Chapter 319 On the Eve of the Plaza Agreement (4200+ chapters~)
There were two students assigned to Changying Studio from Class 78. In addition to Yang Xiaodan, who had invited Wu Jianye before, there was also Wang Lianping, a classmate from the photography department.
Last year, Yang Xiaodan and Fu Yiwei's love story "Magic Land" was filmed by him.
As expected, Fu Yiwei came to their party with Yang Xiaodan in the evening. Seeing how loving the two were, Wu Jianye didn't say anything.
Lao Wu, this glass of wine is just to congratulate you on your happy wedding. When you couldn't leave the factory, we didn't catch up with your wedding to Zhu Jia. Now you have to drink this glass of wedding wine!
Yang Xiaodan and Wang Lianping said while holding wine glasses.
It’s ridiculous to say this! Wu Jianye clinked glasses with them and said.
But for you two, it looks like something good is coming soon. When you have something to do, make a call. The sky is high and the water is far away. You will definitely come over! Wu Jianye said.
Haha, your words are enough! This time it was Yang Xiaodan and Fu Yiwei who clinked glasses to Wu Jianye.
When old classmates met, they naturally talked more about interesting things in school. As for Zhao Fei, who was everyone's happy star, his story was brought out and everyone laughed and laughed.
The next day Wu Jianye chatted with Jiang Xi again and asked him to go to his own hall for culture after returning to Yanjing. Jiang Xi had always respected Wu Jianye, so naturally there was no problem.
Wu Jianye stayed in Spring City for a total of a week. First, he was looking for filming locations, and second, he discussed the shooting situation with Chen Jialin. Although Chen Jialin was not a member of the crew of "The Last Emperor", he was currently filming "The Last Queen".
Same theme.
Among them, Chen Jialin, like Wu Jianye, provided a very useful question.
Extras problem!
"The Last Emperor" will involve many big scenes, especially the scenes in the Forbidden City in Yanjing, lamas, and rebels, which will use a lot of extras.
With this question in mind, Wu Jianye and others returned to Yanjing!
After returning to Yanjing, Wu Jianye immediately held a meeting with the crew of "The Last Emperor". After everyone's discussion and research, he found that the number of extras in this drama would reach nearly 20,000.
This is not something that extras can put together, especially the actors from Lama and the Rebel Army.
In the end, it was Zhao Ming who suggested that he should come forward to communicate with Mr. Wang Lanxi, and the military matter would be easily solved if he came forward.
Mr. Wang Lanxi is an old revolutionary. He was also the first dean of the Film Academy. He later served as a top leader in the Ministry of Culture and also has experience in the military. It would be perfect for him to come forward.
That night Wu Jianye and Zhao Ming went to Mr. Wang Lanxi's home. Although he has now retreated to the second line, his influence is still there.
At the home of Mr. Wang Lanxi, Wang Lanxi also expressed his appreciation for Wu Jianye. Who knows that Wu Jianye is also a student who graduated from the film academy.
Take a good shot, we are all very optimistic about you! Mr. Wang Lanxi patted Wu Jianye on the shoulder and said: As long as you are devoted to the country, if you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to me directly. You don’t have to let these old guys be lobbyists!
Don’t worry, old dean, I will definitely live up to your expectations!
Facing these figures who can be written into history textbooks, Wu Jianye showed great respect.
We are all old, and China’s movies will depend on you in the future! The old dean sighed.
With the support of the old dean, Wu Jianye naturally no longer has to worry about military actors. As for the selection of the lama, Mr. Zhao and others still helped to solve the problem in the end.
This reflects Wu Jianye's advantage in finding these teachers as film consultants. These people cannot be simply described as film practitioners. They are the older generation who came out with the liberation of China, and their relationships are intricate.
It is simply not comparable to the so-called old artists of later generations.
When he returned to the courtyard in the evening, it was already past ten o'clock, but Wu Jianye saw that the light in his room was still on. When he opened the door, he saw Zhu Hao sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper.
After seeing Wu Jianye, he smiled: You are back, you must be hungry, I will cook you a bowl of noodles.
Um.
While eating noodles, Wu Jianye said: If it's too late in the future, you don't have to wait for me!
It's okay, if you are hungry, there will be someone cooking noodles for you!
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Before the movie officially starts shooting, Wu Jianye still has one important thing to do, and that is the Plaza Accord.
Before the Plaza Accord, RB's development was as fast as a rocket launcher. At this time, RB people had a sense of pride and believed that RB's future was unparalleled.
The acquisition of Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures was just a microcosm of the RB consortium at that time. After the Plaza Accord, RB took advantage of the appreciating Japanese currency and clamored to acquire the entire United States.
Mitsubishi spent US$1.34 billion to acquire the Rockefeller Center, a national historical landmark of the United States, RB Life Insurance merged with the American firm of Cedar Riemann Brothers, and the Bank of Tokyo acquired Union Bank of America. In addition, RB people also made real estate investments in central cities such as LA, New York, and Hawaii.
, the R&B people controlled almost half of the real estate in the downtown area of LA, which caused the real estate prices in Los Angeles to soar sharply. By the end of the 1980s, 10% of the real estate in the United States had become the possessions of the R&B people.
During this period of time, the self-confidence of Japanese people has been unprecedentedly high, and it seems that they have stepped out of the shadow of the United States. However, America has perfectly demonstrated to Japanese people that your father is your father after all. If you make you jump, it is because your father loves you. If
If I don’t hurt you anymore, you should spank the naughty child!
The current exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen is around 1:245, and will reach 1:250 at its highest point! After the Plaza Accord, the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen will reach 1:120, an increase of twice as much.
Much, this is simply sending money to Wu Jianye.
This is not only the foreign exchange market that can be operated, but also the stock market and real estate market of RB.
After the Plaza Accord, RB's stock market did usher in a period of skyrocketing. In 1984, the Nikkei Index reached 10,000 points. After the Plaza Accord, the Nikkei Average reached 13,000 points in January 1986, and rose to 26,000 points in September 1987.
, even when the global stock market crashed on Black Monday in 1987, the rising momentum of the rb stock market was not hindered!
There is also a short story here, which can fully illustrate how terrifying the real estate bubble in Japan is in this era. In a school in Tokyo, an old janitor has served in the school for forty years and has always been a janitor.
After living a hard life, he planned to return to his hometown from Tokyo to spend his old age, so he asked someone to sell his small house in Tokyo. As a result, this small house was sold for a high price of 8 million US dollars.
, the old janitor became a millionaire in an instant, and returned to his hometown as a wealthy man with great wealth.
The housing prices in Tokyo can be seen from this!
It's a pity that Wu Jianye has too few available talents. If we talk about RB's stock market, Wu Jianye can still let Yan Wen operate after the Plaza Agreement, then RB's real estate market can only choose to give up.
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...As of today, the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen is 238.7 yen to 1 U.S. dollar. Since we move quickly, the average exchange rate should be 242 yen to 1 U.S. dollar. We have cooperated with Morgan Bank and American Bank
Other banks have used 100 times leverage, deducting 10% of the mortgage deposit, and the US dollars we have available now are 58.5 billion, which will all be invested in the international foreign exchange market to purchase Japanese yen.
America, New York!
For this Plaza Accord, Wu Jianye specifically asked for leave from China, saying that he would come to the United States to discuss investment matters for "The Last Emperor" with investment companies, and came to the United States specifically.
The hotel where he lives is also the Plaza Hotel where the Plaza Agreement was signed.
Wu Jianye was sitting on the sofa in the hotel suite, and Yan Wen, who was sitting opposite him, was discussing the Plaza Agreement. After talking about the number, Yan Wen could feel his heartbeat beating violently.
With a capital of 58.5 billion US dollars, it can be said that this is a big gamble by Wu Jianye...
The kind that puts your wealth and life on the line.
Wu Jianye was sitting on the sofa, with an extremely solemn expression on his face. Even though he knew the trajectory of history, Wu Jianye could not help but tremble.
As long as this time is successful, Wu Jianye will achieve overtaking in the international capital market. By then, Wu Jianye will have a strong capital flow in his hands...
But at this time, Wu Jianye naturally couldn't let outsiders see his nervousness, not even Yan Wen. Now he was everyone's backing, and he couldn't show a trace of panic: Don't be nervous, just follow what I say
Just do it, it depends on whether it is a worm or a dragon!
By the way, have you found the team I asked you to find?
Yan Wen said in a deep voice: The formation has been completed.
In order to deal with the Plaza Accord, Wu Jianye not only found Morgan Bank as his agent, but he also knew that eggs cannot be put in one basket and reached cooperation with almost all major banks in the United States. All of this was done by Wu
See what I have been running about in the past few days when I came to the United States.
The total number of people responsible for this team reaches 200, and they are responsible for the operations of various foreign exchange markets around the world.
September 22, 1985.
Today, financial magazines, investment banks, and countries all over the world are paying attention to the United States, Manhattan, and the G5 conference.
This will be the first time in history that a multinational team has attempted to intervene in the currency market, and all traders are like cats that have smelled something fishy, waiting to make a fortune at this feast.
At 10:45, the time when the conference should have started, the reporters outside the Plaza Hotel also watched the finance ministers and deputy ministers of each country enter the Plaza Hotel.
Wu Jianye was standing on the top floor of the hotel, watching all this with cold eyes.
Why hasn’t America’s Treasury Secretary James Baker shown up yet?
By eleven o'clock, the host James Baker, the United States Treasury Secretary, had not appeared, and Yan Wen could not sit still.
Don't worry, you've been waiting for a year, why are you still worried about this little time? Wu Jianye comforted him with a smile.
But... Yanwen felt a little unsure at this time. Brother, the United States will not regret it, right?
Don’t worry if you don’t know. On such a big occasion, James Baker will naturally have to appear last to show his importance! Wu Jianye continued to laugh.
Time passed minute by minute, and it was not until 11:30 that James Baker arrived late, and the explanation he gave was that the plane was delayed due to weather problems...
Damn, that's so shameless! Even Yan Wen, who had always been very calm, couldn't help but curse. It was obvious that he was also under tremendous pressure. He was very disgusted with James Baker's show-off behavior.
Originally, this meeting was a meeting of 15 people including the finance ministers, deputy ministers and central bank presidents of the five countries, but there were three more people, including Mulford from the United States, because he did all the contact work before the meeting started. Without him, it would be easy to continue wrangling during meetings.
The other two people are a bit interesting. Because the meeting was in English, these two were translators. The rb people said that they did not understand English... The French did not speak English. I am a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, plus There were historical issues between France and England, so the conference had to assign them two translators.
Sometimes negotiations between major powers are actually so nonsense...
In fact, the five countries had already reached an agreement before, so the first item at the conference was quickly determined, which was 'appreciation of non-US dollar currencies', not 'depreciation of the US dollar', and it was also 'orderly appreciation'.
As for whether Germany wants to accompany the kidnappers, the German deputy minister also readily agreed to the proposal. Anyway, this time, it is not that he will accompany the kidnappers all the time. It is also a good thing to stand up for a friend. As for whether this friend is the United States or RB, then No one knows anymore.
Then came the discussion of the details: how much money to pay, how to pay it, and how to spend it?
The entire action given by the Americans lasted about six weeks, with a total investment of no less than 18 billion US dollars. Generally speaking, everyone sold US dollars and purchased Japanese yen or marks. France and Britain could also purchase francs and francs under certain circumstances. GBP.
It even mentioned that Germany can acquire a certain amount of Italian lira, but this is not important, so I won’t go into details. After all, it has nothing to do with Wu Jianye’s plan.
Then the United States proposed a distribution plan of 18 billion U.S. dollars, in which the United States, Germany, and Germany would each bear 25, while France and the United Kingdom would share the remaining 25.
However, this proposal was rejected by the three European countries. We have been playing with you two countries in this matter, so you should bear more responsibility.
So the allocation plan proposed by the Europeans was for the United States, each of the RBs would bear 30%, and the remaining 40% would be borne by the three European countries, and there would be no rigid allocation internally by country.
The United States expressed its agreement with the Europeans' opinion, but since everyone was just out for fun, it would be better to explain the accounts clearly, and settle the accounts openly between brothers.
So the final proposal was for the United States, and RB would each bear 30, which was no problem, and the remaining 40 would be West Germany 25, England 5, and France 10.
Of the three European countries, West Germany is the well-deserved eldest brother. France thinks that it only needs to outdo the British. The British, on the other hand, have poor people and short ambitions, and their horses are thin and hairy. Qin Qiong sometimes sells yellow geldings, so he has no choice but to swallow his anger.
The internal wrangling among the five countries was naturally invisible on TV, but as the time came to 16:00, the G5 meeting ended, and James Baker led everyone involved in the meeting to the reporters.
Brother, can we start the operation in Tokyo tomorrow? Iwaon asked.
In order to maximize the benefits this time, Wu Jianye has plans in all seven major foreign exchange markets in the world.
They are the New York Foreign Exchange Market, the Paris Foreign Exchange Market, the London Foreign Exchange Market, the Sydney Foreign Exchange Market, the Hong Kong Foreign Exchange Market, and the reason why in addition to the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market there is the Wellington Foreign Exchange Market in New Zealand.