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at dusk.

Simon and Janet followed a real estate agent around downtown Manhattan for a whole day, and just returned to the Plaza Hotel where they stayed. They planned to rest for a while before going out for dinner, but they did not expect that Noah Scott was already waiting at the Plaza In the lobby of the hotel.

Although a little surprised and even vigilant, Simon readily agreed to Noah Scott's suggestion for a treat.

Leaving the Plaza Hotel again, the three of them came to a nearby restaurant.

After ordering, Noah Scott looked at the man and woman sitting opposite him, and after a while, he still couldn't help asking very bluntly: "Simon, can you tell me how much money you earn? "

Simon smiled and shook his head: "Noah, if it was you, would you tell me?"

"No," Noah Scott smiled helplessly, and said, "However, these days, this matter is always in my mind. Hearing that you are in New York, I specially flew from Chicago today. came."

Simon shrugged and said, "If this has bothered you, I can only say sorry."

Noah Scott said: "So, it's okay to tell something I know? Simon, for example, your operation in September, why?"

Simon asked, "Why?"

"6000 contracts," Noah Scott said, "Why did you only buy 6000 contracts? You know, although the S&P 500 index in September fluctuated violently, the overall trend is still downward. You can buy 80% of the position as usual."

When Simon heard Noah Scott's explanation, he paused and said, "If you really want to listen to the truth, I'm scared."

Noah Scott showed a look of disbelief: "Afraid?"

Janet also looked over curiously.

Simon quickly relaxed and said, "Yes, I felt fear at the time."

Noah Scott looked at Simon with piercing eyes, obviously misunderstanding the meaning of Simon's words, and said, "But, this month, you should earn more, shouldn't you?"

"Yes, but at that time, I was scared," Simon nodded, staring directly at Noah Scott, and said, "Noah, you followed up, right?"

Noah Scott was silent this time.

Even if everyone knows about insider trading, no one is stupid enough to admit it frankly.

Simon didn't wait for Noah Scott's answer, and continued: "I felt the follow-up of Lehman Brothers, and then I thought of more possibilities. If you follow up, will the news go further?" Spread, if other people follow up, the trend of the entire market may deviate from my expectations.”

Noah Scott nodded slightly, but waited patiently for Simon to continue.

Simon thought for a while, and then said: "Let's put it this way, Noah, the stock market crash I predicted is probably October. You know, in October, the Federation will announce the national trade and fiscal deficit in the third quarter. It became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and it is indeed the case. Looking back, September is the delivery month. Due to the increase in trading volume, the S&P 10 index fluctuated endlessly. It is impossible for me to complete the layout in such a market environment. So , I was scared at the time. However, your understanding just now was wrong. I was not afraid of making too much money, but worried that the entire market would change completely beyond my expectations because of the follow-up of all of you, and even It crashed early, so I will adopt a conservative strategy of building positions, so that you can't judge my true intentions."

Noah Scott was speechless after listening to Simon.

After a moment of silence again, Noah Scott quickly collected his mood, looked at Simon again, and said, "However, Simon, I don't know if you have paid attention to Wall Street recently. I guess you definitely don't want to be exposed. Right? However, your matter has actually attracted the attention of many people."

After a few months of busy work, Simon and Janet are just having fun these days, and they really haven't paid much attention to Wall Street.

Hearing what Noah Scott said, Simon sat up a little bit straighter and asked, "Can you talk about it carefully?"

"Technology stocks," Noah Scott said with a smile on his face, "Simon, you bought a lot of technology stocks, right, a lot?"

Since it was directly pointed out, Simon did not hide it, and admitted: "That's right."

"Compared to other sectors," Noah Scott continued: "In the past week or so, technology stocks have risen by more than 15% from the day of the crash to now. Many people even think that we investment banks are secretly eating Come in, also start to enter to make a fortune. They don't know, that person is actually you. And, if my guess is correct, you have invested at least 10 billion US dollars."

Simon didn't nod this time.

Noah Scott paused for a moment, did not hear Simon's confirmation, and continued: "In addition, your operations on the S&P 500 index futures have also attracted the attention of many people."

Simon still didn't speak, but Janet couldn't bear it anymore, stared at Noah Scott fiercely, and said aggressively: "Noah, what do you want to say?"

Noah Scott raised his hands and made a gesture of surrender, and said with a smile: "Jenny, don't worry, I don't mean anything else, and I'm not a lobbyist for others today. I just want to tell You and I know this. Simon, maybe you should make some preparations in advance. Also, I would like to continue our cooperative relationship. If we have the opportunity to cooperate in the future?"

Simon nodded when he heard Noah Scott say this, and said, "Of course, we definitely have a chance to cooperate."

Hearing Simon's answer, Noah Scott smiled even more. Seeing that Janet was still staring at him, he turned and said, "Speaking of which, last time I also secretly bought some S&P 500 Index futures, guess how much I earned?"

Simon shook his head suspiciously.

Noah Scott raised two fingers and shook: "$200 million, compared to you, it's a failure, right?"

Janet curled her lips.

Simon smiled and said nothing.

Noah Scott continued: "Just following up on your operation a little bit, I made $200 million. So, I think I'd better keep in touch with you, so I came here from Chicago today Simon, I've really thought about it, you're only 19 years old and you've got this much wealth, it's like a kid with a lot of gold, you want to be as inconspicuous as possible, that's what I It just happens to help you."

Chapter 123 Westeros Mansion

Regardless of whether Lehman Brothers followed suit or not, it did not have much impact on Simon's operation in the stock index futures market.Noah Scott came all the way from Chicago to repair the relationship, and Simon naturally wouldn't reject him.

In this country, Simon wants to go further, and it is impossible to get rid of the connection with the investment bank.Although he still doesn’t trust Noah Scott and Lehman Brothers too much, compared to other investment banks that are still silent, the information that Noah Scott just revealed is already full of sincerity.

It was just after eight o'clock in the evening when Simon and Janet parted from Noah Scott after dinner.

Inside the presidential suite on the top floor of the Plaza Hotel.

Janet hung the coats of the two on the hanger, came to the study, and saw that the man had already sat down by the window with his usual hardcover notebook, leaned over and leaned on the back of the sofa and asked, "Simon, what are you going to do?" ?”

Holding the 16-mo notebook that was still hand-bound, Simon drew the lines on the white paper with a pencil, and filled in the notes carelessly.

Madonna's new album will be released next month. This is a dance style album called "You can dance".Simon had previously handed over a song that fit the style of the album to the other party.At this time, he was writing another song, which Simon planned to use as the ending song of "Pulp Fiction".

However, Simon's mind is not here now, he just wants to find something in his hands for a while.

Although he was reminded by Noah Scott that his operation in the stock index futures market had been exposed, Simon found that he had no way to prevent this matter from being exposed.

Hearing Janet's question, Simon turned his head and smiled helplessly at the woman, saying, "I can't do anything, Simon Westeros is going to be famous again."

Janet smiled, turned the sofa, and sat down beside Simon.

In front of the two of them was the floor-to-ceiling glass window overlooking the entire Central Park. At this time, it was dark outside the window, only the buildings on both sides of the park were brightly lit.

Holding the man's arm and watching him fill in the notes on the music score, Janet said again after a while: "Actually, it's nothing to be exposed, and you haven't done anything illegal."

Simon shook his head and said, "A 19-year-old young man earned more than one billion dollars in just a few months. Isn't that illegal enough?"

"Hehe, that only shows that my man is too powerful." Janet leaned over and kissed Simon's face, and changed the subject: "Simon, since we can't change it, let's not think about it. What we saw today What do you think of those houses?"

Simon also tried his best to let himself put aside the feeling of powerlessness in his heart, and continued Janet's topic: "It's not very good."

Janet said with a little expectation: "I think the top-floor duplex on 68th Street is good. It has a three-story structure with a total area of ​​more than 1200 square meters and faces Central Park. The price of 1500 million US dollars is a bit high, but this is Fifth Avenue. Oh, the house will definitely increase in value in the future. Even if you don’t like the baroque interior, we can redecorate it.”

Following Janet's description, Simon recalled the luxury apartment on Fifth Avenue that he had seen during the day.

The top three floors of a 50-story light gray building built in the 15s have a total of 26 rooms, 3 living rooms, 2 kitchens, 6 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms. It also has facilities such as a gym, a wine cellar, and a private screening room. I noticed that Janet unconsciously Using the metric system measurement, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "Call the real estate agent tomorrow, and we will buy this house."

Such an Upper East Side apartment close to Central Park, in the era before Simon's rebirth, the price could easily exceed [-] million.

1500 million US dollars, Simon doesn't think it's expensive at all.

Of course, in 1987, 1500 million US dollars is definitely considered a sky-high price, especially in the case of the recent collapse of the North American stock market, the US real estate market will definitely plummet in the future.In Simon's memory, the price of the entire building of the famous Empire State Building two years later was only 4200 million US dollars.

Seeing that Simon agreed, Janet showed a hesitant expression on her face, and said, "If you don't like it, let's take a look."

"Buy it." Simon turned his head and kissed the woman's face, and said, "Actually, I don't like the whole house in Manhattan very much. Since we want to buy it, one of us must be satisfied."

Janet blinked a few times: "What kind of house do you like?"

"You know, it's modern, minimalist, and naturally if it's the highest floor, I wish I could stand by the window and all the other buildings in my field of vision are at my feet." Simon said, suddenly moved, and moved the Turning over a page in the notebook, he picked up a pencil and drew quickly, while slowly saying: "Probably, that's it."

Janet leaned over curiously.

After waiting quietly for a while, I saw a building that was probably made of fiberglass structure appear on the manuscript paper.

The building has a tapered shape as a whole, but a terrace protrudes from the uppermost floors.Later, Simon also marked a letter on the side, which seemed to be 'A' at first, um, it should not be finished, and it was quickly changed to 'W'.

'W', obviously 'Westeros'.

Westeros mansion.

Simon's painting skills can be seen from the original draft of "Run Lola Run".A few minutes later, some high-rise building silhouettes were randomly drawn around the building, and a building standing proudly on Manhattan Island, even taller than the Empire State Building and the Twin Towers, appeared on the paper.

Janet waited for Simon to finish drawing, and couldn't help but take the notebook in his hand, blinked a few times, and pointed to the platform at the top of the building: "This, what is it?"

Simon explained: "Helipad."

"Then," Janet paused, "how tall is it?"

"If I don't want to see the Empire State Building outside my bedroom," Simon thought for a while and said, "It should be more than 500 meters."

Janet had a little fantasy of living in a penthouse in a building over 500 meters high, and slowly turned her head to look at Simon, asking, "Can this really be built?"

"Since I have earned more than one billion US dollars in more than five months, it is no problem to build another building," Simon said, thinking for a moment, and said: "If you start preparing now, maybe, 3 Construction will begin in a few years. For such a building, 5 million U.S. dollars should be enough, including all expenses such as the land. Of course, the expenses for various internal facilities must be very large, and there will be future maintenance costs .But as long as a building like this can be built, it doesn’t matter if it costs a billion dollars.”

Janet's expression was still a little dull. She put the notebook back into Simon's hand, rubbed her arms around the man's arm like a kitten, and said, "I want to live in it right now."

Simon used a pencil to carefully draw the 'W' letter that had just been temporarily changed. Fortunately, the 'A' was not finished, otherwise the 'Avengers Building' would be exposed.In my memory, the Avengers Building in the Marvel Universe series of movies is probably only the same height as the Empire State Building.However, since it is going to be built, Simon will naturally do it according to his own preferences.

After drawing a few strokes again, Simon heard what Janet said, pointed to the part above the apron on the top of the building, and said: "By then, the top ten floors will all be Westeros homes."

"Yeah." Jenny nodded her head a few times, and said, "I will change my husband's surname in the future."

Simon smiled and leaned his head on the woman's head, jokingly said: "It's just for living in a big house, it's too spineless."

"Hehe," Janet smiled, pointed to the part below the platform, and said, "What about these?"

"Since it is the Westeros Building," Simon said, "it should naturally be the headquarters of the Westeros Corporation below. Of course, it must be carefully planned, and these need to be handed over to professionals."

Janet asked again: "Where do you plan to build this house?"

Simon pointed to the right side outside the window, and said, "The corner next to it is good. If Fifth Avenue doesn't work, then move it further east and build it next to Madison Avenue, so that Central Park is still under your feet."

The two discussed a few more words in a low voice before Janet turned back to the present moment and asked, "In this case, should we still buy a house now?

"Of course, otherwise, where do you live?" Simon nodded and said, "Just the building you just mentioned. The building in the drawing is planned for a few years and built for a few more years. Perhaps, when we move in, it will already be It will be seven or eight years later. It is impossible for us to live without a house for seven or eight years."

"In this case, I will try to lower the price again. It is estimated that 1200 million US dollars can be won. Now that the stock market has crashed, the house price will definitely drop. 1500 million US dollars is the price before the crash," Janet said. Then he said, "When the building in the drawing is completed, do you plan to move to New York?"

Simon shook his head and said, "Of course we can live wherever we want. In the future, we will have a private jet, even if we fly from New York to Los Angeles every day for work."

Janet patted Simon lightly, and said, "I don't want to make such a fuss."

Simon smiled and said, "Then I go to work every day, and you come to be a housewife."

Janet immediately shook her head again: "No, I don't want to be a housewife."

Simon nodded without a stand: "Well, you can do whatever you want."

The two chatted for a while, and Janet took a look at the drawing in front of Simon again, and said, "Actually, I still think it's a little impossible."

"You just have to watch me build it," Simon said, and added: "However, we must work hard to make money next."

Janet couldn't help but said again: "Who just said that it is already illegal to earn more than one billion dollars at the age of 19."

Simon thought for a while, and said: "Since it has been known by many people, there is no need to cover it up anymore. Perhaps, this should be considered a good thing."

Before that, Simon did many things, always subconsciously making his behavior look less conspicuous.Although the results are often a bit dazzling, he has not given up on this behavior that may be deceptive.

Now, if the operation of the stock index futures market is exposed, and Simon does something unexpected next, it should no longer appear so shocking.

You know, 10 billion US dollars is definitely very valuable in this era.

"Forbes" magazine just started to compile the list of the world's richest people a few years ago. According to the latest data this year, the richest people in the world are only those oil families in the Middle East.There are only three companies whose wealth exceeds US$100 billion.The fourth-ranked media family, the Newhouse family, has seen its family wealth drop directly to US$87 billion, and the threshold for the top ten of the rich list is only US$54 billion.

Even if all the taxes are removed, Simon has been able to squeeze into the top 100 of the Forbes rich list at this time.

In 1987, the global population officially exceeded 50 billion. As one of the 50 wealthiest people among the 100 billion, it is conceivable that Simon is definitely the top group of people in the pyramid.

In just one year, the 18-year-old boy suddenly squeezed into the list of the 100 richest people in the world from a poor and white state. As long as this state is accepted by the outside world, Simon will do anything beyond the imagination of the outside world. Probably not too obtrusive.

Simon continued to stay in New York for a day before returning to Los Angeles, but Janet stayed in New York and continued to be busy with the house.

On October 10th, Simon returned to Los Angeles, and the box office of the first week of "Death Comes" has also been released. It earned 30 million US dollars in seven days. Whether it is inside Fox or outside media, it is generally predicted that the final North American box office of this movie will break through. $1816 million.

Although it is far from being able to compare with "Run Lola Run" and "Butterfly Effect", in one year, two North American box office top ten films, one North American box office top fifteen film.Simon's reputation as a blockbuster filmmaker was completely consolidated at this time.

During the few days in New York, Simon also found time to complete the script of "Basic Instinct" in his spare time. After returning to Los Angeles, he handed over the script to Jonathan Friedman, asking him and Amy to negotiate a new film with Fox.

Three films in a row have been hugely successful, and this time, Simon will naturally strive for more benefits.

On the other hand, after Noah Scott personally visited Simon that day, the two parties still kept in touch in the following days, and Simon also heard news about himself from Wall Street from time to time.

This continued until November. Although it had been expected, Simon was caught off guard when things broke out.

The fuse was on the side of Lehman Brothers, and it was also related to Soros, whom Simon had been paying close attention to.

As the broker of Quantum Fund, Lehman Brothers suffered heavy losses in the sell-off on October 10. Due to the early leak of news, the S&P 22 Index plummeted.After a period of deliberation, Soros formally sued Lehman Brothers and at the same time involved Simon.

Chapter 124 The Fat Sheep