The acquisition of Paramount by the White River Group has caused a wave of concern in the media in the United States.

But in any case, the name "Shirakawa" has indeed become more internationally known in North America.

Washerstein's party was just a delegate, and after that, Kaede Shirakawa was active in North America.

For example, Shirakawa Paramount announced a series of film distribution or production plans, and the launch of the SIC listing process.

All of this made Shirakawa Kaede's name appear frequently in major media and newspapers, and he received more and more invitations to banquets.

Sure enough, Hollywood is a good entry point, and with the deepening of communication, the financial community now invites him to attend various events more and more frequently.

To Shirakawa's surprise, at the end of the month, he also received an invitation to the ceremony from the White House.

This is a by-product that he never imagined, and it seems that SIC and Shirakawa Electric have also won the approval of politicians for their actions to start the localization and listing process in North Rice.

After this incident, Shirakawa Kaede also began to make some policy adjustments to Shirakawa Electric's branch in Beimi.

For example, the increase in investment in the North Mi Research Center has also led Howard to try to recruit graduates from MIT and Harvard.

In the past, Shirakawa Electric's branch had never won the favor of these famous college students, but since the blessing of Paramount, it seems that all this is beginning to loosen.

I have to say that after having the "soul of the United States", many things have changed imperceptibly.

And the news that Kaede Shirakawa bought Paramount certainly caused a storm in Neon China.

Unlike many critics, the public just felt worthy of the Shirakawa chaebol.

To be able to shell out $9 billion to buy a big Hollywood company in one go is a remarkable achievement.

One of Hollywood's seven major studios, it's now neon.

Look, that's a boost!

However, the most troublesome is still Torotaro, who was the first to get the news, and immediately sent the photos he had treasured before to the "Mainichi Shimbun".

So when the major newspapers reported the news, the picture of the daily news became the moment when Shirakawa Kaede was swinging at the Antlers Golf Course.

The words of $9 billion, with a golden club, are they very eye-catching?

Just when the public was amazed by this eye-catching club, it was a coincidence that the covers of several major neon magazines in China were replaced with similar photos.

Contrary to the lack of mention in the news, the magazine devoted a lot of space to the origin of this club.

What exquisite workmanship, tungsten alloy, African natural diamonds, pure gold club heads, etc., how tall and high.

With the richest man personally bringing the goods, cough, although he is the former richest man (this year, this name was taken by Yoshiaki Tsutsumi).

But his appeal is undoubted, especially with the news of the $9 billion acquisition of Paramount, which is properly top-notch.

As a result, after the Hakuka Trading Company announced that it was accepting reservations, all 650 sets of 100 million yen clubs were sold out in just three days.

That's 100 million yen, not 1 million or 10 million.

Such a sky-high price of clubs was sold out in just three days, and the arrogance of the neon people really surprised Shirakawa Kaede and Torotaro.

Bai Chuanfeng, who got the news, smiled bitterly, with this ultra-high profit margin of nearly 80%, what is the comparison of industry?

The net profit of 52 billion yen is converted to 400 million US dollars, and this is only brought by a set of clubs.

If nothing else, the profit of this year's Lujiao Vacation Area will once again exceed that of Shirakawa Electric.

Yes, since last year, thanks to the pandemic of skiing.

The surging flow of people brought more than $1.5 billion in profits to Shirakawa Holdings, and won the most profitable club under Shirakawa Holdings in one fell swoop.

According to current trends, this number may be surpassed this year.

Tsk, when he first invested in the antlers, Shirakawa Kaede himself didn't expect this day.

However, the revenue of the tourism industry has skyrocketed, and the profits of the corresponding brick-and-mortar manufacturing industry have declined compared with the same period.

Judging from the financial report of Shirakawa Holdings, since 85 years, the group's annual profit has basically remained at about 3 billion US dollars.

However, although it has made nearly 10 billion dollars in a few years, one Paramount has eaten up these profits again.

Counting his small coffers, it still remains around $40 billion.

If nothing else, the next few years should be spent a lot.

However, in order to keep their own capital chain from problems, the bottom line of $10 billion needs to be kept in reserve.

Seeing that the money I earned at the beginning was scattered little by little, it seemed a little uneconomical to think about it.

After all, everything the chaebol does is for the sake of wealth, and the ability to accumulate tens of billions of dollars has been the result of many years of hard work by many families.

Although this is the truth, we need to consider the problem from a different angle.

If the money is just lying in the account, then it is actually depreciating over time.

Inflation, exchange rate changes, and so on, can make cash less valuable.

Don't look at the tens of billions of dollars that have been scattered now, but in fact, Shirakawa Kaede's assets have not decreased.

On the contrary, it continues to expand and increase in value, because the money spent has become another form of transformation into the assets of Shirakawa Holdings.

More than $20 billion of shares in international investment banks can be sold to other capital at any time to withdraw.

However, after a few years, these shares will be more than 20 billion, and with the development of Southeast Asia, appreciation is inevitable.

In addition, these inputs can also recover additional loan interest for Shirakawa Holdings.

After that, half of the nearly 20 billion dollars was invested in Subaru, and half was invested in Hollywood studios such as Paramount and Marvel.

There may not be a chance of recovering costs in the short term, but they are good assets that can be invested in the long term.

Even now Subaru is already making money, and if this trend continues, its market value will continue to grow.

The market value has risen, so isn't the assets of Shirakawa Holdings rising? That's not even counting the annual profit dividends.

It's the same with Paramount, although Shirakawa Kaede's ultimate goal in joining Hollywood is not to make money in the film industry.

What he wants to do is to integrate into the United States and create a super-first-class international brand image of Shirakawa Electric.

But if he can make money on the movie, then of course he won't refuse.

Those IPs in Paramount's hands, if they work well, the profits are actually very considerable.

The most typical ones are the "Transformers" and "Mission Impossible" series, and their ability to attract gold has been proven.

Now with the charm of the Marvel Universe, the future Shirakawa Paramount is actually very interesting.

And unlike the strange stock market of the Celestial Empire, the stock markets of Mi and Neon are really paying dividends, and most of them are cash.

North Mi, in particular, has a very mature stock market. Traditionally, dividends are paid quarterly.

In general, 50%-70% of the profits earned by listed companies are used for cash dividends.

In addition, the dividend method of U.S. stocks is only cash, and there is no dividend method of giving shares.

Is this too different from the fact that some companies in the Celestial Empire stock market have not paid dividends for ten years after they have been listed?

The so-called listed companies do not pay dividends, which is just a characteristic of the Celestial Empire.

The essence of stocks is that shareholders invest in listed companies and ultimately share the dividends of the company's profits.

The listed company took the money of the shareholders to expand reproduction, and then shared the win-win situation with the shareholders after making the money.

Although U.S. stocks will also have capital to pull out the network cable, most shareholders can really get a share of the money.

This is one of the reasons why the deposits of the people of the United States are low, and most of their assets are in the stock market.

Because the stock market is a medium and long-term investment in the United States, it is a real cash return.

As a leek, the people can get a share of the money, and a controlling party like Shirakawa Holdings, of course, is no problem.

So as long as Subaru and Paramount make money, then Shirakawa Holdings will continue to reap profits.

That's the purpose and essence of investing.

Otherwise, who wants to throw a lot of money away and not see a return for a few years or ten years?

The world of capital is important, but assets are the ultimate embodiment of your wealth.

Even by exchanging cash for high-quality assets, your ability to resist risks will become stronger.

While Shirakawa Kaede is actively participating in various interpersonal activities in North Rice, the first BOJ interest rate hike that has been brewing here for a long time has finally begun to be implemented.

At the end of May, the Bank of Japan officially announced that the bank interest rate was officially raised from 2.5% to 3.25%, along with the interbank lending rate.

The aim of this measure is to tighten the previously excessively loose monetary policy and begin to restrict the flow of capital to the stock market and the real estate sector.

However, this move of the Bank of Japan did not make a splash in the stock market and property market, and there was not even any volatility.

The stock market and property market are still soaring, and the price index is still high.

The reason for all this is closely related to the current frenzied investment atmosphere.

This small change in interest rates has little impact on speculators.

Although the interest rate on deposits and the interest rate on loans have risen at the same time, people are encouraged to save money while the interest rate on loans is raised.

But this little bit of income and loan interest is a drizzle compared to the rate of appreciation of stocks and the property market.

To use an analogy, it's like making a product.

Although the price of raw materials and the wages of workers have risen, the selling price of goods has risen even more, and demand is still in short supply.

So in the face of such a scene, I ask you the manufacturer, will this business continue to be done?

Yes, of course! If you have money, you don't make a bastard~!

Everyone is not stupid, as long as the market in short supply is still there, as long as the profit is still there, then there is no reason not to continue the business.

This is a true portrayal of the neon stock market and the real estate industry at this time, and the BOJ's interest rate hike did not achieve the desired effect.

The stock market will not fall, and the slogan that land prices have been rising for so many years can be shaken by a small interest rate hike.

The revelry continues, and the golden age is far from over.

Then the music, then the dance~!

The Bank of Japan, which has been adjusted once, was stunned when he saw this scene.

Not only has this bubble not slowed down, but how can it feel that it is getting bigger and bigger?

(End of chapter)