Chapter 105: The Hustle
On October 16, in the eleventh round of the league against Lucerne, Jonas did not participate, and in this game, Lucerne won, but also conceded a goal.
At this time, Jonas's clean sheet record is even more precious.
On October 17, Jonas put aside all social activities and returned to school, where he began to devote himself to intense study.
Having become a celebrity, he now receives some preferential treatment from the school, whether it is a lecturer or a professor, he can be the first to be received as long as he makes an appointment.
Every teacher is open to the lessons he has fallen behind, and no student will feel unfair.
That's the importance of fame.
An heir to a banker, if he is given preferential treatment at school, will only arouse the disgust of the students. But an athlete who plays for his country is given preferential treatment, and everyone takes it for granted.
Even the students will take the initiative to defend the preferential treatment that Jonas receives, and if the school does not give preferential treatment, it will be unfair.
Although it was delayed for more than ten days, Jonas has been studying on his own during the training camp and has taken extracurricular notes according to the teacher's request.
After returning to school, the courses that I had fallen behind quickly caught up, and even faster than many of my classmates.
While Jonas was a good student at school, Fox sold 50 percent of its shares for $650 million, with the custodians Hoffman Bank and News Corp. completing the handover.
In addition to the 50 percent stake, News Corp. also bought 20 percent of its shares from another major shareholder, Marvin Davis, for 260 million.
Oil tycoon Marvin Davis also retains 20 percent of the shares, and another 10 percent is in the hands of some minority shareholders and management.
News Corp. bought Fox, and Murdoch didn't make major changes to the film department, still headed by Alain Ryder.
But he poached Barry Diller from Paramount Pictures and began to grow the Fox network.
Barry Diller is a Hollywood legend who went from a small role to the CEO of Paramount, and his legendary experience is quite revered.
But he is not a pure filmmaker, his goal in life is to build the fourth largest television network, but Paramount has no intention of developing the television industry, so he chose to join Fox.
Since U.S. law prohibits non-U.S. nationals from owning newspapers and television networks at the same time, Murdoch's priority now is to immigrate to the U.S. and become an American.
The United States is different from Switzerland, which is not a country of immigrants and it is difficult to naturalize, but as long as the United States has money, naturalization is just a very simple matter.
Before the Justice Department officially wanted Macridge, he had already entrusted his shares to Hoffman Bank, all according to regular business procedures, and the government departments could not catch him at all.
This kind of escrow is basically that the bank pays Markridge about the same amount of money as the market value, takes over the shares of Fox, and then deals with Murdoch.
As for the return of these shares from Hoffmann Bank, then who will bear the "losses" of Hoffmann Bank?
What's more, Macridge's influence in Congress is not small, and California is also the "territory" of the Democratic Party.
The deal went much smoother because of Hoffman's involvement than the "historical" deal.
Because of the government's obstruction, the deal took two years from the end of '82 to '84 before it was traded.
In this transaction, Hoffman Bank's profit is more than 10 million.
More importantly, Hoffman Bank is now a shareholder in News Corp.
Today's News Corp. is not a large media group with a market value of tens of billions in later generations, they have not been listed so far, and they have been borrowing to expand.
So far, they have only been deployed in Australia and the United Kingdom, and the total value of the company does not exceed 1.5 billion. They were able to buy Fox with bank loans.
Now that the 910 million worth of shares in Fox is purchased, the actual capital contribution is less than 300 million, and the remaining 600 million is converted into 26 percent of News Corp. shares.
And these 600 million are nominally funded by Hoffman Bank, but in fact most of the money is still Macridge's.
It's just that if Macridge wants to use the money, Hoffman Bank has to pay his bills.
Although Hoffmann Bank became a shareholder of News Corporation, News Corp. was not publicly listed, and most people did not know that a private bank in Switzerland had become a shareholder of News Corp.
Although the deal was large, Yannick's energy was actually very little spent on it.
His main energy is used to launder some funds through various means, and specific equity transactions are carried out through third-party financial companies.
For him, tens of billions of asset management is the top priority, and this equity deal is just incidental.
'83 has been a tough year for everyone in the oil industry.
Since 1974, the price of oil has risen from below $5 per barrel to $83 in 35.
In the 79 and 80 years before that, international oil prices even exceeded 40 US dollars at one point because of the Persian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War.
Because of the decline in consumption due to the rise in oil prices, there has been a long game between developed countries and OPEC.
Under intense pressure, the Organization of the OPEC Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to cut oil prices for the first time in its 25-year history in order to regain control of the world oil market.
The 13 oil-exporting countries gathered in London also set a limit of 17.5 million barrels per day to produce oil, 1 million barrels less than the current maximum limit, but still at least 3.5 million barrels higher than current actual production.
This difference is to prepare for the rise in demand in the future.
OPEC lost control of the oil market, and developed countries carried out all-round containment in order to control the world economy, and the oil market was in chaos.
However, it is precisely because of this confusion that the secondary market is very active in trading.
Spot oil prices are rising, and oil companies need to transfer price risk and establish short contracts. If the price of spot oil drops, it is necessary to establish a long contract to obtain risk and return.
Every long and short order is a game between the two sides of the oil transaction, in order to maintain the stability of income.
In the market, it is basically impossible to blindly go short or long, except for speculators.
But for speculators, both sides of the transaction have a way of restraint, because the market is controlled by both sides of the transaction.
If they want to deal with speculators, they have a way, and the most common means are to sing down the market or add oil to the market.
As a very simple example, the United States forecasts the soybean and other agricultural market at the beginning of spring every year, saying that this year's harvest is not good, and the price of soybeans will rise, and then establish a long soybean contract.
When the soybeans were almost ripe, they turned around and said: Oops, the prediction was wrong, this year the wind and rain are good, and the soybean harvest is abundant.
At this time, because they have already made the expected profit in the futures market, they can dump the soybeans at a low price.
And the farmers in Brazil and Argentina cried, the soybeans in the United States are sold so cheaply, they will lose money if they sell at this price!
By this means, U.S. soybeans beat South American soybeans and became the darling of the international market, while South American soybeans were not cared for.
If you are a reborn person and know the market, there is no problem in making some pocket money.
However, if you dare to open a long or short order in the market, at this time, the United States only needs to stock soybeans for a period of time, and you will lose all your money.
This is still visible soybeans, energy commodities such as oil and copper ore, all in the ground.
A reborn, even if you know the market situation, you dare to open a large number of short orders, long orders. Even if there has been a price increase or decline in history, OPEC can reduce or increase production, and you will lose all your money.
At any time, speculators can never dominate the market, and controlling the market by speculation is just a joke.
Especially in the foreign exchange market, foreign exchange price changes always follow the policy, you don't choke the neck of a country's government, you dare to maliciously speculate on their foreign exchange, a policy change can make you lose all your money.
Jonas was not an expert in his previous life, but because of his profession, he was not a novice and knew the risks involved, so he insisted on laying a good foundation in college.
He understands the market, but it does not mean that the market will not change, and how to deal with the butterfly effect is something that a reborn or traverser should study carefully.
Yannick does not have the historical experience of Jonas, but he has a lot of experience in the market and the ability to respond.
Since the beginning of this year, on the one hand, he has to manage assets for everyone, adjust the profits of the spot market and the futures market, and on the other hand, hide some funds that were originally concerned.
Especially after the official release of the wanted warrant, many of the funds belonging to Macridge have to be revised.
Macridge also broke his arm and donated some funds that could not be hidden to the Jewish state, Spain, Britain, Switzerland and other countries, and another part of the funds, through various operations, became funds that seemed to have nothing to do with him.
Today, his biggest asset on the surface is only the shares of Rich International, and his personal assets have also dropped to less than one billion dollars.
Markridge travels leisurely every day, ignoring all other things except for some corporate affairs of Ridge International.
But in fact, he controls tens of billions of funds, and as for the people he can influence, the flow of funds is incalculable.
As recently as October, he was invited to OPEC headquarters in Austria for consultations.
During this trip, the three major spy organizations and the military of the two countries provided him with protection, which aroused strong repercussions in the international community.
Many media outlets have photographed his motorcade on the trip, which is larger than the president's visit to Armenia.
And what about Armenia? They can only protest with lip service.
In this matter, even their closest allies thought that their food was too ugly.
European countries are fully supporting Richie in order to break their grip on the energy market.
At the end of October, Yannick finally took a break from his busy financial moves, and he arrived in Paris to prepare for his engagement.