Hollywood Hunter

Five o'clock in the morning.

Without the alarm, Simon still woke up on time.Since that fund began to open positions, he has been up at this time these days.

The woman sticking to her body, the sweet fragrance in the bedroom, instantly made Simon realize that this is not his apartment in the Century Building.

Armed with Janet as a pillow, Simon didn't get up immediately, looking sideways at the woman who was still asleep, a few strands of blond hair slanting on her ruddy white face, lips slightly pursed, slender eyelashes, sleeping Lazy and contented.

Looking at it for a moment, Simon also felt a sense of peace inexplicably.

perhaps.

This is his own "Heart Rest".

So he leaned in and kissed Janet's lips gently before Simon carefully released the woman's arms.

There is no change in the layout of the villa and before the last departure.

After some washing, Simon went to the gym for a half-hour jog and took a shower. It was already six o'clock.

There are not many types of futures in North America. Simon is completely betting this time that he can predict the S&P 500 index futures, which is also the largest market by volume.

The S&P 500 Index Futures was launched by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1982. Currently, the daily contract turnover is between 8 and 100,000, and occasionally it will exceed 100,000.Therefore, Simon's "butterfly" is not too conspicuous in hiding, which is also his source of confidence that the S&P 500 curve in the next few months will not deviate too much from the data in memory.

Since the electronic trading system has not yet appeared, the stock index futures are mainly still very old-fashioned on-site manual trading, from Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 3:15 pm.

Chicago belongs to the central time zone of the United States, which is two hours earlier than Los Angeles.At six o'clock in the morning on Simon's side, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is close to opening.

After pouring a pot of coffee for himself, Simon came to the study and sat down behind his large desk, holding a cup of coffee and dialing Noah Scott's phone.

The two were talking in a whisper about the trading plan after the market opened today. Janet floated in lazily in pajamas from outside the door and saw Simon, so he walked over, and his soft body shrank like a kitten. In his arms, he narrowed his eyes again.

Simon lowered his voice and continued to talk to Noah Scott for a while. Then he closed the line and smiled and patted on Janet and asked, "Want to drink coffee?"

Janet shook her head: "I haven't brushed my teeth yet."

Simon said: "Then I will take you back to the bedroom and sleep a little longer?"

"Don't," Janet shook her head again, cheering up a little, raising her face and asking, "You just bought Noah 800 contracts?"

Simon nodded and said, "Yeah."

"This is 4,500," Janet narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "4500 contracts, 270 to 275 positions, need a security deposit of about 60 million US dollars, the proportion of positions exceeds 80%, available funds There is only 15 million dollars left. Well, now Noah is going to treat you as a lunatic. Little bastard, won’t you continue to increase positions?"

Simon hugged the woman's tender body and said, "No more, stop here."

Janet rubbed her hands on Simon's chest, eyes staring at him brightly, and said, "But, bastard, you are still easy to lose money like this. Is it really okay?"

Simon's current position, every 1 point fluctuation of the S&P 500 index means a profit and loss of $2.25 million.

Although the current futures transaction is not a daily debt-free settlement, if the accumulated loss in the Westeros account exceeds the remaining 15 million US dollars of available funds, Simon will need to increase the margin, otherwise the broker will force him to close a part Contract to ensure the sufficient funds in the account.

Based on this calculation, Westeros's 4,500 long contracts, in addition to the 60 million fixed margin, Simon's hands even if all the chips in the 20 million US dollar loan can only withstand the downward fluctuation of the S&P 500 index of about 15 points ,

Actually.

From the beginning of the year to the present, in just four months, the S&P 500 index has experienced two big ups and downs between 250 points and 300 points, and the largest increase or decrease is close to 20% of the market.

With reference to this volatility, Simon's current position is completely unbearable.

after all.

If the S&P 500 market plunges again with a drop of about 20%, a drop of more than 50 points, the theoretical loss of each contract at the lowest point will exceed $25,000.With 4,500 contracts, the loss will be 112.5 million, which is far more than the US$75 million principal in Westeros' account.

of course.

As long as there is no big crash like diving in memory, Simon can still clear the clearance and escape in advance, but he will definitely face a huge loss.

If this happens, even if it is lost by half, it will be $37.5 million.

In this era, US dollars are still quite valuable.

The Palisades mansion where Simon and Janet live now, don’t even think about it after 20-30 years, but even at the top of the US real estate bubble in the 1980s, the price is only $4 million.

Obvious.

Simon is now in danger of losing 10 of the most luxurious mansions of his time at any time.

No wonder he will be regarded as a lunatic by Noah Scott.

but.

Danger and opportunity always coexist.

Although many Wall Street analysts now judge that the stock market has been weak, it is likely to turn to a sharp decline at any time, and this is indeed the case.However, Simon clearly remembered that the S&P 500 index, around 270 points, is the lowest point in the next four months.

Relative to the repeated ups and downs in the previous four months, the S&P 500 index will show a very stable upward posture in the next four months, and basically there will not be too large fluctuations.

Therefore, Simon probably does not need to use that loan in case, only the remaining 15 million US dollars of funds available in Westero's account is enough to withstand the slight fluctuations in the overall upward trend of the market.

at this time.

Looking at Janet with his eyes wide open and struggling to make a worried look, Simon couldn't help but lowered his head and pecked on the lips of the woman, laughing and said, "You don't think I will lose everything in your heart? By then, Victoria Stello can only use himself to pay off the debt."

Janet lifted her small hand and pushed Simon's head away. The original worried look swept away, revealing a smile, and then chased over and touched the man's cheek. "I will treat you well, little Simon."

It really is.

Simon sighed in his heart, and suddenly reached out and shook his hand under Janet's little arm, feeling the woman momentarily in her arms, saying, "Look, see the reality."

Janet stared at Simon with eyes full of water, his voice softly murmured: "Little bastard."

Simon smiled and took Janet, who was about to slide off himself, off his arms, listening to her no lethal moan, and inadvertently noticed a pair of wine red nail polish exposed between the woman's movements. Beautiful and beautiful, suddenly moved.

With one hand holding up the woman's fair face and looking at it for a moment, Simon suddenly felt a sense of breaking through the iron shoes and finding nowhere.

Janet belongs to the type that likes to face up to the sky, and the woman's excellent posture is enough to allow her to appear in front of people without applying powder.

but.

As long as you put on a big red lipstick and adjust the way of speaking, then, the danger and madness of the flirtatious, charming, accented or even suppressed under the surface, this is exactly the taxi driver Simon needs.

Looking down again and pecking on her lips, Simon said: "Baby, I still lack a character in my movie, how are you going to act?"

Janet, who had recovered slightly, twisted her body and asked softly, "Which one?"

Simon said: "Esmeralda Villalobos."

Janet's eyelashes flickered a few times and said, "Okay, but I won't perform."

"It doesn't matter, I am the director. Mr. Director likes to guide the actress personally."

"Oh, little bastard," Janet nipped at Simon with a smile, and said, "Yes, what happened to the cartoon you said last time? I'm looking forward to it."

Although he hadn't met before, Simon asked Neil to transfer the manuscript to Janet the day after the phone call that night, and the two talked about it more than once on the phone during this time.

Simon heard the words and shook his head regretfully: "Disney only wants to buy the script, not willing to make it for us."

Janet tilted her head: "What about this?"

Simon thought about an animation company still in the corner of San Francisco and said, "It's fine. Maybe, we can try to make this movie in another style."

Janet wondered: "Huh?"

Simon did not conceal, said: "Do you think this animation film is made in 3D?"

Janet blinked again, apparently a little strange to the concept of 3D animated movies.This is not surprising, so far, Pixar has only produced a "Naughty Jumping Lamp" which is only more than two minutes.

Simon explained patiently: "Remember the cartoon head of "Rola Run"?"

Janet paused and said, "I remember, Pixar."

In fact, Janet thought more.

such as.

A page of newspaper clippings that I once saw in Simon's study was clearly marked with Pixar's name.

Humph.

The bastard must have had this idea long ago.

He also used the pretext of giving gifts to deceive himself.

Hum hum.

However, smart women certainly won't take them through.

Then don't take it through.

Simon did not know Janet’s thoughts, and looked at the woman’s sly look in her arms. Although she instinctively felt that she was moving some careful thoughts in this state, she did not ask, and nodded: "It is Pixar, if If possible, we will buy it and then produce the 3D version of "The Lion King."

The former "Lion King", with a cumulative total of more than 900 million US dollars at the box office, has been maintaining the throne of the most popular animated film for more than ten years before it was broken by animated movies such as "Toy Story 3" and "Frozen".

right now.

Unless you are willing to let out the script, otherwise, it is unlikely that Disney’s original team will help OEM the "Lion King". Michael Eisner was right at the time. Outside Disney, Simon wanted to find Another excellent 2D animation film team is basically impossible.

then.

These days, Simon gradually came up with another bold idea.

Create a 3D animated version of "The Lion King".

Although Simon's understanding of the current 3D animation technology, it is not easy to achieve the smooth effect of 2D animation, but Simon is not in a hurry, it will be a few years later.

As long as technical problems can be solved, they are not problems.

Too many excellent animated films later proved that Disney definitely has enough strength to solve this problem.

As for whether the future 3D version of "The Lion King" will still be able to avenue the box office miracle of the past, Simon is not too worried.

Movies are the most risky business in the world.

But at the same time.

Movies are the purest business in the world. As long as the quality of a movie is good enough, the audience is willing to buy tickets to enter the cinema.

therefore.

Whether it is 2D or 3D, "Lion King" is "Lion King".

Even if Simon perfectly copied the original 2D version of "The Lion King", there are still too many variables whether it can reach the box office results.In comparison, the 3D version of "The Lion King" is more able to add some selling points to this movie.

After talking about the "Lion King" for a while, Simon and Janet left the study.

Janet ran to change clothes and wash, Simon went downstairs to start preparing breakfast.

At around 8:30, the two left the Palisades mansion, Simon rushed to the Santa Monica Daenerys film headquarters, and Janet's destination was her studio in Venice Beach.

One month after the two broke up, they suddenly reunited, which inevitably caused a paparazzi chase.

However, after getting used to this state, neither of them even sighed much.

The time is already mid-May.

The next day, the movie "Esta" produced by Columbia Pictures was officially released at the opening scale of 1,139 screens, heralding the official opening of the summer season in 1987.

"Esta" starred by Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman and French actress Isabelle Adjani, cost $55 million.Simon saw the budget scale of the movie in the newspaper, and he only had some emotion left in his heart.

Last year's top ten box office movies in North America, half of the production cost did not exceed 10 million US dollars.

right now.

As if suddenly, Hollywood has entered the blockbuster era.

Catherine's first cinematic feature film "Blood Corpse Night" that Simon just watched yesterday was also scheduled for June 19th.Although squeezed into the summer file, and the gimmick of Simon, the assistant director, De Larentis Entertainment has only won 500 screens for the film.

In this regard, Simon also clearly questioned Martha Schumacher, President of DeLaurentis Entertainment yesterday.He didn't mind that Catherine's movie used her own name for more publicity.In this case, it is obviously better to postpone the film in August or September. The competition of the unpopular period is not fierce. At least more than 1,000 open screens can be won.

Martha Schumacher told Simon that "Blood Corpse Night" should be the last movie released before the bankruptcy of DeLaurentis Entertainment Group, and they have been completely unable to wait for a few more months.

In this regard, Simon can only be weak.

Instructing Noah Scott to buy the last long contract, Simon also temporarily let go of this matter and put all his energy into the production of three films under Daenerys Pictures.

(End of this chapter)