Hollywood New Century

Palm Beach County is on the north side of Miami, an important part of the Miami metropolitan area, and West Palm Beach is the county seat of Palm Beach County.

Miami's West Palm Beach is comparable to Los Angeles' Beverly Hills, and the rich live in it.

Mar-a-Lago is located on a long and narrow island running north-south on the Atlantic coast of West Palm Beach, in a classic and luxurious Spanish style.

The point is, he is now the property of Donald, the East Coast real estate king.

"I heard that it was built in the 1920s. After the original owner passed away, it was donated to the government as a winter resort for the president. It was not used by the president, and was returned to the original family!" Anne Hathaway took Simon's arm and introduced. .

"It's become a private club anyway, and maybe it will become the real Winter White House in the future!" Simon smiled. He didn't expect to come to Trump's property to attend a charity dinner.

It seems that Trump is still the host of a reality show "The Celebrity Apprentice" under NBC TV, and this guy also likes to make cameo appearances in movies. He is definitely a half-Hollywood person.

"Simon, Mr. Katzenberg, the head of DreamWorks Animation, is here," Anne Hathaway reminded.

"Good evening, Jeffrey, I didn't expect to meet again so soon," Simon and he had known each other at the Paramount dance.

"Simon, Anne, good evening!" Geoffrey Katzenberg, the big bald man, shook hands with the two, and he didn't bother to worry about why they were together.

"DreamWorks Animation is really exciting when two feature-length animated films are released every year," said Simon when he thought of DreamWorks' "Shrek" series, "Madagascar" series, and "Kung Fu Panda" series to be released in 2008. A burst of heat.

Xinghai Pictures must have its own animation production department, it must be! The six majors have their own animation production departments. Now Pixar of Disney Group, Blue Sky Studio of Twentieth Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation are three pillars.

Sony Animation, Warner Bros. Animation and Paramount Animation have also started releasing their own animated feature films.

Jeffrey Katzenberg smiled and showed his white teeth, and said, "Simon, no matter how strong DreamWorks Animation is, it can't match your investment vision. This investment in YouTu is an eye-opener. !"

Simon asked with a smile, "Why, are you also interested in venture capital?"

Jeffrey Katzenberg shook his head firmly and said, "I don't understand this. From Paramount to Disney and finally to DreamWorks, my main job is the production of animated feature films, and this is also my career. , just leave the investment to professional people to do it!”

"Also, professional things should be left to professional people," Simon agrees.

Afterwards, Jeffrey Katzenberg smiled at Simon, Anne Hathaway still had some eyesight, and said, "I'll go over there and see, you guys talk first!"

After Anne Hathaway left, Jeffrey Katzenberg dragged Simon Parker to the rest area on the side of the banquet hall.

"Simon, there's actually one more thing to remind you!" Jeffrey Katzenberg laughed.

"Well, what's the matter?" Such a mysterious look.

"You know Madoff Securities, right?" Jeffrey said.

"I know, a securities investment company founded by Bernard Madoff manages nearly hundreds of billions of funds and stock capital," Simon has also been to Wall Street. Madoff Investments is well known, with an annual rate of 10% to 15%. ROI.

Of course, Simon knew that it was not because of the rate of return that it exceeded, but the former Nasdaq chairman Bernard Madoff was a financial swindler of the century, who played the Ponzi scheme to its peak.

"At present, the next fund of Madoff Investments is absorbing capital here, and many Hollywood celebrities want to hand over capital to this company!" Jeffrey Katzenberg was a bit like a trader at this time.

Simon nodded and said: "I've heard a few things about Bernard Madoff. I heard that he rarely solicits clients actively, and the big clients who invest in his company are also Jewish!"

"Yes, like me and Steve Spielberg have funds to help with this company, there is a fund manager from Madoff here tonight, he can help you manage your funds. ," of course Jeffrey Katzenberg knows that Simon is now rich in capital, with a cash flow of one or two billion dollars!

Simon smiled, and now it is also a status symbol to hand over the funds to Madoff Investments.

Looking at the smile on Jeffrey Katzenberg's face, I don't know how much money this guy has invested in it.

Simon remembers that in the 2008 financial crisis, when Bernard Madoff fell, it was because he saw in the newspaper that Tang Jun, the Chinese working emperor, was also a customer of this company!

"Jeffrey, thank you, my funds have been taken care of by others, and I have just established the Nine-headed Bird Fund myself, so," Simon shook his head and said, even if he didn't know who Bernard Madoff was Financial fraud, it is impossible to hand over the funds to others to take care of.

Wouldn't it be nice for me to buy Amazon, Google, Apple, etc.?

"That's a pity, it seems that you have a lot of interest in venture capital, Simon," Jeffrey felt a little regretful, but it didn't matter.

Simon and Jeffrey Katzenberg chatted for a while and then separated, and soon Simon found the owner of Mar-a-Lago, Trump!

"I heard that this manor was only $8 million when he bought it in 1985. This is a 20-acre manor with a building area of ​​2.5 acres. The real estate king really has a vision!" Simon and Anne Hathaway found a manor. Place to sit down, while not forgetting to comment.

"I don't know, the real estate company is quite big anyway, there are several *** buildings and *** hotels in New York alone," Anne Hathaway only knew that this guy was a very pushy rich man.

"Oh, that's true, anyway, many people like to use their surnames as brands," Simon didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Isn't that the case in the West? RB also learned to play this game from the West.

"Hey, next to him is his eldest daughter, a New York socialite named Ivanka, who seems to be a year older than the two of us, isn't she beautiful!"

Anne Hathaway said while drinking champagne.

Simon nodded and said, "It's really good, and the figure is pretty good!"

Fortunately, the eldest daughter born by Trump has inherited the characteristics of her mother, otherwise, if you follow Trump's words, you will know by looking at his second daughter.