"Thelma and Louise" directed by Catherine has a obviously more rough atmosphere.
Of course, being rough doesn't mean it's rough, it just gives people a sharper, colder feeling.
The yellow sand of the desert, the desperate situation, and the more straightforward and wanton flying as the plot progresses, make it difficult for the audience to see that this is the work of a female director.
However, the director is still a woman.
Therefore, the new version of "Thelma and Louise" highlights feminism more clearly.
Fortunately, under Simon's constant influence, Catherine gave up the deliberate preaching in her original works and focused more on subtly expressing certain views through stories.
During the initial discussions, Catherine once hoped that the two heroines would eventually succeed in escaping into Mexico.
However, in the final version, Thelma and Louise drove off the cliff, thus sacrificing a complete story.
After finishing the test screening and discussing the announcements for the last two months, Simon took Catherine back to the Dume Point Manor. It was already past six o'clock.
Notifying Catherine in advance that she would come over today, Janet had already asked people to start preparing dinner.
After returning home and greeting Catherine affectionately, Janet told another story.
The lawsuit against Matthew Broderick and others is finally concluded today.
During this period, the investigation and litigation of the original attack case have been the focus of the media, but Simon himself did not spend much thought on this small matter.
The Santa Monica Police Department formally briefed the media on its findings last week after a months-long investigation.
In fact, the truth of the matter has long been obvious.
The Los Angeles District Court officially announced the verdict today based on the investigation results and the prosecution content of both parties.
The prosecution of six people, Matthew Broderick and Mark Stein, was completely dismissed.
In response to Simon's lawsuit, the six people were sentenced to compensation ranging from US$5 million to US$1 million for defamation and a total of 600 hours of community service. They were also prohibited from publicly discussing any matters related to Simon.
In addition, because the two parties initially signed a settlement agreement privately, Simon did not file an intentional injury lawsuit, so the original assault case was ignored by the court.
If she hadn't been pregnant, Janet would not have given up so easily.
Now, with a little life pregnant in her belly, the woman no longer has the desire to chase after him.
Moreover, the million-dollar compensation amount will basically wipe out the wealth of several people. Three of the six people cannot afford the compensation at all, and can only bear such a civil compensation debt for a long time. Unless you pay off this compensation in the future, you will never be able to turn around for the rest of your life.
When dinner began, this trivial matter to Simon now had been completely revealed.
After having dinner together, and being dragged by Janet to talk until more than nine o'clock, Catherine resolutely rejected Janet's suggestion to invite her to stay overnight, got up and left.
After the only time the three of them had been ridiculous together, the woman never let Simon succeed again.
Janet is already three months pregnant, so she can actually do some things.
However, to be on the safe side, the woman had no intention of letting Simon touch her, and Simon had no intention of teasing the pregnant woman. During this time, I just took my female assistant to Los Angeles for some intimacy, or for a little hunting like last Saturday.
Although he would not treat himself badly when it comes to matters between men and women, Simon is actually very restrained.
I spent most of the weekend with Janet discussing establishing a private medical center in Malibu.
The thought arose mainly because of pregnancy.
During this period, the woman had bought a plot of land in the mountains north of Dume Point Manor, and even registered the name, Westeros Medical Center.
However, building a top-notch private medical center is certainly not something that can be done in a day or two. It will not be available even when the baby is born, so this is mainly a plan for the future.
Basically, it's an investment with little return, roughly like the Johnston family-funded medical center in Melbourne.
After discussion, Simon decided that this medical center would be mainly used to serve the management of the entire Westeros system, and would be supported by the Simon & Janet Westeros Foundation. In the future, some special medical centers would be established for research. Medical institutions.
Many charity projects sponsored by Western wealthy people often cover the 'medical' aspect, and to a large extent they still serve themselves.
David Rockefeller, the third generation of the Rockefeller family, lived to be 101 years old and had six heart transplants in his life.
These 'six hearts' are precisely where the Rockefeller family has accumulated a rich heritage in medical philanthropy. Ordinary emerging rich people, even if their wealth far exceeds that of the established Rockefeller family, are unlikely to be able to gather six matching hearts to replace themselves.
Due to the time difference between the east and west coasts, in order not to miss Monday morning's schedule, Simon left Los Angeles early on Sunday afternoon and flew to New York.
A new week has begun, and at the same time it has entered July 1991.
Simon spent all day Monday attending investment meetings at Cersei Capital.
Janet withdrew from the management of Cersei Capital due to pregnancy, but the company's development and expansion did not stop.
Many investment bank funds on Wall Street have not yet emerged from the economic downturn in the United States caused by the collapse of the bond market in the past two years. Therefore, Cersei Capital, which bucked the trend, can basically be said to be the most active investment company on Wall Street.
In the first half of the year, taking advantage of the economic turmoil caused by the Gulf War, Cersei Fund Management Company made a total of more than 2 billion US dollars in profits from the oil and stock markets.
Apollo Management, which is responsible for private equity investment, also established a venture fund of up to US$1 billion at the beginning of the year focusing on investment in new technology fields. It is also constantly looking for investments in various projects in other fields.
Right now is the time when the U.S. real estate market was at its most depressed in the early 1990s. Due to the collapse of the bond market in the past two years, major U.S. banks withdrew a large number of real estate-related assets and bond portfolios.
Because it is certain that the U.S. real estate market will recover rapidly in the next few years, just last month, Apollo Management Company, together with Black Rock Asset Management Company headed by Lawrence Fink, took a lump sum of 1.5 billion in auctions from major banks. U.S. dollar real estate-related assets and bonds.
Simon's stay in New York was mainly to discuss several recent investment projects of Apollo Management Company.
Among them, the most important one is to invest in the top cosmetics company Estee Lauder.
After Ron Perelman swallowed up Revlon, Estee Lauder's most important competitor, with his small power, Revlon was gradually left behind by Estee Lauder over the years because Perelman was not good at business management.
Simon also knows that Estee Lauder will grow into a super giant in the cosmetics industry with a market value of US$50 billion in many years.
At that time, Revlon had been completely forgotten.
In fact, Estee Lauder is also very suitable as a member of the 'Melisandre Company', one of the four women under the Westeros system, because the positioning of this company is actually also a luxury product. However, the Lauder family, the founding family of Estee Lauder, still firmly controls the company, and Estee Lauder is not listed. It is impossible for Simon to acquire Estee Lauder.
With this investment, Apollo Management will acquire a non-voting 10% stake in Estee Lauder with US$250 million.
Estee Lauder's revenue in 1990 was US$1.8 billion and net profit was US$81 million.
The $2.5 billion valuation seemed high, but Simon knew it was well worth it.
Estee Lauder plans to use the funds to complete the acquisition of another cosmetics company and increase investment in product marketing.
Simon actually wanted to invest directly in the name of Melisandre Company. However, Estee Lauder was probably wary of the strength of the Westeros system, so she chose Apollo Management Company as a compromise. Of course, the high valuation of US$2.5 billion is also another important reason.
Melisandre Company needs a few years to digest the newly purchased Van Cleef & Arpels, and Simon did not insist on the choice of Estee Lauder.
In the plan, Estee Lauder will also conduct an IPO in the next few years, and Apollo Management will often choose to cash out during the company's IPO process and complete a private equity operation.
In a few years, the debt burden of the Westeros system will no longer be as heavy as it is now, and Estee Lauder will also have enough buffer time. When Melisandre takes over the 10% equity from Apollo Management Company, everything will be fine. It seems logical.
After the day's work, dinner was invited by Morgan Stanley CEO Richard Fisher.
At seven o'clock, Simon rushed to a French restaurant in midtown Manhattan. Richard Fisher had already arrived early.
The two discussed various details of AOL's listing while dining.
Towards the end, Richard Fisher brought up a topic again.
"Simon, according to recent market feedback, 22.5 million AOL shares are completely unable to meet market demand. Since you are unwilling to increase the issuance share, how about we add a green shoe plan?"
Simon smiled and looked at Richard Fisher: "Green shoes?"
"Yes, the green shoe plan, the specifics are like this..."
Simon raised the tableware in his hand to stop Richard Fisher's explanation and said: "Charlie, I know what the green shoe plan is. However, for AOL, this is no different from increasing the share issuance ratio. I am Wouldn’t agree.”
The green shoe plan in the corporate IPO process is generally a protective mechanism to deal with the uncertainty in the IPO process.
To put it simply, if the market is very promising and the stock price rises after the listing of the new shares, the IPO company will issue an additional amount of shares not exceeding 15% of the new shares to investors, so as to raise more funds. If the market declines, in order to maintain the stock price and avoid a situation such as a stock price break, the IPO company will use the funds previously raised to repurchase a certain share of the stock from the market.
Richard Fisher proposed a green shoe plan at this time, apparently still hoping that Simon could issue more AOL shares.
In fact, even the 15% issuance ratio this time is a bit too much for Simon.
If possible, Simon would prefer to issue only 10%.
However, in order to prevent too few circulating shares in the market from affecting the activity of AOL stock trading and thus affecting AOL's stock price, Simon determined the new share issuance ratio at 15% after repeated discussions.
Moreover, there is actually another reason for doing this.
AOL monopolizes the ISP market in the most prosperous states on the east and west coasts of the United States, which is actually easy to resent.
Issuing slightly more shares to various investors in the United States can also reduce some unnecessary troubles in antitrust and other aspects that may be encountered in the future.
In this regard, Microsoft and Facebook in Simon's memory are the best examples.
Because of its monopoly, Microsoft was in a state of turmoil throughout the 1990s, and was almost split up at one point.
In Simon's view, the main reason is that Microsoft's equity is too concentrated. Bill Gates and Paul Allen still held more than half of Microsoft's stocks until 2000. Such a huge wealth is in the hands of two people. With such a strong monopoly advantage, other American capital forces will naturally not be willing to give in.
Subsequently, when Damen students continued to reduce their holdings of Microsoft stocks, Microsoft gradually became a publicly held company jointly held by many types of investment banking funds in the United States. Microsoft never encountered major antitrust troubles in North America.
Later, Facebook became a publicly held company early on. During the data leakage scandal that shocked the world, the media exaggerated that Facebook was going to collapse almost minute by minute. Xiaozha resigned and was fined several trillions.
Final Results.
It's just a congressional hearing that looks like a joke.
When everyone thought they were going to see a fierce attack on Zuckerberg by a large number of congressmen, for four hours, all they heard was, 'My granddaughter is a loyal Facebook user and wants your signature.' Ah, 'please explain what big data is' are not nutritious questions.
In the final analysis, because a large number of pension funds, insurance funds, investment banks and other institutions in the United States hold Facebook stocks, as long as the US government does not have a headache, it is impossible to really bring down Facebook, even if the punishment is slightly heavier.
In order to avoid being in the same situation as Microsoft in the 1990s, Simon will continue to list high-quality companies in the Westeros system, and at the same time continue to reduce his shareholding ratio in these companies. can be used for other investments.
Ultimately, Simon hopes to achieve a system that integrates the entire Westeros system into the American economic system.
By then, if suppressing the Westeros system means suppressing the American economy, Simon does not believe that he will encounter the same troubles as his classmates.
However, this is not now.
For a new technology company like AOL, which is expected to hit a giant with a market value of 100 billion, it is really unwise to sell a large number of shares when it is only valued at 3 billion US dollars.
Therefore, Simon rejected Richard Fisher's suggestion without hesitation.
They all had the idea of making good friends with each other. Although Richard Fisher's purpose was not achieved, the dinner was quite enjoyable.
After dinner, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening on the East Coast of the United States.
Simon left the restaurant and drove directly to JFK International Airport.
There is a seven-hour time difference between New York and London, and the flight from the east coast of the United States to the United Kingdom is approximately eight hours.
Simon now takes off and takes a nap on the plane. When he arrives in London, it will happen to be noon local time on Tuesday.
After boarding the Boeing 767 private plane, he was greeted by Alice Ferguson, the housekeeper who would fly to Europe with Simon this time. With a slight coldness in her expression, she reminded him that Ms. Jenna had been waiting for more than half an hour.
Ever since what happened last Saturday, the housekeeper has acted coldly in front of her ridiculous boss, saying, "I want to keep my distance from you."
Simon stopped, stretched out his hand to catch the housekeeper's delicate little face, and patiently made an upward arc on the corner of her mouth that satisfied him. Then he nodded to himself, and then warned: "Don't you dare to use this kind of thing again?" If you look at me with a bad face, your salary will be deducted."
The housekeeper blinked a few times quickly after Simon let go of her face.
Then.
Obviously I didn't think of anything then.
Do you want to resign
Do you want to slap him back
Should I sue him for harassment
Obviously.
None of it works.
Then, he could only lower the raised corners of his mouth again and glare at him, showing that he was very unhappy.
Simon ignored the housekeeper and ordered, "Let the crew prepare for takeoff. In addition, bring me a pot of coffee and last weekend's box office report."
Alice blinked a few more times.
Take off directly
Do you want to take that woman to Europe
Seeing her boss walking towards the cabin, the housekeeper followed him step by step, then stopped and turned around to do her own thing.
Simon came to the living room in the middle of the plane. Kris Jenner, who was sitting on the sofa, immediately stood up and greeted her with a somewhat flattering smile: "Simon, you... okay."
Kris Jenner wore a light blue blouse and tight-fitting white casual pants today, showing off her mature and plump figure. In the 1980s, many Western women were not inclined to tan themselves, and the woman in front of me had very fair skin.
Without responding to the woman's greeting, Simon looked her over and continued walking to the forward cabin, saying, "Follow me."
Kris Jenner didn't understand what Simon was thinking, so she got up with some anxiety, carried her satchel and followed her to the front cabin of the Boeing 767.
Entering the living room on the upper level of the front cabin, Simon casually sat down on the sofa, looked at the woman who followed him, and said, "I heard that you are familiar with me?"
Kris Jenner didn't dare to sit down without a man's signal. When she heard Simon's question, her guilty expression became more flattering. She subconsciously took a step forward and noticed the man's stopping eyes. He stopped quickly and said nonchalantly: "I, Simon, I'm sorry."
After saying this, Kris Jenner relaxed again when she thought about her situation at this time.
If this little man is dissatisfied because she got the chance to play "Wives of New York" under his guise, he doesn't need to see her at all.
Now, things seem clear.
So he pointed to the seat next to Simon, with a slightly provocative look on his face, and said, "Simon, can I sit down?"
Simon shook his head: "Stand."
The woman could only continue to stand and watch the man leisurely pick up a magazine and flip through it, not knowing what would happen next.
However, considering what happened at the beginning of the year, no matter what, she will still get the chance to play "Wives of New York".
A few months ago, her ex-husband suddenly stopped her credit card and they divorced.
Because of the prenuptial agreement, she basically received nothing. After being a housewife for so many years, she found that she could do nothing but continue to be a housewife.
I can only marry another man soon.
However, she didn't want to experience that feeling of suddenly having nothing again.
Therefore, when recruiting the heroine for "Wives of New York", she learned that she had little chance of being selected, so she took the risk of using the name of the little man in front of her. She used to pay great attention to the series "The Housewives of Beverly Hills". The housewives who participated in this reality show not only gained fame and status, but some also developed good careers as a result.
Worst of all, you will be paid for participating in this series of reality shows.
It is said that in the latest season of "The Housewives of Beverly Hills" this fall, the single-season salary of several protagonists has increased to US$250,000, which is already a very considerable amount of income.
Even the latest "Wives of New York" has a salary of US$100,000 per season.
Not to mention, she's confident enough to do something else like the Housewives of Beverly Hills and use the fame that comes with the reality show to do something else.
The housekeeper came in with coffee and the box office report for the past weekend. Before leaving, she glanced at the woman standing at the door, thought for a moment and asked, "Boss, do you want to take off immediately?"
Simon raised his head and glanced at Kris Jenner: "Do you want to go to Europe with me?"
Kris Jenner opened her mouth.
If it was just tonight, she would have already found a reason.
However, she had never thought about going to Europe.
only.
If you don't go, will you lose the opportunity to participate in the show
Simon noticed the woman's hesitation and said, "You don't need to get off the plane. I will take you back as soon as you arrive in London."
Kris Jenner counted the time, hesitated, and finally nodded.
Alice watched the woman nod, said nothing, turned and left the front cabin.