Things ended in the morning, and the whole afternoon went on and on. At about five o'clock, she received a call. Grace Spurter drove to a helicopter pad on the bank of the Hudson River. The arrogant-looking Black Hawk helicopter was already waiting there. There.
When they arrived at the manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich, Simon was still receiving guests and still couldn't see her immediately.
Grace was not displeased at all.
The chances of seeing the little man were rare, so it would be nice to stay in his place for a while.
It's a pity that I forgot to touch up my makeup carefully before coming. I had time on the helicopter, but the pilot was here, so I was too embarrassed to do so. Fortunately, when taking care of the mother and daughter in the morning, she also did some maintenance. She thinks they are in good condition now.
I just don’t know why he suddenly called me over.
Gradually becoming familiar, Zoe Parks sat with her in the living room, chatting and waiting.
Talking about the antitrust investigation of three new technology companies in the Westeros system that the U.S. Department of Justice had just announced this morning. Because it involves him, my husband has frequently mentioned it recently. He specifically learned about it and expressed some concern. He learned about it from Zoe. At the close of trading in the afternoon, AOL's stock price plummeted 6.3% in one day. The market value of Cisco and AOL has evaporated by a total of US$6.7 billion today. I feel regretful and can't help but be stunned at the same time.
Such a huge amount of money is already equivalent to the entire net worth of many top rich people.
However, it seemed to be nothing to him.
Zoe also said that he does not care about the temporary rise and fall of the stock price, but pays more attention to the long-term development prospects of the company.
Then asked how she was doing.
Grace smiled and answered with only one word, busy.
There are still a few months until the third Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the end of the year. Thanks to the support of a certain man, the three new Victoria's Secret Angels under her name have already become famous, and various cooperation invitations are pouring in, and there are even many more. Resources can be allocated to her other clients.
Recently, Qu Si Gauff has gone a step further and signed an endorsement contract with Victoria's Secret, becoming the sixth spokesperson besides Cindy Crawford and other Victoria's Secret five-member group. She is mainly responsible for the Victoria's Secret 'PINK' for girls. Sub-brand, this is the product line that Victoria's Secret plans to focus on promoting in the next few years. Qu Si Gauff's baby face and innocent image are just suitable as the spokesperson of this sub-line.
In addition, she was promoted to Vice President of Elite North America Branch, and she also began to take over the corresponding business.
All of this takes more than ten hours a day to deal with.
If it hadn't been for the call from here, she would have had to work until late.
About half an hour later, Girl A appeared. This time she did not take her to the study, but to another small living room in the villa. It was very cozy. Through the floor-to-ceiling glass doors and windows, you could see the slanting sunlight outside. , and the surrounding green summer scenery.
The man was sitting casually on the sofa, flipping through a document in his hand.
Grace pretended to glance over casually and noticed one of the words 'Trump'. This surname was not too common. She quickly thought of the real estate developer in New York City who was always very high-profile and often appeared in various TV interviews. He has repeatedly threatened to run for president.
However, due to the previous great recession in the real estate industry, the other party's company has been struggling in recent years. It seems that the little man is planning to invest in the other party's company.
The man had no intention of getting up, but just nodded towards her. Grace was a little disappointed, but she took the initiative to sit down on the sofa next to her.
Alison poured her coffee and turned to leave.
The man's eyes continued to fall on the document, thinking that he shouldn't pay much attention to it, so he quietly looked at his handsome and angular profile, and then quietly took a deep breath.
I feel like I'm hopeless.
After a moment, the man's eyes seemed to flicker, and she quickly lowered her gaze, pretending to be curious about the document in his hand.
There seemed to be a smile on his lips and he asked, "Do you know this person?"
nod.
playboy.
You can't say this, as it might cause him to misunderstand something.
After carefully searching for information in her mind, Grace said: "This guy is not very suitable for business cooperation. He is very rogue. You, um, may need to be more cautious."
Simon asked: "How to say?"
Grace thought for a moment and said, "Probably in the mid-1980s, a very well-known estate in Florida was for sale. I forgot its name. It was built by the founding family of General Foods and was once used as a vacation resort for the president. The residence was also included in the American Architectural Historic Landmarks. At that time, the owner planned to sell due to financial difficulties, and offered $25 million. The guy wanted to buy it, but only offered less than one-third of the price. Of course, the owner Unwilling. Then, for some reason, the guy bought a piece of land opposite the main entrance of the manor, enclosed it and erected a 'Private Domain' sign, not allowing anyone to get close to it, and allowed the land to grow overgrown with weeds, even deliberately making it so It was a mess. You can certainly imagine that, and the owner's financial situation deteriorated, and the house was sold to him for $8 million."
Simon smiled and said: "Mar-a-Lago."
Grace opened her eyes slightly and looked over: "So you know."
There was a hint of anger in the expression that most women are good at.
However, it was really just for a very legitimate reason to look at that handsome face.
Men like to look at beautiful women, and so do women.
Simon didn't say anything more. He took a sip of the coffee in front of him and turned to the topic: "There are two main reasons for calling you here suddenly."
Grace nodded.
I really wanted to say that it was okay and I could call her over.
Simon held the cup in his hand, changed to a more casual posture and leaned on the sofa, crossed his legs, and said as if he was talking about something ordinary: "Instagram, do you know this?"
Grace nodded: "Of course, the recently popular picture sharing website. I also asked the girls under my name to open accounts. For models, this should be a good promotion platform."
"It's like this," Simon said: "There is an Internet celebrity training plan being planned over there to artificially create a group of very popular Instagram bloggers, including various types such as fashion, travel, fitness, food and even cute pets, because Because of the user base of the website, the focus is on fashion, which requires cooperation with a model agency. You have the richest talent resources here and have the corresponding promotion and marketing foundation."
Having said that, noticing some confusion in Grace's eyes, Simon added: "Roughly speaking, this is a win-win plan. Ins bloggers at this stage basically act casually, so of course there is nothing wrong with this. , Instagram’s main focus is authenticity and life. However, you also know, just like a reality show, if it is completely real, few viewers will be willing to watch it, so it needs to be packaged and operated, and then through the popularity of a few people Guide the tendencies of most people. Although it is an emerging field, all publicity techniques are common. You have specially selected a group of girls, with a professional team behind you responsible for follow-up planning, and the official Ins will also provide more traffic support , and then, Ins attracts more users through these well-known bloggers, guides the content trend of the website, and you can also have a group of well-known models here.”
Grace understood, noticed some details in the man's words, and asked: "Simon, you mean, you don't need Qusi and the others?"
Simon smiled and said: "If you are willing to focus all your resources and energy on the three of them, I will not object. However, I do not recommend that you do so. The three of them already have a certain reputation foundation. At the same time, They also have complete career plans. If they continue on this path, they will become first-line supermodels. Even if they add Ins, their careers will not be greatly improved. Of course, it is best not to give up on the Internet platform. The digital age has begun, and derailers will inevitably be eliminated. My suggestion is that you select a group of girls to focus entirely on the Internet platform. Think about it, if these girls have millions of followers on Instagram, then they don’t even need other monetization channel, you can directly collect fees through the placement cooperation with fashion brands through photo blogs.”
Speaking of which, Simon proposed the Internet celebrity training plan during the Yigrit blog period, and the subsequent implementation was considered successful. The operation of the Instagram platform this time is just an extension.
Grace completely understood the man's explanation.
This is another great resource given to her by the little man in front of her.
For similar cooperation, Instagram could have negotiated with the top management of elite, IMG, Ford and other brokerage companies, but he left it directly to himself.
Unlike movie stars or pop singers, the modeling industry has very narrow channels to become famous, and often can only gain exposure through celebrities, parties, red carpets, movies, and so on. In fact, it is helpless. There is no shortage of beautiful women in the world. Unless they tie themselves to certain movie stars or pop singers, it will be difficult for the public who usually don’t pay much attention to the fashion field to notice them.
Now, the arrival of the Internet era is equivalent to giving a new and independent display platform.
Just when Grace was about to say something, Simon raised his hand slightly and said, "You can contact D and the others to discuss the next matter. Now let's talk about another thing."
Simon said, pointing to a document in the storage compartment under the coffee table: "This, take it back to your husband."
The man was obviously too lazy to move, but Grace was not dissatisfied. She stood up and took out the blue-covered folder, sat back on the sofa, looked at him again, opened it, and then read out naturally: "Versace?" "
Simon took another sip of the coffee in his hand and said: "Versace, I don't need to say more about this. You have some information about this company in your hand, including some relatively sensitive information, such as Versace's connection with the Italian Mafia. .”
After hearing this, Grace closed the document without reading any more and waited for the man to continue.
Simon smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if you take a look, but the fewer people who know, the better. Next, I need your husband to find a partner from the investment banking department of First Boston, and then lobby Jenny Versace is conducting an IPO for Versace Company. Contact me after you find a suitable candidate, and the Westeros System will provide you with certain cooperation."
Grace waited for a while, and when she saw that the man did not continue, she subconsciously asked: "Then what?"
Simon said: "No, you only need to lobby and assist Versace in its IPO operation, and you don't need to worry about anything else."
Grace realized that there must be something inside, but she didn't ask any more questions.
After the official conversation was over, Grace didn't want to leave just like that. Just when she was about to find a topic to chat with him for a while, she noticed that the man's coffee cup was empty. She stood up again and pointed to the empty cup in the man's hand: "I'll refill it for you." superior."
Simon smiled and handed over the empty glass.
When she took the cup, her fingers inevitably touched each other, and Grace felt a small electric current spread throughout her body from her fingers.
I once again recited in my mind that I was hopeless.
I know very well what state I am in, and I also know that this is very inappropriate, but I still can't help myself.
Maybe he's a wizard.
Put some kind of hateful spell on yourself.
Thinking randomly, he turned to the coffee table with the coffee pot and bowed down. He realized that he should be looking at his back. His body couldn't help but feel a little warm, but he couldn't help showing a cooperative gesture that could make a man's heart beat.
After filling a cup of coffee, she turned around and saw that the man was looking at her with a hateful smile.
But he didn't feel disgusted at all.
I wanted to pass the cup over, but the man didn't even want to lift his hand, so he took the initiative to bow down, and almost even knelt down on the carpet at his feet.
do not care.
The man reluctantly took the cup, brought it to his mouth and took a sip. Then he put the arm holding the coffee cup on the armrest of the sofa in front of her again, still looking at her.
She took the initiative to reach over, held the man's big hand holding the coffee cup with her two small hands, and looked at him. Her head was buzzing, but she still remembered one thing. She knew that he might have some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "I, Qusi and the others, I also did an examination last time."
The man let go of the coffee cup and she quickly held it, then she felt the big hand reach out and strangle her slender neck.
A feeling of suffocation came.
Inexplicably obsessed with this feeling.
that's all.
It would be better to die immediately.
I hope he can bury himself under the lawn in the backyard so that he can be watched over.
Um.
Maybe you can even come out in the middle of the night to scare him.
However, he was definitely not afraid at all and strangled her to death again.
Until after eight o'clock, the sky had already darkened, and Grace insisted on leaving Greenwich and returning to Manhattan.
They didn't accept the little man's offer to stay here overnight, and they didn't even have dinner together.
The reason is to go home and spend time with the children.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with staying. It's just that she doesn't want her husband to know that something happened between her and him, and she doesn't want her husband to get involved with him because of it.
Although it is a little late to go back now, she often did this during this period, and the same happened to her husband after his unexpected promotion.
The woman left in a hurry, and Simon had to eat dinner alone, with Girl A's resentful expression on his face.
After dinner, he was about to watch TV for a while and then go to sleep. He would return to Los Angeles early tomorrow morning. Neil Bennett suddenly came to the main villa from the annex building and talked about a piece of news he had just received.
The news came from the secret guards guarding Sophia's family in downtown Greenwich.
In recent years, not only himself, Simon also attaches great importance to the safety of those around him, and Sophia's family is naturally within the protection range. In addition to the bodyguards on the surface, the Westeros family's secret surveillance and intelligence team is also responsible for corresponding security tasks. Sofia's parents and two children, who have lived in Greenwich, have always had a group of secret guards to protect them.
Because it was protection, not surveillance, Sophia was certainly aware of this matter.
In fact, that group of candidates was selected by the woman herself from the intelligence officers she recruited in Europe.
Just now.
What happened suddenly directly touched Simon's back scale.