novelraw Chapter 317
Chapter 317
It is 08:30 am.
In France, the time difference is nearly six hours, and the Paris Stock Exchange usually closes at three in the afternoon.
Of course Eli wouldn't mind.
He called his lawyer to negotiate with Harvey, then took Josie to another room on the second floor, found the remote control for her, and went to the wine cabinet to pour a glass of whiskey.
He didn't speak, just stood there quietly drinking.
Josie switched the channel to Bloomberg Finance. While watching the news content, she took out her mobile phone and dialed Saul Goodman's number.
"It's me." After the call was connected, Josie went straight to the topic, "Sold?"
"Yes, boss." Saul replied, "Lehman was determined to hit the market in the afternoon, and French banks didn't seem to dare to make a move. The final closing price was about 73 euros."
"Good job. You guys go to finish and come back to celebrate."
Josie ended the call with a few instructions, and handed over the disposable mobile phone to Jason for disposal.
After doing this, she couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
On the TV screen at this time, the reporter is reporting: "At [-]:[-] p.m. local time in France, half an hour before the closing of the Paris Stock Exchange, Vivendi-Universal, which has high hopes this morning, has dropped its limit again..."
The lower limit means that Vivendi-Universal's stock once again fell to the maximum 10% of the Paris Stock Exchange, and it was unable to continue trading that day.
Today is another victory for the short side, the French did not organize an effective counterattack.
——It is also possible that the other party is not ready to save the market.
Aix was right for the time being.
But Josie had won enough.
In this wave of five-fold leverage, the cost of repurchasing Vivendi-Global shares is about 60% of the borrowed price. After a series of operations by Ax Capital, at least one billion US dollars was earned without any risk.
In addition, Josie asked her stockbroker to place short orders very early on, but the amount of money invested was not much in comparison.
It can be said that she has already left the stage smoothly, and even made a little disguised feint.
What's the next step when you've earned enough money at a young age to spend a few lifetimes?
This question did not come to Josie's mind for the time being.
Her current mood is a little strangely calm, without any feeling of passion. It may be like Keanu often said to her, when money becomes a huge but pale number, the meaning it represents is completely changed. .
It will not cost so much money to become the owner of Skynet Media.
In fact, holding 20% of the shares is enough to change the entire board of directors and initiate acquisitions. Some investment banks or consortiums are willing to lend a helping hand. The MGM acquisition in the future is an example. The investment group formed by Sony won MGM May spent less than two hundred million dollars.
Excluding the production costs of each stage of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Josie has almost nowhere to spend a lot of money.
Beautiful costumes?
Basically sponsored.
Luxury cars and mansions?
Oh, Josie didn't have the opportunity to drive by herself at all, and this nanny car was already top-of-the-line, maybe only that dreamy cliff villa could still cost money.
Perhaps for ordinary people, the next step would be to buy a private jet, a luxury yacht or an island, but Josie found that she didn't have much interest in these.
To be precise, her material desire is getting weaker and weaker.
When she first became "Josie Horton", she still had many unfinished goals, but in this position, it seems that the only way to get her excited is to get Universal Pictures.
Is this really normal?
There were a lot of random thoughts in her mind, but on the surface, Josie just watched the TV for a while, and then turned it off calmly, as if nothing had changed.
This made it hard for Eli, who had been quietly observing her, not to take a high look at the young girl in front of him, and even be a little curious: Is she really not concerned about money and numbers, or is she born with some lack of emotion?
He couldn't help but recall the situation when he first took over the family's huge business a few years ago.
At that time, McCullough was in turmoil. His revered grandfather had just passed away. The local real estate tycoon tried to annex McCullough Farm. But jumped out to fight for property...
It can be said that Eli's ascension process was no warmer and more peaceful than when he was performing missions abroad.
Fortunately and unfortunately, he is still standing here with good hands and feet, and most of his enemies return to ashes, ashes return to ashes, and the assets that are still growing rapidly have not brought him any sense of happiness from the beginning to the end , he just expands, expands, expands mechanically.
It's like being in Hollywood.
Josie didn't know what Eli was thinking, she just looked at him and said, "Hey, can I have a glass of wine?"
"..." Eli paused, then came back to his senses, "What do you want to drink?"
"Tequila. Thanks."
Josie leaned against the window and sipped slowly.
The slightly aged wine has a silky mouthfeel, with flavors of dried fruit and smoked oak, and the taste is not so rich and heavy due to the addition of a lot of ice cubes.
Slightly bitter and slightly cold, but when swallowed, there is a burning sensation, which is clear and strong, very stimulating.
After Josie quietly drank the symbolic celebration wine in her hand, Eli also said at the right time: "I will go to see the people from JPMorgan Chase this afternoon. If it goes well, the acquisition of Universal Pictures does not need to cost us much. money."
For this, Josie only had one question: "Where are we going to meet?"
Eli's answer is the horse farm.
JP Morgan Chase, or Chase Manhattan Bank and JP Morgan, the former is one of the giants in the US financial industry, a large commercial bank, while the latter is a comprehensive financial company with a high reputation in the world, headquartered in New York.
As early as a few weeks ago, there was news that the two industry giants had started negotiations on a merger plan, which would basically be completed within this year.
It's just that Wall Street's eyes have been almost all attracted by the Paris Stock Exchange recently. The war between American capital and European capital is not over yet, and the battle is still raging.
Bronfman secretly reached an agreement with some people, but it does not mean that all international hot money has tacitly let go of Vivendi-Universal.
Fortunately, the French side finally came to the rescue.
In the morning of the next day, Vivendi-Universal swept away the decline of the past few days, the buying increased greatly, a huge trading volume appeared, and the stock price rose slowly.
But this has nothing to do with Josie who has fled.
According to her original plan, it was to backhand buy after Vivendi-Universal's stock price reached its lowest point, and if the number was sufficient, she could directly join the board of directors of Vivendi-Universal and start their acquisition plan.
But after separate meetings with JPMorgan executive Aiden Morgan, her partner Eli McCullough, and her father, Frank Horton, Josie dropped the plan.
Vivendi-Universal is a muddy quagmire, and there are already people trying to lure more, so there is no need for Josie, who has left the market at a profit, to continue wading through the muddy waters.
And she also got a hint from Underwood that Bronfman has given up Universal Pictures in order to seek peace and truce. When Vivendi-Universal gets through this difficulty, Universal Pictures will start looking for buyers.
Buyers are, of course, discerning.
Either the wealthy, such as the Sony Group that acquired Columbia, directly waved green dollars to clear the way; or someone with a solid backing and received some hints from the above, such as Qiao Xi.
In fact, Underwood has not yet identified this candidate.
On the one hand, the size of Skynet Media and Universal Pictures is not equal, perhaps after the completion of the acquisition of DreamWorks, there will be a chance to enter the table;
On the other hand, Hollywood is a reflection of DC, cultural invasion has always been a weapon that cannot be underestimated, and there are also disputes within the party about whether to support Josie Horton in power.
Personally, Underwood is inclined to choose Josie Horton, because her father, Frank Horton, is his direct descendant, and has always worked for him and solved many troublesome things.
But the problem is that the relationship between Josie Horton and Frank Horton is not close. Before that, she and Ms. Feinstein also had some troubles because of the ownership of Tianyan Network. From this, it can be seen that although this girl is intelligent and ambitious Vigorous, but also rebellious and difficult to control.
Things always have two sides.
Geniuses are often not submissive and well-behaved. The courage to question authority and the spirit of adventure and pioneering make this world so vibrant.
Integrating Skynet Media is the first test for Josie Horton, and it is also the basis for cooperation between the two parties.
...
Friday night.
The premiere of "Dance Out of My Life" at the School of Visual Arts Theater in Manhattan.
The night has not really fallen yet, and there are already huge crowds of people on both sides of the premiere red carpet.
After the trailer was released, "Dancing Out of My Life" attracted unexpected attention, and the biggest contributor was the MV for the theme song, which was co-produced by gangster Josh Jones and pop superstar MJ. The airborne billboard championship position directly ignited fans' enthusiasm for the movie.
What's even more exciting is that they also have guest appearances in the movie!
"Ahhh-"
"Josh! I love you!"
"Josh marry me! You are hot!"
"Jessica, you look stunning today!"
"Josh! When will the next college come out!"
"The new song is so good! Release an album soon!"
Josh, who was wearing a navy blue silk suit showing his muscles in a vacuum, and with short platinum blonde hair, hastily signed autographs for fans on both sides of the red carpet, and replied: "Album? No plan, I want to make a movie." .”
The fans purposely shouted annoyedly: "Oh my God, is your family not doing business properly?"
"I have no inspiration, I don't want to come up with it." Josh said with a cool face, "By the way, my brother is preparing his first feature film, maybe you will see it in the cinema in your lifetime."
"Oh no!"
Ignoring the wailing behind him, Josh walked shoulder to shoulder with his old friend Mark Ronson to the photo area.
There was a lot of trouble with the soundtrack of "Dancing Out of My Life", and finally Mark took the position of soundtrack producer directly. For this reason, he contributed two rather impressive demos as a stepping stone, and appeared on the red carpet tonight It is also justifiable.
——Although due to the use of too many samples, he basically didn't make any money for those two songs, but the rich second generation said he didn't care.
"Where's Rachel?" Mark glanced at Josh and asked.
"Don't mention it, we had a big fight." Josh frowned a little irritably, "I really don't understand why women are always obsessed with some stupid questions?"
Mark felt a little funny when he heard it, and said, "Maybe it's just that you think it's stupid, but she thinks it's important."
"Guess what?" Josh's expression was indescribable, "When she quarreled with me, she said exactly the same thing as you."
Mark laughed loudly, and slapped Josh on the shoulder vigorously, “Dude, trust me, it’s good for you to stay single!”
Josh pushed Mark's hand away and sneered: "Go away, you have nothing good to say."
They talked and laughed and walked into the theater with the assistance of the on-site dispatchers. After entering the hall, they saw many familiar faces who came to cheer, such as Usher, Rashida Jones, Brittany Murphy and others. Leonardo DiCaprio has also shown up with his new love.
Incidentally, the heartthrob's brief date with Miss Hilton is over and she's back in the arms of the blonde, leggy model.