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Simon didn't care about Haruo Maekawa unknowingly advancing the transfer of Cersei Capital's No. 1 to No. 5 sub-funds to June. Strictly speaking, this is also true. The two parties did confirm the deal at the end of June: "Actually, Maekawa, you should understand that my statement now is of little significance. Since Lehman Brothers released the news, they must have established a large number of short positions, and perhaps many financial institutions have already done so in advance.”

"But there are also more long-term capital that have not left the market," Haruo Maekawa continued: "Simon, as long as you express your position, those funds that are still long-term will definitely make efforts. We will also try our best to maintain the stability of the market."

Simon said: "Maekawa, you should know that there is indeed a serious bubble in the Japanese economy, and the Japanese stock market is inevitable."

"I understand, Simon, we can only hope that this diversion will be gentler and give us more time to de-escalate."

Simon stroked the coffee cup still in his hand and weighed it.

The Japanese stock market broke through 40000 points, and it has obviously peaked. It is impossible to continue to rise, and the decline is inevitable.

In my memory, it took four months for the Japanese stock market to fall from a high of over 38000 points to 28000 points. This is indeed quite moderate, and it also shows that the Japanese government's rescue measures at that time were very effective.

Now, if he does nothing, based on the panic accumulated in the market in the past two days, even if the Japanese stock market has a price limit, there will be no Black Monday like North America in 1987, but it is likely to be a collapse after the opening of next week. continuous decline.

Once this happens, some hedge funds that were misguided by Cersei Capital in the early stage are likely to suffer heavy losses, and Simon will inevitably be blamed at that time.

Conversely, if Simon now shows some inclination to be optimistic about the Japanese market, delaying the decline in the Japanese stock market and giving those hedge funds time to flee, this is actually redeeming the possible targeting of himself.Now that the Japanese stock market has been determined to go down, there is nothing wrong with him doing this just to let those short sellers make money later.

Having made up his mind, Simon raised his head again and looked at Maekawa Haruo: "So, what should I do?"

Haruo Maekawa beckoned to two assistants who were waiting not far away, took out a document from the handbag they brought, and said: "We have prepared some documents, you can take a look first. In addition, we I have also greeted all kinds of media in Japan and North America, as long as the manuscript is confirmed, it can be on the headlines of many newspapers tomorrow morning. Also, if you are willing to accept TV interviews, that would be even better."

Simon picked up the materials and flipped through them, then shook his head and said, "Forget about interviews, I don't really like appearing on TV."

"Then, as long as you can express your opinion in the newspaper," Haruo Maekawa didn't force himself, and said, "In addition, all the press releases we have completed will be handed over to you in advance to ensure that there will be no surprises between us. other than differences."

Simon nodded.

I am very satisfied with this arrangement of the Japanese.

He didn't want some opinion in the newspaper that he had no knowledge of.

At the same time, I also understand in my heart that the Japanese are so cautious, not because they respect him so much, but more because they are worried that he will suddenly regret and refuse to admit it.

Chapter 310 Taking down Nokia (Revised)

Everyone was busy all afternoon, and finally confirmed some press releases that will be released tomorrow.

Simon didn't want to get too involved with the Japanese, so in the end he only agreed to publish four articles clarifying Cersei Capital in Japan's "Asahi Shimbun", "Yomiuri Shimbun", North America's "Wall Street Journal", and "New York Times". Operational insider and optimistic articles on the Japanese economy.

Of course, the so-called inside story clarified cannot be [-]% true.

The time for Cersei Capital to withdraw from the Japanese market was determined to be in June, and the behavior of the Japanese buying the investment portfolio of Cersei Capital No. 1 to No. 5 sub-funds was also described as normal securities investment, and there was no hidden secret that was inhumane .Because Cersei Capital is a private offshore hedge fund, it does not have any obligation to disclose the details of its operations.

At the same time, Simon also appropriately expressed his optimism about the Japanese economy.

The general point of view is that in recent years, the Japanese real estate market has indeed had a serious bubble component, but there is no doubt that this bubble is supported by a very deep real economy.

Japan's crazy real estate industry has not squeezed the living space of the real economy. The development of the two is completely comparable, which is why Japan's real estate market and stock market have been soaring for many years in a row.

Therefore, even if the property market bubble recedes, Japan's deep accumulation in industries such as automobiles, steel, chemicals, electronics, and entertainment is still sufficient to support its strong position as the world's second largest economy. This country is still very worth investing in.

Obviously, these arguments discussed by the two parties mean that the Japanese will focus on maintaining their own real economy after the economic turnaround.

It is undoubtedly a very wise decision to admit the property market bubble and maintain the real economy.

Haruo Maekawa and his party were invited to have dinner, and the Japanese were sent away. It was already nine o'clock in the evening.

Janet took a shower, wrapped in a thick cotton bathrobe and stepped on cotton slippers, and came to the living room downstairs. Simon was sitting on the sofa and flipping through the Nokia company documents from Finland.

Curled comfortably on the sofa next to Simon, Janet rubbed against the man like a kitten, and said, "I don't think it's good to get too close to the Japanese. You are an American after all."

The current overall tendency of the United States is to suppress the rise of Japan. It is indeed a bit inappropriate for Simon to be so obvious as to "sing the opposite tune".

Tilting his head on Janet's fluffy blond hair after bathing, smelling the woman's pleasant fragrance, Simon said, "Of course I know, so after the completion of operations in North America at the end of the year, I will liquidate Cersei Capital." , and then re-raise funds, this time it will be open to North American capital.”

Janet nodded in agreement and asked, "How much money are you going to raise this time?"

"U.S. $30 billion, 10 billion in Australia, 10 billion in North America, and 10 billion for ourselves. However, this is only used for hedging. If there is no good opportunity, the profit of hedge funds will not be too high. I Recently, I’m considering transforming Cersei Capital into a comprehensive fund company, which can involve all aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions, equity investment, and venture capital in the future. Hey, take the time to help me think about it.”

"Hmm."

The two were chatting, and Jennifer came to the living room after taking care of things in the kitchen.

After saying hello, Jennifer quietly sat down on the single sofa next to her.

Seeing that the female assistant picked up a document and read it with satisfaction, Janet suddenly smiled, leaned into Simon's ear and said, "You can go to Jenny's room tonight."

Janet didn't lower her voice at all.

Jennifer's cheeks obviously started to turn rosy, and she subconsciously turned a page of the document in her hand, but because her little hands trembled, she made a slight rattling sound, which immediately made Janet laugh again, she simply stood up and jumped on tiptoes On the single sofa where Jennifer was, she forced her arms around the female assistant and whispered small things in her ear.

This time, he lowered his voice.

Simon just 'warned' helplessly: "No bad ideas are allowed."

Janet raised her head and winked at Simon, and said, "Of course not, it's definitely a good idea."

Simon simply put down the file and said, "Forget it, I'm going to sleep."

Janet chased after her with a smile: "Then I will sleep with Jenny tonight?"

"Don't bully Jenny."

Janet shook the female assistant who was still shy and speechless, and said, "Isn't Jenny just for bullying?"

He was flying to Helsinki tomorrow morning. Simon ignored Janet's little madness and went straight to the upstairs bedroom.

After taking a bath, I lay on the big bed and waited for a long time, but the woman did not come back.

Probably tonight I really want to bully Jennifer.

Simon simply turned off the light and lay down on the bed.

A few minutes later, before falling asleep, the bedroom door was gently pushed open. There was only a figure in the dim light and slight footsteps that were obviously different from before. Simon knew that it was not Janet who came in.

The figure came over, sat down by the bed, didn't speak, just stretched out a small hand and patted Simon's body tentatively.Simon stretched out his hand to stop the woman's waist, her body froze, and soon softened, leaning obediently along with his strength.

"Actually, there is something I want to tell you all this time."

After a while, Simon spoke first.

Jennifer just hummed lightly.

Simon thought for a while and said, "Probably, next year, I will marry Jenny."

Jennifer was quiet for a while, then hummed again, but leaned towards the man.

Simon suddenly understood something, perhaps, during this time, both Janet and Jennifer also understood this, which is probably why Janet pushed the female assistant over uncharacteristically tonight.

Having been together for so long, the relationship between Simon and Jennifer has become very close, but they have never broken through a certain bottom line.

Simon is very clear that the female assistant likes him. He has always cherished and cautious people close to him. He has a very strong possessive desire, but he hopes that they can all live well and have more choices.Therefore, whether it is Sandra or Jennifer, a certain distance is carefully maintained.

At this moment, feeling the soft jade in his arms, Simon finally stopped hesitating, leaned over and kissed the female assistant on the lips, and said, "It's just like this tonight, let's find a better time."

Jennifer hummed quickly this time, boldly leaned over, and took the initiative to kiss him on the lips.

In fact, a large part of the reason why he was able to make up his mind to stay by his side was also because of his cherishing of himself.Knowing that he would give a woman a large check casually after some absurdity, but after getting along with her for so long, he has never treated her casually.

When I woke up the next day, two articles on the Asahi Shimbun and the Yomiuri Shimbun in Japan had already been published.

Simon and his party took off from Athens Airport at nine o'clock in the morning, and when they arrived in Helsinki, it was less than twelve noon local time.The signing ceremony for the acquisition of Nokia's mobile communications equipment division by Westeros was held at two o'clock in the afternoon.

The transaction price finally determined by the two parties is US$2 million. At the same time, Westeros will inject US$5000 million into Nokia for research and development of digital mobile phones and GSM communication equipment.

Speaking of which, Nokia's name is also a focus of this negotiation.

At this time, Nokia was still a comprehensive enterprise group involving many fields, and its business included paper, rubber, television and other aspects.

Originally, according to the usual practice, the name must be changed after the acquisition.However, Simon still likes the name Nokia.

After some bargaining, it was finally determined that Nokia's mobile communications equipment sector was reorganized as Nokia Electronics Communications Technologies, while other Nokia businesses remained the same.

Nokia Electronics Communications Technology Company can still be called Nokia for short.

The two parties also agreed that the future business scope of Nokia Electronic Communications Technology Company will be limited to the research and development and manufacture of mobile communication related equipment, and the same applies to other businesses of Nokia.

In addition, Simon continued to hire Yoma Ollila, the former head of Nokia's mobile communications equipment department, as the president and CEO of Nokia Electronics and Communications Technologies, responsible for the company's operations.Jorma Ollila is the man who developed Nokia from a company limited to a corner of Finland to a world-class electronics giant in the original time and space.

After spending two days in Espoo, the Nokia headquarters, after finalizing all this, Simon and his team left Finland and returned to North America.

The time is already May 12.

Simon promised Don Johnson and Melanie Griffiths to attend Dakota Johnson's christening ceremony on December 12, and North America once again accumulated a lot of affairs that needed to be handled by Simon himself.

the other side.

Monday, October 12.

The Japanese stock market began to fall just after the opening of the market due to a large number of selling orders. As of the close of Monday afternoon, the Nikkei 225 index fell from 40039 points at the close of last Friday to 39811 points.

The broader market fell 228 points in a single day, and the decline was actually only 0.56%. This outcome was far better than the Japanese government's expectations.

Apparently, because of the timely recovery measures taken by the Japanese government, Simon's statements on the major mainstream media in North America and Japan also played a role in alleviating market panic.Therefore, although the turn of the Japanese stock market could not be avoided, it did not have the sharp plunge that many people expected.

The situation was stabilized on the first day of opening, and the subsequent coping became easier.

Immediately afterwards, on December 12, the new issue of "Time" under Time Inc. was released. Simon, as this year's "Time" Person of the Year, landed on the cover of this long-established political magazine, which once again aroused media attention and enthusiasm. discuss.

"Time" magazine commented on Simon's becoming this year's Person of the Year as "creating an astonishing wealth miracle at an unparalleled speed".

After the news about Cersei Capital's inside story came out last Friday, "Time", which had already completed the interview article with Simon, temporarily added some content quoting those newspaper press releases.Because of the huge influence of "Time" weekly man of the year, the Japanese stock market even rebounded briefly after the opening of the new issue of the weekly magazine on the second day.

In the end, as of December 12, the Nikkei 8 Index fell only 225 points within a week, compared with last Friday's high of more than 636 points, a drop of only 40000%.

Although the downward trend of the Japanese stock market has been irreversible, the impending rain after the inside story of Cersei's capital operation came out last Friday has completely disappeared.

Simon has refrained from making any public remarks on the matter after speaking out in several newspapers on Monday.

Returning to North America, Simon's first stop was New York.

During the return journey with James Raybould and his party, Simon and James discussed the next stage of Westeros' plan to increase its technology stock holdings.

The acquisition of Nokia consumes all the capital that Cersei Capital has left overseas. Daenerys Entertainment has continued to provide funds for Westeros for the past six months. Shares of technology stocks headed for a downturn.

Moreover, Windows 3.0 will be released in May next year. With this operating system, Microsoft has officially gained market recognition, and its stock price has since taken off.

As such, recent months have also been the last opportunity for Westeros to add to its Microsoft stock at a lower price.

Simon intends to increase Westeros' shareholding in both Microsoft and Intel to 15%.

As long as this goal can be achieved, based on the calculation of the peak market value of these two companies in 2000 exceeding US$10000 trillion in memory, only these stocks can bring Simon a fortune of US$1500 billion in the future.

Back in Los Angeles, Nancy Brill told Simon that Nintendo had taken the initiative to contact Daenerys Entertainment to give Blizzard Studios a special place.In addition, Nancy also took the opportunity to reach an understanding with Nintendo on the acquisition of EA.

However, the acquisition negotiations with EA did not go well.

Daenerys Entertainment wants to take over EA in order to obtain a complete PC game production and distribution platform. Although EA shareholders gave a very positive response to Daenerys Entertainment's contact, the other party did not want to sell themselves to Daenerys Entertainment, but tended to only allocate a part of the stock from the major shareholders for sale Entertain Daenerys.

After several negotiations, Nancy determined that the maximum stake that Daenerys Entertainment could obtain was about 35%, which was comparable to the company's stake in Blockbuster.

At the same time, with these stocks, Daenerys Entertainment can also become the largest shareholder of EA, almost having absolute control of EA.According to Nancy's judgment, most of EA's shareholders don't mind transferring control to Daenerys Entertainment, they just hope to continue to get more income from their holdings in EA.

Blizzard Studios is expected to earn more than $1 million in net profit from just one "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". The decision of EA shareholders is not surprising at all.

After discussion, this is probably the least expensive and most moderate investment plan.

Negotiations between the two parties have been kept secret. Once the news is made public and Daenerys Entertainment seeks to acquire EA through hostile mergers, EA's share price will definitely double in a short period of time.

Simon didn't want to buy EA at an irrational price, so he decided to accept this shareholding plan.

EA will definitely continue to expand in the future. As long as it takes control of this company, Daenerys Entertainment can increase its shareholding in this company in many ways in the future.

Chapter 311 Gates' Invitation (Revised)

A church at the foot of Beverly Hills, on the afternoon of December 12, where Dakota Johnson's christening was held.

What was originally a very personal matter became very lively because of the star status of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith and the presence of Simon and others. As a veteran family in Hollywood, the Griffith family invited a total of Fifty relatives and friends attended the little guy's christening ceremony, and the number of media reporters who heard the news was no less than the number of guests.

Now it is the final sprint stage of "Batman" promotion. Huge posters of the film have appeared in many famous locations in major cities in North America, and the main creators are running non-stop all over North America.

Compared with other people's busyness, Simon has not shown his face in public during this time.

Therefore, as soon as Simon took Janet out of the car outside the church, the flashing lights around him flickered wildly.Although this is a christening ceremony, the reporters couldn't help but ask Simon some other questions while pressing the shutter.

Simon didn't mean to steal the limelight, he just showed a polite smile and led Janet into the church without stopping.

After a brief greeting with all the guests, Janet also presented carefully selected gifts, and everyone entered the church hall.