Chapter 99: Pros and Cons
The weather in New York in spring is changeable. It may be sunny one moment and cloudy the next.
There was even muffled thunder heard over Manhattan Island, and it was obvious that a heavy rainstorm was about to come.
However, the weather outside did not affect Milo, who had returned to New York.
He hunched over the desk in his apartment, quickly reviewing the briefings that were not very extensive at the moment.
First of all, it’s from the film company.
"Shakespeare in Love" is about to be released, "The Da Vinci Code" is being prepared in full swing, and three other films are also being prepared.
The first and second payments for Angels & Demons finally came in, adding up to about $50 million.
If we don't count the profits Milo made on Wall Street, then this 50 million US dollars is definitely the largest gain he has ever made.
There is still money to be made from making movies, provided that the movies don’t flop.
Okay, this is nonsense.
Any business that doesn't fail is profitable.
The difference is how much you earn.
After reading the briefings from the film companies, next is the capital company.
All the Silicon Valley Internet company stocks that he originally held personally have now been transferred to the newly established Paladin Capital.
After half a year, if we only look at the valuation.
The tens of millions of dollars he invested in it are now worth nearly $1 billion.
However, these valuations before listing were very fictitious, let alone tens of billions, even hundreds of billions.
Or before finding a buyer, the valuation of a Silicon Valley company is no different from a blank piece of paper.
Milo took a quick look and then skipped it.
I was just about to take a look at the briefing from United Global that I just received today.
There was a knock on the door outside the study, and Milo's new secretary Megan Ferguson walked in quickly.
Megan Ferguson is 40 years old and is a dignified middle-aged blonde woman.
She is a native of Plymouth and has worked at Harvard University.
Ten years ago, he joined First National Bank of Boston and Raytheon, among other companies.
She resigned a year ago due to maternity leave and stayed at home to raise her child. She returned to work a year later.
Her husband had been Joseph Blackburn's full-time driver for fifteen years.
Recommended by Milo's grandfather, she came to Milo and officially served as Milo's professional secretary.
From the moment she arrived, Monica Bellucci automatically abdicated.
Italy's national treasure beauty is now working as a life assistant.
This is actually normal. Monica can provide Milo with good emotional value and can also meet Milo's physical needs when Milo needs it.
But...she is indeed incapable of doing her job.
You can't expect too much from a beautiful woman who becomes a full-time model without even graduating from college.
Monica had no complaints about this, she knew this was definitely not what she was good at.
Not to mention that she would spend most of her energy every day just to deal with Milo's physical needs.
There is no time to study and not much time to work.
Megan Ferguson's arrival made Monica very happy.
Because this gave her a senior who was willing to teach her and who had excellent work ability and quality.
She can study and work as a life assistant at the same time.
"Sir, I think you should take a look at these." Megan reported with her head down.
"Hmm?" Milo took the pile of newspapers she handed over.
At a glance, he found that they were all evening and midday newspapers that were published at noon or in the afternoon.
【The new Soros? 】
【The God of Speculation on Wall Street! 】
[Sweeping billions in one day, Big Short Blackburn]
[The truth behind the military industry stock tragedy]
[This man is Milo Blackburn]
【……】
Milo took a quick glance and felt a huge malice coming towards him.
These newspapers are pretty much all saying one thing.
It is said that he made billions of dollars during the sharp drop in military industry stocks in the past two days.
It would be fine if he really earned that much.
But this time he only made $450 million.
The current news clearly includes the financing funds he has mobilized.
I am deliberately guiding the topic.
Considering the hype of $1.34 billion some time ago, plus this time.
This is obviously an attempt to divert attention.
Flattery is secondary, diverting attention is the most important thing.
The military industry stock turmoil a few days ago, although the black swan came very suddenly.
But those Wall Street giants reacted quickly or were well prepared.
Basically, they suffered no damage, and even gained a lot of benefits because they moved faster.
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The ones who suffered the most are the numerous retail investors and some small institutions in the United States, as well as some international players.
These people are full of resentment, and these news reports are clearly directing this resentment towards him.
Just like in a parallel universe.
The Southeast Asian financial crisis next year is actually an operation by international hot money led by the West to harvest the capital wealth of the emerging market Southeast Asia.
The people behind the scenes are most likely the controllers behind the Federal Reserve and some European banks.
The person who received the most criticism was Soros, as if all the money was taken away by Soros.
But Soros didn't make much money. The entire Southeast Asia lost hundreds of billions of dollars, and Soros only made less than ten billion dollars.
The other money couldn’t have just disappeared out of thin air, right?
Soros was singled out as a target, and both those in Southeast Asia who were being robbed and those who were robbing the money actually knew this.
But the Southeast Asian countries dare not, and have no way to take revenge on those behind the scenes.
They had no choice but to cooperate with these people and transfer all their resentment to Soros.
Soros is both happy and sad, bearing the criticism while building his huge international reputation.
Milo's situation this time is somewhat similar.
Military industry stocks fell by more than half in a day and a half. More than $50 billion was lost in the stock market.
Most of it went into the pockets of Wall Street giants.
Milo, one of the participants, was pushed out by those behind the scenes to bear the blame.
Thinking of this, Milo put down the newspaper and looked at Megan Ferguson, "What did the advisory group say?"
His advisory board has now been established and currently consists of only five people.
Two of them are part-time, such as public relations consultant and image consultant Karen Hughes.
She now works for both Milo and Milo's uncle George.
"The advisory group is currently holding an emergency conference call. The results should be out soon."
Sure enough, she had just finished speaking.
One of Milo's advisory board members.
Saboteur Westl, who used to work at Wells Fargo and was poached by Milo through a headhunting company, used to work on K Street in Washington as an actuary and banking expert for the International Monetary Fund.
Saboteur West called as a representative of the advisory group.
The advisory group's initial opinion after discussion was that the current situation has both advantages and disadvantages for Milo.
The situation on the favorable side is basically the same as Soros's.
Milo has initially shown a good influence on public opinion in the stock market and financial market.
Never mind whether this influence is good or bad.
The downside is that Wall Street has always had a negative image both in the United States and internationally.
Ordinary American people, in particular, hate Wall Street more than anyone else.
Otherwise there would be no Occupy Wall Street movement.
Milo is now described by Wall Street as the God of Speculation and the King of Short Sellers.
Then he will definitely be hated by others.
His previous positive image as a talented writer and super director will also be damaged.
(End of this chapter)