Probably sensing that someone was looking at her, the girl leaning on Simon turned her head to look at her, and Simon and the others also noticed Barbara Blockley.

Barbara Brockley had to temporarily give up guessing the identity of the girl next to Simon who still had some baby fat on her face, and walked over to say hello. Jonathan Friedman and Jim Carrey said something, and the actor took the initiative to get up and leave, and Barbara took advantage of the situation to sit down in the other person's vacated position.

Just now Simon did not introduce the identity of the girl next to him, after Barbara Brooky sat down, he looked over curiously, but the man didn't seem to notice her inquiring gaze, and continued to say to Jonathan Friedman on the single sofa on the other side: "Clinton won the election that he didn't think he would win, and George Bush lost the presidential throne that he didn't think he would lose, so there will be all kinds of bad things in the past two years, in the final analysis, the Clinton family is too shallow, and the Bush family has begun to pave the way for the next generation." ”

Jonathan continued: "It is no surprise that George W. Bush will be easily elected governor of Texas next month. ”

Simon smiled: "Of course, Texas is the home base of the Bush family. In fact, from this point, you can also see the biggest disadvantage of the Clinton family, do you know what it is?"

Jonathan thought for a moment and said, "In terms of foundation, the Clinton family has been operating in Arkansas for more than 20 years, and it should be no worse than the Bush family." ”

Simon shook his head and said: "It's too much, Arkansas is just a state in the middle of the Union with a small population and not a developed economy, and there are only a few electoral votes, which is too far from Texas to be used as a foundation at all." And that's not what I'm talking about by disadvantage. ”

This time Jonathan couldn't remember.

Barbara Brockley felt that the two men around her must be particularly macho, so they deliberately ignored her existence, and couldn't help but interject at this time: "What is that?"

Simon turned his head to look at Barbara, and quickly smiled to uncover the puzzle: "There is no successor." ”

Barbara Brookley is not familiar with the White House, but she also knows that the Clinton couple has another daughter, who seems to be called Chelsea, how can it be said that there is no successor.

Jonathan didn't know if Simon was referring to some rumor that Chelsea wasn't Clinton's own, but he probably understood something, saying: "Simon, it seems that you are very optimistic about the Clintons. ”

Simon nodded and said: "Of course, although the White House is now riddled with scandals, Clinton's governing ideas focusing on economic policy are not wrong, and the possibility of re-election is very high." The Clinton couple are very capable, and after eight years of operation, a new political tycoon has emerged in the Federation. It's a pity that this political tycoon has only one very mediocre daughter, well, it is said that she is not biological yet. ”

Barbara Brookley retorted: "Mr. Westeros, I think your idea is too biased, and a person should be more concerned about realizing his own value in life, rather than looking at a narrow bloodline. ”

Simon looked at it with a smile and said, "Barbara, in the future, you will understand that a person can only be considered a winner if he lives long enough to have enough time to realize his own value." However, our lives are finite, so passing on our bloodlines as much as possible is the most important way to realize our own value. Morgan and Rockefeller, who almost ruled the United States back then, are still strong today, and the reason is that they have many children and grandchildren. In comparison, because of the lack of successors, everything that John Morgan once created has nothing to do with the Morgan family. If you were John Morgan, would you feel a little regretful?"

Barbara Brookley is a celibate, she is 34 years old this year, but she has no fixed boyfriend, and she belongs to a rare type of playboy princess among women, which is also a heart disease of Albert Brookley, who has been lingering on the sickbed. In fact, just like Monica's parents in "Friends" who worry about their children's marriage all day long, whether it is Eastern or Western society, some of the most basic concepts are the same, far from the weak family affection of being kicked out of the house at the age of 18 as outsiders imagine.

At this point, Barbara Brockley even felt a little loose in his heart when he stopped talking about a certain guy and remembered the occasional nagging of his father in his hospital bed.

However, Barbara quickly reacted, looked at Simon, and teased: "Mr. Westeros, I suddenly feel like you are a bit of an antique, are you really only 26 years old?"

"Oh, I'll do the math," Simon raised one hand and twisted it a few times, as if it wasn't enough, and then grabbed the slender hand of the vase next to him and counted it before saying, "All things up, I'm about, well, 550 years old." ”

Barbara Blockley rolled her eyes.

Watching a young man go from penniless to now rich, Jonathan Friedman listened to Simon's seemingly joking words, but his eyes flickered slightly. Probably, only a 550-year-old weird being can create such a miracle as the Westeros system in just eight years.

Thinking of this, Jonathan couldn't help but ask, "Simon, Forbes, did you get the list data here in advance?"

Today is October 7th, Friday, the new Forbes list of the 400 richest people in the United States will be released next Monday.

Simon didn't hide it, and said: "Actually, it's the figures reported by some media during this time. ”

Of course, the two girls around me knew the Forbes list, and they couldn't help but prick up their ears at this time.

Jonathan heard Simon say this, thought for a moment, and said tentatively: "$300 billion." ”

Simon nodded.

In the past few years, Simon has not interfered with the Forbes list data, and as the number of personal wealth continues to increase, he has had to interfere somewhat.

Just like this time.

The figure of $300 billion in personal net worth is actually the result of negotiations between the Westeros family and Forbes Group. It's obviously a very rough statistic, and it's not too much in line with Forbes' usual careful and cautious approach.

In fact, Forbes certainly has another relatively accurate number.

It's just that whether it is more than $300 billion, or less than that, is not what Simon wants to see.

Mainly due to public psychological considerations.

The ultimate goal of this mental manipulation is not to want the Westeros family to attract more public attention.

A simple analogy, 'a 300-meter-high building', 'a 92-story fiberglass structure building in Manhattan with a height of 312 meters', which one can give people a more vivid imagination space, it is self-evident. Therefore, not only the figure of $300 billion, but also the statistics of $300 billion in the press release of Forbes magazine next Monday will no longer be as specific as before.

As for how much money Simon has now, Janet happened to make a more detailed count recently, but this number, Simon will not release it to the public anyway.

had seen the figure of $300 billion in many media in advance, and the girl next to Simon and Barbara Blockley heard the man say this, and they directly lost interest in further exploration, and Jonathan, who vaguely understood something, did not continue to ask.

Some time ago, I was running around, but I didn't have anything serious to do today, just to communicate and connect with my feelings on a daily basis.

For many people who were similar to him before, it is indeed impossible for Simon to contact as often as before, but as long as he has time, he will not refuse to meet a few times once in a while.

Of course, it's not all out of business.

The main reason is that Jonathan recently poached Jim Carrey from the small agency he was in before and became an artist under WMA, and today he specially called people over, hoping that Simon can let him go, and after a few months, he saw the strength of Daenerys Entertainment, and Jim Carrey completely lost the restlessness when he became popular just now because of "Detective Plane Head".

Jonathan had greeted Simon before poaching, and Simon didn't have the heart to deal with a small person.

In fact, Simon doesn't care about the first-line celebrities in Hollywood who generally have a somewhat ambitious and rampant style, and he does not refuse to cooperate with each other, provided that they must do their duty as a filmmaker, otherwise, don't say that you are a superstar who has just risen to the top for many years, even if it is a veteran celebrity who has been in Hollywood for many years, Simon has not cleaned up.

In the last two years, Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise have largely withdrawn from the mainstream of Hollywood.

After some more conversation, Simon noticed that Barbara Brockley was looking at the vase beside him again, and finally satisfied her curiosity, and introduced with a smile: "Barbara, this is Charlize Theron." Charlie, this is Barbara Brookley, don't underestimate her, the Brookley family has been the producer of the 007 series for so many years, Barbara's father has retired, and she will be in charge of the series in the future. ”

Charlize Theron?

Barbara Brookley searched for a moment in her mind, and there was no information about the girl, but she politely reached over and shook her hand.

After introducing the two of them, Simon patted Charlize on the waist and said, "So, Charlie, let Barbara take you to meet some guests, and I'll call you when I leave." ”

Barbara Brookley suddenly wanted to roll her eyes again.

She is not familiar with Hollywood, and it was Shirley Lansing who helped her introduce guests just now.

However, both women also understood that the men must have something to talk about that they did not want to hear, and they took the initiative to get up with interest.

Jonathan glanced at the backs of the two girls leaving, and said with a smile: "Paul complained to me yesterday, she was quite optimistic about this girl, but you were asked to go." ”

Jonathan's 'Paul' is Paul Verhoeven.

Although Paul Verhoeven was unable to direct "Instinct" because of Simon's big butterfly, the Dutch veteran director is still among Hollywood's A-list directors with blockbuster films such as "Robocop" and "Total Recall".

The Hollywood agency industry has been changing in recent years, Paul Verhoeven, who used to work at ICM, was poached by the WMA two years ago, and is currently preparing a large-scale musical and dance film, Simon happens to remember the infamous "Dancing Girl" in the original time and space.

In the original time and space, this large-scale film directly rated as NC-17 cost $45 million, although it was no less controversial than "Instinct", but it did not replicate the success of "Instinct", and at the same time as the box office fiasco after its release, even the starring Elizabeth Berkeley was implicated and was directly swept away by the agency.

Simon happened to see that this Carlock investment plan was also being prepared for a film to be distributed by Paramount like "Cut Throat Island" a few days ago, and out of curiosity, people found some information, and happened to see an actress named Charlize Theron among the last candidates for the starring role.

Since you have met it, you will come over casually.

South African diamonds are only 19 years old this year, and the residual baby fat on the face is not too in line with Simon's aesthetics, but it is good to raise it for a few years.

Simon has also given the girl a choice before, and if she wants the heroine of Paul Verhoeven's new film, he just needs to say hello. Otherwise, because her qualifications are too shallow, in the next few years, Simon will only arrange some small roles for her in some movies, and whether she can get ahead or not depends on herself.

Although South African Meizu is young, she is not stupid in the end, and she can still fight through Verhoeven's large-scale new film, and after being favored by Simon, she chose the second path very simply.

At this time, Simon saw Jonathan's advance and said, "Joe, although Paul is not directly under your name, you should also be able to see that "Dancing Girl" has no future at all, how could he let him take over such a project?"

"Dancing Girls" is another script by Joe Ezethaas.

Although the famous Hollywood screenwriter who is good at erotic films also missed "Instinct" because of Simon, and fell out with CAA two years ago and caused the "Infantry Soldier" incident, he is still quite popular in Hollywood because of the big sales of films such as "Lightning Dance" in the 80s.

It's just that "Dancing Girl" is destined to be a turning point for Joe Ezethaas.

Jonathan also shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The project that Paul personally saw is still the script of Ezert Haas, and Carlock Films is willing to invest, what else do you think I can do?" said that the "Instinct" you took out when you first debuted back then is a bit of an imitation of his screenwriting style, and he is now imitating you again. ”

Simon came up with the script of "Instinct" in advance during the 1987 stock market crash and staggered it by five years, so he was not worried about crashes, but it is indeed easy to see the context of the movie style.

Simon nodded, shook his head again, and said: "I've seen it, but the reason why "Instinct" was able to sell well at the beginning was because of the controversy of the film, not how good the film itself was, I don't think this "Jade Flame" can replicate the topicality of "Instinct". ”