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Of course I understand what Sophia means.

While all five children will be heirs to House Westeros, any large family needs a talking head.As Janet's biological sons, Melbourne and Nicholas should naturally be the core of the next generation. However, if a group of siblings are all better than them, it will be a bit difficult in the future.

Simon looked at the smug expression of the woman in front of him, shrugged and said, "Jenny won't go crazy, she likes Syl the most on weekdays."

Sophia still looked over with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Then will you go crazy?"

"No, it's really not going to work in the future, just drive out the extra cubs to grab the territory for yourself, and leave one to inherit the family business. This is how it is done on the grasslands."

Sophia gave Simon a blank look.

Knowing that a man would really do this, he didn't worry too much.

After all, the Westeros system is too huge. No matter how much one's children can get in the future, it is destined to be a huge fortune in the eyes of outsiders.Even if you really didn't get anything, don't you still have yourself.Although the man said at the beginning that she could leave Melisandre to Daniel and Gemma, as a mother, she would not neglect the other two children.

Just wanting to embarrass him, and didn't intend to chase after him, Sophia clicked on it and changed the subject: "The Chinese girl beside you, Chen Qing, sent me some information about Chinese jade materials a while ago, A very powerful girl, she put forward a whole set of operation plan in the email, Chinese jade was an item only used by nobles in ancient times, you can use Christie’s auction house to speculate on the value of jade, and at the same time operate this concept more widely, and then It is a very good idea to add jade jewelry to our jewelry brands, and the Bulgari team has already begun to study this plan.”

Speaking of jade jewelry, Westerners prefer colored gemstones, such as jadeite, which are widely used in Western luxury jewelry brands. All kinds of jade produced in China have not received much attention.

The main reason is the lack of cultural accumulation.

Simon heard Sofia talking about this, and said with a smile: "She must have thought about doing it herself, and she probably felt that she couldn't do it, so she gave it to you as a favor."

"You think it's feasible too?"

Simon thought for a moment, and said: "The production of some jade in China is very large, so you need to choose a kind of jade with a relatively small production first, so that it will be convenient to operate. I happen to know one, um..."

Simon didn't know how to translate it for a while, so he could only use the Chinese name directly, and continued: "This kind of jade is called 'Hetian Jade Seed Material', and you can continue to ask for specific information from Chen. Simply put, this kind of jade Because it can only be collected from the riverbed washed by running water, the output is very small. Other jades are collected directly from the mountains. Calculated by ton, this kind of jade can only be mined in blocks, and it is difficult to have large blocks of materials, so it is relatively very rare. Expensive. If you really plan to operate here, you can start purchasing first, hoard a batch, then fry the concept and ship it slowly, and the profit will be very rich.”

In fact, Simon only learned about Hetian jade seed material some time ago, and it was Chen Qing who introduced it to Simon when he was in charge of making jade nameplates for the girls of the Guofeng Art Troupe.

However, the concept of hype comes from the memory of Simon's previous life.

Whether it is fried porcelain, fried Pu'er, fried chicken blood stone, fried Hetian jade seeds, etc., it is this routine.

Thinking of this, Simon asked Sophia, "The idea I just mentioned should be commonly used in the auction industry."

Sophia nodded: "Yes, the 80s hyped Impressionism, Van Gogh, Monet, Pissarro, etc., and then sold it to the Japanese. At that time, 40% of the Impressionist works in the international market were snatched by Japanese buyers, all of which were targeted by the auction industry. Sexual propaganda. In recent years, Japanese people have stopped buying, even some works of Van Gogh, the price has dropped seriously. However, you reminded me that this operation can also be done outside the auction industry use."

now it's right.

There's never been anything new, it's all routine.

In the 80s, they were Japanese, and in another ten years, they will be Chinese.Then the Chinese also learned this routine and started all kinds of hype, even garlic.

Garlic didn't expect that he would still be hyped one day.

While chatting, seeing Bill Spurter and Grace Spurter walking together, the two stopped talking and greeted each other.

Because of the signing of China Telecom's IPO underwriting agreement, although he is not the number one leader in Boston, but because of his key role in this business, Bill Spurter will also go to China with Simon tomorrow.

Knowing that the two men might have something serious to talk about, Sophia said to Simon, "I still have some things to do this afternoon, Simon, I won't send them when you leave. Also, remember to send Danny and Jie from China. Ma came back with presents."

After finishing speaking, he signaled Grace to leave together.

Grace only occasionally flashed some special soft light in her eyes when she greeted Simon, and there was no flaw on the surface, talking and laughing with Sophia and walking away.

The relationship between Simon and Grace has always been very low-key. However, due to the keen sixth sense between women, Sophia also noticed it and got confirmation from Simon.Even so, the woman did not show any hostility towards Grace. After all, it was only in the current banquet hall. If she wanted to be hostile, she might not be able to handle it.

After Sophia and the others left, the remaining two men chatted about the upcoming itinerary without showing any grievances, and occasionally had to socialize with the guests who came to chat.

So until one o'clock in the afternoon, the reception was over, and Simon came out of the Marriott Hotel in the downtown area, and drove directly to JFK International Airport to fly back to Los Angeles.

Here in New York.

The last trading day of the week is coming to a close.

As of the close of the afternoon, Melisandre’s share price rose by 54.1% on the first day of listing, and the closing stock price was 23.125 US dollars.

Based on the total share capital of 22.65 billion shares after listing, Melisandre's closing market value was as high as 523 billion US dollars.

Among the "women" such as Daenerys, Ygritte, and Tinkber who have been listed in the Westeros system, Melisandre, with a market value of 523 billion US dollars, is undoubtedly the lowest.

This is still only relative.

For example, it is still a poor Boeing in a certain corner. In February, Tinkber went public, and Boeing’s market value was only 2 billion US dollars. Recently, it still failed to cross the 370 billion market value threshold.

However, the gold content of Melisandre's market value is actually very high.

Calculated based on the net profit of US$15.1 billion last year, even if the market value reaches US$523 billion, Melisandre’s price-earnings ratio is only 34 times, which is relatively low in the New York Stock Exchange, which is in a bull market at this time, because the global In the context of economic recovery, the demand for luxury goods continues to increase, coupled with its own aggressive development strategy, Melisandre has grown very rapidly.

After the market closed that afternoon, many analysts on Wall Street greatly raised their growth expectations for Melisandre’s stock price in the future, believing that the company’s price-to-earnings ratio should be able to reach more than 50 times, which means a market value of at least 750 billion US dollars.

In any case, according to Westeros' 53.1% stake in Melisandre after listing, the total value of Melisandre's shares held by Simon reached 277 billion US dollars after the market closed that day.

Another fortune worth tens of billions of dollars.

The most important thing is that through this IPO, Melisandre also obtained a one-time cash of 45 billion U.S. dollars, which is a very large amount of cash even in the luxury industry, which has always had a very high profit margin.In the next few years, whether it is the continued expansion of the two original "aircraft carrier battle groups" or the luxury home furnishing industry that Sofia intends to test, with sufficient capital as the backing, Melisandre will be unstoppable in the next few years.

According to the information in memory, the luxury industry is actually the same as the entertainment, telecommunications, and pharmaceutical industries in the United States. The last few years of the 90s were also the last period when the pattern of the luxury industry was finalized in the original time and space.The historical LVMH Group, Richemont Group and PPR Group have all completed the final division of a series of brands in the luxury industry in recent years.

Then, the industry structure is basically unbreakable.

Now, because of Melisandre's birth, not only LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods giant, has been thrown off by Melisandre, but the other two, Richemont Group, which is mainly engaged in jewelry and watches, and the former The PPR Group with Gucci as the core has not taken shape at all. The Richemont Group has only one Jaeger-LeCoultre brand that can be sold, and PPR is still mainly engaged in the department store business.

It can be said that from now on, the luxury goods industry will be dominated by the Melisandre family.

As long as the prey that Melisandre likes, other brands can't compete with it. Even if the competitors forcefully get some of the targets that Melisandre likes through high prices, the strength is barely enough. Completely crushed by Melisandre.

This is the oligarch.

A true industry oligarch.

What makes people in the situation even more oppressive is that such an industry oligarch, the Westeros system also has Daenerys, Ygritte, etc. a series of large and small.

Chapter 918 The Westeros Effect 2.0

On April 4th, early in the morning, the eyes of the whole world were focused on the Westeros system.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, two Boeing 767 private jets and three Boeing 747 business jets took off from Los Angeles International Airport.

Target Beijing, China.

Now that the matter has been made public and the Westeros system no longer conceals it, relevant media platforms such as TV and the Internet immediately issued a press release, and major media in North America, Asia, and Europe quickly began to follow up.

The Westeros system executive team headed by Simon Westeros and his wife will pay a two-day official visit to China on April 4 and April 22. He was accompanied by a government delegation headed by Mr.

The first thing the media noticed was the huge scale of this visit.

Among them, there are a total of 27 people at the core of the Westeros system, including Simon Westeros and his wife, James Raybould and his wife, President of Westeros Corporation, Jeff Bezos, CEO of Eaglet, and John Qian, CEO of Cisco. Burth, John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, Raymond Smith, CEO of Verizon Telecom, Ira Deutschman, CEO of Gomen Pictures, Leon Black, CEO of Apollo Management, CEO of Levison Group Francis Levison, Nokia Chairman and CEO Jorma Ollila, etc.

As for the government team, headed by Minister of Commerce Mickey Kanter, there are a total of 19 officials, large and small.

In addition, there are assistants, security guards, services and other peripheral members surrounding the core team, with a total of more than 400 people.

Finally, there are more than 300 media reporters from newspapers, TV, Internet and other platforms in the United States. Except for the reporters from the Westeros system’s own platform, other aspects are actively invited by the Westeros system.The main consideration is that for such an important news event, rather than letting the North American media play freely, it is better to actively guide it.

All calculated, the total number of visiting team is close to 800 people.

As for why the outside world noticed this in the first place and caused heated discussions, a simple set of comparisons is enough.

Since 1972, successive US presidents have visited China. Richard Nixon’s visiting team was 300 people, Gerald Ford’s was 450 people, Ronald Reagan’s was 600 people, and George Bush’s was 500 people.

Some people may question that Simon Westeros is just a businessman after all, how can he be compared with the President of the United States?

However, judging from the various official statements issued by China recently and the various preparations made by the Chinese capital region for the visit of Simon Westeros, it can be found that this country is completely responding to the visit in accordance with the highest standards at the head of state level .

Anyone with a little knowledge understands that with the current strong influence of the Westeros system, Simon Westeros fully deserves such a reception standard.

After all, Simon Westeros currently has a personal net worth of more than US$1 trillion, which is higher than China's GDP of US$1995 billion in 7300, and the entire Westeros system, in terms of scale and volume, is equivalent to the world's The third largest economy after the United States and Japan.

13 hours later.

At 23:[-] in the western United States time, and at [-]:[-] pm local time in China on Sunday, Simon Westero’s landed plane first landed at the Capital International Airport. The pick-up ceremony thoroughly confirmed China's reception specifications for this visit to Westeros.

Because according to diplomatic etiquette, the reception at the head of state level, such as the United States, will be picked up by the vice president on behalf of the president, as is the case in other countries.

For Simon Westeros, the Chinese side really gave such specifications.

All over the world, some formal media are shocked, shocked by the height that a 28-year-old young man has unknowingly reached.The unscrupulous media questioned in the uproar, what qualifications does Simon Westero have, is he the real president of the United States?

Immediately afterwards, during the two days of the official visit, more than 6000 media reporters gathered in the Chinese capital from all over the world witnessed the grand scale of the visit.

4 month 22 day.

In the morning, a welcome ceremony in the Great Hall and talks will be held.In the afternoon, visit the Forbidden City together.Evening, state banquet.

4 month 23 day.

In the morning, a large-scale business cooperation agreement was signed, involving real estate, technology, finance and other aspects.In the afternoon, there will be a symposium between political and business circles.In the evening, a cultural performance.

The two-day tight schedule continued, and the media found that compared with the reception of the head of state, the only difference in the entire reception process of Simon Westeros' visit was that he did not review the honor guards of the three armed forces together. Diplomatic etiquette between countries.

However, except for a few media that are still clamoring, there is not much exaggeration and ridicule at this time.

because.

The impact of Simon Westeros' visit was felt almost immediately.

Westeros effect.

That's right, it is the Westeros effect that has made Japan frightened every time these years.

But this time, not only Japan, but most countries in Asia except China failed to escape.

On April 4, the first day of the opening of the new week, since 22, the Japanese stock market has barely escaped from the slump of last year. After the opening, it took a sharp turn. The deepest drop on Monday reached 1996%, and the drop was as high as 6.3% at the close of the day. , From 4.9 points to 16893 points.

At the same time, the stock markets of South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and other Asian countries have plummeted, with a general decline of about 5%. Among them, the decline of the South Korean stock market is as high as 7.6%, which is simply horrible.

On April 4, along with a large number of urgently issued various statements to stabilize the market, Southeast Asian countries that thought yesterday's plunge had passed realized that they were utterly mistaken.Not only did the expected rebound not come, but as the delegation of the Westeros system signed a series of cooperation agreements with China, the stock market curves of Southeast Asian countries did not even have a tendency to rise, and they still plunged.

First of all, it is Japan with the largest volume.

Throughout the day on Tuesday, the Nikkei 225 Index plummeted again by 6.3%. At the close of the day, it had fallen back to 15053 points. In two days, it had fallen by 10.9%. This country has suffered the darkest period after the Great Hanshin Earthquake and the sarin gas incident. At that time, the Japanese stock market fell back below 0.5 points for the first time in ten years after rushing to 80 points in the 15000s.

Many people thought that this kind of thing would never happen again. However, in just two days, the Nikkei 225 index has hovered near the threshold of 15000 points.

South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and other countries also failed to escape. Throughout the day on Tuesday, the stock markets of other Asian countries other than China fell by more than 7%, which was even worse than Monday.

In stark contrast to other Asian countries, there is no doubt that China's stock market has gradually improved.

In two days, China's Shanghai Composite Index soared 13.6%, from 765 points at the opening on Monday to 869 points.

Similarly, in North America, the Dow Jones index and the Nasdaq index both hit new highs. The Dow Jones index rose by 3.7% for two consecutive days, rising from 6139 points to 6365 points.The Nasdaq index also rose by 4.3% in two days, rising from 3416 points to 3562 points.

This sudden financial shock caught everyone off guard.

After careful analysis, everything is so logical.

Things can be traced back to the end of World War II. First of all, Japan, with the help of the Korean War and the deliberate support of the United States, relied on a large number of war orders to quickly restore its economy.Then, during the Cold War period, the East and the West confronted each other, and Southeast Asian countries received a large amount of economic assistance from the United States and Japan out of the need to win over and encircle.

All this until the 90s.

1992 to be exact.

Prior to this, China's opening-up policy has been in a state of vacillation. Although the economy is recovering rapidly, overseas capital has always been concerned about China's business environment.However, China, which has been weak for too long, needs the help of a large amount of foreign capital if it wants to develop. Therefore, in the 90s, various out-of-principle accommodations of foreign capital appeared.

Then, in 1992, the tone was completely set. In 1994, a series of laws and regulations such as China's "Company Law", "Labor Law", and "Intellectual Property Protection Law" were promulgated, and it was announced that China entered the first year of market economy. Confidence in the economy has once again improved.

However, the negative impact accumulated over a long period of time cannot be eliminated immediately after all.In the original time and space, attracting foreign capital to actively invest in China was also a relatively slow process. It was not until after the millennium when China joined the World Trade Organization that it entered another stage.

This time, Simon’s visit to China and the large number of cooperation agreements publicly signed by the Westeros system with China can be said to have directly resolved international capital’s concerns about investing in China.

The rapid rise of the Westeros system in ten years is enough to afford such a guarantee.

Putting aside political concerns, look at China, with a population of 10 billion, the world's most populous country, a vast territory, rich in both human and natural resources.The economy is in a period of rapid growth, all walks of life are full of opportunities, the standard blue ocean market, and there are many preferential policies for foreign investment.

Such a country, of course, can invest without hesitation.

Capital is also limited.

With China's huge size, when a large amount of capital originally intended to invest in Asia begins to pour in, other Asian countries will bear the brunt of it.

Economically developed countries such as Japan, South Korea, and Singapore will not only face competition from European and American capital in China in terms of investment, but also face competition from more powerful European and American companies in China, including the export commodities of these countries.Countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia whose average economic level is stronger than China’s have a large proportion of low-end manufacturing industries, which will inevitably be impacted by China, which has relatively lower costs, and will fall into recession due to the loss of competitiveness.

Therefore, following Simon Westero's visit to China, the capital market gave the most direct feedback.

In the original time and space, the development of other Asian countries basically followed this trend.

Japan's lost 20 years may have internal causes of improper domestic economic policies, but it is not because of China's rise that took away the country's fortune.As for Southeast Asian countries, after the Asian economic crisis and the rise of China, they have basically lost their sense of international presence.

Simon's visit to China this time will only directly catalyze the trend in the next few years.As a result, stock markets in these countries fell across the board.

The two-day official visit ended, and Simon disappeared directly from public view.