Chapter 133 (1/2)

After work, Simon went straight to George Norman's house in bellelle.

On Wednesday, he revealed his intention to Jennifer. Simon received a call from James Leibold early yesterday morning. They chatted for more than an hour. During the conversation, James Leibold cited a series of reasons to persuade Simon to give up the idea of letting him and Norman take charge of the East and west coasts respectively, saying that he was competent and more professional.

After careful consideration, Simon agreed.

On weekdays, they were busy with movies, so the leibulds came here today to plan to talk more details with Simon at the weekend, and sent Simon an invitation to dinner with Norman's family.

Now that he has promised James Leibold, Simon doesn't tell his private lawyer what he thought. As a matter of fact, George Norman is a civil lawyer, and he is not suitable to help Simon manage the assets of Westeros.

Because he didn't know that he had missed some opportunities, George Norman was also very enthusiastic in the evening, and congratulated his brother-in-law on reaching a cooperative relationship with Simon. Everyone was very happy. However, when she faced her uncle, her face occasionally showed a little guilty expression, but she was very clear that her father had taken away the opportunity that should belong to her uncle meeting.

The new year is coming.

In recent weeks, Simon has successively paid the personal income tax of 1987 and various taxes of his two companies. Of course, it's mainly taxes from Westeros.

After the completion of the tax settlement, the main assets of Westeros are the shares of the 26 companies.

It is worth mentioning that Simon confirmed the nature of the company as a limited liability company (LLC) when he applied for Westeros. The biggest advantage of LLC type companies is that they can avoid double taxation. The income of westero company is equal to Simon's personal income. Simon can enjoy his due profit only by paying income tax once. Of course, LLC companies also have their own disadvantages, such as being unable to go public.

Fortunately, Simon did not want to let westero listed.

In contrast, for the sake of listing and financing in the future, Denise pictures is a company limited by shares (Corp), which needs to pay tax on its own profits and shareholders' dividends.

As the North American stock market gradually gets rid of the haze of October's stock disaster, and the technology stocks caused by the exposure of ”westero portfolio” are greatly sought after, the technology stocks held by westero company have been continuously appreciating during this period.

According to the latest statistics made by Simon's private accountant after the closing of the stock market today, the total value of technology stocks held by Westeros has exceeded 1.670 billion US dollars. Compared with Simon's initial investment of $1.1 billion in principal, the cumulative appreciation rate reached 51%.

The appreciation of these stocks is equivalent to making up all the huge taxes Simon paid.

On the other hand, westero's 4.9% stake in 26 technology companies can basically squeeze into the ranks of major shareholders of these companies, but it is not so easy to get a seat on the board of directors and share the power of a company.

However, in recent months, these companies have benefited from the impact of the ”westero portfolio” and their stock prices have soared. Obviously, it is impossible to hope that their shares will be sold off. Simon is still very likely to get a seat on the board of directors of these companies.

After the weekend's negotiation, James Leibold, authorized by Simon, formally applied to all the technology companies held by Westeros to join the board of directors, and the news media soon paid attention to the matter.

It's a new week.

Hollywood's most eye-catching is undoubtedly the announcement of the new Golden Globe nomination.

At 9 a.m. on Monday, the Hollywood Foreign Journalists Association announced a series of nominations for the 45th Golden Globe Awards in the form of a press conference in the banquet hall of Beverly Hills Sunset Tower Hotel.

As the ”operability” of the Golden Globe Awards is far greater than that of the Oscars with many judges, there is no doubt that ”Lola Run” has become a hot spot in this year's Golden Globe Awards with five nominations for best film, best director, best actress, best screenwriter and best score.

Simon also knows that unless the Hollywood Foreign Journalists Association completely abandons its moral integrity, his best director nomination will certainly be only one nomination. As for the best film in the plot category, the winner in my memory should be Bertolucci's ”the last emperor”, and Simon doesn't think ”Lola Run” can win over this long-standing European film master.

Of course, it's something to be happy about after all. Throughout the morning, Simon kept on answering the combination calls from all parties.

So it was until noon.

At a restaurant in downtown Santa Monica, Simon arrived 10 minutes ahead of schedule as the host, and Bill Gates soon arrived.