Washington.

In a mansion near Rock Creek Park in the northern suburb of the city, Richard Mellon Skye immediately greeted him. The guest was named Martin Mendels, a middle-aged white man in his fifties, with a slightly fat figure and wearing frameless glasses.

Most importantly, Martin Mendels is one of seven members of the Executive Committee of the Federal Reserve's highest decision-making body.

After a warm greeting, the two of them came to the villa reception room to sit down. Skyve personally poured Martin the coffee that had been prepared for a long time, and smiled gently: "Martin, how are Melissa and the children doing recently?"

Martin Mendels took the coffee and nodded slightly: "Very good, where is your side?"

"Not bad," Skyve responded, picked up his coffee and took a sip, and then said, "Martin, okay, frankly, we have known each other for so many years, aren't we?"

Martin Mendels smiled and glanced at Skyve: "Of course, Richard..."

"Charlie, call me Charlie."

"Well, Charlie," Martin Mendels said, but put down his coffee cup and stopped beating around the bush: "I also confess that Charlie, I'm sorry, I can't help you this time."

Richard Mellon Skeve saw Martin Mendels straight to the point, and his expression was still calm: "Don't be so absolute, Martin, you also saw the situation at the closing of Nasdaq yesterday. At 6317 points, the total market value reached 7.6 trillion yuan, which is completely crazy. For the sake of the federal economy, Martin, the Federal Reserve must take action to curb the continued bubble, right?"

"Charlie, I'm just an ordinary executive committee member, with the deputy head **** above, and the White House and Congress above. Do you think we can make a decision at will?" Martin Mendels said, staring at Skyve: "So, even if you can't do anything in the White House, you should try to lobby Congress instead of coming to me."

"I know you have no right to decide," Skyve paused, and continued, "Well, Martin, I hope you will help me once in other ways, just once, and, if you promise, I can give you enough compensation."

Martin Mendels paused and said cautiously: "You talk first?"

"Accepted an interview and made a statement on the Federal Reserve's upcoming interest rate hikes."

As soon as Richard Mellon Skyve finished speaking, Martin Mendels shook his head immediately: "Sorry, Charlie, I can't help you with this. You have to know that I will retire in five years, and I still have a wife and three children."

"After you leave, I can arrange for you to join the Andrew Mellon Foundation as a director."

"It's not just a matter of money, just pretend we haven't seen it today," said Martin Mendels. "Also, Charlie, I guess you must have bet on short tech stocks recently. I've been familiar with it for so many years. I can only give you one advice, clearance."

After saying this, Martin Mendels walked straight out the door.

Richard Mellon Skyve had no choice but to stand up and see him off. Seeing Martin Mendels leaving in a hurry as if he was chased by a devil, he suddenly kicked the door panel, and then another ping-pong sound came from the reception room. As soon as the assistant and servant appeared, they immediately avoided from the roar of Skyve.

Clearance?

If he could clear the stock, he would of course be willing. However, now it is already difficult to get off the ground.

From the end of the presidential election in early November last year to the present, Richard Mellon Skye has raised nearly $300 million in funds through mortgage loans and other means, all of which have been hit by the short sellers of technology stocks one after another.

This was also stimulated by a young man.

It was when Simon Westeros made a try during the 87 stock market crash that he had everything he had now. Richard Mellon Skyve carefully studied the current situation in the new technology industry and believed that he could take a big gamble.

In the initial forecast, the team around him basically believed that technology stocks would turn before New Year's Day this year, and would not last until mid-January at the latest. Because during this period, many new technology companies will release quarterly or full-year financial reports one after another. In addition, many connections he has contacted for several consecutive months have worked together. Skyve doesn't believe that the already shaky technology stocks will not collapse.

Unfortunately, the reality of the world is unpredictable.

Today is January 25th. Not only does technology stocks show no sign of collapse, but they are still making rapid progress. Especially after the press conference on Igret's 1996 annual financial report on Wednesday, the new technology giant rose sharply in the following two trading days, and the Nasdaq hit a new high.

As of the weekly closing of yesterday Friday, the Nasdaq index has reached 6317 points, compared with 5426 points on the day of the US election on November 6 last year, the cumulative increase has reached 16%.

As for Igrit, compared with the market value of US$579.6 billion on November 6, the market value at the close of yesterday was as high as US$751.9 billion, which was less than three months, and the cumulative increase was as high as 29%.

More and more media and the public are beginning to believe that Egret will become the first trillion-dollar giant.

Richard Mellon Skeve's $300 million fund has been mainly used for several months to establish short contracts in Nasdaq futures and short selling leading technology stocks such as Igrit. At first, Skyve was able to avoid using too much leverage relatively conservatively, but as the book losses increased, Skyve gradually increased its positions in order to make a profit.

The result is that losses continue to increase.

By the close of yesterday, Richard Mellon Skye's various short losses had exceeded 50%. The 300 million US dollars of funds at the beginning are now less than 150 million US dollars.

On the Forbes 400 Rich Rich List of the United States, as one of the six people on the Mellon family, Richard Mellon Skye's net worth is US$700 million, most of which are the assets of Mellon Financial Group, Aluminum, Chevron and other companies inherited from their parents. The 300 million dollars he borrowed were used as collateral.

Now, once the 300 million US dollars of funds are lost, it not only means that Skeve's wealth will shrink seriously, but also means that his holdings will drop sharply, which may lead to his loss of the hidden power represented by the stocks in his hands.

The Mellon family's control over Mellon Financial Group, Alcoa, Chevron and other companies is not only because of their family background, but mainly because of their intricate holdings.

The same is true through the impact of these corporate giants on federal politics and economy.

Therefore, once this hedging operation fails, at least his own team will have a major loss in the foundation.

If he could regret it, Richard Mellon Skyve vowed that he would never act irresponsibly, but unfortunately, there is no chance of regret in this world.

After smashing all the furniture in the guest room, Richard Mellon Skye, who was sitting alone in the "ruins", calmed down a little, he called Julian Robertson, the head of Tiger Fund.

The White House will definitely have no chance to dig out Clinton's black material in the past few years. In the Congress, although the Westeros system was quite constrained last year, Simon Westeros' big move in the midterm elections in 1994 still left active congressmen with lingering fear. In addition, many companies under the Westeros system have had a deeper impact on the US economy, and no one seems to offend them rashly.

The last move, I wanted to start directly from the Fed, but it still failed to work.

Now, here in Washington, he has no choice but to do anything.

I can only look forward to Julian Robertson's efforts. After all, compared with his $300 million, Tiger Fund has a huge amount of tens of billions of dollars in funds at this time. Skyve doesn't know how much the current floating loss of Tiger Fund is, and I think it's also heavy.

In any case, it's time to give it a try.

Simon came to the East Coast as usual on weekends.

According to news on Saturday afternoon when Richard Mellon Skye met with a committee member of the Federal Reserve's executive committee, Simon received the news that night that in order to prevent the committee member from doing "stupid things", he directly passed the news to the White House.

I believe that Clinton, who has been poached by Skye for several years and has not completely escaped from the trouble, will definitely "please" the committee member.

It is probably speculated that the bears are about to make a move, but Simon's schedule has not been affected at all.

On Saturday night, Natasha Richardson, who had met at the Sundance Film Festival last time, invited him to have dinner together, and the subsequent events were natural.

The next day is January 26th, Sunday.

It was still cold in New York at the end of January, and you could see Central Park covered in snow from the restaurant in the morning.

Natasha Richardson got up a little late. When he sat in the restaurant, the man had already eaten half of his breakfast. After the waitress delivered a lunch, the woman couldn't help but give someone a blank look and said in an obvious British accent: "Simon, I find you are so evil."

Although he was blaming someone, Natasha Richardson herself blushed first.

Last night, she was still very nervous when she met her in the upstairs bedroom for a while, so when a guy suggested to relax at a movie, she agreed.

As a result, someone put out a movie called "Zoom in".

This is a work by Italian film master Michelangelo Antonioni in 1966, 30 years ago. Of course, this is not the key. The problem is that the heroine of "Zoom in" Vanessa Redgrave, is her mother.

Facing the woman's anger, Simon smiled and said, "Nata, don't you think this is a great movie?"

"Of course," Natasha Richardson nodded subconsciously, and then said: "But you are still too evil."

"But," Simon's expression was innocent: "I think you were very excited last night, too?"

Natasha, who had just picked up a small bread, heard this, pulled off a piece and threw it at the man opposite him.

Simon took it casually and stuffed it into his mouth, saying, "Okay, only evil people can see evil. For me, all they see is beauty. Haven't you noticed that the fashion of the 1960s is not out of date yet? I just told A to recommend this movie to Melisandra for reference and find some inspiration. Well, the solid color straight skirt is really beautiful, and you should try it too, your style is very suitable."

Natasha Richardson heard this, but glanced at someone: "You mean, I'm suitable for a straight skirt?"

"Yes, because you're very straight."

Then another piece of bread smashed over.

Simon failed to catch it this time and half-jokingly said: "I should really send you to Africa to see the hungry people who can't eat."

Natasha just glared at someone.

After breakfast, Simon did not immediately throw away the woman who had just been ONS. There happened to be a meeting in the morning and brought the other party with him. On the other side was Martin Scorsese.

About "The Gangster of New York".

The original New York Gangsters were produced by Miramax and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day Lewis, which cost $100 million, and the global box office was $190 million, which is far from a success.

Coupled with the unsatisfactory bombshell of another blockbuster "Cold Mountain" during the same period, the crack between the Weinstein brothers and their old club Disney became increasingly unblocked, and they eventually parted ways.

The two brothers have always wanted to make bombshells with big investments and big budgets. Unfortunately, people with a little brain should understand that art films cannot be done like this.

Unfortunately, people who are inflated are often irrational.

This is also a lesson for Simon.

For any art film, Simon sets an investment limit of up to US$50 million in his heart. No matter how high it is, unless there are other special reasons.

"The New York Gangster" is a more special one.

The story of the film comes from a novel of the same name published in 1928 by Martin Scorsese. It had an idea in the 1970s and has been promoted for many years. Because of the success of the "Godfather" series, it was a bit obvious, and then died after a box office defeat of "The Past of America" ​​in the 1980s.

Until now.

Old Martin has been obsessed with this matter. Simon happened to have a suitable amount of funds in his hands. In addition, the movie was not an absolute failure in memory, so he decided to invest in the film.

Of course, there are more important reasons.

Little Little Little Lion, one of the male protagonists.

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On the other hand, Simon doesn't plan to give Martin Scorsese $100 million this time, only 65 million. This is a feature film that does not require special effects. Now Little Little Little Little has signed a film contract in advance before the ship is released, and the pay is also very cheap. Daniel Day Lewis is the same, more than 65 million is enough.

In terms of schedule, "The Gangster of New York" will definitely not be able to produce this year.

After Simon agreed to the launch of "Shapes' Love History", Ella Deutschman has successfully invited Daniel Day Lewis, so the male star must have no time this year and will have to wait until next year at the earliest.

Similarly, it would be better for Little Little Zi to start filming next year. As long as the big ship is released, "The New York Gangster" will definitely be the focus of attention as soon as it starts filming. It will be equivalent to saving at least $50 million in publicity and distribution costs. Coupled with Martin Scorsese and other gimmicks that have been brewing for more than 20 years, it is almost foolproof.

Finally, since I brought Natasha Richardson with me, it was easy to do so, and the heroine also made reservations in advance.

This woman from a British performing arts family has enough appearance and acting skills. She is just the age of 32. What she has always lacked is just opportunities.
Chapter completed!