hollywood entertainment mogul

"Boss, look, you are on the cover of this issue of Business Weekly."

In the coffee shop, Gloria waved a brand new copy of "Business Weekly" in her hand.

On the magazine cover is a man wearing an Armani twill black suit, surrounded by countless flashing cameras. He stands in the middle of the stage like a superstar.

"Is it appropriate to use me?"

"Of course it's appropriate. You are the king of guns, a sports star with the most commercial potential, a film investment genius, and an upstart in the entertainment industry. I also mentioned that you are a shareholder of Cisco Technology.

This year the market value of Cisco exceeded 1.2 billion, and your shares in Cisco exceeded 60 million. They believe that your current net worth is 260 million US dollars, and you are temporarily ranked first among self-made billionaires under the age of 30."

Gloria said with a narrowed smile.

“Starting from scratch sounds like discrimination.”

"Then a lot of people want to be discriminated against."

Gloria smiled.

Duka smiled and opened the magazine to read the report about him. The article used two pages to explain his business territory, mainly in three aspects:

The first is sports, because he is the king of spears, world champion, and the person who has won the most gold medals at the same Olympic Games. This is his most shining title at present.

According to statistics from "Business Week", he earned approximately US$28 million last year through advertising endorsements and competition bonuses.

The second is the entertainment industry. LV Pictures earned nearly 80 million last year with "Mexico" and more than 65 million from "Basic Instinct" the year before last. Including other movies, the revenue was about 180 million US dollars.

There are also investments in bars, brokerage companies, etc., with income exceeding 10 million.

The third is Cisco stock. I only invested less than 20 million when I bought it. In less than three years, it rose to 60 million, doubling every year.

Counting only these three items, he has assets in his name of US$260 million.

"It looks like I don't have to pay taxes."

Last year, he paid more than 37 million in taxes alone, and it would not be much less to deduct this amount.

"But they didn't include your overseas assets. If they included your income in the foreign exchange market, your worth would directly enter the 500 million level."

Gloria blinked and smiled.

Duca smiled. The reason why "Business Weekly" did not calculate this part is because when he speculated in foreign exchange last year, he used an overseas account.

Before the hype started last year, he registered Sunflower Ventures in the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean to avoid attracting unnecessary attention.

The Cayman Islands is an overseas territory of England and a well-known tax haven island. Lauren used an account at Sunflower Venture Capital Company to conduct operations.

After the speculation was successful, his money was also in the Sunflower Company account. It originally had close to 300 million U.S. dollars. Gloria traveled around Europe, buying luxury houses, wineries and works of art. She spent more than 30 million U.S. dollars and still had some money left.

260 million US dollars.

He and Lauren are here today to decide what to do with the money.

"Sorry Duka Gloria, I'm late, the company is in a meeting."

Lauren strode in and said.

"Lauren, you're a multimillionaire and you're still working so hard, why don't you quit your job and go it alone?"

Gloria asked.

"Haha, I have also thought about this problem. If I take 10 million and make some small investments, I will not be short of money for the rest of my life.

But I have worked at Morgan for more than ten years, and I have done pretty well. I have connections and resources. If I quit suddenly, I will suffer a lot of losses. I plan to quit in a few years."

Lauren loosened her tie and sat down.

"You are too greedy. You have made 100 million and still want more. I really don't know what you are doing with so much money."

Gloria curled her lips in disgust and left the booth.

Duca smiled and talked to Lauren about investing.

Their plan is to use the name of Sunflower Investment Company to inject capital into Sagittarius Investment Company, become an anonymous major shareholder, and then invest in the name of Sagittarius.

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There are three directions for investment:

The first is Cisco stock. Currently, Cisco stock is growing well. He currently holds 4.68% of Cisco stock.

He plans to spend another 100 million US dollars to increase the proportion of Cisco stock in his hands to about 12% through internal transactions, and the original stock holdings will be at least 5%.

With the remaining US$160 million, he has two goals, one is Microsoft and the other is Disney.

Currently, Microsoft stock is 14 US dollars per share, with a market value of approximately 18 billion US dollars. It is one of the most valuable companies in Internet technology, much better than Apple.

Bill Gates holds 45% of Microsoft shares and entered Forbes' top 20 with a net worth of US$7.2 billion last year.

Use the remaining money to buy Microsoft stocks, and you can probably get several million shares and become a small shareholder.

By 2000, when Microsoft's market value exceeds 600 billion, these stocks will have increased more than 40 times.

Seems like a good investment.

Just wait until that time and the Cisco stock in your hand is worth several tens of billions. One billion more or one billion less will not have any impact. It will just be an extra string of numbers on the books.

The second choice is Disney. Currently, Walt Disney is still just an animation production company. It has become a giant in the film industry by relying on Disney parks and animation peripheral products.

Disney's current market capitalization is around US$10 billion, and it is in a period of vigorous growth. Its future market capitalization may exceed US$250 billion, and its room for growth is slightly smaller than that of Microsoft.

But if he can become a shareholder of Disney and join the Disney board of directors, he will have better cooperation in the film business in the future, and it will also increase his voice in the entertainment industry and increase his personal influence.

The above two points are his personal considerations and he cannot tell Lauren in detail.

He just told Lauren that he was optimistic about the development of Microsoft and wanted to strengthen cooperation with Disney, so how should this business be done?

"emm~ How about investing in both?"

Lauren thought for a moment and said, "After Clinton took office, he gradually ended foreign wars and promulgated many policies to revitalize the industrial economy. The domestic economic development situation is good, and many industries have experienced significant growth. No matter what industry you invest in at this time

Basically, you can make money.

I have also done detailed analysis on the situation of Microsoft and Disney.

Both companies are in good condition, but Microsoft is relatively better. If you are optimistic about the rise of Microsoft's stock and want to strengthen cooperation with Disney, in fact, there is no problem with bilateral investment. You can invest tens of millions on one side and wait until you have money in the future.

Keep investing.

In addition to these two companies, there are also Oracle, PeopleSoft Software, ATT, AOL, etc. I recommend diversified investments, with less risk and greater returns."

Lauren opened the information, which contained information such as the current market value, stock price, business strategy, investment potential and suggestions of many companies.

Duka flipped through the pages. He had heard of all these companies. They were all big companies. Before 2000, their market value was only a few billion or tens of billions. In more than ten years, the value has doubled, and it has become an industry worth hundreds of billions or even trillions.

Giants, monopolistic enterprises.

It is indeed worthwhile to invest at this time.

"Focus on Disney and Microsoft stocks, and then use some of the funds to invest in other stocks."

Duca said.

"Can!"

The two discussed it, taking advantage of Disney's upcoming change of leadership and the turmoil in the stock market, to first try to get 1% of the shares. With 1% of the shares, they would be eligible to join the board of directors.

Half of the remaining money was invested in Microsoft, and the remaining half was widely spread. Anyway, there were not many stocks, and I couldn't get into the board of directors.

In addition, after the money spent by the Sun transfers to Sagittarius, there will be a lot of things, which requires a professional investment team to manage these stocks and handle investment issues.

Originally, Sagittarius only had Lauren and less than ten other staff members, so it was short of manpower.

It would be okay if Lauren left Morgan to take care of Sagittarius, but without the upper-level information sources and connections, it would be a loss for both of them.

Lauren's suggestion is to recruit a dedicated investment and financial management team to manage Sagittarius Investment Company, while he serves as Sagittarius Company's investment consultant and partner.

Duca accepted this suggestion.

Over the next week, he, Lauren and Gloria interviewed many well-known investment managers in the industry, and finally selected a 12-person professional financial management and investment team.

The person in charge is Kyle Larson, 46 years old. He has a master's degree from Harvard Business School and a Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University. He has worked at Goldman Sachs for 12 years and at Strow Fund Company for 6 years. He is familiar with financial investment and financial management.

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Although he has not made any big investments since he started working in the industry and is not considered a star in the industry, he has extensive experience in investment banking, so Lauren would recognize him as a senior when he meets her.

The remaining four investment managers are slightly younger, in their thirties and forties, and they are both male and female.

They will each be responsible for a part of the work, some will be responsible for acquiring shares, and some will be responsible for investment. Each group will have one million funds to invest in them, and they will share the profits.

The remaining employees include finance, legal affairs, administrative logistics, etc. The number of employees at Sagittarius Investment Company has increased to 24.

In the next few months or even a year, they will spend the money on the company's accounts at the most appropriate time and turn it into valuable stocks.

Duca and Lauren serve as chairman and investment directors.

The nominal major shareholder of the company is Overseas Sunflower Investment Company, and Duca is the second largest shareholder. Lauren also manages her money in Sagittarius and is a small shareholder.

At the same time, Sagittarius will also absorb other funds and customers in the future and earn handling fees from them.

After finishing all the work, Duca wanted to go on vacation again. He didn't think so when he had no money. After he got rich, he could make tens of millions or even hundreds of millions by just making an investment.

As for other jobs, including investing in movies, if you work for a few months or more than a year, you can only earn millions or tens of millions, which is not very cost-effective.

If you have all your spare time, you might as well bask in the sun on the sunny beach and watch beautiful beauties maintain their health.

It's just that Monica still has a lot of production work on her hands, and she can't let go of work and travel.

Monica didn't have time, so he couldn't leave her and go out alone, so after thinking about it, he decided to stay in Los Angeles.

He ran, trained, practiced shooting, and worked as a bartender in a bar when he had time. He wanted to return to ordinary life and regain the feeling of working illegally in a bar, but unfortunately the results were not ideal.

"Duka, now everyone knows that you are worth hundreds of millions and are a famous billionaire. If you bartending here, it will only affect the bar's business."

Andrew chuckled.

After Duca came to the bar, the men and women in the bar unconsciously walked towards the bar. The men wanted to find opportunities to make a fortune with him, and the women wanted to give him monkeys.

There were so many people coming that it seriously affected the traffic in the bar area.

Duka shook his head, took out a peaked cap and put it on.

“Have you spent all your pocket money this year?”

"No, I have 5.2 million pocket money this year. Counting the more than 2 million divided into last year's bar gambling, I have more than 7 million in hand. I spent more than ten days and only spent 100,000. It doesn't feel interesting at all.

What should I do if I don’t have it? I’ve lost the fun of spending money in the first place.”

Andrew said with a sad face.

Duka smiled and said, "I have a capital investment company. How about you invest your money in my company and let the company's investment manager help you manage your finances?"

"Why manage money? I have millions now and don't know how to spend them, so why do I make more money?"

Andrew said with a look of no desire.

Duka frowned and thought for a while, "There are four kinds of wealth that men are most likely to be addicted to, sex, gambling, and sex. If you don't want to be in politics, you will lose your money. If you are not addicted to gambling, will you quit the rest of sex?

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"Pretty much, no matter how hot a woman is, she can't arouse my interest."

Andrew shrugged.

"Your problem is a bit serious. If you go on a trip or practice in a temple, for a person like you who has no desires and desires, you might become a saint and a son."

Duca joked.

Andrew touched his chin and thought for a while,

"It sounds good, I'll give it a try!"

"Haha, I wish you can achieve success as soon as possible."

Duca smiled and made a margarita for the visitor.

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