Heads Up Hollywood

With the concerted efforts of James Cameron and the crew, "Unsinkable" was finally completed before Christmas.

In order to allow the film to complete the post-production smoothly, special effects production has already started as early as September, and Cameron's special effects company "Digital Domain" is solely responsible for it.

Mel Gibson flew back to Australia to spend Christmas with his wife and children, but soon, he will be rushing back to New York to reshoot part of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Fortunately, Mel Gibson is used to such intensive work. Just like Jack Chen, a model worker, he has never had a vacation.

Tang En was invited by Shirley Hirschler to go to New York to spend this Christmas with Natalie's family.

Throughout the United States, the festive atmosphere is very grand, with Christmas trees and Santa Claus decorations everywhere, but Tang En doesn't feel that, Christmas is just a symbol to him.

So at the end of this year, going to New York for the holidays is a fake, but it is true to take stock of Tang En Capital's revenue for a year.

This year, Tang En's expenses... are a bit big!

Tang En Capital's original capital was 4.25 billion US dollars, but in the past 8 months, Tang En's expenditure on industrial investment has reached as high as 1.52 billion US dollars!

Among them, real estate investment is the most, with a total expenditure of 450 million U.S. dollars in Dunn Films Headquarters Park, Mid-Levels Manor, townhouses, and luxury high-rise apartments;

The investment of three technology companies, Apple, PayPal and Netflix, has a total cost of 420 million US dollars;

In the movie industry, Dunn Capital invested $290 million in Legendary Pictures and Pixar;

The toy industry, shares of Hasbro and MGA, paid out $0.9 billion;

Luxury investment, including private jets, luxury yachts, private cars... The total expenditure also reached 260 million US dollars. (see note)

This huge sum of money was earned by Tang En from the futures market, and almost went to prison, just to buy Universal Pictures, which played a vital role in Tang En's career development in Hollywood.

It took more than 8 months to spend 1.52 billion US dollars, which is simply exaggerated!

Of course, it is now a bubble crisis, and for Tang En, who has clear information about the stock market trend, there is a lot of room for profit. At his behest, Scott Swift continued to short, with two main targets—Yahoo and Cisco.

The effect is not as good as he imagined.

Let alone a free market economy, the Financial Supervision Bureau of the Ministry of Justice has been closely monitoring the stock market, futures market, and bond market for more than half a year now that the local crisis in technology stocks has led to a wider economic crisis.

Especially Nasdaq!

As a result, Tang En Capital shorted Yahoo and Cisco, and could not act recklessly like it did at the beginning of the year, and the scale was limited.

People from the Ministry of Justice even came to the door to have a private conversation with Scott Swift.

Although there is no explicit requirement to prohibit large-scale shorting of individual stocks, several insinuations have shown the attitude of the federal government.

Stay steady!

If a hard-line financial tycoon like Soros is likely to scoff at such unreasonable demands and hinder the free market, this is unconstitutional!

But Tang En couldn't, he was a little guilty.

Soros was playing capital operations, while Tang En was playing foresight. They lacked sufficient theoretical support. Once they were investigated, they couldn't come up with suitable and rich reasons.

It's better to be honest and low-key.

So in the past six months, Tang En's capital's income was far less than Tang En's expectation. Excluding the capital tax, it only earned 430 million US dollars.

Of course, this couldn't satisfy Tang En's appetite!

The entire Nasdaq evaporated 10 billion US dollars every week. Tang En worked hard for half a year and only made 430 million US dollars.

After deducting this year's dividends, Tang En Capital's current book capital is only 3.15 billion US dollars, which is far from meeting Tang En's requirements.

Tang En still has many industries to develop. In addition to Universal Pictures, there are also music, games, publishing, TV networks and other entertainment ecological chains, all of which require a lot of funds to support.

Even if Twain had the foresight, the chances to really make a lot of money are running out.

Fry oil and make a fortune in war?

Don't be ridiculous, so many top families and capital giants have spent so much money lobbying Congress and launching a national war that shocked the world. Tang En didn't spend any effort, and quietly made money from the country behind his back, earning dozens of dollars Ten billion?

I'm just tired of living!

Tang En's foresight is true. His strengths are knowledge reserves and spiritual attributes. He has a mortal body, and he will be finished if he is shot.

So there is no need to think about war money, the only opportunity in front of Tang En is the "911 Incident"!

Of course, this also requires careful preparation in the early stage.

If Tang En dared to sell wildly short on NASDAQ and NYSE on a large scale in the early days of September 11, and then wait for the "911 Incident" to break out, he would make a fortune... Well, even if there is no evidence to sit In fact, Tang En colluded with the al-Qaeda organization, and with the FBI's aggressive methods, he could also be charged with a lot of crimes.

Therefore, you must not get stuck at that point in time, it is best... to start shorting from now on!

"Scott, return the funds, next year, let's make a fortune!"

Wealth and wealth are in danger, Tang En has to do this.

Scott Swift saw Tang En's solemn expression and turned on the signal jamming device in his office, so he knew that this topic was serious, "Speak, I'm ready!"

"From January 1st tomorrow, we will restart the short selling plan!"

"Ah?" Scott Swift was slightly taken aback, "But the Ministry of Justice...has set restrictions, and it is not allowed to be too large like shorting Yahoo at the beginning of the year."

The corner of Tang En's mouth curled up, and he said lightly: "So this time...we adopted a different strategy. At the beginning of the year, we won by quality, and we made a fortune just relying on a few stocks such as Yahoo, Microsoft, and Dell. .This time, we will win by quantity!"

"Win by quantity? You mean... spread out the scope?" Scott Swift frowned and shook his head again and again, "I'm afraid it will be difficult, Nasdaq has been monitored by the Ministry of Justice's Financial Management Bureau , if we exceed that limit, it will also attract their attention."

Tang En smiled, "That's right, Nasdaq's room for maneuver is still a bit small. President Bush just came to power, and he is working hard to save Nasdaq from the stock market crash. The monitoring of this aspect must be very strict."

Just one month ago, the United States completed the general election, and Bush Jr. became the 43rd president in American history.

It is impossible for Tang En to touch the backs of Bush Jr. at this juncture.

Scott Swift looked at Tang En's confident and calm expression, and knew that he had a comprehensive calculation in his mind.

For a young man like Tang En, he couldn't see through it!

However, the big victory at the beginning of the year made Scott Swift full of trust in Twain. As he savored his words carefully, his eyes suddenly widened, showing a somewhat incredulous expression, "Twain, are you Say... the New York Stock Exchange?"

"Haha!" Dunn laughed loudly, his voice was transparent, "Scott, it seems that we have formed a tacit understanding."

Scott Swift didn't have the slightest intention to laugh, and the cold sweat dripped down, "Twain, boss! What on earth are you thinking? It's the NASDAQ stock market crash, not the NYSE!"

"The NYSE is not implicated by Nasdaq?"

"There are some, but it's not important. Especially since the new government has just come to power, investors have shown enough confidence. Recently, the market on the New York Stock Exchange is bullish."

"Calling? This is interesting." Tang En smiled slightly and muttered to himself.

Scott Swift was not in the mood for jokes, he was very worried, he used to work at Merrill Lynch, and he also dealt with Nasdaq.

To put it bluntly, Dunn Capital doesn't understand the New York Stock Exchange at all!

As a layman, spending a lot of money to enter the New York Stock Exchange and launch a large-scale short sale is tantamount to courting death.

"Twain, this is outrageous, there is no trace at all!"

"Scott, I know your worries are unnecessary." Dunn waved his hands, then stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the bustling streets of Manhattan, "This is New York, and this is Wall Street. In my opinion, quite Compared to Hollywood, this is a paradise for imagination!"

Scott Swift's face was heavy, and he couldn't figure out what nonsense Tang En was talking about.

Tang En turned around and said with a smile: "Scott, trust me one more time, do it!"

Scott Swift was silent for a long time, even very rarely lit a cigarette, and after smoking more than half of it, he asked slowly: "What should I do?"

"Starting from January 1st, we will short the stocks of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq on a large scale. For specific stock selection, you can hire more professional talents. Don't we have more than 3 billion US dollars on our books? Is it? Except for the necessary operating expenses, throw out the rest!" Tang En said in a loud tone, he is qualified.

Scott Swift gasped, "This... this will pay off badly!"

Tang En smiled and said, "Didn't I say that you can hire some professionals, or consult securities institutions."

Scott Swift said bitterly: "If professionals are really useful, the rich list will not be occupied by entrepreneurs."

"Isn't there a stop loss mechanism?"

"That will only make us pay less."

Tang En's expression was always calm, "Oh? Let's talk about it. We went short in early January and closed in early June. If the market goes bad, how much will we lose?"

"500 to 600 million is not a small amount, and 700 to 800 million is not surprising." Scott Swift sighed, "Twain, this is not a small amount. If you want to compete with the Ministry of Justice, I don't think it's necessary at all."

"Competing with the Ministry of Justice? Haha, Scott, I'm not that boring!" Tang En shook his head in amazement, and then said lightly: "I can bear losses of less than 1 billion US dollars!"

"ah?"

Scott Swift was completely stunned, as if he had run into a ghost during the day, and looked at Tang En foolishly.

Boss, what are you going to do?

What's wrong with $1 billion? A few lifetimes are enough to eat and wait for death!

Then, I heard Tang En leisurely say: "The action will be in January, and the network will be closed in June. In July, let's do another wave of action!"