Hollywood Hunter

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After discussing some details, the matter was finalized, and the chief financial officer of America Online was sent away. There were only two people left in the conference room. Leon Black and Simon talked about another thing: "Simon, if my judgment does not Wrong, the Republicans are probably going to win this time, aren't they?"

The operation of this presidential election is the core secret of the Westeros system, and Leon Black has not yet reached the level of knowledge.

However, as long as you are sharp enough, you can actually make a certain judgment through many clues, such as the operational details of the political action committees or other affiliated political lobbying organizations that are necessary for all companies in the Westeros system.

Of course, the premise is that those who can make judgments must have a certain status in the Westeros system, roughly like Leon Black, so that they can obtain corresponding information and draw conclusions. Otherwise, it will only be a blind man feeling the elephant and seeing only a glimpse.

On the other hand, at the level of Leon Black, the deep interest binding, even if something is discovered, the chance of betrayal is very small. Even, even if it is a betrayal, it is still difficult to obtain enough evidence.

Simon just smiled at the question Leon Black was looking at him with piercing eyes. Instead of answering directly, he asked instead: "Leon, do you have any plans?"

Leon Black didn't expect to get an exact answer from his boss, but judging by Simon's expression, he could roughly judge it at this time, and then said: "Actually, it is Chevron's side. Since last year, Chevron's senior management has A proposal, hoping to facilitate the merger with Texaco, Simon, you should have heard the news?"

Simon nodded.

This can be regarded as the result of the collision between the Westeros system and the Mellon family, another veteran giant in the United States.

After the defeat of the Mellon family, the Westeros system, relying on its strong capital strength and a series of subsequent capital operations, gradually took over a series of corporate giants that had been heavily held by the Mellon consortium, including Mellon Bank, which had been merged by the Bank of New York. , Warner Lambert, a veteran pharmaceutical giant that has merged with Pfizer, Alcoa, the largest federal aluminum giant, and so on.

Chevron is one of them.

Speaking of it, this is mainly because of the capital expansion strategy that Simon personally determined to transfer the Westeros system from the tertiary industry to the secondary industry. The dispute with the Mellon family is just an opportunity.

Compared with film and television entertainment or network technology, Simon still firmly believes that the physical industry that can provide visible and tangible products, including the secondary industry and the more basic primary industry, is the basis for maintaining the normal operation of human society, even if profits The rate is lower, but the victory lies in the long flow of water.

If you insist on a theory, perhaps a common saying in memory can be used as an argument.

Antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times.

Of course not literally, it needs to be understood.

Looking back at human history, is it the prosperous times that last longer, or the troubled times that last longer?

Obviously the latter.

It is easy to be intoxicated by the short-lived peace, but it is never eternal. The easiest way is to pull out a time scale of 70 years, which is roughly equivalent to the life of an ordinary person, and you can tell it at a glance.

With the advent of turmoil, finance, film and television, and the Internet are no longer important.

Just like in some extreme doomsday stories, if you hoard a warehouse of cans, medicines and fuel, then you are the king. Some people hoarding a bunch of DVDs will starve to death immediately.

meeting room.

Leon Black continued: "The previous few contacts were not smooth, and there was a lot of opposition from Texaco. However, there have been some turning points recently. Just last month, the person in charge of the financial business department of Texaco A vice president died mysteriously in an attack. The matter has not yet been resolved, but various rumors have caused Texaco’s stock price to fall for a month. In addition, the person in charge is still the most resolute opponent of the sale within Texaco. He is an executive who has a close relationship with several important holding funds behind Texaco. In short, if we start contacting now, there may be different results.”

After hearing what Blake said, Simon flashed a strange expression.

Energy companies often have very important financial business departments. On the one hand, they are responsible for investment and securities lending and other businesses. On the other hand, they are involved in the futures field, and reduce the risk of companies in the periodic fluctuations of energy prices through hedging.

This is second.

The point is that Simon is very clear about how the Texaco executive was attacked and killed.

Unexpectedly, things will bring unexpected results.

After Leon Black finished speaking, seeing that his boss did not respond immediately, he seemed to be a little distracted, waited for a while, and then continued: "In addition, as long as we throw out the materials about Enron in our hands, it will definitely affect the energy companies. It will cause a big impact, which will also help us promote the merger of Chevron and Texaco. In the past few years, oil prices have been sluggish. During this period, energy companies will inevitably do some financial reporting in order to maintain stock prices.”

Simon withdrew his thoughts, listened to Leon Black finish, considered a little, and said: "Yes, in addition, according to Pfizer's plan to acquire Warner Lambert, to complete this acquisition, we will also acquire no less than 15% of the new company. shares."

The Westeros system currently holds a lot of shares in Chevron. Westeros and Black Rock Asset Management together exceed 8%, and own two of the nine seats on Chevron's board of directors.

However, there is still a big gap from the actual control.

If this merger can be successful, Pfizer's strategy of acquiring Warner Lambert will be used. As long as it works properly, it will once again win the actual control of a world-class super energy giant.

profit

Ang Black nodded and said, "Currently, the combined market value of Chevron and Texaco is 90 billion US dollars, considering a 20% premium... Heh, if Enron's inside information comes out, there shouldn't be much premium, maybe , after the stock market turns from the highest point, it is regarded as an acquisition premium, and the final merger price may be even lower. To win 15% of the shares, we will not need to use more than 15 billion US dollars. It just happened to be able to raise such a sum of money.”

Simon was a little surprised: "The total market value of the two companies is only 90 billion?"

"yes."

As Leon Black said, he understood why his boss was surprised. After all, Enron, which was just discussed, is also mainly engaged in the energy business, with a market value of more than 70 billion. As the second and third largest oil companies in the United States, the total market value is only $90 billion is really not that high.

Simon also reacted quickly.

For example, Eaglet, which has broken through the trillion-dollar market value at present, is actually an anomaly of this era, an anomaly of the bubble era. As for Enron, it is also through hyping its own concept of technology stocks, and frantically making fake accounts to blow up high income, so it has a market value of 70 billion US dollars.

However, companies such as Chevron or Texaco are the normal state of the global capital market.

The old American industrial giants, such as Boeing, Ford, Lockheed Martin, etc., generally have a market value of only a few tens of billions of dollars. There are only a few companies at the top of the pyramid such as General Electric and ExxonMobil.

In the final analysis, what the financial market is looking at is the future and growth.

Just like Tesla in the past, at the peak of the stock price, the market value of a company is directly equivalent to the sum of the market value of all other traditional auto giants in the world, or even more.

Now, similarly, an Eaglet, if the book market value is calculated, is enough to buy a dozen of the famous traditional industrial giants in the United States. Of course, this is only in theory, and it is not feasible to actually implement it.

Simon didn't completely eat a bunch of industrial giants either.

Through leverage, using a small amount of capital to achieve control of these established companies, and at the same time tie countless other capitals to the chariot of the Westeros system to form a community of interests, this is the kingly way.

Thinking of this, Simon discussed more details with Leon Black, and the matter was settled.

After saying goodbye to Black, during the rest of the afternoon, Simon met with the executives of two other Cersei Capital companies to discuss some recent company affairs.

When the day's work was over, it was already past six o'clock in the evening.

Return to the super mansion on the top floor of Westeros Tower nearby.

I made an appointment with the Knaves sisters and the little guy with two women to have dinner together in advance. When I got home, Melania and Inas had arrived early, and the little guy who will be 1 year old in two months, Mike Westeros and Toby Westeros.

The conversation of the dinner naturally revolved around the upcoming birthday.

Although Melania is a younger sister, her child Max is three days older than Toby, born on October 16, which is the next Monday, and then another little guy, on October 19.

Since they both had children, the situation in which the two sisters were completely dominated by Melania on Simon's side has changed. As the older sister, Inas has been quietly competing with her younger sister for favor.

This time, the small birthday party was no exception. Inas felt that October 19th was Thursday, which was closer to the weekend, so the two children's birthday parties could be held together on that day.

Melania certainly disagrees.

The two sisters obviously had their own little calculations in private, and they hadn't communicated with each other in advance, so there was a fire at the dinner table, and they almost quarreled.

The old god Simon was eating by himself on the ground, occasionally taking care of the little ones in the baby seats on the left and right. The 1-year-old child can already eat something other than milk. The two little guys didn't recognize their birth. Simon handed over the spoon and ate it with his mouth open, while looking at the bickering mother and aunt on the opposite side with great interest.

The two sisters didn't quarrel in front of Simon. They felt that their anger was getting out of control, so they stopped in time and looked at the man across the table together.

Simon fed Max on the left a spoonful of specially prepared baby nutrition porridge again, and watched the waitress who was quietly guarding beside him carefully wipe off the marks on the little guy's mouth before turning to the opposite side and saying, "We can't agree It will be held separately, there is no need to get together."

Simon's tone was a little light, which made the two sisters regret the previous dispute, thinking that they must have offended the man.

After a moment of silence, Inas dared not speak, and Melania could only speak first: "Simon, I mean... will you attend the baby's birthday party?"

The two girls didn't expect much at first, but unexpectedly, Simon nodded: "1st birthday, it's very important, I will show up. However, it may not be so in the future, it depends on the time."

The main reason is that there are too many of them.

I went crazy in Park City, Utah at the beginning of last year. At the end of the year, six little guys got together, almost a calabash vine. In the end, they were all born in mid-to-late October.

Simon's consideration, after all, is his own child, and it is still an important first birthday, so it would be too unreasonable not to attend. If you prefer one or two, it is even more inappropriate, so just go through it impartially.

Of course, this year, it won't work next year.

With so many children, Simon doesn't want to be on the way to celebrate the little one's birthday every month.

sister

When the two sisters heard what Simon said, their eyes lit up at the same time, and they looked at each other again. Inas rushed to ask this time: "Simon, can I invite some relatives and friends to attend?"

"Well," Simon nodded, watching Xiaotuo on the right open his mouth like a baby bird, took a spoonful of porridge and fed it, and then ordered: "Remember to communicate with Ange in advance."

The two women nodded at the same time.

It's hard to avoid thinking that although men don't see people on weekdays, they are still very good to them, and even to the two little guys.

After dinner, the two sisters who got together again were thinking about how to win over a man this night, and Simon was ready to go out again.

There is another reception tonight.

George Soros led the organization, a gathering of Wall Street financial circles, in addition, Hillary Clinton, who is running for the New York State Senate this year, will also attend.

Now that it is determined that Hillary will be sent to the White House at the right time in the future, the Westeros system will also contribute a lot to the opponent's Senate election this year.

This time it's a face-to-face.

In fact, it is still some manipulation of people's hearts. People are very forgetful creatures. Simon's long absence may make some people feel that they have escaped the sight of Westeros and can fly as high as the sky.

This is not good.

Seeing that Simon was about to go out, they thought it would be the end of the night. The two sisters were a little disappointed. It wasn't until Simon impatiently sent them to change their clothes that they regained their spirits.

It was more than eight o'clock, and the reception over there had already started for more than an hour before Simon took the Knaves sisters out together.

Bringing two female companions at the same time is somewhat inappropriate for other people, but it seems natural for Simon.

Big men are always privileged.

With Simon's rank, there are no restrictions. After all, Simon has never built himself in the direction of a decent gentleman.

However, the reception that cheered up the two women seemed dull to Simon.

If there is anything worth mentioning, it is probably that Simon did not expect that a certain golden retriever would also appear at the reception tonight, but he did not know how the other party got into Soros' relationship.

Then, of course, the greeting when we meet.

Although a certain golden retriever is also a well-known playboy in New York City, he dared not treat the two sisters next to Simon any differently, and Melania and Inas also treated the golden retriever with no pretense. Therefore, the scene of the two parties greeting each other made Simon feel that it was very interesting.