Chapter 576(1/2)
The Boeing 767 landed at San Jose Airport in the Bay Area in just over half an hour.
Simon and Natasha Hensquitch walked out of the front cabin with a chatter and laughter. Girl A and Raul Bradley came up and got off the plane together.
Raul Bradley quietly looked at Natasha Hensquitch. The girl, who was only 19 years old this year, looked at the man beside her with joy, admiration, flattery and a little bit of not so secret awe.
Obviously, in the past half an hour, the two of them had a very pleasant time together, and there was no stranger that they just wanted to meet for the first time.
Bradley was not surprised at all.
A man like Simon Westeros can make a lot of women stick on without any action. If he is a little gentleman, considerate and humorous, he will be even more skillful to women.
Everyone left the airport, Simon rushed to Woodside by car, and the A girl continued to stay, sent Raul Bradley away, and took Natasha Hensquatch to another property under Simon's name in the wealthy area of Atherton, Palo Alto.
Although he was a little resentful about his boss's behavior of raising vases, Alison still handled all kinds of things dutifully. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future, those who should be assigned to the vase need to be explained clearly, which is actually beneficial to everyone.
After a simple placement, the girl A took Natasha Hensquitch to have a meal at a high-end restaurant near Atherton, and began to instruct a vase of various self-cultivation that should be available.
The female assistant doesn't like the maids around Simon always appear in Woodside's villa, and the A-some spends most of the weekends training Simon's new vase.
While Simon accompanied the female assistant, he took the time to attend some meetings of several companies on the weekend.
After the launch of 58list in August, a series of noise caused by the fraud case was completely concluded recently.
After a period of entanglement, the six victims of the fraud case voluntarily revoked the lawsuit.
There is no other settlement agreement in private between the two parties.
This is an inevitable result.
If Igrett Company gives in to this incident, once it loses the case, it will definitely be involved in endless trouble in the future.
Even if there is a private settlement of compensation, it will not work.
Because it will also become a reference for later generations.
Therefore, Igrett's company was decisive in arresting the fraud gang and was also tough in the face of class action lawsuits seeking additional compensation from six victims.
If you want to sue, then keep fighting, even if it is in trouble, it will be spared.
Igrit Company has fulfilled all its obligations and wants additional compensation. Sorry, this is impossible.
At the same time, compared with the wealthy Igrit Company, the six victims obviously could not afford the protracted high lawyer fees, so they had to give up in the end.
On Monday morning, Natasha Hensquitch was sent away. Girl A met with her boss with a signed confidentiality agreement. Instead of returning to Los Angeles, she set off temporarily to New York.
Some changes have occurred in the construction of Westeros Building.
Just over the weekend, an inconspicuous newspaper in New York suddenly exposed the fact that the construction team of Westeros Building used illegal workers a large number of illegal workers. At the same time, they questioned the safety of the building construction site, saying that in the two years since the official launch of the building project, at least six safety accidents have occurred. Although no deaths have occurred, two workers have suffered serious lifelong disabilities.
The article finally pointed the finger at New York Mayor David Dingkins, who is sprinting for re-election, criticizing David Dingkins for irresponsibly approving the big and inappropriate project of Westeros Tower in exchange for campaign funding support for the Westeros system.
This year marks another election year for the mayor of New York.
Incumbent Mayor David Dingkins faces former New York City prosecutor Rudy Giuliani for the second time.
In the election four years ago, Rudy Giuliani lost to David Dingkins, among which the campaign funds and media support provided by the Westeros system played a big role.
This time, Rudy Giuliani pointed his finger at the Westeros system behind David Dingkins from the beginning of the election.
The Westeros system has become more and more popular in recent years. When the media and the public are amazed at the rapid growth of Simon's personal wealth, criticism of the latest rising consortium is inevitably increasing.
David Dingkins is a very experienced politician and may have enough emerging for his re-election. Therefore, Dingkins decisively chose to draw a clear line with the Westeros system and even returned some campaign funds related to the Westeros system.
Simon had already expected the fickleness of politicians, but he did not expect Dingkins to be so straightforward.
The other party even disrupted the Westeros system's layout in New York politics.
You know, the Westeros system originally planned to continue to support Dingkins, but the other party suddenly turned against each other, and the Westeros system could not turn to other alternative candidates, unless it was transferred to the Republican Party, which obviously would not work.
David Dingkins took the initiative to draw the line, and the Westeros system did not go up.
However, for a world-class political, economic and cultural center like New York, many of the Westeros system's subsidiaries are located here, so it is impossible to give up infiltration into the political circles of this city. Simon finally decided to transfer all the resources originally planned to be invested in Dingkins into the competition for New York City Council members.
The final vote for the mayoral election will be held in early November.
The sudden appearance of the local media in New York City can be said to kill two birds with one stone. It not only causes trouble for the construction of the Westeros Building project that Simon values very much, but also can hit David Dingkins' support rate.
Therefore, when the tabloid newspaper called Manhattan Metropolis provoked the topic, newspapers such as the New York Times and Daily News began to follow up.
What Simon didn't expect was still behind.
This morning, without any communication with the Westeros system, David Dingkins clarified at a weekly press conference that he had no interests with the Westeros system, and publicly stated that the New York City Labor Bureau will jointly investigate the safety of the construction site of the Westeros Building with the Construction Workers Union.
There is a three-hour time difference on the east and west coasts.
When Simon set off from the West Coast to New York, all workers at the construction site of Westeros Building had been evacuated at the request of the New York City government and the local workers' union.
Westeros Building was forced to shut down.
If it is another real estate company, a large project of a billion-dollar level will be suddenly suspended, and it is not impossible for the company to be dragged down if it is more serious.
As the voting date approaches, David Dingkins has shown a clear disadvantage in front of Rudy Giuliani.
In Simon's opinion, the sudden attack on the Westeros project even made a little letting go.
From the current mayor's speech at the press conference, he only focused on the safety issues of the construction site of Westeros Building without mentioning illegal workers, it can be seen that the other party was not on a whim.
New immigrants have always been the basic base that the Democratic Party can win over as much as possible.
During his re-election campaign, David Dingkins has also been as much arguing as possible that he promoted New York's population diversity during his tenure.
What exactly the ‘diversity’ here refers to is self-evident.
Therefore, although illegal workers do not have the right to vote for the time being, if this matter is investigated at the same time, it will inevitably offend the immigrant group in New York City.
The smart calculations of veteran politicians are simply amazing.
Simon was on the plane to New York and learned a series of situations in detail, but he could only sneer.
In my memory, Hillary Clinton plotted against his presidential throne.
In the 2008 election, Wall Street originally supported Hillary Clinton, but this strong woman in the political circle saw the media and the public hostility towards Wall Street due to the economic crisis. She just received political donations from investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan. In a blink of an eye, she pointed her finger at Wall Street and jumped up and down to encourage Congress to formulate stricter regulatory bills against Wall Street.
The end result was that Wall Street turned to the top, and Hillary didn't even get the position of candidate in the party.
David Dingkins' behavior is exactly the same as Hillary in Simon's memory.
In other words, politicians always have the same thinking and behavior patterns.
Of course, there must be more other influencing factors in the two things. Hillary may not have completely lost the opportunity to attack the presidential throne by losing Wall Street. David Dingkins probably did not turn against the Westeros system just for his re-election.
With the rapid expansion of Westeros system, Simon became the world's first billionaire billionaire, the Internet industry is becoming increasingly large in output value, and the opposition between Igret and traditional paper media...
If it was really just a security issue and illegal labor that caused the Westeros Tower to shut down, Simon might just leave the matter to James Rebeld.
It was precisely because he realized that he might have other entangled issues that he felt that he needed to come to the East Coast.
Simon has always been a person who attaches great importance to preventing problems and understands the principle that a thousand-mile dike collapses from an ant hole.
The suspension of work in Westeros Building will certainly not drag down the Westeros system, but he will not allow this matter to continue to develop or even expand. If other joints are involved, it must be clarified as soon as possible.
After getting off the plane, Simon rushed to the headquarters of Westeros in midtown Manhattan. It was already past five o'clock on the east coast. James Rebel and Iron Gate CEO Jerry Spear were still waiting for him.
The most severely affected by the suspension of Westeros Building was actually the Iron Gate Company, which undertakes this project. Whether it is illegal labor or construction safety, it is the area that the other party needs to be responsible for. Westeros can even be regarded as a victim in this regard.
James and Spear had previously consulted with representatives from the New York City government for a whole day.
Everyone sat down in a small conference room. Jerry Spear, who was about fifty years old, had a round face and said with a wry smile: "It's really a troublesome this time. Simon, we didn't expect this to happen."
Simon had an understanding smile on his face, but he was not moved by Jerry Spear's complaints.
The time-honored brand of Iron Slot Gate has a history of a hundred years, and the Spier family is deeply rooted in New York. In this emergency, David Dingkins did not even call Westeros in advance, but Simon was sure that the Spier family must have received news in advance.
Girl A personally brought coffee in.
Simon took the coffee cup, turned it into his palm and rubbed it gently, saying, "Jerry, I handed over the construction of Westeros to the Iron Lion Gate out of trust. The problems exposed by the media these days seem to be your problems."
When Jerry Spear heard Simon say this, he also found that although the young man opposite had small faces on his face, there was no smile in his eyes. His originally relaxed expression restrained his blood and said, "Simon, do you know how many people died during the construction of the Empire State Building?"
Simon shook his head.
Jerry Spear said: "Due to the urgent construction period, the 410-day construction process has disclosed information. Although only five people died unexpectedly, in fact, this number is more than 10 times. The construction process of large-scale construction projects has never been foolproof. Two years after the construction of Westeros Building started, only some people were injured and there were no deaths. This is enough to show that there is no safety problem in our construction environment."
Simon nodded: "I understand."
"So," Jerry Spear smiled again and spread his hands, "You must also know that this incident has nothing to do with the Iron Lion Gate."
Simon still rubbed the coffee cup in his hand: "So, Jerry, when will the building resume work?"
Jerry Spear looked at the young man opposite, and couldn't help but feel a little more interesting in his tone, saying, "This requires you to communicate with the New York City government, and maybe you have to deal with the media."
Simon continued to ask, "Where is the Iron Lion Gate?"
Jerry Spear felt something strange from Simon's obviously cold tone, paused slightly, and said: "Simon, we are actually implicated, you should understand this."
"I understand," Simon nodded again, saying, "In that case, according to our original agreement, whether it is the activation of illegal labor or the safety accident caused during construction, the responsibility is on the side of the Iron Lion Gate. Mr. Spiller, you can leave now. The Westeros' lawyer team will contact the Iron Lion Gate to terminate the contract, initiate a lawsuit and seek compensation."
Jerry Spear was stunned for a moment before finally realizing what Simon had just said, but he quickly calmed down and stared at the young man on the other side of the conference table and said, "Simon, it will not do you any good to make things bigger."
"Or, another option," Simon looked very good, but his eyes became sharper and he said coldly: "I don't care what method Iron Lion Gate uses. The project must resume work within three days, otherwise I will change the contractor. I will double the money Iron Lion Gate earned from Westeros, at all costs."
Jerry Spear threatened: "If you do this, I can guarantee that the Westeros Tower will never be built again."
Simon didn't care about the other party's threat and said tit-for-tat: "Since you can guarantee that the Westeros Tower will never be built, it can also guarantee that the project will resume work within three days. In addition, I can also guarantee you that if the Westeros Tower cannot be built and the Westeros Tower exists for one day, I will target the Iron Lion Gate for one day until one of our parties goes bankrupt."
To be continued...