Hollywood New Century

The San Francisco metropolitan area, the economic circle centered on the San Francisco Bay, is dominated by San Francisco on the San Francisco Peninsula, Oakland in the east of the Bay Area, and San Jose in the south of the Bay Area.

Not far from the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco is San Francisco's Chinatown, home to the largest Chinatown on the West Coast.

"Sir, Chinatown is here!" The driver pointed to the archway in Chinatown, and Simon nodded and got out of the car.

Simon entered Chinatown for the first time. New York has the largest Chinatown in the United States, but Simon has never been there.

With yellow skin, black hair, and a really familiar face, Simon walked alone on the street to feel the closeness in his bones.

Chinatown is a large community composed of several streets. Simon Pike is indeed aimless, just because he came to San Francisco, he came here on purpose.

The location of Silicon Valley, the San Jose area in the southern part of the Bay Area, is an important industrial location for technology venture capital.

After walking to a small park bench and sitting down, Simon looked at the few pedestrians in the park like this, and his thoughts were full of thoughts...

The phone in his pocket rang, and Simon took out his phone. It was Laura Collins.

"What's up?"

"Boss, the crew of 'Life and Death' went to Germany today. The filming cycle is 4 months. It is estimated that the film will be closed before Christmas," Laura Collins reported on the company's next projects.

"Got it, how's the filming of Slumdog Millionaire in India?" Simon asked.

"It went well. The director specially asked an Indian producer to help, and the crew didn't encounter much trouble during the filming process in the slum over there!"

"That's good. After all, the environment in India is different. Just let the crew members pay attention to safety." Simon, of course, has no confidence in the safety of Asan's country. Fortunately, the staff are all male.

"Boss, where are you? Not in Los Angeles?"

"In San Francisco, I will be very busy in the next few months, just call me if the company has anything!" Now Simon certainly won't focus on the film company, and the last big harvest of the year is about to begin.

After hanging up, Simon left Chinatown and met with Wells Fargo executives at night with Nancy Davis.

Wells Fargo, of course, is also a private commercial bank, headquartered in San Francisco, not comparable to **** and Bank of America, and Citibank is the same level.

"Bank of America's former headquarters was also in the financial district of San Francisco, but it has moved to Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina, in the southeastern United States," said Nancy Davis and Simon Pike after they left Wells Fargo. Talk while walking.

"Wells Fargo is also good. Although it is the fourth largest bank in terms of volume, it attracts the most personal deposits. The proportion of insurance, real estate mortgages, and private credit is not heavy, and it is still very stable. We let them do settlement, or Good," Simon didn't really care, except that Wells Fargo chose the bank because it was on the West Coast.

"Simon, what about us about foreign exchange?" Nancy Davis asked.

"That's not important, it's convenient to convert it into euros. After all, our purpose is now on the New York Stock Exchange. Both rooms can be settled in U.S. dollars, and we mainly short the two rooms," Simon said.

"Understood, before the end of the month, I will start building positions!" Nancy Davis will do what Simon wants no matter what, but the pressure is still great.

Simon nodded and then parted ways with Nancy Davis.

"Sir, are you going back to the hotel?" After Simon got into the car, the driver asked.

"No, I want to see the Golden Gate Bridge at night!" Simon said casually, leaning on the chair in the back seat of the car.

The Golden Gate Bridge, connecting the San Francisco Peninsula and California, runs north-south across the Golden Gate Strait.

Located on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco, the majestic Golden Gate Bridge spans the strait, and the driver drove the car to the south of the bridge, on a high ground at the end of San Francisco.

"The Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, Union Square, these tourist attractions in San Francisco are too ordinary," Simon leaned on the car, and the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance did not look so beautiful under the lights.

"Sir, maybe you have seen too many beautiful buildings. The Golden Gate Bridge is often blown up in movies!" The driver echoed.

"I prefer the natural scenery of mountains and rivers, as for buildings..." When Simon was talking, a noisy voice suddenly came from not far away.

"That's David Beckham, next year's LA Galaxy season ticket must be bought!"

"What's so good about football, we should go to rugby, baseball and basketball!"

...

It turned out to be a young couple, and the woman was going to watch the Los Angeles Galaxy game directly to see David Beckham.

"I can't believe that David Beckham's joining the Los Angeles Galaxy will have such a big impact. In the future, when the Rose Bowl stadium is played in the Los Angeles Galaxy, the audience will definitely be much larger," Simon also sighed, MLS (Major League Soccer) said. Good business, David Beckham's personal influence is now absolutely world-class.

"Yes, my daughter is going to be clamoring to watch the LA Galaxy game. God knows she doesn't understand the rules of football," the driver also smiled helplessly.

"Hehe, David Beckham joining the LA Galaxy is a boost for the team and the entire MLS," Simon laughed, after all, after David Beckham came to Los Angeles last month, Tom Crewe Mrs. and Mrs. Will Smith also held a special welcome party.

It can be said that David Beckham is very positive about the entire MLS system and market operations.

"Go back!" Simon himself has his own ideas about basketball, football and rugby.

NBA teams and NFL teams, I believe there will be sales soon, there are always those Yankees who need to cash out.

As for football teams, the Premier League has always been Simon's first choice, as for La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1.

Bundesliga teams, 50+1 rules, 51% of the club's shares belong to members, and external investors can only have a maximum of 49%, and they cannot own the team's operation rights;

Serie A teams, not to mention the economic downturn in Italy, land property rights belong to the government, and teams cannot own stadium property rights;

In La Liga and Ligue 1, except for the leaders, the rest of the teams are indeed worthless. Simon thinks about it and it is best to choose the Premier League.

Or, leagues other than the Premier League could have teams and maybe build a sports entertainment empire!