Manhattan.

Near the Columbus Circle in the southwest corner of Central Park, a black Mercedes-Benz luxury car stopped on the side of the road, and the female driver with sunglasses in a ponytail pulled the car door, Zhu Momo got out of the car, glanced at the Weijia female guard named Paula Collander, and then looked at Jill Pectort and Zhao Annie, who got out of the co-pilot and the other side respectively, and felt a little emotional.

Even my mother can't just take three followers with me on a trip.

Probably understanding what a girl who deliberately stepped on the sky and soared two meters high, Jill stepped forward and grabbed her arm and pulled her into a building on the side of the road, while saying, "Let's go, I'm going to be late." ”

Zhao Annie followed, and simultaneously 'translated': "Don't be ashamed, be careful of being treated as a neuropath." ”

Zhu Momo still walked very steadily on 12 cm high heels, and glared at Zhao Annie when he heard the words: "Can't you even understand such a simple English when I do?"

"I know you understand, that's what I was trying to say. ”

Zhu Momo threatened: "I'm going to fire you, little man." ”

Zhao Annie simply rolled her eyes.

The four women came to a café on the 12th floor of the building, said a few words to the waiter who greeted them, and were led to a place by the window of the café, where there were already two girls waiting, looking at their appearance, they were all Orientals, and when they appeared, the two women stood up together to greet them.

The first to speak was Zhao Annie, looking at the younger of the two girls, the round-faced girl was a little surprised: "Youhu, why are you here?"

It turned out that one of them was Li Youhu from the National Style Art Troupe.

Zhao Annie previously served the Guofeng Art Troupe, although Li Youhu was arranged by Simon to participate in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and has been living in Manhattan to study acting, but she often goes back, and there are few Chinese waiters in the service team of the Guofeng Art Troupe, so it is natural to get to know her.

Li Youhu was also surprised, and generously stepped forward to hug Zhao Annie, and said with a smile: "Sister Feihong said that she came to see a student, and someone robbed my teacher, of course I want to come and see it together." ”

Li Youhu said and looked at the other people, and his eyes naturally fell on Zhu Momo.

The first impression is so high.

Then, there is some kind of instinctive repulsion of the same sex, and sparks fly between the collision of eyes.

The two women said, and the woman wearing a slim black long dress next to her with a delicate and bookish face also took the initiative to stretch out her hand to Zhu Momo: "Hello, my surname is Yu, you are, well, you can speak Chinese, right?"

Although he was not quite on the right path with a certain fox at a glance, Zhu Momo had a good impression of the woman in front of him, and shook hands with the other party: "Of course, my name is Zhu Momo." ”

The woman nodded and said, "My English name is Fay." ”

Zhu Momo was stunned, reacted, and said with a smile: "Teacher Yu, Momo is my Chinese name, but the English name is also MoMo, and the agent said that it is easy to remember, and it has personality, and it sounds very cute." ”

Teacher Yu was a little embarrassed: "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought your English name was also Momo, and if you don't mind, just call me Sister Yu, no need to call teacher." ”

"Okay, Sister Yu," Zhu Momo agreed, and praised: "Sister Yu, you are so beautiful, I can't tell your age from your appearance at all." ”

"Actually, I'm not a few years older than you. ”

Teacher Yu said, looking at Jill again.

Jill also took the initiative to reach out and said in obviously jerky and heavily accented Chinese: "Hello, Miss Yu, I, it's Jill, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

"Hello. ”

Teacher Yu shook hands with Jill, feeling very strange, the blonde girl in front of her, this Chinese, is really ...... It's not good to evaluate, and even makes her a little admired that the other party can say it in public.

Teacher Yu didn't show too much heterogeneity, but Zhu Momo didn't give Jill face at all, almost laughing, and said to her: "Jill, you still don't speak Chinese, it's too ugly." ”

Jill ignored her, but still changed her English and explained to Teacher Yu: "Sorry, Miss Yu, I only started learning Chinese two days ago, which may make you a little unaccustomed." ”

Teacher Yu was a little surprised, and then admired the blonde girl who had just spoken after two days of studying, and quickly changed her English: "It's okay, you already speak very well." ”

Zhu Momo understood Teacher Yu's words and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Is this good?

It's terrible.

Teacher Yu, who noticed Zhu Momo's expression, also had a bottom in his heart, this is obviously not a girl who is too easy to teach, in fact, from the first glance, Teacher Yu felt that it was inappropriate, I really don't understand who was so whimsical to send such a girl who looked close to two meters and could only be a special actor to her to learn acting.

It's just a mess.

In comparison, if this Jill who dared to speak boldly after learning Chinese for two days wanted to learn acting with her, Teacher Yu would be extremely happy, after all, she was a very motivated type at first glance.

Everyone greeted each other briefly, and except for the female guard named Paula who took the initiative to sit next to her, the remaining five women sat down around a round table and began to talk about business.

Ms. Yu only feels that the experience of the last few months is really amazing.

As a proud girl who began to contact acting at a very young age, Mr. Yu was already well-known before entering the Beijing Film Academy to study in college, and after graduating from college, he stayed in school for a short time to teach, not wanting this life to be too bland, and took advantage of the heat of going abroad to come to the United States for further study.

There is always a gap between ideals and reality.

Finding that life in the United States is far from being as good as I imagined, I was already hesitant to return to China, and suddenly received a special job offer to teach a girl to learn acting.

Teacher Yu was not interested at first.

However, later, the introducer revealed some inside information to her a little, and in addition, the salary offered by the other party was too generous, so she agreed.

After joining the company, I got along with myself, a female student who was changed to a strange name by a big man, and soon found that the two of them were very straightforward and straightforward, like-minded, and the age difference was only five years old, and the relationship soon became close, saying that it was a master and apprentice, but a bit of a sister.

Not only that, after getting this job, Mr. Yu found that he had unknowingly entered the New York film circle, not only met Ang Lee, a revered Chinese director, but also came into contact with many outstanding filmmakers.

It's something that hasn't been done in Los Angeles for the past two years.

With his acting qualifications, after a few months, while teaching Li Youhu, Mr. Yu also received some role invitations, although they are all small roles, but they are much better than when I was in Los Angeles.

Speaking of which, Li Youhu will return to China at the end of the month to make final preparations for the filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and Mr. Yu is still a little worried about whether he will lose his job in the future, but he didn't expect to usher in another student so soon.

Although.

This student seems a bit unreliable.

Moreover, even if he hadn't seen the legendary big man once in the past few months, and he hadn't deliberately inquired, Mr. Yu knew that there seemed to be a man standing behind these girls.

Simon Westeros.

It's a name that's just everywhere right now.

Mr. Yu just didn't expect that he could indirectly establish some kind of relationship with the other party.

Or, most likely, it is directly related, after all, the original employment contract, although the name of the 'Party A' company in the agreement has nothing to do with Westeros at all, but an annual salary of $100,000, as well as many benefits, and, most importantly, the boss she needs to report, Angel Davis, later learned that the woman was a housekeeper in the Westeros family.

Even if he didn't want to admit it, as he gradually got to know each other, Mr. Yu slowly found that he seemed to have unknowingly become a member of the Westeros family's peripheral service team.

And then what.

Mr. Yu didn't feel anything wrong, but liked his current work and life more and more.

After all, it's $100,000 a year.

If you return to China according to the previous plan and continue to teach at Beiying, your monthly salary will be seven or eight hundred yuan, which is equivalent to less than $100, even if you continue to act, compared to Hollywood's high salary of $15 million, Chinese actors are simply poor, just like Gong Yinghou, a few years ago, she was directly stunned when she saw the 1 million Hong Kong dollars in cash offered by the Hong Kong side for "Tang Bohu's Autumn Fragrance", because I had never seen it.

1 million Hong Kong dollars, which is about the same as her current annual salary.

Zhu Momo may be a little proud and rude, but in fact, there is no shortage of emotional intelligence, and a group of women quickly chatted together, and gradually got to know each other.

Zhu Momo also knows very well that he is too tall to develop in the direction of an actor at all, and Jill has also helped analyze that the man obviously hopes that she will make a name for herself in China with the role in "Something to Say", and then the United States will be able to become a world-class model immediately.

This gimmick is very lucrative in China.

Therefore, unlike Li Youhu's quite complete learning, Zhu Momo only asked for a learning plan to be completely customized for the characters in "Have Something to Say", in short, as long as it can support this movie.

During the conversation, Li Youhu gradually revealed his fox tail.

The girl is also a very motivated girl, so I hope that when I return to China at the end of the month, Ms. Yu can go back with her and continue to guide and train her. In fact, Li Youhu also knows that if she needs to, when she returns to China, the high-ranking man can also match her with a teacher, but because of her similar temperament, Li Youhu still hopes that Teacher Yu can teach her.

I haven't been back to China for two years, and although I like my current work and life situation, Mr. Yu doesn't mind going back for a few months.

On the side of Zhu Momo, hearing Li Youhu's thoughts, Jill Peckett quickly moved her mind, she had hoped to go to China as soon as possible, and this was a good opportunity.

Only Zhu Momo is not very happy.

My paradise life has just begun, and when I go back to China, compared to the United States, it is like a heaven and an earth. What's more, I only had a relationship with my mother last night, and the New York Elite is very optimistic about herself, and will arrange various professional training for her in the next few months, and she has a good chance to become a Supermodel in the future.

Ran back in a blink of an eye, how to explain?

What's more, if you return to China, you will probably not see a man for a long time.

This problem is also quite serious.

What if I fall out of favor? Although, it doesn't seem like I've been favored much.

However, after some consideration, Zhu Momo is not a small person in the end, and since he is sure that it will be beneficial to his small gang to go back together, he still agrees to come down after all.

The premise, of course, is that with someone's permission.

Once the women talk together, time always flies, things are settled, and more than two hours have passed.

So I had a discussion about where it would be better to have lunch.

This café also serves lunch, but it was better to enjoy it, and of course there was no need to stay here, so I finally decided to go to the famous St. George's restaurant nearby. The location of such a restaurant is usually not easy to decide, but it is not a problem for the women around the Westeros family.

Jill called to set a place, and the women were going to go back at 12 o'clock sharp, and were continuing to chat, when they were suddenly attracted by the conversation between the two guests at the next table.

These were two white men who had just arrived and looked to be in their thirties and a bit of a Manhattan elite, and, apparently noticing them, their voices were amplified, apparently to attract the attention of the girls.

"Five rounds of inquiry, the opening rose to $15.5, the market is still too conservative for Verizon's listing, I believe that in the last two trading days of this week, the company's market value can break through $100 billion. ”

Another man with a mid-parted hair sat facing the woman, just in time to notice the detail of Jill looking up at them, and his voice seemed to be slightly raised: "And how much did you subscribe this time?"

The man with his back to this side seemed to feel the hint of the middle part, and said: "150,000 shares, of course I want more, but Verizon's shares are so hot that the stock subscription scale in the roadshow stage is equivalent to 17 times the number of planned issuances, and I can get 150,000 shares because my uncle has connections at Goldman Sachs." ”

"This is already very exciting, if Verizon's market value breaks 100 billion tomorrow, just this single order, you can make two million dollars, Jim, you have to invite us to Hawaii for a vacation." ”

"Of course, it's okay to travel around the world. ”

"That's very exciting. ”

The two of them pretended to be, and then they seemed to find a beautiful woman sitting next to them, and they stood up and walked over together, and just turned their backs to Jim, a very handsome man who looked like a gentleman, "Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Jim, it's a pleasure to meet you, it's noon soon, how about having a meal together?"

The middle head next to him followed the helper: "After lunch, maybe we can go to the sea to bask in the sun together, Jim has a nice yacht." ”

Except for a certain scumbag, of course, the women sitting there could understand the invitation of the two, and then looked at each other a few times, with quite strange expressions. Even if Zhao Annie, who has the lowest appearance score, even if she can't reach 80 points, that pleasing round face, 75 points is still enough, after all, it is unlikely that she will enter the surrounding team of the Westeros family if she looks too mediocre.

Since she is a beauty, of course she has experienced pickups.

It's just that the man in front of him, listening to a few words just now, seems to be quite rich, but he dares to invite a whole table of women to them, isn't his appetite a little too big?

Think of yourself as Simon Westeros.

The two waited for a moment, and when they saw that the women all had strange faces and no one spoke, the man named Jim slowed down: "Ladies and gentlemen, can you speak English?"

After saying this, Jim noticed that a girl in a black uniform with a ponytail who was sitting alone at the next table came over, looked at Jill and the others on the table, and turned around and said, "Two gentlemen, please don't harass these ladies." ”

The female guards strictly cultivated by the Westeros family obviously have a special temperament that can be distinguished at a glance, since they are all elites, the man named Jim immediately noticed the joints, and then looked at the clothes and accessories of these girls, and suddenly realized that he was out of trouble.

If nothing else, just wish Momo the limited edition Vacheron Constantin women's watch, which he just knew was worth as much as $120,000.

This is obviously not one of those Oriental girls who can catch up with him casually.

Looking at the vigilant female bodyguards in front of her, and the playful banter in the eyes of these girls who are not very disguised, perhaps, this may be those young ladies from Japanese chaebol families.

The kind whose net worth is only higher than him.

smiled awkwardly, Jim was not stupid enough to make any rich man's brainless tricks, even if Japan has been pressed very badly by the United States over the years, if it is really a Japanese chaebol, he still can't afford to provoke it, said sorry softly, and subconsciously learned from the Japanese to bow slightly, and then left with his own middle-parted dog's legs.

When the two disappeared, Zhu Momo asked Zhao Annie, "What did they just say?"

Zhao Annie smiled: "They want to invite us to dinner, and then take a yacht together to bask in the sun on the sea, Momo, people have private yachts, very rich, if you want, it's too late to catch up now." ”

Zhu Momo suddenly rolled his eyes: "Why don't you go?"

"I was seasick. ”

“......”

The women around laughed.

Jill laughed along, but inevitably had some thoughts and looked at the girls around him.

Speaking of which, if it weren't for a certain high-ranking man who subtly raised their horizons to the highest, in the face of the rich kid who had just accosted him, even if he wouldn't be immediately moved, he would definitely not even have a sense of superiority in front of the other party that despised the other party.

According to Newton.

Now, they are equivalent to standing on the shoulders of giants, looking down on all beings.

The two of them left in a gloomy manner, because it was close to noon, and in the café, which had more customers, the guests who were originally interested in the girls at this table were all discouraged.

The girls' words quickly turned to what the two guys had just discussed.

Verizon's IPO.

Jill and Zhao Annie are most concerned about this matter, involving the Westeros system, Teacher Yu and Li Youhu are also full of interest, and I wish Momo even more regret when he hears the news that Verizon will break the market value of 100 billion in the next two trading days. The $1 million on their side could more than double in two days if they could be exchanged for Verizon stock in advance.

That's more than double.

It's a pity that such a good opportunity.

While the women were heading to St. George's for lunch, Verizon's celebratory reception was officially opened at 12 o'clock at the Marriott Hotel, a few kilometers away near the headquarters of the Nasdaq Exchange.

This morning, Verizon Telecom, which has been prepared for a long time, was successfully listed on the NASDAQ market.

Based on the excellent market feedback during the roadshow phase, Verizon Telecom's final listing price was determined to be $10.75, with 500 million shares to be issued, raising $5.375 billion, with a greenshoe mechanism attached to the company, which would provide an additional 75 million shares to investors once triggered.

All planned shares, of which 300 million are new shares, including 75 million greenshoe additional shares, are cashed out by the original shareholders, and once the greenshoe mechanism is triggered, the additional 75 million shares will also be provided directly by Westeros.

According to calculations, Verizon Telecom raised only $3.225 billion for the company's future development in this IPO. Of the other roughly $2.9 billion in cash-out funds that were added to the greenshoe, the Westeros family alone accounted for $2.6 billion.

Therefore, this IPO, for the Westeros system, can be described as raising funds and cashing out.

After the market opened in the morning, after five rounds of inquiry, Verizon's stock price rushed to $15.26 at the open, an increase of 41.9%, and Verizon's market value was as high as $60.6 billion.

It is worth mentioning that the opening stock price of $1.526 billion is no longer the lowest price quoted in the US stock market for one-eighth of the previous price. In June, as the electronic trading system matured, in order to promote the further liberalization of trading in the U.S. stock market and ensure the interests of investors, the federal government introduced new rules to adjust the minimum quotation unit of U.S. stocks from one-eighth (0.125) of the previous U.S. dollar to $0.01.

The stock price opened at $15.26, an increase of 41.9%, and this is clearly just the beginning.