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Washington, White House, Oval Office.

Seeing Bush Sr. again after more than a year, Xu Cun immediately had an illusion - Bush Sr. seemed to have made up his mind to start a war!

Shaking hands with Xu Cun, the two sat down, and Bush Sr. directly said calmly: "Your DreamWorks TV network is really powerful, and it is able to report this event for audiences in more than 150 countries and regions around the world. Let the people of the world become witnesses to this event."

Xu Cun smiled and said: "This is all done by Barry and his subordinates. I don't care about these things. You know, I'm just a businessman, um... If you have any instructions, I can communicate with Barry and the others. one time."

Even if there is no report from the intelligence department, just based on Xu Cun's words, Bush Sr. is enough to believe that Xu Cun's report on the Gulf incident by DreamWorks TV Network is by no means the work of Xu Cun. Xu Cun is ready to affect the objectivity and fairness of the Gulf incident with such a mouth, which is not at all the character of a hard-core media person.

actually--

What Xu Cun said was just an attitude. He knew that the three major TV networks in the United States were reporting the Gulf incident objectively and impartially. It was impossible for Bush Sr. to limit his DreamWorks TV network alone.

Of course, Bush Sr.'s judgment on Xu Cun is also correct. Xu Cun does not have the character that a media person should have. As long as the interests are sufficient, Xu Cun will never mind distorting the facts!

Bush Sr. changed the subject noncommittally: "What do you think of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and its confrontation with Arab countries?"

Xu Cun, who had the foresight, knew what Bush Sr. wanted to hear. Therefore, Xu Cun said clearly: "I think that if Iraq does not withdraw from Kuwait and stop this aggression, it must give military strikes."

Hearing Xu Cun's unequivocal support for himself, Bush Sr. immediately laughed and said, "Oh? Besides, you would want Iraq to occupy Kuwait. After all, as long as Iraq occupies Kuwait, the price of oil will rise and you will make more money."— —The Gulf region is rich in oil and natural gas resources. As of January 1990, the proven oil reserves in the Gulf region were about 651.7 billion barrels, accounting for 6% of the world's proven oil reserves (about 10.5 billion barrels) Fifteen, natural gas is about 24 trillion cubic meters, accounting for 13.7 percent of the world's total natural gas resources. The daily output of oil is about 14.5 million barrels, accounting for about 23% of the world's daily oil production (63.6 million barrels); the daily export of oil is about 12 million barrels, accounting for about Forty-three percent of daily oil exports (28 million barrels). A considerable part of the oil imported by the United States, Western Europe, Japan and other countries comes from the Gulf region. Once Iraq successfully occupies Kuwait, then Saddam, who holds one-fifth of the world's oil resources and has a heavy army, may become the talker of the oil production in the Gulf region. Prices are bound to go up.

Xu Cun smiled and said: "I'm not Saddam who needs money to stabilize the situation. Earning more and less money on oil and gas has little impact on me." ——Although oil and gas have become Xu Cun's main business One, but just as Xu Cun said, at the current stage of ultra-low oil prices, the profits made by oil and natural gas are really not seen by Xu Cun, who has a big family and a big business.

Bush, who had already checked Xu Cun to the bottom, naturally knew that Xu Cun was not arrogant, otherwise he and Xu Cun would not have met this time.

Bush Sr. looked straight and said, "I have submitted a proposal to Congress to issue war bonds. If the proposal is passed, can you support it?"

Before coming to the White House, Xu Cun had already inquired clearly with Bush Jr. that Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries bought 50 billion U.S. dollars in U.S. treasury bonds, and Japan and Germany each bought 10 billion U.S. dollars in U.S. treasury bonds (this is not a war expenditure. ).

Xu Cun tapped the table in front of him with his fingers for a while, and then said, "I'll buy ten billion U.S. treasury bonds first."

As soon as Xu Cun said this, a smile appeared on Bush Sr.'s old face - Bush Sr. served as a torpedo bomber pilot in the Pacific Fleet during World War II and was awarded the Flying Cross. Therefore, as a soldier, he knows very well that if a war really starts, it will be difficult to estimate how long it will last, and how much it will cost is also impossible to calculate. Therefore, Xu Cun took out 10 billion U.S. dollars to support him in launching the war, and left a living mouth to continue supporting him, which is enough to show Xu Cun's attitude of strongly supporting him.

Such strong support was immediately rewarded by Bush Sr.!

Bush Sr. said in a deep voice: "Many countries think that the United States is just a paper tiger country. We are still troubled by the Vietnam War syndrome, and since the Vietnam War, most American presidents are unwilling to use force to solve some problems in the world. Therefore, I Guess Saddam thinks the U.S. will not use force to help a small country like Kuwait...I have tried to warn Saddam that I am not bluffing, but unfortunately...Saddam seems not to have listened to my warning to him."

Based on Xu Cun's experience, how could he not be able to tell that Bush Sr. was telling himself: "If Iraq does not withdraw its troops from Kuwait, then I, George Herbert Walker Bush, will launch this war against Iraq!"

Is this news helpful?

If Xu Cun is not a foresighted person, this news is useful, very useful, very useful - as one of the princes in the global oil market, Xu Cun is fully qualified to bet on oil futures, and the news that Bush Sr. gave Xu Cun is actually for The direction where Xu Cun sits. Of course, such a big war can never be a foregone conclusion just because of the will of one person, even if this person is the current president of the United States, because this is a world-class game involving countless parties. But then again, even if the gamers say that the one who plays the leading role is also the current president of the United States, Bush Sr., so getting the news of Bush Sr. is enough for those bold people to gamble.

but--

For Xu Cun, a foresighted person, the news of Bush Sr. became dispensable, because even without the news of Bush Sr., Xu Cun would still be in this position.

actually--

Xu Cun has already taken this position and bet tens of billions of dollars that the Gulf War will break out and the price of oil will skyrocket.

If not, how could Xu Cun unanimously buy tens of billions of U.S. treasury bonds to support Bush Sr. in this war?

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