Chapter 576
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The Boeing 767 landed at San Jose Airport in the Bay Area in just over half an hour.
Simon and Natasha Henstridge walked out of the front cabin talking and laughing, Lady A and Raul Bradley greeted them, and everyone got off the plane together.
Raul Bradley quietly looked at Natasha Henstridge, and the 19-year-old girl looked at the man beside her with joy, admiration, ingratiating, and a little not-so-secret awe.
Obviously, for the half hour just now, the two of them got along very happily, and there was no strangeness that was only the first time they wanted to see each other.
Bradley wasn't surprised at all.
A man like Simon Westeros can get a lot of women to post without any movement. If a gentleman is a little more considerate and humorous, it is even easier for women.
Everyone left the airport, Simon drove to Woodside by car, Lady A continued to stay, sent away Raul Bradley, and brought Natasha Henstridge to Simon's name in Palo Altoa Another property in the affluent area of Surton.
Although there is some resentment for her boss's actions to keep vases, Alison still handles all the beginnings and ends with due diligence. In order to avoid unnecessary troubles in the future, everything that should be explained to the vase needs to be explained clearly, which is actually beneficial to everyone.
After a simple placement, Lady A took Natasha Henstridge to a high-end restaurant near Atherton, and at the same time began to exhort a vase of all kinds of self-cultivation.
The female assistant didn't like that the maid by Simon's side was always showing up at the Woodside villa, and the a-girl spent most of the weekend tuning Simon's new vase.
While accompanying the female assistant, Simon took the time to attend some meetings of several companies on the weekend as usual.
After the launch of 58list in August, a series of noise and dust caused by the fraud case has recently come to an end.
After lingering for a while, the original six victims of the fraud case voluntarily withdrew the lawsuit.
The parties also did not have any other settlements in private.
This is the inevitable result.
If Igret Company backs down in this incident, once it loses the case and forms a precedent, it will definitely be involved in endless troubles in the future.
Not even a private settlement of compensation.
Because it will also become a reference for later generations.
As a result, Igreit has acted resolutely in catching fraud gangs, and has also taken a tough stance in the face of a class-action lawsuit from six victims seeking additional compensation.
If you're going to fight a lawsuit, keep fighting, even if it reaches the Supreme Court.
Igreit has fulfilled all its obligations and wants additional compensation. Sorry, this is impossible.
At the same time, compared with the well-financed Igreit Company, the six victims obviously could not afford the protracted and high legal fees, so they had to give up in the end.
On Monday morning, Natasha Henstridge was sent away, and the girl a brought a signed non-disclosure agreement to meet her boss. Instead of returning to Los Angeles, she flew to New York temporarily.
The construction of the Westeros Tower took a few twists and turns.
Just this past weekend, an inconspicuous local newspaper in New York suddenly exposed the massive use of illegal labor by the construction team of the Westeros Tower, and at the same time questioned the safety of the building construction site, saying that the building project has been officially launched for two years and has been At least six safety incidents occurred, and while no fatalities were reported, two workers were left with severe permanent disability.
The article also pointed at the mayor of New York, David Dinkins, who is sprinting for re-election, and criticized David Dinkins for irresponsibly approving the large and inappropriate project of the Westeros Tower in exchange for it. campaign finance support for the Westeros system.
This year is another election year for New York's mayor.
Current Mayor David Dinkins is facing off against former New York City prosecutor Rudy Giuliani for the second time.
In the election four years ago, in which Rudy Giuliani lost to David Dinkins, campaign finance and media support from the Westeros system played a big role.
This time, Rudy Giuliani has pointed the finger at David Dinkins' behind-the-scenes Westeros system from the very beginning of the election.
The Westeros system has become more and more popular in recent years, and as the media and the public marvel at the rapid growth of Simon's personal wealth, it is inevitable that there will be more and more criticism of this newly emerging consortium.
David Dinkins is a very sophisticated politician, and maybe he has enough new ideas for his re-election. Therefore, Dinkins decisively chose to take the initiative to draw a line from the Westeros system, and even returned to the Westeros system. some campaign finance related to the Los Angeles system.
Simon had already expected the fickleness of politicians, but he did not expect Dingkins to be so straightforward.
The other party even disrupted the layout of the Westeros system in New York politics.
You know, the Westeros system originally planned to continue to support Dinkins, but the other party suddenly defected, and the Westeros system could not switch to other alternatives at all, unless it switched to the Republican Party, which obviously would not work.
David Dinkins took the initiative to draw a clear line, and the Westeros system did not move up.
However, for a world-class political, economic, and cultural city like New York, many subsidiaries of the Westeros system are headquartered here, so it is impossible to give up infiltration into the city's political circles. Simon finally decided to All the resources originally planned to be invested in Dinkins were diverted
into the battle for New York City councillors.
The final ballot for the mayoral election will be held in early November.
The sudden arrival of the local media in New York can be said to kill two birds with one stone. It will not only cause trouble for the construction of the Westeros Tower project that Simon values very much, but also damage the approval rating of David Dinkins.
Therefore, when the small newspaper called "Manhattan Metropolis Daily" raised the topic, the "New York Times", "Daily News" and other newspapers all began to follow up.
What Simon didn't expect was still behind.
This morning, with no communication with the Westeros system at all, David Dinkins publicly stated at the weekly press conference that he had no interest in the Westeros system. , the New York City Department of Labor will join the construction workers union to investigate the Westeros Tower construction site safety and other issues.
There is a three-hour time difference between the east and west coasts.
When Simon departed from the West Coast to New York, all workers at the construction site of the Westeros Tower had been evacuated at the request of the New York City government and the local workers' union.
The Westeros Tower was forced to shut down.
If it is another real estate company, it is not impossible for a billion-dollar large project to suddenly stop, and in a more serious case, the company will be dragged down.
As the voting date approaches, David Dinkins has already shown a clear disadvantage against Rudy Giuliani.
The sudden attack on the Westeros Tower project even seemed a bit of a let-off in Simon's view.
From the current mayor's speech at the press conference, he only focused on the safety of the Westeros Tower construction site without mentioning illegal workers. It can be seen that the other party is not on a whim.
New immigrants have always been the base that Democrats try to win over.
During his re-election campaign, David Dinkins tried his best to promote the diversity of New York's population during his tenure.
What is meant by 'diversity' here is self-evident.
Therefore, although illegal workers do not yet have federal voting rights, if this matter is investigated at the same time, it will inevitably offend the immigrant community in New York City.
The shrewd calculations of established politicians are simply brilliant.
Simon only sneered after learning more about a series of situations on the plane to New York.
Hillary in memory just calculated her own presidency in this way.
In the 2008 election, Wall Street originally supported Hillary Clinton. As a result, the powerful woman saw the hostility of the media and the public to Wall Street because of the economic crisis. She just took political donations from investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan, and immediately pointed the finger at Wall Street. Jump up and down to encourage Congress to enact stricter regulatory bills for Wall Street.
The end result is that Wall Street turned to ***, and Hillary did not even get the candidate position in the party.
David Dinkins acted exactly like Hillary in Simon's memory.
Or rather, the way politicians think and behave consistently.
Of course, there must be more other influencing factors in the two events. Hillary does not necessarily lose the chance to hit the presidency if she loses the support of Wall Street. David Dinkins is probably not completely re-elected for himself. Just turned on the Westeros system.
The rapid expansion of the Westeros system, Simon has become the world's first billionaire, the Internet industry's increasingly large output value scale, the confrontation between Eagle and traditional paper media...
If it were really just safety issues and illegal labor that shut down the Westeros Tower, Simon might just hand things over to James Raybold.
It was the realization of other entanglements that might be involved that made him feel the need to make a trip to the East Coast.
Simon has always been a person who attaches great importance to the prevention of small and gradual progress, and understands the reason why the embankment of a thousand miles collapses in the ant's nest.
The shutdown of the Westeros Building will certainly not bring down the Westeros system, but he will not let this matter continue to develop or even expand. If it involves other joints, it must be clarified as soon as possible.
After Simon got off the plane, he rushed to the headquarters of Westeros in midtown Manhattan. It was already more than five o'clock in the afternoon on the east coast. James Leibold and Tishman Speyer CEO Jerry Speyer were still waiting for him.
The shutdown of the Westeros Tower was actually most seriously affected by Tishman Speyer, which undertook this project. Both illegal labor and construction safety are areas that the other party needs to be responsible for. Westeros can even handle this. count as a victim.
James and Speyer had spent the entire day consulting with representatives of the New York City government.
Everyone sat down in a small conference room, and Jerry Speer, who was about fifty years old and had a round face, said with a wry smile: "This time is really troublesome, Simon, we didn't expect it to be like this."
Simon had an understanding smile on his face, but he was not moved by Jerry Speer's complaints.
Tishman Speyer has a century-old history, and the Speyer family is deeply rooted in New York. In this emergency, David Dinkins didn't even greet Westeros Company in advance, but Simon was sure that the Speyer family must have received the news in advance.
Lady a brought in the coffee herself.
Simon took the coffee cup, rubbed it in his palm, and said, "Jerry, out of trust, I handed over the construction of the Westeros Building to Tishman Speyer, which has been exposed by the media these days. The problem seems to be your problem."
Jerry Spell listened to what Simon said, and found that although the young man on the opposite side had a small face, there was nothing in his eyes.
With a smile, the originally relaxed expression drowned and said, "Simon, do you know how many people died during the construction of the Empire State Building?"
Simon shook his head.
Jerry Speyer said: "Because of the tight construction period of the Empire State Building, although only 5 people died accidentally during the 410-day construction process, in fact, this number is more than 10 times higher. The construction process of large-scale construction projects has never been Nothing is foolproof. Two years into the construction of the Westeros Tower, only a few people were injured and there were no fatalities. This is enough to show that there is no safety problem in our construction environment."
Simon nodded: "I understand."
"So," Jerry Speyer smiled again and spread his hands: "You must also know that this time, it has nothing to do with Tishman Speyer."
Simon still rubbed the coffee cup in his hand: "So, Jerry, when will the building resume work?"
Jerry Speyer looked at the young man across from him, and his tone couldn't help being a little more playful, and said, "This requires you to communicate with the New York City government, and maybe get the media."
Simon continued to ask, "Where's Tishman Gate?"
Jerry Speyer felt something strange from Simon's apparently cold tone, paused a little, and said, "Simon, we are actually implicated, you should understand this."
"I understand," Simon nodded again and said, "In this case, according to our original agreement, whether it is the use of illegal labor or the investigation of a safety accident during the construction process, the responsibility lies with Tishman Speyer, Mr. Speyer, you It's time to leave, and Westeros' lawyers will contact Tishman Speyer to terminate the contract, file a lawsuit, and seek compensation."
Jerry Speyer was stunned for a moment before finally realizing what Simon had just said, but he quickly calmed down, staring at the young man on the other side of the conference table and said, "Simon, make it a big deal, it's nothing to you. any good."
"Or, another option," Simon looked like he was very good at talking, but his eyes became sharper, and said coldly: "I don't care what method Tishman Speyer uses, within three days, the project must resume work, or I will replace it. Contractor, I'll do whatever it takes to double the money Tishman Speyer makes from Westeros."
Jerry Speyer threatened: "If you do this, I can guarantee that Westeros Tower will never be built again."
Simon didn't care about the other party's threat, and said tit for tat: "Since you can guarantee that the Westeros Building will never be built, you can probably guarantee that the project will resume work within three days. The Strobel Building can't be built, and the Westeros Company will exist for a day, and I will target Tishman Speyer for a day until one of us goes bankrupt."
When Simon said these words, Jerry Speyer did not fight back immediately, and his expression became gloomy.
A construction and real estate company like Tishman Speyer would not be able to grow and develop without the support of its profound heritage. As the base of Tishman Speyer in New York, this company does have a network of contacts that is far deeper than that of the Westeros system.
In the past few days, Tishman Speyer did get news in advance.
Jerry Speyer was originally in the mood of watching the fun, and maybe he can get more benefits from the wealthy Westeros at the critical moment. Otherwise, if Tishman Speyer shot ahead, there would be no negative news about Westeros Tower in the media at all.
After careful consideration, Tishman Speyer does have a great responsibility for this matter, and it is also obliged to clean up the mess after the incident. However, Jerry Speyer originally thought that these should not be games that Tishman Speyer needs to participate in.
I just didn't expect that when Simon Westeros arrived in New York, he would directly point the finger at them.
Really fall out?
Losing this project would definitely take a heavy toll on Tishman Speyer's reputation in the industry.
If you become an enemy with the Westeros system again, think about the threat this young man has just made, Westeros Company, Tishman Speyer, which one goes bankrupt first?
He didn't dare to gamble.
At the same time, he also thought about the various deeds of this young man in the past.
This is a fierce guy who dares to knock off the enemy's five legs in a uniform manner.
This is a ruthless man who stopped the release of a million-dollar album because his partner concealed his earnings.
even.
This is also a lunatic with a history of mental illness.
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