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Michael Blake was originally encouraged by his friend Kevin Costner to write this novel. For this reason, the other party insisted that Kevin Costner act as the leading actor, and even emphasized that this clause should be written in the contract. inside.

In addition, if the copyright is sold to Westeros, Michael Blake and Kevin Costner naturally hope that "Dances with Wolves" can start shooting as soon as possible.

This is not what Simon can promise.

After several weeks of negotiations, the two parties barely reached an agreement, and Daenerys Pictures bought the rights to adapt "Dances with Wolves" for three years at a price of US$10.In terms of copyright prices, Michael Blake did not open his mouth like a lion.However, if Daenerys Films cannot start the project according to the terms of the contract agreement between the two parties within three years, Daenerys Films will need to compensate Michael Blake $50.

Apart from "Forrest Gump" and "Dances with Wolves", many other film copyrights in Simon's memory were either not available or could not be found.

Moreover, it is impossible for Simon to do too much fanfare in this matter, so he can only slowly eat in secretly.

In fact, the eight copyrights only cost Simon more than 100 million U.S. dollars. The tens of millions of U.S. dollars that the young man had accumulated at this time flashed in Jonathan's mind. And said: "Simon, I'm thinking, since 'Sally' can't be given to Sean, can we let her play the role of Sally's friend Mary?"

The Sean that Jonathan refers to is obviously 'Rachel' Sean Young from "Blade Runner".

Some time ago, Simon had just decided to make "When Harry Met Sally", and Jonathan recommended Sean Yang.

Simon had a special talk with Sean Yang for Jonathan's face, which caused a lot of gossip.It's just that Simon already had his own plans, and the impression Sean Yang left on Simon was really not good, so the matter was left alone.

Hearing this, Simon said, "Joe, didn't she join Oliver Stone's "Wall Street" crew?"

Oliver Stone won the Oscar for Best Director in March with "Platoon" and started filming another new film of his own last month, the commercial warfare film "Wall Street" invested by Fox Films.

Jonathan nodded with a wry smile, and said, "Sean plays Michael Douglas' wife in the movie. However, Oliver and Michael don't like her very much. It was only a small role of less than 10 minutes, and it is estimated that she will play a part in the future film." will be cut shorter."

"Sean is too beautiful to be the role of Mary. Besides, Joe, you don't think she can get along well with everyone in the crew of "When Harry Met Sally", do you?" Simon could only shake his head Rejected, thought for a while and said: "Actually, Sandra, Liz, and Nicole all have great potential. Joe, Sean's mean and perverse personality is not suitable for this circle at all. You don't need to be in this circle." She puts too much thought into it."

Seeing that Simon did not mention Courteney Cox, whom he first knew, Jonathan couldn't help feeling a little emotional, but explained: "Sean's father, Donald Young, was a TV producer, and I was working in New York back then. When I was a child, I was a good friend with him, and Donald helped me more than once."

Human feelings are exhausting.

Simon thought so in his heart, but he couldn't let go hastily, and put in a character that might make the entire crew uneasy.

After chatting for a while, Simon and Jonathan said goodbye, and then rushed to the headquarters of De Laurentiis Entertainment, which is also located in downtown Beverly.

Today is January 5th, Wednesday.

After more than a month of intense post-production, "Night of the Blood Corpse" has officially completed its final cut. Catherine called yesterday to invite Simon to have a look at the finished film.

Speaking of which, Simon originally wanted to do something for Catherine as much as possible in the later stage of "Blood Corpse Night".However, after he broke up with Janet, the woman seemed to have done something wrong. During this time, she had been refusing to come over to help Simon, but occasionally she would contact him by phone for some problems.

then.

The two women Simon was most familiar with during this time and after returning to this era have never met again.

After leaving Camino Street and driving for less than 5 minutes, Neil Bennett parked his Chevrolet SUV under a three-story office building on nearby Alden Street.

Before Simon got out of the car, he noticed another wine-red Range Rover parked in front of his car.

Compared with its own Chevrolet SUV, the Land Rover Range Rover, known as the special vehicle for the British royal family's outdoor activities, is definitely several grades higher. The bright wine red body is probably a customized model.

the most important.

After getting along for so long, it would be a failure if Simon couldn't discover Janet's preference for wine red.

really.

After getting out of the car, Simon took a few steps forward and found Ken Dixon who was leisurely sitting in the cab reading a newspaper. This was the bodyguard who stayed with the woman after Simon and Janet "divided the property" last month.

Noticing Simon's appearance, Ken Dixon hurriedly opened the door and got out of the car, saying hello, "Mr. Westeros."

Simon nodded to the other party and asked, "Where is Jenny?"

Ken Dixon pointed to the office building on the side of the road, and said, "Miss has already gone in."

As the two said this, the paparazzi who had obviously noticed the "significant situation" had already surrounded them and slapped Simon who was talking to Ken Dixon. Neil Bennett stepped forward in time to ask questions. The paparazzi separated him, and Ken Dixon was equally adept at blocking Simon on the other side.

Ignoring all kinds of messy questions in the photo booth of a group of paparazzi, Simon walked quickly into the office building of De Laurentiis Entertainment Company, but he couldn't help thinking, he wouldn't be able to get rid of these guys forever, right?

When Simon entered the office building, Edward Feldman, the producer of "Night of the Blood" and another tall blonde woman in her 30s had already greeted her.After an introduction, Simon learned that the blonde woman was Martha Schumacher, the president of De Laurentiis Entertainment.

After a brief greeting, Edward Feldman noticed Simon's searching eyes, and took the initiative to explain: "Catherine was there just now, but was pulled in by Miss Johnston. Simon, let's go upstairs."

Simon nodded and followed the two upstairs.

In a spacious office on the third floor, Janet and Catherine were sitting on the sofa in the reception area and chatting in low voices. Seeing Simon walk in, the two women stood up immediately.

Edward Feldman smiled and said to prepare for the demo, and left with Martha Schumacher. Catherine stepped forward and hugged Simon, and also found a reason to leave.

Soon it was just Simon and Janet left in the office.

After everyone left, Simon looked at Janet who was still standing where she was. The woman had big wavy hair, and a long bang on her forehead. She was wearing a wide plaid blue shirt with long hem and white slacks. Wearing high-heeled sandals.

After being sized up by Simon for a while, Janet finally couldn't bear it anymore. She took two steps forward, raised her chin slightly and stretched out her hand to Simon, saying, "Hello."

Simon glanced at the beautiful little hand stretched out, raised his hand to take it, but held it directly on Janet's white wrist.

Suddenly, Simon didn't grab his wrist. Although the man didn't exert any force, a feeling that was almost carved into the depths of his bone marrow surged into his heart instantly. Janet's whole body was a little weak, her face turned crimson, and her watery eyes didn't feel anything at all. Staring at Simon lethally, he said softly, "You bullied me."

Originally, Simon just wanted to scare Janet. Feeling that the woman was going to be so soft, he quickly stepped forward and hugged her. Janet immediately entangled her like a koala, and kicked off the sandals on her feet twice. fell to the ground.

Holding Janet's soft body, Simon felt that the woman's delicate face was buried between his neck, rubbing and rubbing, with a thick obsession, and finally nibbled on his neck like a mouse a few times, as if What to confirm.

So he said softly, "Are you still breaking up?"

Janet didn't answer this question, her voice was still soft, and she murmured: "."

Simon hugged the woman and walked to the sofa, trying to put her down, but Janet's hands and feet wrapped around Simon's body tightened immediately, as if she had no intention of separating from Simon.Simon had no choice but to turn around, sit on the sofa by himself, put his hands around her waist, tried the feel, and said with a smile: "I'm fat, it seems that I don't miss me at all during this time."

Janet changed her posture and stuck to Simon's body, with a little dissatisfaction: "I don't want to think about you doing bad things all day long."

Simon argued: "I didn't do a single thing, really."

Janet poked her head into Simon's neck, and said with a poisonous tongue: "Well, it's really useless."

Simon could only smile, smelling the woman's pleasant scent, and said, "Will you go to my place tonight?"

Janet twisted her body slightly before saying, "Palisades."

Simon nodded: "Okay."

After embracing each other quietly for a moment, Janet took the initiative to find a topic: "What do you think of Noah?"

Simon shook his head honestly: "Not familiar. Where is he?"

Janet said: "You two met last week, and he called me and said that you are very difficult to get along with."

Simon turned his head and stuck a stick on Janet's sideways face, saying, "I don't know what's going on, but I just feel like I can't get along with him."

Janet paused, then laughed out loud, scratched Simon with her small hands, and said, "Lion."

Simon was puzzled: "Huh?"

Janet raised her face from Simon's neck, looked at him with bright eyes, with a deep smile on her face, but her voice was still soft, and said: "Lion, an adult male lion can accept the presence of people around him. Many females will never tolerate another adult male lion in their territory."

Simon said helplessly: "Well, it sounds quite reasonable."

Janet was still smiling, and buried her face back into Simon's neck, enjoying the feeling of ear-to-eye contact, and said: "Noah called me again this morning, have you really bought 3700 S&P 500 long positions? "

Simon nodded: "Yes."

Janet said: "Noah said you are crazy."

从上周开始，这段时间的标准普尔500指数基本上都维持在270点到275点之间，西蒙最近几天一直指示诺亚·斯科特持续买入标普500指数期货9月份的多头合约。

just now.

累计3700份合约，按照每份合约1万3600美元左右的保证金计算，西蒙已经消耗掉了超过5000万美元资金。如果不算还在个人账户留作备用的2000万美元贷款，西蒙现在的持仓比例已经高达67%。

股指期货的合约分为3月份、6月份、9月份和12月份，西蒙没有买入最近的6月份合约，而是四个月后的9月份合约，就是为了做长线。

Noah Scott apparently saw this too.

Most stock index futures speculators tend to carefully keep the long-term position ratio within 30%. Simon directly increased the position to 67%. With such a high position ratio, it is absolutely easy to lose money.

No wonder people are considered crazy.

Thinking of this, he patted Janet lightly, and Simon said, "Then do you think I'm crazy?"

Janet nodded: "Yeah."

"Well, it seems that I am really crazy."

"Hehe," Janet chuckled, wrapping her arms around Simon, and said with undisguised determination, "You are my boyfriend. Janet Johnston's boyfriend, how could it be normal."

Chapter 110 Blockbuster Era

Five o'clock in the morning.

There was no alarm, and Simon still woke up on time.He has been getting up at this time these days since that fund started building positions.

The woman sticking to his body and the fragrance in the bedroom instantly made Simon realize that this was not his apartment in the Century Building.

Being hugged by Janet like a pillow, Simon didn't get up immediately, and looked sideways at the sleeping woman. A few strands of blond hair slanted on her rosy fair face, her lips were slightly pursed, her eyelashes were long, and she was sleeping with Laziness and contentment.

Staring for a moment, Simon also inexplicably felt a kind of peace of mind.

perhaps.

This is one's own "peace of mind".

So he leaned over and kissed Janet lightly on the lips before Simon carefully slipped away from the woman's embrace.

The layout of the villa has not changed since the last time I left.

After washing up, Simon went to the gym and jogged for half an hour. After taking a shower, it was already six o'clock.

Currently, there are not many types of futures in North America. This time Simon is fully betting on the S&P 500 index futures that he can predict and also have the largest trading volume in the market.

The S&P 500 index futures were launched by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1982. Currently, the daily contract volume is between 8 and 10 contracts, and occasionally exceeds 10 contracts.Therefore, Simon's 'butterfly' hiding in it will not be too conspicuous, and this is also a source of confidence for him to confirm that the S&P 500 curve in the next few months will not deviate too much from the data in memory.

Since the electronic trading system has not yet appeared, stock index futures are mainly still very old-fashioned manual trading on the floor. The time is Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 3:15 pm.

Chicago is in the U.S. Central Time Zone, two hours ahead of Los Angeles.At six o'clock in the morning on Simon's side, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was about to open.

After making a pot of coffee for himself, Simon came to the study, sat down behind his large desk, held a cup of coffee and called Noah Scott.

The two were talking in low voices about their trading plans after the market opened today. Janet floated in from the door lazily in her pajamas. When she saw Simon, she leaned over her soft body like a kitten. In his arms, he narrowed his eyes again.

Simon lowered his voice and continued talking on the phone with Noah Scott for a while, then put the line down, patted Janet with a smile, and asked, "Do you want coffee?"

Janet shook her head: "I haven't brushed my teeth yet."

Simon said: "Then I will carry you back to the bedroom and sleep for a while?"

"No," Janet shook her head again, cheered up a little, raised her face and asked, "You just asked Noah to buy another 800 contracts?"

Simon nodded and said, "Yes."

"That's 4500 contracts," Janet squinted her eyes and did a little mental calculation, and said, "4500 contracts, the opening range of 270 points to 275 points, requires a margin of about 6000 million U.S. dollars, and the position ratio exceeds 80%. Available funds There are only 1500 million US dollars left. Well, now Noah is going to treat you like a lunatic even more. You won’t continue to increase your position, will you?”

Simon hugged the woman's soft body and said, "No more, that's all."

Rubbing Simon's chest with her little hand, Janet looked at him with bright eyes, and said, "However, you can easily lose money like this. Is it really okay?"

For Simon's current position, every 500 point fluctuation of the S&P 1 index means a profit and loss of 225 million US dollars.

Although the current futures trading is not daily debt-free settlement, if the accumulated book losses in the account of Westeros Company exceed the remaining 1500 million US dollars available funds, Simon needs to call for a margin, otherwise the broker will force him to liquidate part of it contract to ensure sufficient funds in the account.

Based on this calculation, Westeros has 4500 long contracts. In addition to the 6000 million fixed deposit, Simon can only withstand the decline of the S&P 2000 index by about 500 points even if all the chips in the hands of the 15 million US dollar loan are counted. , equivalent to 5% of the index market.

Actually.

From the beginning of the year to the present, in just four months, the S&P 500 has experienced two sharp rises and falls between 250 and 300 points, with the largest rise and fall being close to 20% of the broader market.

With reference to this volatility, Simon's current position is completely unbearable.

after all.

如果标普500大盘再出现一次20%左右的大跌，超过50点的跌幅，每份合约在最低点的理论亏损将超过2万5000美元。4500份合约，亏损额度将是1亿1250万，这远远超维斯特洛公司账户中7500万美元的本金。

of course.

As long as there is no big crash like in memory, Simon can clear his warehouse and escape in advance, but he will definitely face huge losses.

If that happens, even losing half, that's $3750 million.

Dollars are still quite valuable in this day and age.

The Palisades mansion that Simon and Janet live in now will not be worth 30 to 3000 million in 80 or 400 years, but even at the peak of the US real estate bubble in the [-]s, the price is only [-] million US dollars.

Obvious.

Simon is now in danger of losing 10 of the top mansions of this era at any time.