Hollywood Hunter

After about half an hour of flight, the helicopter landed at a seaside estate in Southampton on the eastern end of Long Island.

All the way, Zhu Momo got off the helicopter with Simon's arm in his arms and looked at the three-story stone-built country-style villa at the end of the open lawn. His eyes widened and he exclaimed, "It's so beautiful here."

Compared with the crowded Manhattan, standing on the lawn of this 10-acre manor, with the blue sky overhead, the imposing villa in front, the sound of the waves behind you, surrounded by the vibrant greenery of summer, Anyone who is in this kind of environment can feel a little relieved in an instant.

Simon took the three girls to the villa and said to Zhu Momo, who was holding him, "if you like it, you can come here often in the future."

Zhu Momo was very bold, looked at Simon, and said, "Actually, I'm thinking, can I also own such a manor."

A smile appeared at the corner of Simon's mouth, and he didn't mind the girl's direct display of ambition, with a hint of bewitching in his tone: "It depends on your performance."

When Simon said these words, the expressions of the three girls around him moved slightly.

If it wasn't for the desire for fame and fortune, the three girls would not have rashly signed up for the Elite Modeling Competition. After all, in China at this stage, the profession of modeling is still a job that cannot be seen by most people. Simon's simple sentence, if someone else said it, the three girls might just take it as a joke.

But, this is Simon Westeros.

Think about the battle when the other party visited China a few months ago, and, with a net worth of more than one trillion US dollars, such a manor may be similar to a piece of their clothes for this man.

Approaching the villa, there was already a waitress standing at the door respectfully waiting.

Although the properties of the Westeros family are all over the world, with the still expanding team of waiters, the daily maintenance of each property, no matter how big or small, can reach the level of being able to move in at any time, but the expenses in this regard are enough every year. Simon buys a few more estates under his feet.

Of course, the issue of money is not a problem for Simon.

When Simon and the others came to the steps of the villa, one of the blond waitresses who led the team stepped forward and followed Simon up the steps with a slightly sideways body, while respectfully saying: "Mr. Westeros, Ms. Davis is half Arrive in an hour, do you need anything now?"

Simon didn't answer immediately, but asked, "What's your name?"

"Jill," the waitress added after a slight hesitation, "Jill Peckt."

Simon nodded: "Let's find out what party is tonight in the Hamptons. It's more relaxing. In addition, let someone send a batch of clothes for them."

"OK."

As Jill said, he looked at the figures of Zhu Momo and the three of them, and instantly knew what he was doing.

When everyone enters the villa, the interior is also relatively primitive decoration style. There are rocks on the walls, dark red wooden floors, furniture spliced ​​with logs, and seemingly rough fabric sofas... Gather together, but with a special natural beauty. In fact, there were originally some taxidermy, which Simon was not interested in, so it was removed.

Zhu Momo, Jian Xin and Tao Yuelei looked around with interest, and when they heard what the man explained, they looked at each other with anticipation.

Passing through the hall of the villa, turning right to a living room, Simon sat down on the sofa, patted the waist of Zhu Momo who sat down with him, and said to Jill: "Take them around the villa, I'll rest a while."

Jill agreed again, made a gesture of invitation to Zhu Momo's third daughter, and said to Simon, "Boss, do you want something to drink?"

"Just give me a glass of water."

Zhu Momo, who originally wanted Simon to accompany them, heard the man say to take a break. They didn't say anything, and left the room with Jill obediently.

Going out, Jill invited another waitress to take the three girls to visit the villa, and then ordered other subordinates to arrange for the entourage who came with Simon to settle in the annexe, and by the way, he quickly dialed Angore on the way to the kitchen. Davis's phone, relaying Simon's two requests just now, finally took a bottle of mineral water and a glass and returned to the living room.

Putting the tray on the coffee table in front of Simon, Jill knelt down on the carpet, looked at the man leaning on the sofa and flipped through a book of "Business Week" and said, "Boss, do you want to use a cup?"

Simon shook his head: "No."

Jill responded softly, unscrewed the bottle cap, and sent the water bottle to the corner of the coffee table closest to Simon.

Then, the atmosphere quieted down.

Jill Peckett's expression was slightly hesitant, but he still insisted on kneeling and sitting by the coffee table, because the opportunity to directly contact the boss is too rare. Once Angourie Davis arrives with the team, everything here will be Will be taken over, and if you want to say a word to someone, you don't know when it will be.

After nearly ten minutes, Jill finally heard the voice he was expecting: "You know I like women in this position?"

Jill paused and nodded honestly: "Yes, boss."

After all, in the Uyghur family's maid team, Jill Peckert, who has been a Uyghur maid for nearly two years, has collected information about someone's personality and preferences, which is roughly can know.

Simon flipped a page of Business Week in his hand and asked, "Tell me about yourself."

Jill was stunned.

I really didn't expect this, but I also understand that this is the best chance to impress this powerful man.

fast

After arranging his thoughts, Gil said, "Boss, I received this job offer after graduating from Princeton's applied mathematics major two years ago, because I believe this job can give me a great potential development platform, so I agreed. After the initial training, I was initially responsible for the day-to-day work of a manor in Miami, Florida. After half a year, I was transferred to New York by Ms. Davis. Later, the lady might think that I did a good job and talked with me personally once. , since last month, I have been in charge of the foreman of the maid team for a total of seven properties in Southampton."

"Looks like you did a good job."

Jill thought about it for a while, but instead of showing off the many opinions he had put forward for the daily management and team structure of the Wei family waitress, he was very confident: "Yes."

"And applied mathematics, I like people with strong math skills."

"Thank you boss, in addition, while working for the last two years, I also got an MBA degree."

"Oh, I like this too." Simon turned over the magazine in his hand with a smile on his lips: "However, it's a pity that you missed the opportunity, and the good opportunities like abcd and the others are gone, just like the founder's dividend of a company, The founding team can always get higher returns with relative ease, and later employees, no matter how strong their abilities are, how well they do it, or even become CEOs, can’t earn more than the original shareholders.”

"Boss, I don't think so," Jill retorted: "With the resources held by the Westeros system, as long as the boss is willing to give opportunities, we can still succeed more easily than ordinary people."

"Then what kind of opportunity do you want?"

"I want to be the woman who can be the boss."

"and then?"

"I will do whatever the boss gives me."

"In this case, you probably know some of my habits. Let go of your current job and become a personal maid for the three girls just now."

Jill looked at Simon, whose eyes were still on the "Business Week": "Boss, do you mean that my opportunity is in China?"

Simon finally looked up and glanced at Jill: "You are indeed very smart."

Jill smiled slightly.

I remembered that I was a top student at Princeton when I received a job offer from a waitress in the Wei family. With such selection criteria, how could an unsmart woman come in? Moreover, she also believes that the man in front of her should also see another advantage of her: sufficient toughness.

You know, for this opportunity, she waited patiently for two years.

Although the salaries of the members of the Wei Family Maid Maid and Guard Team are quite good, but because the daily work is too 'low-level', coupled with not seeing a man for a long time, it is far worse than the initial imagination and can't survive. Many people choose to leave.

In comparison, Jill is definitely one of the few people who are very proactive and endure enough to suffer.

Of course, I didn't plan to keep going.

Jill's plan is to work for the full five-year contract period. If he can't jump, he will definitely leave, relying on the accumulation in recent years and the vase fund share provided by the Westeros family for the Wei family's maid guard team. own thing. She was 23 years old when she joined the company two years ago. Even five years later, she will be 28 years old. Many things are not too late.

Now, things have apparently taken a sharp turn.

Speaking of which, even if it wasn't for today, Jill knew that she had already locked in a good future after meeting Janet Westeros in June. There will always be some rumors that Janet Westeros has been neglected by Simon Westeros, but Jill knows that Janet Westeros in the Dumay Manor, or two Janet, has the resources And the power far exceeds that of the hostess of many wealthy and wealthy families.

However, compared to Janet Westeros' arrangement for her in the future, Jill still hopes to be directly favored by the male master of the family.

Simon simply closed the "Business Week" in his hand and motioned to the girl: "Come here."

Jill obediently moved to the man's feet.

Simon stretched out his hand to hold up the girl's chin and looked at it, the appearance of a standard Germanic girl with a score of 80 or more, blond hair, blue eyes, a straight nose bridge and a delicate mouth, and the touch of soft skin that was obviously carefully maintained from the fingertips: "Peckert, this is Is it a German surname?"

Jill nodded slightly: "Yes, boss, I was born in Germany and immigrated to the United States with my parents when I was 3 years old."

Simon retracted his hand and smiled: "Plus a point, I also like German girls. Apart from the lack of a sense of humor, Germanic is indeed one of the best people in the world."

Jill thoughtfully handed the bottle of mineral water that Simon had kept still to his boss, and looked up at the man's eyes, but did not speak.

In fact, Jill was very curious about this man's ethnicity.

Or the whole world is very curious.

Westerners always emphasize equality and political correctness, but in fact, most people are very concerned about ethnicity. This is not only between different races, but also between whites and whites. There are very big differences. For example, the most superior are obviously the Anglo-Saxons, the most controversial are the Jews, and the Slavs belong to the lowest level, because of historical reasons, they have long been disliked and even hostile.

Besides Simon Westeros, because of his fortune in Hollywood, coupled with the miracle of this young man's rapid accumulation of huge wealth, there was once a rumor that he was Jewish, and the Jewish community obviously hoped that this was the truth.

However, according to the appearance characteristics, Westeros seems to be more inclined to the mainstream Anglo-Saxons, which is of course the expectation of the 'Wasp' family.

In addition, along with some rumors that Westeros is very interested in Eastern Europe, especially after using the former Soviet army to make a scene in Africa two years ago, there are some rumors that Westeros has Slavic blood.

Because of this man's orphan origin, he didn't even know his real surname, and probably not even Westeros himself knew what the truth was. Or, the man already knew. After all, with the increasing power and wealth, if Westeros wants to pursue something, it may not be difficult to find out some truth.

Thinking like this, when Simon took a few sips of water, it seemed that he was in a good mood, and Jill said again: "Boss, can I choose the team with the three of them by myself?"

"OK."

"Then, boss, and then, what can I do?"

"Learn about China first, and find opportunities for yourself. Unlike Europe and the United States, the other side of the ocean is a blue ocean of capital in my opinion. If you can't find opportunities in such an environment, you can only rest assured of your current position."

"Will the boss support me if I find it?"

"Find it first and then."

Jill opened his mouth again, but hesitated.

Simon smiled and said, "As for funds or resources, they will naturally be given to you when they should be given to you."

After chatting for a while, the housekeeper Angourie Davis arrived and took over Jill Peckett's work naturally. The three girls were swam around in the villa by Simon, who was thinking of letting go of cats. Shouting downstairs, you will see the hall full of luxury women's clothing and shoes, and even a team of professional stylists.

After more than two hours, the three girls who had just signed a contract with Elite, who had previously only been able to live in the dormitory and wear the cheapest clothes, completely transformed from Cinderella into princesses.

as in a dream.

In the meantime, the housekeeper also collected a batch of party information in the Hampton area tonight, and Simon chose a charity cocktail party hosted by Condé Nast Group owner Shiyi Newhouse at his East Hampton mansion. After a little contact, they learned that Simon was interested in attending, and naturally expressed a great welcome.

Eight o'clock in the evening.

The summer night finally shrouded the four fields. Simon took three dressed girls and arrived at Shiyi Newhouse's mansion on the east side of East Hampton in an extended Rolls-Royce. The head of the Newhouse family, who is equally famous as the Te family, came forward to greet him in person.

"Welcome, Simon, you'll be the biggest surprise at the party tonight."

"I hope I'm not too abrupt."

"of course not."

Shiyi Newhouse greeted Simon and did not forget to shake hands with the three radiant oriental girls beside him one by one, and he couldn't help but tease and envy.

Really envious.

This young man, in every way, is enough to make these old rich people jealous. Speaking of women, at the level of Newhouse, of course, there will be no shortage of women, but Shiyi Newhouse, who is short and unremarkable, can't make a large number of beauties of all colors take the initiative to embrace.

After a simple exchange of words, Shiyi Newhouse brought Simon and the others into the reception scene. As soon as someone entered the villa lobby, many eyes gathered around them for the first time, and then they couldn't move away.

Seeing this situation, Shiyi Newhouse actually felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he couldn't show it.

For this young man who almost destroyed the Hearst family, the Newhouse family does not dare to neglect at all, even if the rise of the Internet led by the Westeros system in recent years has continuously squeezed the living space of traditional paper media, but when the gap narrows When he grew older, no one had any special thoughts anymore.

As for the pride of the century-old Qian family?

forget it.

Simon also has no air, and quickly integrates into the crowd.

The Newhouse family's party, whether in fashion, media or finance, has guests who have basically known Simon for so many years. For example, Anna Coleman, the female president of fashion TV, Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of "vogue" magazine, and Cindy Crawford, all met at Jerry Hall's house last night.

In fact, the circle is very small.

Anna Coleman and the others were not surprised that Simon brought three oriental girls to the reception today as he was staying at Hall's house. No one could tell how many lovers in Westeros. Clear numbers. Moreover, if it is other men, especially married men, it is inevitable that there will be ups and downs. After getting used to Simon Westeros, many people take it for granted.

"Jane and the three have just signed under the Elite banner. Anna, if there is a suitable opportunity for "vogue", you can let them try."

"No problem, Simon," Anna Wintour promised with a smile, and looked at the three girls seriously: "I have to say, their bodies and temperaments are all very good, and they will definitely shine in the future, by the way. , Simon, are you going to put them on the last Victoria's Secret runway?"

"It depends on the specific situation. They are all just entering the industry, and they are not very good at walking. You know, my requirements are very strict."

Anna Wintour laughed: "I'm actually a very strict person too."

"certainly."

Simon and Anna Wintour and others were chatting, and the three daughters of Jian Xin accompany them obediently, smiling. The English ability of the three girls is only sufficient for simple communication, and it is difficult to understand the people around them if they speak a little faster. However, although they can only be quails around men, the three girls are quite excited to be able to participate in such a party.

Just an Anna Wintour who already understands vog

The eyes of the three women who "ue" mean in the fashion circle, let alone the surroundings, these are all big figures in New York City in their consciousness.

Of course, no matter how big it is, it is no bigger than the man beside him.

So be sure to hold on tight.

Simon was chatting with Wintour, when a slightly old voice came from beside him: "Simon, I didn't expect to see you here tonight."

Turning his head to look, it was George Soros, accompanied by another middle-aged man.

Shaking hands with the other party, Simon also said: "I didn't expect to see you here, George, didn't expect you to be interested in fashion?"

"Oh, of course not, I have been talking about things here in the afternoon, and it happened that there was a party here at night, so we came together," George Soros said, and looked at the three vases beside Simon again, and said, "You can It's really enviable." After saying this, he introduced the gray-haired middle-aged man with black-rimmed glasses: "By the way, Simon, this is David Rubinstein, who runs a private equity firm with a few others. Equity fund, called Carlyle, you may have heard of it.”

The middle-aged man stepped forward a little and reached out to Simon: "Mr. Westeros, it's nice to meet you."

"Hello, David, just call me Simon."

David Rubinstein showed the right expression of honor, and took out his business card and handed it over: "So, Simon, this is my business card."

Simon took it and smiled: "I'm sorry, I don't seem to have a business card."

This is the truth.

It has been there before, but I don't know when it started, so I don't have it anymore, mainly because I don't want to mess around.

There was nothing wrong with David Rubinstein's expression: "It's okay."

Simon nodded and looked at the business card in his hand.

The Carlyle Group, combined with the memories of the two generations, Simon certainly knew.

Unlike New York, where various funds gather, the Carlyle Group is one of the few investment companies that made their fortunes in Washington. People with a keen intuition can probably understand the background of this company just by virtue of this.

Standard government and business combination capital.

The Carlyle Group, which has recruited a large number of former Washington officials as executives or consultants, has been engaged in corporate capital operations in the defense field since its establishment in the 1980s. The company makes a profit by pulling in defense orders.

The US military industry group is not only the giants such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing in the impression of ordinary people, but also many important military equipment, such as fighter jets, aircraft carriers, etc., need hundreds of suppliers at every turn, and the operating space is very large. Just like some news that was exposed later, a warship nut, the same material, the same standard, the market price is less than 5 US dollars, but the price of the Ministry of Defense purchased from the supplier can be as high as 700 US dollars, more than a hundred times the price difference.

As for why?

Do not ask.

It's a military secret.

After all, the defense budget is too abundant, and it is impossible to spend all the time buying hairy crabs. It can only be so bad.

However, compared to a bunch of parasites in the U.S. defense field, the Carlyle Group is still a relatively ideal one. Later, it gradually developed and grew, and once became the largest private equity player in the industry with companies such as Blackstone and kkr. Then, after the 2008 financial crisis, it could not escape the fate of decline after prosperity.

Simon has a deep memory, as well as the incident of Carlyle's acquisition of XCMG.

Um.

Not much to say about this.

At this time, I did not expect that the Carlyle Group still has a relationship with Soros. Simon was a little surprised by this, but it was not unexpected.

Soros' strong ties to Washington are also well known.

David Rubinstein obviously hoped to have a few more chats with Simon, but the initiative was soon taken away by Soros: "Simon, I went to Russia some time ago, and I heard that you were in Ukraine at the time."

"Yeah, vacation."

Soros showed a helpless expression and glanced at the three vases beside Simon: "Simon, you live in paradise almost every day, do you still use a special vacation?"

"Of course, I'm going to Australia for a holiday in a while."

Simon didn't really want to take Soros's topic on Russia. He talked too much. If the financial giant jumped out of the Russian financial quagmire early next year, it would not be very good. He is still waiting to go. How about helping Soros clean up the 'mess', such as the stake in a state-owned telecommunications company that is likely to be taken by Soros-backed Russian oligarch Potanin.

"Actually, George, I don't have any special plans for a lot of things right now. Right now, I just sow seeds everywhere, and then wait to see which ones can sprout. When they grow well, I water them, and when they bear fruit, everyone is happy."

When Soros heard the words, his expression was cautious and complicated: "Simon, I'm a little shocked to hear you say that. Last time you sowed seeds everywhere, and then, everyone has seen it now, Igret, Cisco, America Online... "

Simon is very talkative: "George, many of my actions are on the bright side. If you think it is promising, the Quantum Fund can follow up."

Simon's voice fell, and David Rubinstein, who was standing beside Soros, couldn't help but shake his hand holding the cocktail glass.

The door to a new world.

Soros obviously didn't have David Rubinstein's thoughts at all, his dignified expression turned away, and he turned to a wry smile: "This is the problem, Simon, I can't keep up."

After several consecutive financial sniping and fame, Quantum Fund now controls tens of billions of dollars in funds. However, the scale of assets under control has reached more than 2 trillion US dollars.

In front of the Yuan Westeros system, the Quantum Fund is still not enough. Simon said he was sowing seeds everywhere, and even assuming all the targets were carefully selected by the young man, the Quantum Fund couldn’t keep up.

Even if you scatter along with a few of them, who knows, after the seeds germinate, how to care for them to bear fruit?

Now, a series of new technology companies such as Igreit seem to be unstoppable along the way. However, if someone could see this prospect at the beginning, and even know what to do after seeing it, the market value of these now is simply dwindling. How could it be the turn of this new generation of money, who has just risen for a few years, to occupy the eye-popping super giant enterprise.

All in all, Soros was really startled when he heard Simon say that he was sowing seeds again.

Soros was actually a little confused.

What Simon said about sowing seeds this time was actually similar to the small arrangement he made to Jill Peckett in the Southampton villa in the evening. Or, the industrial layout of Ukraine's Rivno Oblast. Even, a little bigger, like a short man with thinning hair in Russia, and so on.

These are no longer the forward-looking layout of the new technology industry for several consecutive years after the 87-stock disaster.

After reaching the top, Simon, who is indeed a little confused about the future, has been sowing seeds in a mess in the past two years, so he has no clear expectations for future earnings.

However, many years later, when the 'seeds' that Simon sowed all over the world over the years grew up one after another, almost obscuring the entire world, not only Soros confirmed that the heartbeat at this moment was right, the whole world at that time was inevitably shocked.