Vol 3 Chapter 1: foam

Chapter one bubble
It seems that in the West, there are always some inexplicable rumors at the turn of the century, and these rumors always like to be mixed with disasters, especially when the millennium alternates, these rumors are particularly exaggerated. It is said that when the year 1000 is approaching, Persistent plagues and famines are disturbing throughout Europe, and many people think that the end is coming. M
Even in 2000, this is still the case. The most famous are Nocha Dammas's prophecy and the millennium bug, one involving occultology and one involving science, which complement each other, which is probably related to the religious factors rooted in Western society.
Of course, at the time when the most luxurious crystal ball in Times Square has fallen, the moment when the millennial bell rings, the horrible devil has not fallen from the sky, and the nuclear bomb has not jumped to 00 and fired because of the timer. This The world is moving as usual, a scene of singing and dancing leveling up.
This is especially true of Hollywood. The past decade has pushed the film industry to its peak again, and a large number of outstanding directors and producers have emerged. The most famous of them is Adrian Cowell, known as a miracle director. By the turn of the millennium, there were as many as 15 films directed and produced by him personally, and the total box office worldwide was close to $ 3 billion.
If you look at it apart, although this result is good, it is not surprising. James Cameron has only directed six movies so far. The "Titanic" alone has taken over 2 billion box office worldwide, and Steven Spielberg is close to 30 at the North American box office alone. Billion. The problem is that some things have to be combined with reality. Adrian took less than ten years to complete these, and these movies have all kinds of styles, which is dazzling. Many people say that without style is His style.
What's more, this calculation is still directed by his own films. If you add those works related to him, basically no one can compare.
Moreover, Adrian is not only a director and a producer, but also a very young media chairman who can compete with large media groups such as Viacom and News Corporation, and it has only taken the scale from establishment to development to the present. In less than ten years, the acquisition of tbs, then the acquisition and then the acquisition of Universal Pictures, multi-pronged but go hand in hand, rarely make mistakes, the rocket-like development speed is amazing and can not be copied, attracting many scholars to conduct research.
After the acquisition of tbs and Universal Pictures, they can quickly stabilize. Adrian has contributed. He can always think of some outstanding stories with high commercial value and make them into movies or TV series. Currently, he has the highest ratings. Several reality shows are also related to him, all these have given him countless titles, ace writer, miracle director, gold producer, and no one questioned-anyone who questioned was bloated face.
His vision is always talked about, countless directors, actors, and producers want to cooperate with him, especially actresses, even if he knows that he is a famous playboy.
The actress has worked with Adrian as a "miracle girl". Everyone knows that he is not related to them. Even Julia Roberts, other women are almost alone with him. No. There are even rumors that Hollywood's golden girl Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman will divorce because of him.
And this is all public news. As for those who only know in the circle, that's more. Rao is so, the actress is still very enthusiastic about him, as long as it is adrian's favor, it is not difficult to fly into the sky.
He can always accurately grasp the characteristics of women. One of the "miracle girl" Cate Blanchett won the Oscar best actress early last year because of him, the same as "miracle girl" Gwennis? Paltrow also received several Oscar nominations for Best Actress, and in January, the fully-released "Legend of Sicily" won a lot of praises at the time of screening, which also made him silent for another year. A "miracle girl" Monica Bellucci shines brightly, and it is certain that she will be nominated for the best actress in this Oscar.
Powerful and talented, how can such an attraction not let the actresses bravely move forward? However, the sought-after miracle director is now doing things that have nothing to do with the movie.
"Are you all off?" Adrien asked at the desk in the large office, watching Claude.
"Not yet, but it's coming soon," Claude smiled. "Don't worry, haven't you completely let go?"
He then turned the LCD flat-panel display to him: "Cisco has a market value of more than 500 billion, which is crazy."
In 1998, Apple developed the liquid crystal display, and after a year, the LCD flat panel display was also released. I have to say that Jobs is really a great guy. As Apple's shareholders, Adrian and Claude use Apple computers is normal, custom-made LCD flat panel display is also no problem.
However, it is depressing that Apple Computer has never provided a mouse with a left button, and no matter how users react and protest, they are unwilling to give in. Apple's technology, although powerful, is stubborn in some ways. Fortunately, Apple Computer has been compatible with other mice since last year, otherwise Adrian will definitely have to struggle with the LCD monitor and the mouse.
"Yes, this is the bubble, it may burst anytime, anywhere." Adrian nodded.
In the past year, it's stock has gone crazy and started to soar. Cisco, which had a market value of more than 100 billion at the beginning of last year, has now passed the 500 billion mark in mid-January 2000. The same is true of other IT stocks, and old IT companies such as Microsoft and Dell will not say-Microsoft's market value has also exceeded 500 billion-Yahoo's market value has exceeded 100 billion, and eBay has tens of billions.
This feels like a crazy thing for all investors and investors. If you invest one dollar, it can become tens of dollars in a few days, and hundreds of dollars in a few months. No wonder someone will shout, this is the best Times.
But is that really the case? Do not look at those crazy market values, a little attention to the actual assets of these companies will make people breathe cool. It is also a large company with a market value of more than 500 billion. Cisco ’s actual assets are only over 10 billion, and Microsoft has not exceeded 400. Billion, and General Electric, which has the largest market value for many years, has actual assets of more than 500 billion, almost equal to the market value!
The value of a company in the stock market must be based on the actual assets of the company. If the market value exceeds the actual assets too much, a bubble will form and it will be very unstable. Cisco's actual assets are only over 10 billion, but its market value has reached 500 billion, and it is still a common phenomenon in IT companies. Is this a big bubble that may burst at any time?
In fact, most finances realize this to some degree, but what use is it? Some things are not transferred by human will. When the bubble bursts, even the guys on Wall Street who are waiting to pull out and make a fortune are not sure, let alone many people are praising the strong IT stocks, and speculators and people with faint heads are everywhere .
As a rebirth, Adrian naturally began to prepare for it. In the beginning of 1999, he let Regert calmly begin to sell off the stocks in his hands and transfer equity. The value of stock is not how much it holds in your hands and how much you can get after the sale. Each sale will cause the stock price to fluctuate. Once the amount thrown out is very large, maybe the bubble will burst in advance. Investment banks are always ready to leave.
You know, if the stocks of Cisco and Microsoft held in Adrian's hands are at least 60 billion yuan in market value, once they hit the stock market, there will be no discussion about the crash immediately. By then, the stock will be a pile of waste paper. It is very fortunate to recover two or three billion, and the tax to be paid has not been included in it.
In addition, the media group itself and Crowder individually also hold some it shares, which adds up to a larger number. Therefore, we must be careful when selling, and we must grasp the degree of some people's hearts, so that they can raise the affected stock price for more benefits, rather than selling together, so that the bubble bursts in advance.
In a sense, Adrian is eating at Hukou. Although he is already a media tycoon, the media is still one of the few media groups. Compared to some people on Wall Street, it is still not enough to look at, and Qualifications are also a bit shallow. Throughout the process, countless accounts were used, and each trader tried his best to grasp the board, but fortunately there was no problem.
In addition, under the pretext that money is needed, for example, the media transferred Yahoo to Jerry Young on the grounds that it competed with Bertelsmann for Langdon Bookstore. Every founder wants to control the company in his own hands, and Jerry Yang is no exception, even if the media doesn't interfere too much with Yahoo's affairs.
However, Langdon was still taken down by Bertelsmann, but it took a lot more. It didn't matter. Adrian said earlier that there would be no Langdon and Houghton Mifflin Press, and a few years later. In that case, there is no need to expand this one anymore, and the publishing company that it currently owns has become famous because of the Harry Potter series.
In short, so far, except for some stocks that are considered from the future, such as Apple and Amazon-the former needless to say, it is definitely a fool to sell it now, and the latter, Jeff Bezos Is a rare talent. When the IT bubble began to swell, when the market capitalization costs of various companies increased, only he was under pressure from all aspects and always maintained the steady development of Amazon. At present, the market value is only a billion.
Seeing that others made a lot of money, most of Amazon's shareholders were very dissatisfied. Many people contacted Adrian and Claude's agents in them, hoping that they would come out to pressure Bezos, after all, they were two of them. Together, the shares in his hands are Amazon's major shareholders. However, after thinking for a long time, Adrian and Claude declined their offer, and even helped Bezos share some pressure.
If you just want to make a lot of money, it is very simple to answer. As a major shareholder, uniting all shareholders forces Bezos to absorb more funds, and then turn up several tens of times, and withdraw at the time of tens of billions. But how much can that earn? You know, those stocks took more than a year to cash out. Moreover, there are not many vision companies like him. If the company quits after the bubble bursts, what will happen to Amazon?
Well, even if Amazon goes down, there are other e-commerce sites to replace it, but that is out of the control of Adrian. Although he does n’t know who Amazon was in the previous life, he remembers that it has been developing very well. And Amazon also has a place in his plans. Of course, he can also use this method to bankrupt Amazon intentionally, and then buy it out and hire Bezos back, but it will take a lot of time, and who knows what will happen in the middle, let alone this is not in line with his future Conception.
Therefore, it would be better to help Bezos now, and he can make enough money here. After cashing out those identified stocks, apart from paying taxes and dividends from traders, Adrian made almost 20 billion! This number looks a little far from the 60 billion market cap, but don't forget that this is cash! And he was alone! Which private can bring out such cash at once? !! Even today's Cisco, the reserve fund may not exceed 10 billion! And it is almost the same as Claude plus the media group as a whole, even though the entire group also considers from the future that there are more stocks that are not thrown out of the hands.
In addition, while Adrian sold the transfer, he also exchanged 2 Microsoft shares for 1 GE shares. In this country, those who control the energy and arms business are the real giants. Otherwise, how could GE's actual assets be comparable to market value? This super enterprise whose origins can be traced back to the last century is the largest defense supplier in the United States. From airplanes to missiles, they cannot produce without them. The neutron generator for the b61 nuclear bomb is also provided by them. GM is about to fall, and the United States is almost finished.
The 1 share seems useless, but Adrian does not want to enter General Electric itself, and sometimes GM's financial statements can play a big role and get some useful news better and faster. To put it bluntly, just like he invested in Blackwater Company in 1997, but except to understand the situation to prevent being kicked out, most of the time he did not listen to it, but just wanted to share a small piece of cake with the giants.
Taking advantage of the IT bubble, Adrian made a big fortune, but he was not ready to close it. Although the sell-off and transfer have come to an end, there are other ways to make money, and it is easier to make more.
"I must remind you, Ed, that predicting the date is the most critical and the hardest." Claude said at this time.
"Yes, I know, what day do you think it will be?" Adrian nodded, staring at the computer screen.
"It's hard to say. I'm afraid no one in the entire United States knows that even those guys who are ready can't be sure when it's best to shoot," Claude said, shaking his head. "You're gambling again, man."
Is there a way in this world that is both easy and profitable? Of course, there is speculation in futures! Often a few days of effort, tens of thousands of dollars can become millions, and hundreds of millions of dollars can become tens of billions, just like magic. The profits are so rich that naturally many people persevere, even if they know that the risks are equally high, One accidentally, today is a millionaire and will go bankrupt tomorrow.
When the it bubble burst, at least trillions of funds flowed in the derivative financial market. How could it not make a fortune? !! And futures are not stocks, as long as someone takes an order, you are not afraid to get no money. Frying futures does not require too much knowledge, the key is whether you can accurately predict the date.
At first, Adrian relied on Claude to speculate on oil futures to obtain further start-up funds, and Claude was able to successfully complete the task. The main thing was that Adrian gave him the exact date when the US military launched the attack.
But the world develops linearly. Although some things are inevitable, such as launching the Gulf War, and the bursting of the it bubble, others are very accidental, such as the time of launching the war and the bursting of the bubble. Adrian has never been a gambler. Although he has been to Las Vegas and Atlantic City a few times, he has never gambled. Rather than spending a lot of money to find excitement, he prefers to let everything develop according to his plan. In addition to speculating on oil futures 9 years ago, he had no desire to accumulate funds more quickly, but also because he was not right at the time. The world is big enough to make a bet.
But it's not working now, he vaguely remembers that the it bubble of the previous life should burst in early February 2000, but in the past year, because of his constant cashing out and transfer of equity, the volatile stock market must be different from the previous life ~ www.mtlnovel. com ~ So Cisco's market value has exceeded 500 billion at the moment, and few companies can reach this level, so it is difficult to say whether the bubble will break in advance.
"Think again, we must find clues," Adrian continued.
"I don't understand. You've made enough money. Why take such a big risk?" Crowder whispered.
He is right, the media ’s actual assets are estimated to be at least 50 billion, and Adrian, who owns 45 shares, has a net worth of more than 20 billion. If the company is listed, the group ’s market value must also be at least as long as the virtual assets are included. Double it up. Coupled with the 20 billion currently earned, as well as some real estate, there is no pressure to become the world's richest person beyond the cover.
What's more, there are still many industries waiting for him to develop in the future. At that time, wealth will only grow further, there is no need to take risks at all-unfortunately, this is the reason why he does this, anyway, there is still a chance in the future, and he will only 10 billion to buy and sell, even if you hit the water, you can lose, let alone-
"I still want to splurge, and there are a dozen women and five or six children to raise, which is very stressful." Adrian shrugged very seriously, and then Crowder rolled his eyes.