Zhang Fan has already understood that the higher the required leverage, the worse the affordability to the price.

After the detailed planning of those professionals, Zhang Fan finally asked for three times the capital leverage, that is, Citibank provided Zhang Fan with an additional $15 billion in funds, making the amount of funds in Zhang Fan's account reach an astonishing $20 billion!

Such a large amount of money is actually not as simple as some of the descriptions in it. After all, there are not many industries that can accommodate such a large amount of money to enter quickly, and the most suitable ones are the stock market and futures.

And the total price of many companies in the stock market is not worth so much money, and it is very difficult to speculate on stocks quickly. The stock price of large companies has always been stable, and if a large amount of money is acquired, it will lead to an increase in costs, and it is difficult to earn a large amount of income.

As for speculating in the stock market and shorting and longing stock indexes, it is easy to be targeted by the China Securities Regulatory Commission and even state agencies. It's not easy to get in or leave. And there are a lot of people staring.

The best way to choose this is in the high-volume futures market. Only the futures market can quickly accommodate such a large amount of orders. Of course, it has to be Zhang Fan's current situation when the price is generally bearish and most people choose to go short. Only then will we be able to receive enough orders. If he also goes short, it is estimated that such a large sum of money will not be able to make much of the list.

Since ancient times, risk has been proportional to return. If Zhang Fan wants to get the maximum gain in a short period of time, he naturally has to take a huge risk!

After Zhang Fan made a decision, Richard quickly went through various procedures for Zhang Fan. A prospective futures contract of $20 billion was signed at an average price of $500 per ounce at the current market price!

This price also means that if the international gold price falls by one dollar per ounce, Zhang Fan will lose as much as 40 million!

Of course, if the price rises, Zhang Fan will be able to make the same profit. Investing in the futures market is much more enjoyable than in a casino. Even in Las Vegas, if you win the bet. If you're a million dollars, someone will come to you and talk to you. But in the futures market, price is everything. If you win, the money will arrive, and if you lose, you will go bankrupt and jump off the building. It's as simple as that.

Zhang Fan was equivalent to being on the table at this time. And the same people he gambled on were some professional gamblers. The only difference is that they are betting on the market price.

Because the price of the international gold market has always been bearish at this time, Zhang Fan's long list was quickly completed. After all, most people will have a herd mentality, and when the price falls, there are naturally more people who buy the fall. Zhang Fan faced a large group of opponents at this time. When the futures contract expires, either Zhang Fan will go bankrupt, or he will make a lot of money from those who buy down!

Zhang Fan came into contact with this extremely exciting and thrilling thing for the first time. All morning, from the beginning to the noon break, the market was watched in the operation room.

The current downward trend in gold prices has not changed substantially because of Zhang Fan's entry and the use of lucky charms. When the market closed at noon, Zhang Fan left the operation room with a blue face.

Because in just a few hours in the morning, the price of gold futures fell by six dollars per ounce. This means that Zhang Fan's futures contract lost $320 million in one morning!

lost all the proceeds of the Captain America movie in one morning, Zhang Fan's mood can be imagined.

But now that the matter has been done, Zhang Fan has no other way. You can only use lucky charms every moment of the day. As for the number of points consumed, it doesn't matter anymore. If the price falls sharply when the contract is delivered, Zhang Fanke will lose a lot of money.

Under the contract with Citibank, the lowest price Mr. Zhang could afford was $350 an ounce. In addition to the price of his principal conversion, what is extra is the credit line given to him by the bank. Of course, these lines of credit are to be made up with money. If the price of gold in the international market is below $350 per ounce, Citibank will not hesitate to force Zhang Fan to close his position. Then this huge loss is completely up to Zhang Fan himself.

Fortunately, Zhang Fan's high-paid professionals gave him comfort. These people told Zhang Fan that judging from the current trend in the international market and the depreciation trend of the US dollar, gold, which has a very high value of retention, will not fall to the ultra-low price of $350.

Although this is not good news, it at least exempts Zhang Fan from bankruptcy liabilities and the tragic end of all his property being taken away by the bank.

After doing these things, Zhang Fan left all this aspect of things behind. Unless he waits until the contract expires or Citibank calls him to say that he wants to force the liquidation, Zhang Fan will not pay attention to this matter in a short time.

After all, losing hundreds of millions of dollars in one morning is a huge stimulus for anyone, and Zhang Fan is naturally no exception. He didn't want to live with this thrill all day.

After letting go of the investment, Zhang Fan began to continue to pay attention to the progress of the summer file.

In the biggest festival in the film industry, various film companies have launched their own productions to compete for appearances in the summer file. Everyone wants to attract more audiences to their movies and thus get more box office. This is true for both the big companies and the small studios.

Zhang Fan's film company's Captain America, which was released at the beginning of the summer, received a total of $5000 billion at the global box office. Temporarily leading the summer file. And Disney's small-budget movie Cabaret won a box office of up to $70 million, almost ten times the production cost! Definitely a successful movie.

And the success of singing and dancing youth seems to have given Disney great confidence and encouragement. Before, they were still a little worried about the strong movies released in the middle of the summer season, and the second Iron Man was unstoppable. Previously, it was planned to delay the Chronicles of Narnia, which was released at the same time, for a period of time to avoid the mighty Iron Man. After all, smart people in the industry can see that Iron Man's sequel will inevitably detonate the box office.

However, after the success of singing and dancing, Disney's mentality began to change in an instant. They think that their strength is strong enough to compete with Zhang Fan's super production. Not to mention that they dreamed of pulling Zhang Fan off the horse!

Under the domination of this mentality, Disney decided after discussion that the production cost was as high as 230 million US dollars, and the Chronicles of Narnia, which had an additional publicity cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, was scheduled to be released on the same day as the second part of Iron Man! This is to show that the chariot and horse are going to do it.

Under normal circumstances, it is rare for summer files to have this kind of deadlocking situation. After all, the number of viewers is limited, and if you watch this, you won't necessarily watch that. If two movies are released at the same time, they will inevitably affect each other. Either it's a big win on one side and a crushing defeat on the other.

For profit-seeking Hollywood, this kind of thing is something they try to avoid. Therefore, several major companies and even some powerful medium-sized film companies will have a tacit understanding to arrange the release time of big-budget films. Everyone is staggered away from each other to avoid cannibalism.

For example, Disney's approach, the only explanation is that he has a grudge against Zhang Fan. Of course, there is a feud between them. It has even reached the level of deep hatred. After all, since Zhang Fan forcibly snatched Pixar, the hatred between the two sides has long been irresolvable, and it can only end with one side falling. At least the current Disney has an advantage in the face of Zhang Fan. Because Zhang Fan's apparent net worth is less than one-tenth of Disney's.

Regarding Disney's decision, Zhang Fan welcomed it with a smile. He has enough confidence in Iron Man, and as for the Chronicles of Narnia, that is, Harry Potter did not come out, so he had a chance to stand out. But compared to Iron Man, the two sides are not on the same line at all.

If it weren't for the fight with Iron Man, the Chronicles of Narnia might not have been a big hit, but at least it would have been able to see some past box office revenue. But if it is really released at the same time as Iron Man, the only result can only be completely crushed!

In this regard, Zhang Fan expressed deep confidence.

The final result was just as Zhang Fan thought. On July 4, the National Day of the United States, two big productions with huge investments were released at the same time.

The second part of Iron Man has a good reputation accumulated from the first part last year and is sought after by many fans. And with the development of computer technology, the magical superpowers of superheroes that could only be seen in comics before have been shown on the movie screen one by one, making the audience fascinated.

In this state, Iron Man's second part won a full $130 million at the North American box office in three days over the weekend, and he is an absolute summer hegemon. For this achievement, Zhang Fan's film company was jubilant. This means that this large-budget film is bound to be a big success, and the income of this film is enough to cover the investment of the entire film company throughout the year. Every employee wants their company to do well, and that's true all over the world.

Correspondingly, another large-budget movie produced and distributed by Disney at the same time, The Chronicles of Narnia will be dimmed under the light of Iron Man. The North American box office in the first three days of the opening weekend was less than $40 million. This achievement even made some members of the crew about to collapse. When interviewed by reporters, the director of the film incoherently said that this is impossible, and there must be a problem with the box office. Predictably, the director is expected to disappear from the mainstream Hollywood market soon.

According to the analysis of professional analysts, Iron Man's global box office is very likely to break the $1 billion mark again, adding another masterpiece of more than $1 billion to Zhang Fan's magical film company.

Disney's ambition to stop Zhang Fan's big production cost cost 230 million US dollars and nearly 100 million US dollars in publicity expenses was spent on Disney's use of its own publicity channels to save a lot of publicity funds. The Narnia saga may end up barely surpassing $300 million at the global box office.

It does not count the sharing of theaters, does not count the payment of various taxes and other expenses. This box office revenue is not enough to invest in this film. And if the box office results are not good, there is no way to talk about peripheral sales or anything. Disney's large loss on this film is already an inevitable thing.

Faced with this situation, Disney is in chaos.