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This is actually a solid background that Simon has accumulated unconsciously, and his influence is not much worse than the Fed's interest rate hike that the Westeros system is still quietly promoting.

just now.

On January 1, when the scoop of cold water at the end of last year was gradually evaporated by the heat of the market, the Westeros system made up another scoop.

The first time, the reaction is always more violent.

The second time, Simon arrived in New York at around four o'clock in the afternoon. The US stock market closed, and the Nasdaq index fell only 0.7% throughout the day, far lower than the 12% on December 11 last year.

Even though Daenerys Entertainment, which was started by Simon last time, this time involved Cisco, a technology stock, the general view in the market is that Simon Westeros is purely gradually cashing out funds for investment in other fields, not Premonition of the crisis and a large-scale reduction of holdings to leave the market.

Of course, there is no doubt that the Nasdaq index is at a high level, but the Nasdaq index, which is less than 3000 points, does not seem to be as crazy as many people expected.

In 1995, the Nasdaq index rose from 1886 points to 2807 points, an increase of 50.4%.

It seems very high.

However, several leading companies in the field of new technology, such as Eaglet, which is the most dazzling at the moment, will not announce their 1995 annual financial reports until the end of the week, but according to the quarterly financial reports released before and after last year's IPO It is estimated that Eaglet's annual revenue growth in 1995 will be able to reach about 70%.

This has clearly exceeded the growth rate of the Nasdaq.

There are also several new technology giants such as Cisco, America Online, Microsoft, Intel, and SUN. Because they are already very large, they may not be as crazy as Eaglet, but their annual revenue growth is generally more than 30%. .Among them, due to the global explosion of the PC market in the past year, the annual revenue growth of Microsoft and Intel also exceeded the growth rate of the Nasdaq by 50%.

As for other small and medium-sized start-up technology companies, they can be described as "sprung bamboo shoots after the spring rain", and it is not uncommon for the annual revenue growth to exceed 100%.

In such a booming new technology market, as the main listing platform for technology stocks, the Nasdaq index has risen by 50.4% in one year. Is this too much?

of course not.

The well-known "Business Weekly" on Wall Street just published a similar view in its latest issue this week, and with the help of interested people, it quickly spread to various platforms such as print media, TV, and the Internet.As a result, Westeros' second wave of announcements on Cisco's shareholding reduction only caused a mere 0.7% one-day drop in the Nasdaq.

Exactly the normal stress response to tickling.

This is of course Simon's intention.

Simon wants to delay the premature entry of the new technology market into a frenzy stage, but he cannot blindly suppress it. It is inevitable to release some good news at the right time.If the market sentiment turns completely negative due to continuous suppression, it will be a disaster.

Therefore, it is necessary to combine relaxation and relaxation.

Of course, the operation is not as simple as it seems on the surface, and there are many factors that need to be weighed.

Again.

Governing a big country is like cooking small fish.

Although arriving in New York was approaching the end of get off work time, Simon rushed to Midtown Manhattan to meet with James Raybould to discuss today's market dynamics and some recent investment matters of Westeros, and James invited Simon to his home for dinner.

It was not easy to refuse, so they returned to the villa of Raybould's family in the Upper East Side.

At dinner, Jennifer's younger brother Philip Raybould was also there, this time bringing the same girlfriend he met once.

The 25-year-old Philip Rebold is about to finish his Juris Doctor degree at Yale University in the second half of the year, and he is already thinking about the future.Destined to be the heir of the Raybould family, the James couple valued this son very much and had made arrangements in advance, hoping that he would go to the Ministry of Finance for a few years of experience after graduation.

According to James' thinking, Philip is not lacking in brains and abilities, but he is not good at dealing with people. Working in the Ministry of Finance for a few years can just make up for this, and at the same time he can accumulate considerable contacts.

Simon also knew that during his study at Yale, as the status of the Raybould family in the Westeros system became more prominent, Philip also attracted the attention of many parties, and successfully joined the famous Skull and Bones at Yale University.The various fraternities of old American universities and even the Freemasons in society are far less mysterious than the outside world imagines. The key is still one thing-connections.

Joining the Skull and Bones, Philip has entered a huge circle of contacts, taking advantage of the opportunity to experience a few more years in the political world, more than enough to be in charge of the Raybould family in the future.

Occasionally chatting privately, James also expressed that he does not intend to let his son be Simon's housekeeper.Even if it is destined to be unable to get rid of the label of the vassal of the Westeros family, the Raybould family still hopes to have its own development, and Simon has no objection to this.

In fact, it is a good thing for both parties.

After all, Simon doesn't want the head of Westeros to become a hereditary position.

Because Philip's girlfriend was an outsider at dinner, they didn't discuss too many sensitive topics. They just chatted emotionally. After the meal, Simon left early.

Back to the nearest apartment on Fifth Avenue, it was just after eight o'clock in the evening.

Someone is already waiting.

In a small living room next to the living room, after Simon entered the door, he first saw Bryce Levison occupying the entire couch lazily like a cat. The woman only had a light blue silk suspender nightdress that showed her figure , a large area of ​​seductive white skin was exposed on the shoulders and neck, and a maid was kneeling at the woman's feet, carefully dyeing her nails.

In comparison, Grace Spoulter, who was sitting on the single sofa next to her, was much quieter. Wearing a brown pullover bottoming shirt and white casual trousers, she looked very homely.

Seeing Simon enter the door, Grace immediately got up, smiled and hugged Simon.

Bryce was indifferent, and reminded the waitress who was slightly distracted by the return of the male master to be careful not to paint her nails.

After Simon and Grace hugged, they walked to the single sofa where she was just sitting and sat down, patted their knees, Grace was a little embarrassed, and sat on the man's lap with a reddish face.

Seeing this situation, Bryce curled her lips slightly and turned her head away on purpose.

Simon looked at the woman who was arrogant but fit her temperament opposite, and asked with a smile, "Why are you here?"

Bryce immediately turned her head and stared dissatisfiedly: "Why can't I be here?"

This one.

Simon was speechless.

Grace put her arms around the man's neck, and explained actively at this time: "Bryce came back from Florida with me this afternoon."

Simon nodded.

Grace came here by appointment in advance. The woman went to Florida on a business trip a few days ago, and she learned that Simon would come to New York today on the phone, and she also said that she would come back today.Simon also knows the woman's little thoughts, and he will definitely not tell the family when he comes back today, so that he can quietly spend the night with Simon here.

It's just that I probably didn't expect it, and I came back with an oil bottle attached.

At this time, she still looks like a maiden.

Bryce Levison remained reserved when she got along with Simon at first, but later on she gradually revealed the temper of the eldest lady who came from being pampered since she was a child. Both her background and appearance gave her such arrogance.Even though she was already a wife and mother, she basically didn't change much, and even her status in the Levison family faintly suppressed her husband and son.

The housekeeper Angourie Davis appeared at this time, greeted softly, bowed to help Simon pour the coffee, and offered it to the man.

This made Bryce a little dissatisfied again, pointing directly at the housekeeper: "Why is she still here? Simon, I have warned you, this woman is not simple, you should be careful."

Simon smiled and took the housekeeper's coffee, and looked at the woman opposite: "I think you should be more careful, if you are so unforgiving, Ang will spit in your coffee."

"She dares!"

Talking in such a high-pitched voice, Bryce seemed to feel that she might have gotten into the trap, so Bryce casually grabbed a pillow behind her and threw it towards Angourie, hitting the housekeeper lightly.

The housekeeper was fine, and Simon was a little angry: "Don't do this again, or get out."

Bryce paused for a moment when he heard the words, and noticed the seriousness in the man's eyes. After all, he didn't dare to retort. He just grabbed a pillow next to him, and the little girl covered her face like a puff.

Grace watched the housekeeper pick up the pillow next to her and put it on the opposite sofa, then retreated quietly, without any intention of speaking for Bryce who was playing petty temper.

The relationship between the two is actually not that good.

If it wasn't for some idea of ​​pleasing the man around her, she wouldn't have brought him here at all.At this moment, he just leaned greedily in Simon's arms, enjoying this feeling, and whispered all kinds of recent trifles in his ear.

Chapter 887 Martyrdom (Revised)

"By the way, before Florida, I went to France and happened to meet Mitterrand's funeral and was invited to a memorial reception."

"How do you talk about this?"

"It's just that I suddenly found that you resemble the former French president."

"I prefer to hear that someone is like me, not that I'm like someone else."

"Hehe, okay, Mitterrand is quite similar to you," Grace chuckled, and before Simon asked, she took the initiative to explain: "I mean, you all have a lot of lovers, and you are also very greedy. I always like to date many women at the same time. I heard that Mitterrand will date several lovers in a row in one night, which makes the driver very tired. Also, he compared with his political enemy Chirac who has more lovers, and even shared a woman .”

"Well, I don't share women with other men. If it's a woman, I can consider it."

"Bad guy," Grace reproached, and said, "However, you have similarities in this regard, and you are all successful. For Mitterrand's funeral, his wife, lover, biological children and illegitimate children chose Attend."

Simon stroked the soft waist under the woman's bottoming shirt and said, "Is it just for attendance?"

Grace wondered, "So what?"

Simon said: "I thought someone would die in love."

Hearing what Simon said, Grace was inexplicably emotional, leaned over and kissed the man on the lips, softly and infatuatedly: "It's a pity that I am much older than you, and I am destined to die sooner, otherwise, I will give you a kiss in the future." Martyrdom."

"That's not necessarily true. Being squeezed by so many of you women all day long, I may live shorter than you. However, don't do it when the time comes. The old and ugly come to die for me. I am very shameless, die for love It’s better to be a beautiful little girl.”

Simon purposely spoke harshly, looking disgusted, but Grace didn't get angry, she just pressed her familiar body towards Simon again, and said seriously: "Okay, I'm the president of Elite, and I have the most shortages for my subordinates." It's a beautiful girl, if... it's really like what you said, then I will find some for you to die in love with."

"Why do I sound like a martyr?"

"It's all the same. In short, I will definitely pick the most beautiful one for you."

In the quiet living room, the two were whispering to each other, and were suddenly interrupted by a voice next to them: "Hey, why do I feel like I'm staying with two perverts? It's both love and burial, and I'm getting goosebumps. "

The atmosphere was destroyed, and Grace looked at Bryce, who had painted her toenails and drove away the maid, who was still showing a pair of delicate feet, and said dissatisfied in her tone: "Can't you continue to be dumb? "

Not to be outdone, Bryce said, "No."

Grace regretted bringing Bryce here, and turned to Simon: "Shall we go upstairs?"

"of course."

As Simon said, he stood up from the sofa with the woman in his arms and walked upstairs. Bryce immediately got up from the sofa and followed me like you don't want to get rid of me.

Looking at the figure of Bryce behind him, Grace suddenly leaned into Simon's ear again, without suppressing her voice: "I know you were busy in Park City the other two days, you didn't do anything tonight, I bullied Bryce." Is it okay for Si to show you, I know you like this?"

"Okay."

Bryce paused when she heard this, followed quickly, and counterattacked: "Do you think I'm deaf? Besides, it's not certain who is bullying whom."

Early the next morning, Bryce Levison, who had been tortured so badly, couldn't get up, but Simon and Grace both left the apartment on Fifth Avenue together at around eight o'clock, sending Grace to the same room first. At the Elite headquarters in Midtown on Fifth Avenue, Simon continued on his way to the downtown area.

Elite headquarters.

As soon as Grace stepped out of the elevator, her first assistant, Michelle Sonam, was waiting here with two other deputies. On the 30-meter journey, Michelle quickly reported a series of work items, and at the same time, took turns to write down Grace's instructions in the memorandum with the other two deputies.

When I arrived at my office, it was only around 8:20 in the morning.

There are already people waiting here.

The head of Elite's planning department simply said good morning to Grace before proceeding to present a design for a TV ad for Chevrolet's latest SUV that the company was bidding on.

This is a very important attempt by Elite.

In the past, Elite only cooperated with car companies on car models, and occasionally shot commercials, and the invited models were only human props, so it was obviously impossible to get too much profit. The agent wanted to let its models get work, but also to please the marketing director of the car company in various ways.

Now, Elite plans to pursue an equal partnership.

The core of the fully packaged advertising program is, of course, the models under Elite. Grace personally selected Qusi Gauff who is still filming "Jumanji" in Australia. Very changeable, just like the "Game of the Brave" she participated in this time, Qusi Gauff is an image of a female warrior full of strength.

This fits very well with the styling of the Chevrolet SUV.

Participating in TV commercials does not mean being a spokesperson, especially for models at the bottom of the food chain in the entertainment and fashion circle.

Of course Grace was not satisfied.

With last year's "The Man From Earth" and this year's upcoming "Jumanji" underpinning, she also hopes to win a Chevrolet SUV endorsement contract for Quss Gauff.

But there is no rule that supermodels cannot endorse cars.

In addition to the well-prepared packaging plan, the key idea of ​​Elite's lobbying this time is to find another way that may have unexpected marketing effects.

As Quss Gauff becomes more popular in Hollywood, the girl's career focus is likely to shift to showbiz.However, as long as Elite can get her a better job, the two parties can maintain a very long-term cooperation.Moreover, Elite is responsible for the jobs they get, so they can naturally draw corresponding commissions.

Neither Grace nor the planning department has 100% confidence in this attempt, but they all put in 100% effort.

In the process of discussing the plan, Grace also got through the phone with Australia and discussed some details with Quss Gauff in person.There is a huge time difference between the two places, and it was already late at night in Australia, and Quss Gauff should have gone to bed early after a busy day. The girl did not show any perfunctory or impatience to Grace's call.

Just this incident took 40 minutes of Grace's early arrival at the company.

Nine o'clock sharp.

When working hours came, it was Elite's regular high-level meeting again. The heads of various departments attended together with some of the core backbone brokers, and they took turns to report on the progress of a series of projects that they were busy with. online to participate.

Just this item is completely different from the Elite of the John Casablanca era.The previous Elite, because of the continuous and unrestrained expansion of scale, although it seemed huge, was already in disarray internally. John Casablanca could no longer unite the hearts of the people, and could only firmly grasp his own power and interests.

After the integration, Elite is already a huge fashion machine with the upper and lower parts integrated.

Efficient and unified.

And strong.

There is no lack of uplifting spirit in people's hearts, and as the change becomes more and more obvious, employees and customers who initially resisted Grace's changes no longer object.

Of course, the most important reason is that many people's incomes are increasing.

Even if the time for Elite to complete the integration is still very short, a company that was once bloated, slow and inefficient has regained its vitality. The shareholders and the head of the company are not the kind of people who are greedy and mercenary, and are willing to share more benefits with employees and customers. , The original monotonous revenue model has also been greatly expanded, and everyone's income will naturally increase.

Although it sounds ugly, interests have always been the most powerful tool to change a person's attitude.

After the regular meeting, Grace began to devote herself to various tedious and specific work matters. This is also the biggest difference of the brokerage company. For other types of enterprises, if the person in charge wants to, he can focus on the big and let go of the small. He is only responsible for controlling the overall direction of the company. Hand over the specific implementation to the following people.