Through James Raybould’s connections, Simon soon learned of the news that Lehman Brothers was about to settle with Quantum Fund.
In the previous five months of Westeros' stock index futures operations, the only "flaw" that could be described as a "flaw" was the plunge of the S&P 500 index on October 22.
Lehman Brothers accidentally leaked the news that it was about to sell off a large number of Quantum Fund contracts. As a result, the S&P 500 Index, which had just stabilized, collapsed again. Westeros happened to clear out the last batch of short contracts in just a few hours. This coincidence is indeed full of traces of human manipulation.
Now.
The media exerted pressure, secretly investigated, used eavesdropping methods, and increased psychological pressure through questioning. Finally, they forced Lehman Brothers to cooperate with fishing law enforcement. After more than half a month of repeated efforts, the news of the settlement between Lehman Brothers and Quantum Fund came out. , everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as Lehman Brothers and Quantum Fund reach a settlement, it will be impossible for institutions such as the Federal Court of the Southern District of New York to drag Westeros down through the investigation of this case. As for the rest, if the authorities still refuse to let him go, Simon wouldn't mind spending tens of millions of dollars on a vigorous legal battle.
In order to avoid unnecessary complications, all parties obviously do not want to delay this matter for too long.
then.
On November 23, Lehman Brothers and Quantum Fund quickly signed a settlement agreement.
It happened to be the same day.
Madonna has officially released her latest mix album "you-can-dance".
Unlike studio and live albums, remix albums are usually rearranged versions of songs from a singer's previous albums. Of course, if you want an album to sell well, it cannot be all old songs. Madonna originally prepared a new song called "Spotlight" for this album. However, after Simon came up with another song, Queen Mac decisively cut off the very mediocre "Spotlight" and replaced it with the song provided by Simon.
The news that Simon would write songs for Madonna's new album had spread a few months ago. During this period, due to the revelation that Simon suddenly became a billionaire, the promotion of Madonna's new album was almost completely silent in the face of this explosive news. How many waves.
After confirming that Lehman Brothers was about to settle with Quantum Fund, Simon's public relations team also began to cool down the hot media discussion that had lasted for more than half a month.
immediately.
When Madonna's new album was released, many people's attention was instantly attracted because the song Simon came up with was called "Celebration."
Celebration: celebrate.
Some guy made over a billion dollars in just over five months, and now he's evading investigation by federal agencies. It's so fitting that he celebrates it with a song called "Celebration."
The most important thing is that both ordinary fans and the North American media almost all quickly agreed that "Celebration" completely blew away every other song on Madonna's remix album.
Speaking of which, "Celebration" is actually a nostalgic pop dance song released in 2009 by the original McQueen. Simon is not a fan of Madonna's music, but "Celebration" is one of the few Madonna songs he really likes.
Although it is a song from 2009, this hard-hitting pop dance song completely fits the album style of "you-can-dance" in terms of style, rhythm and song content. Moreover, the quality of "Celebration" songs is far superior to Madonna's earlier best-selling singles such as "Holiday".
Relying on the strong popularity brought by "Celebration", the following week, "You-Can-Dance" directly landed at the top of the North American Billboard Billboard's best-selling albums with first-week album sales of 510,000 copies. "Celebration" also became the No. 1 best-selling album in North America without any suspense. Billboard Hot 1.
As a remix album that was just thrown away, the industry originally estimated that this album would be very successful if it could sell around 5 million copies worldwide. But now, according to the first-week sales data of this album, the sales volume of "you-can-dance" may reach 5 million copies in North America alone, and the total global sales volume is almost destined to exceed the 10 million mark.
When the sales statistics for the first week were released, Madonna called Simon eagerly and invited him to attend a celebration party for her new album at her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. However, after spending Thanksgiving in New York, Simon returned to Los Angeles with the recently completed "When Harry Met Sally" crew, so he could only refuse the McQueen's invitation.
In the midst of so many things, it was already the last month of 1987 before I knew it.
Simon returned to Los Angeles and devoted most of his energy to the post-production of "Pulp Fiction."
but.
Although he escaped the investigation of federal agencies, the series of chain reactions caused by the huge wealth of more than one billion US dollars did not end there. Simon's biggest feeling during this period is that he has really become a 'fat sheep'.
Since the news came to light in early November, Simon has been receiving numerous donation invitations from charitable groups, public welfare organizations, university funds, and the like.
Immediately afterwards, what made Simon feel most helpless was that in just one month, many men and women from all over North America came forward to identify themselves as his parents, and most of them looked serious.
The federal media also seemed to be very enthusiastic about helping Simon find his relatives, adding fuel to the fire and making the situation even more lively.
As for Los Angeles.
After the stock market crash broke out, Hollywood's prosperity due to the economic boom in the previous years came to an abrupt end. Many second- and third-tier film companies that were already in operating difficulties due to their aggressive expansion will be completely unsustainable in the next few years. Even the seven major film companies will start to change hands in the next few years.
then.
Simon, who suddenly has a net worth of more than one billion US dollars, is even more of a super fat sheep in the eyes of most people in Hollywood.
From the first day Simon returned to Los Angeles, there were all kinds of people who submitted scripts, sought investment, and even wanted to sell the film company to him. The days at Daenerys Pictures' headquarters in Santa Monica were completely complete. It was a bustling place, and Simon himself received a lot of party invitations every day.
certainly.
Although it is a bit annoying, the current situation is not completely without benefits.
When Simon was searching for copyrights before, he only got the expected rights to adapt the two novels "Forrest Gump" and "Dances with Wolves", mainly because his strength in Hollywood was too weak, although he had "Run Lola Run" and the success of "The Butterfly Effect", but most novel authors and screenwriters will not easily hand over the copyright to Daenerys Films.
Now.
Simon suddenly had a net worth of more than a billion dollars, and the situation was completely different immediately.
In an era when the average movie production cost is only over 10 million US dollars, Simon's net worth of over 1 billion US dollars is more than enough to make any movie that interests him.