v3 Chapter 726： US$1.1 billion floating profit

Xia Yu started to deal with the backlog after finishing the arrangement of food matters.

He first picked up the summary sheet of major news events provided to him by Jiuding News Agency and looked at it.

Jiuding News Agency collects news from all over the world, large and small, and then uses it in different newspapers or TV stations according to the choice.

It would undoubtedly be unrealistic to let Xia Yu look at it this way, and he didn't have any leisure.

Therefore, it has been stipulated from the establishment of Jiuding News Agency that major and relevant news are listed separately and presented to him in a concise and clear format, so that he can control the changing international situation at any time.

From the day he went north, Xia Yu slowly browsed.

Facts have proved that the influence of Xia Yu's butterfly wings is not strong enough, and what should happen in Iran still happened.

Just a few days after Xia Yu left, on November 4, more than 4,000 students from Tehran, the capital of Iran, with the support of Khomeini, occupied the U.S. Embassy, ​​tore off the U.S. flag, and hung it instead. The white flag with the words "XX Great" and the detention of 66 American diplomats and American citizens as hostages for the United States to surrender the former King Pahlavi caused a huge sensation all over the world.

International crude oil prices skyrocketed instantly.

Then U.S. President Jimmy Carter immediately applied economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran. On November 12, 1979, the import of oil from Iran was terminated, and some Iranians were deported by the United States.

By November 14, the assets of Iranians worth approximately US$8 billion in the United States were frozen.

The contradiction has further intensified. In retaliation, Iran also imposed an oil embargo on the United States.

In just over ten days, the international crude oil price has risen to US$26.2 a barrel, and it is still gaining momentum.

Xia Yu immediately calculated an account in his mind.

Previously, the Galaxy Fund bought 4 billion US dollars worth of international crude oil futures at an average price of US$20.4 per barrel.

The value of this batch of crude oil futures has now risen to US$5.13 billion.

In just over ten days, the floating profit exceeded 1.1 billion US dollars!

After arriving at this number, Xia Yu's mouth curled up and he was in a good mood.

"Don't worry, don't worry, the price will rise!"

On the other hand, international crude oil prices have skyrocketed and Iran has imposed an oil embargo on the United States, which has reduced the amount of oil shipped from the Middle East to the United States, which has caused a certain impact on the tanker transportation industry.

The share prices of several major shipping companies in Hong Kong have been affected.

Although Huaguang Shipping is mainly engaged in container ships, it also has a large business in oil tanker transportation, which has also been affected.

Seeing Huaguang Shipping, Xia Yu thought that he hadn't paid attention to the progress of the equity acquisition after so long, and he didn't know how Wang Qi was doing.

Thinking of this, after Xia Yu spent more than an hour dealing with the backlog in his hands, he ordered the subordinates in the chairman's office to notify various companies to obtain the approved documents, and then planned to leave for Jiuding Securities.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the house, he saw Gavin Peter approaching with a pile of documents. After seeing Xia Yu, he immediately squeezed a smile and quickened his pace.

"It seems that I won't be able to go to Jiuding Securities this morning."

Xia Yu secretly said in his heart.

Then he smiled and called Gavin Peter, who hadn't seen him for a long time, into the office.

After seated, Xia Yu asked, "Gavin, when did you come back?"

Before he arranged for Yan Wenhan and Gavin Peter to start their international expansion respectively, and then Gavin Peter went to Europe.

Gavin Peter said with a smile: "Chairman, I came back three days ago. I wanted to report to you. I learned that you haven't come back. So today I knew you were in the office, so I came here."

"These days, I have ran through all European countries and checked the publishing field of each country. This is an investigation report written by me. Please see it."

After speaking, Gavin Peter took out a report from the stack of documents and presented it to Xia Yu with both hands.

Xia Yu took it and said, "There is coffee over there, you can pour it yourself, let me see it first!"

"Ok!"

Gavin Peter responded, then got up and walked to the coffee machine in the corner.

At this time, Xia Yu looked up slowly.

It was the end of the 1970s, and the European economy was in a downturn. European people were struggling to live, let alone spending on books and magazines.

For this reason, the European publishing and media market has been declining every year.

The only thing that maintains rapid growth is West Germany.

The survey report stated that if you want to gain a foothold in the publishing industry in continental Europe, it is best to choose to establish a foundation in France, West Germany, and Spain at the same time, and then stabilize it before entering the markets of other countries.

The most important of these is West Germany, followed by France, and finally Spain.

Regardless of the fact that the two Germanys are not yet unified, West Germans are most willing to invest in spiritual civilization. Last year, 62,414 books were published, making it the third largest publishing country in the world, second only to the United States and the red polar bear.

After analyzing the publishing market in Europe , the publishing market in West Germany, France and Spain is listed.

In West Germany, according to statistics from the West German Publishing Association, there are more than 2,100 publishing houses nationwide, of which 65 are large publishing houses, more than 80 medium-sized publishing houses, and the rest are small publishing houses.

Publishing houses are mainly concentrated in the three publishing centers of West Germany, namely Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Cologne. At this time, the top five publishing companies in Germany are Bertelsmann Publishing Group, German Art Book Publishing House, and Holz Brink Publishing Group, Springer Publishing Company, Karl Hansel Publishing Company.

Behind each publishing company, Gavin Peter marked the characteristics, the prospects of the analysis, the approximate value and the possibility of being acquired.

In addition to publishing companies, the survey report also listed in detail the large-scale book wholesale companies in West Germany, the top five large bookstores in the country, and so on.

After the West German publishing houses, France and Spain are also listed.

It took Xia Yu nearly an hour after reading this thick nearly 20-page investigation report.

But after reading it, Xia Yu had a clear impression of the publishing market in West Germany, France and Spain.

Putting down the investigation report in his hand, Xia Yu praised: "Gavin, you have done a solid job and done a good job!"

Gavin Peter smiled and said modestly: "This is my job, and I should do it."

In fact, the same is true. The better the preliminary investigation work is, the better it will be for the subsequent international expansion. There is also competition and comparison within the consortium. Of course, Gavin Peter does not want to be compared with others, and hopes to develop the company as much as possible. .

Xia Yu nodded in satisfaction, took a sip of tea and said, "Gavin, since your investigation is so clear, which companies do you plan to acquire and why?"