As soon as Dong Qiangqiang pressed the doorbell, he heard Duanmu's voice coming from the access control intercom: "The door is open, come up quickly."
He gently turned the brass door handle with his hand, and the door was indeed open.
As soon as he walked up the wooden stairs to the second floor, Dong Qiangqiang heard Duanmu's anxious voice above his head: "It's almost half past two, I thought you weren't coming."
"It's a long way to go," Dong Qiangqiang comforted, "but didn't I come here too?"
Duanmu's room was very large, similar to Dong Qiangqiang's. His kitchen and bathroom were at the end of the corridor outside the house, shared with the entire floor.
His room was messy, but what was thrown everywhere was not clothes, books, magazines, or dishes, but Lego bricks of various colors.
On the dining table, on the TV cabinet, on the desk, on the sofa, on the bookshelf, and even on the bedside, wherever Dong Qiangqiang could see them, there were Lego toys of various themes, some of which had been put together into finished products, and some of which were still semi-finished products. (or wreckage).
Dong Qiangqiang picked up an inconspicuous-looking Lego minifigure from the desk. He recognized it as Darth Vader from the movie "Star Wars" and teased: "You still play with this?"
Duanmu said seriously: "What you are holding is a 1990 limited edition minifigure. Despite its small size, this one now costs more than 300 marks."
"So expensive?" Dong Qiangqiang was surprised. He turned the minifigure and took a closer look, but found nothing special. "Isn't this just a building block? It looks very ordinary. Are you lying to me? Bar?"
"You've never seen it before," Duanmu said expertly, pointing to a row of finished Lego toys of various shapes on the bookshelf. "The magazine said that in the past five years, the return on investment of Lego toys has been much higher than the German stock market. and the fixed deposit interest rate of German banks. Several series released by Lego in the early years are now limited editions, and millions of players around the world are grabbing these bricks. Although you think it looks ordinary, among the various bricks The endless permutations are full of charm. It is said that the Italian and American mafia are also hoarding this thing. Have you seen this Star Wars Millennium Falcon spaceship on my shelf? Although it was only released last year, it was discontinued at the end of last year , this version of mine has doubled the original price on eBay in Germany, and continues to increase. Now do you still think it 'looks ordinary'? I bought 10 sets before, and then they sold out instantly. Five sets, I’m so sorry that my intestines are blue." Duanmu said emotionally while looking at the ornaments on the bookshelf.
Duanmu's words made Dong Qiangqiang stunned. He didn't expect that Lego was still a hard currency. He looked at the row of blocks on the bookshelf again and sighed: "It turns out that it is similar to the Stone of Jordan ring in Diablo 2 Battle Network."
Duanmu is naturally very aware of the prestige of Diablo 2 and the Stone of Jordan. He agreed: "Yes, they are the same, and the rings of the Stone of Jordan are now sold on eBay for almost 20 US dollars each."
"K, my knowledge has improved." Dong Qiangqiang carefully placed the minifigure in his hand on the bookshelf, and changed the subject, "What is the current price of Volkswagen?"
Upon hearing this, Duanmu's mood immediately deflated like a deflated rubber ball. He sighed and pointed at the computer screen: "Half-dead, almost the same as in the morning."
"Then what are your plans now?" Dong Qiangqiang was very direct.
"I want to sell (the stock) but I'm afraid that the stock price will go back up after I sell it." Duanmu muttered, "I have almost 800 shares in my hand. If I sell them all at once... then all the money I have made in the stock market and other aspects this year will be We have to pay for everything, but it may not be enough.”
"No one can guarantee how the stock price will change in the future, not even Buffett. If you are really worried about future variables, you can sell part of it and keep part of it. In this way, no matter whether it rises or falls in the future, you will not suffer too much. But if you have nothing If you do, it’s hard to say. In addition, you have more stocks than call options, and stocks can only profit from unilateral increases, so you can appropriately allocate some short-term put options of three months to hedge against stock price changes. Risk. Other than that, I can’t think of anything better.”
"But now... I don't have any money." Duanmu looked embarrassed and blushed like a tomato. "Even if I want to buy options, I don't have the money to buy them."
"Don't you still have these?" Dong Qiangqiang nuzzled at the Lego on the bookshelf, "The price of a set has doubled. You have so many, you can make a lot of money by selling them all, right?"
"But these... are all limited editions." Duanmu looked at Lego with a look of reluctance, "Some of them were specially brought back from other countries..."
"It's fine if you don't sell, then you can only pray that the Volkswagen stock will not continue to fall." Dong Qiangqiang clapped his hands with his fist, "Since I have nothing to do, I will leave first..."
Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang was about to leave, Duanmu said anxiously: "Then if I buy a put option and the stock price of Volkswagen rises back three months later, won't I lose more money inside and outside?"
"As long as you choose a put option that is similar to your cost of opening a position. For example, if your cost is 79 marks, you can choose to expire in 3 months and stipulate that the stock price must be lower than 79 marks after 3 months before the option can be exercised. Just make the option. If the stock price is higher than 79 marks after 3 months, then you have lost all the money you paid for the options, but you have earned the money for the stock increase. If the stock price is only 65 marks after 3 months, then your stock will be If you lose money, options can help you earn some back. And you should know that as long as you don't actually sell those stocks, the money you lose when the stock price drops is a paper loss, a floating loss, not a real loss. Do you understand?"
"Then what should I do if I buy a put option but the stock price rises, and the money I finally earn from the increase in stock price is not as much as the money I spent buying the option?" Duanmu asked questions one after another.
"The situation you mentioned does exist," Dong Qiangqiang admitted, "but options are generally leveraged, so the price is usually only one-tenth or one-eighth or a fraction of the stock price, and it doesn't cost much money. . In addition, you can also roughly estimate how much money you can earn from the stocks in your hands if the stock price rises to 89 marks, and how much money you will lose on the options in your hands. After finding a balance point, you can Know how many options you should buy. And you have to know that many investment institutions do not make money with every transaction. Their investment income may be 10 yuan on product A and 5 yuan on product B. But as long as the final total return is positive.”
Dong Qiangqiang's words made Duanmu speechless for a long time. He hesitated for a long time and sighed: "Hey, okay, then let's do it as you said."
"But what I said is only a temporary measure," Dong Qiangqiang continued, "You still have to find ways to make more money. Open source is the foundation."
When Dong Qiangqiang spoke, Duanmuren was already lying on the ground. By the time Dong Qiangqiang finished speaking, Duanmu had already pulled out a black oversized garbage bag from under the bed.
"What is this?" Dong Qiangqiang asked.
"Didn't you ask me to sell collectibles?" Duanmu opened the bag, took out several beautifully printed Lego cartons, and piled them on the table one by one. "I accept your advice very well, so let's start now. By the way, I want to Shouldn’t I start with you? Buy a few sets of Lego and be my first supporter, so that the money will not go to outsiders.”
Dong Qiangqiang did not expect that Duanmu would actually make such a request to him, and said with a wry smile: "But I don't understand Lego at all."
"What are you afraid of? You haven't bought German stocks before, don't you understand options now?" Duanmu said disapprovingly.
"How do I understand this?" Dong Qiangqiang waved his hand hurriedly, "All stock option pricing models are repeatedly calculated through complex mathematical formulas. The most cost-effective price to buy at actually depends on formula calculations. We are all A layman, he just understands a basic concept.”
Duanmu didn't listen to his explanation at all. He directly picked out three large boxes from a pile of cartons and pushed them in front of him. He couldn't help but said: "Don't say I didn't take care of you. These three sets are the best three series among them all."
"What are these?" Dong Qiangqiang looked confused.
"A set of the Millennium Falcon spaceship released last year, and two technology series released earlier, are all limited editions. I can't lie to you. Maybe the price of these three models will rise to 1,000 marks by this time next year."
"How much do these three cost now?" Dong Qiangqiang asked, pointing to the box.
"Well, I won't use the eBay price with you. I'll give you a 30% discount and take away three boxes for 500 marks." Duanmu looked sad.
500 for three boxes? Dong Qiangqiang couldn't help but clicked his tongue, thinking that just these piles of blocks were worth several thousand yuan? But then he thought again, Duanmu needed help now, whether it was an emergency or a poor person, he should help. Thinking of this, he didn't counter-offer. He took out the money Fleischer had just given him but hadn't warmed it up from his pocket, and handed it over directly: "Boss Duanmu, I wish you a prosperous business! May the stock rise with you." exist!"
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