American Fortune Life
Chapter 1846: Making Money When You Play Well
Whoever lives in Santa Barbara is out of luck!
Located west of Los Angeles, the city of Santa Barbara, a Pacific coastal seaside tourist destination, has a pleasant climate and spectacular scenery, where many Hollywood stars will find their property. As a result, luxury homes in the Valley area are home to the highest average house prices in California. Yet it is the volcanic fires that are recurring.
Six months ago, just as a fire devoured more than 200 homes in the city, Hollywood stars, including Ivier, suffered heavy losses and today's fire sent a direct red emergency warning signal.
On the way, Andy and Ivana, who had already moved to Long Beach, watched live footage on car television, showing that the fire was burning and that many houses had been ruined, including expensive mansions, and that some large buildings were not spared. A large number of fire trucks and several fire helicopters extinguished fire in the affected areas, but the fire remained difficult to control.
“ At least 2,000 local residents were evacuated urgently, and some 1,200 have been evacuated. Currently, 5,430 dwellings are still threatened by volcanic fires, with an estimated 13,575 people affected. The closure of 16 schools and childcare centres has been ordered... ”
Listening to an interview with a local police spokesman, Andy shook his head helplessly and said, "There's a fire coming in three to five, and this is a tough land in Los Angeles. ”
“The volcanic fires in California, the cold weather in the east, storm surges in many states, and frequent natural disasters are not accidental reminders that the consequences of climate change are gradually unfolding in our lives. If greenhouse gas emissions are not severely restricted, more catastrophic weather may be damaged further, and future risks of climate change depend on human decisions about today. ”
“Countries are also calling for a better protection of the global environmental climate, and it would be good for Tesla to see a breakthrough in CO2 emissions at this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference.” Ivana grabbed Andy's arm and said softly.
“Heh, if the United Nations Climate Change Conference adopts a carbon dioxide emissions agreement, Tesla alone will be able to earn high profits of between $50 million and $70 million a year by selling zero-emission credit points for cars.” Andy smiled, telling the truth about Tesla's profitability, he was always uncertain.
Andy's initial preference for Tesla was not only to target the market position of the sports car class, but also to take full advantage of the Internet's sense of engagement and reputation marketing. Of course, Tesla's real knockout against traditional industries is also due to the ambitious charging station Supercharger program.
But all along, and even next, Tesla would run blind in one blowing bubble after another, spending money in a constant loop, really making money without loss, I'm afraid, etc., and Andy would be able to determine the fixed income, I'm afraid, only through "selling carbon” to make money.
“ Three firefighters are currently suffering varying degrees of burns and respiratory damage, and one firefighter is injured in the head. A fire truck was severely damaged during the fire fighting, for specific reasons still under investigation. Currently, more than 800 firefighters are struggling on the fire site, and about 1300 more are on standby. ”
The terror scene of the volcano and the firefighters' extinguishing of the fire continued to be shown on the onboard television, and Ivana was forced to have a slight facial contour, holding Andy's arm tight, “God bless them! ”
“God bless them!” Andy also offered his blessing to those firefighters who were fighting the Fire Demon, after all, who were selfless and fearless of danger and dared to put themselves in danger to protect the lives and property of others deserved the respect of everyone.
In the eyes of Americans, firefighters are the most respected profession after scientists and doctors. Like many developed countries, the United States operates a firefighter profession, which has always been regarded by Americans as a civilian hero, and the profession of firefighter has been rated one of the most respected by the public, with the President of the United States ranking only 26.
“Afterwards, on behalf of the Smith Foundation, you donated a million dollars to the Los Angeles Fire Department.” Andy said.
“Okay, honey.” Ivana leaned her head against Andy's shoulder and said softly.
After a 40-minute drive, the haunted convoy arrived at a Latin manor estate in Long Beach, where Andy stood in a vegetable, sunny garden while Ivana directed the maids to pack their rooms and received a call from rocket manager Moray.
After the Rocket team defeated the second round of the Pioneers' promotion season, the Rocket team was excited to go up and down, which was particularly significant for Rocket General Manager Morey. You should know that Morley officially took over the position of General Manager of the Rocket Team from Dawson only in 2007. Shortly after he officially took up the position of General Manager of the Rocket, he came to a huge change. The owner of the rocket, to be honest, was ready to be swept out of the house. Good thing the new boss didn't choose to kick him directly, but kept him as General Manager.
Although there was no unemployment, Moray was under a lot of pressure at the time. In addition to making the Rocket Squad profitable, he also had to be careful at all times about other people's admiration of his throne. Good thing, after such a long time, he did a good job and delegated power to others. Finally, he stood on his heels.
Moray was happy to be a kid after the Rocket team made the first round of the post-season breakthrough in nearly 12 years. “Boss, after the Rocket team successfully broke the first round of the post-season spell, this will completely change the Rocket team's bad reputation in the NBA league.
Last night's game changed the image of our team across the United States and in Houston City, an indirect positive effect. People won't write about the rocket team's past embarrassing history anymore, so I think it could be a good thing for players, and it could be a good thing for ticket sales. ”
After breaking through the first round of the postseason, our ticket sales started to get hotter. On the team side, tickets to the third and fourth games of the Rocket Home Race against the Lakers began on Friday at US local time, just minutes after tickets began to be sold, and tickets to the sales quotas for the two games were looted that day. In addition to tickets to some rocket team season ticket owners and sponsors, tickets to both the third and fourth games sold between 3,500 and 4,000 tickets last night. ”
Listen, Moray obviously had an encouraging debriefing, Andy was very happy, after all, nothing made him happier than making money. To be honest, he was able to leave his fat "data control” Moray's decision to continue as general manager, but he was also very wise, and Moray added another dimensional value to the rocket.
Moray's biggest features are data analysis and risk control, and he has hardly ever had a garbage contract. He can keep the team financially healthy. Meanwhile, his game data analysis also helped Bob Miles “turn into a treasure” some players who were not reused or found by other teams, and Andy liked Moray's insistence on "spending money, doing big things".
In particular, in recent days, the Alliance has issued a revenue and expenditure data memorandum for 30 teams, with the Rocket Team ranking third in profitability, reaching $40.7 million, while the largest loss to the Basketball Team was as high as $144 million. You know, the Rocket Team now has four all-star players, and it's really hard to keep it profitable.
“The second game with the Lakers will be hard to fight. Whether you win or lose, go back to the home game in Houston, I want you to make the Lakers feel our demonic home, show the home game advantage, and put pressure on the foot Lakers from the mood!” Andy said.
“Don't worry, boss, we'll let the Lakers know it's awesome.” Moray's confident response was that he and the team management had already prepared a series of ways to improve the home atmosphere, and that they all knew how much their big boss valued the creation of the home atmosphere, which naturally would not be taken lightly.