MM Racing Chapter 276 Fortress Project
Chapter 276 Fortress Project
The heavy curtains in the study weren't fully drawn, and outside was the late summer night of Kensington. Albert walked to the window and pushed open a transom window a crack. A cool night breeze, carrying the moist scent of grass and trees, quietly slipped in, dispelling the stuffiness in the room.
He turned and placed a glass of whiskey on the table beside Lin Yan. Lin Yan didn't touch the glass; his gaze followed the night breeze across the room, finally settling on Albert, and he spoke casually:
"Albert, imagine this: on October 17th of this year, the Bank of England will suddenly announce that it will raise interest rates from five percent to six percent in an emergency."
"The reason is to defend the pound."
He sank back into the sofa, relaxed, yet observing the other person's every reaction.
"If this comes to fruition," Lin Yan finally asked, "what do you think?"
Albert's hand, which was about to pour wine for Lin Yan, paused for a moment in mid-air. He slowly lowered the crystal bottle, a hint of disbelief flashing in his eyes, which was then replaced by a knowing gleam.
"Raise the interest rate from 5% to 6% in an emergency?" he repeated in a low voice, as if savoring the weight of the words, "...to defend the pound. Then the only explanation is that our foreign exchange reserves are being depleted at a much faster rate than Downing Street admits."
"At this time... shorting the dollar... young master, it's okay to short the dollar, right? Money from all over the world will rush to London because of this 1% increase in interest rates, and the dollar's liquidity will be tightened instantly. This is its weakest moment."
Albert turned around: "We can proceed in three steps. First, through Swiss channels, we'll establish short positions in the dollar in the foreign exchange market. Second, we'll capitalize on the market panic before the interest rate hike and simultaneously go long on gold. Finally, and most importantly—we'll guide our global capital to use this opportunity to shift from dollar assets to high-quality physical assets in Europe and Asia."
He looked at Lin Yan and asked the most crucial question: "As for whether to push this to happen on October 17th... my suggestion is that we don't need to get involved ourselves. Since it's destined to happen, we, as quiet fishermen, will reap greater rewards and face less risk than those who stir up trouble. After all, we already have a pretty good hand, don't we?"
"I have a few more days in London. If you ultimately decide to do this, I hope you can submit a detailed plan to me before you leave. Remember, the action plan must be precise down to the day." Lin Yan picked up his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
"Yes, young master," Albert felt a surge of inexplicable excitement.
For Lin Yan, the few days in London were a perfect vacation.
He would occasionally jog in the morning mist of Hyde Park, watching swans ripple across the Serpentine Lake. In the afternoons, he would appear in quiet galleries of the British Museum, pausing for a moment before a Chinese bronze artifact. In a bespoke tailor shop on Savile Row, he would patiently try on new clothes, listening to the soft rustling of the master tailor measuring with a ruler. His little white puppy, Harper Seven, had become his constant companion, sometimes dozing at his feet, sometimes curiously gazing at the Victorian architecture.
Meanwhile, Albert's study resembled a wartime command center. The ringing of the telephone, the clicking of the telegraph, and the clatter of the typewriter never ceased, day or night. Cigar ashtrays were overflowing, and the table was littered with papers filled with numbers and confidential correspondence from various banks. His eyes were bloodshot, his custom-made suit jacket draped casually over the back of his chair, the collar undone, and he exuded an aura of coffee and exhaustion. He constantly answered the phone, issuing instructions in low, rapid voices in various languages, maintaining close communication and strategic planning with his network across Europe.
Until the night before Lin Yan left London.
After dinner, Albert did not leave immediately, but gently placed a brown paper document bag sealed with sealing wax on the coffee table in front of Lin Yan.
"Young master, here are your 'vacation souvenirs'." His voice was hoarse, but carried a hint of relieved calm.
Lin Yan picked up the file bag; it felt heavy in his hand. He gently ran his fingers over the North Court family crest imprint on the sealing wax.
He looked up, saw the dark circles under Albert's eyes, and smiled slightly.
"You've had a tough time. It seems your 'vacation' has been much more fulfilling than mine these past few days."
Albert forced a tired but undeniably proud smile:
"Hopefully, this 'souvenir' will make your journey even more enjoyable."
Lin Yan opened the trading plan, and the code name on the cover caught his eye:
Top Secret: Operation Plan Outline (Code Name: "Fortress")
Presenter: Albert
Objective: To leverage key currency events in October and achieve capital appreciation and strengthen strategic asset reserves through coordinated operations across multiple markets and strategies.
Core strategy: Conduct directional operations in the foreign exchange and gold markets, and guide and amplify market volatility through unconventional means at key junctures.
Phase 1: Layout and Ignition (October 3 - October 19)
October 3 (Monday): Public opinion build-up
Instructions: Launch a series of public opinion campaigns through the mainstream European financial media we influence (primarily the Financial Times and The Economist).
Execution: Publish analytical articles such as "The End of the 'Dollar Shortage' Era?", with the core argument being "global dollar liquidity surplus," and cautiously citing "anonymous central bank officials'" doubts about the US's gold reserve support capacity. The goal was to instill initial doubts among the market elite.
October 12 (Wednesday): Political signals
Instructions: Release key political signals to disrupt the market.
Execution: Arrange for senior officials of the German Federal Bank to express concerns about the sustainability of the current exchange rate structure in a closed-door meeting. Then, conduct a "precise leak" through channels such as Reuters to create the first round of subtle but targeted fluctuations in the foreign exchange market.
October 17 (Monday): Key Catalyst
Event: The Bank of England announced it would raise interest rates from 5% to 6% to defend the pound.
Our response:
Foreign Exchange Market: This is seen as a signal for a full-scale offensive. Instruct all trading units to begin executing large-scale short positions in USD/GBP across multiple accounts. Logic: UK interest rate hikes are attracting global capital back to the US, which will drain liquidity from the dollar market.
Gold Market: A "candlestick" buying strategy has been initiated. Through over 20 anonymous brokerage accounts located in Switzerland, Paris, and London, small but continuous purchases of spot gold in the London gold market are being made. The target is to moderately push the gold price from $35.05 to above $35.20, providing an initial test of market resilience.
Phase Two: Eye of the Storm (October 20th, a pivotal Thursday)
9:00 AM: Public opinion explodes
Instruction: Release decisive news to ignite market panic.
Execution: Through news agencies under our control, release a breaking news report titled "Rumors circulate that the French central bank will use its dollar surplus to exchange for gold in the United States." This news will directly attack the cornerstone of trust in the Bretton Woods system.
10:30 AM: The Golden Offensive
Instruction: Remove all buy restrictions and push up gold prices at all costs.
Execution: All anonymous accounts will switch to a large-scale, continuous buying strategy. Objective: Quickly push the price of gold above the $36 and $37 levels, fully activating speculative and panic selling in the market.
2:00 PM: Operation "Ghost" (Profit Taking and Market Deception)
Instructions: Conduct the first large-scale profit-taking at the market peak and create chaos.
Execution: Once the gold price breaks through $38, activate the "Ghost Vault." Dispatch "special personnel" carrying storage artifacts into the cooperating gold dealer's warehouse, instantly release 5 tons of gold, and immediately sell it through this channel at the market price of $38.5-$39.
purpose:
1. Realize profits: Lock in a portion of the huge gains at a high price.
2. Creating a Fog of Intrigue: A massive sell-off of spot goods at high prices will exacerbate market volatility and uncertainty, making it difficult for other participants to determine the true direction, which will facilitate our subsequent operations.
3:30 PM: Witnessing History
Expected: Driven by market panic and short covering, gold prices are expected to rebound after a brief pullback, potentially breaking through the historical high of $40/ounce.
All day: External attack
Instructions: Use the storm in the gold market as cover to launch a full-scale attack in the foreign exchange market.
Execution: Traders execute large-scale dollar sell orders on major currency pairs such as USD/DEF and USD/Franc, causing the dollar exchange rate to enter freefall.
Phase Three: Confrontation and Deterrence (October 21 - October 26)
October 21-24: Resolving Official Intervention
Event: The Federal Reserve, together with the Bank of England and other institutions, intervened in the market by selling gold and buying dollars to stabilize it.
Our response:
Physical Acquisition: Instructed to quietly and completely absorb all the gold officially sold off in Alexandria, New York, at a price slightly below market value. Principle: We buy as much as they release.
Psychological interference: Dispatch "special personnel" skilled in psychological influence to conduct non-contact intervention at key points (such as the executive manager of the Bank of England), amplify their inner hesitation and doubt, causing "technical delays" and operational errors when they execute intervention instructions.
October 25: A decisive blow
Directive: Send a decisive political signal to dismantle the intervention alliance.
Execution: This prompted the German finance authorities to publicly announce that they "would not follow the United States in large-scale market intervention." This move would greatly boost short-selling morale and mark a substantial failure of the official intervention.
Phase Four: Victory Transition (October 27 - October 31)
October 27 (Thursday): Orderly Exit
Instruction: Begin closing all positions to lock in profits.
carried out:
Gold: Closed most of the anonymous long gold positions. Retained physical gold in the storage artifact as a strategic reserve.
Foreign exchange: Begin to cover short positions in the US dollar in batches (i.e., buy US dollars), completing the "buy low, sell high" cycle at the low point of the US dollar.
October 31 (Monday): Settlement
Instruction: Complete global fund settlement.
Execution: Through the Swiss banking system, profits amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars were transferred via a complex network to various offshore accounts and trust funds. Assessment Results: Not only did it generate substantial cash profits, but it also solidified its strategic position as the world's largest holder of hidden gold.
Lin Yan snapped the report shut and casually pushed it to Albert.
"Execute it."
"yes!"
Albertley took it upon landing; all the trust and responsibility were entrusted to him in that single handover.