After Halloween, it is time to count votes in the general election.

Hall's most obvious temptation went unanswered, and he had to speculate secretly about whether powerful figures like the Mellon would know the outcome of the election in advance.

"Do you know anything about the election?"

The customized Cadillac slowly drove out of the Mellon villa, and Buffett asked as he sat in the car.

Hall withdrew his gaze from the car window, "What do you mean?" ”

"Regionally, the Elephant Party and the Donkey Party each have hardcore votes. But from another point of view, the economically developed metropolises are all blue, and the countryside is dominated by red. ”

After a slight pause, Buffett continued to himself: "It's an inevitability, and the same reason for the Civil War, capital needs fuel. ”

"The right insight." Hall replied with a chin of his head.

"As fuel, white people are no better than people of color, so we're willing to treat all skin colors equally. And what about you, Hugo, are you a capitalist or an aristocrat? ”

Warren Buffett sent out soul torture.

Hall smiled faintly: "Sir, it is inevitable that capital is hungry for fuel, and opposition is the instinct of politics, which is not contradictory to me. ”

Buffett was slightly stunned, then laughed, took off his glasses and wiped them silently.

What he meant was that it was inevitable that the capitalists would lean towards the donkey camp, and that the conservative traditional aristocracy would be eliminated sooner or later.

The new blood of the wasp next to him gives an answer from another angle, even if the traditional aristocracy is eliminated, there will be a new conservative faction.

"Do you need me to help you invite Kravis to dinner to clear up the misunderstanding?" Warren Buffett put on his glasses and started the conversation again.

Hall replied with a contemptuous expression: "Thank you, in fact he needs to thank me, KKR and First Boston offer similar terms of acquisition, I voted for KKR so that he will not be empty-handed." ”

Compared to lying quietly in the bank for months with a lot of money, it doesn't seem like a particularly bad choice to do a business that doesn't make money.

For example, Buffett's investment in Salomon Brothers + Nabesk cEo Johnson's camp, Johnson got a large amount of severance pay, and the Salomon brothers invested a lot of energy, but in the end they didn't get a single dime.

If there is a misunderstanding, the degree of "misunderstanding" between the two sides should be higher than that of Kravis.

"It's a pity, proud new blood."

"It's a pity, cunning old fox."

Cadillac stopped in front of a coffee shop on the street, and Hall and Buffett said goodbye and got out of the car.

He couldn't help but feel pressure in his heart, and while rejecting Mr. Gushen's overtures, he wanted to cooperate with him to set up a game, don't play until the end of the day he was the one who was killed by the pit, it would be funny.

If it was Mr. Goshen's personal overture, he would not hesitate to accept it, but unfortunately the old fox threw an olive branch to him on behalf of his position.

After this party, it was completely on the wasp thief ship, and the whole process was naturally outrageous.

Hall rambled into the coffee shop, and the waiter led him to a room on the second floor.

The old white man, who had just made a joke about him in Mellon's study, was sitting by the window smoking a cigar, when he heard the door open, glanced back, and then dropped the back of his head and continued to look out the window.

"You don't know me?" There was a hint of displeasure in his tone.

Hall took it upon himself to move the chair and put it to the window and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. William Edward Simon, I was a baby when you played for the United States, and Mr. Mellon reminded me to respect you." ”

“…… How old are you? It's an exaggeration, and it's no wonder that there are still many old guys who are hesitant about you. Damn, my youngest child is twice your age and less than half as capable as you. ”

William Simon ripped open the collar of his shirt, and the big thorn cocked Erlang's leg and complained.

Hall shrugged, wondering if many people were laughing at the old man for being illiterate.

William Simon, who had not read for a few days, had a career on Wall Street from the grassroots, and later worked in politics in the Nixon treasury department, where he did only two things during his tenure - aggressively engaged in the oil and the petrodollar system; The government has been slashed with spending on luxury.

He believes that the executive only needs to play the role of "watchdog" and cannot manipulate the free market economy, which is typical of the conservatives of the party.

After leaving office, he returned to Wall Street to run an investment institution, and was quite famous in the financial merger and acquisition circle.

"One million dollars, Lei Dianhua Film Company, including the trademark, the remake rights of previous movies, and some old shooting equipment, are all yours, and you can trade them at any time."

William Simon complained enough and got down to business.

Hall took a sip of coffee instead of wine: "Thank you for your generosity. ”

"Why did Paul introduce you to buy Raiden Hua, if you just want to have fun, there is no need at all, Raiden Hua only has a trademark and some value. Hollywood has always regarded the young rich boy as a fat sheep, and the wild dogs on the side of the starry road want to pounce on it and bite it. William Simon reminded.

Hall playfully tugged at the corners of his mouth: "The manor inherited by the Hall family is engaged in tourism, and I plan to make a movie to promote it." ”

During this time, he was not idle, mingling with Mark every day to understand the Hollywood as the general public, although there are many imaginary "emperor's golden hoe" elements, but there are also many worth considering.

Hollywood's pitfalls are already slightly known.

"Am I a fool? You might as well say it is for the sake of female stars, after all, Lei Dianhua was once brilliant, and the reason for being a female star is very reasonable. William Simon rolled his eyes with disdain.

Hall pondered and said, "Okay...... Both...... Would you believe me if I said I wanted to run the film industry seriously and recreate a Hollywood giant? ”

"Good question, do you know how the last well-known boy who bravely entered Hollywood was evaluated by the public? Hollywood people say that Howard Hughes's acquisition of Raiden is a seven-year overlord. ”

William Simon put down the cigar in his mouth and said seriously: "Whatever tricks you and Paul want to play, do you want to enjoy the title of Howard Hughes II?" ”

“…… Raiden Hua is really ill-fated. ”

Hall replied speechlessly, he really didn't know the details of Lei Dianhua's development history.

I only know that this is a giant film company in the early days of Hollywood, which has shot and waited for many classic movies, and then it was sold back and forth due to poor management, until a company mainly selling tires bought it and entered the field of TV and radio media with Thunderbolt Huawei.

It has been operating for decades, but as a result, the parent company was acquired due to poor management, and the related assets of Lei Dianhua were stripped and sold.

Eventually, William Simon bought it and started a physical amusement park.

In short, Lei Denghua is only an empty shell now, but the name is enough to bluff people, and it is very suitable to disrupt the situation.

So Paul Mellon helped match the match, and Hall took it for a low price of one million dollars.

"I'll tell the public that you bought the trademark of Raiden Hua from me for $8 million." William Simon said reluctantly.

Hall secretly felt that this was the benefit of being organized, and the old gentlemen almost fed the meal to his mouth.

"Allow me to thank you once again." He stood up and said.

William Simon tilted his head to look out the window: "Don't just talk about it, prove that you are worthy with your actions." ”

"If you're interested in selling Simmons, I can consider taking over."

"Crow's beak!"

William Simon jumped to his feet in anger and scolded his mother.