Hollywood Hunter

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"Good morning, Simon."

"Good morning, Uncle Simon."

"Morning, Gemma, and Danny."

early morning.

The two little guys who got up early and did some homework under Sophia's supervision walked into the dining room, and Simon was already sitting at the table reading the newspaper.

After saying good morning and setting the two little guys to sit down at the dining table, Sophia took the initiative to go to the kitchen to help serve the meal.

After a while, everyone took their seats.

In addition to Simon and Sophia's family of three, there are housekeeper Alice Ferguson and two girls C and D at the table. The other maids who were also busy at the birthday party last night did not have this treatment, but were arranged in other apartments outside the manor.

Breakfast is in charge of Alice's trio.

The girls selected to come to Simon, including the housekeeper, have received cooking training in their spare time, so the food on the table can be considered rich and delicious.

Little Gemma picked up the red beans in the porridge bowl in front of her with a spoon one by one, and noticed that her mother looked over and stuck out her tongue, but she looked at the others at the table with her bright eyes, and suddenly said, "Mom, Are you going back to Europe today?"

Sophia had to routinely educate her daughter not to be picky eaters, but she was stunned when she heard the words, and nodded: "Yes, mother still has work to do."

Having said that, looking at the men and children on both sides of him, he was inexplicably reluctant.

It's just that Sophia is very clear that this feeling of being close to home in front of her can't completely belong to her after all.

When I walked out of that dilapidated small fishing village, I thought about making a lot of money, thinking about living a prosperous life, and thinking about marrying a very powerful man. Most of the dreams I once had had come true. Suddenly, I was in this small restaurant and realized that if I could have such a home, it would be better than anything else.

Although these thoughts were born, Sophia had no regrets and no extravagant hopes.

No one's life is perfect.

The former man, Gemma and Daniel's father, she actually didn't expect much of him, socializing outside and being romantic, as long as she remembered to go home, it was enough.

However, the man dumped her anyway.

After so many years, Sophia no longer has expectations for certain things.

At this moment in the restaurant, sitting with the man she likes and the two children she treasures, she can also enjoy the feeling of home. If you want too much, maybe even God will not agree.

Although Sophia loves her two children, she doesn't condone them. When she comes to North America every one or two weeks, she often has to check the homework of the two little guys as soon as possible. Coupled with the careful care of her grandfather and grandmother, little Gemma is actually Not so dependent on his mother.

Also, I've probably asked a similar question before and got the same answer.

After Sophia gave an answer, the little girl changed the subject, and once again leaned her head forward to look at Simon on the other side of her mother, and said, "Simon, last night Lydia said she could star in your movie, but I don't think so. Can you get a role too?"

Simon remembered what happened last night, and he didn't seem to agree to a little witch like that.

However, Simon did not correct it, and said softly: "What do you want to play?"

Under Sophia's meticulous care, little Gemma obviously does not have the rich 'viewing experience' of the little witch, and all she can come into contact with is what she can see.

The little girl thought for a while and said, "Can I play a penguin?"

Simon smiled and said, "This is a bit difficult. The penguins you saw last night were all real."

"Of course I know," Little Gemma leaned slightly towards the dining table, showing a little contemptuous eyes, looking at Simon seriously: "I'm not trying to become a real penguin. The school rehearsed drama, There are people who play piglets, and of course I can play penguins."

Simon was stunned for a while, but found helplessly that, according to the little girl's logic, he had no way to refute it.

Fortunately, Sophia spoke quickly, leading her daughter's thoughts elsewhere. Little Gemma was just on a whim, but not as persistent as a little witch last night.

After breakfast, Sophia personally drove the two little guys to school together.

The private school where the two children attend is on the northeast side of downtown Greenwich, not far from Simon's manor, and it takes a few minutes to arrive.

Stopping the car in the parking lot of the school, little Gemma and Sophia said goodbye, and happened to see Lydia Hearst on the other side also getting out of her car, and immediately ran over excitedly, and left the little witch at once .

Lydia Hirst was also driven by her mother herself. Noticing Sophia, Patty Hirst came up to chat a few words.

After Patty Hirst drove away, Sophia looked at her son who had been staying by the side.

Noticing Daniel's hesitant expression, Sophia squatted down, tidied up the child's collar, and said with a smile, "Baby, do you have anything to tell mom?"

Daniel nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Mom, you, um, do you like Uncle Simon?"

Sophia was stunned, then nodded slightly, and said, "I like it."

"Then, does he like you?"

Sophia did not hesitate this time, and said again: "Of course I like it too."

Daniel looked into Sophia's eyes and listened to what she said. He didn't ask any further questions. He stepped forward and hugged his mother, saying, "Mom, grandma said

, you have not been easy these years. I, um, I just want mom to be happy too. "

Daniel was three years older than Gemma, and Sophia knew that her son was actually smarter than her daughter. Although he is a little taciturn on weekdays, Daniel is actually more mature than his peers, and he knows many things well.

At this time, when she heard her son confide her heart to herself, Sophia suddenly felt that she had no regrets for her struggles and sacrifices over the years.

Holding her son tightly in her arms, Sophia pressed her face against the child's face and whispered, "Baby, of course mom is happy, very happy."

Little Daniel patted his mother's back lightly, and let his mother hug him for a moment before he couldn't help but say, "Mom, I'm almost out of breath."

Sophia quickly let go of her son and pushed the boy towards the teaching building: "Go, mother may not have time to come next week, take care of your sister, and your grandfather and grandmother."

Daniel solemnly agreed, and finally waved to Sophia, turned and walked towards the school.

Looking at her son until he entered the teaching building, Sophia gently wiped the corner of her eyes and opened the door to get in the car.

When I left, I had already said goodbye to Simon. This time I went directly to my apartment in the city center. I planned to say goodbye to my parents and then return to Europe.

Originally intended to take the Concorde back, the supersonic plane takes only three hours from the east coast to Europe, which is more than half the journey time compared to ordinary subsonic planes.

The distance from North America to Europe is about 6,000 kilometers, and the three-hour journey is almost the same as the commuting time of young people who have just entered the workplace in some central metropolises and have to rent houses in remote areas.

However, the little man stopped letting her take this kind of plane after hearing about it, because it was unsafe and the noise was too loud, and this time he also lent her his Boeing 767, and the man would take the Gulfstream iv back to the West Coast. .

It will probably be used more often in the future.

It is very clear that a little man's territorial awareness that he does not like others to touch his personal belongings, so it is obviously very rare for him to lend his car. That's why Sophia just answered her son's second question so succinctly.

Compared with supersonic planes, it would take seven or eight hours to fly back to Europe on a Boeing 767, but Sofia did not refuse.

Don't say that a mid-sized airliner like the Boeing 767, even the Gulfstream iv owned by Westeros, is not much different from sitting on the ground.

Seven or eight hours of voyage time, you can work, you can rest, and basically it will not be wasted.

Moreover, the private jet can also land directly in Florence, the city where Gucci is headquartered, instead of Paris or Rome, which still needs to be transferred, which actually saves a lot of time.

Inside the estate outside Greenwich.

After Sophia left with her children, Simon did not leave immediately, but soon welcomed a guest.

Joseph Schlapp.

Head of Schlapp Consulting, a Westeros company that helps Simon manage his political investments.

Schlapp Consulting is also headquartered in Greenwich, making it easy to meet.

Joseph Schlapp was a thin middle-aged white man in his fifties or sixties. He was short and bald, with some groomed gray beards on his chin. He wore a dark gray suit with a An aura that is easily convincing and approachable.

This is not surprising, if you are not good at dealing with people, you will definitely not be able to do this job.

For more than two years of cooperation, Joseph Schlapp was responsible for assisting New York Mayor David Dinkins to win the election and helping Westeros to open up political joints in the previous two large mergers. Two things The results made Simon very satisfied.

Simon also completely recognized the other party's identity as the spokesperson for the Westeros system's political donation lobbying work.

The morning meeting between the two was not an ordinary daily visit, but a very important matter.

In the living room of the villa.

After the housekeeper left with two glasses of water, Joseph Schlapp, who was sitting on the single sofa beside Simon, took out a stack of documents from his briefcase and introduced: "According to what we have collected in recent months, The data from at-t, Bell Southwest, Bell Pacific, sprint, and Bell Atlantic are actually more or less pushing the federal government to reopen the telecommunications industry regulation thing. But, Simon, you look at this document first, it's I got a lobbying plan from Motorola. Motorola not only hopes that the regulatory restrictions that operators should not be involved in the field of telecom equipment manufacturing will continue, but also hopes that the federal government will also include the newly emerging Internet field. The target is obvious, it should point to Cisco of."

Simon took the file and opened it.

Joseph Schlapp took a sip from the glass on the table, waited for a moment, and continued: "However, Simon, we don't need to worry. Motorola has not been involved in the field of network equipment manufacturing for the time being. Moreover, this is an emerging technology after all. Industry, the federal government cannot formulate relevant restrictive regulations too early, which is not beneficial to the development of emerging industries. Take out this document just to let you know about this.”

Simon nodded slightly, and added another point to Joseph Schlapp in his heart.

Professional lobbyists bent on extracting more money from their employers would certainly go to great lengths to publicize the threat of Motorola's bill to the Westeros system in order to get more lobbying dollars.

You know, once the field of network equipment manufacturing is also included in the telecommunications control system of the year, Simon may be able to keep thinking about it.

Ke's shareholding, but had to give up control of the company, which is very unfavorable for the layout of the Westeros system in the Internet industry.

Simon's investments in politics are generous, but he won't allow anyone to take advantage of him.

In addition to Schlapp Consulting, Westeros has always employed other political consultants who specifically evaluate Schlapp Consulting's work. If Joseph Schlapp tried to fool himself, the result was more than simply losing Simon as a big employer.

Joseph Schlapp patiently waited for Simon to read the document, and then handed over a few more documents, saying: "Simon, you can read these when you have time. Let me briefly explain the idea of ​​​​this lobbying plan."

Simon nodded again, but picked up a brief introduction to the current restrictions on the telecommunications field.

Joseph Schlapp knows that Simon is doing two things in one mind. He has been in this field for so many years and knows that many people have this ability, so he continued: "Since our first stage lobbying goal is to hope that the federal government will reopen Open the control that operators are not allowed to set foot in the field of telecom equipment manufacturing. Then, there are many manufacturers that we can unite, especially at-t. At-t has been hoping to return to the field of telecom equipment manufacturing in recent years. Bell Atlantic and other regional telecom Operators are also our partners, and these manufacturers can provide sufficient data support for the bill lobbying. In addition, our biggest opponents are telecommunications equipment manufacturers such as Motorola.”

In 1984, the at-t split case not only split the giant that monopolized the entire U.S. telecommunications industry into eight companies, but also announced many telecommunications control laws, including that long-distance and short-distance telecommunications operators are not allowed to get involved in each other's business. Telecom operators shall not be involved in the field of cable TV operators, telecom operators shall not be involved in the manufacture of telecommunication equipment and so on.

There is no doubt that these bills have indeed promoted the "blooming of a hundred flowers" in the US telecommunications industry, to a large extent, Internet service providers such as AOL have benefited from this.

However, the split case and the corresponding restrictive regulations are not entirely positive in enhancing competition and promoting the development of the telecommunications industry.

Because each service is split, the operator's scale effect is limited.

In order to maintain profit margins, major operators often choose to increase prices, thus greatly increasing the cost of consumer use.

The federal government's reopening of the various telecommunications sectors is the ultimate lobbying goal for Simon, or the telecommunications sector as a whole.

However, this matter cannot be done overnight, and Westeros will in the short term lobby the federal government to open up restrictions on telecom equipment manufacturing.

Because, the digital age of mobile communication is coming soon.

In order to obtain federal approval for Westeros' acquisition of Bell Atlantic as soon as possible, Simon voluntarily promised that Nokia, which is wholly owned by Westeros, would not operate in North America.

This is of course a temporary stopgap measure.

As the world's largest economy, Simon is unlikely to make Nokia completely give up exploring the US market anyway.

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