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The two chatted for a while, listening to Larry Ellison eloquently describe the bright future after the acquisition of Apple, Eric suddenly thought of another thing, said: "Larry, there seems to be a very Important question, you want to buy Apple and hand it over to Steve, but has he agreed to it himself?"
Larry Ellison froze for a moment, and asked in confusion: "Of course Steve would agree, why wouldn't he agree?"
Eric shrugged: "As a good friend of Steve, you must know his character better than me. I happen to know about his house in Woodside. I think maybe Steve would like to see Apple evaporated like that house."
The anecdote about Jobs' house in Woodside, San Francisco was accidentally heard by Eric, and this incident just happened to reflect the paranoid and indifferent side of Jobs' character.
After becoming a billionaire by creating Apple, Jobs bought a mansion in Woodside. He was dissatisfied with the style of the villa in the mansion and wanted to tear it down and rebuild it. However, because the mansion built at the end of the 19th century The villa was recognized by the Woodside City Government as having high historical value, and Jobs' application for demolition and reconstruction was not approved. Therefore, Jobs took a very extreme approach. He opened all the doors and windows of the house and completely let it suffer from the sun and rain all year round without any maintenance. After a few years, the dilapidated villa was recognized as a In disrepair, Jobs got his wish.
Larry Ellison obviously also knew about this, he immediately shook his head and said: "Eric, this is a completely different matter, I know Steve, no one cares about Apple more than him, as long as I buy this company, He will definitely be back."
"Okay," Eric said, "if you can get a definite answer from Jobs, maybe I can consider paying a sum of money."
If Firefly Electronics does not have a strong enough competitor at all, it is almost inevitable to feel slack, or, let’s treat it as a dog biting a rabbit. With Firefly Electronics taking the lead, Eric is also looking forward to Jobs. Can continue to toss out some things that change the world.
Although he got Eric's promise, Larry Ellison still couldn't wait, and asked: "Eric, how much money can you give?"
The funds invested by Firefly Group and Firefly have actually been planned for use. Eric remembered the 300 million US dollars invested in the foreign exchange market in Southeast Asia, and said: "There is such a sum of money. I plan to buy a Boeing 777 in the near future. When the time comes There will be some left over."
Larry Ellison is obviously very familiar with private jets, and he said quickly: "Eric, you seem to have made a mistake. If you place an order now, you only need to pay a deposit, and wait until two or three years later The full payment is due when the aircraft is delivered, so you should have at least $300 million by now, right?"
Eric has forgotten this point. Unlike luxury cars, private jets can be picked up at any time. However, it takes several years for large Boeing planes to be delivered from order to delivery.
"In this case," Eric sorted out these, and continued: "Perhaps, there should be 600 million US dollars by then."
"Wow!"
Larry Ellison sighed, and looked up and down Eric with a look that he hadn't used for many years.
Although he has a net worth of tens of billions, in fact, most of the funds in his hands that he can dispose of at will are only tens of millions of dollars. Larry Ellison originally thought that Eric's net worth was overestimated in this year's "Forbes" rich list, but at this time, he couldn't help dispelling his original doubts. Perhaps, Eric is the only guy in this world who can casually come up with 600 million U.S. dollars in cash.
Eric quickly poured another glass of cold water on Larry Ellison and said, "But, Larry, I definitely won't invest all of this money in Apple."
Larry Ellison nodded immediately. His original idea was just to use Eric's excellent investment vision in the IT field as a gimmick. It will be much smoother to raise funds from other investment companies under the banner of the company. Larry Ellison would never expect such a good thing to pull up to 600 million US dollars at one time.
"So, Eric, as long as you are willing to spend 300 million U.S. dollars, I promise to raise all the funds within three months." Larry Ellison originally hoped for 50 million U.S. dollars, and less, Eric The influence will not be exerted. But at this time, the amount was naturally increased. The larger the proportion of funds invested by Eric, the higher the possibility of other investment companies following up.
Now that he has decided to participate in this matter, Eric is naturally unwilling to be just an insignificant minority shareholder. Apple's current market value is US$2 billion. If it initiates a wholly-owned acquisition, it will definitely pay a certain premium, but US$300 million can guarantee Eric's shareholding ratio of more than 10%.
"Okay, just $300 million." Nodding, Eric added: "Also, don't forget the premise I just said, if Jobs is unwilling to return, forget about it."
"Of course," Larry Ellison raised his glass to Eric with a grin, and said, "Then, wish us all the best in advance."
Eric also smiled and clinked the glass with Larry Ellison, watching the other party raise his head and gulp it down, and just took a small sip in coordination.
Putting down the empty glass, Larry Ellison stopped talking about Apple, and instead asked, "Eric, do you want to play a few games in the casino?"
Eric pointed to the two girls on the dance floor and said, "Forget it this time."
Larry Ellison glanced at the two girls and said, "It's okay, take them with you, I guess no one will block you, the richest man in the world, from the door."
Noticing Eric's gesture, Miranda and Christina thought that Eric was calling them again, so they immediately gave up dancing and walked over. Larry Ellison's female partner just now appeared beside him.
Eric put his arms around Christina's waist and said half-jokingly: "Actually, Larry, I am a person who is very afraid of losing, so I will try to avoid places like casinos as much as possible."
"Haha, well, since this is the case, Anuk and I will go play first." Larry Ellison made another phone gesture, embraced his female companion, and said, "If you have anything to do, call me anytime." Give me."
The two parties have already had mutual contact information, and Eric nodded with a smile. Watching Larry Ellison leave, Eric looked back and saw Miranda sitting on the high stool next to the bar, skillfully gesturing to the bartender for a cocktail, but the other party just glanced at her and glanced at Eric, without saying anything, quickly mixed a glass of wine and brought it over.
Seeing Eric staring at her, Miranda picked up the cup and took a small sip, smacked her lips, then pushed the cup over, and said with a smile: "Eric, actually, I'm helping you It's ready."
Eric ignored Miranda's excuses. The girl's face was flushed, and she had obviously had more than one drink. Looking up at his watch, it was already ten o'clock when the magic show ended, and after chatting with Larry Ellison for so long, it was almost eleven o'clock.
"It will be eleven o'clock soon, are you tired, why don't you go back and rest?"
Christina was a little indifferent, but Miranda said: "Eric, I want to go to the casino." The girl obviously heard the conversation between Eric and Larry Ellison just now, and added: "We just Take a look, don't gamble, okay?"
Eric shook his head directly, with a firm attitude: "It's not good at all."
Miranda pouted, and soon her eyes lit up again, and she leaned over treacherously, shaking Eric's arm: "Eric, shall we go to the late-night show, I just heard them talk about it. "
"What late-night show?" Eric asked subconsciously, but soon understood, and knocked on Miranda's head with a smile: "Is that something you can watch?"
Miranda quickly shook her head: "No, it's not, I heard them say that it's a stage performance, it seems to be called, called..."
Miranda tilted her head and forgot her words for a moment. Christina on the other side continued, ""Helen's-Face" is the story of the Helen in the Battle of Troy."
Eric had never heard of such a stage play, and thought that it might be exclusive to Caesars Palace. After all, this hotel is characterized by ancient Greek and Roman styles. Seeing the curious and expectant looks of the two girls, Eric no longer refused, and called the personal butler of his suite.
In less than five minutes, the private butler of the apartment appeared in person, took Eric and the three to leave the party, and rushed to another small theater with more luxurious decoration in Caesars Palace.
The performance happened to start at eleven o'clock, and a box was arranged for the three of Eric, and snacks and drinks were served, and the private butler in his forties left quietly.
However, just as Eric sat down on the sofa in the private room, he just took a look at the brightly lit stage, and suddenly realized that this was obviously still a 'that' performance, and it was definitely better than ordinary undressing The dance club is much bigger.
The lights in the theater quickly dimmed.
After the simple curtain call, the music sounded, and when a group of gorgeous girls in bright-colored underwear appeared on the stage, Miranda and Christina, who were looking forward to the performance of the "stage play", both exclaimed a little.
Looking at the luxurious scene on the stage, Eric also suddenly remembered a movie in his memory, Dutch director Paul Verhoeven's "No Girls" rated NC-17, but, that movie The gorgeous stage performances in the show are obviously still not comparable to the more extravagant performances in front of Caesars Palace.
It seems that "No Girls" in the original time and space was filmed in 1995, but now it is 1997, and Eric has never heard of this film. It seems that it is another side effect of the butterfly effect. But the film that almost directly led to the bankruptcy of Carlock Films is really unnecessary.
Smiling and reaching out to cover Miranda's eyes, Eric said, "Okay, are you satisfied now?"
The exclamation of the two girls just now may have been due to women's instinctive shyness. After all, if they don't react in this kind of situation, it must be not 'dignified' enough.
Pushing Eric's hand away, Miranda looked at the performance on the stage curiously. This is a court scene. The story is indeed adapted from the story of the Battle of Troy in Greek mythology, but the scantily clad performance on the stage Or, it is obviously impossible for anyone to focus on the plot.
After watching quietly for a while, Miranda finally posted a sticker to Eric, still looking at the stage, and sighed: "Why, why are there so many girls willing to perform this kind of thing, too, too..."
It was too much, but Miranda still couldn't think of any suitable adjectives.
Eric pinched the girl's face and said, "Do you think everyone is like you, living like a princess?"
"Hehe, I'm not a princess." Miranda quickly laughed again, tired of Eric, and said, "Eric, can I be your Helen?"
Eric smiled and nodded: "Of course, but there is more than one Helen beside me."
"Really, it's so annoying," Miranda pouted again, and said, "Don't you just coax girls well?"
"I'm better at coaxing with practical actions."
"Oh," Miranda dragged her voice, reached out her hand with a smile, scratched somewhere on Eric's body, and immediately laughed again: "Hehe, I've confirmed one thing now."
Eric pushed Miranda's hand away and said with a smile, "Don't make trouble."
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... Pushing Eric's hand away, Miranda looked at the performance on the stage curiously. This is a court scene. The story is indeed adapted from the story of the Battle of Troy in Greek mythology. The performers obviously couldn't get anyone to focus on the plot.
After watching quietly for a while, Miranda finally posted a sticker to Eric, still looking at the stage, and sighed: "Why, why are there so many girls willing to perform this kind of thing, too, too..."
It was too much, but Miranda still couldn't think of any suitable adjectives.
Eric pinched the girl's face and said, "Do you think everyone is like you, living like a princess?"
"Hehe, I'm not a princess." Miranda quickly laughed again, tired of Eric, and said, "Eric, can I be your Helen?"
Eric smiled and nodded: "Of course, but there is more than one Helen beside me."
"Really, it's so annoying," Miranda pouted again, and said, "Don't you just coax girls well?"
"I'm better at coaxing with practical actions."
"Oh," Miranda dragged her voice, reached out her hand with a smile, scratched somewhere on Eric's body, and immediately laughed again: "Hehe, I've confirmed one thing now."
Eric pushed Miranda's hand away and said with a smile, "Don't make trouble." (To be continued.)