Column National Park west of Tucson, Arizona.
It was already the evening of the next day.
The sun sets.
Simon leaned in front of the Chevrolet SUV, smiling and looking into the distance. Janet held up the camera and took photos with great interest around several giant saguaro cactus that were seven or eight meters high.
Early this morning, Simon was pulled up by the woman.
The two drove out of Coolidge City and headed north to the famous Grand Canyon National Park, where they had a great time. Returning in the afternoon, Janet obviously still wanted to see the saguaro cactus, so she came here.
In total, the two of them drove more than 700 kilometers throughout the whole day, crossing most of Arizona.
Feeling that Simon had been looking at her, Janet quickly ran back and said: "It's such a big cactus. I really want to take one home. It would be cool to plant it in the yard."
Simon imagined how a seven- to eight-meter-tall cactus would look like when it appeared in his yard. He smiled and said, "I don't know if it's cool or not, but someone will definitely make trouble for us. Well, after playing for a day, we Is it time to go back?”
Janet threw the camera in the car, turned around, and climbed onto the hood again.
Simon looked at Janet sitting on the hood, patted her calf and said, "Sit tight, I'll drive."
Janet smiled and pulled Simon and said, "Little boy, come up too."
Simon didn't refuse, and sat on it with a push.
The hood of the Chevrolet SUV is very wide, more than enough for two people to squeeze in.
Simon sat down on the hood and leaned against the front window, looking through several tall cacti and looking at the sunset that was about to sink into the horizon at the edge of the endless wilderness. Some inexplicable emotions arose unknowingly.
Janet came over like a cat, touched Simon's cheek, and said, "Little boy, do you think I'm too clingy?"
"No," Simon shook his head and said, "I still quite like this feeling."
Janet lay down, resting her head on Simon's shoulder, and whispered: "Actually, I don't want to either, I just can't help it. Besides, do you really not remember what day today is?"
Simon thought for a while, but still shook his head.
Janet reached over, took out the wallet from Simon's coat pocket, opened it, and showed it in front of him.
Simon looked at the driver's license in front of him carefully before saying, "It turns out it's my birthday, I forgot."
Simon didn't care much about his birthday in his previous life, and he didn't take it to heart after his rebirth. He didn't expect Janet to remember it and come all the way from Los Angeles.
Somewhat moved, he put his arms around the woman and put a little pressure on her.
Janet came over very cooperatively, and the two kissed each other.
After being entangled for a while, they separated, but Janet was still clinging to Simon. She reached out and touched his cheek and said, "After today, I can no longer call you little boy. In fact, I originally wanted to prepare carefully. Just for a moment. But since you don’t care, you won’t be prepared. I’ve always felt that blowing out candles on a cake is silly.”
Simon just smiled, feeling Janet's soft body, and suddenly remembered something, and said: "Speaking of which, I don't know your age yet. Come on, show me your driver's license."
"How rude, asking for a lady's age," Janet patted Simon, but simply took out a card from her pocket and handed it to him: "Now."
Simon took it and held it in front of his eyes to look at it.
DOB: 02/22/68.
Um
Something seems wrong.
So he held up his driver's license again.
DOB: 02/22/68.
Janet also leaned in to look at it together, and then said in surprise: "Wow, what a coincidence, our birthdays are exactly the same."
"Yeah, what a coincidence."
With a helpless look on his face, Simon casually grabbed the woman and slapped her twice on the buttocks.
"Haha, it hurts, it's so violent."
Janet giggled, twisted around, and snatched back her 'driver's license'.
Simon had never cared about Janet's age, and he just asked casually. Since the woman didn't want him to know, he stopped pursuing it.
After his rebirth, Simon found that he took many things lightly. Although I work very hard to do something. But deep down, he has an indescribable alienation and indifference towards everything around him.
Janet pressed her face against Simon's chest and listened quietly to the man's powerful heartbeat for a while, then suddenly murmured: "Little boy, I love you, do you know?"
Simon looked at the burning clouds that remained after the sunset on the horizon, nodded and said, "I know."
"But, I also know that you don't love me," Janet continued to murmur, raised her hand, also pressed on Simon's heart, and whispered: "It's so cold here, I really want to help you get out of it."
Simon hugged the woman and said, "It's getting dark. Let's go back. You can try hot compress at night."
"It's not funny at all," Janet slapped Simon gently and whispered: "Actually, I really want to know everything about you, but you definitely won't tell me, right?"
"Um."
Janet rubbed her face gently against Simon's chest and said: "Little boy, no matter what, I will not become your tie. However, you must also promise that even if you don't love me in your heart, you will always do this. Accommodate me, pamper me, pamper me.”
"Of course, I will," Simon nodded and said, "However, I think it's better for you to be my tie. Without the tie, I would probably go and destroy the world."
When Janet heard what Simon said, she chuckled and said, "Little boy, do you know what my dream has been since I was a child?"
"what?"
Janet raised her head, looked into Simon's eyes, and said seriously: "Destroy the world like the villains in the movies."
Simon showed a frightened expression and said: "Fortunately, you are too lazy, otherwise everyone would be unlucky."
Janet curled her lips, put it back on Simon's chest, and said, "But now you can help me realize this dream."
"This, it's a bit difficult. Besides, this world is bad enough. Let's just let it survive on its own."
Janet's tone suddenly became a little stubborn and she insisted: "No."
"How about we change to a less difficult goal and conquer the world first?"
"Yeah."
Simon smiled and looked up at the darkening sky and said, "So, before we conquer the world, should we go back quickly? This is a wilderness. I don't even know if there are wolves in Arizona."
"Haha," Janet chuckled, but she hugged Simon to prevent him from moving and said, "No, I haven't stayed enough."
Simon pinched Janet's delicate face indulgently and said, "Okay, who told me that today is your birthday."
Janet opened her mouth and bit the finger that Simon stretched out, and then said: "Simon, there is one more thing. Regarding the contract we signed, there will be a lot of money this time. I have thought about it, I can't take it. , you just need to return the original $400,000 to me."
Simon did not answer, but asked instead: "Have you calculated how much money Orion will make this time?"
Janet nodded, curled her lips, and said: "They might be able to get 50 million U.S. dollars from the box office alone. Even the copy money is paid by us. Orion didn't invest much at all. It's really cheap for them."
Simon's finger traced Janet's lip line to prevent her from pouting, and said with a smile: "But I don't think they got much at all, because they deserve it. If I had chosen to cooperate with Qida, It is simply impossible to get the conditions given by Orion. Likewise, you deserve the future share of the money you invested."
Janet looked over again and said: "But, I always feel that this is a bit unfair to you. You have done the most things, but you have received the least."
Simon leaned his head slightly, kissed the woman on the lips, and said: "Without you, I couldn't even do these things. So, this is fair. And, not just money, I actually got much more than you imagined." . Remember Sanders who left last night? "The Butterfly Effect" is still in production. Counting the later share, the income I got from it may not be 500,000. But this time "Death is Coming", if I can If we negotiate, I'll get over $5 million. Look, that's what I'm getting."
Janet finally nodded: "Well, in this case, I will take the money."
Simon thought for a while and said: "Before you take it away, let me use this money for a period of time. This time it is considered a loan. If you make money, I won't give it to you, okay?"
"Yeah," Janet nodded, and then said, "What are you going to do?"
Simon looked at the woman and smiled: "I suddenly remembered that Catherine said you graduated from Columbia Business School. Can you play stock index futures?"
This year happens to be 1987. In Simon's memory, the most profound impression of this year is undoubtedly the U.S. stock market crash. In this case, it would be completely unreasonable not to take advantage of such a good opportunity to accumulate some capital for yourself.
"Yes, I made some pocket money when I was in college," Janet's eyes flashed brightly when she heard Simon say this, without any of her usual laziness. She looked at him with bright eyes and said, " Now many people have begun to enter the market, so, New York or Tokyo, which side are you going to press?"
Simon looked at Janet, whose temperament had suddenly changed, and stretched out his hand to pinch her little nose, and said with a smile: "We are not pressing on either side, just wait. However, since you are so interested, you will help me when the time comes. Let’s take control.”
Janet opened Simon's hand, leaned against him lazily, and said, "I won't help you, I'm so tired. Many of my former classmates are on Wall Street. Let them come when the time comes. Well, I can I’ll keep an eye on it for you. But, Simon, unless you can predict things like stock index futures, no one can be sure.”
As expected, it is still hard work for the superior.
Simon pinched the woman in his arms who was born with wealth and destiny, and said, "Maybe I can really predict the future."
Janet suddenly became interested again and asked: "Do you know when humans will become extinct?"
Simon was stunned and shook his head honestly.
“When will an asteroid like that from 65 million years ago come to Earth again?”
Simon continued to shake his head.
"What about World War III?"
Simon still shook his head.
Janet curled her lips and said, "Tch."
Simon felt the desire for destruction in the woman's mind, stretched out his hand to trace her thin white neck, and said with a smile: "Jenny, I think it is too dangerous for you to stay on this planet."
Janet put her neck into Simon's hand and said, "Yeah, yeah, strangle me to death."
Naturally, Simon would not use any force, so he retracted his hand and said: "Since we are talking about this, Jenny, I hope the more money this time, the better. So, you go back to Los Angeles tomorrow and take our contract with Orion to the bank for evaluation. , get a loan as soon as possible.”
"Yeah," Janet nodded, then looked at Simon again, with a bit of cunning in her eyes, and said: "I will help you write the IOU. This time it is a big one. Remember to come back and press Mudra.”
"I've been thinking about whether I should just settle the bill like some people do."
"I just want you to default on the debt," Janet stretched out her finger and tapped Simon's heart, saying, "In this way, you will be indebted to me for the rest of your life."
Simon's tone immediately became firm: "Forget it, it's still not bad."
"hehe."
Seeing that the surroundings were completely dark, Simon had no intention of staying in the wild anymore. He jumped off the hood, reached out and picked up Janet's light body and carried her to the passenger seat, and drove back to Coolidge City in the north.