"I don't want your money," Elizabeth said in a very arrogant tone, but she had to admit in her heart that Eric's personal wealth has already left even the richest people in the world far behind .
At the beginning of the year, the rich list released by Forbes magazine estimated that Eric's net worth had reached 136.7 billion US dollars.
Over the past six months, with the continuous rise of the Nasdaq index, the stock prices of Cisco, AOL, Qualcomm, Sprint and other companies that Firefly Investment has key holdings have almost doubled. If the Nasdaq market does not crash and Yahoo successfully completes its listing, perhaps by this time next year, Eric's personal net worth will reach an even more jaw-dropping figure.
From this point of view, the wealth in Drew's hands is like a billionaire supporting a millionaire to Eric. Of course, the 'millionaire' supported by Eric is still too shocking for ordinary people.
Thinking of this, Elizabeth stopped talking about the girl, and instead asked curiously: "Now everyone is guessing how you plan to spend the money. After all 25% of the shares are sold, it is estimated that there will be 8 billion after deducting taxes. Dollars?"
The beautiful waitress in the restaurant came over, put two bottles of mineral water and a glass next to him and Elizabeth respectively, and was about to offer to help Eric unscrew the bottle and pour the mineral water into the glass, Eric Ke raised his hand to stop the other party's movement, put the glass back on the waitress's tray, and sent the other party away before answering Elizabeth's question, saying: "I plan to save it, and I have no plan to spend it for the time being."
Elizabeth reached out and took the coaster that the waitress had just placed next to Eric and glanced at it. Sure enough, there was a string of phone numbers on it. She showed it to Eric in a demonstration, put it in front of her, and pressed it with the cup. , said: "This is 8 billion US dollars. If you don't spend it as soon as possible, the annual inflation will be a big loss. By the way, the current value of those stocks in the Clover Fund should be a huge sum of money, right?"
The waiters in several restaurants and bars on the big ship, regardless of gender, are far more handsome than other places in Los Angeles. Needless to say, the reasons are.
Eric didn't care about Elizabeth's small actions, and said: "In this Monday's report, the total value of that batch of stocks is 18.1 billion U.S. dollars."
Elizabeth naturally knows that Eric has invested a lot of money in the Nasdaq market through the Clover Fund in recent years, and she and Julia have also invested in technology stocks under Eric's guidance. However, she was really taken aback when she heard the number Eric reported.
"US$18.1 billion, if you sell it now, if you count Firefly Investment, you will have more than US$20 billion in cash. Tsk tsk, more than US$20 billion, are you still planning to save it?"
The Nasdaq index just broke through 2000 points this month. Eric plans to start selling the shares of Clover Fund when the Nasdaq index breaks through 3000 points. At that time, the value of these stocks can at least double again. If they can all be emptied , After paying huge taxes, the Clover Fund can still retain more than $30 billion in cash.
In all fairness, this is a lot more than Eric originally imagined.
At this time next year, while continuing to sell AOL stocks, Firefly Investment will definitely reduce its holdings of some other companies' stocks appropriately. At that time, the entire Firefly system may even have a cash reserve of 50 billion US dollars.
Seeing Elizabeth's terrified appearance, Eric didn't point her out, and said, "Of course, save it. Now the whole market is full of bubbles. Even if I want to buy something, I will only use the stock swap to acquire it." The method. When the bubble bursts, Firefly will use the money. Buying at a low price is the essence of investment. Moreover, the cash of 10 to 20 billion US dollars is actually not as much as you think. After a few years, Cisco, Yahoo, Qualcomm, and Hollywood companies have all grown up, and Firefly’s annual profit sharing from these companies may reach this figure.”
Elizabeth imagined the scene Eric described, smacked her lips, and said, "So much money, even if you keep investing it, you can't use it up. What are you going to do then?"
Eric said: "Do charity, for the better future of mankind."
"Nonsence!"
"Uh, be a little lady."
Elizabeth rolled her eyes: "Who told you to talk nonsense."
Eric laughed and said, "To be honest, if I want to pass on my wealth, I must hurry up and 'do charity' now."
Elizabeth's eyes flashed, and she seemed to ask casually: "Then who do you plan to pass on your wealth to?"
"I haven't thought about it yet," Eric said honestly, "but it must be our child."
"Who is going to have a child with you?" Elizabeth blushed, and then realized that Eric, the "us", must not be just him and herself, so she couldn't help but glared at Eric again.
Eric pretended not to feel Elizabeth's eyes, and said: "It's too early to say this kind of thing. Anyway, in the future, our little ones can get as much as they can. At that time, I will go to talk to God. Where are you?" Can manage so much”
Elizabeth thought of something, looked around carefully, then poked her head over, and whispered: "Then do you have a will now?"
"Yes," Eric did not shy away, nodded with a smile and said, "If I die suddenly now, you will be rich."
Of course, Elizabeth could hear the subtext in Eric's words, and the blush on her face that was about to dissipate gathered again, she sat up straight, and said, "Aren't you afraid that I'll make money for you?"
"I think my vision is quite accurate. If I am really wrong, I will know nothing at that time anyway. Out of sight, out of mind."
"You are really relieved," Elizabeth said, but Eric's trust warmed her heart.
The waitress came over again just now and served dinner for two people. Seeing that the coaster in front of Eric disappeared, she winked at Eric secretly.
When the waitress left, Elizabeth said with some disdain: "Does she really think I can't do anything?"
Eric took a sip of the mineral water next to him, picked up the knife and fork, and said, "Maybe she doesn't know you. Besides, if I call her next time, it will be worth losing this job."
"Would you call her then?"
"Won't."
"I don't believe you."
"Women are really difficult to raise."
"snort."
The two ate the dinner in front of them slowly. After a while, Eric said: "There is one more thing. Regarding the script of "Moulin Rouge", I chatted with Baz Luhrmann for a while at noon. Yes, this project can still be tried.”
Elizabeth nodded and said: "I actually think it's good, but the risk is a bit high. If Nicole participates, the production cost will need 60 million US dollars. Moreover, as a non-mainstream musical, this film needs to be guaranteed at the box office. , we can only take the award-winning route. The production cost of 60 million US dollars has broken through the investment limit of Miramax. We have just set a rule for the Harvey brothers that the production cost should not exceed 50 million US dollars. Breaking, next year there has already booked Julia's "Never Compromise" as the main award, so I refused."
"You start to get a little too obsessed with the influence of the Oscars. Really good movies, like Dances with Wolves, Forrest Gump, Titanic, even without the blessing of the Oscar halo, they can get commercially. The success of the Oscars is just the icing on the cake for these films, and it should be a kind of icing on the cake." Eric shook his head and said: "Besides, the operation mode of Miramax cannot be maintained for too long, otherwise Oscar has become the private land of the Harvey brothers, do you think the Academy will agree?"
Seriously, Elizabeth has always been kind. She nodded in approval and said, "Then I'll talk to Buzz when I have time."
Julia has an announcement to go to New York, and Eric and Elizabeth are the only ones tonight.
After dinner, the two of them were not in a hurry to go back. They left Firefly Studios and crossed the Barona Canal to the north. This is Venice Beach, which has become more and more bustling under the radiation of Firefly Studios in recent years. Countless young men and women who pursued their dreams gathered In this neighborhood, walking on the neon-lit pedestrian street at night, handsome men and women can be seen everywhere. If you are lucky, you may even meet some starlets. These situations naturally attract more tourists.
In comparison, Eric and Eric, who were dressed casually and covered up a bit, looked very inconspicuous on the street at night.
Elizabeth obviously enjoyed this feeling, holding Eric's arm in one hand, holding a cone bought from a roadside ice cream shop in the other, and occasionally commenting on the beautiful girls on the street.
Passing by a movie theater, I saw the "Midnight Bell" poster at the entrance of the theater that said "heart patients please watch carefully", and I immediately became interested, and I pulled Eric into the movie theater.
Eric had no choice but to give her a small hand: "Um, actually, I'm afraid of watching horror movies."
"You are more afraid of sitting on the sofa that others have sat on, right?" Elizabeth despised, and continued to forcefully dragged Eric into the theater hall.
Walking into the bright cinema hall from the dimly lit street, Eric had no choice but to press his peaked cap, and followed Elizabeth to the ticket window. Fortunately, there were not too many people in the theater at this time, and they were not recognized.
Elizabeth did not choose the VIP hall, but asked for two movie tickets for the ordinary screening hall, which was obviously intentional.
Holding two buckets of popcorn, she walked into the auditorium of 200 people who had already started the screening for half an hour, and chose a seat in the back row to sit down. Seeing Eric's obviously uncomfortable appearance, Elizabeth gloated and joined in. Come over: "How about you sit on my lap?"
Eric threatened angrily: "Do you think I dare not?"
Elizabeth immediately shrank her body back, giggling, and said, "Watch a movie, hehe, let's watch a movie, um, the heroine you chose is really good, her temperament is too suitable for a horror movie, but I don't know about this movie." Can it really scare people out of a heart attack?"
Eric had no choice but to focus on the movie in front of him as much as possible, and after getting a general understanding of the progress of the plot, he said, "You will know later."
On screen, heroine Rachel Keller, played by Vera Farmiga, has begun to find the truth about her niece's death with the help of her ex-boyfriend played by Johnny Depp.
The dark and gloomy picture, the weird midnight phone call, the ubiquitous psychological hints... the combination of various elements quickly brought Eric and Elizabeth into the plot.
When the devil girl with disheveled hair and white eyes showing a strange twisted body slowly crawled out of the TV, the horror atmosphere in the heart that the film had been creating finally broke out at this moment, and a scream of extreme fear resounded in the screening hall. The cry, Elizabeth didn't jump away just now, she leaned over tremblingly, hugging Eric's arm tightly.
It wasn't until this scene passed for a long time that Elizabeth said with lingering fear: "Eric, it's really scary, let's go."
Eric nodded, got up and walked out of the screening hall with his arms around Elizabeth. However, apart from the two of them, the rest of the audience in the hall remained silent, still focusing on the big screen.
After walking out of the theater, Elizabeth didn't have the desire to go shopping, and got into the black car waiting outside the theater.
After ordering the driver to drive back to Beverly Hills, Eric said to the girl beside him, "I warned you just now, it's scary."
"When did you remind me, why don't I remember?"
"That's right, um, heart patients please watch carefully, this is a reminder I personally designed."
"You guy, this is obviously a gimmick," Elizabeth retorted, thinking about the scene she saw just now, and said: "However, if someone is really scared to have a heart attack, you will still be in trouble. "
"We have added a reminder, even if it is a real heart disease patient, as long as he pays attention to this reminder, he will definitely be mentally prepared."
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe someone will deliberately challenge the limit, but in the end they can't bear it."
"So who can do anything about it? In fact, watching a movie and being scared to death is also a good way to die. There are few people in this world who die so extraordinary."
"You bastard."
The three days of the first weekend passed quickly, and after all, there was no news of anyone being scared to death in "Midnight Ring". However, the prompt that had been questioned by the media and the public as sensationalism before its release was recognized by most people after it was released on the first weekend.
Since there is no Japanese version of Zhuyu in front, the new version of "Midnight Ring" has caused a much greater response than everyone imagined.
Originally, many people thought that after "The Scorpion King", except for Fox's "X-Files" movie version at the end of July, there would be no films worthy of special attention, but "Midnight Ring" once again staged a dark horse. forged.