The American Kill Line: I Can Predict the Future

After Instagram's Kevin left, Ron met with another entrepreneur named Ryan Graves.

He is also the founder of a ride-hailing app called UberCab in San Francisco.

This project is one of the projects that a16z recently sent me.

The project is currently only in the trial operation phase in San Francisco and is very small in scale.

The valuation of a16z is no more than $500 million.

Ron, as a seed round investor, offered a valuation of $1000 million and acquired a 30% stake.

He could tell that this guy would agree to even 40% of the shares.

But there's no need for that.

He was buying into the project's future development, not becoming the controlling shareholder and boss himself.

30% is just right.

This approach will not have a significant impact on the future development of the project, and it allows us to consider whether to reap the rewards once the project has reached a certain stage.

This is the biggest difference between venture capital and private equity.

Venture capitalists use the least amount of money to obtain the greatest profit and cash out.

Capital will seize these high-quality projects at the most opportune time.

Ron wanted to be both a venture capitalist and a capital investor.

Of course, the main business remains financial investment.

This is his foundation.

I've been searching for several days, but I still haven't found any information about the ideal changes in the three major US stock indices.

Ron had no choice but to turn around and start going long on the euro.

The euro experienced a slight fluctuation at the beginning of the month, with the price falling below 1.3000 again.

It is fluctuating between 1.2730 and 1.2750.

This is mainly due to market concerns that the fiscal health of EU countries remains uncertain.

There are still several days before the euro strengthens again, so it's perfectly acceptable to quietly enter the market.

In fact, with the amount of funds currently managed by Hunter Capital, any single product, whether it's gold, Japanese yen, or euro, can make the market move according to their wishes in the short term.

But Ron always felt that someone was plotting against him.

It's best to be cautious until we're certain about the enemy's situation.

$80 billion may seem like a lot, but for established top institutions, it's also a tempting piece of meat.

The other person doesn't even need to eat it all at once.

All that is needed is to break Ron's current undefeated streak, and cracks will inevitably appear in this newly formed alliance.

Only after passing the probationary period will these people be completely convinced of themselves and will not doubt themselves because of a single mistake.

That will be the time for Ron to truly unleash his abilities.

Until then, development will proceed steadily.

Time flies like sand slipping through your fingers, and soon it's late September.

Ron suddenly announced directly:

"Close all short positions in the Japanese yen within three days."

On the 15th, the Bank of Japan intervened in the foreign exchange market for the first time.

At 9:44 AM Eastern Time, after the news was released, the USD/JPY pair immediately jumped, rising 1.28% within 10 minutes.

An hour later, market liquidity recovered, and the USD/JPY pair stabilized around 84.16.

"Based on the previous strategy, with a volume of one and a half times, establish a long position in the Japanese yen."

On the 21st, the Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting clearly stated that it would officially launch the QE2 policy in November.

The dollar index fell 1% that day, and gold buying surged, rising from $1287 to $1295.

A large number of long contracts immediately flooded the market.

The $1300 mark was easily breached.

"The opportunity has arrived. Close all gold contracts within four days. Remember, don't rush, and keep the entry point above 1300."

The following day, Portugal and Ireland held separate auctions of government bonds.

Previously, the market was concerned that Portugal and Ireland might be unable to repay their debts on time, which could trigger a new round of the European debt crisis.

The successful auction of government bonds indicates a rebound in market confidence in Eurozone debt, providing strong support for the euro.

The euro broke through the 1.3400 mark that day, reaching a five-month high.

In the following days, the market digested the positive news of QE2 expectations and the easing of the European debt crisis.

On September 30, the euro remained stable above 1.3600.

……

Ron sat in the control room, listening to Victor report the results.

"Total funds used this month amounted to $51 billion, with total profits of $26.49 billion from gold, Japanese yen, and euros. The monthly return was 32.44%. Total funds managed..."

Viktor paused, suppressing his excitement, and said, "Total funds: $108.14 billion."

"It's broken 10 billion?" Ron murmured to himself.

"Yes, sir, it's over ten billion dollars."

Victor and the entire company erupted in deafening cheers.

$100 billion is a threshold for hedge funds.

This signifies that a hedge fund has officially transitioned from a mid-sized to a large-sized fund.

Hunter Capital took only a little over four months to achieve this.

Ron switched the headset channel to Finance Sophia and asked her to come up with a reward plan.

Then, I sat down at the computer again and opened my JPMorgan Chase account.

Although he didn't receive any news that directly affected the three major US stock indices, Ron still managed to make a small profit by following the market changes.

With the added benefit of the surge in Amazon and Oracle stocks, his personal account balance finally surpassed $10 billion.

Subsequently, as was customary, Ron used one-tenth of his capital, or $1 million, to purchase large quantities of tech stocks such as Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Netflix, and Google.

He intends to hold these stocks long-term, regardless of their future price fluctuations.

Ron called Kate Upton to come over for the company dinner that evening.

The young girl said somewhat sullenly, "Hmph, why didn't you say so sooner? I was in Paris, and that bitch got off easy."

Ron chuckled. "She left a long time ago too."

"Really? Hahaha..." Kate laughed on the phone.

Ron sighed.

He let Denise go a week ago and, as promised, gave her the lead role in the big-budget commercial film she had been longing for.

This woman is truly radiant.

I don't know if it went through a double process.

In the middle of the month, Kate suddenly showed up in the middle of the night.

I originally thought it would be a chaotic scene.

Who knew that in her excitement, Denise would push Kate, who was furious and cursing, down and roughly tear off her clothes.

The two Kates immediately started fighting.

You tear me apart, I'll tear you apart.

The garden is full of spring colors.

Ron plans to take care of this sensible woman long-term.

And they vacated Viva's room for her.

The New York nights were a bit chilly at the end of September, not quite the right time for a pool party.

Not only that, Ron also changed the location of dinner to the Four Seasons Hotel.

There's no other reason, I'm just annoyed by that old bastard Trump.

Unsurprisingly, he withdrew from the party again.

The reason was that Charles Koch looked down on him.

So he didn't want to stay in the Republican Party and chose to leave.

He also announced that he would start a new party and invited Ron to join.

Ron was speechless about the old man.

He dominated Wall Street, but the only person he couldn't figure out was Trump.

Your thinking is too jumpy.

I can't keep up with the pace at all.

Ron has decided to cut ties with this old bastard.

Just as Charles said, maintaining this detached status means that no matter who becomes president, it will not affect them.

Dinner was just an appetizer.

Ten billion US dollars is an absolute milestone for Hunter Capital.

Hunter Capital has booked out the BB Room bar.

The event also invited top rap stars Jay-Z, Eminem, global pop diva Lady Gaga, pop stars Rihanna and Beyoncé, soul singer Alicia Keys, and contemporary rock guitar master John Mayer.

And more than a dozen rising stars and A-list singers, including Taylor Swift and Adele Adkins.

It's no exaggeration to say that this was a concert that could shake up the entire music scene.

The dream band of countless fans now serves only the employees of one company.

Including the female and male models, there were fewer than one hundred audience members in total.

CFO Sophia is actually quite averse to these team-building activities; she didn't attend any of Hunter Capital's previous pool parties.

But today is different; Johnny Depp is here.

A man that even the aloof and elegant Sofia could not refuse.

At that moment, he became her male companion.

Even Linda's dream man—Robert Pattinson, the male lead of "Twilight"—was speaking sweet words to her like a boyfriend.

"The Great Gatsby".

"What?"

"I said, are you Gatsby?"

After Taylor Swift finished singing, she made a special trip to meet her sponsor.

Such a star-studded group would leave even the now-famous Taylor Swift in awe.

This made her curious about what kind of man would make such a crazy decision.

The blaring music was deafening. Ron, holding a glass of wine, watched his employees dancing wildly under the neon lights.

"Gatsby? That's a good idea. Let's make a truly great Gatsby!"

Taylor Swift didn't take that seriously, but instead joked, "So who do you think would be suitable to play Gatsby?"

Ron turned his head to the side, gazing down at the beautiful face. He raised his hand and gently lifted her chin: "Daisy, Daisy Buchanan is you."

Taylor tilted his head back, pursed his lips, and said, "Too bad, you're not Gatsby."

"I'm glad I'm not Gatsby."

Ron reluctantly let go.

But Taylor was surprisingly interested, leaning closer to wrap her arms around the man's neck, her glistening red lips slightly parted:

"Why not? At least tonight you're Daisy's Gatsby."