Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Chapter 1008 The Asian financial turmoil has just beg

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Although he personally confirmed that “Titanic” directed by James Cameron is still so authentic in terms of disasters, love, special effects, etc., Tang Huan really dare not take the box office for granted.

After all, there are many factors that determine whether the audience will buy it, and most of them are accidental. And “Titanic” is so noticeable that it can even be called ostentatious. It is not impossible that there will be accidents in the screening.

Therefore, for the outside world to take the “Water World” the year before, even the box office bombs of “ishtar”-“Isda” from 1987, “heaven’s_gate”-“Heaven’s Gate” in 1980, etc. To give an analogy of schadenfreude, Tang Tycoon turned into a driving force to spur his subordinates to work hard.

James Cameron, who had done such a big project for the first time, was also worried, so he voluntarily gave up the $8 million in reward.

Tang Huan cannot treat this serious director badly. While accepting his decision, he made a clear promise-then you just wait for the bonus, which is at least twice the amount of 8 million US dollars.

“Titanic” at the 50th Cannes Film Festival held in early May this year, after a slight turn, although it was a bit disappointing that it did not get any awards, the audience’s response was still very good; and Media such as the New York Times and Variety Magazine in the United States also gave positive comments.

Later, at a screening event held in Minnesota, the United States, “Titanic” received a higher evaluation, coupled with the word-of-mouth effect of the Internet contribution, this large-scale release “potential”, solidly “made” Get up-Tang Huan, the big boss, doesn’t have to ask every day.

In the release plan determined from this, the release time in North America will not exceed the beginning of July at the latest; considering that the richest man who intends to attend the premiere ceremony also needs to attend the Hong Kong return ceremony, it must be scheduled until June.

This summer, there are still many notable competitors for “Titanic”, such as “Jurassic Park: The Lost World”, “Life and Death 2”, “Batman and Robin”, “Men in Black” , “Air Force One”, etc., even Wu Yusen’s “Face Fighter” is also included.

In this case, “Titanic” must highlight its selling points.

Although there is no lack of media rumors that “Titanic” is a derivative of an old Hollywood stereotyped love story, Tang Huan, as a “comer”, remembers this epic movie so much that it makes the audience cool.

To put it bluntly, on this huge ship with the help of computer special effects, the hero, Jack, who belongs to the poor but is full of adventurous spirit, can bridge the social gaps such as class and wealth. Soak in the noble lady-and then make the male audience enjoyable; and the heroine Ruth can get love beyond life and death, and make the female audience cry.

What’s wrong with the cliché? Everyone is good for this bite! And the scene more than half a century ago restored by James Cameron is so brilliant that all the so-called clichés have been sublimated.

Ever since, the richest man used “disaster” and “love” on his personal homepage, and cheered “Titanic” on the construction site. Don’t forget to bring it when you walk into the cinema to enjoy Tissue to wipe tears!

It has to be said that the influence of the Internet is becoming greater and greater, and hype such as movie word-of-mouth has just caught up with a good time to call the wind and rain.

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The richest man is keen to release “Titanic” “in advance”, largely because his addiction to “experiment and seek truth” has once again committed-if the negative effects of the Asian financial turmoil are slightly avoided, this movie What level of box office can the epic masterpiece finally reach? For example, will it exceed the $2 billion mark?

In fact, the Asian financial turmoil is “wind and rain” in Siam at this time.

At the beginning of February this year, international speculators borrowed up to 15 billion U.S. dollars from the Siamese bank in a multi-month forward Thai baht contract, and then sold it on the foreign exchange market on a large scale. The exchange rate of the Thai baht began to fluctuate abnormally.

Just like the British pound under the European exchange rate system, the exchange rate was closely focused on the strong Deutsche mark. For a long time, the exchange rate of the Siamese baht was based on the US dollar of the world’s largest power. In order to develop an export-oriented economy, it was in 1980 Several active depreciation in the decade, and finally fixed at the level of 25 Thai baht to 1 U.S. dollar, and it has been maintained to this day.

Therefore, under this system, Siam’s central bank naturally has to resolutely defend the status of its own currency. After being aware of this wave of short-selling attacks launched by international speculators, it used US$2 billion in foreign exchange reserves to stabilize it. The exchange rate of the Thai baht.

On March 4 of this year, the Central Bank of Siam asked 9 financial companies and 1 housing loan company with liquidity problems to increase their capital by 317 million U.S. dollars; and required banks and other financial institutions to increase the ratio of bad debt reserves from 100 % Increased to the range of 115% to 120%-this has increased the financial system’s reserves by $1.94 billion.

It’s a pity that as early as last year, some bad signs in the Siamese financial system disturbed investors with a keen sense of smell; this year, if there was such a turmoil, the confidence was immediately lost-just because of the public. The decline in confidence in Siam’s financial institutions led to a run that was close to US$577 million.

At the same time, investors dumped the stocks of banks and financial companies in large numbers, causing the Siamese stock market to fall continuously, further increasing the pressure on the foreign exchange market.

It is nothing more than that Siam’s determination to defend itself is indeed very firm. With the strong intervention of the Central Bank of Siam, the Siamese stock market and foreign exchange market have temporarily stabilized.

But the problem here is that Siam’s own “big move” was basically released, and the result was only to withstand a round of attacks.

The fact is also true.

After the time came to May 7th of this year, international speculators began to quietly establish spot and forward foreign exchange trading positions through foreign banks operating offshore businesses-starting from May 8th, using local banks in Siam The borrowed Thai baht was sold short in the spot and forward markets in the form of a large number of short-selling of the currency, causing its spot exchange rate to drop sharply, breaking through the exchange rate floating limit set by the Central Bank of Siam several times, which once again caused extreme panic in the market.

At this stage, local banks and companies in Siam, as well as foreign banks, have immediately dumped the Thai baht to buy the U.S. dollar, or made a forward hedge transaction of the Thai baht against the U.S. dollar. As a result, the Siam financial market has deteriorated further. The exchange rate of the Thai baht to the U.S. dollar has even become The depreciation reached the level of 26.94:1.

In the face of this round of shocks, the Central Bank of Siam used about US$5 billion in foreign exchange reserves to intervene, and obtained various forms of support from the central banks of countries and regions such as One Bank and Singapore.

On the other hand, the Central Bank of Siam has taken the last resort to resist-raising the offshore lending rate to 1,000% and prohibiting the Bank of Siam from lending out Thai baht.

As a result, under the intervention of this series of “internal and external” measures, the exchange rate of the Thai baht stabilized, and the Central Bank of Siam temporarily controlled the situation.

But what’s next?

Anyone with a discerning eye can see clearly. The current situation in Siam cannot be overstated-foreign exchange reserves are almost exhausted; I have used all the tricks I know; I have even finished asking for help.

So, what about the international speculators?

People will definitely not give up-the previous methods are just a foreshadowing, but now they are waiting for a happy harvest.

As for the role of the richest man, he uses computer centers distributed in San Francisco, Paris, Hong Kong, Funan, etc., to analyze the situation as thoroughly as possible, and then follow George Soros quietly and follow the sheep. Group effect, be one of many sheep.

The more “hunting” he participated in, the deeper Tang Huan’s experience became-this special is war!

Not to mention how victims like Siam have their own problems, they deserve it! And what George Soros preached, “I didn’t create an economic crisis, I just let the economic bubble burst in advance.”

Quite simple truth-in the summer heat, a big beauty in cool clothes should be molested by you? A landlord who is not good at financial management should be designed by you to take away the heirloom?

Not to mention that Western countries as important as the United Kingdom are equally “fairly” robbed by international investors.

Afterwards, the UK’s further separation from the EU, and this year’s Bank of England regaining freedom and getting rid of the government’s control, etc., were the results not meaningful enough?

And after every economic crisis like this, without exception, the International Monetary Fund appears gorgeously to clean up the mess, and the recipients should not naively think that the other party is a selfless angel infused with light. Such harsh conditions are absolutely indispensable.

To put it bluntly, for a long time, almost all countries that have implemented a market economy have to be influenced by the three major institutions of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Bank for International Settlements, which have even made people wary and disgusted; and now, international investors The character who sang the white face came at the right time.

It has to be said that with the improvement of the level of vision, and even occasionally enjoy the “God perspective”, the causality of this world is not difficult to understand-the richest man is so practice makes perfect.

With George Soros in front of all the infamy, Tang Huan made this shot with more material to make Tom Yum Goong’s soup more delicious.

This is not in conflict with the richest man who has attended the apec summits every time. The goal of operating power in the Asia-Pacific region does not conflict-this time hunting Siam, making money is second, and other intentions are most important.

However, Tang Huan was also worried that his test field, Funan, next to Siam, would catch fire at the gate of the city and damage the pond fish.

For this reason, the richest man made a secret trip to the Funan consulate in San Francisco, and the envoy sent by his uncle Han Anyuan carefully understood the situation.

Siam can be regarded as the most stable country in Southeast Asia after the end of World War II. Even with frequent military coups, this method of power change is mature enough to have a smooth transition.

On the other hand, Funan, despite the intervention of the richest man, ended the state of war almost 10 years ahead of schedule, but the damage caused by the war in the previous 10 years was too heavy. Therefore, even if the post-war recovery and the speed of economic development were noticeable, On the whole, the country’s financial system is not as open as Siam’s, and Hanukkah, the Special Economic Zone, is in line with international standards.

In this situation, after neighboring Siam suffers, Funan can basically be able to “self-help”.

In the final analysis, the current Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyu of Siam has a problem in dealing with it, unlike Han Anyuan, who was advised by his nephew, who had planned for the worst early.

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Tang Huan, who was relieved, turned around and dealt with the housework again-sending his big cousin Han Sining back to China.

From the very beginning, even though grandpa didn’t say clearly, he actually hoped that Han Sining, the eldest grandson of the Han family, would return as soon as possible after he succeeded in his studies in the United States. The result was delayed until now, making the elderly really unhappy.

Han Sining, who stayed a bit wild outside, couldn’t bear his position as CEO.

Tang Huan said unceremoniously: “Okay, broaden your horizons and accumulate experience, even if your merits are fulfilled-the investment environment in China is just right for pioneering, you can go back and play hard.”

Han Sining said shamelessly: “Do you think that I borrowed your light, and my work performance is difficult to see, so that you can drive me away?”

Tang Huan scolded, “Hurry up, get out, go home and toss with complaints.”

Han Sining asked eagerly: “I’m leaving, what about icq? Is it so difficult to let my elder nephews go on top?”

“I have already figured out how to deal with it.” Tang Huan replied slowly: “icq has found the next company that is willing to take over-AOL, which is rich and powerful, and is willing to pay 290 million US dollars to acquire the icq company.”

Having said that, Tang Huan looked at his big cousin and pointed out earnestly: “You can get a considerable part of this transaction, and the income can withstand the audit-when you go back, no matter what you do, It can be done with ease.”

Seeing that the overall situation has been determined, Han Sining sighed: “icq is the brainchild of the big nephews, you are so willing to sell it and sell it.”

“The instant messaging market in the United States is fiercely competitive, and icq is not a unique and irreplaceable Internet social product. Of course, it has to take advantage of the good market.” The richest man waved his hand impatiently, “Furthermore, AOL is not even considered. outsider.”

Han Sining nodded angrily, “You are my brother, of course, how reasonable is to say-I will tell my nephews later and see how you persuade them.”

Tang Huan snorted, “Can these little guys dare to go to the house and uncover the tiles?”

As a result, when it was time for dinner, Jinying, Jinjie, Jinjia, and Jin Yan rushed back, and asked confidently: “Dad, after the icq is sold, how many entrepreneurs can we get?”