After dinner, I took a helicopter to Long Island to attend a high-level reception at Time Warner and left the luxury house of Time Warner Chairman Gerald Levin in East Hampton. It was already late at night.

Grace was almost obedient to Simon, but she still insisted on staying out with him overnight.

Simon did not force himself to return to Manhattan with the woman.

The Blackhawk helicopter takes off from the easternmost end of Long Island, and the distance of more than 100 kilometers takes about half an hour.

Inside the spacious Black Hawk cabin.

The four bodyguards accompanying each other sat in the front row with tactfulness, across the last side of the two rows of empty seats, Grace sat on his lap with her arms around Simon's neck. Although she did not move more intimately, the woman's face was still blushing.

"I really have to go back, but I will go to San Francisco often in the future. You know, the cooperation between the new media operations department and Instagram, and a dedicated office has been set up there," Grace whispered, stroking the handsome face of the little man who was close to him in love, and asked, "When will you go back to the East Coast? This week, or next week, I can cooperate with you to arrange the time."

Simon felt the pleasant fragrance of a woman in his arms and said, "I have no time this week. I will go to Japan tomorrow. I will notify you next week."

Grace nodded and curiously said, "What are you doing in Japan?"

“The construction of Universal Studios Osaka has begun to end, and I need to go over and take a look.”

Grace recalled a rumor about the 'Westero effect' and smiled: "Will your past cause a sharp drop in the Japanese stock market again?"

Simon understood what the woman was referring to and smiled: "It's hard to say, because of the recent Mexican currency crisis, global financial markets are volatile."

In October, international currency speculators led by Soros Quantum Fund began to attack the Mexican peso. This time, Cersei Fund Management Company, a subsidiary of Cersei Capital, also participated, and the Mexican economy is destined to escape the disaster.

As for the deeper reason for this matter, it still starts with the North American Free Trade Zone established by the Bush administration two years ago.

In December 1992, after negotiations, Canada, the United States and Mexico officially signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, announcing the establishment of the North American Free Trade Zone. This incident was originally a political achievement promoted by the Bush administration in order to fight for re-election during the election that year, but unfortunately it failed to play a role.

After taking office, the Clinton administration was dissatisfied with many of the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement, especially after the cancellation of tariffs between the three countries, Mexico's cheap industrial and agricultural products formed a strong price advantage for the United States and Canada, and the annual trade surplus increased significantly.

Bill Clinton is a very law-abiding politician. If he wants to maintain the credibility of the US government, the trade agreements he has signed cannot be changed just by saying it.

So this Mexican currency crisis occurred.

As the Mexican peso plummeted, if the economy did not want to collapse completely, Mexico had to ask for help from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund controlled by the United States. At that time, if you want to obtain financial assistance, the Mexican government must make many commitments and concessions in opening up the domestic market, which is considered a disguised revision of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The 92 pound crisis, the 94 Mexican peso crisis, and the 97 Southeast Asian economic crisis, are all in the final analysis, they are actually the same routine.

Globalization has led to blood connections between the world economy.

Although Mexico's economy is small, due to the involvement of the United States, the country's currency crisis inevitably triggered global stock market fluctuations, and Japan, far away from the ocean, could not stay out of the matter.

Grace also knew about the recent Mexican currency crisis and heard this: "If the decline is again, the Japanese may really refuse you to enter the country in the future."

Simon said indifferently: "If you don't go, you won't go, I don't like Japan anyway."

"Why don't you like it? I've been to Japan many times, traveling or doing business, and I feel very good." Grace said, with a bit of teasing in her tone: "And, Japanese girls are very docile, you must like it."

Simon did not respond to Grace's subsequent questions.

Whether a woman is docile often depends on people. The one he lacks the least now is a "doubtle" woman.

It was the reason why he didn't like Japan that made Simon unable to help but think.

Japanese culture is widely recognized in the West and is very positive.

However, Simon never had any feelings for Japan, so he rarely went to the country on the other side of the ocean.

As for why?

There are naturally some reasons for the previous life, at least, there are obviously others.

Seeing Simon distracted, Grace didn't bother her. Although she felt a little strange and shy when she sat on the man's lap, she was reluctant to leave and twisted her body slightly to change to a more comfortable position.

After a moment, Simon finally suddenly realized. Under Grace's curious gaze, she took the initiative to speak: "Japan is too closed and has a strong overall strength. Whether it is politics, economy or culture, there is no chance of the Westeros system."

Grace was confused.

Simon asked, “Have you read “Gone with Gone”?”

Grace didn't know why the little man suddenly mentioned this again, and smiled and said, "I'll start reading tomorrow."

"Red Butler, the male protagonist in "Gone with a Gone" has an argument that the era of war and change is roughly the paradise for capitalists and ambitious people." As he said this, Simon sighed: "The more he thinks, the more he is, the more he is. War will bring about violent redistribution, and change will create a lot of wealth. These are the best times for the rise of upstarts. If it weren't for this big change in the information age, I could only control a large film company in Hollywood at most. It was already the ultimate goal to have tens of billions of dollars in it, and it was impossible to do everything now."

Grace realized something: "So you don't like Japan because this country is too stable, too closed, and has a strong strength, so it can't give you the opportunity to invade and control."

Simon nodded: "Yes, I don't like it very much except Japan, Britain, France, Germany, etc. Compared to it, I prefer Eastern Europe and Africa, as well as other countries in Asia except Japan."

Grace felt the strong aggressiveness in the little man's tone, and was not disgusted at all, but became more obsessed and said softly: "The stronger the goal, the more challenging it is. I believe that as long as you are willing, neither the United Kingdom nor Japan will be a problem."

Simon said confidently: "Of course it's not a problem, or it's just a matter of time. I need to accumulate strength through a series of relatively simple goals, roughly like... the countryside surrounds the city, do you know this?"

Although she has been in the circle for many years, Grace used to be just an agent. She knows all kinds of troubles in the circle and certainly would not agree to her daughter's involvement in this industry.

It's different now.

However, even though she has the ability to protect her daughter 100% strength, Grace still doesn't want her to mess with this circle, so she refused again without hesitation: "No."

"Well, mom, I beg you."

Grace was shaken by her daughter, but her mind was not shaken at all. However, after thinking about it, she said again: "If you want to work part-time, your mom can help you find another job, and it is absolutely not OK to be a model."

Rita Spurt's eyes lit up and he asked, "What's the job?"

Grace said: "I need to ask you first. Moreover, if you want to do part-time jobs, you will not have the time to play around on weekends in the future."

Rita hesitated a little: "Ah?"

If you work as a part-time model, you just take photos and run shows on weekends or evenings. If you don’t want to do it, you can just stop doing it. This is Rita Spurt’s ideal part-time job status. If you don’t have weekends after working for part-time, what’s the point of making pocket money?

Grace didn't force herself: "You can't just stop doing it, just study well, or I'll make arrangements for you next summer."

Rita bargained: "Well, mom, can I see what job it is first?"

Grace nodded and agreed, gently stroked her daughter's blonde hair, and said, "Okay, go upstairs and go to bed. Don't play with the computer secretly. I'll go up and check in later."

Rita acted coquettishly on her mother again, then she jumped up: "I'll prepare the milk for my mother first."

Grace said: "You can also drink a drink, which will help you sleep."

"Yeah."

Seeing her daughter jumping to the kitchen, Grace took out her cell phone from her bag, and after rebooting, she began to check the phone messages for the past few hours.

After a while, Rita walked back with two glasses of milk, put one in front of her mother, held the other in her hand, and drank a glass of milk next to her, and then Grace drove her upstairs.

After checking all the phone messages, I replied to some more urgent calls, and it was twelve o'clock.

Grace sent the two empty cups back to the kitchen, washed them upstairs, and went to the children's room to take a look. Her son was already asleep, and her daughter, who was a little bit of a night owl, was caught huddled in the quilt and called someone, looking sneaky.

Sitting down beside Rita's bed, Grace helped her daughter tidy up her hair on her forehead and asked softly: "Are you in love?"

Rita wanted to make some excuses, but felt her mother's gentle gaze, and hesitated for a while, and nodded: "The captain of our school's rugby team."

Grace smiled and said, "It seems that our Rita is very charming and can catch the best boys in the school so quickly."

Rita was also a little proud, and was also somewhat happy that she was recognized by her mother. She couldn't help but say, "Mom, do you want to see his photos?"

"OK."

Rita immediately took out a photo under her pillow, and saw her mother teasing her face, and she felt a little embarrassed, but she still showed it: "His name is Michael Levison."

Grace took it, looked at the tall and handsome blonde boy in a baseball shirt in the photo, praised it a few words, and returned it to her daughter. She watched him put the photo under the pillow again and said, "Mom won't interfere in your private life, but remember to protect yourself. If he bullies you, please tell your mother."

"Mike won't bully me," Rita subconsciously retorted, realizing that something was wrong, she stuck out her tongue and agreed obediently: "I know, but if Mike bullies me, I'm afraid even his father can't beat him. Mike is 6 feet 3 inches. Not only is he the captain of the football team, but also learned fighting. He is very powerful."

Grace listened to her daughter's little arm turning out and said angrily: "How can you compare your father and boyfriend like this? Dad will always be the one who protects you the most, and boyfriend may not be."

Rita insisted: "Mike will."

Grace had no choice but to reach out and pinched her daughter's wrinkled nose, and said softly: "Go to sleep, it's very late."

Rita was not confused about the little argument she had just had with her mother and shrank into the quilt: "Good night Mom."

"Good night."

Seeing Rita close her eyes, Grace turned off the desk lamp and left her daughter's bedroom with light steps.
Chapter completed!