My absurd experiences in North America over the years

Lina acted quickly; within a few days, a detailed stock market allocation plan was sent to Li Fu's email address.

Li Fu opened the document, his eyes scanning over the densely packed numbers and logic.

Lina primarily chose mainstream tech companies, excluding Netflix, whose stock price had recently plummeted, believing that even if Li Fu was optimistic about Netflix, there should be better opportunities in the future.

The research team's top pick is Microsoft (MSFT), with a $5 million allocation and a current price of $25-26 per share.

Lina believes that Microsoft's cloud business, Azure, is just starting out, and dividends and growth provide double insurance. In addition, Microsoft has a huge market value and excellent stock liquidity, making it suitable as a ballast.

Secondly, Google (GOOG) has been allocated $4 million, currently priced at $13 per share (adjusted for stock split).

The reason is that Google's position as the leader in the search business is unshakeable, Android is eroding Apple's market share globally, and together with YouTube, it forms a dual-engine driving force, so its stock price will rise in the future.

Broadcom (AVGO) and Adobe (ADBE) both have $3 million configurations.

The former is currently priced at $32-34. As a leading chip manufacturer, it has a market capitalization of approximately $150 billion and has huge long-term growth potential.

The latter's stock price is currently $28-30. Lina and her team believe that Adobe is undergoing a cloud transformation, and the subscription model after the transformation may usher in a period of explosive growth.

However, she also stated that she didn't have much confidence, and that this was just her personal opinion.

Tesla has also come into the research team's view. Its current stock price is around $23, and the team has allocated $2 million to it.

As for the reason for buying the shares, Lina wrote that Tesla might be entering a period of rapid growth.

In reality, her real reason was that Li Fu's first large angel investment in 2008 was aimed at Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla.

She trusted Li Fu's judgment.

Finally, there's Nvidia (NVDA). This company didn't perform well last year, but Li Fu had previously mentioned that he was very optimistic about its prospects.

Lina symbolically allocated $0.5 billion.

Of course, there is another reason for such a small investment: the joint fund's two increases in its Nvidia stock holdings have already attracted the attention of Nvidia's board of directors.

In addition, from the perspective of investment security, diversification is also a good way to reduce risk.

In layman's terms, it means not putting all your eggs in one basket.

After reading the report, Li Fu nodded slightly. Overall, it aligned with his perception of future trends. Besides, it was impossible for him to perfect every detail.

However, he noticed that Netflix was not on the list.

"Netflix, did you do any research?" he asked Lina, somewhat puzzled.

"Netflix might not be a good time to enter the market right now; their stock price is plummeting," Lina sent Li Fu a research report on Netflix.

Li Fu glanced at the charts and saw that Netflix's stock price had recently plummeted by half and showed no signs of stabilizing.

Although entering the market now will definitely make money in the future, any of the stocks they've selected can generate huge profits, so there's no need to waste money on holding them.

The joint fund itself has one to two hundred million US dollars as reserve funds, and can buy at the bottom when the opportunity arises.

Li Fu instructed Lina to follow the plan and enter the market with double leverage.

Lina was somewhat surprised because Li Fu hadn't made any changes to her plan.

"Should we just use the above-mentioned standard for leveraged financing?"

"Yes," Li Fu nodded in the video call, "Oh, and don't forget to give all the employees bonuses."

Forrest Capital distributes bonuses with every dividend payout.

Lina was incredibly excited. She paused for a moment before asking, "What's the standard this time?"

Of course, her excitement wasn't about awarding bonuses. As the CEO's special assistant, she was actually exercising the powers of a vice president, and her bonuses were usually at the highest level.

She was no longer short of money; what excited her was that Li Fu had accepted her plan entirely for the first time.

"Minimum $1, maximum $50, based on the performance evaluation of the most recent year, including the Los Angeles branch and the Morris team," Li Fu wanted to give Paul and Morris extra rewards.

A rough estimate suggests that nearly ten million US dollars were sent out like water.

However, this is in comparison to the one-time management fee income of $2.3 million, the revenue generated by the Los Angeles branch, and the future value of the Great Lakes logistics network.

That tens of millions of dollars is just a drop in the ocean.

The bonuses are paid out without a lengthy approval process; after taxes and fees are deducted, the money is deposited directly into the account, and the same applies to security guards and cleaning staff.

The news spread, and the entire company was in an uproar once again.

It's impossible to find another company in the industry that would be so generous.

At the same time, the external LPs of the joint fund also received notifications of the dividend payment.

Murdoch and Thomas Lee received the highest sums, at $3680 million.

Bloomberg, Huntsman, and Bill Gates Sr. are among those who received $2300 million, which is the second tier.

The remaining amount is Sulzberger, with $1472 million. Former Finance Minister Robert Rubin received the lowest amount, but still $368 million.

In just two years, they have received returns of more than four or five times their principal from the joint fund, and will continue to own the equity in the joint fund.

Even Rubin was amazed by Li Fu's abilities and believed that Goldman Sachs should not clash with Li Fu again.

After deducting a 15% dividend tax, Li Fu himself earned $1.5 million.

He leaned back in his chair, looking at the string of numbers in his bank account, and suddenly felt a little absurd.

Even after investing $600 million in MGM, his personal account still holds nearly $1 billion in cash.

A billion dollars in cash is an enormous sum.

He has already begun customizing private jets, including a helicopter for his Malibu mansion, as the helipad cannot always be empty.

They are also considering whether to buy estates or villas in Florida and San Francisco.

The former is used for vacations, while the latter serves as temporary accommodation for the team. The Warriors need to start achieving results, and it's a bit far to get there from Malibu.

Anyway, the Bay Area is a great place for vacations.

However, they couldn't even spend all of that $1 million.

The best private jets cost around 50 million in this era, while helicopters cost less than 10 million.

Li Fu pondered whether he should buy another company, such as an entertainment company, a financial company, or an insurance company.

His account will continue to receive a steady stream of funds.

It would be a waste to leave it lying around.

……

October, Great Britain.

Skyfall, the James Bond film, has finally premiered in the UK.

MGM's big test has finally arrived.

On the night of the premiere, Leicester Square was packed with people, and the red carpet stretched from the cinema entrance all the way to the street corner, with flashbulbs shining as bright as day.

"Bond," dressed in a bespoke suit, stepped out of his Aston Martin and waved to the crowd.

Li Fu didn't go to the event; a movie release wasn't worth his personal trip.

His peers and the media paid more attention to this film than he did. If the film is a big hit, MGM will continue to recoup its losses, following Hacksaw Ridge.

The 007 series is naturally incomparable to Hacksaw Ridge, and their box office performance is likely to be on a completely different level.

This means that MGM will take a big step towards turning a profit, and in the future, Li Fu will have complete control of the film production company.

If the box office suffers a major setback, it will be a different story.

If even one of the most classic IPs, the 007 series, cannot sell well, then MGM will lose its ability to generate revenue and completely slide into the abyss.