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"Maybe it will be a big hit," Madonna suddenly became interested, and immediately calculated: "The budget of such a documentary should not be too high, a few million is enough. And, not just myself, there will be many Friends will show up to support, especially Simon Westero's performance, which is very rare. So, even if it can't be released in theaters like Jackson's "Shadow Dancer" in the future, and sold through video tapes and TV broadcasts, It should be no problem to earn back the cost.”

Madonna made up her mind while talking, looked up and said, "Simon, do you want to cooperate? If you don't want to, I'll go find someone else."

Simon noticed the faint temptation in Madonna's eyes, and said with a smile: "Otherwise, you pay for the production yourself, and Daenerys Entertainment can help distribute it, maybe you can really make a lot of money."

Madonna can afford the money now, but she is very clear about the absolute rule in this circle that she should never use her own money to invest in movies.

Seeing that Simon was indifferent, Madonna tried again unwillingly: "Then I will find another film company to cooperate with?"

In today's Hollywood, who doesn't know the vision of Simon Westeros.If the man beside her becomes interested in her idea of ​​a documentary, no matter whether the documentary will be successful in the future, she can use it as a bargaining chip to gain more benefits for herself.

Simon just shrugged his shoulders, and was about to say something more, when a group of tall, beautiful and beautiful stunners walked towards them talking and laughing, they were the models of this catwalk.

Michael Jackson's "Shadow Dancer" didn't make any waves. Simon didn't believe that many people would be interested in Madonna's music documentary, so he planned to let this woman out for a while, pretending to be Cindy Crawford, etc. The man caught his attention and greeted him proactively, "Cindy, are you done?"

"Take a break for a while, and I will take pictures in the afternoon," Cindy Crawford said, just nodded to Madonna casually, and sat down on the other side of Simon very rudely, and said without words: "You are talking what?"

Simon responded casually, and models such as Paulina Pryskova, Helena Christensen, Stephanie Seymour and Simon also sat down around the round table after greeting Simon.Seeing that Simon was completely attracted by a group of goblins, Madonna didn't stay any longer to make fun of him, and got up and walked elsewhere.

Under Simon, there was only a two-seater minimalist sofa.Madonna stood up, and he wanted to move to the other side to make the space looser, but a slender figure sat down.The body was slightly squeezed and another light fragrance came. Simon turned his head and looked. This was a girl with brown hair and blue eyes with somewhat high cheekbones, wearing a simple white shirt and washed jeans.

I have already seen it during the last rehearsal, not to mention there is still too much information in my memory, Simon did not pretend not to know, and said in Italian: "Miss Bruni, hello."

Carla Bruni froze for a moment, and also said in Italian: "Hello, Mr. Westeros, your Italian accent seems to be more standard than mine."

Simon laughed: "How is it possible, aren't you Italian?"

Carla Bruni took the coffee brought by the waiter and held it in her hands, saying: "I immigrated to France with my family when I was 5 years old."

Simon waved his hand to the waiter, pointed to the cup of coffee already on the round table in front of him, and continued to talk to Carla Bruni: "Why did you immigrate to France? The Bruni family seems to be very prominent in Italy."

"In those years, the law and order in Italy became worse and worse. The family members were worried about being kidnapped, so they had to immigrate," Carla Bruni said, and then said to Simon: "Mr. Westeros, if you stay here Longer, try to be careful."

Simon nodded and said, "Also, just call me Simon."

Stephanie Seymour, who was on the single sofa next to her, saw that the two had been talking in Italian, and interrupted dissatisfiedly: "Simon, Carla, what are you talking about, no one can understand."

"Speaking of the Mafia, you should be careful in Milan these days."

Stephanie Seymour is not ignorant of this and doesn't care too much: "We are not those young models who have just debuted."

Chatting like this, the time soon reached 11 o'clock, and the staff began to remind everyone to rush to a nearby hotel, where the luncheon would be held.

When Carla Bruni got up, she generously sent a business card to Simon, hoping to chat again when she was free.

Simon didn't have any idea about this woman who was known as the "Spirit-eater" and it didn't fit his aesthetics, but he still put away his business card.

In the next few days, the Gucci team led by Sophia was busy all the time.

Newspaper articles, magazine topics and TV interviews about this Gucci show were also quickly spread in the media of various countries. Although it is inevitable that some newspapers and magazines criticized Gucci’s fashion design style for this show and the new season as too commercial, but overall The trend of public opinion is clearly inclined to the positive.

The order of the four major fashion weeks in this era is London, Milan, Paris and New York.

Until the opening of Paris Fashion Week, the discussion about Gucci in the media was gradually diverted by major French luxury brands, while Italian brands such as Prada and Armani were completely suppressed by Gucci.

The day after the big show, Simon and Janet started their schedules.

First, I flew to Rome to meet Giuseppe Tornadore, who was making final preparations for "Family Tour", and attended some parties of the Italian film circle.

In the 70s, because of the rise of the Italian gang in Hollywood, Italian filmmakers really enjoyed a few years in Hollywood.

It's just that this kind of scenery disappeared with the failure of a series of European directors in Hollywood's big productions.However, as the world film center, Italian filmmakers still have an instinctive yearning for Hollywood. Simon, a young Hollywood tycoon who has risen rapidly in recent years, is naturally warmly received by the Italian film circle.

When buying real estate, they failed to find a suitable residence in Rome. Simon and Janet only stayed in this city for three days before heading to Florence.

With multiple identities such as the new richest man in the United States and a Hollywood media tycoon, Simon's trip to Italy has attracted the attention of the local media, and the media activity in Italy is no less active than in North America.

As soon as he arrived in Milan, Simon has been chased by the Italian paparazzi. He traveled to the three most important cities in Italy in a row, and inevitably said a few beautiful words when he was questioned by the media. Very affectionate American rich man.

Speaking of it, if it weren't for potential concerns about security issues, Simon really had a good impression of Italy, a country with a profound cultural heritage.

It was only the second day after leaving Milan that Simon's mansion on the shore of Lake Como suffered an attempted break-in due to the exposure of the local newspapers.

All of Simon’s residences in Europe have installed alarm systems, and the intruders were discovered just as they climbed over the fence. The Milan police promptly arrested a group of five criminal gangs who obviously had a gang background.The private house of such an influential public figure as Simon was broken into, and if it spread, it would definitely affect the city image of Milan. The Milan government sent people to lobby soon after the incident and hoped that Simon would not make a statement about it.

Since he didn't suffer any losses, Simon naturally wouldn't make a big fuss.

However, Simon later also gave Sofia a media public relations task to avoid the exposure of information about his residences in various places in Europe as much as possible. He also considered continuing to upgrade or develop a more rigorous residential monitoring and alarm system.As a guy with a strong sense of territory like a lion, Simon doesn't care about the possible financial losses after these houses are broken into, but the fact that his private land is broken into itself makes him very, very uncomfortable.

Florence.

Simon's manor in the southern suburbs of the city, the time is already September 9th, Thursday.

Milan Fashion Week ended on the 26th, and Sofia led the team back to Florence.

After finishing a day's work, at six o'clock in the afternoon, Sophia drove here, asked the bodyguards in the front yard, and walked around the villa to the backyard.

On the lawn under the setting sun, Simon and Janet were standing together at a long table covered with various documents and discussing something in a low voice, and Jennifer was also beside them.Seeing Sofia appear, the two stopped talking and greeted everyone. Sofia pretended to glance at the documents on the desktop unintentionally, and saw a title of 'Columbia Savings and Credit Bank Bond Asset Risk Assessment' printed on it. looked away.

Simon didn't shy away either, and said to Sophia, "I can't show you these, let's go to the living room."

Sophia responded with a smile, and followed Simon into the villa.

The two sat down on the sofa in the living room. Simon remembered something and asked, "What happened to Sabina Fraelli on "Family Journey", you became good friends?"

Sofia took out some documents from the satchel she brought, and said, "Sabina's father is an official of the Milan City Government. We were able to get that factory building in the eastern suburbs to hold a catwalk. The other party helped a lot. .”

Simon nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

It is impossible to do business in any country without dealing with the government, and it is even more impossible to expand the business without establishing a closer relationship with the local government.His own female executives are obviously very familiar with this, and Simon doesn't intend to bother paying too much attention to it.

Sophia also didn't say much, but handed the documents taken out of her satchel to Simon, saying: "This is Gucci's operating status and financial data in various aspects in recent months, as well as several project plans."

Simon took it over, opened a document casually, and said, "What do you want me to see all of a sudden?"

Sophia said: "Judging from Gucci's recent operating conditions, this year's revenue data should exceed 3.5 million U.S. dollars, a substantial increase of 2.6% compared to last year's 35 million U.S. dollars in annual revenue. However, this is in competition with Dior and Chanel. There is still a big gap between competitors, Dior's revenue last year was as high as 8.3 million U.S. dollars, and its net profit was 1.2 million U.S. dollars."

Simon hummed, waiting for Sofia to continue.

Sophia paused for a moment, and then said: "Fortunately, Gucci has recovered very quickly in recent months. My expectation for this company is that next year's revenue data will exceed 6 million U.S. dollars, and it will overtake Dior in 1991. I want To achieve this goal, we must continue to expand the scale of Gucci. Some project proposals in your hand include plans to acquire workshops, refurbishment and staff training plans for Gucci stores around the world, and a plan for the fourth quarter of this year. And the marketing budget plan for next year. Simon, if you agree, Gucci will not retain any profits in the last two years, and I plan to use all the funds for the expansion of the company, and will re-finance loans when necessary."

Chapter 296 Give You One Point (Revision)

Although Simon's personal wealth has grown very rapidly, he has never been a person who pursues short-term interests, so naturally he will not veto Sophia's business strategy.

The two had a brief discussion, and Simon said again: "Also, Sophie, you should be able to guess that I have made a lot of money in the Japanese market in the past six months, so Melisandre can start looking for other companies now." A luxury brand worth investing in."

Sophia nodded and said: "I have been paying attention to all aspects of the industry. I have some suitable targets, but it's just not the time to make a move. Moreover, Gucci's growth potential is still great. I don't think this matter needs to be too urgent. If you invest in the same type of enterprises, it is easy to cause internal competition. Melisandre’s next stage of expansion should focus on jewelry, watches, red wine or high-end cosmetics.”

Simon leaned on the sofa and changed a very casual posture, flipping through Sophia's documents just now, and said: "You just have to know, I plan to restore my job as a boss as much as possible, only responsible for paying, and then wait result."

Sophia smiled, knowing that Simon had no intention of talking further, she got up and said, "Then I'll help the boss prepare dinner."

"Go, I still remember my job as a butler, and I will give you one point."

Sophia gave Simon a slight glance, and said, "I remember all my promises."

Without waiting for Simon to respond, Sophia turned and walked away stepping on her high heels.Simon's eyes followed the figure of the housekeeper Miaoman and disappeared into the corridor leading to the kitchen, and he silently said a word, you wait, fairy!

Simon brought a total of eight bodyguards over this time, divided into two groups to be responsible for 24-hour security.

There were too many entourages, so Sophia selected a few chefs and servants to take care of everyone's daily life.Simon gradually realized that this kind of thing was unavoidable, so he no longer struggled with it, because to enter and leave the main villa, the only requirement was that these people must be women, not too old, not too sorry for the audience, and not to appear in his field of vision for nothing. It doesn't matter.

It was only a short-term part-time job for a week. Sophia joked privately that Simon's requirements were actually very high, but the people he hired still exceeded Simon's expectations.The two chefs and the two maids are all white women in their 30s, and their body and appearance are above the standard.

When she first arrived in Milan, the housekeeper secretly told Simon that these women were all single, with an encouraging tone to seduce someone into making a mistake.

Speaking of which, compared to Simon's current wealth and status, this kind of request is nothing at all, and the problems that money can solve are no longer problems for Simon.Simon had no idea about these vases, which were purely visual.Some tabloids have already noticed that Simon likes to hire beautiful female college students to help him take care of the house. The reason why there is no disturbance is because Simon has never seen these girls face to face.

Simon is actually very cautious when it comes to women. He generally doesn't touch women who don't know their roots, aren't smart enough, or might bring him trouble.Of course Simon can afford trouble now, he just doesn't want to get involved in these bad things.

After dinner, everyone gathered in the living room to watch TV and chat. Before we knew it, it was late at night, and Sofia naturally stayed overnight.

Both Jeannies were there, and of course nothing happened.

They continued to stay in Florence for two more days. Seeing that the time was about the same, Simon and his party set off to fly back to New York on the afternoon of October 10st.

According to the analyst team of Cersei Capital, the junk bond market crisis in North America will break out in the first two weeks of October, because United Airlines will have a junk bond of up to US$10 billion due in mid-October that needs to be paid off.

In previous years, United issued more than $60 billion in high-risk junk bonds to acquire several airlines, including New York Airlines, People Rapid Transit and Frontier Airlines.

The U.S. economy has not fully recovered after the 87 stock market crash. Michael Milken’s investigation has also made it impossible for these companies that need to repeatedly rely on junk bond financing to maintain operations. It is difficult to find other financial support other than the risky junk bonds. Therefore, the team of Cersei Capital judged that it is impossible for United Airlines to fulfill the repayment obligations of these mature bonds and can only choose to default.

Once United Airlines defaults on its debt, it will inevitably trigger a domino effect in the North American junk bond market.

Simon's memory of the crisis is more precise, and the 'mini-crash' that followed the 87 crash occurred on October 10th.He also believes that this date will not change much. United Airlines’ bonds need to be paid off on October 13, because they can’t afford the money. No matter how much the company delays, it must announce the news before the due date.

October 10th happens to be Friday, and the announcement of the default on this day can give the market a two-day buffer, and it can also reserve the last sliver of life for United Airlines: If the federal government intervenes to prevent the financial market from collapsing, the U.S. United's crisis may be resolved.After all, two years ago, the federal government's bailout measures were very timely.

In Simon's view, United's vision is destined to become nothing more than a luxury. The federal government cannot save the $2000 billion junk bond market.

After completely leaving the Japanese financial market in early July, in the past three months, Cersei Capital's No. 7 to No. 6 sub-funds have been secretly planning for the North American bond market.In order to avoid attracting the attention of the market as much as possible, in three months, only about 10 billion U.S. dollars of Cersei Capital's 50 billion U.S. dollars were spent.

Among the various financial derivatives positions, Simon is more familiar with more than 32000 S&P 500 stock index futures short contracts accumulated in three months. Since it is confirmed that the North American stock market will crash in mid-October, the stock index futures will naturally still be The safest arbitrage product.

In addition, there are a large number of various types of complex short-sale contracts for the stocks and bonds of individual target companies such as Columbia Savings and Credit Bank, United Airlines, American Newspaper Group, Drexel Securities, etc. Simon does not have sufficient professional knowledge and expertise. Take time and energy into account.

In this regard, Janet has shown a talent that surprised Simon. She is lazy on weekdays, but she can accurately understand a series of contracts with a total value of more than 300 billion US dollars under leverage.

Just like the operation of the Japanese market, Simon also does not expect the layout of Cersei Capital to be kept absolutely secret.

However, during this period of time, the North American financial market’s activity in targeting junk bonds has been clearly noticed by major financial media, but the information about Cersei Capital’s participation has not been published in the newspapers.Obviously, the followers who have heard the news in private are making a fortune in silence.

When the two arrived in New York, Janet used the pretext of conducting a financial audit of Westeros Corporation to start appearing at Westeros Corporation headquarters in midtown Manhattan every day. The fund team conducts direct manipulation.Simon is paying attention to "Ghosts" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", which are being filmed in New York. Both films were launched in August and are expected to be completed around November.

Lower Manhattan.

In an apartment in Soho District, "The Love of Ghosts" is shooting some clips of the daily life of the hero and heroine.

Simon has spent three days watching the finished samples of the two films and discussing some revisions with the main creator. Today, he stayed at the crew of "The Love of Ghosts" all day to observe the filming. The new version of "The Love of Ghosts" "Unfinished" is basically the original cast from the starring to the director, and Simon is not too worried about the quality of the film.

Close to afternoon work time.

Demi Moore finished her last shot of the day, walked to the rest area and sat down next to Simon, and after he had finished chatting with the producer about a topic, she interjected: "Simon, the song "Unrestrained Melody" you chose to cooperate with The pottery scene is such a classic, and the soundtrack to the film is sure to sell like Bodyguard."

Simon smiled and said, "Is it just the soundtrack album? You have no confidence in this movie."

"Of course not, they will definitely sell well," Demi Moore said with a smile, "I'm leaving get off work soon, do you want to have dinner together tonight?"

Simon shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, I already have arrangements for the evening."

"Then tomorrow night, surely you won't just be in Manhattan for one day, right?"

Simon just shook his head again.

Demi Moore shrugged in disappointment. Seeing the producer on the other side of Simon walk away, the woman leaned over and whispered, "Simon, in this case, I'm going to the trailer to remove my makeup. Do you want to come together?"

Simon doesn't want to spread rumors about a certain film star and a certain actress having an affair on the set and causing the whole crew to be embarrassed by the trailer. What's more, the woman next to her is just a new taste, and Simon has not been involved too deeply with her. Because of this, he smiled and said, "Demi, my assistant is coming to deliver materials to me soon, so you have to remove your makeup by yourself."

Demi Moore was rejected again, and still didn't give up easily.

If she can establish a lover relationship with this man who has reached the top of the federal wealth and is also powerful in Hollywood, her next development in Hollywood will definitely be a way.Therefore, she persevered and gave Simon a business card with her address and contact information in Manhattan, and watched the man put it in her pocket, before Demi Moore finally got up and left.

In the evening, it was a banquet at Raybould's house. It mainly introduced Joseph Schlapp, the head of Schlapp Consulting Company, to Simon. The largest funder of the consulting firm, the first tranche of $300 million was delivered last month.

Schlapp Consulting also began assisting Westeros-backed David Dinkins' New York mayoral election.

The "Federal Election Act" has very strict restrictions on US campaign donations. Business groups such as companies and banks are prohibited from donating to candidates, and there are various restrictions on individual donations.

However, over the years, through political action committees and public welfare campaign funds, American corporate giants and wealthy classes have never stopped interfering in political elections.Both major political parties can benefit from it, so naturally they will not take the initiative to seek to fill these obvious loopholes, but instead continue to expand.

Chapter 297 I Have Seen It Too (Revise)

Simon in his duplex on Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side.

Tossing and turning, and socializing until late last night, Simon still got up at 6 o'clock in the morning in New York and began to prepare breakfast for the two of them himself.

Today is December 10th, Friday.

With plans to spend another day on the set of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Simon and Janet are leaving again.Daenerys Entertainment has a lot of things that need to be dealt with by Simon recently, and Janet will also return to the Melbourne headquarters to personally take charge of this operation for the US junk bond market.

Moreover, since it is confirmed that the crisis in the US junk bond market is about to break out, it is easy to be associated with staying in New York, which is not a good thing.

The next reunion will be in early November, and the Boeing 11 ordered from Boeing will be delivered just in time, and some of the most pressing things in the hands of the two should be completed.

After breakfast, Janet rushed to Westeros Company in Midtown. Simon and Jennifer met and sent the female assistant to Daenerys Entertainment’s New York branch building in Greenwich Village. By the way, she listened to some work reports, and then Rush to Brooklyn, east of Manhattan, where Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was filmed.

It was still six o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles, but the previous week's box office data had already been released.

9月29日到10月5日，上映第14周，丹妮莉丝娱乐的《灵异第六感》再收509万美元，累计票房已经达到2亿7506万美元。