Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 78 Lawlessness
A few years ago, in the romantic comedy "Last Night" directed by Edward Zwick, the heroine was Demi Moore, but at that time her husband was still Freddy Moore;

Now, her husband is Bruce Willis, and Moore is also her ex-husband's surname. The 28-year-old Demi Moore is bold and avant-garde. Because Bruce Willis became famous with the "Die Hard" series, she has also received a lot of attention.

Aaron was still muttering in his heart, this was the original heroine of "Ghost", but unfortunately, it's Nicole Kidman now!

"Demi, I heard that the release date of 'Fatal Minds' has been postponed because of a change of director, right?"

Edward Zwick inquired.

Demi Moore nodded with a helpless expression on her face, and explained: "Claude Corwin, the original director of "Fatal Minds", and we had a disagreement;"

"So, after filming for a while, they switched to Alan Rudolph, and the filming period was extended. It was originally scheduled to be released in December this year, but now it has been postponed to next spring!"

The speaker may not have intended it, but the listener may have taken it to heart. Aaron was thinking to himself that his "Boyz on the Hood" would have another competitor next year.

While the three were chatting, Aaron received a call from Jack Wells, "Aaron, I think I was defrauded of $12000 by this damn scammer..."

At night, in a bar on Fountain Avenue in West Hollywood, Jack Wills looked depressed!

"I just received a call from a stock salesman who said there was a very profitable stock and recommended that I buy it."

"He made a very clear argument, saying that the company was a new high-tech company in the Midwest that had ties to the Department of Defense. They were supplying parts for the Department of Defense's new fighter jets, which were currently undergoing approval."

"At only 50 cents per share, it's the stock he's most optimistic about in the past six months!"

After listening to Jack Wells, Aaron put his hand on his forehead and said, "Didn't I remind you that you can play with oil futures for a while?"

"These penny stocks are garbage. Investing in something you don't understand is like giving away money!"

Jack Wells took a sip of his wine. "What's the name of that brokerage firm, Stratton Oakmont? Will its stock go up?"

Aaron rolled his eyes and said, "Fuck, this is not worth any money, it's just garbage, just like the mat that the homeless people outside sleep on!"

"What should we do?" Jack Wells was a little angry. $12000 was not a small amount of money.

"Well, promoting this kind of junk stock is supposedly illegal, but it's hard to define!"

Aaron had no choice. "By the way, what's the name of that company, and where is it?"

"His name is Stratton Oakmont. He seems to be in Long Island, New York. I need to ask someone to check his exact location."

Jack Wells felt humiliated.

Aaron nodded. What a mess of names. "It's okay. $12000 is not a lot. Now that you follow me, it's not a big deal."

"Is that it?" Jack Wells was obviously unconvinced.

"So what do you want to do? Find him and beat him up?"

"At least teach me a lesson so I can vent my anger!"

Aaron inquired, "Okay, so you're going to New York?"

Jack Wells nodded. "Yes, I need to go there. I need you to take care of the Angel Theatre for a few days."

"Okay, you still have money, right?"

Aaron took out two checks for $10,000 and handed them to him. "Remember, it's very difficult to make money in a field you are not familiar with!"

Jack Wells waved his hand. "You gave me a lot for the Boyz n the Hood project."

He was talking about dealing with the Blood Gang thugs who had come to the crew to cause trouble. "Here, take it. I know you know a lot of people in that field. Keeping good relationships with them is not something I need!"

Aaron is a multi-millionaire now after all, so why would he care about these 10,000 or 20,000?
"Okay..." Jack Wells' current income is much higher than CAA's. Although he is not a wealthy man, he is at least a middle-class income;

However, this time I was induced into buying 24000 shares of this penny stock, and I was very angry. I have decided in my heart that I will never touch stocks again.

By the way, I won’t touch the futures that Aaron mentioned!

The next day, Jack Wells took two friends to Long Island, New York, to find the company that had defrauded him.
Aaron stayed in Los Angeles to oversee the renovation of the Angel Theater.

However, when it comes to stocks, the first thing that comes to Aaron’s mind at this time is Microsoft!
Microsoft's current share price is $62, and its market value is about $91 billion. This is a great opportunity. After "Ghost" is released next year, Aaron must make a long-term investment.

As crude oil prices continued to rise, Aaron was in a very happy mood every day, and he also invested the subsequent $70!

It was October, and Aaron looked at the price of oil as usual. "$10 a barrel?"

"Honey, I'm going to be out for a while. Go to the best hotel and book a candlelight dinner. Let's celebrate tonight!"

Aaron jumped up, kissed Nicole Kidman on the cheek, and ran out.

Nicole Kidman looked at the newspaper spread out on the table. Is Aaron also involved in finance?

On that day, Aaron was about to sell all the futures he had, regardless of the staff's advice that the price might still rise.

"No, I'm short of money. Sell them all, quickly!"

You can't be greedy for this kind of thing. The price of $30 a barrel has now risen to $42 a barrel, which is enough.
The subsequent $70 was invested when the price was $35 per barrel.

Aaron invested $200 million, plus a subsequent $70, for a total of $270 million, but he used 20x leverage, with an increase of 20% to 40%;
After deducting various taxes and commissions, Aaron's $270 million became $1480 million!
On the other side, in New York, Jack Wells and two of his friends found Stratton Oakmont in an abandoned garage in Nassau County, Long Island.

"Is this the guy who scammed me out of $12000?"

Jack Wills and his two companions, armed with baseball bats, smashed up the shabby Stratton Oakmont business;

Four or five employees in the company were lying on the ground with bruised and swollen faces, groaning.

A white man who was less than 30 years old was in an extremely miserable state. His clothes were torn, his face was swollen, and blood was flowing from the corners of his mouth, because he was the boss!

"Fuck, you were the one who called me and tricked me into buying 24000 shares of SkyTeam International?"

"A high-end defense technology company?"

"Supplier of parts for new fighter jets?"

"Are the procedures under review?"

Jack Wells kicked the guy on the ground again and again, and the guy on the ground screamed in pain.

"Tell me, what's your name? You must have deceived a lot of people!"

"Sir, we are just selling stocks."

"Bang, bang," said Jack Wells, and he kicked twice more.

"Name, do you know that it's illegal to promote penny stocks like this? Fuck, you sons of bitches are simply lawless!"

"Ah, sir, my name is Jordan, Jordan Belfort..."

(End of this chapter)