Hollywood Hunter

Chapter 337 Bachelor Party

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"Fortune" magazine is a biweekly magazine owned by Time Inc. On the day the new issue was released, Steve Ross called Simon, saying that he did not know about it in advance, and congratulated Simon by the way. Said he would be on time for his wedding on March 3.

With $4.5 billion in cash and other assets, Simon has become the first super-rich in federal history with assets exceeding $10 billion.

This does seem to be something to celebrate.

During the release of "Pretty Woman", because of its competition with "Seven Years of Storm" starring Steven Seagal of Warner Bros., Time magazine, also owned by Time Warner, gave "Pretty Woman" a bad review. .

Time Warner isn't monolithic inside, but if Steve Ross didn't know about it, Simon wouldn't believe it.

However, Simon did not care about these things.

As "Fortune" magazine exposed Simon's overseas asset materials registered with irs, what he ushered in was not congratulations, but doubts.

Of course, the figure of $4.5 billion that was exposed by Fortune and sparked heated media attention is not the exact size of Simon's overseas assets, but a registered taxable amount.

Also, this money is not all in cash, but also includes a large portion of short-term convertible financial products in order to obtain a slightly higher and very safe return on capital than bank interest.

If you include assets such as Nokia, Gucci and Simon's overseas properties, Simon's assets outside the United States are enough to easily exceed $5 billion.

Of course, most of the media and the public don't pay attention to this.

The focus of public opinion questioning is, how did the huge cash of 4.5 billion US dollars come from?

The development of Daenerys Entertainment has a very clear context to be found, however, the operation of Cersei Capital is opaque to most people.

As a result, too many people have a hard time believing that a hedge fund could bring Simon a huge fortune of $4.5 billion in just one year.

You know, such a profit scale is already comparable to the most profitable corporate giants in North America, such as IBM, Ford Motor, and General Electric.

Similar corporate giants, all of which have reached the level of hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue.

Therefore, the media and the public cannot help but question whether there are some unknown secrets behind the huge sum of $4.5 billion.

Facing more and more doubts, Simon had to respond.

Pat Kingsley, who remains his PR manager, pointed out at a Feb. 28 press conference that Simon had already proven his talent in finance during the 1987 S\u0026P 500, and the past year The $4.5 billion in revenue is completely dependent on the legal operation of Cersei Capital and related commission income, and there is no insider.

With that said, people just remembered.

Simon became the youngest billionaire in North America through the operation of stock index futures during the stock market crash in 1987.

Now, through another operation, Simon Westeros has completed the progression from a billionaire to a tens of billionaires, which seems reasonable.

However, $4.5 billion.

This amount of money is too large for a single individual.

You know, on the Forbes North America 400 richest list last year, besides Simon Westeros, only John Kruger's net worth exceeded this number.

Even on the list of the world's richest people, there are less than 20 people with a net worth of more than $4.5 billion.

What's more, this asset is all cash, not real estate or stock assets that are difficult to cash out.

In this way, Simon Westeros may be the richest person in the world with the most cash.

Simon's operation method during the stock market crash in 1987 has been completely exposed in the media, and there is no possibility of copying the god-level operation that follows the curve of the market.

This time, what about the inside story?

With this kind of thinking, many media began to blow to federal regulators, asking them to intervene in investigating more details of Cersei Capital's operations.

However, these agitation are doomed to fail.

Cersei Capital has only recently confirmed that it will be headquartered in Manhattan, after the Cayman Islands-registered hedge fund was not subject to federal jurisdiction at all.

As for the proponent's use of Cersei Capital's operations in the U.S. stock and bond market last year as an excuse, it's still hard to make sense.

Unless Cersei Capital is suspected of illegal operations, it is impossible for any regulatory agency to rashly launch an investigation, let alone require a company to disclose its business information for no reason.

Are there any irregularities in the operation of Cersei Capital?

With more financial institutions in North America secretly watching Cersei Capital last year, if there were any violations, they would have been exposed long ago. Too many people want to see Cersei Capital unlucky even if it's not good for themselves, just out of jealousy.

As a result, nothing happened.

If you can get the handle and stab Cersei Capital, it will be no problem.

If there is no substantive evidence, just because Cersei Capital is too profitable to launch an investigation forcibly, the result will only be disheartened.

Simon Westeros couldn't be powerless.

Since it is impossible to find trouble with Simon Westeros through Cersei Capital, someone has turned their attention to taxes.

The $4.5 billion in cash, subject to the 28% capital gains tax rate on the additional equity income reported by Simon Westeros, translates to more than $1.2 billion in taxes.

With more than $1 billion in taxes, no individual in federal history has owed such a large amount while alive.

Moreover, Westeros apparently did not intend to transfer the money back home immediately.

How does this work!

As a result, a few days after the exposure of Fortune magazine, a senator from Tennessee publicly stated that unless Simon pays the arrears of taxes immediately, Cersei Capital should be prohibited from doing business in the United States.

To push the matter forward, the congressman also solemnly submitted a proposal to Congress.

You must know that there is more than one company and individual like Simon Westeros who keeps capital overseas to avoid taxes, but continues to do business in the United States through various means. If the relevant bill can be introduced, it can immediately bring a large additional income to the federal budget.

However, the U.S. strategy for global taxation has been controversial.

In order to promote the return of overseas funds to the United States, every few years, the federal government guides these capitals back home in the form of tax exemptions.

Now, it is definitely not just Simon who wants to force the taxation of overseas assets of companies and individuals through stricter bills.

Once they are in a hurry, everyone is not without countermeasures.

The general idea of overseas taxation in the United States is to levy the portion of the tax that is higher than the taxpayer's proportion of the tax paid and lower than the domestic tax share.

If the federal government does too much, taxpayers can directly hand over the full amount of taxes to overseas countries without using tax avoidance methods, which may also gain the goodwill and more policy support of the corresponding countries.

In comparison, if you hand it over to China, you won't even be able to get a little red flower.

Such a simple truth can be easily understood by a discerning person.

Therefore, as long as the top federal government is not all poor and crazy, the Tennessee Congressman's proposal cannot be passed.

Although he knew that this public opinion turmoil would not bring him too much crisis, the pressure on Simon did not decrease at all.

In addition to excavating insiders of Cersei Capital and the huge tax collection, the media also pointed the finger at Wall Street, arguing that financial speculation should be limited.

The federal junk bond market that broke out at the end of last year has continued, and once again some people have tried to blame Simon for the crisis, trying to lead others to believe that the shorting of hedge forces such as Cersei Capital has made the junk bond market unsustainable. , countless investors suffered heavy losses.

All in all, a 22-year-old amassed more than $10 billion in assets in just a few years, which is an unforgivable original sin in itself.

If not handled properly, the general public, who is often easily aroused by the media, is likely to resist all companies in the Westeros system, especially Daenerys Entertainment.

Even if Simon wants to expand further in the next few years, he will encounter many obstacles.

Therefore, the public relations team of the entire Westeros system has been running wildly during this period of time, and James Leibold has also specially hired a professional media public relations company to be responsible for public opinion guidance.

Melbourne.

The situation in North America was fierce, and Simon came here a week before the wedding.

Taking into account the recent trend of public opinion, the upcoming wedding will be completely cut off from media attention. In order to ensure that the huge paparazzi group from all over the world cannot infiltrate various wedding venues, the Johnston family employs a huge security team of more than 300 people this time. .

The wedding venue in Yarra Valley Park was completely closed half a month in advance. All the teams and individuals involved in the wedding preparations signed a strict confidentiality agreement. No matter it was before or after the wedding, they could not disclose any information about the wedding to the outside world. detail.

Johnston's mansion.

The time is already March 1, Thursday.

Simon doesn't take more than 5 hours of rest every day these days. Last night, in order to check the details of the wedding preparations, he didn't rest until more than one o'clock in the morning, and woke up again before six o'clock in the morning.

Janet was also quite excited during this time, and also got up early.

For the sake of convenience, the two have been living in the mansion in recent days.

It was six o'clock in the morning on the Melbourne side, and one o'clock in the afternoon on the Los Angeles side.

After spending more than an hour discussing recent matters with the North American side, Simon hung up the phone after the servant reminded him that it was nearly eight o'clock.

When we came to the restaurant, the whole family was sitting at the table.

In addition to Raymond Johnston and his wife, there is also the cold and cold Veronica Johnston as always, David Johnston and his girlfriend Leslie Whitcott, who have just returned from the UK on purpose. And a pair of Patrick Johnston and Sarah Kisson.

After greeting everyone, Simon sat down next to Janet, and Raymond Johnston asked, "How is it in North America?"

Simon picked up the cutlery and said, "It's still very lively."

Raymond Johnston nodded and said, "What you have achieved in recent years is beyond the comprehension of most ordinary people, and it is not surprising that they will react like this. After the wedding, you and Jenny have a good rest for a while. , reduce your appearance in front of the media, things will cool down very quickly. In fact, I suggest that you don't make too much action in the next few years, and give the public a time to adapt."

Simon hasn't answered yet

, Janet couldn't help but retort: "You can't do nothing, right?"

Raymond glared at his daughter: "It's not not doing things, but keeping a low profile and carefully integrating and digesting the existing assets."

There were too many people in the restaurant, and Simon couldn't tell the old man about Daenerys Entertainment's acquisition of mca this year. He just nodded in agreement.

Janet's mother, Trish Johnston, after listening to her husband, looked at Simon and said, "You two better have a baby soon."

When these words came out, Janet's face immediately turned red, I don't know if it was real or fake.

The report from the genetic institute in the UK was handed over to Simon last week without any problems. In fact, Simon was not too worried at first, because this matter was not as serious as Simon's memory rendered. Therefore, both of them have decided to have a child as soon as possible, which is Janet's expectation. On the other hand, it can also increase Simon's ties to the world.

After breakfast, Anthony Johnston and Norman Johnston came over

The day after the wedding, there is so much to do in the next two days.

After assigning the schedule, Simon and Janet rushed to the Yarra Valley Park together. The flower maze that the woman was preparing was about to start construction today, and she wanted to watch it in person. Simon will rush to Melbourne Airport to pick up people later, and some guests will arrive one after another today.

In the closed park, Janet discussed with the person in charge of the preparatory team. Seeing that everyone was busy, she said to Simon: "One more thing, Kate and Jane will come over in the afternoon. We have made an appointment to go to Bali tomorrow. The island has a bachelorette party, how about you?"

The farewell bachelor party before the wedding is also a custom of Westerners.

Simon didn't expect this, and said with a smile, "How about I go with you?"

Janet immediately rolled her eyes and said, "Take you over there, is that still a bachelorette party?"

Simon stretched out his hand to take the woman over, put his arms around her waist and said, "Go play, I don't have this habit, by the way, don't be too crazy."

Speaking of which, even if Simon wanted to throw a bachelorette party, he couldn't seem to find anyone his age to play with.

Janet rolled her eyes, thinking of something, but she looked up at Simon and dismissed the thought just now. She felt that her youngest could help Simon organize it, but thinking about the last time Simon was at Pike's Boxing Stadium, forget it. She didn't want anything to happen to her long-awaited wedding.

Looking at the staff around who were busy building the flower wall, sniffing the scent of roses floating in the air, Janet put her head on Simon's chest and muttered, "Little bastard, are we really going to get married?"

Simon smiled and nodded: "Yes."

"I just wanted to double-check."

"Do you want me to pinch you to prove that this is not a dream?"

"Hmm."

Simon's big hand slid down and gently squeezed on the woman's buttocks.

Janet groaned and clenched her arms around Simon.

Feeling that the woman in his arms was getting softer and weaker, Simon simply hugged her and sat down on the lawn.

Seeing this situation, the surrounding staff all avoided it wisely.

Some shallow humming gradually floated in the air, softly and hoarsely.

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*When I was a little girl, I asked my mom.

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