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This can be regarded as a kind of gain and loss.

Back in Los Angeles, David Fincher handed over the budget for The Seven to Simon.

As a director who has just completed his first film work under many restrictions, Simon is very clear that the plan with the recommendation list of leading actors should be planned by Fincher's behind-the-scenes agency, but he didn't go into it.

David Fincher's budget for The Seven Deadly Sins ended up at $3000 million.

On this point, Simon can be sure that it is Finch's own wish.

If it were ICM behind Fincher, it would be inclined to keep the production budget of such a crime thriller film at around $2000 million.

With a production budget of $3000 million, it has reached the level of an A-level production.

Hollywood studios generally don't take that kind of risk, given the box-office numbers that crime-thrillers typically make.

Among the two leading actors, besides Morgan Freeman, who was appointed by Simon, the other recommended by David Fincher is named River Phoenix.

River Phoenix, this name may be unfamiliar to Hollywood fans many years later, but in the early 90s, he was a very eye-catching new star in Hollywood.

When Phoenix participated in "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" a few years ago, because he was worried that the young actor would steal the limelight, Harrison Ford put forward a series of conditions to suppress the other party. During the promotional process of "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3", River Phoenix made very few appearances.

However, none of these can suppress the brilliance of this up-and-coming actor who has already been nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 19.

Although River Phoenix, born in 1970, is only 22 years old, he has starred in a large number of popular or blockbuster movies since his debut. Simon knows that if the timeline does not change, this rising Hollywood star will Will suddenly fall in 1993.

The reason seems somewhat common in Hollywood, drug overdose.

The reason why David Fincher recommended River Phoenix was that apart from the opponent's own strength, there was another reason. River Phoenix was also an artist under ICM.

In the original timeline, River Phoenix died outside the bar run by Johnny Depp. This is not accidental, because Depp also belongs to ICM, and they belong to the same circle.

River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves have also become good friends after starring together in Gus Van Sant's "Boogie Skies" last year.

Hollywood is small.

Since the original Brad Pitt is not going to be used, River Phoenix does fit.

22 years old, just the age that a fledgling young policeman should be.

In addition, the quotation given by ICM is also very reasonable.

250 million US dollars.

According to River Phoenix's current popularity, if he starred in a mainstream commercial film, the price would be relatively low.

ICM obviously hopes that River Phoenix can have a leading blockbuster movie, not just a supporting role like "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" or a niche movie like "Uninhibited Sky", or "Walk with Me" "Such a group play.

It just so happens that projects that Simon personally leads are often very guaranteed at the box office.

After crossing this threshold and getting older, River Phoenix will have the potential to support a commercial blockbuster on his own.

Simon rarely paid attention to the private life of Hollywood stars in the past, but since he agreed with River Phoenix to star in "The Seven Deadly Sins" this time, he must ensure that the young actor will not have any problems.

At least, nothing went wrong during filming.

As long as the movie is done, it doesn't matter what happens afterward.

Everyone needs to take responsibility for their actions.

Therefore, after roughly negotiating the basic agreement, Simon personally proposed that River Phoenix must abstain from all drugs during the filming process. Daenerys Entertainment will regularly conduct drug tests on Phoenix. Huge compensation.

Hollywood stars, sometimes in the process of filming, go back and forth directly between the drug rehabilitation center and the film set.

Studios tend to be very accommodating as long as you're big enough.

However, Rui Fan Phoenix's qualifications have obviously not reached this level.

What's more, it was Simon who spoke in person, so ICM couldn't help but ignore it.

Of course, River Phoenix can also choose to withdraw, but because he can't get rid of a drug with great potential and refuse a project with great potential, if this kind of thing spreads, this young actor will not be able to easily get a good project in the future.Don't even think about any of the movies under Daenerys Entertainment.

Therefore, ICM President Jeffrey Berg personally assured Simon that during the filming, special personnel would be sent to watch each other closely to ensure that the artist would not have any problems during the filming of "Seven Deadly Sins".

Daenerys Studios.

Today is January 8th, Wednesday.

After finishing the production meeting of "Seven Deadly Sins", and listening to the producer of "Forrest Gump" report on the casting results of the film in recent days, the time has passed six o'clock in the afternoon.

Tom Hanks is still filming "Sleepless in Seattle", but the preparations for "Forrest Gump" have already begun.

As a large-scale movie with many characters, the issue of casting is very important.

In it, Simon only personally appointed the actor of Jenny, who is still the original Robin White.

Robin Wright is already a member of the DC Cinematic Universe.

However, although she is the girlfriend of Barry Allen, the Flash, she does not seem too abrupt in playing a role in "Forrest Gump", which is not too much.

Simon did this mainly for the sake of movie restoration.

It was past six o'clock when I got home from get off work.

Janet had just returned from the east coast in the afternoon, and Simon had returned to Cape Dume Manor. The woman had just arranged dinner and was curling up on the sofa by the glass curtain wall of the Shell Villa, casually flipping through a magazine while the sunset was reflected.

Handing the coat to the Indian girl Aaliyah who came over, Simon walked to Janet and sat down, put his arms around the woman and kissed her, and asked, "What are you looking at again?"

"Forbes."

Janet casually showed the magazine to Simon, slapped her body on the man, and said: "Yesterday in New York, Steve Forbes called me, hoping we could provide some information. "Forbes" will be released next month The new year's 400 richest people in the United States."

Simon asked, "How did you respond to him?"

Janet smiled and shook her head: "Of course I ignore him."

Regarding the various wealth lists, Simon established a rule when he just rose a few years ago, and the media made statistics casually. The Westeros system will not express any opinions on this, nor will it give statistical support.

Lack of 'official' recognition, even for Forbes figures, is bound to be questioned by the media.

This is also the effect Simon wants.

However, even so, Simon suddenly thought of a question when he heard Janet mention it.

Another year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the expansion of the Westeros system is too fast. He really doesn't know how much money he has, so he is naturally curious.

Chapter 496 Family Property (2) (Revision)

After getting along for a long time, the couple have already connected with each other.

Janet saw what Simon was thinking at a glance, and called Alia, who had just delivered coffee, to fetch her laptop.

As the housekeeper of the Westeros family, no one knows Simon's family background better than Janet.

Turning on the laptop, Janet called up a document and said, "I happened to do some statistics recently. Guess how much money you have now?"

Simon just smiled and looked at the document.

It is easier for Janet to obtain a lot of accurate data than Forbes, so the statistics of women are definitely more reliable than Forbes.

The assets under Simon's name, the easiest to count, are still a series of stocks of listed technology companies.

Affected by the continuous outbreak of new technology waves, Cisco and AOL, two companies with great advantages in the industry and showing super high growth, have both exceeded the [-] billion US dollar mark this year.

With a high percentage of shares in Cisco and America Online, these two companies alone have contributed more than tens of billions of dollars to Simon's personal wealth.

The stock prices of other technology companies such as Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, and SUN have also continued to rise rapidly in the past year.

On a comprehensive basis, as of the last trading day of last week, the total value of all listed technology company stocks held by Simon reached 217 billion US dollars.

Just this, it has surpassed all the existing super rich people in this world.

However, for Simon now, these technology stocks are not the most important assets in his name.

The most important thing is still Daenerys entertainment.

After completing the merger of MCA last year, Daenerys Entertainment not only did not show the dilemma after the merger of Time Warner Group, but continued to develop at a high speed.

Over the past year or so, the rise of Pixar Studios' 3D animation, the complete merger of EA Game Company, the rising stock price of Blockbuster, which holds a large shareholding, and the launch of Universal Studios in Osaka, have gradually consolidated Daenerys Entertainment Group. The status of the most powerful entertainment company in Hollywood.

And, this time, none of them.

Therefore, compared to Time Warner Group, which is still hovering at a market value of tens of billions of dollars, Daenerys Entertainment's current valuation can definitely easily exceed 200 billion dollars.

However, Daenerys Entertainment Group is only one of the core "four women" in the Westeros system.

The rapid expansion of the other three women, Cersei Capital, Eaglet and Melisandre, has also been witnessed by all.

The value of Cersei's capital is one of the most difficult to estimate.

However, with the comprehensive strength shown by Cersei Capital at this time, if this company goes public, it will be absolutely easy to break through the market value of tens of billions of dollars.

Eaglet's advantages in the Internet field are becoming more and more obvious, and the valuation controversy is also very serious.

Based on Eaglet’s current revenue and the general price-earnings ratio of new technology companies, the valuation of this cutting-edge Internet company is conservatively around US$50 billion.

Immediately afterwards, Melisandre seemed to be the least conspicuous among the four women. However, with the continuous increase in Gucci’s revenue scale and the continuous mergers of Van Cleef & Arpels, CK and other companies, Melisandre’s valuation has also increased. Steadily over $30 billion.

Therefore, just these four women can probably bring about $400 billion in wealth to Simon again.

In addition, the Westeros system also holds a large regional telecommunications operator, formerly Bell Atlantic, now renamed Verizon Telecommunications.

As one of the most powerful regional telecommunications companies among the Seven Little Bells, Simon's bottom-buying price reached US$70 billion when the stock market was at its lowest point.

The North American stock market recovered rapidly after the end of the Gulf War last year, and the wave of new technologies has also driven the rapid development of the telecommunications industry. Now, if Verizon Telecom is re-listed, its market value can also reach the level of tens of billions of dollars.

That's another $100 billion.

Immediately afterwards, the Westeros system also invested in a large number of non-listed companies such as Nokia, Qualcomm, graphics card chip development company ATI, C girl's Tinkobel Company, etc., plus Simon's personal properties and Land, the total value of these two parts of assets, is about 50 billion US dollars.

Finally, although the Westeros system has experienced multiple loan acquisitions or bond financing in the past year, the overall liabilities of the Westeros system, calculated on a comprehensive basis, are still only about 160 billion US dollars.

Combining assets minus liabilities, Simon's net worth has soared to US$350 billion this year compared to the US$600 billion given by Forbes last year.

Janet snuggled up next to her husband and rummaged through the documents together, occasionally glancing at the man next to him who had completed a super snowball in just six years.

This is his own man.

After reading the information, Janet waited quietly for a while before saying, "I think we need to speed up preparations for the future."

The next thing is naturally about the inheritance of wealth.

A personal wealth of US$600 billion, even in 30 to 1992 years, is enough to squeeze into the top of the global rich list. Now in 600, the personal assets of [-] billion US dollars are far more than all other rich people in the world.

For billionaires, the inheritance of wealth is always a problem that is difficult to avoid.

Although occasionally I have the idea of ​​not caring about the flood after my death, but most of the time, Simon is not willing to disintegrate the huge business empire he created after many years.

In Western society, regarding the inheritance of wealth, the topic that is difficult to avoid is undoubtedly inheritance tax.

Because of this, the woman did not renounce her Australian citizenship when Simon and Janet married.

Australia has no inheritance tax.

With Simon's current influence on Australia, it is absolutely impossible for this country to restart inheritance tax in the future.

In addition, putting the little guy in Australia to take care of Veronica, the Johnston family has also quietly registered Australian citizenship for Melbourne Westeros in the past six months.

It can be said that in the current Westeros family, Simon is an American, Janet is an Australian, and a certain little guy has dual nationality.

This is actually some layout that the couple quietly made.

Of course, there are still many problems, but the road is made step by step.

On the other hand, although he decided to pass on his wealth, Simon did not intend to split up these assets and throw them away to future children, but preferred the family fund model.

The most important reason why families such as Rockefeller, Morgan, and Ford in the United States have been able to inherit and prosper for a hundred years is the family fund. This not only ensures that future generations cannot squander the wealth left by their ancestors, but also, a unified family foundation, It can also ensure the long-term cohesion of a family.

On the contrary, the Getty family, which was also strong in the United States, did not pay attention to the inheritance of wealth. After the death of Paul Getty, the Getty family quickly fell apart in just ten years, and now it is almost forgotten.

In the original timeline, Damen and Warren Buffett, who called on the rich to donate most of their property after death, in the eyes of discerning people, the so-called donating all their assets is more of a cover-up.

Bill Gates established a foundation at the end of the 90s. If this super rich man really used all his wealth for charity, then it would be impossible for the other party to remain at the top of the world's richest list for many years in a row .

So, where is the money of Damen classmate?

This starts with the foundation structure established by Damen.

What the public often hears is actually the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This is indeed a purely charitable fund. Once the funds are injected into this foundation, they will naturally no longer belong to the individual.However, Damen used decades to gradually sell shares in Microsoft, but did not put the money into this charity fund, but another very low-key Bill and Melinda Gates trust fund.

This is a family trust.

Damen’s charity model is actually to allocate a certain amount of money from the trust fund every year and invest it in the charity fund.

As for this trust fund, you can refer to the Jobs Trust Fund left after the death of Jobs on the original timeline.