American Life

Chapter 142 The largest single shareholder

The expressions of everyone present became quite intriguing, especially Gino Rossi, who looked at Charlie Rossi with the eyes of an idiot.

"Besides, I have never heard of any fund that can invest all its funds into a company. Why don't we directly buy Apple's shares? What's the point of asking you to come here?" Kannai The representative of the Ji family, the young woman wearing thick glasses asked.

"The meaning is that you can make more money by putting your money in industry funds. It's that simple."

"Have you always held it?" someone asked again.

"Of course not. I am just preparing to do this for the time being. Maybe Jobs will have a car accident the next day or tomorrow, or maybe two days later racial discrimination will be revealed in the office. In short, I will make dynamic judgments based on the current situation. Even I and myself can't guarantee what will happen tomorrow. What you do is trust my experience and judgment. The amount of money you put on me will bring you the same returns. It's that simple." Charlie stated.

He does not need others to provide advice, nor does he need others to interfere with his choices.

Just lie down.

The reason why Charlie chose this way was just to take a fancy to the families behind these people, nothing more.

Besides Apple, he actually has a better choice... Of course, this choice will not be shared with everyone here.

"This is so strange. Why aren't there star companies like Zynga, Groupon, Uber, and FACEBOOK? Their business models have been confirmed and this is a cost-effective deal." Someone else asked, this person obviously knows something about Silicon Valley. Understanding, several high-quality investment objects were revealed.

This time, there was no need for Charlie to speak. Gino turned slightly sideways and explained to everyone:
"It's simple because these companies have no financing plans for the time being."

Perhaps because Charlie's investment plan was too crude and simple, everyone present seemed to feel unsure about the fourth phase of the industrial fund, thanks to Bo Li's mediation.

After leaving the venue, Polly called Charlie aside alone.

He just said to Charlie meaningfully:
"If you mess up, I can only replace you directly. In addition, the cooperation between the family and you may be forced to suspend. I know you have many strange ideas that can produce surprisingly difficult results, but I can only help You’re here.”

It was obvious that she was also under some kind of pressure.

In fact, this was somewhat beyond Charlie's expectations. In all fairness, the relationship between her and the family behind it and herself is simply to use each other.

And Bully's approach has obviously gone beyond the scope of partners.

"Sorry, I must remain loyal to the Rossi family." Charlie reiterated.

He was able to get into this game not because of the influence of the Rossi family.

"Of course I know that, I just think you're quite interesting." Polly said with a smile.

"Then I have to say sorry again, the Rossi family is very enthusiastic about Taylor Swift." Charlie joked.

"Oh, they'll be warmer to me," Polly added.

"It's up to you. See you next time."

Charlie sneered, of course he knew that Polly was joking, this woman just thought more highly of him.

Don’t Hollywood stars look good?

Well, she does have the looks to be worthy of a Hollywood star, but considering her special status, Charlie won't have the slightest idea about her.

In the afternoon, Charlie and Taylor got on the departure plane. Charlie went back to Chicago, while Taylor went to Nashville to start recording her second album.After the release of her first album, her pop music career has entered a new stage, but compared with those real superstars, there is still a big gap, and it is only Billboard's "Country Music" that dominates the charts Just rankings.The commercial endorsement is only GAP.

Through Charlie's guidance in the past few months, Taylor has accumulated more than 20 new songs. It is believed that with the release of this new album, she can reach a new height in her career.

Three days after returning to Chicago, Pulley personally called Charlie and informed him that the money from several families had arrived and that action could officially begin.

You can’t put off things like investment and financial management. After all, there is “interest” every day.

In addition, Charlie also found that Polly seemed to be very concerned about this matter, and actually called her personally to inquire about the specific situation.

"This fund seems very important to you?"

"Don't ask. Just do your job honestly." Polly hung up the phone directly.

Putting down his mobile phone, Charlie looked at the clear sky outside the office. He stretched first, and then opened the relevant page of electronic transactions. At this time, Apple's market value was US$922 billion.

Since the release of the first generation of IPHONE, Apple's market value has increased by more than 20%, and the market value will reach the billion mark within this year.

It seems like a lot, but compared to the market capitalization monsters that will come in the future, it’s just a fraction.

If Charlie were to hold only one U.S. stock within ten years, he would choose Apple without hesitation.

During the rest of this week, under Charlie's operation, industry funds continued to buy Apple's outstanding shares, and almost wiped out all the sell orders. A full quarter earlier than the original time point.

At the end of this week, the Technology Development Industry Fund surpassed the asset management company Vanguard Group's 7.32% shareholding ratio in one fell swoop, becoming Apple's largest single shareholder.This caused a strong reaction in the market, and many news media began to report relevant content. With the disclosure of some information, Charlie Rossi's name was once again pushed to the forefront, and many people were speculating on his purpose and next step. Intend.

Charlie Rossi got a call Saturday night.

The caller was then-Apple CEO, Steve Jobs.

"I need to talk to you."

Without any small talk, he went straight to the point.

"Of course, when?" Charlie wasn't surprised that he called himself.

After all, as the single largest shareholder, he has 10% of the voting rights in the general meeting of shareholders. The Technology Development Industry Fund has partial control over Apple, and as the company's CEO, Steve Jobs must be responsible to the major shareholder.

At this time, after several years of development and relying on the success of the IPOD product line, Jobs had completely controlled the board of directors.

Faced with an outsider who suddenly arrived and broke into his territory, of course he had to figure out his purpose.

"Right now, I've arrived in Chicago." Jobs' voice was full of energy. At this time, he had not been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and his body was still in a relatively healthy state.

Acting pretty fast.

"Then we'll meet later..." Charlie hung up the phone.

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"Let's now look at Apple's market capitalization, as of Friday, Apple's market capitalization reached 935 billion US dollars, and in one fell swoop became the largest single shareholder of Apple!"

(End of this chapter)