"It was only after I saw your report that I realized another reason for the downturn in Boeing's stock price. The Cold War is over, and everyone thinks the world will move towards peace from now on. The federal stock market has recovered, but military and defense stocks have continued to fall."
"Simon, you don't seem to think so?"
"I am a staunch pacifist because I know that wars will never change. Although the Cold War has ended, local wars in many parts of the world have continued. Moreover, some people, in order to continue their own interests, will continue to fight even if there is no one around them. Threats will also be deliberately created.”
"Actually, I think so too. It's right that most of this fund is invested in military and defense stocks."
Four Seasons Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
Simon and Lawrence Fink were discussing the investment direction of the fund that Black Rock Asset Management had just raised. Girl B came over with Irene Lauder, who was wearing a black bottom printed dress.
Lawrence Fink greeted the two girls and walked away with a smile.
Simon hugged Irene Lauder, looked at the girl's dress, and said, "It seems that your preference is difficult to change. Well, what kind of flower is this, a poppy?"
Irene Lauder rolled her eyes at Simon: "Carnation, how could a girl wear poppies on her body?"
"Definitely, but carnations really suit you."
Irene Lauder looked at the guy she hadn't seen for a long time and asked, "Why?"
Simon pretended to be speechless and looked at Girl B next to him: "What is the flower language of carnations?"
Betsy Hope said with a smile, "Mother's love."
Irene Lauder immediately turned her eyes to Betsy and glared angrily.
Simon waved his hand at Betsy in disgust, drove away Girl B, and then said to Irene Lauder: "I'll deduct her salary when I go back. She's so eloquent."
Irene Lauder didn't believe it: "Are you willing to do so?"
After saying this, I felt a little regretful, as if I was jealous.
Thinking of some things I heard recently, I couldn't help but said again: "You are really good to the women around you."
Simon said shamelessly: "Yes, that's why I am so popular with women."
Irene Lauder refrained from rolling her eyes again, but said: "However, you should be careful, the women around you are not simple."
"Oh, this seems to be implying something."
Erin Lauder remembered that at the Oscar party at the beginning of the year, Sofia Fasci deliberately created a scene where Simon was obsessed with a bunch of women to make her give up. She hesitated for a moment, not wanting to be regarded as a gossip, so she decided to stop.
Anyway, I really gave up on him.
So he took the initiative to change the subject: "My father has recently invested in some technology stocks. Simon, can you give me some advice?"
Simon said: "As long as you are not greedy, you will definitely make money."
"So, you also think that the bubble in technology stocks is already very serious now?"
"Of course not, it's just the beginning. As a reference, you can collect some case studies of the railway investment bubble in the 19th century."
Irene Lauder doubted: "Does something so long ago still have reference value?"
"History is not always forward, but very similar reincarnations over and over again."
"I seem to have heard this statement somewhere."
"That's what Socrates said."
Irene Lauder felt something was wrong: "Socrates?"
"Yeah, anything I think makes sense but I can't remember who said it, I always think it was Socrates."
Irene Lauder blinked a few times, realized what was happening, smiled and raised her hand to hit Simon. Seeing the man's serious look, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh for a while. The red wine in her other hand was all wet because of this. Almost spilled.
After a moment, she finally regained her composure. The girl glared at Simon and said, "Are you really changing the subject on purpose?"
"what?"
"What about investing in technology stocks?"
"I just gave you advice."
"I do not understand."
Simon said patiently: "Don't be greedy, don't place heavy bets, and quit decisively after accumulating a certain amount of profits."
"Your words are found in many basic stock trading manuals."
"The simpler and more universal the words are, the more truthful they are. Unfortunately, most people can't do it, so they angrily regard the truth as nonsense."
"Is this also what Socrates said?"
"This is what Westeros says."
Irene Lauder raised her hand again, but this time she didn't call her. Instead, she said, "Your wife should be giving birth soon, right?"
"Yes, the due date is in early November."
Irene Lauder thought of the name of the eldest son in Westeros and joked: "What are you going to call it this time, Los Angeles or San Francisco?"
"Do you think these two cities can be used as names?"
"Yeah, well, it seems, how about Manhattan?" Irene Lauder said, becoming more interested and said, "Manhattan is pretty good."
Simon looked at Irene Lauder strangely: "You can name your son Manhattan in the future."
"I'll take it if you don't want it," Eileen Lauder tit-for-tat for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "Is there something wrong?"
“Have you seen ‘Watchmen’?”
"I'm not interested in comics, but I heard that Watchmen is good."
"You can take a look when you have time. There is one called Manhattan in there."
"OK."
Although she had no other thoughts about the man in front of her, Irene Lauder instinctively felt that it was pleasant to chat with Simon. Just as she was about to continue, Lawrence Fink came over again: "Sorry, Miss Lauder, can I chat with Simon for a while?" ?"
With some reluctance in her heart, Irene Lauder nodded politely: "Of course."
After Irene Lauder left, Lawrence Fink said: "Simon, the guests are already here."
Simon nodded, and the two left the reception hall through the crowd, and soon arrived at a suite in the hotel. A short and fat middle-aged man in his forties was already waiting. When he saw Simon come in, he was sitting on the sofa in the living room. The middle-aged man who was casually flipping through a newspaper stood up and came over.
Lawrence Fink helped introduce: "Simon, this is Mr. Lynch."
"Frank Lynch," the middle-aged man took the initiative to say his full name, then extended his hand to Simon and said, "Hello, Mr. Westeros."
Simon shook hands with the other person: "Hello."
The meeting was arranged in advance.
Frank Lynch is from Washington. Like Joseph Schlapp, the other party also runs a political lobbying company. Frank Lynch's father was once a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives.
Arkansas, the land of Clinton's glory.
Laurence Fink made the introduction and walked away wisely.
Simon and Frank Lynch sat down on the sofa again. Because they were not familiar with each other, there were not many pleasantries. Frank Lynch quickly got to the point and said: "Simon, you should stop your actions against David." , otherwise the misunderstanding between everyone will only get deeper and deeper."
This suite had been carefully inspected in advance, and Simon was not afraid of eavesdropping. He said bluntly: "Frank, do you characterize this matter as a misunderstanding?"
"Some of David's actions some time ago were indeed inappropriate, but you should understand that he was just for this campaign and had no intention of targeting the Westeros system."
"If someone punched you in the nose and then said he didn't mean it to you and that it was all a misunderstanding, Frank, would you accept that explanation?"
Frank Lynch did not answer Simon's rhetorical question and said: "But, Simon, you will only let Rudy Giuliani take advantage of you. Rudy Giuliani gave you trouble back then. If he is elected Mayor of New York, that’s certainly not good for you either.”
"I'm just making sure David Dinkins can't be elected in the market now, and we'll talk about it in the future."
Sensing Simon's tone that showed no room for concession, Frank Lynch couldn't help but feel some emotions and said: "Simon, don't forget that you are on the side of the Democratic Party. If you mess up David's campaign, many people will Doubt your position.”
"Position," Simon stared at the middle-aged man in front of him with a sneer at the corner of his mouth and said, "According to my understanding, position should be mutual. I support the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party is also obliged to stand on my side. If you I feel that my so-called position is that I must be on your side, but you don’t need to take any responsibility, and you can even sell me out at any time, so I’m sorry, but I don’t accept this position.”
Frank Lynch was speechless for a moment, feeling Simon's sharp eyes, and then said again after a moment: "Simon, there is always a solution. New York is very important to us, you should understand this."
"I'm already working on this, and if Bill doesn't like how I'm handling it, you can let him take action personally. Tell him I don't mind completely changing my position at all."
After Simon finished speaking, he didn't plan to talk to Frank Lynch anymore, got up and left the suite.
New York has been one of the important positions of the Democratic Party for decades. Not only the political and economic status of this city can provide important support to the Democratic Party, but also the entire greater New York metropolitan area, with its millions of people, is also a major source of support for any city. The votes that political parties need to fight for.
If the Republican Party wins this election and takes over New York, it will definitely have many means to change public opinion and guide the public's voting direction in various other subsequent elections.
Including the next presidential election.
Of course Simon understands this, but has no intention of compromising.
If betrayers do not have to pay a sufficient price, the Westeros system will definitely welcome more betrayers in the future.
Simon returned to New York after watching the rehearsal for the Victoria's Secret show the next day.
In the days that followed, more capital from the Westeros system began to be invested in the final sprint promotion of this election.
In addition to continuing to exaggerate the gang fight case in Bowery Bay, Queens, the Westeros system's operations team also used the opportunity of Westeros Tower to no longer use any illegal workers to exaggerate that Dinkins will tighten the labor and labor laws in New York once he is re-elected. Immigration policies, in turn, have impacted the Democratic Party’s base among new immigrant groups.
Investigations by the New York Department of Labor and the Construction Workers Union into safety issues at Westeros Towers continue.
Although the city government deliberately avoided the illegal labor issue and only investigated safety issues at the Westeros Tower construction site, this matter could not be covered up after all.
Due to pressure from the city government, Westeros Towers had to abandon all illegal workers. This incident may have made some unemployed people have a favorable impression of the city government, but it also touched more supporters of the Democratic Party among the new immigrant groups. .
David Dinkins did not dare to directly refute the Westeros system's assertion that the current mayor would tighten immigration policies to crack down on illegal workers if he was re-elected.
Because this thing itself is correct.
If we refute it publicly, it would support continuing to allow immigrants and illegal workers, which would definitely offend most residents of this city where the unemployment rate is already high.
However, it is still impossible not to respond, which will make the new immigrant groups panic.
Rudy Giuliani, who was fully aware of the predicament that David Dinkins was in, did not hesitate to pursue him and continued to promote his plan to crack down on criminals and restore New York's crumbling social security. .
This time, Simon was not expecting anything in return for indirectly helping Rudy Giuliani.
Because of some previous rifts between the two parties, Simon also had an in-depth understanding of this person. Rudy Giuliani is a standard politician with a very opportunistic mentality. This kind of person will instinctively avoid powerful enemies that may affect his efforts as much as possible.
When we first tried to investigate Simon's stock index futures operations during the 1987 stock market crash, Simon's foundation was still very shallow at that time.
The current Westeros system is something Rudy Giuliani cannot afford to offend.
Therefore, after the other party is elected, the two sides are most likely to be in peace with each other.
Simon's goal is simply to ensure that David Dinkins is not re-elected, giving Democrats a clear warning.
In the following days, except for some unavoidable things, Simon still spent most of his time traveling between Los Angeles and San Francisco to accompany the two women on long vacations.
October has come to an end before we know it.
As Halloween approaches, October 29th marks the start of the 1993 Halloween season.
This Friday, a total of three new films will be released in North American theaters, namely "The Seven Deadly Sins" produced by Daenerys Entertainment's New World Pictures, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" produced by Disney's Touchstone Pictures, and "The Nightmare Before Christmas" produced by MGM of "Fatal Instinct."
The antagonism between the Westeros system and traditional paper media that has not been alleviated is more vividly reflected in "Seven Deadly Sins".
The three new films, the stop-motion animation "The Nightmare Before Christmas" written by Tim Burton, have received unanimous praise from the media, with an overall score of an astonishing 9.8 points.
In comparison, "Seven Deadly Sins", which also received overwhelming praise from the media, was indeed controversial this time. Many newspapers criticized the film for being too dark, bloody and even disgusting. The film's comprehensive media score was only 7.3. About 100%, barely good.
MGM's "Fatal Instinct," about a man dealing with three women, was completely a sideshow, and its reputation was a complete flop.
Although the reputation of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" far exceeds that of "Seven Deadly Sins", many people's eyes are still on Daenerys Entertainment's dark thriller.
The budget cost of "Seven Deadly Sins" reached 30 million U.S. dollars. David Fincher completed the film according to the budget he made this time. However, 30 million U.S. dollars still reached the A-level production level, far exceeding "The Nightmare Before Christmas" ’s $18 million budget and Fatal Instinct’s $12 million budget.
In terms of publicity and distribution, the publicity and distribution budget of "Seven Deadly Sins" has also reached 15 million US dollars, and the number of opening screens is 2,511. These are unmatched by the other two films.
The most critical point is that the final commercial performance of "Seven Deadly Sins" will inevitably affect many things.