Chapter 536: Lilly Company Shares_2
Considering the biopharmaceutical industry's promising development over the next few years, he has invested 600 million to gradually acquire a 1.482% share in Lilly Company from the stock market.
Lilly Company mainly develops drugs for heart disease, diabetes, and weight loss, and their brands include Humalog, Zyprexa, Prozac, Cymbalta, Cialis, Strattera, Trulicity, Basaglar, Evista, and others.
The current stock price is 42 US Dollars, with a market value of 405 billion US Dollars.
After the global flu scare, the market value soared past one trillion, making it the first pharmaceutical company in the world to break the trillion-dollar market cap.
Additionally, the company's annual profits are quite substantial, with a higher and more stable dividend payout than that of Coca-Cola.
Investing now is extremely cost-effective.
Besides obtaining a 1.582% share in Lilly Company through Jin Beike investment, he also used the Link Global Charity Foundation to purchase many pharmaceutical company shares.
This includes Johnson & Johnson, Lilly Company, Roche, and others. This initiative started last year, but since the Link Global Charity Foundation was newly established and had limited funds, it only managed to acquire over 60 million shares.
Thanks to the dividends from these companies, the Link Charity Foundation can help more retired athletes every year, and when the stock prices spike in the future, the charity will have even more money to help a greater number of people.
This creates a virtuous cycle.
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"Honey, the production department handed in a fantastic script today and thinks you'd be suitable for the male lead. Do you want to take a look?"
At Half Mountain Villa, after Ivanka finished work, she hung up her handbag, slipped into her slippers, and walked into the small living room.
Link turned his head to look at her, her arrival in a sleeveless blue long dress particularly sensual and beautiful, "What script?"
"Do you remember 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' the acquisition we asked for? The novel is now a global sensation. The production department plans to adapt it into a movie, and you perfectly fit the domineering CEO character in 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' so we unanimously think you'd be the most suitable actor for the male lead. What do you think?"
Ivanka came over, wrapped her arms around his shoulders, and kissed his cheek while asking.
Familiar and pleasant perfume scents filled his nose, causing dopamine to surge in Link's body. He looked helplessly at his wife, "That's an erotic novel with many intense scenes and even nudity, and you actually want to watch me act in those scenes?"
"I want to watch. Your passionate performance in 'Rust and Bone' was amazing, and the fans loved it too. Now with a global box office nearing 300 million US Dollars, the profit margin is more than tenfold. It's so worth it. If you continue acting in these kinds of scenes, the box office performance is certain to be even better. Besides, aren't you looking forward to filming love scenes with beautiful actresses?"
Ivanka asked playfully, hugging his neck and smiling.
"Not looking forward to it at all. Filming those scenes is troublesome and boring, with a terrible experience, and besides, me being a billionaire and a world superstar, do you really want me stripping on screen every day, filming those scenes, without feeling embarrassed?"
"Not at all. Honey, with your great physique, you should film more of those movies and make women all over the world like you."
Ivanka pressed her smooth face against him as she spoke.
"No need. I'm a serious actor; I don't need to get famous by stripping. Let's leave those opportunities to others."
Link put down the newspaper, pulled her into his lap, and kissed her lips, feeling her full and warm body as his hand inevitably wandered.
"Stop it, it's hot, and I'm all sweaty."
Ivanka grasped his hand from under her dress, placing it on her plump thigh to prevent him from wandering elsewhere.
"Isn't that even better."
Link kissed her neck, ready to push her onto the sofa to explore the mysteries of human life's origins.
Pitter-patter!
"Daddy, Mommy! What are you two doing?"
Suddenly, the adorable Margarita came trotting over, standing beside the sofa, tilting her little head, and blinking her bright, sparkling eyes, she curiously looked at the two.
Link and Ivanka looked at each other, chuckling. In the past, when it was just the two of them at home, they could roll from the sofa to the carpet, into the bathroom, onto the bed, and fool around as much as they wanted, but that's impossible now with the little one around, adding an extra pair of eyes to the house.
Ivanka pushed him away and squatted down to hug little Margarita, saying, "Mommy and Daddy were playing a game. Are you hungry, Margarita?"
"Not hungry! I'm full."
Little Margarita shook her head, her voice sweet.
"She just had her milk."
Link tickled the little one's nose, which, like Ivanka's, turned up slightly at the tip, making her resemble a little sprite from comic books.
"What did Margarita do at home today?"
Ivanka took the little one and sat down on the sofa.
"Mmm, play, monkey, elephant, apple."
Little Margarita gestured while speaking.
"Wow, baby, you're so smart, you already know what an apple is at one year old, that's amazing."
Ivanka praised her joyfully.
Little Margarita giggled unabatedly, dancing with joy, and said even more names of little animals.
All these were taught by the nanny, Evie.
"Margarita is very clever; maybe we should hire a few tutors to teach her some pre-school knowledge, as well as music, drawing, arithmetic, and the like, we can start now."
Ivanka said, smiling as she stroked the little one's hair.
"She's only one, it's too early. Our child doesn't need to struggle like that. Let her play for a few more years, and then she can go to school and learn."
As Link looked at the tiny tot, flushed pink, he and Ivanka both being over 180 cm tall, the little one was so small sitting between them, wearing a beautiful dress, with a lovely delicate face, like a tiny flower fairy.
"You can let her listen by your side when you practice the piano since she has nothing else to do anyway."
Ivanka suggested.
"How about I teach Margarita boxing? The little one, just like Cynthia and Alexander, is stronger than average children and more suited to be a boxer. If the three of them practice boxing with me, we could form an unbeatable team in the boxing ring in the future."
"Hmph, say that in front of Taylor and see if she doesn't thump you."
Ivanka glanced at him and went to the backyard pool to swim with the little one.
Link shrugged his shoulders; initially, he thought having eight children was quite a lot.
But having four sons and four daughters, the number of sons was too few. To date, his boxing career had not found a successor, and because of this, he planned to have more sons with Ivanka, Taylor, and Chris.
Those who like music can inherit his music career, those who like boxing can follow in his footsteps as a boxer, those who enjoy acting can be actors, and then there's also swimming, and charity.
For those children who like nothing and are unskilled, they can inherit the family business and live off the dividends from the family fund.
With his current net worth, even ten more children wouldn't be too many, and in ten more years, he could manage a hundred.
"Do you want to go swimming?"
Ivanka emerged in a bikini, her slender waist, peachy hips, and long legs explosively sexy.
Link shrugged and followed her to the outdoor pool in the back.