Chapter 1205 1.3 Trillion
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When the economies of Asia are in turmoil, the world is still thriving.
On October 19th, Sunday, the second day after the South Korean people boycotted the IMF, Daenerys Entertainment Group officially released its full-year financial report for the 1997 fiscal year.
In the past four quarters ended September 30, 1997, Daenerys Entertainment Group’s revenue reached a new level, reaching US$41.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 16.3%, becoming the No. It is the only large-scale industry giant with a revenue volume of US$40 billion.
On the other hand, it is undeniable that this is the first time that the annual revenue growth rate of Daenerys Entertainment Group has been lower than 30% since its establishment. Just last year, the related revenue growth rate reached 31%. However, this It is also expected by the industry.
Daenerys Entertainment has been able to continue to grow at a high rate in the past few years after breaking through the world's top ten billion US dollars in revenue, mainly due to the fact that there is still enough room for expansion in the film and television industry itself, and Daenerys Entertainment Group's support for Mergers and acquisitions of companies such as mca.
When the expansion of the core film and television business reaches the ceiling of the industry, the gains brought by mergers and acquisitions are gradually digested, and a slowdown in growth is inevitable.
Even so, Daenerys Entertainment's 16.3% annual growth in fiscal year 1997 generally exceeded the industry's growth expectation of about 15%, not to mention becoming the first industry giant with revenue exceeding US$40 billion.
With another breakthrough in revenue, even though the net profit margin in fiscal year 1997 dropped slightly from 14.6% to 14.1% compared with the previous fiscal year, Daenerys Entertainment's annual net profit still reached US$5.73 billion.
The annual net profit of US$5.73 billion makes Daenerys Entertainment one of the top 10 global companies. At the same time, the revenue of US$41.9 billion also makes Daenerys Entertainment step into the top 15 from the top 20 last year. .
October 20.
The new week has just begun, and "Forbes" has also come to join in the fun. The latest issue of its weekly magazine officially released the 1997 400 richest people in the United States.
Frankly speaking, the Forbes list in recent years, whether it is in the United States or in the world, is more or less "boring", because there is really only one thing to watch.
Simon Westeros.
This time there is no suspense.
Forbes Group still listed Simon separately and made a special topic.
Compared with Simon's highest net worth of US$2.3 trillion before the new technology bubble burst at the beginning of the year, and even US$1.5 trillion in 1996, in 1997, when the Asian financial turmoil was raging, it had been falling for half a year after the Nasdaq crash In the background, Simon Westero's personal net worth was finally rated as 1.3 trillion US dollars by Forbes magazine.
Regardless of the 2.3 trillion at the peak of the bubble, even under the background of the new technology stock market crash, Simon's personal net worth has shrunk by only 14% compared to last year's official list of 1.5 trillion US dollars.
The reason for this can only be described in one sentence: a lean camel is bigger than a horse.
What's more, it is far from reaching the level of thinness.
Because even though the bursting of the new technology bubble has lasted for half a year, in fact, the biggest losses are those small and medium-sized enterprises that are still obsessed with burning money in the early stages of entrepreneurship and have not formed their own perfect revenue model.
Just Ygritte.
Even if the collapse of Nasdaq caused the Internet industry to be full of grief, people who are a little calmer can find that the arrival of the information age is an inevitable trend, and Eaglet, who has almost monopolized the Internet traffic interface, is in this stock market crash. After that, a large number of competitors withdraw, the monopoly will only become stronger, and the advantages of industry oligopoly will become more obvious.
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This is potential.
In terms of real revenue, even if the industry's temporary recession caused Eaglet's 1997 advertising revenue to decrease significantly, but with the expansion of the Internet industry itself on a global scale, Eaglet's annual revenue in 1997 will still be about It remains above US$30 billion. According to the financial reports for the first three quarters that have been released, it is expected that there will even be a slight increase in the whole year compared to last year's US$33.9 billion.
Regardless of whether it is the entire industry or a specific company, the solid fundamentals have made Eaglet even if it has fallen from the original peak of 923.3 billion US dollars in market value, and the current market value remains above 400 billion US dollars.
By the same token, during this period of time, the entire Westeros system, in addition to Igret’s market value of more than 400 billion U.S. dollars, there are also three companies, Daenerys Entertainment, Cisco and Tinkobel, with a market value of 300 billion U.S. dollars Above, other companies such as AOL, Nokia, Verizon, and Microsoft, Intel, etc., which are heavily held, have also maintained a market value of 200 billion or even more than 100 billion.
Coupled with Melisandre, Cersei Capital, Oracle, Instagram, etc., a series of large and small tens of billions of dollars in companies, in the end, Simon's personal net worth remained at a high of 1.3 trillion U.S. dollars.
Moreover, anyone who knows a little bit about the inside story understands that this number is not too much.
You know, just the free cash reserved by the Westeros system is rumored to be between 50 billion and 100 billion U.S. dollars, not to mention the various assets that Simon Westeros hides under the water and spreads all over the world. incalculable. It's hard to say which day will suddenly appear a few giant companies with hundreds of billions of dollars belonging to the Westeros system.
Stimulated by favorable conditions such as the "Forbes" list of the 400 richest people in the United States, Daenerys' financial report for the 1997 fiscal year, and even the "Ghost Story" which is still in theaters, the U.S. stock market maintained its momentum on October 20. Stroll concept stocks rose across the board, and led the Dow Jones Index, the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Index to rebound by more than 5% today after three consecutive days of sharp declines last week.
Among them, Eaglet’s intraday increase reached a maximum of 11%, and its market value once again reached a peak of 500 billion U.S. dollars. Even if it then fell back, the closing market value still climbed from 451.5 billion U.S. dollars at the opening of the day to a high of 477.3 billion U.S. dollars. The single-day stock price increase reached 5.7%.
Daenerys Entertainment, which fell back from US$500 billion at the beginning of the year to US$300 billion, also saw a one-day stock price increase of 6.2%, and its market value soared from US$321.4 billion at the opening of the day to US$341.3 billion.
With their high market capitalization, the two companies are still at the top of their respective markets.
washington.
On a day of hustle and bustle in the capital market, the Simons were in the federal capital.
Came here yesterday afternoon. Throughout the day, Simon has been running around in various departments of the Federation, participating in various activities ranging from coping with the Asian economic situation, to selecting the site for the Iter Tokamak device, to negotiating with NASA to restart the development of a new generation of space shuttles. Meeting.
There is actually only one core theme, spending money.
Except for a small part of the layout for the next expansion of the Westeros system, this time there are mainly three goals of Simon: to promote human civilization to the next stage, break through the life limit, break through the time limit, and break through the energy limit.
I had these ideas a few years ago, but it was impossible to make too much money. In fact, I still had no money.
Now, as the foundation of the Westeros system is further stabilized, a large number of subsidiaries are expected to generate huge profits continuously. Simon must find a way out for the increasing amount of cash in his hands, otherwise, accumulating too much will also be a disaster. trouble.
How should the money be spent?
Charity, of course, no problem.
Simon does it all the time.
However, after these years of thinking, Simon also understands that charity cannot solve any fundamental problems related to the future of mankind. Even, the Western charity system has become more of a means for the rich to pass on property in disguise.
That being the case, let's do some serious things that are more interesting.
Moreover, considering that in the next few years, a series of core enterprises in the Westeros system may contribute hundreds of billions of dollars in net profit to the Westeros family every year. These serious projects must be large enough, so only Simon's three goals can absorb these funds, which is still under the premise of spending money hard.
Just like the space shuttle, according to NASA data, a plane worth 3 billion US dollars is too expensive in the eyes of many people, but here at Simon, it is acceptable to increase the price by 10 times. After all, it is easy enough to earn 100 billion US dollars in the next year Build three. Therefore, at today's meeting, Simon's expectation for the design of the next-generation space shuttle is that it can take off directly from land and then go straight to Mars.
This may only be regarded as a vision for a long time in the future, but the road is made step by step.
Of course, Simon is willing to spend money, but it doesn't mean that the funds of the Westeros family are so easy to get. Next, the Westeros family's regulatory review of relevant funds will only become more stringent to ensure that the money is used where it should be used instead of being pocketed by others.
In the evening, Simon and Janet, who were acting together as a couple this time, left NASA headquarters and rushed to the White House together.
In the evening, the Clintons specially arranged a small reception for Simon and his wife. Vice President Al Gore and his wife and many powerful figures in Washington attended together.
The Clintons obviously made preparations in advance, and the theme of the reception was to explore the next stage of human civilization.
"Simon, don't you think that if the next stage of human civilization really comes, there will be serious ethical issues?"
Inside the White House Ballroom.
Several core members of the reception gathered around, and Patty Gore, the wife of Vice President Gore, asked this question.
Simon hugged Janet's waist and said with a smile: "I understand what you mean, Patty, some people may live to be 1,000 years old in the future, and some people will still not live to be 100 years old, and after a long dormant interstellar travel After waking up, the still young traveler is connected to the earth, and his biological age may be comparable to his descendants who have been on the earth for several generations. These seem to be very big problems. However, if we push forward a thousand years, If people at that time knew that the current head of state can only be a head of state for a maximum of 8 years, not only is there no slaves in this society, but everyone still has the right to vote, they would definitely feel incredible, wouldn’t they?”
Patty Gore obviously didn't react, but everyone else quickly laughed.
After Al Gore laughed, he explained to his wife: "What Simon means is that human ethics, like social systems, are constantly evolving. My dear, we'd better leave future things to people in the future. Let’s deal with it, we’re only in charge of the present.”
Everyone chatted and laughed, and Simon and his wife left to entertain other guests. Until the end of the reception, a White House staff member came to invite him in a low voice, and Simon followed him to a small reception room in the White House.
Clinton is already waiting here.
"Simon, you did what happened in South Korea, right?"
Simon didn't deny it, sat down on the sofa with Clinton, nodded and said: "I said, let the Koreans go back on their own."
"But the problem is..." Clinton said distressedly: "I spoke with Kim Young-sam again today. The Blue House is very embarrassed now. Now that he has made a public promise to the public, it will be difficult for Kim Young-sam to change his attitude in a short time, otherwise it will be Broken promises, you know, South Korea happens to be another election year, if you break your promises, the consequences will be very serious.”