Chapter 758

The new year is drawing near.

Christmas can be private, but new year's Day is not for it.

In addition to the benefits of paying a large amount of bonus at the end of the year, the most important way to maintain a more harmonious interpersonal relationship is to socialize.

After Christmas, Simon and Janet began to reorganize and plan the westero system, while Jennifer and Sophia were responsible for preparing the New Year Party of the Westeros.

Amy Pascal of Los Angeles and Tim Berners Lee of San Francisco are responsible for the official parties on the west coast.

On the east coast, the top management of westero, cersei capital, Verizon Telecom, danielis entertainment East Coast branch, AOL and other companies in the westero system were invited, along with many important partners and political and business celebrities, because of their private agreement with a woman, and Simon also wanted to pave the way for Sophia's son Daniel First of all, the invitation letter of this party also indicates that you can bring family children over 12 years old to participate.

The location of the new year's party is still the manor in the northern suburb of Greenwich.

According to the number of invitation functions and feedback before the party, there will be more than 300 people attending, which is not too large and definitely not small. They are basically the core executives and key contacts of westrow system on the east coast.

Christmas and new year's day are the only legal holidays in the United States at the end of the year.

Coincidentally, this year's Christmas and new year's day are all on Sunday, and many people can arrange their holidays more leisurely.

On the upper east side of Manhattan, after lunch, the spotters begin to prepare for the evening party. As for why they were invited to the new year's Party of the Westeros family, the spotters knew very well, but their two children had been excited for several days, and their daughter Rita became more active when she heard that her boyfriend's family had also been invited.

In order to avoid being rude, grace specially arranged for her two children to attend several etiquette classes.

In the past, there were no such conditions.

It's not necessary.

Now, or in the future, it will be different.

However, when they entered the upper class, their deepest feeling was burning money. Apart from other things, just to buy clothes for this party tonight, the family has spent more than $60000 in recent days. This is because grace has used her fashion contacts to get all kinds of luxury brand products at preferential prices.

At the end of the year, the couple's income has increased significantly this year. However, in order to maintain the family's expensive life in the upper east side, they have an additional debt of $110000.

Onlookers inevitably find it boring to divide Manhattan's upper east side, upper west side, middle and lower urban areas into different life circles. It seems that they only need to step on one's feet to get into them. Only when they are in them can they understand all kinds of hidden barriers. Just like the upper east side, other people are full of Chanel, Gucci and Hermes at social parties. If you wear a cheap FMCG Brand, no one will talk to you.

It's a joke to think others can't see it.

As for the so-called pay attention to the appearance is too superficial, to look at the inside and so on, does not exist.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the stylist who came to the door to make up for herself returned to the house. Seeing her daughter's furtive phone call again, she asked with a smile, "are you ready over there?"

Rita spatter was a little embarrassed, but nodded, expecting, "Mom, shall we start now?"

Grace helped her daughter tidy up her evening dress and caressed her head. She found that if she didn't wear high-heeled shoes, it would not be so easy to do this action. It seems that the little girl who used to cry yesterday suddenly had a graceful smile and said, "right now, the car should arrive."

It's the Levinsons, of course.

Grace is in charge of the other party's invitation. When she gets the invitation, the Levinsons, who were rather indifferent to this side, immediately get warm again. Grace doesn't mind the words that grace said before that she was not familiar with Simon westero, and she also agreed to go there together tonight.

The spotters and their sons came down from the stairs side by side, and grace went forward to check their clothes for them. Hearing Ray's question about what to do at the party tonight, she felt a little distressed. On the surface, she encouraged her son to communicate with other peers as if nothing had happened.

Bill spatter also came forward to enlighten his son, but he was thinking about how to discuss igritte's IPO with Simon westero tonight.

In the past half a year or so, Bill spotter has been a bit high spirited and hard to avoid treading on thin ice. Fortunately, because of the recovery of the US stock market and some projects supported by the westero system, the performance of the stock trading department led by bill spotter is quite good this year People.

If he can get the underwriting right of a part of igritte's IPO shares next year, Bill spotter will accumulate a lot of deep experience again, and may go further in the future. In fact, this matter has already begun to take shape, which is obviously another part of the active support of the westero system.However, you have to confirm it from westero.

At 4:30, the appointed limousine arrived on time, because it might have to drink in the evening, so it's not suitable for driving. Levinson's family just arrived, and they left Manhattan for Greenwich.

It's less than six o'clock in Greenwich, Connecticut, north of New York.

The new year's party starts at 7 p.m. it's not suitable to rush there too early. The two families choose a coffee shop for a short rest. It's a coffee shop inside a country club in Greenwich. It's not open to the public. The Levison family owns the membership card here. After entering the coffee shop, we found that there were other guests with the same purpose waiting for the show. Everyone was worried about being late and arrived ahead of time.

Grace happens to know both of them.

The heirs of the Hilton family, Richard Hilton and Cathy Hilton, and their two daughters, Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton.

The other is Jenna and his wife, who are TV celebrities in New York housewives. They also bring their three daughters, Courtney, Kim and Kohler. In her spare time, she saw some new york wives. Grace remembers that these three girls are Bruce Jenna's stepdaughters, like Kardashian.

Compared with her two beautiful daughters, Rita and the Hilton dolls, grace only felt that Jenna's three stepdaughters were a little ugly even though they were obviously dressed up.

Of course not.

After we got to know each other, we chatted together naturally.

The differences also appear unconsciously.

Hilton and Levison are typical old money families. Even though Levison's family is based in Florida in the south, the two families have formed a wave and become more intimate. As a very active TV celebrity in recent years, Jenna and his wife have enough confidence in front of these old money families.

On the contrary, the sputters are the most superficial and have no reputation.

Manhattan housewives are usually superior, and their ability to engage in intrigue is imperceptibly improved.

Although she got the invitation from grace, and it was quite warm on the surface, grace could easily perceive the different treatment from the attitude and tone between Mrs. Levison and Cathy Hilton, Chris Jenna and her, and I still didn't think much of you.

What's more, the beautiful woman, who was ten years younger than her husband and was just remembered by a little man, made grace clearly feel that she was doing it on purpose, and did not hide it at all.

Occasionally glancing around, she found her husband's subconscious low attitude when chatting with several other men, which made grace even more depressed.

Fortunately, a group of children do not seem to have the sophistication of these adults, because Rita and Levinson's Michael are the oldest and still dominate in a short time. Her daughter is like herself, confident enough. Her son looks at the little Hilton girl with a different expression. It's just that the little girl with the same name as "Paris" loves and ignores her son. On the contrary, her eyes are green when she faces her daughter's boyfriend.

No matter what your mind is, you will get familiar with each other.

That's the connection.

So until 6:40, it was dark in winter. We left the coffee shop inside the country club and arrived at the manor in the northern suburb of Greenwich ten minutes later.

After checking the invitation letter, the concierge car went through the long corridor and finally stopped in the small square in front of the main villa. Dozens of cars had been parked here, but there was no congestion. A group of waiters were directing the dispatching. They just got off the bus and felt the hot and noisy atmosphere of the villa. It seemed that the cold around them was not so cold.

Holding her husband's arm with two children into the villa, as if suddenly into another world.

The first feeling is warmth.

It's the coldest time on the east coast. The outdoor temperature is below zero, but it's warm as spring in the big villa.

This is still the inside story.

In this manor, if many rich people want to buy it, they can afford it. But even for most rich people, it doesn't mean they can afford it. This is why many old aristocrats in Britain continue to donate or even abandon their family castles. Some guy has bought a top luxury house all over the world. The annual maintenance tax and other expenses are probably enough to make some billionaires declare bankruptcy directly.

In the hall, grace soon saw the Simon couple who came out to meet the guests in person. She took her husband and two children to walk with the Levinsons.

When greeting each other and shaking hands with his wife, looking at the eyes that seem to be penetrating into everything, grace inevitably feels guilty. Fortunately, Janet westroth doesn't show any difference. She also actively reminds grace to introduce her children when she is in a daze for a short time.

"Oh, Simon, Jennie, this is my son ray and daughter Rita. Simon, they're all your fans. They've seen all your movies. "Simon shook hands with the boys and girls in front of him with a smile and said with a gentle smile, "Hello, ray, Rita. Have a good time tonight."

After her brother and westrow shook hands, Rita took the initiative to shake hands with each other. As opposed to this legendary young man, she was bound after all. She just said with a shy smile, "thank you for your hospitality, Mr. westrow."

Grace stood aside and saw that Mrs. Levison, who came forward later, was courting a young man with some humility. She felt relieved.

Knowing that Simon had to meet other guests, the two families didn't stay much. After greeting, they went to the hall.

All the rooms on the first floor of the villa are fully open. Hundreds of guests and a team of waiters are still not crowded. The guests greet the host and naturally take the initiative to find their own circle, even the children. A boy who introduced himself, named Daniel fishy, came forward, introduced himself, and took Rita and them away.

Grace doesn't know Daniel. When she hears Feixi's surname, she immediately understands the identity of the other party.

Sophia fishy's son.

I didn't expect that some guy would be so kind to his lover's son. Then I remembered that he said he would support his daughter. I thought he might have bad ideas. Now I think it's probably true.

When the children leave for a while, the spotters can communicate more freely.

Because of the cooperation over the past six months, Bill spotter soon got together with cersei capital and some other senior executives of Wall Street companies in a room on the east side of the villa.

When she accompanies her husband to socialize in the crowd, grace also sees Sophia fishy. She also knows that the fashion executives around fishy are her circle. More contact with each other can not only expand and consolidate her network, but also strive for more opportunities for her customers. However, grace did not stay. Instead, she accompanied her husband all the time. It would be better for the whole split family if her husband could go to a higher level.

The Levinsons, who followed the spurts into the small circle, also had no potential pride.

A little man had said that he wanted to investigate the situation of the Weisen family. Bill Poole had done the same before, so grace got the information from her husband.

Levison group is a non listed company, mainly operating real estate in Miami, Florida. It has a number of real estate projects of different scales. The total assets of the company are about $7 billion, but the accumulated liabilities are as high as $5.3 billion. In other words, Levison group's debt ratio now reaches 75%.

The high debt operation in the real estate industry is almost the norm of this industry. However, once the industry is in a low ebb, the result will be disastrous. Although a series of real estate projects developed by Levison group are of high quality, and there are many undeveloped plots with huge potential in hand, due to the continuous downturn of the real estate industry since the end of 1980s, the capital chain of the company has been very tight, almost at the edge of rupture at any time.

The Levinson family holds about 15% of the shares of Levinson group, and the nominal total assets of the family reach $1 billion. However, if the liabilities are removed, there is basically not much left.

According to the survey of bill Slater, many investment companies on Wall Street are optimistic about the prospect of Levison group. They also have a premonition that the downturn cycle of the real estate industry is coming to an end. However, no one dares to take risks and send charcoal in the snow all the time, because if they don't pay attention, they may lose money.

Some companies are even waiting for Levison group to go bankrupt, so that they can carve up the company's high-quality assets at a very low price.

Francis Levinson, chairman and CEO of Levinson group, has lived in New York for most of recent years. He is looking for funds to rescue his own company. In fact, there are many people who are willing to do it, but most of them are locked up and become more and more debt of Levinson group.

This time, all the problems faced by Levison group, which has a scale of less than 10 billion, can be easily solved if it can climb up to the giant Westeros system.

Levinson group has not tried to contact with westrow system before, but this kind of real estate investment involving high risk can not reach Simon at all. It is often called pass. If you want to solve this problem, you can only meet Simon westrow in person. That's why the Levinson family took advantage of the bad ways in which their son and Grace's daughter got together.

Basically, it's a helpless move under desperate circumstances.