Hollywood New Century

Chapter 239: good year

New York in November seems to be bleak. The global financial tsunami has indeed given New York, the world financial center, a heavy blow.

New York, Brooklyn, Simon stood at the window of Anne Hathaway's house, which he hadn't seen for a long time, and looked at the new site of the demolished Brooklyn Stadium not far away.

"The construction will start at the end of the month, and the newspapers say that the naming rights of the new stadium are owned by the **** bank?" Anne Hathaway came from behind and stood side by side with Simon at the window.

"It's still negotiating, there are still some differences in the title price, and "Thor" is over?" Simon asked casually, and now Simon's team is mainly in contact with the Bank of China and Barclays.

"Well, it's closed, it's already in the post-production stage, and all my roles ended last month," Anne Hathaway is indeed a busy year this year, with not only three films released, but two more at the same time The movie is waiting to be released next year.

"Disney's Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" is almost finished, right?" Simon had been in Asia before, and he didn't know much about some things.

"There are not many live-action scenes, mainly special effects and CG synthesis. At the end of the month, I will be filming the White Queen scene for about a month. After that, it will be mainly special effects production. The schedule is scheduled for 2010," Anne Hathaway said. Has signed with Disney to play the White Queen in "Alice in Wonderland".

Simon nodded, and after the acquisition of Pixar, Disney has returned to its original dominance in animated feature films.

Using a director with a dark Gothic style like Tim Burton to direct "Alice in Wonderland" is indeed a bit unexpected, after all, Disney's theme has always been a positive sunny image.

However, Tim Burton certainly can't violate Disney's principles, and "Alice in Wonderland" can only be biased towards some Tim Burton styles in terms of characters.

Simon turned his head around Anne Hathaway's waist and pulled the girl closer, and said with a smile, "You have become famous in recent years!"

Anne Hathaway kissed Simon's lips intimately against Simon's body, warmly and tenderly.

"It's all thanks to you. This blockbuster "Thor" has attracted a lot of attention, especially now that Marvel's first "Iron Man" is about to be released!" The Rise of Anne Hathaway Thanks in large part to the hugely popular workplace comedy "The Devil Wears Prada."

In the promotion of "Iron Man", Xinghai Pictures has indeed invested heavily, and next year's "Thor" will definitely be treated similarly, and Anne Hathaway, the heroine, is the only big-name actor in "Thor". The attention has almost surpassed the protagonist Thor!

"By the way, the Chinese-American Kung Fu movie "Tai Chi", the director Zhou Xingchi's team should have been in contact with you, right?" Simon pulled Anne Hathaway to the sofa and sat down as he spoke.

"I've been in contact, and I've already promised to be the heroine. Filming will start in San Francisco in May next year!" Anne Hathaway knew that Simon took this film seriously, and it was an important film to enter the Asian market, especially China market.

"That's good!" Simon nodded. This year, Anne Hathaway didn't cause a scandal because of her cheating ex-boyfriend. The smooth development in recent years has become more and more influential.

Not only did Simon make her the heroine of "Thor", but she also made her take on "Tai Chi" to break into the Chinese market in one fell swoop.

As long as she does not die in the future, Simon believes that Anne Hathaway's achievements must be even more dazzling than in her previous life.

In the crude oil market, OPEC cut production by 520,000 bpd in September, 1.5 million bpd in October and 2.2 million bpd in November.

At the same time, the Federal Reserve announced that it will reduce the federal funds rate to an ultra-low level of 0 to 0.25% and implement quantitative easing policies to expect economic expectations to stabilize. Crude oil now hit a low of $36.61 a barrel, the largest drop of 75% from the mid-year price range.

The Nine-headed Bird Fund previously shorted crude oil with a leverage of $1 billion at a high level of 10 times, earning an interest rate of nearly 70%.

The entire crude oil is shorted, and Simon's final funds, excluding taxes and dividends, are almost 4 billion US dollars.

In the evening, Simon Pike and Anne Hathaway were enjoying dinner at a small upscale restaurant on Leonard Avenue in lower Manhattan's Tribeca district.

The Xinghai Building not far away is under construction. Simon invested hundreds of millions of dollars to build this skyscraper carrying Simon's big vision.

"The Xinghai Entertainment headquarters in Burbank, Los Angeles is almost completed. Are you planning to move there?" Anne Hathaway is not clear about how much Simon has earned this year. However, the New Jersey Nets, Brooke Linxin Gymnasium, Manhattan Xinghai Building and Xinghai Entertainment Burbank Headquarters, plus huge sums of money to Xinghai Pictures…

"This year seems to be your lucky year, Simon!" Anne Hathaway said and laughed.

Simon put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth, leaned on the chair, and said with a smile: "The Triangle Building in Burbank is basically completed, and Xinghai Entertainment will move to the new headquarters in Burbank before the end of the year;"

"As for whether this year is my lucky year, I don't think it matters."

"Look at that young waitress over there," Simon said, pointing to a pretty waitress in the restaurant, then said:

"Just now, the lady seemed to be late when she came to the restaurant for work. I overheard her saying that the child was crying and wasting time. She didn't live near here, so she arrived an hour late;"

"The boss withheld her salary, and she pleaded with the boss that she blamed the **** subprime mortgage crisis for causing her house to be repossessed and the stock purchased as waste paper."

Simon's luck can be called the misfortune of many people, but Simon's flat face and smile have no sympathy for these poor guys.

"I've seen a lot more. There are many families with failed investments going bankrupt. This year and next year will be a difficult time." Anne Hathaway, as a big star, was of course not affected by the crisis. Investor Phoenix Fund, as Simon's subsidiary Of course, the private equity fund also made a lot of money.

"Good year!" Simon muttered in his heart. It doesn't matter how many people jumped off the building in the United States or there will be more unemployed people.

Of course Simon doesn't care about the economic recovery of the United States, but only cares that he can maximize profits. After all, the world needs money and power too much.