Since entering the media scene with the script of "The Butterfly Effect", Simon has basically been in the media spotlight for two years.

However, Simon's previous influence was mostly limited to Hollywood.

Even the pioneering achievement of making more than one billion US dollars from the stock index futures market at the end of last year gradually faded away after several rounds of media hype. Billion-level wealth is already too far away from the lives of the ordinary public, and too many people are afraid of it.

It's hard to understand what exactly this means.

However.

When the new annual list of "Forbes" magazine was released, the list ranked 16th in the world and the third in the United States, which instantly crystallized the personal wealth in Simon's name.

In just two years, Simon has jumped from an unknown person who was hardly associated with the rich list to the third richest person in the Federation. Moreover, he is only 20 years old, while others on the list are generally in their 50s or 60s.

Among the older men, the appearance is even more dazzling.

This miraculous initiative instantly made him the focus of attention throughout the United States and even the world.

While many people are envious and amazed, they can't help but have some strong doubts again: Why is Simon Westeros able to do this, and what happened?

Over the following weekend, almost all mainstream media in North America and around the world were discussing all kinds of things about Simon. Simon's various experiences from childhood to adulthood before and after he became famous were all re-examined. "

Forbes magazine's estimate of Simon's personal net worth has also become a focus of controversy.

Although "Forbes" gave a very detailed assessment basis, most of the media re-figured it in order to attract attention. In similar discussions, many people even preferred that Simon's personal net worth should be higher, rather than

Only $3.1 billion.

The stock assets and debt data in Simon's name are irrefutable, and the focus of discussion is still on the valuation of Daenerys Entertainment.

Through the analysis of various types of businesses under Daenerys Entertainment, many media found that even though the company paid a lot of operating and debt costs in merging New World Entertainment and maintaining various other businesses, Daenerys Entertainment in 1988

The expected net profit after tax will probably not be less than US$200 million.

After all, just for "Who Will Be a Millionaire", with an income of US$2 million per issue, plus pilot episode income and very considerable sponsorship income, the total has been able to bring more than US$200 million to Daenerys Entertainment.

Income, the production cost of this reality show is only about 20 million US dollars.

In addition to "Who Will Be a Millionaire", Daenerys Entertainment's other businesses are also lucrative.

Therefore, the net profit scale of US$200 million is completely reasonable.

The market value of many companies is roughly equivalent to the net profit scale multiplied by the price-to-earnings ratio. In the stock market, the company's price-to-earnings ratio is usually between 10 times and 30 times.

In this way, even based on a low price-to-earnings ratio of 10 times, Daenerys Entertainment's valuation should reach US$2 billion. In fact, the price-to-earnings ratios of similar Hollywood listed companies in the North American stock market are generally around 15 times.

Looking at Daenerys Entertainment again, based on the company's ultra-high growth momentum, if it is a listed company, it is fully capable of achieving a price-to-earnings ratio of 30 times or even higher because of the optimism of the capital market.

A price-to-earnings ratio of 30 times and a net profit of US$200 million.

The result is obvious, as Daenerys Entertainment's market value will reach $6 billion.

Counting other assets such as stocks in Simon's name and subtracting debts, his personal net worth will reach US$7.6 billion. This figure can even make Simon surpass Sam Walton and become the richest man in the United States. Even on a global scale,

Simon's ranking can also rise to sixth place.

When the relevant data came out, some people immediately refuted that in the entire Hollywood, excluding other assets of the parent company, no film company has a market value of US$6 billion. In addition to the copyrights of a series of film and television works, Daenerys Entertainment has other

The net worth is so pitiful that it is impossible to reach this figure.

However, someone soon gave an example. Microsoft, a company heavily owned by Westeros Corporation, had net assets of less than US$5 million during its IPO in 1986, but its market value exceeded US$300 million on the day of listing.

In comparison, Daenerys Entertainment's net worth far exceeds this figure. Just the copyright value of "Who Will Be a Millionaire" can reach hundreds of millions of dollars, which is enough to cover all the liabilities of Daenerys Entertainment.

, the hundreds of film and television copyright assets of various types that Daenerys Entertainment has received from New World Entertainment, as well as a series of projects previously owned by Daenerys Pictures, are of very considerable value. The relationship between Daenerys Pictures and New World Entertainment

The combination has achieved an effect far beyond one plus one.

When talking about New World Entertainment, someone immediately pointed out that Daenerys Pictures acquired all the shares of New World Entertainment for only US$250 million. Before that, Daenerys Pictures' foundation was not even as good as New World Entertainment.

After the merger, Daenerys Entertainment will still have to bear a total of US$350 million in debt. Considering the strong uncertainty in the operation of film and television entertainment companies, Daenerys Entertainment's valuation can only reach US$1 billion at most.

There was a lot of noise in the media, but Simon didn't have any thoughts to pay attention to it. He even regretted not cooperating with the statistics of "Forbes" magazine and trying to make his personal assets as low as possible. Throughout the weekend, Simon was talking about all kinds of things.

Although he wanted to fly to Australia early for peace and quiet, avoiding the situation was obviously not the way to deal with the situation. He even had to postpone his flight to Australia again.

In just two days, too many things have happened surrounding the release of the Forbes rich list.

Early on Saturday morning, Simon received a call from Robert Iger from New York. I don’t know whether it was affected by media public opinion or for other reasons. CBS suddenly changed its attitude and hoped to regain the rights to "Beverly Angel."

Not only was CBS willing to accept various conditions from Daenerys Pictures for the broadcast rights to "The Wife", CBS also agreed to order the complete 23 episodes based on the same offer of $600,000 per season as HBO.

Daenerys Entertainment had originally decided to sign a contract with HBO next week, but CBS suddenly changed its mind, causing another setback in the matter.

However, Simon did not hesitate too much. Between the still very powerful public television network in this era and HBO, which had a small audience, he decisively chose the former. In addition, there has been no movement since the contact with Simon some time ago.

Lee Semel also wanted to talk to him about cooperation again. There were a lot of things on the weekend, so Simon could only make an appointment for lunch on Monday.

Monday, August 29th.

At the end of summer, a rare rainy weather finally appeared in Los Angeles. Simon was supposed to board a plane to Australia with Janet today, but because of the sudden incident last Friday that disrupted many arrangements, he had to

Continue to rush to the company.

Inside a villa in Malibu.

Looking at Janet who came over to help her tie her tie carefully, and feeling the cool and moist breeze blowing in from the outdoors, Simon lowered his head and kissed the woman on the face, and said with a smile: "It's not because you are in a bad mood.

,The weather outside is like that, right?"

Janet let Simon kiss her from the side of her face, and opened her small mouth towards him, but did not bite him, and said: "If I had this ability, at least the rain falling outside would be hail."

Simon smiled and said: "I will definitely be able to leave the day after tomorrow, I promise."

Janet curled her lips: "A man's guarantee is the most unreliable."

Simon was helpless: "Okay."

Janet tied up her tie, took a step back and looked at it, nodded to herself, and said: "Actually, Sofia flew over from France today, she should arrive at nine o'clock."

After returning from Cannes in May, Simon left the European affairs to Janet. At this time, he heard: "How is she doing recently?"

"Of course she's working for you. She will bring some real estate information this time, as well as some other things. Anyway, you don't have to worry about it," Janet said casually, and finally raised her eyes to Simon and said:

"Would you like to invite her over for dinner tonight?"

"Not tonight, let's talk about it when we have time." Simon didn't notice Janet's little look. He picked up the suit on the hanger next to him and put it on. He shook his head and said, "I made an appointment with Peter tonight. Peter Butler, are you still here?"

Remember?"

Janet nodded and said: "That reporter from the Los Angeles Times, he even wrote an exclusive interview for you last year."

Although I don’t really like to be in contact with the media, but in the current situation, Pat Kingsley’s advice to Simon is that it is best to accept some interviews to avoid the outside world not being able to get Simon’s personal consultation at all, so they start to make unwarranted speculations and even make-up.

Randomly made, Simon also agreed to come down.

After sending the man away, Janet went to a living room, took out a folder from under the coffee table, opened it, leaned on the sofa and dialed the number of Simon's personal lawyer, George Norman, and chatted for a full hour.

It was almost nine o'clock before she hung up the line.

Ken Dixon has picked up Simon's housekeeper in Europe, Sophia Facey, from LAX.

In the courtyard, Sophia Fessey got out of Janet's burgundy Land Rover, and the woman immediately greeted her. The housekeeper wore a black women's business suit today. The well-tailored suit and skirt gave the woman a mature and charming temperament.

It's a little more intellectual.

After the two women hugged and exchanged greetings familiarly, they walked into the villa together. Janet asked: "How are the two little guys doing?"

Sofia Feisi nodded with some gratitude and said, "Very good, I'll send them to my parents for the time being."

"If that guy dares to pester you again, tell me immediately," Janet said with a fierce expression: "I happen to want a few wineries."

Sofia Fesi walked into the villa with Janet with a smile, sat down on the sofa in the living room, put the briefcase she carried on her knees and opened it, looked at Janet who was walking towards the small bar in the corner of the living room and said: "If you really

If you are interested, I can help you find one, I still know something about this."

Janet brought two cups of coffee over and said, "Okay, but I want the best. Well, what kind of house information did you bring this time? Let me see?"

"I went to Paris, London, Venice, Barcelona, ​​and Amsterdam during this period, and selected a total of sixteen properties," Sofia Fesi said, taking out a few stacks of information from the briefcase and laying them out neatly.

On the coffee table, he added: "By the way, congratulations to Simon. His ranking on the Forbes list is really surprising."

Janet picked up a piece of real estate information and leaned comfortably on the sofa, smiling and saying: "I feel very happy too, but there are a lot of troubles. We were originally going to fly to Australia, but now we have to postpone the trip."

Sofia Fesi nodded understandingly and said, "Yes, Simon is too young after all."

"By the way, how's Natasha doing lately? Last time I called her, she said she was going to Italy?"

Sofia Feisi nodded and said: "She is currently filming Jez Skolimowski's new film "Springtime"."

Janet tilted her head and said: "I remembered that this matter was mentioned in the media some time ago. The Catwoman Simon chose, um, Valerie Golino, she was originally going to play this role.

The movie is coming.”

Sofia Fessi laughed: "Yes, Skolimovsky had been preparing the film for two years, but the heroine was suddenly taken away, so he had to delay the casting for a few months."

"I don't know much about this man, but of course he can't compare with my man." Janet said matter-of-factly, and suddenly said: "This house is nice, um, Kensington Garden Street, and Kensington Palace

Next to each other?”

Sofia Fessey came over and said, "Yes, we happen to be neighbors of Prince Charles and Princess Diana."

Janet curled her lips and said disdainfully: "That pair of messy guys."

Sofia Faisy reluctantly agreed and smiled. Many people always wanted to be neighbors with the royal family. Janet's completely dismissive reaction was completely beyond her expectation.

Janet turned a few more pages, tilted her head and muttered: "This house is really nice, but it would be great if we could drive those two guys out of Kensington Palace. I really don't want to be neighbors with them."

Sofia Fesi's smile almost froze.

The idea of ​​driving the heir to the British royal family out of Kensington Palace is probably something only the women around him would think of.

Janet, however, seemed unaware of how unrealistic her idea was, and looked at Sophia: "Hey, how do you think we can drive them out of Kensington Palace?"

"This," Sofia Fesi could only shake her head and said, "Jenny, this is not practical."

Janet noticed Sophia's expression, shrugged her shoulders, and said: "It's nothing unrealistic. Maybe one day I can even buy Kensington Palace. However, Simon doesn't seem to like this style of house too much."

, it may have to be demolished and rebuilt.”

Sofia Fesi is not a woman with little knowledge. After hearing Janet's words, she couldn't help but start thinking in her mind.
Chapter completed!