The next day was December 6.

Under the deliberate suppression of the Westeros family's public relations team, the news about the topping out of the Westeros Mansion could not be concealed, but it caused little stir in the media. The topping out ceremony the day before was not reported by any media.

Inside an estate in the northern suburbs of Greenwich.

As the family chatted casually about it at breakfast, Simon remembered a 'law of skyscrapers' that had not yet been formally proposed, which simply means that the completion of a large number of skyscrapers often leads to a severe economic recession. For example, the construction of skyscrapers in New York in the 30s, represented by Rockefeller Center, was accompanied by one of the worst recessions in American history. The completion of the Twin Towers in the 70s led by the collapse of the US-led Bretton Woods system, followed by an oil crisis.

This time, the Westeros Tower has topped out, and the new tech bubble has reached its peak, which could burst at any time.

After breakfast, Janet's approved Indian woman flew by helicopter to Manhattan to attend the company's IPO today's listing ceremony as a minority shareholder in Instagram.

Simon didn't rush to work, but continued to stay at home.

In this way, it was not until more than nine o'clock that a black sedan entered the manor, and was reminded by the maid, that Janet, who was next to Simon and looking through a document, glanced at her man at home, got up and went out, Simon also got up, but Jennifer and the children did not appear on the other side of the villa.

Getting off the sedan was Erin Lauder.

During the time she lived on the East Coast, Janet had already met Grace and went to Boston to talk to Maria and the two daughters, only Erin was left, and the king did not see the appearance of the king.

After getting out of the car, Erin Lauder was slightly relieved to see Simon and Janet walking together, and inevitably glanced at a guy with a resentful look before smiling and greeting Janet.

"Good morning, Jenny, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

"Me too, Irene, oh, you're so beautiful today. ”

"Thank you. ”

Hugging and greeting each other affectionately, Janet also took Erin's little hand and walked towards the villa together, and the two women seemed to have forgotten a certain guy next to them in an instant.

Simon certainly doesn't mind.

It's good that there is no fighting.

Smiling, she followed the two girls into the door, and returned to the living room just now, the two women sat down, and Janet asked again, "Erin, what do you want to drink?"

After all, Erin, who is not so calm on the surface, habitually said: "Coffee is fine." ”

"It's not okay, it's better not to drink coffee when you're pregnant, how about orange juice?"

"Okay. ”

Janet instructed Angel, the housekeeper who followed up, before she looked at Erin beside her with concern: "So, how are you feeling lately?"

"It's only been more than two months, except for the occasional morning sickness, everything else is fine," Erin said, paused, and said, "I had a check-up last week, and the baby is fine." ”

"Do you know it's a boy or a girl?"

Hearing this question, Erin subconsciously looked at a guy next to her, a little weak, paused, and said, "If nothing else, it's a boy." ”

If you are an ordinary person and want to know the sex of the fetus, you can often only distinguish it through B-ultrasound after three or four months of pregnancy.

For Erin, there is no need for this wait.

The girl was weak at this time, but after secretly firming up the sex of the fetus, she wanted to hide it from a certain guy. It's just that at this time, in front of Janet Westeros, the ghost couldn't help but say it.

Actually, two weeks ago, Erin quietly did DNA fetal sex determination, and Simon quickly found out, after all, the girl was accompanied by eight female guards of the Wei family, but Erin didn't say it, and Simon pretended not to know.

Listening to Erin at this time, Simon just rightly showed a happy expression of satisfaction with the result: "Hello boy, you always wanted the baby to be called Noah, and now you meet the conditions." ”

Erin was a little relieved to see Simon like this.

Janet gave Simon a blank look: "You can go to work now, and Eve Genia has been here for a week, you can take it with you, when you send her back to Ukraine, whatever you want." ”

In fact, I didn't worry about anything, and staying more was more reassuring for Erin.

Since Janet was in a hurry, Simon took the initiative to get up, hugged the two girls, left the living room, called Girl A, and found Ivgenia Kolkoszko to take another helicopter to Manhattan.

Indeed, many people are not to blame for answering that salute.

Little Eve came to Janet to give Janet a holiday gift on behalf of the Kolkoszko family before Thanksgiving, and Janet, who was very satisfied, stayed with her like a little follower and trained her personally for a week. Of course, Simon also understands that Janet obviously has other intentions, and there are a bunch of girls in Ukraine, after all, they have to choose a few descendants, and they will be the microphone to report God and the like.

Living room.

Waiting for Simon to leave, facing Erin, who was inevitably a little nervous again, Janet didn't have the slightest intention of turning into a goblin because the man was away, her attitude was still the same, and she said to Erin in a tone of hatred: "Maybe there's something you don't know yet." ”

Erin made a puzzled expression.

Janet raised a well-maintained little hand and shook it at Erin: "The little bastard got five women pregnant at once, and you are just one of them. ”

Erin's eyes widened.

This one...... She really didn't know.

To be precise, Jennifer's pregnancy is known through some channels, but others, such as Grace and the two Ukrainian women in Boston, although these things are not too absolute secrets, but Irene, who has most of her thoughts on the baby in her womb after pregnancy, does not know.

Five women, pregnant together?

A lot of thoughts swirled around in her mind, and Erin finally looked at Janet: "Jenny, you, aren't you angry?"

"Angry, but I can't help it, even if I marry a little bastard. ”

Janet replied, even so, but there was no hint of anger in her tone.

Of course, Erin could feel Janet's emotions too, so she just thought, well, in a way, this couple, must be the same. Well, that's the name Janet just used for someone.

None of them are good people.

Alas, pity yourself as a victim.

Thinking like this, she couldn't help but reach out to her lower abdomen, Erin only felt that her life was bitter, and the baby's life was also bitter.

My poor little Noah.

The housekeeper brought orange juice at this time, Janet took a sip of her glass, looked at Erin, who was still a little stunned, waited for a moment, and then said: "Actually, Irene, if you want, the child can be handed over to me after birth, and then you can leave the little bastard and live your own life again." ”

As a mother, it is inevitable that you will be particularly sensitive to some things.

When Erin heard this, she immediately looked at Janet vigilantly: "Simon promised, we also signed an agreement, you must not want to snatch my child away." ”

Janet pouted slightly: "Take it easy, Erin, this is just a suggestion from me, and it's actually a good choice for you and your children." ”

Erin is still like a fried cat: "Don't even think about it. ”

Janet shrugged: "Okay, okay, I'll take back what I just said." And, in fact, it's not what you think, even if you don't plan to raise this little guy yourself, I won't let him enter the Dumey Point Manor again, I've had enough of the little annoyances around Jenny, I'll let Simon's other women raise this child. ”

Janet's very irresponsible words made Erin breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Janet quickly said: "But, Erin, you have to understand, think carefully, after this child is born, you plan to raise it yourself, then you are completely bound to the Westeros family, although the little bastard always looks very careless, and the women around him seem to be able to leave at any time if they want to leave, but in fact, how can a man not be possessive, let alone the mother of his own child, so, when the time comes, if you want to return to normal life and find another man to marry, things will be very troublesome." ”

Erin paused, and only after a moment did she whisper, "Anyway, Noah is mine." ”

"Of course, even if you don't plan to raise this child yourself, neither Simon nor I will deny that the baby is yours, and it will never prevent you from visiting this child or anything like that. ”

Erin became vigilant again: "What the hell do you want to do?"

Janet blinked, looking innocent: "It's very simple, instead of a conflict in the future, it is better to make a decision now and leave him completely, to use a Chinese idiom, this is called long-term pain is better than short-term pain." ”

Erin finally understood a little, glared at Janet, and suddenly found an anti-guest entry point: "Since you said he was a bastard, then why didn't you leave him?"

"I'm his wife, I have a certificate. ”

Erin was immediately depressed, but immediately said, "It's not a divorce." ”

Janet looked incredulous: "Don't you think that Simon and I are a natural couple, and it is impossible to divorce." ”

“......”

Erin felt like she was going to be wrapped around again, and something seemed wrong.

After combing a little and barely grasping the key, the thing is very simple, the woman in front of her seems to not care at all, but in the final analysis, she still wants to leave that bastard by herself.

That's right.

If you were in Janet Westeros' place, you would think the same way.

Knowing this, Erin regained her fighting spirit and said to Janet, "Jenny, anyway, I won't leave Simon, at least not because of your persuasion. And, since you actually mind that there are other women around him, why don't you think about getting Jennifer Raybould away first, you don't have to target me. ”

Jennifer gave Erin a blank look, and took it for granted: "Drove Jenny away, and you came to help me take care of the child?"

Erin felt a little confused again: "You...... Accept Jennifer, just to help you with the kids?"

"Otherwise, I don't have time for five little annoyances. ”

All right.

Erin was sure once again that this guy in front of her, and a certain guy, were definitely the same kind of people.

I'm so miserable.

My poor little Noah.

Janet seemed to see through Erin's thoughts, nodded her head and encouraged, "So, long-term pain is better than short-term pain." ”

"I'm not going to let you get away with it. ”

Erin subconsciously fought back, grabbed her bag after speaking, felt that there was no need to talk to Janet anymore, and planned to get up and say goodbye.

As a result, she was stopped by Janet again.

The real hostess changed her style of painting suddenly, and the topic also turned directly, picked up a document that Erin was reading before she came, and talked about the stem cell research project of a biological laboratory under New York University that the Westeros Family Foundation no longer knows how many sub-funds it intends to fund in the near future, and it just so happens that Erin lives in Manhattan for a long time, so it is better to be personally responsible for the operation of this family sub-fund that will inject $50 million into the first tranche.

And this project is also closely related to the little one in Erin's belly.

In the future, when a child is born, the laboratory will be responsible for lifting stem cells from the umbilical cord of the little one for cryopreservation, so that it can meet possible future health needs.

Erin was taken by Janet and agreed to the topic in a daze.

Outside the living room, Jennifer, who came quietly to say hello to Erin, happened to hear a conversation between the two daughters and felt helpless.

I am also unladylike.

The two people around him, one has a certain strength in his bones that makes a woman even produce Stockholm syndrome, and the other doesn't like to use his brain very much on weekdays, but he can unconsciously drag people into the trap he wants.

Speaking of the poor girl in the room, I must have felt that Janet was trying to drive her away, so the little woman who was already in love with a certain guy was even more determined by Janet's words.

You want me to leave, but I don't.

This played into Janet's hands.

Because Jennifer knew very well that Janet really didn't mind Simon walking through the flowers, and it could even be said that on the contrary, Janet still had some kind of weird little pride in her man's ability to attract women, so she just helped a poor girl consolidate her determination.

The matter of family funds that I talked about immediately is the main topic of today.

If Erin is smart and sober enough, she should find out from Janet's discussion of the family fund. After all, if Janet really wanted to kick her out of Simon, how could she want her to be put in charge of a Westeros family charitable fund?

Not to mention that it is still a fairly important fund.

You know, in the past two years, the Westeros Family Charitable Fund's research in the field of life sciences has been followed up by Janet herself, and the research in the field of stem cells, which is expected to reverse aging, can be said to be a very important direction.

Poor girl.

Unknowingly, he was caught by Janet who liked the 'Upper Laborer' again, and he would probably be happy to be able to integrate into the Westeros family afterwards, so it was inevitable that there would be another layer of potential binding.

Simon, on the other hand, arrives in Manhattan and sees off little Eve before starting the day's work.

There are a lot to focus on today.

The first is the official listing of Instagram.

Simon didn't go to the NASDAQ exchange in person to stand for the listing of this picture-sharing site, but sent Girl A over, after all, she is also one of the important shareholders of Instagram, and today the four girls A, B, C, and D will gather again, as well as waist and leg essence, and, in addition, a large number of celebrities on Instagram were invited.

Even without Simon's support, this listing is definitely star-studded.

From its launch in July 1994 to its launch in December 1996, with a total of 2 years and 4 months of operation, Instagram, the largest picture-sharing website on the Internet, has 160 million users worldwide with the support of the Westeros system, making it one of the largest websites in a single service on the Internet at this stage.

At the same time, in the third quarter of 1996, before the IPO was launched, Instagram's single-quarter revenue also reached $27 million, and the full-year revenue is expected to exceed $100 million. Of course, this performance can't be compared to Igret, but while most other Internet projects are still 'storytelling', Instagram can do this, which is already quite impressive.

After much evaluation and weighing, Instagram's final IPO valuation was determined to be around $6 billion.

At the height of the current Internet boom, the valuation of 160 million users is only $6 billion, which is three times higher than the $2 billion raised in the latest round of financing last year, which is still a serious undervaluation in the eyes of many people.

Of course, there are certain considerations for this.

The undervaluation of the issue price means that the market reaction on Instagram's first day of listing will be very hot, even if it is not impossible for the stock price to directly double the issue price in a single day. In this way, many investors have begun to shrink the conservative new technology sector, and then poured hot oil into it.

The end result will be like an adrenaline boost, re-stimulating the Nasdaq index to rise again.

The immediate response to this operation is to ensure that the other recent financing operations of the Westeros system can be carried out smoothly.