The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Liu Xiaoli poked her head out of the kitchen:
"Stop talking, everyone, quickly wash your hands and eat."

As soon as she spoke, everyone forgot about chatting and hurriedly washed their hands.

Before long, Wang Yifei sat at the dinner table, looked at her father, and continued to press him about the rise and fall of Disney's stock price.

"Tell me first whether you've bought any Disney stock before? Were you bullish or bearish?"

"Brother Big Fish, we talked about Hollywood movies last time, so I specifically looked up some related news, and I actually found Disney stock."

Wang Yifei is quite bold; she actually bought Disney stock before the release of "Shrek 2".

The key point is that she went all in; she used all her own US dollars to buy shares in this company, totaling thirty million US dollars.

She has already tasted the benefits and has converted 35 percent of her savings into US dollars.

In that era, there were restrictions on individuals exchanging foreign currency, such as a daily limit of less than $50,000.

She was quite resourceful, directly using the shell company her father had set up for her to conduct foreign exchange business.

So it's not that she doesn't want to go all in on her savings, but rather that the company itself has restrictions that prevent her from converting it all directly into US dollars at once.

According to her plan, she wants to continue to increase her holdings and is bullish on Disney.

In fact, she really wanted to buy Marvel Studios stock, but unfortunately the company wasn't a publicly traded company, so she couldn't.

It's not just her who wants to buy Marvel Studios stock; many other investors from Hollywood and Wall Street also want to buy it.

Especially now, with the box office of "The Avengers" continuing to rise, if Marvel Studios were a publicly traded company, its stock price would absolutely skyrocket.

Lionsgate, a relatively small company, has a market capitalization exceeding $1.8 billion. Marvel Studios is definitely far superior to it.

After listening, Wang Duoyu's eyes lit up, and he said:
"Since you've already decided to increase your holdings, then go ahead and do it. It's your decision, you make it yourself."

"Hmm?" Wang Yifei's mind became very sharp at this moment. After thinking for a moment, she immediately chuckled and gave a loud "hmm".

Two days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Shrek 2 did very well at the box office over the weekend. Although it didn't reach the heights of The Avengers, it still grossed over $200 million a day.

In the US film market, Saturday's box office reached $470 million, and Sunday's reached $450 million.

However, the weekly box office champion is still the movie "The Avengers".

Even so, the strong box office performance of "Shrek 2" caused Disney's stock price to surge after the market opened at 9 a.m. on Monday.

In less than half a day, the stocks that Wang Yifei bought rose by 2.35%.

She was overjoyed, and when her second brother came home, she couldn't help but gloat:

"Second brother, look, I've already earned almost eight million US dollars! There's a very good chance I'll surpass you this year..."

Earning eight million US dollars in a short period of time is already very impressive. However, given her abilities, she might have earned even more by releasing an album.

The next moment, her second brother waved to her:
"Come with me, let me show you my earnings."

Upon hearing this, not only Wang Yifei was surprised, but Liu Xiaoli, Bai Doufu, Huang Huiru, and Wang Junhong were also very curious.

Shortly after, Wang Junan opened his tablet, logged into his account, and accessed his personal account's balance.

Soon, his account's investment and financial management returns for the year were displayed.

A series of zeros made Wang Yifei's eyes light up.

At the same time, she also knew in her heart that it would be even more difficult to catch up with her second brother this year.

Because her second brother has strong financial resources, he not only has his own personal financial company to make money for him, but he can also make financial investments on his own.

How is she supposed to pursue him?
Liu Xiaoli pointed to the numbers on the screen and counted them one by one, her expression full of surprise.

"Mom, no need to count anymore. The total balance here is 1.7 billion. I've earned over 600 million from this account this year."

"Wow, so many?"

Wang Yifei stared at the conversation between her second brother and her mother, and remained in a daze for a long time.

Because she realized that her second brother was talking about 'this account', wow, that means there are other accounts too?
No wonder her second brother looked down on the eight million US dollars she made from stock trading; it turns out her second brother made so much money!

After a while, Wang Yifei finally accepted that she had such an awesome second brother.

After all, her eldest brother is also very capable, and it's not unacceptable that her second brother is even more formidable.

"Brother Big Fish, what fraction of what you earn in a year is Wang Lao Er's?"

"The year isn't over yet, how would I know?" Wang Duoyu rolled his eyes at her, then said:
"You should learn a lot from your second brother. Look how humble he is! Unlike you, all you do is show off, as if you can't be happy without it."

"Big Fish Bro~"

Wang Yifei immediately felt embarrassed and awkward, and started to fidget.

"I'm just saying it at home. I'm very humble and low-key in public, okay?"

"How dare you say that? Do you even remember what you posted on Weibo?"

After criticizing Wang Yifei a couple of times, Wang Duoyu was too lazy to say anything more to her. Anyway, she's not young anymore and should know how to restrain herself.

Her Weibo account has indeed been sharing her daily life very frequently lately, which is indeed a bit too 'high-profile'.

"Okay~" Wang Yifei said helplessly, forced to accept the situation. She glanced at her second brother, then clung to her father's arm and said coquettishly:
"Brother Big Fish, Wang Lao Er made so much money this year, but I'm not giving up. I think I still have a chance to surpass him. What do you think I should do next in the stock market? Or should I open a securities company?"

Bang!
The next moment, Wang Duoyu flicked her forehead.

"It's fine if you use your own money to speculate on stocks, and it's okay if you mess around, but opening a brokerage firm? Don't even think about it!"

At her age, what's the point of all this fuss?

Besides, if securities companies were that good, so many companies wouldn't have gone bankrupt.

On Wall Street, tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of securities firms are established every year, but the rate of failure is even higher.

Many businesses cannot survive for more than a few days.

The stock market may seem simple, but it is actually very complex, and most people simply cannot handle it.

Given Wang Yifei's petite frame, she should just focus on doing her job well and not cause so much trouble.

Wang Yifei was at her wit's end; she was disappointed.

It seems there's little hope for her to earn more money than her second brother.

But she quickly came up with a plan: to pester her father.

She suddenly remembered that her second brother used to follow their father around, eavesdropping on phone calls and such, which is why he accumulated his initial capital so quickly.

In addition, her second brother is a capable learner with a broad perspective, frequently follows international news, and is intelligent enough. That's why he's making so much money. After all, with his capital growing stronger, even a slight increase of a few percent results in remarkable profits.

So, for the next period of time, she often pestered her father.

As long as her father didn't explicitly reject her, she would follow him everywhere.

But every day for a few hours, her father would go to the place she and her mother had tracked down before, a place she still doesn't know the name of.

Little did they know, this place was the astronaut training center.

Time flies, and it's already late August. The summer movie season is coming to an end, many films are starting to leave theaters, and Wang Yifei will soon be starting school.

She's about to become a sophomore in college, but she's only sixteen this year.

At only sixteen years old, she is already a sophomore in college.

However, upon further reflection, her older brother became a mathematics professor at Harbin Institute of Technology at the age of seventeen, while she was only a sophomore at sixteen, which meant she was far behind.

"Hmm, it's time to sell Disney stock."

In the bedroom, Wang Yifei looked at the monitor and muttered to herself.

She has been holding Disney stock recently and has not sold it all.

Luckily, she didn't sell everything, otherwise she wouldn't have made so much money.

The reason is simple. The first and most important point is that the movie "Shrek 2" has been released for more than half a month and its global box office has reached 2.85 billion US dollars.

Breaking the three billion US dollar mark is just around the corner.

According to authoritative Wall Street institutions, the global box office forecast for "Shrek 2" could reach $3.65 billion.

Because there are still many countries and regions around the world that haven't released this movie yet, such as mainland China, one of the biggest box office markets.

Of course, if Disney can obtain the right to import content to mainland China, then there will be no problem.

Given the plot of "Shrek 2" and its PG-13 rating in the United States, there is absolutely no problem with its release in mainland China.

Therefore, if it is released in mainland China in the future, it will definitely be able to achieve a lot at the box office.

On the other hand, the box office potential of Shrek 2 in North America has not yet been fully realized.

The situation is this: blockbuster movies such as "The Bourne Identity," "Jurassic World," and "Iron Man" are basically popcorn movies, with rapid box office growth in the early stages but a decline in the later stages.

Movies with a consistent output like "Titanic" are very rare.

And there is indeed such a possibility for Shrek 2's box office performance.

After all, there are still about two weeks left before it leaves theaters, but it is still making more than 40 million US dollars a day at the box office, and this figure has been maintained for several days.

If this data can be maintained until the next workday, then the box office predictions from authoritative institutions may indeed be achieved.

This is the most important reason why Disney's stock price has been rising.

Second is the movie "The Avengers," which has already surpassed two billion US dollars at the North American box office, and has now reached 2.35 billion US dollars.

Currently in the US market, daily box office revenue is still over 20 million US dollars, which is quite strong.

Globally, "The Avengers" has reached $5.38 billion, making it the highest-grossing film of all time.

A reputable Wall Street firm predicts that The Avengers will gross between $5.65 billion and $6 billion.

Whether it can be achieved is still unknown.

However, its box office has now reached a staggering $5.38 billion, which is quite terrifying.

The box office explosion of "The Avengers" has boosted the overall market to some extent.

At the same time, although Shrek 2 is an animated film, it does not directly compete with the live-action Avengers movie.

However, Shrek 2, despite the pressure from The Avengers, still managed to gross $2.85 billion worldwide.

This alone is enough to prove that the North American film market is exceptionally prosperous and is undoubtedly the world's largest box office market.

As for counterfeit money, everyone has chosen to selectively forget about it.

Since counterfeit and genuine banknotes are already used interchangeably, unless the Federal Reserve declares counterfeit banknotes to be counterfeit, ordinary people certainly cannot and will not be able to distinguish them.

With the global film market performing so well, Disney's stock price has naturally continued to rise.

Wang Yifei, however, dared not continue to be optimistic about the stock price and believed that she should withdraw from the market in time.

After all, chasing highs and selling lows is not a good thing.

After clearing out her inventory, Wang Yifei began to calculate her net profit, to see how much money she would have left after deducting transaction fees and other expenses.

She calculated it in no time.

Total profits reached US$0.92 billion, which is not a lot, but it is definitely not a small amount either.

But with such profits, she probably can't beat her second brother.

Moreover, her second brother is a very cunning person. As mentioned last time, he only showed one of the accounts.

So how can she win?

We certainly can't pin our hopes on her second brother losing money, can we?

After thinking it over and over, I still couldn't come up with a solution.

Wang Yifei stopped thinking about it and took her younger siblings out for a walk for a while.

The next day, she went to the astronaut training center with her father as usual, but she was not allowed to go in and was instead kept in the rest hall.

As she was browsing the news on her tablet, as usual, trying to find inspiration and see if she could find news that could bring her wealth, someone appeared in the lounge.

The other person was a woman who was also there waiting for someone.

It wouldn't have been a big deal, but the other person actually recognized her.

"Liu Qianqian, is your name Liu Qianqian?"

Wang Yifei immediately gave an awkward but polite smile, which clearly indicated that it was her fan.

After some conversation and getting her autograph, she learned that this was actually an astronaut training center, and that people usually only come here when they are going to space.

"Is it possible that researchers came here?" Wang Yifei paused for a moment and suddenly asked.

"Of course it's possible, because there are researchers among the astronauts, didn't you know? By the way, Sisi, who are you waiting for here? Your boyfriend? No, you're only a freshman in college." (End of Chapter)