I’m in Hollywood

Chapter 754

Seeing Virginia huddled in the sand, Eric had to call the servants to take the three little guys away, then squeezed onto the sand, carried the woman over, and persuaded: Okay. , there must be a limit to being strong, Xia Xia's situation is a little special, don't always compare Kevin to her. One novel \u003c\u003c﹤\u003c≦≦”

Virginia leaned into Eric's arms and whispered, I, I know, I'm just worried, I'm afraid you won't like it or Kevin in the future.

Listening to Virginia's stumbling words, Eric knew that what she was worried about was far more than that.

Although the woman never mentioned anything about the Hawaiian fund in front of him, the overseas investment fund that Eric set up in his daughter's name still touched Virginia. Nokia's market value has skyrocketed, and the market value of 51% of Nokia's shares held by the Hawaii Fund has exceeded $300 million. From the little details that Virginia has been worrying about over the past few years, Eric can understand her worries about the future.

Everyone has a tendency, and Eric admits that he can't always keep a bowl of water level. Although the birth of the two little guys was beyond Eric's expectations, he did not have any resistance, but was rather relieved. At least, in this strange world, he already had two close relatives. .

Holding Virginia, after thinking for a moment, Eric said, Vicky, Buffett invited me to a party on Thursday. Come with me.

Virginia realized that since Eric spoke solemnly, this kind of party would definitely not be an ordinary party, and bringing her to attend would be equivalent to publicly admitting some of her identities to the outside world. She raised her head in surprise, but then a hesitant look appeared on her face: So, what about Joan?

I'll tell her, you know, Joan wouldn't be too interested in these things.

After biting her lip and hesitating for a moment, Virginia made up her mind and shook her head: Still, forget it, I don't want this to affect my relationship with Joan.

I said, Joan will definitely understand, that's it, you can choose a better dress these two days, Eric patted Virginia, not allowing the woman to refute, changed the subject, Said: Tell me about the movie, how have you been feeling recently?

Seeing that Eric changed the subject, Virginia no longer resisted, and said, Since Cry on the Island, I can only play mother now. This time, it's still a single mother.

Eric smiled and said, At least it's a beautiful single mother.

was saying,

A burst of fast footsteps came, and before Eric had time to turn his head, a fragrant little body threw himself between him and Virginia, squeezing Virginia away, greasy. Called: Eric.

Virginia, who was pushed away, slapped Drew on Drew's thigh angrily, but the girl didn't take it seriously at all, and kicked twice with a giggle, still tired of Eric.

Virginia had no choice but to get up and let the single sand out completely. After arranging some messy clothes, she said, It's almost time to prepare dinner, so don't make trouble for too long.

After Virginia left the room, Eric put his arms around the girl's waist and asked, When did you arrive in New York?

Drew kicked off the camel-colored leather boots on his feet, curled up beside Eric, and said, It didn't take long, I got on the plane with Amy in the morning, and she went to Manhattan to meet Frank.

Eric only pays attention to the general situation of MGM, and does not deliberately intervene in specific operations. This time, he did not expect Amy Pascal to come to New York and ask: The end of the year is a critical moment for the film festival. Well, is it appropriate for all three of you to leave Los Angeles?

This time it's a very important thing to discuss about the adjustment to the pricing of the shares. The Nasdaq has risen by 16% in the past few months, and it has passed 75o points. If the pricing is still based on a few months ago, we It will be a big loss. Anyway, we only have two low-cost films Scream and Mean Girls at the end of the year, so it's okay to leave for a few days.

In my memory, the Nasdaq index has been soaring since 1995. Eric's rebirth did not change much. Listening to the girl's words, she just squeezed her cheek and smiled: Not bad, I can breathe in one breath. Saying so many professional terms, it seems that I have worked hard in the past few months.

Drew opened his mouth and bit Eric's finger, dissatisfied: I hate it, am I stupid before?

It's not stupid, it's just that cleverness is not used in the right place. Eric avoided the girl's little white teeth and said: After the price adjustment, how much funds can be raised?

Excluding various handling fees, it's about 1.5 billion US dollars, Drew said, and added: By the way, when I came yesterday, Morgan Stanley's chairman Seymour Gilbert invited us tomorrow. He was going to a cocktail party in the evening, and he asked if you were free to go with me?

Because of Chris' relationship, Firefly Systems has always maintained a close cooperative relationship with Morgan Stanley. In addition to the MGM stock increase, the US online listing and Nokia stock listing in the US stock market, which have been in preparation for more than half a year, have also been listed in the US stock market. Both are in charge of Morgan Stanley. The listing time of AOL and the listing time of Nokia have been set in January next year. If there is not too much difference between the two sides, Morgan Stanley will definitely be responsible for Yahoo's Ipo in the future. However, Eric has never met Seymour Gilbert, the chairman of Morgan Stanley. Since he had this opportunity, he nodded and agreed: Okay, where is tomorrow?

Manhattan... The girl tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, I can't remember the exact address, anyway, someone will pick us up at that time.

Eric nodded and said, Since the additional time is set for December 9th, the Scream released on Thanksgiving will increase its strength. Although the market has full confidence in MGM, this The box office success of a low-budget film can still play a good positive role.”

I know, Amy also thought about it. The production budget of this movie is 1400 thousand dollars. We plan to spend 1000 thousand dollars on the announcement. If the weekly box office is good, we can continue to add more.

Eric continued: In addition, since there is no problem with the increase, MGM will not be short of funds in the next few years. Therefore, you should take back the film rights authorized by MGM as soon as possible.

Drew hummed, looked at Eric and waited for him to continue.

Eric has always been thinking about the issue of paid cable stations. At present, Firefly, Fox, and MGM have over 10,000 film libraries, but none of the three companies have paid cable stations dedicated to playing movies. The copyright can only be sold to other companies. Originally, the best option is of course to acquire hBo from Time Warner. Time Warner's situation in the past two years has not been very good. Eric originally thought he had this opportunity, but last time it was because of Lifetime TV. When Er came to visit, Eric tried a few words from the other party, but was rejected without hesitation.

Although it has not yet made a name for itself with original dramas such as Wanted City and Family, but with the cable TV operation platform in the hands of Time Warner, hBo's operation has always been very good. It can be said that Time Warner It owns high-quality assets similar to Turner Broadcasting. In this case, even if Terry Semel agrees to divest and sell, the Time Warner board will not agree, so unless Time Warner is swallowed whole, Eric The desire to buy hBo is hard to come by.

Considering these, Eric continued: You guys should do these things first, and at the same time stop new TV broadcast licenses immediately, I plan to create a paid cable station specializing in movies next year, when Firefly, MGM And Fox, the three of us work together.

The girl twisted on Eric and said, Can't it be just our two?

You know my plan, Eric smiled and said, So, if you don't want to deal with Liz, let Amy and the others be responsible.

Alright alright.

The two didn't know how long they chatted. There was a soft knock on the door behind him. Eric turned his head, and Joanna was standing by the door looking at them: Eric, Drew, it's time for dinner.

Okay, Eric stood up with the girl and came to the corridor outside the door. Joanna next to him gently tugged on his sleeve.

Seeing that Joanna seemed to have something to say, Eric pushed Drew: Go down first, we'll come over here.

Drew made a little girl's eyes, didn't say anything, and walked towards the stairs.

What's wrong? Eric asked Joanna as Drew disappeared.

Come with me, Joanna brought Eric to her bedroom, took out a pink gift box from the bedside drawer, handed it to Eric, and said, This is Terry Semel's morning. It was sent over suddenly.

Eric pulled out the delicate card clipped to the gift box, and saw a line written on it: To the beautiful, smart Miss Hawaii Williams, Terry Semel.

With a smile, Eric directly opened the wrapping paper, and inside was a box of video tapes. The beautiful quantity packaging box was printed with a picture of Antarctic penguins, with the title Penguin World.

Looking like a documentary, Eric knew that Warner had done a famous Emperor Penguin Diaries in his previous life, but this one is obviously not.

Joanna saw the cover of the tape, with a look of surprise on her face, and told Eric about the episode between Terry Semel and Hawaii that day. (To be continued.)