"I'm really fed up with those guys, the Poslen club guys, I spent a lot of money to get in, even to run naked in Cambridge in the winter, and it didn't make any sense. I won't mention the words that discriminate against West Coast students, at least no one will say it openly, but from the time I joined until now, the only thing I have memories of is parties, parties, parties! Hell, I didn't come to Harvard to party! As for the professor, ha, I can talk a lot about theoretical knowledge, but I don't even have as much practical experience as I do, I always think I can learn more, but reality tells me not to be delusional. So, instead of continuing to consume precious time somewhere, it is better to come out and start your own business. Neil grumbled.

Sean didn't speak for a long time, he just wanted to test it, although he knew that college life was not so smooth from Neil's complaints on the phone before, but he didn't expect it to make him so unhappy. Well, that should be a good thing, at least Neil wants to work his own business, it's just ......

"No, Neil, you need to go back." Sean sighed and persuaded, "Playing finance requires not only ability, but also networking, and college is the place to expand your network." Like my father said, if you want to manage a company rather than being a jishu person, networking is more important than expertise in college. In fact, if I had connections in Hollywood, I wouldn't have worked so hard as an extra. ”

"Your words are not convincing at all, Sean, and if I remember correctly, you never listened to your father." Neil folded his arms and pouted.

"Even if you disagree with the right ideas at the time, you'll accept them later," Sean said, waving his hand, "Go get a ticket, Neil, or I'll call Mr. Walsman." ”

"Hell, don't do that, Sean!" Neil exclaimed, "Of course I know the importance of networking, in fact I have expanded a lot of contacts at Harvard, I have a good relationship with a professor, I went to JPMorgan Chase last summer to intern for a few days last summer, and I talked to several department managers and gave some advice, I am not far from them, it is only a matter of time, I only lack a chance to prove myself now!" ”

Speaking of this with some anger, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he grabbed Sean's arm: "By the way, Sean, now there is an opportunity to make money, do you want to try it?" ”

"Money-making ...... Opportunity? Sean was bewildered by the rapid change in his expression.

"That's right, a very haode money-making opportunity!" Neil said, "Remember when we bought Microsoft stock?" You made a few thousand, and I made at least twenty thousand. ”

"yes, you've been proudly showing off in front of me for days." Sean immediately rolled his eyes.

When he bought Microsoft stocks, he pulled three sworn friends together, but the result of Zuihou was that he, Galen, and Sanders only made some money after the stock rose, but Neil did not hold it for a long time, but carried out many short-term operations that Sean didn't know very well, turning the $5,000 he borrowed from his father into 20,000. From this point of view, this guy is indeed very talented in finance, which is why Weishenme Sean objected to his withdrawal from Harvard.

"I'm not going to talk about that," Neil coughed dryly, "Anyway, I've been paying attention to the ups and downs of IT stocks since then, even when I went to Harvard, and I've made tens of thousands of dollars from it intermittently." And what I'm talking about now is IT stocks, which, according to the analysis of some professionals, have now formed a huge and serious bubble, which may be punctured at any time, just a matter of time. Of course, there are those who are completely negative, but based on the inside information I've gotten, most people think that this will happen in June at the latest. ”

"And then?" Sanders frowned and asked this question for Sean and Galen, who were also frowning.

"Then there's going long, which is a financial term, in short, it's bullish on the future upside prospects of stocks, forex or futures, and buying and holding and waiting for the upside to take profits." Neil simply explained, "Now that IT stocks are rising, we can make a small profit by going long in the short term. ”

"Oh? How much can you earn? Sean was slightly moved.

"It's up to you, Sean," Neilden said with a happy look, "if you take a week, with five times the leverage, you can make at least 60 to 80 percent profit on your principal." The longer the time, the higher the leverage, the more you invest, the more profit you will make, and of course, the risk will increase relatively. ”

"Although I don't understand finance, I also know that some things are not so absolute. You said earlier that going long is bullish on the future growth of certain stocks or futures, but what if we buy them and the stock or futures falls? Galen added.

"So it's risky," Neil didn't deny, "knowing George? Soros? The manager of the Quantum hedge fund, who is also a well-known investor, has crossed the Bank of England and set off the Asian financial crisis three years ago. Such a powerful guy predicted that the bubble of IT stocks would be punctured at the beginning of last year, and then shorted a lot of money, resulting in heavy losses, so it was impossible to do finance at all without any risk at that time. I have minimized the risk as much as possible, and if I do it short-term and the leverage is not high, even if there is any adverse situation, as long as it is not an IT stock crash, the loss will not be too large. ”

Then, he looked at Sean, his eyes shining, "Can you help me, Sean, I just want to find a chance to prove myself."

As he spoke, Neil found his handbag, flipped out some materials and handed them to them: "Look, this is all the information I have collected, it is very detailed, I will not only come to see you on the West Coast, but also the idea of lobbying some customers." I'm going to prove to my father that I'm now on my own, and don't let my damn Harvard waste time! Trust me, Sean! ”

Sean flipped through the things in his hand several times, and although he couldn't understand it, it didn't prevent him from frowning and thinking carefully.

"You wait." After a few minutes he said that, then pulled out the phone and dialed, "Hi Robert, I'd like to ask you about one thing, how much liquidity I have available right now. ”

Robert? Thomson, Sean's accountant, Frederick's recommendation, is a very capable person, and helped him avoid a lot of taxes, and paying taxes in full is a very painful thing.

“haode，xiexie。” Sean quickly got an answer, then hung up the phone and looked at Neil, "The amount of money I have at my disposal right now is about 2.5 million...... Hell, I hate this number. ”

“weishenme？” Sanders interjected.

"Because...... Okay, leave that alone," Sean waved his hand, "Anyway, I'll give you the 2.5 million, Neil, can you double or quadruple in a week?" ”

"One to two?!" Neil twitched the corners of his mouth.

Well, Sean doesn't know much about finance after all, and he doesn't understand what it means to do once or twice a week.

But Neil didn't say anything, and after thinking about it, he replied: "If it's only for a week, then maybe you can use ten times the leverage." And it's best to wait until next Monday, when Cisco's stock is likely to reach an unprecedented peak, leading to a big increase in IT stocks. ”

"Wait, Sean, you only have a maximum income of more than 2 million now, right?" Galen spoke a little worriedly at this time, "This is already your entire net worth, is it necessary to put all of it into it?" ”

"Of course, I trust Neil." Sean smiled and patted Neil on the shoulder, "Just let him try, anyway, it's only a week, and we still have a certain amount of overdraft on our credit cards, right?" ”

"Thank you so much, Sean, you won't regret your decision today." Neil almost cheered, "Don't worry, I'll be optimistic about your money, you won't be disappointed, Sean!" ”

"Come on, show us your strength," Sean said encouragingly, obviously having made up his mind.

Well, this is also something that can't be helped, Sean originally wanted to use the dividends of "The Lord of the Rings" to make a fortune, and then implement his own ideas. Anyone who has achieved a certain level of success will want to expand their horizons, let alone Sean, who is a human being in two lives after all, and he still has ambitions.

Especially after coming to Hollywood for a year and a half, after seeing all kinds of glitter, this idea has become stronger and stronger. But the problem that once plagued him is still a problem, doing everything needs capital, without capital, no matter how much you want to put your ideas into action, and there is a possibility that someone will snatch them away. When asking Frederick to fight for dividends, Sean only had a vague idea, but as time went by, after the hard work of becoming famous, he was sought after, and he strongly experienced the interests of Hollywood, coupled with Drew's production company, the idea became clearer and clearer.

However, at this time, Frederick was told that it was impossible to get so much dividends, which immediately made Sean very disappointed. originally thought that although I would not be able to get it until the movie was released for a while, since it was profitable, I could still afford to wait for this time. But the truth is far from what he imagined, and he may only get a fraction of Jihua, so when Neil persuaded him, and was quite serious and confident, Sean decided to take a gamble.

In his memory, he did have some impressions of the IT bubble in the United States, and it seemed that after the bubble burst, the development of the Internet began to gradually standardize and enter the right track, but he couldn't remember the specific time. Since Neil is so sure, and he does have some ability in this, as I said before, Sean could only earn one or two thousand when he bought Microsoft stock, and he could earn one or two thousand, and he was born in a financial family and has a lot of connections, so it doesn't hurt to let him try.

In fact, if it weren't for the calmness in his heart, Sean would have liked to go to the bank and take out a loan to Neil to operate, he is now considered famous, and it is very easy to take out a loan.

In hindsight, it's hard for Sean to say whether this was right or wrong, because—

"Nasdaq's IT stocks face a crash?!" Sean looked at Galen and Sanders in front of him in a daze, and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"That's right, facing a crash, at least that's what the media reported." Galen and Sanders looked at each other, sighed and handed the newspaper in front of Sean.