Hollywood Hunter

Five o'clock in the morning.

There was no alarm, and Simon still woke up on time. Since that money began to build a position, he gets up at this time these days.

The woman sticking to her body and the fragrance in the bedroom instantly made Simon realize that this was not her apartment in Century Mansion.

Being hugged by Janet as a pillow, Simon did not get up immediately, and looked sideways at the sleeping woman. A few strands of blond hair leaned on her rosy, white face, her lips were slightly pursed, her eyelashes were long, and she was sleeping. Laziness and contentment.

Staring for a moment, Simon also felt a sense of peace of mind inexplicably.

perhaps.

This is my ‘this peace of mind’.

So he leaned in and kissed Janet gently on her lips, and Simon carefully got out of the woman's embrace.

The layout of the villa has not changed since the last time I left.

After washing, Simon went to the gym for a half-hour jog and took a shower. It was already six o'clock.

There are not many types of futures in North America. Simon is betting this time on the S&P 500 index futures that he can predict and are the most traded in the market.

The S&P 500 index futures were launched by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1982. The current daily contract volume is between 80,000 and 100,000, and occasionally it will exceed 100,000. Therefore, Simon’s “butterfly” hiding in it will not be too conspicuous. This is also his source of confidence in confirming that the S&P 500 curve in the next few months will not deviate too much from the data in memory.

Since the electronic trading system has not yet appeared, the stock index futures are mainly very old-school manual trading at the moment, from Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am to 3:15 pm.

Chicago belongs to the Central Time Zone of the United States, two hours earlier than Los Angeles. At six o'clock in the morning on Simon's side, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is nearing opening.

Making a pot of coffee for himself, Simon went to the study, sat down behind his large desk, and called Noah Scott with a cup of coffee.

The two were talking in low voices about the trading plan after the market opened today. Janet floated in lazily from the door in her pajamas, and when she saw Simon, she leaned in, her soft body shrank in Simon like a kitten. In his arms, he narrowed his eyes again.

Simon lowered his voice and continued to talk to Noah Scott for a while, then closed the line, smiled and patted Janet, and asked, "Would you like coffee?"

Janet shook her head: "I haven't brushed my teeth yet."

Simon said: "Then I will hold you back to the bedroom and sleep for a while?"

"No," Janet shook her head again. She raised her face and asked, "You just let Noah buy another 800 contracts?"

Simon nodded and said, "Yes."

"This is 4500 copies," Janet squinted her eyes for a little mental calculation, and said: "4500 contracts, the opening interval from 270 to 275 points, requires about 60 million US dollars in margin, and the holding ratio exceeds 80%. Available funds Only 15 million dollars are left. Well, Noah is going to treat you like a lunatic now. Little bastard, don't you want to continue to increase positions?"

Simon put his arms around the woman's tender body and said, "No, that's it."

Janet rubbed her little hand on Simon's chest, looked at him with bright eyes, and said, "But, bastard, you can still lose money easily like this. Is it really okay?"

With Simon’s current position, every 1 point fluctuation in the S&P 500 Index means a profit and loss of $2.25 million.

Although the current futures trading is not daily debt-free settlement, if the accumulated book loss in the Westeros account exceeds the remaining 15 million US dollars of available funds, Simon will need to call a margin, otherwise the broker will force a part of it for him Contract to ensure sufficient funds in the account.

Based on this calculation, Westeros’ 4,500 long contracts, in addition to the 60 million fixed margin, Simon’s hand can only withstand the S&P 500's 15-point drop and fluctuation even if all the chips in the $20 million loan are included. , Equivalent to 5% of the index market.

Actually.

From the beginning of the year to the present, in just four months, the S&P 500 Index has experienced two big ups and downs between 250 and 300 points, with the largest increase and decrease close to 20% of the broader market.

With reference to this volatility, Simon's current position is completely unbearable.

after all.

If the S&P 500 market sees another sharp drop of about 20%, a drop of more than 50 points, the theoretical loss of each contract at the lowest point will exceed $25,000. With 4,500 contracts, the loss amount will be 112.5 million, which is far more than the 75 million US dollars of principal in the Westeros account.

of course.

As long as there is no direct diving crash as in memory, Simon can still clear out and escape in advance, but he will definitely face huge losses.

If this happens, even if it loses half of it, it would be $37.5 million.

In this era, US dollars are still very valuable.

The Palisades mansion where Simon and Janet live now, there will be no 20 to 30 million in 20 to 30 years, but even at the top of the US real estate bubble in the 1980s, the price is only 4 million US dollars.

Obviously.

Simon is now in a dangerous state of losing 10 of the top luxury houses of this era at any time.

It is no wonder that he would be regarded as a lunatic by Noah Scott.

but.

Danger and opportunity always coexist.

Although many Wall Street analysts now judge that the stock market has been weakened and may turn to a sharp decline at any time, this is indeed the case. However, Simon clearly remembers that the S&P 500 Index, which is around 270 points, is the lowest point in the next four months.

Compared with the repeated ups and downs in the previous four months, the S&P 500 index will show a very stable upward posture in the next four months, basically without too large fluctuations.

Therefore, Simon probably does not need to use the loan just in case, but the remaining US$15 million in available funds in the Westeros account is enough to withstand the slight fluctuations in the overall upward trend of the market.

at this time.

Looking at Janet, whose eyes widened in his arms, trying to make a worried look, Simon couldn't help but lowered his head and pecked on the woman's lips. He smiled and said, "You don't think that I will lose everything in your heart? At that time, Wei Stello can only use himself to pay off the debt."

Janet raised her little hand and pushed Simon's head away. Her worried expression was swept away in a blink of an eye, showing a smile, she ran after him and touched the man's cheek, saying: "I will treat you well, Xiao Simon."

It really is like this.

Simon sighed in his heart, suddenly stretched out his hand and shook Janet's protruding little arm, feeling the woman instantly transformed into his arms, and said: "Look, recognize the reality."

Janet stared at Simon with watery eyes, and muttered softly, "Little bastard."

Simon smiled and took Janet, who was about to slip off her body after she was relieved, into her arms, listening to her completely innocent anger, and inadvertently noticed a pair of women with wine-red nail polish in their movements. Beautiful feet, suddenly my heart moved.

Holding up the woman's white face with one hand and looking at it for a moment, Simon suddenly felt a sense of nowhere to be found after breaking through the iron shoes.

Janet belongs to the type who likes to face up to the sky, and a woman's well-maintained appearance is enough to allow her to appear in front of people completely without powder.

but.

Just put on big red lipstick and adjust the way of speaking, then, coquettish, charming, accented or even suppressed the danger and madness under the surface, this is exactly the female taxi driver Simon needs.

He lowered his head and pecked on her lips again, and Simon said, "Baby, there is still a role missing in my movie. How about you playing?"

Janet, who recovered a little bit, twisted her body, still asking softly, "Which one?"

Simon said: "Esmeralda Villalobos."

Janet's eyelashes flickered a few times and said, "Okay, but I don't know how to perform."

"It doesn't matter, I am the director. Mr. Director likes to direct actresses personally."

"Haha, bastard," Janet smiled and pinched Simon gently, and said again: "By the way, how about the cartoon you said last time? I'm looking forward to it."

Although he had not seen each other before, Simon asked Neal to forward the manuscript to Janet the next day after the call that night, and the two talked about it more than once on the phone during this period.

Simon heard this and shook his head regretfully: "Disney just wants to buy the script, not willing to make it for us."

Janet tilted her head: "What about that?"

Simon thought of an animation company still located in the corner of San Francisco, and said, "That's fine. Maybe we can try to make this movie in another style."

Janet was puzzled: "Huh?"

Simon didn't hide it, and said, "Do you think that this animated movie is made into 3D like this?"

Janet flashed her eyes again, obviously unfamiliar with the concept of 3D animation movies. This is not surprising, so far, 3D animation is still in its infancy, and Pixar has only produced a "Naughty Jumping Light" that only lasts more than two minutes.

Simon explained patiently: "Remember the cartoon head of "Lola Run"?"

Janet paused and said, "I remember, Pixar."

In fact, Janet thought of more.

such as.

A page of newspaper clippings I once saw in Simon's study clearly marked Pixar's name.

Humph.

The little **** must have had this idea long ago.

Also used the excuse of giving gifts to lie to myself.

Hum hum.

However, a smart woman will certainly not reveal these.

Then it will not be dismantled.

Simon didn’t know Janet’s thoughts. He looked at the delicate appearance of the woman in his arms. Although he instinctively felt that Janet was moving some careful thoughts in this state, he also didn’t ask further, and nodded: “It’s Pixar. If possible, we will buy it at that time and make a 3D animated version of "The Lion King."

The former "Lion King", with a cumulative global box office of more than 900 million US dollars, has maintained the throne of the most popular animated film for more than ten years before being surpassed by "Toy Story 3" and "Frozen".

right now.

Unless you are willing to surrender the script, it is unlikely that you want Disney’s original team to help yourself ‘foundry’ "The Lion King." Michael Eisner was right when he said that besides Disney, it is basically impossible for Simon to find another excellent 2D animation film team.

then.

These days, Simon gradually came up with another bold idea.

Produced a 3D animated version of "The Lion King".

Although Simon's understanding of the current 3D animation technology is not easy to achieve the smooth effect of 2D animation, Simon is not in a hurry, and it will last a few more years.

Technical issues, as long as they can be resolved, are not a problem.

Too many excellent animated films later proved that Pixar definitely has enough technical strength to solve this problem.

As for whether the 3D version of "The Lion King" can still achieve the box office miracle in the past, Simon is not too worried.

Movies are the most risky business in the world.

But at the same time.

Movies are the purest business in the world. As long as a movie is of good quality, audiences are willing to buy tickets to enter the cinema.

therefore.

Whether it is 2D or 3D, "The Lion King" is "The Lion King".

Even if Simon perfectly copied the original 2D version of "The Lion King", there are still too many variables whether he can achieve his previous box office results. In comparison, the 3D version of "The Lion King" can add some selling points to this movie.

After chatting about "The Lion King" for a while, Simon and Janet left the study.

Janet ran to change clothes and wash, Simon went downstairs to prepare breakfast.

Around 8:30, the two left the Palisades mansion, Simon rushed to the headquarters of Daenerys Films in Santa Monica, and Janet’s destination was her studio in Venice Beach.

The two suddenly reunited a month after they broke up, which inevitably caused another chase by the paparazzi.

However, getting used to this state, neither of them was too affected.

The time is already mid-May.

The next day, the movie "Esda" produced by Columbia Pictures was officially released with an opening scale of 1,139 screens, heralding the official arrival of the 1987 summer archive.

"Esda" starring Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman and French actress Isabel Adjani, cost 55 million US dollars. Simon saw the size of the film's budget in the newspaper, and only left with emotion.

Last year, half of the top ten movies in the North American box office chart cost less than US$10 million to produce.

right now.

It seems that all of a sudden, Hollywood has entered the era of blockbuster movies.

Catherine’s first feature film "Blood Corpse Night" that Simon just watched yesterday is also scheduled for the next June 19. Despite having Simon as the ‘director’s assistant’ as a gimmick, after barely squeezing into the summer vacation, De Laurentiis Entertainment only won 500 yuan for the film to open the screen.

In this regard, Simon also raised doubts to DeLaurentis Entertainment President Martha Schumacher yesterday.

Simon didn't mind that Catherine's film used more of her own name for some publicity. However, it is obviously better to postpone the film in August or September. The competition in the unpopular period is not fierce, and at least it can get more than 1,000 yuan to open the screen.

Martha Schumacher told Simon that "Blood Corpse Night" should be the last film released before De Laurentiis Entertainment Group went bankrupt, and they could not wait a few more months.

In this regard, Simon can only feel helpless.

Instructing Noah Scott to buy the last long contract, Simon also temporarily let go of the matter and devoted all his energy to the production of three films under Daenerys Pictures.