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At the same time, during the five trading days from August 8th to August 6th, Cersei Capital also quickly completed the liquidation of long positions.

The reason why long contracts of more than 200 billion US dollars can be delivered so quickly is mainly because short futures speculators, futures brokers and futures exchanges are more urgent than Cersei Capital. With the continuous rise of international crude oil prices , for every day of delay, the loss will increase by one point.

8月11日，当瑟曦基金管理公司完成所有财务交割汇总，这家对冲基金的资产净值已经从最初的35亿美元增加到126亿3721万美元。8个月时间不到，瑟曦基金管理公司就已经实现了超过260%的投资回报。

Although Simon only occupies 35 billion US dollars of the 10 billion US dollars principal this time, the commission rate of the fund is also fixed at 20%, and 20% of the 30% commission rate will be allocated to Cersei Fund Management Company other partners.However, based on the net asset value of US$126.37 billion at this time, Simon can earn US$10 billion in profits and commissions in addition to the principal of US$33.67 billion.

In the remaining months of the second half of the year, even if the income of Cersei Capital is 0, after the settlement and return at the end of the year, the total amount of cash hoarded overseas by Simon will be close to 80 billion US dollars.

With such a huge sum of cash, even considering the factors of capital gains tax transferred into the country, Simon can basically complete the acquisition of MCA with its own funds.

In addition, although Simon can only get one-third of the profits of Cersei Fund Management Company this time, he also eliminated some potential hidden dangers brought about by his rapid rise in recent years to a large extent through profit sharing.

Moreover, it seems that a large part of the profit of more than 90 billion U.S. dollars has been distributed, but except for the Johnston family, which owns a principal of 5 million U.S. dollars, and has cut away another larger piece of cake, other Australian and American investors are scattered. After all, the income obtained is basically less than one-tenth of Simon's.

Simon himself was still the one who made far more profits than other investors.

After staying in New York for a week, Simon and Janet returned to Los Angeles together.

The next phase of the order for the Cersei Fund Management team is free hunting, with neither husband nor wife having to keep an eye on them all the time.

With a 30% stake in Cersei Fund Management Company, the 6 partners in the team are all expected to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in dividends this year, and even ordinary employees have an expected huge bonus, so the whole team can be described as smug.

Back in Los Angeles, it was already Monday, August 8th.

The North American summer vacation has come to an end, and has not been greatly affected by the outbreak of war.

On July 7, "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle", a collaboration between Daenerys Entertainment and Disney, was screened in North American theaters, with 27 opening screens, and the box office earned 1632 million US dollars in the first seven days from July 7 to August 27. , not as good as the previous "Sleeping with the Enemy", but it has also reached the top-selling level with an average of over 8.

8月3日到8月9日的第二周，《晃动摇篮的手》次周票房跌幅为23%，再收1633万美元。

The accumulated $3751 million in two weeks, compared to the production cost of $1100 million and the announcement budget of $600 million, within half a month, the film has begun to generate profits.However, it is difficult for "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" to achieve a box office of over 8000 million. It is expected that the box office in North America will be around [-] million US dollars.

Although it did not meet expectations, a low-cost thriller film with an investment of 1100 million US dollars can earn 8000 million US dollars at the box office in North America alone. Neither Disney nor Daenerys is dissatisfied.

On August 8, "Haunted Ghost 10" produced by Daenerys Entertainment's New World Pictures was released.

This series of horror films, which started at the end of the summer season, opened with a scale of 1329 screens. The box office in the first week was 613 million US dollars. In the meantime, Daenerys Entertainment can expect to be profitable.

However, because the two consecutive sequels did not have much breakthrough, New World Pictures plans to distribute the subsequent sequels directly through videotape and cable TV platforms.In this way, on the one hand, it can save costs, and on the other hand, it can also make room for other films produced by New World Pictures.

Daenerys Entertainment's "Ghost Love", which started its summer season, had a cumulative box office of 8 million US dollars in 9 weeks of release as of August 11, and the film's single-week box office remained at around 1.49 million US dollars, relying on a strong box office Curve, overall box office numbers continue to make steady progress toward the $700 million mark.

"Sleeping with the Enemy", which cooperated with Fox, has a cumulative box office of 9381 million U.S. dollars in its eighth week of release, breaking [-] million soon, and is expected to hit even higher box office figures.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", which has only been released for five weeks, has successfully achieved a North American box office of 8 million US dollars as of August 9, breaking through 1 million ahead of "Sleeping with the Enemy".However, due to the continuous large decline, the weekly box office of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has fallen to less than 353 million U.S. dollars, and it is estimated that there is only less than 500 million U.S. dollars left in the box office potential.

Regardless of the large amount of funds hoarded overseas, Daenerys Entertainment alone brought Simon a net profit of more than 5 million US dollars in the first half of the year. Also began to consider more investment in other directions.

Speaking of it, the reason why the rich can get richer is roughly because of this.

Of course, the acquisition of MCA is still the top priority in Simon's plan.

The outbreak of the Kuwait war triggered a drop in global stock markets, and MCA was naturally not immune.

In the week from August 8th to August 6th, MCA’s stock price fell by 8%, and the price per share fell back to less than $10. By the new week of August 9th, the opening price of MCA stock had fallen to 40 US dollars, the stock price fell even the good news that Panasonic intends to acquire MCA could not stop it.

Panasonic's acquisition of MCA has not been made public since Michael Ovitz's trip to Tokyo was accidentally smashed last time, but this matter is no longer a secret in the eyes of many people.The news that Michael Ovitz had a private meeting with the members of the MCA board of directors also came to light recently.

However, because of the bursting of the Japanese economic bubble, Japanese corporate giants generally must first ensure that their own operations will not be affected by the economic crisis, so they generally slow down the pace of overseas expansion.

Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures this year has also aroused Panasonic's vigilance when it has been paying "tuition fees" in Hollywood.

Although Panasonic has hoarded more than US$120 billion in funds overseas through accumulation in the past few years, it is easy enough to complete the acquisition of MCA, but the industry generally predicts that Panasonic’s acquisition of MCA will be conservative, and it is impossible to be as lavish as Sony.

Chapter 360 Billionaire Executives Club (Revised)

Simon and Janet left the house early together and traveled from Malibu to Santa Monica to join Catherine.

After everyone had breakfast together, Simon sent the two women to Los Angeles International Airport.

The date is Monday, March 8.

Janet is flying to New York to work on Cersei Capital.

Catherine has completed the filming of "Scary Point" during this period, and still stays on the West Coast for post-production.This ride is for the New York Film Festival in September, and women are invited to serve as judges for this film festival.

After saying goodbye, the Boeing 767 roared into the sky on the runway of the airport.

When the plane was stable, Catherine unfastened her seat belt and subconsciously looked through the porthole to the ground. Los Angeles International Airport was out of sight, and it was naturally impossible to see a certain figure beside the runway.

Must have left.

It looks so busy all day.

Janet also unbuckled her seat belt, noticed Catherine's eyes, glanced out the porthole with a smile, and teased, "You started missing so soon?"

Catherine glared at Janet: "Don't make such a joke, you are all married."

Janet grinned, rang the bell to summon C-girl Claire Gain, asked for a glass of water, and asked Catherine what she wanted to drink.

Also just asked for a glass of water, Catherine watched Janet get up and go to the other side of the large couch to sit down, and turned on the TV without following her.

This is the living room on the upper deck of the front deck of the Boeing 767.

Although it is still a bit small to be disgusted by Simon, it is luxurious enough in Catherine's eyes. Until now, I can occasionally see some people criticizing Simon for being too extravagant with this plane in the newspaper.

However, considering the recent articles in the media discussing his latest net worth, such a plane seems to be nothing.

The "Los Angeles Times" also mentioned two days ago that because of the sudden outbreak of the Kuwait war, Cersei Capital has made billions of dollars in profits by relying on the operation of the crude oil futures market. In order to dig out more detailed asset figures of Simon, the list has also deliberately postponed the release of this year's list.

Claire brought over two glasses of water, and Catherine thanked her softly. When Miss C left, she also withdrew her thoughts and asked Janet next to her, "You fly between New York and Los Angeles every week. , is it really all right?"

Janet was lying on the couch looking through a document in a disfigured manner. Hearing what Catherine said, she knew the subtext in her words, and shook her head: "No."

Catherine thought that Janet didn't understand what she was doing, so she could only clarify, "You and Simon have only been married for less than half a year?"

Janet supported her upper body, raised and lowered her two bare feet behind her, and said after a while, "Kate, you're only 22 years old."

"Ok?"

"If I was also 22 years old, I would definitely wait for the day when he really wanted to get married, and then marry him. But... you know, I can't wait any longer, so let's tie him down first. However, he It's not ready yet."

Catherine understood.

Cersei Capital wanted to set up a branch in Los Angeles, and even set up its headquarters here, so that it would be a breeze for Janet not to run around.However, Janet did this just to leave some personal space for Simon, who was not ready to accept married life.

Can't help but think of myself.

as well as.

The very first.

Although he knew that it was impossible for him to be with that man, but for Janet to step in and snatch him away, it would be a lie to say that there was really no grievance.

Janet did love him more than herself, though.

At least, if she really married him, she would never allow him to be unclear with other women.

Ok.

Maybe, not so sure.

Thinking of what Janet once said, how could such an outstanding man like him have only one woman.

Changing the topic and casually chatting with Janet, Catherine also took out the materials of the films nominated for this New York Film Festival from her satchel to pass the time.

After a while, Janet called Claire again, handed her the document she had just looked through, and said, "Go to hell with Hawker Beech, and change to another company. In addition, return our advance payment, a penny Nothing less."

Claire hesitated for a moment, and asked cautiously, "Ms. Westeros, what's the reason?"

Janet waved away people, saying, "Let them find it themselves."

Claire had no choice but to leave with that document in hand.

Catherine waited for Miss C to leave before asking, "What's wrong?"

Janet picked up the water glass on the coffee table and went back to sit down opposite Catherine, drank a few sips of water, and said, "Simon and I plan to build two private hangars in Los Angeles Airport to store our private jets. Qi actually made a budget of 3500 million US dollars, which is more than double what I expected. They want to slaughter fat sheep, and I can only let them make no money."

Catherine smiled, and generally understood what kind of company Janet said about Hawker Beechcraft.

Just a little curious, said: "Can a private hangar be built in Los Angeles International Airport?"

Janet nodded, and said in a very feminine tone: "Of course I can, as long as the money is enough."

Catherine couldn't help but roll her eyes over.

Speaking of this, Simon actually wants to build a private airport of his own.

However, it is too conspicuous to do so in the short term, so I simply chose to cooperate with Los Angeles International Airport.

The entire Westeros system, including Simon's Boeing 767 and the Gulfstream IV that was bought and thrown to Westeros, as well as the private jets rented by Daenerys Entertainment and Gucci, now has 4 private jet.

Considering that there will be more to come, it is still necessary to build a private hangar in Los Angeles and form a dedicated service team.

Although it is a little troublesome to cooperate with LAX, as Janet said, as long as the money is enough, there is nothing that cannot be solved.

After sending the two women away, Simon rushed to Daenerys Studios.

In the morning, a high-level meeting will be held to discuss all aspects of the company's development plan for the second half of the year.

Come to the big meeting room in Building [-] of the Studios Administrative District, Amy Pascal, Robert Iger, Nancy Brill, Ella Deutschman, Danny Morris, Robert Rehm, Mark Belford and other Daenerys entertainment executives have arrived ahead of schedule, and even Stan Lee, who is in charge of Marvel, is here today.

When Simon entered the door, everyone was chatting enthusiastically around something.

Seeing Simon appearing, everyone greeted him one after another. Simon greeted everyone and asked Amy casually, "What are you talking about?"

Amy handed over a copy of the latest "Forbes" magazine, and did not forget to add: "I have to declare first, Simon, I didn't disclose the news."

"Forbes" magazine is a weekly magazine, once a week.

However, although this magazine is famous, it is not on Simon's reading list. If there are any articles that need Simon's attention, the female assistant often organizes them for him to read.

Recently, Forbes contacted Simon again, hoping that he could cooperate with the statistics of the rich list in the new year, but Simon also refused as usual.

Taking the magazine from Amy, Simon motioned for everyone to sit down, and sat down at the conference table himself.

Looking at the magazine in his hand, there is a line of eye-catching blackened headlines: 'Billionaire Executives Club'.

A quick glance at the contents.

Forbes has obviously done a lot of 'work' during this period. In the article, the financial data of Daenerys Entertainment in the first half of the year and the profits of Cersei Capital in the crude oil futures market some time ago are quite accurate.

However, the focus of the hype in this article is the expected salary in 1990 of several partners of Cersei Fund Management and Amy Pascal of Daenerys Entertainment.

According to the known data, "Forbes" magazine judged that in 1990, the entire Westeros system, excluding Simon and his wife, would have seven other people who could earn an income of 5 million US dollars. The six partners of Xi Fund Management Company each have 5% of the shares and Amy Pascal who can receive [-]% of Daenerys Entertainment's annual profit plus the same amount of equity rewards.

When "Forbes" magazine announced with great fanfare that Simon's personal reason was postponed for this year's list of the 400 richest people in the United States and the world's richest list, many media began to dig out the asset and financial figures of the entire Westeros system.

The more statistics, the more shocking it is.

The calculation of "Forbes" magazine in front of me is basically the same as the truth, but compared with the many eye-catching exposure materials recently, it is actually not too dazzling.

of course.

For a large group of executives in the conference room at this time who are roughly at the same level as Amy, it is obviously a different feeling.

With an annual income of over [-] million, for professional managers, this era is definitely a miracle.

Anyone who is a little bit ambitious will probably not be indifferent to this.

Pressing the magazine in front of him, Simon swept towards everyone in the conference room: "I think you all know that the content of this report is true. You are not familiar with Cersei Fund Management Company, but Amy and everyone are very familiar with it." .”

Simon confirmed it himself, even though it was confirmed from Amy, there was still some commotion in the office.

Raising his hand to press down, Simon continued: "I can only say that the current annual salary of [-] million US dollars is just the beginning. The entire Westeros system is very large, very large, enough for you to display your talents, and it will not There are only a few positions with an annual income of over [-] million. Now people in the circle feel that I am harsh on stars and unwilling to provide them with high salaries like other studios. In fact, it’s not because I don’t want to pay, I just I will give a price that I think is reasonable. You are the same, as long as you pay enough for this company, I am happy to pay any one of you with an annual salary of over [-] million."

Such a promise, if it is someone else, is likely to be regarded as a blank check.However, sitting in the meeting room at this time, no one felt that Simon was just making empty promises.

Therefore, until the end of the meeting at noon, many people were still immersed in a certain mood of complacency.

After lunch, Simon and Stan Lee, who still hadn't left, came to the office LOFT area on the second floor of the studio, where the Marvel West Coast team had moved.

With the success of "Batman: Beginning of War" and the expansion of the DC movie universe, the Marvel Entertainment team has proposed to Simon more than once to develop a Marvel superhero movie, and Simon has never let go.

Under the current conditions, it may be no problem to develop one or two Marvel superhero solo movies after selection, but if you want to create a Marvel movie universe, the special effects technology at this time simply cannot support it.

However, after some discussion, Simon agreed to a compromise.

In the next few years, Marvel will invest in the development of a series of 2D animation movies of Marvel superheroes. The specifications are roughly the same as the DC superhero animation movies in the original space and time. The PG 13 level is 70 minutes to 90 minutes each. It does not enter theaters, but is distributed directly through video tapes and television channels.

Marvel's original branch in the San Fernando Valley on the west coast was an animation production team that had been producing TV cartoons for children before.

Now that the decision has been made, Simon has approved a budget of $1500 million for the first animated film this time, with $1200 million for production and $300 million for publicity.