King of Hollywood

Chapter ii

Apparently, Adrian didn't intend to change his mind, although he didn't care about where the world's richest was - if he really wanted the scenery, he wouldn't have hidden it, and Microsoft's five shares were held in two accounts, more than five to be reported to the SEC. Forbes is not a pig killer list, but it's not a good thing to shake too much. He was already a famous Hollywood miracle director, enough attention. Besides, with more than 20 billion homes, enough to put him in the top 10 of the list, this wind still lets the lid out.

But if there's a chance, why don't you try making another penny? In fact, Claude and the group as a whole had the same intention, and the more money they could always move, the better, and their expansion was far from halting.

It's just not easy to predict dates accurately, even though Claude's phrase “even those who are ready can't be sure when it's best" is exaggerated, at least they should have a bottom line in their minds by now, but they certainly weren't sure until then. Even Uncle Anderson couldn't analyze more information, and people like Buffett hardly ever touched IT stocks, let alone Adrian and Claude.

In fact, a few days ago, two people who had been following the stock market started talking about it, but there was no consensus, and today it seems that there will still be no progress.

And that's when Claude switched the LCD back to Adrian: "Ed, look at this news. ”

In the past, the monitor was hung up on Cisco's official website, and in the middle was an article, signed by CEO John? Chambers' name. Despite some confusion, Adrian looked carefully and didn't write much on it, which was an open letter from Chambers, reviewing the development of Lower Cisco first, then describing the achievements of the next few years, congratulating the company on its market value of more than 500 billion, and encouraging everyone to be brilliant more than their old counterparts, Microsoft.

Does that make any special sense? Adrian glanced at Claude, and this guy was so proud, he had obviously come to a conclusion and was waiting to see his joke. Staring at him, Adrian kept picking up open letters. What did this guy see in them? Chambers is confident and unaware of the risks involved. Is it okay to go beyond Microsoft? But what does this have to do with what they're discussing... Wait! Beyond Microsoft?!

Adrian raised his head violently against Claude's fourth eye, and Claude smiled.

“When the Cisco market value exceeds universal! ”

“Cisco is worth more than Microsoft! ”

They both said it at the same time, Claude beamed, but then his eyes lit up and his fingers stretched out a little harder in the air: "You're right, Ed, it should be time for Cisco to go beyond generic! ”

Since the market value of Cisco has exceeded 500 billion, which is not far from Microsoft and General, then after they exceed Microsoft, you can wait for them to exceed General, which is not much difference anyway. You know, General Electric has been in the first place in the global market for a long time, and Microsoft was surpassed once in '98, but it was soon surpassed again, and Cisco wanted to stabilize Microsoft and certainly want to surpass General, and once that was done, everyone would cheer for it and make timely and reasonable judgements about what happened.

“Your eyes are always so precise, Ed.” Claude then praised the fact that he had no idea that Adrian would make such a judgment because he implicitly remembered that Cisco had fallen into the abyss at the highest market value, and although he didn't know the whole process, there was so much information now combined that it was easy to guess the likelihood of it, and Claude understood immediately.

Of course, those waiting on Wall Street may not intend to let Cisco go beyond generic, but it's relatively easy to analyze it with reference, and in general, they start secretly shipping slowly before then, and then let the losers lift the stock price and then pull themselves out as hard as they can. Adrian and Claude can follow suit as soon as they catch a little trace.

Forgive me, but they dare not be careless. As I said earlier, the date of the futures must be very precise, and there is an excellent example in front of them. The quantum fund predicted the possible rupture of the bubble at the beginning of '99 and then began to run out at that time, naturally, so it goes without saying that Soros lost a fortune and is now ready to step back into the second line.

Pretty soon, the date was approaching, and on January 31, 2000, Cisco's market capitalization reached more than 520.5 billion, making it the number one in the world, with CEO Chambers publishing another article on the official website to celebrate the company's tremendous achievements. Then, on the first morning after the weekend, billions of billions of billions of billions of sales bills were thrown out simultaneously against IT leaders like Cisco, Microsoft and Dell, and the stock market suddenly dropped!

However, the decline was modest, with Wall Street market analysts claiming it was just a stock market fix, so investors were somewhat worried but not thinking too much. But soon the news of the Federal Court ruling Microsoft monopoly came out again, and then there was all kinds of negative news, and the stock market dropped again, and this time it opened the dam gate for a thousand miles, and many people hadn't reacted, and the stock in their hands shrunk by half! In a panic, they started selling panic, but in a few decades, most of the IT stock became scrap paper.

Many suicide sanctuaries across the United States - the Golden Gate Bridge, the Empire State Building - also welcomed new guests, and fortunately, this bubble rupture was limited to IT stocks, relatively mild, even if there were not many suicides, and there were no dumplings like Black Friday.

As for Adrian, he and Claude proved to be right when the stock market started to fall, especially after Cisco, Microsoft and Delna's billion-dollar stock was thrown at the same time, and the end was long overdue, and all he had to do now was wait for the money to come back to the cage, and the rest was Leggett's business.

Ten times more leveraged stock index futures plus 10 billion dollars, and making another 10 billion isn't hard, and Adrian started out wanting to leverage even thirty times less, and even billions. But as his financial advisor, Leggett made a strong objection, investing less money, but also more risk. It took 30 times more leverage to be small. Now that the money is sufficient, why take the risk? The banks and funds that fall on it are not without it.

Claude, who had always supported him, also objected to it, and Adrian naturally abandoned his intention, which was to spend a little longer anyway, so that the money would not be invested in the company for the time being, so that no one else would worry about it.

“Congratulations, Ed.” In the office, Claude raised his glass to congratulate Adrian, and the amber fluid was very bright.

“Congratulations, Claude, our cause is going to be on the next floor.” Adrian lifted his cup and touched him, as the first massive sale had just passed, and many were still watching.

For these people, Adrian just shrugged his shoulders, and since he was speculative, he had to be ready for possible blood loss at any time and control his greed, watching the stock keep going up, so he couldn't help but let go and always wanted to go a little higher, and if he fell and hoped to go back up a little, he would not deserve pity, not to mention the people who put their whole side family into it.

The most typical example is Britney's parents, who were given 0.01 Cisco shares by Adrian, now worth 50 million, and when did those two greedy guys ever have so much wealth? Nearly all property is invested in the desire to gain more.

However, on the day Cisco reached its peak, Adrian gave them a call to sell Spiels immediately. Though he didn't go into detail, just to put it this way, Spiels finally had that little head, and despite hesitation, he threw the stock out immediately after the stock market dropped.

In fact, it's already late, and 50 million shares don't look like much of the total value, but who's going to take over once the bubble breaks? Even when the moment came, Spears only cashed five or six million each with her wife, and all the rest was gone, making people cry.

Adrian was going to keep his mouth shut and watch them fall into the abyss, but think about the couple's face. If they don't wear shoes, even if they can be disposed of in time, something could happen. Now let them go, they'll have to think about it even if they want to, and Adrian won't have to worry about it.

Well, it's all in the future, or come back now.

“Tell me about your plans, Ed.” After a sip of whiskey, Claude said.

“Now?” Adrian picked the eyebrows.

“Of course, I could have prepared early.” Claude shrugged with a smile.

“You must have guessed, Claude.” Adrian looks at him, "we don't have much room to go up right now in the production and distribution of movies and television broadcasts, so where are we going as CEOs, you know, unless you're not qualified. ”

“Of course I know,” Claude Haha laughed, "I'm just curious as to what your target would be, although there's not much choice. ”

“What else could it be, Universal Records!” Adrian gave the answer.

Since neither film nor television nor broadcast can make a big move for the time being, expansion on the record is inevitable. Although several major record companies are about to merge in a few years, they will have enough say ahead of time, so Adrian has a shot at Universal Records.

Universal Records and Universal Film are not two children born to a mother, but they are not irrelevant. Formerly a MCA record, Universal was first developed as a concert booking company that merged Universal Film in the 1960s and then sold it to Panasonic in the 1980s. By the mid-1990s, MCA records had been acquired by Sigram, while Universal Film was also acquired by Sigram after turning the other side, bringing the two companies together again.

Sigram also renamed the MCA Universal Records, but unfortunately the Universal Film Industry hasn't been in business long enough to have to sell it to AC Media again because of funding issues. Nevertheless, Sigram did not extinguish the idea of developing the media and subsequently acquired Polyquin and Universal Records, along with several entertainment companies.

But they have not learned the lesson of blind expansion, and Sigram is now showing signs of bankruptcy, not quite out of the dilemma that Adrian and Claude had created to acquire the Universal Film Industry. Opportunities are so good and so much money is in hand that it naturally becomes a target for AC media.

Though hundreds of generations are also suitable, and BMG, Sony and Warner are not necessarily impossible to do, it is more convenient not to merge Polykine's Universal Records, and despite the fact that MOTION and ISLAND records, which should have been acquired by Polykine, are still available to AC media, Universal Records still has a large market, it is not difficult to become the world's largest record company if it can be taken down and integrated with the MCM.

“Besides, Universal Film, Universal Records, aren't they just a couple?” Adrian laughed and opened his hand, and he made a noise, “but before that, one thing had to be done. ”

“What do you have in mind?” Claude picked the eyebrows.

“A big plan.” Adrian moaned with a smile on his chin.

In the quiet forest, the sun shines a little through the evergreen leaves, with no cold feeling at all. Forgive me, but there are still handles of umbrellas standing on the ground, isolating these sunshines.

“The club is quiet and doesn't have so many annoying paparazzi that I come here to sit down, have a cup of coffee and breathe some fresh air as soon as I need to relax.” Standing outside the umbrella, watching the distant sights, Adrian said, "The world is still beautiful and worth fighting for —— don't you think? ”

The middle-aged man in his forties, sitting under his umbrella, was somewhat distracted. He had a thick, curly black hair, a suit that covered his entire body, a wide pair of sunglasses, a little dark skin, but also an abnormal white, but occasionally he could see white spots under his neck as he turned his head.

“We never seem to have dealt with each other, Mr. Adrian.” The other side said a little coldly.

“Yes, but the two red-woman singers in my record company are all your admirers, MJ.” Adrian smiled and walked over to sit by the round table.

That's right, the middle-aged man he's meeting today in the woods with sunglasses and umbrellas, the same man who ruled the '80s album, causing countless wind waves, the' 90s haunted by vitiligo and child molestation, and has a huge fan of the Emperor, Michael? Jackson!

“I know they're all good singers, but this has nothing to do with your offer, right?” Michael, being polite, seemed wary of Adrian.

Adrian didn't think he was laughing: "We didn't meet, but that's why we can talk more directly and honestly. ”

He sipped the coffee, then sat up straight and looked at Michael: "I want you to have Elvis and the Beatles, and some of Sony's album copyrights, mj. ”

After a pause, he added: "$2.2 billion. ”

Michael picked his eyebrows in surprise and refused Adrian's request: “A lot of people have asked me this question, Mr. Adrian, but my answer has never changed. ”

Adrian laughed softly: "You're a smart guy, mj, selling Elvis and the Beatles' record copyright is the most beautiful investment you've ever made, but you're not that smart at the same time, and you don't seem to understand your situation. ”

“My situation?” Michael sneered, "thanks to those shameless journalists and the media, justice and justice simply don't exist for a person who can throw dirty water at them for viewership, all they have to do is attract as much public attention as possible! ”

Speaking in a sigh, he finally paused, and then reached out and pulled his neck to calm his excitement a little.

But Adrian didn't shake his head. “Look, I was right, wasn't I? You still don't understand. Or you understand something, but don't want to admit it. ”

Michael Hugh took off his sunglasses and stared at Adrian, seemingly trying to say something, but he finally put up with it: “If that's all you're trying to say, Mr. Adrian, I think I can say goodbye. ”

“Are you planning on releasing a new album next year?” Adrian suddenly asked, "You know what I'd do if I were your boss?" I tried to make this album full of thought cumbersome in the production process and use various excuses to delay the promotion, reduce the sales of the album, and then get people to claim through the media that you're out of breath, that you can no longer make good music, that you're addicted to drugs, that you're plastic surgery, that you're corrupt, that you're hopeless. And then buying people around you, when you leave Dream House, take two kids in for a walk —— just a walk, do nothing, just create signs of kids coming in -- and then do another 95 years, and speculate more ferociously, and even force the police to search Dream House. No one will support you. No one will sympathize with you. Even if they do, they will not make much noise. You will only see mainstream society talk to you. Then you will be truly depraved and silent. As long as you reveal a little thought, it will be dispelled. Finally, a little surprise... ”

Adrian's hands stalled, although not finished, but the meaning was obvious, Michael's chest rolled together, staring at his fist tight, seemed to want to give him a hard shot.

“Are you threatening me?” He bit his teeth and asked.

“No, I'm just reminding you," Adrian shrugged, "you should understand, I'm helping you, mj, with a record copyright worth up to two billion, and I'm bidding 2.2 billion, which is pretty sincere. Sony, those vampires want a billion dollars to sell. ”

He looked into his eyes and said, "You're talented, mj, and I admire talented people, but you're black at the same time, so when you achieve so much, and you master so much wealth, you're bound to attract others. You're like a kid walking down a busy street with a bundle of dollars, and anyone can easily take their wealth from you. Who makes you black? Selling it to me is different, I didn't make you lose money, you distracted other people, dissolved Sony's vampires, and the extra 200 million can make you do more things you want to do, help more kids, why not? ”