After leaving JFK International Airport, the group did not return to Manhattan, but rushed to Greenwich, Connecticut, adjacent to New York.
Greenwich City, located 30 kilometers northeast of Manhattan, has nothing to do with Greenwich Village in midtown Manhattan. If we must compare, it can only be attributed to the lack of naming talent of Westerners.
Compared with Greenwich Village, where artists gather, Greenwich City is a wealthy area as famous as the Upper East Side of Manhattan and East Hampton on Long Island. Many wealthy people often own properties in the Upper East Side and the surrounding Greenwich and East Hampton. They usually live in the Upper East Side during the week and return to their suburban mansions on holidays.
Janet has been helping Simon buy properties privately. While living in New York a few days ago, I once again bought an estate in Greenwich.
Not only that, Janet is continuing to look for real estate in cities on the east and west coasts of the United States, such as Las Vegas, Chicago, Boston, Washington, Miami and other cities. Simon's current net worth is enough to support his original idea of having real estate all over the world.
Before coming to the United States, Sofia Fesi had also purchased a property in Greenwich and planned to send her children to school there. As a well-known wealthy area, Greenwich undoubtedly has the best educational resources on the East Coast.
Coincidentally, the party Simon will attend tonight is also at the Hearst family's mansion near Greenwich.
Several luxury cars traveled through the developed highway network on the East Coast and entered the Greenwich area of Connecticut in less than an hour. The house that Sophia bought for her children was in the center of Greenwich, and Simon's estate was in the northern suburbs. They made an appointment to invite the female executive's family for lunch at noon tomorrow, and everyone went their separate ways.
Simon and his party drove about five kilometers north along the asphalt road in the forest and arrived at a manor on the outskirts of Greenwich.
There is a symbolic low stone wall outside the manor, but the terrain is obviously higher than the asphalt road next to it, making it difficult for pedestrians and vehicles to peek directly inside.
Within the low walls, dense shrubs and tall trees further obscured the interior scene of the manor. These vegetations were not taken care of, which was similar to what Simon saw when he last went to East Hampton to attend a party at Steve Ross’ house. completely different.
The luxury homes in the East Hampton area have neatly trimmed hedge lawns, and on the Greenwich side, the vegetation along the way remains in a natural state.
Simon has always preferred a sense of order in his heart, but has no intention of changing the pattern of the manor here.
Maintaining the natural state is actually a kind of order.
The manor covers an area of more than 30 acres, equivalent to 12 hectares. The overall shape is an irregular quadrilateral, with a length of nearly 500 meters from north to south. The east and west boundaries vary in length. The narrowest point of the northern boundary is less than 100 meters, and it is adjacent to a lake. The boundary is adjacent to an east-west asphalt road with a length of more than 400 meters.
Simon and his party entered the manor from the west entrance. Most of the area inside the manor was covered with vegetation of varying heights. After driving about two hundred meters along the curved asphalt corridor, a European-style villa with a blue roof and white walls appeared. In front of you, there is an annex building seven or eight meters away on the east side of the main villa, which is obviously the residence of servants.
Three cars stopped in front of the main villa, and a group of girls in uniform black suits came up to them.
Janet got out of the car immediately after Simon, took the man's arm and gestured to the seven girls who came forward with a smile, and said: "This will be our housekeeping team for our properties in North America in the future. I personally selected them. Beautiful, right? Europe Sophia is personally responsible for that."
Simon nodded, looking at the seven tall and fair-skinned girls in front of him, and subconsciously said: "They seem a little too young."
Janet pinched Simon's arm dissatisfied: "That's it. If you are not satisfied, you can choose it yourself. I don't care."
The two of them whispered small words, and the short-haired girl with a delicate face and a slightly cold temperament who was walking in the front stretched out her hand to Simon and said: "Hello, Mr. Westeros, I am Alice Ferguson."
Simon shook hands with the girl and said, "Nice to meet you, Alice."
After saying hello, Alice Ferguson turned slightly sideways and took the initiative to help Simon introduce the other six beautiful girls behind her who were obviously eager to try, and said: "Mr. Westeros, they are Mira, Emilia, Naomi, Doris, Isabel, Zoe.”
After quickly introducing them one by one, the new housekeeper turned back to face Simon and said, "Mr. Westeros, let me show you around this villa."
Simon watched with interest as several other girls whose names were not even introduced were blocked by Alice Ferguson. They were obviously too angry to speak out. He nodded with a smile and said, "Okay."
Janet was smiling all the time. After hearing what Alice Ferguson said, she let go of Simon and said, "You go in first, and I will arrange for them to pack their luggage."
Simon did not refuse and walked towards the villa first.
Alice Ferguson followed Simon step by step.
The two walked into the villa, and Simon looked around. The size of this villa was similar to the one he had on the hillside of Los Angeles Palisades. The high-ceilinged double-story villa was taller than some ordinary three-story buildings. The villa was The hall has only one floor, with gorgeous crystal chandeliers hanging directly from the dome.
The entire interior of the villa is decorated in pure white, and the home decorations have obviously been changed, all in the simple style that Simon likes.
After briefly looking around, Simon walked along the spiral staircase on the west side to the second floor.
Alice Ferguson was still following Simon, with no intention of introducing him.
Arriving on the second floor, Simon stood in front of the corridor wall with a smile, looking at a painting painted by Janet herself, and was the first to speak: "How old are you this year?"
"27 years old."
"Which university did you graduate from?"
"Princeton."
Simon withdrew his gaze and continued walking to the side of the corridor, with a bit more dissatisfaction in his tone: "What then?"
Alice Ferguson finally said more and said, "I studied economics and got my PhD two years ago."
"I got a doctorate in economics at the age of 27, which is very impressive."
Alice Ferguson paused and corrected: "25 years old."
"When people ask me from now on, just say I am 27 years old."
"Why?"
"When I say 27 years old, I mean 27 years old."
"… good."
Simon pushed open a door and saw a bedroom in front of him. I saw the floor-to-ceiling windows leading to the terrace and walked in.
Coming to the terrace, Simon stood by the railing and looked at the people who were still busy in front of the villa, and then asked: "What is the topic of your doctoral thesis?"
Alice Ferguson said: "The U.S. foreign trade imbalance caused by Reagan's economic reforms."
"Are you interested in a career in politics?"
"Considered it, but gave up."
"Why?"
“It’s hard for women to make a difference in politics.”
"Not necessarily. Maybe in less than ten years, there will be a female president in the Federation."
"The likelihood of that is close to zero."
"Okay, so why would you want to come work for me?"
"The salary is high enough and you will get better opportunities in the future."
"Um?"
"All the leaders of the four core companies of Westeros are women."
Simon asked with a smile: "Which four? I have invested in so many companies that I can hardly remember them all."
"Daenerys, Melisandre, Ygritte, Cersei."
"Okay, tell me, which of these four companies has the greatest development potential?"
Alice Ferguson hesitated and said, "Daenerys, or Ygritte."
"I'll just let you name one family."
"Igret."
There was some surprise in Simon's eyes. He turned around and leaned against the railing. He looked at the girl in front of him again and said, "In this case, you can serve me as a housekeeper for five years and you can go to Igret. Of course, the premise is But you still have to prove your ability. If I think you are more suitable to be a cleaner in Ygriet, then you can only sweep the floor."
Alice Ferguson pursed her thin lips and said, "I need permission to understand Ygritte's permission."
"No problem. Besides, since you are so smart and can get a doctorate at the age of 27, you should study computer technology in the next few years."
Alice Ferguson said: “I also have a master’s degree in computer science from Princeton University.”
Simon glanced at the girl's fair neck and said, "Are there any other degrees? Let's talk about them?"
"there is none left."
"Then continue studying, and get a doctorate as well. Anyway, you just help me take care of the real estate, and you have a lot of free time." After Simon finished speaking, before the girl could respond, he asked again: "By the way, do you have a boyfriend?" ?”
"No."
"real?"
"I've had several girlfriends."
“…”
Simon was speechless, no wonder he always felt a little strange.
Seeing Simon being choked, Alice Ferguson paused and then added: "However, I do not reject the opposite sex."
Simon nodded, looking at the captured lace in front of him with a bit of aggression on purpose, and said: "I understand, this is a hint."
Alice Ferguson shook her head: "No, this is clear."
Simon was so scared that he raised his hand and said: "Go and lock the bedroom door, I want you now."
Alice Ferguson shook her head: "Not now, today is my dangerous period, and there are no contraceptives in this bedroom. If there is an unexpected pregnancy, I will ask you for all the rights that this child deserves."
Simon insisted bullily: "Don't worry, I know many ways of making love that won't get a woman pregnant."
"I don't accept alternative sexual practices."
Simon clenched his fist, his joints crackling slightly, and said, "I will let you accept it."
Alice Ferguson still looked at Simon and said seriously: "I will bite you."
Well, that's brutal.
Simon noticed that Alice Ferguson occasionally showed her beautiful white teeth when she spoke, but he only felt a chill running down his spine and retreated: "I'll give you 10 seconds to disappear from my eyes."
Alice Ferguson turned her head and looked in the direction of the door, as if calculating whether she could get out of the bedroom in 10 seconds, then nodded to Simon, turned around and walked out with her black high heels. Leaving the bedroom and gently closing the door, the new housekeeper stood at the door and exhaled slowly. The corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and a faint smile appeared on her originally cold face.
There was a sound from the direction of the stairs. Alice Ferguson quickly gathered her mood and walked over.
The two girls each carried a suitcase and walked upstairs. When they saw Alice, they stopped, their eyes clearly showing some caution.
Alice walked up to the two women, looked at them indifferently, and said: "Alison Norris, Betsy Hope, A and B, you will also be under my control from now on."
Alison retorted: "We only follow the boss and we won't listen to you."
Alice said: "This is what Madam means. If you are not satisfied, you can go and talk to Madam."
Alison wanted to say something else, but Betsy pulled her and said, "Madam asked us to move these two boxes into the master bedroom."
Alice nodded, walked to the other side of the corridor, and said, "Follow me."
The party time at the Hearst family was at seven o'clock in the evening, and it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon when Simon and his party arrived in Greenwich. After getting busy and settling in the villa, Simon and Janet quickly set off for the Hearst family mansion.
"You must know about the Spanish-American War. Although it happened a century ago, after almost a hundred years of accumulation, the potential influence of the Hearst family is actually stronger." Those who rushed to the Hearst mansion In the car, Janet and Simon chatted about this matter: "Speaking of which, the influence of the Murdoch family in Australia is similar to that of the Hearst family in North America. In the 1960s, Murdoch wanted to enter the United Kingdom, when Australia was still There are very strict capital controls that do not allow large sums of money to be transferred overseas at will. Do you know what he did?"
"Um?"
"That was in 1968. It happened to be an election year. Murdoch mobilized the strength of the entire News Corporation to help one of the candidates he supported ascend to the throne of prime minister. For this reason, he even moved another, um, I don't know the name. Remember, it was another competitor who slandered him as a Japanese spy. Later, the candidate he supported was elected and soon signed a charter approving News Corporation's investment in the UK."
Simon did not expect that the Murdoch family was already so powerful in Australia in the 1960s, but he quickly asked: "In this case, why did Murdoch fail to prevent the introduction of the media restriction bill and could only sell the seventh TV network?”
Australia's Seventh Television Network, which Johnston Holdings is taking over from Qintex Group, was originally owned by the Murdoch family.
In order to prevent media platforms from controlling public opinion, Australia introduced a media restriction act in the 1970s, which did not allow print media groups to own public television networks. In fact, the same is true here in the United States. Print media giants like the Hearst family can now only get involved in cable TV networks like ESPN. This is the result of the government's deregulation in the 1980s.
Janet said: "Murdoch is too mercenary. He will support anyone who is beneficial to him, and will not hesitate to abandon those who have lost their use value. Therefore, he has always lacked firm allies. In the 1970s, it happened that A Prime Minister who had been squeezed by News Corp for a long time came to power, and then he was unlucky. My grandfather said that Murdoch was a businessman without a position, and he could cooperate, but that was it."
Simon's memory of the eavesdropping scandal came to mind. That incident boiled down to a collective backlash among British politicians after they had been suppressed by News Corporation for a long time.
Thinking about this, Simon asked again: "Rupert Murdoch should also be involved in the abolition of inheritance tax in Australia, right?"
"My grandfather was responsible for liaison and coordination at the time. The Murdoch family, the Fairfax family, the Parker family and many other forces were involved." Janet seemed unwilling to say more about this matter and quickly changed the subject. Said: "In addition, it is a coincidence that the Hearst family has always been a supporter of the Democratic Party, which will also help us establish more cooperative relations."