The American Kill Line: I Can Predict the Future

Ron has just finalized an agreement with Warner Bros. producers to invest in "The Great Gatsby".

On his way back, someone suddenly sent him a message saying that Soros was declaring war.

After reading the message on his phone, he scoffed.

Taylor leaned closer curiously: "Soros, the Wall Street shark? What does he mean by that?"

"Life's been too comfortable; I guess I'm having trouble sleeping."

Ron casually commented below.

Taylor asked in astonishment, "Is it really appropriate for you to say that?"

Although the general American public does not have a very good impression of Soros.

But at the same time, I also feel awe.

Ron turned off his phone after sending the message and shrugged nonchalantly.

"I'm telling the truth, he is indeed almost eighty years old."

"You have a conflict?"

"If you come back to New York with me, you might catch a good show."

"That sounds interesting." Taylor seemed interested, but ultimately leaned on her boyfriend's shoulder and said:

"Unfortunately, I have to go promote my new song next, and I just promised Warner Bros. that I would go to Hollywood to learn beforehand. You know, I've never acted before. I don't want to mess up, and I don't want people to laugh at me."

Her boyfriend invested $3000 million, with the only condition being that she play the female lead.

Taylor didn't want her boyfriend to lose money because she didn't perform well.

In fact, even if she stayed in New York, Ron wouldn't have much time to spend with her.

Over the next two days, Ron, accompanied by Musk, visited Tesla's production base.

Encouraged by Musk, he drove an electric car for the first time.

"How about it? Isn't it great!"

"It's really good, except for the price."

The experience exceeded Ron's expectations; he never imagined that an electric car could be so powerful to drive.

The only drawback is that the price is still too high.

Musk disagrees: "The price is a bit high, but you have to understand that if you drive it for more than three years, you will also save a lot of money on gas."

Ron thought he had a point: "What about battery life?"

"200 miles."

"It's a bit short. How long does it take to charge?"

"Less than 4 hours."

"What?"

Ron's face immediately lit up with disdain: "Four hours of charging, and you only get two hundred miles?"

Musk patiently explained, "This is just the beginning. I expect the next generation to have a range of no less than 250 miles. As for charging, we are researching and preparing to bypass the onboard charger, use direct current, and add liquid cooling temperature control to try to reduce the charging time to less than one hour."

"Alright, I hope you can improve soon. If you encounter any difficulties, just tell me. You know I'm about to become Tesla's second-largest shareholder."

Ron didn't really understand these things either, but he chose to trust Musk.

Just now, he received another shocking message.

On October 25, 2021, Tesla's market capitalization surpassed one trillion US dollars.

This message is appalling.

It only took a little over a year to go from hundreds of billions to trillions.

"Could it be that this guy actually succeeded in colonizing Mars?"

Ron was a bit paranoid.

So much so that even though he knew Musk's next move to take him to visit his rocket launch site was ill-intentioned, he still spent most of the day there out of curiosity.

"Tell me, how much money do you want?"

Ron more or less understood why this guy was always short of money.

This is something the government should be doing, but they insist on doing it themselves.

However, considering the potential trillion-dollar market value in the future, he decided to take the gamble.

Finally hearing this, Musk excitedly said, "NASA actually approved $16 billion in funding, but it's just too much trouble for them to disburse money each time. You know how these politicians like to come up with all sorts of inexplicable things. I was originally planning to launch the Falcon 9 again this month..."

"Get to the point." Ron rolled his eyes at him.

"Okay, what I mean is, since you're also interested in space exploration, how about joining SpaceX?"

"What's your valuation?"

"Not much, $20 billion."

"goodbye."

Ron turned and left.

If it weren't for me saving Tesla, it wouldn't even have a market value of 20 billion right now.

Now, a project that burns through cash is asking for $20 billion.

Even if he has a lot of money, he won't waste it on this stupid thing.

Musk finally got a big investor, so how could he give up so easily?

He pleaded with me earnestly all the way.

They also brought up the $4.92 million commercial order for Iridium in June.

This indicates that this project is definitely profitable.

When Ron saw that they had only received a 30% deposit and the launch date was tentatively set for 2015, he became even less willing to invest.

This is a classic case of taking money first and then doing the work, grabbing orders with low prices, and then getting NASA (space agency) to endorse and fund the project.

No, it should be called swindling.

At least financing yields some returns, but this thing is a bottomless pit.

However, after much persuasion from Musk, the valuation was eventually reduced to $10 billion.

Ron reluctantly agreed to buy 20% of the shares.

Furthermore, the money is not paid in one lump sum, but in installments.

This guy is such a spendthrift; if you gave him all the money, he'd probably burn it all by next year.

This is fucking insane!

After completing his trip, Ron boarded a plane back to New York.

Before leaving, he gave his assistant Thomas some instructions:

"Thomas, I've already spoken to Mark. You should learn from him during this time and try to master the field of venture capital as soon as possible. If you do well, Silicon Valley will be yours in the future."

All signs indicate that a new technological era has arrived.

The future will be a period of great growth.

Ron didn't want to miss out on this piece of cake, but he couldn't come to Silicon Valley often.

After careful consideration, he decided to keep his assistant Thomas.

While building the Hunter Ventures team, he also learned how to become an excellent VC.

Thomas knew this was an opportunity for him, and he said solemnly:

"Sir, I will learn diligently from Mr. Anderson and will not let you down."

"I won't let you down."

Ron led Taylor onto the private jet without looking back.

……

in the afternoon.

Taylor said goodbye to Ron at the airport and got into his father's car to return to the company.

Ron didn't talk much with Taylor's father, only exchanging a few simple pleasantries.

That counts as giving a heads-up.

The first thing I did when I got back to the company was to call Victor in.

Gold, the euro, and US stocks all rose across the board after the Bank of Japan unexpectedly cut interest rates to 0-0.1% on the 5th.

With today's non-farm payroll data falling short of expectations, the expectation of QE2 is completely locked in.

Gold reached a high of $1397.1.

Hunter Capital has made a small profit these past few days.

Ron glanced at the data and then gave the order:

"Stay out of your long positions in gold and the euro for now. Notify Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan Chase of a $50 billion short position in gold and the euro. What's the maximum leverage they can offer?"

"Oh, by the way, how about we allocate another $2 million to buy put options?"

Victor already knew that his boss was going to challenge Soros in the hedge fund field.

At this moment, he was excited, and his eyes were filled with a strong fighting spirit.

That's George Soros, the true immortal king of hedging on Wall Street.

This opportunity for a direct confrontation may only come once in a lifetime.

Regardless of the outcome, this will be the most important milestone in his life.

It was at this time that news of Ron's return to Wall Street quickly spread throughout the city.

The war between the new king and the old king has officially begun.