Seeing Eric nodded, Chris breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "However, Eric, if, I mean, if you can ensure that Firefly can develop as fast as it is now, then it is better not to go public After many years of listing, many companies will try their best to seek privatization. Although listing can obtain a large amount of financing, it also means more responsibilities and risks. Take Hollywood as an example, almost all major film companies have encountered malicious The most recent acquisition was in 1984, when Disney was maliciously attacked by Saul Steinberg. In the end, Disney spent 325 million US dollars to redeem 11.1% of Steinberg’s shares. You know, Disney’s market value at that time It is less than 2 billion US dollars. The cash of more than 300 million US dollars made Disney feel bad, so he had to give up the family management and hired Michael Eisner as the helm of the company."
Speaking of this, Chris smiled and said: "Of course, it has also been proved that Disney made a very correct decision at that time, which was a blessing in disguise. But not every company has such good luck. The current development of Firefly So quickly, once it goes on the market, it will attract even more covetousness."
Eric listened patiently, nodding from time to time. After Chris finished speaking, Eric had made up his mind that Firefly would never be listed.
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"Chris, do you think it's okay if Firefly never goes on the market?"
"Of course," Chris said without thinking. "Most companies go public to obtain more development funds. In my opinion, Firefly is not short of money. Why go public?"
Two people are chatting. Jeffrey came out of the kitchen. Say hello to the two of you for dinner.
In the restaurant, Eric also saw Chris's girlfriend, named Emily Brydon. She was tall, blond, blue-eyed, and stylishly dressed. During the introduction, Eric knew that the other party was a family named Bryant. Vice President of the Garment Company. According to the girl's surname and the name of the clothing company, plus the age of the girl, it is impossible to start from scratch, so you don't need to guess. The other party must be the daughter of the owner of this clothing company.
Emily Brydon is much more talkative than Chris. When she saw Eric, she let out a small scream that only movie fans could have, expressing that she liked Eric's movies very much. At the dinner table, he not only introduced the details of how he and Chris met, but also kept encouraging Aniston to be the spokesperson of their fashion company.
Aniston didn't know how to evade Emily Brydon's enthusiasm, so she could only look at Eric as if asking for help. Although Xiao 丨 Niu is still just a TV actress, she has already become famous with "Friends". However, Emily Bryton's fashion company is not well-known, and Aniston would lose her status if she ran to endorse it.
Before Eric could speak, Chris noticed Aniston's embarrassment, and took the initiative to make a rescue: "Amy, can you eat quietly? Your company is too small. I think that second-tier star is enough to be the spokesperson now. .”
Emily who heard this was unwilling, and said angrily: "It's not all your fault. If you hadn't messed up the listing, the three factories of our company in Florida have now been built, and there is still a lot of money left." There’s that $9 million order from Asia…”
"How can you blame me for this? It's obvious that your father is too greedy. He falsely reported the company's information and was found out."
"Obviously you found out!" Emily showed a wounded look, and blamed: "All companies do this when they go public, so why can't we!"
Chris put down the knife and fork in his hand, raised his voice and retorted: "Don't you know how much your father made a false report? Fortunately, I found out. If the SEC finds out, your company has been fined and bankrupt now .”
Emily heard the faint anger in Chris's tone, shrunk her neck guiltily, and muttered in a low voice: "Later, my father obviously changed it, and you still..."
"That was vetoed by Mr. Hawkridge. Don't forget that you almost made him lose his job. It's good that he didn't pursue it."
Eric looked at each other with Drew and Aniston sitting next to him.
This... seems to be arguing
Don't break up on the spot, or the three of them will commit a serious crime today.
While praying secretly in his heart, Jeffrey, who was sitting at the top, coughed slowly twice: "Ahem, okay, stop making noise."
Chris and Emily, who had already 'entered the state', immediately woke up when they heard Jeffrey's voice, and quickly closed their mouths. In order not to let the scene calm down, Eric took the initiative to stir up the topic, and the atmosphere of the dinner gradually became active.
After the meal, Emily pulled Aniston and Drew into the room to chat, and there were only three big men left in the living room.
Only then did Eric apologize: "Sorry, Chris, just at the dinner table..."
"Eric, this has nothing to do with you, don't take it to heart," Chris shook his head.
Jeffrey also said softly at this time with emotion: "It's also good, we quarrel occasionally. In fact, when Sorina was around, the two of us often quarreled."
"Dad, can you stop talking about those things?"
"Okay, I won't say anymore," Jeffrey nodded knowing that his son was doing it for his own good.
While chatting, Eric gradually changed the topic to some topics that he was more interested in: "Chris, are you familiar with foreign exchange trading?"
"I still know a little bit, but I have not participated in this kind of project. I am currently working in the securities department."
"Then do you know how to speculate in foreign exchange, such as the Japanese yen, isn't the yen's appreciation very strong now?"
Chris shook his head: "Now that the yen has doubled in value, even if you have money, you can't make much money by entering the market now."
Eric was stunned, regretting that he didn't pay more attention to the history of Japan's economy in his previous life. He had no choice but to give up after hearing what Chris said. However, another huge opportunity has not yet come, Eric said : "So, what about the ruble, do you know anything about the Soviet ruble?"
Chris persuaded: "Eric, I think it's better for you to be honest and make movies. Not everyone can afford the foreign exchange market. It's like the Japanese yen. Although the Japanese yen has doubled in value over the past few years , but the international hot money in the foreign exchange market did not obtain the terrorist profits you imagined. The federal government only made Japanese goods lose competitiveness in international trade through the appreciation of the yen, and a large number of Japanese domestic funds and companies fled, which eventually led to the Japanese economy The bubble burst and the economy stagnated."
"Well, I mean, don't you guys see that. Is the Soviet Union dying now?"
Chris shrugged: "It is indeed possible, but who knows when the Soviet Union will fail, and even if the Soviet Union's economy collapses, because this country enforces the ruble's foreign exchange ratio, we will not get involved."
"Well, have you ever thought about the possibility that dozens of countries that joined the Soviet Union will disintegrate and all restore the capitalist system. At that time, because of the economic turmoil, the ruble will definitely plummet, and that must be a very good opportunity. right?"
Chris and Jeffrey looked at each other, and looked at Eric strangely together. After a while, Chris smiled and said: "Eric, if your point of view is thrown out, it will be welcomed by the whole world .If the Soviet Union really disintegrated, everyone would no longer have to worry about the threat of nuclear war. The 'Great Ivan' who blew up the entire Arctic Circle back then scared the whole world enough."
Eric is a little helpless. Although the upheavals in Eastern Europe have already occurred, and East and West Germany were also unified in August this year, there are still almost two years before the disintegration of the Soviet Union in memory, and the half-century-long competition between the United States and the Soviet Union , Although the Soviet Union has been repeatedly vilified, its strength is unquestionable. Few people would have thought that such a big country would fall apart in just a few months.
"Then let's assume it." Eric continued: "If possible, the Soviet Union disintegrated and the ruble depreciated overwhelmingly. Can you multiply this amount of funds dozens of times?"
Jeffrey didn't respond, but Chris looked at Eric with an idiot look: "Don't say it's 1 billion, even if you take out 10 billion, if you dare to use more than 100 times leverage, at the time you said In such a violent financial shock, it may be lost in a few minutes."
Eric was stunned: "That... well, I don't really understand this."
Chris knew that Eric was just an ordinary high school graduate who never went to college, so he patiently explained: "Take the 100 times leverage you mentioned. If you invest 1 billion US dollars, you can This money is scaled up to 100 billion US dollars for foreign exchange transactions. But your 1 billion US dollars is only equivalent to 1% of 100 billion, which means that you can only withstand the rise and fall of foreign exchange by 1%. Even if a currency as a whole The trend is downward, because of the game between buyers and sellers, the process will also fluctuate violently. As long as the currency rises by more than 1% at a certain stage, your money will be 1 billion or 10 billion , will be liquidated immediately. Under normal circumstances, the leverage usually used in the foreign exchange market is about 20 to 30 times, and occasionally some people will take the risk of using 50 times leverage.”
"Um, well," Eric smiled awkwardly and shrugged: "Just pretend I didn't say it."
Seeing Eric's embarrassing appearance, both Chris and Jeffrey laughed. Chris added: "The more severe the financial turmoil, the lower the leverage used to ensure the safety of funds. It's really a good opportunity. If you take 1 billion capital into it, it will be very powerful if you can double it.”
Now that foreign exchange is out of control, Eric feels that it is better to invest in fields he is more familiar with, and besides movies, what he is most familiar with is the fastest growing IT industry in the next 20 years.
Several major software companies have no chance, the Internet has not yet developed, and various Internet companies have not yet had the opportunity. In terms of hardware, Eric has been thinking about Apple for a long time, but unfortunately, the future of Joe's gang is uncertain, and Apple is not on the verge of bankruptcy, so what else is there
After pondering for a moment, a name flashed out.
Cisco
Cisco!
Eric slapped his forehead and almost jumped up in surprise. In his previous life, it was a Big Mac whose market value once jumped to 500 billion US dollars. (To be continued..)