On the East Coast, in an estate outside Greenwich in upstate New York.
Putting on another set of clothes, Sofia Fesi once again had to tie a silk scarf around her neck to cover up the traces.
Back in the bedroom, the man was still shirtless, leaning on the bedside leisurely and reading a magazine.
When he came to the bed and sat down, he felt a strong arm hugging him out of habit. He leaned forward and kissed the man on the face, and then teased: "Aren't you at home with Janet on maternity leave? Why are you here in New York?"
Simon turned a page of the "Time" magazine in his hand and said casually: "Kicked out."
Sophia suddenly became interested: "A fight?"
Simon smiled and glanced at the woman: "You want to quarrel with me, Jenny?"
"Yeah, maybe I'll have a chance," Sophia said without hiding it, "You know, women are very ambitious."
Simon nodded seriously: "Let's talk about ambition after I finish reading this article."
Sofia blushed slightly and pushed away the man's hand that wanted to get into her professional suit, and said: "I'm going back and preparing dinner for the children. Also, Nancy is coming over for dinner tonight, do you want to come with her? ?”
Nancy Brill had been in New York in recent days dealing with Blockbuster Entertainment, and Simon knew about it.
New Line and Miramax were originally headquartered in New York.
After recruiting Robert Shea and the Weinstein brothers, Nancy gave them considerable autonomy and agreed to their request to keep Blockbuster Entertainment headquartered on the East Coast.
Unexpectedly, the Weinstein brothers were soon kicked out by Nancy again, and some things needed to be readjusted.
Simon was not eager for Blockbuster to develop its movie business, so he let Nancy handle it on her own.
I was just a little surprised that Nancy would go to Sophia’s house for dinner: “Do you have a good relationship with Nancy?”
"It's always been good."
"Oh, I don't even know."
"I'm just your lover, of course I don't need to tell you everything."
"It sounds quite resentful, but if you want to steal other men, you still have to tell me."
Sophia glanced at the man: "What if I don't tell?"
"I will build a castle in Tasmania and lock you up forever."
"Isn't he exiled to Tierra del Fuego?"
"Well... you also know about this?"
"I also have a good relationship with Jenny."
"It seems we urgently need to learn more about it."
Simon said, throwing the magazine aside, easily pulling the woman onto the bed, and pressing him under him again.
Sofia held Simon's chest and begged for mercy: "No, it's already five o'clock. Can I secretly come over to accompany you at night?"
Simon didn't respond. He unbuttoned the woman's black OL suit and buried his head in the woman's plump chest with great enjoyment.
Seeing that Simon did not tear off his clothes as a habit, Sofia no longer resisted and gently hugged the little man's head buried in his chest, her breathing unavoidably quickened.
I also had some weird feelings in my heart.
Not the first time.
I always feel that the little man in my arms at this time looks very much like a child, and I am...
Although she thought so, Sophia never dared to reveal it, fearing that he would become angry.
After continuing to be affectionate like this for a while, Sophia pushed Simon and said, "It's really a little late."
The little man didn't pester her this time and let her go again.
He went to the bathroom again to tidy up his clothes, and when he came out again, the man had already put on his clothes. Thinking of what happened just now, he said, "I almost got passed by you, why was Jenny kicked out?"
Simon put it simply: "The education of future generations is divided."
Thinking that he was talking nonsense, Sofia didn't ask any more questions. She stepped forward to kiss the man again and said, "Then I'll go back first. You can come over at seven o'clock."
Simon nodded and sent the woman away. He looked at the time and saw that it was still around two o'clock in the afternoon in Los Angeles. He didn't know what Janet and the others were doing.
Differences in the education of future generations are, of course, nonsense.
The reality is that after Veronica sent the little one over a few days ago, she took the initiative to express her wish to stay in North America.
Since starting to take care of Melbourne, Veronica's personality has changed very obviously. Although only Simon and Veronica know the reason, the little guy has become a kind of sustenance for Veronica. Everyone can see this. .
Therefore, no one is surprised that Veronica wants to stay in North America.
Janet had mentioned it half-jokingly the other day.
The Westeros system has become larger and larger, and both Simon and his wife hope to have more trustworthy people to take care of things.
Veronica served as the chief financial officer at Johnston Holdings Group. What Simon needs most is a person in charge of overseeing the financial status of various subsidiaries in the Westeros system.
Janet may not feel this deeply, but Simon has always been very alert.
In the memory of the 'Enron Incident' in 2001, a giant super enterprise with an annual revenue of 100 billion level collapsed in just a few weeks and fell into bankruptcy. The most direct reason was financial fraud.
Enron was also a public company subject to heavy public market supervision.
Now, a series of companies in the Westeros system, including Cisco, AOL, Igrit, Verizon, Nokia, etc., all have the potential to develop into corporate giants.
The most important point is that Simon holds a very large proportion of interests in all these companies.
This actually means that once these companies engage in financial fraud similar to the 'Enron incident', it will have a huge impact on the entire Westeros system.
Simon's remuneration packages to the executives of a series of subsidiaries within the Westeros system are very generous, but he never feels that as long as he gives enough, he can naturally gain the loyalty of others.
It is always difficult to satisfy the human heart.
Simon's generous remuneration and sufficient power may, in the eyes of some people, be a foolish act.
You trust me so much, give me so much power, and expose so many loopholes and flaws in corporate management. I would be sorry to God if I don’t cheat you.
Simon is certainly not gullible.
He has been a man for two lifetimes and has more than a dozen life experiences in his mind. He has always had a very clear understanding of the ugliness of human nature.
In the past few years, Janet has been responsible for supervising various subsidiaries in the Westeros system. The formation of the Westeros family's private intelligence team was also based on Simon's precautionary mentality.
However, as several children were born one after another, Janet inevitably needed to focus part of her experience on her children.
Even without the children involved, as the business empire of Westeros continues to expand, someone else will need to share Janet's work.
Taking all factors into consideration, Veronica seems to be the perfect fit.
Just because of some scruples, Janet didn't want Simon and Veronica to get too close. So, when Veronica offered to stay in North America, Simon was directly driven from Los Angeles to New York by Janet.
The legitimate reason is to accompany Anthony Johnston here to discuss cooperation with some capital to acquire Billiton.
After two busy days in a row, Simon finally had some free time after sending Anthony off to the plane back to Australia in the morning. It happened that Sophia had been in North America for the past two days.
Continuing to stay in the manor on the outskirts of Greenwich until after six o'clock, Simon set off for Sophia's family's residence in the city center.
Today is September 10th, Friday.
He arrived ten minutes early and was greeted by Sophia. The two greeted her casually. Simon also greeted Sophia's parents, and then Nancy Brill, who arrived earlier than him. The small female executive was just tutoring Sophia. He seems to be very patient when doing homework for his children.
12-year-old Daniel Facey is still shy around Simon.
10-year-old little Gemma was very excited to see Simon. After the adults greeted him, she curiously pestered Simon to ask if he really had 120 billion U.S. dollars. When she got an affirmative answer, she asked how much 120 billion U.S. dollars was.
Simon explained patiently, and it wasn't until Sofia took the little girl away to continue her homework that he had time to ask Nancy, "What's going on with Harvey and the others?"
Nancy habitually took off her high heels, curled up on the single sofa next to her, and said, "It was all last week, don't you know?"
Simon shrugged and said, "I just feel a little pity."
Nancy said indifferently: "If I had known that he was an asshole, I would not have contacted him at all."
"You know, this is what Hollywood is like. If you have a moral obsession, Blockbuster Entertainment will not be able to continue to develop."
"I know," Nancy changed to a more lazy posture on the sofa and said, "Maybe I was in a bad mood the past few days."
"From the beginning, I was worried about the future of Blockbuster Entertainment."
"It's already been arranged over there. Anyway, you don't have much expectations for Blockbuster Entertainment in the short term, right?"
"Can't you give me, the boss, a surprise?"
"It has also taken you seven years since you first set foot in Hollywood. If I do better than you, I will be Westeros."
Simon raised his eyebrows: "Oh, so you still have this kind of ambition."
Nancy leaned on the armrest of the sofa, looked at Simon and blinked a few times. Then she reacted, rolled her eyes and said rudely: "You are also an asshole."
Simon was helpless: "I'll deduct your salary."
Nancy made a disdainful expression, but looked at Sophia who was walking between the kitchen and dining room: "Sophie's Hermès scarf is so beautiful."
"I think so."
"I'm going to come over and try it on later."
"You'll lose a good friend if you do this."
"well."
Nancy suddenly sighed inexplicably and stopped talking.
Simon didn't say anything anymore, and casually picked up a copy of "Business Weekly" on the coffee table and flipped through it.
Nancy continued to maintain the same posture as before and studied the man next to her for a moment, somewhat admiring her boss's instant concentration skills. This ability to quickly forget everything around her as long as she got serious was beyond her reach. I probably understand, mainly because he is from Westeros.
Such a powerful little man doesn't need to pay too much attention to everything around him.
After a while, Nancy finally spoke first and said: "What are you looking at?"
Simon didn't look away from the magazine and said only one word: "Compaq."
Nancy was a little dissatisfied, so she simply got up and came over with bare feet.
Simon was sitting on a double sofa, and the small female executive didn't shy away from it. She squeezed in and sat down next to Simon, looking at the magazine in his hand.
This is an article introducing the personal computer network direct sales business model recently launched by Compaq.
The personal computer direct sales model was first proposed by Dell.
To put it simply, companies sell products directly to customers, bypassing middlemen, and therefore can provide cheaper products.
Early personal computers were very expensive. Dell used this direct sales model to eliminate middlemen and even directly reduced the price of PCs by half. Therefore, from its establishment in 1984 to 1992 last year, the company only took a short time to Within six years, it entered the ranks of Fortune magazine's top 500 American companies.
Because of the success of the direct sales model, other companies have followed suit, except for giants like IBM, which are always slow to respond.
Through several successful cooperations with Igret in online marketing and the rise of e-commerce, Compaq recently launched an online direct sales model. This business model is actually the later B2C (Business-to-Consumer) in the e-commerce field. ), as long as it is operated properly, it is even more cost-effective than Dell's offline direct sales.
The Xiaomi mobile phone in my memory is actually a kind of direct sales through the Internet, so it can provide users with cost-effective products.
With the rise of the Internet, the personal computer industry, which is far from reaching saturation, has also expanded rapidly.
The basic operating system and core component manufacturer landscape has basically been settled, and Microsoft and Intel will become the dominant players in these fields. For OEM manufacturers, controlling costs, improving efficiency, and providing users with the most cost-effective products is the best way to survive.
Nancy carefully read the article with Simon and commented: "It's a very good business model, but the key lies in execution."
Simon felt the smell of Chanel No. 16 perfume that the little woman next to him had put on again, smiled and said: "It has always been like this. The core principles of running a company are nothing more than cost control, efficiency improvement, and customer service. Everyone knows the truth, but some people just shout slogans, some people will really implement it seriously, and some people want to implement it, but find that the company is too big to be too big and it is hard to get back."
Nancy nodded and asked, "Do you think Compaq can succeed?"
"I don't know. However, the continued democratization of PCs with constant price cuts is a major trend. Compaq is in the right direction. The key lies in execution. Of course, I will not invest in any OEM manufacturer. They do not have their own core Technology is a capital-intensive industry, and its ability to resist risks is very low. If you don’t pay attention, you will be eliminated.”
"But with the money you lent me, I bought some Dell stocks."
"If it is speculation, of course there is no problem. Affected by the rise of the Internet industry, within five years, whether it is Dell, Compaq, HP or even IBM, their PC business development will maintain an upward trend."
"You seem to have forgotten the apples."
"Oh, and apples."
Nancy couldn't help but rolled her eyes at Simon again: "You want to mislead me?"
"Obviously you asked first."
"BOSS, do you know that just the words you just said have already revealed too much?"
Simon glanced at the delicate little face of the woman next to him and smiled: "Do you think anyone can hear this from me?"
Nancy's eyes subconsciously averted for a moment, and then she quickly stepped forward to meet him not to be outdone.
She opened her mouth to say something, but in the end nothing came out. Fortunately, Sofia came over just in time to remind them that dinner was ready, so Nancy got up and walked to the restaurant as if she was being forgiven.