Chapter 114

The time of indulgence lasts into the night, and it will come to an end after all.

After seeing off all the guests, the staff of the party company cleaned up the mess and withdrew. It was already 12 a.m.

Janet took a bath, walked out of the bathroom barefoot in her light suspender Nightgown, and saw Simon sitting on the single sofa by the floor to ceiling window of her bedroom, wearing evening shirt and trousers, with a thick book in her hand, frowning slightly.

So he went over, curled up and huddled in a man's arms like a cat. He took a book from his hand and looked at it. This is the Oriental novel named a dream of red mansions that he talked about a few days ago, but it is the original Chinese version.

The English version of her has read only a small part now. Looking at the square characters with too many strokes, Janet felt dizzy. She threw her book beside her, put her hand around the man's neck and said, "if you don't like it, we can rent a venue for a party in the future. We don't have to stay at home."

So Janet's face was smiling.

Having known each other for such a long time, I can naturally realize that he is a person who cares about personal space.

Then.

The lion's territory has been "invaded" by more than 200 of his kind all night. I can imagine how uncomfortable he will be.

"That's too insincere," Simon said, noticing the smile on the face of the woman in his arms. He bowed his head and gave her a kiss on the lip. "I was just thinking that maybe I could buy this place at the end of the year and use it for parties in the future."

The end of the year.

Looking back on the recent trend of the North American stock market, Janet listened to a flaw in the man's words, but did not expose it. She nodded and said, "good."

Simon noticed a glint of cunning in Janet's eyes and realized something. He just laughed. There are too many secrets that are not enough for the outside world. If we guard against them all the time, they will not be able to get along with each other.

In fact, Simon occasionally consciously reveals some things to women, such as the book a dream of Red Mansions, which she just left beside. Last time he mentioned it by chance, he had someone buy a novel, an English translation for women and a Chinese original for himself.

Unfortunately, the simplified Chinese version was not found, but the traditional Chinese version. Of course, there is no barrier to reading.

Thinking about this, Simon put out his index finger and wiped it on the woman's lips, but he couldn't erase her smile, so he said, "honey, if one day you find out I'm actually an alien, what will you do?"

Janet's eyelashes flashed, her face looked expectant and said, "have an alien baby."

Simon nodded with satisfaction: "it seems that my plan to invade the earth will not be greatly hindered."

"Ha ha," Jeanette laughed, changed a more comfortable position in Simon's arms, and asked, "didn't Goldberg give you a check when he left? How much?"

Simon takes the book back, finds a check in the page and hands it to Janet.

Janet took a look and said in surprise, "a million dollars, fox is so generous."

"Yeah, I didn't think of that either."

After the box office of butterfly effect was released at the end of the next weekend, fox not only gave Simon $300000 to cooperate with the follow-up publicity, but also promised to pay Simon a bonus when the box office in North America exceeded 100 million.

Ronald Goldberg, the president of fox pictures, also attended the party tonight. Before leaving, he made good on his promise and left this check.

One million dollars.

It's more than Simon expected.

Ronald Goldberg's contract expires next year, and Simon sees little chance of News Corp. renewing it.

So this check is probably the result of Barry Diller's intervention.

When Ronald Goldberg leaves, Barry Diller is sure to step into the operation of fox pictures. This check is obviously to make a good relationship with Simon in advance.

Of course, after careful calculation, compared with the profits fox can make from the whole project of butterfly effect, Simon's bonus is not an exaggeration.

Fox's total production and publicity cost for the butterfly effect is only about $20 million, and the North American box office of more than $100 million is enough to bring the company a net profit of no less than $30 million.

Jeanette played with the check in her hand. A moment later, she laughed again and said, "if fox knew that you had gained more than $30 million from the stock index futures market in just over a month, maybe you would not take out the $1 million again. Anyway, you would not care too much."

Since Simon established 4500 S & P 500 futures long contracts in mid May, the S & P 500 index has risen from about 270 points to 287 points at the close of last Friday.

Westero's long contracts range from 270 to 275, with an average of about 272.therefore.

In more than a month, the average index of all 4500 contracts rose by 15 points, and each point of index rise means a profit of $2.25 million. The book profit of S & P 500 long contracts held by Westeros has reached $33.75 million.

33.75 million, which is just the beginning.

Even so, Simon held Janet's little hand and felt the special texture of the check paper together. He said, "of course I care. It's a million dollars. Many people can't make so much money in their lifetime."

Janet looked up at Simon and said, "there's so much money already. What are you going to buy?"

Simon thought for a moment, then shook his head.

Janet said, "what? Or are you going to make money and not spend money like Warren Buffett

According to the latest public data, Warren Buffett's wealth is only about $2 billion, which is equivalent to the wealth of the Janet family. However, relying entirely on value investment, Mr. Buffett has accumulated such a huge amount of wealth almost from scratch. His successful experience is legendary, and his reputation in North America over the years has become a household name.

Simon listened to Janet's address to Warren Buffett, but he laughed, pinched a woman's delicate face and said, "it's not good to call someone that in private. Besides, I won't be like him, but the money in my hand is still too little. "

"I don't call him that in private, I call him that in person, old cheapskate," Janet said haughtily, opening Simon's hand and saying, "too little? You're only 19 years old, little bastard. Tens of millions of dollars. How little are you? "

"Of course," Simon nodded, "there's basically nothing to do."

"What do you want to do?"

"A lot," Simon said, looking at the woman in his arms. "Of course, the ultimate goal must be to conquer the world."

Janet nodded her head and said persistently, "well, it's easier to say that something can be bought with money

"Money can buy, first of all, there must be a very good house. However, I hope that every city in the world where I may go has a house belonging to westero. Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, Las Vegas, London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Venice, Amsterdam, and so on. "Simon counted them casually. Seeing that the woman in his arms was already staring, he added with a smile:" of course, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and so on in Australia must also have them. "

Janet heard Simon mention Australia, her long eyelashes flashed a few times, and she thought it was really rare.

Not to mention the cost of buying countless luxury houses in major cities around the world, but the annual maintenance cost of these properties, it is estimated that few people in the world can afford it.

However.

This should be Janet Johnston's boyfriend.

Then he asked, "what about the others?"

Simon continued: "if you want to go to the places you are interested in at any time, of course, you have to have a private plane, and it has to be a very long-range private plane that can connect any two cities in the world. Maybe a little modification of the Boeing 747 is enough. You know, I don't have a sense of security. I must have a spare, but it's a bit like air force one to buy two. So it's better to buy one more. "

Three Boeing 747s.

This one.

How much does a Boeing 747 cost?

What's more.

To buy so many planes, you must have your own airport, right?

Most importantly, the cost of maintaining a private jet is much higher than that of a house. Many rich people just choose to rent private airplanes because they can't afford to pay about 10% of the cost of private airplanes every year.

However.

Although it costs a little, this wish seems to be cooler.

So he asked again with some expectation, "is there anything else?"

Simon also continued: "I hope to have a private island of my own."

Huh?

Janet was a little disappointed when she was in Dayton.

Private island.

This is too easy.

Shaking the check still in her hand, Janet looked at Simon and said, "private islands are very easy to buy. Our family has a private island on the other side of the Aegean Sea. My grandfather bought it more than ten years ago. It's more than 20 square miles. At that time, it only cost 3 million Australian dollars."

Simon shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about this kind of island."

Janet blinked. "What's that?"

Simon thought about it, holding the woman up from his arms, pulling her to the study next door.

There is a map of the world on the wall of the study.

Simon picked up the black fountain pen next to the other side of the writing board. In Janet's curious eyes, he circled a small "island" on the world map and said, "I think this is a good place. The end of the world is big enough. I don't want to buy an island that I can cross in a few minutes. Here, we can walk for a month. "Tasmania.

Janet looked at Simon's Island and was surprised.

Tasmania is located in the southeast corner of the Australian mainland. It looks like an eardrop on the map. The only egg laying mammal in the world, the platypus, grows on the island.

Janet is very familiar with Tasmania because it is just across the sea from Melbourne, where she grew up.

However, Tasmania is by no means comparable to an island in the Aegean Sea with a total area of more than 20000 square miles, which is totally different from those private islands that can be traded.

Super farmers in North America, such as Ted Turner, the boss of CNN, who like to buy land, have only one or two million acres of private land at most. The total area of Tasmania, which is more than 20000 square miles, is more than 10 million acres. If he could buy all of the island, Simon would immediately become one of the most private land owners in the world.

After looking at the map of the world in front of her for a while, Janet turned to the man beside her and said, "Simon, this island is a little big. Do you know how big Tasmania is? "

"68401 square kilometers," Simon skillfully reported a number, still adhere to his favorite metric measurement, noticed the doubt in the woman's eyes, and took the initiative to explain: "you know, Jenny. I used to live in a very small house, with almost nothing of my own. Now, since there is a chance, maybe there will be strength, of course, to realize some of their dreams

Janet felt that Simon's tone should not be the vicissitudes of a 19-year-old. She grabbed the man's hand, shook it, nodded and said, "Simon, we can achieve this."

Simon grabbed the woman's little hand with his backhand and said, "of course. So, keep helping me. I just did a little thing last time, and I'll stick to it this time. "

"No," Simon was surprised, but Janet shook her head directly this time, leaned on the man and said, "little bastard, I find that I prefer to wrap around you like a vine. I can climb as high as you grow."

Simon nodded and said, "it seems that I like it, too."

"Ha ha," Jeanette said with a smile, grabbing at Simon as if trying to find out where to get entangled. "In fact, if you want to realize what you just said, you don't need to wait for the future. We can start now."

"Well?"

Janet shook the check she still had in her other hand, then motioned to Tasmania on the map and said, "68401 square kilometers. It's bigger than many states in the United States. It's impossible to buy it at one time. However, from now on, if we buy some every year, one day this island will completely belong to us. Tasmania is actually very desolate. Most of it is next to virgin forests and barren mountains. It's just that one million dollars is enough for us to buy a large piece of land. By the way, there are still hundreds of thousands of people on the island. If you want to do this, you must make a good plan. Well, it's better to set up a lot of shell companies, and then buy them unconsciously. Otherwise, the land price will rise. "

Simon listened to Janet say more excited, raised his wrist to look at the watch, said: "in this case, then this matter to you. But now we'd better go to bed. "

Janet is obediently pulled out of the study by Simon. The man has taken a bath and they are hugging each other on the big bed.

Just, still very excited.

He talked with Simon about how to buy the whole Tasmania Island, and then talked about his other two wishes. So until two o'clock in the morning, she still didn't fall asleep when she felt the steady breathing of the man beside her.

Repeatedly recalled this night about the dream bit by bit.

At a certain moment, suddenly understand.

Many moments together, she could clearly feel that he was bound with too many things in his heart.

Maybe.

All he really wanted was freedom after all.