October 17th is another new week.
In Manhattan, in a townhouse on 72nd Street near Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side, the Spurt family, who had recently moved into a new home, were having breakfast.
The suggestion to move was first made by her husband, but Grace Spurter did not agree with it at first. The couple's careers were just picking up again and they were not financially well-off. However, after Bill Spurter listed a series of advantages for the couple in terms of expanding their network and educating their children after moving, the woman finally agreed.
The house is rented for the time being.
In fact, if the property in Greenwich Village was sold, and the couple's credit line in the bank had been greatly increased at this time, it would not be untrustworthy to directly purchase a property in the Upper East Side. This time Grace firmly refused to agree.
The apartment in Greenwich that Grace hoped to leave to her two children.
Real estate in New York City retains its value very well. If you sell it now and want to buy it again in the future, it’s hard to say what the price will be.
On the table.
The topic unknowingly led to the Forbes list that everyone has been talking about recently.
Especially a certain young tycoon at the top of the list.
Grace served a bowl of sweet soup to her son beside her. After listening to her husband's analysis of how terrifying Cersei's capital's hidden strength was, she asked with a smile: "Tell me, how much money does Simon Westeros have?"
Women are naturally good at pretending.
Bill Spurter felt that his wife was neither close nor distant to a certain name in her words. He was inexplicably concerned about gains and losses, but he quickly said: "It's really hard to say, but US$300 billion is definitely a serious underestimate. We have recently We are bidding for the additional stock issuance project of a communications technology company that Westeros invested in a few years ago. This company is called Qualcomm. It was listed in 1992. Due to the rise of the mobile communications industry, Qualcomm's current market value reaches 2.9 billion US dollars. Weiss Tello Company holds 17% of the shares, and the value of these shares is US$490 million. Guess how much the Westeros Company paid for these shares four years ago?”
Grace pretended to think for a moment and said, "$100 million?"
Bill Spurter shook his head and revealed the answer directly: "35 million. In four years, the value increased 14 times."
Rita Spulte, who was sitting next to her father, sighed: "It's so awesome, Dad, is there anything special about this company?"
Meal time at the Spurts' house used to be less lively.
In the past six months, Mr. and Mrs. Spurter's career has been revived, and the personalities of the couple's children have also changed a lot. Grace can clearly feel that her daughter is more active and confident than before. Sixteen-year-old Rita Spurt successfully entered the famous Dalton Middle School on the Upper East Side this fall. Not to mention the girl herself, even the Spurts had never dared to think about this century-old prestigious school.
Of course, only Grace herself knew that the reason her daughter was able to enter this top private high school in Manhattan was actually because she secretly called a certain little man.
Bill Spurter smiled at his daughter and said: "Rita's question happens to be the key to the matter. We recently conducted a survey on Qualcomm. Guess what the result was?"
Rita Spurter suddenly rolled her eyes.
Grace also smiled, glanced at her son who was listening carefully, and signaled him to eat quickly.
Bill Spurter also realized that what he was selling was a bit of a jump, explaining: "We found that Qualcomm has almost monopolized the patents for the third generation digital communication technology in advance, and the industry predicts the scale of the global mobile communications industry in the future. It may reach the level of trillions of dollars. A company that has monopolized technology patents for a generation, even if it only relies on patent licensing fees, may reach billions of dollars in annual revenue in the future. The current market value of 2.9 billion US dollars is just the beginning."
Grace couldn't help but think of a certain little man, and asked: "Patent barriers can be bypassed, right? Will so many communications giants be willing to pay billions of dollars in patent fees to a small company?"
Bill Spurter said: "If you want to bypass it, of course it's not impossible. However, Qualcomm's technology is almost the best solution for the third generation of digital communications. If you want to bypass it, it will not only cost a lot, but it is also technically impossible." Better than Qualcomm. Just like there is already a Suez Canal, and you can pay a few thousand dollars to pass it. Do you think anyone will spend billions of dollars to dig another canal with a longer route and longer time?"
Grace nodded.
Bill Spurter returned to his wife's question: "Because Qualcomm went public, we know that Westeros invested in such a company with huge growth potential in advance. However, how much has Westeros invested in these years? Companies with the same growth potential, how much are these unlisted companies now worth? Unless the Westeros system is actively disclosed, outsiders will not know it at all, so it is impossible to truly understand the wealth of Westeros. Take the current most As for the conspicuous Yigrit Company, due to the explosion of the Internet industry, our analyst team has judged that Yigrit's performance growth this year may be higher than last year. Even if it is listed immediately, based on Yigrit's With ultra-high growth potential, this may become another giant with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars. Therefore, now there are only four companies, Cisco, AOL, Igritte, and Daenerys, which can actually support Simon ·The net worth of Westeros is $300 billion.”
After listening to his father's words, Ray Spurter finally asked: "Dad, what is the concept of 300 billion US dollars?"
I have heard this number frequently recently, and Grace is a little curious about it.
Bill Spurter has obviously thought about this problem and said: "It depends on whose hands such a wealth is in. If it is the oil tycoons in the Middle East, to them, $300 billion is just a room full of gold. , the dining table is made of gold, the toilet is made of gold, and the walls are also made of gold, showing to the world that they are very rich, and then there will be no more, and no one will allow them to have more. However, , for Simon Westeros, he is quickly and efficiently converting the money he owns into real power that can control the United States and even the world. Power is actually the ultimate display of capital."
Ray Spurter could feel the enthusiasm and longing in his father's eyes when he said these words, but it was difficult for him as a 15-year-old boy to understand this.
Bill Spurter knew that it was not appropriate to explain to the children in depth, but he still couldn't hold it back, and continued: "Just like the dispute between the Westeros system and the Hearst family in the first half of the year, Simon Westeros used his own The powerful capital strength almost destroyed the century-old Hearst family, coupled with the subsequent Westeros system's wooing of other established media families in the Federation. The result is that, under the combined influence of kindness and power, the Westeros system has been greatly The government controls the media industry of the Federation. Whatever you can and cannot see in the media in the future will have the influence of the Westeros system."
Grace noticed her daughter's thoughtful expression across the dining table, then looked at her son beside her who was also digesting her father's words. She decisively interrupted her husband's intention to continue with her eyes and said to her son: "Okay, Lei, hurry up. Order and drink the soup, I don't want you to be late at the beginning of the new week."
After breakfast, Bill Spurte's driver had parked the car downstairs at the townhouse where the Spurte family rented.
Grace saw her husband off in person. When she was leaving, she saw the man approaching her as a habit. She did not refuse, but she tilted her head slightly and only allowed the man to kiss her on the cheek.
The children did not know that their parents had quietly slept in separate rooms after moving into this villa.
The cause of the matter was not because of Grace and Simon's secret relationship, but on Bill Spurter's side.
At a party inside First Boston half a month ago, Mr. and Mrs. Spurter attended together. As a result, a young girl suddenly appeared during the party and challenged Grace in various ways. Looking at her husband's reaction at that time, how did Grace feel? Still don't understand what happened.
Afterwards, faced with her husband's anxiety and guilt, and even vague worries and fears, Grace did not react violently. She only warned him that the matter must be resolved within three days. She did not want the reputation of the Spurte family and the life of the family to be affected. The influence of a certain woman who appears out of nowhere.
As a result, I was entangled by a woman who was not lacking in scheming. It was so easy to solve the problem.
The opposing Lions demanded $1 million to leave Bill Spurter, which also came with an exceptional promotion within First Boston.
Grace almost laughed angrily when she heard the news.
She was angry at her husband's incompetence and laughed at a certain girl's boldness.
It's impossible to trouble a little man with such a trivial matter, but he actually quietly gave her some connections.
In just two days, the investment bank girl who tried to step on her boss to get the upper hand was found by the FBI. The crime was not extortion, but drug trafficking.
It's not a false accusation.
The investment bank girl does have a boyfriend whose secret identity is actually a drug dealer.
In the United States, drug trafficking is actually not a serious crime, but if the matter is exposed, the girl will never want to appear on Wall Street again.
After receiving certain hints, the investment bank girl obediently signed a confidentiality agreement and agreed to leave the Dakaizi she had just hooked. The police also changed their attitude and provided the other party with an opportunity to only serve as a witness without being prosecuted.
Of course, the girl's real boyfriend, who has a glamorous job and earns a lot of money privately, is completely unlucky.
After resolving the matter, Grace and her husband confessed that she would not divorce him because of the children, but he must ensure that his family would no longer be subject to similar harassment in the future.
Bill Spurter doubled the guarantee.
His wife did not say what would happen if something similar happened again, but Spurter could predict it. Through this incident, he even understood that his wife could even make him lose everything again.
Then, the couple quietly began to separate rooms.
Bill Spurter was not too disappointed by this.
The further you get into the upper class society, the more you find that similar situations around you are very common. The most typical one is that the couple in the White House now is actually a superficial couple that everyone knows very well. Over the years, the Clintons have still worked their way to the White House with tacit understanding. In recent months, the President has been deeply entangled in the Paula Jones sexual assault scandal. In order to express support, the family has often and harmoniously posted family photos in the media.
After all, they had been married for many years, so how could Bill Spurter not feel certain changes in his wife.
However, after spending so many years as a small person on Wall Street surrounded by money and power, Bill Spurter knew very well why he was able to suddenly achieve everything he had now.
In the past, people who went bankrupt or lost their jobs during the economic turmoil were still considered too fragile to choose to commit suicide. After truly embarking on the road to power and trying the taste, Bill Spurter felt that even if he jumped from the World Trade Center, he would still be I don’t want to fall into the dust again.
It's totally worth paying something for it.
Therefore, after something was resolved, Bill Spurter really listened to his wife's warning.
During this period, even though he had split a room with his wife in private, he did not provoke other women. Some things are really not that important compared to the career that he wasted half his life to unexpectedly obtain and is even expected to go further.
As for a certain high-ranking young man, Bill Spurter dared not forget him.
Although this Qualcomm stock issuance is still in the bidding stage of several investment banks, Bill Spurter's team definitely did not come into contact with this project by accident. Some of the information passed off as casual chat with family members at the dinner table actually came from a piece of information privately sent to Simon Westeros by his personal assistant's office.
Simon Westeros was obviously quietly building himself up, and Bill Spurter had no doubts about the accuracy of some of the predictions in that information.
With the information in hand, Bill Spurter and his team have formulated a winning bid plan. This plan may be criticized by some for being too radical in the short term, but as long as Qualcomm's development can be as expected, , this bidding will become his qualification for promotion again in the future, and all investors who obtained Qualcomm shares through this additional issuance will not forget who brought them the money-making opportunity.
Wall Street, that's what it boils down to.
Whoever can bring benefits to investment banks and investors will be sought after like a god.
After seeing her husband off and arranging for a maid-cum-driver whom the family had recently hired to drive their two children to school, Grace drove herself to the Elite headquarters in Midtown.
The fashion season has reached its final Milan Fashion Week.
The three pillars of Grace's name were all in Italy at this time, but she did not follow them. Elite has established a new media operations department that Grace is solely responsible for. Various matters are more important than simply accompanying the three girls to Milan for the catwalk. a lot of.
Arriving at Elite headquarters, Grace saw her assistant Michelle stopping a girl from breaking into her office as soon as she reached the door of her office.
Grace approached, and the girl who was arguing with Michelle noticed something and turned around. It turned out to be Karen Mulder.
When she got three Victoria's Secret Angel spots from Simon, because of the request of Elite President Casablanca, Grace recommended this girl with plump lips who did not meet the preferences of a certain young man. With no results, she stopped paying attention to her. .
The fashion season is still going on, but this supermodel who was highly sought after in the past few years is staying in New York. You can imagine her situation at this time.