Marvel: I traveled through time a little early

Chapter 36 The gold mine of the future

The next day MIT

MIT was founded in 1861 and is located in Massachusetts, USA. It is a world-renowned private research university.The majors are famous for engineering and computer science, ranking among the top academic rankings of world universities. Others include physics, chemistry, economics, philosophy, political science, architecture and other disciplines.

In 1916, MIT moved to the shores of the Charles River in Cambridge, near Harvard University.

George walked into this university for the first time without any sacred feeling or any kind of longing.Because, in George's current situation, it doesn't matter whether he goes to college or not.American universities have always been more practical.Therefore, people who study hard and study hard in school will not be popular.

And you want to say, you opened a company and interned in a well-known company, that's no problem, you can take leave as long as you can submit a report when you return.

After George arrived at the school, he first visited the current principal, Mr. Elihu Thomson.Then, under the interview of four teachers, a short speech was delivered.To put it simply, why I came back, what I have achieved, etc., is very boring.

However, the school teacher was very satisfied with George and approved it on the spot.Then I informed George that he could register for classes on September 9th.

This is the reality of capitalist society.Studying in college in the United States is very luxurious. If you can't get a scholarship, you might as well just sleep. The cost of college will make you bankrupt.

American parents really don’t care about their children, except for the rich and Asians.

Children after the age of 18 really need to support themselves. The middle class is slightly better off, but ordinary people really have no choice.

Want to go to college?Very good, go work-study yourself.You can also serve as a soldier for two years.Then I would go to college with the money I got from being a soldier.

In short, you can handle your own affairs by yourself.

Also, do you think you can study in a good university if you have money?Wrong, this is just your basic condition.

You also need a letter of introduction. The higher the status of the person you have chosen to apply for, the higher the status of the person who needs to give you a letter of introduction.Moreover, the more famous the university, the higher the tuition fee, so if you can’t get the above two, then, sorry, try to find out more about community colleges.Fortunately, George met all the conditions.

Studying medicine in American universities is very troublesome. You don’t need a bachelor’s degree to become a doctor. You must get a doctorate to be qualified. Therefore, the doctor’s name DOCTOR also means doctor, which means that all doctors are doctors.

In college, you first have to study pre-med courses, such as biology, biochemistry, etc., then take the medical school entrance exam, and then apply for medical school based on your score on the medical school entrance exam and your average grade in school.
If you want to study medicine, it is better to study biology and human body first. As for the exams, they are various exams organized by the school and recognized by the academic community. The specifics will also change, but in the end there will definitely be a graduation exam and a license exam for employment. , including experiments and theories, etc.

Among them, there are also specialist and systemic types, which are very troublesome anyway.

But, as George learned before, it's the test scores and practice reports that ultimately matter.George is not prepared to be a doctor seriously. He is just learning knowledge and finding a source for his next key project, otherwise he may really be devoured.Therefore, on the first day when George entered the school, he was not prepared to follow the school's plan and left step by step.

Moreover, the advancement of the American undergraduate education system lies in its general education philosophy.

This educational philosophy stipulates that American college students must receive a considerable general education before they can receive specialized education.General education includes the broad fields of art, humanities, social sciences, philosophy, and natural sciences.

Therefore, when we apply to American universities, we usually choose an "indeterminate major" in the first two years, and then make a decision in the third year.During this period, you have two years for you to think and make choices.Even if you don’t like the major you choose, you can apply to change majors in most schools.

Therefore, with such a flexible mechanism, George wanted to be involved in multiple subjects.Anyway, he has a lot of time, so he can make money and go to school at the same time.His study is just a hobby, so there is not much pressure.

After completing the interview, George returned to New York because Paul sent news that the current wheat futures price had dropped to US$0.96 per bushel.

New York Stock Exchange the next day
Today's exchanges are still hot, and those who want to sell first are of course also those who want to balance their own company's stocks to save the market.

George didn't stay down there any longer and went directly to the private room.Paul has arranged for his agent to be waiting.George told the broker to close the position.

Until the market closes, the delivery is completed.After calculation, George bought a 1.96 million contract at a price of 1 per bushel. In other words, George directly made a net profit of 5000 million US dollars.

By the way, isn't George afraid of government departments investigating? He really isn't. First, all his funding sources are legal and can be investigated.Second, he did not involve insider trading or market manipulation. Third, he did not go too far.George only used 10 times leverage. If he used higher leverage, he would be robbing the market.

Therefore, George felt at ease with the 5000 million in his pocket.Moreover, operations like this are what the Morgan family, the largest family on Wall Street, would do.The creed of the Morgan family is "It is not the law that drives history, but money, just money!"

That night, George held a celebration party at the hotel. Of course, he only invited all employees of his company.

The next day, the New York Financial News wrote the biggest headline, "The man who will become a multimillionaire fastest this year."It introduces in detail the history of George's fortune, including making money through gambling many times, and finally becoming famous in futures.Some reports called George a lucky boy, etc. Of course, some people introduced George as a new best-selling novel writer.Of course, this news was spread by Paul after a newspaper reporter called the company.

Starting from this day, George will receive many invitations to charity galas or charity auctions.George did not respond to press interviews.However, Paul is still allowed to participate in some charity auctions in his own name in the future.Anyway, not only can you get some antiques back, but the amount spent on charity can also be tax deductible.

Because George was not interested in politics, he worked hard in charitable organizations that had no political attributes, such as animal protection organizations and children's care organizations.This is the most basic and correct direction, because the United States is a strange country that values ​​public morality but not private morality.The next day, George asked Paul to help him buy shares in Lincoln Motors on the stock market.

Lincoln Motor Company was founded in 1917 by Henry Leland.Its brand name is named after U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

Leland developed the Lincoln L model before World War I. Although this model was excellent, the Lincoln L model also became a victim of the postwar economic recession, and sales plummeted by nearly half.During this period, we were experiencing another economic crisis, so the Lincoln Company was in trouble due to shareholders withdrawing funds and tax legal disputes.

George remembered that Leland later begged the boss of the Ford Company, Ford Sr., and later, with the persuasion of Ford Sr.'s son Edsel, Ford Sr. purchased the Lincoln Company for $1922 million in February 2. Leland and his Will Farrad serves as president and vice president.But almost immediately, the father and son had a dispute with Henry Ford over issues such as autonomy and shareholder responsibilities. Ford fired the Leland father and son and made Edsey president.

Therefore, Lincoln is currently in its most difficult period, so George is preparing to take over this luxury car company at this time.With the vision of the previous life, are there any competitors in the field of vehicle model research and development?
George could have Lincoln build all the classic luxury cars of later generations.Really make some limited edition models.

A week later, George's acquisition also aroused feedback from the market. Now that all automobile industry stocks have fallen, there are still people taking the initiative to buy automobile stocks, which suddenly aroused the interest of some people.Some retail investors who held a small amount of Lincoln shares saw someone taking the order, so they hesitated and sold the order directly.

This not only failed to pull up Lincoln's stock, but caused Lincoln's stock to fall again due to a large number of retail investors selling stocks.George did not hesitate and won all the sell orders.

In fact, the circle on Wall Street is very small, and many things will be known once you inquire about them.George continued to buy Lincoln Company stocks, but some major shareholders who held stocks there were confused.Because if George sells a large amount at this time, even if no one takes the order, it will cause a panic and greatly reduce the value of the stocks in their hands.

Therefore, someone contacted George through the relationship with Bank of America.George also said sincerely that he was willing to talk.Then we agreed to meet at the company two days later.Because September 9st is coming soon, he has to go to school, so he doesn’t want to support him anymore.

On the day of the meeting, George met Mr. Henry Leland, the founder of the Lincoln brand, and representatives of some major shareholders in the conference room.After the two parties exchanged greetings, they sat down separately.

Leland spoke first: "I heard Mr. Groman say before that Mr. Orwell is young and promising. When we met today, I realized that Mr. Orwell is so young."

"Mr. Leland deserves the prize. I just got lucky and won the bet."

"If you still have luck in the casino, then your choice in futures is not as simple as luck. Congratulations."

"Thank you, let's get back to the topic. I don't know why Mr. Leland found me through Mr. Groman this time?"

"That's right, because this year's automobile industry was affected by World War I, the stocks of automobile companies were declining, and we found that Mr. Orwell was buying a large amount of our company's stocks recently. So, I don't know, Orwell Mr. Er is just doing some operations, or he is really interested in our company and wants to hold it for a long time."

"So that's what happened. If that's the case, you also know that I made a little money in the stock market. But I have always relied on luck to achieve a little success. So I wanted to do some business. And because I recently bought I have bought a Lincoln car and it is very comfortable to use. I have seen a lot of things happening in Lincoln recently. The stock price is very low. I am still very confident in your company. I also believe that under the leadership of Mr. Leland, Lincoln will have a great future. It has a very good future. So just keep some in your hands, and it doesn’t matter if you lose.”

"Well, that's right. In other words, you may not hold it for a long time?" the shareholder representative sitting aside asked anxiously.

"Of course, Lincoln is not my company, so it depends on your future development."

As a shareholder of Lincoln Company, I know that my company is in trouble right now, and small shareholders like myself are trying to figure out how to cash out.

But I was afraid that selling the stocks all together would cause the value of the stocks in my hands to plummet, so I kept hesitating.

Now he finally saw a life-saving straw, so the representative of the small shareholders directly went past Leland and asked about what he had just said.

George didn't want to make it too ugly. Since such representatives had handed over the ladder, George could just express his thoughts: "What, do any of your shareholders want to sell the stock? If the price is right, I don't mind taking it. . But, as a young man, I may be a little willful. That is, if I take over, I want to own all the shares."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. I worked hard to create the Lincoln brand, and I will not hand it over to others." Leland said angrily.

"Mr. Orwell, are you telling the truth? I am willing to transfer the shares." This representative said.

The two spoke at the same time and expressed their opinions.

"Well, it seems that the opinions are not unanimous."

"Okay, Mr. Leland, can we talk alone?" George invited.

Leland hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay."

"Wait a minute, everyone. Mr. Leland and I have something to talk about, so I'll take some of your time."

(End of this chapter)