Chapter 004 A Trip to the United States
In the blink of an eye, 3 months have passed.
At that time, Gu Weiqi successively produced four comics. In the past three months, four books including "E-T Aliens" have been published under the operation of Cindy. In particular, "E-T Alien" and "Terminator" have set off a sci-fi trend, and the two series "Resident Evil" and "Twilight" are also very popular.
These four books sold more than 5 million copies in Europe and the United States in just three months, bringing Gu Weiqi a net profit of nearly 15 million US dollars, not including follow-up income.
In addition, the first "Transformers" was also a big seller and a sale, and so far it has generated an astonishing profit of more than 12 million US dollars. This comic is suitable for people of all ages to read, and it has set off a storm of "King Kong" in the United States, which shows how much readers love this comic.
With the big sales of novels and comics, "Novelty International Press" started Mingtang in one fell swoop; At the same time, the printing plant under the publishing house has also expanded from one in Los Angeles to 12 in four regions, including New York, Alaska, and Arkansas.
While the novels and comics were selling well in the United States, they also attracted the attention of major European booksellers. Recently, Xiandi has been actively negotiating cooperation business with the people there, and soon novels and comics will be launched in the European market. At that time, it will definitely be able to bring huge profits to the company. Naturally, Gu Weiqi didn't have to worry about it.
After finishing the comics, he saw that it was already mid-June, and he had the impression that gold would plummet in July and August, so he hurried to the New York Board of Trade to cash out the gold futures contracts he bought. As a result, in just three months, he made a profit of more than 26 million US dollars, and after deducting taxes, he made more than 25 million US dollars.
After cashing out, he went to the publishing company to withdraw 20 million US dollars, and at the same time paid Xiandi and Pei Yuying dividends in the past few months.
After receiving the dividends, Cindy excitedly told him that because of the big sales of "Transformers", several toy companies recently wanted to buy out the characters in the book to make toys.
Gu Weiqi knows that the profits of the toy industry in the future are very huge, and it is naturally impossible to sell this copyright, this is the golden rooster that can only lay eggs, and firmly grasping it in his own hands is the king. Especially now that "Transformers" is so popular, why not set up a toy company to develop Transformers?
After making up his mind, Gu Weiqi immediately registered a "Great Wisdom International Toy Company". Later, while looking for a suitable factory, she offered an annual salary of 300,000 US dollars, and asked Pei Yuying to help her introduce several talents with business talent and finance to help him take care of the toy company, and then carry out the next operation of shorting gold futures.
Three days later, Pei Yuying's friends came over, and there were four of them.
Yuan Feng, born in 1948 in the magic capital, moved to Xiangjiang with his family when he was 8 years old. Three years ago, he graduated from the Department of Business Management of the University of Chicago and returned to Hong Kong to teach at the University of Hong Kong Chinese. However, in less than a year, he jumped to Standard Chartered Bank as a financial investment analyst. learned from Pei Yuying that Gu Tianbao gave a high salary, so he came over.
This man was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, dark skin, broad shoulders, and a tall figure, standing like a stone tower, and looking like a thick man.
Gu Jialan, a native of Xiangjiang, is 26 years old and graduated from the Department of Economics of Yale University in the United States three years ago. He used to work as a project appraiser in the investment department of Citibank in the United States. It's just that the work in the United States is not very pleasant, so I returned to Xiangjiang to seek another development.
This girl has a face like a full moon, bright eyes, and long pale blonde wavy hair, which is quite fashionable, but she is a very fashionable and beautiful woman.
Chen Mobao, a 23-year-old native of Xiangjiang, graduated from the Law Department of Preston University in the United States. She wears a low-cut white-collar suit, the white furrows on her chest are looming, and the tight-fitting style just rightly sets off her thin waist and plump hips. The leggings on the lower body show her slender **.
A generous look, a confident and charming demeanor. Xiao Yu couldn't help but secretly applaud in his heart, he was a beautiful woman with both talent and appearance. Especially the unique temperament, the kind of jade and ice that is revealed in the bones, is simply beautiful.
Luo Canan, a Chinese-British mixed-race student, graduated from Imperial College England and is now 21 years old, majoring in business management. This girl has a pair of slender willow eyebrows, clear beautiful eyes, a straight nose bridge, sexy cherry lips and a smooth forehead, which are just right to focus on this woman's beautiful and beautiful face.
The jet-black and silky hair is tied behind her head with a white silk paza, which brings out the beauty and charm of the other party even more. A black dress perfectly outlines her plump and slender curves. The crisp breasts are towering, and the crystal white chest is faintly visible, which looks sexy and touching.
After Pei Yuying's introduction, Gu Weiqi looked at the four of them carefully. And the four of them were also looking at him. To their disappointment, the boss was still a half-grown child. However, many years of life experience and work experience tell them that people can't look good, and the sea can't fight.
After a slight hesitation, Gu Weiqi said bluntly: "In terms of salary, this Sister Pei should have told you, and I won't talk nonsense anymore." I emphasize one point here, as long as I make money in the future, I will never treat everyone badly! ”
Yuan Feng couldn't help but ask, "Then Mr. Gu, what are you asking us to come over?" ”
"You and Miss Gu are mainly helping me take care of this toy company."
Gu Weiqi took out the toy company and the information introduction document on the development of "Transformers" toys, and told him: "At present, these toys will be produced first, and Mr. Yuan, you will be the executive president, responsible for the production and sales of toys; Gu Jialan serves as the chief financial officer, responsible for raw material procurement and financial supervision. What do you think? ”
The two of them looked at the documents written by Gu Weiqi on the development of Transformers toys, and soon realized that there were unlimited business opportunities hidden here, and immediately nodded that this toy was very interesting, and completely agreed with his personnel appointment and arrangement.
Next, it was relatively simple, Gu Weiqi signed an employment contract and a trade secret confidentiality agreement with them, and gave the two of them 5 million US dollars as working capital for the company's development. Later, he took Chen Mobao and Luo Jianan to the world's financial center, New York's Wall Street, to rent a few offices.
After buying computers and other equipment, Gu Weiqi held a meeting with the two and directly told them that gold will fall sharply next month, from the current $850 to $200 an ounce if there is no accident.
The two were taken aback, and if the news was reliable, it would definitely make a fortune. However, they were also a little skeptical about the reliability of the news. It is important to know that the gold futures market is still bullish every day, although the increase is very small, but the overall market is still very good.
But since Gu Weiqi said that gold will fall sharply, I am afraid it will not be groundless. Especially after Gu Weiqi, the boss, will use 40 million US dollars to short gold this time, it is even more surprising. If gold futures do not fall by then, there is no doubt that so much money will be lost.
The so-called "shorting", for example, gold futures are now $800 per ounce, and Gu Weiqi shorts gold next month's gold at $200 per ounce, then he will earn the difference of $600 in the middle. If it does not fall, it will be forced to close the position by the futures institution, in other words, it will lose all its capital.
Seeing that Gu Weiqi had made up his mind, everyone didn't say anything. Subsequently, Gu Weiqi went to the Cayman Islands offshore company group in the United Kingdom to secretly set up a "Dragon King Fund", and then returned to New York to open hundreds of anonymous accounts on the exchange, and through this fund company, he first survived 10 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 100,000 US dollars per account. However, in just three days, the principal was eaten. Quickly saved another 10 million dollars, and the same was eaten.
It wasn't until the last $5 million that gold plummeted without warning. And the decline was fast and sharp, from $850 an ounce to $600 in just one week. With the decline, everyone followed the trend and sold this futures and stocks, and the chain reaction plummeted.
By the beginning of September, it had fallen to just $143 an ounce. Gu Weiqi decisively cashed out, and as a result, after deducting taxes and principal, he made a net profit of $850 million, plus 40 million principal, and now his assets are as high as $890 million. This time, he only used a financial leverage of 1:100, and did not use a financial leverage of 400 times, which would be too ruthless.
If it is too much, it will cause super chaebols, such as JPMorgan Chase Bank, Rothschild, Rockefeller family, etc.
After getting the money, Gu Weiqi held a celebration banquet and gave Chen Mobao and Luo Jianan a bonus of 5 million US dollars each.
And in the past few months, while Gu Weiqi has been staring at the gold futures market, he has also turned "Dancer in the Dark", "My Fair Lady", "Fighting Star", "Ghostbusters", "Back to the Future", "Top Gun", "Fatal Temptation", "Moonlight Sultry", "Good Boy is Crazy", "Forrest Gump", "Paris Night Rose", "Under the Berlin Sky", "Fang Fang", "Piano Lesson" and "Blade Runner" fifteen films, "Zachley? Gu" short story collection.
"Zachary" means the person God favors according to the Western understanding, and it is Gu Weiqi who obtains the English name for himself. The book totaled more than 200,000 words, and it took him two months.
By the time he took the manuscript to Cindy, the toy factory was already on its way. Even the first batch of 50,000 Transformers cars produced has been put on sale, and the momentum is very hot, because of the novelty and fun, it has been favored and sought after by children.
50,000 products were sold out in just 3 days. The cost of less than $10 turned out to be sold for $100 at the factory price, and the net profit reached almost 10 times, which is definitely a huge profit. But even so, demand has been in short supply.
In just two months, it has generated a profit of more than 5 million US dollars. And because it is an exclusive production, it will be equivalent to monopolizing the business of Transformers toys in the future, and with the continuous expansion of the scale in the future, the financial resources will definitely roll in.