Heads Up Hollywood

Before the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, the leverage of securities lending in US stocks was very large, and the cost of securities lending was extremely low, so there were many short-selling cases, and often a simple negative news could cause the stock price to plummet.

Coupled with the terrorist impact of the subprime mortgage crisis, the federal government has issued strict laws and regulations, and there will be severe penalties for short selling in violation of regulations. Therefore, the short selling after 2008, except for a few institutions, is mostly in the ratio of 1:1, and there is no leverage.

But in 2000, no worries!

In the current futures market, as long as the customer has good credit, 10 times leverage is easy, and even 100 times leverage is not a problem!

But then, the problem came.

Tang En had briefly learned the relevant knowledge, but he never expected that things were far more complicated than he imagined.

According to the law of the United States, if the stock held exceeds 5% of the total share capital, it must be reported to the company and the stock exchange.

Yahoo's total share capital is less than 250 million. That is to say, Tang En's share capital cannot exceed 12.5 million, which means that Scott can only borrow about 10 million shares.

Even if each share can bring Tang En an income of 200 US dollars, the total will be 2 billion US dollars.

The U.S. tax law stipulates that the capital gains of holding shares for more than one year are said to be 15%, and the capital gains of holding shares for less than one year are said to be 20%.

Coupled with the high interest rate of futures, at least 5%.

How much money can this make?

Universal Pictures has been losing money year after year since the 1990s, but among the six major film giants, none of the four or five billion dollars can't afford it.

Fortunately, Tang En's capital is sufficient now.

$1 billion, 10x leverage equals $10 billion in purchasing power, 100x leverage...that's $100 billion!

If the Yahoo family can't take it, then come a few more companies!

Wait until March, when the performance report of Internet companies in the first quarter comes out, the astonishing losses will shake the confidence of investors, and then there will be a wave of extremely negative expectations.

Tang En can make a decisive move at the end of February, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Cisco, Oracle, none of them can escape!

Of course, there is also America Online, the tenth largest Internet company in the world by market value, which is currently fooling Time Warner and wants to complete the merger.

Tang En hated laymen getting involved in Hollywood. Even if Time Warner was his potential opponent, for the collective benefit of Hollywood, he would not want Time Warner to be deceived.

The biggest joke of America Online in this new century, Twain doesn't mind stepping on the back hard to teach it a lesson!

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For Tang En at present, making money is no longer important. Just 10% of Google's shares are enough for him to eat, drink and have fun for a lifetime.

The reason why he is still running for money is mainly to promote his film career.

Movies are his ideal, so he can live up to the sunglass system bestowed by heaven.

Tang En returned to California, mainly to go to Industrial Light and Magic to review the special effects lens production of "Spider-Man", and then transferred to film and shipped to the UK.

The post-production of "The Girl Who Moved Soul" has been completed. In Tang En Pictures, Tang En saw the young director Sam Mendes who was full of spirit.

"Sam, congratulations! I have to say, "American Beauty" is so beautifully shot!" Tang Enhe sincerely complimented.

Sam Mendes received a traditional British education. He behaved like a gentleman, and said modestly: "Twain, you are too polite. Compared with you, my achievements are too meager."

Tang En shook his head, "You are too modest, I have never won an Oscar."

Sam Mendes smiled and said, "Neither have I."

""American Beauty" is your Oscar!" Tang En glanced at him deeply, and then smiled, "Anyway, I voted for you for the best director and best picture."

"thanks, thanks!"

Sam Mendes is a newcomer and is not yet an Oscar judge. He is very grateful to Tang En for his support and for giving him the opportunity to shoot the film "The Girl Who Moved Soul".

In terms of value and art, "The Girl Who Moved Soul" is no worse than "American Beauty"!

"By the way, I have a friend, Christopher Nolan, who is also a British director. He is a few years younger than you. He is filming "Memento". Have you seen it?"

Tang En's time in the industry was very short, and he lacked contacts. After gaining the favor of the "Australian Gang", he wanted to integrate with the British circle.

Americans in Hollywood have a very serious seniority situation, and they all have a fixed circle of interests, which is difficult to break.

Relatively speaking, foreigners are easier to attract, especially newcomers.

Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Sam Mendes, Christopher Nolan, David Heyman... plus the future "Harry Potter", Tang En's contacts with the British, Certainly not too little.

After seeing off Sam Mendes, Dunn called his new secretary, Isla Fischer, a 24-year-old Australian beauty with bulging back and blond hair.

"When did you come?"

Tang En looked at her body undisguisedly. The narrow blouse, tight skirt, charming flesh-colored stockings, and high-heeled shoes with a height of ten centimeters made her look slim.

Isla Fischer pursed her lips and smiled, and turned around generously, giving Tang En a comprehensive appreciation, "I came here half a month ago."

"Are you familiar with the work?"

"It's alright, the company...it's quite leisurely, not as busy as imagined." Isla Fischer brushed the broken hair around her ears, winked, and unbuttoned the collar buttons of the two shirts , revealing the red underwear and plump breasts inside, "Boss, do you need me to lock the door of the office?"

Tang En smiled and waved his hands, "Don't worry about it, let's talk about work. What's important in the company recently?"

"Oh." Isla Fischer looked a little disappointed, and she didn't even need to look at the notes, she just opened her mouth, "The box office split of "Wedding Crashers" has been transferred by Fox. The North American box office is 210 million, and the overseas box office is 80 million US dollars. Fox received a total of $144 million in splits. After distribution fees, a $20 million advance and some necessary expenses, we got a total of $64 million."

"Oh? Quite a lot!" Tang En's expression was joyful.

Isla Fischer nodded, "The video rental dividends of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "Following" have also arrived, totaling 8.2 million US dollars. Now the company has a total of nearly 110 million US dollars on the books."

"not bad."

Tang En was a little pleasantly surprised. It seemed that funds from the stock market were not needed at all to repay the debt. Of course, in order for Twain Pictures to develop in an all-round way, more funds must be injected.

"Russell said that he likes the book "A Beautiful Mind" very much, and he is looking forward to playing the role of Mr. Nash."

"Um."

"Time Warner is urging again, asking when we will start the "Harry Potter" project."

"I don't care."

"Marvel Entertainment is in contact with many companies, because you filmed "Spider-Man", many companies want to obtain the portrait rights of Spider-Man."

"Hmph! Inform Marvel that you must not let go of the price! Back when the movie was being made, I didn't want to spend a penny on advertising, why? Now that "Spider-Man" is gaining momentum, do you want to take advantage of it?"

Tang En was very dissatisfied.

When he was filming "Spider-Man", many businessmen were not optimistic about it, and the sponsorship fee was pitifully low. Now Tang En Pictures spent 4.5 million US dollars to buy a 45-second commercial at an average price of 100,000 US dollars per second on the Super Bowl on January 30!

No way, Internet companies are so rich now, they all want to advertise on the Super Bowl, and the competition is fierce.

Tang En Pictures' ability to stand out in terms of price naturally aroused heated discussions, and expectations for "Spider-Man" were even higher than usual.

"Okay, I'll notify Marvel right now. One last thing, the Golden Club has been investigated by the FBI and officially designated as a crime site, and the person responsible has been prosecuted."

"Oh? Good news!" Tang En's eyes lit up, "Bruce Willis must be keeping a low profile recently, right?"

Isla Fisher shook her head, "On the contrary, Disney has been supporting Bruce Willis. The success of "The Sixth Sense" made director Nate Shyamalan popular, and Bruce Willis also took advantage of the trend to rise , it is said that... Disney released another thriller called "Undead", which is the cooperation of these two people."

"Disney?"

Tang En's face darkened.

"Also, from Disney..." Isla Fisher paused, and glanced at Tang En cautiously, "Disney also asks you to clarify Bruce Willis' false statement, otherwise... "

"Otherwise what?"

"Otherwise they don't mind teaching you a lesson."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Tang En laughed out loud, a little insolently.

(The last chapter before it goes on the shelves, I hope everyone will support it, thank you.)