Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 477 Opportunity

The bright sunshine falls on the private golf course, printing the shadows of the trees on the ground, and the atmosphere of high sky and clear clouds makes people feel relaxed and happy, so the rich like to discuss business with close partners in this kind of place.

"Excuse me, Mr. Mason." A caddy came to Jared with a phone, "Your daughter's number."

"Chris's call?" Jared, who had stopped talking, raised his eyebrows in surprise, and immediately picked up the call: "Hi, honey, how are you in Boston? Why did you think of calling me at this time today? "

"Hi, Dad, I'm so glad to hear your voice." Although Angela's voice was soft, anxiety and hesitation could still be heard in it. "Beside you... is there anyone else now?"

"Of course, dear, please wait first." Jared said calmly, put down the phone and smiled at the 50-year-old man beside him: "Sorry, Todd, my daughter's call may be delayed for a few minutes time."

"It's okay," the old man waved his golf club, smiled and made a hand gesture, "Don't think that my state will disappear in a few minutes, I will win this round."

"Don't talk too much, Todd, just wait and see." Jared smiled and walked towards the lake with the phone in his hand. He didn't pick up the phone until there was no one around: "Hi, baby, What happened?"

"Well... I want to ask for your help with something, Dad," Angela's distressed voice came from the other end of the phone, "If possible, I really don't want to win you over, but after all, I... am not good at this."

"But your call has come, dear." Jared reminded with a smile.

"Of course, of course, so..." Angela paused and began to talk.

What she said was not complicated, and it took only a few minutes for Jared to understand what was going on, and then he felt like he couldn't laugh or cry.It is the consensus of everyone in the family that his daughter doesn't like business or is good at business. Even his old-fashioned and stubborn father admits in private that although Chris has an unmatched talent in art, but in business, she is really talented. What a mess.How could she suddenly have a whim and wanted to cash out all of her 25 billion Cisco shares in a few days?

After his daughter finished speaking, Jared thought for a few minutes before opening his mouth: "I think I have roughly understood that if you insist on what you want, Bernie's last suggestion to you is indeed the only feasible strategy. 25 [-] million is not a small amount, and if all of it is invested in the stock market, Cisco will suffer a serious setback, so if you use this threat to ask them to join the board of directors, you should be able to achieve your goal.”

"But I'm not interested in joining Cisco's board of directors, Dad, I just want to cash out, that's all." Angela said anxiously, "I think...you should be able to help me master this, right, Dad?"

Jared smiled and shook his head: "Chris, can you tell me why you must cash out the 25 billion stocks within three to five days?"

After a few seconds of silence over there, he made up his mind and said: "Because at most five days later, IT stocks will fall or even collapse! And it will continue to be depressed for a long time in the near future!"

"Interesting conclusion," Jared couldn't help squinting his eyes. "What is the basis for you to make such a judgment, dear?"

"Because Cisco surpassed General Electric and became the number one in the world," Angela's voice seemed a little lacking in confidence, but she quickly explained: "Think about it, Dad, how much did General Electric spend from starting a business to becoming the number one in the world?" Time, 70 years or 80 years? No other company has surpassed it since it became the number one in the world! And how much time did Cisco spend? Ten years! Too short, too short for people to react, this is Foam!"

"This doesn't mean anything, Chris, you know, the IT industry has been creating miracles since its inception, maybe what Cisco has created is another miracle?" Jared said calmly, and followed him With a sly smile: "Also, dear, I want to remind you that Microsoft's market value surpassed that of General Motors as early as 98."

Angela was obviously taken aback, but then she asked, "So how long did it last?"

"Not long, but you have to admit that GM is not insurmountable, so the previous deduction is not necessarily correct, right?" Jared said with a smile on the phone.

"No, I stick to my point of view, Dad," Angela said again after a few minutes of silence, "Microsoft's foundation lies in personal computers, while Cisco's foundation lies in the network! Without the network, Microsoft can still develop, but Cisco can't." Definitely going out of business! How many years has it been since the personal computer, and how many years has it been since the web—the real Internet? Know how Cisco makes me feel, Dad? It started when the paper currency credit system was first established. Based on this, start the loan and financing business! Any new technological revolution or industrial revolution will almost have a process of creating bubbles and bursting bubbles before reaching the peak of glory, and now, it is the turn of IT companies!"

"Hmm... a very novel point of view," Jared smacked his lips, "Unfortunately, I still can't convince me, Chris, you know, I have dealt with those Wall Street guys a lot more than you, unless you can get Prove your judgment is correct with real and strong evidence instead of imagination, otherwise I can only say no to you."

"...Okay, I understand," Angela's tone became calmer, but she didn't hide her disappointment, "In this case, I can only ask Bernie to sell the 25 billion shares as much as possible. How much is the answer. Three days at the earliest and five days at the latest, you will know whether my judgment is correct, I promise...then, goodbye, Dad."

"Wait." Jared touched his chin and suddenly stopped Angela who was about to hang up the phone, but he didn't continue talking, but looked at the calm lake in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.After several minutes like this, the daughter also kept silent and never disturbed him.Finally, Jared sighed softly, and spoke again: "Then, let Bernie take full charge of your stock operations, and I will have someone contact him later today."

"Thank you... Dad." Hearing the slightly excited voice over there, Jared smiled slightly, turned off his phone and looked at the lake again in a daze.He really didn't know what to say, although his daughter always likes to do unexpected things, but this time it was really surprising, especially...

Have you been kissed by God again, Chrissy?

After a long time, he turned around and walked over to the same place: "Sorry, Todd, it's been a little long, Chris wants to ask some financial questions."

"Miss Genius, do you want to specialize in business? It seems that we old bones have to prepare early." Todd didn't have any dissatisfaction, but said humorously.

"You don't have to worry. Her talent in business is as bad as ever. She basically judges things based on her imagination. I think it's better for her to do what she likes to do." Jared sighed and shrugged.

"Anyway, you have a very outstanding daughter." The old man said seriously.

"Of course, she is our pride." Jared smiled knowingly, and then clapped his hands: "Okay, come on, Todd, let me see how far you can hit this shot."

"Then watch it." Todd said and came to the golf ball that had been set up. He was obviously fully prepared when Jared answered the phone, and he hit the ball hard after two test swings go out.

The little white ball drew a long solitary line in the air and landed near the par-four hole in the distance. Todd couldn't help calling out: "Ha, see, Jedi, I'm going to make a birdie .”

"Don't be too complacent, Todd, let's talk about it after you hit the hole." Jared shook his head meaninglessly, then beckoned for the caddy to drive the battery car over: "How about I be the driver to take you there?"

"I wish for it." The old man laughed and sat next to the driver's seat.

Jared started the car and drove onto the path, then asked casually: "By the way, what did we talk about before?"

Todd turned his head and thought for a while, "Cisco!"

"Yes, Cisco." Jared nodded slightly, as if talking about an unimportant matter.

No one thought that on March 2000, 3 (the actual time is different), Cisco would surpass the old General Electric to become the company with the highest market value in the world, and countless people cheered for it. Hot investment firms once again set their sights on technology stocks big and small, just as they have done in recent years.As for Greenspan's warning four years ago?That's bullshit. Although Cisco's stock price has fluctuated so much these days, it still sits firmly on the number one throne!

"This is the victory of the IT industry!" Many financial newspapers published such headlines.

However, after five days, everyone was hit hard. Cisco, which had just written legends and myths before, plummeted like a roller coaster!At the same time, most technology stocks also began to fall, and people who were enthusiastic the day before couldn't help being at a loss. They couldn't imagine what was going on.

Will it stop the decline?Will it rise again?People are watching the stock market worriedly, they believe that this is only a temporary phenomenon, and the IT industry has created one miracle after another and will never fall down so easily.

The two factions of the new economy and the old economy in the media are also arguing endlessly about why this situation occurs. The first thing investors do when they wake up every day is to read various news and ask Wall Street analysts and fund managers what to do. manage.

In this case, hesitation is obviously very fatal. Technology stocks fell mercilessly, as if there would never be an end, and people could not see the end. By the end of March, all technology stocks began to plummet.Even established IT companies such as Microsoft and Apple have been affected, and even General Electric has lost half of its market value!

Investors finally woke up, but at this time no one can recover, and finally the Nasdaq index completely collapsed in April!Thousands of Internet companies went bankrupt or were acquired as a result, and many venture companies had to file for bankruptcy protection due to heavy losses.Many people committed suicide or became poor because of this, and the entire stock market was devastated.

The gorgeous IT bubble generated in the late 90s of the last century was easily burst after entering the new century.

Of course, these are other people's affairs. For Angela, who is still in a mess financially and even regards Cisco as the reason for the bubble, she has already got what she wants.

"Thank you very much, everyone." In a rented conference room in Boston on March 3, Angela said this to her own property advisory group who came to the meeting.

"It's our honor to serve you," Chief Consultant Bernie Reg said modestly, "and we basically just follow Mr. Jared's orders, and he prepared a detailed plan early on."

"Yes, a detailed plan." Angela couldn't help curling her lips inwardly.My father had already prepared everything for me, but I kept making phone calls to beg and show off what I had held back. It was really embarrassing and depressing to think about it.

But my father never thought that his appetite would be so big that he wanted to cash out the 25 billion shares in full.Angela thought again, this could somewhat comfort herself—it was just comfort.

She always felt that her father seemed to have something premeditated in this matter, but unfortunately she couldn't see it. She is still not talented in finance. If she didn't rely on her remembering something related to the dot-com bubble this time, Cisco's stock would definitely be in vain. .

"So, is the money already in the account?" Angela asked again at this time.

"Yes, the entire $17 billion is in the account," another advisor replied after looking at his computer.

"Wait? All 17 billion?" Angela frowned.There will definitely be losses. After all, the stock has fluctuated a lot these days, but it should be at least 24 billion US dollars.

"You forgot to pay taxes," reminded the consultant, "30% of capital gains and taxes must be paid."

"That is to say, the U.S. government has taken at least 7 million dollars from me?" Angela gritted her teeth and showed displeasure, "I hate the tax bureau!"

The consultants around all laughed lowly: "It's not surprising, Miss Angela, everyone hates them.

Angela waved her hand and ended the topic: "Okay, now let me talk about my arrangement."

To be honest, she is not short of money to spend, as someone said, when the money earned exceeds 25 million, money is just a number.You must know that the extra game department and movie department she has made Pixar’s market value doubled several times, and Apple is far from restarting its efforts, and the various trust funds and charitable funds under its name make her want to profit. Famous enough to splurge.But after learning that she owns [-] billion Cisco stocks, she still desperately wants to cash out all of them.

What do you want this money for?That's what she asked herself that day after explaining what she had done to Natalie.

At that time, Angela was stunned. Yes, if you just don’t want to waste money, you can just sell it. Even if you can only get a few hundred million in the end, compared with the initial investment of about 2000 million, it is still more than enough.But she refused to give up and asked Bernie to find a way, and then asked her father for help on the phone. Her instinct told her that she must do this.

For the future, I must have enough power to speak!Angela replied after a short thought.

This idea was already in its infancy when I was directing "The Pianist" last year and discussed Jacqueline Dupre's life and the disgusting "Cell Love" with Perlman in a hotel in Warsaw.

Yes, her family background gave her enough shelter. If she only wanted to achieve something in movies or music, and be a person who was more than ordinary stars, then she didn't have to worry about anything at all.

But she happened to have something she had to do, something she had planned long ago.Can the family protect it for a while and protect it for a lifetime?What's more, if the sexual orientation is known, what kind of reaction will the family have?

Yes, she is famous enough now. Before she was 20 years old, she has been nominated for Oscar for Best Director twice in a row, and she has won the Grammy for Best Single five times in a row. She is a star-studded lady genius with countless shining auras!

But this does not mean that she has the right to speak to protect herself. Human hearts are fickle, the collective is always blind, fame cannot control everything, and there are many ways to destroy a person.

And don't forget, this is a patriarchal society!With her film projects unfolding, what will people think of her?What would people think of her if she came out with her sexuality?

She needs the right to speak, and she needs the right to speak that cannot be underestimated.But how can this be done?

To be part of a large high society family?You must know that people from these big families may only be regarded as ordinary rich people as individuals, but once they are united, they can control many things!

Don't be kidding, this is of course impossible. Even the father who once ran away from home is moving closer to this aspect. Even if Angela has such a mark on her body, her career and her personality are doomed that she will not take such a path.

So, if you can't control the media like Murdoch, then have a lot of money like Gates and Buffett!This is, after all, a business-oriented country.

Just $25 billion—well, only $17 billion actually got in hand—was not enough, and while that was pretty good for most millionaires, Angela needed more.

If it was at any other time, she might not be able to figure out a way if she racked her brains, but now she has a rare opportunity. The reason why she wants to cash out the 25 billion US dollars in stock is to use the money as a pawn Start-up capital!

"First of all, help me find an IT company called Google. They should provide free online search services." Angela said to her consultant, followed her to close her eyes, took a deep breath, and issued an order Said: "I want 30% of their shares!"