Chapter 203: Christmas is coming
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As for why Yahoo was chosen, the reason is very simple.
Yahoo went public in April, with a closing price of $33 per share, and a market value of $500 million in one fell swoop.
However, Yahoo's revenue was not very good. In 1995, the turnover was only 1.3 million US dollars, and the actual loss was 630,000 US dollars. It was not until the end of 1996 that it made a mere more than 100,000 US dollars, and many of the results came from Orion Films. Industry.
As a result, Yahoo's stock price fell again and again. In May, Swift sold some stocks at high prices one after another, and then bought them at low prices.
By December, the highest price per share of Yahoo was only more than 20 US dollars, and the lowest price was only more than 10 US dollars per share.
According to Swift's forecast, within one to two months, unless Yahoo's revenue improves to a certain extent, the stock price will not change much.
Of course, like most investors on Wall Street, Swift is very optimistic about the future of Yahoo and the Internet.
Besides, Ryan knows very well that next year Yahoo will embark on a road of acquisitions, and its stock price will continue to rise until the Internet bubble is burst.
"How is the contact, is there anyone willing to sell!" Ryan didn't care about Yahoo's stock price, anyway, before 2000, holding Yahoo stock for a long time was equivalent to owning a golden mountain.
"There is a small investment institution on Wall Street that is willing to transfer 1.3% of the shares."
"It's just that the transfer price is slightly higher than Yahoo's current stock price."
Swift explained: "Most investment institutions on Wall Street are very optimistic about Yahoo's future development. Unless there is a certain level of premium, few people will transfer Yahoo shares."
"Buy it, the price is not a problem, and continue to buy Yahoo's shares, don't care about the price." Ryan agreed without hesitation.
Not to mention that the price is a little bit higher, that is, it is doubled, and the top day is forty to fifty dollars a share. In 2000, Yahoo created a record of as high as $475 per share.
Of course, he will not wait until the peak of Yahoo's market value to sell, but will sell it a little bit about half a year in advance.
As for waiting until 2000!
I'm afraid it will be too late if I want to leave smoothly.
Once locked in, even if Yahoo's stock cannot become a pile of waste paper, its value will shrink a lot.
"As long as the price is right, other aspects are not a problem." Swift shrugged and said there was no problem.
"By the way, an Internet company is preparing to go public in the middle of next year, and Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank, as underwriters, are selling stock subscriptions to customers."
While speaking, Swift took out a document and put it in front of Ryan, and continued: "This company is different from ordinary Internet companies, it is an online bookstore."
Internet bookstore!
Ryan became interested all of a sudden, picked up the documents on the table and began to read them.
Company name: Amazon, a company registered in Delaware, mainly sells books and discs online, and is expected to achieve profitability within four to five years.
That's right, it takes four to five years to achieve profitability, which seems very unreliable.
But in the 1990s, it was no small miracle that an Internet company could promise to achieve profitability within four to five years.
The founders of many Internet companies don't know how to make profits at all, and they don't even think about making profits at all.
Compared with the company's future development plan, whether it is the founder or the investment company, they all have the idea of going public to collect money, not the so-called profit model.
So after Swift got the news, he specially found some relevant information.
Even, in his view, he would rather invest in this unlisted company for a long time than Yahoo, which seems to be full of prospects.
"Contact the heads of Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank, and I am willing to subscribe for a large number of shares in this company." Ryan said very simply.
Amazon's investment prospects far exceed that of Yahoo.
The former can be held for a long time. Even in the Internet crisis in 2000, Amazon was not greatly affected. The latter Yahoo can only be used as a medium and long-term investment option.
"no problem."
"However, my advice is to wait."
Swift hesitated a little and said: "Not everyone is optimistic about the prospects of this company, otherwise Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank would not have to sell to customers at all."
"So my suggestion is to wait for the time being, at least until the company goes public."
Doing so may increase investment costs, but it is safer and can reduce risks.
Ryan didn't consider the risk factor at all, and said directly: "My idea is just the opposite. Except for continuing to acquire Yahoo shares, all the remaining funds will be used to subscribe for the company's shares."
As for waiting?
What a joke!
This is the famous Amazon of the future.
"Don't worry about money."
"After a while, I will remit a sum of money to you and continue to use it to buy stocks." Ryan looked down at the information, and the listing time set by Amazon is around May.
By then, "Terminator 3"'s peripheral product share, copyright income, the first North American box office share, etc., will probably have already arrived, and there will be sufficient funds to invest in Amazon.
Swift nodded helplessly, without saying anything to persuade him.
He knew that with the box office hit of "Terminator 3", Ryan would not lack funds for a long time to come.
This is not counting the income in the stock market. For example, the Microsoft stock that I have been buying has risen a lot this year.
Ryan is busy investing in Yahoo and Amazon, and "Terminator 3" continues to earn a lot of money in the North American film market.
Like last week, "Terminator 3" still hasn't encountered any competitors.
On the contrary, the confrontation with "Independence Day" in the media and the Internet has become more and more intense.
On Monday working day, the box office of "Terminator 3" fell by 55%, with a single-day harvest of 7.88 million US dollars.
The total box office of the film in North America reached 96.55 million US dollars, which is only a few million US dollars left before the 100 million US dollar mark. It is expected that the box office will officially break through 100 million US dollars tomorrow.
However, such a dazzling result is not as good as "Independence Day", which was released in the summer, also on a Monday working day, with a single-day box office of 8.22 million US dollars.
For the next three working days, the box office of "Terminator 3" has been in a slight decline, earning US$7.8 million on Tuesday, US$7.04 million on Wednesday, and US$6.77 million on Thursday.
As of the second weekend of the film, the North American box office has reached 118 million US dollars.
"Independence Day", as a confrontation in the air, earned $7.74 million on Tuesday and $6.8 million on Wednesday~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and $6.18 million on Thursday, with a North American box office of $125 million.
The box office difference between the two is only $7 million.
Many people are guessing which of the two will be the North American box office champion this year, and even some casinos in Las Vegas have opened for people to place bets.
Among them, there are slightly more people who support "Independence Day". After all, "Terminator 3" is only an R-rated film, and it has inherent disadvantages in the audience.
Those who support "Terminator 3" have different views. Except for the three days of the second first weekend, Christmas will be ushered in soon.
It can be expected that "Terminator 3" will usher in a wave of box office rebound, and it will definitely surpass the box office performance of "Independence Day" in the summer file, becoming this year's North American annual box office champion.
However, Ryan and Roland-Emerich themselves did not say anything, and often called and chatted with each other, and made appointments to play golf together.
Although "Independence Day" has not been released from North America, its daily box office has dropped to tens of thousands of dollars, and the time for the release is getting closer, and "Terminator 3" has only been released for more than a week.
It is impossible for the two films to have any competition. It is just a confrontation in the air, which is a good thing for Ryan and Roland Emmerich.
As time approaches Christmas, "Terminator 3" will inevitably usher in competitors. This time it is not a showdown, but a real competition.
On Friday, December 20th, Paramount released a cartoon comedy film "Mentally Retarded and Lost Men Playing America", which began to be released on a large scale.
This is a cartoon comedy film, the main audience is family audiences and minors, it has no effect on "Terminator 3", otherwise Paramount will not insist on releasing it in the Christmas schedule.
