Hollywood Hunter

The sunset in the evening sprinkled into the bedroom through the steel forest in Manhattan. Grace Spear opened his eyes. The man was no longer around, and got up and left the bedroom to find it. Only then did he find a little man on the roof terrace.

Walking behind him, leaned over his shoulder and cheek, rubbed intimately, and looked at the book in the man's hand: "What are you looking at?"

Simon stretched out his hand to pull the woman over, hugged him in her arms, showed her the book in her hand, and said, ""One Hundred Years of Solitude"."

Embraced in the arms like a man and a girl, Grace was not used to it and was reluctant to leave. She changed her side sitting position without a trace, turned her head and glanced at the book. It was the original Spanish version, she could Speaking some Spanish, reading is a bit difficult: "I have seen the English version, but I don't understand it, so I didn't finish it."

Simon didn't mean to Grace. She put the book on the round table next to her, arms around the woman in her arms, and asked, "What do you usually like?"

The air was very cold in the late autumn evening. As the man moved, Grace felt her cheeks warm up again. She really had no resistance to him. To be honest, she said, "I don't know, I came out to work early, and I got married. And, with the child, you know, life in Manhattan is very stressful, well, it seems like suddenly it is now." After saying this, he looked at the man close by: "Am I failing? ?"

Simon kissed the woman's lips and comforted: "Most people are like this, you have been very successful."

"It's all from you," Grace chased over and kissed Simon, looking away at the young face in front of her, and suddenly embarrassed: "I...you should date those young girls more."

Simon felt the fragrance of the woman in front of him and smiled: "But I like to bully you, what should I do?"

Grace embarrassedly hides the little man’s gaze and smirk, and says in her heart that you can do whatever he wants to bully, but she doesn’t say anything, noticing that the Westero Building has risen a little bit from the cloud. Pointed over there: "When will this building be completed?"

Simon looked over with Grace's eyes. The main building of Westero Building has exceeded 500 meters. If this length is spread on the ground, it will not be too conspicuous, compared with the buildings in the Upper East Side that are generally within 100 meters. At the moment, there were some standouts: "It will take another year to cap, and I will build another home on the top, and install an apron. This part of the building is very demanding. The real occupancy may have to wait until about 2000. "

The architectural drawings of the Westeros Building have long been disclosed by the media, and Grace has also seen them.

Hearing what the man said, Grace looked forward: "I wish I could go up and see it later."

Simon smiled: "Sure, bully you on it."

Grace gave the man a slight glance, and he was a little uneasy: "I'm afraid you will forget me by then."

Simon said seriously: "Of course not, you know, I am a very nostalgic person."

Grace couldn't help but reveal: "Bryce also said last week that you have forgotten her."

"Who is Bryce?"

Grace rolled her eyes immediately.

Simon smiled and pinched at a certain time, and said, "When I had dinner together a few days ago, she complained to me that your daughter had broken her son, and told me that you were instigated. what's up?"

The man's words were unintentional, but Grace's mind wrestled with a mess of silk.

There was a little embarrassment in the weirdness, Grace whispered: "She wants her son to read Yale, you know, Yale is going to New Haven, and then... staying in New York to read Columbia. Anyway, not For Rita, Blaise has always been too strong and taught her son to be arrogant. How can he blame others."

The woman explained so secretly that Simon understood it.

Seeing Grace doesn’t like to say this, and no longer in advance,

Grace shook her head: "No, today Friday, I have an appointment with the children for dinner, and the restaurant is booked." He said he seemed worried about Simon's anger, adding: "Wait for Qu and Lima. They come, if you want, you can bring a few more, they are all looking forward to it."

Simon felt the expectation in the woman's eyes, nodded, and said: "I said before, it is not good to always push the girl to me."

"I don't care, and you can remember me longer," Grace said in a firm voice: "And, whatever happens, you will protect me, right?"

Simon held up the woman's face and looked at it with one hand: "Are you afraid that I will push you out as a scapegoat?"

Grace and Simon looked at each other with obvious obsession in their eyes. "I know you won't do this, but, if necessary, I will take the initiative to help you as a scapegoat."

Simon let go and smiled: "I suddenly understood why our girl could take Bryce's baby away."

Grace came together and whispered in Simon's ear: "If you like, I can also let Rita call your father."

Simon heard that he almost threw the woman out of her arms.

Grace saw the little man's unexpected expression and smiled on her face, explaining: "Jerry and I are very familiar with it, you know, they are all in a circle."

Simon said: "Forget it, let's not teach the children indiscriminately."

Grace raised the corner of her mouth, and then came over and said something in Simon's ear. When she noticed the man's reaction, she couldn't help laughing. She also twisted her body slightly and made fun of her for a moment. : "Simon, I heard that Instagram is seeking another round of financing?"

Simon nodded: "Are you going to participate?"

"I can't afford it," Grace said, explaining: "I asked someone, a fund manager I met in Europe some time ago, she heard the news and called to see if I could contact some shares. , She also had to work on Elite and Instagram."

Simon pretended to be suspicious: "You are definitely'her' and not'he'."

Grace said seriously: "I promise, if you find that I have other men, you can strangle me and secretly bury it."

"Uh, don't be so cruel to yourself?"

Grace posted it: "I've had this idea before, I hope you strangle me, it's best to be buried under the lawn of your manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich."

"It's terrifying, like the beginning of a horror movie."

Grace rolled her eyes slightly and asked again, "Are you okay?"

Simon nodded: "Yes, but the share is not large. Instagram only intends to give up 10% of the shares this time, and the offer price is $200 million. It is mainly for some related investors in the Westeros system. Since you open your mouth, you can give You are 2%, no more."

"2% is enough. This is also 40 million. In fact, the fund also controls some European paper media. I think this should help you."

"Well, take the time to see you."

"The other party must be desperate. When do you have time, tell me."

"Oh, is that female manager beautiful?"

"Beautiful, still married, younger than me, with three children. Well, it is said that she has noble blood."

"This, I need to know more."

"bad guy."

The two hugged together and chatted for a while. The sunset light completely disappeared between the gaps in Manhattan's buildings, and Grace reluctantly resigned.

The Time Warner party in the evening was to celebrate the formal agreement between General Electric and Time Warner.

This morning, when the Simons reached the arsenal in Lessington to watch the rehearsal of the big show, the two companies officially held a press conference to announce the deal.

Both parties made some concessions, and the final transaction price was 27.5 billion US dollars. Counting Time Warner's current debt of about 8.6 billion US dollars, the total transaction value was 36.1 billion US dollars.Because the news has gradually spread, as of yesterday afternoon, Time Warner's total market value has reached 23.9 billion US dollars. Based on this stock price calculation, GE only equivalent to a 13% premium.

As long as the transaction can be successfully concluded, GE will have the status of the second largest media group in North America in addition to the established industrial giant.

However, compared with the merger of Daenerys and the Metropolitan ABC, which has been optimistic about the market, GE’s acquisition of Time Warner’s transaction is full of controversy. The most direct evidence is that today, because of the announcement, GE’s stock price fell throughout the day. After 4.3%, Time Warner’s share price rose only 5.1%.

Critics generally believe that General Electric's acquisition of Time Warner is not doing business right.

General Electric is indeed very powerful at present. Compared with competitors such as Westinghouse Electric, it can be said to be a must in the industry. However, General Electric’s investment in the media field has not been so successful. The acquisition of RCA these years, the development of NBC TV network can only Said to be quite satisfactory.

What's more, in the field of media and entertainment, there is Daenerys Entertainment, a giant.

Whether it is NBC or Time Warner, many aspects are quite dependent on Daenerys Entertainment, which is obviously not normal.

In addition, there is a messy personnel relationship within the Time Warner Group.

Since Steve Ross died of illness three years ago, in recent years, Time Warner’s management has been fighting, which has greatly dragged down the development of this media giant. If Jack Welch can’t handle this matter This merger is likely to fall from one disaster to another.

The evening party is at the Marriott Hotel near Times Square.

Considering that the party will be attended by reporters and allowed to interview, Simon did not follow Grace's suggestion to bring a vase or two. This is also for the sake of the girls. Some things are well known in the circle, and they are still the most in front of the public. It’s easy to conceal, after all, many supermodels are goddess-level existence in the hearts of thousands of fans. As long as there are no real hammers out of some things, even if the gossip tabloid is exposed and arranged, it will only harvest a series of'I don’t believe I don’t believe I don’t believe’.

The popularity of the new Forbes list released on Monday has not cooled, and Simon did not mean to grab the limelight. The party arrived at the scene nearly an hour before the eight o'clock party began. The reporters staying outside the hotel basically dispersed.

Entering the party hall, Jack Welch personally welcomed two middle-aged people, Bob Wright and Terry Semel.

Bob Wright is the chairman and CEO of NBC Television Network. After General Electric acquired NBC's parent company RCA Group in 1986, he began to control the public television network. The general executive was a lawyer. Before taking care of NBC, he was General Motors. The sales director of the plastics business of Electric, who has been in charge of NBC over the years, can only be considered satisfactory.

As for Terry Semel, Jack Welch apparently followed Simon’s suggestion and intends to completely change the situation in Time Warner. This is actually not easy. Lifting Semel is a good thing. Start.

However, Welch still lacked some courage.

Depending on the situation, the next step should be General Motors' Bob Wright and Time Warner's Terry Semel, who will be in charge of GE's media and entertainment assets after the acquisition.

This situation is very similar to the scene when Time Company and Warner Brothers just merged.

If Bob Wright and Terry Semel cannot cooperate intimately, then it may really fall from one disaster to another as predicted by the media.

Of course, there are differences.

The key is that this time there is an additional Jack Welch. As long as Welch's means are strong enough, he can replace the role of Steve Ross and consolidate his scattered media and entertainment assets.According to Welch's age and contract with GM, the legendary professional manager has five years to go.

Moreover, to do this well, Welch must free up enough time and energy.

Everyone greeted each other and talked about some details of the merger of the two companies. Terry Semel and Bob Wright took the initiative to leave, leaving Jack Welch and Simon standing together in the corner of the hall.

Calling for the waiters, they took a glass of red wine again. Jack Welch looked at Simon and said, "Simon, I remember a news from a few years ago. That was after the success of Batman: Moments of War." Daenerys Entertainment has released news that it will probably start developing the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 1995, but Daenerys does not seem to have such a plan now?"

Simon listened to Welch's words and immediately understood each other's thoughts. He sighed that this long-time business man really didn't lack courage, but he ignored him and said, "If you pay attention to this matter, Jack, It should be found that the current blockbuster movies in Hollywood are becoming more and more powerful, especially the DC movie universe. If Daenerys starts to develop the Marvel movie universe, Hollywood will soon be occupied by manga movies, which will seriously impact Hollywood. The diversity of movies is fundamentally very detrimental to the development of this industry. Therefore, I chose to continue to shelve the development of Marvel superhero movies."

Simon didn’t express it, and Jack Welch immediately realized the rejection in his words, but didn’t give up. He just picked it out and said, “Simon, Daenerys’ summer edition of Jurassic Park 2 is more than most The DC Film Universe project is even better. Well, another movie of the Soul Movie Universe, "Zhou Soul 2" was released today. My child also talked about it last week and would take time to watch it together. So, Daenerys is not There is a lack of quality series. If Warner Bros. intends to buy out all the DC project copyrights from Daenerys in one go, what do you think?"

Sure enough.

If Warner can buy back all the rights related to DC superheroes in Daenerys, even if it costs billions of dollars at a time, it is just this good thing, which is enough for GE's stock price to rise to a higher level in the future.

Faced with Welch's inquiry, Simon did not immediately refuse, but instead asked: "If Daenerys let go, Jack, do you think Warner can do this series well?"

Simon did not immediately refuse, let Welch see hope, and nodded: "The DC movie universe already has a very solid foundation. If it can be recovered, I think Terry can take care of it. And, we will not Cut off the cooperation with Daenerys, as long as you agree, you can continue to be the executive producer of all DC projects."

Simon thought about it a little bit, and said to Welch, "Jack, frankly, as long as you offer the right price, I will not refuse to sell all DC related copyrights back to Warner, but not now. If you need a time, After "Justice League" is released, you can talk to me about it again."