Rebirth of Hong Kong's tycoons, shorting Eagle Sauce

Cayman Capital did not rush to leave after finishing its business in Mexico.

They were observing the direction of the evacuated funds, and Robert found that most of the funds were madly pouring into the East Asian countries.

In the eyes of others, this is a normal flow of funds.

But Robert smelled a hint of money.

Wang Lei explained to him that the reason why Mexico was shorted was because it formulated a fixed exchange rate strategy.

These East Asian countries are open to foreign investment, and the national economy is a bit falsely prosperous.

They all have one thing in common, that is, they are small places with little land and resources, and most of the means of production rely on imports.

Foreign exchange reserves are limited and the national debt is heavy.

Once someone shorts it, it will be a disaster.

Thinking of this, Robert touched his chin and felt that the financial market in East Asia would not be too calm in the next two years.

And Cayman Capital would become a big catfish that stirs up the quagmire.

...

Wang Lei was very satisfied with the actions of the IRS, and it was worth it for Cayman Capital to pay so much tax every year.

After inspecting Silicon Valley, he drove to the headquarters of Paramount in Hollywood.

After more than a year, Paramount's buildings have grown a lot.

Next to Paramount, there is a towering spire building.

This is the new headquarters of Paramount TV.

Not far away, Sydney spent a lot of money to build a special effects studio.

Even Marvel moved its branch not far from Paramount.

The entire Paramount Pictures is thriving.

Not long after he appeared, he attracted onlookers.

Many female stars who were recording flirted with Wang Lei, but the ferocious bodyguards poured a bucket of cold water on their restless hearts.

"Brother Lei!"

Qi Xiaona, wearing a suit skirt, excitedly threw herself into Wang Lei's arms.

She was held by Wang Lei and turned around in the air, with a happy smile on her face.

"You finally came to see me. I thought you had forgotten me."

"How could that be? Didn't I take you out to play a few times when you asked for leave?"

"Hmph, I don't care. You have to stay a few more days."

Looking at their heads in the boss's arms, Big Wavy Jane crossed her arms in front of her chest, her eyes full of envy.

Not only her, but all the secretaries in the president's office looked envious.

Qi Xiaona took Wang Lei to introduce Paramount's new business with great interest.

"The TV station's business has just started. We have poached Michael Davis, the youngest executive of CBS TV. The TV station has taken shape under his construction. Now he is busy looking for suitable TV scripts and variety shows."

Seeing that his little woman admired Michael so much, Wang Lei immediately wanted to meet the person in charge of the TV station's business.

"Also, Marvel and we are looking for the right actor to play Iron Man and Doctor Strange."

Depp is very interested in the role of Iron Man, but his alcoholism in Pirates of the Caribbean makes Sister Xueli very hesitant."

Hearing this, Wang Lei also stopped.

"Depp is a good candidate. If he is willing to sign a long-term contract, we can help him quit drinking, which is in line with the image of Iron Man's prodigal son."

"Okay, we will negotiate with United Elite Agency."

As if she thought of something, Qi Xiaona covered her mouth and couldn't help laughing.

"What's wrong?"

"Have you heard about the box office of Waterworld?"

"Universal has really made a big joke this time."

The Waterworld project was established earlier than Pirates of the Caribbean. After receiving huge investments from Universal and Guy, the director also played Cameron's tricks, pursuing reality in every shot, and burned through 170 million US dollars before the film was finished.

Universal and Guy had to add another 50 million, bringing the cost of the entire film to 220 million!

Just as Universal and Guy were expecting, Waterworld was released at the beginning of this year.

They just wanted to tell everyone in the industry that Waterworld was going to be the annual box office champion.

It even had the meaning of aiming at the box office record of Titanic.

Before the release, various media were praising Waterworld, which cost more than 200 million US dollars, and Paramount also felt a little pressure.

Just when everyone thought that Paramount's halo was about to be lost.

Waterworld was a dud.

The box office opened high and ended low in the first week, far from Universal's expectations.

This is not the worst. Some foreign theaters directly removed Waterworld from the shelves. When they introduced Waterworld, they signed a profit-sharing agreement instead of a buyout of foreign films.

The dismal attendance of Waterworld directly led to the theaters not even being able to schedule basic films.They didn't give any, and didn't give Universal any face at all.

Seeing the premiere results, Guy and Universal were extremely confident, thinking that Waterworld would replicate the miracle of Titanic's reversal of word-of-mouth.

But the facts proved that they were just daydreaming.

There was a flood of negative reviews, but Guy still felt good and thought it was Paramount's water army.

Universal executives also secretly ridiculed Paramount for buying off the media to give negative reviews and controlling the future scheduling of Waterworld.

But as the number of moviegoers increased, their statement immediately became untenable.

Paramount didn't need to refute anything at all, the box office data of Waterworld was ironclad evidence.

The North American box office accumulated 16 million US dollars in a month, half of which was contributed by the first week.

The relevant institutions also made an estimate of the box office of Waterworld.

The North American box office is at most 50 million, and the overseas box office may win 120 million because it took advantage of the popularity of Titanic and deceived a large number of unaware audiences to watch the movie.

The total box office is estimated to be no more than 200 million US dollars!

Such a result is definitely unacceptable to Universal. They invested so much, but suffered huge losses.

The most irritable one is Guy. The huge amount of money invested in the project that was supposed to be profitable ended up being wasted.

He even had the urge to kill director Kevin Reynolds.

You know, he spent a lot of extra costs to get the investment rights of Waterworld from Ahpen, but now he has nothing to gain.

Investment is bound to be risky. Guy knows that he can't blame anyone. If he wants to blame someone, he should blame himself for not being cautious when investing.

What makes him speechless is that in his opinion, the quality of Waterworld in the future is very high and it is not a bad movie at all. Is there something wrong with his aesthetics?

Only one month after the film was released, Universal announced that it would terminate all cooperation with Kevin Reynolds.

Qi Xiaona still feels sorry for Kevin Reynolds:

"Now no one in the industry dares to use him. When he was interviewed by the media, he also showed that he was going to change his career and hoped that an advertising company could hire him."