Chapter 265 Cisco

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Strong recommendation: Seeing Eric nodding, Chris breathed a sigh of relief and said, "However, Eric, if, I mean, if you can ensure that Firefly can develop as fast as it is now, then it's best not to go public. Still do not go public. Many companies will go all out to seek privatization after going public for many years. Although going public can obtain a large amount of financing, it also means more responsibilities and risks. Take Hollywood, for example, almost all major film companies have It has encountered hostile takeovers. The most recent one was in 1984, when Disney was maliciously attacked by Saul Steinberg. In the end, Disney spent $325 million to redeem 11.1% of Steinberg's shares. You know, at that time Disney's market value is less than $2 billion. With more than $300 million in cash, Disney has to give up family management and hire Michael Eisner as the helm of the company."

Having said this, Chris smiled and said: "Of course, it has now been proved that Disney made a very correct decision at that time, which was a blessing in disguise. Companies all have this kind of good luck, and Firefly is developing so rapidly now that once it goes public, it will cause more coveting.”

Eric listened patiently, nodding from time to time. By the time Chris finished speaking, Eric had made up his mind that Firefly would never go on the market.

"Chris, do you think it's okay if Firefly never goes to market?"

"Of course," Chris said without thinking. "Most companies go public to get more development funds. In my opinion, Firefly is not short of money. Why go public?"

The two are chatting. Jeffrey came out of the kitchen. Greet the two to prepare for dinner.

In the restaurant, Eric also met Chris's girlfriend, named Emily Brighton. She was tall, blond and blue-eyed. She was very fashionably dressed. In the introduction, Eric knew that the other party was a family named Brighton. Vice President of Dayton Clothing Company. According to the girl's surname and the name of the clothing company, plus the girl's age, it is impossible to be self-made, and you don't have to guess. The other party must be the daughter of the owner of this clothing company.

Emily Brighton is much more talkative than Chris, and when she saw Eric, she let out a little scream like a movie fan, expressing her love for Eric's movies. At the dinner table, not only did they introduce the details of their acquaintance with Chris, but they also kept encouraging Aniston to be the spokesperson for their fashion company.

Aniston didn't know how to shirk in the face of Emily Brighton's enthusiasm.

He could only look at Eric as if asking for help. Although Xiaoyi Niu is still only a TV actor, she has become famous with one. And Emily Brighton's fashion company is not well-known. If Aniston goes to endorse it, he will lose his identity.

Before Eric could speak, Chris noticed Aniston's embarrassment and took the initiative to relieve the siege: "Amy, how about a quiet meal? Your company is too small. Now that second-tier star is the spokesperson, I think it's enough. ."

Hearing this, Emily didn't want to, and said angrily: "It's not all your fault. If you hadn't messed up the listing, our company's three factories in Florida have now been built, and the There's that $9 million order from Asia..."

"How can you blame me for this? It's obviously because your father was too greedy, he falsely reported company information and was found out."

"It was clearly found out by you!" Emily looked like a hurt deer and scolded: "All companies do this when they go public, so why can't we!"

Chris put down the knife and fork in his hand, raised his voice and retorted: "Don't you know how much your father has falsely reported? Fortunately, I found out. If I found out, your company has been fined and bankrupt. "

Hearing the faint anger in Chris's voice, Emily shrank her neck guiltily, and muttered in a low voice, "My dad obviously changed it later, but you still..."

"That was rejected by Mr. Hawkridge. Don't forget that you almost cost him his job. It's good that he didn't pursue it."

Eric looked at each other with Drew and Aniston, who were sitting beside him.

This... seems to be noisy?

Don't break up on the spot, or the three of them will be guilty today.

While praying secretly in his heart, Jeffrey, who was sitting at the top, coughed twice slowly: "Cough, okay, don't make any noise."

Chris and Emily, who had already 'entered the state', heard Jeffrey's voice and immediately woke up and quickly closed their mouths. In order not to calm the scene, Eric took the initiative to stir up the topic, and the atmosphere of the dinner gradually became active.

After the meal, Emily pulled Aniston and Drew into the room to talk small talk, and there were only three big men left in the living room.

At this time, Eric apologized: "Sorry, Chris, just at the table..."

"Eric, this has nothing to do with you, you don't have to take it to heart," Chris shook his head.

Jeffrey also said softly with emotion at this time: "This is also good, occasionally arguing a few words, in fact, when Solina was here, the two of us often quarreled."

"Dad, don't talk about those things, okay?"

"Okay, I won't say it," Jeffrey nodded, knowing that his son was doing it for his own good.

Chatting and chatting, Eric gradually brought the topic to some topics that he was more interested in: "Chris, are you familiar with foreign exchange trading?"

"I know a little bit, but I haven't been involved in this kind of project. I'm currently working in the securities department."

"Then will you speculate in foreign exchange, for example, the Japanese yen. Isn't the appreciation of the Japanese yen very strong now?"

Chris shook his head: "Now that the yen has doubled in value, even if you have money, you can't make much money by entering the market now."

Eric was stunned for a while, regretting that he didn't pay more attention to the history of Japan's economy in his previous life. Hearing Chris say this, he had no choice but to give up. However, another huge opportunity has yet to come, Eric said. : "So, what about the ruble, do you know anything about the Soviet ruble?"

Chris persuaded: "Eric, I think. It's better for you to make movies honestly. The foreign exchange market is not something that everyone can afford. It's like the yen. Although the yen has doubled in value over the past few years. , but the international hot money in the foreign exchange market did not get the horrible profit you think. The federal government only made Japanese goods lose their competitiveness in international trade through the appreciation of the yen, and a large number of Japanese domestic funds and enterprises fled, which eventually led to the Japanese economy. The bubble burst and the economy stagnated."

"Well, I mean, didn't you find out. Is the Soviet Union dying now?"

Chris shrugged: "It is indeed possible, but who knows when the Soviet Union will fail, and even if the Soviet economy collapses, because the country enforces the foreign exchange ratio of rubles, we will not be involved."

"Well, have you ever thought about the possibility that the dozens of countries that joined the Soviet Union would disintegrate and restore the capitalist system. At that time, because of the economic turmoil, the ruble would definitely plummet, and that would definitely be a very good opportunity. right?"

Chris and Jeffrey looked at each other and looked at Eric strangely. After a while, Chris smiled and said, "Eric, if you throw out this point of view, it will be welcomed by the whole world. If the Soviet Union really disintegrates, everyone will no longer have to worry about the threat of nuclear war. The 'big Ivan' who blew up the entire Arctic Circle back then scared the world enough."

Eric is a little helpless. Although the drastic changes in Eastern Europe have already happened, and East and West Germany was unified in August this year, it is almost two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union in memory, and the half-century-long competition between the United States and the Soviet Union has been added. , Although the Soviet Union has been repeatedly vilified, its strength is unquestionable. Few people would have thought that such a big power would fall apart in just a few months.

"Then let's make an assumption," Eric continued: "If possible, the Soviet Union disintegrated and the ruble depreciated dramatically. At that time, I spent 1 billion US dollars to fry the ruble, using hundreds of times With the leverage, can this capital be multiplied dozens of times?”

Jeffrey didn't respond, but Chris looked at Eric with an idiot look: "Don't say it's 1 billion, even if you take out 10 billion, if you dare to use more than 100 times leverage, in what you said In such a violent financial shock, it may be lost in a few minutes.”

Eric was stunned: "That... well, I don't understand this very well."

Chris knew that Eric had never even gone to college, he was just an ordinary high school graduate, so he explained patiently: "Take the 100 times leverage you said, if you invest $1 billion, you can This money is enlarged to 100 billion US dollars for foreign exchange transactions. But your 1 billion US dollars is only equivalent to 1% of 100 billion, which means that you can withstand only 1% of foreign exchange fluctuations. Even if a currency as a whole The trend of the currency is falling, because of the game between buyers and sellers, there will also be violent up and down fluctuations in this process. As long as this currency increases by more than 1% at a certain stage, your money will be 1 billion or 10 billion. , will be liquidated immediately. Under normal circumstances, the leverage usually used in the foreign exchange market is about 20 to 30 times, and occasionally some people will risk using 50 times leverage.”

"Uh, okay," Eric smiled awkwardly and shrugged: "Just pretend I didn't say it."

Seeing Eric's embarrassed appearance, Chris and Jeffrey both laughed, and Chris added: "The more severe the financial turmoil, the lower the leverage used to ensure the safety of funds. If you take 1 billion capital into it, it is very powerful to be able to double it.”

Now that foreign exchange can't work anymore, Eric thinks it's better to invest in a field he is more familiar with. Besides movies, he is most familiar with only the it industry that will develop the fastest in the next 20 years.

Several major software companies have no chance, the Internet has not yet developed, and various network companies have not had the opportunity. In terms of hardware, Eric has been thinking about Apple for a long time, but unfortunately the future of Joe's leader is uncertain, and Apple has not entered the brink of bankruptcy, so what else is there?

After pondering for a moment, a name flashed out.

Cisco?

Cisco!

Eric slapped his forehead and almost jumped up in surprise. In his previous life, he was a giant with a market value of $500 billion. (To be continued...) 2k Novel Reading Network