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In recent years, AOL has actually been issuing bonds continuously. Of course, it will not miss this time. It plans to issue another 7-year or 30-year long-term bond with a total amount of 10 billion US dollars in July. It can ensure that America Online will not have a shortage of funds for at least the next two years.

The outside world knows how much money America Online has burned in recent years. Starting from this company will appear very legitimate and can minimize the rebound in the capital market.

Moreover, all bond issuance plans in the second half of the year will mainly target overseas investors. This is also done to avoid unpredictable impacts on the US domestic capital market as much as possible.

After AOL, in August, Verizon Telecom was listed, suspended.

Next.

In September, Cisco, $9 billion.

In October, near the presidential election, pause.

In November, after the voting in the U.S. general election, Nokia, Tinkber and Johnston held holdings, each with US$11 billion.

In December, the headquarters of the Westeros Corporation, 12 billion US dollars.

The entire bond issuance program, totaling $100 billion.

The main purpose of such decentralized execution is to reduce the disturbance of the US stock market by the bond issuance of the Westeros system.

In fact, for those who have a little knowledge of financial knowledge, the continuous large-scale reduction of holdings in the Westeros system in the first half of the year has actually clearly told some people that it is time to stop and the crisis is coming.However, many things in this world are like this. Most people understand the truth, but few can really make decisions rationally and according to the truth.

Buffett's phrase "I am fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful" is nothing more than a simple and authentic expression of the true meaning of risk in the capital market.It's a pity that there are always people who want to get more money, people who think they can escape at critical moments, and people who think they won't be so unlucky.

The result can be imagined.

Therefore, as long as they don't directly pour a pot of boiling water on it, most of the 'frogs' tend not to think about escaping.The phased bond issuance plan of the Westeros system is another form of boiling frogs in warm water, which is the result Simon is happy to see.

As long as the bubble doesn't burst due to the financing behavior of the Westeros system.

This pot is too big.

At the end of the day's work, there was a family dinner for the Raybould family in the evening, and the Robert Iger family, who had also returned from the West Coast, was also invited.

The next day is Tuesday, May 6th.

Of course, the tens of billions of dollars in bond issuance plans cannot be completed in one day, but James Raybould is responsible for coordinating the follow-up.

Simon wasn't free either.

Tuesday was mostly spent on Daenerys Entertainment's TV business on the East Coast.

It's summer vacation, the off-season of the TV industry, and the TV promotion season in May has ended. At present, major TV stations are mainly preparing for the autumn show, launching various pilot episodes to observe market feedback.

In fact, Daenerys Entertainment is still continuing to digest and integrate the Metropolitan ABC Group that it annexed last year, so even if it is the off-season, it does not dare to relax at all, not to mention the Olympics next month. The TV station still has a lot of related content to follow up.

There is another very important item.

Negotiations have been ongoing regarding ESPN's buyout of the rights to broadcast NFL games.

This matter started when Daenerys Entertainment won Metropolis ABC last year. Until now, the negotiation has lasted for more than half a year. It expires, which is the Super Bowl at the beginning of each year, which is the end of a football league season, so even talking about it last year was useless.

However, no matter how long it takes, there will be results in the end.

Several core clauses involved are basically finalized.

8 years, $90 billion.

This is exactly the same as the price in Simon's memory. In fact, it is also the upper limit of the offer that Simon set to ESPN CEO Steve Bernstein before the negotiations started.

The reason why it took so long is also because of this.

After all, after Metropolitan ABC Group was acquired by Daenerys Entertainment, the National Football League will inevitably have the idea of ​​​​eating big players. Daenerys Entertainment is a fat sheep, and it is not for nothing.

Unfortunately, what Simon dislikes the most is being taken advantage of.

8 billion U.S. dollars in 90 years. Compared with the previous broadcast price, this asking price is already very high. If the National Football League is still insatiable, Simon would rather not buy it. At worst, he would start by buying out the NBA.

Now the National Football League basically knows the upper limit of the offer that Daenerys Entertainment can give, and there is no sign of breaking the face. It is expected to sign a formal contract in July, but it will not start until the new season in the second half of next year. , The broadcast fee of 7 billion U.S. dollars is also paid in batches after the contract is officially executed.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, after finishing his day's work, Simon rushed from the East Coast headquarters of Daenerys Entertainment on the Upper West Side to the East Village in Lower Manhattan.

In an office building next to First Avenue in the East Village.

As soon as Simon arrived, he was welcomed in by Grace Spoulter, who was obviously already waiting.

This is an old-looking red brick office building with about ten floors.

On the phone over the weekend before, when she heard that Simon was coming, Grace asked him if he wanted to see the girls she had collected over a busy few months.

In fact, it is the new year's Elite World Elite Model Contest.

The competition started in April, and through the selection of 4+ applicants around the world, as of now, it has entered the top 10,000.The last 64 girls were able to come to North America and become the official signing customers of Elite. At the same time, they also participated in various trainings and finals of the model competition.

Unlike the "American Idol" launched by Daenerys Entertainment last year, the Elite Model Contest has a much simpler process.

Moreover, in previous competitions, the artificial tendency was very serious.

This is also the main reason why Elite's scandal broke out in the late 90s and led to the company's decline.

Because Elite executives, judges, and even ordinary employees regard the modeling competition as a hunting ground, Linda Evangelista's ex-husband Gaillard Marie showed a thick stack of photos in the unannounced interview of the BBC and said It was against this background that the 'big words' to sleep all the girls above came out. As a result, a scandal led to the rapid decline of Elite.

The tree fell and scattered.

Now, Elite has been taken over by Grace, and has indirectly become a member of the Westeros system. Of course, Simon will not allow this to happen again.

Under Grace's strict supervision, this year's Elite World Elite Model Contest is much more formal than previous years.

For example, Linda Evangelista’s ex-husband Gaillard Marie, the president of Elite’s Paris branch, was cleared out last year. Now Elite can be said to be in the hands of Grace alone, and it is no longer the era of John Casablanca. Losing the undisciplined state of aggressiveness, the entire company has regained its vitality, and various business processes have gradually been standardized, and the chances of certain things happening are much smaller.

Of course it cannot be avoided.

In such a circle, a slap can't be slapped. Some people are hunters, and naturally some people are willing to become prey for the sake of superiority.

Frankly speaking, Simon himself is the hunter standing at the top of this food chain, so he certainly doesn't like other predators looking around in his hunting grounds, so instead it promotes changes within Elite, because after Elite's reform, all employees including subordinates The income of models is on the rise, and the gold content of this job has increased significantly.In this case, especially those executives who are potential hunters, it is not worth the loss if they lose their jobs because they covet targets that the big boss may fancy.

After all, keep warm to think.

In any case, rice bowl is more important.

Simon and Grace entered the elevator of the building together with several other entourages. Looking at the obvious mottled appearance of the elevator, they asked, "Why did you choose this place?"

There were other people around, and Grace just leaned against Simon lightly, without seeming too intimate. She turned her head and looked at the man beside her, and said softly, "Because it's cheap, they used to be in Greenwich, and later they were in Soho. It’s the East Village now, and in a few years, maybe we’ll have to go to Brooklyn.”

Simon smiled and said, "Elite shouldn't be short of money, right?"

Elite in the era of John Casablanca was very profitable, otherwise, it would not be able to rent a three-story office space on Fifth Avenue as its headquarters. Now, after streamlining redundant operations and opening up new businesses, Elite’s income has increased, while expenses have decreased, and profits will only increase. Gao, maybe in a few years, Elite will be able to build its own headquarters building like CAA in Hollywood.

Grace said: "Of course there is no shortage, but I have to be responsible to the shareholders. Moreover, if I save some, I can also provide benefits to everyone. Naturally, unnecessary expenses can be saved."''

Simon curled his mouth: "Such a good boss, I want to work for you."

Grace just pursed her lips and chuckled.

The elevator door opened quickly, this is the seventh floor.Everyone got out of the elevator, turned left, and came to a doorway. Entering the door is an open room, about seven or eight meters wide and 20 meters long. It is obviously designed as an office space, but it is now used as a practice room.

The feeling at first sight when entering the door.

All legs.

All legs.

full of legs...

The main reason is that a large group of tall girls in tights who are practicing body steps are too eye-catching. Moreover, they are almost the same height, white vests, black tights, and uniformly showing a small waist. This uniform feeling is simply amazing. It is the gospel of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Seeing Grace, the Elite headmistress, bring a young man into the door, the girls who were training all looked over curiously. They were puzzled at first, and then they felt that someone seemed familiar. It seemed to be... Simon Westeros?

64 girls, no matter what part of the world they come from, probably don't know the name Simon Westeros.And there are not many who have not seen Simon's appearance from various media.At this time, the real person was face to face, and after repeated confirmation, each and every one of the pupils lit up.

To be able to make it this far from 10,000+ girls, apart from excellent physical appearance conditions, none of these girls is a fool.

Of course it is clear what the name Simon Westeros means.

At least, thinking about the other party's series of identities, it is completely a hanging ladder to reach the sky step by step!

As more and more girls reacted, the atmosphere on the scene inevitably became agitated. Even the trainers in charge of training the girls looked at Simon frequently. Everyone also realized why it was already past the 5 o'clock off work time. , Today we will add another thousand hours of rehearsal.

Obviously it was for the arrival of the big man not far away.

Simon didn't walk towards the crowd, but sat down on a simple bench against the wall, took a roster from Grace, saw the woman's inquiring gaze, and said with a smile: "Let them continue, I'll take a look."

Naturally, Grace didn't have any objections, so she called a person in charge at the scene to explain something, and when the person walked away, she saw the man pat on the empty space beside her, and then sat down next to him.

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"For this model contest, we have produced more than 170 hours of various videos and put them on ABC, Fashion TV, MTV and other TV platforms and YouTube network platforms, mainly YouTube, and the results are very good. Next, I plan to continue What do you think about expanding the content production team, Simon?"

Sitting on the bench and looking through the roster in his hand, Simon nodded with a smile: "Very good, don't worry that your content will squeeze Daenerys' direct production department, the current size of Daenerys' TV business If it is too big, we must introduce external content to form a catfish effect to avoid internal rigidity. If the ratings of your content are better than that of the internal team, I will only ask them to settle the score."

Grace hummed lightly, and touched Simon without a trace, pointing to the page the man just turned to: "This girl is not bad, Michelle Alves, she belongs to your favorite type, and she will soon I'm 18 years old, I'll help you watch."

Michelle Alves, from Brazil, is 17 years old and 179CM tall.

Another Brazilian supermodel.

And Simon also has an impression. Looking at the photos at this time, the girl is a bit like a collection of Gisele Bundchen and Alessandra Ambrosio. She is not only fit and hot, but also has some sweet sister temperament of Ambrosio.Bundchen and Ambrosio are both in their girl team at this time, and Simon plans to be a personal maid in the future, one will fade away, and Michelle Alves in front of him can be cultivated.

Like Fernanda Lima.

In fact, it is like a combination of Fernanda Tavares and Adriana Lima, who were also included in the girl team by Simon.

The resources of the fashion industry are limited.

In history, some people became supermodels and maintained their peak for many years, just like Gisele, Alexander, etc., some people have the same appearance and body, but they can only live in the second-tier, Michelle Alves and Fair That was the case with Nanda Lima.

It can only be said that this is fate.

Simon no longer tried to dissuade Grace from trying to flatter her to find a girl for him, as long as he could avoid flaws on his side, so he nodded slightly.

Seeing that Simon had gone through half of the roster, Grace said, "How about arranging a small party later?"

Simon shook his head this time: "I still don't want it."

The last 64 girls, a group of goblins not far from the scene, all seem to be close to 6 feet tall. In fact, according to the information on the roster, the average age of the girls may be less than 16 years old, and many of them are just Just turned 14, like another supermodel seed that Simon remembers on the roster, Ana Beatriz Barros, also from Brazil, just turned 14 last month.

This is the norm in the modeling industry.

Now that they are selected, after several years of training and making their official debut, most models tend to pass away quickly after the age of 20. Their career period is very short, and they eat the food of youth. After all, there are only a few supermodels who can last forever.

In short, any party held with such a group of girls, even if nothing happened, would inevitably be criticized if it spread.

After flipping through the roster in this way, Simon got up and said to Grace, "Let's go, treat you to dinner. It's already being prepared at the Upper East Side apartment."

Coming here to see a group of goblins is an excuse.

Simon's voice was not loud, Grace still glanced around shyly, got up, and even forgot to say hello to this side, and walked out with Simon.

Apartments on 68th Street on the Upper East Side.

After dinner, dinner, dinner, and supper.

When Grace, who was only wearing a white men's shirt, returned to the master bedroom upstairs in the apartment with a fruit plate, Simon had left the big bed and was sitting on the sofa by the window overlooking Central Park, with a computer on his lap laptop.

When Grace approached, she reached out and put it on her lap, rearranged the laptop, and took a bite of the apple handed over by the woman. Simon said, "Your waist is thinner again. A woman with a thin waist looks good, but you still don't want it on weekdays." Go on a diet, or do some surgery."

"No, if you're on a diet and you're sick all day long, how can you have the energy to take care of Elite? I won't touch surgery. In fact, the side effects are very serious, and only those little girls who don't think about the future will do it. Grace put a sticker on Simon and said, "It's mainly for exercise. I built a gym next to the office."

Simon kissed the woman's fair neck, and said with a smile: "I can feel it, what is practiced is not the same as what is made."

Grace took a small snack: "It seems that you have compared a lot."

"Yes, you gave it to me."

Grace murmured fascinatedly: "I will always give you girls, as long as you always remember me."

"Okay, don't talk about it all the time, just give me another apple."

Grace picked up an apple and gave it to Simon, carefully took back the toothpick, and looked at the laptop placed on her lap by the man. On it was the YouTube interface, and a girl with big breasts was introducing how to DIY a set of furniture.

Naturally recognized.

This is the "Ordinary Girl" project incubated by Elite's new media operation department during this period, or the idea that Simon called her suddenly. The girl on the screen is named Christina Hendricks, Grace's assistant M. Cher Sonam personally took charge of this project, coupled with Grace's special attention and Elite's resource support, the result was very good.

Christina Hendricks is positioned as an ordinary middle-class girl who loves life, is a bit rebellious, likes acting, and rents with a few friends in a single-family apartment near the sea in Huntington, Long Island. My friends are also Elite’s contract internet celebrities, and they focus on different settings.

Including single-family apartments, which are also exclusively leased by Elite.

The whole "Ordinary Girls" project started from the renovation of the rented apartment. The four girls lived together and did everything by themselves. It was a bit like a reality show. It's a deliberate arrangement by the team.

From the official launch at the end of April to the present, it has taken more than a month, through the promotional resources obtained from the official YouTube through Elite, coupled with the fact that this project is indeed well-planned and well-produced, the current number of subscriptions for the main channel "Ordinary Girl" of the four girls It has exceeded 4 million, and the viewing volume of each video has generally reached the million level.

Such data, even if placed on the YouTube platform more than ten years later in the original time and space, is quite impressive.