I’m in Hollywood

Sophie obviously didn't want to talk about this topic, she shook her head and said, It's nothing.

Eric stared at Sophie's profile for a moment, and understood something, and suddenly smiled: I thought that actresses who often shoot romance films wouldn't have any interest in this kind of story.

Although there are also some special literary and artistic films, most of Sophie's films, starting from First Kiss, are actually very fresh love sketches.

Sophie was a little dissatisfied with Eric's rhetoric and said, You have also made romance films. According to your point of view, if you don't have any feelings about this film, how did you write My Heart Will Go On?

Oh, I didn't expect you to notice that I wrote the ending song. It's an honor.

Sophie rolled her eyes and decided to ignore Eric.

Eric is not entangled, standing quietly beside the woman, looking at the dark sky together, enjoying this rare tranquility.

After a while, Sophie couldn't stand the silence and said, Why don't you speak?

I'm thinking about something.

How did you trick me back into the room tonight?

Forehead……

Sophie looked at Eric with a stunned look, and finally a smile appeared on her face, and she was a little proud that she succeeded in a prank, or she took the initiative to pull back a round of victory. Although it has been a long time, Sophie still clearly remembers the incident when Eric coaxed her into bed twice in a row, so she decided tonight that she must never let this guy succeed again.

Well, well, although after watching Titanic, I suddenly wanted to find a hug to lean on.

However, Sophie glanced at Eric again, thinking to herself that she is not so easy to coax.

However, noticing the little slyness that flashed in Sophie's eyes, Eric didn't say anything, but chose to do something, so he put the goblet aside and reached out to take Sophie over.

Ah, you, Sophie suddenly found that things didn't seem to be developing according to the predetermined rhythm. Next, shouldn't he be rhetoric? Why did it suddenly look like this, and there was a buzzing sound in her little head, and Sophie finally responded Come over, raised the arm holding the red wine glass to the side, and said in a trembling voice, Ai, Eric, red wine, I'm going to spill it, um, you... After a long pause, Sophie said the second half of the sentence. Say it out: ...Bad guy.

After a long time, Sophie woke up in the arms of the same man for the third time, and Sophie couldn't help thinking about a very profound question.

Why is this happening?

Or, it was because he always hugged the woman next to him tightly in his arms when he was asleep, which gave people a sense of security.

Or, because of his various identities mixed together, it is instinctively difficult for women to resist.

Or, this nasty guy is a legendary sorcerer who has performed some mysterious sorcery on himself.

Feeling that the big hand around her waist began to gently stroke, Sophie realized that Eric was awake, so she took the initiative to turn around and looked at Eric with bright eyes like water.

Eric leaned over and kissed her on the cheek, noticing the doubt and inquiry in Sophie's eyes, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, lowered her voice, and said mysteriously, Actually, I know a man named Cupid. dude, when i see a girl,

He would shoot the arrow at the other person, and the girl would never escape my palm again.

Sophie blinked a few times with big eyes and laughed.

She suddenly understood that the guy in front of her was not a wizard or anything else, he was just too good at reading a woman's mind.

She was originally a very emotional woman. When she watched that movie last night, she didn't have any thoughts of a filmmaker, she just regarded herself as an audience, so she was completely moved by that simple love story. Recalling the experience over the years, it is inevitable to feel melancholy, so at this moment when the heart is vulnerable, someone easily takes advantage of it again.

Eric, I don't think you can do this anymore.

Who knows what will happen in the future, Eric leaned over and kissed Sophie's lips again.

Sophie responded subconsciously, and after a while, the two separated, but Sophie sat up and started getting dressed.

Eric looked at Sophie and said, You're not going to leave like this again, are you?

Sophie picked up Eric's watch on the bedside table and looked at it. It was a quarter past eight. Although she was looking forward to it, she had no time to stay and have breakfast with Eric. She put down her watch, and Sophie said: Yes, I have made an appointment with someone, at nine o'clock, we will discuss a film appointment at the Palace Hotel. Seeing Eric's disappointment, Sophie raised a little childish smugness and said, Otherwise, you will Think I'll come to Venice just for you?

Eric lay down on the bed, covered his forehead, and said, It's really ruthless, aren't all good women supposed to take care of men's vanity?

Hehe, Sophie smiled, put on her clothes, leaned over and kissed Eric's face, and said, If I were a good woman, I would be tricked into bed so easily by you, bad guy, I'll go first .

Watching Sophie enter the bathroom, wash briefly, push the door and leave, Eric just started to get up.

There's a lot of work to do.

According to the time difference, the commentary on Titanic on the North American side should be released at noon, but the media on the European side must have already begun to report.

In addition to paying attention to the media feedback of Titanic, in the past two days in Venice, I also need to talk to Katzenberg about the Clover Holding Company, the contract for The Matrix is about to be signed, and the $300 million in funds will be obtained. , Eric hopes to invest in the first time.

In addition, ffm is about to go live in mid-September, and I have to talk to Harvey Weinstein about this premium cable station.

Coupled with some inescapable entertainment, in two days, Eric's schedule must be counted by the minute.

After getting up and going to the restaurant, Katzenberg and Cameron were already waiting here. There were several newspapers on the table in front of them, but their expressions were not so relaxed.

Morning, Jeffrey, Jim, Eric greeted them and sat down in the empty seat next to him.

Morning, Eric, Katzenberg glanced at Cameron, who was diagonally opposite, and pushed over several newspapers in front of him, Look at it first, the comments on the European side don't seem to be very good. .

Eric opened the top newspaper. The newspaper was in Italian, and Eric didn't know the name of the newspaper. Newspapers involving Titanic were marked with red pen, and a sticky note full of English translations was attached beside it.

An old-fashioned love story in the background of a disaster film. Although the film has some bright spots in special effects, shots, soundtracks, etc., it is generally mediocre.

Frowning slightly, Eric opened the next newspaper and found the English translation directly.

This time, it is praise: James Cameron has brought us a grand disaster movie, with smooth narrative, rigorous structure, exquisite special effects, and the love story in the background of the catastrophe is even more tear-jerking.

After flipping through several newspapers in a row, Eric also found that the reviews for the film seemed to be somewhat polarized, with some saying it was very good and some saying it was very bad.

After reading the media article in general, Eric looked up at Katzenberg and Cameron, and said with a smile: Let's wait for the news from North America. It's not that you don't know about the media in Europe. They like more literary and profound films, so let's have breakfast first.

Saying that, Eric waved his hand to call the waiter over with a relaxed look, and then asked the two dignified guys what they wanted to eat.

After breakfast, Cameron left to work on the three screenings of Titanic today, and Eric chatted with Katzenberg about the Clover Holding Company.

I hope that in the next five years, the Firefly Group will spend at least US$1 billion per year for foreign investment, mainly the Internet industry that has emerged rapidly in recent years. Of course, for the sake of insurance, we only make equity investments, but do not participate too much. the operation of the corresponding company.”

Katzenberg patiently finished Eric, took a sip of coffee, and said, Eric, in this case, the company's profit scale will be greatly reduced, which is a bit unfair to me.

The employment contract signed by Katzenberg and Firefly has a fixed annual salary of $750,000. In addition, Katzenberg also enjoys an annual bonus of 2% of the group's operating profit. If it is another Hollywood film company, the contract will be paid annually. The return may be 10 to 20 million at most, but because of Firefly's unrivaled profitability in recent years, Katzenberg's total compensation last year exceeded 50 million US dollars, making it the highest-paid group CEO in North America. one.

However, if according to Eric's investment plan, Firefly's profit will be greatly reduced, Katzenberg's annual salary share will also be greatly reduced, and may even be reduced to less than half of what it used to be.

Katzenberg is of course clear that Eric's purpose in doing this is to reduce the tax loss in the investment process. He believes that Eric will give him a satisfactory solution. Therefore, after listening to Eric's plan, he does not He didn't show any excitement, and expressed his thoughts calmly.

Eric put his hands on the table, looked at Katzenberg, and said, Jeffrey, your contract expires early next year, and everyone has been working happily for the past few years, so I think we will renew the contract for sure. There is no doubt.

Katzenberg smiled and nodded, Of course.

I guess you must also know my investment intentions. The Nasdaq has risen from more than 700 points last year to 955 points now, and it is just around the corner to break through 1,000 points. Everyone says that the Nasdaq index is already a bit inflated. However, I am very optimistic about the trend of the Nasdaq. But there are definitely risks, and even Buffett dare not make any judgments on the stock market, so I can give you two options.

Katzenberg looked curious.

Eric paused and continued: Your contract remains unchanged, it is still a 2% annual profit bonus, but there are two options for the calculation rules. First, we can list the remarks separately, which will be invested in Clover Holdings. The funds are included in your bonus calculation rules, and you do not have to bear the investment risk of Clover Holdings. Of course, if there is any profit, you will not be able to enjoy the bonus share. The second, because we are investing in equity, as long as the appropriate investment is achieved , the company will sell the stock held. Therefore, you can give up the bonus share of the investment in Clover Holdings, then our remarks clause will be changed to all the funds invested in Clover Holdings during your tenure as CEO of Firefly. The purchased stock, whether you are still employed in the future or not, as long as the corresponding stock is sold, you can still enjoy 2% of the income from this part of the investment as a bonus.

Katzenberg considered for a moment, then asked, Eric, may I know what stocks of companies you plan to invest in?

Cisco, America Online, Microsoft, Intel, ibm, verizon, sprint... Eric simply listed a few companies and said: I will make a special list at that time because of the amount of money our company has invested. It is too huge to buy the stock of a company specifically.” △≧miào△≧bi△≧gé△≧

Eric's list is basically the most popular it and communication companies in recent years.

Katzenberg has personally watched the companies operated by Firefly Investments such as Yahoo, Cisco, and America Online reach their peak step by step. However, he also knows that the current stock price-earnings ratios of these high-tech companies are terribly high. The higher the price-earnings ratio, the It means that the market is more optimistic about the development prospects of these companies, but it also means that the risks of investing in these companies will be very high.

After hesitating for a while, Katzenberg looked at Eric and asked with a smile, Eric, which plan do you recommend me choose?

Eric smiled and said, Of course it's the second.

Eric discussed the company CEO salary with Tina Brown and others a few years ago. If a manager can only bring a profit of 10 million US dollars to the company a year, Eric is definitely not willing to pay the other party. 10 million US dollars, but if a manager can bring billions of dollars in annual profits to the company, even if the other party's annual salary exceeds 100 million US dollars, it is understandable. Katzenberg is undoubtedly a very capable manager. Although the rapid development of Firefly in recent years has the factor of Eric's personal golden finger, it is also inseparable from Katzenberg's excellent management ability. Therefore, Eric doesn't mind Katzenberg getting involved and sharing the dividends of the Internet explosion in the next few years.

Katzenberg stared at Eric's expression for a few seconds, then showed a smirk like a chinchilla, and said, Okay, then the second.

Katzenberg also thought very clearly that with his current annual income, even if it shrunk by half, it is enough to support the most luxurious life in the world. Therefore, choosing the second contract can also be regarded as an investment in the future. He also isn't worried about Clover holdings for long after investing in a stock. Because this proves the investable value of a certain stock, even, even if it has been ten or twenty years, or even longer, the income at that time should be a pension for oneself.