Ronald was drinking Coke with the investor Buffy, and Katharine Graham, the wife of the Washington Post who had just been chatting with the first lady, came over.
"Warren, go on..."
With the sound of metal colliding, a bunch of keys were thrown over neatly, and Buffy caught them.
The "Catherine the Great" of the media industry wore an old-fashioned hairstyle from the 1960s and kissed Buffy from side to side.
Katharine Graham looked at Ronald with a little surprise, her eyes moving between his and Buffy's faces. Very few people could have a good conversation with Buffy at dinners or parties, and besides, he
Still so young.
"Hello, Mrs. Graham." Ronald came forward to say hello.
"Oh, you are the director Ronald, right? Nancy kept mentioning your name just now." Graham recognized him.
Before buying shares of the "Washington Post" Group, Warren Buffy was just an "investment wizard" from the small town of Omaha, unknown to the upper class on the East Coast.
At first, Graham doubted whether he was someone's white glove who wanted to acquire a controlling stake in the Washington Post so that he could control the most influential newspaper in the capital.
Buffy repeatedly assured that she only admired the other party's management and was optimistic about the operating conditions of the media, and vowed never to interfere with Graham's control of the Post.
After several years of observation and running-in, Graham fully believed that Buffy was just for investment, and finally gave him a board seat.
Because of this director position, Buffy gradually participated in various upper-class social activities in Washington, New York and other places, and gained a good reputation among wealthy groups on the East Coast. He also gradually grew up from small towns.
The investment wizard from Omaha became a nationally renowned investment wizard.
Buffy, who was born in the countryside, is a bit like the protagonist played by James Stewart in the Hollywood movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". In terms of food, clothing, expenses, clothing, social interaction, etc., he is incompatible with the upper class society on the East Coast.
Graham took him slowly to get to know him.
However, he is still relatively aloof socially. Even if Graham takes him to various high-end parties, he is still not good at dealing with idiots with lower IQs. He often ends up alone with no one to talk to.
Graham often came over in the middle of the party to see if poor Buffy was silent again.
As "Catherine the Great" who is very close to the center of power, Graham cannot accompany Buffy the whole time. If this happens, she will throw him the key to her home and ask him to go back to sleep first.
"I'm glad you had a good time chatting with your new friends here." But today, it seems that Warren has found a new friend with whom he can talk.
"I watched your dance movie. It was very interesting."
"Yes, Dirty Dancing, your Washington Post film critic gave me a very good review." Ronald stepped forward to thank him.
"Oh, Baby is restored very well, just like a girl in the 1960s. The film review column is a very good column of our Post. You see, we are not too serious as some people say."
Graham is a very independent strong woman who single-handedly made the Post Group, which was left behind by her deceased husband, bigger and public. She admires the independent women like Baby in Dirty Dancing who are devoted to their work.
"Nancy was talking about your dance scene just now, but let me tell you, the independent women you filmed are meaningful... I hope you can make a film about women being independent and self-reliant in the workplace in the future. We American women,
We need a role model in life.”
Graham despised the first lady in his heart. This Hollywood vase could only play with astrology. His understanding of the movie was also superficial, and he could not understand the true meaning of "Dirty Dancing" at all.
She also invited herself to a White House dinner just to show mercy to her husband for his performance during the stock market crash. This woman really doesn’t understand the media. The Washington Post became a dominant force by exposing the Watergate scandal.
"You can go back anytime you want. I won't be home until very late." Graham chatted with the two of them for a while, then left to socialize with others.
After Graham left, Ronald looked at Buffy and thought that your relationship seemed quite familiar.
"When you invested in the Washington Post, what were you thinking at the time? Was their media influence included in your consideration?" Ronald heard him say that this was his most proud investment, and people generally liked it.
Others listen to themselves talk about the glorious history of the past.
"Haha, actually I know a lot about the media. If I hadn't made investments, I would probably have become a reporter."
Buffy had a good impression of Ronald who, instead of talking about the stock price, was interested in his most proud investment process back then, she chatted with him about some past events from that year.
In 1973, the New York Stock Exchange also experienced a sharp correction in its stock price. It was because of this undervalued stock that I invested most of my cash in the Washington Post.
Buffy only had more than 10 million funds at the time, and he resolutely invested most of it. Unexpectedly, he kept losing money and waited for three years before the share price of the Washington Post returned to the price when he bought it.
.
Beginning in 1977, the Post's stock price began to rise rapidly, and by 1982 it had increased fivefold.
"Then when you were trapped for three years, what made you firmly believe that this stock will definitely rise sharply?" Ronald also admired this person's determination.
"Actually, it's very simple. I think the Post is worth 400 million U.S. dollars. At that time, their revenue was 200 million U.S. dollars, and their market value was less than 100 million U.S. dollars. For one dollar, I could buy something worth four dollars.
At that time, most stock analysts knew that the Post was worth 400 million, but all investors could see that its market value was only 100 million.
The difference between me and others is that I think stocks are also commodities. If you can buy a kilogram of gold at a 75% discount, would you buy it?"
"Then I'll definitely buy it." Ronald thought to himself, I'm not stupid.
"Then why don't many people buy stocks?"
"This..." Ronald was running out of ideas.
"Think about it, stocks are not played like those hedging speculators...don't do stupid things that can only exacerbate market chaos." Buffy shook the key in her hand and said goodbye to Ronald. He met a young man here.
It's also a great experience to be able to chat with people.
"Ronald, you are here. I have been looking for you for a long time. Go to my house and chat with me."
Barbara found the staff of the campaign team who participated in the TV debate before the second term of the President, and confirmed that Ronald had come up with the golden idea that turned defeat into victory. She suddenly felt that such a great talent must
Immediately invite him over to help his husband, old George!
"Mrs. Vice Commander, okay, I just feel a little confused right now." Ronald and her went to the Vice Commander's official residence.
"any drinks?"
"If there is black tea."
"I only have coffee here," Barbara asked the SWAT team bodyguard to get Ronald a cup of coffee.
Seeing that she and Ronald were the only ones left in the study, Barbara clicked the table next to old George's desk and suddenly asked.
"Ronald, why didn't you tell me that you came up with that golden phrase that defeated Mondale?"
The old lady's white hair spread out and fluttered in the strong evening wind, like a lioness showing her hunting posture.
"One sentence cannot determine the outcome of the leadership election." Ronald replied without hesitation.
"Then what can decide?" Barbara put away the temptation, this was an answer she did not expect.
"Perhaps you think that the golden words in that debate allowed the commander-in-chief to change the public's view of his age. In fact, this may be the case, but it is all the work of a team. You cannot erase others just because of one person's outstanding performance.
of hard work.
Besides, I just provided an angle unintentionally."
Ronald didn't want to take the credit for this. If he caused the other party a misunderstanding that he was omnipotent, then he would not play for Old George, or the results would not be as dramatic as this, and if the expectations and results were inconsistent, it would not be a good thing.
Besides, I don’t want to waste my time on the election campaign.
"I am a film director, Lady Barbara. Sometimes, the success or failure of a film, in the eyes of the audience, is just a close-up of the protagonist's tearful eyes in the final climax scene. But that is the joint efforts of all the actors, and in the end
The consequences are slowly laid out in the hands of the editor.
Moreover, even if the star performs the best, we must not forget the photographers, lighting engineers, makeup artists, hairstylists, etc. behind the scenes. A makeup artist who deliberately causes sabotage will have a huge impact on the heroine."
"Hahaha, I know something about that." Barbara laughed, and after getting dressed, she was excluded from the formal occasion by Nancy. This kind of Hollywood actress is very destructive.
"Then what do you think about the strategic differences between my two campaign consultants? Don't say you don't know. George Jr. strongly recommends your opinion to me. I know you have a preference for Roger Ailes' campaign strategy.
I also asked Roger, and he also praised your advertising ideas. He said that the advertisements produced by your company laid a good foundation for our advantage in the primary election."
It turned out that little George had revealed his position, and Ronald blinked twice.
However, Roger Ailes's idea is really useful. I borrowed it, and Cher's interview was valued by all parties. If I still had the same old idea, I wanted Cher to talk about it on Letterman's show.
"Moonlight is sultry", I'm afraid the effect will be much worse, and all parties will not be so cooperative.
"Ms. Barbara, on the set, I have to manage more than 200 people at most, and dozens of people at least. Most of these people are working with me for the first time, and they all have different ideas. Every day I will
Received dozens of unsolicited 'advice', each sounding good for themselves. Do you know how I can tell who is telling the truth and who is lying?"
"What do you do?" Barbara liked this way of talking very much, but when these words came from a person who was younger than her son, she also felt very emotional. Why is her own child not so capable?
"I have a rule of thumb. If someone comes and says how doing this will benefit the crew, how it will make other people act more realistic, and what effect the final film will have, then they are probably speaking fairly.
If what he is talking about is his strategy, what value he has added to the crew, and he is emphasizing his contribution everywhere before filming..."
"You know what? Ronald, if you are determined to enter politics, you must also be a good person."
"My hobby is making movies." Ronald laughed. Just in time, the Secret Service bodyguard brought in a cup of coffee.
"Thank you, thank you very much." Ronald looked at these professionals from the Secret Service who wanted to get coffee for him, and quickly thanked them. He was wearing a black suit and sunglasses indoors, and he looked like he was not easy to mess with.
.
"It's okay", the bodyguard waved his hand, this guy is quite polite.
…
By the next day, Barbara quickly changed the team of campaign advisers. Roger Ailes was actually in charge of the campaign's strategy.
In the upcoming election campaign, the propaganda direction will no longer deliberately describe in detail the economic, foreign affairs, taxation and other policies after George Sr. is elected.
Rather, it focuses on some of the unsatisfactory things that the people have encountered during the seven years of rapid development. Some people who have lost in the competition need the new leader to be more gentle and pay more attention to fairness instead of blindly focusing on efficiency.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the southern states, a firewall must be built to prevent illegal immigrants from Mexico from flooding into America and robbing the lower class of people of job opportunities. The magnitude of the stock market crash is
In this context, people want some protection.
They need a leader who is tough on the outside and continues the current economic policies on the inside, but is more concerned about the people in terms of social security, security, and punishment of evil Wall Street predators.
The campaign's next ad also shifted its focus to family values.
All of George Sr.'s children will appear in this commercial, telling their inner thoughts about their father's candidacy and what kind of person they see their father as.
Because of George's persistence, Ronald, the "campaign expert" he recommended to Barbara, helped Barbara make her final decision. He and Laura also got their first chance to appear on the scene.
The new ad script was sent to Roger Ailes for review and will be directed by Emile.
Ronald also returned to New York, praised Emil greatly and gave him a check as a bonus. His work was appreciated by Barbara, the de facto spokesperson of the campaign committee, which gave him a lot of praise.
Ronald's daydream company has a long-term customer and is very rich.
After handling the business, Ronald called in Bannon.
"Tamura is gone?"
"The message that his uncle asked him to deliver has been finished. Someone is about to cause trouble in the Tokyo stock market. They are waiting there. Tamura has to rush back and report in person. I asked him to take a business jet and leave."
"Very good", Ronald took a bottle of Yamazaki 12-year whiskey presented by the Japanese, opened it and poured it for Bannon. The Japanese people must compete with the best quality in the world in all products. This Yamazaki,
Except that the taste is slightly lighter, Ronald feels that it has surpassed Scottish malt whiskey in terms of smell, quality, and taste.
"Our money has been transferred to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, where we will join our partners. This time we will give Solow's hedge funds a hard blow."
The Ministry of International Trade and Industry is proud this time. In the stock market crisis, all liberalism is illusory. Even London, the birthplace of the non-intervention policy, has begun administrative intervention. Following the footsteps of New York and Tokyo, it has "morally" persuaded banks to take over and be included in the index.
of stocks.
Those hedge funds, which suffered losses in New York and London, still want to bet against Tokyo to make up for the previous losses on Black Monday. Now let them have a taste of the subtleties of the Oriental people: a biting dog does not bark.
He took part of the money and went to Tokyo with Bannon to snipe at America's financial tycoon Solo Ronald. There was no psychological burden at all. After all, America's investment genius Buffy also said that it was this kind of speculator that made people famous.
The breadth and length of the crisis have been artificially increased. How many innocent investors have been harmed by you?
I also represent the side of justice and come to punish you speculators.
"When will you come over?"
"Tomorrow, I can continue to mobilize some money here."
"Cheers and wish us success."
"Cheers, hahaha", Bannon also laughed out loud. This time, the total money invested by the two of them was more than 10 million. If it works well, it will be several times the income.
"By the way," Ronald thought of the past events that Buffy told him, "that $3,000-per-share company, Buffy's thing..."
"You mean Berkshire Hathaway?"
"Yeah, how much money did they make on the Washington Post? I heard Buffy was fully invested in one stock and held it for three years."
"Haha, that stock gave him at least ten times the income. Now he can mobilize more than 500 million US dollars in one go."
"Ten times?" Ronald thought for a moment, "Is Coca-Cola also undervalued now? Just like the Washington Post at that time?"
"Compared to the highest point, Coke has indeed fallen by more than 30%. However, Buffy's strategy is to fight for the long term. It is not as fast as us to gain short-term leverage."
"That's true..." Ronald dealt with it, and made up his mind. For someone like him who doesn't understand stock trading, he should learn from Buffy and see a good stock, buy it and put it there.
Enough."
"Well," Ronald took a sip of his wine, "Buffy's company is also a listed company, so I'll also buy some shares of his company. It will be used as teaching fees."