Chapter 125 (1/2)

Janet came to the terrace, took Simon's arm and looked downstairs. She just turned her mouth and said, ”little bastard, your ponytail assistant's mom and dad are here.”

Simon listened to the woman's sour tone, patted her waist with a smile, and turned to enter the living room of the suite.

There are two men and two women standing at the entrance. Just by virtue of their looks, Simon immediately recognized that the older middle-aged man and woman should be Jennifer's parents, James Leibold and Carol Leibold. Both of them are well-known Manhattan financial lawyers. Leibold firm, which is run by them, specializes in financing, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, IPO and other operations Legal support.

Jonathan Friedman, pat Kingsley, George Norman and others are still on their way to New York. The news came back to Los Angeles in the morning, and George Norman strongly recommended the rebolds to help Simon deal with the situation.

They introduced each other, and Simon looked at them.

Both of them look about 40 years old and look very young. James Leibold was taller than Simon, dressed in a stiff black suit, with stubble on his face and meticulous hair care. Carol Leibold is wearing a white women's suit. Her eyebrows and eyes are very similar to those of Jennifer. Her bun makes her look a bit more mature and intellectual.

During their conversation, the rebolds were also looking at the young man who had ”abducted” their daughter. Carol rebolds also looked at the woman a little more when she shook hands with Janet.

After a simple greeting, James Leibold refused Simon's invitation to sit down. He glanced around the presidential suite, then motioned to the door and said, ”Simon, let's go out and have a chat.”

Simon didn't know, so he followed James Leibold to the corridor outside the suite.

James Leibold was not polite when he came out of the corridor. He directly told the couple's assistants and Simon and Janet's bodyguards to guard on both sides of the corridor. He just took Simon to stand in the middle of the corridor.

Both Jennifer and Carol took the initiative to stay at the door of the suite.

After glancing around again, James Leibold looked at the young man in front of him and said seriously, ”Simon, first of all, I have to confirm one thing. You don't have to answer it directly. However, if the answer is no, Carol and I may not be involved in this matter. So, is the money exposed in the media yours and miss Johnston's? Or are you just an agent? ”

Simon understood that there should be a lot of people with such doubts now, and said without hesitation, ”Jim, you must have read the newspaper. The current amount of money was turned over step by step in the last five and a half months with $75 million. The $75 million capital came from the sale of Lola Run by myself and Jennie. So, yes, the money belongs to Jennie and me. ”

As a professional financial lawyer, James Leibold has figured out Simon's operation track of doubling the principal from $75 million to $1.620 billion in recent months just from the information exposed in the media. However, he also felt that it was too incredible, so he asked.

Hearing Simon's confirmation, James Leibold stopped talking and continued: ”Simon, there are two possibilities in my opinion. First, someone has sold your account transactions in recent months to several major newspapers. However, you should understand that this possibility is very low. ”

Simon nodded approvingly. If someone just told the media, he could not appear in the most influential newspapers on the east coast at the same time: ”Jim, what's the second possibility?”

”Actually, I've probably figured out who's running this,” James Leibold said with a smile on his face. ”Simon, do you know Rudy Giuliani?”

Simon thought about it, and the title of ”mayor of the United States” flashed into his mind.

In my memory, Rudy Giuliani once served as mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001, and won the title of ”mayor of the United States” by virtue of his guidance in the September 11 incident. Later, he once ran for president and was a standard political star.

Go on.

According to the news he got from the newspaper after his rebirth, Simon quickly spelled out a series of materials. Rudy Giuliani is now the prosecutor of the Southern District Court of New York. Since he took office in 1983, the other side has begun to take tough measures to crack down on New York's finance and gang crimes.

With a slight nod, Simon said, ”Jim, you think Giuliani did it.”

”Since taking office, Giuliani likes to put pressure on the parties by disclosing the news to the media in advance, which can not only accumulate fame for himself in the process of handling a case, but also force the target person to voluntarily yield under the pressure of public opinion. Moreover, the prosecutor's means are definitely more than these. He has used eavesdropping, anonymous letters and threatening telephone calls as long as he can achieve his own purpose. ” James Leibold said, glancing at the door of Simon's suite, he said: ”another point is that the headquarters of the federal securities and Exchange Commission and the federal commodity futures trading commission are in Washington, and you are being questioned in New York. Manhattan happens to be the jurisdiction of the Southern District Court of New York, where most federal financial cases are investigated and heard. So, Simon, I hope you haven't said anything you shouldn't in your room in recent days. ”Simon followed James Leibold's eyes to the door of the presidential suite and said, ”Jim, this is the Plaza Hotel. And are you sure you were talking about the federal court, not the Mafia? ”

”I wish I had made a mistake in my judgment, but what I've just said is personal experience. You have to believe that an ambitious politician can't be compared with the Mafia,” James Leibold signed to his assistant, took a motorcycle mobile phone from the other party, and said, ”Simon, I've been in touch with some security companies, Should they send an anti eavesdropping team to check it out? I'm sure you won't care about this bill now. ”

Simon was suspicious, but he nodded.

Half an hour later, looking at the eavesdroppers collected from the landline, sofa, mattress, and even the sole of his own shoes, Simon repressed for a long time, but failed to restrain his strong anger at the invasion of personal privacy. He picked up a vase in the suite, threw it on the wall, turned and walked out.

Paul Ackerman, room manager of Plaza Hotel, who had just expressed strong dissatisfaction over Simon's invitation to the anti eavesdropping team to inspect the suite, came to his senses after everyone left. Trembling, the middle-aged man with some baldness took out his handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat on his face. He rushed out of the suite, followed Simon all the way into the elevator, and said in a hurry: ”Mr. westrow, this must be a misunderstanding. Don't worry, we will find out who did these pranks.”

Simon glanced at the plaque on Paul Ackerman's chest, with an obvious irony in his voice, and said, ”prank, Paul, do you often have this kind of prank here?”

”No, no, of course not,” Paul Ackerman quickly shook his head and said, ”Mr. westrow, will you give us some time? We will give you a satisfactory answer. I hope, I hope you don't reveal it yet. ”

Simon didn't answer. The elevator came downstairs quickly.

Walking out of the elevator, Simon thought of the reporters outside the hotel and finally calmed down.

Looking at the people who came down with him, Simon made a reassuring look at the worried Janet and said in a soft voice, ”honey, let's go to 68th street and tidy up the things we need to take away.”

Janet looks at Simon carefully, nods and reenters the elevator.