Mulholland Drive almost traverses the entire Santa Monica Mountains. On the section where the top of the mountain faces the sharp corner of Malibu, two luxury cars parked quietly by the side of the road.
It was early in the morning, on the top of a hill near the road, Eric was lying on a camping mat, leaning on his arms and watching the sky gradually change from gray to blue, and the surroundings were empty and silent. Although there was a meadow below him, the ground was not very flat. Aniston, who was leaning on his arms, instinctively looked for a more comfortable place, so she rubbed most of her body against him in her sleep.
Aniston's public collapse last night made Eric very guilty, so he let her vent the depression accumulated in the past few years as much as possible throughout the night, and was pinched and bitten by her in the car. Driven to roam the long Mulholland drive again.
It was already late at night when we came to the top of Malibu Mountain. Eric wanted to drive back to Pointe Manor, but the chick clamored to stay on the top of the mountain to watch the sunrise. Camping equipment and food, accompanied the little girl to climb to the top of this mountain, tired of crying and crying, Aniston barely survived until two o'clock in the morning and fell asleep.
Maybe it was tempted by the smell of leftover food last night, a little squirrel jumped out of the nearby bushes, picked up a small piece of chocolate and greedily ate it. After eating it in two or three bites, I was naturally still unsatisfied, so I sniffed my little nose to search and pick it up, and then burrowed into a snack pocket.
Eric was just quietly watching the little guy stealing food, but he didn't expect the little guy to be so 'defiant', making the packing bag rattle.
Worried that Aniston would be woken up, Eric carefully reached out and flicked the little thing's big furry tail. The frightened little guy jumped forward suddenly, making even more noise, got out of the packing bag, and fled for a long distance in a panic, before stopping to look back cautiously at Eric, obviously a little displeased Willing to leave here.
These movements suddenly appeared in the peaceful atmosphere, but the chick still woke up.
After a short period of confusion, I recalled everything, remembering the situation where I used my temper to torment Eric last night, and suddenly regretted that I was too willful.
Not daring to look up to see Eric's reaction, Aniston's small hand stretched out from the blanket wrapped around the two of them, slipped in along the collar of Eric's shirt, touched the shoulder bitten by him last night, There was a clear touch from the fingertips, and there were even scabs formed after the blood flowed out.
Eric naturally put his arms around the chick's slender waist. The silk dress was still worn on her last night, and it felt very smooth to the touch. Although he joked last night that he had a 90% chance of getting the chick back into bed, Eric didn't do anything.
However, feeling the little girl's movements, Eric still habitually teased: "Why, you just woke up and couldn't wait to take advantage of me?"
Aniston's fingertips paused, but he didn't pull back. He moved his body and lay on Eric's body with his face pressed against his chest. Hearing the strong heartbeat, he murmured: "Eric, I don't know what to do anymore."
"If you don't know what to do, just put it aside and do what you can."
Aniston wrinkled her nose a little angrily again: "Are you saying such brainwashing words to all the women around you?"
"No, you know, I'm actually lazy."
"Hmm, I haven't bothered to look for me for six years."
"I thought you never wanted to see me again in your life."
"You are sophistry, you clearly know that I don't think so, that tie, that tie..."
"Oh, I remember I received seven ties that day, um, seven, maybe eight."
"..." The little girl was speechless for a moment, then said bitterly, "I really want to bite you again."
The golden sunlight slowly spread over the two of them, and Eric rubbed his palm lightly on the little girl's slender waist, saying: "It's already dawn, let's go down the mountain, and you can bite slowly when you get home."
Aniston suddenly remembered something, ahh, looked around, moved Eric's wrist and looked at the watch: "It's already seven o'clock, where is this place, I still have to film today."
With the advent of the autumn file, the new season of "Friends" has started filming. Eric naturally knew about this, and patted Aniston lightly, saying: "It's okay, the bosses of the production company and the TV station are all here. Here, it would be a waste to use such a strong excuse for absenteeism."
"I don't want to be like this, but, uh, the way I was last night, they, they..." Muttering, the chick slumped on Eric again.
Eric continued to hug the little girl's soft body, and said with a smile: "Yeah, what should I do, or else I'll build a log cabin here, and you can live in seclusion here from now on."
"You have so much money now, it's really stingy to build a log cabin," said the chick, rubbing her body to 'bargain': "At least it should be a castle, like Hearst Castle."
"It took thirty years to build Hearst Castle. Old William Hearst didn't finish building it until he died. Are you sure you can wait that long?"
"Of course, I'm very patient."
"But I don't have that patience." Eric turned over with a smile in his arms, kissed Aniston's sweet face a few times, and said, "Okay, let's go. After the order, no one dares to make irresponsible remarks."
Suddenly being pressed under Eric, Aniston yelled twice, responded to Eric's kiss, and unconsciously reached out to hug his waist: "You, you guy, if you can concentrate One point, he is simply the most perfect man in the world, why can't you be specific?"
Eric leaned down again, kissed the little girl on the lips, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to think so highly of me, but there is no such thing as a perfect person in this world." So saying, Eric The tone paused, put away the joking expression, and said: "Also, you may already know that I already have two children."
Aniston nodded sadly, then forced a smile again, mockingly said: "Of course I know, I also know that you named your daughter Hawaii, it's really, really messed up, and only a father like you can do that." Giving a child such a nonsense name."
"What happened to Hawaii, I think it's fine."
"Huh, it's not good at all, wait for me in the future, uh..." At this point, Aniston stopped immediately, his eyes dodged, his face became flushed, and Eric couldn't help but want to get closer take a bite.
Eric smiled and nodded: "Of course, when we have a child in the future, I will definitely leave it to you to name it."
"Whoever wants, who wants to give birth to you," Aniston said shyly, pushing Eric's head away with her small hand.
"After what happened last night, do you think you can find another man?"
"You, megalomaniac," Aniston gave Eric a dissatisfied look, but when she remembered what happened last night, she suddenly became sad again, holding Eric tightly in her arms, and murmured: "You guy, from now on, don't bully me again."
"Well, I promise."
"Don't make me sad anymore."
"no problem."
"Don't bring any other woman in front of me."
"good."
"Don't talk nonsense about us to others."
"must."
"Don't touch another woman."
"Uh... come on, let's start renegotiating with 'you guy'."
Aniston raised her small fist and hammered on Eric, and in a blink of an eye, she leaned over and kissed Eric, saying: "Okay, you bastard, I didn't mention the last one. Let's go down the mountain, I'm going to film."
"I was just telling the truth, why don't you take a few days off first, and I'll take you to New York to watch Fashion Week and buy some beautiful clothes by the way."
"No, the crew has already started work. Even if you don't care about money, I can't let everyone wait for me."
Seeing the girl's insistence, Eric had no choice but to give up. He pulled her up together and walked down the hillside. The things left here would naturally be cleaned up by bodyguards.
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Leaving the Emmy Awards celebration party last night, Eric just turned off his phone.
After going down the mountain to have breakfast with Aniston and send her away, Eric turned on the phone again, which showed a large list of missed calls.
Although under the arrangement of Robert Iger and others, there is no news about what happened last night in today's newspaper, but the people around Eric obviously already know what they should know.
After choosing a few simple calls back, Eric put the matter aside and started his day's work step by step.
"The Sopranos" was a big win at last night's Emmy Awards ceremony. Although news such as the Weinstein brothers' manipulation of the Emmy Awards inevitably appeared in today's media, due to "The Sopranos" itself Very good episode quality, these remarks did not cause any waves.
FFM TV station took this opportunity to announce that its second self-produced new drama "Prison Storm" will start broadcasting in the near future, and at the same time started the distribution of "The Sopranos" videotape and DVD.
In September, the summer vacation of primary and secondary school students in North America basically came to an end. However, because there is no unified summer schedule in North America, the start time of each school is also different.
Miranda Kerr returned to Australia during the summer holidays, and the start of school is also approaching recently. Can't help the girl's acting like a baby, Eric sent the Boeing 767 to Brisbane to pick her up and return to Los Angeles. He planned to fly to New York after the Boeing 767 returned to Los Angeles. Eric received Larry Ellison from San Francisco The call came, and the acquisition negotiations with Apple's board of directors were in the final stage. The other party hoped that he could attend the final negotiation meeting in person, so Eric had to leave temporarily for San Francisco.
In San Jose, south of San Francisco, Eric left the San Jose airport with his entourage, and Larry Ellison who was waiting outside greeted him.
He hugged Eric's shoulder very familiarly, but Larry Ellison didn't talk about the acquisition of Apple, but asked: "Eric, why is there no movement about the actor in "Iron Man"?" , I've been waiting to see which guy is lucky enough to have me as his driver?"
Eric ignored the guy's arrogant tone, got into the car brought by Larry Ellison, and said, "You will know when the filming starts next year."
"Hey, I spent $5 million, and if you can't choose a role, I have the right to refuse to place ads."
The two cars left the parking lot one after another. Eric suddenly regretted not kicking this guy into the back car just now. He shook his head and said, "No, Larry, you don't have this right. The contract has already been signed."
Larry Ellison really hopes to show his face in Hollywood blockbusters, but he still feels sorry for the 5 million people who were knocked away by Eric. Hearing this, his face twitched, and he changed the subject wisely , Said: "Apple's Chairman Ed Woolard and CEO Jill Amelio are already waiting for us at the Apple headquarters in Palo Alto, and Steve is also there. The price we finally agreed on is the average stock price in the last week. Based on a 15% premium, the transaction amount is US$2.45 billion.”
Eric made a rough calculation in his mind, and the price was not too high, so he nodded and said: "Since you have already discussed, what do you want me to do here, I think you can call Chris, my support The shares will still be placed under Firefly Investment.”
"I've called. Hansen seems to be very busy, and," Larry Ellison rubbed his hands, said, "For some things, he said that it would be more effective for you to come."
Eric heard the tone of Larry Ellison's words, and he had a premonition that there was nothing good about them calling him over.
Sure enough, when he came to the Apple headquarters, Steve Jobs, who had obviously entered the state ahead of schedule, bluntly asked Eric to re-open the ARM technology authorization to Apple, and took out a large stack of documents to prove that Firefly Electronics was in the process of acquiring ARM. A breach of contract that mandates that Apple waive ARM chip technology.
In order to develop the mobile chip of the Newton tablet computer, Apple deliberately injected $5 million into ARM and became one of the major shareholders of ARM.
After Firefly Electronics acquired ARM, ARM also gradually withdrew or stopped licensing ARM chip technology. After several years of operation, only Nokia, Qualcomm, and Firefly Electronics itself, the parent company, are left with ARM chip technology licenses.
In the conference room, Eric flipped through a pile of documents in front of him with a half-smile, and looked at Steve Jobs: "Steve, you asked me to come here just for this trivial matter?"
"Of course it's more than that." Steve Jobs swept around the conference room, pointing to the seven or eight Apple directors around him: "I ask that all of them resign after the transaction is over, and you must also promise not to interfere with Apple's affairs." any business."
Eric noticed that everyone looked at Steve Jobs with the expression of looking at a lunatic, and looked at himself as if asking for help, a little dumbfounded: "You let me back you up, drive these people away, and then you have to Kicking me out of the decision-making layer, do you think this kind of thing is plausible?"
Steve Jobs looked straightforward: "This is the condition for me to return to Apple."
Eric shrugged, looked at everyone, and said, "In this case, you all resign."
Apple CEO Ed Woolard was a little excited: "Eric, you can't do this."
Eric had a smile on his face, propped his hands on the large conference table, and said with a slightly joking tone: "You have also seen that working with a lunatic is not interesting at all, maybe Apple The sky is going to go bankrupt, and it will be even more embarrassing for you to leave at that time. So, leave now, so that the resignation compensation you should get will not be less."
The decision to sell Apple as a whole has been approved by the general meeting of shareholders. Although they are still directors of Apple, it is impossible for them to mess up the deal in order to keep this position.
Although Larry Ellison is the apparent leader of this acquisition of Apple, many capital forces participating in the investment participated only because they were optimistic about Apple by Firefly Investment.
As the core of the Firefly system, Eric himself is definitely more powerful than Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs combined. Everyone thought that Eric's arrival would stop Jobs' messy behavior, but they didn't expect him to react like this, and the last hope in their hearts was also shattered.
However, several of the directors also felt that what Eric said made sense. Although there was still a little unwillingness in his expression, he still nodded in agreement. Seeing this situation, several other people reluctantly agreed. (To be continued.)