Hollywood Hunter

Money beauty, money beauty, money and beauty are never separated.

After experiencing the beauty last night, Simon went to visit Qian the next morning.

In fact, it is the latest batch of gold purchased by the Westeros system, which is located in the underground vault of the Westeros building. This batch is 50 tons, which is not a small amount.

Or a non-public deal from Eastern Europe.

After all, as we all know, Goose is the world's largest gold producer.

The continuous hoarding of gold in these years happened to be the era of long-term low gold prices in the 1990s. In fact, it can be regarded as a big bargain. Just recently, the price of gold has been hovering at a low of US$260 an ounce, which is even lower than the US$300-400 an ounce in previous years, which can be described as the lowest price of gold in the past 30 years.

As for the reason, it is fundamentally simple. In the 1990s, the United States was at the peak of its national power, and its strength also meant that the credit of the US dollar as the national currency reached its highest point. This ebbs and flows, the dollar strengthens, and gold, which is to some extent the opposite, naturally weakens.

In short, for the Westeros family, over the past few years, through various public and private channels, including the latest batch of 50 tons, the gold reserves in the vaults of North America and Australia have just exceeded 1,000 tons.

That's why Simon came here to watch this batch of gold enter the warehouse today.

To be precise, a certain number is actually 1036 tons. According to the current price of 260 US dollars per ounce, this is actually only equivalent to 8.6 billion US dollars, which does not seem to be much. However, this actually exceeds the gold reserves of most countries in the world.

Speaking of the other side of the ocean, the current national gold reserves are actually only 450 tons.

What's more, this is only the price at the lowest point of the current value.

According to the original time and space when the price of gold once soared to US$2,000 an ounce, the price of this batch of gold will immediately rise to US$66 billion.

It seems that there are not many, but it is definitely the king of currencies that do not require any credit guarantees in the world. When necessary, relying on this gold, the Westeros system plus several times leverage for financial operations is not a problem. In comparison, it is the U.S. dollar. The same year in 2000, in fact, to some extent, was a turning point of prosperity and decline.

The evidence is also that after about 2000, the price of gold has been rising all the way.

In addition, the hoarding of gold by the Westeros family will of course not stop. Not to mention other things, it is just that the Westeros system has quietly invested in gold mines around the world. At present, several mines in Australia, Latin America, and Africa can be identified. The comprehensive annual output has reached about 35 tons, and it will continue to grow in the future. This batch of gold is not intended to be sold, and will only flow into the Westeros family's own vault in the future.

It's also interesting to say that Simon was worried at first that his hoarding of gold would attract more attention. However, the result is that it may not be possible to attract attention, but relevant news has always been limited to a very small circle.

The reason is equally simple. In the era of credit currency, the hoarding of gold by a certain super rich is obviously inconsistent with the mainstream concept. If too many people know about it, it must be a family that damages the credit currency of all parties.

Therefore, the opinions of Western countries are quite unified and they selectively ignore this matter. Naturally, the mainstream media will definitely not report it.

As for attitude?

There is certainly no shortage of people who are dissatisfied with Simon's actions. However, Simon's actions did not obviously hurt the interests of anyone, so all parties just kept silent.

Occasionally, some people around who know the situation will ridicule Simon's "stupid investment".

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the price of gold went down for ten years, and it looked like it would go down forever, and it would be unwise for someone to continue to buy gold for many years.

Simon just laughed it off.

As for teasing on the surface, no one is sure whether they will follow suit and hoard some in private. After all, the miracle of wealth that Simon has created over the years is obvious to all. In terms of making money, few people probably think that they are more discerning than Simon Westeros.

After watching the gold storage, he went to the Westeros headquarters in Rockefeller Center to handle some work. Near noon, Simon set off for Southampton by helicopter.

There is an engagement reception here today.

The parties involved were Grace's daughter Rita and the heir to the Leveson family, Alexander Leveson.

Rita Spurte is 22 years old this year. In 1997, she followed in the footsteps of her boyfriend and entered Columbia University to major in international relations. Then, the girl was very smart and hardworking. It only took three years to be with her boyfriend who entered the university a year earlier. After graduation, both of them are now working in Citibank with the advice and help of their parents.

I did not go to Cersei Capital or First Boston, which are more related to family relations, because I want to train myself better. After all, this job is just too much, and both of them are actually heirs, even if the scale of elite is far smaller. Levison Group, Grace has also confirmed that she will hand it over to her daughter in the future. Of course, she does not want her daughter to participate directly. A great asset.

Then there is now.

The young couple have been able to go from high school to college smoothly, their relationship has always been stable, and they are considered well-matched, so they decided to get married first.

Southampton is an estate of the Levison family. After the Levison Group gradually shifted its foundation from southern Florida to New York, the family also began to buy more properties here.

The private Black Hawk helicopter stopped on the lawn, Simon walked down the gangway, and a group of people came up to meet him.

Parents on both sides, Francis Levison and Bryce Leveson, Grace Krepp with their son Ray, and Rita's father, Bill Spurter, with his young wife, together Surrounded by a pair of golden boys and girls like Michael Levison and Rita Spurte.

There were also some other important guests.

Simon greeted the adults on both sides, and just nodded to the people around him, then walked towards the boys and girls, congratulated with a smile, handed over his own gift, and reminded: "Be careful, Mike, it's a bit heavy."

Even though Michael Levison was dressed up, he still had a standard athlete's physique. With a height of 6 feet 3 inches, he was taller and taller than Simon. However, because someone deliberately reminded him a little later as a prank, the boy caught the seemingly The small and exquisite gift box was obviously dropped, and it was almost dropped.

Fortunately, Simon didn't let go completely, and took advantage of the situation to support him.

However, in the end Michael still had to hold the gift with both hands to be able to hold it firmly.

Everyone laughed lightly when they saw this, and they couldn't help being curious, what did Westeros send so heavy? It seems that there is only a box the size of a dictionary. Perhaps the heaviest thing is probably only gold.

It can't be so tacky, can it?

Simon arrived and the reception officially started.

The Levison family spared no expense for this engagement reception, and specially invited David Letterman to be the host. It was Grace who quietly greeted Simon and paid a large amount of appearance fee to be able to invite them.

Actually, Simon thinks Jay Leno on NBC is more in line with the atmosphere here. However, since David Letterman from his own TV station has been selected here, he can't tear down his own station.

Perhaps it was because the big boss greeted him personally, and the money was enough. David Letterman obviously prepared carefully, and the whole process was full of golden sentences, and the atmosphere was quite active.

The half-hour formal process passed in a blink of an eye, and then it was free time.

After all, it is the children's engagement reception, not to mention Bryce Levison, even Grace, even if all parties are well aware of her relationship with a certain man, they intentionally or unintentionally keep some distance from Simon, but this is also It didn't affect Simon's popularity in the slightest.

Celine Dion, who was invited to sing for the reception, just started the classic song. Simon was surrounded by a group of little girls. In the end, a girl who claimed to be Michael Levison's cousin took the lead and dragged Simon into the Dance floor on the lawn.

Then there are all kinds of turns.

An unknown young wife of a banker, an unknown daughter of a steel family, an unknown TV star...

Just when Simon was having fun and was inevitably dizzy, today's heroine Rita Spoulter helped him out and came to invite him. After all, although Simon has never claimed to be anything in these years, for her and his brother Ray, a certain This man is quite good, whether it's birthdays or holidays, even if he doesn't show up, he never forgets to give them a gift.

Rita, who changed into a danceable Gucci dress, took Simon to the dance floor, dancing slowly to the soothing jazz, and finally the girl asked curiously: "Simon, what did you give just now, Mike?" Almost made a fool of yourself?"

The girl seemed to be talking curiously, obviously with a little bit of reproach.

Simon smiled and said, "Guess what?"

Rita rolled her eyes lightly: "How could I guess?"

"Let me give you a hint," Simon said, "about 30 pounds."

Rita's eyes widened slightly, and she immediately realized: "A box of that size, weighing 30 pounds, only...gold?"

"Yeah, gold." Simon half-jokingly said, "I forgot to prepare a gift in advance. I happened to go to the vault in the morning, so I picked a gold brick for you."

Rita rolled her eyes again: "It's so tacky."

As he said it, he was inevitably more curious.

Gold is for sure. However, thinking about how careful this man has been to their siblings over the years, he will definitely not carelessly forget to prepare for such an important occasion today, so he becomes more and more curious.

Gold indeed.

Of course, Simon will not just take a gold brick to make a living, but a batch of very exquisite gold coins, which Chen Qing from China helped find a craftsman to make. Each coin has quite beautiful words and meanings. Therefore, in addition to its own value, every gold coin is also a work of art, which is very worthy of collection.

It is even very resistant to collection.

After all, there is no more stable substance than gold in this world.

In addition, although he gave away a full 30 pounds, Simon actually still has a lot in his hand, which is very worth playing with.

After chatting casually, when a dance was about to end, Rita finally said in a more formal tone: "Simon, I... I mean, from now on, I need you to take care of my mother, and you will definitely ,Is it right?"

"Of course." Simon didn't hesitate, but subconsciously joked again: "You're just engaged, and you won't care about your mother in the future?"

"That's not what I meant." The girl said with some reproach, "I just, you understand."

Seeing the girl's pleading eyes, Simon also restrained his expression: "I promise."

The music ends.

The two left the dance floor together, and Rita, who was standing side by side with Simon, turned into a bit of a snack: "Actually, me, and Lei, of course we love mom very much, but all these years, mom cares about you the most.

Woolen cloth. "

Simon happened to notice Grace in the crowd outside the dance floor looking over softly, and nodded: "Don't worry."

Rita's tone suddenly became brisk again. Seeing that no one was approaching, she continued, "Of course don't worry, Simon, although you... It's recognized that you are very carefree, but you are indeed very good to my mother, even to me. You and Ray are very careful, and John, heh, I can only suggest that maybe you should give John some more time, otherwise he may be a little alienated from you when he grows up."

Simon just nodded slightly again.

John Westeros, the little guy with Grace, his own ninth son.

Of course Simon cares.

However, I have to say that for my children, perhaps subconsciously, I have higher expectations, and it is inevitable that I have lost a little bit of the warmth that ordinary fathers should have for their children.

Even, Simon actually quite agrees with a certain concept.

Father and son are natural enemies.

Speaking of it, probably the higher the social class between father and son, the more similar emotions tend to be more prominent.

Of course there are ways to change.

For example, the strategy of tiger father and dog son is to raise children in the direction of waste.

It's just that Simon would rather his group of little guys confront him in the future, and he doesn't want one generation to be worse than the next.

In short, from the very beginning, Simon's attitude was very clear and not contradictory at all. Therefore, he never looked like a standard good father to his own group of boys, but his attitude towards a small number of daughters, not even his own daughters, was more gentle.

This is actually an obvious patriarchy.

I don't have too high expectations for my daughter, so I can show a gentle father more purely. As for the boys who don't get much warmth from their father, Simon doesn't care too much about whether he will resent him in the future because of his partiality as a father.

After walking out of the dance floor, another woman came forward immediately. Simon chose to refuse this time, and walked towards Grace and the others with Rita.

So I stayed at the reception for more than half an hour. At two o'clock in the afternoon, Simon said goodbye to everyone and flew back to Manhattan by helicopter.