Hollywood Hunter

Inside the study.

Simon heard the woman in her arms saying this, smiled and patted her waist and said, "So what do you want to do?"

Janet just caught Simon's wrist and bit it a few times, looked up and asked, "Little bastard, how are you going to spend this money?"

Simon pointed to a stack of stock trading documents on his desk and said, "Did you not see it? You already bought $800 million in stock. After leaving the taxes, I plan to exchange all of the money for stock."

As the American mantra often said: In this country, only taxes and death cannot be avoided.

1.62 billion US dollars into the account, but also means a huge tax that is very distressing.

According to the tax reform plan just introduced by the government last year, the US$1.62 billion in Westeros’ account belongs to the portion of the profit derived from stock index futures transactions and is subject to a capital gains tax of 28%.The remaining income portion of "Rola Run" also cannot escape tax payment.

Roughly calculated, the tax that Westero needs to pay by the end of the year will exceed US$450 million.After subtracting Janet's "Roller Run" revenue share, Simon finally got it, and probably only had $1.1 billion left.

Janet was obviously surprised when he heard Simon’s decision: "All of them are replaced by stocks. Are you going to do anything else?"

"Now is a good opportunity to bargain. If you need money in the future, you can sell it at any time," Simon said, and asked, "Well, do you want me to exchange all your money for stocks?"

"Dad and I have mentioned it several times, and my family needs money. I plan to throw it back to Australia," Janet shook his head, and he reached out with a smile and touched Simon's face. "So, little bastard." , So I don’t have any money. You’ll have to feed me in the future."

Simon turned his head and kissed Janet in the palm of his hand. He said, "Okay, go to New York tomorrow. Let's spend the $20 million loan first. What do we want to buy?"

Janet tilted her head and said, "House, don't you want to have your own house in every big city in the world? Let's start with New York."

"This is my business," Simon said: "What about you?"

"Your business is my business, and my business is yours."

"Oh, I heard that, this is love."

"Oh, really dull."

...

"When Harry Meets Sally" has been filmed for six weeks, and it is expected that it will be successful before Thanksgiving next month.

The turmoil in the North American stock market crash continues, and it is naturally unlikely to calm down in a short time.However, after completing the operation of the stock index futures market, Simon took Janet to New York to check the progress of the filming of "When Harry Meets Sally".

At the same time, "The Grim Reaper", produced by Daenerys Pictures, was officially released on October 23. Although the financial market was full of sorrow, it did not have much impact on the box office of the film.

Simon had originally asked for a guaranteed screen of 1,000, but due to good audience feedback from several internal auditions, Fox finally gave the film 1,350 screens.

From October 23 to October 25, "Death Is Coming" at the first weekend three-day box office eventually reached 12.56 million, the success will be from the end of September, "Lethal Temptation" who has been holding the weekly box office champion kicked from the top of the list. Go down.

"Fatal Temptation" box office in the first week of 11.1 million US dollars, released in the sixth week, the box office of a single week is still up to 10.98 million US dollars.In a month and a half, the box office curve has hardly fallen, and the cumulative box office has reached $69.49 million.Although the total box office in North America in this movie is unpredictable, there is absolutely no suspense in breaking 100 million.

Simon knew very well that the total box office of "Death is Coming" is definitely not comparable to "Fatal Temptation".However, the first weekend of 12.56 million US dollars, the film is expected to receive 18 million US dollars in the first week.

$18 million,

As long as it can maintain a relatively low decline, the total box office in North America can even exceed $60 million.Although the total box office in North America of 60 million US dollars cannot be squeezed into the top ten of the annual box office, it is more than enough to enter the top 15.

According to the original contract, after the box office exceeded 20 million US dollars, 10% of the North American box office share and 5% of the sales of video tapes will be able to bring Simon about 10 million US dollars in revenue in the future.

Although he has earned more than one billion dollars in the stock index futures market, Simon does not intend to use the money in the short term.Films are the main source of funds for running Daenerys in the next few years.

On October 26, the new week came, Simon withdrew all funds from the stock index futures account.In addition to the $450 million in taxes reserved and the $67 million settled to Janet, the rest hit the stock market.

The North American stock market is full of sorrow. Over 1 billion US dollars of funds suddenly flowed into the technology sector. It is simply impossible to be undetected.Many Wall Street analysts have noticed the unusual fluctuations in the technology stocks these days.

Moreover, calming down from the panic of the crash, some people gradually discovered that when everyone lost their blood during this time, a'little crocodile' that came out of nowhere, unconsciously, already from the stock index futures market Earn an amazing amount of wealth.

When the figure of a young man gradually became clear, the speed at which things spread became even more unmanageable.

Simon initially chose only one Lehman Brokers firm, mainly for confidentiality.Although the funds will be put in a company, the movement will definitely be greater, but as long as Lehman Brothers has enough discipline, it can still be kept secret.

but.

The subsequent development of the matter still inevitably deviated from Simon's expectations, causing him to turn to several other brokers, and finally even gave up the idea of ​​confidentiality in his heart.In any case, a young man who is less than 20 years old suddenly received more than 1 billion US dollars from the capital market. It is simply impossible to attract the attention of interested people.

The only thing Simon can do is to make sure that this wealth can really fall into his hands as much as possible.

Therefore, although there is more than a month before the year-end tax payment date, if he throws all his money on the stock market, he may still be able to make another sum.But just in case, Simon subconsciously chose to set aside a huge tax of $450 million.

Americans can't afford to pay taxes all their lives. Attacking a person through taxes is usually the simplest and most effective.

October 28.

on Wednesday.

All the $1.1 billion of available funds in Simon’s account have been converted into stocks, and he and Janet have also stayed in New York for five days.

In addition to checking the progress of the production of "When Harry Meets Sally", Simon and Janet are basically just hanging around in New York.

Although the release of "The Grim Reaper" once again brought Simon into the media's vision, after all, "Roller Run" and "Butterfly Effect" have finally been downgraded, and the paparazzi are more interested in tracking Simon and Janet. No explosive news.

Therefore, although the whereabouts of Simon and Janet were quickly exposed by the media, there were few paparazzi with them, and they would not have much problem walking directly on the street.

at dusk.

Simon and Janet walked with a real estate agent in downtown Manhattan for a whole day, just returned to the Plaza Hotel where they stayed, planning to take a break before going out for dinner, but did not expect Noah Scott to have been waiting in the Plaza In the lobby of the hotel.

Despite some surprises and even vigilance, Simon readily agreed with Noah Scott's suggestion.

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

After ordering, Noah Scott looked at the couple sitting opposite him, and after a moment, still couldn't help but asked very straightforwardly: "Simon, can you tell me how much money you have made?" "

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

"No," Noah Scott smiled helplessly, "However, these days, I always think about this in my head. I heard you guys in New York, but I flew from Chicago today. Come here."

Simon shrugged and said, "If this matter bothers you, I can only say sorry."

Noah Scott said: "So, tell me something I know, is this always possible? Simon, for example, your operation in September, why?"

Simon asked rhetorically: "Why?"

"6000 contracts," Noah Scott said: "Why did you only buy 6,000 contracts. You know, although the S&P 500 index shock in September was very dramatic, the overall trend is still downward. You can buy 80% of positions as usual."

Simon heard Noah Scott's explanation and paused before saying: "If you really want to listen to the truth, I'm scared."

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

Janet looked over curiously.

Simon relaxed quickly and said, "Yes, I was scared."

Noah Scott stared at Simon, apparently misunderstanding the meaning of Simon's words, saying: "But this month, you should earn more, don't you?"

"Yes, but at that time, I was afraid," Simon nodded and stared directly at Noah Scott. "Noah, did you follow up, right?"

Noah Scott was silent this time.

Even if everyone knows such things as insider trading, no one will be stupid enough to admit it frankly.

Simon didn’t wait for Noah Scott’s answer and continued: “I feel Lehman’s follow-up, and then I thought of more possibilities. If you follow up, then will the news go any further? Diffusion, if other people follow up, the overall market trend 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, I predict that the stock market crash is about October. You know, in October, the federal government will announce the state’s trade and fiscal deficit in the third quarter. This may be It is indeed the last straw that overwhelms the camel. Looking back, September is the delivery month. Due to the increase in trading volume, the S&P 500 index fluctuated up and down. I cannot complete the layout in such a market environment. So At that time, I was scared. However, you just misunderstood, I am not afraid of making too much money, but worrying about the entire market because of the follow-up of all of you, there are changes that are completely beyond my personal expectations, even It crashed early, so I will adopt a conservative strategy of opening positions so that you cannot judge my true intentions."

Noah Scott listened to Simon, but was speechless.

Silent again for a moment, Noah Scott quickly picked up his mood and looked back at Simon, saying: "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? But, your thing has actually caught the attention of many people."

After being busy for a few months, Simon and Janet just played around these days, and they didn't pay much attention to Wall Street.

Listening to Noah Scott saying this, Simon sat up slightly and asked, "Can you tell me more?"

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

Since it was directly broken, Simon did not conceal it and admitted: "Yes."

"Compared to other sectors," Noah Scott continued: "In the past week or so, technology stocks have risen more than 15% from the day of the crash to the present. Many people even think that these investment banks are eating in secret. Entering, they are also starting to enter the market to make a fortune. They don’t know that that person is actually you. And, if I guess right, you have invested at least $1 billion."

Simon did not nod this time.

Noah Scott paused for a moment and continued without hearing Simon's confirmation: "In addition, your operation on the S&P 500 index futures has also attracted the attention of many people."

Simon still didn't talk, but Janet didn't endure anymore, staring at Noah Scott fiercely, and said aggressively: "Noah, what the hell do you want to say?"

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

Simon heard Noah Scott say this, nodded and said, "Of course, we definitely have the opportunity to cooperate."

Noah Scott heard Simon’s answer and smiled a little bit more, seeing Janet still staring at herself, and turned: “Speaking of it, I also secretly bought some S&P 500 last time Index futures, guess what, how much did I make?"

Simon shook his head suspiciously.

Noah Scott put two fingers up and shook it: "Two million dollars, compared to you, failed, right?"

Janet pouted.

Simon smiled and said nothing.

Noah Scott continued: "Just follow up your operation a little bit, and I made 2 million dollars. So, I think I'd better keep in touch with you, so I will come here from Chicago today. . Simon, I seriously considered that you are only 19 years old, but now you have such a huge wealth, it is like a child with a lot of gold, you definitely want to avoid the attention of others as much as possible, this I Can just help you."