Hollywood New Century

New York, as the economic situation in the United States continues to deteriorate, the current scene of this largest city is also intriguing.

Simon has been paying attention to the five major investment banks in the United States, Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns, which have been acquired by Bank of America and **** respectively. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Lehman Brothers also have their stock prices plummeting. Only Goldman Sachs has a fund Earned some, not bad.

In the quiet Long Island estate, Simon sat on the sofa watching the news broadcast of the Fed and the Treasury convened a closed-door meeting of bank executives.

"Jamie Timon, Chairman and CEO of ****,

Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd Branfin,

John Tyne, Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch,

Morgan Stanley Chairman and CEO John Mack,

Citibank Group CEO Vikram Pandey, "Simon looked at the close-up shots of big people, and said with some playfulness,

"The last one is Dick Fuld, CEO of Lehman Brothers!" Martha Cosby also said.

"Now Lehman Brothers is losing money and running on a large scale, but it is in jeopardy. The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve want to convince these banks to save Lehman Brothers!" Simon played.

"It would be very troublesome for a heavyweight financial institution like Lehman Brothers to have an accident. The government really cannot allow such a thing to happen," Martha Cosby's previous function in investing in Tesla Group showed a certain ability, followed by South Shee Davis has really improved his abilities.

Simon shook his head and said with a smile: "Lehman Brothers is different, he is too deep into the subprime mortgage crisis, it is a bottomless pit, you know what American capitalists are like! Unless the government guarantees it again, it will be difficult. "

After all, unlike Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns, which still have value, the government's 700 billion bailout fund has not yet been approved by Congress. Can Lehman Brothers wait?

"Boss, in the past year, the capital managed by our Phoenix Fund has exceeded 3 billion US dollars. We also made some profits by shorting bank stocks. Now it is expanding rapidly, and we will also follow the nine-headed bird fund to invest part in the oil futures market!" Phoenix Fund, as a private equity fund that distinguishes the boss's own Nine-headed Bird Fund, was originally only used to absorb the capital of some Hollywood stars, but now it has become famous, of course, it is dipped in the light of the Nine-headed Bird Fund.

"The direction from now on?" Simon said and smiled, already there,

"Look at this information!"

Simon said and handed Martha Cosby Netflix's details, and said, "Before the end of this year, the Phoenix Fund will get as many shares of this company as possible!"

"Netflix's current stock price is around $28 a share, with a total market value of almost 1.8 billion. It's just an online DVD rental company. Now it has joined the streaming membership push service, but the stock price looks unstable now?" Martha Cosby aside Look, while talking.

"It's Netflix, and Phoenix Fund can't always do hedging transactions. It's good for you to slowly absorb Netflix shares in the past six months. Now Netflix's stock price is also falling. The more shares, the heavier the right to speak!" Simon said to Of course, Netflix knows the future. If Xinghai Entertainment is used to acquire Netflix now, it will be too uneconomical, and the valuation of Xinghai Entertainment will be turned upside down after next year.

Anyway, the Phoenix Fund is in its own hands anyway. Netflix will also be affected by the financial tsunami this year. The stock will fall, and it will start to rise next year!

10 years later, Netflix will divest the DVD business after the DVD reaches its peak and fall into a period of turmoil; at that time, Xinghai Entertainment was already strong, and Phoenix, as a shareholder of Netflix, proposed to use Xinghai Entertainment to acquire Netflix. Also minimizes the power of founder Reed Hastings.

Simon doesn't like the frothy share price of Netflix, which was entirely propped up by debt. And I am not too lazy to let Phoenix Fund like my Nine-headed Bird Fund to buy some stocks that will make a lot of money in the future. It is best to be the driving force for the rise of Xinghai Entertainment.

"Understood!" Martha Cosby nodded.

"By the way, can the construction of the Xinghai Building in Tribeca begin by the end of the year?" Simon asked suddenly. For several months, Simon has seen the design plan. It is 792 feet high (241 meters), 52 floors, and covers an area of ​​6.6 Ten thousand square meters!

"The total budget of the architectural firm designed according to the requirements of the boss requires $650 million!" Martha Cosby said helplessly. Originally, $450 million was enough, but the boss himself requested an increase of $200 million. !

Simon's eyelids jumped, and he just hoped that it would become a landmark in Tribeca after it was completed, and he made some requests.

"Yes, it will be the New York headquarters of Xinghai Group in the future!" Simon doesn't care, it won't be a loss anyway!

"Boss, you're going to the big Indiana Jones celebration party at the Four Seasons at the Paramount Hotel," said Martha Cosby in Laura Collins' absence.

"Indiana Jones 4 was released globally on May 22. Now the North American box office has reached 300 million US dollars, and the global box office has also exceeded 600 million US dollars. The series of movies are really cash milk," Simon is of course envious, but fortunately just wait Xinghai Pictures' "Twilight", "The Hangover" and other series of movies would be good.

Of course, after the successful release of the most important "Iron Man", it will be unstoppable.

Steve Spielberg, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, he can't handle himself.

Simon No matter what, entertainment is always its own foundation, and the time spent on movies is always the most.

Promotion of Mamma Mia! in New York Accompanied by Amanda Seyfried of "Indiana Jones", Simon drove straight to the Four Seasons Hotel where the "Indiana Jones 4" celebration banquet was held!

"Twentieth Century Fox's promotion is still pretty good," Simon said with a smile while sitting in the car. Sure enough, there was News Corporation behind it, but it was different. Amanda Seyfried beside him was excited. The celebration feast of Bao Qi Bing 4!

"That's right, and the musical itself is very popular. It's still a week before the North American release, and I'm also a little nervous," Amanda Seyfried is a young actress after all, and it's not easy to get this role, Of course, it is fully cooperating with the promotion of the movie.

Simon looked at the girl's rosy face because of excitement. She put on a green low-cut evening dress, hugged the girl, and directly reached out to caress the girl's chest. He smiled and said, "It's about half an hour before I get to the Four Seasons Hotel!"

The actress' evening dress is not only beautiful but also convenient.