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Simon had an instinctive resistance to religion in his bones, and he just sat patiently on the bench to watch the baptism process, while Janet beside him seemed very solemn, occasionally leaning on Simon, and occasionally glanced over to look at his expression .
There will be a christening party after the ceremony.
The venue was arranged at the Beverly Hills home of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, not far from the church.
The two re-boarded the car outside the church and rushed to the Johnson couple's house with other people's cars.
The car started, and Simon felt Janet leaning on him in a daze again, and said with a smile, "You want a baby?"
Janet took her arm and hugged Simon, saying, "The little guy is so cute."
"Then, we'll get married in the next year, before your birthday."
Janet tilted her head and kowtowed on Simon's shoulder, with a little dissatisfaction in her tone, she said, "It's so rash, you didn't even kneel down to propose to me."
Simon gently pushed the woman away, reached out and took out a few times in the pocket of his suit, and quickly found a shiny diamond ring. Under Janet's eyes that widened instantly, he leaned on one knee on the back seat of the car, raised his hand, He raised the ring in his hand and said, "Miss Johnston, will you marry me?"
In the front row of the car, the two bodyguards on the driver's and co-pilot's side were a little stunned. Neil Bennett, who was in charge of the car, subconsciously stepped on the brakes. After realizing something was wrong, he quickly released it, and at the same time opened the car door.
The carriage shook, which also woke Janet from her stupor.
The woman's beautiful eyes blinked a few times quickly. Seeing that Simon was still waiting, she quickly nodded her head like a chicken pecking at rice: "Yeah."
Simon smiled and grabbed the woman's little hand that wanted to cover her mouth, put the ring on her ring finger, and said, "Hey, from now on, you are my fiancee."
Janet raised her hand to look at the diamond ring on her hand, then turned her head to look at Simon, and pursed her lips after a while, saying, "I haven't even reacted yet."
Simon grabbed the woman's small hand again, pressed it on his chest and said, "Actually, I'm also very nervous, you can feel it."
There was a rapid heartbeat in the palm of my hand.
Janet felt it for a while, and finally leaned sideways on Simon's shoulder and said, "When did you buy the ring?"
"Has Sophia hinted at you?"
"I'm definitely going to pretend I don't know anything at this time."
"Well, I asked Sophia to help me find it during Fashion Week in September. After a long time of picking, I finally chose this one." Simon squeezed Janet's big hand slightly, and asked with a smile: "Is it too big? The 99-carat ones were originally larger, but I made them cut to 99 carats on purpose?"
Janet withdrew her hand to look at the heart-shaped diamond ring wider than her finger, and asked, "Why is it 99 carats?"
Simon said: "In Chinese, the number '99' means 'forever'."
"Um……"
Janet snorted like a kitten, and clung to Simon softly.
As the two most watched guests this time, Simon and Janet came to the Johnson couple's home. The eye-catching diamond ring suddenly appeared on Janet's hand was quickly noticed by interested people, and the news spread quickly.
Before Dakota Johnson's christening party was over, many acquainted relatives and friends around called.
After the party, Simon and Janet returned to Malibu and had dinner together at a restaurant. During the period, the woman did not take off the diamond ring, which attracted a group of reporters.
"Mom, he just proposed to me, how could he arrange the wedding so soon...Hmph, it must be Dad's urging, right...I know, I know...He is busy, you know, he There's always a ton of stuff to do, even the proposal is in the car... yeah, in the car, I almost can't help but say no to him, it's not formal at all...Christmas? Probably Will go back, but not necessarily, his movie will be released on the 22nd, a lot of things happen recently... ummm, that's it, goodbye, love you."
Inside the villa on the west side of Cape Dumei.
Janet, who was next to Simon, hung up the phone and lay crookedly on the man's lap.
Simon pulled out the document that was under Janet's head, and caressed the woman's fair neck, saying: "It should be no problem for us to go to Australia for Christmas, but it's summer over there, but there's nothing wrong with it." The smell of Christmas."
Janet twisted her neck slightly, grabbed the man's hand and stuffed it into her neckline, and said with a smile, "How about I ask Mom and Dad to come to North America?"
Simon shuddered and said, "I still don't want it."
"Hehe, coward."
"It just feels a little strange, and it should be our past."
"Ah."
In response, Janet calmed down again, looked up at the man for a moment, reached up and touched Simon's stubble-free chin, and said, "Are you really going to marry me?"
Simon's gaze was still on the document in his hand, but he nodded without any hesitation and said, "Really."
"Then," Janet said with a twinkle in her eyes, "before we get married, do you want to sign a prenuptial agreement?"
Simon nodded: "Yes, but the signing is simpler. If you want to leave me, then there is no money. If I want you to leave, then I will pay you 100 billion dollars."
Janet froze for a moment, and asked shrewdly, "How much money will you have in the future?"
"I wish there were a trillion."
"JPY?"
"Dollar."
Janet pulled Simon's hand from her neckline and pushed it away, and said dissatisfiedly: "You really are a person, you have 10000 trillion, but you want to send me away with 100 billion."
Simon showed a painful expression, and said, "Okay, add another 100 billion."
Janet held Simon's hand to her mouth, took a bite moderately, looked up with bright eyes, and said, "I don't want your money."
"Ok?"
Janet reached over with her little hand, pressed Simon's chest, felt the man's heartbeat and said softly: "If one day you want to drive me away, I will take your heart away."
Simon finally moved his eyes away from the document, stared at the woman on his lap for a moment, and said in a soft voice, "You don't have to be so cruel, do you?"
"Will you drive me away?"
"No, I'm actually lazy. Once I married one woman, I never thought about changing to another one."
Janet curled her mouth, retracted her hand on the man's chest, grabbed his arm and pressed it to her chest, and said softly, "How about we make a little one now?"
Simon paused, and said, "Well, it's best after you get married, or your father will definitely be very angry."
"No," Janet shook her head, noticed Simon's expression, and said, "If you don't like children, then don't, as long as we are together."
"It's not what you think," Simon raised his hand to caress the woman's smooth face, and said, "It's just that, for this matter, at least we need to conduct some pre-marital checkups."
Janet looked over puzzled.
Simon's thoughts flew, and he quickly said: "You know my experience in Watsonville Mental Hospital. I was worried that it would be passed on to our little ones. So we need to make some preparations in advance."
Janet's eyes were still bright, but her tone was silly and hoarse: "Okay."
While talking, the phone rang again.
Janet had no intention of answering the phone at all. The habit of women who don't like answering the phone has not changed. It was Simon who answered it first and confirmed that it was the woman's mother. After chatting for a few words, she handed the phone to her.
Leaning forward, picking up the cordless phone and pressing the answer button, Simon said, "Hello?"
The other side of the phone obviously hesitated for a moment, and finally a voice rang.
Simon was also taken aback, and quickly calmed down, saying, "Are you looking for Jenny? She's here."
As he spoke, he directly sent the microphone to the woman's ear, and said, "Your aunt."
Only then did Janet hold down the microphone, twisted her body to find a more comfortable position, and said, "Hey, Bingshan, did my mother tell you... Yes, heh heh, from now on, the old man will talk more You... No, it's only past eight o'clock in the evening here, and you have been answering the phone just now. What about you, it should be afternoon over there now, what are you busy with... Anyway, he said he would go back, it depends on the situation... ..."
Although she doesn't like to answer the phone, Janet is very good at talking on the phone.
After chatting with Veronica for more than 20 minutes, the woman hung up the phone, and finally she smiled and said to Simon, "Aunt asked me to say hello to you for her."
Simon scratched the woman's little nose, and said, "Go take a bath, I'll go up after reading these things."
The next day was Sunday, and the hottest topic in the mainstream media in North America was undoubtedly the 99-carat heart-shaped diamond ring on the hand of Westeros girlfriend Janet Johnston.
Simon didn't want this matter to become a hot topic, so he ordered the public relations team around him to reject all related interview invitations, and he simply took Janet to San Francisco on the weekend, and by the way, he was in the Woodside area of West Palo Alto. A mansion was chosen in the mountains.
Entering the 90s, I will definitely go to San Francisco frequently in the future.
Simon's current wealth is still not enough to support the construction of the Westeros Building in Manhattan, but it can satisfy him to purchase his own properties in more cities.
Because of work, I still have to return to Los Angeles on Monday.
The time is already May 12.
Last Friday, that is, on December 12th, Daenerys Entertainment's last self-released film "Driving Miss Daisy" was released this year. The opening screen scale is even more conservative than "My Left Foot", only 8 Block, this movie will completely follow the route of word-of-mouth and winning awards.
Prior to this, in the week from December 12st to December 1th, among several films related to Daenerys Entertainment, "Scream 12" in the Halloween schedule was released for the sixth week, and the single-week box office received another 7 million. US dollars, the cumulative box office reached 2 million US dollars. Although the box office momentum of this teenage horror film has slowed down significantly, it is steadily approaching the 647 million yuan mark.
After two weeks of thanksgiving, it entered the unpopular schedule in early December. The box office of "Flying Beyond the Child" fell by 12% in the third week of its release, and it received another US$33 million.
However, in just three weeks, the total North American box office of "Flying Beyond Childhood" quickly reached 8432 million US dollars.
Judging from the box office performance of the past weekend, this unexpectedly popular alternative family comedy may exceed [-] million at the box office this week.
Breaking through 1.5 million in four weeks, and going through the most popular Christmas file in the next few weeks, the total North American box office of "Flying Childhood" is conservatively estimated to be more than 1.7 million US dollars, and may even exceed [-] million US dollars. Neither Daenerys nor Warner Bros. No wonder this offbeat family comedy would do so well at the box office.
Because it did not take advantage of the trend to increase the scale of the screening screen, the box office figure of "Gucci Mark" inevitably fell by 17% in the second week, and it received another 792 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office in two weeks was 1747 million US dollars.
Compared with the box office, Gucci stores' North American sales exceeded the 12 million mark in the first week of December due to the continuous promotion and investment without spare effort. $1000 million mark.
In order to maximize the influence of "Gucci Mark", Gaomen Films has urgently negotiated with Gucci headquarters on the European distribution of this documentary.
Daenerys Entertainment HQ.
In the office, Simon was flipping through several box office reports from the previous two weeks when the female assistant opened the door.
Although Jennifer looked like nothing happened, Simon could naturally see the obvious loss and anxiety in the female assistant today.So, before she could speak, Simon took out a small box and handed it over, saying, "Hey, a gift for you."
Although he had reminded her that night in Athens a few days ago, it was inevitable that she would be disappointed to see the news that he proposed to Janet.
Seeing the small box in front of her, Jennifer hesitated for a moment before reaching out to pick it up and opening it curiously.
Inside is a diamond ring.
A diamond ring almost identical to the one on Janet's hand.
"It's the same as Jenny's. It's 99 carats. It's for you. Also, keep this secret. If Jenny finds out, I might have to sleep on the floor at night."
After being dazed for a moment, Jennifer shook her head subconsciously, wanting to return it to him, but her mind was a little disobedient, she still held the box in her hand, and reluctantly said: "I, it's too expensive, I can't take it."
In yesterday's newspaper, most of the articles valued the diamond ring in Janet's hand at more than 1000 million US dollars.
Now this one is definitely the same.
It's so expensive, how can I ask for it!
"Put it away, don't be seen by outsiders," Simon just smiled, and changed the subject: "What's the matter?"
Seeing his relaxed appearance, he quickly made up his mind.
I gave him everything, of course I can't have nothing.Anyway, money is not a problem for him at all.
Big deal, one day he wants to take it back.
Just give it back to him.
Thinking so, holding the box in her hand, the female assistant said: "Bill Gates' assistant just called. Gates will go to San Francisco tomorrow and would like to invite you to have lunch."
Simon wondered: "Do you know what it is for?"
Jennifer said: "I think it should be the recent increase in Microsoft's stock holdings by Westeros."
Simon thought for a while, then suddenly showed a playful smile, and said, "Well, let's say I'm too busy and let him come to Los Angeles. Also, send my Boeing 767 to San Francisco to pick him up tomorrow."
Knowing that he would not lend a private jet to others under normal circumstances, Jennifer was a little puzzled at first. Looking at the smile on the corner of the man's mouth, she quickly understood, nodded, turned and left the office.
Chapter 312 Ten Percent (Revised)
A restaurant in Venice Beach.
Bill Gates came here directly after getting off the plane from Los Angeles International Airport. It was close to 12 o'clock, and there were many guests in this famous restaurant, but Simon hadn't arrived yet.
Guided by the waiter to sit down at the reserved spot, Bill Gates was thinking about what to do next when he noticed a pair of men and women coming in, talking and laughing softly.Looking up, he immediately recognized Hollywood star Richard Gere and his supermodel girlfriend Cindy Crawford.
Richard Gere has passed away these years, but his girlfriend is as glamorous in reality as she is on TV and newspapers.
Bill Gates couldn't help but glance at Cindy Crawford a few more times. Women are always more sensitive to certain gazes. Cindy Crawford felt Gates' gaze, turned her head and noticed that it was A man wearing black-rimmed glasses who seemed a little familiar didn't care, and just averted his eyes lightly.
Realizing that he was almost ignored, Bill Gates looked away resentfully, pretending to look around, and the guests in the restaurant seemed to be completely unaware that a billionaire like him was sitting here.
Just as he was thinking about it with some disappointment, there was some commotion at the entrance of the restaurant.
Looking again, it turned out that it was Simon Westeros arriving, and his bodyguard was blocking the reporter who wanted to go forward. The waiter in the restaurant noticed the movement and ran over to help the young man open the glass door.
When Simon Westero walked in, the eyes of everyone in the restaurant were immediately attracted. Some guests stood up obviously, as if they wanted to come forward to say hello, but they stayed where they were.
Bill Gates hesitated for a while, but stood up on his own initiative and took two steps forward.
Simon approached and warmly extended his hand to Bill Gates and said, "Hi, Bill, good afternoon."