Through James Raybould's connections, Simon soon learned of the news that Lehman Brothers was about to settle with Quantum Fund.

In the past five months of Westeros' stock index futures operations, the only thing that could be called a "flaw" was the sharp decline of the S&P 500 index on October 22.

Lehman Brothers accidentally leaked the news that it was about to sell off a large number of Quantum Fund contracts. As a result, the S&P 500 Index, which had just stabilized, collapsed again. Westeros happened to clear out the last batch of short contracts in just a few hours.

This coincidence is indeed full of traces of human manipulation.

Now.

The media exerted pressure, secretly investigated, used eavesdropping methods, increased psychological pressure through questioning, and finally forced Lehman Brothers to cooperate with fishing law enforcement. After more than half a month of repeated efforts, the news of the settlement between Lehman Brothers and Quantum Fund came out.

, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Lehman Brothers and Quantum Fund reach a settlement, institutions such as the Federal Court of the Southern District of New York will no longer be able to drag Westeros down through the investigation of this case. As for the rest, if the authorities still refuse to let go, Simon

I don't mind spending tens of millions of dollars on a vigorous legal battle.

In order to avoid unnecessary complications, all parties obviously do not want to delay this matter for too long.

then.

On November 23, Lehman Brothers and Quantum Fund quickly signed a settlement agreement.

It happens to be the same day.

Madonna officially released her latest mix album "you-can-dance".

Different from studio albums and live albums, remix albums are usually rearranged versions of songs from a singer's previous albums. Of course, if you want an album to sell well, it cannot be all old songs. Madonna originally prepared for this album

A new song called "Spotlight". However, after Simon came up with another song, Queen Mac decisively cut off the very mediocre "Spotlight" and replaced it with a song provided by Simon.

The news that Simon will compose songs for Madonna's new album has spread a few months ago. During this period, due to the news that Simon suddenly became a billionaire, the promotion of Madonna's new album almost completely failed in the face of this explosive news.

How many waves are there.

After confirming that Lehman Brothers was about to settle with Quantum Fund, Simon's public relations team also began to cool down the hot media discussion that had lasted for more than half a month.

immediately.

When Madonna's new album was released, many people's attention was instantly attracted because the song Simon came up with was called "Celebration".

Celebration: celebrate.

Some guy made more than a billion dollars in just over five months, and now he's evading investigation by federal agencies. It's so fitting that he celebrates it with a song called "Celebration."

The most important thing is that both ordinary fans and the North American media almost all quickly recognized the point that "Celebration" completely blew away all the other songs in Madonna's mixed album.

Speaking of which, "Celebration" is actually a pop dance song with a nostalgic style released by Madonna in the original time and space in 2009. Simon is not a fan of Madonna's music, but "Celebration" is one of the few Madonna songs that he likes very much.

One of the songs.

Although it is a song in 2009, this pop dance song with strong impact is completely consistent with the album style of "you-can-dance" in terms of style, rhythm and song content. Moreover, the quality of "Celebration" songs is far superior to Madonna's early songs.

Best-selling singles such as "holiday".

Relying on the strong popularity brought by "Celebration", the following week, "You-Can-Dance" directly parachuted into the number one best-selling album on the North American Billboard with first-week album sales of 510,000 copies. "Celebration" also became the No. 1 best-selling album in North America without any suspense.

Billboard Hot 1.

As a remix album that was thrown into the cold, the industry originally estimated that this album would be very successful if it could sell around 5 million copies worldwide. But now, according to the first week sales data of this album, it is only in North America. "you-"

"can-dance" may sell 5 million copies, and the total global sales are almost destined to exceed the 10 million mark.

After the sales statistics for the first week were released, Madonna called Simon with an eager tone and invited him to attend a celebration party for her new album held at her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. However, while spending Thanksgiving in New York, Simon and the recently-concluded

The cast of "When Harry Met Sally" returned to Los Angeles together, so they had no choice but to refuse Queen McQueen's invitation.

Amidst all the confusion, it was already the last month of 1987 before I knew it.

Simon returned to Los Angeles and devoted most of his energy to the post-production of "Pulp Fiction."

but.

Although he escaped the investigation of federal agencies, the series of chain reactions caused by his huge wealth of more than one billion US dollars did not end there. Simon’s biggest feeling during this period was that he had really become a ‘fat sheep’.

Since the news came to light in early November, Simon has been receiving invitations to make donations from many charitable groups, public welfare organizations, university foundations and the like.

Immediately afterwards, what made Simon feel most helpless was that in just one month, many men and women from all over North America came forward to identify themselves as his parents, and most of them looked serious.

The federal media seemed to be very enthusiastic about helping Simon find his relatives, adding fuel to the fire and making the situation even more lively.

As for Los Angeles.

After the stock market crash broke out, Hollywood's prosperity due to the economic boom in the past few years came to an abrupt end. Many second- and third-tier film companies that were already in operating difficulties due to their aggressive expansion will be completely unsustainable in the next few years. Even seven-year-old film companies will be completely unsustainable.

Major film companies will also begin to change hands in the next few years.

then.

Simon, who suddenly has a net worth of more than one billion US dollars, is even more of a super fat sheep in the eyes of most people in Hollywood.

From the first day Simon returned to Los Angeles, there were all kinds of people who submitted scripts, sought investment, and even wanted to sell the film company to him. The days at Daenerys Pictures' headquarters in Santa Monica were completely complete.

It's a bustling place, and Simon himself receives a lot of party invitations every day.

certainly.

Although it is a bit annoying, the current situation cannot be considered completely without benefits.

When Simon was searching for copyrights before, he only got the expected rights to adapt the two novels "Forrest Gump" and "Dances with Wolves", mainly because his strength in Hollywood is too weak, although he has "Run Lola Run"

and the success of "The Butterfly Effect", but most novel authors and screenwriters will not easily hand over the copyright to Daenerys Pictures.

Now.

Simon suddenly had a net worth of more than one billion U.S. dollars, and the situation was completely different immediately.
Chapter completed!