Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

"Eighty-six million dollars?" James' expression froze.

Rasfa also froze. It was now 10:20 p.m., and "Animal Supermarket" had grossed more than $86 million at the box office so far.

There is a chance of exceeding $90 million by twelve o'clock.

If this number is for a large super-A production, it can at best be regarded as a qualifying line.

But for a small-investment movie, this number is enough to make everyone laugh out loud.

You know, the film schedule of "Animal Supermarket" is only 5%.

This means that the movie's attendance rate is close to 90%. Otherwise, it would not be able to achieve this kind of box office.

In the afternoon, Rasfa also felt that as long as James did not lose the investment in the film, or even a small loss was acceptable.

But who could have imagined that this movie would become a huge hit.

Although it is not as popular as Steven's last movie, it is definitely an excellent report card.

"Mr. Steven, I really don't know how to thank you."

James is sincerely grateful to Steven.

In his opinion, if Steven hadn't helped him re-edit the film, it would have been impossible to achieve such good results.

"Chen asked me to help you. If you want to thank me, go thank Chen." Steven said.

"Mr. Chen? But...why?"

"He seems to have a feud with your ex-wife." Steven said: "And the director of "God of War" also seems to have a feud with him."

"Oh? The director of "God of War" seems to be named Sonnenfeld, right?" Rasfa asked.

"That's right." Steven said.

"Do they know each other?"

"Chen and Fali went to Marina for dinner and met Sonnenfeld and James' ex-wife, who publicly humiliated Chen and handed him ten dollars."

"Chen didn't kill Sonnenfeld on the spot?"

In their impression, Chen Zhao has always been known for his irritable temper.

The next day, the box office of "Pet Supermarket" improved again, and at this time DSN's stock also experienced fluctuations, falling 2% in one day.

DNS is the largest film company in the world. This does not include industries other than Hollywood, but only in the film and television industry.

The market value exceeds 100 billion US dollars, and a 2% stock price drop means that 2 billion US dollars have been evaporated.

In fact, if the failure of just one movie, "God of War", would not have such a big impact.

The main reason is that "God of War" is the beginning of a series of movies. Now the first film has failed miserably. Although the sequel has not yet started filming, some investment has been made, which has caused these early investments to become an uncertain factor.

Continue filming the sequel? So what if it fails like the first one?

If you don't shoot, the loss will be more direct.

It is this kind of bad and good news, coupled with the encouragement of well-intentioned people.

This caused Disney's stock price to fluctuate significantly.

…

"Chen, hold on for half a day tomorrow and sell your stocks tomorrow afternoon." Steven called Chen Zhao.

"Oh, I see."

Chen Zhao is not greedy. He is satisfied with being able to earn millions of dollars.

There are not many opportunities like this, and it is already a rare opportunity to come across it once a year.

"DSN is not going to sit back and let the stock fall, so they have already started to take action." Steven said.

"Oh, how do they move?"

"Tomorrow they will drop the news that I will take over the God of War series."

"Then will you take over?"

"No, I have no business relationship with DSN, and their terms are too overbearing. It is difficult for even me to get enough power, so I will not cooperate with them unless they can release the film like other film companies." Low profile.”

"Then you just let them use your name to boost the stock?"

"They talked to me beforehand."

Chen Zhao immediately understood that this was an exchange of interests.

But this is not surprising.

No wonder Steven knows so accurately when DSN's stock price will rise again.

Because Chen Zhao bought short-term stocks, he shorted them directly.

First, DSN stocks were borrowed from the brokers and then sold on the market. Then, after the DSN stocks fell, they went to the market to buy individual shares to return them to the brokers.

The difference in price, after deducting interest, is Chen Zhao's income.

Chen Zhao doesn't play stocks very much, he just knows a general idea.

The risk of direct short selling is very high because there are too many true and false news in the market.

If he was not completely sure, Chen Zhao would not invest tens of millions of dollars in the market.

Generally speaking, direct short selling is a special project of capital giants.

This time, Chen Zhao was also guided by Steven.

Steven may not be a financial giant, but he has a team dedicated to helping him manage his assets.

Anyway, if Steven wants him to buy, he will buy, if he wants him to sell, he will sell.

"Chen, after DSN spreads the good news tomorrow afternoon, the stock should rise some. You can take this opportunity to make some money again, and I will clarify the news in two weeks."

Chen Zhao understood that the risk of short selling was still too great after all, and Chen Zhao didn't earn much.

However, if it is bought up, and the great god Steven is here, then the stock will definitely improve a lot, and through leverage, it is not a problem to make ten or twenty million US dollars.

The exchange of interests between DSN and Steven should also be here.

Retail investors are retail investors and will never be able to defeat the capitalists.

The reason is here, because capitalists can cause stocks to fluctuate as long as they release a piece of news.

Without Steven's cooperation this time, Chen Zhao would have foolishly thought that DSN's stock would continue to fall, and Chen Zhao might lose money to death by then.

Of course, if you don't use leverage, you won't make much, and you won't lose much either.

…

"Mr. Sonnenfeld, the stocks you invested in have almost lost money. I suggest you stop your losses immediately."

The call came from Sonnenfeld's stock manager.

Sonnenfeld almost spit out blood from his mouth.

He has bought a house, a car, and about one million in cash. He feels that DSN's stock will rise after his movie "God of War" is released.

As a result, he became a stock price killer. Instead of rising due to the release of "God of War", the stock price fell.

“How much money do I have left in my account?”

"Less than three million dollars."

"Buy down, buy down, give me all your money to buy down." Sonnenfeld shouted: "According to the current trend, DSN's stock price will continue to decline for several days, use leverage."

"Mr. Sonnenfeld, short selling using leverage is very risky."

"Don't talk nonsense. I have already lost nearly ten million dollars. I can't lose any more. I have to make back what I lost."

Sonnenfeld couldn't think of any way DSN could boost its stock.

Moreover, if I take this opportunity to release some false news and muddy the water, DSN's stock will definitely fall further.