"There's a lot of money to a certain extent, it turns out to be really numb," Chris looked up at Eric in Chris's office at Firefly Investments, who sorted out the last futures delivery slip.

In July, because he suddenly had to operate a huge sum of up to 700 million US dollars, Chris did not have a good rest for a whole month, and he was worried that the money would be lost all day, but since the outbreak of the Kuwaiti war in August, Chris has not felt much when he sees the funds in his futures account skyrocketing day by day.

Eric sat on the sofa with a statistical report in his hand, looked at the profit figures on it and said, "Some people say that wealth becomes a number when it reaches a certain level, but I think it's too hypocritical to say that." Huge wealth also means great power and transcendent social status, as well as access to social resources that are beyond the reach of ordinary people. It is precisely because rich people can appreciate the tremendous energy brought by wealth that so many people will spend their lives endlessly pursuing more wealth. ”

Chris smiled and shook his head: "Eric, many times if I don't look at your face, I always feel like I'm talking to a middle-aged man who understands the world. ”

Eric touched his smooth cheeks and laughed, "Looks like I should try to grow a beard to make me look a little more mature, but they don't like the way I have a beard, and I've been complained about more than once for forgetting to shave." ”

"Wow, they!" Chris accentuated the latter word, although the English words 'they' and 'they' are the same word, but it was easy to hear the direction of his words from Eric's tone: "I don't know how you deal with so many women, I can't even handle Emily alone." ”

"This shows that Emily is lucky. She's met a good man," Eric said flatteringly, Chris is very similar to Jeffrey's personality, and he is as cautious as Jeffrey in his relationship with a woman, and he fell in love with Emily Brighton to get married. Emily Brighton is clearly aware of this. Although they don't get along much, Eric also finds that Emily cherishes the relationship between the two.

However, Eric also discovers that Chris and Emily are very strong people, and if they are to be together for a long time, one must accommodate the other, just like Jeffrey and his deceased wife. It can be seen from the bits and pieces of Jeffrey's past memories that Jeffrey has always been in the position of defender in his marriage to his wife.

"Thanks, Eric, let's talk about what's in front of us. What are you going to do with this money?"

Eric glanced at the numbers on the statistical statement again, 3.675 billion, which is the final profit after deducting various commissions and handling fees, minus the principal, as a kind of speculative trading, the handling fee of futures trading has included various taxes, so this money belongs to Eric, and there is no need to pay high personal income tax. That's what excites Eric the most. Otherwise, although the money is easy to come by, the deduction of up to 35% of personal income tax may still drive people crazy.

"It's still not enough. I originally thought that since the price of crude oil has doubled, then after ten times leverage, I can at least double the profit, but I didn't expect it to be half of what I imagined. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that we came in a lot of time early and had an opponent take over. Not to mention five times the principal at the time, even half of the principal may not be earned. Don't look at the price of crude oil futures has doubled in the past two months, but those who enter the market after August can earn more than double the principal is enough to wake up with a smile. After all, futures are different from stocks, futures are a kind of gambling contract, and in the case of crude oil prices all the way up, not many people will be stupid enough to short in the short term. ”

"Of course I understand, but I just sighed, it seems that I can only look forward to the end of the war, and then I will go short again. ”

Chris looked at Eric a little speechlessly: "You are really greedy, a person can seize such an opportunity once in his life, and he already belongs to the level of being kissed by Lady Luck." Many people know that when the war ends, the price of crude oil will definitely fall, but now that the war has not yet begun, who can predict when the war will end? The Korean War and the Vietnam War were fought for several years, and most people speculate that this war is expected to last a few years. ”

Eric smiled confidently, this expression happened to be caught by Chris, remembering that Eric was obsessed with thinking that there would be a war in the Middle East a few months ago, Chris suddenly thought of another possibility, couldn't help but lean over some, and asked curiously: "Eric, you don't have any premonitions this time, right?"

"Almost, but it's not a hunch, it's my speculation based on reality, I don't think this war will ever be as protracted as the wars of decades ago, if you pay attention to the news, you can see that this war will be a high-tech war, and the crowd tactics of decades ago will not play a big role. ”

"Of course, I've read a lot of information, but I haven't found what you're talking about as 'high-tech warfare'. Forget it, let's not talk about this issue, even if it's like you said, but this kind of thing is definitely not a day or two, and we should have enough time to lay out when the time comes. Or do you mean that the money is not enough?"

"Last year, Sony spent more than 5 billion yuan on the acquisition of Colombia, and more than a month ago, Japan's Panasonic consortium spent 6 billion yuan on the acquisition of MCA, the parent company of Universal Pictures, and now I only have more than 3 billion dollars in my hands, of course, it is not enough. ”

Chris understood Eric's ambitions as soon as he heard this, and asked, "Are you planning to buy a big film company?"

"Of course, that's why I said that this money is far from enough, and it is estimated that the acquisition of any big film company will not be less than 5 billion now. ”

"If you want MGM, I guess Cork Cockrian will be happy to sell it to you for 1.5 billion," Chris joked.

Thinking of MGM's current situation, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of Eric's mouth: "I don't collect garbage, MGM has been scrapped by the casino tycoon, more than half of the film library has been scrapped, the distribution channel has shrunk significantly, the company has no valuable series of movie copyrights, and even the property has been used by the tycoon to do hotel business, I can't think of any value of MGM." (To be continued)