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When Simon heard the voice, he turned his head and saw Jennifer Raybould wearing a light blue silk evening dress. The girl didn't wear a ponytail today, and her fair neck was covered by her loose blond hair.

After graduating from Yale in May, Jennifer Raybould moved to Los Angeles to work at the law firm of George Norman.During this period of time, Simon actually saw girls more than once, but most of the time it was just for work, and today was the first time they met in private.

Hearing this, Simon nodded with a smile and said, "Okay."

Putting the wine glass aside casually, Simon reached out to Jennifer and pulled her to the dance floor. Like others, he put his hands on the girl's slender waist, and Jennifer also put his arms on his shoulders. With lowered eyes, they swayed slightly with the man's movements.

Seeing the shy look of the girl in front of him, Simon smiled and took the initiative to find a topic, and said, "How is your preparation for the bar exam?"

Although she has a Juris Doctor degree, Jennifer is not yet a lawyer and needs to pass the California Bar Examination in July to obtain a formal practicing certificate.

With his hands on her waist, she felt like a deer who just wanted to escape but fell into a trap. Hearing his question, she raised her head, then lowered it, and said softly: "I don't know if I can Be a good lawyer."

"That's for sure," Simon said without hesitation: "You are a top student at Yale. If you are not good enough, there will not be many people in the entire Federation who are qualified to be lawyers."

"I mean," she thought for a while, and said, "Maybe, I can't just regard being a lawyer as a profession like my parents and uncles."

Listening to the girl's still vague explanation, Simon understood.

In the United States, lawyers are definitely one of the highest-paid groups, and they can transfer to the political and business circles at any time.But at the same time, if you want to be a top lawyer, then too often you have to throw away the sense of justice in your heart, and just stand on your own client's side to fight for the other party's interests, no matter it is a pedophile, Still a murderer.

Thinking about it for a while, Simon said, "Jenny, why don't you come and work for me?"

Jennifer paused, then raised her head suddenly, then lowered her face with a reddish face, and said, "I, you, what job are you doing?"

With a smile on the corner of Simon's mouth, he said, "My assistant."

Immediately, he thought of the recent scandals about him, as if an actress had come to his company to work as his secretary.Her face turned even redder, but she said involuntarily, "I don't know much about Hollywood, so I don't know if I can do it well."

Simon still smiled, and said again: "That's it. In fact, I have been looking for an assistant recently, but there is no suitable one."

Seeing his impatient look, she felt like a little white rabbit held down by a big bad wolf, or a Little Red Riding Hood tricked into opening the door by grandma wolf.

All in all, they all ended up miserable.

Inexplicably, but did not want to resist.

Still looking forward to it.

So he asked again: "Simon, is it really possible?"

"Of course," Simon nodded, and said, "Many executives in Hollywood are actually lawyers, just like Disney President Frank Wells, maybe you can also be the president of Daenerys Pictures in the future."

Only then did he feel relieved, but smiled again, looked up at him, and said, "What about Amy?"

"Amy is definitely going to be promoted."

"how about you?"

"I'm the boss, of course it's best not to work."

"It's lazy."

"Heh, remember to remind me to add a clause to the employment contract, teasing the boss about deducting wages."

"I didn't remind you."

Chapter 114 This island is a bit big

The time of indulgence lasted until late at night, and eventually the song will come to an end.

After sending off all the guests, the employees of the party company left after cleaning up the mess. It was already 12 o'clock in the morning.

After taking a shower, Janet came out of the bathroom barefoot in a light suspender nightdress, and saw Simon sitting on the single sofa by the French window in the bedroom, wearing an evening shirt and trousers, holding a thick book in his hand. book, flipping through it with a slight frown.

So he walked over, curled up and curled up in the man's arms like a cat, and took a look at the book from his hand. It was the oriental novel called "Dream of Red Mansions" he mentioned a few days ago, but it was the original Chinese version.

She has only read a small part of the English version so far. Looking at those square characters with too many strokes, Janet suddenly felt a little dizzy. She casually threw the book aside, put her arms around the man's neck, and said: " If you don't like it, we can rent a venue and have a party later instead of at home."

Saying so, Janet had a smile on her face.

Having known each other for so long, it is natural to realize that he is a person who cares a lot about his private space.

then.

The lion's territory was 'invaded' by more than 200 of its kind for a whole night, and one can imagine how uncomfortable he would be.

"That would seem too insincere." Simon noticed the smile on the face of the woman in his arms, and smiled as well, lowered his head and kissed her lips, and said, "I was just thinking that maybe we can buy this place at the end of the year , it will be used exclusively for parties in the future.”

At the end of the year.

Janet recalled the recent trend of the North American stock market, and listened to a flaw in the man's words, but did not expose it, nodded and said: "Okay."

Simon noticed the sly flash in Janet's eyes, and realized something, just smiled.I have too many secrets that are not humane. If I am on guard all the time, the two of them will not be able to get along with each other at all.

In fact, Simon occasionally consciously reveals some things to women, such as the "Dream of Red Mansions" that she just threw aside.When I mentioned it by chance last time, he took the time to get someone to buy the novel, an English translation for the woman and an original Chinese version for himself.

It's a pity that the simplified Chinese version was not found, but the traditional version was obtained.Of course, there is no obstacle to reading.

Thinking of this, Simon stretched out his index finger and wiped the woman's lips, but failed to wipe away her smile, so he said, "Honey, if one day you find out that I am actually an alien, what will you do?"

Janet's eyelashes flickered, her face showed anticipation, and she said, "Give birth to an alien baby."

Simon nodded with satisfaction: "It seems that my plan to invade the earth will not be hindered too much."

"Hehe," Janet laughed, changed a more comfortable position in Simon's arms, and asked again: "Didn't Goldberg give you a check before leaving, how much is it?"

Simon took the "Dream of Red Mansions" back, found a check in the pages of the book and handed it to Janet.

Janet took it and glanced at it, and said in surprise: "Fox is really generous for $100 million."

"Yeah, I didn't expect that either."

After the box office of "Butterfly Effect" was released on the second weekend, in order for Simon to cooperate with the follow-up promotion, Fox not only gave him 30 US dollars, but also promised to pay Simon a bonus after the film's North American box office broke [-] million.

Ronald Goldberg, President of Fox Films, also attended tonight's party. Before leaving, he fulfilled his original promise and left this check.

100 million US dollars.

It was indeed beyond Simon's expectations.

Ronald Goldberg's contract expires next year. In Simon's view, the possibility of News Corporation and the other party's contract renewal is almost zero.

So it's likely that the check was the result of Barry Diller's meddling.

With Ronald Goldberg leaving, Barry Diller is sure to personally intervene in Fox's operations, and this check is clearly intended to befriend Simon in advance.

Of course, compared to the profits that Fox Pictures can make from the entire "Butterfly Effect" project, the bonus Simon received is actually not an exaggeration.

The total production and publicity costs that Fox Films invested in "The Butterfly Effect" were only about 2000 million US dollars, and the North American box office of more than 1 million US dollars was enough to bring the company a net profit of no less than 3000 million US dollars.

Janet played with the check in her hand, but laughed again after a while, and said: "If Fox knew that you had already obtained more than 3000 million US dollars from the stock index futures market in just over a month, maybe he would not take out the 100 million US dollars again. It’s ten thousand dollars, and you don’t care too much anyway.”

西蒙在5月中旬建立4500份标普500指数期货多头合约以来，这一个多月时间，标普500指数已经从最初的270点左右上扬到上周五收盘时的287点。

The range of long contracts held by Westeros is between 270 points and 275 points, with an average of about 272 points.

then.

For more than a month, the average index increase of all 4500 contracts was 15 points. Every point of index increase means a profit of 225 million US dollars. The book profit of the S&P 500 long contract held by Westeros has reached 3375 at this time. Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

$3375 million is just the beginning.

Even so, Simon held Janet's little hand and felt the unique texture of the check paper together, and said: "Of course I care, this is 100 million US dollars, and many people will not earn so much money in their lifetime."

Janet raised her face and looked at Simon, and said, "You already have so much money, so what are you going to do?"

Simon thought about it for a moment, but shook his head again.

Janet was puzzled: "What? Or, are you going to be like that stingy old man Warren Buffett, only making money and not spending money?"

According to recent public data, Warren Buffett's net worth is only about $20 billion, which is comparable to the wealth of the Janet family.However, Buffett has accumulated such a huge amount of wealth almost from scratch relying entirely on value investing. His fortune is legendary, and his reputation in North America over the years has become a household name for this reason.

Simon laughed when he heard Janet call Buffett 'stingy old man', pinched the woman's delicate face, and said, "It's not good to call others that in private. Besides, I won't be like him, just The money in hand is still too little.”

"I didn't call him that in private, I called him that in person, old stingy man," Janet said arrogantly, opened Simon's hand, and then said, "Too little? You're only 19 years old ,, tens of millions of dollars, how little is it?”

"Of course," Simon nodded, "Basically, nothing can be done."

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"A lot." Simon looked at the woman in his arms and said, "Of course, the ultimate goal must be to conquer the world."

Janet nodded her head, and said persistently: "Then, it's easier to say something that can be bought with money?"

"What can be bought with money, first of all, there must be a good house. However, I hope that every city in the world that I may go to has a house that belongs to Westeros. Los Angeles, New York, Chicago . Of course, Australia’s Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and the like must also be there.”

When Janet heard Simon mentioning Australia, her long eyelashes flickered a few times, thinking that it was really rare.

Not to mention the cost of buying countless luxury houses in major cities around the world, but the annual maintenance costs of these properties, it is estimated that few people in this world can afford it.

but.

This should be Janet Johnston's boyfriend.

So he asked again, "What else?"

Simon continued: "If you want to go to places you are interested in at any time, of course you must have a private jet, and it must be an ultra-long-range private jet that can connect any two cities in the world. Probably, a Boeing 747 with a slight modification is enough Used it. You know, I'm an insecure person, and I definitely have a spare, but buying two is too much of an Air Force One thing. So, better get another one."

Three Boeing 747s.

This one.

How much does a Boeing 747 cost?

and.

To buy so many planes, you must have your own airport, right?

On top of that, the maintenance cost of a private jet is much higher than that of a house.Many wealthy people just choose to rent private jets because they cannot bear the annual expenses equivalent to about 10% of the cost of private jets.

but.

Although it cost some money, this wish seems cooler.

So he asked again with some anticipation: "Is there any more?"

Simon also continued: "I hope to have a private island of my own."

Ok?

Janet was immediately disappointed.

A private island.

This is so easy.

Shaking the check still in her hand, Janet looked at Simon and said, "Private islands are easy to buy. Our family has a private island on the other side of the Aegean Sea. My grandfather bought it more than ten years ago. It looked like a lot of square miles, and it only cost $20 million at the time."

Simon shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about this kind of island."

Janet blinked: "What is that?"

Simon thought for a while, lifted the woman to stand up from his arms, and dragged her to the study next door.

A map of the world hangs on the wall of the study.

Simon picked up the black pen next to the writing board on the other side, and under Janet's curious eyes, he circled a small 'island' on the world map and said, "I think this is a good place, the end of the world , and the area is large enough. I don’t want to buy a small island that can be crossed in a few 10 minutes by walking. Here, we can walk for a month.”

Tasmania.

Janet looked at the island surrounded by Simon, and was finally a little surprised.

Tasmania is located in the southeast corner of the Australian mainland. From the map, it looks like an earring of the mainland. On the island, there is also the platypus, the only egg-laying mammal discovered in the world.

Janet is still very familiar with Tasmania, because this island happens to be across the sea from Melbourne where she grew up.

However, Tasmania is by no means comparable to a small island in the Aegean Sea with only more than 20 square miles, because the total area of ​​this island is more than 2 square miles, and it is completely different from those private islands that can be traded. Not the same concept.

Super-farmers in North America, such as CNN boss Ted Turner, who like to buy land, only have at most 200 million acres of private land. The total area of ​​Tasmania, which is more than 2 square miles, is more than 1000 million acres.If it is possible to buy all of this island, Simon will immediately become one of the people with the most private land in the world.

After looking at the world map in front of her for a while, Janet turned to the man beside her and said, "Simon, this island is a bit big. Do you know how big Tasmania is?"

"68401 square kilometers," Simon skillfully reported a number, still insisting on the metric measurement he likes to use, noticing the doubts in the woman's eyes, and took the initiative to explain: "You know, Jenny. I used to only live in In a very small house, there is almost nothing that belongs to me. Now, since I have the opportunity, I may still have the strength, and of course I want to realize some of my dreams.”

Janet felt the sense of vicissitudes in Simon's tone that shouldn't be a 19-year-old boy. She grabbed the man's hand and shook it vigorously. She nodded and said, "Simon, we will definitely be able to achieve this."

Simon grabbed the woman's little hand with his backhand, and said, "Of course. So, continue to help me. Last time I just did something and then let go. This time, hold on."

"No," to Simon's surprise, Janet shook her head this time, leaned sideways on the man, and said, "I find that I still prefer to wrap around you like a vine, how long are you?" As high as I can climb."

Simon nodded and said, "It seems that I like this too."

"Hehe," Janet smiled and scratched Simon's body, as if trying to find out where it would be easier to wrap her around, and said, "Actually, to realize what you just said, we don't need to wait until later, we can do it now." You can start."