The next day after waking up, Simon finished his morning workout and came out after taking a shower. Sophia had already personally prepared breakfast.
The maid team in Europe had already taken shape. However, Sophia clearly had thoughts similar to Jennifer's. During breakfast, it seemed like there were only the two of them in the villa.
Together they carried breakfast to the table. As soon as Simon sat down, Sophia first brought over a large envelope containing the photos Simon had personally taken of the two girls yesterday afternoon.
He picked up a sandwich and took a bite, then looked at the stack of photos. "They were developed this quickly?"
"Of course. Who would dare slack off on photos you personally took?" Although Sophia said this, her tone clearly carried a hint of sourness. Without rushing to eat, she flipped through the photos in front of her and said, "I didn't expect your photography skills to be this good."
"It doesn't feel like a compliment," Simon said with a smile. "If you like them, I'll find some time to shoot a few sets for you too."
Sophia gave Simon a sideways glance, flipped through them briefly, set the photos down and said, "I've already spoken with their agencies. Since you allowed these photos to be published, we'll treat it as a brand collaboration between Gucci and the two of them."
Simon understood what Sophia meant.
Without a very legitimate excuse, what happened yesterday afternoon would ultimately still be interpreted by many media outlets as gossip.
Turning the matter into brand marketing where Simon personally took the lead, even if everyone knew what was really going on, the public narrative in the media could only treat it as Simon sparing no effort to promote his own fashion brand.
Simon naturally had no objections to these small matters and nodded. "As long as you don't find it troublesome, go ahead and handle it that way."
Sophia picked up her utensils. "Why would I? If I don't handle it well, Janet will get angry."
Simon smiled and asked, "Why does it seem like all of you are afraid of Janet?"
Sophia didn't want to admit to certain things and explained, "Of course we're not afraid. It's just that Janet reminded me to take good care of you."
"Alright, it sounds like I'm a little kid."
A trace of amusement appeared on Sophia's face as she teased, "In front of us, you are basically a little boy."
Simon raised an eyebrow slightly. "That feels like a provocation."
Sophia showed no fear at all. "It is. Are you going to punish me?"
Breakfast was followed immediately by a trip to central Milan, and then they had to leave Italy. Simon had no time to 'punish' Sophia and could only give her a small threatening look, which the woman returned with a charming glance.
The distance from Lake Como to central Milan was over forty kilometers. After the two finished breakfast, it was just past seven o'clock. They arrived in the city at only eight in the morning.
The Gucci show was scheduled for ten thirty. Although there were still over two hours left, there were still far too many things to do during this time. Even Simon, the big boss, was assigned to welcome guests.
Unlike Simon's calm demeanor, Nadja Auermann and Yasmeen Ghauri had barely slept at all last night.
However, with fame within reach, the two girls were still in an excited state when they arrived at the show venue today.
Time was too tight for Simon to browse the newspapers. Photos of Nadja Auermann and Yasmin Ghauri attending the fashion week opening cocktail party last night had already appeared in quite a few papers.
The media always preferred the new over the old. Two models who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere would definitely attract more attention than supermodels who had already been famous for a long time.
Moreover, many media outlets had already received word that the story wasn't over yet. Even more eye-catching news would be coming out soon.
After a busy morning, this year's autumn show ended successfully.
After lunch, Simon did not stay for the evening brand party. At two o'clock in the afternoon, he hurriedly boarded the private jet returning to North America.
It was already the end of September. The summer box office season had long concluded, and America's television fall season had begun.
The USA Network, which had just been taken over at the beginning of the year, was undoubtedly the top priority for Daenerys Entertainment this fall season.
However, because he had too many things to handle personally, the only two projects Simon had been directly involved in planning were the two Real Housewives series. In addition, Robert Iger, who was responsible for operating the network, had selected a drama with a female focus.
The two Real Housewives reality shows in New York and Los Angeles, along with a drama about the marriage and family life of women in big cities, were the flagship programs for USA Network this fall season.
Although he placed more importance on the Housewives series, the drama was still important.
Simon had no intention of turning USA into a reality TV channel. The positioning he had set from the beginning was to precisely target the female demographic.
It was now 1991. The early layout period for the cable television industry had already been missed, but the 1990s were exactly when the cable television industry would fully rise. There was still enough time for Daenerys Entertainment to develop its television business, allowing for a relatively calm completion of the layout for USA.
Amidst the busyness, the last few days of September flew by quickly, and time soon entered October 1991.
The media buzz caused by the Forbes rich list gradually cooled down.
Although many people believed that Simon Westeros's statement about already finding his biological parents was just an excuse, the matter did not cause any major waves again.
In this era, television programs in North America were still relatively scarce. The several programs that USA Network had successively launched all achieved very good ratings. Simon also began making some plans for the network's development next year.
On the European side, although Sophia had turned the graffiti photo set of Nadja Auermann and Yasmeen Ghauri into proper brand promotion, because Simon Westeros had rarely taken the photos himself, the two girls who had been crowned "leg spirit" and "waist spirit" still quickly rose to fame.
Of course, some negative news emerged during the process, all of which Sophia resolved one by one.
Simon also heard from Sophia that because Elite's "Black Pearl" Naomi Campbell had instructed a tabloid to throw dirt on Yasmin Ghauri, under pressure from Gucci, Elite had terminated its contract with the black supermodel.
Upon closer examination, the fundamental reason was that Elite itself could no longer tolerate this Black Pearl.
Elite founder and president John Casablancas privately told people that firing Naomi Campbell brought him more pleasure than a vigorous session in bed.
Not only did she have violent tendencies, this black supermodel who dominated the runway was privately involved in almost every bad habit the circle had to offer. The cash and resources Elite had spent to maintain her image almost exceeded the returns she brought to Elite.
After being fired by Elite and under pressure from Gucci, Naomi Campbell's career immediately fell into a slump.
Simon treated this as nothing more than gossip, just like the rise of Nadja Auermann and Yasmeen Ghauri. These matters were all small things to him.
Having always felt a sense of detachment from this world, Simon did not reject the feeling of loneliness at the top at all.
The Korean character graffiti on Nadja Auermann and Yasmeen Ghauri also attracted quite a bit of attention.
Simon had deliberately used traditional Korean characters, which were relatively more common in the West. Rumors about his multilingual abilities had been around for more than a day or two.
However, many people still felt that Simon Westeros's ability to come up with terms like "waist spirit" and "leg spirit" meant his Korean proficiency was far stronger than most people imagined. This was truly too unusual.
How did a young man who had risen from humble beginnings manage to achieve all this?
As a result, the matter inevitably began to develop once again in the direction of supernatural events.
At seven months pregnant, Janet became increasingly delicate and spoiled, with all kinds of strange ideas popping up endlessly.
Because she was truly fed up with the little guy in her belly, she even discussed with Simon whether they should take the child out early. Many babies born at seven months actually...
She was naturally given a scolding by Simon.
During breakfast, when talking about recent newspaper articles regarding Simon's language talent routines, the woman suddenly had another whimsical thought. "Darling, do you think our little guy will be like you?"
Simon picked up his milk and took a sip, not quite understanding what "like you" Janet meant. It probably couldn't be exactly the same. Otherwise, Simon felt he might have to kill to silence her.
Although he wasn't particularly attached to this world, he also did not want another person who was "exactly the same" as him to appear.
Not even his own son.
Or rather, if it really was exactly the same, then it obviously wouldn't be his son.
"You mean, like Clark Kent?"
Janet blinked, then suddenly widened her eyes. "You finally admit it!"
"Admit what?"
"That you're an alien."
"Yeah, yeah. I'm from Pandora in the Centaurus constellation, plotting to invade Earth."
"I'll help you."
"..."
Baby, is it really okay for you to betray all of humanity so cleanly and decisively?
Seeing Simon's helpless expression, Janet giggled a few times and dropped the topic.
She frequently teased about her man's secrets like this, but in reality she had no intention of getting to the bottom of it. She changed the subject to another matter. "The investigation team has made new progress recently."
Simon made a sound of acknowledgment and waited for Janet to continue.
Janet said, "They think this time it's probably Mossad."
Simon was not surprised at all upon hearing the name Mossad.
Hollywood was the territory of Jews. Even with Simon's rapid rise in recent years, this fact had not changed. Even at Daenerys Entertainment, starting from Amy Pascal, a large group of core executives were Jewish.
Jews were famous for sticking together.
As Hollywood was the most important public opinion base for Jews, they could not possibly ignore the increasingly powerful position of the outsider Simon in Hollywood.
If this young man harbored the same instinctive rejection and exclusion of Jews as many Anglo-Saxons did, Simon's growing power in Hollywood would mean disaster for the Jews.
Although Israel did not have many direct connections with Hollywood, the reason Israel had been able to establish such a close relationship with America and gain widespread sympathy and recognition from the international community was inseparable from the long-term public opinion campaigns run by Jewish people in Hollywood who controlled vast media resources.
Therefore, it was perfectly logical for Israel to send Mossad agents to monitor Simon and probe into his background and tendencies.
In fact, if Simon truly showed anti-Semitic tendencies, assassination was not out of the question.
In addition to the initial group of spies that had basically been confirmed as KGB agents, during this period the investigation team had also discovered FBI personnel. Now with Mossad added to the mix, it was not surprising.
All of this was done very cautiously.
Simon could roughly confirm that his investigation team had not been discovered.
Moreover, Simon had temporarily not instructed the investigation team to take any substantive action, mainly because these people had not posed any real threat to him.
Because of Simon's strict precautions, very little information about his secrets could be obtained from the outside. On the surface, Simon also had nothing that absolutely needed to be kept secret.
As for the women around him, as long as those people had some brains, they should understand that leaking a little bit would not cause him much trouble. Simon was not a politician, and he had also moved beyond the category of ordinary celebrities who needed to live off their reputation.
As for the Westeros System's commercial plans, there wasn't even a need to probe into this.
As long as one carefully analyzed Westeros Company's investment layout, they should understand Simon's thinking.
Next, it would depend on whether some people dared to follow closely.
In the future, the Westeros System would no longer engage in the kind of large-scale financial speculation from previous years. The expansion of its commercial territory would basically use open and aboveboard commercial methods.
The only difference would probably be the increasingly massive scale of the entire Westeros System.
Daenerys Entertainment could easily raise two billion dollars to build the Osaka Universal Studios. For other Hollywood studios wanting to follow, it wasn't even just a matter of funding.
There was also the new technology sector.
With the successive listings of America Online and Cisco, the Westeros System had basically completed its layout in the new technology industry. Even if competitors reacted, with the entire Westeros System already holding all the advantages, catching up would not be a simple matter of throwing money at the problem.
In the end, Simon had already passed the primitive accumulation stage that many capital forces easily attracted controversy during in their early rise.
Thinking about all this, Simon said to Janet, "Have them continue monitoring. Be careful and don't get discovered."
Janet nodded. "I know."
It was easy to remove these agents. However, it would definitely trigger some people's vigilance and more would be sent over. Just like that cold joke about snipers, a clumsy hidden sniper was exactly what the enemy most wanted to see and was most reluctant to remove.
Otherwise, what if the next one was a Sniper God?
Of course, Simon could not allow these flies to keep buzzing around him forever. The key was still to accumulate strength.
As long as the intelligence network being built accumulated enough foundation, or if someone developed improper ideas, Simon would not hesitate to take action against the people around him.
After breakfast, he said goodbye to the woman and headed to Daenerys Studios for work as usual.
The preparation for Jurassic Park had already entered the final stage. Many other recent projects were also advancing steadily.
In addition, the Japanese horror film The Ring that Daenerys Entertainment had recently greenlit had attracted Hollywood's attention because of Simon's personal involvement.
Seeing this situation, other Hollywood studios began reaching out for Japanese horror novels one after another, trying to follow Daenerys Entertainment's next strategic direction.
Over the past few years, no one doubted Simon's vision anymore. Even if they followed incorrectly, many film companies felt it was still better than running around like headless chickens on their own.
Moreover, what if they got it right?
Daenerys Entertainment's most dazzling project in recent years was undoubtedly the DC Cinematic Universe plan. However, no one had forgotten that horror films were also a field in which Simon Westeros was extremely skilled.
Moreover, compared to the DC Cinematic Universe's investments that routinely reached Hundred of millions of dollars, horror films were much easier for achieving big returns with small investments.