The Motherland Comes to the United States

Chapter 68 This person is my beloved relative, friend, brother... I need to pay more!

"Watching the NBA, okay. When I was a child watching a game on TV, I really wanted to watch an NBA basketball scene. I didn't expect that I would have a day to realize it." Wendy laughed: "But for Kobe, I can’t say that I like it, but he is now the most famous star in the NBA. In China, his reputation can even be compared with Wu Ming, the representative of China in the NBA. I am the most familiar with him. The rest of the stars, I I really don’t know much about it.”

Well, Wendy pays great attention to details, and doesn't want to make Bai Ye feel even the slightest bit uncomfortable. Showing her admiration for another man in front of a man is something only a foolish woman would do, right?

And she really didn't really like Kobe that much, it was simply because Kobe's fame made ordinary people curious.

Even Wendy's liking for the NBA is not so pure. She just envies the dazzling light that everyone's eyes cast on her.

"Understood." Bai Ye smiled and said, "Anyway, Kobe and I can be regarded as simple friends. When the time comes, asking you to ask for an autograph or a group photo will definitely be a piece of cake."

"Ok."

A smile spread across Wendy's face:

"It can be regarded as a place in the United States that I particularly want to visit."

She is already imagining how envious and jealous her group of plastic girlfriends are when she takes a photo with Kobe in Moments.

Rich and noble do not return home, such as brocade clothing at night.

Pretending to be realistic is a rigid demand of human beings. No one does not pretend to be aggressive. It’s just that if you pretend well, you are awesome, and if you pretend badly, you will be an idiot.

After breakfast, Bai Ye sent Wendy to Tianmei Studio, turned around, and went to Galaxy Capital by himself.

It's time to start planning to short the Stark Group.

Galaxy Capital.

"Clap clap clap."

In the office, Bai Ye clapped his hands and said:

"Management came to my office for a meeting, and we have a new goal."

"Hohohoho!"

The entire Galaxy Capital suddenly burst into cheers like a wolf's roar.

Because the employees all know that after each successful hunt, the boss will give out a large bonus very generously, between US$10 and US$20, which is almost the annual salary of the same industry.

The remuneration of working at Galaxy Capital is really more enjoyable than working at Goldman Sachs, because even Goldman Sachs has no capital, and can give employees hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses at will.

These days, with more and more things happening at Galaxy Capital, employees have also begun to expand, but basically no outsiders are recruited, and they are all recruited from the Osborne Family Foundation, which can be regarded as highly trusted employees.

Of course, the number of employees is no more than a hundred. After all, Galaxy Capital is not a normal financial company. It is just a tool used by Bai Ye to cooperate with him in doing things. It is far from the Goldman Sachs model with 4 employees and 1.2 vice presidents.

——Don’t look at the low market value of Goldman Sachs, which has a market value of about 1000 billion US dollars, but its actual influence far exceeds its market value performance, which is similar to the low market value of military enterprises.

Goldman Sachs was born in 1869 and has a history of 150 years. It is known as the "Lighthouse of Wall Street" and has a decisive influence in the capital market.

Even former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein once publicly stated: "Goldman Sachs is doing God's work."

In the office, the management of Galaxy Capital was all present, all of them were from our own company, and Bai Ye didn't come, so he said directly:
"This time, our target is the Stark Group."

The management present were stunned.

"Uh...Young Master, Tony Stark and you are not the best brothers, why are we shorting the Stark Group this time?"

Jordan said cautiously.

Having followed Bai Ye twice, Jordan is naturally no stranger to it. What Bai Ye said about short selling is to engage in a real business war and blow up the opponent's factory.

But it shouldn't be, Bai Ye and Tony Stark have a good relationship as if they wear a pair of pants. They are the twin stars of the empire, the famous seven-star whoring, why did Bai Ye suddenly attack Tony Stark?

"Feelings belong to feelings, business belongs to business, how can this be confused?" Bai Ye glanced at Jordan dissatisfied, and said, "You are very unprofessional. You have been in the industry for so long, and you still can't understand such a simple truth. Want me to teach you?"

"No, young master, I'm not worried about affecting the relationship between you and Tony Stark, but..." Jordan struggled: "Master, the Stark Group is the strongest military enterprise in the world, a military-industrial complex , an existence even scarier than the Roxon Group, do we really want to completely anger the Stark Group for money?"

Jordan is also very worried that he will have his life to make money but not his life to spend.

The Stark Group is a military enterprise responsible for the production, development and manufacture of fighter jets (such as F22) and military satellites, missile attack and defense systems, and other weapons. This money has been earned, and Jordan is a little worried. Even at night, when he is sleeping at home, suddenly Locked up by Stark's second kicker, even his family and his entire block were leveled.

"Master, we're just making money, we don't need to risk our lives." Jordan said earnestly: "Let's forget about the Stark Group, isn't it good for us to find soft persimmons in the world? Just last time you told me Yes, how about we go to Japan? The entire country of Japan has been put on a leash by us in the United States, even if they notice something, they will never dare to do anything without solid evidence."

Even though Japan is called the godfather of the United States, it hugs the thighs of the United States tightly, but the United States cuts Japan as a leek. Seeing that Japan has made money and the leeks are growing strong, it is time to harvest.

For example, in the "Plaza Accord" last time, the United States gave Japan a severe scythe, which directly led to the bursting of the Japanese economic bubble, which has been in a slump for 30 years.

Does Japan know that the United States is holding a sickle and standing beside it, trying to cut him leeks all the time?Know!Dare to resist?dare not!
Having money, but not daring to resist, this is too comfortable to cut.

Therefore, Harvest Japan is definitely the best cost-effective one.

"Japan, we want to cut it off, but the Stark Group can't let it go, who would dislike the amount of money they make?" Bai Ye said patiently: "Don't worry, this time we didn't do it ourselves, but we received it. The news is that someone else is going to attack Stark, and this time we are just following others to pick up a bargain."

"We didn't do it ourselves. With the relationship between me and Tony, we can have a few drinks at most. He can't blame me."

"Is that so?" Jordan and the management present breathed a sigh of relief: "If that's the case, I'm relieved."

After all, it's the Stark Group that produces kickers. Going to blow up other people's factories is more exciting than touching a tiger's butt.

Thinking about it makes me shudder.

"Boss, give the order!"

Jordan is full of confidence again. As long as he doesn't face the Stark Group head-on, he is very interested in making money.

"How much cash do we have in our accounts?"

Bai Ye asked.

He also knew that during this period of time, Galaxy Capital was reorganizing the acquisition bank into its own Sun Bank, spending money faster than running water.

Jordan: "The acquisition of the three banks cost US$9.23 million, and there is still about US$37.19 billion on the books."

"It's a little less, but it's enough." Bai Ye nodded and said: "5 times leverage, shorting the Stark Group, everyone must do well this time, because Tony Stark is my true love Relatives, friends, siblings... so this great opportunity must not be wasted, understand?"

——Bai Ye is a conservative person. He doesn’t like taking risks very much. He only uses up to 5 times leverage, which is not very risky. People who use 10 times or 20 times leverage to play in the financial market are not those who want to change their bicycles into motorcycles A gambler is a lunatic who has no reason in his head, or a fool who doesn't understand anything.

"understand!"

"Go do something."

"Yes!"

After receiving Bai Ye's order, the management left Bai Ye's office, ready to execute the order.

before leaving.

Jordan asked:
"Boss, how long will our operation last? In addition to the banks we have already acquired, we have also signed letters of intent with two banks..."

Bai Ye thought about it, Tony stayed in Afghanistan for three months, so this short sale should last at least a month or more.

"You don't have to worry about money, I will inject a new sum of money into the company as soon as possible, so go ahead and do it boldly."

"Ok."

Qiao Dan tactfully left without asking where Bai Ye went to find money.

Where can I find money?

Of course, to his other dear friend, his big Mexican brother.

Almost all the start-up funds for Bai Ye's establishment of Galaxy Capital were provided by these big brothers enthusiastically. Now that he is short of money, he still asks them for it.

Thinking about the relationship between the two of them, these big brothers are too embarrassed not to give it.

Got off the office building of Galaxy Capital.

Bai Ye got into the Maybach 62S and said to Tian Yangyi who was driving:
"I'll go to Mexico in the afternoon to arrange related matters."

"understood."

Tian Yangyi replied:
"Boss, what about now? Where are we going?"

Bai Ye contacted Andy on the phone, and then showed the address to Tian Yangyi:
"Go here!"

Since Serior Stern and Killian split up the AIM business, and now there is only Maya Hansen who is salted fish, Andy naturally does not need to invest much effort in AIM, and Tianmei Studio is handed over to Wen Dee, then Andy's focus is on his new company, "Snap".

Under the influence of banknote ability, a company called "Snap" was successfully registered in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands is one of the tax havens. Many Internet companies in Silicon Valley use tax havens to evade tax regulations in the United States. , can save a lot of money, and when they can save money, Bai Ye and Andy will naturally not be stupid enough to contribute to the United States.

The framework of "Snap" was quickly set up, purchasing high-performance computers and servers from IBM, and poaching many good programmers from Osborn. When the company was ready, it began to develop Snapchat (Sharab).

In his previous life, Bai Ye played Snapchat, so he was familiar with its functions, and now with the blessing of a super brain, the plan he came up with was naturally quite perfect.

Andy also felt inexplicably relaxed when he was doing things.

When Bai Ye came to Snap, the people in the company stopped what they were doing to welcome Bai Ye.

Organized by Evan Spiegel, young people just love to play.

"Oh!"

As soon as the salute was fired, colorful stripes sprayed out all over the sky.

"Boss, welcome!"

Wearing a suit and looking young, handsome and handsome Evan Spiegel warmly and cheerfully greeted and applauded the arrival of White Night.

Well, Bai Ye personally hired him, with a monthly salary of 3.6 US dollars, while the annual salary of graduates majoring in computer science at Stanford University is about 12 US dollars, so Bai Ye’s money is in place, no wonder Evan Spiegel is so Passionate.

Bai Ye also grew up under the influence of Boss Ma's theory of good fortune, so he naturally knew that Boss Ma summed up two reasons why good and capable employees resigned:

1. The money was not given in place.

2. Heart, wronged.

Therefore, in terms of recruiting talents, Bai Ye was very generous and willing to give money.

However, the reason why Baiye was able to include Evan Spiegel in his pocket was that Baiye gave him 5% of the Snap options.

Even if this 5% option will dilute Snap’s later financing, Snap’s future peak market value of $300 billion will at least make Evan Spiegel worth about $5 million.

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Bai Ye greeted with a smile: "It's been hard work for everyone during this period, and you need to work overtime to develop Snapchat. Don't worry, overtime pay and bonuses must be the highest in the industry. Everyone suffers a little."

Talking about morale culture is nonsense, overtime pay and bonuses are paid enough, and employees are naturally able to work better than cattle and horses.

As for Snap, Baiye's initial investment was 1 million US dollars, which definitely made many Internet seed companies that are in the process of incubating and constantly looking for angel round investment drool with envy, and it was enough for Andy to spend a long time.

"Ahhh...Long live the boss!"

"The boss is so handsome, even more handsome than Xiao Li and Tom Cruise!"

Sure enough, as soon as Bai Ye's voice fell, the employees immediately welcomed him, and they praised Bai Ye to the sky. According to them, Bai Ye's appearance has already killed all the male gods in Hollywood. They stepped on Li Zi and punched Tom Cruise, crushing all dissatisfaction.

Employees come out to work, don't pay attention to remuneration, what are they looking at?
Experts suggest that young people should not only think about making money when they do things, they must give up the so-called enjoyment type, high salary or welfare type, and train their will to make less money. Overtime and no overtime pay is to exercise your work. Efficiency, while allowing you to learn more...

In this regard, the young man said: Your suggestion is very good, don't suggest it again next time.

"Low-key, all low-key." Bai Ye smiled and pressed his hand: "I know I'm handsome, but please don't be so loud, it will make people jealous."

Staff went out of their way.

Bai Ye came to Andy's office.

"This Evan Spiegel, how is the matter going, is it not slowing down?"

Bai Ye asked with a smile.

"Although I'm a little green in my actions, I still have great potential. If I practice and exercise, my achievements may still be higher than mine."

Andy didn't despise Evan Spiegel just because he was young. There are many geniuses in this world.

and……

Google's Larry Page and Facebook's Zuckerberg both founded today's Internet giants while they were in school.

In the Internet industry, being young may not only be a disadvantage, but an advantage.

Because only young people have all kinds of whimsy.

Andy's age is not too old, but her mentality is very old.

Working with Evan Spiegel during this time, Andy discovered that this young man is really good, full of enthusiasm, has many ideas, and hopes to change the world. Except for administrative experience and other aspects, he is a bit young because of his experience. Generally still OK.

"If he is really capable, in the future, when Snap gets on the right track, this company might as well be entrusted to him to take care of it. You can also entrust him with more things to do now, so as to pave the way for him later. Secondly, you can relax yourself. Of course, the most important thing right now is to get Snapchat up and running as soon as possible."

Bai Ye nodded and said:
"Tianmei Studio is very profitable, but when I think about the money that Tianmei Studio earns, at most only half of it is obtained, and the rest is all given to the platform. My heart hurts. Ma De, business must still be channel-oriented Ah, only game companies are undoubtedly just working for others. Once someone strangles you, you will die. If you want to stand upright and make money, you must combine games and social interaction, and walk on two legs .”

Well, that is to follow the way of the penguin, so that the penguin has nowhere to go.

"Social + games..."

Andy thought about it.

When she was impatient before, she still felt that Bai Ye was thinking about it and making a fool of herself, but now that she thinks about it carefully, she feels that Bai Ye's plan is connected with each other, and the links are intertwined.

He seems to be very wise.

Social + games, if this path works well, there may not be a day when they counterattack Facebook.

[Of course, social + games are the penguin's magic weapon. 】

"And..." A smirk flashed in Bai Ye's eyes, and he said, ""My World" is on the shelves, what do you think the income is like?"

When Bai Ye came up with the "Minecraft" plan, Andy was as unfavorable as Wendy, and Bai Ye insisted on it.

Andy looked at Bai Ye speechlessly:

"I knew it a long time ago, yes yes yes, it was me who looked down on people with dog eyes... bah bah bah, it was me who looked at people through the cracks of the door and looked down on people. You, Young Master Bai Ye, are the most powerful. I don't know anything. No, okay?"

It is also evil.

Why did Bai Ye, a former playboy, be able to design a game and become a hit?

It doesn't make sense!
Bai Ye touched his chin and said:

"The correct posture for apologizing...isn't it supposed to reveal the bear's body?"

(End of this chapter)