There is nothing commendable about the film's storyline. This is an old-fashioned Wall Street story. If you have a little understanding of the history of Wall Street, you will find that compared with more thrilling stories on Wall Street, this is not worth mentioning at all. Financial speculation, overnight wealth, insider trading, market manipulation, etc. Wall Street has always been a place of order and chaos, a frontier of the contest between justice and evil, a stage where dreams and reality return, and a highly respected and respected place. A controversial combination.
The protagonist of the film, Bud, is a typical agent chasing dreams on Wall Street. Relying on inside information to gain the trust of the big fund manager Geiger, which brings him a lot of commission income; at the same time, he makes profits for himself by relying on the inside information he has. Geiger is a typical profit-only Wall Street crocodile, using his position as a major client of a brokerage company to force brokers to take risks for him-to detect inside information. Seeing the extreme luxury of the Geiger family, you will feel the huge wealth that Geiger has accumulated.
The climax of the film appeared in the acquisition battle of Bluestar Airlines. With a "good" wish, Bud hopes that Geiger can intervene in Bluestar Airlines, because he believes that the company has a lot of room for improvement. It can make Bluestar Airlines profitable by cutting expenses and adding more routes. In this way, everyone Both can make a lot of money. However, Geiger's calculations were a different matter. At that time, due to years of losses, Bluestar Airlines' stock price continued to fall, even lower than the liquidation price-the company’s pension assets in the fund account amounted to tens of millions, which is one thing. A huge invisible asset. This is what Geiger fancy. He hypocritically took over Bluestar Airlines, but then he made the decision to liquidate Bluestar Airlines. By auctioning the assets of Bluestar Airlines, Geiger would make a lot of money from it. If this is the case, all Bluestar Airlines employees will be fired, including his father, of course.
Geiger's conspiracy awakened the conscience of Bud. He negotiated with the company's management and the union and decided to fight back. They secretly visited another investor who was willing to include Bluestar Airlines in its continued operation and reached an agreement in private. The next day, Bard spread the news that Bluestar Airlines' stock price would rise sharply. People have bought in, and Bluestar's stock price has gone up all the way. As Geiger believed that the news of the liquidation would make Bluestar's share price rise to $30, Geiger continued to increase its position and the average cost continued to rise. On the other hand, the head of the trade union broke into Geiger’s office to expose the conspiracy of Geiger to liquidate and express his clear opposition. Without the support of the union, Geiger's wishful thinking fell through, and Geiger was forced to sell the shares of Bluestar Airlines. At this time, Bard has called on everyone to sell Bluestar Airlines in the market. Bluestar Airlines' stock price has plummeted all the way, and mysterious investors have begun to gradually enter the market. Geiger sold all the stocks at the lowest price of $16.5 at the close of the day and ended in a big defeat.
Bard's father belongs to a completely different world. He is the representative of the Blue Star Aviation Union. He has always stood on the side of the workers' interests, and he is clearly aware of the tricks of the investment predators like Geiger.
Profit-seeking and greed are the nature of Wall Street predators. After Bud learned that Geiger was about to dismember Bluestar Airlines, he rushed to Geiger’s office. At this time, the conversation between the two revealed the nature of a greedy predator:
"How much do you have to earn is enough, Gordon (Geiger)?"
"The richest 1% of the country’s people own half of the country’s wealth-5 trillion. 1/3 of the people come from hard work, 2/3 from inheritance, widows and My children live a comfortable and luxurious life with huge profits. And what do I do, speculate in real estate, speculate in stocks-nonsense, 90% of the American public is not in debt, it is already funny. I did not create, but I own it. I set the rules, friend. "
I didn't create it, but I own it. I like this sentence, not because of its arrogance for nothing, but because it deeply reflects the essence of Wall Street. If you want to understand the history of Wall Street, look at the book "The Great Game". There is nothing new on Wall Street. What happened many years ago is always staged scene by scene.
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