Through James Raybould's connections, Simon soon learned of Lehman Brothers' upcoming settlement with the Quantum Fund.

The only 'flaw' in Westeros' stock index futures operation for more than five months was the collapse of the S&P 500 index on October 22.

Lehman Brothers accidentally leaked the news of the imminent sale of a large contract at the Quantum Fund, which led to another collapse of the newly stabilized S&P 500 index, and Westeros liquidated the last short contracts in just a few hours, a coincidence that is indeed full of manipulation.

Right now.

The media pressured, secretly investigated, used eavesdropping, increased psychological pressure through questioning, and finally forced Lehman Brothers to cooperate with fishing law enforcement, repeatedly tossed for more than half a month, with the news of Lehman Brothers' reconciliation with the Quantum Fund, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Lehman Brothers and the Quantum Fund reach a settlement, it will be impossible for agencies such as the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York to drag Westeros down the water through their investigations into the case. As for the rest, if the authorities continue to relent, Simon doesn't mind spending tens of millions of dollars on a vigorous lawsuit.

In order to avoid complications, it is clear that all parties do not want to delay the matter for too long.

Thereupon.

On November 23, Lehman Brothers and the Quantum Fund quickly signed a settlement agreement.

It happened to be the same day.

Madonna has officially released her latest remix album "You-Can-Dance".

Unlike studio and live albums, remix albums are usually rearranged versions of songs from a singer's previous albums. Of course, if you want the album to sell well, you can't all be old songs. Madonna originally prepared a new song for the album called "Spotlight". However, after Simon came up with another song, Queen McQueen decisively cut the very mediocre "Spotlight" and replaced it with the song provided by Simon.

The news that Simon will write a song for Madonna's new album has spread a few months ago, and during this time, due to the news that Simon has suddenly become a billionaire, the promotion of Madonna's new album has almost completely not made many waves in the face of such explosive news.

Confirming that Lehman Brothers is about to reconcile with the Quantum Fund, Simon's PR team has also begun to cool down the media buzz that has lasted for more than half a month.

Forthwith.

When Madonna's new album hit the shelves, many people's eyes were instantly attracted because Simon came up with the name of the song "Celebration".

Celebration: Celebrate.

It's fitting that a guy who has made more than a billion dollars in just over five months and has now escaped an investigation by a federal agency celebrates with a song called "Celebration."

On top of that, both casual fans and the North American media were almost quick to agree that "Celebration" completely blew up all the other songs on Madonna's remixed album.

Speaking of which, "Celebration" is actually a nostalgic dance pop song released by Queen Mai in the original time and space in 2009. Simon wasn't interested in Queen McT's music, but "Celebration" was one of the few Madonna songs he really liked.

Although it is a 2009 song, this pop dance song with a strong sense of percussion fits perfectly with the album style of "You-Can-Dance" in terms of style, rhythm and song content. Moreover, the quality of "Celebration" songs far exceeds Madonna's early best-selling singles such as "holiday".

With the strong popularity brought by "Celebration", "you-can-dance" directly dropped to the No. 1 position of the best-selling album on the North American Billboard with 510,000 first-week album sales in the following week, and "Celebration" also became the Billboard hit single number one without suspense.

As a remix album of fried cold rice, the industry originally estimated that the album would be able to sell about 5 million copies worldwide, which is already very successful. But now, according to the album's first-week sales data, "You-Can-Dance" may sell 5 million copies in North America alone, and the total global sales are almost destined to exceed the 10 million mark.

In the first week, Madonna eagerly called Simon and invited him to her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to celebrate the success of her new album. However, after spending Thanksgiving in New York, Simon returned to Los Angeles with the crew of "When Harry Met Sally", which was recently completed, so he had to refuse Queen McT's invitation.

Before you know it, it's the last month of 1987.

When Simon returned to Los Angeles, he devoted most of his energy to post-production of Vulgar.

But.

Although evading federal investigations, the ripple effects of more than a billion dollars of wealth have not ended there. Simon's biggest impression during this time is that he has really become a 'fat sheep'.

Since the news broke in early November, Simon has been receiving many donation invitations from charities, non-profit organizations, university foundations, etc.

Then, what made Simon feel most helpless was that in just one month, many men and women claiming to be his parents appeared all over North America and jumped out to confess their relatives, most of them looked like they were in trouble.

The federal media also seemed keen to help Simon find his loved ones, adding fuel to the fire.

As for the Los Angeles side.

After the stock market crash, Hollywood's boom in the past few years due to the economic boom came to an abrupt end, and many second- and third-tier film companies that had already fallen into difficulties due to aggressive expansion will be completely unsustainable in the next few years. Even the seven major film companies will begin to change hands in the coming years.

Thereupon.

Simon, who suddenly has a net worth of more than one billion dollars, is a super fat sheep in the eyes of most people in Hollywood.

From Simon's first day back in Los Angeles, handing over scripts, seeking investment, and even wanting to sell the film company to him, there are all kinds of things, Daenerys Pictures' headquarters in Santa Monica has been completely crowded, and Simon himself receives a lot of party invitations every day.

Of course.

It's a bit annoying, but the current state isn't all good.

When Simon searched for the copyright before, he only got the expected adaptation rights of "Forrest Gump" and "Dances with Wolves", mainly because his strength in Hollywood is too weak, although he has the success of "Lola Run" and "Butterfly Effect", most authors and screenwriters will not easily hand over the copyright to Daenerys Films.

Right now.

Simon suddenly had a net worth of more than a billion dollars, and the situation was immediately completely different.

In an era when the average production cost of a movie is just over $10 million, Simon's worth of more than $1 billion is enough to make any movie that will interest him.