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"Okay, so why would you want to come and work for me?"

"The salary is high enough, and I can get better opportunities in the future."

"Ok?"

"The leaders of the four core companies under the Westeros Corporation are all women."

Simon asked with a smile: "Which four companies, I can hardly remember how many companies I have invested in."

"Daenerys, Melisandre, Ygritte, Cersei."

"Okay, then tell me, which of these four companies has the greatest development potential?"

Alice Ferguson hesitated, and said, "Daenerys, or Ygritte."

"I'll just let you talk about one family."

"Ygret."

There was some surprise in Simon's eyes. He turned around and leaned against the railing, looked at the girl in front of him again, and said: "In this case, help me to be a housekeeper for five years, and you can go to Ygritte. Of course, the premise is But you still have to prove your ability, if I think you are more suitable to be a cleaner in Ygritte, then you can only sweep the floor."

Alice Ferguson pursed her thin lips, and said, "I need permission, and I understand Ygritte's permission."

"No problem. Besides, since you are so smart, you can get a Ph.D. at the age of 27, so let's study computer technology again in the next few years."

Alice Ferguson said: "I also have a master's degree in computer science from Princeton University."

Simon glanced at the girl's fair neck, and said, "Are there any other degrees, let's talk about them together?"

"Nothing."

"Then keep on studying, and get another Ph.D. anyway, you just help me take care of the real estate, and you have a lot of free time," Simon finished, before waiting for the girl to respond, he asked again: "By the way, do you have a boyfriend? ?”

"No."

"Really?"

"I've had several girlfriends."

"..."

Simon was speechless, no wonder he always felt a little strange.

Seeing Simon choking, Alice Ferguson paused before adding, "However, I don't reject the opposite sex."

Simon nodded, deliberately adding a bit of aggressiveness to his eyes, and looked at the captured lace in front of him, saying: "I understand, this is a hint."

Alice Ferguson shook her head: "No, this is express."

Simon was terrified, raised his hand and said, "Go and lock the bedroom door, I want you now."

Alice Ferguson shook her head: "Not now, today is my dangerous period, and there are no contraceptives in this bedroom. If you become pregnant by accident, I will ask you for all the rights this child should have."

Simon insisted bullyly: "Don't worry, I know a lot of ways to make out that won't get a woman pregnant."

"I don't accept alternative sexual practices."

Simon clenched his fists, his joints made a slight slap, and said, "I'll let you accept it."

Alice Ferguson still looked at Simon, and said seriously: "I will bite you."

Well, this is brutal.

Simon noticed that Alice Ferguson occasionally showed very beautiful white teeth while speaking, but he only felt a chill down his spine, and retreated: "I will give you 10 seconds to disappear from my eyes."

Alice Ferguson turned her head and looked in the direction of the door, as if calculating whether she could get out of the bedroom in 10 seconds, then nodded to Simon, turned around and walked out stepping on small black high heels.Leaving the bedroom and gently closing the door, the new housekeeper stood at the door and exhaled slowly, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and a faint smile appeared on her originally cold face.

There was a sound from the direction of the stairs, Alice Ferguson quickly collected her mood, and walked over.

The two girls went upstairs with a suitcase each, and when they saw Alice, they stopped in their tracks, with obvious guard in their eyes.

Alice walked up to the two women, looked at them indifferently, and said, "Alison Norris, Becky Hope, A and B, I will take care of you from now on."

Alison retorted: "We only follow the boss and won't listen to you."

Alice said: "This is Madam's intention. If you are not satisfied, you can talk to Madam."

Alison wanted to say something else, but Becky pulled her and said, "Madam asked us to move these two boxes into the master bedroom."

Alice nodded, walked to the other side of the corridor, and said, "Come with me."

The party time at Hearst's house was seven o'clock in the evening, and it was past five o'clock in the afternoon when Simon and his party arrived in Greenwich.After getting busy and settled in the villa, Simon and Janet quickly set off to the Hearst family's mansion.

"You must know about the Spanish-American War. Although it happened a century ago, after almost 100 years of accumulation, the potential influence of the Hearst family is actually even stronger." The car rushing to the Hearst mansion On the Internet, Janet and Simon chatted about this matter: "Speaking of which, the influence of the Murdoch family in Australia is similar to that of the Hearst family in North America. In the 60s, Murdoch wanted to enter the UK. At that time, Australia was still very strict. Do you know how he does it because of capital controls that do not allow large sums of money to be transferred overseas at will?

"Ok?"

"It was 1968, it happened to be an election year, and Murdoch mobilized the power of the entire News Corporation to help one of his candidates become prime minister, and even put another, um, whose name I don't know. Remember, in short, it was another competitor who slandered and became a Japanese spy. Later, the candidate he supported was elected and soon signed a charter approving News Corporation's investment in the UK."

Simon didn't expect the Murdoch family to be so powerful in Australia in the 60s, but he quickly asked: "In this case, why did Murdoch fail to prevent the introduction of the media restriction bill and could only sell Seventh TV Network?" ?”

Seventh Australia, which Johnston Holdings is taking over from the Qintex Group, originally belonged to the Murdoch family.

In order to prevent media platforms from controlling public opinion, Australia introduced a media restriction act in the 70s, which did not allow print media groups to own public television networks.The same is true here in the United States. Print media giants like the Hearst family can only get involved in cable TV networks like ESPN. This is the result of deregulation with the government in the 80s.

Janet said: "Murdoch is too mercenary. He will support whoever is beneficial to him, and he will not hesitate to abandon those who have lost their value. Therefore, there has been a lack of firm allies. In the 70s, it happened that A prime minister who has been run down by News Corp for a long time came to power, and then he was out of luck. Grandfather said that Murdoch is a businessman who has no position and can cooperate, but that is all."

Memories of the wiretapping scandal come to Simon's mind.That incident was also attributed to a collective rebound after the long-term suppression of News Corporation in the British political circles.

Thinking of this, Simon asked again: "Murdoch should have participated in the abolition of inheritance tax in Australia, right?"

"My grandfather was in charge of liaising and coordinating at that time. The Murdoch family, the Fairfax family, the Pike family and many other forces participated." Janet seemed unwilling to talk about this matter, and quickly changed the subject. Dao: "In addition, it is a coincidence that the Hearst family has always been a supporter of the Democratic Party, which is also conducive to the establishment of more cooperative relations between us."

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The Hearst family's mansion is not far from Simon's manor. Within a 5-minute drive, Simon and Janet arrived at their destination.

It was also a large manor. The car had just stopped in front of a quaint villa, and the waiter quickly stepped forward and opened the door.

The Simon couple got out of the car, and they could already see the figures in the hall of the villa.

However, apart from the waiters outside the villa, there was no host to greet the guests.The two looked at each other, and Janet came over with a smile and said in a low voice, "It might be on purpose."

Simon saw that the car of a guest who came before was led to the parking space by the waiter, and there were guests coming behind him, so he didn't stay outside the door for too long, shrugged his shoulders slightly, and walked directly into the villa with Janet .

The two stepped into the gate of the villa and looked around.

There were about 20 guests in the hall chatting together in groups of three or five, and many of them were faces familiar to Simon, such as New York Mayor David Dinkins who spotted Simon and his wife at a glance.

Since the Hearst family is a die-hard supporter of the Democratic Party, it is not surprising that David Dinkins is here.

Simon didn't see the host's figure. Seeing David Dinkins and the few people who had just chatted with him coming together, he greeted him with a smile.

David Dinkins also came with his wife. They greeted Simon and his wife, and introduced an old couple and young wife next to him: "Simon, this is John Gutford, the chairman of Salomon Brothers." Mr. Lund and his wife Lisa."

Salomon Brothers is a famous Wall Street investment bank in this era, which is as famous as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.To be precise, the current Salomon Brothers is stronger than Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

Of course, this is only now.

Simon reached out and shook John Gutfreund: "Nice to meet you, John."

"Hello, Simon, I've been looking forward to seeing you for a long time." John Gutfreund also showed great enthusiasm, let go of Simon's hand, shook Janet again, and said, "Hello, West Mrs. Lowe."

Janet shook hands with Gutfreund and said with a smile, "You can just call me Jenny."

After everyone introduced the greetings, David Dinkins looked around: "I remember William was still here just now."

John Gutfreund seemed to have suddenly noticed this, and he also looked around, and said, "It seems that Tom Murphy has arrived, and they went to the next door."

Tom Murphy is chairman of the Met/ABC Group.

Simon could roughly guess what Hearst and Murphy were going to talk about, and said indifferently, "I'll just wait. John, David, what were you talking about just now?"

David Dinkins didn't continue the topic just now. The Hearst family can snub the young super rich, but he doesn't have the capital to say, "Oh, about the 'new world order' that the president has been promoting recently What do you think of the plan, Simon?"

Before Iraq invaded Kuwait at the end of July, the US ambassador to Baghdad personally promised Saddam that the US would not interfere in the dispute between Iraq and Kuwait.

However, when Iraq successfully occupied Kuwait, the Bush administration immediately forgot its previous promise, not only quickly launched the "Desert Shield" plan to confront the Iraqi army within a week of the outbreak of the Kuwait war, and then, Bush began to lobby himself at the United Nations The "New World Order" plan called on the United States and European countries to send troops to the Middle East in order to maintain the stability of the world oil market, drive the Iraqi army out of Saudi Arabia and further destroy the Saddam regime.

At this time, other guests in the hall noticed Simon and came over. When David Dinkins mentioned the Middle East war, they temporarily gave up the idea of ​​going up to Simon and listened to what the young man would say.

For more than half a year, Cersei Capital has earned extraordinary huge profits by relying on the operation of the crude oil futures market. The guests at the scene naturally knew that some of them were investors of Cersei Capital.If Westeros can reveal some 'golden content' information, they will definitely make a worthwhile trip tonight.

Simon glanced across the crowd indifferently, and said, "I think this war is probably inevitable."

Another guest in the surrounding crowd couldn't help asking: "So, Simon, do you think the price of oil will continue to rise?"

During the recent period, the international crude oil price has been close to 40 US dollars a barrel, basically reaching the highest point in Simon's memory.

"There should be some more increases, but I heard that the White House is planning to open the federal crude oil reserve to stabilize oil prices, and the plan may be finalized in the near future."

Simon's remarks were completely recent newspaper news, so someone retorted: "It is said that there are only 2000 million barrels. If you calculate the daily crude oil consumption of the Federation in millions of barrels, it will not last even a week."

"The key is to stabilize the situation," Simon shrugged and said, "Besides, I haven't paid much attention to this matter recently."

Everyone continued to test a few more words, but they were a little disappointed that they couldn't get any usable information from Simon.

Simon didn't have the kind of vanity to show off after being surrounded by people, and, although it was only a few words, he had actually revealed some useful information, and the intuitive audience would definitely be able to discover two of them.

First, war is inevitable. Second, Simon no longer pays attention to the crude oil futures market.Those who are interested can make arrangements based on the first point. As for the second point, Simon has stopped paying attention to this matter, which obviously proves that it is not feasible to continue speculating in the crude oil market.

In recent months, countless crude oil futures brokerage companies around the world, securities departments of energy companies, and hedge funds that made mistakes before the war have all closed down due to huge losses. Crude oil futures trading has dropped to a freezing point. It has become active again, so it is difficult to carry out large-scale hedging and arbitrage.

However, probably even those who have discovered these two points will first ponder the credibility of Simon's words, and then add their own will.

Just like the operation of the crude oil futures market before, and the operation of the Japanese financial market before that, there are not a few people who can hear the operation methods of Cersei Capital, but no one has been able to obtain such huge profits as Cersei Capital from the beginning to the end. The reason is that too many people believe in their own judgment more than follow others' operations completely.

Even if the other party has created a series of miracles, some people will always think that maybe this time a certain guy will stumble.

Cersei Capital was able to establish a long position of tens of billions of dollars when crude oil prices were still falling rapidly. Other hedge funds considered the risks involved. Even if they followed up, they would often reduce the proportion of positions and reduce leverage in order to avoid risks as much as possible. , the result can be imagined.

Simon continued to chat with David Dinkins and others for a few minutes, and finally a middle-aged man with a fat figure and a bald head appeared. It was William Hearst III, the third-generation head of the Hearst family.

Coming in front of Simon, William Hearst III looked at the young man in front of him and explained with an apologetic smile: "I'm so sorry, Simon, I was just talking to Tom about something."

Because of his slightly obese body and the smile on his face that easily makes people let go of their defenses, it is difficult for William Hearst III to give people the feeling of heir to a century-old media family.

Simon also showed a very sincere smile, shook hands with the other party, and said, "It's okay, Mr. Hurst."

William Hearst III continued to greet Janet, and introduced the 60-year-old man in a black suit with sharp eyes beside him, saying, "Simon, and Janet, this is Tom Murphy."

Simon and Janet greet the Met/ABC chairman again.

After exchanging pleasantries, William Hearst III asked everyone with a smile, "What are you talking about?"

So a group of people talked about the topic just now.

However, just after chatting for a few words, a waiter came over and whispered something in William Hearst III's ear, and the middle-aged man said to everyone: "I'm really sorry, I need to leave for a while, let's talk first. "

The waiter didn't deliberately lower his voice. Everyone actually heard each other whispering that Mr. Buffett had arrived.

Seeing William Hearst III greeted him with Tom Murphy, many people subconsciously focused on Simon.

If Hearst III had only appeared a few minutes earlier, it was barely justified, but the undisguised discrimination now could not even be described as a faux pas.The host is so negligent, it is not too much for Simon to leave immediately.

Probably because of being a human being in two lifetimes, Simon discovered early on that he lacked emotion and was very indifferent to many things.Moreover, this indifference seems to have a tendency to become more and more serious as his wealth and status continue to accumulate.

Although he knew that he should be angry at this time, the negligence of William Hearst III just now really failed to arouse many negative emotions in Simon's heart. He was just a little curious. Since the Hearst family invited him tonight, it should be If you want to be friendly, you shouldn't be so rude.

Or, William Hearst III did not find it a faux pas.

For a super media family that even the President of the United States dare not easily provoke, the Hearst family does have such arrogance.

In just a moment, William Hearst III and Tom Murphy returned again, and there was also an old man with a medium build and disheveled hair, who was Warren Buffett, the head of Berkshire Hathaway.

Seeing the three talking and laughing towards him, Simon also took the initiative to step forward.

Before Simon could speak, Janet beside her spoke first this time: "Hi, Warren, do you remember me?"

Janet's sudden opening surprised Simon, Hester III, and Murphy, and Hester III, who was originally smiling, frowned imperceptibly.

Simon was puzzled for a moment, and quickly remembered some past events about Janet that Catherine occasionally said a few years ago. Women seemed to be very powerful when they were studying at Columbia University.

Warren Buffett looked at Janet carefully, and said with a smile: "I remember, you are the little girl from Columbia University."

Janet leaned her head on Simon's shoulder and said, "I am Lady Westeros now, look at my man, Warren, do you still think that your investment theory is not that Grandet saves gold coins?"

"Hello, Simon," Buffett stepped forward to shake hands with Simon, and continued to Janet: "I didn't expect you to marry Westeros, but, according to my observations in recent years, the rhythm of Simon's rise is completely It can only be described as a miracle, I don’t think I can create a miracle, so let’s save gold coins slowly.”

William Hearst III said at this time: "Warren, do you know each other?"

Warren Buffett nodded, his tone still funny, and said, "Yes, this... Mrs. Westeros, I gave a speech at Columbia University back then, but she made things difficult for me."

"Oh, what a coincidence."