Hollywood Hunter

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After get off work, Simon returned to Malibu on time today because of a party.

This matter has to go back to the purchase of Dumei Point Park. After several months of operation, George Norman has secured the state government, but if Simon wants to get Dumei Point Park, he still needs to solve the problems of local residents in Malibu. question.

Although local residents of Malibu rarely pay attention to Dumei Point Park on weekdays, more tourists who visit Malibu like to climb the sharp corners on the edge of the cliff to overlook the sea. But Doumey Point Park is, after all, a public place in Malibu, and only with the approval of the community can Simon be able to completely convert it into private property.

Tonight's party is mainly for community council representatives and some key residents.

Because of Simon's personal habits, the party took place in Jenny's villa on the east side of Cape Dumay Park.

Just after entering the door, Janet, who was directing the party company staff to prepare the scene, came over and whispered to Simon: "I have done it, our foundation will donate 1 million US dollars to fund the construction of Dumeijia Primary School and Middle School. , and then participate in the lobbying for Malibu to build a city alone. Then, they will vote for us to buy Dumei Point Park. You can just eat, drink and chat with them tonight.”

The North American housing bubble in the 1980s contributed to a peak in Malibu construction, but Malibu really became hot in the 1990s, especially after Larry Ellison hyped Malibu real estate.

Malibu is not an independent city, but a district under the jurisdiction of Los Angeles County, and it is far less famous than it was later.

In recent years, Malibu residents have been seeking to build their own city. According to California law, after obtaining municipal status, Malibu will no longer need to be under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles County government, and can make separate laws and reject various municipal plans of the Los Angeles County government.

Over the years, with the rapid development of the urban area, the Los Angeles County government has been trying to extend many engineering projects to Malibu, and Malibu residents are constantly resisting the highway, sewage pipelines and even nuclear power plant plans that the county government wants to plug over.

It is conceivable that any of the above projects will be located in Malibu, and it will be difficult for it to become a livable paradise.

therefore.

If Simon, a super-rich with deep pockets, can settle down in Malibu, it is absolutely obvious for the development of this area. A state park that's mostly just bushes on weekdays pales in comparison, and the choices residents make are self-evident.

By the end of the night's party, things were no longer in suspense.

Inside the mansion west of Cape Dumay.

In the bedroom, after taking a shower, Simon walked over to the bed and kissed Janet, who was leaning on the bedside reading a magazine, and asked, "In the evening, you said you would donate $1 million to Malibu's primary and secondary schools. ?"

"Yeah," Jenny nodded, but added, "It's not a donation. Malibu doesn't have these schools yet. The residents have always wanted to build them, but it's a pity the county government won't give them the money."

Simon picked up Janet's light body and threw it to the other side of the big bed. He sat down on the bed and asked, "This is a good thing, why don't you give me money?"

Janet was thrown away by Simon, and pretended to be angry and photographed him with a magazine, saying: "The county government wanted to build a sewer line extending from Santa Monica two years ago, but this side refused. , and many other things have been blocked. The residents here are so disobedient, it is strange that they are willing to give money."

"Since this is the case, let's donate more and build a better school. Our little guy will go to school here in the future."

"$1 million is a lot, and our little guy isn't going to school here, he's going to the best private school for sure."

"Okay," Simon nodded and said, "Mom decided to go to school."

Janet giggled, she was about to turn off the lights when she saw Simon, and added: "One more thing, the shell company Bingshan helped us set up recently negotiated a new building, and all property rights including the land are added to $30 million together."

Having said that, Janet came over and opened the drawer of the bedside table, took out a document and opened it, and found a flat map on it and showed it to Simon.

To replicate the Avengers Building in Manhattan, Simon needed to buy six buildings east of Madison Avenue between 59th and 60th Streets.

This has become a lot easier after the housing bubble burst that accompanied the stock market crash last year. The land chosen was not at the level of the 'universe center' next to Fifth Avenue. The shell company that Aunt Janet helped set up had previously bought two buildings for $20 million and $35 million respectively. Counting the current building, Simon got half of the land he needed.

Simon looked at the information of the other three buildings marked on the floor map, among which there was a 16-story apartment building, which was the tallest building among the six buildings, and was obviously the most difficult piece of bone: "I want to continue later. Is it difficult to acquire?"

Janet also reached out and clicked on the apartment building, and said, "It's a bit difficult to convince the residents in this building to sell the house together. There are two options. For those residents who are unwilling to sell their properties, one is We bought the same apartment nearby for them to move in, and the other was to replace it with the property in our future building.”

Simon said: "Choose the first option as much as possible, our building plan is not convenient to disclose right now."

"I think so too," Janet nodded and said, "However, Simon, you need to pay attention to your finances recently.

situation. "

The original two buildings have already spent $55 million, and if you include the $30 million that will need to be spent next, that's $85 million.

Simon's previous sale of Motorola shares of $300 million is not much left after a few months of spending, and James Raybold has been investing in new technology companies according to Simon's instructions, and now the remaining There's not enough money to pay for the next $30 million to buy.

"Death Comes" and "When Harry Met Sally" successively generated revenue, and Daenerys Pictures' financial situation has eased. But if Simon is going to find a studio for the company, it's sure to be another big investment.

You need money everywhere.

Also, Simon will need next year to continue cashing out of the stock market because of public promises in the process of reducing his Motorola stock.

"Tomorrow Raybold will come over from New York, I'll talk to him first," after thinking for a moment, Simon said: "Also, compared to the assets under my name, my current personal debt ratio is still very low, and the bank must be very happy. Lend me money?"

Janet said, "Of course, but you don't really like borrowing money at all, do you?"

"Yeah," Simon nodded and said, "Speaking of which, where did you hide the IOUs I wrote back then, should I be able to get them back now?"

"I don't plan to give it to you anymore, I want you to owe me for the rest of my life."

"Too vicious."

"uh-huh."

The next day, James Raybould came to Los Angeles, and brought Simon the news that he needed to spend money.

Fortunately, it's all good news that Simon likes to hear.

"The valuation of Cisco's new round of financing was finally confirmed at $120 million, and we invested $18 million to acquire a 15% stake in the company. In addition, quantum-link, a small company that recently happened to want to break away from Apple. The partnership operates independently. After negotiation, we invested 5 million US dollars to obtain a 25% stake in this company. At the same time, I got priority for the next round of financing for quantum-link. Next is..."

James Raybold has recently negotiated equity investments in five companies.

However, Simon only cares about two of them.

Needless to say, Cisco, the super giant whose market value once exceeded $600 billion in the new technology wave in the late 1990s, has long been targeted by Simon.

$18 million for a 15% stake in Cisco, even if diluted for many years to come, even if only 10% remains, at the top of Cisco's share price, the stake would be worth $60 billion, a return of more than Three thousand times.

What's more, Simon will naturally not be satisfied with the current shareholding ratio, and will definitely continue to increase his holdings in the future.

The other quantum-link was found only after Simon searched carefully.

The Chinese transliteration of quantum is 'Quantum', and the original English meaning is 'quantum', so many technology companies like to use the word quantum. As for quantum-link, the company is still relatively unknown, but it later became a household name - AOL.

What Simon remembers most is the collapse after the merger of AOL and Time Warner around the new millennium.

At its peak, the combined AOL-Time Warner market value exceeded $300 billion, but just a few years later, with the bursting of the Internet bubble, AOL’s market value fell by more than 90%, and Time Warner was also severely damaged.

Still, AOL was definitely a company worth investing in until the dot-com bubble burst. What's more, 5 million US dollars won 25% of AOL's shares, considering that AOL's market value exceeded US$160 billion at its peak, this is completely copying the price of cabbage.

Taking the equity of these two companies, even if the investment in the other three companies is completely lost, it is completely worthwhile.

"As for the Qualcomm in San Diego, they don't have a financing plan at the moment, but the other party also said that if there is such an interest, they will contact us. Simon, the total amount of these five investments is 65 million US dollars, but Westeros There's only $28.55 million left on the company's books right now, and if you're sure it's okay, we may need to take out a loan."

To cash out Motorola's more than 300 million US dollars of funds, in addition to some reserved taxes, Simon spent more than half of his shares in Microsoft and other companies, and bought a series of copyrights such as "The Lord of the Rings" and spent a lot of money, as well as the two Manhattan buildings. building expenses.

Now there are 28.55 million left, which is already too much.

Thinking about the chassis, Simon recalled that the Gulfstream iv business jet he had ordered before. The price of the bare metal was $16 million, and the cost of the renovation would cost about $18 million.

At first, Simon only paid a part of the deposit, and the plane will be delivered next month, just enough to allow Simon to fly to Europe to participate in the Cannes Film Festival in France. But again, Simon also needs to pay the remaining balance, which is another expense.

The budget of the Manhattan building, the investment budget of five technology companies, and the budget of a private jet, just these three items cost about $100 million.

Simon is unlikely to sell his Westeros shares. Because of the limited liability company nature of the Westeros Corporation, it is also very difficult to issue bonds publicly. So the loan was basically Simon's only option.

Although he doesn't like to borrow money in his bones, Simon also knows that borrowing money is necessary for his business to expand rapidly.

Moreover, relative to Simon

His current net worth is just a loan from Daenerys Pictures, and his personal debt ratio is less than 10%, which is definitely very low among the rich, and the bank is definitely willing to lend him money.

After careful discussion with James Raybould, Simon made the decision to continue the loan of $100 million.

After dealing with personal financial problems, April is also unknowingly drawing to a close.

After two weeks of continuous release, the North American box office of "When Harry Met Sally" has exceeded 70 million US dollars, which is already the threshold of the top ten in the North American box office list last year. Although the single-week box office fell below $8 million, as the film continues to be released, "When Harry Met Sally" has a domestic box office of over 100 million.

The selection of the male protagonist of "Batman" has continued, and this incident has inevitably become the focus of media discussion. The five-film contract and the fifteen-year contract period have made many people think that Simon Westeros has crazy. The contract was also dubbed 'Hollywood's slavery contract' by one newspaper.

No matter how the outside world commented, Daenerys Pictures didn't mean to back down, and was still advancing its plan step by step.

Simultaneously with the "Batman" casting, Simon is also arranging to move the two special effects software companies to Los Angeles.

The wavefront-technologies company in San Francisco is fairly easy to manage. Americans do not have the habit of relocating, and the pattern of plots triggered by moving house in Hollywood movies and TV dramas is flooded.

Simon chose an office building in Santa Monica, and most of the staff moved in quickly. The alias-research company in Toronto is a bit troublesome, because it is a Canadian company, and it involves overseas labor issues, but it will basically be resolved within the next few months.

things on set.

Simon could see that Amy was obviously looking forward to him buying the MGM studio in Culver City, because in the past Simon wanted to spend a lot of money on some projects, and Amy would always persuade him, but this time he didn't.

But after careful consideration, Simon decided to postpone the matter.

He really didn't feel much about the MGM set. Even, compared to Fox's Century City studio, Paramount's Hollywood studio, and Universal and Warner's studio in Burbank, Culver City's MGM studio is just pure real estate, and its potential for appreciation is not too great.

Moreover, Simon is also looking forward to building a new shooting base.

So busy, in May, the Gulfstream iv business jet purchased by Simon was successfully delivered, and the Cannes Film Festival also came.

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