Chapter 123

Whether Lehman Brothers followed suit or not, it did not have much impact on Simon's operation in the stock index futures market.

Noah Scott made a special trip from Chicago to repair the relationship, and Simon naturally did not refuse anyone.

In this country, if Westeros wants to go further, it is simply impossible to get rid of its ties with investment banks. Although it is still impossible to trust Noah Scott and Lehman Brothers too much, compared to several other investment banks that are still silent, the information that Noah Scott has just revealed is full of sincerity.

After dinner, Simon and Janet parted ways with Noah Scott, just after eight o'clock in the evening.

Inside the Presidential Suite on the top floor of the Plaza Hotel.

Janet hung their coats on the hanger, went to the study, and saw the man sitting down by the window with his usual hard leather notebook, leaning over to prop himself on the back of the sofa and asking, "Simon, what are you going to do?"

Holding a 16-folio notebook, still hand-bound, Simon drew the score lines on the white paper with a pencil, and casually filled in the notes.

Madonna's new album, which will be released next month, is a dance-style album called "You-can-dance". Simon had previously handed over a song that fit the style of the album. What is being written at this time is another song, which Simon intends to use as the ending song of "Vulgar".

However, at this time, Simon's mind was not here, but he wanted to find something in his hands for a while.

Although he was reminded by Noah Scott that his operations in the stock index futures market had been exposed, Simon found that there was nothing he could do to prevent it from coming to light.

Hearing Janet's question, Simon turned his head and smiled at the woman helplessly, and said, "I can't do anything, Simon Westeros is going to be famous again." ”

Janet smiled, turned the couch, and sat down next to Simon with a leaning over.

In front of them were floor-to-ceiling glass windows overlooking the entire Central Park, but it was dark outside, with only the bright lights in the buildings on both sides of the park.

Holding the man's arm and watching him fill in the notes on the score, after a while, Janet said, "Actually, there is nothing to expose." Again, you didn't do anything violated. ”

Simon shook his head and said, "Isn't it illegal enough for a nineteen-year-old to make more than a billion dollars in just a few months?"

"Hehe, that only means that my little man is too powerful," Janet leaned over and kissed Simon on the face, changing the subject: "Simon, since we can't change it, let's not think about it." What do you think of the houses you saw today?"

Simon also tried his best to let himself go of the powerlessness in his heart, and then Janet's topic: "It's not good. ”

Janet said with some expectation: "I think the top floor duplex on 68th Street is good, with a three-story structure with a total area of more than 1,200 square meters, facing Central Park." The price tag of $15 million is a bit high, but this is a Fifth Avenue house, and it will definitely appreciate in the future. Even if you don't like the baroque style of the interior, we can redecorate. ”

Simon followed Janet's description and recalled the 5th Avenue luxury apartment he had seen during the day.

The 15-story light gray building built in the 50s has the top three floors, a total of 26 rooms, 3 living rooms, 2 kitchens, 6 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, as well as facilities such as a gym, wine cellar and private screening room. ”

Such an Upper East Side apartment next to Central Park was definitely priced at more than 100 million yuan in the era before Simon's rebirth.

$15 million, Simon actually doesn't think it's expensive at all.

Of course, in 1987, $15 million is definitely a sky-high price, especially when the North American stock market has just crashed, and the U.S. housing market will definitely plummet next. In Simon's memory, two years later, the famous Empire State Building was sold for only $42 million.

Janet saw Simon agree, but there was a hesitant little expression on her face, and she said, "If you don't like it, let's take a look." ”

"Buy it," Simon turned his head and kissed the woman's cheek, "Actually, I don't like the whole Manhattan house too much, and since I want to buy it, one of us must be satisfied." ”

Janet flickered her eyes a few times: "Then what kind of house do you like?"

"You know, it's modern, it's minimalist, and naturally it's the highest floor, and I want to be standing by the window with all the other buildings at my feet. Simon said, suddenly moved, turned the notebook in his hand to a page, picked up the pencil and drew quickly, while slowly saying, "Probably, that's it." ”

Janet leaned over curiously, waited quietly for a while, and only then did she see a building presumably made of fiberglass appear on the manuscript paper.

The building as a whole is cone-shaped, but there is a terrace peeking out from the top floors, and then, Simon also marked a subtitle on the side, which at first seemed to be 'A', well, it should not be finished, and soon changed to '''.

'', apparently 'esteros'.

Westeros Tower.

Simon's drawing skills can be seen in the original sketch of "Lola Run", and a few minutes later, several silhouettes of high-rise buildings were randomly added around the building, and a building that stood taller than the Empire State Building and the Twin Towers on Manhattan Island came to life.

Janet waited for Simon to finish drawing, and couldn't help but take the notebook in his hand directly, blinked a few times, and pointed to the platform at the top of the building: "This, what is it?"

Simon explains: "The helipad. ”

"Then," Janet paused, "how tall is it?"

"If I don't want to see the Empire State Building outside my bedroom," Simon thought for a moment, "it should be more than 500 meters." ”

Janet imagined a little about living in the penthouse of a building more than 500 meters high, slowly turned her head to look at Simon, and said, "Can this really be built?"

"Since I've made more than a billion dollars in more than five months, it's no problem to build another building," Simon said, thinking for a moment and saying, "If you start preparing now, maybe you can start construction in three years." For such a building, including all the expenses such as land, $500 million should be enough. Of course, the cost of various facilities inside must also be very large, and there are also maintenance costs in the future. However, as long as such a building can be built, even if it costs $1 billion, it is nothing. ”

Janet's little expression was still a little dull, she stuffed the notebook back into Simon's hand, rubbed it like a kitten around the man's arm, and said, "Little bastard, I want to live in it now." ”

Simon took a pencil and carefully traced the letter that had just been temporarily changed, but fortunately he didn't finish the "A", otherwise the Avengers Mansion would have been exposed. In my memory, the Avengers Mansion in the Marvel Universe series of movies is probably only at the same level as the Empire State Building. However, since it is going to be built, Simon will naturally come according to his preference.

After a few more strokes, Simon heard Janet say this, pointed to the part above the helipad at the top of the building, and said, "By then, the top ten floors will all be Westeros' house." ”

"Uh-huh," Jenny nodded her head a few times and said, "I'll change my husband's surname in the future." ”

Simon smiled and put his head on the woman's head, and said with a smile: "It's just to live in a big house, it's too spineless." ”

"Hehe," Janet smiled, gesturing to the part below the platform, "What about these?"

"Since it's Westeros Mansion," Simon said, "Naturally, the headquarters of Westeros should be below, of course, it must still be carefully planned, and these need to be handed over to professionals." ”

Janet added, "Where are you going to build this house?"

Simon pointed to the right side of the window and said, "The corner next to it is good, if Fifth Avenue is not good, then move it a little further east and build it next to Madison Avenue, so that Central Park is still underfoot." ”

The two discussed in a low voice before Janet turned back to the moment and asked, "In that case, Simon, do we still buy a house now?"

"Of course, where else would I live," Simon nodded, "and that's the one you just said." The house on the sketch was planned for a few years, built for a few more years, and perhaps, by the time we were able to move in, it would be about seven or eight years later. We can't go seven or eight years without a house. ”

"In that case, I'll try to push down the price again, it is estimated that 12 million US dollars can be won, and now that the stock market has crashed, the next housing price will definitely fall sharply, 15 million US dollars is the price before the crash," Janet said, and said: "Little bastard, when the building on the drawing is completed, are you going to move to New York?"

Simon shook his head and said, "Of course, you can live wherever you want." In the future, we will have a private jet, even if it is to fly from New York to Los Angeles every day. ”

Janet patted Simon lightly and said, "I don't want to toss like this." ”

Simon smiled: "Then I will go to work every day, and you will be a housewife." ”

Janet immediately said, "No, I'm not going to be a housewife." ”

Simon nodded nonchalantly: "Well, you can do whatever you want." ”

The two chatted like this for a while, and Janet took the sketch in front of Simon again and looked at it for a while, and said, "Little bastard, actually, I still think it's a little unlikely." ”

"You just have to watch me build it," Simon said, adding, "but now you do have to work hard to make money." ”

Janet couldn't help but say: "Who just said that making more than a billion dollars at the age of 19 is already very illegal." ”

Simon thought for a while and said, "Since it has been known by many people, there is no need to hide it in the future, perhaps, this should be a good thing." ”

Before again, Simon did a lot of things, always subconsciously making his behavior seem less conspicuous. Although the results are often a bit 'glaring', he has not given up this kind of approach, which may be a bit of a cover-up.

Now, if the operation of the stock index futures market is exposed, Simon may not seem so shocking if he does anything unexpected next.

You know, $1 billion is definitely very valuable in this era.

Forbes magazine just started counting the list of the world's richest people just a few days ago. According to the latest data this year, the world's richest people are only those oil families in the Middle East. And there are only three companies with a wealth of more than $10 billion. The fourth-ranked media family, the Newhouse family, has directly slipped to $8.7 billion, and the threshold for the top 10 richest people is only $5.4 billion.

Even after all taxes are removed, Simon has been able to squeeze into the top 100 of the Forbes rich list at this time.

In 1987, the world's population officially exceeded 5 billion, and Simon, as the richest of the 100 people among these 5 billion people, it is conceivable that he is now definitely the top group of people at the top of the pyramid.

In just one year, an 18-year-old young man suddenly squeezed into the list of the world's 100 richest people from a state of poverty and whiteness, so as long as this state is accepted by the outside world, Simon will probably not deviate from people's imagination if he does anything that is out of the imagination of the outside world.

Simon continued his stay in New York for another day before returning to Los Angeles. Janet stayed in New York and continued to work on the house.

The first week of release flew by, Simon returned to Los Angeles, and the first week box office of "The Grim Reaper" has also been released, and the final box office has been released 18.16 million US dollars, both internal Fox and external media, which generally predict that the final North American box office of the film will exceed 60 million US dollars.

Although it is far from being compared with "Lola Run" and "The Butterfly Effect", in one year, two North American box office top 10 films, and one North American box office top 15 movies. Simon's fame was already well consolidated by this time.

Simon also found time in his free time in New York to complete the script for "Instinct", and when he returned to Los Angeles, he handed over the script to Jonathan Friedman to work with Amy to negotiate a new film with Fox.

Three films in a row have been hugely successful, and this time, Simon will naturally strive for more benefits.

On the other hand, after Noah Scott visited Simon in person that day, the two sides continued to talk on the phone in the following days, and Simon also heard news about him on Wall Street from time to time.

Knowing so much about the beginning of November, although it was still expected, the outbreak of the incident still caught Simon off guard.

The fuse is on the side of Lehman Brothers, and it is also related to Soros, whom Simon has always admired. It turned out that the last stock index futures contract sold by Lehman Brothers caused losses to Soros and the Quantum Fund due to the leakage of news in advance, and Soros often took Lehman Brothers to court after a period of deliberation.