America is in control

Chapter 239: Current Situation of Subsidiary Companies and the First Shot of the New Caesars Entertainment Company
Roughly speaking, this boxing championship unification fight will bring Liu Jiang a profit of more than 10 million US dollars.

Of course, in these three months, his income was far more than that.

Liu Jiang picked up the report sent by Beth on the table and read it carefully.

The stocks he entrusted the other party to buy have risen well during this period, and none of them have been weak.

After reading the report, Liu Jiang nodded with satisfaction and couldn't help but recall the conversation with Beth on the phone during this period.

The situation was like this, because the stock situation in Liu Jiang's account was very good, and Beth was very surprised by this.

Although the overall trend of the U.S. stock market has been upward recently, a 100% success rate is still extremely rare.

All the stocks they bet on are soaring, and they were all chosen by the clients themselves, without following the opinions of any analysts.

Moreover, Liu Jiang is just a sophomore and has not received any professional financial training.

How did the other party do all this? Are there really born financial wizards in this world?
Beth began to have a strong curiosity about General Liu, coupled with the ambiguity that erupted when the two came into contact before.

During these three months, she called the other party frequently, hooking up with him while waiting for an opportunity to spy on General Liu's secrets.

After a few phone calls, Liu Jiang vaguely guessed what Beth was up to.

He dealt with the other party patiently, teasing Beth with false news from time to time, and enjoying this ambiguous game.

In this way, unconsciously, the relationship between the two became closer and closer.

As for when this wild and untamed rouge horse can be conquered, it depends on General Liu's methods.

Putting down the report in his hand, Liu Jiang checked Yahoo's recent situation.

Since the last board of directors, Yahoo has determined its development strategy and set three principles: free, profitable, and development.

After a series of adjustments, Yahoo began to launch news, sports, email, group forums, games and other online services in an orderly manner according to the formulated plan.

Yahoo even began to provide free Internet dial-up services in some major cities in the United States.

The purpose is very clear, which is to seize all the ecological niches of the C-side network at that time.

Once this goal is achieved, Yahoo will enter a positive cycle in which the more perfect the service, the more users, the more users, and the higher the revenue.

Liu will generally hold conservative views on this development strategy. He feels that Moritz and the two founders of Yahoo are a little too greedy.

Maybe Yahoo's stock price will be affected by this and continue to fluctuate.

But the reality hit Liu Jiang hard in the face. The reaction of the stock market and investors was completely opposite to what he predicted.

Those investment institutions and stock investors were very optimistic about Yahoo's development strategy, and they began to buy Yahoo's shares.

Gradually, Yahoo's stock price got out of the volatile range and began to surge upward, showing its first signs of great momentum.

Damn it! The stock market is really unpredictable! I'm afraid only gods can make accurate predictions!
Liu Jiang laughed at himself and put down the Yahoo report in his hand.

As for the New Caesar Sporting Goods Company, it is also developing very well under the management of Jacob, a professional manager.

The company's personnel have been expanded, and its sales channels have basically covered all major cities in the United States.

The research and development of new materials for quick-drying clothes is also getting better. The company's sales continue to grow and its gross profit margin has also increased by several percentage points!
Now the cash flow in the account of New Caesar Sporting Goods Company is quite abundant, so General Liu basically does not need to worry too much.

Next is the situation of New Caesar Investment Company. In these three months, Chris has made quite a lot.

Since General Liu allocated two million US dollars, Chris has carefully investigated and screened out several emerging Internet companies with good potential.

After carefully checking the information of these emerging Internet companies, although there was no special sense of familiarity, General Liu still gave them the green light.

The reason is simple, cast the net widely and catch more fish!

As long as an emerging Internet company can be listed, Mr. Liu will make a lot of money.

This possibility is not small. After all, the current general trend in the United States is such that the Internet wave has risen, and it will only get higher and higher in the future.

In addition, Liu Jiang has not found any other investment opportunities now, so he might as well take a chance!
Anyway, his cash flow is already abundant, a mere two million dollars, three melons and two dates.

As for AuctionWeb, its development in the past three months has been pretty good.

Pier and Jeff Skoll did nothing wrong, and they managed the company in a decent way.

With steady progress, the transaction volume and fee income of the AuctionWeb website are getting higher and higher.

However, the cash flow on the company's account has actually decreased. This is not a case of corruption.

The reason is very simple. AuctionWeb is growing faster and faster, and it cannot stop. It is burning money!

There is no way, this is what Internet companies are like. When they started, they burned money like crazy to seize the market.

AuctionWeb is pretty good, at least it has a stable profit model.

If we were to switch to an unprofitable Internet company, I'm afraid it would have taken several rounds of financing.

Now AuctionWeb can barely survive, and Pier didn't mention financing to Liu Jiang.

Since Pier, the founder of the website, is not in a hurry, Liu Jiang will certainly be patient.

Perhaps when the cash flow in the company's account is about to fall below the warning line, it will be time for AuctionWeb to launch its first round of financing.

At that time, it was no longer up to Pier. Anyway, General Liu planned to keep the other party's shares as low as possible while increasing or maintaining his own shareholding.

Liu will never give up on the big track of online shopping. This is the most important foundation for his future career.

The new Caesars Boxing Club grounds are now at the end of a three-month renovation.

After a while, we can start business with great fanfare.

As for the New Caesar Boxing Fans Club, Kemal is in charge of it, so General Liu doesn’t have to worry about it.

The only thing that urgently needs to be resolved is the new Caesars Entertainment Company. This is related to his plan to pick up girls, so he must not be careful!

Whether the first shot of "Looking for the Midnight Kiss" can be successful depends entirely on General Liu's next operation!

After a few days of rest, Liu Jiang returned to his normal life.

The new academic year at the University of Southern California has also begun, and he travels between the school, the boxing gym, and the new Caesars Entertainment Company every day.

Liu will focus most of his energy on the post-production of the movie "Looking for the Midnight Kiss".

The initial cut has been completed, and the re-cut is almost in progress. After three months of running in, the various departments of the new Caesars Entertainment Company have become more and more cooperative.

The people responsible for dubbing the movie found some pretty good soundtracks that fit the overall atmosphere of the romantic comedy "Looking for the Midnight Kiss."

After listening to it, Liu Jiang approved these soundtracks, and he asked Jonathan to spend money to get the rights to use these soundtracks in the film. Since then, post-production on "Searching for the Midnight Kiss" has been 90 percent complete.

The rest are less complicated things like adding openings, endings, and subtitles, which can be done easily.

After Liu Jiang and all the key people in the crew watched the basically formed film, everyone gave generally good feedback and the quality of the film was great.

After getting everyone's feedback, Liu Jiang finally let go of his hanging heart.

After all, the members of the crew are not normal viewers. They are too familiar with the movie and have their own "stereotypes". Their words cannot be believed.

Liu Jiang himself feels that the quality of the movie "Looking for the Midnight Kiss" is pretty good.

The male and female protagonists are pretty enough, and it’s a classic rich girl and poor boy pairing.

The plot of the movie is simple, not too flawed, and full of laughs.

In addition, "Looking for a Midnight Kiss" invented a new way to date someone, and it also took advantage of the popularity of the American Internet wave.

This movie should be favored by the younger generation of America, and its box office performance is expected to be about the same.

With this foundation, Liu Jiang became more confident and began to seek a generous film distribution contract.

During this period, several distribution companies took the initiative to approach the new Caesars Entertainment Company, and all of them were trying to take advantage of the situation.

Of course, General Liu adopted the "drag" tactic and sent all these guys away in an ambiguous manner, leaving only their contact information.

In order to get a generous film distribution contract, Liu Jiang called Kemal, and the two held a closed-door meeting with Jonathan in the office of the new Caesars Entertainment Company.

After introducing the current specific situation, the three people fully exchanged their opinions.

Both Jonathan and Kemal made the same suggestion to General Liu. In order to maximize benefits, it is better to hold a movie preview party.

Invite all publishing companies that are interested in cooperation, confirm the quality of "Looking for Midnight Kiss", and let them compete.

Liu Jiang thought for a moment and agreed with the two people's suggestions, and the movie preview was put on the agenda.

For those large and medium-sized distribution companies that he has dealt with, Liu will personally take action and send invitations to movie previews.

As for other distribution companies with a certain scale, Jonathan is asked to make a trip.

The outcome of the matter is naturally mixed, as not all distribution companies are interested in the movie "Looking for the Midnight Kiss".

A few days later, a preview of "Looking for the Midnight Kiss" was held at a place called the Anderson Cinema.

Anderson Cinema is a small community theater in Burbank, not too big, and was rented by the new Caesars Entertainment Company for a full day.

In Los Angeles, movie previews or movie screenings like this are very common, and many movie fans are also happy to participate in such free movie viewing activities.

With just a little bit of publicity, trial audiences will flock to the show.

That afternoon, as many as hundreds of preview audiences began to pour into Anderson Cinema.

Liu Jiang stood on the second floor of Anderson Cinema. After seeing the situation in the screening room downstairs, he quietly asked Jonathan next to him.

"Jonathan, have the 'extras' you recruited already blended into the trial audience?"

"Yes, Boss! I have made arrangements!"

Jonathan leaned into General Liu's ear and whispered a reply.

With a slight nod, Liu Jiang tried to find the 'sitter' that Jonathan hired from the trial audience.

But after observing for a while, he gave up the idea.

How is it possible to tell the difference now? The time for the performance hasn't come yet, and I'm really worried about it, and I'm in trouble!
When preparing for the preview of the movie, Jonathan proposed a crooked trick to General Liu, which was to recruit some "shills" to stimulate the emotions of other preview audiences.

The purpose is simple, to leave a deep impression on the representatives of the distribution company, so as to improve their evaluation of "Looking for the Midnight Kiss".

General Liu was a little surprised, so he immediately agreed and asked the other party to get the matter done.

"Are all the 'extras' here? Nothing will go wrong!"

It was the first time this kind of thing had happened in the United States. General Liu was still a little worried and asked another question.

"Don't worry, Boss! I've already had someone count the number of people, and there's not a single one missing!"

"I have recruited veterans, and their acting skills are absolutely perfect!"

"I have practiced with those 'extras' dozens of times before, and at the same time formulated corresponding emergency plans. All issues have been considered in place, and there will definitely be no mistakes!"

Jonathan promised the other party emphatically, almost slapping his chest and swearing to the sky.

Hearing what the other party said, Liu Jiang took out a breath and calmed down his anxious mood.

There is no way, this movie preview meeting is too crucial and cannot be taken too seriously.

If this preview of the film does not achieve the desired results, it will win over the representatives of the distribution companies.

Then "Looking for the Midnight Kiss" can only go to film festivals, or accept alliances from large and medium-sized distribution companies.

As for those small film distribution companies, Liu will not consider them at all.

Not only do their issuance capabilities fail to meet their own requirements, but there are so many things to do, and there is no guarantee of repayment at all!
At this time, the two directors Deighton and Farrell walked over quickly. Liu Jiang and Jonathan stopped talking about "extras" and said hello to each other.

"John, how many distribution company representatives or movie viewing experts will be here today?"

Pharrell was very concerned about the release date of "Looking for the Midnight Kiss". She just approached, but she asked hurriedly.

"There are six companies that have clearly agreed to be invited to the movie preview, and they are all large and medium-sized film distribution companies. As for those with vague attitudes, there may be a few that will come too!"

General Liu was unfazed by Farrell's slightly impatient attitude and answered patiently.

During the filming and post-production of the film, the two directors had a good attitude, cooperated well with other members of the crew, did not cause any trouble, and their directing skills were extremely good.

It's rare to find such a perfect tool man, so Liu Jiang naturally came up with the idea of ​​winning over directors Deighton and Farrell.

"This is really great! Sorry, John, I was a little impatient just now!"

The expression on Farrell's face relaxed a little. She suddenly realized that her words just now were a little rushed, and she quickly explained.

"It's nothing! Everyone is here for the movie!"

General Liu laughed and comforted the other party.

At this time, there was still half an hour before the preview of the movie started, and representatives from the distribution company and film viewing experts entered the Anderson Cinema one after another.

(End of this chapter)