Ace Hollywood

On the eve of the Oscars, Plutos Investment Company officially began to buy shares in many important technology stocks such as Apple and Google. stock market investment.

Bullish on Apple? Apple, which was launched, has continued its curse of new products - once a new product is launched, the stock price will inevitably fall. This is a very interesting phenomenon. But despite this, in the long run, this product will obviously have a strong boost to Apple's stock price. As for whether it can become a product of this level, it seems that it has this potential!

However, this is not enough!

It wasn't enough for Plutos to change their strategy, if there wasn't a fundamental shift in their forecasts for the financial crisis. It's impossible for Apple to make a similar move when they launch a new product.

Therefore, the only reason, Plutos has always insisted that the United States and the world will usher in a financial turmoil, has been shaken!

This ignited the entire capital world, and then quickly spread to politics and public opinion.

Plutos and Daniel's team were silent and refused to give a precise answer to this incident.

No matter how the Plutos spokesperson was asked, he only responded with one sentence, "Our investment is based on the company's business strategy and close observation of the market."

Strictly speaking, this is a panacea-like answer.

However, the reporters who suffered from not being able to get a direct response had to dig out a lot of meaning from it.

The Wall Street Journal states that "Plutos has made a major reversal in his stance on the market crisis, investing heavily in the stock market..."

"USA Today" said, "The possibility of the financial crisis is further reduced? At least Plutos Investment Company thinks so. The day before yesterday, Plutos began to buy shares of companies such as Apple in the open market, involving dozens of dollars. Tens of billions of dollars can be described as a heavy investment.”

The media was like headless chicken, but many other people could call directly to Daniel's mobile phone.

Like Jobs.

"What do you want to do with Apple?"

There was no doubt in Jobs' tone, but he was full of anger, whether Daniel bought or sold Apple before. Whether he bought Apple now or not has had a great impact on Apple's operations, which Jobs hated. He is a pure technologist, and he hopes to win the world by relying on products. As for the financial market, he does not resist, but it should definitely not have an important impact on the company's mainstream development direction, but now, it is only Plutos. It has affected the external environment of the entire Apple company several times.

Daniel is a little sorry to be honest. For this kind of serious technical paranoia, it is difficult for him to convince himself that "the capital market is the rule".

Of course, that's all, and no more emotions will appear.

"Steve Jobs, Plutos is just a normal investment in the open market, it will not affect Apple. Especially if you have a good enough product."

Jobs was silent for a moment.

Plutos and Google jointly acquired Android, developed an open source mobile phone operating system, and formed a large-scale Open Mobile Phone Alliance-this is for Apple smartphones, and there is no place for hesitation.

But even so. The communication between Jobs and Daniel was relatively gentle.

For Jobs, he was not worried about competition in technology or products, nor would he have any special emotions.

But at this moment, his heart was really full of anger. Unfortunately, what Daniel said was like a basin of cold water poured directly on his head. Indeed, Plutos is an investment company. Their buying and selling are all driven by profit. Facts have also proved that their multiple entry and exit on Apple is very smart and discerning.

You can't accuse a butcher of killing too many people. Of course, it cannot prevent an investor from choosing the timing of buying and selling.

Jobs finally hung up the phone without a word. Daniel was a little regretful. The relationship between him and Jobs had been fairly good, so it could be said that this was the end. Jobs was a very stubborn person, and it was difficult to change his impression. But this emotion stayed in Daniel's mind for a short time.

Yes, he respected Jobs and his creativity. But it is absolutely impossible to change your pace because of him.

...

Calls from Jobs, Larry Page and others are still expected.

But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's call again surprised him, and it was indeed a difficult issue.

When Sally received Rice's call, her tone was a bit special—the boss who can receive the call from the Secretary of State really deserves Sally's emotion.

"Good morning, ma'am."

"Hello, Daniel. You know why I'm calling today, can you tell me what you think?"

Daniel laughed a few times.

In January, he took three days to go to Davos, Switzerland, to meet with a kind of senior executives, and he also personally listened to Rice's boasting of the US government's ability to deal with crises and its ability to solve difficult problems at the conference. ability. And it is asserted that there will be no serious financial crisis in the United States. More or less, there are always some people who get encouragement from Rice's firm attitude.

However, when Daniel was participating in a forum, he gently and heavily removed the table legs for Rice.

"The crisis still hasn't seen a turn for the better. As for what form it will turn into, which industries it will affect the film industry, and whether it will become a global financial storm, there are many Nobel economists here today, and they must understand Plutos’ view of the future of the world economy has not changed. We can see that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in the United States...”

These eloquent talks made Rice basically not meet Daniel in Davos.

As a man of national importance, and in early 2008, before the final battles of the election year, Rice was all but determined not to meet Daniel. It's really incredible. Of course, considering the current pressure from the US government and Daniel's tendency to express his attitude, Rice feels that he is not worth fighting for, which is also a possible reason.

At that time, the financial media from all over the world used the "difference between the super rich and the secretary of state" as an entry point - financial media also need exposure and sales. Daniel is definitely their most popular news material character. This time, the opponent is the most powerful country in the world - the Secretary of State of the United States.

This is crazy! No one will give up.

Experts, scholars, domestic, transnational... In short, countless discussions, debates, predictions, etc. It's all about this difference.

With such a "bad" influence, it is understandable that Rice has had very little contact with Daniel since then-but the Republican government has never thought about putting on shoes for Daniel. Putting shoes on a super rich man who just has different opinions? You'll never try to govern again. The so-called death of the rabbit and the sorrow of the fox, and the harm of things, the big conglomerates and the rich will inevitably have great dissatisfaction with the Republican Party. And, this year is the transition year. After the new government came to power, the problem will naturally be handed over.

In fact, the Bush administration is not looking forward to, even if there is a crisis, it will be after he leaves office.

But Daniel knew that against the will of God, Bush Jr. would eventually leave his presidency in a devastating financial crisis.

Because of these well-known reasons, Rice's call today is quite special.

"Ma'am, Plutos' public response is real. This is just a routine investment by us."

"Routine investment of tens of billions?"

"Size is not a measure of the nature of an investment."

Similar to not intending to hang up the phone, she continued to ask, "So, Plutos has not changed his position on the financial crisis?"

"That's true. For now, all the work of Plutos is still carried out in accordance with this position."

Daniel's words completely wiped out any hope in Rice's mind.

When she got the news of Plutos Investment Company from her assistant, she inevitably felt some excitement in her heart—in fact, according to Plutos' size, it was not conspicuous in a crisis. Lehman Brothers manages a wealth of more than one trillion U.S. dollars—more than ten times that of Plutos.

But. Based on Daniel's own particularity and the company's excellent track record among investors, it became a focus instead.

It seems that Plutos has become a weather vane, they believe that the financial crisis will break out. So the market has become conservative and worried. This time they restarted the acquisition of stocks such as Apple, which was also considered a new trend early on—that is, they changed their views on the financial crisis, thinking that the possibility of occurrence is less than the possibility of non-occurrence.

It was almost a shock wave.

Under the impact of the good news, the major stock indexes all experienced a rare sharp rise—of course, there were still significant falls after the intraday session. This is related to the market's return to rationality, after all. No matter how great Plutos is, it is only that big. It can only be a company that can be used as a reference, not a company that determines the market.

But now, Rice is the first to get the truth from Daniel, and their views on the financial crisis have not changed—Daniel sincerely hopes that the US government can figure out a way to deal with this wave of tragic waves. It is a pity that the U.S. government has more than enough energy, and even does not know whether it is really more than enough. Daniel's hope is doomed to fail.

This action of Plutos triggered a landslide and tsunami-like feedback from all sides, which was expected by Daniel and Raymond.

The stock prices of the stocks they mainly bought have risen sharply, and their actions have not slowed down. Buying in the open market has this drawback, and Plutos has long been prepared.

...

Daniel fought in and out of the Wall Street circle, and the entertainment circle watched with gusto.

Whether it is the previous acquisition of Marvel, or the sweep of the Golden Globes and other major news, for insiders, whether it is the media or peers, there is still pressure. After all, the emergence of a giant in the industry will have more or less impact on everyone, but it is more obvious on some people. For example, Leonardo, his "surrender" to DD Films and Daniel is a very clear change, and another example is the Hollywood Foreign Press Association-the sudden emergence of the Golden Eagle Award, which brought them a great sense of crisis.

Theo Gingema has also received a lot of criticism within the association - when the Social Age Public Choice Awards started, Theo Gingema became a member of the organizing committee, but now the Golden Eagle Awards are about to be suppressed Of course, he will not have a good time when it comes to the influence of the Golden Globes. This was a clear misjudgment. At that time, because the two awards were judged in different ways, Gingoma believed that the competition would not be very strong. Years—at that time, he didn't know where he was, so why bother Daniel Sandler with a possible consequence.

However, it is clear that he miscalculated. In the special year of 2008, strikes, the further rapid development of social media, and the control of public opinion by young people all contributed to the fact that the Golden Eagle Award surpassed the Golden Globe Award in terms of star lineup, discussion, and popularity. conditions.

Although it is not objective to say that the Golden Eagle Award has now surpassed the Golden Globe Award, everyone has indeed seen a possibility, that is, the future of the Golden Eagle Award is limitless.

In addition to Leonardo, the Golden Globe Awards and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, for example, the media industry is affected a little more secretly, but it is definitely not without influence, especially the social companies under Daniel and the business of traditional media. There is a large part of the competitive relationship.

Therefore, when reporting on these issues, the media are more involved. But when it came time to report on Plutos' purchase of Apple stock, they were relatively more relaxed. Even if the butterfly wings will slap them, but now they can be a spectator very comfortably, pointing and chatting.

The "New York Times" headlined "Inside and outside Hollywood, Daniel Shakes America!" came a hodgepodge of news, summed up a series of recent events in general, put them in, and the final conclusion was not without emotion:

"At the beginning of 2008, Daniel single-handedly quelled the worrying strike, and immediately led the works of "Black Swan" and "Juno" to sweep the awards season. Then, he acquired the comic giant and entered the field of superhero movies His intentions are revealed to the world, and Daniel's picture for the future of dd film industry is slowly unfolding... But now, when Plutos Investment Company changed its previous position and re-entered the stock market, it immediately attracted countless attention and speculation. It also proves beyond doubt the enormous influence that Daniel has in these areas.

Inside or outside of Hollywood, at the beginning of 2008, Daniel Sandler was shaken awake from the cold winter. "(To be continued.)

ps: Thank you for the sea level, ants, and cultivators' monthly pass, and thank you for the muddy and dark night rewards!

Another month has passed, and progress is a bit slow. . .