Chapter 241: A Little Money Was Spent

Until the end of the awards ceremony, it was all over, and Malcolm, who staggered to the foyer of the Movie Palace, seemed to be still in a dream. The same is true of Harmon next to him www.biquge.info he looks incredulous, he has spent so much effort that he sees that the target is already close in front of him, but he is suddenly told that it is fake.

"Surprised?" a voice came from the side, with a playful twist, which surprised both of them.

"You ......" Malcolm stared at Li Xu, the green tendons on his forehead were exposed, and his hands were clenched into fists, but he couldn't say anything.

"I know you're lobbying behind your back, and I also know that you're wooing some people," Li Xu said leisurely while holding Monica, "but so what? You don't even know who your opponent is." ”

"You're just an American, the owner of an investment company, you have a small film company, how can you direct them!" Malcolm's eyes were a little red.

So, you still don't understand who you're up against. Li Xu spread his hands, "You think you can exchange your investment for Geraldin's promise, but you don't know, I have long promised to invest in her next two films, no matter what the prospect is." You think Márquez and Damico have a good relationship and will remain neutral even if you don't agree with him, but you don't know that he has recently been in tax trouble, you think Solerle is French and will be on Jean-Jacques's side, but patriotism is not worth the magic of money. ”

He smiled, and his tone was unhurried, but it weighed heavily on Malcolm's heart: "I also deliberately left Jean-Jacques to you to operate, to see how far you and that Monsieur Harmon can go, however, it is really disappointing, and it is no different from a mosquito bite." Jean-Jacques had wanted to inform you, but with a little warning, he caught his tail between them, and now he hated you to the end. After all, he didn't dare to take his temper out on me. ”

"No...... It can't be ......" Malcolm still wanted to struggle.

"Nothing is impossible," Li Xu smiled, "I spent millions of dollars, I always have to listen to the sound of water, right?"

"Millions......" Malcolm's eyes darkened slightly, "how is it possible!"

"You're lying! you're lying! you're a liar!" he shouted, drawing the eyes of countless people.

"Because I want to. Li Xu straightened his collar and launched the final blow mercilessly, "Because I have money and time, and I'm bored, I'm willing." ”

Then he took Monica and walked out, and there was no interest in looking at it more, and Malcolm was staggering and dejected, still muttering "how is it possible" or something.

As for Hamon, who is also pale and trembling like a sieve, he has long been ignored, and the critics sound lofty, but he is still just a small person in front of some people.

"Edward, did those two people have anything to do with you?" asked Monica in a low voice as she returned to the car, her French had never been very good, and she could only understand a little bit just now.

"There was a little bit of a conflict at the reception before, and you've probably seen that Malcolm. Then, they didn't like me and tried to create a little obstacle for my film to win the award, but I broke it. Li Xu said with a smile.

"How can they do this?!" Monica was slightly surprised.

"It's normal, they're ...... Senior filmmakers, they feel that this circle should be their final say. Li Xu shrugged.

"But "Memory Fragments" still won the Grand Jury Prize. Monica blinked.

"Because I also used means," Li Xu chuckled, reaching out to hook her beautiful face, "They think that they have the final say in that circle, but in fact, in any circle, people like me have the final say." ”

In fact, Wen Qing's thoughts can be summed up in one sentence: Lao Tzu is right, Lao Tzu knows what beauty is, Lao Tzu knows what depth is, and the reason why you scum don't understand is because you are all scum.

At this time, capitalists and powers will always be happy to kick him to the ground and then step on his face, just like Li Xu.

A few million dollars, a tenth of the new profits — not the Falklands War, another business, and the day before the ceremony, Leek sent him a long-awaited piece of news: Gulf Oil had entered.

Li Xu has paid attention to the movements of T. Boone Pickens, this guy has a nickname called "M&A sniper", and what he was best at in the 80s was to eat the stock of a certain company and then launch a hostile takeover through leverage.

And the targeted company, either ask the white knight to help drive up the stock price, or buy the shares in Pickens' hands at a higher price, either way, he will make money.

This time, Pickens is targeting a city services company, which sounds like a company that is responsible for public transportation or city sanitation, but it's actually an oil company—Pickens' favorite is to target oil companies, and his parents' jobs are related to oil.

And this time, the city service company found the Gulf Oil Company to be a white knight, and as soon as the news was announced, the stock price of the city service company would inevitably rise, and the 8 million invested by Pickens last year would have a profit of three or four times.

In addition, Li Xu knows very well how much price Gulf Oil Company uses to help the city service company, so he can also go long, and it is no problem to triple the profit.

Moreover, this is just the beginning, in another time and space, after two months, the Gulf Oil Company had to withdraw from the city services company because of antitrust laws, so the stock price plummeted, from $55 to $30, causing many people to lose a lot, such as Ivan Busky, a speculator who made his fortune on insider trading and was on the same level as Milken.

However, it was not long before Occidental Petroleum announced its involvement, and the company's stock rose from $30 to $58, much to the regret of Ivan Busky, who lost all his shares to a friend.

Therefore, Li Xu only needs to take over Busky's stock at the right time, and then wait patiently until the highest price, making 40 to 50 million yuan is not a problem, and then sell short first and then buy short, which is another profit.

It's that simple, in the final analysis, the key to making money on this is the timing of each company's move and end, and for Li Xu, it is not difficult to get such information, as long as Dad supports it.

Because, well, City Services, which was originally an oil company under the Morgan consortium.

Morgan started with finance, and naturally he was not as attentive as Rockefeller in industry, even if Mobil Oil was dismembered, he could still firmly control it in the palm of his hand.

Of course, Morgan also controls commercial banks and investment banks, but there are no successors.

For a person like my grandfather, who is bent on proving that he is stronger than his family, he is very concerned about these companies that have been dismembered, and naturally he also has the equity of the city service company, but for a series of reasons, he has never been able to enter the board of directors, and now it has been transferred to his father.

My father had his own strategic goals and had little interest in controlling the city services company, and the oil company was happy to be safe, so it couldn't be easier to know something.

Then, it would not be difficult to lobby Congress to challenge the Gulf Oil takeover, and then help lobby Occidental Petroleum to take over after they exited, and it would be possible to take the opportunity to enter Occidental Petroleum.

A separate city service company is nothing, but it can be merged with Occidental Petroleum, and such a behemoth cannot be ignored, which is exactly in line with Daddy's strategy.

So, you see, it's really simple to make money.

Back to the topic, this year's Cannes is basically going well, the only regret is that it's easy for someone to jump out and provoke himself as the protagonist, but it's too simple, I haven't even used my strength, why did you fall?

So, is it time to let the tiger go back to the mountain, or to beat up the water dogs?

Of course it's the latter! Although Li Xu is the villain and the mastermind behind the scenes, he is not brain-dead.

Mr. Malcolm will have a very difficult time in the next few years until he changes careers and gets out of the film industry, and Mr. Harmon, he's going to write lace news for the third-rate tabloids.

Anyway, there are such people, in the film industry or the literary circle, there are always those guys who are self-righteous and have eyes above the top, and occasionally pop out a few, and it is okay to beat them as mosquitoes and flies.

But now, it's more fun to tease the mainland government.

After returning to the hotel and sending Monica back to the room, Li Xu was about to leave.

"They're definitely celebrating now, and I, as a producer, should be there. That's what he said.

"Give me ten minutes, okay?" Monica whispered, holding out her fingers across his chest, her eyes watery.

"Ten minutes is not enough. Li Xu raised his eyebrows and said.

Monica didn't speak, but there was a hint of stubbornness between her eyebrows.

Li Xu immediately lowered his head and kissed her on the lips and hugged her in his arms, Monica did not respond passively, but reached out and hooked his neck, as if she wanted to use all her strength to entangle him.

The two walked to the bedroom while kissing passionately, and then Li Xu put her on the bed, but did not go further, just looked at her condescendingly after parting.

After a moment's gasp, Monica propped herself up, a blush on her face flashing with a puzzled look.

Li Xu smiled, squatted down in front of her, then took off her high heels for her, and then slowly pinched the one wrapped in black stockings, adding a little too much, subtracting a little too little calf up, and finally reaching the bottom of the skirt, so that Monica couldn't help but close her eyes and moan lowly twice.

"It's more comfortable, after all, it's not very comfortable to dress like this for a party. Li Xu raised his head and asked after doing all this.

"Hmm......" Monica nodded.

"To be honest, seeing your beautiful appearance, I suddenly wanted you to go to the movie. Li Xu suddenly said with a smile.

"Edward can do whatever he wants me to do. Monica said, biting her lip.

Li Xu stared at her for a long time, and suddenly laughed: "How is it possible, it is so easy to meet a smart and beautiful girl, how can I be willing to let you make a vase." ”

After speaking, he gently kissed her sexy lips: "Have a good rest, I won't come back tonight, I'll wait for you to shine in the lawyer industry." ”