Chapter 442 Golden Globe Awards
October 19, 1987, was Belfort’s first day at work.
At four o'clock in the afternoon that day, the company's alarm suddenly sounded, and the stock markets of the entire European country crashed, falling to 508 points. That day was called "Black Monday."
The old stock company where Belfort worked declared bankruptcy a month later.
In this way, his dream of becoming a rich man was shattered again.
After losing his job, he joined a penny stock trading company, where he discovered huge business opportunities.
Penny stocks specifically refer to stocks worth less than one dollar, and the money invested usually goes to waste, so they are also called "junk stocks."
Rich people who know their stuff will not buy junk stocks, so Belfort is committed to capturing those at the bottom.
You must know that the commission for selling penny stocks is 50%, while the commission for blue chip stocks is less than 1%.
In other words, for every penny stock sold, he can receive half of the high commission.
However, under U.S. law, selling penny stocks to vulnerable groups is illegal and is a typical financial fraud.
Dazzled by desire, Belfort tried his best and made the first fraud phone call in his life.
Two minutes later, he succeeded and received a commission of up to 2,000 US dollars.
After successfully testing the waters for the first time, he began to promote penny stocks unscrupulously, talking about junk stocks in a garish way, deceiving countless electricians, postmen, and drivers, and made a fortune by taking advantage of their desire to get rich overnight.
Soon, not only did he pay off all his debts, he also had a capital of US$70,000.
And this is why the release of "The Wolf of Wall Street" aroused the emotions of people affected by the financial crisis in the United States.
Looking back, it is clear that the financial crisis is unstoppable, but those on Wall Street are still tricking them into investing money in the stock market in various ways, luring them step by step into the abyss.
But those people on Wall Street took the money that they had lost all their money, and they had sex with young models in clubs, yachts and sports cars, and they were so comfortable and happy.
Comparing the two, there is only anger!
Belfort’s secret to success is to never compromise and never be satisfied.
He resigned again and started his own business with Azov, a furniture salesman who lived in the same apartment.
Gradually, his team grew bigger and bigger like a snowball.
However, this is not a long-term solution. It is illegal to promote junk stocks to vulnerable groups, and rich people will not buy junk stocks. How to balance the two?
If you only make money from the poor, the company will obviously not be able to grow bigger, and it will have to take a shot and change its location.
Belfort decided to completely transform the company, and this time, he targeted the 1% of wealthy people in the United States.
His goal is to become a rich man at the top of the food chain from a small fish and shrimp.
In 1989, he incorporated Stratton Oakmont Company and taught Kodak sales techniques to employees. He first recommended blue chip stocks that allowed the rich to gain profits, and used this as bait to sell junk stocks.
This method successfully exploited the weakness of human nature. Many people were deceived and money poured into his pocket.
During crazy expansion, he earned US$60,000 per week and owned luxury villas, sports cars and private jets.
This unscrupulous amassing of money aroused the vigilance of relevant departments. The U.S. Securities Commission sent experts to investigate, but when the client list was put up, the investigators were unable to do anything because the list was full of rich people with a net worth of millions. U.S. law only stipulates that junk stocks are not allowed to be sold to vulnerable groups.
The first investigation ended hastily, and in the end, the committee had to find a few trivial reasons to fine Oakmont $100,000.
This money is just a drop in the bucket for Belfort.
Belfort didn’t take the warning to heart this time. He continued to expand his business empire and used all means to make money.
Once, when investigators from the Securities Commission were auditing the company's accounts, Belfort sat in his office with a straight face and directed his brokers to bid up the stock price, creating a miracle of recording $12.5 million in three minutes.
With such contempt for law and business ethics, everyone is helpless.
After that, he became even more careless, living a life of luxury and lust, throwing parties, drinking alcohol, taking drugs, and even allowed his employees to participate in it, inviting large groups of beautiful women to the office to entertain them.
He is gradually lost in the empire building he built by his own hands, sliding into the abyss of sin.
He didn’t know that FBI agent Coleman had been staring at him for a long time.
Coleman repeatedly asked the employees of Oakmont Company for information, but everyone was tight-lipped. It must be said that Belfort has superb means of winning people's hearts.
The investigation progressed slowly, but Belfort got into trouble first. Coleman's persistence in pursuing him made him very worried.
So he decided to take the initiative and coaxed his second wife's aunt into opening a Swiss bank account and then illegally transferred large sums of money into it.
A wise man must make a mistake after all his considerations. This time, he made a miscalculation.
Money laundering is Coleman's best field. In the end Coleman collected a series of evidence, persuaded Swiss banks, which are famous for strictly guarding customer information, to show it, and then arrested Belfort with sufficient reasons.
Overnight, Belfort lost everything.
The company went bankrupt, his billions in net worth was taken back by the government, and his wife filed for divorce from him.
He became the miserable poor boy again.
After the prosperity is over, start all over again.
His empire collapsed. Ten years have been like a dream. Now he wakes up and what awaits him is ten-count indictments from the federal government and 30 years in prison.
Belfort "suddenly woke up".
In order to reduce his sentence, Belfort actively cooperated with federal investigations, actively collected information about his partners, and assisted the FBI in uncovering multiple fraud cases.
Due to his good behavior and several other minor crimes, he was ultimately sentenced to only 4 years and fined $110 million
After a while, Belfort was sent to a California prison and began to A life of imprisonment.
In prison, he met comedy star Tommy Chung, who was imprisoned for drug trafficking, and the two soon became friends who talked about everything.
Tommy Chung loved to hear his stories about Wall Street and was often made to laugh because of his humorous and exaggerated language.
“You should write these experiences into a book.” Tommy Chung encouraged him.
Belfort took out his enthusiasm for studying stocks and wrote down his experiences in those years in a book, titled "The Wolf of Wall Street".
The implication is that he was once as fierce as a wolf and as greedy as a wolf.
Many publishing houses heard the news and took action. The last publishing house spent 2 million yuan to buy his manuscript.
You can also make money in prison. Belfort is indeed a natural business acumen, and he has never received writing-related training before.
This is just the first step in his transformation.
Due to his excellent performance, he only stayed in prison for 22 months before being released on early bail. After he was released from prison, his new book was sold and became the bestseller in New York.
Later, Wang Shu, a director from the East, spent US$1 million to buy the story, and starred Matt Damon as the protagonist, and shot a movie of the same name. Belfort's roller coaster-like life was at the stage of the outbreak of the financial crisis. Shown to the world.
In addition to writing books, he also tours major universities to give free lectures, asking students to take him as a warning and not to violate the bottom line of the law.
In fact, it is false to use him as a warning. Through this It is a true way to make money. After gaining popularity through motivational speeches, Belfort returned to his old profession: doing sales training, and still relied on his eloquence to make a living.
After several years of hard work, he became the most popular lecturer in the world, with a fee of up to 150,000 US dollars per appearance. Although this money is insignificant compared to the money he earned before, it is still generous
This is why some people After watching "The Wolf of Wall Street", I will make some weird comments. Shouldn't the bad guy have the last laugh?
The story of "The Wolf of Wall Street" ends with Belfort being imprisoned.
In reality, Belfort only served 22 months in prison and was fined $110 million.
Not to mention, this man also wrote an autobiography "The Wolf of Wall Street" in prison.
The publisher bought his book manuscript with a royalty of US$2 million, and Wang Shu bought the film adaptation rights with a copyright fee of US$1 million.
He only served 22 months in prison and earned US$3 million.
After he was released from prison, he lived a good life again
As Belfort’s story spread widely on the Internet, many people fell silent.
At first, people who didn’t know the specific situation of Belfort, after watching the movie, just thought that Belfort had been punished.
The reality turned out to be completely different from what they imagined.
Some people couldn’t help but think of the movie reviews they saw on Rotten Tomatoes about “The Wolf of Wall Street”.
There is a sentence in it.
"Is it to take care of the fishing people's emotions?"
I didn't know what this meant before, but now I understand it all.
On January 13, the American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards were held as scheduled.
In the original timeline, the 66th Golden Globe Awards ceremony was originally supposed to be held on the 11th, US time, but now the butterfly flapped its wings, and it was two days late.
As the Golden Globe Awards second only to the Academy Awards in the United States, the awards ceremony is star-studded and attracts much attention throughout.
Compared to the Academy Awards, which are only film awards, the Golden Globe Awards are divided into film and television categories.
The film category is the film award in the United States after the Academy Awards.
At this Golden Globe Awards, the film directed by Wang Shu was not only nominated for "The Wolf of Wall Street", but also for "The Tuner".
As a result, both the crews of "The Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" came to the scene.
As a director, Wang Shu first walked the red carpet with the crew of "The Tuner" and then walked the red carpet again with "The Wolf of Wall Street".
He is from China, and he is a director who won the Venice Best Director Award in his early twenties. Now he has two films nominated for both, so he is one of the highlights.
In addition, there was another attack on Wall Street yesterday. All the media who arrived at the scene wanted to interview Wang Shu and ask questions about the attack on Wall Street.
However, Wang Shu did not give the reporters a chance. He declined the interview and interaction on the grounds that he had to walk the red carpet with the two crews and was busy. After walking the red carpet, he went directly to the venue in the Hilton Hotel.
On the red carpet of the Academy Awards, Wang Shu met Monica, Kristen, Robert Downey Jr. and others who had worked with the crew of "The Tuner".
Robert Downey Jr. is now known to everyone as "Iron Man". He was already on the block, but became famous again through this Marvel movie.
It’s just that the movie has become famous again and again. After all, superhero commercial movies belong to the lower end of the contempt chain. If he has the opportunity to walk on the red carpet of the Golden Globe Awards and be proud, Robert Downey Jr. will naturally not miss it.
As for Christine, she is now the "Twilight Girl" popular in North America.
The movie "Twilight" is actually the same as the bloody Korean idol drama. It has no depth and is very rough, but it is deeply loved by teenagers.
Since "Twilight" became a hit, Kristen is now a popular American actress. She has many more social events and parties than before. This is Wang Shu's first time returning to Hollywood. meet with him.
"Shu, long time no see." Christine saw Wang Shu and came over to say hello with a smile on her face.
Although "Twilight" is a hit, it is not even qualified to be nominated for the Golden Globe Awards. Kristen was able to come to the Golden Globe Awards Ceremony this time because of her role in "The Tuning" The movie "The Teacher".
“Long time no see.” Wang Shu hugged Christine, who was wearing a dress.
There was a faint smell of perfume on her body, and when she hugged her, she could not help but smell a stronger smell of perfume.
If it were for domestic entertainment, there would be gossip news about such a hug.
Here in Hollywood, hugging is common.
The two chatted for a few words, then walked into the venue and sat down.
When he sat down, Wang Shu discovered that the two crews of "The Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" were next to each other.
Obviously, this was done deliberately by the organizers to facilitate Wang Shu, Matt Damon and others.
After sitting down, the award ceremony had not yet started, and Wang Shu started chatting with Monica and others beside him.
Wang Shu and Matt Damon’s seats are close to the aisle, with Matt Damon sitting in the third row and Wang Shu sitting in the fourth row.
Sitting on Matt Damon's right are Scarlett Johansson, Sister Stone, and the crew of "The Wolf of Wall Street".
Beside Wang Shu sat Monica, Christine, and the crew of "The Tuner".
Robert Downey Jr. and others sat in the fifth row.
Monica also wore a dress to attend today, and she wore a low-cut dress.
Compared to Christine, Sister Shitou, and Scarlett who are mediocre, Monica is obviously more interesting.
As for Kristen, Sister Shitou and Scarlett, Kristine is actually the most ordinary, while Sister Shitou and Scarlett are somewhat interesting.
Although not much, it is better than Christine.
Wang Shu didn't know how much information Scarlett had.
He knew everything about Christine and Sister Shitou.
Both women are beautiful at this age.
Sister Shitou has a sexy and baby-fat face. She has a young baby-fat face, but she has a sexy and mature flavor that is not expected for her age.
Christine is not yet 19 years old, only 18 years old, with the temperament of a good girl and a pure appearance.
The appearance gives people a very pure feeling, but the reality is completely inconsistent.
However, it is precisely because of the discrepancy that there is a sense of contrast.
(End of this chapter)