Seeing Virginia huddled in the sofa, Eric had no choice but to call the servant to take the three little guys away, then squeezed onto the sofa, hugged the woman over, and persuaded: "Okay Now, there must be a limit to being strong, Xia Xia's situation is a bit special, don't always compare Kevin with her."
Virginia leaned into Eric's arms and whispered, "I, I know, I'm just worried that you won't like Kevin in the future."
Listening to Virginia's stumbling words, Eric knew that she was worried about far more than that.
Although the woman never mentioned anything about the Hawaiian fund in front of him, the overseas investment fund established by Eric in his daughter's name still had some impact on Virginia. The market value of Nokia has skyrocketed, and the market value of 51% of Nokia shares held by the Hawaii Fund has exceeded US$3 billion. From some small details that Virginia has always been worried about gains and losses in the past few years, Eric can understand her worries about the future.
Everyone has tendencies, and Eric admits that he can't always keep his bowl of water level. Although the birth of the two little guys was beyond Eric's expectations, he did not have any resistance, but was rather relieved. At least, in this strange world, he already had two close relatives. .
Holding Virginia, thinking for a moment, Eric said: "Vicky, Buffett invited me to a party on Thursday, you can come with me."
Virginia realized that since Eric spoke solemnly, this kind of party would definitely not be an ordinary party, and bringing her to attend was equivalent to publicly acknowledging some of her identities to the outside world. She raised her head in surprise, but then a look of hesitation appeared on her face: "Then, what about Joan?"
"I'll tell her, and you know Joan doesn't take much interest in these things."
Biting her lips and hesitating for a moment, Virginia made up her mind and shook her head: "Still, forget it, I don't want this to affect my relationship with Joan."
"I told you, Joan will understand, so it's settled, you take the time to choose a better dress these two days," Eric patted Virginia, not allowing the woman to refute, and changed the subject, Said: "Tell me about the movie, how do you feel about this movie recently?"
Seeing that Eric changed the subject, Virginia no longer resisted, saying: "Since "Island Cry", I can only play a mother now. This time, I am still a single mother."
Eric smiled and said, "At least she is a beautiful single mother."
Just as he was talking, there was a burst of quick footsteps, and before Eric could turn his head, a sweet little body jumped between him and Virginia, rubbing against Virginia Open, tiredly called: "Eric."
Virginia, who was squeezed away, twitched Drew's thigh angrily. The girl didn't take it seriously at all, and kicked twice happily, still getting tired of Eric.
But Virginia had no choice but to get up and give up the single sofa completely, straightened some messy clothes, and said, "It's almost time to prepare dinner, so don't make a fuss for too long."
After Virginia finished speaking and left the room, Eric put his arms around the girl's waist and asked, "When did you arrive in New York?"
Drew kicked off the small camel leather boots on his feet, curled up next to Eric, and said, "It won't be long. I got on the plane with Amy in the morning. She went to Manhattan to meet Frank."
Eric only pays attention to the general situation of MGM, and will not deliberately intervene in the specific operations. This time, he did not expect Amy Pascal to come to New York and asked: "The release of the film at the end of the year is a critical moment. Well, is it okay for all three of you to leave Los Angeles?"
"This time is a very important matter. It is necessary to discuss the adjustment of the pricing of additional shares. In the past few months, the Nasdaq index has risen by 16%, and it has exceeded 750 points. If the pricing is still in accordance with a few months ago, we will It will be a big loss. Anyway, we only have two low-budget films, Scream and Mean Girls, at the end of the year, so it’s okay to leave for a few days.”
In my memory, the Nasdaq index began to soar in 1995. Eric's rebirth didn't change much. Hearing what the girl said, he just pinched her face and said with a smile, "Not bad, can you take a breath?" Speaking so many professional terms, it seems that I have worked hard in the past few months."
Drew opened his mouth and bit Eric's finger, dissatisfied: "I hate it, was I stupid before?"
"It's not stupid, it's just that the cleverness is useless." Eric avoided the girl's small white teeth and said, "After the price adjustment, how much money can be raised?"
"Excluding all kinds of handling fees, it's about 1 billion 50 million U.S. dollars," Drew finished, and then said: "By the way, when we came yesterday, Seymour Gilbert, chairman of Morgan Stanley, invited us tomorrow Attending a reception in the evening, and he asked if you are free to go together?"
Because of Chris's relationship, Firefly System has maintained a close cooperative relationship with Morgan Stanley. In addition to the MGM stock issuance this time, the AOL listing and the Nokia stock listing in the US stock market that have been preparing for more than half a year are also listed. Morgan Stanley is in charge of both. The listing time of AOL and Nokia has been set in January next year. If the two sides do not have too much difference, the future IPO of Yahoo will definitely be handed over to Morgan Stanley. , However, Eric has never met Seymour Gilbert, the chairman of Morgan Stanley. Since he had this opportunity, he nodded and agreed: "Okay, where is tomorrow?"
"Manhattan..." The girl tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "I can't remember the exact address, anyway, someone will pick us up when the time comes."
Eric nodded and said: "Since the additional release time is set for December 9th, the distribution of "Scream" released on Thanksgiving Day will be increased. Although the market is already full of confidence in MGM, but this The box office success of a low-budget film can still play a good positive role.”
"I know, Amy also thought of it. The production budget of this film is 14 million US dollars, and we plan to invest 10 million in publicity and distribution. If the box office in the first week is good, we can continue to add more."
Eric continued: "In addition, since there is no problem with the additional issue, MGM will not be short of funds in the next few years. Therefore, you should take back the copyright of the film authorized by MGM as soon as possible."
Drew hummed, looked at Eric and waited for him to continue.
Eric has always been thinking about the issue of premium cable channels. At present, Firefly, Fox, and MGM have more than 10,000 films in their collections, but none of the three companies have dedicated cable channels for broadcasting movies. Copyrights can only be sold to other companies. Originally, the best choice was of course to acquire HBO from Time Warner. Time Warner's situation has not been very good in the past two years. Eric originally thought that he had this opportunity, but last time because of the Lifetime TV station, Terry Seme When Erik came to visit, Eric tried a few words, but was rejected without hesitation.
Although it has not yet gained fame with original series such as "Desire for the City" and "Sexy Family", but with the cable TV operating platform in the hands of Time Warner, HBO's operating conditions have always been very good. It can be said that Time Warner It owns high-quality assets similar to Turner Broadcasting Company. In this case, even if Terry Semel agrees to divest and sell, Time Warner’s board of directors will not agree. Therefore, unless Time Warner is swallowed whole, Eric The desire to buy HBO is hard to come by.
Thinking about this, Eric continued: "You guys should do these things first, and at the same time stop the new TV broadcast authorization immediately. I plan to create a paid cable station dedicated to broadcasting movies next year. By then, Firefly, MGM And Fox, the three of us cooperate."
The girl twisted on Eric, and said, "Can't it be just our two families?"
"You know my plan," Eric said with a smile, "So, if you don't want to deal with Liz, let Amy and the others be responsible."
"Alright alright."
The two chatted for an unknown amount of time, when there was a light knock on the door behind him, Eric turned his head, and Joanna was standing by the door looking at the two of them: "Eric, Drew, it's time for dinner."
"Okay," Eric pulled the girl to stand up together, and came to the corridor outside the door. Joanna beside him gently tugged on his sleeve.
Seeing that Joanna seemed to have something to say, Eric pushed Drew: "You go down first, we'll come over right away."
Drew made a flirtatious look, said nothing, and walked towards the stairs.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Drew disappear, Eric asked Joanna.
"Come with me," Joanna took Eric to her bedroom, took out a pink gift box from the bedside drawer, handed it to Eric, and said, "This is Terry Semel. It was sent over suddenly."
Eric pulled out the exquisite card clipped on the gift box, and saw a line of words written on it: For the beautiful and intelligent Miss Hawaiian Williams, Terry Semel.
Smiling, Eric opened the wrapping paper directly, and inside was a video tape. A picture of Antarctic penguins was printed on the beautiful quantity box, and the title was "Penguin World".
It looked like a documentary, and Eric knew that Warner had released a famous "Emperor Penguin Diary", but this one was obviously not.
Joanna saw the cover of the video tape, with a dazed look on her face, and told Eric about the episode that happened between Terry Semel and Hawaii that day. (To be continued.)