While Simon was having dinner with several senior executives of Ygritte, in another part of the Bay Area, Grace Spurter, who came to the West Coast from New York yesterday, was finishing her day's work and was also having a meeting with D girl Deborah Leigh. Pullman ate together.
Not just the two girls, there was a lot of chatter in this Italian restaurant not far from the Instagram headquarters. There were more than a dozen tall and beautiful young girls gathered at several tables in the corner of the restaurant, many of whom were the same as Grace and D. Sitting at the same table, Yasmin Gary and Nadja Orman, both of whom have waist and legs, attracted the attention of other diners in the restaurant. Some of them were bold enough to come forward to ask for autographs or hand over business cards.
Except for the two big fairies with special identities, all the other girls are clients under Grace's name, including the three girls, Qusi Gauff, who became famous after signing as maintenance angels in the second half of the year, and Grace's recent work with Elite President John ·Karen Mulder had to take over under pressure from Casablanca.
The upcoming 'Information Age' marketing plan also gives many opportunities to the fashion industry.
Grace came over this time to discuss the next step of cooperation with Ygritte. She directly brought all the girls under her name here because she also wanted them to become familiar with each other in the Silicon Valley circle. No one knows what the future will bring. However, since the new technological wave in recent years has been so powerful, it is certainly right to keep up with the times.
Speaking of which, as the vice president of Elite's US branch, Grace only brought a dozen girls under her own name to San Francisco, which inevitably seemed a bit selfish. However, the woman herself knew very well that the resources in the fashion industry were far less than those in Hollywood or the music industry. , when she needs to cooperate with other agents under the company, she will not be stingy, and she will not be modest at all when it comes to obtaining the resources for her clients.
In any case, these girls in her hands are the most direct targets from which she can draw commissions as a model agent, which can be regarded as the foundation. Even the rapidly emerging new media operations department does not directly have a group of popular models to make people feel at ease. If she were to leave Elite now, she would not be able to take the new media operations department with her, but these girls could follow her and leave to start their own business.
After dinner, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.
Grace said goodbye to Girl D and several others, and left the city of Palo Alto with her group of girls in several cars and rushed to Los Altos Villas in the south of the city, which is another luxury area in the South Bay. , connected with luxury areas such as Woodside, Portola Valley, and Palo Alto Hills, similar to the first-line layout of Hollywood Hills, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, and Brentwood in Los Angeles.
Yesterday, they arrived in San Francisco with their girls. They did not choose to stay in a hotel, but settled in a mansion covering an area of more than two acres in Los Altos Hills.
This is a property in Simon's name.
Grace had arranged this trip with a certain young man when she was in New York some time ago. During the period, she contacted her and mentioned that she wanted to bring several of her clients to San Francisco. The man took the initiative to lend her this mansion and told her on the phone If some myths are raised, the goblins will be rich and their horizons will be high. In fact, they will be more likely to make progress and will not be unable to hold back even if they are slightly tempted.
It seems very reasonable.
If a man directly gave her a mansion, which he often did, Grace would not accept it because of some small insistence in her heart. Now she just lent it to her to accommodate her own clients, so she did not refuse.
Because I know this is nothing to him.
Men even have a special hobby of keeping vases in their houses.
Now that she has a mansion with as many as eight bedrooms, Grace, who initially only planned to let the three girls of Tracy Gauff accompany her, brought all the girls who were temporarily unemployed to San Francisco. The fashion season had just ended, and everything was going on. After being busy for more than a month, it happened to be a bonus for the girls to take a break.
However, if you really come here, you won't be able to rest.
With her connections, Grace temporarily took on many jobs for the girls.
The Amazon online mall, which has begun diversified trial operations, requires a large number of display photos for clothing and cosmetics product pages, and this alone requires a large number of models. Other types of websites in Silicon Valley now have an increasing demand for graphic models.
Because of this demand, after Elite, during this period, several major model agencies in North America have increased their presence in San Francisco, which was not originally paid much attention by the fashion circle.
Therefore, as soon as they arrived yesterday, the girls started all kinds of busy things.
This is another little man's fallacy.
A woman can be raised, but she cannot be left idle.
Extreme leisure causes trouble.
really.
Thinking about it, Gralf's family probably got into trouble because of being too idle. This is obviously a personal experience.
Back at the mansion in Los Altos Mountains, a group of girls entered the villa with a huff and a whistle. Grace followed her in and clapped her hands and said to the goblins who came over: "OK, go take a shower and get some rest early. We'll be back tomorrow." I have work, and if anyone is late, I will send her to sleep on the street."
Shanna Zadrick, who looks a bit like Cindy Crawford, couldn't wait to occupy a sofa in the living room, with a tired look on her face: "Grey, I'm so tired. We can always rest on the weekend, right?"
"Okay," Grace nodded and smiled again: "Stop complaining. I don't know how many girls want to have a job like you every day. Now the modeling agencies on the West Coast must be slandering you for coming from the East Coast to follow me. They are fighting for jobs. If I had the good opportunity you want, I wouldn't have to be an agent now. Okay, don't stay on the sofa, go upstairs, take a shower, go to bed, oh, don't forget to take care of yourself before going to bed. "
Grace said, then walked to the other side and reached out to pull out the business card in Angela Lindworth's hand, tore it off and threw it into the trash can. This was the business card the girl had received when she was accosted while having dinner in the restaurant. This is no time for a 15-year-old girl to think about such a thing.
Angela Lindworth glared at Grace, stuck out her tongue, picked up a companion beside her and got up and went upstairs first, and the other girls then dispersed.
The living room fell silent, and Grace herself was finally able to sit down on the sofa.
Assistant Michelle brought coffee over, and as soon as Grace took it and took a sip, her cell phone rang. She answered the call and spoke a few words to the person on the other side. Grace quickly hung up the line.
Michelle heard the conversation between Grace and the other side and asked, "Gray, do you want to go out?"
Grace nodded without any strange expression. She stood up and told Michelle: "Watch them and don't sneak out to have fun."
Michelle agreed, vaguely guessing something, but didn't dare to say more.
This boss is actually not easy to talk to at all.
After a few more words, Grace picked up her satchel and walked out the door. Michelle just walked to the door and saw a conspicuous black Rolls-Royce parked in front of the villa at some point. This luxury area has very tight security. It is impossible for strangers to appear in front of a certain luxury house without permission.
Now, the speculation just now was directly confirmed, but Michelle tried her best to pretend that she didn't see anything.
Just a few days ago, Grace asked their assistants to sign a confidentiality agreement. Of course, the smart Michelle knew what the actual purpose of that agreement was.
Michelle had only hidden envy for her boss's fortune.
That's Simon Westeros.
When the driver saw Grace approaching, he took the initiative to open the door. Grace got in the car and was a little disappointed when she didn't see a certain little man immediately.
After asking the driver, I found out that he was still socializing, and he was just picking her up to where he would stay tonight.
Rolls-Royce left Los Altos Mountain Villa and walked along the mountain road for more than ten minutes, arriving at Portola Valley bordering Woodside, and entered the mountain hidden in the dense forest that circled the entire mountain. The main villa of the manor is a country villa-style building with stone walls and gray tiles. It has three floors. The entire villa covers an area of more than half an acre. It is far more magnificent than the mansion in Los Altos Villas.
The driver just parked the car at the door of the main villa and motioned for Grace to go in by herself.
Grace got out of the car, walked up the front steps with anxiety and anticipation, and entered the brightly lit hall of the villa. A familiar girl greeted her. This was a baby-faced girl she had met several times in the manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich. Zoe Parks.
When I see an acquaintance, I feel a little relaxed, but then inevitably feel a little embarrassed.
This is an affair after all.
There was no strangeness on Zoe's face, and she hugged Grace warmly. After greeting her, she took Grace upstairs directly to a living room with a terrace on the second floor.
Compared to the first floor where other waitresses were obviously busy, the second floor seemed very quiet.
After busying back and forth serving coffee to Grace, Zoe said: "The boss may not come back for a while. Ms. Spurter, if you need anything, you can call me at any time."
Zoe said, and pointed to the crystal ball ornaments on the side table of the sofa.
Grace agreed, knowing that the crystal ball was probably a servant summoner. She also had two nannies at home, but they had no use for this. The mansion with dozens of rooms where we are at this time is inevitable, otherwise, if the owner wants to be served, he cannot yell in the house.
After thinking about it, Grace called to Zoe who was about to leave and said, "I just came back from outside. I want to take a shower first."
"Oh, of course, please come with me."
Zoe said, made a gesture of invitation, and took Grace up to the third floor and to the master bedroom. When Grace came in, the girl diligently helped her prepare a bathrobe and put out the bath water, and then left. .
Grace didn't take off her clothes until Zoe left and stepped into the exaggeratedly large marble bathtub.
After soaking for less than ten minutes, there was movement outside.
Grace looked at the bathroom door with some vigilance: "Zoe, is that you?"
No one responded.
The door was pushed open directly, revealing the tall figure of a certain little man.
When she woke up in the morning, just looking at the bright sunlight filtering through the gaps in the curtains, Grace knew that it must be very late.
Last night, I spent the night next to a certain little man for the first time. I was a little greedy and felt a little weak when I woke up. After hesitating for a while, she simply gave up getting up and didn't even bother to make a phone call. She was just leaving for a whole morning, the sky would not fall, and Michelle could help her deal with many things.
I somewhat admire the energy of a certain little man.
I have just traveled around the world for a long time. After I came back, I was able to torment people like a little tiger. Now I went out to work early.
I can't stand it myself.
I closed my eyes again and started to rest. I didn't wake up until I heard a knock on the door at noon.
It was Zoe who came through the door.
This time I was even more surprised.
However, upon noticing the faint envy in the baby-faced girl's respect, the shy mood dissipated a lot.
Zoe didn't stay long, she just sent a tray in and reminded Grace that her boss would be back for lunch at noon. It was already half past eleven.
After Zoe left, Grace sat up from the bed, glanced at the glass of water on the tray on the bedside table and a few pills on the plate, and roughly understood what they were. At a certain moment, I hesitated inexplicably, but in the end, I reached over, picked up the cup, took the pills, and then got out of bed and started dressing and washing.
After getting dressed and going downstairs, Simon happened to return from outside.
The other maids in the villa were obviously sent away, leaving only Zoe, who served lunch for the two of them, and the girl also disappeared on her own initiative.
Sitting down at the dining table, Grace felt a little embarrassed when she felt the little man looking at her, but she couldn't help but wonder if he would laugh at her for being so useless last night, so she pretended to be calm and picked up the tableware and found a topic. : "Last time before you left, I said that the 'Westeros Effect' might happen again, but I didn't expect that you would really mess up the Japanese stock market again."
Simon had the lonely expression of a master: "Yes, many times I feel that I am too powerful and can't hold myself back. If I don't pay attention, someone will be unlucky."
Sensing the man's relaxed and playful tone, Grace relaxed and couldn't help but roll her eyes slightly. Thinking of something, she asked curiously: "This time the Mexican currency collapsed, I must have made a lot of money again, right?" ?”
This question is actually a bit sensitive. The woman's mind has obviously not turned around yet, otherwise she would not have asked.
Simon did not avoid talking, but just shook his head and said: "Mexico actually doesn't have much oil and water, mainly in Latin America. The economic models of Latin American countries such as Brazil, Argentina, and Chile are very similar to Mexico. The financial crisis in Mexico is like overturning the first It's a domino that's going to fall on all of Latin America."
After the short-lived prosperity in the 1970s, Latin American countries have basically been in decline in recent years due to the failure of economic transformation. Coupled with North America's continued debt export and overt and covert suppression of Latin America, it has become more difficult for these countries to turn around. Basically, In the world, except for a few closed countries such as Cuba and Venezuela, other countries such as Brazil have been reduced to the back garden level of the United States.
Simon did not participate in the hunt for European countries during the European currency crisis two years ago, but he will not be polite to Latin America this time.
Of course, not too much fanfare.
This time, Soros is still in front of the big head. The Westeros system only quietly entered the village. The line he established with the British businessman Joseph Lewis happened to come in handy this time. Simon agreed at the time. The cooperation with Lewis is originally aimed at the layout of the Latin American market.
Michael Lewis participated in the last European currency crisis. This time, combined with the Westeros system, the capital strength of the Tavistock Group under Lewis's name is stronger, and Simon will not be exposed.
From the outbreak of the financial crisis in Mexico last week to now, in more than a week, the Westeros System's short position in the stock and bond markets of Latin American countries, including Mexico, has accumulated more than 800 million U.S. dollars in book profits, and it is expected to continue until the end of the year , after the harvest is completed, the overall revenue will not be less than 1.5 billion US dollars.
Simon does not intend to take back this money, and plans to use it all for investment in the Latin American market. After the economic crisis, it is the best time to buy assets at the bottom.