The Goddess Shines on America

North Carolina is a state on the Atlantic coast in the southeastern United States. It is one of the original thirteen states. The rural population accounts for more than 50%, and it is one of the states with the largest rural population in the United States. It was the settlement of Indians in the early days. Even now, tens of thousands of people still live in the mountains in the northwest, while 45% of the state's area is occupied by coastal plains.

The Great Dismore Swamp that Alice is optimistic about is located here. It is rainy in July and August, and dry in October and November. It is a swamp that seems to be isolated from the main rural continent. There is nothing more suitable for being a mercenary than this Where is the training facility?

Well, maybe the Amazon rainforest too, but that's another extreme environment.

After several hours of flying and arriving in Raleigh, the capital of the state, in the afternoon, Alice immediately bought some newspapers, so that Akaman could have something to do while he was handling business with the car rental company.

"Look, Maiya."

On the seat in the reception hall, Alice gloated and pointed to the news in the newspaper: "The court date has been confirmed."

Maiya moved her head closer. This was a news that was only published this morning.

"The court date is May 18! IBM will repeatedly appear in federal court! "

"Regarding the claims of Nasdaq Exchange and Microsoft for IBM's intrusion into the exchange server and interference with the company's listing, the Federal Court made an announcement at 4:00 p.m. Trials will be held separately."

"The defendant in the above two lawsuits, IBM, held two press conferences during the two months of the incident, but they were forced to interrupt due to the riots of small and medium shareholders at the scene. Among them, the representatives of small and medium shareholders of IBM, Lucent Technology Orlando Bryan, CEO of IBM, publicly expressed his views, saying that he would personally strongly condemn IBM's attempt to place the responsibility on ordinary employees. IBM has not responded to this."

"In addition, affected by the incident, IBM's listed stocks on the New York Stock Exchange suffered a severe setback, falling as high as 75% in the past two months, and it has not eased until recently. IBM Chairman O'Dell has made several speeches, trying to The majority of shareholders have confidence in the company's prospects and successfully recovered a large amount of outflow funds."

There are few pictures in the article, and it is mainly a long-winded narrative. The editor not only informs the readers of the latest news, but also summarizes what IBM has encountered in this period of time.

"Stocks fell as high as 75%..."

Maiya shook her head: "Although it will definitely rise back, it will definitely lose its vitality in a short time. Alice, did you take the opportunity to buy its stock?"

Alice also shook her head: "It's not yet time, who knows how far this guy's stock will fall and how long it will last. After a while, I still have time to spend a lot of money. Now Can't waste it on this guy."

Maiya put her hands on the back of the chair behind Alice, leaned over, and watched the news more carefully: "Actually, I've been thinking all this time, will IBM really do such a thing?"

Alice grinned a weird smile, and her big blue eyes seemed to bend into a pair of crescent moons: "Honey, the evidence is convincing, the string of instructions was sent from IBM. A big company like it, There will definitely be many ways to do it internally, but they never dreamed that I would find clues from the transaction order, hehe~"

Maiya nodded slowly, she didn't know much about these things in the business war. However, what Alice said just now made her a little concerned: "You said that a large amount of money will be used soon? What is it for? Or is it used for the filming of "Alien 2"?"

"No, no, the current filming funds are enough."

Alice shook her head and said, "However, it is precisely because the cost of this movie is too high, so I have to take advantage of the stock market to make a fortune. Thirty million, this loan is not a small number."

That's right, according to the estimates made by DreamWorks' finance department, plus the 10 million rented supercomputer, the entire shooting cost of "Alien 2" will reach 30 million. And the bulk of the 20,000 was placed by Alice through the mechanical designer Fumihiko Sextant, who was hired by her, to place a large order with the defense industry giant General Dynamics.

In order to manufacture movie props, an arms company was hired to customize them. This kind of super-burning behavior can only be done by Alice.

Maiya focused on the stock market: "If you want to say what big event will happen in the stock market in the near future..."

After thinking for a moment, Maiya's handsome eyes looked at Alice thoughtfully: "The Plaza Accord signed last year?"

"The yen has started to appreciate."

If so, the smile on the corner of Alice's mouth became more and more weird: "As soon as the yen appreciates, investors from all over the world will start buying Japanese real estate. House speculation, Maiya, isn't this a great opportunity to make money?"

Maiya's mother is of Japanese descent, which made her pay attention to all kinds of things in that oriental island country no matter what, she took a breath, and she was surprised: "You mean that the current real estate speculation will rise to a level To an amazing degree!?"

"The Plaza Accord was signed in September last year. The dollar began to depreciate and the yen began to appreciate."

Alice said: "You know, before September, the exchange rate of the yen against the US dollar has been fluctuating around 1:250, but in less than three months after the agreement took effect, it quickly appreciated to around 1:200, The increase has reached 20%. Then in the first half of this year, it is now May 1st, and the ratio has risen to about 1:180. Do you think this momentum can be stopped in a short time?"

To be honest, Maiya is really not very proficient in economics and business. Father Akaman is just a soldier, and mother Kaori is just a traditional housewife. Let her, a high school girl who usually reads most literary novels, suddenly learn about the stock market and international financial circles. God, don’t be too hard on her .

But this by no means prevents her from asking: "Then how do you want to invest? By the way, Alice, how do you think our family can invest?"

Alice burst into laughter, she was really not surprised that Maiya would ask such a question.

But just as she was about to say something, Mr. Akaman had already come from a distance: "Girls, the Land Rover SUV is in hand, ready to go."

"What, it's Land Rover again."

Alice pouted and stood up: "We just took it to the airport, why not change to another one."

Akaman laughed loudly, and patted his daughter on the shoulder: "No problem, no problem, when I come to Raleigh next time, I will definitely rent you a Ford!"

Afterwards, a group of people got into a four-wheel drive vehicle with different styles, but they were all Land Rover SUVs, and headed towards a land contractor that had been investigated earlier.

During this process, Maiya spoke out about investing in Japan.

"Buying real estate is the best option."

Akaman said without hesitation: "Especially for the Japanese, they don't have much territory, but they have a large population. Their desire for land and houses is far stronger than that of Americans. Maiya, do you still remember your Uncle Taro? "

Maiya froze for a moment: "Uncle Taro? What's wrong?"

"On the 17th of last month, he made an overseas call to Xiangori to discuss the matter of borrowing money from us to buy a house. After I came back on the 19th, Xiangori told me about it, and she Shuotaro said that a house he was optimistic about had increased in value by 10% in just three months!"

"Ten percent!?"

Maiya asked in surprise, "And it's three months!?"

"This is just the beginning."

Alice interjected: "It took three months for the yen to increase in value against the US dollar by 20%, and another three months to ferment, is enough to increase the value of a residential house by 10%. As long as the general trend of yen appreciation remains unchanged, There will be more and more international investors acquiring Japanese real estate. After all, this is just what they need. Then, in less than a year, after seeing so many international investor capital settle in, Japanese domestic real estate companies and the public will definitely be unable to sit still. living……"

"So, the real estate speculation fever is coming."

With Alice's analysis, Akaman came to a decisive conclusion: "The sooner you start with this kind of thing, the better. You can start before the price has risen, and you can make the most money when you sell it. Alice Si, are you planning to intervene here?"

Maiya immediately looked at the friends around her. It was such an important matter, but she couldn't help being excited: "You will definitely make a move!? When do you plan to start!?"

"Oh... look, you are in a hurry."

Alice waved her hand and said with a chuckle: "If you want to buy a house, of course you can do it at any time. This real estate speculation will last at least three or four years, as long as you don't get carried away by the profits. In my case, of course it is When Microsoft gets more dividends, and after half a year of development, Cisco will almost be able to apply for an IPO, and then there will be a new round of earnings.”

"Haha, don't let any company invade Nasdaq at that time."

Akaman laughed loudly: "But Alice, Cisco will be ready to go public in half a year? So fast? The company has only been established for two years?"

"Because it's developing faster than I expected."

Alice said calmly: "IBM's incident happened suddenly. It's the so-called information security crisis. President Reagan gave me a huge order, and even gave me thirty million US dollars for research and development of the firewall project! Three thousand What is the concept of Wan? My company's net profit last year was only so much!"

Maiya said softly: "The government departments of several states on the east coast have designated procurement. Just releasing this news is enough for many investors to look forward to it. And now there is still speculation about IBM, and everyone will indeed Hope a company like Cisco rises faster. Right?"

Watching the newly rented Land Rover slowly stop in front of an office building, Alice smiled softly and put on a pair of new Gucci sunglasses for herself.

"So, let's give IBM a big thank you~"