The Boeing 767 landed at the San Jose Airport in the Bay Area in just over half an hour.
Simon and Natasha Henstridge walked out of the front cabin chatting and laughing. Girl A and Raul Bradley greeted them, and they all got off the plane together.
Raul Bradley quietly looked at Natasha Henstridge. The 19-year-old girl looked at the man next to her with joy, admiration, flattery and a little not-so-secret awe in her eyes.
Obviously, the two of them had a great time getting along with each other in the past half hour, and there was no sense of strangeness at all as if they were just meeting for the first time.
This doesn't surprise Bradley at all.
A man like Simon Westeros can attract a large number of women without any movement. If you are a little more gentlemanly, considerate, and humorous, you will be able to handle women even more easily.
Everyone left the airport, and Simon drove to Woodside. Girl A continued to stay, sent Raul Bradley away, and took Natasha Henstridge to the Palo Alto house under Simon's name. Another property in the affluent area of Thurton.
Although she was a little resentful about her boss's behavior of raising vases, Alison still handled all the details diligently. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future, everything that should be explained to the vase needs to be clearly explained, which is actually beneficial to everyone.
After a simple settlement, Girl A took Natasha Henstridge to dine at a high-end restaurant near Atherton, and at the same time began to teach various self-cultivations that a vase should have.
The female assistant didn't like that the maid around Simon always showed up at the Woodside villa. Girl A spent most of her weekend training Simon's new vase.
While Simon accompanied the female assistant, he took time to attend some meetings of several companies on weekends as usual.
The uproar caused by the fraud case after 58list was launched in August has recently been completely resolved.
After struggling for a period of time, the original six victims of the fraud case took the initiative to withdraw the lawsuit.
There is no other settlement agreement privately between the two parties.
This is the inevitable result.
If Igret Company gives in in this incident and a legal precedent is formed after losing the lawsuit, it will definitely be involved in endless troubles in the future.
Even private settlement and compensation will not work.
Because it will also become a reference for those who come after.
Therefore, Igret Company was vigorous and resolute in arresting the fraud gang, and it also took a tough stance when facing a class action lawsuit filed by six victims seeking additional compensation.
If you want to litigate, then keep fighting, even if it goes to the Federal Supreme Court.
Igret has fulfilled all its obligations and would like additional compensation. Sorry, this is impossible.
At the same time, compared with the financially strong Yigrit Company, the six victims obviously could not afford the protracted and high legal fees, so they had no choice but to give up.
On Monday morning, after seeing off Natasha Henstridge, Girl A met up with her boss with a signed confidentiality agreement. Instead of returning to Los Angeles, she immediately flew to New York.
Something went wrong in the construction of the Towers of Westeros.
This past weekend, a humble local newspaper in New York suddenly exposed the massive use of illegal workers in the Westeros Tower construction team. It also questioned the safety of the building construction site, saying that in the two years since the building project was officially launched, it has already At least six safety incidents occurred. Although no one was killed, two workers were severely disabled for life.
The article finally pointed the finger at New York Mayor David Dinkins, who was running for re-election, criticizing David Dinkins for irresponsibly approving the large and inappropriate project of the Westeros Tower in exchange for Campaign finance support from the Westerosi system.
This year is another election year for the mayor of New York.
Incumbent Mayor David Dinkins is facing off against former New York City Attorney Rudy Giuliani for the second time.
Four years ago, Rudy Giuliani lost the election to David Dinkins, in which campaign financing and media support provided by the Westerosi system played a large role.
This time, Rudy Giuliani pointed his finger at the 'big money master' of the Westeros system behind David Dinkins from the beginning of the election.
The Westeros system has become more and more popular in recent years. When the media and the public marvel at the rapid growth of Simon's personal wealth, there is inevitably more and more criticism of this latest rising power of the consortium.
David Dinkins is a very experienced politician, and perhaps has enough enthusiasm for his re-election. Therefore, Dinkins decisively chose to take the initiative to draw a line with the Westeros system, and even retreated from the Westeros system. Some campaign funds related to the Los Angeles system.
Simon had already expected the fickleness of politicians, but he didn't expect Dinkins to be so straightforward.
The other party even disrupted the layout of the Westeros system in New York politics.
You must know that the Westeros system originally planned to continue to support Dinkins, but the other party suddenly defected, and the Westeros system could not turn to other alternatives at all, unless it switched to the Republican Party, which was obviously unfeasible.
David Dinkins took the initiative to draw a clear line, and the Westeros system did not move up the pole.
However, for a world-class political, economic, and cultural city like New York, where many subsidiaries of the Westeros system are headquartered, it is impossible to give up penetrating into the city's political circles. Simon finally decided to All the resources originally planned for Dinkins were diverted to the fight for New York City Council.
The final vote for the mayoral election will be held in early November.
The sudden arrival of the local media in New York can be said to kill two birds with one stone. It not only creates trouble for the construction of the Westeros Towers project that Simon values very much, but also hurts David Dinkins' approval rating.
Therefore, when the small newspaper called "Manhattan Metropolis" started the topic, the "New York Times", "Daily News" and other newspapers began to follow suit.
What Simon didn't expect was yet to come.
This morning, without any communication with the Westeros system, David Dinkins publicly stated at his weekly press conference that he had no interest in the Westeros system. , the New York City Department of Labor will join the Construction Workers Union to launch an investigation into issues such as safety at the Westeros Tower construction site.
There is a three-hour time difference between the east and west coasts.
When Simon flew from the West Coast to New York, all workers at the Westeros Tower construction site had evacuated at the request of the New York City government and the local workers' union.
The Westeros Towers were forced to cease construction.
If it were other real estate companies, it would be possible for a billion-dollar project to suddenly stop, or in a more serious case, the company would be dragged down.
As the voting date approaches, David Dinkins has shown a clear disadvantage against Rudy Giuliani.
The sudden attack on the Westeros Tower project seemed to Simon to be a bit of a give-and-take.
From the fact that the current mayor's press conference speech only focused on the safety of the Westeros Tower construction site and did not mention illegal workers, it can be seen that the other party is not acting on a whim.
New immigrants have always been the base that the Democratic Party tries to win over as much as possible.
During his re-election campaign, David Dinkins tried his best to promote the diversity of New York's population during his time in office.
It’s self-evident what exactly ‘diversity’ here means.
Therefore, although illegal workers do not yet have federal voting rights, if this matter is investigated at the same time, it will inevitably offend New York City's immigrant groups.
The shrewd calculations of veteran politicians are simply brilliant.
On the plane flying to New York, Simon could only sneer after learning more about the situation.
In my memory, this is how Hillary calculated her own presidential position.
In the 2008 election, Wall Street originally supported Hillary. However, the strong woman in politics saw the hostility of the media and the public towards Wall Street due to the economic crisis. She had just taken political donations from investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan and immediately pointed the finger at Wall Street. Jumping up and down to encourage Congress to enact stricter regulations on Wall Street.
The final result was that Wall Street turned overwhelmingly to ***, and Hillary did not even get the position of candidate within the party.
David Dinkins behaved exactly as Simon remembered Hillary.
In other words, politicians’ thinking and behavior patterns have always been this way.
Of course, there must be more other influencing factors in the two incidents. Hillary may not have completely lost the chance to win the presidency because she lost the support of Wall Street. David Dinkins probably did not just do it for his own re-election. He turned against the Westeros system.
The rapid expansion of the Westeros system, Simon becoming the first billionaire in the world, the increasingly large output value of the Internet industry, the confrontation between Ygrit Company and traditional paper media...
If it were really just safety concerns and illegal workers that shut down the Westeros towers, Simon might just leave things in the hands of James Raybould.
It was the awareness of other entanglements that might be involved that made him feel the need to make the trip to the East Coast.
Simon has always been a person who values prevention and prevention, and understands the principle that a thousand-mile dike breaks in an ant nest.
The shutdown of the Westeros Building will certainly not bring down the Westeros system, but he will not let this matter continue to develop or even expand. If other joints are involved, they must be sorted out as soon as possible.
After Simon got off the plane, he rushed to the Westeros headquarters in midtown Manhattan. It was already past five o'clock in the afternoon on the East Coast. James Raybould and Tishman Speyer CEO Jerry Speyer were still waiting for him.
The one most seriously affected by the suspension of Westeros Tower is Tishman Speyer, which is undertaking the project. Both illegal labor and construction safety are areas that the other party needs to be responsible for. Westeros is even okay in this regard. Count as a victim.
James and Speyer had spent the entire day consulting with representatives from the New York City government.
Everyone sat down in a small conference room. Jerry Spear, who was about fifty years old and had a round face, said with a wry smile: "This is really troublesome, Simon. We didn't expect this."
Simon had an understanding smile on his face, but he was not moved by Jerry Spear's complaints in his heart.
Tishman Speyer is a time-honored company with a century-old history, and the Speyer family is even more deeply rooted in New York. For this unexpected incident, David Dinkins didn't even call the Westeros Company to say hello in advance, but Simon was certain that the Speyer family must have received the news in advance.
Girl A brought the coffee in person.
Simon took the coffee cup, turned it in his hand and rubbed it gently, and said: "Jerry, I handed over the construction of the Westeros Building to Tishman Speyer out of trust. The media has exposed it in the past few days. The problem seems to be your problem.”
When Jerry Spier heard what Simon said, he also noticed that although the young man opposite had a smile on his face, there was no smile in his eyes at all. His somewhat relaxed expression softened and he said: "Simon, you know when the Empire How many people died during the construction of the building?"
Simon shook his head.
Jerry Speyer said: "Due to the tight construction schedule of the Empire State Building, although only 5 people died accidentally during the 410-day construction process, the public information, but in fact, this number was more than 10 times higher. The construction process of large-scale construction projects has always been Nothing is foolproof. In the two years since the construction of Westeros Towers, only a few people have been injured and there have been no fatalities, which is enough to show that there are no safety issues in our construction environment."
Simon nodded: "I understand."
"So," Jerry Speyer smiled again and spread his hands, "You must also know that this matter has nothing to do with Tishman Speyer."
Simon was still stroking the coffee cup in his hand: "So, Jerry, when will the building resume work?"
Jerry Speyer looked at the young man across from him and said with a hint of playfulness in his tone, "This requires you to communicate with the New York City Government, and perhaps also deal with the media."
Simon continued to ask: "Where is Tishman Gate?"
Jerry Spier sensed something strange in Simon's obviously cold tone. He paused for a moment and said, "Simon, we are actually implicated. You should understand this."
"I understand," Simon nodded again and said, "In this case, according to our original agreement, whether it is the use of illegal workers or the investigation of safety accidents caused during the construction process, the responsibility lies with Tishman Speyer. Mr. Speyer, you Now that you can leave, Westeros' legal team will contact Tishman Speyer to terminate the contract, initiate a lawsuit and seek compensation."
Jerry Spier was stunned for a moment before he finally realized what Simon had just said. However, he quickly calmed down, stared at the young man on the other side of the conference table and said: "Simon, it won't do you any good to make the matter bigger." Any benefit.”
"Or, another option," Simon looked easy to talk, but his eyes became sharper, and he said coldly: "I don't care what method Tishman Speyer uses, the project must be resumed within three days, or I will replace it. Contractor, I will double the money Tishman Speyer makes from the Westeros Company at all costs."
Jerry Speyer threatened: "If you do this, I can guarantee that the Tower of Westeros will never be built again."
Simon didn't care about the other party's threats and said tit for tat: "Since you can guarantee that the Westeros Tower will never be built, you can probably guarantee that the project will be resumed within three days. In addition, I can also guarantee you that if the Westeros Tower is maintained, The Stroll Tower cannot be built, and as long as the Westeros Corporation exists, I will target Tishman Speyer until one of us goes bankrupt."
When Simon said these words, Jerry Spier did not immediately fight back, and his expression became uncertain.
A construction and real estate company like Tishman Speyer cannot develop and grow without the support of a deep foundation. As Tishman Speyer's headquarters in New York, this company does have a far deeper network of contacts than the Westeros system.
Tishman Speyer did get the news in advance about what happened in the past few days.
Jerry Speyer originally wanted to watch the excitement, and maybe he could get more benefits from the wealthy Westeros at the critical moment. Otherwise, if Tishman Speyer takes action early, there will be no negative news about Westeros Towers in the media at all.
After careful calculation, Tishman Speyer does have a great responsibility in this matter and is also obliged to clean up the mess after the incident. However, Jerry Speyer originally felt that these should not be games that Tishman Speyer needs to participate in.
But I didn't expect that when Simon Westeros arrived in New York, he would directly point the finger at them.
Really falling out
If this project is lost, Tishman Speyer's reputation in the industry will definitely suffer a heavy blow.
If we become enemies with the Westeros system again, think about the threat this young man just faced. Which one, Westeros or Tishman Speyer, will go bankrupt first
He didn't dare to gamble.
At the same time, he also thought of all the past deeds of this young man.
This is a fierce guy who dares to knock off all five legs of his enemy in one go.
This is a ruthless person who stopped the release of a multi-million album because his partners concealed their income.
even.
This is a lunatic with a history of mental illness.