Hollywood New Century

Washington, D.C., is located in the northeastern United States, in the mid-Pacific region, bordering Virginia and Maryland.

It is one of the few modern large cities in the world that only focuses on government administrative functions, and its per capita income is also the first among all states in the United States.

On the evening of the 23rd, Simon checked into the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., not far from the White House.

The next afternoon, Simon took the invitation to the White House for a dinner. This is the first state banquet for Mario's succession as president. As a reception dinner for Indian Prime Minister Singh and his wife, more than 300 guests were invited, including heads of various political departments, Republican and Democratic senators and representatives, business circles, sports circles, The entertainment industry and so on.

The White House is located on Pennsylvania Avenue in the D.C. It is not small in size. Because of the large number of people and the small banquet hall, the banquet was arranged on the South Lawn of the White House.

In Hollywood, Steven Spielberg and his wife, George Lucas and his wife, as well as Tom Hanks and his wife, have attended.

There is nothing special about the dinner party, such as speeches and performances, and then it is a general dinner party.

Simon did get in touch with a number of government officials, Hilda Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor, California Representative; Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Bill Richardson, U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Governor of New Mexico.

"Hi Simon good evening!"

"Good evening, Mr. Branfin, Mrs. Branfin!"

Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO Lloyd Branffin and Simon hugged affectionately.

"Okay, you guys talk, I'll go over there," Mrs. Branffin knew that Lloyd Branffin and Simon had something to talk about, and walked away.

"At the beginning of next month, the Greek government will announce the fiscal deficit of the Greek government. Now our major institutions are already waiting to sell the euro, and we will hit the euro at the fastest speed," Lloyd Branfin said as soon as he came. Greece's financial crisis.

In October, the Greek government's fiscal deficit and public debt as a percentage of GDP are expected to reach 12.7% and 113%, respectively, far exceeding the 3% and 60% limits set by the EU's Stability and Growth Pact.

Wait until early December, as soon as the Greek government's fiscal deficit is announced, several major credit rating agencies led by the United States will immediately downgrade the Greek government's credit rating.

Then, Wall Street will sell the euros in their hands strongly, causing the euro to fall, and the situation in Greece will also trigger a chain reaction in the rest of the EU.

"It's a good opportunity. When the time comes under the influence of Greece, other European and American countries such as Portugal, Ireland, Spain, and Italy will also cause panic. After all, their national economy is not very good," Simon smiled and asked casually. road,

"Last month's Dubai debt crisis, many banks lost a lot, it seems that most of them are European banks, right?"

Lloyd Branfin said with a smile: "Dubai is preparing to restructure Dubai's largest entity, Dubai World. The debt is going to be extended, and many constructions have been suspended!"

"The Palm Island project is almost certain to be an unfinished building. This year's real estate market is not a general shrinkage. I heard that many Hollywood stars have bought properties there!"

Lloyd Branfin said and smiled. Dubai is in the Middle East anyway, and the oil capital is still very rich. This crisis will soon come back to his senses.

However, it has some impact on the real estate business in Dubai.

"By the way, if I go to work with Middle East Capital in the name of Xinghai Entertainment, will there be any obstacles?" Simon asked about Dubai, of course there is a reason.

"Middle East Capital, Simon, you are not an ordinary film company in Hollywood. You have a lot of influence now, and you also know that the Middle East is ***. Although the entertainment industry is said to be free, there will be a lot of resistance. !" said Lloyd Branffin.

"Resistance," of course Simon knew that Jews and Catholics were sure, and that Middle Eastern capital would definitely have Middle Eastern cultural conditions.

"I won't say much about the rest. Capital from the Middle East will definitely be regulated by the US economic sector. Warner Bros. hopes to cooperate with a Saudi sovereign fund some time ago, and the same is true," Lloyd Branffin added. Then speak up!

"Warner Bros. and the Saudi sovereign fund teamed up?" Simon hasn't heard of it yet.

"Yes, it's still negotiating, and there is a lot of resistance at home. What do you think will be the result of some *** culture appearing in Warner Bros. movies?" The United States appeared as a Catholic country to promote ***? It's impossible to think about it, and how powerful is the Jewish people in the American entertainment industry, would they allow ***?

"Of course, it's up to you to negotiate. If you can get the Middle East capital to use it for you obediently, of course it's okay, as long as you're not afraid of the trouble to deal with those flies!"

Simon nodded, the cultural industry must be dominated by the United States itself, and the capital in the Middle East is not bad, but the market is too small. There must be cultural propaganda conditions for capital to move in, which is the same in any country.

Otherwise, why are there few film groups in Hollywood that cooperate with Middle Eastern capital, and even if there is, it can only be a one-sided cooperation in individual films.

In the future, Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible" series and "Fast and Furious" series will be filmed in Dubai.

However, Paramount, Universal will definitely not start a comprehensive cooperation with Middle East capital, and the massive injection of capital corresponds to the right to speak.

"I need a lot of money now, and Xinghai Entertainment's acquisition of NBC Universal is imperative," Simon did not hide.

Lloyd Branfin said: "Your Nine-Headed Bird Fund, our Goldman Sachs and several other investment funds, plus the **** bank that has a good relationship with you, Wells Fargo, aren't they all optimistic about you?"

"Really?" Simon smiled and said helplessly: "NBC Universal's market value is about 30 billion US dollars, and I don't want to take out too many shares for replacement. How much do you think I am missing?"

Lloyd Branfin twitched the corners of his mouth, feeling that Simon was really shameless, yes, shameless.

You are a snake swallowing an elephant. It is normal for you to provide some funds and borrow the rest, but this elephant is very big, so what if you don’t need to exchange more equity? Who has tens of billions of dollars to lend you to buy?

Investment funds are invested by others. Even if the risk is reduced by diversifying investment, Xinghai Entertainment is only a type of investment by others!

"Hahaha, okay, okay, I'm going to go to Central Europe, and there are people working in Asia!" Simon laughed.

"Yes, the amount of capital in Central Europe and Asia is also very large now, and the economic recovery led by Germany and RB is very fast, which can be considered," Lloyd Branfin also spoke. After all, many banks are now in a period of loss, and so is Wall Street. recovering!

After the conversation was over, Simon and the others started chatting again.