Hollywood Hunter

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After making up his mind, Simon asked, "So, Mr. Maekawa, what price are you going to offer?"

Maekawa Haruo said: "According to the information we have collected, Cersei Capital's current net worth should be around $2.5 billion, and we can offer $3 billion."

Simon didn't wait for Haruo Maekawa to continue, and shook his head: "Mr. Maekawa, this offer is too insincere. You should be able to roughly judge the size of Cersei Capital's bulls. I am very optimistic about the Nikkei 225 index hitting more than 40,000 points. High, according to this prediction, as long as I keep the long position in my hand, I can get at least another $1 billion in the next few months. Moreover, if you still want me to avoid shorting the Tokyo stock market after the market turns, 3 billion A dollar offer is even less likely."

"Mr Westeros, I'm sure you're not a greedy person. What you're describing is an idealized assumption."

"If my operation in the North American stock market two years ago had not become a given, everyone would probably have thought that this was just an idealized assumption. Mr. Maekawa, I am still very confident in my judgment."

Haruo Maekawa was silent for a moment, then raised his hand slightly and said, "So, how much do you think is appropriate?"

Simon made an offer without hesitation: "$5 billion."

Haruo Maekawa blurted out, "It's too high."

Simon noticed the obvious posturing in Maekawa Haruo's words, and suddenly realized that his asking price might be a little low.

If you think about it carefully, the total market value of the Japanese stock market alone has exceeded 7 trillion US dollars, not to mention the Japanese property market and even the entire Japanese economy.

In comparison, the $5 billion that could get him out of the market as a "variable" that could trigger a stock market crash is totally worth it.

What's more, the Japanese didn't pay him a large sum of cash for nothing, and they also got access to the entire investment portfolio of Cersei Capital.

Of the total net asset value of Cersei Capital of about $2.5 billion, the cash reserve is $500 million, the value of various types of investment portfolios is about $2 billion, and the total holding ratio is 80%.

According to the data in Simon's memory, if this batch of investment portfolios based on stocks, bonds, stock index futures and other financial products has been held to the top of the Japanese market, the total value of cash will not be less than 3.5 billion US dollars . In addition, Simon also needs to give up the opportunity to short the Japanese stock market in the future. The asking price of 5 billion US dollars is indeed not high.

You know, after the Japanese stock market turned in memory, the Nikkei 225 Index plummeted by 10,000 points in just four months, a drop of more than 25%. If Cersei Capital can build a short position as large as the current long position, a 25% decline in four months is enough to bring Simon billions of dollars in profit.

Of course, this time it's really just an idealized assumption.

Japan is actually a very closed market.

In memory, after the Japanese stock market crashed, the Japanese government took a number of harsh restrictive measures to avoid short-selling by speculative capital. What's more, stock index futures are a two-way zero-sum game. In the event of a stock market crash, it is not so easy for Simon to establish enough short positions without the bullish capital for betting.

All in all, taking advantage of this opportunity to cash out at one time is definitely the best choice.

Since it was Haruo Maekawa, the former president of the Bank of Japan, who came out in person, the major Japanese banks and major chaebols must be paying the bill behind this transaction.

With the rapid development of the Japanese economy in recent years, the top ten largest banks in the world are all Japanese banks, and the total assets of these banks range from hundreds of billions of dollars to trillions of dollars. As we all know, the economic strength of the major chaebols in Japan is even stronger.

As long as these capital forces gather a little from their own fingers, it is more than enough to take out 5 billion US dollars.

However, although realizing that his offer was low, Simon did not intend to go back on it.

In less than half a year, the principal of 1.57 billion US dollars soared to 5 billion US dollars, which not only far exceeded Simon's expectations, but also saved him a lot of time.

With such a huge amount of money cashed out in advance, Simon can then concentrate on turning his energy to the North American bond market, oil futures and many other things.

"Mr. Maekawa, the price of $5 billion is very reasonable. I don't think you intend to cash out immediately after you buy out Cersei Capital's investment portfolio. If we reach an agreement soon, you can give certain guarantees that Cersei Capital can take tomorrow. Continuing to increase my holdings will signal to the outside world that I am still bullish on the Japanese stock market, which can minimize the risk of Friday’s sharp drop.”

Maekawa Haruo just showed a slightly hesitant expression, then nodded quickly, and continued to talk about the Japanese conditions: "Simon, we can accept such an offer. However, in addition to the conditions just now, we also hope to continue on the surface by you. Leading the operation of Cersei Capital. Of course, on the surface, we will control the operation of Cersei Capital.”

Simon immediately understood the subtext of Haruo Maekawa.

The Japanese want to rely on Cersei Capital to maintain investor confidence in the Japanese stock market.

If Simon bears on the Japanese stock market, the outcome is likely to be disastrous, as evidenced by the surprise sell-off in Japanese stocks on Friday. On the contrary, if Simon remains bullish on the Japanese stock market, a large number of short-selling capital that is eyeing the Japanese stock market will not dare to make a rash bet

Cersei Capital, which happens to be the most intuitive of Simon's personal will

show.

Everyone knows how frothy the Japanese stock market is.

The main purpose of the Japanese doing this now is to buy time to take more measures to promote the soft landing of the Japanese economy.

Therefore, Simon guesses that after the Japanese buy Cersei Capital's portfolio, unless the situation is completely irreversible, they will not choose to cash out at all.

As long as it buys more time for the Japanese economy, it is worthwhile to lose billions of dollars even completely. Once the stock market crash occurs, the Japanese government wants to rescue the market, even if it spends hundreds of billions of dollars, it may not be effective.

After clarifying the interests of these joints, Simon once again felt that the price he had just made was too low.

However, as Haruo Maekawa just said, Simon is indeed not a greedy person.

Maybe his asking price is higher, and the Japanese will grit their teeth and agree, but the relationship between the two sides will not be as peaceful as it is now.

In the popular hostile mergers in recent years, the acquired company sends the hostile acquirer away by redeeming shares, and the premium rarely exceeds 100%. Cersei Capital's net worth is only $2.5 billion. If Simon's offer exceeds $5 billion, this transaction is not a business, but a blackmail.

5 billion US dollars, a 100% premium, is probably a psychological price that the Japanese are more likely to accept.

Although he has been nurtured in his bones for a long time, he has an instinctive resistance to the Japanese, but Simon has no intention of deliberately fighting against the Japanese.

As a human being, Simon has no sense of belonging to the United States, nor does he have much hatred for Japan. He is just a lonely ghost who is lucky enough to occupy other people's bodies, and can only safeguard the interests of himself and the people around him.

Seeing that Haruo Maekawa was still waiting for his reply, Simon nodded and added: "Mr. Maekawa, I can agree that you will continue to operate with Cersei Capital, but I will not publicly express any views on the Japanese economy, no matter what. Is it positive or negative. In addition, Cersei Capital still belongs to me, you can only get the ownership of five sub-funds, and after this incident, I also hope that you can return the shells of these five sub-funds Give it to me. Of course, it doesn't matter if they don't, but they can no longer be affiliated with Cersei Capital, well, the deadline is limited to the five years we just agreed."

"No problem," Haruo Maekawa readily agreed, reached out and shook hands with Simon, the deal was reached, and he couldn't wait to talk about Simon's proposal: "Mr. Westeros, we can pay a sum of 5 today. I hope you can fulfill the promise just now and increase the long position of Cersei Capital as promised after the market opens tomorrow.”

Simon released Maekawa's hand and nodded: "Of course, in fact, in order to avoid more unnecessary speculation in the market, I plan to leave Australia in the afternoon."

"This is the best," said Haruo Maekawa, and asked again, "Just, our transaction agreement?"

The two just negotiated a general plan, and many details still need to be carefully considered.

Simon said: "My girlfriend Jenny and Tony can consult with you on my behalf."

Haruo Maekawa reminded: "Mr. Westeros, we hope that this matter can be kept as secret as possible, and the fewer people who know it, the better."

"I understand, but I can't stay in Australia all the time. Moreover, Jenny and Tony have been in charge of Cersei Capital all the time. If you want to continue to maintain Cersei Capital's operations, the two of them will definitely be in charge. We must participate. Moreover, we cannot hide this matter from investors. I can only promise to cooperate as much as possible to control the news. If you think it is necessary, you can also sign a non-disclosure agreement.”

"Then," Maekawa Haruo stood up, bowed slightly and stretched out his hand to Simon again, and said, "I hope we can cooperate happily this time."

Simon also stood up, reached out and shook hands with the other party, and smiled: "I hope so too."

After this matter was settled, Maekawa Haruo and his party left in a hurry.

Simon introduced the transaction just now to Janet and Anthony. Both of them knew how much benefit Cersei Capital had taken, and naturally they would not object. Anthony immediately called Raymond Johnston, who was still in Western Australia, hoping that the old man would come back and preside over the overall situation.

For other investors of Cersei Capital, it is safest for the old man to communicate in person.

It is possible to complete the cash out at one time, and other investors will not object to it. The key is to keep things confidential.

Simon is not too worried about this matter. The forces that can be selected to participate in Cersei Capital are closely related to the Johnston family. The investment threshold set by the old man was very high at the beginning, and in the end only nine external capitals including the Murdoch family, the Fairfax family and the Parker family participated.

In the 1980s, the Australian economy was strongly dependent on Japan. Like the Johnston family, most of the Australian forces that invested in Cersei Capital had various connections with Japanese capital. Since everyone has benefited, and perhaps coupled with the constraints of the confidentiality agreement, there is no need to risk offending the Japanese to expose the other party's layout.

Even with proper communication, other investors don't have to know who bought out Cersei Capital's portfolio.

Of course, these details are not things Simon needs to worry about.

Raymond Johnston flew back from Perth, Western Australia at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Simon and the old man met for a general discussion, and then rushed to Melbourne Airport in the western suburbs. Janet had to stay in Melbourne for a while.

In Melbourne Airport, watching the tractor tow a Boeing 767 to the runway, Simon said to Janet who was seeing him off: "It just so happens that this time I can buy a Boeing 7 first.

67. I don't like to rent like this all the time. Just place an order when you go back. You can go back after a while and you can design the interior decoration yourself. We will also be able to travel to and from Australia more easily in the future. "

Janet took Simon's arm and said, "Auntie has already helped you buy the remaining buildings in that Manhattan plot."

Simon nodded: "I know."

Although it was handed over to the shell company Veronica helped set up to operate, the funds still had to be allocated from the Westeros Company, and Simon naturally knew about it.

As the North American housing market continued to slump, Simon's move to buy a property east of Madison Avenue in Manhattan between 59th and 60th Streets for the Westeros Tower went well.

All six buildings, including the land, were purchased at a total cost of $173 million, much higher than Simon initially estimated.

Moreover, it is also very expensive to build Manhattan's tallest building in the shape of the Avengers Building. Simon privately commissioned a real estate design company to make rough statistics, but the cost of the main building will not be less than 500 million US dollars. If Simon has high requirements for building materials, design details, safety protection, etc., there is no upper limit on the cost.

In addition, to construct such a building, the user problem of the building must be solved first. Otherwise, vacant buildings with more than 100 floors can be disastrous.

The Westeros Building is Simon's personal dream. Even if the user problem is not considered for the time being, Simon does not intend to make do with low standards. He hopes that everything will be built according to the highest standards. As a result, the cost of the Westeros Tower will rise to the $1 billion level.

1 billion US dollars may be nothing in 20 or 30 years, but it is a sky-high price in this era.

Although Simon's profit from the Japanese financial market this time is enough to pay for the construction of the Westeros Tower, he has many more urgent things to do and has to put this plan on hold. The idea of ​​buying a Boeing 767 just came up, which is also a compromise.

Simon wanted to fulfill the three wishes that Janet talked about with excitement that night, but in reality it was difficult to make one wish. If you are too eager to realize your desires, the result is likely to be insufficient capital to protect those things.

I still don't have enough money.

Janet didn't speak anymore when she saw that Simon just answered, suddenly chuckled, and rubbed her head on Simon's shoulder, saying, "Are you disappointed this time?"

Simon wondered: "Huh?"

"Auntie has been in Singapore the last few days."

Simon decisively pretended to be stupid: "what happened to your aunt?"

"Humph," Janet squinted at Simon and snorted, "Someone got drunk last night and sniffed like a puppy around their neck."

Simon was not fooled at all, shook his head and said, "I'm not drunk, and you fell asleep before me."

"I woke up in the middle of the night."

"I sleep well and don't do strange things in my dreams."

"How do you know what you're like when you're asleep?"

"You snore when you fall asleep."

"would not!!!"

"how do you know?"

"Little bastard, you almost changed the subject," Janet clung to Simon's arm, accusing her, but her tone softened and said softly, "This is not right, Simon."

Simon has always known that Janet is an extremely smart woman, not to mention that the two have been together for so long, there is probably no second person in the world who knows her better than her. Moreover, starting from Katherine, there is a certain attribute in him that is difficult to hide.

After a pause, Simon hummed inaudibly.

The two were silent for a moment, and Janet put her head on Simon's shoulder and said, "Actually, you can find some girls younger than you, they are more suitable for you. Well, don't be too small, otherwise it will be very troublesome. "

Simon asked with a smile: "Then what do you do?"

"Of course I'm your girlfriend, and I'll be your wife in the future," Janet said as a matter of course: "Men always have to go home when they steal food outside. Dad used to do this all the time, and he and his mother have lived together for so many years. Well done."

Simon pretended to be interested and said, "Tell me more, maybe I can find an opportunity to blackmail your old man."

"How are you extorting, it's almost the same as being beaten," Janet patted on Simon, and said, "This is what my mother told me. She used to like watching the old man make up lies to deceive her after he didn't return home at night. Dad is getting old these years, and he has settled down. Little bastard, we will be like Mom and Dad until we grow old, right?"

Simon nodded without hesitation, feeling the faint melancholy in Janet's tone, and then reached out and hugged the woman into his arms.

For the affairs of Cersei Capital, reporters were still arranged around, which happened to capture the warm picture of the two of them standing against each other under the west slanting sunlight.

The Boeing 767 entered the runway, everything was ready, and Neil Bennett signaled Simon to board not far away.

After a few last words, Simon was about to leave, but was stopped by Janet and asked worriedly, "Little bastard, do I really snore when I sleep?"

Simon smiled and lowered his head and kissed Janet's lips, saying, "Of course not, I lied to you."

"real?"

"real."

Janet was still not at ease, and warned: "Don't lie to me, I'll sleep when I go back, let me

Mom help me look at it. "

A casual joke that seems to have serious consequences.

Simon stopped teasing, and finally hugged Janet and walked to the private jet on the runway.

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