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Chapter 442 Golden Globe Awards

October 1987, 10 was Belfort's first day on the job.

At four o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the company's alarm bells suddenly rang. The stock markets of the entire European countries collapsed and fell to 508 points. That day was called "Black Monday".

The old stock company where Belfort worked went bankrupt a month later.

Just like that, his dream of becoming rich was shattered again.

After losing his job, he joined a penny stock trading company and discovered huge business opportunities there.

Penny stocks specifically refer to stocks priced below one dollar. The money invested in them usually goes down the drain, so they are also called "junk stocks."

Rich people who know what they are doing won't buy junk stocks, so Belfort is committed to winning over the lower-class people.

You should know that the commission for selling penny stocks is 50%, while the commission for selling blue chip stocks is less than 1%.

That is to say, for every penny stock sold, he can collect a high commission of half.

However, under US law, selling penny stocks to vulnerable groups is illegal and is a typical financial fraud.

Belfort, blinded by desire, broke the law and made the first scam call in his life.

Two minutes later, he succeeded and earned a commission of up to $2.

After his initial success, he began to promote penny stocks unscrupulously, exaggerating the value of junk stocks and defrauding countless electricians, postmen, and drivers, and made a fortune by taking advantage of their desire to get rich overnight.

Soon, he not only paid off all his debts, but also had $7 in capital.

This is also the reason why the release of "The Wolf of Wall Street" aroused the emotions of the American people affected by the financial crisis.

Looking back, even though the financial crisis was clearly unstoppable, those people on Wall Street were still using all kinds of tricks to deceive them into investing money in the stock market, luring them step by step into the abyss.

But those people on Wall Street use their money, which cost them everything, to buy clubs with young models, yachts and sports cars, and they can fuck and have sex with anyone they want, and they are so comfortable and happy.

Comparing the two, there is only anger!
Belfort's secret to success is to never compromise and never be satisfied.

He resigned again and started his own business with Azov, a furniture salesman who lived in the same apartment.

Gradually, his team grew like a snowball.

However, this is not a long-term solution. It is illegal to sell junk stocks to vulnerable groups, but rich people will not buy junk stocks. How to balance the two?
If a company only makes money from the poor, it obviously cannot grow big and will have to move from one place to another.

Belfort decided to completely transform the company, and this time, he targeted the richest 1% of Americans.

His goal changed from being a small fish or shrimp to becoming a wealthy man at the top of the food chain.

In 1989, he registered Stratton Oakmont and taught his employees Kodak sales techniques, first recommending blue-chip stocks that made profits for the rich, using them as bait to sell junk stocks.

This method successfully exploited the weaknesses of human nature. Many people were deceived and money flowed into his pocket continuously.

With crazy expansion, he earned $6 a week and owned a luxury villa, a sports car and a private jet.

This unscrupulous money-making aroused the vigilance of relevant departments. The U.S. Securities Commission sent experts to investigate, but when the client list was presented, the investigators were powerless because the list was full of millionaires with assets of millions, and U.S. law only stipulated that junk stocks were not allowed to be sold to vulnerable groups.

The first investigation ended abruptly, and in the end, the committee had to find some trivial reasons to fine Oakmont $10.

This money is just a drop in the bucket for Belfort.

Belfort took this warning completely unheeded. He continued to expand his business empire and use all means to make money.

Once, when investigators from the Securities Commission were auditing the company, Belfort sat in his office calmly, directing brokers to drive up the stock price, creating a miracle of earning $3 million in three minutes.

Such disregard for laws and business ethics leaves no one able to do anything about it.

After that, he had even less worries and lived an extravagant life, throwing parties, drinking, taking drugs, and even indulging his employees in participating by inviting a large group of beautiful women to the office to entertain his employees.

He gradually lost himself in the empire he had built with his own hands and slid into the abyss of sin.

He didn't know that FBI agent Coleman had been keeping an eye on him for a long time.

Coleman repeatedly asked Oakmont employees for information, but everyone kept their mouths shut. It must be said that Belfort has superb skills in winning people's hearts.

The investigation is progressing slowly, but Belfort is already losing his composure, and Coleman's relentless pursuit makes him very worried.

So he decided to take the initiative and tricked his second wife's aunt into opening an account in a Swiss bank, and then illegally transferred large sums of money into it.

Even the wisest man can make mistakes, and this time, he miscalculated.

Money laundering is exactly what Coleman is best at. In the end, Coleman collected a series of evidence and persuaded the Swiss bank, which is famous for strictly guarding customer information, to produce it, and then arrested Belfort with sufficient reason.

Overnight, Belfort was left with nothing.

The company went bankrupt, his billions of assets were taken back by the government, and his wife filed for a divorce.

He became the poor boy he used to be.

After the prosperity is over, start all over again.

His empire collapsed, and the past ten years seemed like a dream. Now that he has woken up, what awaits him is ten charges from the federal government and 30 years in prison.

Belfort "comes to his senses".

In order to reduce his sentence, Belfort actively cooperated with the federal government's investigation, proactively collected information on his partners, and assisted the FBI in cracking multiple fraud cases.

Due to his good behavior and the less serious crimes, he was sentenced to only four years in prison and fined $4 million.
After a while, Belfort was sent to a California prison to begin serving his sentence.

In prison, he met comedy star Tommy Chung, who was imprisoned for drug trafficking, and the two quickly became close friends.

Tommy Chong enjoyed listening to his stories about Wall Street and was often amused by his humorous and exaggerated language.

"You should write a book about these experiences," Tommy Chong encouraged him.

Belfort then brought out the same passion he had when studying stocks, picked up his pen and wrote down all his experiences of those years in a book, which he named "The Wolf of Wall Street".

Meaning: He was once as ferocious as a wolf, and also as greedy as a wolf.

Many publishing houses heard the news and took action. Finally, one publishing house spent 200 million yuan to buy his manuscript.

Belfort is a natural business person, as he can make money in prison, and he has never received any training in writing.

This is just the first step in his transformation.

Due to his excellent behavior, he was released on bail early after spending only 22 months in prison. After he was released from prison, his new book sold well and became the top seller on the New York bestseller list.

Later, Wang Shuhua, a director from the East, bought the story for 100 million U.S. dollars and made a movie of the same name with Matt Damon as the protagonist. Belfort's roller coaster-like life was shown to the world at the time when the financial crisis broke out.

In addition to writing books, he also gave free speeches at various universities, asking students to learn from his example and not to violate the bottom line of the law.
In fact, it is not true that he wants to learn from him, but it is true that he wants to make money in this way. After gaining popularity through motivational speeches, Belfort returned to his old business: doing sales training, and he still makes a living by his eloquence.

After several years of hard work, he became the most popular lecturer in the world, with an appearance fee of up to $15. Although this money is insignificant compared to the money he made before, it is still generous.
This is why some people made sarcastic comments after watching "The Wolf of Wall Street": Shouldn't the bad guys have the last laugh?

The story of "The Wolf of Wall Street" ends with Belfort being arrested and imprisoned.

In reality, Belfort only served 22 months in prison and paid a $1.1 million fine.

Not to mention, this man also wrote an autobiography, "The Wolf of Wall Street", in prison.

The publisher bought his manuscript for 200 million US dollars, and Wang Shu bought the film adaptation rights for 100 million US dollars.

He only served 22 months in jail and earned $300 million.

After being released from prison, he lived a comfortable life again.
As Belfort's story spread across the Internet, many people fell silent.

At first, people who didn't know Belfort's specific situation just thought that Belfort was punished after watching the movie.

It turns out that the reality is completely different from what they imagined.

Some people couldn't help but think of the reviews about "The Wolf of Wall Street" they had seen on Rotten Tomatoes.

There is a sentence in it.

“Is it to take care of the emotions of the fishing lines?”

I didn't know what this meant before, but now I understand it all.

On January 1, the American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards were held as scheduled.

According to the original timeline, the 66th Golden Globe Awards ceremony was supposed to be held on the 11th, US time, but now, like a butterfly flapping its wings, it is two days late.

As the Golden Globe Awards, second only to the Academy Awards in the United States, the award ceremony is star-studded and attracts much attention throughout.

While the Academy Awards are just a film award, the Golden Globe Awards are divided into both film and television categories.

The film category is the American film award second only to the Academy Awards.

At this year's Golden Globe Awards, not only was "The Wolf of Wall Street" nominated, but "The Tuner" directed by Wang Shu was also nominated.

Therefore, the crews of both "The Piano Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" all came to the scene.

As a director, Wang Shu first walked the red carpet with the crew of "The Piano Tuner" and then walked the red carpet again with "The Wolf of Wall Street".

He is from China, and is a director who won the Venice Best Director Award in his early twenties. Now that two of his films have been nominated, he has naturally become one of the focus.

In addition, there was another attack on Wall Street yesterday. All the media that arrived at the scene wanted to interview Wang Shu and ask him questions and talk about the attack on Wall Street.

However, Wang Shu did not give the reporters on the scene a chance. He declined the interview on the grounds that he was busy walking the red carpet with two crews. After walking the red carpet, he went straight into the venue in the Hilton Hotel.

On the red carpet of this Academy Awards, Wang Shu met Monica, Kristen, Robert Downey Jr. and others who had worked with him on the set of "The Tuner".

Robert Downey Jr., now the well-known "Iron Man", had originally flopped, but became popular again through this Marvel movie.

However, no matter how popular it is, superhero commercial movies are at the bottom of the contempt chain after all. Robert Downey Jr. will naturally not miss the opportunity to walk the Golden Globe Awards red carpet and show off.

As for Kristen, she is now the popular "Twilight Girl" in North America.

The movie "Twilight" is actually like the bloody Korean idol drama, with no depth and is very crude, but it is deeply loved by teenagers.

Since the hit movie "Twilight", Kristen is now a popular actress in the United States. She has more social engagements and parties than before. This is the first time Wang Shu meets her when he returns to Hollywood.

"Shu, long time no see." When Christine saw Wang Shu, she walked over to greet him with a smile on her face.

Although "Twilight" was very popular, it was not even qualified to be nominated for the Golden Globe Awards. The reason why Kristen was able to attend the Golden Globe Awards ceremony this time was because of the movie "The Tuner".

"Long time no see." Wang Shu hugged Christine who was wearing a dress.

She had a light scent of perfume on her body, and when I hugged her, I couldn't help but smell the stronger scent of perfume.

If this kind of hug happened in the domestic entertainment industry, gossip would definitely appear.

Here in Hollywood, hugs are common.

The two chatted for a few minutes, then walked into the venue and sat down.

It was only when he sat down that Wang Shu discovered that the crews of "The Piano Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" were next to each other.

Obviously, this was done by the organizers to facilitate Wang Shu, Matt Damon and others.

After taking his seat, before the award ceremony began, Wang Shu started chatting with Monica and others beside him.

Wang Shu and Matt Damon's seats were both close to the aisle, Matt Damon sat in the third row and Wang Shu sat in the fourth row.

Sitting to the right of Matt Damon are Scarlett Johansson and Stone, as well as the crew of "The Wolf of Wall Street".

Sitting next to Wang Shu were Monica and Christine, as well as the crew of "The Tuner".

Robert Downey Jr. and others sat in the fifth row.

Monica also attended the event today in a formal dress, and it was a low-cut dress.

Compared to the mediocrity of Kristen, Stone and Scarlett, Monica is obviously more attractive.

As for Kristen, Stone and Scarlett, Kristen is actually the most mediocre, while Stone and Scarlett still have some potential.

Although not much, it is better than Christine.

Wang Shu has no idea how much Scarlett has.

He knew everything about Kristen and Stone.

Both girls are very beautiful at this age.

Stone has a sexy face with baby fat. Although she has a young and chubby face, she has a sexy and mature taste that is not suitable for her age.

Kristen is not yet 19 years old, only 18 years old, with the temperament of a good girl and a pure appearance.

The appearance gives people a very pure feeling, but the reality is completely different.

However, it is precisely because of the inconsistency that there is a sense of contrast.

(End of this chapter)