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Chapter 413 July

Stone is currently just a small-time actor, and she has a good impression of talented directors of the same age like Wang Shu.

In the United States, especially in the entertainment industry, it is very common to have a crush on someone and then have sex.

After all, America's private life is more open than Europe's.

Having a liking for someone only means you can have a relationship with them, it doesn’t mean you will become boyfriend or girlfriend.

Not to mention, Stone has a boyfriend.
For several days, Wang Shu stayed together with Shitou.

During the day, Stone Sister took Wang Shu to hang out in Los Angeles to get familiar with the city, and at night... they had sex.

Stone Sister never said that she wanted to become a boyfriend and girlfriend with Wang Shu, but she just enjoyed the time they spent together.

For her, these days are a change of pace in her life.

Of course, Wang Shu could see that Shi Tou wanted to become his girlfriend.

After all, he is an accomplished director, and Stone is just a small-time actress. Being with him will help Stone's career.

It was just that Sister Shi Tou already had a boyfriend, and she had only known Wang Shu for a short time, so it would be a bit utilitarian for her to talk about these things, so she didn't mention it afterwards.

However, not mentioning it does not mean that there are no ideas.

I have to say that Wang Shu really enjoys talking about his life ideals with Stone.

There is a lot of secrets in Sister Stone's big mouth, which allows Wang Shu to enjoy the happiness of a man.

He was not surprised that Stone had this skill.

Stone dropped out of school in her teens and went to Hollywood to play minor roles.
In a place like Hollywood, how can it be easy to get opportunities without some "skills"?

Before she became famous, a famous Hollywood actress went to an audition and asked her agent who she had to have sex with in order to get the role before getting out of the car.
All these show that it has not been easy for Stone Sister along the way.

A few days later, Stone left because of work.

Wang Shu was still not satisfied.

At the same time, Wang Shu received an invitation from the organizers of the Berlin Film Festival.

This year's Berlin Film Festival was close to the Academy Awards, and "The Wolf of Wall Street" was unable to make it in time for some reason and only registered for the Academy Awards.

Whether for Wang Shu who came to Hollywood, or for Matt Damon, a local movie star in Hollywood, the Oscars are more important.

The organizers of the Berlin Film Festival expressed regret that "The Wolf of Wall Street" could not compete in the main competition unit, and invited Wang Shu to attend the festival with his film in the form of a non-competitive unit.

Matt Damon also received the invitation at the same time as him.

The Berlin International Film Festival and the Academy Awards actually have no conflict except that they are held at similar times.

After competing at the Berlin Film Festival, Hollywood films can still compete for various film awards in the United States, including the Academy Awards.

It is also because of this that the Venice Film Festival has gradually become a Hollywood outpost.

The Venice Film Festival is in September and the Academy Awards are at the beginning of the year.

Therefore, Hollywood films have enough time to participate in the Venice Film Festival and then participate in the Academy Awards in China.

In fact, Hollywood movies can also compete for both the Berlin Film Awards and the Academy Awards.

However, due to a series of reasons, "The Wolf of Wall Street" will not be able to attend this year's Berlin Film Festival.

Can only miss it.

Wang Shu did not answer directly, but discussed it with Matt Damon before giving a clear response.

If it were in China, under the director-centered system, everything would be decided by him.

In Hollywood, the rules are different. He has no say on whether "The Wolf of Wall Street" will appear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Of course, if he goes alone, then it is up to him to decide.

But if he wants to attend with "The Wolf of Wall Street", it will be decided by the producer Matt Damon.

Matt Damon had no objection to going to the Berlin Film Festival to promote his movie and agreed without hesitation.

In fact, he was rushing to make The Wolf of Wall Street a film, and also wanted to participate in the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival.

However, no matter how hard we rush, we can’t catch up without ensuring the quality of the film.

It's November now, and there are three months left until the Berlin Film Festival and the Academy Awards.

Wang Shu has no filming schedule at the moment, so it's a good opportunity for him to start dealing with stocks.

At present, we are just preparing funds, not taking action.

Because US stocks still have more to fall.

In November, amid chaos, Obama was elected President of the United States with a record voter turnout.

The president promised during his election that the government would invest billions of dollars in infrastructure, unemployment insurance and Medicaid, and expressed support for the bad asset rescue plan.

While the actions of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve may have slowed the spread of the financial crisis, the economy's decline accelerated rapidly in the final months of 2008.

The United States is heading for its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

On November 11th, AIG reported a $10 billion quarterly loss (and the government provided the company with another $250 billion to slow the spread of the financial crisis).

Fannie Mae reported a $290 billion loss and said it might need more than $1000 billion (the Treasury had previously pledged $1000 billion to keep the company afloat).

The stock market, which hit a new low on November 11, is down more than 20% for the month (and 20% from its high).

Oil prices have fallen sharply (below $50 a barrel) and house prices continue to fall.

On November 11, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department announced an $25 billion lending and asset purchase program designed to lower mortgage rates (helping the housing market).

The central bank pledged to buy $6000 billion in debt tied to housing loans.

This was the first round of quantitative easing program and a classic and critical step in controlling deleveraging.

A central bank in crisis can only choose between two options.

One is to “print” more money (beyond the amount required for bank liquidity) to replace declining credit.

Second, it allows monetary policy to be tightened significantly when credit collapses.

When things change drastically, the central bank will inevitably choose to print money.

Anyway, as long as the machine is turned on, you can make as much money as you want.

As for the consequences, as the world's leader, of course the whole world will pay for it.

Throughout November, most of the key economic data released were worse than the already dire expectations.

Consumer spending fell rapidly, with retail sales down more than 8% and auto sales down 30% year-on-year.

Companies across all industries are laying off workers at historic rates in response to poor profitability, with the unemployment rate rising to over 6.8%, the highest level since 1994, and forecasts for layoffs and unemployment rising sharply.

December's manufacturing data was the worst since 12.

The economy is on the verge of collapse.

On February 2009, 2, Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

On March 3, AIG will report a fourth-quarter loss of $1 billion.

On March 3, the World Bank released a very pessimistic report, and Buffett said the economy had "fallen off a cliff."

The stock market fell 1%, investor sentiment was extremely bearish and selling was fierce.

However, it was on this day that the U.S. stock market hit bottom and the U.S. dollar exchange rate hit a peak.

On March 3, Citigroup's stock price rose 10%, driving U.S. stocks up 38%.

Since then, although the US stock market has fluctuated, it has been rising. Therefore, if Wang Shu is bold, careful and thick-skinned, he will naturally go all in on March 3 (Monday).

On this day, the World Bank’s sad news and Buffett’s “fall off a cliff” caused panic in the stock market, and most investors fled.

It is said that others fear my greed.

现在才2008年11月，距离2009年3月9日还有三四个月的时间，并不着急。

At present, the first priority is to get the funds in place to avoid any problems.

Wang Shu has two parts of funds. One part is the funds that he gets in the United States, and the other part is the funds that he keeps in the country and contributes to Big A.

In fact, at the end of October, he quietly returned to the country just to contribute funds to Big A.

On October 2007, 10, the Shanghai Composite Index reached its highest point to date, 16 points.

On October 2008, 10, the Shanghai Composite Index hit a ten-year low of 28 points.

The Big A hit bottom.

In just one year, we went from laughter to the rooftop.

Wang Shu quietly returned to China just to inject blood into the A-share market on the day it hit bottom.

Milk tea, clothing, shoes, and accessories all adopt a simple and crude franchise model.

As for the quality control of franchised milk tea shops, it is not particularly strict as long as they ensure that they are not pulled.

As long as you pay the money and act like it, you can join.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this kind of operation will inevitably damage the brand's reputation over time.

However, Wang Shu's intention in tinkering with these brands was to quickly absorb funds, not to hang himself on this tree.

No matter whether it is a milk tea, clothing, shoe or accessories brand, it will be difficult to last long unless it is always popular among the public.

Furthermore, the technical content of these projects is too low and the competition is too fierce.

Given that there are other options, it is a waste of time and effort.

Therefore, Wang Shu’s established plan was to attract funds through these brands and speculate in stocks.

Use the funds obtained from stock trading to invest in the mobile phone industry.

Then they seek to list these brands and make a fortune.

Then use these funds to invest in new energy.

Therefore, Wang Shu does not particularly care about the reputation and future of these brands.

They are just tools used by Wang Shu to attract funds.

Under normal circumstances, if you want to make products with heart, you should at least have your own factory.

Wang Shu’s four brands are mainly outsourced and he has very few factories at all.

This is the difference between building a brand and making a product.

Wang Shu’s four brands are not about making products, but about making brands.

Through a series of operations, he succeeded.

In the future, when investing in mobile phones and new energy, we must focus on making products rather than "brands".

The two have different technical content and positioning, and their gameplay is also different.

Of course, having said that, the quality control of clothes, shoes and accessories is still not bad.

Only milk tea shops have difficulty in ensuring quality control because they need to make the products on-site in the store.

If these brands with little technical content and fierce competition can continue to operate, Wang Shu will certainly continue to do it.

Although we are currently growing rapidly through outsourcing, it does not mean that we will continue to use this model in the future.

As long as there are no problems with the development, the brand is not ruined, or it is not washed up on the beach by the next wave, Wang Shu will still invest in building a factory.

I can only say that it is really difficult to sustain a business in the clothing, footwear, accessories, and milk tea industries for a long time.

For example, clothing brands such as Guirenniao, Baleno, Metersbonwe, etc. are very popular in this era.

However, it was just that they were popular in this era, but in the future they were replaced by new brands.

The same is true for milk tea. A large number of brands have fallen, and the last one standing will be the winner.

The technical content is too low, many people can create these brands, and many people can come to grab this meal.

Even if Wang Shu was a reborn person, there is no guarantee that he will continue to thrive in these fields.

Mobile phones, new energy sources, etc. are different.

Although there is competition, not just anyone can make a living from this.

It is undeniable that Wang Shu does not have the corresponding technical level.

But. He knew to seize the opportunity to invest.

As for e-commerce platforms such as Pinxixi, he did not consider them.

It is also undeniable that Pinduoduo has snatched a large piece of meat from Alibaba and JD.com, but the composition of Pinduoduo is very complicated.

In the early days of Pinduoduo's establishment, Taobao, Tmall, JD.com and other e-commerce platforms were able to carry out operations that violated regulations and laws, but Pinduoduo was able to do so without any hindrance.

Although Pinxixi has snatched meat from Alibaba and JD.com, in fact, this kind of success cannot be replicated at all.

Unless, there is also an element of Pinxixi, which came from behind to take the lead by cheating.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to succeed even if you invest money.

At the end of November, Thanksgiving Day arrives. This is a very grand holiday in the United States and the whole country has a one-day holiday.

On this day, Sister Shitou invited Wang Shu to a party.

Wang Shu thought it was a festival and did not refuse.

He walked on the streets of Los Angeles and could feel the Thanksgiving atmosphere.

After some running around, we arrived at the gathering place.

As soon as Wang Shu was brought in by Stone Sister, he saw a lot of beautiful women.

Anna Faris, Kat Dennings, Katharine McPhee.
As soon as I walked in, these beauties came forward to greet me with bright eyes.

"Shu, welcome to our party."

The beauties introduced themselves, exuding their feminine charm.

There is no impenetrable wall in Hollywood.

Not to mention that "The Piano Tuner", which grossed $5 million worldwide, has already made Wang Shu famous, the news that Wang Shu is working with Matt Damon to shoot an art film in preparation for an Oscar has also spread.

And they are all young actors. Not only do they look up to Wang Shu, they also want to get to know Wang Shu.

"It's my honor to be here." Wang Shu said politely.

Then, the actresses were too enthusiastic and Wang Shu was a little overwhelmed.

I couldn't help but curse in my heart, the evil capitalism, the evil Hollywood, they are so corrupting.

For example, now, Anna Faris came up to Wang Shu with a glass of wine in hand and asked with a wink, "Shu, how long have you been in Hollywood?"

Wang Shu saw Anna Faris clinking glasses, raised his glass and clinked it with hers, then said, "If you don't count the time I came last year, it's been several months."

(End of this chapter)