Hollywood Hunter

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The Hearst family's mansion is not far from Simon's manor, and within five minutes' drive, Simon and Janet arrived at their destination.

It is also a large manor. The car just stopped in front of a simple-looking villa, and the waiter quickly stepped forward and opened the door.

Simon and his wife got off the car, and they could already see the shadows in the hall of the villa.

However, apart from the waiter outside the villa, there is no host to greet the guests. The two looked at each other, and Janet leaned over with a smile and whispered, "Maybe it was intentional."

Simon saw that the car of a guest who had arrived earlier was led to the parking space by the waiter, and there were guests coming from behind, so he did not stay outside the door much, shrugged his shoulders slightly, and walked directly into the villa with Janet. .

The two stepped into the gate of the villa and looked around.

At this time in the hall, there were about twenty guests chatting together in groups of three or five, including many faces Simon knew, such as New York Mayor David Dinkins who saw the Simon couple appear at a glance.

Since the Hearst family is a die-hard supporter of the Democratic Party, it is not surprising that David Dinkins is here.

Simon didn't see the host's figure. Seeing David Dinkins and the few people who had just chatted with him walking over, he greeted him with a smile.

David Dinkins also came with his wife, the two greeted the Simon and his wife, and introduced an old husband and a young wife beside him: "Simon, this is John Gutfer, the chairman of Salomon Brothers. Mr Lund and his wife Lisa."

Salomon Brothers is a well-known investment bank on Wall Street that is on par with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in this era. To be precise, Salomon Brothers is now stronger than Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

Of course, this is only now.

Simon reached out and shook hands with John Gutfreund: "Nice to meet you, John."

"Hello, Simon, I've been looking forward to seeing you for a long time." John Gutfreund also showed great enthusiasm, let go of Simon's hand, and shook Janet again, saying: "Hello, Wester Mrs Lowe."

Janet shook hands with Gutfreund and said with a smile, "Just call me Jane."

After everyone introduced the greeting, David Dinkins looked around: "I remember William was still here just now."

John Gutfreund seemed to notice this incident suddenly, looked around likewise, and said, "It seems that Tom Murphy has arrived, and they went to the next door."

Tom Murphy is Chairman of the Metropolitan/abc Group.

Simon can roughly guess what Hearst and Murphy are going to talk about, and it doesn't matter: "I'll just wait. John, David, what were you talking about just now?"

David Dinkins also did not continue the topic just now, the Hearst family can snub the young super-rich, he has no such capital, and said: "Oh, about the 'new world order' that the president has been promoting recently. Planning, Simon, what do you think of this?"

Before Iraq invaded Kuwait at the end of July, the U.S. ambassador to Baghdad personally promised Saddam that the United States would not interfere in the Iraq-Kuwait dispute.

However, when Iraq successfully occupied Kuwait, the Bush administration immediately forgot its promise. Not only did the 'Desert Shield' plan to confront the Iraqi army within a week of the outbreak of the Kuwait war, Bush then began to lobby himself at the United Nations. The 'new world order' plan called on the United States and European countries to send troops to the Middle East, drive the Iraqi army out of Saudi Arabia and further destroy Saddam Hussein's regime in order to maintain the stability of the world oil market.

At this time, there were other guests in the hall who found Simon and came over. Hearing David Dinkins mentioning the war in the Middle East, he temporarily dismissed the idea of ​​stepping up to greet Simon, and listened carefully to what the young man would say.

Cersei Capital has relied on the operation of the crude oil futures market to make extraordinary profits in the past six months. The guests at the scene naturally know that some of them are investors of Cersei Capital. If Westeros can reveal some "golden" information, they will definitely make a worthwhile trip tonight.

Simon swept across the crowd lightly, and said, "I think this war is probably unavoidable."

Another guest in the surrounding crowd couldn't help but ask, "So, Simon, do you think oil prices will continue to rise?"

Recently, the international crude oil price has been close to 40 US dollars a barrel, basically reaching the highest point in Simon's memory.

"It should go up a little more, but I've heard that the White House is planning to open up the federal crude oil reserve to stabilize oil prices, and a plan may be finalized in the near future."

Simon's remarks were completely based on recent newspaper news, so someone retorted: "It is said that there are only 20 million barrels. If the federal crude oil consumption of millions of barrels per day is calculated, it cannot even be supported for a week."

"The key is to stabilize the situation," Simon shrugged and said, "Also, I haven't paid much attention to this matter recently."

Everyone continued to test a few more sentences, and they were a little disappointed that they could not get any usable information from Simon.

Simon didn't have the vanity to show off the impulsiveness of being surrounded by people, and, albeit in just a few sentences, he had actually revealed some useful information, two of which an intuitive listener would be sure to spot.

First, war is inevitable, and second, Simon has stopped paying attention to the crude oil futures market. People with a heart can make layouts according to the previous point. As for the second point, Simon has not

Paying more attention to this matter obviously proves that it is not feasible to continue to speculate in the crude oil market.

In recent months, countless crude oil futures brokerage companies, securities departments of energy companies, and hedge funds that had been in the wrong direction before the war closed their doors because of huge losses. Crude oil futures trading has dropped to a freezing point. Re-active, so it is difficult to carry out large-scale hedging arbitrage.

However, probably even those who have discovered these two points will first consider the credibility of Simon's words, and then add their own will.

Just like the operation of the crude oil futures market before, and the operation of the Japanese financial market going forward, there are not a few people who can detect the operation methods of Cersei Capital, but no one has been able to obtain such huge profits as Cersei Capital from beginning to end. The reason is that too many people trust their own judgments more than fully follow the actions of others.

Even if the other party has created a series of miracles, there are always people who will think that maybe this time a certain guy will make a big somersault.

Cersei Capital was able to establish a long position of tens of billions of dollars when crude oil prices were still falling rapidly. Other hedge funds took into account the risks involved, and even if they followed up, they would often reduce their position ratios and reduce leverage in order to avoid risks as much as possible. , the results are predictable.

Simon continued to chat with David Dinkins and others for a few minutes, and finally a middle-aged man who was fat and bald appeared. It was the third-generation head of the Hearst family, William Hearst III.

Coming to Simon, William Hurst III looked at the young man in front of him and explained with an apologetic smile: "I'm so sorry, Simon, I was just talking about something with Tom."

Because of his slightly obese body, coupled with the smile on his face that is easy to let go of his guard, it is difficult for William Hearst III to give people the feeling of the heir to a century-old media family.

Simon also showed a very sincere smile, shook hands with the other party, and said, "It's okay, Mr. Hearst."

William Hurst III continued to greet Janet, and then introduced the man in his sixties who was wearing a black suit with sharp eyes and said, "Simon, and Janet, this is Tom Murphy."

Simon and Janet greeted the chairman of the Met/abc group again.

After chatting for a while, William Hurst III asked everyone with a smile, "What are you talking about?"

So a group of people talked about the topic just now.

However, just after chatting a few words, a waiter came over and said a few words in William Hearst III's ear, and the middle-aged man said to everyone: "I'm so sorry, I need to leave, everyone will talk first. "

The waiter did not deliberately lower his voice. In fact, everyone heard each other whisper that Mr. Buffett had arrived.

Seeing William Hearst III and Tom Murphy go out together, many people's eyes subconsciously fell on Simon.

If it took a few minutes for Hearst III to appear just now, it would be justified, and now this kind of unabashed differential treatment is not even just a rudeness to describe. The host was so neglectful, even if Simon left immediately, it would not be too much.

Probably because of the relationship between the two generations, Simon found out that he had some emotional deficiencies very early, and he was very indifferent to many things. Moreover, this indifference seems to have a more serious tendency as his wealth and status continue to accumulate.

Although he knew that he should be angry at this time, the neglect of William Hearst III just now really didn't cause much negative emotions in Simon's heart. He was just a little curious. Since the Hearst family invited him tonight, it should be With the intention of friendship, you shouldn't be so rude.

Or, William Hurst III didn't think it was a faux pas.

For a super media family that even the President of the United States does not dare to provoke easily, the Hearst family does have such arrogant confidence.

In just a moment, William Hearst III and Tom Murphy returned again, along with an old man of medium stature with disheveled hair, who was Berkshire Hathaway's head Warren Buffett.

Seeing the three talking and laughing and walking towards him, Simon also took the initiative to step forward.

Before Simon could speak, Janet, who was beside her, had already said, "Hey, Warren, do you remember me?"

Janet's sudden speech surprised Simon, Hearst III, and Murphy, and Hearst III, who was originally smiling, frowned imperceptibly.

Simon was puzzled for a moment, and quickly remembered something Catherine had said occasionally about Janet a few years ago. Women seemed to be the kind of cowards when they went to school at Columbia University.

Warren Buffett looked at Janet carefully and said with a smile: "I remember, you are the little girl from Columbia University."

Janet leaned her head on Simon's shoulder and said, "I'm Mrs. Westeros now, look at my man, Warren, don't you think your investment theory isn't Grandet saving gold coins?"

"Hello, Simon," Buffett stepped forward and shook hands with Simon, and continued to Janet: "I didn't expect you to marry Westeros, but according to my observations in recent years, Simon's rise is completely rhythmic. It can only be described as a miracle, I don’t think I can create a miracle, so let’s slowly accumulate gold coins.”

William Hurst III said at this time: "Warren, do you know each other?"

Warren Buffett nodded, his tone still witty, and said, "Yes, this... Mrs. Westeros, I gave a speech at Columbia University that year, but she was very upset by her."

"Oh, what a coincidence."

Everyone

Just kidding, Buffett and Murphy probably had something to talk about and took the initiative to go elsewhere.

William Hurst III was free and seemed to finally remember, and said to Simon: "By the way, Simon, let me introduce some guests to you."

Simon naturally agreed.

The Hearst family has accumulated a hundred years of heritage, and it was vividly displayed at a small party. The people who appeared in this villa tonight are basically big-headed figures from the political and business circles of the United States. During the process of socializing, There are still guests arriving.

Finally, after chatting with a congressman who is said to be interested in restricting foreign investors from acquiring American companies, Simon and Hearst III stepped aside, and Janet had just avoided it.

"Melloth will join several other members of Congress to submit his own motion about next month. We really can't let the Japanese continue to acquire our country's assets. It just so happens that this should be a good help for your acquisition of mca, Panasonic If you are worried that the acquisition case may be rejected by the Ministry of Justice, you will definitely not be able to compete with you.”

"I hope so."

Hearst III directly determined that Simon intends to acquire mca, and he did not deny it. However, Simon did not show much interest in the proposal of the congressman just now.

There have been calls in the United States to prevent Japanese companies from acquiring American companies in recent years, but with the openness of the US capital market, Simon does not think such a bill can be introduced, and there is indeed no relevant bill in memory. Hollywood belongs to the entertainment industry, and the Department of Justice also The veto cannot be exercised under excuses like 'national security'.

William Hearst III saw that Simon was not enthusiastic about this, and turned to the topic: "Regarding the 20% equity interest in espn, Simon, Metropolitan/abc and Hearst Group were originally very good partners. We The two sides hold each other's shares, which can play a better complementary role. Moreover, you should know that Metropolis/abc not only has veto power over the purchaser of this equity, even if you buy it, you will not have any right to speak, so, I hope you can quit. Well...maybe we can have other opportunities to work together in the future."

Although he had planned to give up the 20% of espn shares, he heard that Hearst III was just a blank check and wanted to withdraw himself from the competition, Simon was no longer polite and said: "Actually, William, now there is a good one. Opportunities for cooperation.”

William Hurst III paused, and then showed an expression of interest: "Tell me about it."

"I started a network company in Silicon Valley that provides Internet information services. You may have heard of it, called Igret. It just so happens that the "San Francisco Chronicle" is also in San Francisco. I hope Igret can learn from the "San Francisco Chronicle" "Get some news content."

William Hurst III had a visibly hesitant expression on his face.

The "San Francisco Chronicle" is a very important newspaper under the Hearst Group, second only to the "Los Angeles Times" on the West Coast, and can bring tens of millions of dollars in profits to the Hearst Group every year. Moreover, the competition between the US print media platforms is largely the competition for scoops, sharing the news content of the "San Francisco Chronicle" with Igret, if it were any other time, William Hurst III would definitely immediately reject.

However, William Hurst III also understood at this time that this was probably the bargaining chip proposed by Westeros to withdraw from the espn equity competition.

Thinking of the discussion with Tom Murphy at the beginning of the party, and contacting Simon's request at this time, William Hurst III couldn't help but feel a little more dissatisfied with the young man in front of him.

Speaking of which, the Hearst Group learned about Reynolds Nabisco's upcoming sale of espn shares earlier than Simon, but before they had time to make a final decision, Westeros and Metropolis/abc and Reynolds Nabisco communicated about this batch of shares.

The executives of Hearst Group originally thought that in the absence of other competitors, if they wanted to buy this stake, they could probably reduce the price to less than $170 million. After all, not many investors would be interested in the 20% stake that completely lacks the right to speak. interested.

However, because of Westeros' sudden foray, and the current offer is less than $200 million, Reynolds Nabisco is simply not willing to sell.

The reason why Hearst Group wants to buy this batch of shares is mainly for a tax relief agreement obtained after the sale of part of the group's cable TV assets in the first half of the year. The agreement stipulates that Hearst Group purchase another cable of the same type within one year. TV assets are exempt from income tax due on the last asset sale.

The price of the 20% stake in espn TV has risen from the estimated $170 million to $200 million, which has completely offset the less than $20 million tax-free amount in the tax relief agreement, which is also after the arrival of Hearst III in Simon today. The reason why he couldn't help but let him hang out.

Now, this young man has put forward a bargaining chip to get him out of the competition.

After thinking for a moment, William Hurst III still did not directly refuse. If Westeros cannot withdraw from this transaction as soon as possible and continue to entangle, the news comes out that the price of 20% of the shares will only be fired higher: " Simon, I need to think carefully about this."

Simon raised the red wine in his hand to Hearst III and said, "Of course no problem, William, it just so happens that I will be in New York for a few days, and I look forward to hearing good news from you."

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