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Walking into the Angle Manor again, looking at the streamlined villa located on the edge of the cliff like a handicraft, Larry Ellison still had strong envy and longing in his eyes.
It's a pity that he was even willing to exchange all his real estate in Malibu with Eric for this manor, but he was rejected by the other party. At this time, Eric's net worth was almost ten times that of his. The probability is infinitely close to zero.
Eric took Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs into the lobby of the villa, noticed Larry Ellison's expression, and joked: "Larry, your real estate in Malibu seems to be getting worse and worse. There are too many, are you willing to exchange them all with me?"
Larry Ellison knew that Eric was joking, but he nodded without hesitation, and said with a smile: "Of course, if you want, I can call the lawyer now and let them handle the handover procedures."
"Heh, you guy, you are really not polite at all."
As Eric said, he brought the two of them to the reception area by the glass curtain wall, and casually asked Jobs who was sitting on the sofa: "Steve, what do you think of this place?"
Jobs glanced around and said bluntly, "If it were me, I would clean up all the messy furniture by the curtain wall."
The glass curtain wall of the villa facing the sea is divided into three parts according to the layout of the furniture. The east side is two hanging space chairs, the middle is a row of long sofas, and the west side is where Eric and the three sit. In the reception area. If the villa is a private place, removing all the furniture and facing the endless sea level will undoubtedly give people a more open view, but as a personal residence, it will appear empty and deserted.
Jobs said this because of his extreme pursuit of perfectionism. It is said that due to his strong pickiness about the choice of furniture, many of Jobs' apartments are empty.
Eric smiled and said: "If all the furniture is removed, we can only sit on the ground and chat now."
Jobs shrugged. "That might be fine."
Saying so, the sound of footsteps sounded, and the twins came over with coffee. One brought three cups of brewed coffee to the three of them, and the other put a coffee pot and sugar cube milkshake on the coffee table in the middle. After doing this, Natasha next to Eric raised her face to look at him, and asked softly, "Master, do you need anything else?"
Eric shook his head and said, "No, go ahead and do your work."
His eyes followed the tall figures of the twins all the way until they disappeared. Larry Ellison then retracted his eyes and exclaimed, "Eric, I envy you even more now. Where did you find them?"
Eric joked: "You're already an old man, so it's better not to have such ideas, and be careful of being hollowed out."
"Hey, you guys, you are really not polite at all," Larry Ellison simply returned Eric's words not long ago.
After a few jokes, Eric turned to Jobs and talked about the business: "So, Steve, you have decided to return to Apple?"
"No," Jobs shook his head, "I'm still thinking about it."
Eric picked up the coffee without being surprised, and asked, "Then why are you here today?"
"It's like this, Eric," said Larry Ellison. "Steve is looking forward to getting back in charge of Apple, but he also hopes to get some guarantees."
Eric's eyes flashed, and he said, "Larry, I don't understand."
This time, Jobs took the initiative to answer: "Eric, Apple's PC business is already very dangerous. After you buy Apple, in order to give the company more opportunities to buffer, I hope to obtain a patent for the MP3 player. Expand Apple's product line."
Eric had already had some hunch in his heart just now, and when he heard Jobs' confirmation, he shook his head without hesitation and said, "Sorry, Steve, I can't promise you these things."
Jobs said: "If this is the case, I may not return to Apple."
Eric laughed and said, "Steve, this is none of my business."
"No, Eric, I can see that you are very interested in Apple, like," Jobs paused, and continued: "Just like Pixar back then, otherwise, you wouldn't have given Larry Set investment conditions like that."
"Steve, I admit that I am very interested in Apple and you," Eric said, "However, this is just interest. If this investment does not come true, I will have no loss, even You can also put that money into companies with a brighter future.”
Jobs was speechless for a while, and even glared at Eric angrily.
Larry Ellison knew the character of his friend well, and was worried that he might say something outrageous, so he hurriedly said: "Eric, but you should also know that if Firefly Electronics sticks to the MP3 player patent, In the future, if one company dominates, it will definitely be subject to federal antitrust investigations. Just like Intel, it licenses its own X86 chip architecture to AMD and other companies.”
"The scale of Firefly Electronics is still very small. Even if it is an antitrust investigation, it must be a long time later." Eric still shook his head with a smile, took a sip of coffee, and said: "Also, Intel's X86 architecture , was originally authorized by IBM to other companies, not by itself voluntarily."
Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs did not give up so easily. Eric waved his hand and said to Jobs, "Steve, the reason why I proposed such an investment to Larry The condition is that I think you may be able to save Apple. So, what you need to do is to bring this company back to life after Larry completes the acquisition of Apple, instead of busy looking for other ways out now. To boost Apple's confidence, it will definitely need some guarantees to go back, so I will now take back the investment commitment made a few days ago."
Jobs stared at Eric for a while, then got up suddenly and said, "Well, well, I think I should leave."
After saying this, Jobs walked straight out.
Eric sat on the sofa without moving, watching Jobs leave with a smile.
Larry Ellison got up helplessly and shouted: "Hey, stop, you guy, why can't you be a little patient."
Jobs completely ignored Larry Ellison's words and continued to walk outside the villa.
Seeing Larry Ellison in a dilemma, Eric put down his coffee cup, got up and patted Larry Ellison on the shoulder, saying: "Okay, Larry, he agreed, so, You'd better go back and continue raising funds."
Of course, Larry Ellison knew that Jobs was more proud than many people imagined. After Eric's provocative words just now, Jobs would definitely not let go of his reserve and ask for the patent authorization of MP3 players.
"Steve cares about Apple more than anyone else, I knew he would go back, but," shaking his head with a wry smile, Larry Ellison said again: "Eric, Steve is very vengeful, You will definitely not get any good looks from him in the future."
"Well, I really don't care, it's hard to get a good look from this guy," Eric shook his head, and said, "What about you, there happens to be a movie premiere tonight, do you want to Come join in the fun?"
"Forget it, let's have dinner together next time," Larry Ellison shook his head and said, "I'd better go back to San Francisco with Steve."
Eric nodded and didn't want to keep him anymore. He personally sent Larry Ellison to the parking lot of the manor. Jobs had already got into the car and didn't say goodbye, like a child who was angry. Eric didn't mind either, and sent the two of them away, turned around and walked towards the villa, just in time to meet the twins walking from the gate of the manor holding a box.
Seeing the twins approaching, Eric asked casually, "Did you buy any new clothes?"
Natasha on the left opened the box in her hand and showed it to Eric, saying: "It's the evening dresses of the master and the boss, which were just delivered by Givenchy."
Eric saw a black suit inside, nodded, and said, "Take it in, oh, is Drew awake?"
"I don't know. When we came out to get the clothes, the boss was still asleep."
Eric looked at his watch, the time was just past two o'clock in the afternoon. A few days ago, when Eric attended Chris's wedding in Maryland, the girl also flew to Europe to deploy the distribution work of "007 Casino Royale" , returned to Los Angeles only one day earlier than Eric, these days are still in the stage of jet lag, and take a nap for a few hours at noon every day.
I thought that this afternoon would be spent entertaining Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs, but I didn't expect Jobs to drop the pick in a blink of an eye.
Taking the twins into the villa, Eric did not disturb the girl's sleep, but went into the study and read the script of "Iron Man" that Marvel had just completed.
So until four o'clock in the evening, after the girl got up, the two changed into dresses and set off for the Hollywood Walk of Fame together.
Tonight is the premiere of Firefly's first summer blockbuster "Prison in the Sky", which will be released simultaneously with Paramount Animation's "The Lion King 2" the day after tomorrow.
Simply put, "Prison in the Sky" is a story of a retired soldier who was imprisoned for manslaughter and loaded into a plane full of heinous criminals. However, although the story concept is ingenious, the core still imitates tough guy action movies such as "Die Hard".
To be honest, Eric is not too optimistic about the commercial potential of this traditional Hollywood individual heroism film, and since "Girls in the Thunderbolt" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" have adopted more aesthetic and visually impactful oriental action designs, North American fans are apparently losing interest in this type of film.
However, as the size of the Firefly Group grows, it is impossible for Eric to have enough energy to intervene in the production of all films, and it is inevitable to delegate production power to its studios. Strictly speaking, except for the initial project review, Eric did not intervene too much in the production of the three films in this summer's file, "Prison in the Sky", "Finding Nemo" and "Tarzan Forest".
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"Well, I really don't care, it's hard to get a good look from this guy," Eric shook his head, and said, "What about you, there happens to be a movie premiere tonight, do you want to Come join in the fun?"
"Forget it, let's have dinner together next time," Larry Ellison shook his head and said, "I'd better go back to San Francisco with Steve."
Eric nodded and didn't want to keep him anymore. He personally sent Larry Ellison to the parking lot of the manor. Jobs had already got into the car and didn't say goodbye, like a child who was angry. Eric didn't mind either, and sent the two of them away, turned around and walked towards the villa, just in time to meet the twins walking from the gate of the manor holding a box.
Seeing the twins approaching, Eric asked casually, "Did you buy any new clothes?"
Natasha on the left opened the box in her hand and showed it to Eric, saying: "It's the evening dresses of the master and the boss, which were just delivered by Givenchy."
Eric saw a black suit inside, nodded, and said, "Take it in, oh, is Drew awake?"
"I don't know. When we came out to get the clothes, the boss was still asleep."
Eric looked at his watch, the time was just past two o'clock in the afternoon. A few days ago, when Eric attended Chris's wedding in Maryland, the girl also flew to Europe to deploy the distribution work of "007 Casino Royale" , returned to Los Angeles only one day earlier than Eric, these days are still in the stage of jet lag, and take a nap for a few hours at noon every day.
I thought that this afternoon would be spent entertaining Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs, but I didn't expect Jobs to drop the pick in a blink of an eye.
Taking the twins into the villa, Eric did not disturb the girl's sleep, but went into the study and read the script of "Iron Man" that Marvel had just completed.
So until four o'clock in the evening, after the girl got up, the two changed into dresses and set off for the Hollywood Walk of Fame together.
Tonight is the premiere of Firefly's first summer blockbuster "Prison in the Sky", which will be released simultaneously with Paramount Animation's "The Lion King 2" the day after tomorrow.
Simply put, "Prison in the Sky" is a story of a retired soldier who was imprisoned for manslaughter and loaded into a plane full of heinous criminals. However, although the story concept is ingenious, the core still imitates tough guy action movies such as "Die Hard".
To be honest, Eric is not too optimistic about the commercial potential of this traditional Hollywood individual heroism film, and since "Girls in the Thunderbolt" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" have adopted more aesthetic and visually impactful oriental action designs, North American fans are apparently losing interest in this type of film.
However, as the size of the Firefly Group grows, it is impossible for Eric to have enough energy to intervene in the production of all films, and it is inevitable to delegate production power to its studios. Strictly speaking, except for the initial project review, Eric did not intervene too much in the production of the three films in this summer's file, "Prison in the Sky", "Finding Nemo" and "Tarzan Forest". (To be continued.)