Chapter 1334

The news suddenly spread on March 20. On the afternoon of that day, the Kremlin suddenly announced the dissolution of the government and the reorganization of the cabinet. One of the most important and unexpected things was Yeltsin's nomination of Sergei Kiriyenko, Russia's energy minister, as the new Russian Prime Minister.

Simon belongs to the people who get the news in advance, but for Russian politics, this incident caught many people off guard. Sergei Kiriyenko, who was nominated as prime minister, only got the news when he was summoned by Yeltsin that morning. He wanted to be nominated as the new prime minister, so he could see other people's reaction.

Kiriyenko's age of 36 has given the global media a lot of focus, so many people have not noticed that in other related personnel adjustments, a short middle-aged man who used to be deputy director of the president's office was appointed as the new director of the Russian Federal Security Agency by Yeltsin.

Compared with the popularity of Kiriyenko's nomination as prime minister, another appointment is so low-key that no one has been promoted as usual.

Simon then got the news that this was the request of the parties themselves, but it was consistent with what he had.

However, since he has taken such an important step, Yeltsin knows that he does not have much way out. He is probably worried about Simon's misunderstanding of the military rank, so he specially asked someone to explain it.

In the twinkling of an eye, March 21.

Saturday.

Next Monday will be the 70th Academy Awards ceremony. Before that, Titanic, which swept all the way among the potential awards, is no longer in suspense, unless the Academy jury wants to risk the world's condemnation.

In addition, the film market in North America is still dominated by Titanic and the witch Blair. The previous box office week from March 6 to March 12, the witch Blair successfully broke through 100 million yuan, becoming the second fake documentary film in North American film history that broke through 100 million yuan.

In fact, from the ghost story to the witch Blair, because the production threshold is very low, many fake documentary films in Hollywood have been launched rapidly. Unfortunately, only the two films from daenerys entertainment not only splash, but also two super dark horses.

As for the reason, in addition to the quality of the film itself, Denise entertainment and even the whole westero system have more and more powerful and profound resources in film publicity, which is more important.

Let's talk about publicity. It's obvious that the investment in publicity and distribution of the two films is not high. However, the exposure provided by the whole westero system for the two films is definitely not necessarily the effect that other big studios spend tens of millions of dollars, not to mention the second and third tier small film companies that can only drink soup behind the giants.

Simon is on the east coast this weekend.

A golf course on Martha's Vineyard Island, across the sea from long island.

On Saturday morning, Simon was invited to come over to play ball with others. On the other side, the Clintons, who rarely took a break to spend the weekend, were invited.

Of course, it is impossible for the two most powerful people in the world to really play when they meet.

After the two exchanged greetings, Clinton half jokingly mentioned the recent events in South Korea.

Because of a small eavesdropping incident, Simon directly killed the second largest chaebol in South Korea. The impact of this incident is absolutely not negligible. Even if the South Korean government has made the greatest compromise, it can't help complaining to Washington in private. Not only that, in the face of the increasingly strong westero system in North America, it is inevitable that some people are ready to move.

On the court, Clinton lightly sold some names of people who were ready to move to Simon, and then mentioned the recent reduction of westero's holdings.

Because of the news of stock reduction released suddenly on Tuesday, the NASDAQ index, which was in continuous recovery, fell continuously in the next few days, with a cumulative decline of 7% in a week. The White House is now rushing to another fiscal surplus year in the United States after 29 years. Clinton is unavoidably nervous about the insistence of Westeros.

Now that Clinton has already committed himself to Korea, he laughs and gives himself some names, Simon of course has to repay him, saying: "bill, the goal of westero's stock reduction this time is the same as last time. I hope the new technology industry can have a relatively healthy development environment, instead of suddenly and irrationally rising and falling rapidly, I think you don't want to see NASDAQ collapse again before you leave office, do you? "

Clinton shook his head and said, "of course I don't want to, Simon. The problem is, you should know what I expect."

"I believe that this reduction of Westeros will only be good for the White House's economic goals."

Clinton asked: "how to say?"

"After last year's financial turmoil, coupled with the continuous interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve, the US dollar is flowing back. You should recognize that, right?"

"That's right."

Simon said: "therefore, my suppression of the new technology market will definitely make the funds flowing back to North America go to other federal fields, such as energy or health care. Compared with the Internet industry, which is still growing and difficult to generate profits, those mature fields can create jobs and profits in the short term, right?"

Clinton thought about it and said with a smile, "Simon, I think there's something wrong with it."

"Well?"

"Energy, medical and other industries are quite mature. Even if they can see benefits in a relatively short time, they are certainly not as attractive to capital as the Internet," Clinton said, staring at Simon. "So, I still think it is better to let those funds flow to new technologies, just like a reservoir with little water. The speed of water diversion and return will certainly be faster, right?"

Simon can only nod with a smile, but there is no embarrassment of being exposed: "maybe so."

Two people came to another hit point, played a ball, continued to move forward, Clinton then said: "so, at least before October, Simon, don't make a second reduction, OK?"

When Clinton said this, the tone of voice unconsciously increased.

Simon shook his head. "I have my plan, bill."

Clinton slowed down a bit and looked over: "Simon, Westeros has accumulated a lot of money. You don't need more money. Why do you do that?"

"You know, bill, it's not about money. I hope the development of the Internet industry in the federal government can be healthy and lasting, rather than the ups and downs in the short term."

Clinton simply stopped and stared at Simon again: "OK, Simon, can you tell me how much you plan to reduce your holdings next?"

"It's not about the reduction," Simon said. "I hope to keep the index within a reasonable range. At least this year, I think 3500 points is a relatively healthy state."

This Monday, the NASDAQ index once hit a high of 3619 points, because of the news of westero's reduction of holdings. Yesterday, Friday's close, the NASDAQ index has slipped to 3283 points, which is in line with Simon's expectations.

Clinton was a little angry about Simon's refusal. However, being in Washington, he was used to bargaining, and he was not in a hurry. He began to walk forward again, saying, "Simon, how about 4000?"

If the Nasdaq market is compared to a reservoir, every 100 points higher actually means more accumulation of corresponding funds. As for the current situation, more funds will flow back to the United States. Through the circulation of the stock market, they will turn to all walks of life and finally gather into the financial data of the United States.

The fiscal year cycle of the United States is from October to September of the following year.

Clinton's goal is to get a beautiful financial annual report in October, so as to stimulate the mid-term election in November. For this goal, he even gave up using force in Yugoslavia under various pressures, even some of his own pressure. Naturally, Simon's plan to reduce stocks can not destroy his expectations.

With the rising speed of the NASDAQ index in the coming first quarter, if Simon doesn't pay attention, maybe it won't have to be at the end of the year. Before the middle of the year, the NASDAQ index will be able to reach 4000 points again. This year, it will be easy for the NASDAQ index to reach 4500 points.

He also understood the rules of Washington's game. Simon said 3500 points, waiting for Clinton to bargain. Seeing him say so, Simon didn't grin with the president and nodded: "no problem."

In fact, 4000 points really exceeded Simon's expectation. However, Simon also understood that if he messed up the beautiful financial annual report expected by the White House, Clinton would definitely jump. The couple in the White House had no position, just like Hillary Clinton had been able to point her finger at Wall Street for her campaign.

What's more, the Democratic Party lost a lot in the 1996 presidential election and the Senate election at the same time. This time, it is urgent to pull back one city. If Simon does not withdraw at all, not only the White House, but the whole democratic party will jump.

As for the excess, we will press it back next year.

After the mid-term election, there is still some time to go before the next presidential election. In 1999, it is very suitable for the financial operation of the westero system.

People are always instinctively pushing forward. When Clinton saw that Simon agreed so simply, he immediately felt that the request he had just raised was a little low. Maybe 4200 or even 4500 is not without negotiation. However, considering the character of the young man around him and Simon's terrible wealth at this time, Clinton still had some hope in his heart, so he gave up.

President can only serve for eight years at most. Even with Hillary Clinton, the Clinton family's political life can not last forever.

Simon westero's wealth, at least for himself, is permanent. After all, there must be many places to rely on each other.

With this in mind, Clinton changed the topic to a more relaxed one. Speaking of his upcoming visit to China in June, this is a return visit to last year's visit. I hope Simon, who knows China very well, can give him some suggestions.

Simon is equally relaxed to be right.

Having played the ball and declined the Clintons' lunch invitation, Simon returned to Manhattan by helicopter.

Christie's, owned by melisandro, has a midday charity reception at the Gramsci hotel in Washington, D.C., to warm up an art auction in the evening.

Simon was not interested in the evening's auction. Because of Sophia, he came to join in at noon.

Just arriving at the Gramsci hotel where the reception was held, Sophia, who was in full dress, took Simon by the arm and whispered in his ear: "there is a mysterious guest at noon."

Simon followed Sophia into the elevator and listened to the ambiguous voice of the woman. He said with a smile, "have you finally found my alien?"

Sophia gently patted Simon on the arm, still did not reveal the answer, said: "wait, you will know."

Simon was not in a hurry, but said something else: "I see a lot of luxury brand stock prices are falling recently. Does this have an impact on melisandro?"

Since the beginning of the new year, the new technology market has rebounded rapidly, but the luxury sector, which has been popular in the past few years, has been declining continuously. In North America, for example, the two star luxury brands Ralph Lauren and Donald Cullen, which were listed in the previous few years, the stock price has almost fallen to the waist in recent months because the annual or quarterly financial reports at the beginning of the year did not meet expectations.

After all, it is the influence of the environment.

Last year, the first us new technology bubble burst, followed by a financial storm in the second half of the year, leading to the tightening of pocketbooks by the upper middle class and even the top rich of luxury goods consumers.

Sophia listened to Simon's question, obviously not worried, and said with a smile, "don't you always value long-term development more?"

"Just to ask, maybe you can start some more mergers and acquisitions while taking advantage of this downturn?"

"For the time being, there is no M & a plan, and I intend to do more of our existing brands," Sophia laughs. "The recent decline is due to the fact that the luxury industry has been raised too high in the past few years and there is a bubble. But it's actually a good thing for us. "

"Well?"

"At present, if luxury brands want to develop well, they must follow the global strategy. Melisandro is huge, so it has considerable advantages in this respect. The burst of the luxury brand just suppresses the flow of capital to this area, and the small and medium-sized brands do not have enough capital to compete with us.

"Well."

"And you," Sophia asked, "how was your conversation with the president this morning?"

"It's boring. I don't want to talk to him at all."

"What's the matter?"

"You can't get along with people in Washington without bargaining. I hate bargaining."

Sophia chuckled: "how many people envy this opportunity."

"I think the chance to play with Simon westero should be more valuable than Clinton, so I still suffer."

"Ha ha, it's the same."

They came to the charity reception hall, laughing and talking. Even though they noticed that the temporary security measures of the reception were a little strict, many guests did not expect Simon westero to appear. Most people thought it was for another mysterious guest spread in advance, which immediately caused a stir.