My Perfect Tens
Part 11 of 15
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Jim's campaign of seduction has become much more than an endless search for hot sex. In Part 11 of the 15-part series
"My Perfect Tens,"
we see Jim liberate a woman from her repressive past.
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When I wasn't seducing virgins, I spent my time working on a growing number of rewarding pastimes. I began competing in triathlons. It was fun. I was careful to avoid winning because I didn't want anyone to start asking questions about how an unknown amateur athlete was beating guys who'd trained for years.
I began riding in bike tours. I took women with me on these trips. It is a wonderful way to see beautiful parts of the world up close. I particularly enjoyed a bike trip through rural parts of Ireland with a fine young lady named Coleen, whose ancestors came from Ireland, but who'd never visited her ancestral homeland.
I donated money to a few charities. If you want to make friends in a hurry, a good way to do it is to give away big wads of cash. I was younger, richer, fitter, and smarter than most of the guys who hung around the charitable world. There were plenty of desirable women, and I picked up a couple of beautiful young virgins who were lots of fun.
Daniel worked on projects too. His primary pastime involved teaching himself more about the world of the 21st century. He was amazed at the things he learned. "I never imagined your species would go in this direction," Daniel said. "It's not what I expected."
One day Daniel said he'd taken up a hobby that might interest me.
"I've been accumulated money," he said.
"Money?" I asked. "We've got plenty of money. Why do you want more?"
"Jim, I think I know you pretty well by now," he said. "I can sense that you are satisfied with the way your life is going. You're spending quality time with a diverse collection of perfect tens, and you're finding ways to help them achieve their dreams. It's a nice life. I'm sure you'll enjoy this kind of life for a while longer.
"But I'm also sure that someday you'll want more. You're like a kid who gets to eat ice cream every day. It doesn't matter how much you love ice cream. Someday you'll want something different. When that happens, it might be handy for you to have access to more money than you won in the lottery."
More money? We won $230 million. That was more than enough to satisfy me.
"How much money are we talking about, Daniel?" I asked. "How much have you accumulated?"
He pulled out his smartphone and opened an app. "As of this morning, we've got $3.7 billion."
What!?
"Daniel! That's too much! I thought you wanted us to stay under the radar so nobody begins asking awkward questions! Being a billionaire is a high-profile pastime. Journalists keep tabs on billionaires. This is too risky!"
"Relax, Jim. I'm aware of all that," he said. "I've got the money scattered around in different accounts controlled by different legal entities. There's no way anyone could figure out that we own all of them. We're obeying all tax laws and financial regulations. Besides, the world of high finance is full of scoundrels. Regulators and journalists have more important targets to examine."
I asked Daniel to explain how in hell he managed to accumulate such a big pile of money. It required a lot of complicated maneuvering, but it was simple in concept. Essentially, Daniel created his own hedge fund.
I imagine that most people understand that investors can make money by purchasing a stock and then watching it go up in value. But there's another way. It's called "short selling" and it's not something small-time amateur investors should attempt. With short selling, you make money when a stock goes down.
It's pretty cool. There are plenty of videos on YouTube that explain how it works. It's like gambling. You "short" a stock when you think its price will drop. If it falls, great. You make money. If it goes up, well, you take a bath.
As I said - it's like gambling.
What Daniel does is pretty simple. Let's say he targets a company called Acme Semiconductors, which trades on the NASDAQ at $100 a share. He "shorts" a block of Acme stock.
After he shorts the company, he reaches out to the minds of managers of large investment companies. For example, a company called The Vanguard Group manages funds worth more than $7 trillion. Daniel will find a Vanguard stock manager and use his mental influence to plant some doubts about Acme Semiconductors. That manager will sell a big block of the stock. Daniel will do this with other investment managers, they'll all sell their holdings, and pretty soon the price of Acme Semiconductors begins to fall.
This, of course, triggers a panic. The stock price goes to 90. 80. 70. 60. Daniel rakes in profits the whole time.
The next thing that happens is that the owners of Acme Semiconductors become frantic over the unexpected fall in the price of their stock. They go into panic mode, giving interviews to business reporters and sending information to investors. They pass out sales figures, profit updates, projections, and whatever they think will convince investors that Acme Semiconductors is a good company.
At this point, Daniel swopes down and buys as many shares as he can. Other investors slowly realize Acme Semiconductor stock is priced too low, so they buy it, too. This sends the price up. 70. 80. 90. 100. Pretty soon it's selling for more than it did before Daniel got involved. This leaves him sitting on a big pile of stock that's selling for much more than it did when he bought it.
"Let's see if I understand this," I said to Daniel. "First, you make the stock go down. Then you make it go up. And you profit both times."
"Exactly!" Daniel said. "It's like a game. Kind of like playing Monopoly with real money! The fact that we always win is a bonus."
"It doesn't sound fair to other investors," I said. "Do you think it's fair?"
Daniel got a surprised look on his face. "Fair!? OF COURSE it's not fair! There's nothing fair about stock trading! Everyone involved is gambling - usually, they are gambling with other people's money.