America: My Time

Chapter 102 Ambition
Chapter 102 Ambition
As Wall Street’s attention shifted, Hurricane Investment finally began operations, initially investing only in units of 100,000. Hurricane Investment’s operations were entirely carried out with the help of the operating system provided by Dream World, as if it were experimenting with Dream World’s system. It truly relied on big data and used a computer system to operate!
Curious Wall Street investors paid close attention to all of this, but failures soon occurred, one, two, three, four times. As Hurricane Investment continued to fail, Wall Street giants soon concluded that Hurricane Investment's research in this direction was wrong, that computers could not replace human labor. In particular, the traders began to ridicule Hurricane Investment, and even its owner, John, believing that the plan was simply an impossible joke.

John didn't care about the many taunts. It was just a loss of hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, which was nothing to Hurricane Investment. Moreover, all of this was within his expectations. He was only building a model now, and there was still a long way to go before he could achieve great success. It would be unbelievable if he could succeed from the beginning. Any development requires the accumulation of time!

"Boss, I don't think we need to pay any more attention to Hurricane Investment and Dream World. Their experiment has completely failed, leaving no room for future prospects, and no one in the entire investment industry believes there is any possibility of success!"

"Failure? No, it's too early to talk about failure. It's just a few failures, and the loss is only a few million dollars. This is just the initial price to pay. Any research takes time and experience. This is just accumulating experience. Besides, you're only focusing on the failure of Hurricane Investment, not the failure of Dreamworld."

What we need to focus on is the system from Dreamworld—whether it can be practically applied in investment banking and securities and stock trading. That's the key point. You should discuss with our Morgan engineers whether this is feasible. We've also purchased professional workstations and minicomputers from Dreamworld. If success is possible, what do you think Dreamworld's next goal will be?

Faced with his boss's question, Jimmy frowned and thought carefully. After a long while, he shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. Maybe they'll promote it to us investors, securities and stock companies!"

"No, your vision is too short-sighted. It's about expansion and perfecting their production chain. Do you think this kid would share such core technology with others, allowing IBM and Intel to exploit their weaknesses? Currently, Dream World's CPUs are from Intel and Motorola, its GPUs are from Nvidia, and even its motherboards are from Nvidia. Nvidia has not only made achievements in GPUs but also in motherboards. Next, they will inevitably need to perfect their industrial chain, and investment in semiconductor research is inevitable. They won't easily recommend it to banks like us before they are fully prepared. You can think about the financing situation of the game world!"

"Boss, do you mean we should recommend Motorola Semiconductor to this kid now?"

"That's right, we should talk to him now. If there are no unforeseen circumstances, there shouldn't be any major problems. At the same time, we can't forget Bell Labs. Everyone's having a tough time right now. If it weren't for that big deal from Legendary Entertainment this year, Morgan would be in a bad situation too. So we can't let our guard down. The US semiconductor industry isn't just Motorola, and we can't keep Motorola waiting too long. Most importantly, we can't wait for this kid to run out of money. We need to guide him in the direction we need!"

Morgan's ambition is truly enormous; he actually wants to control the direction of Dream World's development. It's safe to say his ambition is too grand. Dream World won't change because of them. From the beginning, John had already made a detailed plan for Dream World's development. Morgan's desire to control its direction and guide it in the direction they desire is simply naive and unrealistic.

Before Morgan could even make a move, John had already taken action, extending a new cooperation request to Morgan: the acquisition of Gulfstream and Executive Jet Airlines. The reason was simple: he needed a means of transportation!

This sudden acquisition request left Morgan dumbfounded. It was insane. To acquire an airline, or even just a business jet charter company, just to make his own travel more convenient, was still an airline. And to acquire a business jet manufacturing company was just too reckless.

With the Christmas season fast approaching and John about to head to the holidays, sales at the American gaming world are heating up. Although the gaming world had made preparations, a shortage of game consoles has emerged in North America even before Christmas arrives. Despite prior communication with the three major Japanese manufacturers, only Sony's arcade machines can truly meet market demand; Hitachi and Panasonic cannot satisfy the North American gaming market. Before Christmas even arrives, orders for the gaming world have exceeded expectations. The gaming market, as John predicted, is indeed larger than Wall Street anticipated. Those Wall Street giants who had abandoned their investments are dumbfounded; no one had imagined that there would be a supply shortage in the US, especially before Christmas!

Did the gaming world sell millions or tens of millions of consoles in North America during the Christmas season? This is a question Wall Street giants are eager to know; they need to re-evaluate the gaming world. Perhaps, as John said, only after Christmas will they truly realize the astonishing potential of the gaming world!

"Boss, what should we do now? Should we continue providing that crazy kid with Motorola Semiconductor's information, or help him acquire these two companies? I really don't understand what he's thinking, choosing to acquire an airline and an aircraft manufacturer. These have absolutely nothing to do with his previous companies. Is it just because he needs a private jet for his own travel that he wants to acquire an aircraft manufacturing company and an airline? This is too reckless! How can the Bayard family let him do this!"

"Perhaps this is the persistence of a genius. As for the Bayard family, what reason do you think they have to interfere? All of this kid's wealth was earned by himself. Does the family want to take money from the younger generation? And do you think this kid would give them such an opportunity? He is a genius, but also a madman. Don't underestimate this kid. He is not an ordinary person. He also owns a security company!"
First, help this kid settle those two companies he wants to acquire. Whatever he's thinking or doing, even if he really wants to enter the aviation market, we'll fully support him. It's good for us. If aviation is his interest, it'll be even more advantageous for us. Once Game World goes public, he'll sell even more shares! Judging from the current situation, he's absolutely right. Game World has immense potential; those bastards who missed the opportunity will go crazy for it. Once Game World goes public, this kid will have a ton of dollars!

"Yes, nobody expected that there would be a purchase limit in the United States. Game World did it. If it has another year to develop, it's not impossible for its market value to double. Perhaps the day Game World goes public, the whole of Wall Street will go crazy. If we can act as agents for Game World's listing, we will definitely have huge profits, but this will inevitably face a lot of external resistance!"

"That's only natural. Everyone knows there are benefits to distributing the game world on the market, so why would they give it up so easily? Even if we have a slight advantage now, it's not enough to make those bastards back down. When it comes to profit, those bastards won't care what Morgan thinks."

"Keep a close eye on the Motorola Semiconductor matter. Learn as much as you can about Motorola's situation. The semiconductor industry isn't doing well right now. We must get this 'burden' onto this crazy kid, no matter what difficult his demands. We must meet them, even if he wants to close Motorola Semiconductor's factories in the US, or even if he doesn't want to accept it, we must agree, and Motorola must agree. This is our opportunity to increase his debt and strengthen his ties with Morgan, ensuring our interests remain unaffected!"

“Boss, Executive Jet Aviation is fine, but Gulfstream is a problem. Allen Paulson is a bastard; he won't accept an acquisition easily!”

"Reject it? He has the ability to refuse our Morgan acquisition. Is Gulfstream's funding completely secure, or is Allen Paulson's finances completely sound? In this acquisition, you can use all of Morgan's resources. Morgan will fully support you. No one can stop us. John may be crazy, but he's also very trustworthy. As long as we help him, he will definitely give us a sufficient return. We will definitely be the agent for the listing of Game World. Dream World, Nvidia, even NBC—if possible, we will secure the listing agency! Anyone who dares to block our path to wealth will face Morgan's wrath. As long as we don't make any mistakes, the problem won't be too big. Those old guys won't dare to lay a hand on John. After all, his security company isn't to be trifled with!"

(End of this chapter)