Hollywood Hunter

Manhattan, in a red brick apartment on Morton Street in Greenwich Village.

The time is Friday, June 24.

At breakfast time of the Spurts, Grace Spurt and her nanny, Ms. Hannah, distribute breakfast to her husband and children before sitting down at the dining table.

Bill Spurt put down the "New York Times" in his hand, picked up the utensils, and listened to the two children excitedly discuss how to spend the weekend, but there was a little more worry in the expression.

It's summer vacation time. If it is the previous year, the couple should be able to send two little guys to some summer camps. Sometimes they have to spend their annual vacations to travel together, but this year they have to cancel all plans.

Credit Suisse's integration of layoffs at First Boston has officially started. During this time, employees have been called to interviews and then left, and some departments have even been cut off as a whole.As a 43-year-old grassroots supervisor, Bill Spurt knew that he might be called to talk in the next half month at most.

Wall Street is the world of young men who are as energetic as wolves.

At his age, once he was laid off, it was difficult to find the same type of job on Wall Street, and even more helpless, he had no other skills.

Perhaps, you can drive a taxi.

It seems that the income of New York taxi drivers is good. Although they will be very tired and have little status, if they really get to that point, they probably can’t take care of others. As a man with some machoism in his bones, he can’t let his wife Going to make money to support a family.

According to the past expenses of the family, it seems that they can't afford it.

Grace Spears Charter No. Two children can go to the Long Island beach for a swim on the weekend, notice the worry on her husband's face, glance at the copy of the New York Times that is placed next to it, and actively ask for a topic. : "Bill, is there any news today?"

Bill Spurt smiled reluctantly when he heard his wife's voice, but shook his head without responding as usual.

It has been extremely exhausted recently.

This time the layoffs are integrated, some people will of course be eliminated, while others will be able to get a promotion opportunity.During these days, Bill Spurt has been using his few resources to do his best to operate, but unfortunately it has had little effect, which also makes him feel the ending he is about to face more and more.

Although there was no response and hearing his wife's question, Bill Spurt had a headline in the economic edition of the New York Times:'Daenerys Entertainment Group's IPO received 37 times oversubscription'.

It is common for many popular companies to obtain over-subscriptions of dozens or even dozens of times during the IPO process.

Daenerys Entertainment Group's IPO is very different.

This fast-growing Hollywood entertainment giant has officially set the IPO price at US$22.5, which is US$2.5 higher than the initial announcement of US$18 to US$20.Based on the volume of its 250 million new shares issued, the overall valuation of this IPO was 53.1 billion US dollars, and the financing scale reached 5.625 billion US dollars.

Both the IPO valuation and the scale of financing have hit a record high on Wall Street.

Therefore, compared to companies whose IPO financing is only tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars, Daenerys Entertainment Group involves 37 times oversubscription of more than 1,700 investment institutions worldwide, which is definitely a pioneering initiative.

Oversubscription means that many investment institutions are unable to obtain stocks in the end, which also means that after the company's official listing, the market has a strong desire to buy.It is conceivable that the official listing of Daenerys Entertainment next Friday will be a grand occasion.

As the number one listed company in the U.S. by market capitalization, IBM has recently been in jeopardy under the close pursuit of Cisco and AOL. Now, there is no need to wait for the overtaking of Cisco and AOL. Daenerys Entertainment goes public and is expected to easily take IBM Scan to the second place.

Recently, various financial media and Wall Street analysts have speculated whether Daenerys Entertainment will go further and become the first corporate giant with a market value of more than 100 billion US dollars in American history.

According to the recent financial data of the first half of 1994 disclosed by Daenerys Entertainment and the comprehensive growth of the comprehensive entertainment group, all aspects have maintained a strong upward momentum. The market value has reached 100 billion US dollars, and the price-earnings ratio is only about 40 times. Excessive.

Therefore, this possibility is really great.

Daenerys Entertainment’s lead underwriters for this IPO are Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. However, other investment banks can actually share a slice of soup through various other cooperation. As one of the old Wall Street investment banks, the first Boston has also conducted Similar efforts.

It's a pity that I didn't get my wish because of various reasons.

The parent company Credit Suisse is determined to integrate First Boston. The first Boston management's inaction in this Daenerys Entertainment IPO process is actually a reason that cannot be ignored.

The Westeros system, which has rapidly emerged as a super-mammoth in recent years, is now the target of all Wall Street financial giants striving to win.

Bill Spurt couldn't help but imagine how good it would be if he could get some business from this Daenerys Entertainment IPO, so that not only will he not leave this time, but he can definitely go further.

It is a pity that the business of contacting Daenerys Entertainment is mainly the work of the investment banking department, and it is not their turn to intervene in their sales and trading department. What's more, even if they can intervene, this work will not fall on him.

Now, the waste has failed to take over the business, but it has caused the entire company to fall into the situation of being laid off.

Husband didn't have any interest in talking. Grace could only turn her attention to two children. Occasionally glancing at her husband with frowning, Grace decided to talk to her husband openly and openly this weekend.

With the resources available in his hands recently, Grace talked to Elite President John Casablanca several times and offered to be promoted.

Certainly, the final plan of a young man would not be stupid enough to reveal to Casablanca.

So, in the eyes of John Casablanca, she caught Simon Westero's thigh that was too thick, obviously can provide more help for the further development of Elite, and the requirement for promotion is very reasonable.

Not surprisingly, she will soon become the vice president of Elite North America.

Although it is only one of the three vice presidents, and is limited to the North American branch, although there is only one more "deputy" from the position of John Casablanca, it is actually several levels different, but compared to the past, she is also buried. A big step, officially became the management of Elite.

The original income level of the couple is equal.

Now, even if her husband is unemployed, at least she will double her salary, at least to maintain the current standard of living without any problems.

In fact, it wasn't that she didn't consider helping her husband through that young man's channel. However, since she met in Greenwich last time, during this time, if there was any order from there, she never saw each other again.

Some of the thoughts she had originally raised disappeared completely.

It’s hard to say whether it’s counterproductive to say that the work of his husband is too small for the young man.

Although there is only a very short time to get along, although he has always been very gentle in the process of getting along, out of the woman’s keen sixth sense, she can feel the indifference and alienation under this gentle appearance, which is even to the whole world. casual.

Thinking of this, Grace sitting at the table couldn't help but take a small deep breath.

The mysterious temperament of the little man like a dark abyss does not actually allow women to resist. On the contrary, this temperament makes it easy for a woman to step in and then be trapped in that world and never climb again. come out.

The sound of son Lei suddenly sounded at the dining table. The child asked if the family could go to the cinema again to watch "Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight". Grace's thoughts were interrupted and she was awake. Thinking that there were no other arrangements at night, He glanced at her husband again, and then nodded.

After breakfast, she took her husband out, and Grace told the babysitter's house that she needed to buy some daily necessities, and then drove her two children away from the apartment on Morton Street.

It's 8:20 in the morning.

A 15-minute drive to a private training center in Midtown. The two children will take French lessons here for three days a week during the summer. This is for the children to prepare for a better private high school in Manhattan. French has always been Considered the language of the upper class, in Manhattan, if you want to enter some top private schools, French is a necessary foundation.

The campus students in Hollywood movies and TV works are always'worry-free', in love, drag racing, drug addiction, fights, parties, carnivals... arrogant and frivolous, splurging youth, this is indeed the life state of many American middle school students, but basically also All are public high schools.

Most of these people will enter the society in the "worry-free", become the bottom of American society, destined to live like ants, busy and ineffective, and often become the most direct victim of the economic downturn in the United States.

The United States is an elite country.

If you are not a born elite and want to enter that circle, you are destined to give up the carefree kind. Even so, many generations of climbing are not necessarily accepted by a certain circle.

Grace still remembers the situation of two children in kindergarten.

At that time, the couple wanted to send their children to a well-known private kindergarten with a long history in the Upper West Side. At first, they thought that they could do it by spending more money. As a result, the children still had to be interviewed when they entered the park. To this end, she even had to take her daughter Rita, who was only 3 years old, to participate in pre-school training, and then watched her daughter be manipulated like a small animal by the arrogant kindergarten interviewer.

As a result, thousands of dollars in training fees were spent, and they were still turned away after the interview.

Grace was not reconciled. One year later, her younger son Lei tried to sprint again, but still failed.

At that time, the couple had a total of whether they could get a ticket by donating a sum of money to that kindergarten. They gritted their teeth and offered a donation of $100,000, but they were still rejected.

Then understand that this is the threshold.

A barrier to the high society and ordinary elites in the United States.

Little Manhattan, with a depth of just ten kilometers, the Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Midtown District, Lower Town District, Jing Wei are distinct.

Grace later learned that the main reason for their children’s rejection was that they were not residents of the Upper West Side. This condition is not to say that you can meet it by renting a house in the Upper West Side. You must also own fixed real estate. Corresponding social status.

Otherwise, the rich family with a certain reputation status does not want their children to get along with some inexplicable children.Therefore, even if they write a 100,000-dollar cheque that is absolutely insignificant, they will still be rejected.

Since then, both husband and wife actually hold their breath.

However, as her husband's career has not improved over the years, a woman in her model economy industry is unlikely to do much. Some of the previous ambitions and ambitions have faded out unknowingly. Both are pinned on two children.

Sending the two children to the training center to explain, Grace hurried to the Elite headquarters a few blocks away.

Although her application for promotion has not yet been approved, the number of personal assistants has increased to three during this time, assisting her to handle a sudden increase in various affairs.

During this time, many models who heard the wind, whether it was inside Elite or other company customers, also hoped to be able to transfer to her name.

Grace didn't greedy much, she just picked up five or six, but cut off more than 30 of her original customers. She gave up the girls who had little potential and would only waste her energy.In the past, these customers could bring some income to her. Now, if you continue to hold it in your hands, the energy and meager input will become very unequal.

In this process, there are many girls who are begging for hope to stay with her, but Grace is not soft-hearted.

The world is like this.

After the adjustment, in addition to the three members of the Gralf family who have been quietly crossed out by her heart, Grace now has 21 models in her hands, and the overall quality has increased a lot.

Among them, the baby-faced girl named Qu Si Gao Fu has been confirmed as a newly-admired Victoria's Secret Angel, and the other two places are still undecided. Grace also believes that the little man will not speak to herself.After careful selection during this time, Grace will pass on another list to Westero's assistant today.

At least one more place can be confirmed this time.

Arriving at the company, just about to start a day's work, John Casablanca's assistant came over to call her.

Coming to the president's office, John Casablanca was calling from behind his desk, and another model, Karen Mud, was sitting in the office reception area.

Seeing Grace enter the door, Karen Mud took the initiative to stand up with some flattering.

Grace smiled and shook hands with Karen Mud, and then nodded with Casablanca, temporarily sitting on the sofa in the reception area, the tone was unobtrusive and casually whispered with Karen Mud.

Although it is not as good as Cindy Crawford and Linda Ivangorinsta’s pillars, Karen Mudd is also one of the supermodels Elite has won since the 1980s.It's a pity that since the first Wei Mi show, this supermodel with great momentum has been wiped out, as was the case with the second session last year.

Missing the strong exposure platform of Wei Mi, and the rapid rise of so many backward girls, Karen Mud quickly showed the tendency of the front wave to die on the beach, the girl has lost three endorsements in the past two years, if No improvement this year, it is estimated that the last two niche brand endorsements on her body will also leave her.

By that time, there was no chance of turning over.

As for the reasons for all this, it is well known in the circle.

And simple and rude.

Simon Westero doesn't like thick-lip girls.