After the weekend, Simon arranged for Veronica to take charge of the financial audit of Egret on the West Coast, and set off again to leave Los Angeles. Next, it was probably another global trip, and the first stop was New York.

Manhattan.

The Rebel's family is in the luxury house on the Upper West Side, on the evening of April 9.

A social cocktail party with a very small circle is being held here, and the visitors are basically the top wave of powerful people in the Big Apple region.

"Simon, Nasdaq, the situation has seemed to be bad lately. If you have any funding needs here, please speak up at any time."

The person who spoke was a taller, round-faced, gray-haired middle-aged man named Thomas Leonie, who was the CEO of New York Bank.

Simon smiled and raised his glass to the other party: "Of course, Tom, I'm sure I won't be polite if I need it."

The reason why the two of them are so enthusiastic at this time is because of the previous series of events.

After the storm in February, the New York Bank's takeover and annexation of Mellon Financial Group was not very smooth. In addition, the collapse of the Nasdaq in March hit the financial market hard, making Mellon Financial Group completely lose its strength to resist. The two sides have basically agreed on the M&A price code.

$12 billion.

Mainly, after a series of positive news that Mellon Financial was taken over by the New York Bank, Mellon Financial's stock price rebounded again, returning from the lowest point of $8.6 billion to more than $10 billion.

Even so, the Bank of New York has taken a huge advantage.

You should know that last year, the New York Bank tested the acquisition of Mellon Finance. Considering the premium, the budget made at that time reached US$20 billion. Now, it is equivalent to saving US$8 billion in acquisition price. How can this not be happy?

More importantly, with the tacit understanding between the two sides this time, New York Bank also took advantage of the Westeros system line.

Whether it is shareholders, investors or the board of directors, they have responded enthusiastically to this positive news.

Because before that, the Bank of New York, with an asset scale of only US$70 billion, could not even enter the ranking of Bank of America in the previous life. This time, after acquiring Mellon Financial Group, with an asset scale of more than US$40 billion, not only did it exceed 100 billion, but it was considered to have entered the international first-class level, but the total asset scale also jumped to the seventh place of Bank of America. This is also a very important threshold.

With the combination of the two projects, coupled with the conceivable cooperation with the Westeros system in the future, it is not a problem for the Bank of New York to hit the United States and even the top of the World Bank pyramid in the future.

After continuing to chat with Thomas Leonie, Simon socialized with some other guests and came to James Rebelde again.

It's still the matter of New York Bank.

"After the merger, the new bank will be named Bank of New York Mellon, Simon, you should be fine, right?"

"Oh, of course not."

Simon smiled and shook his head. He didn't expect James to mention such trivial matters, or it should be that the New York Bank was a little too concerned, thinking that the conflict between him and the Mellon family might be deep, and I wonder if retaining the Mellon prefix would make him unhappy.

Of course Simon won't care about this kind of thing.

James was also expecting it, just smiled and said, "Also, after the merger, the number of new bank board members will increase from the current 7 to 11. I have already negotiated with Thomas that we can get two places. Simon, what are your arrangements?"

Whether it is New York Bank or Mellon Financial Group, they are private companies owned by Volkswagen, that is, they do not have an absolute majority shareholder.

Such a company seems to be a joint boss, but in fact, it is equivalent to being controlled by the company's board of directors.

Just like before this, the entire Mellon family held only 7% of the shares in Mellon Financial Group, but by controlling 5 of the eight board seats, it maintained long-term absolute control over the old bank.

Simon understood this rule hidden behind the scenes of many old American companies and giants. Therefore, in recent years, under the premise of maintaining absolute control over the core companies of the Westeros system, he has been flirtatiously directly or indirectly seeking various board quotas through various companies in the system.

In fact, it is equivalent to quietly striving to control the US economy.

This time, the Westeros system helped New York Bank to annex Mellon Financial Group. Of course, it cannot be in vain. Even if they have no shares in both companies, they still put forward conditions to demand the board of directors of the new bank after the merger. After all, the more fundamental purpose of winning over a direct money bag is not only the interest relationship between the two parties in the future cooperation, but also needs to be supported by real power.

Even if the number of new bank board members increases to 11 next and has two quotas, it will be equivalent to obtaining 18% of the voting rights, which is definitely not optional.

It is also very clear that this is the foundation of some kind of power. Even though Simon trusts James very much, he did not give this human rights to the other party casually, but said: "I think about it, and I will give you a list of candidates soon."

This was not the first time the two of them discussed similar things. When James heard this, he just smiled and nodded, and said nothing, because he gradually understood the thoughts of his daughter, the man. If it were him, he would not easily release this power, just like in ancient times, no king would allow his ministers to accept the official.

It was already ten o'clock in the evening when I left the party at Rebel's house and returned to the apartment on Fifth Avenue.

After entering the door, I soon found two women in a small living room next to the third floor bedroom of the duplex apartment, Grace, who was six months pregnant and Bryce Levison, who ran with Grace again.

Seeing Grace holding her belly and waiting for herself while watching TV, while another woman was sleeping soundly on Grace's thighs. Simon walked over and easily picked up Bryce, gently threw it on the carpet, and sat down in the position just now.

Bryce Levison woke up and opened his eyes in a daze. Seeing someone on the sofa and his situation, he poked over a small foot and kicked the man's leg twice. Then he got up, leaned back to the other side of the man, curled up and tilted his body and continued to sleep on Simon's leg.

Simon did not throw her away this time, pressed her on the woman's smooth face and rubbed her. Then she let a finger be bitten by the woman, and said to Grace: "How do you feel tonight? Is the little guy making a fuss?"

Before Grace could answer, Bryce had already spitted off the man's finger and rushed to say, "It's so noisy, I've been kicked, otherwise you would think why Gray didn't fall asleep now, so you are not waiting for you."

Grace waited for Bryce to finish speaking, and explained with a smile: "She put it on my stomach and listened to the baby's movements, and then she was kicked."

Bryce rushed to add: "The future will definitely be like his father, the bad guy."

Simon simply blocked Bryce's mouth with his fingers again, and let the woman on his legs whimper and not let go, so he was able to say a little to Grace for a while. After a moment, he remembered what happened at the cocktail party and smiled and said to Grace: "By the way, do you know about the New York Bank's acquisition of Mellon Finance?"

"I know, you are trading."

"That's right, I'll get two board seats this time, I'll give you one."

Grace shook her head immediately: "How can this work? I don't understand the banking matters."

Hearing this time, Bryce finally broke away from the man's claws again and rushed to say, "You don't need to know anything like this. Gray, he just needs you to be a puppet."

When Grace saw Bryce say this, she looked at Simon.

If this is true, she certainly doesn't mind, or is willing to be his puppet.

Simon nodded, "Actually, the board of directors of many large companies is like this. In name, it is to maintain independence. It will choose some people who have nothing to do with the industry to serve as directors, such as scholars, politicians, athletes, etc. As for me, I do, what I need is a trustworthy person because you have the right to vote at that time."

Grace was about to agree, but remembered the little guy in her belly and signaled: "But, I'm pregnant now, and Elite doesn't care much about it?"

"It doesn't matter. It will take some time for the two companies to merge completely. By then, the little guy will probably be born."

Bryce, who was still pillowing on Simon's legs, said at this time: "Actually, I can do it too, Simon, let me earn a pocket money too?"

Simon looked down and smiled and said, "I don't have to bother you anymore. If you want pocket money, I'll give you 100 million in the future."

Grace has absolute trust in two places, and the other person must not give the lazy woman in her arms, but intends to choose a more professional agent.

Bryce was stunned for a moment, until Grace patted the man's shoulder and chuckled, she realized that she wanted to rebel again, but she was quickly suppressed by the man again and her mouth was blocked.

Because the man will leave tomorrow, and it is rare to get along with each other. Even if he is a little sleepy, Grace did not think about going to rest and continued to talk about another thing: "This year's Elite Model Competition has been launched in various sub-districts, mainly my former assistant, Michelle, you have seen her. She will take charge of her. I will also help you keep an eye on it. However, if you have anything else, you can also tell her directly."

Simon just nodded slightly.

"Also, Angela Lindelwald and Michelle Alves from last year, never met you. Why not take it to Europe this time? Fashion Week has not been long and they are very leisurely now."

Bryce was really a little embarrassed and broke free from the man's claws again, saying: "Grey, you are just his lover, not his madam, why do you always help him find a woman?"

Grace simply ignored Bryce's poisonous tongue and leaned gently on his shoulder with the force of the man holding his hand, looking very satisfied.

I don't care what I am.

As long as it is his "what".

This completely helpless look made Bryce even more angry, or she didn't know if she was angry or something else. Seeing Grace also imitating the man's appearance and reaching out to block her mouth, she couldn't help but open her mouth, but after the man glanced lightly, she didn't dare to use any force at all.

Alas, isn't I saved myself?

The next day is Thursday, April 10th.

After breakfast, saying goodbye to Grace and the others, Simon boarded the first stop and flew to London.

The UK will hold a new general election on May 1.

The current Westeros system is becoming increasingly large and increasingly affected by a country's macro policies, and Simon has to spend more time in this regard.

This time I will communicate with some politician candidates in advance.

In fact, this is how the construction of a network is, which is far less complicated than some people think. They meet each other at parties and parties, even if they talk about something without pain, as long as they express certain tendencies and intentions, a line will be completed. Of course, in the future, if they want to maintain it, various substantive mutual benefits are needed.

After Britain, Finland is.

Nokia headquarters needs to be visited.

Then there is Italy.

And, the last stop in Europe, Ukraine.

The schedule is still arranged in advance. During Simon's time in Ukraine, the Rifny Free Trade Zone will be officially established. Kuchima has also confirmed that he will attend the official ceremony of signing the free trade agreement with the Rifny Free Trade Zone and the first batch of 17 countries that have been negotiated. Of course, Simon will not show up in public, but the two must have some contact in private.

After the assassination of Sherban last year, he gradually found that his Prime Minister Razarenko was not only becoming more and more restless, but also posed a threat to his power. Kuchima has basically confirmed that he will take Razarenko down.

However, although they belong to the Petrovsk Gang, Razarenko did not want to win it just because they wanted to win it. Both sides were playing games at this time.

Simon and Westeros's strength representative of the Rovno Gang in Ukraine were completely cold-eyed.

Of course, it was just a cold look on the sidelines.

Because even such cold-eyed observation actually represents Simon's attitude. He does not want the evidence in Ukraine to be too stable. Once Kiev stabilizes, it will inevitably feel that the Rovno Gang, which is a unique team, is becoming more and more eye-catching.

The same sentence.

People should not be too idle, as things will happen if they are too idle.

In the cabin of the Boeing 767, Simon was flipping through an Anthony Blair's resume in the study, while writing and drawing casually with a pencil on the draft paper at hand.

Two more names have been painted off on the draft paper.

Hot girl group.

Harry Potter.

The political system of old capitalist countries such as the United Kingdom has a very strong continuity, so even his big butterfly cannot affect Anthony Blair's new candidate for British Prime Minister. According to the polls in the United Kingdom, it will basically be the next Prime Minister.

However, such as the famous hot girl group in my memory, and another female writer who once made a living by relief more wealth than the Queen of England, the "Harry Potter" fantasy series, was lost by a butterfly.

Neither of them allowed Simon to arrive unexpectedly.

The hot girl group should have been born last year. However, after "American Idol" became popular, the UK was soon introduced last year, which also caused a sensation. Therefore, last year, the music circle in the UK attracted most of the attention of "British Idol", including the rising music newcomers, which were also won by Daenerys Records, which expanded to the UK.

With so many changes, it is not surprising that the hot girl group disappears.

Then there is "Harry Potter"

The former "Harry Potter" is similar to "My Fair Princess" that Simon just handed over to Ren Jingxi some time ago. It was also when J.K. Rowling was taking a train and accidentally saw a little boy with black-framed glasses outside the car window. Inspiration burst out and a series of ideas came into being.
Chapter completed!