Although Simon's personal wealth has grown very rapidly, he has never been a person who pursues short-term profits, so it is natural that he will not veto Sophia's business strategy.

After a brief discussion between the two, Simon added: "Also, Sophie, you should be able to guess that I have made a lot of money in the Japanese market for most of the past six months, so Melisandre can start looking for other luxury brands worth investing in now." ”

Sophia nodded: "I've been paying attention to all aspects of the industry, and I have some suitable targets, but it's not yet time to make a move." Moreover, Gucci still has a lot of growth potential, and I don't think there is a need to rush this matter, because if you invest in the same type of company, it is easy to create internal competition. The next phase of Mélisandre's expansion should focus on jewelry, watches, wine or high-end cosmetics. ”

Simon leaned back on the sofa and changed a very casual posture, flipped through Sophia's documents just now, and said, "It's good that you know what to do, I plan to resume my job as a boss as much as possible, only responsible for paying for it, and then waiting for the results." ”

Sophia smiled, knowing that Simon didn't have the heart to talk any further, and got up and said, "Then I'll go and help the boss prepare dinner." ”

"Go ahead, remember your job as a housekeeper, and give you one point. ”

Sophia gave Simon a light glance and said, "I remember all my promises." ”

Without waiting for Simon to react, Sophia stepped on her high heels and turned around and walked away. Simon's eyes disappeared into the corridor leading to the kitchen with the figure of the housekeeper Miaoman, and he silently said in his heart, Fairy, you wait!

Simon brought a total of eight bodyguards this time, divided into two groups to be responsible for 24-hour security.

There were too many people in the entourage, so Sophia selected a few chefs and servants to be responsible for everyone's daily life. Simon gradually found that this kind of thing was inevitable, so he no longer bothered, because to enter and leave the main villa, he only required that the cook and maid must be female, not too old, not too sorry for the audience, and not appear in his field of vision, nothing else.

It was just a short-term part-time job for a week, and Sophia privately joked that Simon's requirements were actually very high, but the person she found still exceeded Simon's expectations. The two cooks and the two maids are all white women in their 30s, and their body and appearance are also above the standard.

When she first arrived in Milan, the housekeeper secretly told Simon that these women were all single, and she had an encouraging tone to seduce someone to make a mistake.

Speaking of which, compared to Simon's current wealth status, this kind of requirement is nothing at all, and the problems that money can solve are no longer a problem for Simon. Simon didn't have much idea about these vases that were purely for visual purposes. Some tabloids have long noticed that Simon likes to hire beautiful college girls to help him take care of his house, and the reason why it didn't make any waves was because Simon never met with these girls.

Simon is actually very cautious when it comes to women, and he generally doesn't touch women who don't know their roots, aren't smart enough, or might cause trouble for themselves. Simon can certainly afford trouble now, he just doesn't want to mess with these bad things.

After dinner, everyone gathered in the living room to watch TV and chat, and before you knew it, it was late at night, so Sophia naturally stayed overnight.

Both Jennies were there, and naturally nothing happened.

After spending two more days in Florence, seeing that the time was about the same, Simon and his party set off for New York on the afternoon of October 1.

According to Cersei Capital's analyst team, the junk bond market crisis in North America will erupt in the first two weeks of October, as United Airlines will have a junk bond maturity of up to $1.5 billion in mid-October.

In previous years, United issued more than $6 billion in high-risk junk bonds to merge with several airlines, including New York Airlines, People's Mover and Border Airlines.

The U.S. economy has not fully recovered after the heavy blow of the '87 stock market crash, and Michael Milken's investigation has made it impossible for these companies to rely on junk bond financing to maintain their operations, and United's own liabilities are too large to find other financial support other than high-risk junk bonds, so the team at Cersei Capital determined that United could not meet its obligations to repay the maturing bonds and had no choice but to default.

If United defaults on its debt, it will inevitably trigger a domino effect in the North American bond market.

Simon's memory of the crisis is even more precise, and the 'mini-crash' that followed the '87 crash' occurred on October 13. He also doesn't think the date will change much, and that United's bonds need to be paid off on Oct. 16 because they can't get the money, and the company will have to announce before the maturity date, no matter how long it delays.

Oct. 13 happens to be Friday, and the announcement of the default could give the market a two-day cushion and give United one last chance of life: if the federal government intervenes to avoid a collapse in financial markets, United's crisis may be defused. After all, the federal government's bailout two years ago was timely.

In Simon's view, United's vision is destined to become a luxury, and the federal government simply cannot save the $200 billion junk bond market.

In the past three months, Cersei Capital's No. 6 to 10 sub-funds have been secretly targeting the North American bond market since its complete exit from the Japanese financial market in early July. In order to avoid attracting the attention of the market as much as possible, Cersei Capital's $5 billion capital was only used about $3.2 billion in three months.

Among the various financial derivatives positions, Simon is more familiar with the more than 32,000 S&P 500 stock index futures short contracts that have been established in only three months, and since it is certain that the North American stock market will crash in mid-October, stock index futures are naturally still the safest arbitrage products.

In addition, Simon did not have the expertise and time to deal with a large number of complex short selling contracts for the stocks and bonds of individual target companies, such as Columbia Savings and Credit Bank, United Airlines, American Press Group, and Dechong Securities.

Janet has shown a talent for this that surprised Simon, a woman who is usually lazy and lazy, but can accurately understand a series of contracts with a total value of more than $30 billion under leverage.

Like the operation of the Japanese market, Simon also does not expect the layout of Cersei Capital to be absolutely confidential.

However, during this period, the level of short activity in the North American financial market against junk bonds has been clearly noticed by the major financial media, and the information about Cersei Capital's involvement has not been reported in the newspapers. Obviously, the followers who heard the news in private were very clever and muffled to make a fortune.

When the two arrived in New York, Janet began to show up at the Westeros headquarters in Midtown Manhattan every day under the pretext of conducting a financial audit of the Westeros company, in fact, in order to directly manipulate the Cersei Capital sub-fund team hidden in the Westeros company. Simon, on the other hand, is focusing on "Ghost Love" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", which are being filmed in New York, both of which started shooting in this month and are expected to be completed around November.

Lower Manhattan.

In an apartment building in Soho, "Ghost Love" is filming some clips of the daily life of the hero and heroine.

Simon has spent three days watching the samples of the two films and discussing some revisions with the main creator, and today he stayed in the crew of "Ghost Love" all day to observe and shoot, the new version of "Ghost Love" is basically the original team from the starring role to the director, Simon is not too worried about the quality of the film.

Approaching the end of the afternoon.

Demi Moore finished his last shot of the day, walked to the lounge area Simon and sat down, and after he finished chatting with the producer about a topic, he interjected: "Simon, the scene of "Unrestrained Melody" you picked with the pottery making is really classic, and the soundtrack album of this movie will definitely be a big hit like "Bodyguard". ”

Simon smiled and said, "Is it just an original soundtrack, you are too unconfident in this movie." ”

"Of course not, it's going to be a big hit," Demi Moore said with a smile, and added, "We're going to get off work soon, do you want to eat together in the evening?"

Simon shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, I already have arrangements for the evening." ”

"Tomorrow night, you're not going to be in Manhattan for a day, are you?"

Simon just shook his head again.

Demi Moore shrugged in disappointment, and when she saw the producer on Simon's other side take the initiative to walk away, the woman leaned over again and whispered, "Simon, in that case, I'm going to the trailer to remove my makeup, do you want to come along?"

Simon didn't want to spread a bad thing similar to a certain actor and a certain actress cheating on the set and causing the trailer to be embarrassing for the whole crew, not to mention that the woman next to him just had a taste, Simon didn't have too much to do with her, so he smiled: "Demi, my assistant is coming to send me materials soon, you can only remove your makeup yourself." ”

Demi Moore was rejected again, but she still didn't give up easily.

If she can establish a lover relationship with this little man who has reached the top of federal wealth and is powerful in Hollywood, her next development in Hollywood is definitely a path. So, with perseverance, Simon was given a business card with her Manhattan address and contact information, and seeing the man in his pocket, Demi Moore finally got up and left.

In the evening, a banquet at the Raybould family introduced Simon to Joseph Schlap, the head of Schlup Consulting, which has been confirmed to be the largest funder of the political consulting firm that provides election research and campaign plans for parties, with the first $3 million paid last month.

Schlapp Consulting also began assisting with the Westeros-backed New York mayoral election of David Dinkins.

The Federal Campaign Act has very strict restrictions on campaign donations in the United States, and business organizations such as corporations and banks are prohibited from donating to candidates, and there are various restrictions on individual donations.

However, over the years, through political action committees and public welfare election funds, the American corporate magnate and the plutocrats have never cut off their interference in political campaigns. Both major political parties have benefited from this, and naturally they will not actively seek to close these glaring loopholes, but will continue to expand.