Under the influence of the Great Depression, Donald Trump's assets shrank rapidly. In just over two years, Donald Trump's assets have shrunk from $1.7 billion at its peak to $500 million now Dollar.
It's okay if it's just like this, after all, the market value of many real estate companies has shrunk sharply.
But before the Great Depression began, Donald Trump was at the peak of his career. He was full of high spirits and made his own real estate company's stall very large, so he owed hundreds of millions of dollars in loans from major banks and financial institutions. After the beginning of the Great Depression, due to continuous losses, his real estate company's capital chain was on the verge of collapse and might go bankrupt at any time.
Although he used his connections to persuade several banks to suspend the high interest payments that would be required on those loans on a regular basis, he could no longer get a penny of money from any institution. Without funds, his real estate company could no longer operate normally, and it was still in a half-dead state.
And a few days ago, Donald happened to read an article about Eric in a newspaper. The article described Eric's miraculous rise in detail in an astonishing tone, and predicted that Eric would own the Firefly Film Company with this year's The most conservative estimates of the several films released can also earn a net profit of 400 million US dollars.
After carefully reading the article several times, Donald Trump immediately moved his mind. You must know that even a large group company with a market value of tens of billions of dollars is unlikely to have 200 million dollars in cash. Get that funding, even if it's only half of it. He will be able to survive this bankruptcy crisis smoothly.
Donald Trump has one quality that all savvy businessmen share. That is to be good at seizing every opportunity that can be seized. He hadn't thought about the chances of success in doing so, as long as he tried, there were only two possibilities of success and failure in the end, and if he didn't try, there was only one possibility.
After Donald Trump made up his mind, he immediately found a detective company and collected a large amount of information about Eric in detail. He found out about Eric's acquisition of Jobs' Pixar studio.
Pixar studio has always been a heart problem for Jobs. It has been losing money since it was bought, and the studio was bought by Eric for $20 million at the beginning of the year. According to the information he collected, Pixar's loss this year will reach 10 million US dollars higher than before, so the evaluation of Eric's acquisition in the information he collected is very low, and he even uses the word "stupid". such words.
But this is exactly what Donald wants to see. He feels that apart from being very talented in movies, this young man is not too smart in business, or in other words. Except for the movie, the whole person is not too smart. It would be great if that was the case.
Donald Trump originally planned to go to Seattle himself, but then he learned that Eric led the crew to New York, which is his base camp.
Because it is impossible to contact an intermediary for an introduction in a short period of time, and Eric is busy with filming and does not participate in any social activities, Donald can only go to the door in person, and he has done some research on Eric's character before. Analyzing, I feel that since he became famous at a young age, Eric must have the pride and vanity that a teenager of this age should have in his heart. In order to cater to Eric's heart, Donald Trump deliberately arrived two hours early, and will The news was revealed to the crew.
At this time, looking at the 19-year-old young man in front of him, although there is a slight stubble on the chin, but the young man has not completely receded, Donald Trump feels a feeling of envy in his heart.
Investment institutions estimated that the market value of Firefly after merging with New Line has exceeded 1 billion US dollars. Calculated by shares, this boy is worth twice as much as he is now, and the other party did all this in just a short time. A year's time.
But it was not the time for emotion. Donald Trump quickly sorted out a series of speeches he had prepared in his mind, and was about to speak, but Eric spoke first.
"Mr. Donald, are you my fan?"
Donald Trump froze for a moment, subconsciously wanted to nod, but then decided to tell the truth: "No, I am not, but I really like the "Dark War" you made, and when the video tape is released in the future, I will definitely Bought a box and kept it back.”
"Oh, thank you," Eric nodded politely and didn't speak any more. He watched the waiter bring the lunch for the two of them and poured red wine for the two of them, but he was silently calculating in his heart. Prang obviously wouldn't come to him for no reason, but Eric couldn't figure out why the other party came to him.
You don't want to play tricks in your own movie, do you
Thinking of the personality of Donald Trump in his previous life who liked to join the entertainment industry, Eric subconsciously felt that this was quite possible. However, "Sleepless in Seattle" definitely has no chance. Could it be that the other party wants to guest star in "Home Alone 2"
Eric was about to discard this 'ridiculous' idea, but he suddenly raised his head and carefully looked at Donald Trump who was opposite him.
what-the-fuck!
Eric muttered silently, thinking that it can't be such a coincidence, right
Because just now he had that idea, when subconsciously recalling the plot of "Home Alone 2" in his brain, he suddenly discovered that Donald Trump had indeed made a guest appearance in this children-oriented movie.
About 20 minutes into the movie, Kevin came to New York by accident, and when he stayed at the Plaza Hotel near Central Park, Donald Trump played a passerby who flashed by and showed the little guy the way. A character, a line and a frontal shot.
Originally, Eric also knew that there was such a role as a guide, but he was very busy some time ago. Except for the main actors in "Home Alone 2", he didn't care about the small roles at all, leaving them all to the casting director.
And for small roles like Donald Trump's cameo, there is no need to determine the actor in advance. Usually, during filming, an extra actor is randomly recruited, or a strong man is pulled out from the crew to make a cameo.
So Eric didn't think much about the identity of that person at all. If it weren't for Donald Trump sitting in front of him at this time, Eric would never have thought of it.
After pondering for a few seconds, Eric still didn't think it was meaningful to play such a small character with no name and surname and only one line. He could only say that this New York real estate tycoon is really free. (To be continued..)