"To a certain extent, the amount of money really makes people numb," said Chris in the office of Chris, the firefly investment company, after sorting out the last futures delivery order, looking up at Eric with emotion.
In July, because of the sudden operation of a huge sum of US$700 million, Chris did not have a good rest for a whole month, fearing that the money would be lost, but since the outbreak of the Kuwait war in August, Seeing the funds in the futures account soaring day by day, Chris didn't feel much.
Eric was sitting on the sofa, holding a statistical report in his hand, reading the profit data on it, and said: "Some people say that wealth becomes just a number when it reaches a certain level, but I think it's too hypocritical to say that. Huge wealth also means huge power and detached social status, and you can enjoy social resources that are difficult for ordinary people. It is precisely because rich people can experience the huge energy brought by wealth that so many talents Will spend his whole life endlessly chasing more wealth."
Chris smiled and shook his head: "Eric, if I don't look at your face a lot of times, I always feel that I am talking to a middle-aged man who understands the world."
Eric touched his smooth cheeks, and then smiled: "It seems that I should try to grow a beard, which can make me look more mature, but they don't like the way I grow a beard. I've been complained more than once for forgetting to shave."
"Wow, they!" Chris emphasized the latter word. Although "they" and "they" in English are the same word, it is easy to hear the direction of his words from Eric's tone: "It's really not Know how you handle all those women. I can't handle Emily alone."
"This shows that Emily is very lucky. She met a good man." Eric said with compliments. Chris and Jeffrey have very similar personalities, and they are as cautious as Jeffrey in the relationship between men and women. Falling in love with Emily Bryton means running to get married. Emily Brydon is obviously also aware of this. Although they don't get along much, Eric also found that Emily cherishes the relationship between the two.
But Eric also found that both Chris and Emily are very strong people, if they want to be together for a long time. One must accommodate the other, just like Jeffrey and his deceased wife. From the bits and pieces of Jeffrey's past memories, it can be seen that Jeffrey has always been maintaining his marriage with his wife. position of the recipient.
"Thank you, Eric, let's talk about the matter in front of us. What are you going to do with the money?"
Eric took another look at the figures on the statistical report, 3.675 billion, after deducting various commissions and handling fees. The final profit minus the principal is regarded as a kind of speculative trading. Various taxes have been included in the futures transaction fee, so the money belongs to Eric completely, and he does not even have to pay high personal income tax, which is what makes Eric most excited. Otherwise, although the money comes easily, the personal income tax deduction of up to 35% may still drive people crazy.
"It's still not enough. Many things in the plan can't be implemented. I originally thought that since the price of crude oil has doubled, then after ten times the leverage, I can at least double the profit. I didn't expect it to be only half of what I imagined."
"If we hadn't entered the market a long time in advance, if there was an opponent to take over the order, let alone five times the principal, even half of the principal may not be earned. Don't look at the price of crude oil futures that has doubled in the past two months. , but people who enter the market after August can earn more than double the principal is enough to wake up. Futures are different from stocks after all. Futures are a kind of gambling contract. With the price of crude oil soaring all the way, Not many people are foolish enough to be short in the short term.”
"Of course I understand. I'm just feeling emotional. It seems that I can only look forward to the end of the war and go short again."
Chris looked at Eric a little speechlessly: "You are really greedy. If a person can catch such an opportunity in his life, he is already at the level of being kissed by the goddess of luck. Many people know that when the war ends, the price of crude oil It will definitely drop, but the war has not started yet, who can predict when the war will end? Decades ago, the Korean War and the Vietnam War were fought for several years, and most people guess that this war will probably last for several years years."
Eric smiled confidently, this expression just happened to be caught by Chris, remembering that Eric was obsessed with thinking that a war would break out in the Middle East a few months ago, Chris suddenly thought of another possibility, couldn't help but come over , asked curiously: "Eric, you won't have any premonition this time, will you?"
"Almost, but this is not a hunch, but I speculate based on reality. I think this war will definitely not be as protracted as the wars decades ago. If you pay attention to the relevant news, you can I found that this war will be a high-tech war, and the crowd tactics of decades ago will not be of much use, so it is useless for Saddam to have an army of one million. What's more, behind Saddam There is no support from the Soviet Union, and in the previous wars, the real opponents were not just those small countries."
"Of course I have read a lot of materials, but I didn't find what you said about 'high-tech war'." Chris shook his head, and said again: "Forget it, let's not talk about this issue, even if it is what you said, but war This kind of thing is definitely not a day or two, and we should have enough time to plan it. Let's talk about the money, what do you mean by saying it is not enough?"
"Last year, Sony spent more than five billion dollars to acquire Columbia. A little over a month ago, Japan's Matsushita consortium spent six billion dollars on the acquisition of MCA, the parent company of Universal Pictures. Now I only have more than three billion dollars in my hand. Of course not enough."
Chris understood Eric's plan as soon as he heard it: "Are you going to buy a big movie company?"
"Of course, that's why I said that the money is far from enough. It is estimated that the acquisition of any major film company will not be less than 5 billion."
"If you want MGM, it's estimated that Kirk Kerkorian will be happy to sell it to you for 1.5 billion," Chris joked.
Thinking of the current situation of MGM, Eric showed a sneering smile: "I don't collect garbage, MGM has been disabled by that casino tycoon, more than half of the film library has been scraped away, and the distribution channels The company has shrunk dramatically, and the company has no valuable series of movie rights, and even the property has been used by the tycoon for the hotel business, so I can’t think of any value for MGM.” (To be continued..)