I’m in Hollywood

Gravity is in its third week while Eric is out on vacation with the kids.

Compared with the second week, the box office of Gravity finally showed a relatively large drop in the third week, but the overall box office was only 33%.

As of December 9, the film has collected another 92.87 million US dollars, and the cumulative North American box office has quickly reached 377.56 million US dollars.

Although the Firefly Group has not released detailed breakdown data, the media with supernatural powers quickly discovered that among the $92.87 million box office in the third week of Gravity, the box office from Imax theaters is still as high as $23.96 million, which means that North American theaters have been nearly full for three weeks in a row.

Only the box office produced by theaters exceeds that of most movies with more than 2,000 screens. This terrifying ability to attract money has also made all theaters in North America jealous, and they have begun to plan to get involved in the field of giant-screen movies.

REG (Regal-E-Group), the largest theater chain in North America, also directly sent an invitation to Firefly Group to acquire Imax Cinema in Firefly’s hands at a high price, which was naturally rejected without hesitation.

The lack of its own theater chain resources has always been a shortcoming of Firefly Group. Now that it has finally owned a high-end theater chain, it is naturally impossible for the company to let go easily.

However, in order to prevent other giant screen formats from competing with Imax in the market, Firefly Group did not refuse the request of major cinema chains to purchase the Imax projection system.

At present, the number of Imax screens in the world is still a long way from the saturation of the market. Firefly Group is not afraid that other cinema chains will compete with the company itself after owning Imax screens.

Moreover, with the increase in the number of Imax screens, in addition to the projection system revenue, Imax can also obtain continuous revenue in the later stage of film source conversion, camera rental and even system consumables maintenance.

Playing outside with three little guys for more than a week, on the afternoon of December 11, Eric hurriedly set off from Nassau, the capital of Bahamas, to fly back all the way from Joanna's call from Martha's Vineyard. New York.

In the evening, Eric rushed to the manor on Martha's Vineyard. Cindy had successfully given birth to a baby boy, and was surrounded by the 'women' on the 'bed'.

Seeing Eric appear, Cindy, who was still a little tired, immediately raised her arm slightly, and showed Eric the little dot wrapped in her arm. Eric walked to the 'bed' and sat down, took Cindy's hand and shook it, and carefully looked at a certain little guy before asking softly, Are you okay?

Cindy nodded, Yeah.

Kevin and Hawaii, who came in with Eric, both walked to their mother's side and looked at the little guy curiously, but Emma didn't recognize her at all. Aunt Di, Aunt Cindy, can I see baby?

Cindy smiled and whispered, Of course.

Eric reached out and helped Emma climb onto the 'bed', the little girl leaned closer to Cindy again, and looked at the little boy in the 'woman's arms with curiosity. He didn't touch it sensible, just flashed his big eyes and said, Aunt Cindy, he's so cute.

Oh, thanks.

Does he have a name? Emma immediately said again: I have thought of a lot of names for the little Baby these days. But my father said that the name of the little Baby is the best one for my mother.

Cindy glanced at Eric and smiled, Not yet.

After talking like this for a while, Joanna knew that Eric and Cindy both wanted some alone time, came over and called Emma to get out of bed, and whispered in the man's ear: Eric, it's all right here. Well, Vicky and I will go back to Long Island first.

Eric nodded. As soon as he entered the 'door', he found that in addition to the nanny and nurse, only Joanna and Virginia were left in the room. The girl had long since disappeared, and Linda was not there either. Gram knew from a phone call the other day that she had recently received an endorsement and needed to go to Paris.

Although they don't say it on the surface, the women people are still a little concerned about Cindy's childbirth.

He got up and sent the 'woman' and the children to the 'door', and instructed the twins who came with him to take them back to East Hampton by helicopter, and Eric returned to Cindy. Cindy's 'female' assistant, Catherine Neumann, had also left the room with the nurses and nannies.

There was no one else in the room. Cindy handed the little guy over. Eric quickly and carefully caught it. Looking at the little guy with his eyes closed in his arms, he also asked the woman, Have you decided on a name?

Cindy opened her mouth and hesitated, but then asked, How about you?

Eric smiled and said, You know that I have no talent for naming names, and Xia Xia doesn't know how to blame me when she grows up.

Xia Xia's name is very nice, Cindy said, and after a pause, she said with a bit of lack of confidence, and whispered: Do you think it can be the same as you? Eric, little Eric? Williams.

I always feel that the little guy with the same name as his father will be very useless when he grows up, Eric smiled, still looking at the 'female' frankly, and said: Also, you don't want them to do it every night in the future. Will the little man stab me?

In fact, Cindy didn't expect too much in her heart. He heard the words and said softly: That's okay, I don't want them to be villains to stab me.

So the atmosphere was silent for a moment.

Eric actually understands that because there is no marriage, what the 'women' worry about is the identity of the little ones.

Kevin and Hawaii were only exposed in the first half of the year because of Para 'Mon''s little actions. Although they looked down on Para 'Mon''s actions on the surface, Eric knew that Virginia and Joanna were right in their hearts. This is actually kind of happy.

Thinking of this, Eric quickly made a decision, looked at Cindy, who was obviously disappointed in his expression, and said, So, contact a magazine recently, and let's shoot a cover together.

Cindy's originally disappointed eyes suddenly lit up. She actually didn't want her children to be known to the public many years later, like Kevin and Hawaii. If Eric's public recognition can be obtained, then the name and the like really don't matter.

However, after hesitating for a while, Cindy said, Will it be troublesome?

The first batch of bodyguards trained by Robert will be available next year. I will give you a few more. Of course, they must be 'female', Eric said, seeing Cindy roll his eyes slightly, Then he continued with a smile: As long as you and the little guy are safe, everything else doesn't matter. Well, by the way, have you notified the family about this?

Mom and Dad will come over tomorrow, as well as Chris and Danny, Cindy said, squinting Eric again, and said, Mom is looking forward to seeing my grandson, but if Dad beats you, I don't care.

Eric smiled and said, I promise not to fight back.

Cindy reached over, took the little guy back, and said, Then call Peter, but I want to add my last name, Peter Crawford Williams.

Okay, Eric nodded, remembering something, and said, I thought you would have a more 'sexy' name.

Cindy asked curiously, Why do you say that?

It's nothing, Eric shook his head and said nonchalantly, It's just a feeling.

Cindy didn't think much, turned her eyes to the son in her arms again, and said, Our little guy will definitely be great when he grows up, so the name is just ordinary.

Eric has always been ignorant of why Westerners who advocate 'sex' have no creativity in naming names, and he just nodded in agreement.

Cindy 'touched' little Peter's light blonde hair, raised his head again, and said, Eric, actually, we don't need to contact the magazine, we can announce the news now, use my Facebook.

Unlike Google's search engine, which has been keeping a low profile, since September in the second half of the year, Yahoo has begun to promote Facebook, its social 'social' network tool, which was revised from Yahoo's blog. occupy.

In a few months, with Yahoo's efforts to promote, the new Facebook has more than 80 million registered users worldwide, which is definitely a very remarkable data in the current network environment.

Under the continuous downward trend of the Nasdaq index, Yahoo's stock price in the fourth quarter has even remained stable at around $100 billion due to the positive stimulation of the rapid growth of Facebook users.

Cindy has been a star user of Yahoo since the days of blogging, and was invited to ring the bell for Yahoo's IPo last year. Despite the revamp at this point, Cindy remains one of the most followed supermodels on Facebook, with a following as much as many more popular pop stars.

Feeling Cindy's hopeful gaze, Eric nodded and said, If you don't think this is not formal enough, of course it's fine.

After a few words of discussion, seeing that Cindy was determined, Eric got up to find a laptop and a digital camera, and called Katherine Neumann for help, and quickly took a few sets of photos.

However, before the news was sent, Eric called several Yahoo leaders and warned them carefully. Although he won't be in the discussion in the world, but the little guy has just been born, Eric still won't allow a disappointment such as cyber violence.

Hanging up the phone, Cindy, with the help of Katherine Neumann next to her, also picked a photo and showed it to the man, saying, Eric, how about this one?

The photos just taken were all three people appearing together. Eric and Cindy surrounded the little guy together. The difference was actually not big. Eric looked at it and thought it was good, so he nodded.

So Cindy asked Katherine Neumann to hand the notebook to Eric and said, My account has been logged in all the time, you can send it.

Eric took the notebook, found the browser and opened Cindy's Facebook page, skillfully loaded the photo, typed a line on it, then turned the screen to the woman and said, Is it okay?

Cindy glanced and smiled: If you write this, Emma may be sad. It should be the fourth, not the third.

Eric thought about it for a while, and felt that it was the same. Although it was not his own, he had always treated Emma as a 'daughter'. So I changed it, and after confirming it was correct, I just pressed send.

Although the west coast is still some time away from get off work, the east coast is already twilight.

Many people who were either busy with the last work of the day, or who were preparing dinner, all heard some explosive sex news that spread like lightning in the next hour.

The fourth child of the Williams family is born.

Speaking of which, the news of Cindy's pregnancy is not a secret in the circle, and it has even been considered semi-public.

It was only taken from Eric's own power, and the media basically did not take the initiative to report it. Occasionally, there were some bold ones, but they were just mentioned in a roundabout way.

Now, Eric and Cindy suddenly took the initiative to announce the news, and unabashedly attached photos, so the discussion quickly boiled over.

After all, if it's just the children of some celebrities, there may be gimmicks, but after all, it's just the children of celebrities. Fans care about it and bless it. The magazine will take the opportunity to get the cover to boost a wave of sales, and things will slowly fade away. .

But Eric Williams' child means too much.

You must know that although the collapse of Nasdaq caused Eric’s own wealth to shrink significantly from its peak of more than 600 billion US dollars, due to the continuous strong expansion of the entire Firefly system in the second half of the year, as well as the adverse effects of various companies in the Firefly system Despite the dazzling business performance of the trend, Eric's personal wealth at this time still reached a number that everyone can't reach.

Specifically, before the news of Peter's birth was announced, the popularity of related topics was actually not high.

But after the news of the little guy's birth was announced, relevant statistics quickly appeared on some websites.

Although it was briefly surpassed by several other companies in the Firefly system for a period of time in the middle of the year, the Firefly Group has always been the core asset of Eric over the years. Without the continuous cash support provided by the Firefly Group, the entire Firefly system would not have developed to its current scale.

Through the stock repurchase 'operation' in the second half of the year, Eric finally got back 5.6% of Firefly Group's shares, making his own shareholding in Firefly Group rise to 79.3% again.

Moreover, with the recent success of the promotion of 3D and Imax films led by Firefly Group, coupled with the acquisition of Hasbro and other expansion actions, the industry's valuation of Firefly Group has also hit a new high, reaching US$160 billion at this time. .

This alone has brought Eric more than $120 billion in personal wealth.

Although the collapse of the Nasdaq index has shrunk a large number of technology stocks owned by Eric, the market value of Yahoo, which Eric holds more than 78% of the shares, has remained stable at around $100 billion in the past six months. Bringing Eric a fortune of nearly $80 billion.

Firefly Investments has a 51% absolute controlling stake in Nokia, with a current market value of $117.1 billion. Cisco, which holds 26% of its shares, has fallen from the highest point of 600 billion US dollars all the way, but the skinny camel is bigger than horses, and its market value at this time still reaches 159.3 billion US dollars.

Therefore, just the assets of the four companies, Firefly Group, Yahoo, Nokia and Cisco, make Eric's personal wealth figure reach 300 billion US dollars.

In addition, with the continued popularity of Fireflyer players, Firefly's consensus valuation has exceeded $50 billion. Coupled with a series of assets such as Qualcomm, NT, Amazon, Apple and other assets that Firefly invested heavily in, Eric's personal wealth increased by about $70 billion.

Comprehensive statistics, Eric's net worth at this time is still more than 370 billion US dollars.

Although it has shrunk by nearly half from the peak of more than 600 billion US dollars in the middle of the year, compared with Eric's net worth of 315.5 billion US dollars announced by the Forbes rich list at the beginning of this year, this year, Eric's personal wealth is still An increase of more than 50 billion US dollars, but this is already equivalent to the entire net worth of several of the richest people in the top 10 of Forbes list.

Therefore, a newly born little guy, in addition to the series of halo of his parents, instantly became the heir of hundreds of billions of dollars of wealth, which can no longer be described by simple words such as being born with a golden spoon. .