Chapter 390

Zhuke sent a letter to Wells Fargo, severely rejected their acquisition, and took the initiative to put forward the idea of equity.

It's not that Zucker is teasing them, it's that he really wants to take a stake in them.

Wells Fargo, a giant with a market value of 200 billion US dollars in the future, manages the savings of tens of millions of users, with savings of several trillion US dollars.

Such a sweet cake, Zhuke is very excited.

In fact, it's not only Zhuke who is excited, but also the world-famous investment tycoon, Warren Buffett, who is salivating over Wells Fargo.

In 1990, Buffett invested heavily in Wells Fargo and bought millions of Wells Fargo shares.

At the time, Wells Fargo's share price was just over $2.

And now?

By April 2000, Wells Fargo's share price had reached $26.

A sum of investment, more than ten times in ten years, Warren Buffett made a lot of money!

Therefore, since 1998, Warren Buffett has repeatedly proposed to increase the investment of Wells Fargo, hoping to obtain more shares. Then, his application was rejected by the general meeting of shareholders of Wells Fargo.

"I was rejected?"

"Nothing! Send more letters, what if they do? "

Zhuke is still thinking about Wells Fargo!

"Boss, should Standard Bank of California also take action in the near future? Well, it's mainly about the loan and investment of real estate projects." Said the general manager of the bank.

"Your suggestion is quite good. We can't miss the real estate project. We will strive to become one of the largest real estate loan banks on the west coast of the United States in the next few years."

At the same time, Zhuke does not want to let go of gold investment.

The explosion of the Internet bubble and the continued weakness of the dollar make many people start investing in gold projects and do not expect to make money or at least preserve their value.

"Boss, the gold project is really a very good investment." The bank manager nodded his head.

In April 2000, the international gold price was 279 US dollars per ounce;

In 2004, the international gold price rose to 410 US dollars per ounce;

In 2012, it climbed to the price of 1700 US dollars per ounce, which shocked many people;

At the beginning of August 2020, the price of gold broke the $2000 mark, breaking the history of the unit price of gold!

For gold investment, in addition to Standard Bank of California to participate in them, Zhuke will also invest in this area.

Of course, it is extremely difficult to acquire such a huge amount of real gold. It can only be paper gold in the futures market.

One billion dollars!

After investing nearly 800 million US dollars in 1998, Zhuke finally invested another 10 US dollars in the gold project in April 2000.

"It can not only preserve wealth, but also make money. Why not do it?"

In the next few days, the funds in Zhuke's personal account were reduced by nearly $100 million.

Of course, Zhuke did not take the money for personal enjoyment. Instead, he successively took shares in a number of fairly good Internet companies. Although these Internet companies have not become giant companies or industry unicorns in the future, they are also successful enterprises.

"Not much. In a few years' time, it will be enough to bring me multiple returns." Chuckles.

.......

April 19.

The butterfly effect, directed by Todd Phillips and Christopher Nolan and co written by Zucker and Jonathan Nolan, is officially released in the United States.

The production cost of the film is more than 12 million US dollars, which belongs to the category of low-cost science fiction film, or it is a soft science fiction film.

It tells the story of Ivan, a man who experienced a series of bad things when he was a child, which damaged his original perfect life, and even left a very deep shadow of childhood. One day, however, he was able to travel through time and space. So he had the idea of changing the past.

But everything Ivan has changed in the past, when he comes back to the present, he finds that they have brought unexpected results,

And the damage is more serious!

Things are getting worse and worse. Time and space are in a mess by him, and disasters follow.

In order to make up for his mistakes, Ivan went back to the past again and again, trying to eliminate the traces, but it backfired. What he did could only lead to the gradual collapse of the real world again. So over and over again, he ran between the increasingly chaotic past and reality, until the irreparable end.

The film has many endings, one of which is very dark.

In order not to let the tragedy happen again, Ivan returns to the womb and strangles himself with the umbilical cord.

The more you cross, the worse!

"A butterfly in the Amazon rainforest of South America can cause a tornado in Texas two weeks later by occasionally flapping its wings."

The film "Butterfly Effect" came from this.

Before the release of the film, there were 72 auditions in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, New York and Salt Lake City.

More than 3000 fans and media reporters participated in the voting;

Finally, the comprehensive evaluation of the film is B +.

This comprehensive evaluation does not refer to the film's reputation, but to its box office potential. For a small cost science fiction film with an investment cost of only 12 million US dollars, B + has been a very rare high evaluation.

The cinemas invited to watch the film said: "the global box office of the film can exceed 100 million!"

Don't think the box office is too small!

It is necessary to know that the annual output of Hollywood movies, which can box office more than 100 million, is absolutely no more than 50, or even less.

This proportion only accounts for 3% of Hollywood's annual output.

Well, the vast majority of Hollywood movies lose money. They can't even go to theaters. They can only sell DVDs and videos.

.......

The next day.

Butterfly effect's first day box office in North America has already been released, with a first day box office result of $9.2 million.

"9.2 million dollars?"

Zhuke slightly raised his head and said with a smile: "as far as small cost movies are concerned, the box office is pretty good. After being released continuously, the box office in North America has reached 50 million US dollars, which is absolutely easy."

Kevin Fitch said with a smile: "boss, in April, we almost have no rivals. The final box office results are over 70 million in North America and 130 million in the world. Well, of course, it's my personal judgment. "

There is a saying that Zhuke is very approbation.

In April, the butterfly effect is really invincible!

Yesterday, there were only three films released at the same time as "Butterfly Effect". Only Disney's "four eyes tour group" was good, but it was just good!

The first day of the butterfly effect's box office in North America was $9.2 million;

And Disney's "four eyes tour group", its first day box office is only $4.1 million, and the reputation is very poor, and finally can get a total box office of $15 million, even thank God.

What about the butterfly effect?

On IMDB and other scoring websites, the score of "Butterfly Effect" is as high as 9.1. Even with the passage of time, the word-of-mouth score will decline, but it will never be lower than 8.5.

Other films, such as paramount's the law of war and Warner's the deadly Romeo, which were also released in April, were unbearable.

In the off-season of April 2000, the film "Butterfly Effect" is invincible!

As the saying goes: good things come one after another!

Not only that, but the Golden Dawn Music Company of Zhuke also brings good news to Zhuke.

Britney Spears' second solo album has sold 24 million copies worldwide in just one month.

With this reason, director domino immediately made a decision: "to build Britney Spears, open the global tour."

Domino also sent a ticket for the Los Angeles concert to Zucker.

"Ha ha!"

Zhuke said with a smile: "I have to see her concert, which is one of the few music stars who can be called global idols in the future."

The second watch is on.

Thanks to the lonely God of war, the ultimate demon, the dimensional Lord, the king of Han, Xie Jiu, your gentle friends.