Chapter 56 57. Judge others by yourself (Please collect and read)
A threesome is underway in a luxury hotel in Rhode Island.
Sergei Hassenfeld is happily exercising. He loves sports and sweats profusely every week even though he is almost forty years old.
The wife in the family has long lost her feelings for him. As she gets older, there is more and more friction on one side and less and less on the other side.
Everyone is playing their own game now. If we work together, both will benefit. If we fight, both will suffer. As long as we don't bring it home and quarrel with each other, it's fine.
Ling. Just when we were having fun, the phone suddenly rang.
Sergei frowned. Who the hell would call in the middle of the night? Why couldn't he talk about it in the morning? He really has no tact.
However, when he glanced at the screen of his mobile phone, he immediately kicked the woman under his feet away, picked up the phone and answered it quickly.
"Uncle, what's the matter so late?"
The aged voice of Hasbro CEO Alan Hassenfeld came from the other end of the line: "Sergey, what's going on? Tell me what's going on?"
"What? What are you talking about uncle?"
"Just now, MGM announced the director of Transformers!"
"Ah? Shouldn't it have been announced long ago? It's been delayed for so long, they must have hired a big director, Spielberg? George Lucas? Or Ridley Scott?"
"What are you dreaming about, idiot, it's Eric Cooper!"
Sergei Hassenfeld was stunned for a moment: "Who? I've never heard of this director. Wait. Are you talking about Eric Cooper?"
"Who else could it be but him?"
"You must be mistaken, uncle. How can he be a director? We talked about it. He graduated from UCLA, which doesn't have a film major. He studied finance."
The patience of the person on the other end of the line was clearly exhausted: "Sergey, do you think I would stay up late at night to joke with you?"
Sergey was sweating profusely after being yelled at. He hurriedly said, "Uncle, don't be angry. I will contact MGM immediately and tell them that this is an extremely stupid decision."
"I will advise them to change their decision. This is Transformers, not a small movie for rich second-generations to do whatever they want."
"It's too late. You can't contact the Coopers because even I can't contact them. I want you to fly to Los Angeles immediately and change this decision by any means, and quickly, otherwise Hasbro's stock price will plummet."
"Don't worry uncle, I'll go now!"
"Oh, I hope this is just a misunderstanding."
Alan Hassenfeld's concerns are not unfounded, because the stock market has always been unpredictable. It can soar because of a piece of news, and it can also plummet because of a piece of news.
This is especially true when stock prices are tied to the film industry; Hasbro's stock price can rise because of Transformers, but it can also fall back because of Transformers.
The determining factor of all this is the quality of the film, and a 22-year-old young man, a rich second-generation in the eyes of the public, who has never been exposed to film-related knowledge, is going to direct a $150 million production.
In the eyes of the public, this is as outrageous as letting a pig drive a spaceship.
There are talented directors, but those who become famous overnight have often put in more than ten years of hard work behind the scenes.
What do you have, Eric Cooper? You only have a good father! Moreover, just a few months ago, the stock market bubble brought about by the Internet ended, and the overall environment had just improved. This was the time when the ability to resist risks was the weakest.
In this crisis-ridden environment, any slight disturbance will ensure that investors will flee en masse.
After announcing this "good news", Cooper and his son went to rest. As for their phones, of course they were turned off. At this time, they would not answer even if the emperor came.
Early the next morning, Eric boarded a flight to Park City, Utah. Today was the opening day of the Sundance Film Festival.
Go over and take a look, maybe you can find gold in the shit, but more importantly, it can help you avoid trouble.
As for dad, he is a seasoned man and he will have his own way.
The New York Stock Exchange, ranked first in the world's stock exchanges in 2003, has a market value of over 10 trillion US dollars and is one of the world's financial centers.
At 9:30 in the morning, as the market opened, a lot of attention was focused on the S&P 500 index.
The so-called S&P 500 is a stock index that records 500 listed companies in the United States, covering all walks of life and various fields, and Hasbro is among them.
The stock market crash just ended not long ago, and now almost all stocks are in a slow recovery. The growth is not much, but the trend is still positive. After all, market confidence also needs to be restored slowly.
In an almost entirely green market, only a few companies' line charts showed red, and Hasbro happened to be the reddest one.
Ever since that press conference, Hasbro's stock has been rising, and tens of thousands of shareholders have been eyeing MGM and Hasbro, wanting to reap this wave of dividends.
But the news in the early morning stunned the market. MGM must be crazy to let a 22-year-old rich second-generation who had never been involved in the film and television industry be a director.
Many investors who have been frightened by the stock market crash and have lost their will have already started selling.
In fact, the mentality of these leeks is very simple. Hasbro's stock price has been rising for a while, and they have made a small profit. Now they are selling it at a high price, at least they can make a profit without loss.
If we wait until the situation becomes so serious that the stock price hits the limit down, then we will have no time to cry, as the army of homeless people will add many more members.
However, those who are selling now are timid people, and most people are still in the wait-and-see stage. The general mentality of the public is that MGM sent the wrong message and it will definitely be corrected soon.
In Beverly Hills, the Cooper family welcomed an unexpected guest early in the morning: Sergei Hassenfeld.
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Sergei trotted all the way to the door of the villa and pressed the doorbell a little breathlessly.
After waiting for a while, the nanny opened the door.
"Is Mr. Cooper home?"
"Excuse me, sir, who are you?"
"I'm Sergei Hassenfeld, the CEO of Hasbro, and I need to meet with Charlie Cooper about something important."
The babysitter shook her head, "I'm sorry sir, Mr. Cooper fell ill and was rushed to the hospital last night."
“What!”
Sergey looked confused: "Which hospital?"
"I don't know, maybe you should call him yourself."
Bang! The door of the villa closed.
Sergei's face was disheveled in the wind. If I could contact someone, why would I use it to block the door?
Ring. The phone rings.
Sergei answered the call tremblingly, and an angry voice immediately came from the other end: "Did you find the person? How was the talk?"
"I'm sorry, uncle. Charlie Cooper is ill. I think he might be angry with his son. I suspect that MGM is in chaos right now."
"The person we talked to from the beginning to the end was Eric Cooper, and Charlie Cooper only showed up at the final signing. I think this may have something to do with the power struggle between father and son."
The man on the other end of the line continued to yell, "Don't speculate with your stupid brain. I want facts! I want facts! Find Charlie Cooper within one day and ask him to change his decision! The stock price has already started to fall."
"Okay, okay, I will, don't worry, uncle!"
“shit!”
After hanging up the phone, Sergei threw it to the ground in anger and said, "My legs are almost broken from running myself, and you old fool just yell at me."
I have worked like a cow for you for so many years and earned so much money. What's wrong with making a mistake? Is there anything risk-free in this world? However, after cursing a few times to vent his anger, Sergey could only continue to think of a solution. His speculation just now was completely based on his own experience.
Judging others by yourself, who would want to have an old guy always over their head?
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