Hollywood Hunter

James Robinson heard Noah Scott’s question, but hesitated.

Simon Westero's previous stock index futures operation, one success may not be a big deal. It can also be said to be luck for two consecutive times, but three consecutive times is enough to prove that the young man must rely on it.

In this case, if Lehman Brothers followed suit, it would definitely be able to obtain unexpected gains.As the CEO of Lehman Brothers American Express, James Robinson is absolutely not lacking in the spirit of adventure.

It's just that this behavior is clearly standard insider trading.

American Express bought Lehman Brothers three years ago just to get involved in the long-planned investment banking space.

Next, if you really follow suit, once things are revealed, Lehman Brothers will definitely be investigated by the SEC (Federal Exchange Commission), and your customers will be lost in large numbers.

Most importantly, other investment banks on Wall Street will never miss the opportunity to expel American Express, a potentially powerful opponent, from the investment banking arena.

but.

In just three and a half months, with a principal of 75 million US dollars and a net profit of more than 200 million US dollars, such huge profits are really difficult to resist.

You know, as a global financial and travel services company, the current market value of American Express with more than $13 billion and more than 50,000 employees, the net profit in the second quarter of 1987 was only more than $180 million.

Obviously, a young man who is less than 20 years old has been operating in the stock index futures market for more than three months, and the gains have already exceeded the quarterly profit of a big company such as American Express.

After repeatedly weighing for a few minutes, James Robinson still failed to resist this temptation. He patted the Westeros transaction record and said to Scott and his son: "I will discuss with Paul on the board this weekend. , Strive to mobilize a fund before next Monday. Neil, you are responsible for this matter, Noah trades, you two report directly to me personally. Remember, you must be cautious and cautious, you should all know this The consequences of the incident."

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Los Angeles.

In Palisades's mansion, Simon hung up Noah Scott's phone and leaned thoughtfully on the leather chair.

Janet had just been sitting on the large desk in front of Simon in a very low image, holding several reports from Noah Scott in his hand, dangling over two bare naked feet with great interest. .

Seeing Simon hang up, Janet leaned over toe and nodded on Simon's lap, saying: "Little bastard, I believe you won't be able to realize those three wishes in years."

The thoughts that hadn't gotten together were interrupted. Simon just smiled and held the woman's foot on her leg, and scratched her foot a few times, saying, "Don't you believe it before?"

Janet smiled and took back her feet, saying, "Of course I believe it. But, I didn't expect you to make money like this. Our family, starting with my great-grandfather, for more than a hundred years, the accumulated wealth is only counted. $2 billion."

Simon said: "But I certainly have no ability to promote the federal abolition of inheritance tax, so, or your family is more powerful."

In the first half of the year, when Simon and Janet's relationship was exposed, there were reports in the newspaper that the Johnston family pushed Australia to abolish inheritance tax.It can affect the fundamental taxation system of a country, and this is the real profound knowledge.

Now, although he already has a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars, once Simon's wealth is exposed, he may be more like a'fatty sheep' in the eyes of many people.

Simon is also very clear about this.

As a rebirth, it is not too difficult to accumulate wealth.

The easiest way, the market value of Microsoft is only about 1 billion US dollars.Simon took out $200,000 to buy Microsoft stock and held it until 2000, selling it at the highest point of Microsoft’s $600 billion market value,

At 200,000 US dollars, the North American property market bubble is still at its highest point. Many middle-class families can probably raise it as long as they sell their properties.But it is absolutely impossible for them to know that this money can make them billionaires in more than ten years.

Simon knew.

However, if he simply grabs his wealth, even if Simon earns 100 billion US dollars, if he lacks the social influence matching this wealth, he will eventually be only a 100-billion-dollar'fat sheep'. That's it.

Therefore, Simon was not too complacent about this huge sum of money earned from the stock index futures market.

Just to get rid of the'fatty sheep' state, he still has a long way to go.

Janet saw that Simon was silent, waiting patiently for a moment, and then scratched his leg on the man's leg and asked, "What are you thinking?"

Simon tells the truth: "Fat sheep."

"Oh," Janet smiled and said, "You feel it?"

Simon wondered: "What?"

"Noah," Janet blinked and said, "He is so attentive today, there is obviously something wrong."

Simon heard Janet’s reminder that he only captured some of the thoughts in his mind just after hanging up the phone, and he suddenly laughed, saying: “Three times in a row, $75 million has turned to $27.856 million. If Lehman Brothers can Endure not to follow up, Wall Street is not Wall Street."

Janet asked, "What are you going to do?"

"As long as Lehman Brothers' operations do not affect our interests, let them earn some money," Simon said, then shook his head again, said: "However, this seems unlikely."

If Lehman Brothers, backed by American Express, follow up, the volume of funds will definitely exceed the principal of Westero’s account of less than $300 million.

If it has been a long-term operation at the moment, it may be nothing, and if it is followed up, it will be followed up.But the stock market crash at the end of October, the situation is definitely different.

In Simon’s memory, the 1987 rescue crash was very timely and effective. The North American stock market stabilized in just one week.Moreover, the time that the S&P 500 index stays at the bottom of about 200 points is even shorter.

The last short contract in Westeros' plan is only to close the position at the bottom of the 200 point to get the most profit.However, the single-day contract throughput of the stock index futures market is ultimately limited.

After the stock market crash, if Lehman Brothers also established a large number of short positions, they would definitely take the lead in arranging their contracts to close positions. The contracts held by Westeros may only be able to trade after the index rebounded.By that time, the profits will definitely shrink significantly.

Janet watched Simon think again, without disturbing.

After thinking about it for a while, Simon said: "I don't care about this matter first. Let's wait until the "Pulp Fiction" kills.)

In the plan, "Pulp Fiction" will be successful in mid-September, and Simon still has half a month of operating time.

Moreover, the movie is the most important thing for Simon.

To accumulate a lot of wealth, Simon must have considerable power if he wants not to be regarded as a "fat sheep".

Hollywood happens to be the foundation of power Simon chose.

If this world-class influential film industry base can be included step by step, plus the huge wealth accumulated by itself, Simon can truly get rid of the status of "fatty sheep" and become a big player that can influence this country and the entire world.

Janet heard Simon say this, but was a little puzzled: "We can withdraw all the money in the futures account. Then, Noah can find a corner to remove tears."

"No," Simon shook his head and smiled. "Now, it's like telling them that we are going to change to a futures broker. Wall Street is actually so big, you don't think Lehman Brothers will find us. Where do you open an account?"

Janet thought for a while and said helplessly: "It seems that it is indeed so."

...

Unconsciously, another weekend passed quickly.

The time came in September.

On the weekend two days, under the personal arrangement of American Express CEO James Robinson, Lehman Brothers mobilized $500 million in one-off funds, intending to secretly follow the operation of Westeros.

However, what surprised Noah Scott is that compared to the previous three heavy positions, Simon just asked him to build 6000 short contracts between 337 and 330 points in the new week, and it was 12 Short contract for the month.

The bulls turned into shorts, which was indeed within Noah Scott's expectations.

However, the short position of 6000 contracts only occupies 30% of the funds in Westeros' account, which is far lower than the 80% position that has been maintained.The person in charge who originally mobilized a large amount of funds and wanted to follow Simon's operation insurance once was completely puzzled.

The 30% position ratio is a very conservative long-term position strategy.

The entire Wall Street now understands that after a five-year bull market, the North American stock market will eventually inevitably turn into a downturn.Therefore, the position of Westeros at this time is very much like the ending behavior of as much soup as you can after you have eaten enough.

Is it.

Just to enter, the feast is over?

If it is unable to obtain huge profits in a short period of time, the company must not be able to keep a huge amount of 500 million dollars in a futures account for a long time.

Even, Noah Scott once suspected that his dark disk operation was perceived by Simon before the other party would do so.But this also makes no sense.If Simon notices that Lehman Brothers intends to follow suit, he will definitely change the broker.

There is no reason not to earn money that can be made.

In this hesitation, the first week of September is not over yet, and the North American stock market has turned sharply. The following week, the S&P 500 index dived from 330 points to 310 points.

It is still a 20-point drop.

With a contract multiplier of US$500, the profit and loss of a single contract reached US$10,000.

As a result, in just one week, Westero’s 6,000 short contracts had a book profit of more than $60 million.

However, the book profit in the Lehman Brothers account is even more generous, and Noah Scott is completely building a position at twice the size of Westeros.After Simon stopped building positions, he couldn't help buying another 3,000 contracts, which brought the short positions in Lehman Brothers accounts to 15,000.

In just one week, the book profit in Lehman Brothers accounted for more than $150 million.

however.

This time, Simon did not issue a sell order.

Relative to Simon's stability as Mount Tai, the father and son of Scott who were personally responsible for this operation were completely unable to calm down.

A profit of 150 million US dollars, which is almost equivalent to the quarterly net profit of the entire Express company.And, most importantly, as a direct project leader and trader, such a profit also means that they will receive huge year-end bonuses.

Moreover, if the S&P 500 index has been going down, it is okay, but as the third Thursday of September, the last delivery day is approaching, the original plunge of the S&P 500 index began to rise again.

The 15,000 contracts held by Lehman Brothers mean that every 1 point change in the S&P 500 index represents a profit and loss of $7.5 million.

As a result, the S&P 500 index began to rise step by step from 310 points, and watched the "$7.5 million" disappeared. When the S&P 500 index rose back to a high of 320 points, Simon still did not issue any trading orders, including CEO James Express. ·Including Robinson, all American Express executives who knew about the operation could no longer calm down, and Noah Scott finally began to close the position.

But the rise of the S&P 500 index has not stopped.

When Lehman Brothers hurriedly completed the clearance of 15,000 contracts, the S&P 500 index had risen back to 326 points.The original profit of more than 150 million US dollars, Lehman Brothers finally recovered only 56 million US dollars in profits.

56 million US dollars, which is obviously a very considerable income, but compared with the original book profit of 150 million US dollars, it still shrinks too much.

Then, the development of the matter was once again beyond everyone's expectations.

On September 17, the third stock index futures delivery day in 1987, the S&P 500 index surged to 328 points, but then did not continue to rise, but began to fall again.

Excluding the subsequent weekend, in just three trading days, like a roller coaster, the S&P 500 index once again fell from a high of 328 points to 313 points.

at this time.

In Westeros's account, there are still 6,000 contracts that are not moving, and the accumulated book profit is close to 60 million US dollars.

Faced with this situation, Noah Scott, Nelson Scott and even James Robinson and others have completely felt a sense of overwhelming.

What exactly happened?

Was that kid intentional?

What will he do next?

Do you want to follow up now?

Los Angeles.

Unlike the general mood of Noah Scott and other people on a roller coaster, Simon, who had already expected dramatic fluctuations in September, during this time, in addition to looking at some of the index rise and fall reports sent back from Chicago every day, he will basically try his best to invest In the final shooting of "Pulp Fiction".

Finally, on September 19, Saturday.

With only the last few shots left, the crew chose to work overtime on the weekend, and then, that afternoon, Simon returned to the second film directed after this era, officially killing.