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"Yeah." Bai Ye nodded in satisfaction. Wendy was already a mature subordinate who knew how to take the blame on his own initiative. He should be rewarded: "Last time I heard you say that you like Kobe very much, right? One day when you are free, I will take time to take you to watch NBA, how about it?"

The art of controlling people requires both carrots and sticks.

We have already given Wendy a lot of sticks, so now it is natural to feed Wendy some carrots.

You can't just let the horse run without giving it grass. This is wrong.

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Chapter 68 This person is my beloved relative, brother, and friend

...you need to pay more!

"Go watch NBA, sure. When I was a kid watching basketball games on TV, I wanted to watch a live NBA game. I never thought that I would be able to do that one day." Wendy smiled and said, "But I can't say I like Kobe. He's just the most famous NBA star now. In China, his fame can even be compared with that of Wu Ming, the representative of China in the NBA. I'm just most familiar with him. As for the other stars, I don't really know many of them."

Well, Wendy pays attention to details and doesn't want to make Bai Ye feel uncomfortable even a little bit. Showing admiration for another man in front of a man is something only a stupid woman would do, right?

And she really doesn't like Kobe that much, it's just because Kobe is so famous that ordinary people would be curious about him.

Even Wendy's love for the NBA is not that pure. She just envies the dazzling light that everyone's eyes are cast on her.

"Got it." Bai Ye smiled and said, "Anyway, Kobe and I are just simple friends. When the time comes, asking you to get an autograph or take a photo with me will definitely be a piece of cake."

"Ok."

Wendy smiled:

“It can be considered as checking in a place in America that I particularly want to visit.”

She is now imagining how envious and jealous her group of fake girlfriends will be when she posts a photo with Kobe on her WeChat Moments.

Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, just like walking in brocade at night.

Pretending to be cool is really a rigid need of human beings. There is no one who doesn't want to pretend to be cool. But if you pretend well, you are awesome, but if you pretend badly, you become an idiot.

After breakfast, Bai Ye sent Wendy to Tianmei Studio, then turned around and went to Galaxy Capital.

It's time to start planning to short the Stark Group.

Galaxy Capital.

"Clap clap clap."

In the office, Bai Ye clapped his hands and said:

"Management came to my office for a meeting. We have a new goal."

"Hoo ho ho!"

The entire Galaxy Capital was suddenly filled with cheers like wolf howls.

Because the employees all know that after each successful hunt, the boss will be very generous and give out a large bonus, between $10 and $20, which is almost the annual salary in the same industry.

The treatment at Galaxy Capital is really better than working at Goldman Sachs, because even Goldman Sachs doesn't have the capital to arbitrarily give employees bonuses of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

These days, as Galaxy Capital has more and more things to do, the staff has also begun to expand, but basically no outsiders are recruited. All of them are drawn from the Osborne Family Foundation and are considered to be highly trusted employees.

Of course, the number of employees is less than a hundred. After all, Galaxy Capital is not a normal financial company. It is just a tool for Bai Ye to cooperate with him to do things. It is far from the model of Goldman Sachs with 4 employees and 1.2 vice presidents.

——Don’t underestimate Goldman Sachs’ low market value of around US$1000 billion, but its actual influence far exceeds its market value performance, which is similar to the low market value of military-industrial enterprises. There is a joke circulating in the market: if Goldman Sachs sneezes, the capital market will catch a cold.

Founded in 1869 and with a history of 150 years, Goldman Sachs is known as "the unshakable beacon of Wall Street" and has a significant influence in the capital market.

So much so that Lloyd Blankfein, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, once publicly stated: "Goldman Sachs is doing God's work."

In the office, the management of Galaxy Capital was all present. They were all the same people. Bai Ye did not come in a pretentious manner and spoke directly:

"This time, our target is the Stark Group."

The management present were all stunned.

"Uh... Young Master, aren't Tony Stark and you best brothers? Why are we shorting Stark Group this time?"

Jordan said cautiously.

Jordan had followed Bai Ye twice, so he was naturally familiar with it. What Bai Ye meant by short selling was a real business war to blow up the opponent's factory.

But this shouldn't be the case. Bai Ye and Tony Stark have a very good relationship, like they are wearing the same pair of pants. They are the Twin Stars of the Empire, the famous Seven-Star Whoremongers. Why would Bai Ye suddenly attack Tony Stark?

"Emotions are emotions, business is business, how can they be mixed up?" Bai Ye looked at Jordan dissatisfiedly and said, "You are very unprofessional. You have been in this industry for so long, but you still can't see through such a simple truth. Do you still need me to teach you?"

"No, Master, I'm not worried about affecting the relationship between you and Tony Stark, but..." Jordan said in a dilemma, "Master, Stark Group is the world's most powerful military-industrial enterprise, a military-industrial complex, and even more terrifying than the Roxxon Group. Do we really want to completely anger the Stark Group just for money?"

Jordan was also worried that he would make money but not be able to spend it.

The Stark Group is a military-industrial enterprise responsible for the research, development and manufacturing of fighter jets (such as the F22), military satellites, missile attack and defense systems and other weapons. Jordan is a little worried that even if he is sleeping at home at night, he may suddenly be targeted by Stark's firecrackers and his home and entire neighborhood may be flattened to the ground by nuclear weapons.

"Master, we are just trying to make money, there is no need to risk our lives." Jordan said earnestly, "Forget about Stark Group. Wouldn't it be better if we could find an easy target internationally? Just like what you told me last time, how about we go to Japan? The entire country of Japan is on a leash by America. Even if they notice something, they would not dare to do anything without solid evidence."

Even though Japan calls America its godfather and clung to America's thighs, America actually treats Japan as leeks to be harvested. When America sees that Japan is making money and the leeks are growing strong, it means it's time to harvest them.

For example, in the last "Plaza Accord", the United States dealt a heavy blow to Japan, which directly led to the bursting of Japan's economic bubble and its 30-year slump.

Does Japan know that America is standing beside it with a sickle in hand, trying to cut its leeks at any time? Do they know? Do they dare to resist? No!

They have money and dare not resist, so it feels so comfortable to be cut.

Therefore, Harvesting Japan is definitely the best value for money option.

"We have to take Japan, but we can't let Stark Group go either. Who would complain about making too much money?" Bai Ye said patiently, "Don't worry, we are not the ones doing it ourselves this time. We received news that someone else is going to take action against Stark. We are just following behind them to get a bargain."

"It wasn't us who did it ourselves. Given the relationship between Tony and I, I only had a few drinks with him at most. He couldn't possibly blame me."

"Is that so?" Jordan and the management present breathed a sigh of relief: "If that's the case, I'm relieved."

After all, that was the Stark Group that produced firecrackers. Blowing up their factory was much more exciting than touching a tiger's butt.

It’s terrifying to think about it.

"Boss, please give the order!"

Jordan was full of confidence again. As long as he didn't go head-on against the Stark Group, he was very interested in making money.

"How much cash do we have in our account now?"

Bai Ye asked.

He also knew that during this period, Galaxy Capital was acquiring banks and reorganizing them into its own Sun Bank, and was spending money faster than water could flow.

Jordan: "The acquisition of the three banks cost $9.23 million, and there is about $37.19 billion left on the books."

"It's a little less, but it's enough." Bai Ye nodded and said, "5x leverage, short the Stark Group. Everyone must do it beautifully this time. It's because Tony Stark is my beloved relative, brother...so we must not waste this great opportunity, understand?"

——Bai Ye is a relatively conservative person. He doesn’t like taking risks. He only uses a maximum leverage of 5 times, which is not very risky. People who use 10 times or 20 times leverage in the financial market are either gamblers who try to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle, or they are madmen who have no reason in their minds, or they are fools who know nothing.

"understand!"

"Go do something."

"Yes!"

After receiving Bai Ye's order, the management left Bai Ye's office and prepared to execute the order.

Before leaving.

Jordan asked:

"Boss, how long will this operation last? In addition to the banks we have already acquired, we have also signed letters of intent with two banks..."

Bai Ye thought about it and realized that Tony had been in Afghanistan for three months, so the short selling should have lasted at least a month.

"Don't worry about the money. I will inject new funds into the company as soon as possible. Just go for it."

"Ok."

Jordan left tactfully without asking Bai Ye where to find the money.

Where can I find money?

Of course, he went to his other dearest relative, his big Mexican brother.

Almost all of the start-up capital that Bai Ye used to establish Galaxy Capital was enthusiastically provided by this group of brothers. Now that he is short of money, he went to them to ask for it.

I think given the relationship between them, these big brothers would feel embarrassed to not give it.

Left the office building of Galaxy Capital.

Bai Ye got on the Maybach 62S and said to Tian Yangyi who was driving:

"I'm going to Mexico this afternoon to make arrangements."

"understood."

Tian Yangyi replied:

"Boss, what now? Where are we going?"

Bai Ye contacted Andy on his phone, and then showed the address to Tian Yangyi:

"Go here!"

Since Serio Stern and Killian took over AIM's business, only Maya Hansen was left. Naturally, Andy didn't have to invest much effort in AIM. Tianmei Studio was handed over to Wendy, so Andy focused his attention on the new company, "Snap".

With the power of money, a company called "Snap" was quickly registered in the Cayman Islands - the Cayman Islands is one of the tax havens. Many Internet companies in Silicon Valley use tax havens to circumvent U.S. tax supervision, which can save a lot of money. When it comes to saving money, Bai Ye and Andy naturally won't be stupid enough to make contributions to America.

The framework of "Snap" was quickly set up, high-performance computers and servers were purchased from IBM, and a number of good programmers were poached from Osborne. When the company was ready, it began to develop Snapchat.

Bai Ye had used Snapchat in his previous life and had some understanding of its functions. Now with the support of a super brain, the planning proposal he came up with was naturally quite complete.

Andy felt inexplicably relaxed when he was doing things.

When Bai Ye came to Snap, people in the company stopped their work and came to greet him.

Organized by Evan Spiegel, young people just love to have fun.

"Oh!"

As the salute sounded, colorful strips of light filled the sky.

"Boss, welcome!"

Evan Spiegel, who was young, handsome and dressed in a suit, greeted everyone warmly and applauded Bai Ye's arrival.

Well, Bai Ye hired him personally, with a monthly salary of $3.6, and the annual salary of an undergraduate computer science graduate from Stanford University is about $12, so Bai Ye paid him in full, and no wonder Evan Spiegel was so enthusiastic.

Bai Ye also grew up under the influence of Boss Ma's theory of blessings, so he naturally knew the two reasons why Boss Ma summarized why capable and good employees resigned:

1. The money was not given in full.

2. The heart is wronged.

So when it comes to recruiting talents, Bai Ye is still very generous and willing to pay money.

However, the reason why Bai Ye was able to bring Evan Spiegel into his pocket was that Bai Ye gave him options for 5% of Snap.

Even if this 5% option will be diluted in Snap's later financing, based on Snap's future peak market value of $300 billion, Evan Spiegel will at least be worth around $5 million.

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Bai Ye said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work during this period. We need to work overtime to develop Snapchat. Don't worry, the overtime pay and bonuses will definitely be the highest in the industry, and you will definitely not suffer any loss."

It’s all nonsense to talk about morale culture. If employees are given enough overtime pay and bonuses, they will naturally work harder than cattle and horses.

As for Snap, Bai Ye's initial investment was $1 million, which definitely made many Internet seed companies that were in incubation and constantly looking for angel round investment drool with envy. It was enough for Andy to spend a long time.

“Ahhh… Long live the boss!”

"The boss is so handsome, even more handsome than Leo and Tom Cruise!"

Sure enough, as soon as Bai Ye finished speaking, he was immediately welcomed by the support of the employees, who praised him to the sky. In their words, Bai Ye's looks had already killed all the male gods in Hollywood. He could step on Leonardo DiCaprio, punch Tom Cruise, and crush all those who disagreed.

Employees come out to work. If they don’t care about the salary, what are they looking at?

Experts suggest that young people should not only think about making money when doing things. They must give up the idea of ​​enjoying high wages or benefits, and temper their will by making less money. Working overtime without overtime pay is to improve your work efficiency, and at the same time, you can learn more...

In response, the young man said: Your suggestion is very good, don’t make it again next time.

"Keep a low profile, everyone." Bai Ye smiled and pressed his hands: "I know I'm handsome, but everyone please don't be so loud, it will make people jealous."

The staff tried their best.

Bai Ye came to Andy's office.

"Evan Spiegel, how is your work going? Is he not lagging behind?"

Bai Ye asked with a smile.

"Although he is a little immature, he still has great potential. With some practice, he may be able to achieve more than me."