Hollywood Hunter

Sophia Fisci ended her work in New York on March 11th, Saturday.

Originally intending to return to Europe today, Gucci still has a lot of things for her to deal with. A reception at the Rebleds asked her to postpone her trip to tomorrow.

At around 6:30 in the evening, Sofia rushed to the Gramercy Park Hotel in Midtown with Angela Alenz, who had become the president of Gucci America.

The two entered the banquet hall of the hotel. Many guests had arrived and were chatting about their topics in groups.

The couple, Rebold, greeted them together, greeted Sofia and Angela with a few words, motioned to the two women, and turned to greet other guests.

The new election of the mayor of New York will be held in November at the end of the year. Tonight's banquet is a fundraising reception organized by the Redbolds for the Democratic candidate David Dinkins, who is running for the mayor.

Of course, everyone knows that Simon is the real gold behind the reception.

David Dingkins' competitor happened to be Rudy Giuliani, the Southern District of New York prosecutor who had investigated Simon.

Although there are some gaps with Rudy Giuliani, this reception was not held for him, but for the political connections of Westeros.

Billions of dollars of wealth have gathered in just a few years, and companies under Simon’s name want to continue to expand when they are destined to escape the need to deal with the federal government.

If you only want to hold the Buddha's feet when you are in trouble, it obviously doesn't work.

Simon refused to bring local capital into the Japanese financial market. James Rebold reminded him that he missed an opportunity to establish contact with traditional American capital forces.Although Simon still chose to refuse, he also instructed James to start the political connections of Westeros.

Moreover, Simon also directly approved 10 million US dollars of funds, this money is only this year's budget.

In an age when most of the top billionaires only have billions of dollars in assets, there are few rich people who can easily withdraw $10 million in cash just to build a network of political connections.However, after a brief surprise, James quickly put into action.

Building political connections does not mean betting on the presidential race.

In fact, because the actions of the President of the United States are subject to the attention of many people, and the power is not as great as expected, the return on investment in doing so is actually very low.

In comparison, being the gold master behind the key members of the Federal House of Representatives or important institutions can weave a truly unbreakable network of contacts.

Many years later, the Koch family’s deep-rooted political influence in the United States was so established. With the annual large-scale political contributions, both parties in the United States won the presidency. The Koch family has dozens of positions in the federal government. The spokesperson occupies various high positions.

With this powerful political influence, the Koch family controls a huge energy empire that is very sensitive in any country, but basically has not encountered troubles such as antitrust.

According to data from Forbes last year, the Charles Koch and David Koch brothers in power of the Kos family now have only $1.1 billion in assets. The two brothers are not as rich as Simon. The Koch family naturally also has It has not yet formed the kind of later influence.

Simon was reminded by James, and the idea of ​​replicating the Koch family political network model was immediately generated.

The Koch family actually only started to rise in the 1960s and 1970s, and may have been operating for more years than Simon.But likewise, Simon also has his own advantages, he is not only young enough, he has enough time to do this,

After making the decision, Simon did not hesitate to take out 10 million dollars for James to "test the water".

Moreover, Simon was not greedy enough to want to pedal two boats, but decisively bet on the Democratic Party.

If James can use the $10 million this year to achieve its due effect, Simon plans to continue to substantially increase this budget next year.If James cannot satisfy Simon, he will also make a decisive substitution.

Simon did not tell James Rebold his specific plans, but James did not squander at random because he suddenly got the money.

Although Janet’s financial audit of Daenerys Entertainment did not affect Westeros at the beginning of the year, James also realized that the young man who seemed to have given him a lot of management authority was not as careless as expected. .

Since officially becoming the president of Westeros, James Rebold has kept the huge assets held by this company organized, and Simon has not treated him badly.

It's just that the directorship of Lujia Technology Company can bring him millions of dollars in income every year. Although his fixed salary in Westeros is not too high, Simon is quite generous in terms of bonuses. .

In the past year, including Simon’s $5 million bonus for him, James’ total annual income reached $8 million, which is already the salary that many CEOs of the world’s top 500 companies can get.

Although the growth of Simon’s personal assets is even more alarming, James has not overestimated his strength.He is very satisfied with his salary.After all, if there is no Simon, the law firm run by him and his wife can only bring him millions of dollars in income every year.

What's more, as long as Westeros has been operating well, James believes that Simon will not be stingy in return in the future.Moreover, what he received was not purely monetary rewards. The class of the Rebold family in federal society was also greatly improved.

Sofia is French, and according to the Federal Election Act, foreigners cannot provide political contributions.In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, James Rebold also specially reminded Sofia about this.

Therefore, Sofia's attendance at this reception was purely social.

Although Simon is only a wealth upstart who has just risen in the last two years, he is ranked third in the US with billions of dollars in asset volume. The large number of companies held by Westeros naturally formed a very large Potential network.

James Rebled happens to be a very good person.

Near seven o'clock, hundreds of Hollywood stars, media tycoons, technology company executives, Wall Street elites, and Manhattan celebrities gathered in the ballroom of Gramercy Hotel.

David Dingkins is about sixty years old and previously served as the mayor of Manhattan in New York.

After James Rebled personally hosted the warm-up, David Dingkins stepped onto the reception of the banquet hall and began a routine speech about his campaign philosophy.

A few minutes later, Dingkins' speech ended, and with the applause of everyone, the reception officially began.

Network resources in the film and media industry can provide a great help for Gucci's operation. Sofia and Angela shuttled through the crowd, and soon exchanged business cards with many guests. Angela also had a hot broadcast with Daenerys Entertainment. A heroine of the play "Ultimate Police Network" made an appointment to entertain each other at the Fifth Avenue Gucci store tomorrow.

Stars are actually the best carrier of exposure for luxury goods.

The reception lasted for more than an hour unconsciously. Sofia was talking with Robert Iger, and the couples came together, and the couple also brought a teenager of about 18 years old.

Iger saw the boy standing next to Rebold and smiled: "Jim, you are finally willing to let Philip come out to meet the world."

"Yeah, he's going to college soon, these things can also let him touch," James Rebold replied, and then introduced to Sofia: "Sophie, this is my son Philip. Fili, this It’s Ms. Sophia Fishy."

"Hello, Philip," Sofia reached out and shook the boy, noticing the reddish look on the other side, and said with a smile: "I know your sister very well, Jim said you are going to college, and I want to take the exam. Is there a school?"

Philip glanced at his father and responded politely: "Yale, Ms. Facie."

Sofia nodded: "Yale, that's a great university."

After a brief chat, everyone knew each other, and the couples took their son to other guests.

Iger watched the couples of Rebold leave and shook their heads to Sofia: "Jim and Carly's discipline of their children is actually too strict. In recent years, Jim has kept Philip in boarding schools, but they are all in Manhattan. Children are not allowed to go to school. Philip is as smart as Jenny, but also as shy as Jenny, which is the result of parents being too strong."

Sofia had a good impression of the boy who was just polite, and heard the words: "It's nothing. I'm also strict with my children."

On the other side, the couples were taking their sons to socialize in the crowd. James’ assistant walked in and said something in his ear. When he heard that David Dingkins was leaving, James gave his wife a few words and went to the door of the banquet hall. Go.

Seeing James coming, David Dingkins shook hands with him again and said, "Jim, thank you very much for your arrangement tonight, but I will fly to Washington tomorrow morning."

"Of course it doesn't matter," James said, waiting for Dingkins to say hello to some other see-off guests, and said, "I'll take you out."

Leaving the banquet hall, James and Dingkins' followers consciously fell behind by some distance.

"Actually, this is the case. David, I heard an interesting thing. Did you pay attention to the recent Michael Milken case?"

The two passed the elevator, and David Dingkins naturally continued to walk toward the stairs, saying: "Of course I know that Giuliani has been holding this case before leaving, but unfortunately, he still left before he could close the case. ."

The insider trading case of Michael Milken, the king of junk bonds, is arguably the most sensational financial case on Wall Street recently.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the New York Southern District Attorney’s Office have been secretly investigating Michael Milken since the case of the protagonist Ivan Bosky of Wall Street three years ago. Filed multiple felony charges.

Rudy Giuliani always wanted to close the case before leaving the position of prosecutor in the Southern District Court, because putting a security tycoon, such as Michael Milken, into prison could add a lot of political capital to him.

James helped David Dingkins open the staircase door, and the two went down the steps together. He continued: "Everyone knows that although the SEC and the Southern District Attorney's Office cooperate, they often have a competitive relationship. The SEC has always been ahead of Giuliani in the investigation of the Milken case. As far as I know, as early as the end of last year, Gary Lynch, who was responsible for the case by the SEC Enforcement Department, wanted to file a lawsuit against Milken, but Julian Ni stopped."

David Dingkins shook his head slightly and said, "Jim, this kind of thing is normal between the SEC and the prosecutor's office."

"But, I heard," James looked back and no one approached before continuing: "Just a rumor, David, I heard Giuliani threatened on the phone to stop the SEC from suing Milken in advance. Gary Lynch, if Lynch dares to do this in advance, the Southern District Prosecutor’s Office is on the side of Milken."

David Dingkins heard the news and stopped to look at James: "Are you sure?"

Rudy Giuliani has been arrogantly proclaiming his various achievements in combating gangsters and financial crimes as a prosecutor in the Southern District during his campaign. This is also his biggest political bargaining chip in this campaign.However, if Giuliani really said that the SEC initiated the lawsuit in advance and he was on the side of the criminal, it would definitely have a serious impact on the image of the justice law enforcer he erected.

James also stopped and said, "David, I can only say that the credibility of this matter is very high. And, you should get confirmation from Lynch, not my side."

David Dingkins nodded, a little eager in his expression, and stretched out his hand to shake with James, saying: "Also, help me to say hello to Simon, looking forward to having a chance to gather."

James smiled: "There will definitely be opportunities."

Now that he had finished speaking, James did not continue to accompany Dingkins down the stairs, watched the other party and the assistant who followed him leave, and James returned to the banquet hall.

The remarks I just told Dingkins are naturally not fabricated, but the source is not enough for outsiders.As a former financial lawyer, James has accumulated a lot of contacts in this area. Now he has strong capital support. He wants to do certain things completely.

Because of the strict restrictions on the amount of individual donations from the campaign bill, such a fundraising reception, David Dingkins can get donations, perhaps not as much as the reception itself.

Everyone actually invests in connections.

In order to establish this network, Westeros naturally needs to come up with some more gold chips.Otherwise, even if elected, David Dingkins will only regard Westeros as the general gold owner, and will not become a closer political ally.

For Rudy Giuliani, James actually looks down on this person.

Purely speculative politicians, who had easily changed parties in order to serve in the Reagan administration, had no firm stance for their own performance.The ambition is too big to let go of lust, but the butt is very clean.Running for the mayor of New York is already Giuliani's political ceiling, and it is basically impossible to go further.