Everyone was busy all afternoon and finally decided on some press releases that will be released tomorrow.
Simon did not want to get too involved with the Japanese, so in the end he only agreed to publish four articles clarifying Cersei's capital in four newspapers: "Asahi Shimbun" and "Yomiuri Shimbun" in Japan, and "Wall Street Journal" and "New York Times" in North America. Inside operations and articles that are optimistic about the Japanese economy.
Of course, the so-called insider information clarified cannot be 100% true.
Cersei Capital’s withdrawal from the Japanese market was determined to be in June. The Japanese’s purchase of Cersei Capital’s sub-fund portfolios No. 1 to 5 was also described as normal securities investment, and there was no hidden secret that could not be tolerated by outsiders. . Because Cersei Capital is a private offshore hedge fund, it does not have any obligation to disclose details of its operations to the outside world.
At the same time, Simon also appropriately expressed his optimism about Japan's economy.
The general point of view is that there is indeed a serious bubble component in the Japanese property market in recent years, but there is no doubt that this bubble is supported by a very deep real economy.
Japan's crazy real estate industry has not squeezed the living space of the real economy. The development of the two is completely comparable. This is why Japan's real estate market and stock market have been soaring in parallel for many years.
Therefore, even if the property market bubble recedes, Japan's deep accumulation in industries such as automobiles, steel, chemicals, electronics, and entertainment will still be enough to support its strong position as the world's second largest economy. This country is still very worthy of investment.
Obviously, these arguments jointly discussed by both parties mean that the Japanese will focus on maintaining their own real economy after the economic turn.
It is undoubtedly a very wise decision to admit the property market bubble and protect the real economy.
It was already nine o'clock in the evening when Haruo Maekawa and his entourage were invited to dinner and the Japanese were sent away.
Janet had taken a shower, wrapped in a thick cotton bathrobe and stepped on cotton slippers to the living room downstairs, where Simon was sitting on the sofa looking through the Nokia company documents sent from Finland.
Curling up comfortably on the sofa next to Simon, Janet nuzzled the man like a kitten and said, "I think it's not good to get too close to the Japanese. You are an American after all."
The current overall trend in the United States is to suppress Japan's rise. Simon's obvious "singing the opposite" is indeed inappropriate if you think about it carefully.
Turning his head to rest on Janet's fluffy blond hair after bathing, and smelling the woman's delicious fragrance, Simon said: "Of course I know, so after completing the operations in North America at the end of the year, I will conduct a liquidation of Cersei Capital , and then raise funds again, this time opening up to North American capital.”
Janet nodded in agreement and asked, "How much money do you plan to raise this time?"
"U.S. 3 billion, Australia 1 billion, North America 1 billion, we own 1 billion. However, this is only the funds used for hedging. If you don't encounter good opportunities, the profits of hedge funds will not be too high. I Recently, I am considering transforming Cersei Capital into a comprehensive fund company, which will be involved in all aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions, equity investment, and venture capital. Hey, please take the time to help me think about it first."
"Yeah."
While the two were chatting, Jennifer came to the living room after taking care of things in the kitchen.
After saying hello, Jennifer quietly sat down on the single sofa next to her.
Janet saw the female assistant picking up a document and reading it with satisfaction. She suddenly smiled, leaned into Simon's ear and said, "You can go to Janet's room tonight."
Janet didn't lower her voice at all.
Jennifer's cheeks obviously started to turn rosy, and she subconsciously turned the page of the document in her hand, but because her little hands were trembling, she made a slight clattering sound, which immediately made Janet laugh again, and she simply stood up and jumped on tiptoes. He went to the single sofa where Jennifer was sitting and forcibly hugged the female assistant and whispered small things in her ear.
This time he lowered his voice.
Simon just gave a helpless 'warning': "Don't come up with any bad ideas."
Janet raised her head and winked at Simon, saying, "Of course not, it's definitely a good idea."
Simon simply put down the document and said, "Forget it, I'm going to bed."
Janet chased after him with a smile: "Then I will sleep with Jenny tonight?"
“Don’t bully Jenny.”
Janet hugged the female assistant who was still too embarrassed to speak and shook her, and said: "Isn't Jane just for bullying?"
He had to fly to Helsinki tomorrow morning, so Simon ignored Janet's little craziness and walked straight to the bedroom upstairs.
After taking a shower, I lay on the big bed and waited for a long time, but the woman didn't come back.
I'm probably really going to bully Jennifer tonight.
Simon simply turned off the light and lay down on the bed.
A few minutes later, before he fell asleep, the bedroom door was gently pushed open. Just the figure in the dim light and the slight footsteps that were obviously different from before, Simon knew that it was not Janet who came in.
The figure came over and sat down by the bed. Without speaking, he just stretched out a small hand and patted Simon tentatively. Simon stretched out his hand to stop the woman's waist. Her body stiffened for a moment, then softened quickly, and she leaned closer obediently to his strength.
"Actually, I've been wanting to tell you something for a while."
After a while, Simon spoke first.
Jennifer just hummed slightly.
Simon thought for a while and said: "Probably, next year, I will get married to Jenny."
Jennifer was quiet for a while, hummed again, and then leaned towards the man.
Simon suddenly understood something. Perhaps, during this period, Janet and Jennifer also understood this. This is probably why Janet uncharacteristically pushed the female assistant over tonight.
After being together for so long, Simon and Jennifer's relationship has become very close, but they have never exceeded a certain bottom line.
Simon knows very well that his female assistant likes him. He has always cherished and been cautious about people close to him. He has a very strong possessive desire, but he also hopes that they can all live well and have more choices. Therefore, both Sandra and Jennifer were careful to maintain a certain distance.
At this time, feeling the warm fragrance of nephrite in his arms, Simon finally no longer hesitated, leaned over and kissed the female assistant on the lips, saying: "This is just tonight, let's find a better time."
Jennifer hummed quickly this time, boldly came over, and took the initiative to kiss him on the lips as well.
In fact, a large part of the reason why I was able to make up my mind to stay by his side was because of how much he cherished me. I knew that he would casually give a woman a large check after doing something ridiculous, but after being together for so long, he had never treated her casually.
When I woke up the next day, two articles in Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" and "Yomiuri Shimbun" had been published.
Simon and his team took off from Athens Airport at nine o'clock in the morning, and when they arrived in Helsinki, it was less than 12 noon local time. The signing ceremony for Westeros' acquisition of Nokia's mobile communications equipment division was held at two o'clock in the afternoon.
The transaction price finally determined by the two parties is US$200 million. At the same time, Westeros will inject US$50 million into Nokia for the research and development of digital mobile phones and GSM communication equipment.
Speaking of which, Nokia's name is also a focus of this negotiation.
At this time, Nokia was still a comprehensive enterprise group covering many fields, including paper making, rubber, television and other aspects.
Originally, according to the usual practice, the name must be changed after the acquisition. However, Simon still likes the name Nokia.
After some bargaining, it was finally determined that Nokia's mobile communications equipment division would be reorganized into Nokia Electronics and Communications Technologies. At the same time, Nokia's other businesses remained as usual.
Nokia Telecom can still be referred to as Nokia to the outside world.
The two parties also agreed that the future business scope of Nokia Electronics Communications Technology Co., Ltd. would be limited to the research and development and manufacturing of mobile communications-related equipment. The same would be true for Nokia's other businesses. Neither party would be involved in the other's business, otherwise it would be considered a breach of contract.
In addition, Simon also continued to hire Jorma Ollila, the former head of Nokia's mobile communications equipment department, as president and CEO of Nokia Electronics and Communications Technologies, responsible for the company's operations. Jorma Ollila is officially the man who transformed Nokia from a company confined to a corner of Finland into a world-class electronics giant.
After spending two days in Nokia's headquarters in Espoo to finalize everything, Simon and his team left Finland and returned to North America.
The time is already December 5th.
Simon promised Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith to attend Dakota Johnson's christening on December 9. North America once again accumulated a lot of matters that required Simon to handle personally.
The other side.
Monday, December 4th.
The Japanese stock market began to fall as soon as the market opened due to a large number of selling orders. As of Monday afternoon's close, the Nikkei 225 index fell to 39,811 points from 40,039 points at the close of last Friday.
The market fell 228 points in a single day, a decrease of only 0.56%. This outcome was far better than the Japanese government expected.
Obviously, because of the timely recovery measures taken by the Japanese government, Simon's statements in major mainstream media in North America and Japan also played a role in easing market panic. Therefore, although the turn of the Japanese stock market could not be avoided, it did not suffer the sharp plunge that many people expected.
The situation was stabilized on the first day of trading, and the subsequent response became easier.
Immediately afterwards, on December 6, a new issue of Time magazine, a subsidiary of Time Inc., was released. Simon appeared on the cover of this long-standing political magazine as this year's Person of the Year, which once again aroused media attention and enthusiasm. discussion.
"Time" magazine commented on Simon's becoming this year's Person of the Year as "creating a breathtaking miracle of wealth at an unparalleled speed."
After the news about Cersei Capital's insider information came out last Friday, Time magazine, which had already completed its interview with Simon, temporarily added some quotes from those newspaper press releases. Because of the huge influence of "Time" magazine's Person of the Year, the Japanese stock market even experienced a brief rebound after the opening of the new issue of the magazine the day after it was released.
Finally, as of December 8, the Nikkei 225 Index fell only 636 points in a week, a decrease of only 1.6% compared to last Friday's high of more than 40,000 points.
Although the downward trend of the Japanese stock market is irreversible, the impending storm after the insider information of Cersei's capital operations was revealed last Friday has been completely eliminated.
After speaking out in several newspapers on Monday, Simon has made no public statements about the incident.
Returning to North America, Simon's first stop was New York.
During the return journey with James Raybould and his party, Simon and James discussed the next stage of Westeros' plan to increase its technology stock holdings.
The acquisition of Nokia also consumed the capital that Cersei Capital had retained overseas. Daenerys Entertainment has continued to provide funds to Westeros companies in the past six months. The "mini-crash" of the North American stock market in October also caused many Technology stocks are heading for the low.
Moreover, Windows 3.0 will be released in May next year. Microsoft has officially gained market recognition with this operating system, and its stock price has taken off since then.
Therefore, recent months have also been the last opportunity for Westerosi companies to accumulate Microsoft shares at lower prices.
Simon plans to increase Westeros's shareholding ratio in both Microsoft and Intel to 15%.
As long as this goal can be achieved, based on the memory of the two companies' peak market value of more than 1 trillion US dollars in 2000, this batch of stocks alone can bring Simon a wealth of 150 billion US dollars in the future.
Back in Los Angeles, Nancy Brill told Simon that Nintendo had proactively contacted Daenerys Entertainment about giving Blizzard Studio a special spot. In addition, Nancy also took the opportunity to reach an understanding with Nintendo regarding the acquisition of EA.
However, the acquisition negotiations with EA were not smooth.
Daenerys Entertainment wants to take over EA entirely in order to obtain a complete PC game production and distribution platform. Although EA shareholders have given a very positive response to Daenerys Entertainment's contact, the other party does not want to sell themselves to Daenerys Entertainment, but prefers to only allocate a part of the shares from each major shareholder for sale. Entertain Daenerys.
After several negotiations, Nancy determined that the maximum stake Daenerys Entertainment could obtain was approximately 35%, which was equivalent to the company's stake in Blockbuster.
At the same time, with this batch of shares, Daenerys Entertainment can also become the largest shareholder of EA, almost having absolute control of EA. According to Nancy's judgment, most of EA's shareholders do not mind transferring control to Daenerys Entertainment. They only hope to continue to obtain more benefits from their holdings in EA.
Blizzard Studio is expected to earn more than $100 million in net profit from just one "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" game. This decision by EA shareholders is not surprising at all.
After discussion, this is probably the least expensive and most moderate investment plan.
Negotiations between the two parties have been kept secret. Once the news becomes public and Daenerys Entertainment adopts a hostile merger approach to seek to merge with EA, EA's stock price will definitely double in the short term.
Simon didn't want to acquire EA at an unreasonable price, so he decided to accept this investment plan.
EA will definitely continue to expand in the future. As long as it takes control of this company, Daenerys Entertainment can increase its shareholding ratio in this company in many ways in the future.