(Thanks to the Iron Man Brothers for the tip.) www.biquge.info I plan to write a story about musicians, writers, diplomats, and inventors who developed from Europe during World War II in the next book. But this one is a preparation for the next book of overseas statehood, or the direct seizure of power. I have even thought about it, and directly let Zhou You drive the Ranger to ancient times, and take a group of brothers to fight for hegemony directly. But is it better to write in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, or in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period? I will post a comment in the book review section, and I hope you will choose it enthusiastically. Thank you. ）

Zhou You's not a good target, but he has an advantage, that is, he is not stingy with his own women, or it can be said that he is not stingy in front of women.

Even if it's not his own woman, as long as he takes advantage, no matter what the other party asks, Zhou You will try his best to meet it. Whether you want to seek fame or profit, Zhou You generally will not refuse help.

However, there is one woman who, until now, has not met the only request she has made, and that is Jessica Alba. This chick did not make any financial demands with Zhou You, in fact, she debuted as a child star, although she has not been on the front line, but there is no shortage of small money to spend.

When I slept with her, I traveled around the side to understand her wishes, and her wish was to participate in the protagonist of a blockbuster. Zhou You also agreed to her at the time, because his pirate series definitely has a place for a Latino heroine.

But because the script has already been written, the fourth part of Pirates of the Caribbean is almost completely different from the fourth part of the previous life. In order to downplay the importance of Johnny Depp, the Pirates of the Caribbean in the previous life added countless characters and subtractions from the fourth part, but the effect was not good.

But in this life, there is the appearance of Zhou You, a male protagonist who never raises his salary, and the third part is almost with Zhou You as the protagonist, and has achieved the first place at the global box office. Therefore, Disney is no longer afraid of Johnny Depp sitting on the ground, and the script of the fourth part does not add too many related characters, and the plot still revolves around a few of them.

The fourth part did not add a heroine, so Jessica would not have a chance to participate. And the second part of the Pirate King prequel designed a position for Jessica as a heroine, and in this part, the character played by Gracia will die, and the character played by Jessica will ascend.

Because of this plot change, in the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean, Jessica's character will also appear and will become a major character.

However, due to the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis, Zhou You has not had time to participate in the sequel to the pirate series, and he has not even had time to shoot the fourth part, let alone the second and fifth parts of the prequel.

Latina actresses are not popular in Hollywood, they are discriminated against just like blacks and Asians. In Hollywood's 100-year history, there are even fewer first-rate actors of Hispanic origin than blacks.

Penelope Cruz, a national treasure actor in Spain, can only play soy sauce in Hollywood, let alone those actors of Chinese descent. Even if Zhou You wants to assign a role to Jessica in some blockbuster movies, he can't force her to take the role of a white actress, which is a challenge to the rules of Hollywood.

Therefore, although two and a half years have passed, Zhou You's promise to Jessica is still far away.

Early in the morning, I received a call from Jessica complaining. Because of the box office failure of the Fantastic Four, she was brushed off again in the casting of Twilight, and she was not even qualified to compete for the heroine, at most only the second heroine, so she went home.

Zhou You doesn't particularly pay attention to movies, so he doesn't know the specific time of shooting blockbusters produced by Hollywood in recent years, so he can only comfort her with kind words.

Hanging up the phone, Rodriguez, who traveled around the front row, asked, "Is Jessica Alba any recent investment trends?" ”

Although Sanchez is Zhouyou's special assistant, he also has to be in charge of the overall situation and has more things to worry about. Most of Zhou You's personal affairs are handled through Rodriguez, and there is a team of secretaries who specialize in helping Zhou You deal with the trivial matters in life. For example, to send flowers to a beautiful woman, to buy birthday gifts for his wife and children, to remind him to celebrate the birthday of relatives and friends, and so on.

Le Yao pursed her lips, but Yang Mi asked curiously, "Is that Jessica Alba in Hollywood?" You have a leg with her, too? ”

Rodriguez smiled apologetically with the two daughters and said, "We reminded her of her investment plans, so she exited a lot of projects before the crisis came, and now she has about $10 million in cash in her hand and nowhere to invest." ”

Zhou You pondered for a while and said: "You go back and check some of the more high-quality science and technology financing projects, those that have a relatively small development scale, but the benefits will be considerable, help her introduce one." ”

Rodriguez nodded and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it as soon as possible." ”

Yang Mi asked in a coquettish voice: "I also have some money, you help me invest, I want double, no, double the return every year." ”

Zhou You smiled and said, "If you have money, just buy a house, and in five years, you won't have the benefit of investing in real estate." ”

The car arrived at the airport, and the two girls were obsessed with Zhou You for a while before reluctantly getting out of the car and sitting in another car. Seeing the car they were sitting in leaving, it attracted more than half of the reporters, and the traveling convoy drove directly to the tarmac through the direct passage.

After a general inspection by customs, the tail compartment of the plane was opened, and several cars drove directly into the belly of the aircraft. After waiting for about twenty minutes, I received an announcement from the tower that it was allowed to take off.

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It rained again in London at noon, and walking on the wet streets, London looked exceptionally clean after the rain.

"Sanchez was working on the acquisition of Santander and Union Leicester at the Reinsurance Building, so he didn't have time to join us until the evening at the earliest. According to the itinerary he sent, the president of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Stephen, would like to meet with you, but for what reason, Credit Suisse wants to terminate one of our previous position contracts, and is willing to pay 80 million euros in profits for it, and needs us to reply as soon as possible. The German Industrial Bank wanted us to accept a subprime mortgage contract, which was a batch of housing contracts in Orange County, Los Angeles, but the risk control department rejected the suggestion. ”

Zhou You nodded and said: "At present, the crisis has just spread, and it is definitely not a good time to take over. Which position contract is Credit Suisse to close? ”

She looked at the file and said, "Internal number 200705150108, it's a hedging swap FX index contract with Crédit France. ”

"Since it is a hedging contract, you let the risk control department evaluate it, and if it can be balanced, then agree to Credit Suisse."

Rodriguez went on to report: "Central banks around the world injected more than $326.2 billion in 48 hours to bail out the market. The Federal Reserve injects $38 billion into banks three times a day to stabilize the stock market. Mizuho Group, the parent company of Mizuho Bank, Japan's second-largest bank, announced $600 million in losses related to U.S. subprime mortgages. Japanese and Korean banks have already suffered losses due to the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States. According to estimates by UBS Securities Japan, Japan's nine largest banks already hold more than 1 trillion yen in U.S. subordinated mortgage-backed securities. In addition, five Korean banks, including Voley, have invested nearly USD 600 million in CDOs (secured debentures). Investors are worried that the subprime mortgage problem in the United States will have a powerful impact on global financial markets. However, Japanese analysts are convinced that the vast majority of the secured debt certificates invested by Japanese banks have the highest credit ratings, and the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis is limited. ”

Zhou You couldn't help laughing, shook his head and said, "Then wait and see their good show!" ”

Citigroup also announced today that it lost $700 million last month from subprime mortgages. For a financial group with an annual profit of $20 billion, although it is only a small amount. However, Citigroup's stock price has fallen from a high of $23 to a little more than $3 now, which means that the current value of Citigroup is less than a quarter of Santander's, according to the latest rankings, Citigroup has fallen to the 20th place in the bank's market capitalization ranking, the market value has shrunk by 90 percent, and its financial situation is not optimistic. ”

Zhou You shrugged his shoulders and sighed: "It's a pity that it fell too hard, but no one sold their stocks, otherwise, if I can buy the bottom, I will definitely do it." ”

The market capitalization indicator is actually very unreliable, Citibank is now only a quarter of Santander's market capitalization, but this is from the perspective of the economic situation, the dilemma of facing the crisis. In fact, Citibank still manages far more assets than Santander, the second largest in the world, and its own Tier 1 capital is much higher than Santander.

Although their stock price is now down to only $3 a share, the key problem is that they can't buy it, and no one will sell their shares at this time. Because Citibank is not a company that is facing bankruptcy at any time, as a bank, they really reach the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and the US government will also save the market.

Therefore, at this time, it is impossible to look at how badly their stocks have fallen, no matter how miserable they are, no one will sell their stocks. Just like the two houses in the United States, which will depreciate almost worthless next year, they have to be injected by the US government with $70 billion, and a few years later, they will appreciate to a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars.

In addition, the number of bankruptcies in the United States reached 54,000 last month, and the default on subprime mortgages rose to 0.65 percent, which means that 65 out of 1,000 people cannot afford to repay their loans.

Zhou You nodded, looking at her and couldn't help but yawn. Although Zhou You didn't have a good rest last night, he rested for a while on the plane, and he was in good spirits at this time. But she has to collect information from all over the world almost 24 hours a day, and the jet lag in the capital has not reversed, and now she is sleepy. "Sort out the list of things you want to meet with me, you can take a break when you get to the villa, and let Wendy take your place."

She nodded slightly, and then said, "I can't rest yet, this weekend, Elizabeth will bring your children to London for the weekend, and they have made a lot of requests. ”

Zhou You smiled: "It's good to let others arrange these things, I need you to keep your spirits up, so that you can help me." ”

There are many people who want to travel and ask for a meeting, but not everyone who travels is seen. The Secretariat will first filter it, and if it is not an important matter for some people with low rank and status, it will be handled directly. There are also some important people, but if it is not an important matter, things will be postponed, and only some meetings that must be met by Zhou You will be notified to Zhou You here as soon as possible.

The convoy followed Notting Hill Street to the north entrance of Kensington Palace Garden Street, with the Russian Embassy on the left and the Slovak Embassy on the right.

Originally, this street was the Queen's property, and the embassies of many countries were on this street, but when the Queen's property also depreciated, the royal family management committee could only sell part of the property to make up for the loopholes.

So far, only five embassies remain of the 30 detached bungalows on this street, and a few of the remaining houses are rented, and most of them have been sold.

The house was bought in 2004 from the Reuters family, the founder of Reuters. The house covers an area of 3,200 square meters, with a construction area of more than 1,200 square meters, but there are three floors above ground and one floor underground, and the usable area exceeds 4,500 square meters. With freehold and land rights, the total price was £38 million, plus transaction tax, and a total of £42 million was spent on the trip.

At that time, Mittal also bought a house at the same time as Zhou You, who spent 57 million pounds to buy a 5,100-square-metre mansion from F1 owner Ecclestone. Because he was more famous and expensive at that time, it also made Zhou You's buying a house seem less public.

In fact, Zhou You thought that the house was a bit big, and the decoration style did not meet Zhou You's liking, so he chose this smaller one. Although Zhou You spent more than 10 million pounds on renovation after buying it, the Victorian style of this house and the lush courtyard are more pleasing to him.

In addition to Mittal, the Sultan of Brunei, the British branch of the Rothschilds, Lebanon and Nepal, and the Israeli embassy are among the neighbors.

The motorcade drove into the gate of the villa under the lens of reporters, and Paris greeted her at the door like a hostess, deliberately giving a fragrant kiss in front of reporters. This chick is brushing her presence all the time. However, thinking that she has put in a lot of effort to make a brand, Zhou You can still cooperate with her in general.

After the kiss, the chick did not forget to show a sweet smile, beckoned to the reporters, and then walked into the door with Zhou You's arm. "My dear, you laughed so perfunctorily just now, but seeing that you are tired from a long journey, forgive you this time."

Zhou You rolled his eyes helplessly, arranged for the secretary team to send his luggage to different rooms, and followed Paris to the gazebo next to the back garden on the west side of the house.

This is a semi-enclosed pavilion, close to the indoor swimming pool with an area of nearly 300 square meters, which can be opened in summer to enjoy the beautiful view of the garden, and closed in winter to create a warm conservatory.

Zhou You stretched and lay down on the comfortable sofa. "What did you make for lunch? I felt like I could eat a cow. ”

Instead of answering, she asked, "Do you have time in the afternoon?" ”

Zhou You shook his head, took out the itinerary in his pocket and said, "I am going to meet with six company bosses this afternoon, and I will have dinner with the company's managers in the evening." ”

She said with some disappointment: "Okay, I'll go to Crewe alone in the afternoon, but when I sign the contract, you have to go with me." ”

Zhou You didn't react a little and asked, "Where is Crewe?" ”