"Hefner, we have tentatively decided to put Miss Hedy Lamarr on the cover of the first issue. Please contact Miss Hedy to see if she is willing to appear in the photo. If she agrees, we will take a perfect photo."
"Also, she alone is definitely not enough. We need a lot of beauties. Go find Edward, the general manager of HD Films. He will make the arrangements."
HD Films not only merged with Siegel's Noah Films, but also previously acquired the Spanish Gang's adult film company.
The adult film company originally had more than a dozen contracted actresses, who all shot adult films, not to mention some sexy photos.
If they can be featured in magazines, it will be a form of publicity for them. Maybe they can become famous and become real superstars, and their value will definitely increase greatly.
This is called resource integration, which doubles the power.
"Okay, I'll contact General Manager Edward and Miss Heidi right away. But boss, the company has been in a loss-making state before, and the magazine has not had any expenses for two months. Do you think this is possible?" Hefner looked at Hardy and said hesitantly.
"I have already arranged it. Andy will borrow 100,000 US dollars from the bank in the name of the magazine. This money is estimated to be enough to pay salaries and produce the first issue of the magazine." Hardy said.
Hefner was delighted.
"Thank you, boss. I'll get to work now."
The guy walked out of Hardy's office feeling relieved because he was no longer burdened with debt.
He was very optimistic about the Playboy magazine that his boss mentioned. He believed that if he, an old editor, wanted to read this magazine, other men would find it hard to resist.
Now he was full of energy and passion.
......
Los Angeles Stock Exchange.
This is Hardy's second visit here.
This time, it is to acquire the stock of a toy factory, and this time, Hardy is ready to see how Andy manipulates the rise and fall of the stock.
"Boss, I asked the newspaper to publish a piece of information, officially confirming that the boss of HD Company is preparing to acquire the Jiananshi health products company. I think there will be something interesting to see when the market opens." Andy said with a smile.
The stock market opens.
When stock investors saw the information in the newspaper, many of them had an idea. Previously, the boss of HD Company acquired a toy factory, and the stock price of the toy factory soared from the original US$0.22 to the current US$1.25.
That’s almost a five-fold increase.
The day before yesterday they acquired another magazine, which has officially changed its name to Playboy Magazine, and published an announcement in the newspaper.
Originally, the magazine's stock price was only a few cents, but because it was acquired by the owner of HD, its stock price has now skyrocketed to $0.33, an increase of 8 times.
Now that HD's boss has set his sights on GNC health products company, many people have realized that this is an opportunity to make a fortune. If they buy health products company stocks now, they will surely make a fortune once HD's boss completes the acquisition.
Therefore, as soon as the stock market opened, investors began to scramble for shares of Jiananshi, and this health care product stock began to rise sharply.
It quickly rose from 0.21 to 0.36.
At this time, Andy started to take action and let the operator grab the order.
When many stock investors saw the soaring prices, they knew that a big buyer had appeared and the upward channel had been opened, so many people followed suit and rushed to buy.
The market cap of Jiananxi was originally very small. Andy had already completed the clean-up before, and there were very few shares circulating in the market, less than 40%. Now, with a slight move, the stock price has increased significantly.
This makes many people jealous.
By the end of the first day of trading, GNC's stock price had risen to $0.56.
Fight again the next day.
The news has released more news.
The major shareholder of GNC health products company confirmed that a financial company had approached them and proposed to acquire all the shares. The shareholder felt that the other party's offer was a little low and asked for a 20% premium. The other party said it would reconsider it.
The newspaper also interviewed people from the financial company, who said that the boss of HD was very optimistic about the future of the health care product market and decided to enter the market. He valued Genentech because he believed it had great room for development in the future.
This news shows the determination of HD's boss to acquire Genentech, which is definitely a positive signal.
Buy, buy, buy.
Driven by retail investors and Andy, the stock price rose to $0.84, which was four times the lowest point.
But human nature is greedy.
People think he still has a lot of room for improvement.
Some financial experts' analysis appeared in the newspapers, saying that if the HD boss completes this round of acquisitions, the health care product company's stock price will definitely catch up with or even exceed that of the toy factory's stock.
The toy factory's stock price has risen again in the past two days and has reached $1.37.
This means that the health care product company may rise to more than $1.4, so what is there to hesitate about? Keep buying.
At this time, even some small groups could not help but join in and prepare to have a piece of the pie. They did not want to compete with HD for anything, they just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to have a bite and leave.
Because of the combined push of many forces, the health care products company finally broke through $1 on the third day, and it is still firmly buying towards higher levels.
Day 4
News came out again that the financial company approached the health care product company for the second time and the offer price had been greatly increased. Some shareholders of the health care product company were already tempted, but the largest shareholder felt that the time was not right yet and decided to wait a little longer, perhaps the other party would offer a higher price.
Because of this news,
Shares of the health supplement company climbed to $1.27.
There are still many people trying to buy in, but they just can't buy stocks, and a large number of buy orders have accumulated. At this time, some people start to take the orders and sell the stocks.
Because of the large number of sell orders, the stock price quickly fell back to around $1.1, and some people began to panic, wondering if the main force was going to escape.
But they were wrong.
The next day, news came out that the boss of HD was negotiating with a bank to borrow 2 million US dollars, which would most likely be used to acquire a health care product company.
This news is correct.
Hardy was indeed looking for a bank to borrow money. He found Bank of America and prepared to borrow $2 million by using toy factory stock and Wash Mining Company stock as collateral.
As for usage.
Meyer still owes 800,000.
The toy factory was upgraded, Playboy magazine was promoted, money was promised to Han Ye-jin from Yi-ryeon's auction company, and a mineral water plant was built.
There are so many places to spend money.
As for the rumors about raising funds to purchase shares in the health care product company, Hardy just wanted to say that they were overthinking it.
Who spread the rumor, you ask?
God knows.
Friday.
On the last trading day of this week, as soon as the stock market opened, health care product stocks rose rapidly, forming a super large positive line.
This was due to Andy's operations, as well as a lot of other funds and retail investors. All of these parties pushed up the stock price, which broke through the previous highest point and reached around US$1.4.
At noon,
The market started to show some signs of zigzagging.
Some people are selling and some are buying, and the trading volume has become very large. Some people suspect that it is the main force selling, but some people also suspect that it is the main force washing the market for the second time, and there will be another bigger round of pull-ups next.
But there was still half an hour left before the transaction was completed.
The volume of health care product stocks increased sharply, which could be described as a flood. All the orders on the market, regardless of size, were swallowed up by it. Before many people could react, the stock market ended this week.
"Mr. Andy, all orders have been released." said a trader.
Andy nodded in satisfaction.
They originally acquired about 61% of the outstanding shares of the health care product company at an average income price of $0.21. Now all the shares have been sold at an average selling price of 1.24, with total proceeds exceeding $1.3 million.
It can be said that he made a lot of money.
As for who suffered, I don’t know.
Andy returned to the company to report to Hardy, who opened a bottle of red wine to celebrate. The profit of 1.3 million was enough to last for a while.
"Andy, should we short healthcare stocks?" Hardy asked.
"I have already asked someone to arrange it. Once I get the stocks from the institution, I will announce that I have decided to terminate the acquisition because the stock price is too high. I believe that the stock price of Genentech will fall rapidly, and we can make hundreds of thousands of dollars." Andy said.
Hardy chuckled.
"Andy, when the announcement was made, we told the outside world that the boss of HD Company is still optimistic about the development of the health care products industry and is seeking to cooperate with companies that are capable and willing."
"I understand, boss. This will cause the share price of Genentech to drop even further, and it may even fall back to its original price," said Andy.
"Then I don't care." Hardy said with a smile.
Just then the phone on the desk rang. Hardy picked it up and answered it. It was Hefner, the editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine.
"Boss, I have contacted Miss Heidi Lama, but she said she wants to meet you in person and talk to you."
Talk to yourself.
What does that smart and beautiful woman want to talk to me about?
"No problem, tell me her contact number and I'll call her myself," said Hardy.
Andy said goodbye and left, saying he had a lot of things to do. Hardy picked up the phone and called Hedy Lamarr.
The call was quickly connected, and a pleasant voice came from the other end of the line, "Hello, Mr. Hardy, I am Hedy Lamarr."
"I'm Jon Hardy. I've heard of Miss Hattie for a long time. When chatting with Mayer, he mentioned you and said you were the most beautiful and elegant woman he had ever seen. It's a pity that you left MGM."
Hedy Lamarr used to be a contracted actress of MGM. When her contract expired last year, she went out on her own and set up a studio to shoot movies.
"Mr. Hardy, I know you are the boss of HD Films. I watched the recently released "A Fistful of Dollars," which is a great movie. He has broadened the understanding of westerns. I believe he will go down in film history."
"I also heard that you are the screenwriter of this movie. You have recently collaborated with MGM on three movies, all of which were written by you. I admire your talent very much. I wonder if we can meet and talk, Mr. Hardy."
Being praised so much by a woman.
Especially when being praised by a woman who is extremely beautiful and intelligent.
Hardy found it very useful.
"Of course. I really want to meet Miss Heidi. Where can we meet?" Hardy asked.
"How about in my studio, which is in Hollywood, we should be not far away." said Hedy Lamarr.
"Okay, I'll go over now."