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James Redbold arrived at the nbc television headquarters in midtown Manhattan at seven in the morning.

Simon does not like to appear in front of the media, but many things have to be faced. Today, I'm going to participate in an interview with the NBC morning news program "The Today Show" to answer some of the media's recent discussions and controversies about the Westeros Company.

It took more than half an hour to reconfirm the next interview with the assistant, media PR and the producer of "Today Show". At 7:40, James was guided by the staff to the entrance of the studio.

“A staggering $21 billion, this is the latest personal net worth of Simon Westeros on Forbes magazine’s 400 richest Americans list this Monday. The 22-year-old's net worth has increased by $15 billion in the past year, which equates to a net profit of $41 million a day."

"What kind of magical power does Simon Westeros have, and how did he quickly accumulate such a huge personal wealth? Today, we invited Mr. James Raybold, President of Westeros Company, to discuss everyone's recent concerns. A lot of questions about the Westeros Company."

"Today Show" hostess Deborah Norwell finished her statement and stood up to shake hands with James who entered the studio.

Sunday morning in front of countless homes in front of the television.

Audiences who originally heard Deborah Norwell's statement and thought that Simon Westeros would appear in person were disappointed, but not many people changed channels.

After a cameo appearance at Madonna's concert at the end of June, Simon started avoiding the public eye again.

Recently, there has been a lot of media speculation about the new issue of the Forbes 400 list of the richest people in the United States. It is enough to satisfy the curiosity of the public to have the spokesperson of Westeros appear in the media.

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

"It's mainly about movies. Daenerys Entertainment is currently shooting many projects. Simon has been traveling around the Commonwealth this week."

"It sounds very busy," Deborah Norwell asked with a laugh and teasing, "So, what was his reaction when he learned of his ranking on the Forbes list this year?"

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

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

The hostess's final tone was somewhat lighthearted.

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 in the world There are ghosts. If 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 Jennifer while chatting with her daughter, and James was impressed.

Deborah Norwell showed a sensible expression and said, "I never thought of this. To be honest, I used to be afraid of death and ghosts. Now, I don't seem to care that much."

"Actually me too," James nodded in agreement, and took the initiative to answer Deborah's question just now, saying, "Simon is a very special person, he is not only outstanding in many aspects, but also has extraordinary foresight and creativity. , I think, these are probably the keys to what he is able to achieve today."

"I believe many people have a deep understanding of this," Deborah Norwell agreed, and then changed the subject: "Jim, according to the news from The Hollywood Reporter yesterday, Daenerys Entertainment will report to Is it true that the mca group, which owns Universal Pictures, launched an acquisition?"

Talking about the key topic of participating in this interview, James Raybold secretly cheered up and said: "Since the beginning of the year, there have been many media news about how Simon intends to use the overseas funds, and we have been considering it. This issue, and a lot of goals have been discussed, but nothing has been concluded yet."

Deborah Norwell pressed: "But, Jim, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Westeros has a 60-person acquisition team, how do you explain that?"

James shook his head and said: "I don't know how The Hollywood Reporter got the news. Simon has always attached great importance to the collaboration of various companies in the Westeros system, whether it is Cersei Capital or Daenerys Entertainment, or the company. Many of its technology companies cooperate and communicate with each other very frequently, and some people may have misunderstood them.”

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

James did not give a positive answer, and said tactfully: "I just said that we have considered a lot of goals, and mca is indeed within the scope of discussion, but everything needs to be decided by Simon himself. Moreover, Simon has not yet decided whether to That money from overseas is repatriated, and we all know that means a very high 28 per cent capital gains tax."

The Hollywood Reporter's sudden exposure yesterday that Daenerys Entertainment is about to acquire mca did make Westeros

The higher-ups in the system were a little caught off guard.

Before participating in this interview today, after careful discussion with everyone, James and everyone finally decided to give an indeterminate response, so as to avoid silence being the default passive situation and not let speculators flock to mca stocks together.

James Leibold took the initiative to change the subject, and Deborah Norwell stopped chasing after him. NBC didn't want to get interview opportunities in the future, so he changed the subject along James' words.

"Speaking of the capital gains tax, Mr. President publicly stated last month that he had to renege on his campaign promise that he would not raise taxes, and planned to raise taxes to solve the increasingly serious problem of the federal fiscal deficit. Because the hedge fund industry in the past two years has On the rise, Republican Senator Peter Brigle of Texas on Wednesday proposed strengthening regulation of the hedge fund industry and realigning related tax plans to prevent excessive financial speculation from harming the federal economy. Jim, what do you think of Brie Gore's proposal?"

Both Simon himself and James Raybould got the news the first time Peter Brigle submitted the relevant motion.

As we all know, Texas is completely the stronghold of the Bush family and the Republican Party, and the pertinence of Peter Brigle's proposal could not be more obvious.

Moreover, there is a deeper reason for this proposal.

Right now is a critical moment for the U.S. mid-term elections. The Republican Party is clearly at a disadvantage in fighting for control of Congress. It just so happens that the Westeros system has unknowingly invested $20 million in the political field this year, and it has now become the Democratic Party. A very important patron.

Among the major tax cuts in 1986 by the government, the only one that unified the capital gains tax rate, which was originally divided into long-term and short-term, was unified to 28%, which is equivalent to the income tax. This move was already controversial. If the Bush administration increases taxes, it will not only offend the entire Wall Street, but also severely restrict the liquidity of the capital market, making the already sluggish US economy even worse.

As for raising taxes specifically on the hedge fund industry, let alone whether it is feasible, if it does, it will only drive a large number of hedge fund companies out of the United States, and the huge overseas profits will not be transferred back to China, and the loss will be the United States itself. .

The most critical point is that through the 1987 stock market crash, the Japanese stock market bubble and the three operations of the crude oil futures market, Simon has completed his original accumulation, and will not 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 stance,

The two parties in the United States are mutually restrained. The Republican Party targets itself, and the Democratic Party will naturally take action. If you can't even protect your own big benefactor, who will stand by you in the future?

In the studio, James Leibold certainly did not confront the congressman for the above reasons, but only expressed his opinion on a matter of fact.

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

It was less than eight o'clock when I left the nbc headquarters.

After making an appointment for breakfast with the Simons, James Leibold hurried to the Upper East Side again, and his wife Carol Leibold had arrived ahead of schedule.

The topic of breakfast is naturally still various recent events.

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

The exclusive negotiation between AOL and the three companies was also obviously affected by the exposure of Simon's personal wealth. What Simon insists now is that he will not accept the conditions for the three companies to take a stake in AOL no matter what.

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

Even though it was Sunday, after breakfast, James Redbred hurried to the Westeros headquarters in Midtown to start the day's work.

These days, as Simon's spokesperson, James has been dealing with countless invitations and attention, and he is equally beautiful, so he is also very motivated. Moreover, not only the appearance on the surface, the members of the 100 million-dollar club of the Westeros system exposed by Forbes magazine last month actually missed James.

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

Although it only raised US$20 million initially, it is more convenient to maximize profits with less capital. After more than a year of continuous operation, the funds recently transferred back from overseas still exceed US$160 million after tax payment.

"Forbes" magazine this year's 400 richest Americans list, "Washington Post" heir Donald Graham's personal wealth is only 260 million US dollars. With a net worth of 160 million US dollars, James Leibold is already among the top tycoons in the American pyramid in this era.

Under Simon's guidance, the Raybolds took advantage of the recent downturn in the stock market and put all the 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 the original time and space this time, just this investment will be enough to make the Raybould family enter the ranks of tens of billions of dollars in the future.

Of course, these are all later stories.

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

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

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

"The hedge fund team will definitely make good profits in the next few months. However, it will definitely need to keep some funds overseas. The amount that can be transferred back by the end of the year is about 6 billion US dollars. If two acquisitions are to be completed at the same time, according to the mca group 70 $100 million and Bell Atlantic's $8 billion acquisition, we would need to raise another $9 billion in loans. That's easy money to get, but even at 4.5% APR over 10 years, the total The interest amounted to $2.19 billion, which is roughly $1.12 billion a year to repay.”

Janet was still next to Simon, and after she finished speaking, she found a document and said: "This is the information of the current management of Bell Atlantic. The current chairman and CEO of Bell Atlantic is named Raymond Smith, who is very good. A professional manager, 56 years old this year, he started as a low-level intern in the earliest Bell system, and has come to today step by step. Before the disintegration of at-t, he had already achieved the position of chief financial officer, and was once the highest at-t. One of the contenders for the Chief Executive."

Simon took the document and began to read Raymond Smith's information carefully.

In addition to being the head of Bell Atlantic, Raymond Smith is an accomplished poet and playwright with several published works. In addition, he has also served on the board of directors of several large corporations and holds five doctoral titles.

Collecting the information in his memory, Simon also found that in the original time and space, it was Raymond Smith who expanded Bell Atlantic into Verizon, the second largest telecommunications company in North America, step by step. In contrast, the other six Bells that were split from at-t in 1984, all failed to escape the fate of being acquired or bankrupt.

Simon had no plans to replace the management immediately after the acquisition of Bell Atlantic. After reading the information of Raymond Smith, he had no similar idea.

Janet waited for Simon to read Raymond Smith's information, and before he could speak, he said, "It's very powerful. However, he is also the biggest obstacle to our acquisition of Bell Atlantic. Bell Atlantic's current operating situation is much better than that of its neighbors. The nynex, Smith is also a very ambitious person in his career. Once we acquire Bell Atlantic, the company will definitely have a lot of debt, which is very bad for its future development. Unless we can solve this problem, otherwise, Raymond De Smith won't let us take it lightly."

Simon looked at the information in front of him and considered for a moment, then picked up the pencil at hand and listed the calculations in the blank of the document, saying: "Bell Atlantic's equity is too scattered, even if we negotiate, we may not be able to get 100% of this company in the end. In this way, we can temporarily save a sum of money, absorb a batch of stocks at the current share price in advance, and save another sum of money. For the time being, according to the 75% shareholding, the transaction price of 8 billion US dollars, we only need to pay 60 One hundred million U.S. dollars."

Janet looked at Simon's calculation and said, "However, if you want to start an ISP business, you must invest a lot of money in technology research and development and infrastructure construction, and you can't save the remaining $2 billion. Get 75% of the stock, and if we hold more than 90% of the stock, under the federal securities laws, we can force other shareholders to sell their shares and go private."

"Well, what I mean is," Simon quickly wrote down a few numbers on the paper, "as far as possible, transfer the debt to Daenerys Entertainment, and if necessary, simply use the loan to acquire mca, so that It can minimize the acquisition resistance on the Bell Atlantic side."

"If we do this, because the debt ratio is too high, Daenerys Entertainment's future IPOs will definitely be seriously affected."

Simon couldn't help but smile.

It's really hard to get the best of both worlds.

Simon's original plan was to start the IPO of Daenerys Entertainment after the release of "Toy Story" next year. However, once the acquisition of mca is completed, it is impossible to digest this company without two or three years. Things can only be postponed.

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

Not only the overseas funds, but the batch of technology stocks held by Westeros can be sold next year according to the original three-year agreement. Simon can easily cash out more than a billion dollars if he wants to, as is the case with many other assets in 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 raise large sums of money at any time.

However, whether it is the technology stocks in hand, or Daenerys, Igret, Melisandre and other companies, they all have great growth potential, and Simon is reluctant to sell or share these shares too easily.

After thinking for a moment, Simon decided: "For the time being, let's re-draw the acquisition plan according to this line of thinking. mca is completely acquired by loan, and Bell Atlantic uses its own funds as much as possible, and we will talk about the future."

Janet nodded, and the two began to discuss more specific details of the plan.

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