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Columbia Savings and Credit Bank was also exposed by the New York Post to hold as much as US$10 billion in United Airlines bonds and is the largest creditor of United Airlines.As the United Airlines crisis continues, it is conservatively estimated that this bond asset will shrink by more than 50%, and in the worst case it may even be completely cleared.

The Washington Post pointed the finger at Reynolds Nabisco.

After the record-breaking $250 billion merger in 33, Reynolds Nabisco's stock price not only failed to rise sharply as originally expected, but fell by 8% this year compared to the time of the merger.The company's share in the tobacco market has also shrunk sharply, with the market share shrinking by [-]% in less than a year.

Moreover, after the merger of Reynolds and Nabisco, which were both in a profitable state, it is estimated that the loss will exceed US$10 billion this year. The company has laid off 2300 employees in recent months in order to save expenses. Some high-quality assets also had to be sold at low prices due to debt pressure.

All in all, the Reynolds Nabisco merger was a complete disaster, and only a group of financial companies that were connected to it at the beginning obtained huge profits.The commission paid to KKR, Drexel Securities, Bank of Merrill Lynch and other Wall Street companies for the entire transaction exceeded US$15 billion.

Although there are some speeches supporting the junk bond market, under the bombardment of intensive public opinion, all these negative reports have severely damaged the confidence of countless investors who were not so firm.

After the weekend, the media was still noisy, and the North American stock market also fell again after the market opened on October 10.

The financial market probably sensed the 'direction' of this crisis, and the federal government was not completely inactive. Therefore, except for the continuous decline in stock prices and bond prices of companies such as United Airlines, the US stock market as a whole The situation has stabilized.

As a result, companies such as United Airlines, Drexel Securities, and Columbia Savings Credit Bank are like old, weak, sick and disabled people who have been abandoned from the flock. Cersei Capital and other follow-up capital forces behind the scenes have continued for several months After the layout, began to aggressively harvest their own hunting results.

Simon knew very well that this small crash would not last long, so he told Janet to clear the stock index futures contracts held by Cersei Capital as soon as possible.

In the following week, the liquidation of more than 32000 S&P 500 futures contracts brought Cersei Capital more than US$5 million in profit, and the income from the delivery of a large number of short positions in stocks and bonds was as high as US$11 billion.

Moreover, the size of this group of shorts is less than half of Cersei Capital's total positions.

In the next few months, as the domino effect in the North American junk bond market continues, Cersei Capital will continue to make more lucrative profits.

Chapter 299 Westeros has left! (build)

The financial turmoil in mid-October caused the U.S. junk bond market to suffer.

A large number of short-selling capital made a lot of money, and more people lost everything.Therefore, whether it is due to the consideration of launching a scapegoat to attract media public opinion, or other ideas, it seems that there is no need to keep secrets about Cersei Capital's secret participation in this crisis.

Saturday, April 10.

The "Daily News" in New York suddenly published a press release titled "Westeros is coming, so is the stock market crash".

The article recalled the Japanese stock market crash caused by Simon's last trip to Melbourne to visit his girlfriend in a joking tone, and then pointed out that before the "little crash" on October 10, Simon Westeros and Janet Johnston happened to be in New York for a week.

If it's just these, of course it's nothing.

However, as a gossip newspaper similar to the "New York Post", the "Daily News" exposed many inside stories of Cersei Capital in the press release, even including the core net asset value.Finally, the topic was brought to Cersei Capital and the Australian consortium to participate in the collapse of the US junk bond market, and then made huge profits through short selling.

Cersei Capital made $16 billion this week, and there is nothing wrong with the Daily News article.

However, the intention of this article is obviously not so simple.

It's just that the public opinion guidance of "Cersei Capital and the Australian Consortium to destroy the US junk bond market" is sinister. This is entirely to label Simon as a "beautiful traitor" who lures wolves into the house.Simon has no sense of belonging to the country he lives in, but he also understands the impact it will have on his personal image and business map once such a trend of public opinion is formed.

Therefore, the public relations team of Westeros immediately responded to the article in the "Daily News", pointing out that the short-short funds targeting the US junk bond market this time exceeded 300 billion U.S. dollars, and it was impossible for a certain capital Forces dominate.Moreover, the root cause of this collapse is that companies such as United Airlines have issued excessive bonds without restraint regardless of their own strength. The Daily News' attempt to attribute the collapse of the junk bond market to Cersei Capital is a complete slander.

Not only did Westeros hit back publicly, it also demanded that the Daily News retract its article and issue a front-page apology.Otherwise, the Westeros Corporation will file a lawsuit against the Daily News.

As a supplement to this counterattack, Daenerys Entertainment immediately announced the withdrawal of the movie advertisement originally planned to be placed on the "Daily News".

James Raybould also personally called Mortimer Zuckerman, the behind-the-scenes boss of the "Daily Mail", reminding the other party with an implicit warning that if necessary, Daenerys Entertainment can promote at least half of the major Hollywood film companies Withdraw advertising from the Daily News and, along with Zuckerman, all other papers and magazines, would be unpopular with Hollywood.

The continuous increase in Hollywood film marketing costs means that any major film company is an important advertiser for the mainstream media platforms in the United States. Mortimer Zuckerman naturally cannot afford to lose most of the Hollywood market.Therefore, the "Daily News" announced the withdrawal of the previous day's article the next day, and made an apology statement on the front page.

The "Daily News"'s quick compromise in just one day seemed full of drama. The Westeros Corporation's swift and sharp attack made many people realize that a certain powerful capital force had already established a position in this area. The country is looming.

The reason why upstarts are called upstarts is that these people often lack the power and background comparable to their personal wealth. Even if your wealth is ten or a hundred times that of other established families, you will still be despised, ignored and looked down upon by others.

If Simon Westeros is just an upstart who suddenly has billions of dollars, the American media that advocates 'freedom' will not pay attention to Westeros Corporation's request. The "Mainichi News"'s compromise obviously means that this upstart who has risen rapidly in just three years has established potential power and influence comparable to his huge personal wealth.

Therefore, although Westeros' pressure on the "Daily News" has a very obvious intention to cover up, out of fear of Simon Westeros, after the "Daily News" announced the withdrawal of the article and apologized However, other mainstream media in the United States are very cautious not to continue discussing a certain sensitive topic.

No matter how vigorous the flame loses its combustibles, it is impossible to spread into a fire.

The major newspapers took the initiative to ignore it, and no one discussed it on the mainstream TV stations. The argument of the "Daily News" was only a short-lived flash in the pan, and then quickly disappeared in other news waves.

In the final analysis, this is the power of capital.

However, although no media dared to refer Simon to the trend of "beautiful traitors", the fact that Cersei Capital participated in shorting the North American junk bond market was confirmed.

Simply discussing how much money Simon Westeros has made, or getting a little inside information about Cersei Capital, such topics do not seem to be taboo.Some newspapers published similar articles in the face of this topic that was destined to attract attention several times. Seeing that it did not arouse the dissatisfaction of Westeros Corporation, other media began to follow up.

Of course, the inside story of Cersei Capital’s operation is not something that anyone can find out. What most newspapers get is only the semi-public news leaked through some not-so-secret channels like the “Daily News”.

However, there has never been a shortage of caring people in this world.

The fact that Cersei Capital created sub-funds 6 to 10 is no secret to some people, but most insiders have ignored some deeper information.

For example, where does the capital of sub-funds No. 6 to No. 10 come from?

Cersei Capital No. 1 to No. 5 sub-funds have achieved a 100% increase in net value in less than a year. Some people naturally think that it is completely easy for Simon Westeros to raise additional large sums of money. It is easy to focus on the specific source of this money.

It's just that there are exceptions to everything.

Manhattan.

For reasons well known to everyone, Noah Scott, who once helped Simon Westero operate the S&P 87 index futures during the 500 stock market crash, has been in charge of a Lehman Brothers company specializing in overseas financial markets since the end of last year. The derivatives hedging and arbitrage team that operates.

Now, in less than a year, the team's $15 billion in capital has grown to $26 billion.

A profit rate of up to 70% makes Noah Scott the most high-profile young executive within Lehman Brothers. However, he has been in a faint unease in recent months.

Because of the need to focus on the Japanese market, Noah Scott did not intervene in the operation of the US junk bond market, which Lehman Brothers also involved in. The "small crash" of the US stock market on October 10 and the subsequent collection of various information made Noah Scott gradually begin to affirm some of his guesses.

American Express headquarters at Rockefeller Center.

Although it was Sunday, James Robinson, the CEO of American Express, the parent company of Lehman Brothers, and Nelson Scott, the father of Noah Scott, who is also a senior executive of American Express, gathered in a conference room at the headquarters. Hear the confidential debriefing of Noah Scott in person.

"I have carefully studied the operation of Cersei Capital for the Japanese market. According to the information we have obtained from various sources, the operation of Cersei Capital is clearly divided into three stages. The first stage is roughly from the end of last year to March this year. To be precise Before Simon Westeros fell into a coma due to overwork, the operation of Cersei Capital was mainly conservative and prudent, which belonged to long-term betting trend investment, which should be led by Simon Westeros himself. 3 From January to July, the operation of Cersei Capital became radical, and there were many ultra-short-term high-leverage and high-risk investment cases. As a former classmate, I can conclude that Janet Johnston should be in charge during this period.”

When Noah Scott said this, his tone paused, and he continued quickly: "After July, Cersei Capital's operating methods have become incomprehensible."

James Robinson was flipping through a copy of Cersei Capital’s inside information collected by Lehman Brothers using a lot of resources, contacts, news channels and even some disgraceful means, when he heard this, he raised his head and asked, “Noah, what exactly do you want to express? "

Noah Scott sorted out his thoughts and said, "Jim, since Simon Westeros visited Melbourne at the end of June, the operation method of Cersei Capital has changed significantly again. This time it is not Westeros Lowe’s or Johnston’s style is neither conservative nor radical, but simply continues to be bullish on the Japanese stock market through a high proportion of holdings.”

Noah Scott's father Nelson Scott said at this time: "Noah, besides Westeros and Johnston, isn't there another person in charge of Cersei Capital? The boss of the Johnston family, Anthony Johnston, perhaps he took over the operation?"

"Anthony Johnston is only in charge of Cersei Capital's finances and does not participate in specific operations. Moreover, Janet Johnston is obviously better. How could the investors of Cersei Capital let Anthony, who is not familiar with these businesses, Johnston takes over?"

Another executive asked: "Perhaps Janet Johnston's energy has shifted to North America?"

"Impossible, even if Janet Johnston turns her attention to North America, she will definitely focus on Japan. Cersei Capital's operating style for the Japanese market cannot be completely changed," said Noah Scott, No longer keeping secrets, he said: "So, I have always suspected that something happened inside Cersei Capital that we have not been able to find out. I have been troubled by this matter in recent months. It was not until the recent collapse of the junk bond market that I Get it."

Everyone in the conference room looked at Noah Scott.

Noah Scott simply got up, walked to the whiteboard at the front of the conference room, picked up a pen and wrote quickly, while explaining: "Simon Westeros rushed to Melbourne at the end of June, Cersei Capital No. 6 to No. 6 sub-funds in early July Established, during the same period, Cersei Capital No. 10 to No. 7 sub-funds have changed their operating style for the Japanese market. Until recently, according to the information we have obtained, Cersei Capital’s short-selling funds in the federal junk bond market will not be less than 1 billion U.S. dollars 5 billion US dollars, such a huge sum of money is impossible to raise quietly. Then, let’s think about it again, where did the 30 billion US dollars of the 30th to 6th sub-funds come from?”

Having said that, Noah Scott didn't really let everyone guess, he just picked up a pen and drew several arrows in a row to lead the diagrams of Cersei Capital's No. 1 to No. 5 sub-funds on the whiteboard to No. 6 to No. 10 sub-funds.

The scene is full of top professional elites who have been working in the industry for many years. Noah Scott didn't need to remind him too much. James Robinson stood up and blurted out: " Westeros is gone!"

The Japanese stock market has recently broken through the 39000-point mark and is heading straight for 40000 points.

If Simon Westeros had cashed out in July, it's the end of October and everyone has been screwed for over three months.More than three months have passed, and Lehman Brothers' large sum of money is still completely set in the Japanese market.So, who can say what will happen next? !

Chapter 300 Donation (Revised)

A large part of the hedge fund field that has boomed rapidly in the past year has followed up with Cersei Capital and continues to be bullish on the Japanese stock market.Once it is confirmed that Simon Westeros has left the field early and everyone follows suit, the result will definitely be disastrous.

After a brief shock, James Robinson gradually calmed down.

Someone in the conference room also found a very important question in Noah Scott's narrative: "Noah, what about the current Cersei Capital No. 1 to No. 5 sub-funds?"

When Noah Scott heard this question, the smile on the corner of his mouth flashed, and then it turned into bitterness, and said: "This is also the key point that I haven't been able to figure out until the article in "Daily News" article."

Nelson Scott continued: "Here Comes Westeros and Comes the Crash?"

"That's right," Noah Scott nodded, "'Westeros is here, so is the stock market crash', everyone probably has to admit that that guy does have this kind of influence. Westeros It is definitely no accident that he stayed in New York for a week in early October. Similarly, for the Japanese stock market, Westeros is also a disaster-level existence. He went to Melbourne and the Japanese stock market almost collapsed. So, what do you think Who wants Westeros to leave the most, and who has enough strength to take over all Westeros sub-funds 10 to 1 without making a fuss."

"The Japanese government!"

The bitterness on Noah Scott's face became more intense, he put down the pen in his hand, sat back at the conference table, and said: "Yes, the Japanese government. It is basically certain that what we have followed up in recent months is not at all Westeros, but the Japanese government."

There was a brief silence in the meeting room.

After a while, someone said: "Although, isn't the Japanese stock market still rising?"

Everyone looked at the man together.

The Japanese stock market has continued to rise for more than three months after Westeros left, because most people have been misled by Cersei Capital to continue to go long.If the news spreads now, it is not impossible for the Japanese stock market to crash directly next week.

James Robinson took a few sips from the water glass at hand, and finally said again: "Noah, how long will it take for us to completely withdraw from the Japanese market?"

Noah Scott thought about it and said, "If you want to avoid attracting other people's attention, at least two weeks."

Nelson Scott reminded: "Cersei Capital is still ahead."

"This is what I'm most worried about." Noah Scott glanced at his father and said, "I can discover this problem, and other people will probably gradually react to it. Even, some people may react earlier than us Come here, it's already gone."

"No matter the others," James Robinson calmed down completely, and said, "Noah, tell me about your plan."

Noah Scott said: "At the close of last Friday, the Nisshin 225 index was fixed at 39367 points. The news of Westeros' early departure may have been exposed, and the Bank of Japan plans to raise interest rates for the second time next month. Therefore, in any case, 40000 points will be an inflection point for the Japanese stock market. Conservative strategy, we use the next two weeks to completely withdraw our own funds, and we will be safe. Be more aggressive, close long positions and establish short positions at the same time, so the risk It is very big, but the current Japanese market is still dominated by bulls, and it is easy for us to establish a large number of short positions. Once the index turns and everyone is one-sidedly short, it is not so easy to establish short positions.”

"Multiple turn to empty," James Robinson chose the second option without hesitation, and then added with sharp eyes: "Then, find an opportunity to spread the news that Westeros has left."

……

Simon didn't know about the discussion of Noah Scott and others. However, the exposure of Cersei Capital's No. 6 to No. 10 sub-funds shorting North American funds after the "mini-crash" broke out was more or less intentional by Simon and Janet.

Neither Simon nor the Japanese government will likely ever voluntarily disclose the details of the deal in early July.

However, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. If so many people are trapped too badly, Simon will also be unlucky in the future.Now, some powerful capital forces with a keen sense of smell have discovered the truth and withdrew early. Even if the news leaks in the future, the remaining small fish and shrimps with weak strength and slow response can only consider themselves unlucky.

After all, as an offshore private hedge fund, Cersei Capital has no obligation to disclose the inside information of its own operations to the outside world, and there is no violation of any regulations in its transactions with the Japanese.

If you make a mistake, you will suffer a lot, and no one can blame you.

Simon stayed in San Francisco for two days over the weekend to discuss a donation with Stanford University.

After several months of hard work, Eaglet was based on the 'rporation of America (American Music Corporation), which has always been the official name of Universal Pictures' parent company.

Cersei Capital is hoarding more and more funds overseas, which will only depreciate if not spent as soon as possible.

Simon had long set his sights on MCA, Universal's parent company.

Before this small crash, MCA's stock price had remained between US$45 and US$50. MCA's total share capital was close to 1 million shares, and its market value was roughly equivalent to adding the word "billion" after the stock price.Speaking of which, Sony sent a test to MCA last year. MCA Chairman Lou Vasalman proposed an offer of 80 billion US dollars based on his own stock price, which directly made Sony retreat and honestly shifted its target to the next one. Class Columbia Pictures.

After the "small crash" of the North American stock market on October 10, MCA's share price has fallen to 13 US dollars as of last Friday.Simon knew that the economic situation in North America would once again fall into a year-long downturn after the small collapse that had just passed, and this downturn would not recover until the United States won a big victory in the Gulf War.

During this period, MCA's stock price will continue to fall, and eventually fall to the range of 30 to 40 US dollars.At that time, Simon will be able to win MCA at a price comparable to Panasonic's $66 billion bid in memory.

In addition to Universal Pictures, MCA also owns MCA Records, Universal Studios and a number of very valuable cable TV assets. As long as this company is successfully annexed, Daenerys Entertainment can directly make up for its record, TV, theme Weaknesses in parks, etc.

Facing the female assistant's question, Simon nodded and said: "Yes, but I haven't decided whether to transfer Cersei Capital's funds directly back to China. You know, this is a lot of taxes."

Simon has no intention of hiding overseas assets, at least not too much.

Therefore, Cersei Capital will definitely file with the IRS for tax purposes on time.However, according to U.S. tax law, as long as the money stays abroad, the tax registration will remain in arrears.

Chapter 301 Accident (Revised)

Listening to Simon's emotion, Jennifer said: "According to the results of my father's recent negotiations with Nokia, we only need about 2 million US dollars to take over Nokia's mobile communication equipment department. Counting the follow-up operating expenses, the total expenditure within a year is also It will not exceed 2.5 million, because there are no other large-scale investment projects overseas, so we can only withdraw the funds back to China."

Simon originally planned to acquire a majority of Nokia's equity through capital injection, but because of the political turmoil in Eastern Europe and Nokia's eagerness to streamline its business, the other party asked Westeros to take over Nokia's mobile communication equipment department if it wanted it.

Although the current Nokia mobile communication equipment department is still completely incomparable with Motorola, Simon discovered a large number of GSM-related second-generation digital communication technology patents in the process of checking its asset list. The company's other technologies in mobile communication The accumulation is also deep enough.

Therefore, since the other party proposed it on his own initiative, and Simon has a large amount of money in his hands, he will naturally not object to the plan to take over.

Except for Nokia, Simon has not found any other large investment projects that can satisfy the appetite of Westeros for the time being.

In comparison, withdrawing funds to the United States, because of Simon's prophetic advantage, not only MCA, but investing in many other targets now is enough to bring him ten times and hundreds of times returns in the future, billions of dollars of funds, and the US domestic market is completely eaten have to go down.

However, the capital gains tax of up to 28% is really painful.

According to the current volume of Cersei Capital, all the funds belonging to Simon after the settlement will be transferred back to China, but the tax that needs to be paid exceeds 10 billion US dollars.

Simon even had the idea of ​​changing his nationality. However, this idea is just a thought. Compared with other Western countries, although the tax system of the United States is complicated, it is actually not high.What's more, if Simon changes his nationality, his business expansion in the United States will definitely be subject to various strict restrictions.

Jennifer waited for Simon to think for a moment, and said again: "There is one more thing, the news from Los Angeles, Australia's Qintex Group and MGM Corporation issued a statement at two o'clock in the afternoon, and they have finalized a general agreement. Christopher Scars, Chairman of Qintex Group, said that as long as the funds are in place, the two parties can complete the transaction.”

As the female assistant spoke, she took out a page of information from the folder and handed it over.