Hardy drove to USC to pick up Han Ye-jin. When "A Fistful of Dollars" was released, Hardy said he would invite Han Ye-jin to watch the movie.

I've been very busy lately and only found time now. I just called Han Ye-jin, who is at USC, and we made an appointment to go see a movie.

The car is parked downstairs.

Two beauties walked out of the corridor. The oriental woman was gentle, elegant and charming, while the blonde beauty was tall and slender with a bright and radiant complexion.

The male students passing by the dormitory door couldn't help but take a few more glances at the two beauties.

"Hi, Yejin."

"Hi~ Yilian, are you going out too?" Hardy greeted the two beauties with a smile.

Irina raised her eyebrows and covered her chest with her hands, "I'm so sad. You invited Yizhen to watch a movie, why didn't you include me?"

"Okay, stop being funny," Han Ye-jin said, looking at Hardy, "How about the three of us go together?"

How can I refuse this?

That's it.

A 'date for two' turned into a 'trip for three'.

The three of them drove away from USC and had dinner together. While eating, they talked about the auction house. At around 7 o'clock in the evening, they walked into the cinema and asked for a triple-row seat.

"Yejin, I'm going to the bathroom. You guys go in first." Irina said.

Hardy and Han Ye-jin didn't think much about it and sat down. Not long after, Irina came back and stood on the other side of Hardy and said, "Make way, I'll sit here."

Hardy was pushed to the middle.

Now the two girls were sitting around Hardy.

After Irina sat down, she naturally took Hardy's arm. Han Yezhen glanced at her roommate with a faint smile on her face.

The movie was still a few minutes away from starting. Irina asked, "Boss, how much is your movie's box office now?"

"It's been out for 11 days now and the box office has reached 4.3 million. MGM estimates that the box office will reach around 7 million to 8 million," said Hardy.

"Wow, with such a high box office, will it become the North American box office champion this year?"

“Very hopeful.”

"Then how much money can you give me, boss?"

"More than 2 million."

"That's a lot of money, boss. How much did you invest initially?"

“I invested more than 200,000 yuan.”

"Wow, ten times the profit, is it so easy to make money by making movies?" Irina exclaimed.

Hardy shook his head. "Out of 10 movies, seven lose money, two break even, and one makes money. It's not that easy to make money from movies."

Irina rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "Boss, you've made so much money, why don't you give more money to the auction company so that we don't have to be so cautious when buying antiques."

While this girl was talking, she was holding Hardy's arm and shaking it. Is this girl asking for money or for a person?

"This money won't come back in a short time, probably until next year, but anyway, we've made some money. I'll give you an extra 100,000 next month," said Hardy.

"Thank you, boss." Irina thanked in a sweet voice.

Why does it feel like I'm being rewarded by my boss or thanked by the service staff after I've done that?

Illusion.

We don’t really understand that either.

Although Hardy is always complaining about being short of money, one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand is no problem, and the money given to the auction company can be in cash.

Cash can be obtained from the gang.

There are three globally recognized methods of money laundering: movies, casinos, and antiques. Hardy has used them all. Casinos are the most direct way to launder money, especially in the United States where gambling is legalized. No matter where the money comes from, it can be turned into legal money after a spin in a Las Vegas casino.

Movies are also amazing. There is no way to quantify the various expenses. The invoices are just the amount they are issued. Even the most powerful tax officials cannot find out.

As for antiques, no one can tell how much they are worth. A bowl is sold for 10 million, 20 million, or 100 million. The capital conversion rate here is simply terrifying.

The movie begins.

Irina finally calmed down, and as a melodious whistle sounded, the Daredevil appeared on horseback.

The movie was very exciting and attracted the attention of beautiful women. At the end, when Ava Gardner sang Scarborough Fair, some people actually sang along.

When they walked out of the cinema, Han Ye-jin suddenly asked, "Ms. Ava Gardner is so beautiful. Is she a contracted artist of your company?"

"right."

"She sings so beautifully. Can you get an autograph for me and her later?" Han Ye-jin said.

"No problem. How about this? The company is making a song album for her recently. When the album comes out, I'll have her sign the record and give it to you." Hardy said.

“That’s great.”

"Mr. Hardy, I want one too." Irina also came over and said.

"no problem."

......

Two days,

Andy brought good news that the toy factory had been acquired.

The equity structure of the toy factory is relatively simple. The boss owns the majority of the shares, and there is another small shareholder who only owns 5%. Now the factory has been in a loss-making state and cannot borrow money from the bank. The two have long had the idea of ​​selling the factory.

Andy gave a fairly reasonable price.

Package $68,000 to buy all the shares.

The boss discussed it with the small shareholders.

Sold.

......

Los Angeles Stock Exchange.

Premium guest room.

The window here overlooks everything in the trading hall downstairs. Five or six traders are sitting behind the desk. On the table in front of them are more than a dozen phones and several thick books.

These people are traders hired by Andy, and they are all veterans with more than five years of experience in the exchange.

Hardy pushed the door open and walked in.

All the traders were holding microphones and trading loudly. Some even had one in their hands and another around their necks.

Andy saw the boss coming in and walked over with a smile.

"How's it going?" Hardy asked.

"We are currently washing out the market, buying and selling repeatedly to wash out floating chips and unsteady investors. It would be best if we could receive more than 50% of the outstanding shares, so that we can proceed with the next operation." Andy explained.

Hadi thought of something and asked with interest: "What if another dealer suddenly comes in and causes trouble?"

Andy smiled and said, "We are all hunters. When we see other hunters hunting, we usually won't go over to disrupt them because the hunters' guns will always be pointed somewhere else."

“If two people are interested in the same prey, it is best to negotiate and work together. It is impossible to make money at the same time if they compete with each other. For example, if someone comes out to compete with us for the toy factory stocks, he must raise the stock price to receive a higher share. Well, I will sell all to him, and we will arbitrage and leave the market, and he will be stuck at a high price. If we work together, it is the retail investors who are stuck.”

Hardy came to a conclusion.

“So retail investors are everyone’s prey, right?”

"That's right. Brokerage firms, financial companies, stock companies, institutions, and funds all target retail investors."

"Occasionally you hear about big institutions and big financial companies fighting each other, but that's because of other reasons. It's like a crocodile in a pond. Its main food is never another crocodile, but those fish."

In fact, there is nothing mysterious about market manipulation. It is nothing more than constantly raising the price and releasing it.

It’s not that no one in the market has noticed this situation. Anyone who knows a little about the business can see some clues. However, when these people look at the toy factory stocks, they see that they have almost no potential, so no one pays attention.

After all, I still have to harvest my own leeks. Leeks are so tender that I might even lose my teeth if I confront others.

Finally,

It took Andy three days to clean up the market and absorb 75.5% of the outstanding shares at a price of only $0.22 per share.

You can proceed to the next step.

Hardy and Andy, with the recruiting factory management team, came to the toy factory. The workers had been laid off long ago, the toys were piled up and could not be sold, and there was no money to pay the workers. It would be strange if the workers did not leave. There were only two skilled workers left in the factory.

This is the boss's hope for a comeback.

The few people Andy brought with him would be responsible for operations in the future. Hardy called two technicians over and took out a few paintings from his bag.

"Look, can this be produced?"

The worker picked up a drawing with a beautiful doll on it. She had brown hair, a slim figure, and pretty looks. She vaguely resembled Ava Gardner.

The height and measurements of the doll are also marked below.

Height 24 cm, measurements 39-18-33, sky blue eyes.

Name: "Princess Ava."

Age: 24.

Features: Mature and beautiful.

The second picture shows a doll with black hair. This doll looks obviously smaller, but more adorable, and looks 70% like Elizabeth Taylor.

Height 21 cm, measurements 35-16-31, violet eyes.

Name: "Princess Taylor."

Age: 16 years old.

Features: Delicate and cute.

The third photo is of a doll with long straight black hair. Her facial features show that she is Asian, with delicate, gentle and dignified skin. She looks somewhat similar to Han Ye-jin.

Height 23 cm, measurements 36-17-31, dark sapphire eyes.

Name: "Princess of China."

Age: 20 years old.

Features: Charming.

"Can a doll like this be made?" Hardy asked.

The technician said, "It can be done. As long as the mold is made, it will not be much different from the previous toys. However, it will be much more troublesome to make the hair, eyeballs, and eyelashes, which will definitely increase the cost. As for the clothes and accessories, I'm afraid I'll have to find someone to make them separately."

Hadi waved his hands and said, "It's okay. I want exquisite products. Every doll must be made extremely delicately and have beautiful clothes."

The two technicians were surprised and asked, "Then it must cost more than 2 dollars to make this doll. How can such an expensive doll be sold?"

The toy dogs and teddy bears they had made before couldn’t be sold for even a penny, and there were piles of them in the warehouse.

Two dollars is nothing.

Hardy's idea is to sell Barbie dolls for $15.80 each, and then produce countless clothes and accessories for them, and even pets, which can all be sold separately.

Just like a goose factory selling skins.

Expensive, it doesn’t matter. In this world, there are many people pursuing luxury goods. In the future, Barbie dolls will be the luxury of the toy world.

Instruct the management team to conduct a comprehensive copyright registration for Barbie dolls.

We also had to set up a clothing and accessories team, which required professional tailors, move the machines from the original toy factory over, find other manufacturers to make molds, recruit production workers, and so on.

"Andy, you can spread the message now." Hardy said.