American Manga Comes to the Motherland

"Going to watch the NBA, okay. When I was watching a game on TV when I was a kid, I really wanted to go see an NBA basketball live. I never thought that one day I would actually achieve it." Wendy said with a smile: "But for I can’t say that I like Kobe, but he is now the most famous star in the NBA. In China, his fame can even be compared with that of Yaoxing, the representative of China in the NBA. I am only familiar with him, and the other stars, I I really don’t know many of them.”

Well, Wendy pays great attention to details and doesn't want to make Bai Ye feel even the slightest bit uncomfortable. Showing her admiration for another man in front of a man is something only a stupid woman would do, right?

And she doesn't really like Kobe that much. It's just because Kobe is famous, which makes ordinary people curious.

Even Wendy's love for the NBA is not that pure. She just envies the dazzling light that everyone's eyes cast on her.

"I know." Bai Ye smiled and said, "In short, Kobe and I can be considered simple friends. When the time comes, it will be a piece of cake for you to ask for autographs, take photos, etc."

"OK."

A smile broke out on Wendy's face:

"It can be considered as a check-in to a place in America that I really want to visit."

She is already imagining how envious and jealous her group of plastic girlfriends were when she took a photo with Kobe in the circle of friends.

Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, just like walking in brocade at night.

Pretending to be realistic is a rigid need of human beings. There is no one who doesn't pretend to be cool. But if you do it well, you are awesome. If you don't do it well, you become a fool.

After breakfast, Bai Ye sent Wendy to Tianmei Studio, turned around, and went to Galaxy Capital.

It’s time to start planning for shorting Stark Group.

Galaxy Capital.

"Bah bang bang."

In the office, Bai Ye clapped his palms and said:

"The management came to my office for a meeting. We have new goals."

"Hoo ho ho!"

The entire Galaxy Capital suddenly burst into cheers like howling wolves.

Because employees all know that after every successful hunt, the boss will be very generous and give out a large bonus, ranging from US$100,000 to US$200,000, which is almost the annual salary in the same industry.

The benefits of working at Galaxy Capital are really better than working at Goldman Sachs, because even Goldman Sachs doesn't have the capital to give out hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses to its employees at will.

These days, as Galaxy Capital has more and more things to do, its employees have also begun to expand, but basically they do not recruit outsiders. They are all employees drawn from the Osborne Family Foundation, who are considered highly trustworthy employees.

Of course, the number of employees is less than a hundred. After all, Galaxy Capital is not a normal financial company. It is just a tool used by Baiye to cooperate with him to do things. It is far from the Goldman Sachs model with 40,000 employees and 12,000 vice presidents.

——Although Goldman Sachs has a low market value, with a market value of about US$100 billion, its actual influence far exceeds its market value performance. It is similar to the low market value of military industrial enterprises. There is a joke in the community: if Goldman Sachs sneezes, the capital market will catch a cold.

Goldman Sachs, founded in 1869 and with a history of 150 years, is known as the "standing beacon of Wall Street" and has a decisive influence in the capital market.

Even former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein once publicly stated: "Goldman Sachs is doing God's work."

In the office, the management of Galaxy Capital were all present, and they were all their own people. Bai Ye did not show up and said directly:

"This time, our target is the Stark Group."

The management present was stunned.

"Uh... Young Master, aren't Tony Stark and you the best brothers? Why are we shorting the Stark Group this time?"

Jordan said cautiously.

Having followed Bai Ye here twice, Jordan is naturally familiar with it. What Bai Ye calls short selling is to engage in a real business war and blow up the other party's factory.

But it shouldn’t be. The relationship between Bai Ye and Tony Stark is as good as wearing a pair of pants. They are the twins of the Empire, the famous Seven-Star Whorester. Why did Bai Ye suddenly attack Tony Stark?

"Emotions are feelings, business is business, how can they be confused?" Bai Ye glanced at Jordan dissatisfied and said, "You are very unprofessional. You have been in the industry for so long and you still can't understand such a simple truth. Do you want me to teach you?"

"No, Master, I'm not worried about affecting the relationship between you and Tony Stark, but..." Jordan struggled: "Master, Stark Group is the world's most powerful military-industrial complex, and it is a military-industrial complex. , a more terrifying existence than the Roxon Group, do we really want to completely anger the Stark Group for money?"

Jordan is also worried about whether he has a life to make money or a life to spend.

Stark Group is a military industrial enterprise responsible for the production, development and manufacturing of fighter jets (such as F22), military satellites, missile attack and defense systems and other weapons. After making this money, Jordan is a little worried. Even at night, when he is sleeping at home, he suddenly Locked in by Stark's second kicker, his family and his entire neighborhood were all wiped out.

"Young Master, we are just making money, there is no need to risk our lives." Jordan said earnestly: "Let's forget about the Stark Group. Wouldn't it be good for us to go to the international community to find weak persimmons? Just what you told me last time Yes, how about we go to Japan? The entire country of Japan is chained by the United States. Even if they notice something, they will never dare to do anything without concrete evidence."

Although Japan calls America godfather and hugs America's thighs tightly, America treats Japan like leeks. Seeing that Japan is making money and the leeks are growing strong, it is time to harvest.

For example, in the last "Plaza Accord", the United States gave Japan a hard blow, which directly caused the bursting of Japan's economic bubble, which has been in stagnation for 30 years.

Does Japan know that America is standing next to him with a sickle in his hand, trying to cut his leeks all the time? Know! Dare to resist? Don't dare!

If you have money, you don’t dare to resist. This cutting is so comfortable.

Therefore, Harvest Japan is definitely the best value for money.

"Japan, we want to cede it, but the Stark Group cannot let it go. Who would dislike the money they make?" Bai Ye said patiently: "Don't worry, this time it's not us who take action personally, but we receive it." The news is that someone else is going to attack Stark, and we are just following others to take advantage this time."

"We didn't take action personally. With the relationship between me and Tony, we only had a few drinks at most. There's no way he could blame me."

"Is that so?" Jordan and the management present breathed a sigh of relief: "If that's the case, I'll be relieved."

After all, that's the Stark Group that produces kicks. It's much more exciting to blow up someone else's factory than to touch a tiger's butt.

It scares me to think about it.

"Boss, give me the order!"

Jordan is full of confidence again. As long as he is not directly against the Stark Group, he is very interested in making money.

"How much cash do we have on our books now?"

Bai Ye asked.

He also knew that during this period, Galaxy Capital was acquiring banks and reorganizing them into its own Sun Bank, spending money faster than water.

Jordan: "It cost us US$923 million to acquire three banks, and we still have about US$3.719 billion on the books."

"It's a little less, but it's enough." Bai Ye nodded: "5 times leverage, shorting Stark Group, everyone must do it beautifully this time, because Tony Stark is my true love. Relatives, friends, brothers and sisters...so we must not waste this great opportunity, do you understand?"

——Bai Ye is a conservative person and doesn’t like to take risks. He only uses a maximum of 5 times leverage, which is not risky. People who use 10 times or 20 times leverage to play in the financial market are not those who try their best to turn their bicycles into motorcycles. A gambler is a lunatic with no sense in his mind, or a fool who doesn't understand anything.

"clear!"

"Just do the work."

"yes!"

After receiving Bai Ye's order, the management left Bai Ye's office and prepared to execute the order.

Before leaving.

Jordan asked:

"Boss, how long will our operation last? In addition to the banks we have acquired, we have also signed letters of intent with two banks..."

Bai Ye thought for a while, Tony had been in Afghanistan for three months, so this short selling should have lasted for at least a month or more.

"Don't worry about money. I will inject new funds into the company as soon as possible, so go ahead and do it with confidence."

"OK."

Jordan wisely left without asking Bai Ye where to find the money.

Where can I find money?

Of course he went to his other dearest relative and friend, his big brother in Mexico.

Almost all the initial capital for Bai Ye's founding of Galaxy Capital was provided enthusiastically by these big brothers. Now that he was short of money, he went to them to ask for it.

Thinking about their relationship, these big brothers would be embarrassed not to give it.

Got off the Galaxy Capital office building.

Baiye got into the Maybach 62S and said to Tian Yangyi who was driving:

"I will go to Mexico in the afternoon to make some arrangements."

"knew."

Tian Yangyi replied:

"Boss, what about now? Where are we going?"

Bai Ye contacted Andy on her mobile phone, and then showed the address to Tian Yangyi:

"Go here!"

Since Serol Stern and Killian split up the AIM business, and now only Maya Hansen is left, Andy naturally does not need to invest much effort in AIM, and Tianmei Studio is handed over to Wen Andy, then Andy's attention is on the new company, "Snap".

With the help of the ability to banknote, a company named "Snap" was quickly registered in the Cayman Islands - the Cayman Islands is one of the tax havens. Many Internet companies in Silicon Valley use tax havens to avoid U.S. tax supervision. , can save a lot of money, and when they can save money, Bai Ye and Andy will naturally not be stupid enough to insist on contributing to the United States.

The framework of "Snap" was quickly set up, high-performance computers and servers were purchased from IBM, and many good programmers were recruited from Osborne. When the company was ready, it began to develop Snapchat (Snap).

In my previous life, I had played with Snapchat during the day and I was quite familiar with its functions. Now that I had the blessing of a super brain, the plan I came up with was naturally quite perfect.

Andy feels inexplicably relaxed when doing things.

When Bai Ye arrived at Snap, people in the company stopped what they were doing and came to greet Bai Ye.

Organized by Evan Spiegel, young people just love to have fun.

"Bang!"

When the salute was fired, colorful strips filled the sky.

"Boss, welcome!"

Evan Spiegel, who was young and handsome in a suit, greeted warmly and cheerfully and applauded the arrival of the white night.

Well, Bai Ye hired him personally, with a monthly salary of 36,000 US dollars. The annual salary of Stanford University computer science graduates is about 12,000 US dollars, so Bai Ye has paid him in place. No wonder Evan Spiegel is like this. Enthusiastic.

Bai Ye also grew up under the influence of Boss Ma's theory of good fortune. Naturally, he knew that Boss Ma summarized the two reasons why capable and good employees resign:

1. The money was not given in place.

2. The heart feels wronged.

Therefore, Bai Ye is still very generous when it comes to recruiting talents and is willing to give money.

However, the reason why Baiye was able to acquire Evan Spiegel was because Baiye gave him a 5% Snap option.

Even if the 5% option of Snap's later financing will be diluted, Snap's peak market value of US$30 billion in the future will at least make Evan Spiegel worth about US$500 million.

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Bai Ye greeted with a smile: "We have worked hard during this period. We need to work overtime to develop Snapchat. Don't worry, the overtime pay and bonuses must be the highest in the industry. We will never let them. Everyone suffers a little loss."

Talking about a morale culture is nonsense. If overtime pay and bonuses are sufficient, employees will naturally be able to work better than cows and horses.

As for Snap, Bai Ye's initial investment was US$100 million, which definitely made many Internet seed companies in incubation and constantly looking for angel round investment drooling with envy. It was enough for Andy to spend a long time.

"Ahhh...long live the boss!"

"The boss is so handsome, more handsome than Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise!"

Sure enough, as soon as Bai Ye finished speaking, he was immediately welcomed by the support of the employees, who praised Bai Ye to the sky. In their mouths, Bai Ye's appearance has already surpassed all the male gods in Hollywood. He stepped on Leonardo DiCaprio and punched Tom. ·Cruise, crushing all dissatisfaction.

Employees come out to work. If they don’t care about remuneration, what do they care about?

Experts suggest that young people should not just think about making money when doing things. They must give up the so-called idea of ​​enjoying high wages or welfare, and go to make less money to temper their will. Working overtime without overtime pay is to train your work. Efficiency, but also allows you to learn more...

In response, the young man said: Your suggestion is very good, please don’t suggest it again next time.

"Low-key, all low-key." Bai Ye smiled and pressed his hands: "I know I'm handsome, but don't be so loud, it will make people jealous."

The staff tried their best.

Bai Ye came to Andy's office.

"Evan Spiegel, how are you doing? You're not holding back, are you?"

Bai Ye asked with a smile.

"Although he is a bit immature, he still has great potential. With practice, his achievements may be higher than mine."

Andy did not look down on Evan Spiegel just because he was young. There are many geniuses in the world.

and……

Google's Larry Page and Facebook's Zuckerberg founded today's Internet giants while still in school.

In the Internet industry, young age may not be a disadvantage, but an advantage.

Because only young people have all kinds of fantastic ideas.

Andy is not too old, but her mentality is considered very old.

While working with Evan Spiegel during this period, Andy discovered that this young man is indeed good, enthusiastic, with many ideas, and hopes to change the world. In addition to administrative experience and other aspects, he is a bit green due to experience reasons. Generally OK.

"If he is really capable, when Snap gets on the right track in the future, he might as well hand over the company to him. You can also give him more things to do now, to pave the way for him in the future. Secondly, you can relax yourself. Of course, the most important thing at the moment is to get the company Snapchat up and running as soon as possible."

Bai Ye nodded and said:

"Tianmei Studio is very profitable, but when I think about the money that Tianmei Studio makes, it only gets one-half at most, and the rest is given to the platform, which makes me feel very sad. Mad, channels are still king in business. Ah, there are only game companies. They are undoubtedly just working for others. If others pinch your neck, you will die. If you want to stand upright and make money, you must combine games and social interaction and walk on two legs. .”

Well, that means taking the penguin's path and leaving the penguin with nowhere to go.

"Social + gaming..."

Andy mused.

When she was impatient before, she felt that Bai Ye was just imagining something random, but now that she thought about it carefully, she felt that Bai Ye's plan was connected with one another.

He seems to be very wise but foolish.

Social + gaming, if this road goes through, it may not be possible to counterattack Facebook one day.

[Of course, social + games are Penguin’s magic weapon to win. 】

"And..." Bai Ye flashed a smirk in his eyes and said, ""Minecraft" is now on the shelves. What do you think the income will be like?"

When Bai Ye came up with the "Minecraft" plan, Andy, like Wendy, was not optimistic about it, but Bai Ye pushed it forward forcefully.

Andy looked at Bai Ye speechlessly:

"I have known it for a long time. Yes, yes, it was me who looked down on others... Bah, bah, bah, it was me who looked at people through the cracks in the door and looked down on them. You, the young master Bai Ye, are the most powerful. I can't do anything. No, okay?"

It’s also something evil.

Why can Bai Ye, a former playboy, design a game and become a hit?

It makes no sense!

Bai Ye touched his chin and said:

"The correct way to apologize...isn't it supposed to reveal the bear part?"