"It was only after reading your report that I realized another reason for the sluggish Boeing stock price. The Cold War was over, and everyone thought that the world would be at peace. The federal stock market recovered, but defense stocks continued to fall. ”

"Simon, you don't seem to think so?"

"I'm a not very staunch pacifist because I know that war never changes. Although the Cold War ended, local wars in many parts of the world have continued. Moreover, in order to continue their own interests, some people will deliberately create threats even if there is no threat in the vicinity. ”

"In fact, I think so, and it should be right that most of this fund is invested in military and defense stocks. ”

Four Seasons Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.

Simon and Lawrence Fink were discussing the direction of the fund that Black Rock Asset Management had just raised, when Girl B walked over with Erin Lauder, who was wearing a long printed dress on a black background.

Lawrence Fink greeted the two girls and walked away with a smile.

Simon and Erin Lauder hugged each other, looked at the girl's outfit, and said, "It seems that your preference is hard to change, um, what kind of flower is this, Poppy?"

Erin Lauder gave Simon a blank look: "Carnation, how could there be a girl wearing poppies on her body." ”

"Absolutely, but carnations do work well for you. ”

Erin Lauder looked at the guy she hadn't seen for a long time and asked, "Why?"

Simon pretended to be speechless and looked at the B girl next to him: "What's the flower language of carnations?"

With a smile on the corner of Becky Hope's mouth, she said, "Mother's love." ”

Erin Lauder suddenly turned her gaze to Becky and glared angrily.

Simon waved at Becky in disgust, drove away Girl B, and said to Erin Lauder: "I'll go back and deduct her salary, it's too bad to speak." ”

Erin Lauder didn't believe it, "Are you willing to do it?"

After saying that, he regretted it a little, and his tone seemed to be jealous.

Thinking of some things I heard recently, I still couldn't help it, and said, "You are really good enough to the women around you." ”

Simon was ashamed: "Yes, that's why I like women so much." ”

Erin Lauder endured not to lose another eye, but said: "However, you better be careful, the women around you are not simple." ”

"Oh, that seems to imply something. ”

Erin Lauder remembered that Sophia Fesse deliberately created the scene of Simon being remembered by a bunch of women at the Oscar party at the beginning of the year to make her die, and hesitated for a while, not wanting to be treated as a long-tongued woman, so she still stopped.

Anyway, I really gave up on him.

So he took the initiative to change the subject: "My father has recently invested in some technology stocks, Simon, can you give me some advice?"

Simon said: "As long as you are not greedy, you will definitely be able to make money." ”

"So, you also think that the bubble in tech stocks is very serious now?"

"Of course not, it's just getting started. For reference, you can collect some case studies of the 19th century railroad investment bubble. ”

Erin Lauder wondered, "Is there any reference value for something so far ago?"

"History doesn't always move forward, but it goes on a very similar cycle over and over again. ”

"I think I've heard this somewhere. ”

This is what Socrates said. ”

Erin Lauder felt as if something was wrong: "Socrates?"

"Yes, if I think it makes sense, and I can't remember who said it, I think it was Socrates. ”

Erin Lauder blinked her eyes a few times, reacted, smiled and raised her hand to hit Simon, seeing the man's serious appearance, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh for a while, and the red wine in her other hand almost spilled because of this.

After a while, finally relieving, the girl glared at Simon and said, "Are you really deliberately changing the subject?"

"What?"

"Something about investing in tech stocks?"

"I've just given advice. ”

"I don't understand. ”

Simon said patiently: "Don't be greedy, don't be pressing, accumulate a certain profit and then exit it." ”

"Your words are all over the most basic stock trading manuals. ”

"The simpler and more common the words, the more reasonable the sayings, but unfortunately most people can't do it, so they angrily take the truth as nonsense. ”

"That's what Socrates said too?"

This is from Westeros. ”

Erin Lauder raised her hand again, but this time she didn't call, and instead said, "Your wife should be about to give birth, right?"

"Yes, the due date is in early November. ”

Erin Lauder remembered the name of her Westeros family and teased, "What are you going to call this time, Los Angeles, or San Francisco?"

"Do you think these two cities can be named?"

"yes, well, like, how is Manhattan?" said Erin Lauder, more interested, "Manhattan is good." ”

Simon gave Erin Lauder a strange look in his eyes, "In the future, you can name your son Manhattan." ”

"I'll take it if you don't want it," Erin Lauder snapped at each other and couldn't help asking, "Is there anything wrong?"

"Have you seen Watchmen?"

"I'm not interested in comics, but I've heard that Watchmen is good. ”

"You can take a look at it, and there's a Manhattan one in there. ”

"Okay. ”

Although she had no other thoughts about the man in front of her, Erin Lauder instinctively felt that it was pleasant to chat with Simon, and was about to continue, when Lawrence Fink came up again: "Sorry, Miss Lauder, can I talk to Simon for a while?"

With a little reluctance in her heart, Erin Lauder still nodded politely: "Of course." ”

When Erin Lauder left, Lawrence Fink said, "Simon, the guests are here." ”

Simon nodded, and the two walked through the crowd to leave the reception hall, and soon came to a suite in the hotel, a short and fat middle-aged man in his forties was already waiting, and when he saw Simon come in, the middle-aged man who was sitting on the sofa in the living room and reading a newspaper at random got up to greet him.

Lawrence Fink helped, "Simon, this is Mr. Lynch. ”

"Frank Lynch," the middle-aged man said his full name, and held out his hand to Simon, "Hello, Mr. Westeros." ”

Simon shook the other hand: "Hello." ”

The meeting was arranged in advance.

Frank Lynch, from Washington, runs a political lobbying firm like Joseph Schlap, whose father was one of the Arkansas House members.

Arkansas, Clinton's Land of Dragons.

Lawrence Fink took charge of the introduction and walked away playfully.

Simon and Frank Lynch sat down on the sofa again, because they were not familiar with each other, and there were not many greetings, Frank Lynch quickly got straight to the point and said: "Simon, you should stop your actions against David, otherwise the misunderstanding between everyone will only get deeper and deeper." ”

This suite had been carefully inspected in advance, and Simon was not afraid of eavesdropping, and said bluntly: "Frank, you characterize this matter as a misunderstanding?"

"Some of David's actions some time ago are indeed a bit inappropriate, but you should understand that he is only for this campaign and does not mean to target the Westeros system. ”

"If someone punches you in the nose and says he didn't mean anything against you, it's all just a misunderstanding, Frank, would you accept that explanation?"

Frank Lynch didn't answer Simon's rhetorical question, saying, "But, Simon, you're only going to make Rudy Giuliani take advantage of it." Rudy Giuliani had trouble with you back then, and it wouldn't do you any good if he was elected mayor of New York. ”

"I'm just making sure David Dingkins doesn't make the market right now, and that's going to happen in the future. ”

Feeling Simon's tone that there was no room for concession, Frank Lynch couldn't help but feel some emotions, and said: "Simon, don't forget that you are on the side of the Democratic Party, if you mess up David's campaign, many people will doubt your position." ”

"Position," Simon stared at the middle-aged man in front of him, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "According to my understanding, the position should be mutual, I support the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party has the obligation to stand on my side." If you feel that your so-called position is that I must be on your side, and you do not have to take any responsibility, and you can even betray me at any time, then, sorry, I do not accept this position. ”

Frank Lynch was speechless for a moment, feeling Simon's fierce eyes, and only said again after a while: "Simon, there is always a solution." New York is important to us, and you should understand that. ”

"I'm already working on this, and if Bill isn't happy with the way I've handled it, you can let him do it himself. Tell him that I don't mind completely changing my position at all. ”

After Simon finished speaking, he didn't plan to say anything more to Frank Lynch, got up and left the suite.

New York has been one of the important positions of the Democratic Party for decades, not only the political and economic position represented by this city can provide important support for the Democratic Party, but also the entire greater New York metropolitan area, with a population of millions, is also the vote base that any political party needs to strive for.

If the Republicans win this election to rule New York, they will surely have too many tools to turn public opinion and steer the vote in the other other campaigns that follow.

Including the next presidential election.

Simon, of course, understands this, but has no intention of compromising in the slightest.

If the betrayers don't have to pay a sufficient price, the Westeros system will surely have more betrayers in the future.

Simon returned to New York the next day after watching a rehearsal for the Victoria's Secret show.

In the days that followed, more of the Westeros system began to pour more money into the final sprint of the election.

In addition to continuing to hype up the gangster fight in Bowry Bay, Queens, the Westeros system operations team also used the Westeros Building as an opportunity to no longer use any illegal workers to hype up the tightening of New York's labor and immigration policies by Dingkins if he is re-elected, which in turn will hit the Democratic Party's base among the new immigrant community.

The New York Department of Labor and the Construction Workers' Union are investigating the safety of the Westeros Building.

Although the city government deliberately avoided the problem of illegal workers and only investigated the safety of the Westeros Building construction site, the incident could not be covered up.

The Westeros Building had to abandon all illegal workers due to pressure from the city, which may have made some unemployed people feel good about the city, but it touched more Democratic supporters among the new immigrant community.

David Dingkins did not dare to directly refute the Westeros system's argument that the incumbent mayor would tighten immigration policies and crack down on illegal workers if he was re-elected.

Because the thing itself is right.

If it is publicly refuted, it is in favor of continuing to allow immigrants and illegal workers to be laissez-faire, and it will inevitably offend the majority of residents of this city, which already has a high unemployment rate.

However, it is still not possible to do anything about it, and it will make the newcomer community panic.

Rudy Giuliani's side, perceiving David Dinkins' predicament, did not hesitate to pursue and continue to preach his plan to fight criminals and restore New York's crumbling social order.

Helping Rudy Giuliani indirectly this time, Simon didn't expect anything in return.

Because of some disagreements between the two sides, Simon also had a deep understanding of this person. Rudy Giuliani is a standard opportunistic politician who instinctively tries to avoid powerful enemies that might influence his attempts.

When we first tried to investigate Simon's stock index futures operations in the '87 stock market crash, Simon's roots were still very shallow.

The current Westeros system is something Rudy Giuliani can't afford to offend.

Therefore, after the other party is elected, the best possibility for the two sides is that they will be safe.

Simon's goal is simply to make sure David Dingkins is not re-elected, giving the Democrats a clear warning.

In the days that followed, except for some things that could not be avoided, Simon still spent most of his time traveling back and forth between Los Angeles and San Francisco to accompany the two women on long vacations.

October also came to an end unconsciously.

As Halloween approaches, on October 29, the 1993 Halloween schedule is just the beginning.

This Friday, a total of three new films will be released in North American theaters, namely "The Seven Deadly Sins" produced by Daenerys Entertainment's New World Pictures, "Nightmare Before Christmas" produced by Disney's Touchstone Pictures, and "Fatal Instinct" produced by MGM.

The antagonism between the Westeros system and the traditional print media is still not alleviated in "The Seven Deadly Sins".

The three new films, the stop-motion animation "The Nightmare of Christmas" written by Tim Burton have received unanimous praise from the media, with an overall score of an astonishing 9.8 points.

In comparison, "The Seven Deadly Sins", which also received one-sided praise from the media in the original time and space, is indeed controversial this time, and many newspapers have criticized the film for being too dark, bloody and even disgusting, and the film's comprehensive media score is only about 7.3 points, barely reaching good.

MGM's "Fatal Instinct", which tells the story of a man maneuvering between three women, is completely accompanied, and the reputation is also a failure.

Although the reputation of "Nightmare Christmas" far exceeds that of "The Seven Deadly Sins", many people's eyes are still on the dark thriller Daenerys Entertainment.

"The Seven Deadly Sins" has a budget cost of $30 million, and David Fincher completed the film according to his own budget this time, but $30 million still reaches the A-level production level, far exceeding the $18 million budget of "Nightmare Before Christmas" and the $12 million budget of "Fatal Instinct".

In terms of publicity, the publicity budget of "Seven Deadly Sins" has also reached 15 million US dollars, and the number of screens opened is 2,511, which are incomparable to the other two films.

The most critical point is that the final commercial performance of "The Seven Deadly Sins" will inevitably affect many things.