Hollywood Hunter

James Rebled arrived at the headquarters of NBC Television in midtown Manhattan at seven in the morning.

Simon doesn't like to show up in front of the media, but he has to face many things.Today I'm going to participate in an interview on the nbc morning news show Today Show, answering some recent media discussions and disputes about Westeros.

It took more than half an hour to reconfirm with the assistant, media public relations and today's show producer the content of the next interview. At 7:40, James was guided by the staff to the entrance of the studio.

"US$21 billion, an astonishing number. This is Simon Westeros’ latest personal net worth on the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans this Monday. Compared to last year, this 22-year-old The super rich’s personal net worth has increased by 15 billion in the past year, which is equivalent to a net profit of 41 million US dollars per day."

"What kind of magical power does Simon Westero have, and how did he quickly accumulate such a huge personal wealth? Today, we invited Mr. James Rebold, President of Westero, and let him share with us The rise of Stello."

Today's show hostess Deborah Nowell finished his presentation and got up to shake hands with James who entered the studio.

In front of the TVs of countless families on Sunday morning.

Originally hearing Deborah Nowell's statement, I thought that Simon Westero's audience would be disappointed, but not many people changed channels.

After visiting the Madonna concert at the end of June, Simon began to avoid the public view. Recently, the media has been heated up because of the new issue of the Forbes 400 rich list, and Westeros spokesmen can appear in the media. , Enough to satisfy the curiosity of the public to a large extent.

In the studio, with a few simple words, Deborah Nowell began to cut into the topic and said: "Jim, let me ask a question that everyone cares most about, what is Simon doing these days?"

"The main thing is the movie. Daenerys Entertainment has been shooting a lot of projects recently, and Simon has been traveling around the Confederation this week."

"It sounds very busy," Deborah Nowell laughed and teased, and then asked: "So, when he learned his ranking on the Forbes list this year, what was the reaction?"

"I'm very happy, this is an amazing thing after all."

"It's really amazing. From 1986 to the present, Simon created all this in just four years. He is now only 22 years old. As the president of Westeros, Jim, you should know him very well. Yes, why do you think he can create all of today, or is he really a psychic?"

The hostess's final tone came with a light joke.

James also smiled and said, "Simon often jokes about being a psychic in his life, but he is not. He also said that he really wants to be a psychic, so that he can prove that this world There are ghosts, and once it does, it means that death is not the end of everything, and we don’t need to fear death anymore."

These words were actually spoken by the female assistant when chatting with her daughter. James was very impressed.

Deborah Nowell gave a thoughtful expression and said, "I never thought of this. Frankly speaking, I used to fear both death and ghosts, but now I don't seem to care so much."

"Actually I am too," James nodded his head and responded to Deborah's question just now. "Simon is a very special person. He not only excels in many ways, but also has a foresight and creativity that are different from ordinary people. , I think these are probably the keys to his achievements today."

"At this point, I believe many people have a deep understanding," Deborah Nowell agrees, and then changes the subject: "Jim, according to the Hollywood reporter yesterday, Daenerys Entertainment will have a universal film The mca group of the industry initiated an acquisition,

Talking about the key topics involved in this interview, James Rabold secretly regained his spirit and said: "Since the beginning of the year, media news about how Simon intends to use the overseas funds has appeared many times, and we have been considering this Issues and discussed many goals, but there is no conclusion yet."

Deborah Nowell didn't bring it, and asked: "However, Jim, according to the Hollywood reporter, Westeros has set up a 60-person acquisition team, how do you explain this?"

James shook his head: "I don't know how the Hollywood reporter got the news. Simon has always attached great importance to the cooperation of various companies in the Westeros system, whether it is Cersei Capital or Daenerys Entertainment, or the company's subsidiary. A large number of technology companies communicate with each other very frequently, and some people may have misunderstood."

Deborah Nowell looked at James and said: "So, Simon has no intention of acquiring mca?"

James did not give an affirmative answer, and said in a gentle manner: "I just said that we have considered many goals, and mca is indeed within the scope of the discussion, but everything needs Simon to make his own decision. And, Simon has not yet decided whether to The funds from overseas are transferred to the country, you know, this means a very high 28% capital gains tax."

The Hollywood reporter suddenly exposed yesterday that Daenerys Entertainment’s imminent acquisition of mca has indeed caught some seniors in the Westeros system by surprise.Before participating in today's interview, James and everyone decided to give an indefinite reply after careful discussion, so as to avoid silence as the default passive situation, and not let speculators flock to mca stocks together.

James Rebold took the initiative to change the subject, and Deborah Nowell was no longer able to keep up with it. NBC didn't want to get an interview opportunity in the future, so he changed the subject along James's words.

"Speaking of capital gains tax, Mr. President has publicly stated last month that he had to violate his original campaign promise of "no tax increase", and plans to increase the federal tax deficit through tax increases. Because of hedge funds in the past two years The rise of the industry, this Wednesday, Republican Senator Peter Briger of Texas proposed to strengthen the supervision of the hedge fund industry and readjust the relevant tax programs to prevent excessive financial speculation from damaging the federal economy. Jim, what do you think of the cloth Rigel's proposal?"

Both Simon himself and James Rebled got the news as soon as the Peter Briger motion was submitted.

As we all know, Texas is the home base of the Bush family and the Republican Party, and the relevance of Peter Briger’s proposal is obvious.

Moreover, there are actually deeper reasons for the proposal.

Right now is the critical moment for canvassing votes in the US mid-term elections. The Republican Party is clearly at a disadvantage in fighting for control of Congress. It happened that the Westeros system unknowingly invested a huge amount of $20 million in the political field this year. A very important gold owner.

In Li and the government's tax cut in 1986, the capital gains tax rate, which was originally divided into long-term and short-term, was unified to 28%, which is equivalent to income tax. This move was controversial.If the Bush administration adds more, it will not only offend the entire Wall Street, but also severely restrict the liquidity of the capital market, which will worsen the already sluggish US economy.

As for raising taxes specifically for the hedge fund industry, it doesn't matter whether it works. If it does, it will only drive a large number of hedge fund companies out of the United States, and the huge overseas income will not be transferred to the country. The loss is still the United States itself.

The most important point is that through the 87-share disaster, the Japanese stock market bubble and the three operations of the crude oil futures market, Simon has completed its original accumulation and will no longer rely too much on Cersei Capital in the future, even if the Bush administration really strengthens supervision and increases taxes, Has little effect on him.

Simon is not worried about being targeted by the Bush administration because of his political position,

The two parties in the United States are mutually restrained. The Republican Party will target itself, and the Democratic Party will naturally shoot. If you can’t even protect your big money, who will be on your side in the future?

In the studio, James Rybold certainly would not be tit-for-tat against the congressman for the above reasons, but just expressed his opinions on the matter.

The two went on to discuss some topics, and the ten-minute interview ended quickly.

It was less than eight o'clock before leaving the nbc headquarters.

After having an appointment with the Simons, James Rybold hurried to the Upper East Side. His wife, Carol Rybold, had arrived early.

The topics at breakfast are naturally the latest things.

Because these days are closely watched by the media, in order to avoid early disclosure of Bell Atlantic's acquisition plan, this matter has been temporarily stopped.

AOL's exclusive plan negotiations with the three companies were also significantly affected by Simon's personal wealth exposure, and the three companies were bitten to death on the terms of cooperation.Simon insists now that it is no matter how he does not accept the three companies to invest in AOL.

As for the acquisition of mca, considering the impact of the exposure of Daenerys Entertainment's bidding news, Simon also began to prepare for both hands.

Although it was Sunday, after breakfast, James Rabold was still rushing to Westeros headquarters in Midtown.

These days, as Simon's spokesperson, James has been among the countless invitations to attract attention. It is also infinitely beautiful and therefore full of energy.Moreover, not only the superficial scenery, but the members of the Westeros billion yuan club exposed by Forbes magazine in three months, actually missed James.

Having personally experienced the operation of the capital market last year and this year, James naturally will not miss such an opportunity, and Simon also personally arranged for James to participate in it.

Although it initially raised only 20 million US dollars, it was just a small amount of funds that was more convenient for maximizing benefits. After more than a year of continuous operation, the funds transferred from overseas recently exceeded 600 million US dollars after taxation.

Forbes magazine is the last person in the US 400 rich list this year, and the personal wealth of the Washington Post heir Donald Graham is only $600 million.Rebold's $600 million net worth has been among the top wealthy people in the American pyramid in this era.

Under Simon's guidance, the couple took advantage of the recent stock market downturn and put all of this money on Microsoft and Intel stocks.If Microsoft and Intel can still reach the market value of the highest point of the Internet bubble in time and space this time, only this investment will allow the Rebold family to enter the ranks of billionaires.

Of course, these are words.

In the apartment on Fifth Avenue, the couples of Rebold, Simon and Janet did not go out today.

After returning to New York yesterday, Simon sent his Boeing 767 to fly to Los Angeles. Now that he knows that there are not many people in New York, it happens to be a quiet day.

The rooftop of the apartment has been renovated into a garden by Janet. The autumn sunshine is just right. The two sit at a simple wooden long table. On the table are various materials collected by Janet this week.

"The hedge fund team will definitely have a good profit in the next few months, but it is sure to leave some funds overseas. The amount that can be transferred at the end of the year is about 6 billion US dollars. If you want to complete two acquisitions at the same time, according to the mca group 7 billion For the US dollar and Bell Atlantic’s $8 billion, we need to raise another $9 billion in loans. It’s easy to get the money, but even at a 10-year 5% annual interest rate, the total interest would be 9 Billions of dollars, about 200 million dollars need to be repaid each year."

Janet still stayed beside Simon, after which he found another document and said, "This is the current management information of Bell Atlantic. Bell Atlantic's current chairman and CEO is Raymond Smith. Professional manager, 56 years old this year, he started from a bottom-level intern in the earliest Bell system, step by step to today, before the disintegration of att that year, he had already achieved the position of financial controller and was once a competitor of the chief executive of att. one."

Simon took the data and began to read Raymond Smith's data seriously.

In addition to the head of Bell Atlantic, Raymond Smith is also a versatile poet and playwright with several published works.In addition, he also serves as a director of several large companies and holds five doctoral titles.

Moreover, by collecting the information in his memory, Simon also found that in the original time and space, it was Raymond Smith that step by step expanded Bell Atlantic into Verizon, the second largest telecommunications company in North America.In comparison, all the other six little bells spun out in 1984 failed to escape their fate such as being acquired or bankrupt.

Simon had no plans to change management immediately after the acquisition of Bell Atlantic. After reading Raymond Smith's information, he had no similar thoughts.

Janet waited for Simon to read Raymond Smith's data, and waited for him to speak, saying: "It's great. But he is also the biggest obstacle to our acquisition of Bell Atlantic. Bell Atlantic is now operating much better than the neighbors. nynex, Smith is also a person who is very ambitious in his career. Once we buy Bell Atlantic, this company will definitely bear huge debts, which is very unfavorable for its future development. Unless we can solve this problem, otherwise, Raymond De Smith will not easily accept our acquisition."

Simon looked at the information in front of him for a moment, picked up the pencil at hand and enumerated the calculations in the blank space of the document, saying: "Bell Atlantic's equity is too scattered. Even if it is negotiated, we may not be able to get 100% of this company in the end. Shares, so you can temporarily save a sum of money, absorb a batch of stocks at the current stock price in advance, and you can save another. Temporarily based on the 75% shareholding calculation, the transaction price of 8 billion US dollars, we only need to pay 60 One hundred million U.S. dollars."

Janet looked at Simon Computing and said: "However, if you want to start the isp business, you must still invest a lot of money in technology research and development and infrastructure construction. The remaining 2 billion US dollars can not be saved, and it is not necessarily only With 75% of the shares, if our shareholding ratio exceeds 90%, in accordance with the federal securities laws, we can force other shareholders to sell their shares for full privatization."

"Okay, I mean, ca, so you can minimize the acquisition resistance on Bell Atlantic."

"In this case, because the debt ratio is too high, Daenerys Entertainment's future ipo will definitely be severely affected."

Simon couldn't help laughing.

It is indeed too difficult to get the best of both worlds.

Simon's original plan was to start Daenerys Entertainment's ipo after the release of Toy Story next year. However, once the acquisition of mca is completed, it is impossible to digest this company in two or three years. Can only be postponed.

Speaking of which, Simon is actually not short of money.

Not only the overseas funds, but the technology stocks held by Westeros, according to the original three-year contract, can be sold next year.As long as Simon is willing, he can easily cash out more than one billion US dollars, as do many other assets of the Westeros system.

If you are willing to accept external shareholders to join the core enterprises of the Westeros system such as Daenerys Entertainment, you can even raise a large amount of funds at any time.

However, whether it is technology stocks in hand, or companies such as Daenerys, Igret, Merisandro, etc., have great growth potential. Simon is reluctant to sell or share these shares too easily.

After thinking about it for a moment, Simon finally decided: "For the time being, I will re-plan the acquisition plan according to this idea. mca completely adopts the loan method for acquisition. Bell Atlantic uses its own funds as much as possible. The future will be discussed in the future."

Jenny nodded in character, and the two began to discuss a more specific implementation plan.

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