Chapter 1702: Red Dust Drunk(1/2)
"...This is not a lack of communication, Bill... I can only say that the Westeros system will only choose political allies that are beneficial to the Federation and to ourselves in the future... These are two conditions. For the Federation, and Westeros, Bill, about the former, I am not talking empty talk. If the Federation is a big ship, I will be the most difficult passenger on this ship. So, I will never hope that this big ship will usher in its "Titanic" moment... This is not something that can be clearly stated on the phone. Maybe if there is time in the future, we will chat in person... By the way, I am entertaining some guests here, and Hillary happens to be there too. Are you going to talk to her... Well... Then that's it, goodbye..."
In the early purchase of the top-floor duplex mansion on 68th Street, Upper East District.
Simon hung up the phone with Mr. President, leaned his head on the sofa, and breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, he raised his foot and picked the woman in front of him aside, stood up, tidied up his clothes, and said, "You will come out later."
Open the study door.
In addition to Carmen Kess who were guarding the door, there were three girls who were facing big eyes with tall girls. These were three of the first batch of small water onions that Simon collected in Ukraine.
Relying on Simon's relationship, the three daughters' fathers are also one of the best newcomers in Ukraine.
Vladimir, the father of Yevgenia Korkoshko, is now the governor of Rovno Prefecture. This time, he came to the United States to participate in business negotiations and is downstairs.
Natalia Lyudaeva's uncle, Alexander Lyudaev, is in charge of the Rivni Media Entertainment Group and belongs to the public opinion mouthpiece of the Rovno Gang.
Katerina Noskova's father, Maxim Noskova, manages the largest fertilizer industry group in Eastern Europe invested by the Westeros system, and the company's expansion tentacles have spread to Eastern European countries outside Ukraine.
It is because of Simon that San Ke Xiaoshuicong is already involved in the Rovno Gang affairs. In addition to Noskova, who has a bad relationship with his father, the other two women also cooperate with their fathers.
As if nothing had happened, Simon looked at the three girls who were obviously dressed up today and smiled and said, "It's not a good habit to block the door."
Simon came out, and the three girls ignored Carmen and hugged them in front of the man. Liudaeva and Noskova grabbed Simon's left and right position and held his arm. Korkosko on the outside could not get close to him, so they could only rush to talk: "Simon, what are you doing?"
Taking the three girls to the stairs, Simon said, "Call with Mr. President."
This reason immediately dispelled the three girls' doubts, and wisely stopped asking questions. Liu Daeva hugged the man's arms tightly, and she kept her beautiful eyes: "Simon, you haven't been to Rifny for a long time, well... I mean, are you free tonight?"
Simon felt the fragrance of the girls around him, and expressed regret: "No, I will fly to Canada in the afternoon."
The three girls sighed disappointed together.
Noskova did not give up and tentatively said, "Simon, can we be together? We have been there before?"
"It won't work this time."
When he arrived at the stairs, Korkoshko, who was rushing to walk in front, turned his head and tried to lure him: "Simon, we specially selected a few new waitresses to come to the United States. If we can go to Canada, they can also bring them."
Noskova added as she took credit: "Everyone is beautiful."
"That's it," Simon said in a statement of interest: "Send them here and give them to Carmen, and I'll bring them together when I go to Canada."
Noskova blinked: "Where are us?"
"That's all for you, next time."
Liudaeva, who was hanging on the other side of Simon, was pitiful: "Simon, you are so hateful."
As he said that, he soon came to the banquet hall downstairs. In addition to Ukraine, many other guests were invited to accompany him. Everyone was in groups of three or five, which was very lively.
Simon lowered his head and kissed the taller Liudaeva on the face, saying, "Since I'm here in the United States, I'll have fun for a few days, so there's no need to follow me. Okay, I'm going to socialize with the guests, be good."
As they were talking, when Victor Pinchuk saw Simon go downstairs, he smiled and greeted him. When the three girls walked away reluctantly, they talked about the topic of the plan to integrate three large infrastructure groups in Ukraine.
The Rovno family and the Odessa family.
The last one will be assigned to the Kiev family, and naturally the presidential family will take over.
After talking for a while, just as he was about to tactfully give Simon to other guests, Pingchuk stopped again and asked, "Simon, where is the President's wife? She was still there just now?"
Simon nodded slightly to the current New York mayor Rudy Giuliani who came over and said casually: "Maybe I've gone to the bathroom, you can look for it."
After saying that, he turned to Giuliani: "Rudy, I'm glad to see you."
"Simon, it's my honor to be able to receive your invitation."
Rudy Giuliani said, feeling filled with emotion.
The two actually had an intersection very early. In the 1980s, Giuliani was the prosecutor of the Southern District Court of New York in charge of financial crimes. A young man, a fledgling man, earned more than one billion dollars that many people would never dare to imagine in his lifetime with a short operation of the 87 stock market crash, and naturally became Giuliani's target.
Later, Giuliani was sniped by Simon when he was elected as a New York mayor.
However, Giuliani finally got what he wanted and faced off again in 1993, former mayor David Dingkins. Because Dingkins was concerned about his relationship with the Westeros system, he took the initiative to make a cut, and Simon simply pulled out, and Giuliani successfully won the election.
Giuliani's second term is now.
Because of his contact, Simon knew very early that Giuliani was a typical politician and was very good at changing the way he was.
Simon likes politicians who can change their minds.
Just like in the second showdown with Dingkins, Giuliani directly pointed the finger at Simon, the behind-the-scenes financial backer of Dingkins, but after taking office, the new mayor has never targeted the Westeros system.
Not only that, he also took the initiative to show kindness in private.
One of the interesting ones is that after Giuliani came to power, he launched the "New Life Movement" in the Big Apple area, focusing on cracking down on places such as dock gangs and underground nightclubs that affect regional security. Many famous nightclubs with a long history in New York have been closed as a result.
However, there is an exception.
The nightclub is called the Tunnel.
Emma Traston, who was envied, jealous and hated by countless New York girls, met Simon there.
It is no exaggeration to use the "tunnel" nightclub that was renovated in an abandoned railway station in the Lower City area to say that it is full of all poisons according to Giuliani's "New Life Movement". However, because Simon once visited here, many other nightclubs have been banned in recent years, but the tunnels are still operating and are becoming more and more popular.
The reason for Simon is not a speculation, but Giuliani talks about interesting things when he meets James Rebelde in person at a party.
In short, Giuliani was invited by Simon this time by combining various signs.
Perhaps this person has also seen recent news and accurately foresees the changes in the political operation strategy of the Westeros system. Giuliani is only 56 years old this year and obviously does not intend to withdraw from politics after the end of his term.
It was just a contact and the two sides had a good chat, but Simon had no idea to fund each other for the time being.
Not because of the grudges I used to be.
He is no longer in the same plane, and Simon has never been a petty person. The problem is that if someone just shows goodwill and wants to get support from Simon, it would be a bit too foolish to treat him as a fool.
Simon has always adhered to the principle of "once you have to give, you can get rewards."
He only stayed at the cocktail party for an hour, and all those who should be greeted were greeted. At 1 pm, Simon left early and the others continued to socialize. The housekeeper, Angeli Davis, will be taken care of.
Take a bus to the East Coast headquarters of Daenerys Entertainment on 66th Street in the Upper West Side, where the afternoon schedule is here.
He brought his entourage into the office building and was about to step into a special elevator, a female voice chased him: "Mr. Westeros..."
Turning his head and looking at it, it was Brooke Xiaosi.
The bodyguard who signaled the subconsciously stretched out his hand without stopping it. Simon walked into the elevator while signaling the other party to follow him in, and asked with a smile: "Which floor are you going to?"
"Ninth Floor," Brooke Xiaosi replied, and was hit by the man beside her, with a surprise on her face: "It's really you, Simon, I didn't expect to meet you today. This must be my lucky day."
As he said that, he also covered his chest, and he was a little breathing because he was chasing after just now.
Simon looked at the woman beside her. Brooke Xiaosi wore a black leather jacket today, with dark blue jeans with slightly flapping legs underneath. She wore black high heels. Her overall corset style made her look more and more slender. At the age of 35, she no longer had the youthfulness in "Beautiful Baby", and she looked full of vigor.
Brooke Xiaosi glanced at the cold female assistant who pressed the elevator button, withdrew her gaze, felt the man beside her, moved forward slightly, giving the man a better angle, and met her eyes: "I... Simon, I want to attend an audition for a movie, where are you?"
Simon joked: "I might be sitting behind the audition table."
Brooke Xiaosi was stunned for a moment, then realized that the man was joking with him, and then laughed: "It's just a TV movie, Simon, you definitely won't pay attention to it."
"Not necessarily," Simon asked, "What's the name?"
Brooke Xiaosi seemed a little embarrassed: ""Female Agent of the Femto"."
Simon remembers that there is such a project on DHO. He has seen a plan with an 8 million budget, telling the story of a recruited female criminal team acting as agents to save the world.
The low-end version of "Charlie's Angels".
To put it bluntly, it is selling meat.
However, as long as this type of film is done with a little care, although theaters are destined to be hopeless, it is more than enough to make a fortune through the two major family entertainment channels of DHO and Blockbuster, which are under Daenerys Entertainment.
Because it is really suitable for a leisurely pastime.
Thinking of this, he glanced at the tall woman beside him again, and Simon smiled and said, "You are neither a scorpion nor an agent, and you are not suitable for this movie."
When Boogie Xiaosi heard this, she opened her mouth slightly, with a grievance and grievance.
Some young tycoon who is very good at hiding the sky in Hollywood has spoken like this, do you still have to audition?
Still said, "You have to try it, the agent has arranged it."
Brooke Xiaosi, who became famous in a teenager, has never been mainstream in the North American entertainment circle. His current status is only an ordinary third-tier company, and he has basically given up the theater movie circle and has been running his own TV career in recent years.
Therefore, she actually didn’t have many choices, and was chosen by the project.
Simon really thinks that the woman around him is not suitable. Think about this female reporter character who is full of adventure in the movie "Angel Gods" adapted earlier... Well, some of the attributions are completely nonsense, because there is no performance of the strong woman's temperament, and she is still the beautiful baby who is so vase that she can no longer have a vase.
I arrived at the ninth floor in a blink of an eye.
When the elevator door opened, Simon retracted his thoughts. Seeing that Brooke Xiaosi was still looking at him, he thought for a while and said, "You go to audition first. I have time at about four o'clock, so I'll talk in private."
Brooke Xiaosi nodded subconsciously, then thought of something, dodged her eyes slightly, and soon came over again: "Simon, then, how should I find you later?"
Simon said: "I will have someone bring you here."
The afternoon work was done step by step, and the more important thing was an ESPN meeting, where Steve Bernstein introduced the exclusive broadcast rights for Major League Baseball events that had just been finalized.
Still very expensive.
But of course, the wool comes from the sheep.
Since the decision to monopolize football events has proven to be normal and correct, there is no need to worry too much this time.
The next step is basketball.
Speaking of which, many people have suggested that Simon buy some teams, whether it is rugby, baseball, or basketball, which actually has commercial potential and will also have additional public influence.
Simon has always been interested in this.
Simon is happy to buy a model agency like Elite to help the beautiful little water cones start their fashion career, but he really has no patience for a group of muscular male athletes.
Walking between different departments until four o'clock, Simon finally returned to his personal office here.
To be continued...