Hollywood Hunter

In the study.

Simon heard the woman in his arms say so, smiled and patted her waist, and said, "Then what do you want to do?"

Janet just caught Simon's wrist and bit a few times, looked up and asked, "Little bastard, how are you going to spend this money?"

Simon pointed to the stack of stock transaction receipts on the desk, and said: "Did you see it, you have already bought 800 million dollars in stocks. After leaving the tax, I plan to convert all the money into stocks."

Just as the mantra often said by Americans: In this country, only taxes and death cannot escape.

The $1.62 billion receipt also means a huge tax that makes people feel distressed.

According to the tax reform plan just launched by the government last year, the US$1.62 billion in the Westeros account is part of the profits from stock index futures trading and is subject to a 28% capital gains tax. The remaining part of the income of "Lola Run" also cannot avoid taxation.

Roughly speaking, Westeros will have to pay more than US$450 million in taxes at the end of the year. After subtracting Janet's "Running Laura" revenue share, Simon finally got it, only about 1.1 billion dollars left.

Janet was obviously a little surprised when she heard Simon's decision: "It's all changed to stocks, don't you plan to do other things?"

"Now is a good opportunity for bargaining. In the future, if you need money, you can sell it at any time," Simon said, and then asked: "What about you, do you want me to convert all your money into stocks?"

"Dad and I mentioned it several times. I also need money at home. I plan to throw it back to Australia." Janet shook her head and said, and smiled and touched Simon's face. "So, little bastard. , So I don’t have any money, you will support me in the future."

Simon turned his head and kissed Janet's palm, and said, "Okay, we will go to New York tomorrow. Let's spend the 20 million dollar loan first. What do we want to buy?"

Janet tilted her head and said, "House, don't you want to have your own house in every big city in this world? Let's start in New York."

"This is my business," Simon said, "What about yours?"

"Your business is my business, and my business is you."

"Oh, I can tell, this is love."

"Hehe, really slow."

...

"When Harry Meets Sally" has been filming for six weeks, and it is expected to be completed before Thanksgiving next month.

The turbulence of the North American stock market crash continues, and it is naturally unlikely to calm down in a short period of time. However, after completing the operation of the stock index futures market, Simon took Janet to New York to check the progress of "When Harry Met Sally".

At the same time, "Death Is Coming" produced by Daenerys Pictures was officially released on October 23. Although the financial market was full of grief, it did not have much impact on the film's box office.

Simon originally requested 1,000 screens, but due to good audience feedback from several internal screenings, Fox finally gave the film 1,350 screens.

From October 23rd to October 25th, the box office of "Death Is Coming" in the first three days of the first weekend finally reached 12.56 million. Successfully, "Fatal Temptation", which has maintained the weekly box office champion from the end of September, will be kicked from the first place on the list. Down.

"Fatal Temptation" box office in the first week of 11.01 million US dollars, the sixth week of the release, the single-week box office still reached 10.98 million US dollars. In one and a half months, the box office curve hardly fell, and the cumulative box office has reached 69.49 million US dollars. Although the total North American box office of this movie is still unpredictable, there is absolutely no suspense of breaking 100 million.

Simon knows very well that the next total box office of "Death is Coming" is definitely not comparable to "Fatal Temptation". However, the first weekend of 12.56 million US dollars, the film is expected to receive 18 million US dollars in the first week.

US$18 million is enough for Fox to recover all production costs.

As long as the next relatively low decline can be maintained, the total box office of the film in North America can even exceed 60 million US dollars. The total North American box office of 60 million US dollars, although unable to squeeze into the top ten of the annual box office, but it is more than enough to enter the top 15.

According to the original contract, after the box office exceeded 20 million U.S. dollars, 10% of the North American box office share and 5% of the video tape sales share would be able to bring about 10 million U.S. dollars in revenue for Simon in the future.

Although he has earned more than $1 billion in the stock index futures market, Simon does not intend to spend this money in the short term. The money in the movie industry will be his main source of funds for Daenerys Films in the next few years.

On October 26, the new week came, Simon withdrew all the funds in the stock index futures account. Except for the $450 million reserved in taxes and the $67 million set aside for Janet, all the rest went to the stock market.

The North American stock market is full of sorrows. More than $1 billion of funds suddenly flowed into the technology stocks. It is impossible to not be noticed. Many Wall Street analysts have clearly noticed the abnormal fluctuations in the technology stocks these days.

Moreover, after calming down from the panic of the crash, some people have gradually discovered that when everyone lost their money during this period, a "little crocodile" that emerged from nowhere has unknowingly emerged from the stock index futures market. Earned an amazing amount of wealth.

When the figure of a certain young man gradually became clear, the speed of the spread of the matter became more and more uncontrollable.

Simon chose only Lehman Brothers as a broker at first, mainly for confidentiality. Although all the funds are kept in one company, the movement will definitely be greater, but as long as Lehman Brothers has sufficient morals, it will certainly be able to keep secrets.

but.

The subsequent development of the matter inevitably deviated from Simon's expectations, which caused him to switch to several other brokers, and finally even gave up the idea of ​​secrecy in his heart. In any case, a young man who is less than 20 years old suddenly received more than one billion US dollars from the capital market. It is impossible to not attract the attention of interested people.

The only thing Simon can do is to make sure that this wealth can really fall into his own hands.

Therefore, although there is still more than a month before the tax payment date at the end of the year, if he spends all his funds on the stock market, he may be able to make another fortune. But just in case, Simon still subconsciously chose to set aside the huge tax payment of $450 million.

Americans cannot afford to pay taxes all their lives. Attacking a person through taxation is usually the simplest and most effective.

October 28.

on Wednesday.

All of the $1.1 billion available in Simon’s account has been converted into stocks, and he and Janet have been in New York for five days.

Apart from checking the progress of all aspects of "When Harry Met Sally", Simon and Janet were basically just wandering around New York.

Although the release of "Reaper Is Coming" once again brought Simon into the media's field of vision, "Lola Run" and "Butterfly Effect" have finally been off the stage, and the paparazzi have become more interested in following Simon and Janet. There is not much explosive news.

As a result, although Simon and Janet's whereabouts were quickly exposed by the media, there were very few paparazzi with them, and it would not be a big problem for them to walk directly on the street.

at dusk.

Simon and Janet followed a real estate agent in downtown Manhattan for a whole day. They just returned to the Plaza Hotel where they were staying. They planned to rest for a while before going out for dinner, but they didn’t expect that Noah Scott was already waiting in the Plaza. The lobby of the hotel.

Despite some surprises and even vigilance, Simon readily agreed to Noah Scott's proposal for a treat.

Leaving the Plaza Hotel again, the three came to a nearby restaurant.

After ordering the meal, Noah Scott looked at the men and women sitting across from him. After a while, he couldn't help but ask very bluntly: "Simon, can you tell me how much money you make? "

Simon smiled and shook his head: "Noah, if it were you, would you tell me?"

"No," Noah Scott smiled helplessly, and said, "However, these days, this matter is always in my mind. I heard you guys are in New York, but I flew from Chicago on purpose today. Come here."

Simon shrugged and said, "If this matter bothers you, I can only say sorry."

Noah Scott said: "So, tell something I know, this is always okay? Simon, for example, your operation in September, why?"

Simon asked back: "What and why?"

"6000 contracts," Noah Scott said: "Why did you only buy 6000 contracts. You know, although the S&P 500 in September fluctuated very sharply, the overall trend was still downward. You can buy 80% of your position as usual."

Simon heard Noah Scott’s explanation and paused before saying: "If you really want to hear the truth, I'm scared."

Noah Scott showed a look of disbelief: "Afraid?"

Janet also looked over curiously.

Simon quickly relaxed and said, "Yes, I was terrified at the time."

Noah Scott looked at Simon with piercing eyes, obviously misunderstanding the meaning of Simon's words, and said: "But, this month, you should make more, right?"

"Yes, but at that time, I was scared," Simon nodded, staring directly at Noah Scott, and said, "Noah, did you follow up, right?"

Noah Scott was silent this time.

Even if everyone knows things like insider trading, no one will be foolish enough to admit it frankly.

Simon did not wait for Noah Scott’s answer, and continued: “I felt Lehman Brothers follow up, and then I thought of more possibilities. If you follow up, then, will the news go further Diffusion, if others follow up, the trend of the entire market may deviate from my expectations.

Noah Scott nodded slightly, but patiently waited for Simon to continue.

Simon thought for a while, and then said: "Let’s put it this way, Noah, the stock market crash I predicted is probably in October. You know, in October, the Federation will announce the country’s trade and fiscal deficits for the third quarter, which may It has become the last straw that overwhelms the camel, and it is true. Looking back, September is the delivery month. Due to the increase in trading volume, the S&P 500 index fluctuates up and down. I cannot complete the layout in such a market environment. , I was scared at the time. However, your understanding just now was wrong. I am not afraid of earning too much, but worried that the entire market will produce changes that are completely beyond my personal expectations because of the follow-up of all of you. Crash prematurely, so I will adopt a conservative strategy of opening positions, so that you can't judge my true intentions."

Noah Scott heard Simon finish but was speechless.

After a moment of silence again, Noah Scott quickly picked up his mood, looked at Simon again, and said: "However, Simon, I don’t know if you have paid attention to Wall Street recently. I guess you definitely don’t want to be exposed. Right? But your matter has actually attracted the attention of many people."

After being busy for a few months, Simon and Janet are just playing around these days, and they really don’t pay much attention to Wall Street.

Hearing what Noah Scott said, Simon sat up a little bit and asked, "Can you tell me more about it?"

"Technology stocks," Noah Scott said with a slight smile on his face, "Simon, you bought a lot of technology stocks, right, a lot of them?"

Since it was directly broken, Simon did not hide it, admitting: "Yes."

"Compared to other sectors," Noah Scott continued: "In the past week or so, technology stocks have risen again by more than 15% from the day of the crash to the present. Many people even think that investment banks like us are secretly eating. Enter and start entering the market to make a fortune. They don’t know that that person is actually you. And, if I guess it’s correct, you invested at least $1 billion."

Simon did not nod this time.

Noah Scott paused for a moment. Without hearing Simon's confirmation, he continued: "In addition, your operations on S&P 500 index futures have also attracted the attention of many people."

Simon still didn't say anything, but Janet didn't have the patience anymore, staring at Noah Scott fiercely, and said fiercely: "Noah, what do you want to say?"

Noah Scott raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, and said with a smile: "Jenny, don't worry, I don't mean anything else, and I'm not acting as a lobbyist for others today. I just want to tell. You and I know this. Simon, maybe you should make some preparations in advance. Also, I would like to continue to maintain our cooperative relationship. If we have a chance to cooperate in the future?"

Simon nodded when Noah Scott said, "Of course, we must have a chance to cooperate."

Noah Scott heard Simon’s answer and smiled more. Seeing that Janet was still staring at him, he turned to say, “Speaking of which, I also secretly bought some S&P 500 last time. Index futures, guess what, how much did I make?"

Simon shook his head suspiciously.

Noah Scott raised **** and shook them: "$2 million, compared to you, a failure, right?"

Janet curled her lips.

Simon smiled and said nothing.

Noah Scott continued: "I just followed your operation a bit and I made $2 million. So, I think I'd better keep in touch with you, so I will come over from Chicago today. . Simon, I have seriously considered that you are only 19 years old, but now you have such a huge wealth. It is like a child owning a lot of gold. You definitely want to avoid the attention of others as much as possible. It just happens to help you."