I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 594

[Chapter five hundred and eighty ninth how to spend it]

Chapter 589

Eric looked at Elizabeth’s increasingly surprised look, smiled and continued to count: “Two years ago, when the federal Internet business was just emerging, I also invested 60 million US dollars in a company called America Online. The network service provider got 30% of the shares. At that time, the number of Internet users in the Federation was only more than one million, and the market share of AOL was only 10%. But after the explosive growth in the past two years, now The size of North American Internet users has grown tenfold, and in a recent AOL business report, its Internet service market share has risen to about 20 percent, and Wall Street is valuing it at $1.8 billion.”

Elizabeth mentally calculated the results of Eric’s $60 million investment, and finally felt that she had found a loophole, interrupted him, and said, “This is impossible, the return on investment in two years is 900%, do you think I will believe it? ”

Haven’t you found it yet?” Eric squeezed Elizabeth’s dissatisfied face: “A whole new high-tech industry is rapidly emerging, just as the operating system software and personal computers created Bill Guy in the 1980s. Like a large number of billionaires such as Steve Jobs, the rise of the Internet industry in the next few years will once again create a large number of corporate giants and billionaires under the circumstances of the Clinton administration’s implementation of the information superhighway plan. During the period of the explosion of the industry, the 900% return on investment in two years is not surprising at all,” said here, Eric suddenly remembered the classic line in “The Big Shot”, and unconsciously showed a smile, saying: ” Moreover, I feel that the potential of the information industry has not yet fully exploded. Maybe in a few years, if you invest one million dollars in it, add a zero and it will become ten million in a blink of an eye.

” Under the influence of Ke, she has been in contact with the Internet, but before she did not pay much attention to the meaning behind these new things. After Eric pointed it out, she contacted some changes in life and work brought about by the Internet in the past two years.

She also somewhat agreed with Eric’s words.

“Besides that, I bought a mobile phone company in Europe, and Firefly Software, which was spun off from Firefly Pictures, both of which are doing very well. Totally worth $1.5 billion, sure. .If Chris completes the acquisition of LTD, my interest in it will not be less than 40%, even if it is 800 million, let’s calculate it like this,” Eric thought for a moment.

Laughing: “Outside of Hollywood, my wealth is close to 7 billion US dollars, which seems to be a billion more than your family’s wealth.”

Elizabeth stared at Eric’s ‘abominable’ smiling face for a while. After a few seconds, he moved away with a guilty conscience. He raised his small fist and slammed Eric weakly. He said with anger and resentment: “So much money, see how you spend it!”

Eric looked at Elizabeth’s original analysis in vain.

His face turned red, and he leaned over with some heartbeat and pressed the girl under him, easily grabbed those restless little hands, and whispered in the girl’s ear, “Why don’t you come and help me come up with an idea.”

Elizabeth tilted her head weakly.

He hummed softly: “I just… um, it’s none of my business.” Just as he

was about to continue to be gentle, Eric’s mobile phone on the dresser beside the bed rang very untimely, and the two of them had to Slightly separated, the good thing was interrupted, and Elizabeth reached out and pinched in front of Eric a little depressed.

Eric quickly grabbed the girl’s arm and pressed the connect button. Then, the girl’s excited little voice sounded on the other end of the phone: “Eric, Eric. We are the richest in the world now. Man, I want to buy a plane!”

Well, Eric couldn’t help but sigh with laughter, this girl knows how to spend money.

Elizabeth was originally a little emotional because of the sudden interruption.

Hearing Drew’s voice, it was really jealous that the enemy didn’t meet each other. Before Eric could speak, he sarcastically said to the microphone, “Can you afford to raise the plane after buying it?”

Although the little girl heard Elizabeth His voice was a little surprised, but he countered without hesitation: “My man has money, not only can he afford an airplane. He can also afford me, envy you?”

Elizabeth snatched the mobile phone from Eric’s hand and retorted: “It’s enough to spend a man’s money on a dead beggar.”

“Haha, I recorded it,” Drew on the other side was suddenly a little small. Excited: “If I let this sentence out, housewives all over the world will have a ‘great impression’ of the second lady of the Murdoch family. I’ll see how you can distinguish it.”

Elizabeth did not believe that Xiao Nizi would Recorded the call just now, and said unwillingly: “Let it go, if you don’t let it go, you are my daughter!”

“If Eric is interested in this kind of PLAY, I don’t mind being your daughter. Drew’s voice was suddenly a little greasy. After saying this, Elizabeth’s voice just now rang on the other end of the phone: “…It’s enough to spend a man’s money in vain.”

Elizabeth She had to rebut two sentences just now, and when she heard the recording on the other end of the phone, she was stunned. What she said just now was really ill-considered. A large number of housewives in the United States do not work, and the whole family depends entirely on their husbands. A person’s income to support, if this sentence full of ambiguity is revealed, as the daughter of the head of the News Corporation, it will definitely cause a wave of public opinion.

Thinking about it, Elizabeth felt a surge of grievances inexplicably. She threw the mobile phone at Eric, and threw herself on the bed. She even pulled a pillow to cover her head and whimpered in a low voice.

Eric reluctantly leaned over and patted Elizabeth, picked up the phone and said to the little girl, “Don’t be ridiculous, delete the recording as soon as possible.

” He smiled and said: “It’s been deleted, I just scare her, it’s stupid, Eric, what do you think of Boeing 777, Boeing’s latest wide-body plane, I heard that the maximum size is 240 feet (73 feet). meters), which is similar to the office in the digital field, we are placing an order now, and we will get the first batch next year.”

Eric pulled away the pillow that Elizabeth was covering over his head, and let the girl rest on his lap to help her tidy up her messy hair, and at the same time, he deliberately said to the little girl on the other side, “Buy such a big plane. Why, buy a Gulfstream if you want, you can play it how you want, I

don’t care.” “No, a small business jet like the Gulfstream is not interesting at all. We can also refit a large Boeing 777, yes.

In addition to bars, restaurants, bedrooms, home theaters, etc., you can also have a party on the plane, Eric. Imagine if you invite a large group of beautiful women, you are the only man on the plane…”

A man can’t help but say this .

What a lure of such a scene, Eric just imagined it for a while, and Elizabeth, who was on his lap, said: “Eric. If you are so messy, I… and Julia will never be able to do it again. I’ll take care of you.”

The little girl’s voice immediately came from the microphone: “Hey, you can just ignore it yourself, it’s better to go back to your Australia, don’t drag anyone else, Julia doesn’t necessarily agree.

” You little bitch.”

“Eric scolds me.”

Eric had to cover the microphone temporarily and whispered to Elizabeth: “Baby, help me prepare breakfast, I’ll be right there.”

Elizabeth was angry He stood up humbly, and added: “You are not allowed to buy planes.”

Eric nodded quickly: “Okay. I promise not to buy them.”

It is very common for Western rich people to own private planes. It is impossible not to buy a private jet in the future. Therefore, although she knew that the possibility of fulfilling this promise was not high, Elizabeth was still satisfied with Eric’s attitude, so she left the bedroom.

After Elizabeth left, Eric said to Xiao Nizi: “You can’t buy a big plane for the time being. You don’t know how much it will cost to acquire a TV network. After two years, those companies in my hands will go public. Think about it again.”

It seemed that she felt that Elizabeth had left, and the little girl became very talkative, without refuting Eric’s intention at all, saying: “Okay. Eric, today I and Amy are going to set the scene for “Mission Impossible” , are you coming?” “I won’t go,

Amy

is a very experienced manager and producer, you should learn more from her.”

“I know.”

After a while, Eric hung up the phone.

but.

Before he could put the mobile phone down, the bell rang again, this time it was Chris from New York. After the call, Chris smiled and complained about the busy line just now. Eric could only answer the phone. Start dressing and washing.

Later, Eric gradually realized that the impact of winning the top position on the Forbes 400 list of the richest people in North America was far greater than he thought.

All morning, until the power of the mobile phone in his hand was completely exhausted, the Motorola phone did not leave Eric’s ear. The purpose of the callers was even more varied, and there was even one that Eric hadn’t heard of at all. The charitable organization I had passed did not know where to get Eric’s private number, and called to persuade him to donate. Even Elizabeth’s personal mobile phone rang because of Eric, so that Elizabeth, who understood the other party’s purpose after picking it up. A good embarrassment.

After breakfast, Elizabeth just drove out to go to work, but she quickly retreated, because the door of her hilltop mansion was already crowded with reporters at some point, and the mountain road that was not spacious was blocked.

Somewhat depressed, she called her office and explained. Elizabeth threw her mobile phone on the round table and complained to Eric, who was checking the e-mail next to her: “It’s all your fault. Well Julia went to New York recently, otherwise I’d never meet anyone.”

Eric checked the e-mail box that was already full of emails, deleted an interview invitation, and chuckled: “Don’t worry, I’m the richest man in the Federation now, even if they know that I’m here, they take pictures. If you don’t have a photo, you don’t dare to scribble, and a lawsuit with a celebrity will increase the reputation of the newspaper, but a lawsuit with a billionaire will lead to bankruptcy, and my current identity is obviously more inclined to the latter.”

Murdoch is a tabloid .

Starting from the beginning, Elizabeth certainly knows the rules under the scrutiny. Although the tabloids often dig for famous people, she also knows who should provoke and who should not provoke.

Moreover, they are unmarried and unmarried. Even if they take pictures of the two, the headlines given by these newspapers are often headlines such as “North America’s Richest Man’s Romance Exposure”, and at most comment on their family background.

Thinking of this, Elizabeth has a little expectation. It seems that it is not bad to make this public. Anyway, because she has to accompany Emma to adapt to life in New York, Julia has not been in Los Angeles recently, and it is impossible for the media to photograph the three of them. .

But she soon remembered the situation when Eric fled when he heard words like marriage, feeling a little disappointed, and glared at Eric hatefully.

Eric looked up just to see the girl’s expression, and said, “What’s wrong?”

Elizabeth turned her head: “No, angry.”

“Haha,” Eric thought that Elizabeth was angry for not being able to go to work, and smiled: ” Haven’t you forgotten, we are rich people, and we don’t necessarily have to drive to work.”

After speaking, Eric looked at the spacious courtyard of the mansion, picked up Elizabeth’s mobile phone and made a call.

More than half an hour later, a Bell helicopter whistled and landed in the mansion.

…

The method originally used to show the strength of Firefly Pictures has made Eric a hot topic in the news again. After leaving Elizabeth’s house that day, Eric’s increasingly low-key personal life could no longer continue. He could only go back to the Jiaojiao Villa every day, because there were many reporters around him, and maybe there were stalkers with other goals, so Eric had to increase his personal security.

After the “Forbes” North America 400 Rich List was released, Warren Buffett, whose wealth value was far behind Eric, published an article in the “Washington Post” the next day and publicly questioned the accuracy of the “Forbes” magazine data. An investment tycoon insisted that Eric’s net worth is definitely not as much as 19.7 billion, and only admitted Eric’s assets of 13 billion US dollars.

The personal influence of Warren Buffett, who has dominated the North American business world for 30 years, is absolutely unimaginable for ordinary people. Therefore, after this article was published, it immediately attracted a voice of approval.

In order to maintain its own credibility, “Forbes” magazine uncompromisingly argued, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com Firefly of course also launched its own media resources to fight back against Warren Buffett’s views.

At the same time, many investment banks, financial evaluation agencies, professional financial media, and even many federal government departments have joined this battle of public opinion because of various interests.

For a time, ordinary people were dazzled by the war of words in the media.

Anyone who knows the ins and outs of this matter understands that this dispute is ultimately a dispute between the TV network and Firefly Pictures. The main reason for this is that Firefly has not been listed, and it is impossible to give firefly shadows through simple and clear data such as price-earnings ratios. The accurate valuation of the industry leaves a lot of room for all parties to operate.

On the other hand, if you admit Eric’s worth, you are acknowledging the market value of Firefly Pictures at about $20 billion, which is almost twice the market value of TV networks. If this view becomes true, then this acquisition negotiation will be discussed no matter what. Not good.

But if Eric’s assets can be pulled to the $13 billion figure given by Buffett, then the TV network whose stock price has been rising will basically be on an equal footing with Firefly Pictures, which will bring a huge advantage in the negotiation. .

(To be continued.)

[End of this Chapter]