Seven Hundred and Thirty-One - Earth Ball Flower?

Time slowly passed through October and came to November. In his free time while filming "Wonder Woman", Wayne was also constantly communicating with other project teams he invested in, always paying attention to the relevant progress.

Even in faraway Italy, the trend in North America still affected most of the crew. It seems like overnight, everyone is discussing stocks, or Internet company stocks.

Even Wayne overheard a large number of staff chatting while the crew was taking a break. In their mouths, the North American Internet stock market seems to be full of dollars. As long as you find an Internet company to buy, everything will be left. Sit back and wait to make big money.

"Inform Colin Howard to exchange all the stocks in Google, Microsoft and other companies in my hands for fruit stocks as soon as possible."

In the director's trailer on the Italian beach set, Wayne suddenly told Nina during a break from lunch: "Go fast."

The assistant lady opened her mouth in surprise. "What?!"

In recent times, the shares of North American Internet companies have skyrocketed, which has almost become a norm, and it is getting more and more crazy.

Not to mention other people, even the low-level handymen in the crew, the chat content is full of a lot of stock-related topics, which shows how profitable they are.

Her boss, however, chose to do the opposite at this point in time. Nina couldn't help but want to rush up and peel off her boss's face to see if a fool was parasitizing him down there.

"Nina, don't forget."

Seeing the assistant's face full of surprise, she was stunned for a moment. She didn't even notice that the fashion magazine she was looking at fell to the ground. Wayne shook his head helplessly, put down the sandwich in his hand, stretched out a finger, and shook it left and right in front of the other person's eyes.

"I never thought about making money from the stock market. The biggest reason why I bought shares in Google and other companies was to preserve the value of my funds."

Nodding thoughtfully, Nina turned the glasses hidden behind her thick glasses back and forth. After a few seconds of hesitation, she couldn't help her curiosity and asked: "Boss, do you think it's very dangerous now?" ?”

She still remembered that when he first entered Hollywood, part of Wayne's salary was invested in the stock market, and the operator was Colin Howard, the son of Greenberg family accountant Howard Sr.

After this part of the money was thrown into the stock market, my boss never paid attention to it again. Even if he later took out a loan to purchase an estate or invested in Warner Brothers, he never had any idea about this part of the money.

Facts have also proved that with the speed at which my boss makes money, there is no need to think about this money at all. Whether it was the loan from the estate or the loan from Warner Bros., it was nothing compared to the speed at which he was making money, which was comparable to a money printing machine.

Just now, when the stock market is growing crazily, my boss has gone in the opposite direction, wanting to sell shares that no one else can grab, and choose to switch to that fruit company. There is no doubt that the other party saw the crisis that others did not.

"Believe me, Nina, I'm not the only one who feels the danger."

Speaking of this, Wayne tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said with a mysterious face: "This is like a balloon. Everyone is blowing air into it desperately, and no one is willing to stop, even a small number of people , has realized that the balloon is in danger of exploding, and will pretend to be stupid until the end.

I even think that most people are aware of the danger, but they are extremely confident. They are confident that there will definitely be someone behind them to take their place and continue to blow up the balloon. "

After thinking about it carefully, Nina couldn't help but suggest: "Boss, my personal analysis is that this crazy growth trend will continue for at least a few years! Should we..."

"Nina, I said, my funds are to preserve the value, there is no need to take any risks to increase the value." J shook his head firmly, and Wayne emphasized again. "Go and notify Colin Howard. I remember that I didn't buy many shares back then. I should be able to get out of the position soon."

In fact, in the early 1990s, the fundamental reason why he chose to buy shares in Gu, Oracle, etc. was to leave a way out for himself.

At that time, even he himself didn't know whether he could continue to be successful in Hollywood. After all, anyone who is not a fool can understand that in this industry, talent is not even shit. If you want to continue to succeed, you rely on opportunity and luck in the early stage.

At least those shares bought back then would have allowed Wayne to live a decent life when he completely failed and was completely abandoned by the production company.

Looking back now, this part of the insurance is obviously redundant. Not to mention other things, just the shares of Warner Bros. and the film copyrights of Greenberg Studio can not only ensure that he will not be short of money to live this life, but even It also ensures that little Fendi doesn’t have to worry about money since she was a child.

"Boss, I must remind you that this money is probably much more than you think!"

My boss may not care about this money, but as a personal assistant who controls all his wealth, he will not be indifferent to this money.

Nina still remembers that starting in 1995, with the popularity of the mosaic browser, the Internet began to attract public attention on a large scale. Of course, those who are also interested are the old moneymen and investors in North America, as well as the vampires on Wall Street who control the world's finance.

Therefore, since 1995, the shares of Internet companies have slowly increased, especially the shares of the three major technology industry companies.

Including Internet network infrastructure companies, such as Word-. Internet tool software companies, such as scape. And the most important and conspicuous portals, such as Google and Yahoo, are all on the fast track.

Especially for Yahoo, since its first public offering in 1996, the price has risen unreasonably, and even onlookers will be horrified to see it. It was precisely those companies in these three major Internet sectors that Wayne invested in back then.

Nina recalled for a moment and continued: "I remember that Colin bought about 10 million US dollars worth of stocks in Microsoft and Oracle according to your request. Later, he also purchased shares in Google, Apple, etc. one after another.

Boss, the money that was invested in the stock market one after another that year, if you choose to cash out at this point in time, it is expected that the total value will not be less than 100 million US dollars! That’s not even counting the small portion of Apple stock. "

"I won't take out this money." Wayne shook his head directly. Although he was surprised by the money, he had no intention of cashing out and leaving. "Exchange it all for Apple shares, and continue to hold it in your hands."

"Okay." Although she didn't understand her boss's actions, Nina nodded. "I'll let Colin know after lunch."

Yes, Wayne was at the bottom of society in his last life, and he was also an ordinary person with a very small circle of friends. It can be said that all the information he learned about Internet companies came from the increasingly convenient various self-media, but he actually didn’t know what was going on. value.

The reason why he chose Microsoft and Oracle to invest was because Gaid and Madman were so famous that in the subconscious of countless people, Gai had always been the richest man in the world. Of course, there is a more famous person, and that is Gang Leader Qiao.

It is now the end of 1998, a time when everyone is red-eyed and staring at Internet stocks. Wayne knew that this situation would continue for more than a year, until there was a "bang" sound, the balloon exploded, and then countless people would line up on the top of the Empire State Building and jump down like dumplings.

He couldn't remember the exact time when the bubble of the Internet century broke out, nor could he remember how much companies such as Google, Microsoft and Oracle had lost in this bubble, but he always remembered that even the moment before he died in sleep Supply chain guru Cook is still harvesting leeks from all over the world with fruit.

Therefore, Wayne's choice is clear, which is to sell other shares and replace them all with the safer Apple.

There is a piece of information that is very illustrative of the problem, that is, today’s star Internet company Amazon has a market value of approximately US$50 billion. As for this company, he remembered that the market value before he came here was twenty times what it is now!

This is true for Amazon, and presumably Google, Microsoft and the like will also be stronger.

But Wayne's purpose was not gambling. Even if he knew that these companies had survived the Internet bubble for ten years and even developed on an even larger scale, there was no need for him to gamble. Because this is no different from buying at the peak and then being locked up for ten years. At least during the ten years when Internet companies slowed down, this part of the money cannot be moved even if they want to.

If we analyze it from a God's perspective over the long term, not only did these star Internet companies not have their roots shaken during this bubble, but they were also clearly underestimated compared to their subsequent scale.

But in the short term, these companies are obviously overvalued. When investing in the stock market, you are afraid to buy with a short-term holding mentality because you are optimistic about the long-term value. That is a tragedy and a horror movie feast.

In fact, not only Wayne understood it, but also many people, after seeing the increasingly crazy Internet stock prices, also thought that if the balloon is blown up so fast and endlessly, it will definitely explode one day.

It's just that 99.99% of people feel that they are the "exception" and someone will eventually take over their shares. There are never just one or two people with this kind of luck mentality, and there is never a shortage of them all over the world.

If we look at the entire history of the United States, we will find that this country has never had any great plans. It only takes one step at a time, and then continues to rely on technological breakthroughs made by top elites to survive.

The relative national conditions also represent the thinking of the people in this land, which is that there is no long-term plan, and it can even be said to be short-sighted. Because they always believe that even if something bad happens, elites will suddenly jump out to solve the problem.

This is an idea that has been rooted in the hearts of ordinary people in North America for hundreds of years, and it is also the value exported by the North American elite to the ordinary class.

The essence of similar values ​​is actually to prevent ordinary people from uniting.

Everyone knows that in this world, ordinary people account for more than 99% of the total, and the wealthy elites are a minority. The purpose of similar values ​​​​is to make ordinary people believe that such universal values ​​​​will help them Stick to the bottom line and protect ordinary people when they need help.

As the "elite", we should also abide by the rules of the existence of such universal values ​​and not infringe on the rights and interests of most ordinary people.

But what is the real situation of the world? Throughout the history of North America, plunder and oppression have never disappeared, but have been replaced by "capital" in many beautiful ways to continue to realize it.

With the rapid rise of Internet stocks, even the crew in Italy were talking about which Internet stock rose the fastest. Wayne stood at the door of the director's trailer with his arms folded, as if he saw a group of figures covered in darkness, standing behind countless ordinary people, silently waving the sickle in their hands at high speed.

After the lunch break, the crew continued to shoot intermittent action scenes. Quite chaotic scenes continued to be staged on the beach, and Wayne was also thinking about everything related to the film.

He knew that the hugely successful "Wonder Woman" in his memory was actually made by a female director, so he could handle many shots and stories from a female perspective without any obstacles. This is also the reason for this film. One of the reasons for the unique charm of movies with female protagonists.

Speaking of which, the situation the female director faced at that time was completely different from what he faces now. Speaking of Patty Jenkins, without "Wonder Woman", in most people's subconscious mind, she is an extremely pure literary and artistic film director.

Wayne is completely different. Although he also has strong artistic attributes, it was clear from the day he entered Hollywood that this young man also cares about business success while taking care of art.

Therefore, when he was filming "Wonder Woman", his purpose was not so pure, and the degree of freedom he got was not comparable to that of a female director who is eager to transform.

In comparison, the era in which Wayne lived created advantages and risks for this film. The good thing is that in the late 1990s, with great power came great responsibility, which was still the mainstream idea of ​​​​commercial films, and it was also the idea that was best accepted by movie fans.

The risk, of course, is perspective. In this "Wonder Woman", Wayne has made almost no major changes, so to some extent, without the blessing of universal feminist thinking, some male audiences will definitely feel disgusted.

The current situation is actually quite similar to when he was making "Joker". Nowadays, it is almost rare to see a film in which all the scenes revolve around a woman. There has never been a movie with a female protagonist with a production cost of up to 200 million US dollars.

What Wayne has to face is the strange eyes that movie fans will definitely have from the beginning, and then find a way to get fans to accept this type of setting.

And all his confidence comes from the fact that this is a character that is familiar to countless people, and the character is extremely in line with the taste of movie fans of this era, that is Gao Daquan. At least that's how he designed it with Diana Prince.

But there is another special character, and that is Superman Clark in the back. In fact, he has already given enough hints from the previous films.

Wayne will mercilessly strip away the tall personality from Superman, and then find a weakness for Superman to pull him off his throne from the beginning. Regardless of the environment in which he grew up or other designs, at least movie fans should be able to see the humanity in Superman.

This step is undoubtedly preparing for the Justice League, otherwise once Super comes out, everyone else will become dispensable. Especially Batman, whose popularity is endless. Compared with Super's invincibility, this hero whose superpower is "a rich thief" will definitely be portrayed as a dispensable minion or a cheerleader.

On the set, Diana Prince's action scenes are being filmed. For these scenes that he is not good at, Wayne has not easily expressed his opinions. He relies on the action director and stunt team to direct. Only when he encounters a performance that makes him dissatisfied will he come out from behind the monitor.

"Boss, I have some good news or not."

Seeing that the crew was about to call it a day and end today's shooting, Nina covered her mouth and hung up the phone, then leaned close to Wayne and reported in a low voice.

Wayne asked casually: "What's wrong?"

Nina gently tilted her head in the direction of Angelina Jolie. "A European actress is coming to visit your class. Ha, it's the earth flower you mentioned. I hope she and Angelina Jolie, a hot girl, won't fight in your suite. Get up. Do you want me to give advance notice so our Wonder Woman can go back to her room?"

"Globe? F**k, you mean Monica Bellucci?"