This is a line from Robert Miller in the film and a confession of his real dilemma: Investing in copper mine funds is quilt, and he can only turn the situation around by selling his business. However, his company accounted for a huge loss of 400 million U.S. dollars, which for him is undoubtedly a disaster for acquisitions.
Who would dare to acquire a company with a deficit of 400 million US dollars? Even if someone is willing, a shortfall of $400 million will become a heavy burden for his price negotiation...what to do? ! As Miller himself said-he must show the success of his company.
So he borrowed a huge sum of 400 million from his business partners and moved it over: To put it mildly, this is called beautifying the company's audit report; to put it mildly, this is a serious crime of fraud. In order to conceal the fact of this fraud, he had to conceal the fact from his daughter who is the "chief investment officer" of the company; even, he might even have to lose his daughter's career.
House seemingly endless rain. He was so exhausted for the company's acquisition that he had a serious car accident while traveling with his lover, and the lover was killed on the spot. In order not to affect the acquisition, he had to deal with the police to cover up his relationship with the car accident.
The double blow of business and car accidents, if it were you and me, I might be finished. But Miller just came over. In business, he spurs the acquirer by falsely rejecting the deal: you can say that he is taking a risk, but you can also say that he is confident-because he knows that the acquirer values his company enough and is just bargaining with him. And the last thing he can't sacrifice is the time wasted by bargaining. Therefore, he chose to underestimate and sell, sacrificing part of the proceeds to facilitate the implementation of the transaction.
The acquirers have actually become the biggest winners of the film: they have taken the company they want below expectations. As for Miller’s $400 million shortfall, they are not unconscious, but what does it have to do with them? —— Miller will use the money from selling the company to fill this big hole of 400 million yuan; the purchaser only needs to care that Miller is a good enough money-making machine.
In the car accident and murder, Miller carefully arranged for the son of an old black friend to pick him up and leave the scene... Such an escape setting is convincing-who would believe that a sixty-year-old white billionaire would have a peace meeting How close is a black boy in his twenties in a slum area? The disparity in identity has become his best cover.
And he was more careful to instruct black boys to avoid Luca that might be photographed to ensure that no evidence was left; although the police used perjury in the middle, Miller still found the flaws in the perjury through detailed comparison at the end-visible, enough Carefulness, sufficient collection of materials, and sufficient details are king. It is really the dividing line between you and me and those who are successful enough.
And back to Miller's life, does he really care about his daughter? No, he worked hard to win the benefits of his children in the company for the next five years in the terms of the acquisition; and to reassure the acquirer that he chose to leave the company completely-from this perspective, he is a great enough father. It's just that his children can't see it.
But on the other hand, he had to face the harm caused to his daughter because of deception. "The world is cold"-this is Miller's worldview; but in fact, he is not cold to his family and company. He just chose to use whitewashing, cover-up, and even what we call fraud, and with the least cost, he carried himself to win the best results for his family and the whole company! ——But his daughter could not understand all this, and his wife also chose to oppose him for her daughter... After all, who is more selfish and ruthless! ?
In the last scene of the film, the camera is always facing Miller's back-this is the director's usual way of expression when interpreting the lonely. And Miller's ending is indeed a lonely man in his sixties: although he is still handsome, smart, and courageous. But he can only face the cold-eyed confrontation between his daughter and his wife-just as he said at his 60-year-old banquet in the opening movie: After living for most of his life and achieving countless financial successes, he discovered that: family is his greatest Good gift.
But at the end of the film, he lost his best gift...
so: People are sometimes destined to be alone. Although everything he did may not be axiomally justified; but in reason, he really wanted to care for those who had to be hurt by him... But those who were loved by him were hurt by him. Can you understand?
"Micro man, who I go?"
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