I’m in Hollywood

Firefly Group Burbank headquarters.

Elizabeth got out of the car in the parking lot with an assistant and walked straight into the headquarters building of the Firefly Group. Compared with the past, today's Firefly Group headquarters is obviously a lot more lively. There are people in the lobby on the first floor, and men and women in suits and leather shoes gather together in twos and threes to chat about something.

Elizabeth knew that these people were just entourages of the Firefly System executives who came to attend the meeting, and left her assistant here. She went straight to the VIP elevator of the building.

When she came to Eric's office on the top floor, she said hello to the outside secretary, and she pushed the door and walked in.

The situation in the office made Elizabeth a little stunned. Eric stood in front of the window with his chin raised, and Kelly Haynes was carefully helping the man adjust his tie.

Seeing Elizabeth coming in, Kelly was also stunned, and then greeted with a smile: Morning, Liz, you came just in time, I still have work to do, come and help Eric tie a tie.

After Kelly finished speaking, she loosened the tie in her hand, picked up a few documents on Eric's desk, nodded to Elizabeth again, and left the office.

After Kelly left, Eric grabbed the tie he had half-tied on his chest, looked at Elizabeth, and said with a smile, What are you looking at, come and help me tie the tie.

Elizabeth pouted and walked closer, raised her hand to take the tie from Eric's hand, couldn't help pulling it, and said, You are not afraid that I will strangle you to death, there are so many people waiting outside, it is still messy at this time. Come.

Well, you won't believe it anyway I explain it.

Elizabeth ignored Eric, and put it on him and smelled it a few times, then she showed the look in your eyes, and said, What are you going to do when there is such a big commotion?

Eric shook his head and said: It's nothing, I just want everyone to get together, of course, do something small by the way.

Elizabeth was very dissatisfied: Hmph, you're hiding it from me, be careful that Fox doesn't cooperate with you.

It doesn't matter, if Fox doesn't cooperate, I'll clean up the owner's daughter tonight.

Elizabeth turned her head for a second, and her hand suddenly became harder: You bastard.

Take it easy, you're really going to strangle to death, Eric smiled and grabbed Elizabeth's little hand and said, Hurry up and fasten my tie, I have something good for you.

Elizabeth's hands moved faster, and she asked curiously, What?

Eric smiled and didn't answer. When Elizabeth fastened her tie, he took out a script from the filing cabinet under the desk and said, Hey, for you.

The script you wrote? Elizabeth said, picked it up and looked at it before she said, Gladiator, that Ridley Scott project, doesn't it mean that it has been confirmed to cooperate with Amberlin Pictures?

The projects of Hollywood's first-line directors will basically appear on the attention list of studio executives, and it is not surprising that Elizabeth directly mentioned the information of Gladiator.

Eric explained: There was a funding problem at Amberlin, of course, it could also be a lack of confidence in the project, so the project was axed, and last Saturday I ran into this that Tony Scott happened to know about. I took a look at the script and thought it was very good. However, the big production project on Firefly's side has been scheduled for three years, so it's up to you to take care of it.

Elizabeth flipped a few pages at random, and hesitantly said: Epic films, now everyone knows that epic films are very risky. Even the Braveheart a few years ago was not very successful at the box office.

Eric said: The script of Gladiator has a wider audience than Braveheart, and Ridley Scott's directing skills are still guaranteed.

Okay, then I'll go back and discuss it with everyone, Elizabeth nodded, she naturally believed Eric's judgment very much.

Just as he was talking, the office door was pushed open again. Today, the girl rarely wore a small shirt and white casual trousers seriously, but she still rushed over with a smile like a little girl.

It was directly wrapped around Eric, and the two legs were still wrapped around his waist with a funny force, but it didn't have Natasha's 'lethality' at all.

Eric hugged the girl's small body, reached out and patted her little buttocks, and said helplessly: Don't make trouble, Liz is here.

The girl smiled and kissed Eric's face, stood up, and suddenly reached out to grab the script in Elizabeth's hand.

Elizabeth, who had been prepared for a long time, avoided it skillfully, and called back with her backhand: Little Bitchi.

The girl withdrew her hand, hugged Eric's arm, and complained aggrievedly: Eric, she scolded me.

Eric separated the two discordant women and said, Okay, don't quarrel, let's go to the conference room, everyone is almost there.

...

The largest conference room in the Firefly Group headquarters was already full of people at this time. Eric took Elizabeth and the girl to the door, and Kelly just pushed the door and came out.

Eric stopped and asked, Are you all ready?

Kelly said: There is some problem with the connection on Nokia's side, but it is fixed.

Eric nodded and pushed the door first and walked in.

Seeing Eric coming in, everyone who was chatting with each other all quieted down, got up one after another, and looked at Eric who had just walked in the door.

At this time, the Firefly system, in addition to the three executives of Firefly Group, Fox Group and MGM Group in Los Angeles, the three major firefly electronics giants headquartered in San Francisco on the west coast, and several core executives of Qualcomm headquartered in San Diego also rushed over at the same time. , other departments and companies are connected by video, appearing on ten 32-inch wall-mounted screens lined up on both sides of the large conference room.

Eric went to the top position, took a folder from Caroline, nodded to the crowd and said, Everyone, sit down.

A group of people took their seats, but Eric still stood there, and he did not prepare a seat for his position today.

In the conference room, Katzenberg, Frank Wells, Yatou, Elizabeth, Amy Pascal, John Carley, Joe Ross and Victor McNally of Firefly Electronics, Qualcomm The CEO Owen Jacob and others sat on both sides of the large conference table. On the wall of the conference room, ten 32-inch wall-mounted screens are connected to executives such as Robert Iger of abc in New York, Chris and Emily of Firefly Investments, John Chambers of Cisco Headquarters and other executives, Yahoo's Iraqi and other executives. The three of Engnier and other Apple, sprint, Amazon and ten other offices.

Glancing around, feeling the gazes of dozens of people passing through the scene and the camera lens, Eric suddenly felt a sense of self-satisfaction.

This is your own business empire.

Firefly Empire.

Eric felt this way, and everyone who participated in the meeting through the video connection also had an inexplicable shock in their hearts at the same time.

Before they knew it, everyone discovered that they were in such a huge business empire.

At this time, in the Firefly system, in addition to the Firefly Group, Cisco's market value has also exceeded 100 billion US dollars. Although it has been excluded from the Firefly system, AOL, which still holds more than 15% of its shares, has a market value of more than 50 billion US dollars. Comparing the core companies such as Yahoo, Nokia, Firefly Electronics, and ltd, the market value of these companies has also reached tens of billions or even tens of billions of dollars.

After years of accumulation, the scale of assets controlled by the entire Firefly system has exceeded 400 billion US dollars at this time.

What is this concept? According to the latest statistics, in the latest GDP figures of countries around the world, India, which ranks 13th, has a GDP figure of 429 billion US dollars, and Australia, which ranks 14th, has a GDP figure of only 380 billion.

In this way, just the firefly system is equivalent to controlling a huge 'economy' that ranks 14th in the world. It can be described as a veritable wealthy country.

There was silence in the conference room for a moment, Eric finally clapped his hands, attracted everyone's attention, and said with a smile: The Yahoo annual meeting the year before last, and Chris' wedding last year, everyone got together. I originally hoped that Such a gathering can be held once a year. However, eight months have passed this year, and everyone, including myself, is very busy, and there may be no time for a real gathering this year, so I have no choice but to choose this kind of gathering. The way to get together once. Starting next year, I hope to be able to completely determine this kind of gathering, and arrange the date and itinerary in advance.”

Amidst the nods of the crowd, Eric took two steps on the spot before continuing: Of course, everyone must have discovered that this time one of our partners withdrew from the meeting, which has to be said to be a pity. Because in my vision, all the companies in the Firefly system are an indispensable part, and the departure of AOL also made me realize that there are too many things in this world that are always unsatisfactory. However, I hope The next few years will be able to refill the vacancies left by AOL.

After saying this, he paused for a moment and glanced at everyone on and off the field. Eric suddenly smiled and said, Okay, everyone must have heard about what happened recently. It was very lively. I suddenly felt that in the future, even if You can live well by identifying scripts or something, after all, just my affirmation can raise the price of a script worth $100,000 to $7.5 million.

In the slightly mocking laughter of everyone, Eric clapped his hands again and continued: Hey, let's talk about this at the end, looking at everyone sitting in front of me and participating in this meeting through video, I am now There are still some who can’t believe it’s all true.”

Eric said, rolled up the sleeves of his shirt casually, brought these memories, and said slowly: Remember ten years ago, ah, it was exactly ten years, 1988, probably around this time, I I was still working as a waiter in an Italian restaurant, and, because of some changes, I suddenly found that I was the only one left in my world. Every day when I was serving dishes to customers, I was basically in a daze, thinking about my own business. , thinking about things in the future, thinking about it, I felt that I couldn't live in such a muddled way. At least, I should do something to prove that I really exist. Then, I wrote my first novel. , the first script, starred in the first film, and directed my first film. Looking back now, I realize how lucky I am, because along the way, I always meet people who can help me people.

I established a firm foothold in Hollywood and founded the Firefly Group. Slowly, I also began to want to do more things. I admit that at the beginning, I was holding a very blind and completely speculation. Doing these things with the mentality of doing these things is like investing in AOL, Cisco, and even Nokia. My idea at the time was to wait for these companies to develop, and then take off the stocks that I invested in and make a lot of money. money.

Hearing the laughter resounding on and off the field, Eric also smiled and said, However, now, I no longer have any thoughts of speculation, even if it is AOL, which is about to leave the big family of Fireflies, I think everyone is sure It is very clear that there is not much money in this, it is just that everyone has a conflict with foreign development concepts, and the two sides have to separate. In fact, if possible, I even hope that everyone can go on hand in hand forever, because, It's what I just said, in my heart, every team in the Firefly system is indispensable.

Having said that, Eric made a gesture to Caroline, who was sitting quietly beside him, and took the engineering prototype of a tablet computer from the other party and showed it in front of everyone, saying: Perhaps, everyone will think that what I just said is Out of courtesy, but definitely not. To put it simply, the future of the Firefly system can be completely condensed into this small machine. Everyone must already know that this is the tablet computer jointly developed by Firefly Electronics and Yahoo! Perhaps, you will have doubts in your heart at this time, what does this have to do with me, of course it has something to do with it.

In my imagination, this machine can link the entire firefly system...

For the next half an hour, Eric explained that the planned tablet computer and even further smart phones will connect Internet equipment, content, service providers, mobile communication equipment manufacturers, underlying technology R\u0026D companies and even Hollywood within the entire Firefly system. The content services of the media group are linked together to form a complete and grand industrial blueprint for the information age.

Eric has been preparing for today's speech since Monday. Combining the future development of the information industry in his memory and the accumulation of experience over the years, Eric's description of the future prospects of the Firefly system made everyone at the scene fascinated.

It is blunt to say that if Eric's vision can be achieved, the entire 21st century may be the era of the firefly system, just as the two major families of Morgan and Rockefeller in the 20th century relied on energy, automobiles, and finance to control the entire world. That way.

At the scene, because of Eric's age, it was inevitable that the elites in the workplace with some contempt and prejudice were always convinced.

This young man may not have a high degree of education such as an Ivy League school, or he may not have the workplace experience they have accumulated over the years, but the vision he showed at this time may be the reason why he can lead the Firefly system in just ten years. Let's go to the reason now.

After all, there is never a shortage of talents in this world, not even a shortage of geniuses. What is lacking is only people with a keen foresight who can always walk on a correct path.