Hollywood Hunter

For Simon, there is basically no difference between weekdays and weekends.

Simon spent the entire day on Saturday at Daenerys’ East Coast headquarters in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, working on a series of important TV projects this year.

The six creators of "Friends" have already been finalized. Except for the actor of Monica, the other five remain original, and the pilot episode of the series has also been completed. Because of Daenerys Entertainment's reputation in the television industry in recent years, several major television networks have expressed concern about "Friends".

The recently obtained "Story of the Emergency Room" is still in the early casting stage. It is expected to start production of the pilot episode after signing the contract with the TV network in May. The trial broadcast will be conducted in the summer. If there is no accident, it can be set for the autumn TV episode.

The two veteran hit dramas "The Story of Sein Fei" and "Desperate Housewives" are already very mature, and the production of the new season does not require much attention from Simon.

In addition to the above four main titles, there are six other TV drama projects that are either renewed or newly released. With limited energy, Simon no longer pays special attention.

In terms of reality shows, the first four reality shows "Who Will Be a Millionaire", "Survivor", "Big Brother" and "Loved Wife" series, "Big Brother" will stop production after the broadcast this spring. "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and "Survivor" continue to launch the next season, but the ratings are far lower than six years ago.

In contrast, the "Lovely Wife" series has maintained a lot of vitality after being transferred to the USA TV network. Not only the original "Beverly Loved Wife" is still going on, in recent years, "The New York Loved Wife" has been successively launched. , "The Lovely Wife of Atlanta" and "The Lovely Wife of Miami" three new series.

Because of the termination of "Big Brother", the free production team will be split into two new reality show projects this year, one is "Climber" about travel and adventure, and the other is "Culinary Competition". "Good Housewives", the latter has been confirmed to be broadcast on the USA TV network, and the former is still in negotiations with the public TV network.

Simon did not participate in the planning of the two new reality shows, so these two series are completely original that he does not remember.

Accepted in advance the invitation of the Salzberg family behind the New York Times Group for a dinner party in East Hampton, Long Island. Simon finished his work day at around 6:30. In order to save time, he took a helicopter to Long Island 150 kilometers away from Manhattan The easternmost point.

As the most well-known affluent area on the East Coast, Westeros also has its own property in East Hampton.

More than half an hour later, two Bell helicopters with Simon and an entourage respectively landed in a manor near the sea in the south of downtown East Hampton. Aaliyah has taken people to conduct routine cleaning and inspection of the villa in advance. Simon will stay here after the party in the evening.

When the helicopters stopped, Simon got off one of them, turned around and carefully hugged the girl B who had come with him. Betsy was a bit airsick. After landing, he could only stand firmly by holding Simon, but fortunately he did not vomit. The girl A in the back is fine, but watching Betsy being wrapped around her waist by Simon, there is some expectation in her eyes. Simon smiled and held the girl's soft waist with both hands and followed her.

As for Simon's group of four bodyguards on the helicopter behind, I don't need to bother.

Finally, he glanced at the two Bell helicopters. Simon led the two women to the manor house and said to Girl A: "You can contact Sikorsky to see if you can order four helicopters according to the White House Navy One standard. "

Many of Simon's apartments on the east and west coasts are far away from the office. When necessary, taking a helicopter is undoubtedly the most time-saving way. For example, this time, if it takes at least two hours to drive from Manhattan to East Hampton, the Bell Helicopter, which is not fast enough, takes less than 40 minutes.

For Simon now, the cost of any travel mode is not as expensive as his own time cost.

Ordinary helicopters cannot be appreciated by Simon for safety or comfort. Just like the two Bells just now, although they are the most luxurious top models, the noise is still very large, and the comfort is even more general. Otherwise, Girl B will not Airsick, the vases beside Simon are all very physical.

In my memory, the Navy No. 1 helicopter dedicated to the White House or some U.S. dignitaries does not have these drawbacks. There is no problem with passengers talking or even having meetings in the cabin with minimal noise, and the safety, comfort and other parameters have reached the highest level. Top level.

The Black Hawk helicopters of West Coses are banned for sale in many overseas countries, but not including the United States or some other hard-core allies. Simon has seen the civilian version of the Black Hawk as an ordinary vehicle more than once in these years.

It's just that Simon does not know whether there are other restrictions on the sale of presidential helicopters, but he is not interested in military equipment that involves secrets. When the time comes, it will be castrated a bit. As long as the safety and comfort are not compromised, it is still acceptable.

Girl A has no objection to Simon's instructions, just saying: "In this case, a special helicopter piloting and maintenance team needs to be hired."

Simon just nodded, knowing it.

The Westeros family now doesn't even lack an exclusive private jet team. Adding a helicopter team is nothing. Maybe the four helicopters on the east and west coasts will be used far less frequently than the private jets, but let him.

The sky has fallen.

Simon took a shower in the villa, changed a set of clothes, and rushed to the Salzberg family mansion with the equally well-dressed B girl.

Because it is a dinner party, there are not many guests, and Girl A does not need to be a social assistant.

Bringing Girl B is mainly to help her expand her contacts in the media industry. The financial information company Alphabeta established by Girls A and B has been steadily advancing.

Because it is intended to be a confrontation with Bloomberg, both Simon and Janet are very fancy about this project and spare no effort to give all kinds of support. In addition to the most basic funds, Alphabeta’s software development team and information operation team are all Simon The couple recruited elites from Eaglet Corporation, Cersei Capital, and other financial giants on Wall Street.

Alphabeta is expected to officially launch its own financial information software around October this year. In the short term, the client population is mainly a large number of various types of small fund managers or individual stock users in various states in the United States. These people cannot afford 10,000 Bloomberg terminals per year. Expensive expenditures of about $5,000, so it is common to still use the old stock market terminals that have not kept up with the times.

Alphabeta's financial information software, which has been named ‘Alia’, will not only provide advanced financial information services similar to Bloomberg terminals, but the planned price will only be about one-tenth of that of Bloomberg terminals.

The name of ‘Alia’ was taken by Lady B when she occasionally asked the Indian girl next to her.

The most important thing is to remember very well.

Many business case studies have shown that a product with a simple and easy-to-remember name can play an unexpected role in its marketing and promotion.

Compared with the current Bloomberg terminal, the number of high-end institutional customers is less than 20,000. Because the US stock market has re-entered the bull market in recent years, the technology stock market has become more and more popular. It is only the latest financial information software in the United States. The demand for the Bloomberg terminal is dozens or even hundreds of times.

Perhaps Alia, which is aimed at relatively low-end customers, does not have the same high profit margin as the Bloomberg terminal, but as long as it can take the lead in its own field and only rely on the potential large user base, the future scale of this company will not be worse than the Bloomberg terminal. How many.

Alphabeta’s ultimate plan is to adopt an operating model similar to “bad money drives out good money”. It first uses its own financial information services that cannot be compared to Bloomberg’s terminals in the short term to occupy the low-end market, and then through continuous service to itself Perfect counterattack to the high-end market where Bloomberg Terminal is located, and ultimately achieve the goal of unifying the financial information service field.

Of course, this is just the ideal vision.

Bloomberg Terminal has more than ten years of experience in the field of financial information. The Alphabeta company created by Girl B, not to mention whether it can wait until the moment it hits the high-end, once Bloomberg or other financial information companies discover the vast potential of the low-end market , May have to be suppressed by these deep-rooted incumbent companies in advance to dive into the low end. Once this happens, Alphabeta may face a serious challenge of whether it can survive in its own locked field.

Therefore, for Alphabeta, Simon will give the greatest support, but will not hold absolute expectations.

The key is to rely on Girl B's own efforts.

The scale of the dinner was small, there were only a dozen guests in total, but they were all distinguished figures on the East Coast.

During the meal, everyone ridiculed the hapless Mr. President, who was recently filed a sexual assault lawsuit by a woman named Paula Jones, talking about the potential crisis of the Mexican peso, and talking about some charity projects aimed at Africa. All in one.

The seemingly infinite conversation, many tentative transactions are already included.

For example, during casual chats, the Salzberg family introduced a Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives of the New York State Congress to Simon. Simon also hopes that the New York Times Group will be appropriately in the news during the midterm elections. Cooperate with the actions of the Westeros system.

Naturally, I cannot escape the topic of technology stocks.

The head of a fund of funds invested by the Salzberg family with a scale of about 1 billion US dollars has more than once tested Simon’s question about the prospects of technology stocks. It can be seen that everyone in the restaurant was stunned when the fund manager raised the topic He subconsciously pricked his ears, but Simon couldn't reveal his true thoughts just because of a dinner. He just played Tai Chi very skillfully with everyone.

Simon also introduced Girl B to everyone in the process, and also personally introduced the products being developed by Alphabeta.

In order to reduce the vigilance of established financial giants such as Bloomberg Terminal as much as possible, only a few people know about the plan of'bad money to drive out good money'. Alphabeta has always claimed that its goal is only a broad potential low-end market.

The dinner started at eight o'clock and lasted until nine o'clock.

Afterwards, the guests did not leave for the first time, but regrouped in a banquet hall in the Salzberg mansion to drink and chat.

Once again, I took girl B to socialize in the crowd, and sent the girl to free communication. Simon was holding a glass of red wine and was being entangled in conversation by a 35-year-old beautiful woman, the current owner of the Salzberg family Arthur Salzberger Jr. came with a middle-aged man who was about forty years old.

Dismissing the woman who was almost sticking to Simon, little Arthur introduced the short middle-aged man with a round face beside him and said: "Simon, this is John Hirst, the younger brother of William III."

Little Arthur made a brief introduction and immediately dismissed: "You talk, I still have things to deal with."

The Hearst family is very large, and Simon did not see the younger brother of William Hearst III during the visit to the Hearst house.

After little Arthur walked away, seeing John Hirst smiled and stretched out his hand, Simon did not mean to shake hands with the other party. He clearly knew the other party's intentions and was nothing more than seeking reconciliation. Since the announcement of the Hirst family in March By blocking, Simon completely closed the door to reconciliation, so he just shook his head indifferently and said, "Mr. Hurst, I have nothing to talk about with you."

Just walk away after speaking.

John Hirst, who was left hanging in the air, held his hand out for a long time, feeling all kinds of gazes from the surrounding guests, and suddenly a strong anger and humiliation surged.

When did the Hearst family encounter such a snub?

Even if there is no power in the family, John Hirst has been surrounded by flattery for decades because of his surname, and it is naturally difficult to accept some sudden gap. Looking at the figure of a certain young man leaving, he hesitated for a moment. After all, John Hirst could not put down his restraint to catch up, but quickly turned and left with an angry face.

After John Hirst left, Arthur Salisberg Jr. reappeared in front of Simon and explained once again tactfully.

Simon didn't care.

The influence between the established American media families is intertwined, and if it can be pushed back, the Salzberg family will not deliberately offend him.

It was about ten o'clock in this social gathering that Simon left with Girl B.

Still get up early the next day.

After breakfast, Simon did not leave Long Island, but processed some work emails in the villa study. Until about ten o'clock in the morning, a black Mercedes-Benz drove into the manor. Martin, one of the leaders of the Westeros family intelligence team ·Dinham got off the car with a suitcase and was led directly into the study by Girl A.

Coming back from the dinner at Salzberg’s house last night, Simon saw a message from Janet.

The attempted assassination in March has been clarified.

Janet sent Martin Dinham to the West Coast and let Simon handle the matter himself.

Inside the villa study.

Just a few words of greeting, Martin Dinham opened his portable suitcase, which was full of photos, videos, documents and other materials. Simon did not look at the photos or videos that were used as evidence, but took the investigation report handwritten by Martin Dinham himself and turned it over quietly.

After the whole thing was sorted out, it was really simple.

George Woodfield, an entrepreneur in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was encouraged by Clark Gralf, his old classmate who ran a hedge fund on Wall Street, to withdraw up to $200 million from his family business Monroeville Machinery Company in early January. Funds bet on short technology stocks.

Monroeville Machinery Company, which mainly deals in agricultural machinery, has a history of 100 years and is a listed company. However, the total market value of this company is only more than 2 billion US dollars. The Woodfield family's shareholding in Monroeville Machinery Company is even less 15%, family assets are about 300 million US dollars.

Therefore, it is conceivable that the $200 million that George Woodfield arbitrarily extracted from the company is almost all the company's available cash flow.

Then, the funds were all bet on short positions in technology stocks by the classmate of George Woodfield.

Unfortunately, like the mistakes of many Wall Street hedge fund managers, the bursting of the technology stocks bubble that Clark Gralf expected did not happen, and even in the following month or so, technology stocks continued to rise rapidly.

The total size of the capital held by Gralf Capital, which is run by Clark Gralf, is 300 million US dollars, of which 200 million is drawn from the family business by George Woodfield without authorization.

If all this money is lost, not only will the Monroeville Machinery Company go bankrupt due to a broken capital chain, the Woodfield family will also be wiped out in subsequent corporate bankruptcy and related lawsuits.

In the face of rising technology stocks, Clark Gralf and George Woodfield desperately thought of a special way to save the crisis.

If Simon Westeros is assassinated, even if he does not die, and is unexpectedly stimulated by the core figure of the Westeros system, the technology stock market will inevitably plummet, at least in the short term.

Then Gralf Capital will be able to take advantage of the situation to flee.

Therefore, under the plan of the two, the assassination on March 9 happened without any splashes at all.

Although the assassination failed, in early and mid-March, under the influence of various negative news of the Westeros system, technology stocks experienced a wave of decline. Clark Gralf originally had the opportunity to lose half of his funds and leave the market, but unfortunately, Gralf, like many gamblers, looked forward to recovering all costs, so he missed the last opportunity.

The strong rebound of technology stocks at the end of March led to the complete liquidation of Gralf Capital.

Now Clark Gralf, who had a net worth of tens of millions of dollars, is already a pauper. The news that George Woodfield misappropriated family business funds and all losses has been exposed. Both of them are struggling to deal with the difficult situation around them. Unexpectedly, the assassination plan that they thought they had planned secretly and was left behind because there was no follow-up had been found out by the intelligence team of the Westeros family.