I have a big ball of light

This air journey was actually very smooth. There were no snake-infested flights, death flights, red-eye flights, death coming, etc.

Except for his net worth falling from 60 billion to 10 billion, nothing major happened. Most of Claude's funds were invested in his hometown. After all, he was the most familiar there, right?

Flying to the United States so quickly this time was not only to catch up with the Internet bubble.

More importantly, Claude decided to face reality. In the dangerous world of Marvel, since he cannot return to his hometown.

Then the only choice left is to improve your own strength. If you want to improve your strength, you must rely on your own golden fingers.

The place where Goldfinger can be most effective is undoubtedly the center of the Marvel Universe, New York.

Returning to the United States, Claude received a "warm welcome" from the American people.

Eleven bodyguards who had been struggling for many days were left with five good food and drinks at the customs. The IRS came and staff came to help deal with the tax refund issue. Staff from various government departments came one after another to warmly care for Crowe. Moral food, clothing, housing and transportation.

This kind of door-to-door service was something Claude had never experienced before. The service was very enthusiastic and he resolutely refused to accept Claude's thank you red envelope, showing off his attitude of refusing to take advantage of fellow villagers.

Even the chef that Claude brought from his hometown went to the hospital for an undetermined health checkup, which made Serena, who had long been accustomed to Chinese food, return to the embrace of American food.

These series of enthusiastic services made Claude feel like he was being stared at by mosquitoes. The question of whether to pat or not was very annoying.

The sudden "enthusiasm" made Claude scratch his head frequently. The network of contacts he had previously managed had also faded because he had not traveled around the United States in the past few years. It can be seen that the saying "the tea cools when you are away" is applicable to any country.

No information was found after searching around, which made Claude start to become suspicious. As the saying goes, unknown threats are the most terrifying.

Bah, it's the weasel paying New Year's greetings to the chicken. It's not kind and wrong. That's the general meaning anyway.

From Kingpin, the future underground emperor of New York, I think of the Jewish forces represented by Old Man Saw, from Snake and Shield, I think of the Ancient One.

Claude thought about all the Marvel characters he remembered in his mind, and for a moment he had the urge to hide back in Hong Kong and have a fight with the richest man.

In the end, I held back and wanted to strengthen my own strength. What if I didn't stay in the center of the Marvel Universe?

Only then did he choose to escape when faced with the slightest difficulty. Then how could he blow up the purple sweet potato spirit's head in the future?

Amidst the anxiety, Claude finally waited for the boss behind the scenes.

It turns out that there is a consortium that is jealous of the stocks of Yahoo, Cisco, Microsoft and other Internet companies in Crowder's hands, and they are here to show off their muscles.

In the coming millennium, Yahoo's market capitalization peaked at US$1280 billion. After the stock expansion and other events, Crowder's shares were diluted to 32, and the market value will reach 400 billion by then.

During the same period, the market value of Microsoft and Cisco also exceeded 5000 billion.He has been increasing his holdings in the stocks of these two companies in the past few years, and the proportion is not high.They are 5 and 3 respectively.The combined value of the two also exceeds 400 billion.

Based on Claude's vague memory, he cannot determine exactly when Yahoo's market capitalization reached its peak. He only roughly remembers that the Internet bubble occurred in early 2000.

All you have to do is sell all your IT stocks before the new millennium.

Calculated based on a fluctuation of 20% over the market price, this stock worth more than 800 billion US dollars is a big fat piece of meat in everyone's eyes.

Claude was hiding too far away in Xiangjiang before, but now that he has returned to the United States, he should take action quickly.

After learning the purpose of the boss behind the scenes, Claude breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he was filled with anger.

trouble

I thought I was being targeted by a hidden boss, but it turned out that a few indigenous consortiums wanted to form a team to buy stocks. I had worried for so long in vain. During this time, I didn't even think about learning new knowledge with Serena.

Besides, if you want to buy stocks, just say it. If you don’t tell me, how will I know that you want it?

Just resorting to these shameless methods without asking any questions is indeed a barbarian with a short history.

A few days later, Claude and Serena finally met the boss behind the scenes.

Looking at Xiao Huangmao, who was wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a gray suit and was acting very arrogantly, Claude almost laughed out loud at his funny actions.

I never expected that the first famous Marvel person I would come into contact with would be a buffoon like Justin Hammer.

By the way, isn't Justin Hammer a professional in arms production, although the quality has never been very good.

To be fair, he shouldn't be staring at Stark's butt, following copycats, or praying that Stark Industries would leave him some scraps, so why would he come to trouble Claude?

Justin, accompanied by bodyguards, lit a cigar, blew out a stream of smoke towards Claude, raised his eyebrows, and said arrogantly:

"Mr. Claude, please make a price. I want all the stocks in your hand."

Claude couldn't help but frowned. Damn it. This kind of abnormal pretense would only make people feel disgusted if Justin did it. The disgusting look on Serena's face was the best proof.

However, for the sake of Justin coming to deliver money, Claude decided to forgive him.

You know, the Internet bubble from 2000 to 2002 is known as one of the top ten stock market crashes in the history of the US stock market. The market value of these stocks evaporated a lot out of thin air. If someone can take over these hot stocks, it is too late for him to be happy.

Claude looked at Serena aside and motioned her to answer quickly. Compared to his anxious eloquence, Serena's deception skills were on the same level as Zha Kang's. Don't you see that he was tied to her? How tight.

Although Claude is not good at business negotiation, when someone comes to ask for something, he will give it to him directly. Even a fool knows that there must be something fishy in it, so he must act like he wants to refuse but welcome back.

Serena did this kind of thing very skillfully, as if she revealed something strange.

Serena rolled her eyes beautifully at Claude. When she heard that a consortium wanted to forcefully buy stocks, she had been excited for a while.

Not everyone has the opportunity to compete with the top ten conglomerates in the United States. As a result, what happened to Hammer Industries now?

The biggest fear in everything is comparison. You know, compared with the high-tech and high-quality Stark Industries, Hammer Industries is simply a piece of tissue paper used to wipe your butt.

Facing such a low-income enterprise, Serena lost most of her energy.

Justin Hammer, who had been left alone for a long time, couldn't help it anymore. What's going on with this couple?

Seeing such a strong aura, don’t immediately offer the stocks with both hands. Why don’t you still exchange money for dog food in front of me?

"cough~cough~"

Justin's cough interrupted the eye contact between Claude and Serena, and Serena reluctantly took over the negotiation work.

"Mr. Justin"

"Just call me Hammer." Justin seemed to want to show off his deep eyes, leaning forward, looking like a passionate prodigal.

As a "playboy" who usually can only spend money to find women or pick up Stark's leftovers, when has Justin ever met a beauty of Serena's level?

Serena smiled slyly,

"Yes, Mr. Hammer."