Chapter 1180 Change Strategy

Wake up clear, a new week.

On the big bed, there were three girls on the left and right. However, after a long and friendly exchange coordinated by Simon last night, it was no longer the two groups that were so distinct from yesterday.

Sitting up as lightly as possible, Zhu Momo on the left lost the arm of the man in his arms, groaned twice, turned around and hugged Jiang Mi next to him, and continued to sleep deeply.

Qin Buzui on the other side woke up, his eyes were blurred, his face was rosy, and he looked more and more like a cat.

Seeing the man turn to the bench at the end of the bed, Qin Buzui endured the discomfort after the first night, and also lightly got up and chased after him. After getting out of bed, he graciously helped the man find clothes. Seeing that Simon ignored him, he went to the bathroom first Over there, his eyes turned and he simply followed in.

So I didn't go to the gym today.

I had a breakfast appointment with a guest, George Soros, who was coming from the city, so it was later than usual at seven o'clock.

But I still sat in the restaurant on time, drank coffee, and read today's newspaper.

Beside them are three girls who have already got up.

Qin Buzui, who still had flushed cheeks, Tao Yuelei, who had a quiet demeanor, and Shen Gui, a girl with short hair.

Today's "New York Times" has a lot of articles about Tinkber's autumn new product launch conference and "Ghost Story" which just finished its first week of screening.

The front-page article was about the iPad-10's potential to upend the traditional publishing industry.

Simon knows that the ipad is indeed subversive, but the impact is not as strong as the current industry imagines. Even if the traditional publishing industry in the West will inevitably shrink significantly due to the impact of the Internet in the future, it will still prosper many years later because of good copyright protection and residents' reading habits.

And then there's Ghost Story.

After experiencing a single-day surge last Saturday, the box office on Sunday only fell by 26%, and continued to earn 12.14 million US dollars. In just three days of the first weekend, the cumulative box office of "Ghost Story" quickly reached 37.69 million US dollars. Such an unpopular month in September, even if it is placed in the summer file, such an opening result is already quite good.

Putting it on "Ghost Story" is even more a miracle.

37.69 million in the three days of the weekend, and it is expected to reach around 55 million US dollars in the first week. With the phenomenon-level trend of "Ghost Story" and New World Pictures confirming that next week, the scale of film screenings will be greatly increased from the current 2045 yuan. Step up to the 3,000-block level, and this film is sure to walk a pretty respectable long line.

Therefore, there is little suspense about the domestic box office of 200 million US dollars.

In comparison, the blockbuster movie "Doomsday Alert", which cost $50 million in the same period, ended up with a box office of only $8.13 million in the first three days of the weekend, less than one-tenth of "Ghost Story". "In the end, the domestic box office was up to 30 million U.S. dollars, and it was completely reduced to cannon fodder under the crushing of "Ghost Story".

Simon was initially quite optimistic about the possibility of "Ghost Story" exceeding 100 million, after all, it is a film that created a precedent. However, even he himself did not expect that with the help of various factors, this low-cost small film that created a new type of film, now went straight to the box office of 200 million in North America.

The three girls next to him were eating the exquisite breakfast served by the waitress. Seeing that the man was only drinking coffee, Qin Buzui waited for a moment, and asked while the man was flipping through the newspaper, "Simon, don't you eat in the morning?"

"I have an appointment with a guest later."

"oh."

Qin Buzui was curious, but she didn't ask too much. Like Tao Yuelei, she used a spoon made of shells to sip the Black Sea caviar she had seen for the first time. She didn't know how rare and expensive this food was, but immediately just like it.

Just don't forget the serious stuff.

Quickly and carefully asked: "Simon, what are we doing today?"

"I'm going back to Los Angeles, you can make arrangements here."

Qin Buzui felt a little lost immediately, she still didn't know the rules of staying by this man's side. Hearing what he said, she thought that the day just passed might be a dream. Los Angeles?"

"cannot."

Shen Gui, who was listening with her ears upright, also inevitably showed a disappointed expression. She glanced at Tao Yuelei, who was calm, and even felt aggrieved.

Fortunately, Simon didn't make them despair. After a short pause, he added: "Go to Ange after breakfast, and she will arrange the next things for you."

The two girls turned their heads and realized that it should be the housekeeper named Angourie Davis.

Shen Gui was a little relieved.

Qin Buzui hesitated for a while, and then said: "Simon, the visa that Elite gave us is only six months, can you..."

Simon interrupted softly: "It's a trivial matter, and Ange will help you deal with it."

Qin Buzui shrank his neck, not daring to say any more.

Tao Yuelei, who was also listening quietly, almost couldn't help laughing.

I thought it was a little fox who was only a threat to them, but it seemed that it was just a stupid cat with a little cleverness.

Actually discussing with Simon Westeros whether he can help with the visa issue, tsk, it is probably equivalent to asking the Nobel Prize winner in mathematics how much one plus one equals.

It's also creative enough.

Just as they were talking, several other girls also came to the restaurant together. Jiang Mi and Jian Xin, the tallest and most heroic, just greeted the man, but Zhu Momo rushed over directly, straddled the man's lap and kissed, dear relative.

Mo Wuling, who happened to come along with him at the entrance of the restaurant, didn't even notice.

want to withdraw

When I went out, I was inexplicably reluctant, but I still entered the door, put on airs of my aunt, and reprimanded: "Momo, don't be naughty, so many people are watching."

I still made up my mind.

It's so outrageous, I have to drag this girl to Europe immediately after breakfast no matter what.

It's a pity that this reprimand didn't do any damage at all, instead it made Zhu Momo laugh, and deliberately squeezed his throat to put on a loli accent: "Understood, my aunt."

However, he got off Simon and walked to Mo Wuling to sit down.

As soon as everyone was seated, girl A came over to remind: "Boss, Mr. Soros is here."

Simon responded, put down the newspaper, and actually walked out.

It is definitely not here to entertain guests for breakfast, you have to change to other restaurants.

Mo Wuling didn't expect that a guy got up and left as soon as he sat down, and then looked at the group of girls around him, feeling a little helpless, and then glared at Zhu Momo who deliberately came to sit beside her.

I wish Momo nothing but disaster.

Fortunately, I have a big heart.

My aunt can't eat her for breakfast.

Thinking of this, I found it interesting, and laughed happily. After laughing, I happily chatted with Jian Xin and Tao Yuelei about their upcoming European itinerary.

on purpose.

Who made it impossible for the other three girls in the restaurant to go.

The girl also found out, whether it was the man's intention or not, anyway, the women around him can be said to have distinct levels, and there is a tendency of first-come, first-served. Although the three new girls are not worse than them in appearance and body, the problem is that they are all latecomers.

Moreover, the western fashion circle, to be precise, the top fashion circle, simply cannot accommodate too many Asian faces. The three of them were picked up by someone first, and they have already occupied most of the top resources. Even if the man personally arranges for the new three girls, as long as they don't adopt the strategy of pushing the three of them down, then the three girls want to go to the top. Their height at this time is even more difficult.

What's more, a certain high-ranking man doesn't have much similar thoughts at all.

Even if there are three Zhu Momo, after careful calculation, after all, it is the result of their own experience after the men give the platform. Zhu Momo still remembers the feeling of being almost tired every day during the first fashion week show last year. new.

According to her observation, this fashion week, the three new girls are not tired at all.

The most tiring was probably last night.

Tsk.

Zhu Momo thinks that her first time must be quite pitiful.

Another small restaurant in the villa.

Compared to having breakfast with an old man, Simon would of course prefer to accompany his Yingying Yanyan.

It's a pity that people are in the rivers and lakes, and they always have to do what should be done.

This is the meal that Simon offered to make.

In the past three months, Southeast Asia has won consecutive victories. Soros is now at his most energetic moment, and he feels much younger.

The two exchanged pleasantries, and while waiting for the waitress to serve breakfast, Soros also took the initiative to mention the recent "Ghost Story": "A low-cost movie worth 300,000 dollars, bought more than 30 million in three days, Simon, you It’s much easier to make money than it is for me. I’m very curious, how on earth do you make so many blockbuster movies?”

Simon leaned on the back of the chair beside the round table with a relaxed posture, and said with a smile: "The secret is a bit of a false truth. I am better at walking on paths that others have not taken."

Soros thought for a while, and found that this somewhat false truth is really full of gold.

The rise of Daenerys Entertainment these years, the first "Run Lola Run" of this young man in front of him is a very novel movie, and the later "Pulp Fiction" is the same, and the DC movie universe is even more pioneering. ushered in a whole new era of cinema.

The common feature of these projects, as Simon said, is that they are all very new, probably "a road that no one else has traveled". The false point is that this answer is equivalent to when a successful person is asked how to achieve success, he answers that he works very hard. It seems that everyone can do it, but very few actually can do it.

Moreover, this answer, at the same time, can be extended to many other aspects of the behavior of the young people opposite.

The most typical one is the Internet.

This is the key that directly makes someone become the world's first trillion-dollar super-rich man.

Thinking of this, Soros subconsciously subdued his high spirits a lot.

The gap is simply too great.

When getting along with this young man, it is always easy to make this old man, who is almost seventy years old, feel like his time is wasted.

After the maid served breakfast and left, Soros also started talking about business.

The first phase of Lien Chan was successful. Through attacks on the currencies of various Southeast Asian countries such as Thai baht, Indonesian rupiah, and Malaysian ringgit, and counting some positions that have not yet been delivered, the book profit of Quantum Fund has exceeded 6 billion US dollars. This also allowed the Quantum Fund, which previously had a total size of about US$15 billion, to break through the 20 billion mark.

According to the principal of 3 billion U.S. dollars, which accounts for 20% of the Westeros system betting, Simon's profit is close to 1 billion U.S. dollars after excluding various commission fees.

Under the operation of large capital, it is so easy to make money in many cases.

Therefore, it is true to say that in the natural state of the world, only the poor will get poorer and the rich will get richer.

After a general introduction, Soros took a sip of coffee before continuing: "The problem now is, Simon, although the Quantum Fund will not participate this time, Hong Kong will still launch it recently."

Simon nodded: "I know."

Soros recalled that time in 1987, and tentatively asked, "How much do you think the Hong Kong stock market will fall this time?"

Asking directly about the stock market, rather than the currency, also shows Soros' understanding of the situation in Hong Kong.

After defeating the currencies of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and other countries in a row, no matter how slow the countries or regions are, they have to react. Although the Hong Kong currency has not been affected yet, the Hong Kong government has taken a number of measures to strengthen the supervision of the currency. Therefore, the international If financial speculators want to launch another attack on the Hong Kong dollar, not only will the cost be higher, but the success rate will be very low.

As a result, speculative capital turned its target to the Hong Kong stock market.

During the period before the reunification, due to the support of the Chinese government and other favorable conditions, the Hong Kong stock market has been soaring since April this year, from a low of 12,000 points in early April. When Southeast Asian countries were ravaged by international speculators, they gave up When resisting, the Hang Seng Index reached an unprecedented 16,000 points in early August. In just four months, the cumulative increase exceeded 30%. Compared with a year ago, the Hang Seng Index rose by 60%.

One can imagine the bubble.

In addition, Hong Kong's financial market is quite open, basically similar to the West, with no price limit, t+0 trading, stock index futures and other financial products, which naturally became the target of international speculators in this financial turmoil.

at the dining table.

Simon slowly cut the fried egg in front of him, thought for a while, and said, "It will probably be cut in half."

Soros subconsciously didn't question Simon's judgment too much, but smiled wryly: "In this case, if we give up the operation of Hong Kong, Quantum Fund will lose at least 2 billion US dollars."

Simon knew that the old guy was reminding himself not to forget a favor in disguise. He took a bite of the fried egg, smiled, and said, "George, have you ever thought that your personal peak is already in the past?"

Soros couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Simon continued: "From the British pound in 1992, to the Mexican peso in 1994, and recently, several countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia have been defeated in succession. The way Quantum Fund is used has basically not changed much."

"you mean?"

"What does that saying say, a donkey doesn't fall twice in the same pit. Now, in England, Mexico, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, so many donkeys have broken their legs in the same pit, do you think, Will other donkeys give you that chance again?"

"Simon, I think there are still many such opportunities. The international financial market has its own fixed order, and those countries, as long as they want to integrate into this order, must bear the consequences within the rules."

"The truth is, however, when a country finds that the consequences of complying with the rules are too serious and far less than the benefits obtained, they must choose to break the rules. The original British pound and Mexican peso, because of capital strength and other restrictions, your operation Still have some reservations, this time, for example, Thailand, the economy of this country is almost completely destroyed, seeing Thailand bear such a price for following the rules, if you were the leader of other countries, what would you do next?"

Soros was startled, speechless for a while.

Simon replied for him: "If it were me, I would give up the rules without hesitation."

In the past, in 1998, when the consequences of the financial crisis spread more and more, Indonesia, Russia and even Hong Kong and other countries and regions began to abandon the rules to a certain extent, which caused international speculators including Quantum Fund to experience various difficulties throughout 1998. ,lost heavily.

After a moment of silence, Soros finally spoke again: "Simon, are you inviting me to breakfast this time to persuade me to stop now?"

"It's not all, but it's probably the same. I want to remind you that since it can be expected that someone will break the rules next, it's time for the Quantum Fund to change its strategy first," Simon said here, showing a smile: "This suggestion, value $2 billion, at least."

Soros also forced a smile, thought again for a moment, and asked, "So, Simon, what do you think I should do next?"

"If I remember correctly, you have bet large sums of money in Russia in the last two years?"

"That's right," Soros nodded. Knowing that the young man on the other side must have understood it, he still explained: "However, I have no intention of shorting Russia. On the contrary, I am very optimistic about Russia's economy."

"This is the problem," Simon said, "Next, the Asian financial turmoil will continue to spread. This is no longer something you and I can stop. In the whole world, few countries can completely stay out of it, including those with a very fragile economic environment." Eastern European countries."

"I don't think so, Simon, Russia is at rock bottom."

"George, if you analyze it from a purely economic point of view, Russia is indeed at the bottom. However, a country's economy can never be analyzed from a purely economic point of view. In fact, I don't need to say more about this, right?"

Soros, however, was a little bit biased. He knew that Simon had a lot of plans in Eastern Europe over the years, and he was deeper than him: "Simon, what do you mean, next, there will be major political turmoil in Russia?"

If this happens, it is not impossible that the huge amount of capital he has bet on Russia in recent years will be wiped out even if it is completely wiped out.

This is what worries Soros the most.

Simon shook his head: "There is no political turmoil, George, but politics is also involved. When the financial turmoil hits Russia, you just said that they are already at the bottom, and there is almost nothing more to lose. Therefore, it does not matter to break any rules. "

Hearing what Simon said, Soros completely lost his appetite.

This attack on the currencies of Southeast Asian countries, Quantum Fund’s nominal 15 billion US dollars, actually only used a part of it. To be precise, Quantum Fund is just a collective name for the hedge capital controlled by Soros, and it has many sub-funds. As for Russia, Soros has invested more than 3 billion U.S. dollars so far, investing in Russia's oil, mining, telecommunications and other industries, as well as Russia's stock or bond market.

If you want to withdraw the funds in the financial market, even if you lose a little, there is no obstacle.

However, in fact, more is still in the industry.

Just like last year, the Russian oligarch Potanin took shares in Russia's largest state-owned telecommunications company, a business worth 2 billion US dollars, half of which was quietly provided by Soros.

This part of capital cannot be cashed out in the short term.