Simon and Janet left home early together and rushed from Malibu to meet Catherine in Santa Monica.
After everyone had breakfast together, Simon sent the two women to Los Angeles International Airport.
The time is Monday, August 27th.
Janet is flying to New York to busy herself with Cersei Capital.
During this time, Catherine has completed the filming of "Point Break" and is still staying on the West Coast for post-production. The opportunity this time was for the New York Film Festival in September, where women were invited to serve on the jury.
After saying goodbye, the Boeing 767 roared into the sky on the airport runway.
After the plane stabilized, Catherine unbuckled her seatbelt and subconsciously looked through the porthole to the ground. Los Angeles International Airport was not in sight, so it was naturally impossible to see a figure beside the runway.
He must have left.
He looks so busy all day long.
Janet also unbuckled her seat belt, noticed Catherine's gaze, smiled and glanced out the window, and said, "You start to miss her so soon?"
Catherine glared at Janet gently: "Don't make such a joke, you are all married."
Janet bared her teeth and smiled, rang the bell to summon C-girl Claire Gein, asked for a glass of water, and asked Catherine what she wanted to drink.
Also just asking for a glass of water, Catherine saw Janet getting up and walking to the large couch on the other side to sit down, and then turned on the TV without getting up.
This is the living room on the upper level of the front cabin of a Boeing 767.
Although Simon still dislikes it a little, it is already very luxurious in Catherine's eyes. Even now, I can still occasionally see some people criticizing him for being too extravagant about this plane in newspapers.
However, considering the recent articles in the media discussing his latest net worth, such a plane seems to be nothing.
The "Los Angeles Times" reported two days ago that due to the sudden outbreak of the Kuwait War, Cersei Capital made billions of dollars in profits by relying on the operation of the crude oil futures market. The Forbes 400 Richest List of America was originally to be launched this month. In order to dig out Simon's more detailed asset figures, the release of this year's list was also deliberately postponed.
Claire brought two glasses of water, and Catherine whispered thank you. After Girl C left, she also took back her previous thoughts and asked Janet next to her: "Jenny, you fly between New York and Los Angeles every week. Is it really okay to fly away?"
Janet was lying on the couch looking at a piece of information in an awkward manner. Hearing what Catherine said, he knew the subtext of her words, so she shook her head and said, "No."
Catherine thought Janet didn't understand what she was doing, so she had to point it out and said, "You and Simon have only been married for less than half a year?"
Janet supported her upper body and raised and lowered her two bare feet behind her. After a moment, she said, "Kate, you little bastard is only 22 years old."
"Um?"
"If I were 22 years old, I would definitely wait for the day when he really wanted to get married before marrying him. But... you know, I can't wait any longer, so I will tie him up first. However, he In fact, I’m not ready yet.”
Catherine understood.
Cersei Capital wants to set up a branch in Los Angeles, and even locate its headquarters here, so that Janet doesn't have to run around. It's completely easy. However, Janet did this just to leave some personal space for Simon, who was actually not ready to accept married life.
Can't help but think of myself.
as well as.
The initial initial.
Although she knew that it was impossible for her and that little man to be together, it would be a complete lie to say that she really didn't have any grudge against Janet for stepping in to snatch him away.
However, Janet did love him more than herself.
At least, if she really married him, she would never accommodate him and other women.
Um.
Maybe, not so sure.
Thinking of what Janet once said, how could such an outstanding man like him only have one woman.
Changing the topic and chatting casually with Janet, Catherine also took out information about the films nominated for this New York Film Festival from her bag to pass the time.
After a while, Janet called Claire again, handed her the information she had just read, and said: "To hell with Hawker Beach, find another company. In addition, we also want our advance payment back, one penny." Nothing less.”
Claire hesitated and asked carefully: "Ms. Westeros, what's the reason?"
Janet waved her hand to chase them away and said, "Let them find it themselves."
Claire had no choice but to leave holding the information.
Catherine waited for Lady C to leave before asking, "What's wrong?"
Janet picked up the water glass on the coffee table and sat down opposite Catherine. She drank some water and said, "Simon and I plan to build two private hangars at the Los Angeles Airport to store and maintain the several private jets we have. Hawker Beechcraft actually made a budget of US$35 million, which was twice what I expected. They wanted to slaughter the fat sheep, so I had to make them not make a penny."
Catherine smiled, roughly understanding what kind of company Janet was talking about Hawker Beechcraft.
But I was a little curious and asked: "Can a private hangar be built at Los Angeles International Airport?"
Janet nodded and said in a rich-female tone: "Of course you can, as long as you have enough money."
Catherine couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Speaking of this matter, Simon actually wants to build his own private airport.
However, this was too conspicuous in the short term, so we simply chose to cooperate with Los Angeles International Airport.
The entire Westeros system, including Simon's Boeing 767 and the Gulfstream IV originally bought and given to the Westeros company, as well as private jets rented by Daenerys Entertainment and Gucci, already has 4 private aircraft. There will be more aircraft in the future, so it is still necessary to build a private hangar in Los Angeles and form a dedicated service team.
Although cooperation with Los Angeles International Airport is a bit troublesome, as Janet said, as long as the money is enough, nothing is impossible.
After seeing off the two women, Simon rushed to Daenerys Studios.
A high-level meeting will be held in the morning to discuss all aspects of the company's development plans for the second half of the year.
Arriving at the large conference room in Building 1 of the studio’s administrative area, Amy Pascal, Robert Egger, Nancy Brill, Ella Deutschman, Danny Morris, Robert Rehm, Mark Belford and other Daenerys Entertainment executives have arrived early, and even Stan Lee, who is in charge of Marvel, is here today.
When Simon came in, everyone was gathering around and chatting animatedly.
Seeing Simon appear, everyone stepped forward to say hello. Simon greeted everyone and casually asked Amy, "What are you talking about?"
Amy handed over a copy of the latest Forbes magazine, and did not forget to add: "I have to make it clear first, Simon, it was not me who revealed the news."
Forbes magazine is a weekly magazine, with one issue every week.
However, although this magazine is famous, it is not on Simon's reading list. If there are any articles that require Simon's attention, the female assistant will often sort them out for him to read.
Recently, Forbes contacted Simon again, hoping that he could cooperate with the new year's rich list statistics, but Simon refused as usual.
Taking the magazine from Amy, Simon motioned for everyone to sit down, and he also sat down at the conference table.
Looking at the page of the magazine in his hand, he saw an eye-catching bolded title: 'The Billionaire Executive Club'.
I quickly glanced at the content.
Forbes has obviously done a lot of 'work' during this period. The article accurately examined Daenerys Entertainment's financial data for the first half of the year and Cersei Capital's profits in the crude oil futures market some time ago.
However, the focus of the current article is the expected 1990 salaries of several partners at Cersei Fund Management and Amy Pascal at Daenerys Entertainment.
Based on known data, "Forbes" magazine judged that in 1990, in the entire Westeros system, excluding Simon and his wife, there will be seven other people who can earn an income of 100 million U.S. dollars. The six partners each hold 5% of the shares of Xi Fund Management Company, as well as Amy Pascal, who can receive 5% of Daenerys Entertainment’s annual profits plus an equal amount of equity awards.
When "Forbes" magazine announced with great fanfare that this year's list of the 400 richest people in the United States and the world's richest list would be postponed due to Simon's personal reasons, many media began to dig into the asset and financial figures of the entire Westeros system.
The more statistics there are, the more people are stunned.
The calculation in front of us by Forbes magazine is basically the same as the facts, but compared with many recent eye-catching exposure materials, it is actually not too dazzling.
certainly.
For a large group of executives in the conference room who were at roughly the same level as Amy, it was obviously a different feeling.
With an annual income of over 100 million, this is definitely a miracle for a professional manager.
Anyone with a little bit of ambition would probably not be indifferent to this.
Pressing the magazine in front of him, Simon glanced at everyone in the conference room and said: "I think you all know that the content of this report is true. You are not familiar with Cersei Fund Management Company, Amy and everyone are very We’re familiar with each other.”
Simon personally determined that even with partial confirmation from Amy, there was still some commotion in the office.
Raising his hand to suppress it, Simon continued: "I can only say that the current annual salary of 100 million US dollars is just the beginning. The entire Westeros system is very big, very big, enough for you to display your talents, and it will not There are only a few positions with an annual income of over 100 million. People in the circle now think that I am very harsh on stars and unwilling to provide them with the same high salaries as other studios. In fact, it is not because I am unwilling to pay, I just I will give you a price that I think is reasonable. The same goes for you. As long as you pay enough for this company, I will be happy to pay any of you an annual salary of over 100 million."
If this kind of promise were made by other companies, everyone would probably regard it as a blank check. However, sitting in the conference room at this time, no one felt that Simon was just making empty promises.
Therefore, until the meeting ended at noon, many people were still immersed in a certain mood of complacency.
After lunch, Simon and Stan Lee, who still hadn't left, went to the office loft area on the second floor of the studio, where the Marvel West Coast team had already moved.
With the success of "Batman Begins" and the expansion of the DC movie universe, the Marvel Entertainment team has proposed to Simon more than once to develop Marvel superhero movies, and Simon has never let go.
Under the current conditions, it may be okay to select and develop one or two Marvel superhero solo movies, but if you want to create a Marvel movie universe, the special effects technology at this time cannot support it at all.
However, after several discussions, Simon finally approved a compromise plan. Agree to develop a Marvel superhero animated movie just like DC did in the original time and space.
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The more statistics there are, the more people are stunned.
The calculation in front of us by Forbes magazine is basically the same as the facts, but compared with many recent eye-catching exposure materials, it is actually not too dazzling.
certainly.
For a large group of executives in the conference room who were at roughly the same level as Amy, it was obviously a different feeling.
With an annual income of over 100 million, this is definitely a miracle for a professional manager.
Anyone with a little bit of ambition would probably not be indifferent to this.
Pressing the magazine in front of him, Simon glanced at everyone in the conference room and said: "I think you all know that the content of this report is true. You are not familiar with Cersei Fund Management Company, Amy and everyone are very We’re familiar with each other.”
Simon personally determined that even with partial confirmation from Amy, there was still some commotion in the office.
Raising his hand to suppress it, Simon continued: "I can only say that the current annual salary of 100 million US dollars is just the beginning. The entire Westeros system is very big, very big, enough for you to display your talents, and it will not There are only a few positions with an annual income of over 100 million. People in the circle now think that I am very harsh on stars and unwilling to provide them with the same high salaries as other studios. In fact, it is not because I am unwilling to pay, I just I will give you a price that I think is reasonable. The same goes for you. As long as you pay enough for this company, I will be happy to pay any of you an annual salary of over 100 million."
If this kind of promise were made by other companies, everyone would probably regard it as a blank check. However, sitting in the conference room at this time, no one felt that Simon was just making empty promises.
After lunch, Simon and Stan Lee, who still hadn't left, came to the office loft area on the second floor of the studio. The Marvel West Coast team had already arrived.
After lunch, Simon and Stan Lee, who still hadn't left, went to the office loft area on the second floor of the studio, where the Marvel West Coast team had already moved.
With the success of "Batman Begins" and the expansion of the DC movie universe, the Marvel Entertainment team has proposed to Simon more than once to develop Marvel superhero movies, and Simon has never let go.
Under the current conditions, it may be okay to select and develop one or two Marvel superhero solo movies, but if you want to create a Marvel movie universe, the special effects technology at this time cannot support it at all.
Under the current conditions, it may be okay to select and develop one or two Marvel superhero solo movies, but if you want to create a Marvel movie universe, the special effects technology at this time cannot support it at all.
Under the current conditions, it may be okay to select and develop one or two Marvel superhero solo movies, but if you want to create a Marvel movie universe, the special effects technology at this time cannot support it at all.
Under the current conditions, it may be okay to select and develop one or two Marvel superhero solo movies, but if you want to create a Marvel movie universe, the special effects technology at this time cannot support it at all.