Due to the time difference, when Simon arrived in New York, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon on the East Coast.
However, not only was the two-day weekend schedule fully booked, Simon had to start a series of work as soon as he landed, and he also had to attend a party organized by James Raybould's house in the evening.
Mainly to communicate with a series of partners in the Westeros company.
Simon didn't like attending these business dinners, but he had to attend them.
The low profile of many super rich people is actually just a low profile in front of the public. If they are too low-key among everyone, it is impossible to achieve a career.
Simon rarely appears in the media on his own initiative now, but the social network around him continues to expand.
Inside an apartment on Fifth Avenue.
I talked with the person in charge of the construction of the Westeros Building for an hour about the progress of the project. By the time the other person left, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.
Girl A chose a suit from the cloakroom and went to the living room on the first floor of the apartment. She showed it to Simon and confirmed that the man had no objection. Then she and Girl B took the suit out of the dust bag and served it directly in the living room. Simon puts it on.
Finally, standing in front of her boss wearing a tie, Girl A lowered her eyes and asked softly: "Boss, do you want to eat something first?"
"No," Simon shook his head and said, "Also, call Jerry Hall and ask her if she is free to come over tonight."
"Okay," Girl A nodded slightly, hesitated and then asked, "What if Ms. Hall is not free?"
"Isn't Victoria's Secret currently auditioning? Help me pick two."
The first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was held in Los Angeles, mainly to facilitate Simon's personal follow-up.
The location of this year’s second show is confirmed to be New York. The fashion atmosphere on the East Coast is stronger than that in Los Angeles, and it is easier to spread influence to the other side of the Atlantic.
Girl A agreed again.
After sending her boss away, Girl B suddenly said with some self-pity: "Aren't we not attractive at all?"
Girl A just rolled her eyes at Girl B, then went to the living room to sort out the clothes that Simon had changed, then went to a small office on the first floor dedicated to them, opened her laptop, checked her address book, and took He got up and dialed the phone on his desk.
The phone was connected, and I chatted with the other party politely but somewhat formulaically for a while, agreed on a time, and then hung up the phone.
Girl B, who had changed into a long black skirt, walked in. Seeing that Alison had finished her work, she asked: "A, do you want to change clothes?"
Girl A shook her head: "No need."
It was just going out for dinner, and Alison didn't plan on spending a lot of money.
The two women left the apartment together. The car was waiting downstairs. It was the driver of Simon's team.
As the closest maids to the Simons, not only do they receive high salaries, but the treatment they receive on daily basis is astonishingly good. In addition to private drivers, the girls can also use the Westeros system in addition to the Boeing 767. other than private jets.
The Indian girl Aaliyah Makheji, who first came to the Westeros family as Janet's yoga teacher, initially had a sense of superiority in front of Alison and the others, but gradually realized that the girls were treated like princesses. , offered to Janet to become a member of the maid team.
The driver drove from the Fifth Avenue Apartments, went south around 59th Street, and came to the Jean-Georges Restaurant in the southwest corner of Central Park.
This is a famous restaurant where many superstars and celebrities in Manhattan often dine. If ordinary people want to dine here, they usually reserve a seat a few days in advance and come directly. They often wait for several hours and there is no guarantee that there will be a seat. However, these two women just come. I made a phone call before.
The same is true for the personal maid of the Westeros family.
In the Jean-Georges restaurant, the two girls, led by the usher, passed through the front hall of a large group of men and women waiting eagerly for their meals, and went directly to a window seat overlooking Central Park.
Seeing where the two women were sitting, some of the diners who were originally dazzled by the sight of two pretty girls with scores above 80 couldn't help but restrain their expressions.
Manhattan is small, but there is a very strict class hierarchy everywhere.
The actions of some famous restaurants in this area are precisely the details that best reflect this class level.
Some people at the top of the pyramid can get the best seats in any restaurant with just a phone call.
Followed closely, if you have a certain amount of wealth, fame and connections, it is very easy to book a seat. Of course, the best seats depend on luck, and it does not always work. The seats are too tight or the time is too long. Even if it is tight, there will be times when you hit a wall.
The rest of the people, just follow the rules.
In such a circle, ordinary white-collar workers with gold or silver collars can only be considered at the bottom.
Therefore, the identities of these two beautiful girls who can occupy the best seats by the window during the busiest dining period of the Jean-Georges restaurant are inevitably reminiscent of each other.
In crowded Manhattan, especially in this circle on both sides of Central Park, the ratio of men to women reaches 1:2. In a small area of just a few square kilometers, a group of the world's top vases are gathered, always waiting for some opportunity to rise to the top.
However, even in the eyes of many discerning guests, the two girls sitting by the window of the Jean-Georges restaurant are more likely to be wealthy daughters of some old money families in the Upper East Side. , and it is absolutely impossible to think that this is just a maid beside a certain guy.
Some other beautiful girls who were carefully placed beside the man looked at the two women with unconcealed envy and even jealousy.
This is not because the people around him looked away.
In order to keep the vases pleasing to the eye, Janet spends $200,000 on the decoration and maintenance of each girl every year. Such an investment to maintain her personal image is difficult for even many pampered wealthy wives in the Upper East Side to afford.
After ordering the meal, when the waiter with an unusually respectful attitude left, Girl B turned her head and scanned around lightly, and naturally received a few active and kind smiles.
Looking away, Girl B took a small breath and said to Alison: "Many times I feel that it would be great if this kind of life could last forever."
Alison took a sip of red wine and said, "It's absolutely okay. Madam doesn't mind if we stay here after five years."
"But, I hope to be like C," Girl B said: "I heard that the latest generation of iCam is even more popular. Her current net worth has exceeded 200 million US dollars. I also hope to have a lot of money, and, You know."
Alison was silent.
In this world, there is never anything that does not require payment.
Girls can enjoy such treatment, of course, they also need to pay enough.
In this position, although there is no shortage of vacations and private time, in essence, they basically have no private life of their own, and there is no way to talk about love and family. Once something happens, they can only leave.
At the end of last year, one of the girls brought out by the housekeeper met a man in a bar and had a one-night stand. The next day, she was even fired in the hotel room. The girl was never seen again.
This is actually not the first one.
There were also girls who were bribed by some people with ulterior motives, who wanted to pry into the privacy of the Westeros couple. The two parties had just negotiated a price and were soon discovered.
Then it disappeared completely.
Gradually, the more sensitive girls realized that there must be 'eyes' watching around them.
The Simons never treat those around them as harshly as other employers.
However, the girls all understand.
My boss has never been a kind and trusting man.
My boss's wife is not an easy woman to get along with.
Therefore, there are actually many red lines around them.
Within the red line, for them, it is the happy castle in fairy tales.
However, once the red line is crossed, there is no chance of going back, and those who cross the line will be eliminated immediately.
The Westeros family has quickly accumulated hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth in just a few years. If they didn't take enough precautions against the people around them, they would have been devoured by the successive coveters and be riddled with holes.
However, for girls, this fairy tale castle surrounded by evil dragons is irresistible.
Staying in the castle, they lost a lot, but actually gained more.
It's just that the life of being a superior person is probably the ultimate pursuit of countless gold-digger girls in Manhattan.
Not only that, if they leave this castle, they will lose everything in front of them, but they may not be able to gain more.
Although the housekeeper and girl C have both reached a higher level after crossing the international threshold, the girls do not lack self-awareness. Both women were obviously supported by Simon personally. Although they also have opportunities, they may not be able to transform them. for success.
Unless that man is willing to help them like the housekeeper and Lady C.
Just is this possible
Maybe.
Maybe not.
who knows
The risk of taking a gamble is very high.
The man they could only look up to forever was like the king in ancient times, powerful and fickle.
The longer the 10 million U.S. dollar vase fund stays in the Westeros family, the more insignificant it becomes to them. You know, the kind of life they are living now is simply beyond the reach of ordinary rich people with a family worth of US$10 million.
After a while, the waiter served the dinner. The two women picked up the tableware and then changed the topic.
"A, what do you think of the material I showed you last time?"
Although they were struggling with whether to leave, Yiqian girls never gave up trying to start a business using the vase fund given by Simon.
Girl B has planned a plan during this time.
Utilize the rapidly emerging Internet media to create a high-end financial information and trading platform similar to Bloomberg.
Girl B studied finance in college and stayed with Simon. Because she had plenty of free time on weekdays, she also obtained a master's degree in economics from Stanford through part-time graduate studies in the past few years.
When Alison heard Girl B mention it, she shook her head and said, "If you start from scratch, this is simply impossible."
Girl B said: "Michael Bloomberg started from scratch, and coincidentally, his entrepreneurial capital at the time was also US$10 million."
Alison said: "However, before establishing Bloomberg, Bloomberg worked on Wall Street for a long time. Not only did he accumulate enough experience, he knew what kind of information Wall Street customers needed, but he also had deep connections. The Internet, these were the basis for his original Bloomberg business. What about you, what do you have?"
Betsy Hope personally drew up her own business plan. Naturally, she knew that what Alison said was the truth, but she was still unconvinced and said: "We have a boss."
Girl A curled her lips and said, "The boss is actually not familiar with Wall Street, but the boss lady can help you."
Girl B's face suddenly dropped: "Then it's totally out of the question."
Alison smiled, took a sip of red wine, picked up the tableware again, and continued: "Actually, your idea is great, but the key is that your own accumulation, whether it is industry experience or personal network, is impossible. Compared with Michael Bloomberg back then. Moreover, Bloomberg already has a great advantage in this regard. Financial information requires strong authority. If there is a gap between the old Bloomberg and a new information company Given the choice, I think nine out of 10 people would choose Bloomberg."
Betsy nodded, but then said: "Isn't there another one?"
"Yeah," Alison shrugged: "There are always opportunities, but to develop such a customer, the cost should be very high. You know, if this field was so easy to enter, the established Reuters or Dow Jones would have entered it long ago. It’s no longer your turn.”
"I think Bloomberg just seized the opportunity of technological change and used computer networks to replace the old stock market interruptions. Now that the Internet is rapidly popularizing, this is another technological change, and it should also be an opportunity for us. "
"It's for you, don't take me with you."
"So, you plan to stay with the boss forever?"
Girl A did not hide her thoughts and nodded honestly.
Betsy smiled and said: "Then it's us. You can give me your share of the $10 million Vase Fund and I will give you the shares."
Alison said: "You should re-plan your plan. Directly copying Bloomberg's model will definitely not work."
Betsy poked her head: "Tell me what you think?"
Alison thought for a while and said: "Unlike Bloomberg, which focuses on high-end services, the biggest advantage of the World Wide Web is that it targets a more general public group. Since you plan to use the World Wide Web as a financial information platform, you must consider where your potential customer base is. where."
"To the public, it will become an ordinary financial information website. There are not many similar websites on the Internet platform, and it is difficult to find a suitable profit model."
Girl A said: "You can also join the trading system. If my judgment is correct, in the next few years, the federal stock market will experience a long-term bull market, which may promote the craze of national stock trading. This should be your opportunity."
After hearing this, Girl B whispered: "How do you judge."
Alison rolled her eyes and didn't answer.
If she can't see this when following Simon, there may be something wrong with her IQ.
Moreover, Alison believes that Betsy must have seen this and came up with the idea of building a financial information and trading platform that attempts to compete with Bloomberg.