Girl A knocked on the door again and came in with a pot of coffee, briefly interrupting Simon's thoughts.
After the female assistant left, Simon looked at Ivana Antonenko who was like a quail on the sofa next to her. She had a pretty face that was somewhat similar to Yulia, delicate features unique to Slavic girls, light blond hair, fair skin, and a neck. Slender. In the warm room, the girl only wore a close-fitting brown bottoming shirt and white slim-fitting trousers. Her figure became more and more slender. At the same time, she was not as young and slender as Yulia. Instead, she exuded a faint mature charm, like a little girl. Ripe fruit.
Sensing Simon's scrutiny, Ivana Antonenko's light blue eyes dodge uneasily for a few times. Unable to find a suitable place for her gaze, she lowered her head slightly.
Simon curled his lips, looked down at the document on his lap again, and asked, "Yulia said last night that your child was sick?"
The woman, who was like a little beast caught in a trap, was stunned for a moment before realizing that the man next to her was talking to her, and she quickly said: "Well, yes, fever."
Saying this, Ivana thought of what happened last night again.
The child was seriously ill, and she and her mother stayed in the hospital ward together. Then, in the middle of the night, someone suddenly informed the mother and daughter that her father had been released from prison. Because of his poor health, he happened to be sent to that hospital. Check inside.
Speaking of which, the current situation of the family was all caused by her father's original choices, and even her marriage collapsed because her father took the wrong path, but she was still her father and could not ignore her.
So all kinds of tossing went on until early in the morning.
The leaders of the hospital personally came forward and not only settled her father, but also moved her child, who had just improved a little, to a single ward, checked it in person, and sent two nurses to take personal care of her.
The ups and downs simply made the family a little scared.
Until someone revealed that Simon Westeros had personally spoken, the families of the other two girls who were with her sister were also released from prison, but there was no need to go to the hospital and they all went home.
My mother asked someone to inquire again and learned that other people, such as the governor and his family, did not receive this kind of treatment.
Something must have happened.
But, no matter what, it's always a good thing.
It was not until this morning that my sister called home from the villa in the south of the city and finally knew the general outline of the matter. The sister who had been abandoned by Westeros had regained the favor of the man, and then she was called here by her sister.
Ivana Antonenko is not a fool, of course she understands what this means.
I don’t know why, but Simon Westeros also likes me.
Um.
also…
Himself, and my sister.
How is this possible
However, since I entered this legendary lakeside villa of Rivni citizens, I have felt all the surroundings, the magnificent villa, the expensive decorations, the proud maid, and the young man next to me who often only appears in TV newspapers. Tycoon, she couldn't resist at all.
A man's voice sounded in my ears again: "If it's serious, you can change to the UFMS affiliated hospital, or you can go to Kiev."
Ivana quickly shook her head gently, looked at him carefully, and said: "It's getting better. The doctor said that he will be observed for two more days and if everything is fine, he can be discharged."
Simon thanked the doctor and asked, "What do you do now?"
Hearing this question, Ivana suddenly felt guilty, hesitated for a moment and then said: "I will help my sister look after the store."
Ivana Antonenko is actually only 23 years old this year. She was still in school when the Soviet Union collapsed. Later, due to continuous social upheavals, she dropped out of school early and married a classmate who fell in love with her in school. The current situation was turbulent and chaotic. She couldn't find a job at all. The newly married couple had originally planned to smuggle to Western Europe to make a living. The pregnancy two years ago temporarily disrupted the smuggling plan. The child was born at the beginning of last year, and then her sister was selected by Simon Westeros. The family began to rise and fall.
So the 23-year-old has basically never had a serious job.
Before today, the remaining three members of the Antonenko family, mother and daughter, relied on the small hat shop on the commercial street in the north of Rivni. Ukraine's social material is still in a state of scarcity, so the business is very good. , and the store is a special care given to Yulia. She does not need to pay rent, and the family is actually living quite well.
It is also because of this that even if her sister is abandoned by Westeros, she is still the one with the highest status in the family. Even if she insists on installing an expensive landline phone in the house that is no longer needed, neither her mother nor her can say anything. Ivana still didn’t know all the details of last night, and thought that the phone at home really worked.
While flipping through the information, Simon chatted a few more words with the girl next to him. After a while, he pointed to the coffee that had been poured on the coffee table in front of him: "Bring it over for me."
Ivana stood up obediently, carefully picked up the coffee cup and came to the man.
Simon pointed to the side table next to the sofa: "Put it here."
When Ivana put down the coffee cup with a slightly blushing face, Simon reached out and grabbed her wrist and gently pulled it. The girl's slender body had fallen into his arms, and her blushing face instantly turned red, extending to her neck.
Feeling the pleasant fragrance of the woman in his arms, Simon lowered his head and glanced at the pair of long legs lying on his side, but because they were too slender, they could only stick out of the armrest on one side of the sofa. He stretched out his hand to caress the girl's thin waist and asked: " How tall are you?"
Ivana Antonenko wanted to cover her face, but was worried that the man would be angry, so she paralyzed in the man's arms helplessly. When she heard this, she whispered: "179CM."
Simon smiled and said, "Not bad. You have such a good figure, you are tall enough, and you are so beautiful. Do you want to become a model? You will definitely become the top one?"
"I won't."
"You can't learn. You already have the most important requirements for being a model. All that's left is to walk around and take photos. Then you can easily earn millions of dollars a year."
Ivana felt that a certain man was probably lying to her.
However, making millions of dollars a year seemed really irresistible, so I let out a soft hum.
When Simon saw the girl agreeing, his smile turned into a bad smile: "I lied to you."
Ivana turned her face slightly.
It wasn't because she was angry, but because she was shy. The man's changing smile made her heart beat faster inexplicably.
Just lie.
When Simon saw that the girl was silent, he added: "Of course I want to keep such a beautiful girl like you, and not show it to anyone, just like a canary, put it in a cage. Now, you like the golden cage, A silver cage or a wooden cage?"
Ivana heard that the man wanted to hide her like a canary, and found that there was no resistance in her heart.
This is your destiny.
Listening to his subsequent words, his submissive expression became a little more confused.
Simon reacted and said with a smile: "Okay, it seems you don't know this allusion. Well, your blushing face is so attractive, and your neck, come on, let me see, where is the blush?"
Ivana panicked and weakly held down the man's big hand reaching for the hem of her close-fitting shirt, and said like a mosquito: "No, don't."
Simon is easy to talk to: "Okay, then we'll read it in the evening. Now be good and read these documents with me."
The time soon came to noon.
A lunch was arranged with Sergei Komorov to talk about some things, but this time no woman came to the table.
Before lunch, Simon asked Girl A to take Ivana to the third floor of the villa. The girl was too shy and unlikely to mingle with other women in the villa, and Simon also wanted her to get used to it first and then enjoy it in the evening.
After having lunch with Komorov, the two left the villa in the south of the city together and rushed to the furniture factory in the north of Rivni. By the way, they learned more about the man who had already established contact with Victor Melisis, the head of the African coffee plantation. Catalina Corporation.
Before leaving the Chengnan villa, Simon asked Girl A to personally interview the group of people who were released last night.
This time the net is open.
However, it is impossible to recover.
Simon was not in the habit of turning on betrayers.
Asking Girl A to come forward in person is to completely dissuade some people from thinking, and it is also a warning to live peacefully in the future. Otherwise, how will you get out of prison, and how will you go back.
The three girls who have left are also unlikely to return to the Chengnan Villa.
Simon plans to arrange for them to study in England.
Start in high school.
Provide it wherever you can read it. Then, it’s their own lives.
The Antonenko family is luckier.
Simon liked a certain woman who was as soft as water and planned to keep it.
In a small city bordering a large mountain forest to the north of Rivni, a factory that manufactures furniture for IKEA is already on track.
Because it works well and the quality is very guaranteed, IKEA even placed additional orders some time ago.
Sergey Komorov was not satisfied with this. He had never forgotten Simon's suggestion that building your own brand would be more sustainable and maximize profits, so he attached great importance to the management of Catalina.
Through its connections in the Westeros system and the top-quality raw materials shipped from Africa, Catalina Company has received a number of customized orders from specific users. As long as you can calm down, you will definitely be able to gradually become famous in the future.
After a day's work, Simon stayed in Rivni for one night and left Ukraine the next day.
The time is November 3rd.
Friday.
In North America, the transaction settlement between Daenerys Entertainment and Metropolis ABC Group has been completed. Metropolis ABC Group has been completely acquired by Daenerys Entertainment. The new Daenerys Entertainment Group stocks will be re-listed next Monday. opening.
At the same time, the first box office week of the Halloween season, which started on October 27, also ended yesterday.
In the week from October 27th to November 2nd, "The Conjuring 2", the third film in the Conjuring cinematic universe produced by Daenerys Entertainment's New World Pictures, opened on 2,781 screens and grossed 46.13 million in the first seven days. The U.S. dollar box office, with a first-week opening of $16,500, was slightly lower than the $17,800 of the first "The Conjuring".
However, due to the expansion of the number of screens it opened, "The Conjuring 2"'s box office of US$46.13 million in its first week surpassed the US$42.39 million of the first film, and surpassed the second-placed science fiction thriller "The Conjuring" in the same period. 》Keep it far away.
Disney's "Miracle" only had a box office of $9.16 million in its first week.
The 80/20 rule and polarization are becoming increasingly obvious.
But it is also inevitable.
The Daenerys Entertainment Group, which continues to grow, has gradually surpassed other Hollywood studios in terms of film production standards and promotion capabilities. Popular IP series such as the Conjuring Movie Universe are even more popular in the face of many original films. With an incomparable popularity advantage, just the gimmick of the Conjuring movie universe is enough to ensure a box office gain of tens of millions of dollars.
What's more, because of continuous improvement, the quality of the projects in the Conjuring Cinematic Universe shows no sign of declining, which is also the fundamental guarantee for the success of the series.
Halloween is always about watching a movie.
Compared with other films that they have never heard of, audiences will naturally choose "The Conjuring 2".
With revenue of US$46.13 million in the first week, Daenerys Entertainment's promotion team predicts that the local box office of "The Conjuring 2" will at least reach a level comparable to the US$129 million of the first film.
Due to careful early planning and long-term contracts signed in advance, the production cost of the first "The Conjuring" was US$15 million. After the success, the production cost of "The Conjuring 2" was only US$25 million. According to the tiered sharing rules signed between the film studio and the theater, all production investment was recovered in just the first week.
Of course, with the great success of the series, in order to keep the horse running, Simon took the initiative to reward the main creators with a very considerable box office share in addition to the original contract.
Simon left Ukraine and did not return directly to North America. Instead, he flew to Italy first.
In North America, the dust has settled on Daenerys' acquisition of Metropolis ABC. In Italy, at two o'clock in the afternoon on November 3, the Universal Studios Rome project was officially announced.
Simon himself attended Daenerys' press conference in Rome.
The total investment in the construction of Universal Studios Rome is estimated to be US$2 billion, which is equivalent to Universal Studios Osaka. Through preliminary operations, Daenerys Entertainment has obtained most of the land between the west of Rome and Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, and the remaining Partially through subsequent negotiations, the acquisition will not be too difficult. The construction area of Universal Studios Rome is expected to be approximately 200 acres, which is exactly twice the size of Universal Studios Osaka.
Mainly because land costs are lower in Italy.
Moreover, this time Universal Studios Rome is no longer a joint venture between Daenerys Entertainment and local Italian capital. The entire project is solely undertaken by Daenerys Entertainment and is 100% owned.
This is not because Simon is unwilling, but because of the failure of Disneyland Paris in the past, the Italian side has many scruples about investing in this project, fearing that if the mistakes of Disneyland Paris are repeated in the future, all aspects will end badly.
2 billion US dollars is not a problem at all for Daenerys Entertainment now.
However, Simon still chose to issue a batch of 10-year long-term corporate bonds in Italy to raise the funds.
This is not taking advantage, but an act of giving away profits.
Because Daenerys Entertainment's current corporate credit rating is AAA, which is equivalent to U.S. Treasury bonds, repayment is very guaranteed, and the interest rate is much higher than U.S. Treasury bonds. Therefore, it is popular with various retirement funds and pension funds that pursue ultra-low-risk fixed income. Favored by insurance funds.
From official announcement to final completion, if all goes well, Universal Studios Rome is expected to officially open in the new millennium, with a construction period of five years.
These are officially announced details.
Privately, there are so many aspects to deal with in the entire project. Fortunately, the Westeros system currently has enough contacts in Rome, whether official or underground, to handle them easily.
This is actually the reason why Simon finally chose Rome instead of Barcelona, Spain, which has more advantages in terms of geographical location and universal language.
The failure of Disneyland Paris was not only due to serious mistakes in its operating strategy, but also because Disney failed to properly handle all aspects of its relationship with France. From the establishment of the project to the opening of Disneyland Paris, it encountered constant criticism from all walks of life in France for several years. The disparagement caused Disney Paris's most important local customers to show hostility and resistance to the theme park.
In comparison, through these years of operation, the Westeros system is enough to ensure that Universal Studios Rome will not encounter this in Italy.
On the day of the official announcement of the project, not only the Italian Prime Minister and the Mayor of Rome attended the press conference, but also a large number of Italian celebrities from business, fashion, culture, art and other fields came to support the project. In the following days, the mainstream media in Italy reported on Universal Studios Rome The reports are also very positive, which is very different from the situation a few years ago when Paris Disneyland was boycotted by the then French President Mitterrand.