Successive acquisitions, tless acquisitions of different produs and chts that are siderably more expehan the norm, are taken on at a steep priow, Marvel had falleo the persistent ambitions of Lux Animation, whiight sider an unwele approach given the pany’s risks and current state.

  - Karl Ikahm proposed a 40% offer for the bond purchase, - Avi Arad remarked to Raimon, who was seated at a table with Stan Lee and Isaac Perlmutter, each of them bound by certain promises – Isaac’s being the CEO position and a handsome bonus for overseeing the panies and managing operations.

  Raimon chuckled, relieved that no further issues were looming.

  - Ronald med Marvel’s bonds – 92% of the shares. My sources add that he’s ehe skincare market, and he made numerous purchases in a short period. The remaining 8% acts as a ret insurance policy weighing on all of you,- Raimon said.

  Ronald had made… a brief, revamped arra, with the 8% of bonds serving his be. The only advantage on his side was his promise to repurchase the bonds and include the 8% as a safeguard, tied to Marvel rather than to Ronald Perelman, in a move that seemed trustworthy to those already ined to oust him.

  - The buyout is unusual, but plicated. If Ronald doesn’t buy the bonds back, they’ll fall under Billy’s trol. Knowing Ronald, he might end up buying them. However, July is expected to see signifit progress, with a new series ung in May – two months to double sales. The ic system is effectively dead; Billy Carson has mao crush all petition, his ics selling in absurd quantities and dominating the market. The toys are selling, but it’s not enough, and the card panies’ sales were hao other panies of Perelman’s. Not a t entered our pany,- remarked Isaac Perlmutter, who had been reviewing the ats.

  - So, Ronald’s hoping for a quick success, - Raimoed.

  - Yes, in May, two new ic series and TV shows will debut, along with oy colles, - Avi Arad added, overseeing the produ of a figures for the series.

  Raimo fident, realizing he’d likely be able to buy Marvel, but the extra funds he had now could be used for other ventures. sidering how he could use part of that moo acquire a hotel in Manhattan and tinue buying shares and games on leverage, he anticipated various profits for the year – although they might not exceed his iment, the growth would.

  …

  Raimon was reviewing data. Tech stocks were a hot market, catapulting people to success. A week or two was all it took to earn money by betting on the long haul and success. He had ducted extensive researd chose to i in panies with top-notch marketing. Betting on these panies ensured a faster return on iment, and by leveraging his position, he could double his gains. He sipped Coca-d ate a rge jar of gummies while everything.

  - You’re a despicable bastard, - sneered Crazy Gramas, a 22-year-old Wall Street gambler, watg Raimon pce a 6 millio with 400% leverage that General Electric stocks would rise by June 1996. They were valued at 60 per share, and with just 25% of the capital, he only needed 1.5 million, while the rest yed on leverage. If he lost, he’d be out 8.5 million; if he won, he’d gain 6.5 million. But Raimon wasn’t done – he took out a put option, aiming to sell the stocks at a profit in June. He bought a million put options, with a potential profit of 12 million.

  - The only bastard here is the oing that this pany will go up. I’ll make two trades and earn 21 million after taxes, - Raimon decred, r like a madman. He loved Wall Street – the pce where he’d even lost his virginity to a woman he paid 1,000, who took him to cloud nine.

  - How much did you make o one?- Crazy Gramas asked.

  - Mmm, about 78 million, but I only kept 8 million. Pying the market isn’t my thing, but tech stocks are shtforward now that I feel like I could touch everything I could ever buy with my fiips, - Raimon answered, finishing his third Coca-Co of the day. He’d gaihree kilos in a week, entirely ing his successful weight loss of five kilos, but it didn’t matter; the stocks kept pushing him to new highs.

  - -You’re a damn lunatic,- ented Crazy Gramas, who admired how Raimon dabbled in currencies, pletely insane when it came to bets. He loved crazy bets on currencies, just as he did with stocks.

  - We’ll py around with a few more stocks – I’ll make three or four more medium-term bets a ride for a few months, - Raimon said, sing the data. His plump fiapped against the puter as he reviewed multiple stocks, databases, and safe havens.

  - Well, Ray, we’ll make money for other idiots, gamble our own in undeserved ways, fail like plete fools, or win big and take it all to the o. It’s the thrill of winning that makes us addicted to this system – a system built on two people’s mistakes, - Crazy Gray chimed in, a short, nervy guy who studied finan Boston and was a whiz with metrid statistics. He saw numbers and made a fortune, but his methods were odd. Still, he failed iail – he loved Dungeons & Dragons.

  - So you think I’m doing a good job? - Raimon asked as he pced his sed bet, an eously risky move in every se was a small-scale but high-stakes risk: a 300,000 loss or a 300,000 gain – all or nothing, as far as Raimon was ed.

  Gramas checked the puter, took a deep, dark sip of coffee, and adjusted some values.

  …

  Billy’s stocks were s. General Electric had grown immensely, given that he couldn’t fixate on Microsoft, but he pyed around with AOL, Intel, and Microsystems enough to shatter paradigms. Billy was incredibly wealthy in stocks, yet he disliked selling – or perhaps he just didn’t like to.

  - Billy’s a filthy rich kid, - Raimon muttered, watg the reports and how the stocks began to rise. For instance, General Electric was bought in various is: January 1991 at 11.54 a share for 34,930 shares; March 1991 at 13.88 for 430,000; November 1991 for 634,000 shares at 13.80; December 1991 for 700,000 shares at 14.11. They paused until March 1992, when they bought 11,000 shares at 16.33, followed by 4,500 shares in May at 17.03, 9,000 shares in July at 18, 34,000 shares in August at 16, and 17,900 shares in December, totaling 511,000 shares.

  Certain panies' stoever dropped; they tio rise. Now, with a total of 4 million shares bought at 60, selling would yield him enough to buy a few panies of his own.

  He had enough moo tell off any guy – or any pany.

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