Joanna didn't react as much as Virginia, and said with a smile: "If you are not afraid of children complaining about you naming them indiscriminately in the future, just call them Hawaii."
"It's better than being called Kevin or Angie, and when you grow up, you will find a lot of people with the same name around you, right?" Eric subconsciously began to complain again.
Seeing that Joanna agreed so easily, Virginia suddenly felt a sense of loss that a toy she didn't like was just thrown away, and was taken away like a treasure by others, and she pulled Eric's sleeve: "Ai Rick, there's one more, and one more."
Eric thought for a while, then shook his head: "No, the two names you just named are just for the little guy in your belly, and Joan's is called Hawaii."
"Forehead… "
Virginia opened her mouth in dissatisfaction, but couldn't speak, and Joanna also smiled slightly.
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The news that Joanna fainted suddenly during filming had attracted a lot of media attention, and then the spokesperson of Joanna's agency, icm, suddenly announced that Joanna had quit the film crew due to illness, but did not say what kind of illness Joanna had , which has given rise to various speculations.
Under such circumstances, Virginia quit Carlock Films and the news of another film was dug up by the paparazzi almost at the same time. The relationship between the two women's girlfriends is not a secret in the circle, and the sensitive media immediately It was realized that there was some kind of unknown inside story, so a large number of paparazzi began to catch the news.
Universal Pictures was naturally tight-lipped about the news of Joanna's resignation. Michael Eisner called after hearing the news that Eric hurried back to New York. Eric naturally had to take the initiative to owe this favor.
As for Carlock. This film company, which is backed by German investors, is due to Germany's special film tax rebate policy. He has always been rich and powerful, and is famous for making big-budget movies, and likes to cooperate with internationally renowned stars such as Schwarzenegger and Stallone. The first movie "Terminator 2" with an investment of over 100 million yuan in the original time and space is the work of Carlock Films. However, the Germans just want to make money from movies, and don't want to offend Hollywood's top snakes. After promising some cooperation conditions, Eric didn't even spend a penny of liquidated damages. He took Virginia's contract back.
After dealing with these matters, Eric planned to take the two daughters back to Los Angeles. The temperature in New York at the end of September has dropped below 20 degrees, and Southampton in the suburbs of New York is even colder, which is not very suitable for pregnant women. , but Virginia didn't know what to think, but she was unwilling to go back to Los Angeles. Eric had no choice but to stay temporarily. In order to prevent the paparazzi from finding Virginia's house, Eric had to live in the nearby East Hampton Temporarily rented a luxury house. Moved there with two women.
Eric returned to New York for three days because of good confidentiality measures. The news has not been disclosed, but it is impossible for Eric to hide this matter from those who are close to him, especially Chris Hansen who has been living in New York.
"Eric, didn't Chris say to come over at twelve o'clock, it's been five minutes now, do you want to call and ask?" Virginia poked her head out of the kitchen and shouted to Eric .
Eric glanced at his watch and said, "Don't worry, something may have happened to you. Also, don't you make trouble in the kitchen?"
"I'm afraid that the food they cook doesn't suit your taste," Virginia gave Eric a blank look, then turned and walked into the kitchen, commanding the chef.
Although Eric said that, he also felt a little strange. Chris has always been a very punctual person and would not be late for no reason. After thinking about it, Eric picked up the remote control to turn off the TV, got up and walked out of the villa. Joanna, who was sitting in the corridor reading a book, saw Eric come out and looked this way. Eric pointed to the door, picked up a pair of sunglasses, and walked out.
East Hampton is located at the easternmost end of Long Island, and there are more top rich people living here than Southampton. Spielberg owns a five-hectare manor named 'Rosewood Farm' here. However, rich people who buy property in East Hampton usually only hold the idea of summer, because the summer climate here is very pleasant. It's Mid-Autumn Festival now, and most of the residents like migratory birds have returned to more livable residences, so the town looks a little deserted and empty.
As soon as Eric walked out of the gate, he saw Chris driving a white BMW car, with his girlfriend Emily Brydon sitting in the co-pilot.
The two also saw Eric, slowed down the speed of the car and greeted him before driving the car into the yard.
After handing the gift to the servant, Chris said apologetically, "Eric, I'm so sorry, I'm late, and I happened to meet an acquaintance just passing by, so I had to get out of the car to say hello."
Eric hugged Chris and Emily respectively before saying, "It's okay, this is not a serious date, but I'm curious who can make you stop and say hello."
Chris smiled, and greeted Virginia and Joanna who came over one by one, and then said to Eric: "I remember when we first met, didn't you say the wolf of Wall Street? That guy just now is a standard wolf of Wall Street, a master of capital operations. I only worked with him for a while when I was at Morgan Stanley. This guy’s reputation among investors is not very good. , but I admire his capital operation methods."
"Oh, I'm even more curious now, what's his name, have I heard of it?"
"Ron Perelman," Chris said a name, and continued: "I don't think you have heard of it."
Eric was about to nod, and Chris then said: "However, a company he recently operated has certain connections with Hollywood, Marvel Entertainment Group, which mainly deals in comic publishing, as well as toy production and animation companies. of."
Eric raised his eyebrows suddenly when he heard the name, and stopped subconsciously: "Amazing Comics, of course I have heard of this company."
"Not Marvel Comics, Marvel Entertainment Group is the parent company of Marvel Comics."
"Okay. Can you stop talking about these things? Go in quickly. It's time to eat," Virginia quickly reminded when she saw that the two men seemed to be standing outside the door to chat.
"Okay, let's go in," Eric gestured to Chris helplessly, but then said, "Tell me about this company later, I'm very curious."
"No problem," Chris said, "but I have another surprise for you. Well, well, let's eat first."
A group of people walked into the restaurant talking and laughing. The servants had already placed the meals on the table. Eric personally brought red wine to Chris and Emily, poured some for himself, and put the wine bottle on the table. On one side, the two women also drank the juice very intuitively.
Seeing this scene, Emily Brighton slightly raised her eyebrows and glanced at her boyfriend. Some hesitated to speak.
"They are pregnant and cannot drink." Eric noticed Emily's expression and explained proactively. He never thought of denying his child, and of course there was no need to hide it from his relatives and friends.
"Actually, you can drink a little," Emily was a little surprised at Eric's calmness, and then said with a smile as if nothing had happened, but quickly shook her head: "However, it's good not to drink."
Eric also smiled, and said to Chris: "By the way, Chris, just now, can you tell me about the surprise entertainment group?"
Although the two don't meet often, Chris is still very familiar with Eric: "Are you interested in this company?"
"Of course, you should have seen the success of DC's "Batman" series, right?"
"This "Batman Returns" looks terrible to me, and I'm a fan of DC Comics," Chris shook his head regretfully, but quickly turned to the topic: "If you want to win Marvel In terms of entertainment, now is not a good time. Didn’t I just say that Ron Perelman is a master at playing capital. He made his fortune by acquiring companies and then selling them, just like you in "Pretty Woman" I remember that Ron Perelman spent $80 million to buy most of the assets of the Marvel Entertainment Group three years ago, but he didn’t buy them for business, and in recent years, Marvel The entertainment business has also been declining, but guess how much money Ron Perelman has made from Marvel over the past few years?"
After Chris finished speaking, Virginia couldn't help it anymore: "I spent 80 million to buy it, so I should earn at least half of it?"
"You underestimate these wolves of Wall Street," Chris smiled, and looked at the crowd: "Guess again."
Joanna smiled reservedly, obviously she didn't know anything about it, and she didn't mean to guess.
Emily, who was sitting next to Chris, thought about it, and said: "Based on the investment return ratio of those Wall Street tycoons, I think that in three years, 30% of the annual profit should be doubled, 80 million to 100 million about."
"No, it's still too conservative, Eric, what do you think?" Chris looked at Eric again.
Eric shrugged: "I don't care, anyway, he definitely doesn't earn as much as I do."
"Forehead… "
"Hehe..." Seeing Chris' expression as if he was choking, the three women laughed at the same time.
Chris also laughed and said: "This is different. Many people will never encounter the opportunities brought about by the Gulf War. Most of this depends on luck. They are real strength."
"Okay, Chris, don't go around in circles, and reveal the answer to everyone."
Chris nodded and said, "500 million dollars."
"No way, so many?" Emily couldn't help being surprised.
"Indeed, this is still a public number," Chris said firmly.
Eric was also curious: "Didn't you just say that the business of Surprise Entertainment has been losing money, then how did he make money?"
Chris said: "In the past three years, Ron Perelman has used the assets of Marvel Entertainment Group as collateral to cash out at least 500 million US dollars from the capital market through the issuance of bonds."
"How can someone be so stupid to buy a company's bonds worth only 80 million US dollars, and buy 500 million?"
"That's why I said that Ron Perelman is the real wolf of Wall Street. He sold all the corporate bonds worth 500 million US dollars by virtue of his superb capital operation methods. These bonds have now been classified. With the lowest level of junk bonds, once due, Marvel Entertainment cannot repay on time, then the company may go bankrupt and reorganize at any time, but Ron Perelman got 500 million US dollars of funds to use in other businesses superior."
Joanna couldn't help but interjected softly at this time: "Should this be illegal?"
Chris smiled, just made an expression you understand, Emily took the initiative to explain: "If you look deeper, it should indeed be illegal, but I haven't seen a few Wall Street tycoons put in jail between bankruptcy However, as long as they don't fall into trouble, the law basically doesn't have much effect on these people. I think that even if he is sued by those bondholders in the future, the compensation he will make will only be a fraction of the profits generated by the 500 million U.S. dollars Less."
Chris nodded approvingly, and said to Eric again: "So, Eric, if you want to win the Marvel Entertainment Group, now is not a good time, as long as you move this idea now, you will be caught by Luo En Perelman found out, then you just wait to be taken advantage of."
"Then if you want to buy Surprise Entertainment, when do you think I should make a move?" Eric asked.
Chris thought for a while, and said: "The value of Marvel Entertainment Group has basically been squeezed out by Ron Perelman. I think he will throw away this company as an abandoned child in two years at most. If you really If you are interested, I can help you collect some information, and then we will wait for the right time to make a move.”
"Then hurry up, Chris, and do this as a very important thing," Eric said solemnly: "I have also read some comics of Surprise, and they have more popular comic characters than DC Much more, I think the value of this company is definitely much higher than imagined."
Chris stopped his hands and glanced at Eric: "So, are you really planning to buy this company?"
"Of course, I mean it."
"Well, I will keep this matter in my heart." Chris nodded, and everyone changed the topic immediately, because Eric was frank, and everyone did not shy away from the two women's pregnancy. Rick also asked when Chris and Emily planned to get married.
"It depends on what she means, but last time my dad came to New York, he also hoped that we could at least get engaged first." Chris was a little helpless when he heard this question, and Emily lowered her head uncharacteristically this time, as if a little embarrassed . (To be continued..)