Chapter 14 Starting a business is difficult, Pepsi is a lot
On North Hollywood's Lowrell Valley Boulevard, Judith was busy as soon as she got to work, first submitting approval for a loan and then calling a few people whose loans were about to expire.
What's even worse is that he handles a large amount of money every day, but he is extremely poor.
After making two dunning calls, Judith frowned slightly when she saw the names of Shahai Entertainment and Ronan Anderson.
Under normal circumstances, the loan is not due and there is no need to collect the payment, but in case of special circumstances, the bank can also issue a reminder notice or even withdraw the loan in advance according to the terms of the contract remarks.
Judith couldn't help but shake her head, estimating that it wouldn't be long before both would go bankrupt.
Fortunately, the original mortgage was signed, and the loan amount was only 70% of the value of the collateral.
Whether it is real estate or the film copyright of Shahai Entertainment, it is a good asset.
This loan should not turn into a bad debt in hand.
By the way, Ronan Anderson said to come over today to repay the loan? Shahai Entertainment has not made a film recently, and even the employees are running out, what will Ronan Anderson take to repay?
Isn't it going to let the bank take away the film rights and the apartment in advance?
Five minutes later, Judith was slightly surprised to see Ronan, the young man with bird's nest-like hair and a decadent face like a homeless man on the street.
And now? Ronan Anderson's hair is neat, his face is bright, and he is dressed in an Armani suit to set off his majestic figure, and the flat glasses on his face block the sharp gaze, adding a bit of maturity.
This is a handsome guy at all!
Judith's gaze was so completely absorbed by Ronan that she ignored the woman in her forties.
"Hello, Miss Judith. Ronan greeted him politely.
"Uh......" Judith quickly withdrew her gaze, "Hello, Mr. Anderson." ”
Ronan said casually: "I'll take care of the repayment of the loan between Shahai Entertainment and myself." ”
Judith was even more surprised: "You want to repay the loan early?"
Ronan didn't talk to her, pulled out a chair and sat down, and said, "I will pay off the two loans with interest up to today." ”
Judith was stunned, this was completely different from what she knew.
"Can't you?" Ronan said formulaically, "I remember that the contract allowed for early repayment. ”
Judith quickly came back to her senses: "Ah, yes, it is possible to repay the loan in advance. She couldn't help but wonder in her heart: "You...... Have you raised the money?"
Ronan shrugged slightly: "Of course, how can I repay the loan if I don't have money?"
Judith steadied herself, threw away the surprise of the accident, and asked tentatively, "Where did you get the money from?"
Ronan said lightly: "Don't worry, the source of funds is completely legal." Everything else is a trade secret and I can't advise you. He looked at Mary, "You can settle the loan with Miss Judith." ”
Nearly an hour later, Mary had gone through all the formalities, and Ronan was ready to leave.
He took the initiative to stretch out his right hand and shook it with Judith: "I hope I won't receive your reminder notice in the future." ”
Judith smiled professionally, "I hope so, too." ”
Ronan took Mary out of the reception room, but did not leave the bank and went straight into the elevator.
"Is it okay?" he asked in a low voice.
Mary immediately replied, "No problem." ”
Ronan pressed the elevator button: "Let's go to the credit officer." ”
After a busy morning, Judith got the news from a colleague that Shahai Entertainment and Ronan Anderson, who had just made a repayment, approached the loan officer and applied for a $3 million mortgage.
"How is this possible?" said Judith in disbelief.
Ronan Anderson repaid the loan early, had good credit, and proved the ability to repay, and the refinancing was fully compliant. ”
Judith shook her head: "That's not what I meant. He's only repaying the loan today. ”
A colleague leaned over and said in a low voice: "I asked the director's assistant, and Ronan Anderson showed the director the proof of tens of millions of dollars in funds from Bank of America, and continued to use the film copyright and real estate as collateral, and the director approved the loan, and the rest is just to go through the process." ”
Judith was completely stunned: "Ten million dollars?"
"yes. The colleague sighed and gently patted Judith on the shoulder: "You lost a big customer, otherwise the commission of this loan ......"
Speaking of this, my colleague couldn't help but shake his head.
Judith bit her lip, Shahai Entertainment has always been her client.
"Did I misread Ronan Anderson and Sand Sea Entertainment?" she murmured.
After leaving the bank, Ronan went to the Los Angeles branch of Merrill Lynch, where he finalized a stockbroker with a very high reputation and signed an agency agreement.
He doesn't need advice from the other party, as long as the broker buys and sells as required.
Stockbrokerage commissions are flexible, the higher the amount invested, the larger the trading volume, and the lower the commission ratio.
Ronan's targets are mainly two – Yahoo and Cisco.
Before investing, he did a detailed investigation, and Yahoo opened at $64 in February and peaked at $74 that month.
Cisco's stock price rose from $5 to nearly $14 after its rerights last year.
There is no doubt that both of these are very hot stocks, with all sorts of positive news coming out one after another.
In his previous life, Ronan didn't specialize in playing stocks, he just remembered some big road goods, when Cisco was at its peak, it seemed that he had sat on the throne of the world's largest market capitalization, and Yahoo didn't let it go, but in the end, it was booming and declining, and it seemed that even the brand was gone.
When exactly did it collapse? It must have been after 2000, but how long did it hold back after 2000? Ronan didn't know at all.
This determines that it is impossible for him to manipulate every stock, so he can only let the stockbroker eat two stocks one after another, and then get out of the cabin before 2000 when the market was still relatively stable.
After 2000, the risk factor has increased exponentially, and it is estimated that the big guys who are staring at the industry inside and outside must be indispensable, and the wind and grass may cause huge changes.
Ronan plans to invest the $6 million raised in Abu Dhabi and the $3 million from bank loans into the stock market as soon as possible in the form of corporate and personal accounts, respectively.
An additional $1 million was set aside as an emergency fund.
Unfortunately, with his qualifications and conditions, he cannot establish a fund for the time being, otherwise it would be more convenient to invest.
The stock market was acquired by pending orders, and $9 million of funds entered the market in batches, which could not stir up too many waves.
"Mr. Anderson. ”
Before leaving Merrill Lynch, the stockbroker shook Ronan's hand, "Your needs are what we want. ”
Ronan was polite and said with a smile, "You're welcome, I hope it's a nice collaboration, Scott." ”
The stockbroker named Scott shook his hand vigorously: "I just moved to Los Angeles from Pennsylvania, and it's a privilege to meet a client like you and serve you. ”
Ronan nodded, just said, "Nice cooperation." ”
It is undeniable that money can change too many things in this world, and when he came to Merrill Lynch, he just roughly said the amount of investment, and he was treated with the highest standard.
Scott laughs and says, "It's a pleasure to work with. ”
Such a big customer is easy to touch one.
After leaving Merrill Lynch, Ronan asked Mary to go back to the company first, and he went to the car market to buy a brand-new Cadillac.
It is necessary to recruit the director of "Human Removal Plan" as soon as possible, and after having a director, match the corresponding behind-the-scenes team and even the main actors.
The script needed to be revised, and the previous first version of the script looked good, but it was more to fool the Arabs into investing and did not fully meet the requirements of the shooting.
He can revise this script himself, and after recruiting the director, he can also refer to the director's opinion appropriately.
Oh, and there's also the blog writing plan, which can be pushed back a little for the time being.
Then there is the network, the current main business is movies, the relationship is very important in Hollywood, although the old Anderson is conservative, but the relationship is handled well, and he is also famous in the industry.
However, Anderson Jr. was young and vigorous, thinking that his ability and talent could break through all obstacles, and since he took over Shahai Entertainment, he has almost thrown away all of Anderson's network of connections.
These must not only be picked up again, but also expanded.
How do you expand your network in Hollywood? The most basic thing to do is to attend frequent banquets and parties.
Many banquets and parties are filled with investors, producers, directors, actors and agents, and the initial intention of some projects is often initially established in communication.
Ronan then informs Mary and asks her to find a suitable party in the industry.
With a clear plan in mind, Ronan got off work at almost nine o'clock in the evening, and when he returned to his apartment, he took another three hours to revise the script for "The Human Eradication Plan".
Starting a business is hard, Pepsi do.
Even for the reborn, even with the advantage of foresight, hard work and dedication are necessary.