In the study room.

When Simon heard the woman in his arms say this, he smiled and patted her waist and said, "Then what do you want to do?"

But Janet just grabbed Simon's wrist and bit it a few times, looked up and asked: "You little bastard, how do you plan to spend this money?"

Simon pointed to a stack of stock transaction receipts on the desk and said: "Didn't you see that I have bought 800 million US dollars in stocks. After leaving the tax, I plan to exchange all this money into stocks."

As Americans often say: In this country, the only things that cannot be escaped are taxes and death.

The revenue of US$1.62 billion also means a huge and painful tax bill.

According to the tax reform plan just launched by the Li Heng government last year, the US$1.62 billion in the Westeros company's account, which belongs to the profit from stock index futures trading, needs to pay a capital gains tax of 28%. The remaining "Lola"

The income part of "Run" also cannot avoid paying taxes.

Rough calculation shows that Westeros will have to pay more than 450 million U.S. dollars in taxes at the end of the year. Subtracting Janet's profit share from "Run Lola Run", Simon finally got only about 1.1 billion U.S. dollars.

.

Janet was obviously a little surprised when she heard Simon's decision: "Everything will be exchanged for stocks. Are you not going to do anything else?"

"Now is a good opportunity to buy at the bottom. If you need money in the future, you can just sell at any time," Simon said, and then asked: "What about you, do you want me to exchange all your money for stocks?"

"Dad has mentioned to me several times that the family also needs money, and I plan to throw it directly back to Australia," Janet shook her head and said with a smile, then stretched out her hand to touch Simon's face and said: "So, little bastard

, then I will have no money, and you will have to support me from now on."

Simon turned his head and kissed Janet's palm and said, "Okay, let's go to New York tomorrow. Let's spend all the 20 million US dollars in loans first. What do you want to buy?"

Janet tilted her head and said: "House, don't you want to own your own house in every big city in the world? Let's start with New York."

"This is my business," Simon said, "What's yours?"

"Your affairs are my affairs, and as for my affairs, they are yours."

"Oh, I heard it, it was a love talk."

"Haha, so slow."

…

"When Harry Met Sally" has been filming for six weeks and is expected to be completed before Thanksgiving next month.

The turmoil of the North American stock market crash is still continuing, and it is naturally unlikely to calm down in a short time. However, after completing the operation of the stock index futures market, Simon rushed to New York with Janet to check out "When Harry Met Sally"

shooting progress.

At the same time, "Dead Man", produced by Daenerys Pictures, was officially released on October 23. Although the financial market was filled with grief, it did not have much impact on the film's box office.

Simon originally requested a minimum screen count of 1,000, but due to good audience feedback from several internal test screenings, Fox finally gave the film 1,350 opening screens.

From October 23rd to October 25th, the three-day box office of "Death Comes" finally reached 12.56 million in the first weekend. It successfully kicked "Fatal Attraction", which had been the weekly box office champion at the end of September, from the first place on the list.

Go down.

"Fatal Attraction" had a box office of US$11.01 million in its first week. In its sixth week of release, the single-week box office is still as high as US$10.98 million. In one and a half months, the box office curve has hardly dropped, and the cumulative box office has reached US$69.49 million. The North American total of this movie

Although the box office is still unpredictable, there is no doubt that it will exceed 100 million.

Simon knows very well that the subsequent total box office of "Death is Coming" will definitely not be comparable to that of "Fatal Attraction". However, with 12.56 million US dollars in the first weekend, the film is expected to earn 18 million US dollars in the first week.

18 million US dollars is enough for Fox to recover all production costs.

As long as the film can maintain a relatively low decline in the future, the film's total North American box office can even exceed 60 million US dollars. Although the total North American box office of 60 million US dollars cannot break into the top ten of the annual box office, it is more than enough to enter the top 15.

According to the original contract, after the box office exceeds 20 million US dollars, 10% of the North American box office share and 5% of the video sales share will almost bring Simon about 10 million US dollars in income in the future.

Although he has made more than $1 billion in the stock index futures market, Simon has no plans to use this money in the short term. Revenue from movies will be his main source of funds for running Daenerys Pictures in the next few years.

On October 26, the new week arrived, and Simon withdrew all the funds in his stock index futures account. Except for the $450 million reserved for taxes and the $67 million settled to Janet, all the rest was invested in the stock index futures account.

the stock market.

The North American stock market is in turmoil. More than $1 billion of funds suddenly flowed into the technology stock sector. It is impossible to avoid being noticed. Many Wall Street analysts have clearly noticed the abnormal fluctuations in the technology stock sector these days.

Moreover, after calming down from the panic of the crash, some people gradually discovered that during this period when everyone lost all their money, a 'little crocodile' appeared out of nowhere and unknowingly disappeared from the stock index futures market.

Earned an astonishing amount of wealth.

As the figure of a certain young man gradually became clearer, things spread more and more quickly.

The reason why Simon initially chose only one broker, Lehman Brothers, was mainly to keep it secret. Although if all the funds were tied up in one company, the noise would definitely be greater, but as long as Lehman Brothers had enough integrity, they would still be able to keep secrets.

but.

The subsequent development of the matter inevitably deviated from Simon's expectations, causing him to have to turn to several other brokers, and finally gave up the idea of ​​keeping secrets in his heart. In any case, as a young man who is not yet 20 years old,

Suddenly, more than 1 billion US dollars was obtained from the capital market. It was impossible not to attract the attention of interested people.

The only thing Simon can do is to ensure that this wealth actually falls into his hands as much as possible.

Therefore, although there is still more than a month before the year-end tax payment date, if he invests all his funds in the stock market, he may still make another sum. But just in case, Simon subconsciously chose to invest 450 million U.S. dollars.

Huge amounts of tax have been reserved.

Americans will never get rid of paying taxes throughout their lives. It is usually the easiest and most effective way to attack a person through taxation.

October 28th.

Wednesday.

All the $1.1 billion available in Simon's account has been converted into stocks, and he and Janet have been in New York for five days.

In addition to checking on the progress of various aspects of the production of "When Harry Met Sally," Simon and Janet basically just wandered around New York.

Although the release of "Dead Man" once again brought Simon into the media's attention, "Run Lola Run" and "The Butterfly Effect" have finally been released, and the paparazzi have become increasingly aware that following Simon and Janet is really profitable.

No breaking news.

Therefore, although the whereabouts of Simon and Janet were quickly exposed by the media, there were very few paparazzi following them, and it would not be a big problem for the two of them to just walk on the street.

at dusk.

Simon and Janet followed a real estate agent around Manhattan for a whole day and had just returned to the Plaza Hotel where they were staying. They planned to take a short break before going out for dinner, but they did not expect that Noah Scott was already waiting at the Plaza.

In the hotel lobby.

Although he was a little surprised and even wary, Simon readily agreed to Noah Scott's suggestion of a treat.

Leaving the Plaza Hotel again, the three of them went to a nearby restaurant.

After ordering the meal, Noah Scott looked at the man and woman sitting opposite him. After a moment, he couldn't help but asked very straightforwardly: "Simon, can you tell me how much money you made?

"

Simon smiled and shook his head: "Noah, if it were you, would you tell me?"

"No," Noah Scott smiled helplessly and said, "However, these days, this matter is always lingering in my mind. I heard that you are in New York, and I flew from Chicago specifically today.

Came here."

Simon shrugged and said, "If this troubles you, I can only say sorry."

Noah Scott said: "Well, it's okay to tell me something I know? Simon, for example, what was your operation in September?"

Simon asked: "Why?"

"6,000 contracts," Noah Scott said: "Why did you only buy 6,000 contracts? You know, although the S&P 500 index fluctuated very violently in September, the overall trend was still downward. You are completely

You can buy 80% of the position as usual."

When Simon heard Noah Scott's explanation, he paused and then said: "If you really want to hear the truth, I'm scared."

Noah Scott showed a look of disbelief: "Afraid?"

Janet also looked over curiously.

Simon quickly relaxed and said, "Yes, I felt scared at that time."

Noah Scott looked at Simon with bright eyes, obviously misunderstanding the meaning of Simon's words, and said: "But, you should make more this month, right?"

"Yes, but at that time, I was scared," Simon nodded, stared directly at Noah Scott, and said, "Noah, you followed up, right?"

Noah Scott fell silent this time.

Even if everyone knows about insider trading, no one is stupid enough to admit it frankly.

Simon continued without waiting for Noah Scott's answer: "I felt Lehman Brothers' follow-up, and then I thought of more possibilities. If you follow up, will the news go further?

If others follow suit, the trend of the entire market may deviate from my expectations."

Noah Scott nodded slightly, but waited patiently for Simon to continue.

Simon thought for a while and then said: "Let's put it this way, Noah, the stock market crash I predict is probably in October. You know, in October the federal government will announce the national trade and fiscal deficit status for the third quarter, which may

It became the straw that broke the camel's back, and it was indeed the case. Looking back, September is the delivery month. Due to the increase in trading volume, the S&P 500 index fluctuated endlessly. It was impossible for me to complete the layout in such a market environment. So.

, I was scared at the time. However, your understanding just now is wrong. I am not afraid that I will make too much, but I am worried that the entire market will produce changes that are completely beyond my personal expectations due to the follow-up of all of you, even

It collapsed early, so I adopted a conservative position building strategy so that you can’t judge my true intentions.”

Noah Scott heard what Simon said, but he was speechless.

After another moment of silence, Noah Scott quickly picked up his mood, looked at Simon again, and said: "But, Simon, I don't know if you have paid attention to Wall Street recently. I guess you definitely don't want to be exposed.
To be continued...