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Simon returned to Los Angeles and Veronica Johnston and Anthony Johnston arrived in the morning.
Veronica is here to see the baby off. Simon and his wife are going to take Melbourne for a while.
Anthony Johnston is about the buyout of BHP.
Maybe it's because of the latest Forbes rich list released today, there are reporters outside the domay point manor. Simon's car enters the gate, and a flash lights up around him. Some reporters even try to take pictures of the car window, but they don't get anything under the one-way glass.
The car stopped in front of the shell villa and Anthony Johnston appeared at the door.
Simon got out of the car and hugged Anthony: "Tony, how are you doing?"
"Not bad," Anthony and Simon hugged him, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "and congratulations, the world's first one hundred billion dollar rich."
"Thank you," Simon said, laughing and entering the villa with Anthony. "And they?"
"It's all in there."
As they said this, they were guided down to a showroom on the east side of the villa hall by the Indian girl.
This is the room that Janet designed to store Simon's awards and other commemorative items.
As soon as I got close to the showroom, I heard an irregular "clank" sound. After entering the room, I found a little guy lying on the platform with the flaming guitar Simon used to use in Madonna's concert. He was playing happily with his hands.
Now, of course, there's no flame coming out.
Janet and Veronica stay by and find Simon come in. Veronica takes the initiative to pick up the reluctant little guy from the table, hesitates for a while, then puts him on the floor, squats down, gently pushes the child towards Simon and says, "Moore, Dad's back, call dad."
For the reason of frequent video calls, Melbourne looks at Simon with a small expression, which is not strange. It's just that he doesn't like the guy in front of him. He looks at him a few times, turns around and goes back to Veronica's arms. His little hand points to the flame guitar next to him again.
Veronica almost instinctively hugs the baby. Then she takes a careful look at Simon. She knows that Simon doesn't like holding the baby in her arms all the time.
Just reluctant to let go.
Simon came forward and took the baby from Veronica. The father and son looked at each other for a moment, but they were not moved by the little guy's tearful expression. He quickly handed it to Isabel and Zoe, two maids beside him, and said, "take him out to play." See Isabel also want to pick up the little guy, and added: "do not hold, he can go."
Let's watch the little guy plead with Veronica for help with his pathetic little eyes, while he is cleverly led out by Isabel. When the child leaves the showroom, Janet finally laughs, takes Veronica's arm, and says happily: "Moore is very smart. She knows who the devil is here."
Veronica looked anxiously at the door and whispered, "Moore is still young."
"No, I'll be two years old in a few months," Janet said, taking her aunt out and saying, "let's prepare lunch. Don't worry. Issa and Zoe are good at taking care of children. By the way, Simon, is a back? I have something else to ask her? "
Simon nodded: "outside."
When the others left, Simon and Anthony sat down directly on the sofa in the corner of the showroom. When aliya brought coffee in and left, Anthony said, "aunt really dotes on Moore, so does Dad. However, you should not be too strict with him, the child is not two years old
Simon asked with a smile, "what was your childhood like?"
Anthony was stunned. He shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "I don't remember when Moore was so old. However, ah, from the beginning, my father was very strict with Norman and me, and my grandfather was still there at that time. Well, I don't care much about it since Jennie. Jennie, David and pat. In fact, I envy my three brothers and sisters
Simon shook his head slightly and said honestly, "I won't teach children. It's mainly about Jennie in the future. However, I think we should let them know that the world is not responsive to their needs. They should know how to give and how to be restrained. For a family like us, I think this is very important. "
Anthony tone with a bit of joke: "I just think, you may be a little envious of Moore."
Simon Leng next, no answer, side of the coffee.
Anthony soon realized that he had some slip of the tongue, changed the topic and said: "although igritte has the upper hand in this case, it should be very troublesome in the future?"
Simon soon forgot what he had just done and nodded: "the relationship with print media will be a little stiff in the future."
"Dad is also paying attention to this recently. He asked me to tell you that Australia should not open similar websites."
Simon agreed: "no, Murdoch actually mentioned it to me."The situation in Australia is different from that in North America.
There are more than 2800 newspapers, large and small, in the whole Federation at the present stage. Although there are big paper media giants such as Hurst group, Constance, Washington Post Group, New York Times, etc., their influence is relatively scattered after all. Moreover, even the New York Times, which has the largest circulation at the present stage, has a single day scale of only about 1.2 million.
Even when more and more aware of the threat of Internet media, the number of paper media groups is too large, it is impossible to twist a rope against igrit.
Moreover, the more than 20 million active users of igritte portal in a single day also means that even if someone wants to besiege, Simon has enough power to fight back. In this 58list incident, the paper media is fierce, but in terms of public opinion, Internet users are basically on the side of the Internet under the guidance of igritte portal.
Australia is different.
Simon has always maintained a good attitude towards the media power in Australia, and the cooperation between the two sides is also very precise.
Moreover, News Corporation and Fairfax group basically monopolized the paper media in Australia and New Zealand.
Classified information advertising also accounts for a large proportion of revenue in the Australian paper industry.
If igritte Australia branch also launches classified information advertising business there, News Corp. and Fairfax group will definitely join hands to besiege igritte, which means that the paper media of the whole Australia will work at the same time. Even if Simon is not afraid of this kind of confrontation, it is not worth the loss for several parties to turn their original allies into enemies.
In a word, even if igritte does not open a classified information website in Australia and has a reference in North America, there will certainly be someone developing a similar project there.
It's just that it has nothing to do with igritte.
Anthony was relieved to hear that Simon had no such plan.
If the Australian media stands in the way of public opinion to obstruct the merger plan of BHP, the johnstons will not be able to complete the acquisition at all.
With this in mind, Anthony asked, "the film promotion work of danielis entertainment also relies heavily on traditional print media. What are you going to do with it?"
"This is the same as the exchanges between countries. The two countries, especially the big countries, have always had contradictions and maintained cooperation. Although it exists with igritte, the paper media must maintain a certain friendly attitude if they want to earn the advertising expenses of Denise entertainment. In addition, igrit portal not only has its own film section, but also has invested in some film review websites in the past two years, which are enough to ensure the public praise of the company's films. "
The main influence of print media on movies is actually word-of-mouth.
Many cases have proved that the influence of word-of-mouth on the box office of a film is not so important. The key is popularity.
Even if it is a film full of bad reviews, if the popularity is high enough, the box office will not be too bad.
At present, in the process of film distribution, the main channel to promote popularity has turned to TV advertising.
Internet media and television industry has not produced many conflicts of interest, which need not worry too much. What's more, in a few years, Denise entertainment will complete its own layout of the TV network.
After confirming that Simon had his own thoughts on these matters, Anthony stopped saying more and said, "before I come here, Dad, let me tell you that the scale of the westero system is too large. There are some things that should be let go. Many people just didn't react before. Now, they find that the interests of the Internet industry are becoming more and more huge. They won't allow you to monopolize it alone. " Anthony said, laughing again, and said: "in fact, dad also sees that you have been trying to give up your interests to avoid risks, but this is not enough, just like the last transfer of 10% of igritte shares, it is difficult to satisfy the appetite of those old capital."
"I know," Simon said, "so I'm not going to let you go for a while."
"Well."
"Since no matter how much I put out, there must be people who are not satisfied with it, so don't give it at all," Simon said. "It's hard for people to cherish things that are too easy to get, so my next plan is to let them take the initiative."
Anthony Leng next, a moment later some understand, way: "this time of 58list?"
Simon nodded: "in the past two years, someone in igritte has put forward the scheme of classified information website. I understand that the launch of this scheme will impact the important business of traditional paper media, and I have been pressing on it all the time. Now I'm not going to press. In the next few years, I'm going to let igritte and the whole westero system begin to grow savagely, and I'm going to take down all the fields I can get involved in. We'll talk about future affairs and future troubles when we meet them. "
In fact, the whole world wide web is actually the invention of igritte.
Simon was able to complete the complete layout of the entire Internet industry chain through Cisco, AOL and igritte. The key lies in this. At the beginning, no one thought it was wrong. It is quite natural for westrow system to enjoy the exclusive right of the technology that it invested heavily in.It's just that the scale of the Internet industry is getting bigger and bigger that more and more people will take it for granted.
As a result, even if it has been converging as much as possible, more and more news can still be heard about westrow's assumption of monopolizing the Internet, and Simon does not intend to converge any more.
58list is just another initial project of igrit that has the most impact on traditional paper media.
With $1.5 billion from Goldman Sachs and Morgan, Simon recently invested in a number of start-ups through igritte capital, which specializes in venture capital.
EBay, an online auction site, is a selection of venture capital projects. Like 58list, the name comes from Simon's personal preference.
Broadcast, an online radio website, broadcast live through online mode. Its name also comes from Simon's memory. In the original space and time, Broadcast was a complete failure. It was bought by YAHOO for billions of dollars at the peak of the Internet bubble. YAHOO was equivalent to buying a bunch of worthless mess. The founders and investors made a lot of money. Simon's plan is also cash out at the right opportunity.
Ipets, a pet ration sales website, is similar to Amazon's e-commerce.
IMDB, the Internet Movie Database and website, was established in 1990. Recently, it was wholly acquired by igrit capital. It continues to maintain the free mode and provides online movie data to Amazon and blockbuster online.
IMAP, as the name suggests, is an online map website.
Wait, wait, wait.
In the past few months, igritte has continuously invested in more than 20 start-ups, not to mention the projects invested in the past and in the operation stage. Simon's purpose is to take advantage of the crazy period of the Internet industry which is about to break out in all directions, to promote the savage growth of igritte to the greatest extent, or It is said that it will promote the barbaric growth of the whole world wide web platform.
In recent months, driven by igritte, venture capital has been pouring into the Internet industry with billions of dollars. Now in Silicon Valley, as long as you can come up with a business plan that is barely acceptable, you can easily pull in millions or even tens of thousands of dollars of investment.
While igritte, Cisco, AOL and even the whole westero system grow savagely, Simon's rest is just waiting.
When soldiers come to block, water comes to cover the earth.
He now has hundreds of billions of dollars, but his economic strength has surpassed that of the Rockefeller family at its peak. The scale of assets controlled by the whole westero system is even larger. In addition, whether in terms of public opinion platforms or political connections, westero system has accumulated a lot. Simon does not need to be as careful as before Wings.
Next, if someone wants to get involved in the area controlled by the Westeros system, they have to show their sincerity or show their strength.
If you have no sincerity or strength, just cool off.
If possible, Simon certainly hopes that the westrow system will continue to expand steadily and quietly, and unconsciously become a big Mac that no one can shake.
However, it is impossible to keep a low profile based on the current scale of the westero system.
In this case, we should try our best to show our edge.
Anthony used to think that Simon had maturity not commensurate with his age, which was neither good nor bad. Now, after what Simon just said, he finally realized the sharpness and publicity that his brother-in-law should have.
"In this case, you won't get the funds from the acquisition of BHP through the reduction of shares?"
In the initial discussion, Simon talked about the possibility of raising funds for the acquisition of BHP by reducing the shares of some technology companies held by westrow system.
Since Simon's mentality suddenly changed dramatically, he will not actively reduce his stock holdings in the near future.
Simon nodded: "the Clinton administration is promoting the reform of capital gains tax, and intends to return to the pre Reagan tax system based on the investment period. If igritte cashes out now, it will certainly affect the passage of this bill. So, I plan to get all the funds I need in recent years through loans. The debt ratio of the westrow system is still very low, even if I lend another $120 billion, it will be OK. "
After the Reagan tax reform, the capital gains tax rate was fixed at 28%.
Simon paid high taxes according to this tax rate for several consecutive operations in the capital market. In the process of acquiring MCA and Atlantic bell, he also used it as a bargaining chip in exchange for the federal government's approval of the acquisition.
Now, the technology stocks held by igritte company continue to rise. If the westrow system announces the reduction of its holdings, it will be very conspicuous, and it will definitely become an excuse for many people to obstruct the Clinton Administration's reform of capital gains tax.
According to information from Washington, the capital gains tax reform bill will be passed before the mid-term election at the end of next year at the latest.Once the bill is passed, the capital gains tax will be divided into several levels according to the investment cycle, and the minimum is about 15% of the 18 month investment cycle. At that time, the holding time of technology stocks that westero system wants to reduce will basically meet the minimum capital gains tax level.
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Simon returned to Los Angeles and Veronica Johnston and Anthony Johnston arrived in the morning.
Veronica is here to see the baby off. Simon and his wife are going to take Melbourne for a while.
Anthony Johnston is about the buyout of BHP.
Maybe it's because of the latest Forbes rich list released today, there are reporters outside the domay point manor. Simon's car enters the gate, and a flash lights up around him. Some reporters even try to take pictures of the car window, but they don't get anything under the one-way glass.
The car stopped in front of the shell villa and Anthony Johnston appeared at the door.
Simon got out of the car and hugged Anthony: "Tony, how are you doing?"
"Not bad," Anthony and Simon hugged him, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "and congratulations, the world's first one hundred billion dollar rich."
"Thank you," Simon said, laughing and entering the villa with Anthony. "And they?"
"It's all in there."
As they said this, they were guided down to a showroom on the east side of the villa hall by the Indian girl.
This is the room that Janet designed to store Simon's awards and other commemorative items.
As soon as I got close to the showroom, I heard an irregular "clank" sound. After entering the room, I found a little guy lying on the platform with the flaming guitar Simon used to use in Madonna's concert. He was playing happily with his hands.
Now, of course, there's no flame coming out.
Janet and Veronica stay by and find Simon come in. Veronica takes the initiative to pick up the reluctant little guy from the table, hesitates for a while, then puts him on the floor, squats down, gently pushes the child towards Simon and says, "Moore, Dad's back, call dad."
For the reason of frequent video calls, Melbourne looks at Simon with a small expression, which is not strange. It's just that he doesn't like the guy in front of him. He looks at him a few times, turns around and goes back to Veronica's arms. His little hand points to the flame guitar next to him again.
Veronica almost instinctively hugs the baby. Then she takes a careful look at Simon. She knows that Simon doesn't like holding the baby in her arms all the time.
Just reluctant to let go.
Simon came forward and took the baby from Veronica. The father and son looked at each other for a moment, but they were not moved by the little guy's tearful expression. He quickly handed it to Isabel and Zoe, two maids beside him, and said, "take him out to play." See Isabel also want to pick up the little guy, and added: "do not hold, he can go."
Let's watch the little guy plead with Veronica for help with his pathetic little eyes, while he is cleverly led out by Isabel. When the child leaves the showroom, Janet finally laughs, takes Veronica's arm, and says happily: "Moore is very smart. She knows who the devil is here."
Veronica looked anxiously at the door and whispered, "Moore is still young."
"No, I'll be two years old in a few months," Janet said, taking her aunt out and saying, "let's prepare lunch. Don't worry. Issa and Zoe are good at taking care of children. By the way, Simon, is a back? I have something else to ask her? "
Simon nodded: "outside."
When the others left, Simon and Anthony sat down directly on the sofa in the corner of the showroom. When aliya brought coffee in and left, Anthony said, "aunt really dotes on Moore, so does Dad. However, you should not be too strict with him, the child is not two years old
Simon asked with a smile, "what was your childhood like?"
Anthony was stunned. He shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "I don't remember when Moore was so old. However, ah, from the beginning, my father was very strict with Norman and me, and my grandfather was still there at that time. Well, I don't care much about it since Jennie. Jennie, David and pat. In fact, I envy my three brothers and sisters
Simon shook his head slightly and said honestly, "I won't teach children. It's mainly about Jennie in the future. However, I think we should let them know that the world is not responsive to their needs. They should know how to give and how to be restrained. For a family like us, I think this is very important. "
Anthony tone with a bit of joke: "I just think, you may be a little envious of Moore."
Simon Leng next, no answer, side of the coffee.
Anthony soon realized that he had some slip of the tongue, changed the topic and said: "although igritte has the upper hand in this case, it should be very troublesome in the future?"
Simon soon forgot what he had just done and nodded: "the relationship with print media will be a little stiff in the future."
"Dad is also paying attention to this recently. He asked me to tell you that Australia should not open similar websites."
Simon agreed: "no, Murdoch actually mentioned it to me."The situation in Australia is different from that in North America.
There are more than 2800 newspapers, large and small, in the whole Federation at the present stage. Although there are big paper media giants such as Hurst group, Constance, Washington Post Group, New York Times, etc., their influence is relatively scattered after all. Moreover, even the New York Times, which has the largest circulation at the present stage, has a single day scale of only about 1.2 million.
Even when more and more aware of the threat of Internet media, the number of paper media groups is too large, it is impossible to twist a rope against igrit.
Moreover, the more than 20 million active users of igritte portal in a single day also means that even if someone wants to besiege, Simon has enough power to fight back. In this 58list incident, the paper media is fierce, but in terms of public opinion, Internet users are basically on the side of the Internet under the guidance of igritte portal.
Australia is different.
Simon has always maintained a good attitude towards the media power in Australia, and the cooperation between the two sides is also very precise.
Moreover, News Corporation and Fairfax group basically monopolized the paper media in Australia and New Zealand.
Classified information advertising also accounts for a large proportion of revenue in the Australian paper industry.
If igritte Australia branch also launches classified information advertising business there, News Corp. and Fairfax group will definitely join hands to besiege igritte, which means that the paper media of the whole Australia will work at the same time. Even if Simon is not afraid of this kind of confrontation, it is not worth the loss for several parties to turn their original allies into enemies.
In a word, even if igritte does not open a classified information website in Australia and has a reference in North America, there will certainly be someone developing a similar project there.
It's just that it has nothing to do with igritte.
Anthony was relieved to hear that Simon had no such plan.
If the Australian media stands in the way of public opinion to obstruct the merger plan of BHP, the johnstons will not be able to complete the acquisition at all.
With this in mind, Anthony asked, "the film promotion work of danielis entertainment also relies heavily on traditional print media. What are you going to do with it?"
"This is the same as the exchanges between countries. The two countries, especially the big countries, have always had contradictions and maintained cooperation. Although it exists with igritte, the paper media must maintain a certain friendly attitude if they want to earn the advertising expenses of Denise entertainment. In addition, igrit portal not only has its own film section, but also has invested in some film review websites in the past two years, which are enough to ensure the public praise of the company's films. "
The main influence of print media on movies is actually word-of-mouth.
Many cases have proved that the influence of word-of-mouth on the box office of a film is not so important. The key is popularity.
Even if it is a film full of bad reviews, if the popularity is high enough, the box office will not be too bad.
At present, in the process of film distribution, the main channel to promote popularity has turned to TV advertising.
Internet media and television industry has not produced many conflicts of interest, which need not worry too much. What's more, in a few years, Denise entertainment will complete its own layout of the TV network.
After confirming that Simon had his own thoughts on these matters, Anthony stopped saying more and said, "before I come here, Dad, let me tell you that the scale of the westero system is too large. There are some things that should be let go. Many people just didn't react before. Now, they find that the interests of the Internet industry are becoming more and more huge. They won't allow you to monopolize it alone. " Anthony said, laughing again, and said: "in fact, dad also sees that you have been trying to give up your interests to avoid risks, but this is not enough, just like the last transfer of 10% of igritte shares, it is difficult to satisfy the appetite of those old capital."
"I know," Simon said, "so I'm not going to let you go for a while."
"Well."
"Since no matter how much I put out, there must be people who are not satisfied with it, so don't give it at all," Simon said. "It's hard for people to cherish things that are too easy to get, so my next plan is to let them take the initiative."
Anthony Leng next, a moment later some understand, way: "this time of 58list?"
Simon nodded: "in the past two years, someone in igritte has put forward the scheme of classified information website. I understand that the launch of this scheme will impact the important business of traditional paper media, and I have been pressing on it all the time. Now I'm not going to press. In the next few years, I'm going to let igritte and the whole westero system begin to grow savagely, and I'm going to take down all the fields I can get involved in. We'll talk about future affairs and future troubles when we meet them. "
In fact, the whole world wide web is actually the invention of igritte.
Simon was able to complete the complete layout of the entire Internet industry chain through Cisco, AOL and igritte. The key lies in this. At the beginning, no one thought it was wrong. It is quite natural for westrow system to enjoy the exclusive right of the technology that it invested heavily in.It's just that the scale of the Internet industry is getting bigger and bigger that more and more people will take it for granted.
As a result, even if it has been converging as much as possible, more and more news can still be heard about westrow's assumption of monopolizing the Internet, and Simon does not intend to converge any more.
58list is just another initial project of igrit that has the most impact on traditional paper media.
With $1.5 billion from Goldman Sachs and Morgan, Simon recently invested in a number of start-ups through igritte capital, which specializes in venture capital.
EBay, an online auction site, is a selection of venture capital projects. Like 58list, the name comes from Simon's personal preference.
Broadcast, an online radio website, broadcast live through online mode. Its name also comes from Simon's memory. In the original space and time, Broadcast was a complete failure. It was bought by YAHOO for billions of dollars at the peak of the Internet bubble. YAHOO was equivalent to buying a bunch of worthless mess. The founders and investors made a lot of money. Simon's plan is also cash out at the right opportunity.
Ipets, a pet ration sales website, is similar to Amazon's e-commerce.
IMDB, the Internet Movie Database and website, was established in 1990. Recently, it was wholly acquired by igrit capital. It continues to maintain the free mode and provides online movie data to Amazon and blockbuster online.
IMAP, as the name suggests, is an online map website.
Wait, wait, wait.
In the past few months, igritte has continuously invested in more than 20 start-ups, not to mention the projects invested in the past and in the operation stage. Simon's purpose is to take advantage of the crazy period of the Internet industry which is about to break out in all directions, to promote the savage growth of igritte to the greatest extent, or It is said that it will promote the barbaric growth of the whole world wide web platform.
In recent months, driven by igritte, venture capital has been pouring into the Internet industry with billions of dollars. Now in Silicon Valley, as long as you can come up with a business plan that is barely acceptable, you can easily pull in millions or even tens of thousands of dollars of investment.
While igritte, Cisco, AOL and even the whole westero system grow savagely, Simon's rest is just waiting.
When soldiers come to block, water comes to cover the earth.
He now has hundreds of billions of dollars, but his economic strength has surpassed that of the Rockefeller family at its peak. The scale of assets controlled by the whole westero system is even larger. In addition, whether in terms of public opinion platforms or political connections, westero system has accumulated a lot. Simon does not need to be as careful as before Wings.
Next, if someone wants to get involved in the area controlled by the Westeros system, they have to show their sincerity or show their strength.
If you have no sincerity or strength, just cool off.
If possible, Simon certainly hopes that the westrow system will continue to expand steadily and quietly, and unconsciously become a big Mac that no one can shake.
However, it is impossible to keep a low profile based on the current scale of the westero system.
In this case, we should try our best to show our edge.
Anthony used to think that Simon had maturity not commensurate with his age, which was neither good nor bad. Now, after what Simon just said, he finally realized the sharpness and publicity that his brother-in-law should have.
"In this case, you won't get the funds from the acquisition of BHP through the reduction of shares?"
In the initial discussion, Simon talked about the possibility of raising funds for the acquisition of BHP by reducing the shares of some technology companies held by westrow system.
Since Simon's mentality suddenly changed dramatically, he will not actively reduce his stock holdings in the near future.
Simon nodded: "the Clinton administration is promoting the reform of capital gains tax, and intends to return to the pre Reagan tax system based on the investment period. If igritte cashes out now, it will certainly affect the passage of this bill. So, I plan to get all the funds I need in recent years through loans. The debt ratio of the westrow system is still very low, even if I lend another $120 billion, it will be OK. "
After the Reagan tax reform, the capital gains tax rate was fixed at 28%.
Simon paid high taxes according to this tax rate for several consecutive operations in the capital market. In the process of acquiring MCA and Atlantic bell, he also used it as a bargaining chip in exchange for the federal government's approval of the acquisition.
Now, the technology stocks held by igritte company continue to rise. If the westrow system announces the reduction of its holdings, it will be very conspicuous, and it will definitely become an excuse for many people to obstruct the Clinton Administration's reform of capital gains tax.
According to information from Washington, the capital gains tax reform bill will be passed before the mid-term election at the end of next year at the latest.Once the bill is passed, the capital gains tax will be divided into several levels according to the investment cycle, and the minimum is about 15% of the 18 month investment cycle. At that time, the holding time of technology stocks that westero system wants to reduce will basically meet the minimum capital gains tax level.
Simon returned to Los Angeles and Veronica Johnston and Anthony Johnston arrived in the morning. Veronica is here to see the baby off. Simon and his wife are going to take Melbourne for a while. Anthony Johnston is about the buyout of BHP. Maybe it's because of the latest Forbes rich list released today, there are reporters outside the domay point manor. Simon's car enters the gate, and a flash lights up around him. Some reporters even try to take pictures of the car window, but they don't get anything under the one-way glass. The car stopped in front of the shell villa and Anthony Johnston appeared at the door. Simon got out of the car and hugged Anthony: "Tony, how are you doing?" "Not bad," Anthony and Simon hugged him, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "and congratulations, the world's first one hundred billion dollar rich." "Thank you," Simon said, laughing and entering the villa with Anthony. "And they?" "It's all in there." As they said this, they were guided down to a showroom on the east side of the villa hall by the Indian girl. This is the room that Janet designed to store Simon's awards and other commemorative items. As soon as I got close to the showroom, I heard an irregular "clank" sound. After entering the room, I found a little guy lying on the platform with the flaming guitar Simon used to use in Madonna's concert. He was playing happily with his hands. Now, of course, there's no flame coming out. Janet and Veronica stay by and find Simon come in. Veronica takes the initiative to pick up the reluctant little guy from the table, hesitates for a while, then puts him on the floor, squats down, gently pushes the child towards Simon and says, "Moore, Dad's back, call dad." For the reason of frequent video calls, Melbourne looks at Simon with a small expression, which is not strange. It's just that he doesn't like the guy in front of him. He looks at him a few times, turns around and goes back to Veronica's arms. His little hand points to the flame guitar next to him again. Veronica almost instinctively hugs the baby. Then she takes a careful look at Simon. She knows that Simon doesn't like holding the baby in her arms all the time. Just reluctant to let go. Simon came forward and took the baby from Veronica. The father and son looked at each other for a moment, but they were not moved by the little guy's tearful expression. He quickly handed it to Isabel and Zoe, two maids beside him, and said, "take him out to play." See Isabel also want to pick up the little guy, and added: "do not hold, he can go." Let's watch the little guy plead with Veronica for help with his pathetic little eyes, while he is cleverly led out by Isabel. When the child leaves the showroom, Janet finally laughs, takes Veronica's arm, and says happily: "Moore is very smart. She knows who the devil is here." Veronica looked anxiously at the door and whispered, "Moore is still young." "No, I'll be two years old in a few months," Janet said, taking her aunt out and saying, "let's prepare lunch. Don't worry. Issa and Zoe are good at taking care of children. By the way, Simon, is a back? I have something else to ask her? " Simon nodded: "outside." When the others left, Simon and Anthony sat down directly on the sofa in the corner of the showroom. When aliya brought coffee in and left, Anthony said, "aunt really dotes on Moore, so does Dad. However, you should not be too strict with him, the child is not two years old Simon asked with a smile, "what was your childhood like?" Anthony was stunned. He shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "I don't remember when Moore was so old. However, ah, from the beginning, my father was very strict with Norman and me, and my grandfather was still there at that time. Well, I don't care much about it since Jennie. Jennie, David and pat. In fact, I envy my three brothers and sisters Simon shook his head slightly and said honestly, "I won't teach children. It's mainly about Jennie in the future. However, I think we should let them know that the world is not responsive to their needs. They should know how to give and how to be restrained. For a family like us, I think this is very important. " Anthony tone with a bit of joke: "I just think, you may be a little envious of Moore." Simon Leng next, no answer, side of the coffee. Anthony soon realized that he had some slip of the tongue, changed the topic and said: "although igritte has the upper hand in this case, it should be very troublesome in the future?" Simon soon forgot what he had just done and nodded: "the relationship with print media will be a little stiff in the future." "Dad is also paying attention to this recently. He asked me to tell you that Australia should not open similar websites." Simon agreed: "no, Murdoch actually mentioned it to me."The situation in Australia is different from that in North America. There are more than 2800 newspapers, large and small, in the whole Federation at the present stage. Although there are big paper media giants such as Hurst group, Constance, Washington Post Group, New York Times, etc., their influence is relatively scattered after all. Moreover, even the New York Times, which has the largest circulation at the present stage, has a single day scale of only about 1.2 million. Even when more and more aware of the threat of Internet media, the number of paper media groups is too large, it is impossible to twist a rope against igrit. Moreover, the more than 20 million active users of igritte portal in a single day also means that even if someone wants to besiege, Simon has enough power to fight back. In this 58list incident, the paper media is fierce, but in terms of public opinion, Internet users are basically on the side of the Internet under the guidance of igritte portal. Australia is different. Simon has always maintained a good attitude towards the media power in Australia, and the cooperation between the two sides is also very precise. Moreover, News Corporation and Fairfax group basically monopolized the paper media in Australia and New Zealand. Classified information advertising also accounts for a large proportion of revenue in the Australian paper industry. If igritte Australia branch also launches classified information advertising business there, News Corp. and Fairfax group will definitely join hands to besiege igritte, which means that the paper media of the whole Australia will work at the same time. Even if Simon is not afraid of this kind of confrontation, it is not worth the loss for several parties to turn their original allies into enemies. In a word, even if igritte does not open a classified information website in Australia and has a reference in North America, there will certainly be someone developing a similar project there. It's just that it has nothing to do with igritte. Anthony was relieved to hear that Simon had no such plan. If the Australian media stands in the way of public opinion to obstruct the merger plan of BHP, the johnstons will not be able to complete the acquisition at all. With this in mind, Anthony asked, "the film promotion work of danielis entertainment also relies heavily on traditional print media. What are you going to do with it?" "This is the same as the exchanges between countries. The two countries, especially the big countries, have always had contradictions and maintained cooperation. Although it exists with igritte, the paper media must maintain a certain friendly attitude if they want to earn the advertising expenses of Denise entertainment. In addition, igrit portal not only has its own film section, but also has invested in some film review websites in the past two years, which are enough to ensure the public praise of the company's films. " The main influence of print media on movies is actually word-of-mouth. Many cases have proved that the influence of word-of-mouth on the box office of a film is not so important. The key is popularity. Even if it is a film full of bad reviews, if the popularity is high enough, the box office will not be too bad. At present, in the process of film distribution, the main channel to promote popularity has turned to TV advertising. Internet media and television industry has not produced many conflicts of interest, which need not worry too much. What's more, in a few years, Denise entertainment will complete its own layout of the TV network. After confirming that Simon had his own thoughts on these matters, Anthony stopped saying more and said, "before I come here, Dad, let me tell you that the scale of the westero system is too large. There are some things that should be let go. Many people just didn't react before. Now, they find that the interests of the Internet industry are becoming more and more huge. They won't allow you to monopolize it alone. " Anthony said, laughing again, and said: "in fact, dad also sees that you have been trying to give up your interests to avoid risks, but this is not enough, just like the last transfer of 10% of igritte shares, it is difficult to satisfy the appetite of those old capital." "I know," Simon said, "so I'm not going to let you go for a while." "Well." "Since no matter how much I put out, there must be people who are not satisfied with it, so don't give it at all," Simon said. "It's hard for people to cherish things that are too easy to get, so my next plan is to let them take the initiative." Anthony Leng next, a moment later some understand, way: "this time of 58list?" Simon nodded: "in the past two years, someone in igritte has put forward the scheme of classified information website. I understand that the launch of this scheme will impact the important business of traditional paper media, and I have been pressing on it all the time. Now I'm not going to press. In the next few years, I'm going to let igritte and the whole westero system begin to grow savagely, and I'm going to take down all the fields I can get involved in. We'll talk about future affairs and future troubles when we meet them. " In fact, the whole world wide web is actually the invention of igritte. Simon was able to complete the complete layout of the entire Internet industry chain through Cisco, AOL and igritte. The key lies in this. At the beginning, no one thought it was wrong. It is quite natural for westrow system to enjoy the exclusive right of the technology that it invested heavily in.It's just that the scale of the Internet industry is getting bigger and bigger that more and more people will take it for granted. As a result, even if it has been converging as much as possible, more and more news can still be heard about westrow's assumption of monopolizing the Internet, and Simon does not intend to converge any more. 58list is just another initial project of igrit that has the most impact on traditional paper media. With $1.5 billion from Goldman Sachs and Morgan, Simon recently invested in a number of start-ups through igritte capital, which specializes in venture capital. EBay, an online auction site, is a selection of venture capital projects. Like 58list, the name comes from Simon's personal preference. Broadcast, an online radio website, broadcast live through online mode. Its name also comes from Simon's memory. In the original space and time, Broadcast was a complete failure. It was bought by YAHOO for billions of dollars at the peak of the Internet bubble. YAHOO was equivalent to buying a bunch of worthless mess. The founders and investors made a lot of money. Simon's plan is also cash out at the right opportunity. Ipets, a pet ration sales website, is similar to Amazon's e-commerce. IMDB, the Internet Movie Database and website, was established in 1990. Recently, it was wholly acquired by igrit capital. It continues to maintain the free mode and provides online movie data to Amazon and blockbuster online. IMAP, as the name suggests, is an online map website. Wait, wait, wait. In the past few months, igritte has continuously invested in more than 20 start-ups, not to mention the projects invested in the past and in the operation stage. Simon's purpose is to take advantage of the crazy period of the Internet industry which is about to break out in all directions, to promote the savage growth of igritte to the greatest extent, or It is said that it will promote the barbaric growth of the whole world wide web platform. In recent months, driven by igritte, venture capital has been pouring into the Internet industry with billions of dollars. Now in Silicon Valley, as long as you can come up with a business plan that is barely acceptable, you can easily pull in millions or even tens of thousands of dollars of investment. While igritte, Cisco, AOL and even the whole westero system grow savagely, Simon's rest is just waiting. When soldiers come to block, water comes to cover the earth. He now has hundreds of billions of dollars, but his economic strength has surpassed that of the Rockefeller family at its peak. The scale of assets controlled by the whole westero system is even larger. In addition, whether in terms of public opinion platforms or political connections, westero system has accumulated a lot. Simon does not need to be as careful as before Wings. Next, if someone wants to get involved in the area controlled by the Westeros system, they have to show their sincerity or show their strength. If you have no sincerity or strength, just cool off. If possible, Simon certainly hopes that the westrow system will continue to expand steadily and quietly, and unconsciously become a big Mac that no one can shake. However, it is impossible to keep a low profile based on the current scale of the westero system. In this case, we should try our best to show our edge. Anthony used to think that Simon had maturity not commensurate with his age, which was neither good nor bad. Now, after what Simon just said, he finally realized the sharpness and publicity that his brother-in-law should have. "In this case, you won't get the funds from the acquisition of BHP through the reduction of shares?" In the initial discussion, Simon talked about the possibility of raising funds for the acquisition of BHP by reducing the shares of some technology companies held by westrow system. Since Simon's mentality suddenly changed dramatically, he will not actively reduce his stock holdings in the near future. Simon nodded: "the Clinton administration is promoting the reform of capital gains tax, and intends to return to the pre Reagan tax system based on the investment period. If igritte cashes out now, it will certainly affect the passage of this bill. So, I plan to get all the funds I need in recent years through loans. The debt ratio of the westrow system is still very low, even if I lend another $120 billion, it will be OK. " After the Reagan tax reform, the capital gains tax rate was fixed at 28%. Simon paid high taxes according to this tax rate for several consecutive operations in the capital market. In the process of acquiring MCA and Atlantic bell, he also used it as a bargaining chip in exchange for the federal government's approval of the acquisition. Now, the technology stocks held by igritte company continue to rise. If the westrow system announces the reduction of its holdings, it will be very conspicuous, and it will definitely become an excuse for many people to obstruct the Clinton Administration's reform of capital gains tax. According to information from Washington, the capital gains tax reform bill will be passed before the mid-term election at the end of next year at the latest.Once the bill is passed, the capital gains tax will be divided into several levels according to the investment cycle, and the minimum is about 15% of the 18 month investment cycle. At that time, the holding time of technology stocks that westero system wants to reduce will basically meet the minimum capital gains tax level.
