"Because many companies will release their quarterly and full-year financial reports this month, January is the most likely time for changes. Joe, I want you to keep an eye on the Federal Reserve. Not only can they not announce an interest rate increase this month, they can't even raise interest rates." No news can be spread. Once rumors appear, Greenspan needs to personally come forward at the critical moment, and this also needs you to operate."
"Greenspan's problem is not big. He ends his second term this year. The president will announce in February whether he will support his re-election. As long as we communicate well with the White House, he will cooperate with us at least before February."
"Very good," Simon nodded with satisfaction, looked at Joseph Schlapp on the sofa opposite, and said, "Last point, Joe, this matter is very relevant. I have to remind you that if you personally have funds to operate, Just leave it to Cersei Capital. You, and the people around you, I don’t want to see anyone taking this opportunity to speculate on technology stocks.”
When Joseph Schlapp heard this, he was slightly frightened and said quickly: "Simon, I promise you that no news will leak out from me, let alone the situation you mentioned."
"I hope so, Joe. Over the years, you can also realize that I will never mistreat those who are loyal to me. I hope you will never let me down."
In a manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich.
After Simon and Joseph Schlapp finished talking about the matter, they walked out of the study together. The maids in the villa were busy tidying up.
Today is January 3rd, Friday.
After staying on the East Coast for more than a month, the Westeros family is finally returning to Los Angeles. The two Jennys will take the children away first.
Simon will leave on Sunday.
Not long after seeing Schlapp off, a custom-made Black Hawk from the Westeros family also landed on the lawn. Janet got off the plane and went straight to Simon who was guarding the door of the villa.
After hugging the man affectionately, she returned to the villa holding the man's arm. Janet talked about the meeting she had just had with Cersei Capital executives in Manhattan: "It has been arranged, with Cersei Capital as the leader, Goldman Sachs, Morgan, First Boston and other companies. We will do our best to cooperate to ensure that once the market changes, there will not be a one-sided selling frenzy. Moreover, even if I return to Los Angeles, I will continue to follow up personally during this period."
"In terms of media, James on the East Coast will also be watching in the near future. So, think about it again, are there any other questions?"
"Problems will definitely arise. However, if we achieve this step, it will not be a big problem for the Nasdaq to last until February or even March. After that, there will be no need."
While the two were talking, Jennifer appeared with little Nick in hand, handed the little guy to Simon, and said, "You are ready, can you go?"
Simon picked up his son, nodded and said, "I'll take you to the airport."
Two of the Westeros family's three private Boeing 767s are parked at the Westchester County Airport, less than 5 kilometers from the northern suburbs estate.
The sun is just right in the winter afternoon.
Watching the two women taking their children on two private planes taking off one after another, the Boeing 767 turned into a black dot and disappeared into the blue sky, and Simon, who was guarding the runway, returned.
Counting the time, apart from Simon's brief return to the West Coast, the family has been here for more than a month.
Of course it’s not just because I love the festival atmosphere of the East Coast.
In addition to sorting out the Westeros system at the end of this year, another very important thing is to plan for the new technology bubble that is about to burst.
Simon had just met with Joseph Schlapp, Janet went to Manhattan to host the meeting in the morning, and even James Raybould was responsible for following up the East Coast media arrangements, etc., etc., all because of this.
From the end of the U.S. election in early November last year to the end of December, in just two months, the scale of short selling of Nasdaq index futures and direct stock short selling in response to the new technology bubble increased rapidly from about 10 billion U.S. dollars before the election to 400 billion U.S. dollars. More than US$100 million.
The leader of this large-scale short selling was Julian Robertson’s Tiger Fund, and the Mellon family who stood behind it.
Tiger Management accounts for nearly half of the short position of more than 40 billion US dollars.
Although due to the continued strength of the Nasdaq, the cumulative losses of short-sellers have exceeded US$3 billion in just two months, short-seller capital from all parties has no intention of retreating and continues to place bets. After all, as long as there is no delivery, the losses will only be floating losses on the books. Once the operation goes smoothly and the Nasdaq collapses, it may only take one day for the huge losses on the books to turn into profits.
As the biggest beneficiary of the prosperity of the new technology industry, the Westeros system must stand on the opposite side of the short side no matter what aspect it is considered.
Of course, the Westeros system is not fighting alone.
In recent years, not to mention the various capitals that have made huge profits from the new technology industry, even many politicians in Washington, from the White House to Congress, have used the prosperity of the new technology industry to seize considerable political capital. Even if it is understood that the collapse of the new technology bubble is inevitable, the political and economic forces trying to protect the new technology industry far exceed short capital.
Therefore, this game under the leadership of the Westeros system, through the layout of capital, politics, media and other levels, even if it still cannot prevent the Nasdaq from collapsing after all, the bubble is too serious, in order to delay the collapse of the Nasdaq to the maximum extent It is still easy to achieve goals such as defeating as much short capital as possible and attacking the conservative old money forces in the United States.
After sending the woman and children away, Simon took a helicopter and rushed to Manhattan.
There were no other work arrangements for the rest of the afternoon, but she secretly accompanied Lin Su for a pregnancy test.
This is the sixth one.
Lin Su secretly prepared for pregnancy for several months after someone mentioned it. She returned to North America last month and the time was just right, so she got pregnant easily.
With six women pregnant with their children at the same time, Simon was inevitably stressed out at certain moments. Fortunately, if I think about it carefully, the most important thing I don't need is money for milk powder. When my child is born in the future, I won't have to work hard as a babysitter, and it will feel much easier.
All right.
But I will definitely not have children easily in the next few years.
After all, Simon hopes that the little guys will grow up to be qualified heirs of the Westeros family in the future. If there are too many, it will inevitably be too much to take care of.
Upper West Side, Manhattan.
The residence of two girls, Chen Qing and Lin Su. In the evening, Chen Qing, who had worked all day, returned and saw her boss sitting in the living room, flipping through a Chinese novel. The strong woman temperament in her body was quickly wiped away, and she looked pitiful. He rushed over: "Boss..."
Simon casually hugged the woman's slender body, but remained unmoved, and said with a serious expression: "Just a reminder, you and Asu are good sisters, and the child belongs to both of you. Some of your thoughts must not be used on her. On my body, do you understand?"
Chen Qing originally wanted to act coquettishly, but she felt the solemnity in the man's tone. Although her expression was still aggrieved, she nodded formally: "I know, boss, Asu's child belongs to both of us. Well, I just , do you also want to give birth to one for you?"
"I have already said that I will wait until you are 30 years old."
"Alright alright."
After saying that, he changed into a more comfortable position in Simon's arms, and looked at the book in the man's hand together. It was a volume of "Emperor Kangxi", which Chen Qing had just gotten back in the past few days.
"Boss, how do you like this book?"
"I've only seen the beginning, but it's very appropriate to be the first major project after the completion of the Ming and Qing Palace at Jinshu Cinema."
Lin Su came in with a fruit plate at this time. When she saw Chen Qinglai in Simon's arms and raising her eyes to demonstrate to him, she simply ignored it and just put the fruit plate down gently and sat quietly beside him.
But Chen Qing leaned over and brought the fruit plate over. While feeding her boss, she said, "Jinshu Media recently sent a batch of film and television project materials. I was about to show them to the boss," she said to her boss. The waitress Lily Favell gave an order and said: "Boss, China's TV drama industry has developed very well in recent years. I think we don't need to wait for Jinshu Film and Television City to be built before we can start it. There are also movies, "If You Have Something to Say" "Said" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" have been filmed, and it is also time to choose new projects."
With that said, Lily Favel quickly brought a stack of information over.
Chen Qing handed the fruit plate to Christina, another waitress next to her, took the information, and said to Simon: "Last year, there was a very popular TV series in China called "Prime Minister Liu Luo Guo", which tells the story of the famous Qing Dynasty official Liu Yong and the corrupt official He Shen. A story about a battle of wits and courage. The actor who plays Qianlong planned a new project called "Kangxi Private Interviews in Private Servers", um... Boss, Kangxi, Qianlong, you should know all of this, right?"
Simon smiled and nodded, still a little surprised. He didn't expect that the Jinshu Media team could get the famous "Kangxi Private Interview". Compared with "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", which only made one film, this is a super long-lived and popular series. drama.
However, thinking about it again, this is not surprising.
China's film and television industry currently only has so many people, and the circle is very small.
Chen Qing continued to introduce, and Simon also looked through a thick stack of film and television project materials from China.
In addition to "Kangxi Private Interview" and "Kangxi Dynasty", which I just read the original work, Simon soon found another project that surprised Simon a lot, "Dragon".
"What's going on?"
"Boss, you have read this novel before. I still remember your evaluation of this book, boss. Well, they are a bunch of idiots. I have also read this novel recently, and I find more and more that what you said makes sense, boss." .”
Chen Qing gave a few words and explained: "In recent years, Hong Kong's TVB TV station has been remaking Jin Yong's martial arts series, and this year it happens to be planning to launch "Dragon Movie". Here at Jinshu, boss, you must also know some Chinese situation, so the Jinshu team took the initiative to seek cooperation with Hong Kong and Taiwan. It can not only learn from experience and take the opportunity to cultivate its own team, but also accumulate political capital. "Dragon Movie" is such a project. Jinshu plans to join forces with TVB and CCTV. Create an annual martial arts drama co-produced by China and Hong Kong. Of course, these are just intentions. If you don’t agree, boss, I will ask them to cancel it.”
Simon did not answer immediately, but asked: "What is the name of the person in charge of Jinshu Media?"
"Wu Shanlin," Chen Qing said, noticing her boss's expression, she immediately took credit with a smile: "I recruited him. He is a fellow countryman of mine. He graduated from Peking University and originally worked in the radio and television system of Jiangsu Province. A very capable person.”
"We can develop more in the future," Simon said directly: "As for these projects, we can start with "Kangxi Private Interviews" and "Dragon Babu" this year. "Kangxi Dynasty" will be completed after the Ming and Qing palaces are completed as I just said. Do it again.”
As he spoke, he continued to scroll down.
Although I have seen some other projects, they are not as influential as the three "Kangxi Private Interviews". It was not until the stack of project introductions was about to bottom out that I saw another one: "The Mansion Gate".
Seeing Simon's attention, Chen Qing took the initiative to explain: "This is what Zhang helped introduce, telling the story of the century-old rise and fall of a Chinese medical family. Boss, if you are interested, I have a detailed script file on my computer."
Simon just read through the few thin pages of the project introduction in his hand and said, "With this one in mind, I won't read the script."
As he continued to flip through the pages, the last few projects were not very impressive. Simon skipped them directly and turned to the movie project information below. He said, "I have never thought about making any money from the media in China. However, this is not This does not mean that the Jinshu team can do whatever they want. The shortcoming there happens to be business operations. China has no shortage of film and television talents who can produce good works, but they are often unable to fully tap the commercial potential of a project. This is the reason why Jinshu This is what I need to pursue for many years to come. In short, if one day I find that I am not doing well, I will cut off all support. You remember to tell them these things."
Chen Qing nodded to remember.
Simon looked through the film project information in his hand, remembered something, and said: "Didn't you talk about Hong Kong and Taiwan? Why haven't I seen any cooperation projects with Taiwan?"
"I haven't found a suitable one yet."
Simon thought for a while and said casually: "Qiong Yao, you must be right to find her."
Don't give up on a phenomenal TV series like "Huanzhugege". As for the various bad things that happened later, maybe you can still enjoy it for decades more.
Chen Qing was surprised again: "Boss, do you even know Qiong Yao?"
"Well, it's definitely right to find her anyway."
"Then I'll ask Jinshu to contact you as soon as possible."
Having said that, Simon had quickly seen a movie project in his memory: "The Devil Is Coming".
Chen Qing said from the sidelines: "This is the latest creation of the screenwriter of "Speak Well". I think it is unlikely to be released in China. However, it should win awards overseas and there will definitely be profits."
Simon read it quickly and shook his head: "I remember telling you that Jinshu will only make entertainment movies in China, especially those that may bring controversy. Don't touch any of them."
In fact, there is another reason.
Fortunately for the actor, if he were a director, Simon would never cooperate with that money-burning scammer Lao Jiang, not even for "Let the Bullets Fly."
Chen Qing followed Shan Ruliu: "Then I'll let Wu refuse."
Lin Su didn't know when to get up and leave to prepare dinner. Simon held Chen Qing in his arms and read through the film project information in his hand. Different from the TV projects with many treasures, except for one film that Simon personally spoke to Jinshu, he was preparing "Love Call". Feng Pants of "Transfer" recommended another film "Party A and Party B", but there was no other script that interested Simon.
In the end, only one "Party A and Party B" was decided.
In addition to "Let's Talk" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" which are in the later stage, there will be "Love Call Transfer" and "Hero", plus "Party A and Party B", the movie aspect is enough for Jinshu Media Two years of busy work.
After reading the information in his hand, Simon discussed with Chen Qing the development plan of the Jinshu Department in the next few years, until Lin Su came over to invite people to dinner.
After spending one night with Lin Su's two daughters on Friday, and visiting several other pregnant women over the weekend, Simon finally set off on Sunday afternoon to return to Los Angeles.