Old Logan understood what Wang Yue meant, and immediately began to hesitate.
After all, the chances of war were already quite high. Iraq could break out into fighting again at any moment, though it was also possible that nothing would happen.
But for a businessman, those odds were already high enough. He was responsible for his entire family and truly didn't dare take that risk.
So Old Logan enthusiastically hosted a banquet at home and invited several oil tycoons.
At the banquet, Old Logan solemnly told the oil tycoons that he had taken over the entire large order Wang Yue had been holding.
After hearing Old Logan's words, the tycoons immediately understood what he was thinking. The very next day, they did him the favor of deliberately spreading word that, with the risk of war in the Middle East increasing, their oil companies were preparing to raise oil prices.
Old Logan's move immediately stirred up the financial markets, sending oil futures to their upper limit for two consecutive days and pushing the price all the way to forty dollars.
Although he had only made six dollars, Old Logan decided not to wait any longer. The next day, while the market was again at its upper limit, he began gradually selling off his futures.
At the time, many people were just like Old Logan had been at first, convinced that stocks would keep rising forever. So the contracts Old Logan sold were quickly snapped up, one after another, without driving oil futures into a decline.
Just after Old Logan had finished selling off his futures, the market rose slightly again. Then the Security Council suddenly passed a resolution demanding that Iraq respect Kuwait's sovereignty and territorial integrity and withdraw from Kuwait.
Unfortunately, Iraq was caught up in the moment and didn't