Grace's sudden slap in the face made Laura Gralf a little confused. After years of pampering, she couldn't remember the last time someone made a move on her, even if the conflict in the restaurant just happened, two people happened to The diners who entered the store separated her from the two gangsters, so she suffered no loss at all.
Feeling the little stars floating in front of her eyes, Laura Gralf forgot to fight back for a moment, but still stared at Grace hatefully and said: "You actually hit me, I... I want to sue you, and I want to terminate my contract with Elite. .”
Grace slapped her away, and she immediately regretted it.
However, after hearing the threat from the woman in front of her, Grace didn't intend to endure it any longer. She got out of the car and walked to the other side, opened the door, grabbed Laura Gralf's hair, pulled her out of the passenger seat and threw her on the curb. Get on the bus, get on the bus again and drive away.
Returning to the company, because there was no helicopter to pick her up this time and she was worried about traffic jams during off-duty hours, Grace worked until 4:30 in the afternoon and left work early to rush to Greenwich.
The agreed time is six o'clock in the afternoon.
Grace arrived half an hour early and didn't go too early. She spent 20 minutes in a coffee shop in downtown Greenwich before setting off again. When I arrived at the door of the manor last time, I was stopped by the security guard. After struggling for a while, I was allowed to enter.
Before Simon returned, she was greeted by an Indian girl named Aaliyah.
She was still taken to the living room from last time, and Zoe was also there. Moreover, after entering the villa, she discovered that a party was being prepared here, and a group of beautiful girls who obviously had potential to develop in the fashion circle were shuttled through the villa. Being so busy even gave Grace some inexplicable low self-esteem.
Simon returned from outside at half past six, along with her wife Janet Westeros.
Suddenly I felt guilty again.
However, until Simon walked into the living room more than ten minutes later, Janet Westeros did not appear.
In the living room, Simon casually sat down on the sofa and looked at her with a smile: "Did you beat Laura at noon?"
I didn't expect the man to suddenly mention this, nor did I expect him to know it so quickly.
Grace was confused for a moment and didn't know how to explain it.
It's just that, well, the man didn't seem very angry, which made her relax a lot.
Seeing that Grace didn't answer, Simon didn't ask further questions and said, "A said you have something to talk to me about, can you tell me?"
His head was buzzing, but luckily he didn't forget the excuse he had thought of before: "Simon, I just want to ask what to do next. Regarding the three of them, I'm sorry about what happened at noon, but I really want it all." I can’t control it anymore.”
Simon shook his head slightly and said: "Actually, you did a good job at noon. By the way, you rented the house they live in, right? According to your idea some time ago, since you can't stand it, just drive them to live in the basement tomorrow. ”
When Grace heard this, she looked at the man with a strange expression.
Simon didn't hide anything, shrugged, and said: "Every day, someone sorts out the affairs of the three of them to me, just for fun." After saying this, Simon thought for a moment, summoned Zoe, and said a few words, Baby Face The girl quickly brought a booklet over.
Grace pretended to look over casually. Judging from the pictures, this should be some real estate information.
Simon picked for a moment, stopped at one of the pages, circled it with his finger, and handed it to Zoe again, but he said to Grace: "Tomorrow, someone will give you the keys to a set of properties. Regarding those three, performance Once they're done, let them move in. If they don't obey, kick them out. It's up to you to decide how to do it. Don't worry too much and it won't affect your work."
Grace nodded.
Although I don't know what the property the man gave me looks like, the property I want to buy in Westeros cannot be any worse than ordinary, at least it will be more luxurious than the house their family lives in now.
It was really... such a waste to use it for the mother and daughter to live in.
With this thought in mind, Grace was about to continue speaking when Girl A walked in, bowed and whispered something in the man's ear. Grace could only faintly hear one word, Hurst.
After hearing what Girl A said, Simon just nodded slightly and said to Grace: "That's it. By the way, there happens to be a party later. If you have no other arrangements tonight, you can stay."
Grace promised her son during breakfast that the family would go to the movies tonight. Before she could decline Simon's invitation, the man had already stood up and walked out.
After watching the man leave, Grace looked at the baby-faced girl who had not been standing aside, thought for a while and asked: "Zoe, what kind of party is today?"
"A gathering in the Wall Street financial circle. As you know, Daenerys Entertainment will be listed next week," Zoe explained, and then said: "Ms. Spurter, the boss was just being polite. If you have anything else If you make arrangements, it doesn’t matter if you leave early.”
A gathering of Wall Street financial circles!
Grace's heart skipped a beat, remembering her husband's recent difficulties.
if…
After hesitating for a moment, Grace asked carefully: "Zoe, can I invite someone else over?" Before Zoe could get confused, Grace added: "It's my husband, and he happens to also work on Wall Street. First Boston.”
Zoe looked at her, and the baby face that always made people want to pinch suddenly had a little cunning: "A is responsible for drawing up the guest list, Ms. Spurter, if you really plan to do this, We can discuss it with A, but I think she will definitely agree."
Thinking of Girl A's cold attitude towards her during the few contacts she had, and looking at the cunning expression on Zoe's face at this time, Grace quickly understood something.
The man was not interested in her, at least, not enough to have sex with her.
Therefore, Grace didn't expect anything at all.
After so many years, even though she has become ordinary, she still has feelings for her husband. Now that she has the opportunity, it is natural for her to focus on her family.
Human beings are very complex creatures.
Sometimes, even if everything is cheating physically and mentally, it doesn't mean that you don't care about anything else.
Seeing that Grace had no objection, Zoe winked at her: "Then, follow me."
The two left the living room. Zoe asked a few questions to the girl passing by, and soon found Girl A who was directing the chef in the kitchen to prepare party dishes.
Grace stated her request, and Girl A agreed.
After getting permission, Grace didn't care about anything else for the time being. She called her husband and asked him to put down everything he was doing and come to Greenwich as soon as possible. As for taking the children to watch a movie at night, of course it doesn't matter.
Summer is long, so the party is scheduled to start at eight o'clock.
For a full hour before the party, Simon spent the entire hour in the villa study discussing the final details of the settlement with Randolph Hearst, the current spokesman for the Hearst family, and lawyers from both parties.
After the last attempt to sell assets to ease the crisis in the family business was disrupted by Simon, the Hearst family realized that if they wanted to cross this hurdle, they could not get around the Westeros system anyway, so they continued to delay for some time. All possible methods have been exhausted, and finally decided to compromise and fully agree to Simon's request.
There have been several discussions in advance, and both parties are just finalizing some details this time.
or.
To be more precise, they are some details that the Hearst family cares about very much.
In the final agreement, the Hearst family sold 20% of the ESPN television network held by the Hearst Group to Westeros Corporation for US$1, and at the same time fully paid the total compensation of US$370 million in six lawsuits. , in exchange for the Westeros system no longer targeting the Hearst family in the future.
After the agreement is formally signed, the Hearst family can publish information on the family media in order to convey certain information to the media and the public.
On the other hand, the Hearst family also guaranteed that in the future, all media under the Hearst Group will not publish any news that slanders and slanders the Westeros system, and the Hearst family will not support politicians in promoting any news that may target Westeros. System of Government Acts.
The basic core is that the two sides will not conflict with each other in the future.
However, the settlement agreement imposes far more restrictions on the Hearst family than the Westeros system needs to bear.
When night fell, Simon and Randolph Hearst signed their names on several contracts respectively. The Westeros system and the Hearst family continued the conflict overtly or covertly for several months. The dispute, at least on the surface, ended there.
The two parties left the study together, and the party had already begun.
Randolph Hearst had no intention of showing up in public. Even though doing so would bring some benefits to the Hearst family, he quietly left through the side door of the villa.
After Hearst left, Simon said to James Raybould, who had just attended the meeting together: "Jim, please send a message to ABC privately and ask them to buy out the Hearst family's AE TV network shares."
AE Television Network is another basic cable network operated by the Hearst family and Metropolitan ABC Group, focusing on fashion, life, and science. Each party holds 50% of the shares. It includes TV stations such as Lifetime and History Channel.
After the settlement between the two parties, the Hearst family still needs to sell assets in order to pay a huge sum of US$370 million in six lawsuits.
The long-term mindset of relying on print media will largely lead to the Hearst Group giving priority to selling its own 'non-core assets'. If ABC were more proactive, it would easily be able to take back all shares of AE Television Network.
Westeros Company took 20% of ESPN's shares, and then asked ABC to buy back the equity of AE Television Network. The Hearst family's layout in the television field was very little, and the rest were basically newspaper assets.
After several months of conflict, coupled with a series of negative news during this period, a large number of print media owned by the Hearst family have actually been severely damaged. In the future, under the general trend of rapid decline of print media, it is absolutely impossible for them to survive in the end. It would be too much. By then, one can imagine the fate of the Hearst family.
James nodded, understanding Simon's intention.
The two of them walked through the corridor towards the hall together, but James quickly talked about another thing: "Simon, since Jenny no longer works, maybe you can have more children."
Regarding the relationship between their daughter and Simon, the Rayboulds had already acquiesced very early on. Especially after the two had a child and the news was fully disclosed some time ago, the Rayboulds no longer considered anything else.
However, as parents, we always think more about our children.
Jennifer and Simon only have one daughter, which seems inappropriate to the Rayboulds.
Both in the East and the West, they are more or less patriarchal at heart, and they generally place more emphasis on the inheritance rights of boys. Take the Hearst family just now. The six children of William Hearst were After Hearst's death, most of his assets were left to his sons. Compared with the share of assets obtained by his brothers, the youngest daughter was almost equal to leaving the house.
Simon was always a little embarrassed when Raybould mentioned this kind of thing: "Jim, it depends on what Jenny means, I have no problem."
James said matter-of-factly: "Jenny definitely wants to have more children, she likes children very much."
Simon could only nod: "Okay, I will talk to Jenny when I have time."
James was very satisfied with Simon's attitude. He smiled and raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder.
Simon was helpless.
Why do we all seem to have this 'bad' habit
He quickly changed the subject and asked about the female assistant's brother Philip Raybould. His daughter had already taken advantage of others, so James paid more attention to his son. Philip Raybould had completed his undergraduate degree in economics at Yale last year, and according to James' arrangement, he went directly to law school to continue his three-year J.D. program.
James was indeed very interested in this topic, and was even more pleased that Simon could take the initiative to mention Philip.
The two of them walked and chatted when they came to the villa lobby, where there were already many people.
Although it was a gathering of the financial circle, some high-level officials of the Westeros system in New York were also invited. James saw the figure of his old friend Robert Egger, greeted Simon, and walked over.
Simon also smiled and greeted George Soros, who came to join in the fun tonight.
This year is 1994. Historically, after becoming famous for his first attack on the British pound in 1992, Soros' second battle was directed at Mexico.
Simon remembers that the Mexican currency crisis broke out around October at the end of the year.
When it comes to Mexico, Simon doesn’t have the same scruples as Europe or Asia.
Although the Westeros system will not join in the fun this time, it may as well make some plans in private, including $200 million invested in Soros's Quantum Fund.
Moreover, most people think that Soros is just a hedge fund tycoon. In fact, this is not the case. Several funds under his name are also involved in stocks, bonds, venture capital and other businesses. This time, he also subscribed for 2 million shares of Daenerys. Entertainment Group stocks.
Simon and Soros chatted for a while about the Mexican currency. They had just finished their conversation when Grace Spurter, who had changed into a long black skirt at some point, walked over with a slightly thin middle-aged man on her arm. .
Coming closer, Grace took the initiative to introduce: "Simon, this is my husband, Bill. He works at First Boston."
Simon noticed a hint of guilt in the woman's eyes when she spoke to him. He just smiled, stretched out his hand and shook the hand of the middle-aged man in front of him who was obviously a little restrained: "Hello, Bill."
"Mr. Westeros, nice to meet you."
"Just call me Simon."
"Oh, of course, Simon."
Bill Spurter held Simon's outstretched palm and said with a bit of flattery. He didn't let go until he noticed that the other party pulled his arm back slightly.
Suddenly his wife called him to the mansion that belonged to Simon Westeros in Greenwich. Looking at a group of Wall Street tycoons who could only look up to him on weekdays, Bill Spurter was still a little as if he was in the clouds. He didn't know if he was. While dreaming, I pinched myself several times in private.