Chapter 198: The Artist's Mind

In contrast to Hollywood's prosperity, Wall Street continues to be in the limelight.

The NASDAQ stock market crash is still spreading, and even the New York Stock Exchange has been shaken, and the bubble crisis is developing into a broader economic crisis.

And at a time when all the high-tech stocks are collectively falling, there is one high-tech stock that has had a strange rally.

After more than half a month of continuous growth against the market, the stock price has also risen from $9.9 to $13.8!

That's nearly 50%!

This stock is precisely Apple, which has been abandoned by many investment institutions and securities institutions.

Since the stock split in two on June 21, Apple's stock price has risen all the way, surprising a large number of retail investors. Does splitting stocks still have this effect? Or does Jobs have some special magic?

Of course, those who really understand the stock market and the market understand that this is a very abnormal performance.

If it happened in a bull market, it would be fine, but now it is a bear market, and Apple, a computer company that all large investment institutions are not optimistic about, can grow against the market in the stock market crash?

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This abnormal performance must be caused by a large number of investment institutions increasing their holdings of the company's shares behind the scenes.

Who the hell is it?

On July 13, the mystery was revealed.

The Federal Securities Regulatory Commission, the NASDAQ exchange, and Apple issued statements almost simultaneously, and in the past half month, Down Capital has eaten more than 20 million shares of Apple shares in the secondary market.

So far, the total shareholding of Tangen Capital accounts for 5.06% of Apple's total share capital!

Apple's development history has been very turbulent, and it has been abandoned by investors several times, and the earliest investors have long sold off all the stocks. So now Apple has no major shareholders, and more than 80% of the shares are in the hands of retail investors.

Prior to this, Apple's largest shareholder was the National Pension Fund, which accounted for 3% of Apple's total share capital.

Steve Jobs, the founder, chairman and CEO of Apple, also has only 6 million shares, less than 2% of the total share capital.

Don Capital's inexplicable move this time immediately became Apple's largest shareholder!

And as we all know, behind Don Capital is Don Ern!

Now Don is a household name in the United States, and his reputation is no less than that of President Clinton, and his every move is under the close attention of the media.

Especially...... As early as two months ago, Don was named the god of the new century by Wall Street!

Is there any other meaning behind Donn's sudden move?

Even the stock gods are bullish on Apple stocks, so shouldn't investors flock to it?

Apple is excited, the stock exchange is excited, and Wall Street's investment institutions, although they feel that Tang's investment choices have once again made major omissions. But...... After all, he took out cash, nearly $300 million, and invested in Apple, which brought some hope for the stock market crash.

At this time, Wall Street will inevitably firmly stand up for Donn.

This is the first time since the NASDAQ stock market crash that an investment institution has tried to save an old high-tech company in crisis, and it is in the form of directly acquiring shares from the secondary market, which shows its sincerity!

For this reason, the major media on Wall Street have publicized this "special" investment event, making Apple, a company that is not favored by rating agencies and venture capital institutions, instantly become the hottest company at the moment!

On the same day, Apple's stock price rose 7.6%, becoming an alternative to the entire group of high-tech companies.

"Apple is underrated? Donn courted Apple!"

"Don Capital Makes Another Move, Apple Stock Becomes Profitable!"

"Savior? Don wants to turn the tide in the bubble crisis!"

"Famous director Don En makes another investment, and the goal is directly aimed at Apple!"

"High-tech stocks are still saved, and Donn Walker continues to buck the market. 》

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There is no doubt that such a large-scale operation must be done by people of extraordinary courage.

However, no one with real brains will be fooled by media opinion.

Donn's past operations on Yahoo stock have terrified all those in the industry.

Maybe it was a coincidence, but it was Donn's unlimited sell-off of stocks in the secondary market that caused Yahoo's stock price to plummet in a short period of time.

Now that Don has eaten Apple stock, will he have the same thoughts as he did at the beginning?

First eat a large number of stocks, form a bullish trend, and then sell them all, secretly short behind the back......

In order to prevent this kind of malicious shorting, which seriously affects the stability of the company's stock price, the company usually comes forward to negotiate with investors.

Come up with enough benefits, or absorb into the board of directors, or meet some of its requirements, and reach an agreement so that he does not sell off in large quantities in a short period of time.

This kind of thing, the head of Apple, Steve Jobs, can be said to be experienced.

That year, Apple acquired NEXT, and Jobs received $120 million and $37 million in Apple stock at the time.

However, Jobs' purpose in selling NEXT was not for money, but for power and dignity, and he wanted to get back in charge of Apple!

And Apple's CEO at the time was Palo Alto.

Jobs' solution was very simple, on June 27, 1997, an anonymous sale of 1.5 million shares caused Apple's stock price to fall to the lowest point in nearly a decade!

In the blink of an eye, in July, Jobs launched a board coup d'état, successfully took Palo Alto, and successfully took office.

And it turned out later that the sell-off of that large amount of stock came from Jobs!

The current Apple company is not favored by any venture capital institutions, and the advice of rating agencies to investors is: reduce holdings.

Tang En's sudden abnormal behavior at the moment, behind this, there is a smell of conspiracy everywhere.

If Donn had other ideas, he could easily replace Steve Jobs!

Tang is the reason why Apple's stock price is now soaring, he is now Apple's largest shareholder, and with his fame and influence, he will definitely be able to get more shareholder support at the shareholders' meeting.

Now, as a major shareholder, Donn has proposed to convene a general meeting of shareholders, which has been approved by Apple's board of directors. The general meeting will be held at the end of this month.

Before that, Jobs must meet and chat with Donn in advance to find out what kind of thoughts this young man has.

In the past period, Tang En has become a shareholder of Hasbro, Google, and other companies, but he has not participated in the company's operation, and has a good reputation in the industry.

If he had such an attitude at Apple, Jobs would have woken up laughing at night!

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Just as Donn had predicted, he soon received a private email from Steve Jobs, inviting him to meet him.

It's just that the location is interesting, and the famous Golden Gate Bridge was chosen.

Unlike the Bay Bridge in Silicon Valley, the Golden Gate Bridge has sidewalks. When the lights are on, the lights are bright here, and many young entrepreneurs like to talk about their life ideals on this vermilion bridge, looking at the blue sea and white waves below.

The magnificent but unpretentious Golden Gate Bridge represents the voice of some entrepreneurs.

There are successes and failures.

The Golden Gate Bridge is the largest suicide gathering place in the United States!

Don is a little funny Jobs's choice, it is really an artist's thinking, and he can't keep up!

Especially......

This guy was scheduled for 7 p.m., which happened to be the time when the lights were on.

Two big men swim on the Golden Gate Bridge......

Sure enough, it's emotional!