Chapter Ninety-Six: Goldman Sachs Makes a Move

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After sending Eric Schmidt and Cadiz Bell away. Guo Shouyun returned to his study. I turned on the computer and continued to write "Prison Break", but after only a few lines of writing, I frowned, and after a few moments, I stood up, opened the safe next to it, and took out a stack of manuscripts that had been written long ago.

"The Da Vinci Code" was written by Guo Shouyun at the beginning of his crossing, and the deadline was in May. Originally, he was going to go to England to meet Christopher, but then he was a little short of the end, and his own knowledge reserve was too high, and it belonged to the two extremes of "Fifty Shades of Grey" published at the same time, and in order to avoid possible public pressure and suspicion, it was locked in the safe by Guo Shouyun along with the manuscript of "Island Bookstore".

Originally, it was planned to be published in 2001, when his writer's reputation became more famous and widely accepted by the public. But now it seems that this process has to be brought forward. Because, if he wants to make a difference in the field of SOC chips, he must invest a lot of money.

Moreover, the cinema expansion of Matrix Pictures and the next development of LinkedIn require funds. The issuance of a second ABS asset-backed security by Finding Nemo, Fast & Furious, and The Hangover alone is a bit too thin. Although "Prison Break" is a hit TV series, the results of the adaptation are not yet known. Only "The Da Vinci Code", a classic that sold 7.5 million copies in 11 weeks on the market, breaking the American single-volume sales record, sold 80 million copies in 7 years, and ranked fifth in the world's best-selling sales list, can bring Guo Shouyun the huge amount of money he wants.

"The two volumes of "Finding Nemo", "Fast and Furious", "The Hangover", plus this "Da Vinci Code", "Prison Break" can be written and sold a few copies by the end of the year!

Thinking of this, Guo Shouyun picked up the phone on the table, "Wendy, come in!"

"Boss!"

Looking at the blonde beauty who pushed the door in, Guo Shouyun handed over the manuscript in his hand.

"Send Christopher and let him publish it as soon as possible!" Tell him that LinkedIn and Google will cooperate with the promotion of the new book. ”

Although Guo Shouyun rarely promotes his work through TV shows, LinkedIn and Google are two big platforms with tens of millions of audiences. Their promotion is definitely not inferior to that of ABS, NBC, and other super TV networks.

"Okay, I'll go right away!"

Wendy Solo took the manuscript and looked at it, then turned around and walked out quickly.

After closing the door, Guo Shouyun was just about to continue writing when his mobile phone suddenly rang.

"Boss, Goldman Sachs has done it!"

William Zhang's words instantly made Guo Shouyun's spirit highly concentrated.

"How much did Goldman Sachs invest?"

"$500 million, 10x leverage!" William Chang's tone was excited.

As the top five most watched investment banks on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs will definitely bring a large number of followers as soon as it makes a move.

It's hard to be safe!

"Great! Goldman Sachs, no taboos!"

Guo Shouyun's tone was filled with indescribable excitement and emotion, since meeting Jeffrey Jilin, most of the pressure accumulated in his heart disappeared in an instant in front of this good news.

“… Now Enron is afraid that he won't have time to pay attention to us!"

"Hehe, Enron's stock price has fallen to $81.3, and Goldman Sachs' shorting has directly wiped out nearly $2 billion of its market value. Now the entire Enron management is busy doing crisis public relations, how can they take care of us!" William Chang laughed.

Guo Shouyun nodded in agreement, Goldman Sachs is not a phoenix, Phoenix is short, although there is a lot of money invested, but more institutions and investors on Wall Street are waiting. But Goldman Sachs short-selling can definitely set off a big tide. This is the industry influence of large companies, and it is also what Guo Shouyun desires the most, but unfortunately Phoenix is far from Goldman Sachs' century-old heritage.

"By the way, how is the other thing I told you to do?"

"$160 million has been fully invested, and the current leverage ratio is 3.4! Holding 24.52 million shares of Goldman Sachs stock, which is close to 8% of Goldman Sachs' market capitalization!"

160 million is two-thirds of the total gross profit of Thorn Bird from its inception to mid-September, all of which was used by Guo Shouyun to borrow and lend securities to long Goldman Sachs. Because he knows very well that shorting Enron can definitely make Goldman Sachs a lot of money, and it is certain that its stock price will be high at that time. In addition, going long is not as offending people as shorting, so take this opportunity to make Phoenix earn another fortune. The only pity is that in order not to worry Christopher Ritter too much, Guo Shouyun did not use high leverage.

"Yes, Goldman Sachs will maintain the current situation, don't increase leverage!"

"Understood, but do you want to continue to short Enron?"

"No need!"

After thinking about it, Guo Shouyun shook his head, "We have already eaten the fattest piece of meat, and we will leave the rest for the others." Otherwise, eating alone will be attacked by the group. We can't afford too much hostility right now!"

Although he wanted to continue betting, he was still fledgling, and he could only get himself into trouble if he was too early. Fortunately, Phoenix is now shorting Enron, and the funds it has leveraged have exceeded $3 billion, second only to Goldman Sachs. In addition, when he entered the market at the height of Enron's stock price, he may not earn less than Goldman Sachs. So, it's time for him to be satisfied.

William Chang, of course, understands Guo's concerns. In fact, he still admires his young boss's long-term vision of giving up immediate interests, as well as his calm overall view.

"Boss wise!"

After accepting William Zhang's praise with peace of mind, "In the future, all the funds I will give to Phoenix will be used to acquire the shares of four companies!"

"Four companies?"

"Amazon, eaby, Apple, and RIM Canada!"

Amazon, EABY, and Apple, not to mention, are all Internet and technology giants with unlimited potential. Canada's RIM company is the predecessor of the famous BlackBerry, before the Apple iPhone was born, BlackBerry has always been the leader in the American mobile phone industry, and at its peak it was not inferior to the current Enron. And 9/11 is less than a year away, and 9/11 is the opportunity for BlackBerry sales to explode, so now is the best time to get in.

"Boss, are you sure you want to invest now? Internet and technology stocks aren't doing well right now. ”

Of course, Guo Shouyun knows that now is not a good time, whether it is Amazon or Apple, it really fell to the bottom after 9/11, so the best time to buy the bottom is 2002 and not now. But Guo Shouyun understands better that he is not the only smart person. When you buy the bottom, others will also enter the market. Under the scramble, you may not be able to get the equity you want.

Therefore, when others are waiting, it has become his best choice at the moment. Of course, within two years, he will suffer a certain amount of financial loss because of these shares, but compared with the stock performance of these companies in the future, the current loss is not worth mentioning. Moreover, now that most of the decline caused by the NASDAQ crisis has passed, Amazon and Google will fall even if they will fall, but they will not fall too much, and they are still within his tolerance.

"I'm sure that all the funds I have allocated to you will be used to invest in the stocks of the four companies, but not to put these shares in the Thunder, but to invest in the name of the 'Storm Asset Management Plan'. ”

In Guo Shouyun's planning, the investment projects of Thunder Asset Management are speculative, with high leverage, high risk, and even ultra-high risk. The Baofeng Asset Management Plan, in comparison, is of an investment nature, with medium risk or high risk, which is within an acceptable range.

The reason for this setting is also to facilitate the attraction of foreign funds. And at the same time appease Christopher Ritter. After all, Guo Shouyun's shares in Thorn Bird Publishing Company are only 55%, and he can't monopolize the power like he does in the matrix.

In addition, after Google and LinkedIn go public and make a profit, he will hand over the company's surplus funds to Phoenix Management, and will not be subject to too much criticism from the board.

"Understood!"

"I'm fine, you keep an eye on Enron and Goldman Sachs, as well as the movements of Wall Street for me, and if there is any heavy wind, you must notify me as soon as possible. ”

After a careful explanation, Guo Shouyun hung up the phone. After a moment's hesitation, he took out a document from the safe.

The document begins with the words: 'Enron, Glory or Financial Scandal?'. This is the most detailed black material about Enron that Guo Shouyun has been collecting so far, and once it is exposed, it will definitely deal a heavy blow to its stock price.

"It's not time yet!"

After thinking about it, Guo Shouyun slowly shook his head.

Although Enron is in a hurry now, it has not yet reached the time when the building is about to collapse, and a rash move will only make this clay-footed giant re-target himself. In this way, he did not hesitate to give up more profit opportunities, and disclosed part of the Enron information he collected at great cost to Goldman Sachs, so that the other party's efforts to share the risk for him in front were in vain.

"Alas, it's still too bad!"

Compared with Goldman Sachs, one of the five major investment banks on Wall Street, with a deep political background and almost no taboos, Guo Shouyun must be careful in every step. But this is also something that can't be helped, who called him shallow!

After putting the materials away again, Guo Shouyun wrote "Prison Break" and drove to the LinkedIn office in the afternoon. As the business has grown, LinkedIn's office space in the Hills Building has occupied two floors and has more than 500 regular staff. In Silicon Valley, it's already a big company.

Of course, not only the growth of personnel, in addition to professional networking, LinkedIn's blog and forum development is also booming. The number of registered members has grown rapidly, and it has basically entered the top five in the industry.

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