Hollywood Hunter

After Simon and Janet got married, the old man had a tendency to be'natured' in front of Simon. Just like with his own sons, he would not be so polite when he talked frequently.

Listening to the old man bluntly saying that his ideas are too stupid, Simon did not refute, and patiently said: "Even if the US economy continues to deteriorate, relying on the accumulation of Westeros in recent years is probably able to cope."

Anthony Johnston said: "Most of Westeros' current asset portfolio is developing very well. If you need to sell these high-quality assets with great growth potential to make up for the shortfall caused by the acquisition of MCA and Bell Atlantic , It’s not worth it."

Simon said: "This is only the worst-case coping strategy, and it does not necessarily come true. Moreover, it is not necessary to sell those assets at that time. Daenerys Entertainment and Bell Atlantic itself can also alleviate the pressure of funds by selling equity. ."

Norman Johnston said at this time: "It would be better to adopt the strategy of share swap acquisition now, Bell Atlantic may not be able to, Daenerys Entertainment can completely acquire MCA in the form of share swap and merger. Daenerys Entertainment is optimistic that the share swap model is easier to succeed than the cash acquisition."

"I actually also hope to adopt the share swap acquisition model," Simon shook his head and said: "However, Daenerys Entertainment is not listed, and share swap acquisition, valuation is a very troublesome issue."

Forbes magazine's valuation of Simone's personal assets at the beginning of August was 8 billion to 10 billion US dollars.

Simon believes that if it goes public, the market value of Daenerys Entertainment can definitely easily break the $10 billion mark, even if it is $15 billion or even $20 billion.However, in the current private state, Daenerys Entertainment wants to acquire MCA through a share swap. It is difficult for its own valuation to exceed US$10 billion. Coupled with the high premium paid for MCA, this is for Daenerys Entertainment. Say it is very disadvantageous.

Raymond Johnston suddenly asked another question that seemed to be off course: "Cersei Capital, Simon, do you think there will be a more appropriate opportunity in the next few years?"

Simon knew about the hedge fund that the old man referred to, saying: "The turbulent situation in Europe should bring some opportunities, but Cersei Capital's future development focus will be on private equity, asset management and merger and acquisition consulting. Hedge fund's The scale will be reduced to about 3 billion US dollars, and at the same time, it will try not to participate in the macro hedging against the national economic level as much as possible, so as to avoid being targeted by the government of the target country in other areas of Westeros."

From the stock market crash of 1987 to the ongoing crude oil futures market operation at this time, although Simon quickly accumulated a lot of wealth for himself, it actually attracted countless criticisms.

Now, Westeros has completed the initial layout in the entertainment, fashion, technology and other industries around the world. If you want these industries to develop smoothly, you must give up.

Just like the sterling crisis in 1992 in memory, if Cersei Capital and Soros make a short sterling, they will definitely make a fortune.However, the British government may have nothing to do with Cersei Capital, but it can make other industries involved in the Westeros system difficult to achieve in the UK.

The study room is full of smart people. Raymond Johnston listened to Simon, not only did he not be disappointed, but nodded appreciatively, turning his tone gently back to the topic, saying: "Since this, if you insist on starting two at the same time The acquisition also adopts an all-cash strategy, and it is best to introduce partners, so that not only the cash pressure, but also the resistance in other areas will be reduced a lot."

Simon said: "I have also considered this plan, Lei. However, if the two companies, if MCA introduces cooperative capital, they will definitely face asset valuation issues during the integration of MCA and Daenerys Entertainment. Bell Atlantic is very Suitable for introducing partners, but there is no such need.

Raymond Johnston felt the firmness in Simon's tone, shook his head slightly, not dissuaded, but sighed: "Ten billion-dollar debt, Simon, your current net worth is beyond anyone's reach, no It is necessary to take this risk again."

"Actually, Ray, everything for me is just the beginning."

Raymond Johnston froze, reached out and patted on Simon's shoulder, not persuading, saying: "Then, let's talk a few more times with your brothers."

After the old man finished, he was about to get up and leave first, remembering something, and saying, "There is one more thing, Simon, you and Jenny want to have a child as soon as possible. Even if you two are too busy to have children, you can leave Melbourne, Jenny and her mother brought them."

Simon nodded and explained: "Jenny and I actually want a baby, but Jenny hasn't been moving for half a year."

Anthony Johnston asked with no shyness: "Have you checked, I mean, physically?"

Simon said: "Checked twice, and it's okay."

Because her stomach hadn't moved, Janet, who was very resistant to the hospital, had a private examination with Simon.

Norman Johnston also expressed concern: "Perhaps, you can try IVF."

Simon shook his head and said, "Jenny and I plan to look at it again. It's hard to say whether test tube baby technology is really safe."

The other three men nodded.

This kind of thing is actually not convenient to discuss too much.

Raymond Johnston sighed, got up from the sofa, and prevented Simon and his two sons from trying to get up, saying: "You continue to talk, I'm going to rest." said the old man passing by Simon But he patted him on the shoulder again and said, "You can play outside, don't have anything with other women, Jenny will be sad, and it will be a big trouble for yourself."

Simon's expression was awkward for a moment, and he didn't know how to answer it. Fortunately, the old man left the study without waiting for Simon's answer.

Anthony Johnston and Norman Johnston looked at Simon’s expressions and smiled on their faces. Anthony said: "Don’t mind, Simon and Dad have told us a few of our brothers in this way, such a family, if it’s true If something goes wrong, it will be very troublesome."

Simon had to pull the corner of his mouth and nod.

The three discussed some topics about the seventh television network and telecommunications investment. It was not until 11 o'clock that everyone took a break.

Early the next morning, Simon returned to North America.

Unconsciously time is already late October.

This week at the end of October, one of the most talked about topics is undoubtedly the Global Rich List released by Forbes magazine after the North American 400 Rich List.

Without any suspense, Simon led the Japanese real estate tycoon Timi with a personal net worth of 21 billion US dollars, ranking first in the global rich list.Ti Yiming, the second-ranked figure in personal net assets, slipped directly to US$16 billion, which is a whopping US$5 billion lower than Simon.

It is worth mentioning that the Johnston family also entered the top 50 on the list with a family asset valuation of $3 billion this time, ranking 36th.

However, because the Johnston family has always been quite low-key, and family members' equity is also scattered, this number is actually at least US$500 million underestimated.If it weren’t for the Johnston family’s sudden strength to buy Australia’s Seventh Television Network directly for $800 million in cash, the asset valuation figures may be even lower.

In North America, although there are more and more solid news that Forbes Global Rich List is released and Daenerys Entertainment is about to participate in the bid for MCA, several new mainstream media plans to start reporting at the same time A bill submitted by Congressman David Melrose to restrict foreign investors from acquiring American companies, which highlighted the need to curb overseas giants’ excessive involvement in the US cultural industry.

The controversy caused by Sony’s acquisition of Columbia Pictures last year is still vivid. Therefore, many media have begun to follow the trend to carry out large-scale reports.

Panasonic has publicly acquired the MCA acquisition in a way that has instantly become the focus of the public opinion storm.

Affected by these positive or negative news, MCA's stock price continued to fluctuate within five trading days from October 22 to October 26, and closed at October 26, and finally fixed at $65.75.At the same time, on Friday, October 26, MCA's board of directors formally approved Panasonic's last $6.6 billion acquisition offer after several adjustments, and plans to conduct a shareholder vote next week.

This means that Daenerys Entertainment must cut out before MCA shareholders vote.

Inside the manor in Simon, Greenwich, Connecticut.

The time is Saturday, October 29.

The black Mercedes-Benz car stopped in front of the villa, and Raymond Smith, chairman and CEO of Bell Atlantic, still got some doubts about Westero's purpose of inviting himself until he got off the bus.

However, seeing the young couple appear in front of the villa to greet themselves, Raymond Smith still smiled and stepped forward to greet the two.Leaving aside the others, the young man who has created a wealth miracle that is difficult for countless people in just a few years is definitely a lot of people looking forward to meeting.

In the process of shaking hands and greetings, Simon was also looking at the middle-aged man who was the chairman and CEO of Bell Atlantic step by step from the most basic staff.

Raymond Smith looks as old as fifty years old, wearing a black suit, tall, a Chinese character face with a shrewd and strong temperament, and a pair of old-school big-frame tortoiseshell glasses.

Although it was Saturday, everyone was not a very leisurely person, so only an hour of meeting time was scheduled, and Raymond Smith had to fly to Europe after completing this meeting.

When everyone came to the study, Janet personally helped entertain Redmond Smith with a cup of coffee, put a glass of juice in front of Simon, and turned away.

Raymond Smith took a sip from the coffee, noticed the juice in front of the young man across from him, and asked with a smile: "Simon, don't you drink coffee?"

Simon said: "I used to drink, but only recently quit."

Raymond Smith nodded, without asking the reason, put down the coffee cup, and skillfully found another topic, saying: "Speaking of which, regarding the last exclusive contract with AOL, I have studied the Igreat company. The development of the technical information of the World Wide Web has great potential. If Bell Atlantic could not distract from other businesses in recent years, I really would not be willing to sign with you."

Simon took advantage of the trend: "The fixed-line telephone business has developed to the extreme in so many years, and the federal government will not open restrictions on the telecommunications industry in the short term, so what does Bell Atlantic intend to do next?"

Raymond Smith heard this question, looked at Simon a few times, and suddenly smiled: "Simon, maybe you already know?"

Simon hesitated and nodded. "Mobile communication."

Westero has collected enough Bell Atlantic data during this time, and Simon naturally knows Bell Atlantic's next development ideas.

The current regional telecommunications companies are unable to get involved in long-distance telephone services and cable TV services, telecommunication equipment manufacturing is also restricted, and the Internet industry is completely unable to meet the scale of Bell Atlantic's appetite.

Therefore, the focus of Bell Atlantic's next development is mobile communications.

You should know that Motorola’s rapid recovery in the past year or so has largely relied on the development of mobile communication. Motorola’s Micro-TAC mobile phone, which is close to mobile phones, can be said to have created a fairly good one in this year. The sales miracle, coupled with the conversion of analog signals to digital signals with better communication quality, more and more telecommunications companies are betting on the development of the mobile communication industry.

In fact, Raymond Smith's next European trip was to examine the GSM digital mobile communication technology that has been gradually formed in Europe.

Moreover, in the original time and space, it was precisely because of Raymond Smith's key layout in the mobile communications industry in advance that Verizon once became the largest domestic mobile communications operator in the United States larger than AT-T, and ranked third Sprint was even thrown away.

Raymond Smith listened to Simon's vocabulary of'mobile communication', and felt that he roughly understood the purpose of the young man's invitation today, and said with a smile: "Simon, I happen to know that you have invested in a mobile communication device in Europe. The manufacturer, Nokia, and this company does have a good accumulation of the latest GSM technology, it seems that they are still developing a new generation of digital mobile phones. So, this time you hope that both of us can cooperate in this regard, right?"

Simon didn't expect Raymond Smith to directly guess his own purpose and smiled, saying, "If there is a chance, I think Bell Atlantic will definitely be able to cooperate with Nokia."