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After Columbia Pictures announced that "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" was scheduled for July 7, Universal Pictures also announced today that "Paradise Cinema", which won the Cannes Palme d'Or, will be released on July 7.

Many things have changed.

"Sex, Lies and Videotape" failed to win the Palme d'Or again, and the marketing strategy adopted by Columbia was not as effective as Miramax in Simon's view. It is difficult to say how the film's box office prospects will be.

As for "Paradise Cinema", choosing the schedule at the end of July is even more of a mistake in Simon's view.

The original "Paradise Cinema" was re-edited when it was released in North America. Now, in just two months, Simon doesn't think Universal can re-edit the film carefully enough. The version is released, and the end is even more unpredictable.

What's more, in the original time and space, Miramax put the film in the awards season for long-term release, which largely relied on the months-long publicity offensive during the awards season.Now, Universal can only rely on the reputation of "Cinema Paradise" Cannes Palme d'Or for publicity.

In Simon's view, the influence of Palme d'Or in North America is far less than that in Europe.What's more, compared to last year's "Pulp Fiction" with De Niro, Redford and other big names starring, "Cinema Paradise" is still an Italian movie, and its disadvantages are very obvious.

These thoughts just flashed through his mind, and Simon forgot them.

After get off work, I finished talking with Jennifer and left the Burbank branch on time today.

The car drove southward among the mountain roads, Simon looked out of the car window boredly, and suddenly remembered Janet's advice when he left Melbourne.

Girls love surprises.

Moreover, after leaving Melbourne for so long, I really want to go and see women.

After making a decision, he ordered Neil Bennett, who was driving, to contact the flight, planning to fly to Australia at night.

Chapter 269 The Influence of Westeros (Revised)

Get up at five o'clock.

Arrive at the company at six o'clock, hold an analyst meeting, and issue trading orders.

At seven o'clock, the Singapore stock market opens.

At eight o'clock, the Japanese stock market opens.

At nine o'clock, continue to watch the market, basically confirm the market trend of the day, and start reading various reports submitted by the analyst team.

After a few months, it is easy to form such a fixed law of life.

It's just that the summer is fine, and Melbourne at the end of June is in the midst of winter, so I can't help but feel some resentment towards a certain guy. She is a person who is very afraid of the cold and likes to sleep late in winter.

Her father and elder brother are very familiar with her temperament, and suggested that she can move to Singapore if she can't stand it.

Just don't go.

What if he suddenly comes to Australia and can't find him?

I really like that I can still have such innocent thoughts like a little girl, so I insist on it even more.

However, if the prince never came to look for the princess, she could only turn into a dragon and fly over to eat someone up.

Ok.

Can't eat it all.

I can't bear it.

At least stay alive.

In the headquarters building of Johnston Holdings on Elizabeth Street in the city center of Melbourne, Janet stood by the office window, holding a copy of the latest balance sheet of the Columbia Savings and Credit Bank of the United States. He giggled and looked back at the document in his hand.

On the 22nd of last month, after maintaining ultra-low interest rates for more than two years, the Bank of Japan finally raised interest rates for the first time belatedly, and raised the bank's benchmark interest rate from 2.5% to 3.5% at one time.

This interest rate hike is considered by many to be an important inflection point for the Japanese stock market, and it did cause a month-long turmoil in the Japanese stock market and property market.

However, amidst the turmoil, the Japanese stock market as a whole still showed an upward trend.

As of yesterday’s close, the Nikkei 225 Index has reached 36723 points, leaving only 37000 points of room for maneuvering away from the 277-point exit index determined by Cersei Capital.Not surprisingly, at the beginning of July at the latest, Cersei Capital will begin to liquidate the various investment portfolios it holds.

The turmoil in Japan's financial market has intensified, and the risks have increased significantly.

Under the joint suppression of Simon and Anthony, Janet could no longer do her crazy operations, and the operation of Cersei Capital began to tend to be conservative and stable.

Coincidentally, the financial turmoil caused by the Bank of Japan’s interest rate hike led to a substantial increase in short-selling capital, and Cersei Capital took this opportunity to re-establish a large number of long contracts for Nikkei 225 stock index futures.For one month in a row, the total value of Cersei Capital’s long positions in Nikkei 10 stock index futures contracts with 225 times leverage on the two major exchanges in Singapore and Osaka has reached 136 billion US dollars.

The huge long contract position of 136 billion US dollars means that every percentage increase or decrease of the Nikkei 225 index will bring a profit and loss of 1.36 million US dollars to Cersei Capital.

On May 5, the day when the Bank of Japan announced an interest rate hike, the market index was around 22 points.

Calculated on the basis of this index, the Japanese stock market can rise by another 38000% by the 5-point upper limit where Cersei Capital completely leaves the market.Although positions will be closed from 37000 points, Cersei Capital is expected to make at least another $5 million in profit during the whole process.

The batch of long futures contracts held by Cersei Capital only takes up about half of the funds, and the financial product portfolio established by the other half of the funds can also make good profits in the future.

According to last week’s statistics, the net asset value of Cersei Capital was 25.1 billion US dollars. After counting the following profits, after the completion of the first stage of operation of the Japanese financial market, compared with the original principal of 15.7 billion US dollars, the assets of Cersei Capital Equity will be doubled.

Of course, the basis of all this must be that Simon's judgment will not make mistakes.

The most fundamental reason why Cersei Capital was able to obtain a profit of nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars in the past few months was based on Simon's judgment.If it weren't for Simon's firm attitude to continue to be bullish on the Japanese stock market, Cersei Capital would not adopt a very radical operating idea that outsiders see.

For example, now that the Japanese stock market is generally predicted to be shaky, even if many hedge funds still judge that the Nikkei 225 index still has room to rise, the proportion of long positions will never exceed 30% of their own financial strength. There are 10% or 20%.Moreover, for the sake of insurance, other hedge funds generally choose a two-way position strategy, holding long and short contracts at the same time in order to hedge potential risks.

Such an operation idea can avoid risks to the greatest extent, but it also means that the fund's profit cannot be too high.

In comparison, Cersei Capital's long contracts with a total value of 136 billion US dollars have a position ratio of more than 50%, and they still maintain a net long position.Therefore, Cersei Capital's current "conservative and steady" is actually only relative to Janet's previous madness.

If it is not full of firm confidence in the market, few hedge funds in the industry will adopt the current operation strategy of Cersei Capital.

The confidence of Cersei Capital happened to be given by Simon.

The miraculous operation of the North American stock market two years ago and Cersei Capital’s profit of nearly US$10 billion in the previous few months also made the partners of Cersei Capital unswervingly maintain blind support for Simon .

Now, the operation of the first phase of Cersei Capital is coming to an end, and Janet is also starting to prepare for moving to North America.

Columbia Savings Bank is one of the biggest clients of 'junk bond king' Michael Milken under investigation in recent years.Currently, the total amount of junk bonds issued in North America is about 2000 billion US dollars. Only the Columbia Savings Credit Bank has a total value of junk bonds held by more than 60 billion US dollars.And, according to surveys in recent months, the bonds are far riskier than they appear to be rated on.

If the North American junk-bond market collapses, Columbia Savings and Credit Bank will bear the brunt.

In addition, Cersei Capital has collected more than one case similar to Columbia Savings and Credit Bank during this period.

The $2000 billion junk bond market, together with companies such as Columbia Savings and Credit Bank, is enough for Cersei Capital to pick the most delicious pieces of 'fat' for a meal after moving to North America.

Thinking about these things, feeling that the office door was pushed open, Janet turned her head and saw a guy who was haunted by her dreams walking towards her with a smile.

hallucinations?

"Jenny."

The man came to the side, called out, felt his breath, and finally confirmed that it was not a hallucination.

So he threw away the files in his hand and got tangled up.

After an unknown amount of time, Janet was still nibbling on Simon's face and neck like a mouse. Anthony Johnston heard the news and came from his office.

Only then did Simon walk out with Janet in his arms, and greeted Anthony Johnston, "Tony, I leave this place to you."

Anthony Johnston nodded with a smile. He was very pleased that Simon could suddenly visit his sister, and he was even more satisfied with the love between the two. He accompanied Simon and the two through the outer office area, and said, "I will let the driver Sending you off, besides, go home for dinner at night?"

Simon rubbed his face against Janet's face again, and said, "Let's talk again, give us a little time in the two world first."

Anthony Johnston didn't have the slightest opinion, and said with a smile: "Okay, you can go home whenever you are free."

After chatting like this, the three of them took the exclusive elevator to the underground parking lot.

Anthony Johnston handed over his car keys to Neil Bennett who came with Simon, and watched his sister and brother-in-law leave before returning to his office.

Raymond Johnston recently went to Western Australia to discuss a business deal. Anthony Johnston called Perth to tell his father about Simon's coming to Australia, then called the mansion, and then replaced Janet The position starts to watch the market.

Anthony was originally in charge of the family's business in Europe. In recent months, in order to assist Simon and Janet in managing Cersei Capital, he has not left Melbourne for a long time, and has accumulated a lot of financial knowledge.

However, Anthony is just helping to watch, and does not issue some trading orders from time to time like Janet.His job is more responsible for the finances of Cersei Capital, which Simon specifically asked for at the time, mainly to avoid the tragedy caused by the failure of the Barings Bank in his memory because traders did not obey orders and opened positions without authorization.

Seeing the usual 'devil head' wrapped around the man like a koala and being carried away, all the employees in the office whispered to each other and chatted a few gossips about the two bosses. When they started working again, it was unavoidable that some other people found a reason to leave the office temporarily, and spread the news of Simon Westeros' sudden arrival in Australia through various channels.

Then, in just one hour, the news of Simon Westero's appearance in Melbourne spread among well-informed capital circles.

Affected by Simon’s operation in the North American stock index futures market in 1987, although Simon did not stay in Melbourne for several months, Cersei Capital was still the target of many capital forces trying to infiltrate and follow up.

Although the detailed operation of Cersei Capital has not been leaked under the strict confidentiality supervision that Anthony is personally responsible for, but because Cersei Capital announces the net asset value to its partners every week, there is no way to hide the performance of this hedge fund.

From February to now, in just four months, the profitability of Cersei Capital has exceeded 2%, which is a goal that most hedge funds may not necessarily achieve in a year.Although Simon Westeros did not repeat the madness of 60, no one dared to underestimate such a performance.

Compared with the triumphant progress of the previous few months, since the Bank of Japan raised interest rates, the Japanese stock market has shown severe turmoil. The industry has always wanted to catch an accurate signal that the Japanese stock market is really heading for a collapse.

Now, Simon Westero's sudden return to Melbourne may mean that Cersei Capital will make a big move.

Obviously, this matter must have something to do with the Japanese stock market.

Is the real turning point coming?

Simon and Janet rushed to their villa on the Yarra River in the northern suburbs and stayed behind closed doors, but in the remaining trading hours of June 6, they received the news that Simon Westero suddenly appeared in Melbourne Affected by the impact, the trading frequency of several major exchanges in Japan and Singapore has suddenly increased, which has led to sharp fluctuations in the single-day market curve.

A lot of capital that didn't know the truth was also involved in the sudden and violent fluctuations in the broader market, and panic trading further amplified this fluctuation.

As of the close of the day, there were several times more stock index option futures long selling orders and short buying orders than before, as well as a large number of stock selling orders, which directly dropped the Nikkei 225 Index by nearly 200 points.At the final close, compared with yesterday's high of 36723 points, the Nikkei 225 index has fallen back to 36537 points.

Under the fluctuation of the big market, Cersei Capital is naturally not immune.

The boss suddenly dropped the pick, and the front-end traders were not allowed to order and could not adapt to the situation.

As a result, the 0.5% drop in the market in a single day seemed insignificant, but it directly brought a book loss of more than 7000 million US dollars to Cersei Capital.

Thankfully, today is Friday.

Otherwise, it is hard to imagine that the Japanese stock market would be completely crushed in a 'blow' by the accidental event of Simon Westeros appearing in Australia.

After all, the operation of Cersei Capital cannot be kept absolutely confidential, and the scale of funds secretly followed up has reached tens of billions of dollars.Although most of the capital dare not be as bold as Cersei Capital, they are still bullish on the Japanese stock market as a whole.

With such a false alarm today, many people immediately lost their composure.

The contact information of Simon Westeros himself could not be found, so everyone in the Johnston family, Amy and others in Los Angeles, and James Raybould in New York became the objects of inquiries, and some of them even no longer To conceal the fact that he is following Cersei Capital.

The question now is, is Cersei Capital really leaving?

If yes, everyone will run together next week.

If not, then measures must be taken to stabilize the market.

Simon didn't know that his sudden trip would have such a big impact on the Japanese stock market. He took Janet back to the villa on the Yarra River in the northern suburbs, and the two hugged each other on the big bed like cats and mice. , did not go out all day.

Even the dinner was sent by Janet's mother from the mansion because she was worried that the two of them would starve to death.

Holding Janet in his arms, the restlessness that Simon felt in Los Angeles gradually calmed down, and he realized again that the woman in his arms was indeed his peace of mind.Simon also has to admit that although he has been a human being for two lifetimes, he is not as powerful as he imagined after all, and his alienation from the world and a certain sense of insecurity in his bones have never dissipated.

Until the evening of the next day, seeing that the two of them would continue to stay behind closed doors, Anthony Johnston had to call someone in person.

The love between Simon and Janet made Anthony very gratified, but the fact that the fund's profits shrunk by 7000 million US dollars a day also made people feel extremely distressed, which is already equivalent to the net profit of many large companies for a year.Moreover, although he has already learned the general idea of ​​operation from Simon, he came here suddenly at this time, as the outside world speculates, is it because he intends to change the original plan and let Cersei Capital cash out in advance.

No matter what, always discuss it.

Janet felt that it would be best if she could spend the whole winter in bed with Simon, and was very dissatisfied with her brother's interruption.Simon calmed Janet's emotions carefully, tidied up, and everyone rushed to the mansion for dinner, and discussed about Cersei Capital by the way.

Chapter 270 Proposal from RB (Revised)

Inside the mansion of the Johnston family.

Raymond Johnston hadn't returned from Western Australia, and there were only Janet's mother, Anthony and his wife, Simon and Janet for dinner.

After dinner, Anthony and Simon came to the study of the mansion together, but Janet was unwilling to get up, and she stayed beside her mother and chatted.

"You and Janet don't care about anything, I'm going to collapse these two days," the two sat down on the sofa by the study window, and Anthony began to complain with a smile: "Yesterday, the Japanese stock market fell by 0.5%. This is the largest single-day drop since the Bank of Japan announced the interest rate hike, and our fund’s income has shrunk by 7000 million US dollars in one day. In addition, many people have asked me about the purpose of your visit to Melbourne this time, and Raybould even called to ask if you want to I also came to Australia. Tsutomu Takagi from the Japanese embassy in Melbourne, you met last time, he has been eager to meet you since yesterday afternoon, and he will almost stay by my side these two days. All in all, the current The situation is very dangerous, Simon. If measures cannot be taken to stabilize the situation, the Japanese stock market may fall sharply again next week, or even completely collapse. At that time, let alone continue to make profits, we want to keep the vested income of the past few months Neither is possible."

Simon also had a wry smile on his face when he heard what Anthony said. He never expected that his trip to Australia would trigger such a serious chain reaction.

After weighing it carefully for a moment, Simon raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said to Anthony: "Well, Tony, it's still early, I'll take Jenny to the city to play later. You contact the media to take some photos and publish them tomorrow. The core is I came here to see Jenny this time, and I have no other purpose."

Anthony hesitated, and said, "Simon, does this seem too deliberate?"

Simon thought for a while, and there was indeed a suspicion of 'explanation is a cover-up' simply by doing so, so he said: "Then be more direct, and don't shy away from the impact of my coming to Melbourne on the Japanese stock market. However, the headline of the corresponding news Be more relaxed and use a teasing tone as much as possible. I think the market overreacted to some extent yesterday. We put this matter on the table, and everyone can calm down. Now follow up on the long position of Cersei Capital It should be big, and those people also don’t want the Japanese stock market to crash right away.”

Anthony nodded, but still hesitated to speak.

Simon smiled and said, "Tony, there is no need to have any scruples between us."

Anthony said: "Simon, I want to cut off unnecessary speculation in the market. I think you should return to Los Angeles as soon as possible, preferably tomorrow."

Simon noticed the embarrassment on Anthony's face, and took the initiative to resolve it for him: "It should be like this, Tony, if I knew this was the result, I wouldn't come here easily."

The two chatted some more details, and left the study together.

There is no need for Simon to worry about contacting the media. Not to mention the connections of the Johnston family, several major media families in Australia are investors of Cersei Capital.Even if it is for their own benefit, they will try their best to cooperate with tomorrow's public opinion campaign.