyone see the impact of the US dollar interest rate hike on the entire financial system.
He also found that it was a good thing for A-shares to remain flat.
Otherwise, today might be another day of problems.
This avoids the retail investors inside from becoming the ones to take over for foreign capital again.
"Fuck! I'm about to retire, why would I care about you so much!"
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got.
He immediately called the secretary over and said, "Go, inform those guys, every one of them, to hold back their emotions! If we don't go to Qinghe County at the end of March, Li Yuan won't teach them, so I will teach them myself!"
