Seeing Alexander and Miranda sitting at the small bar in the living room having breakfast, Eric didn't enter the dining room either. He put the shy Giselle next to Alexander and said, "Hey, sit down and I'll get breakfast."
Alexander felt that the atmosphere was a bit weird. Seeing Eric walking towards the kitchen, he quickly got up and followed him, saying, "Eric, I'll help you."
Smelling the aroma of oatmeal, Giselton felt a strong sense of hunger when he was physically exhausted last night. Before Eric and Alexander came back, he picked up Alexander's small bowl and drank it with a spoon. stand up.
Giselle looked up and looked at Miranda, whose eyes were rolling around, and said, "Look, you will have this day sooner or later. "
Miranda just clicked her tongue twice and said, "I'm just surprised."
Of course Giselle knew what Miranda was up to. In the modeling circle, there are really not many girls who can keep the first time for a long time. If it hadn't been for her and Alexander being selected by Eric as soon as they stepped into this circle, it is absolutely impossible for the two girls to be alone in the past few years.
Although her body was still a little uncomfortable, thinking of these, Giselle still felt some gratitude to Eric again. After all, even if the concept is more open, no girl will be willing to exchange her body again and again for the sake of superiority.
Eric and Alexander quickly came out of the kitchen, each holding a tray.
Sitting down opposite Giselle, Eric put a bowl of porridge and a fruit salad in front of Giselle, then took a piece of food for himself, and said while eating: "Relax at home during the day, and rest at home at night. I happen to have a party to attend, and I'll take you with me."
When Giselle heard that Eric was going to take her to the party, she nodded with joy. She still hoped to have more interaction with Eric. After all, this was her first man, and maybe even the last.
However, thinking of something, Giselle shook her head again in a blink of an eye, and said, "Eric, I'm going to shoot the cover of "BAZAAR" magazine for next month today, and I've already made an appointment with a photographer."
Eric took the milk that Alexander handed over, took a sip, and said, "Then put it off until tomorrow, and call your manager later, and say that you want to accompany me today."
"Well," Giselle said no more, and nodded slightly.
Miranda waited for the two to finish speaking, and pulled Eric's sleeve pitifully: "Eric, I want to go to the party too."
Eric shook his head and refused: "Not this time, next time there will be a lighter party, and I will take you there together."
Although Giselle can be lazy for a day, Eric can't. Before coming to Manhattan, his schedule for the next week is already full.
The new annual TV program promotion season in May has just passed, and all TV stations under the ABC Group have basically confirmed their subscription program list for the next year.
Eric has to watch the new project demonstrations of several TV network program production departments in the past two days. Classic TV programs are always hard to come by. The new programs that will be launched by several of its major TV stations are well known.
After a busy day, he returned to his apartment on Madison Avenue in the evening, and simply had something to eat in advance, and Eric took Giselle to the Upper East Side.
Morgan Stanley president John Mark is hosting the party tonight. When Chris came to East Hampton last week, he brought an invitation from him. Yahoo’s IPO process has been steadily advancing under the operation of Morgan Stanley. There are only advantages and no disadvantages in building a good relationship, and Eric did not refuse.
The car stopped outside an apartment on East 95th Street. Eric took Giselle's little hand and just got out of the car when he saw John Mark and Chris and his wife coming out together.
John Mark is about fifty years old this year. He has gray hair and a short stature. He is wearing a gray suit. When he saw Eric get out of the car, he immediately showed a warm smile on his face and took two steps forward to extend his hand to Eric. .
"Good evening, Eric," John Mark shook hands with Eric, and then looked at Giselle next to him.
"This is Gisele Bundchen, my girlfriend," Eric offered to introduce: "Giselle, this is Mr. John Mark, the president of Morgan Stanley."
"Hi, Mr. Mark, nice to meet you," Giselle smiled and held out her right hand to John Mark.
John Mark shook Giselle's little hand lightly and said, "Hi, Miss Bundchen, I'm glad to meet you too."
After a few simple greetings, Eric greeted Chris and Emily again, and they walked into the apartment together.
Due to the high cost of land, Manhattan buildings always give people a very narrow and crowded feeling from the outside. The same is true of the plain red brick apartment in front of us, but the interior of the apartment is very spacious. At this time, the hall There may be twenty or thirty people standing or sitting, but it is not crowded at all.
Seeing Eric appear, the guests in the hall got up and gathered together.
If a few years ago, these traditional Manhattan elites who paid attention to status and manners could still maintain a sense of superiority in the face of rich upstarts like Eric, but as Eric's personal wealth gradually expanded to an astonishing level, , it is also difficult for these people to maintain any reserve.
"Eric, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Anson Beard, the director of our company. He and Mr. Gilbert have been good friends since childhood... and this, the founder of Tiger Fund, Zhu Mr. Lian Robertson, last year Tiger Fund and Mr. Soros' Quantum Fund sniped against Southeast Asian currencies. It was really amazing... oh, next this is... "
John Mark has a wide circle of people. Among the guests are several high-level executives from Morgan Stanley and other Wall Street tycoons, as well as some social elites in real estate, media and even politics. Eric also accidentally saw another Victoria's Secret Angel, Stephanie Seymour, was at the party with her publishing mogul husband Peter Brant.
Following the introduction of John Mark, Eric greeted all the guests one by one.
After a general introduction, John Mark's assistant came over and said something in his ear, and John Mark gave Eric a sorry look, and said, "Eric, wait a minute, Jill Mr Burt is here too."
Seymour Gilbert was the former chairman of Morgan Stanley, and the other party was the godson of Henry Morgan, the founder of the Morgan consortium. He joined Morgan Stanley in 1960 and led Morgan Stanley's Wall Street Rising, although the other party has retired now, it still has a strong influence within Morgan Stanley.
When John Mark went out to meet Seymour Gilbert, Eric had time to wink at Chris. He felt that John Mark seemed to be too enthusiastic about him tonight, and the two had just met briefly after all. After several meetings, it is reasonable to say that John Mark should not be so familiar, even a little attentive.
Chris took Eric to the buffet table in the corner of the living room, took a glass of red wine, and said, "You should know about the merger between Morgan Stanley and Dean Witt last year, right?"
Eric nodded. Dean-Witter is also a powerful stock brokerage and securities company on Wall Street, mainly engaged in stock retail business. Speaking of which, in "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" starring Will Smith in the original time and space, the actor who is a stock trader was laid off by Dean Witt.
Because of Yahoo's IPO, Eric also paid attention to some mergers between Morgan Stanley and Dean Witt that started last year.
Seeing Eric nodding, Chris continued: "Last month, the new Morgan Stanley board of directors made a decision to appoint former Dian Witt CEO Philip Purcell as chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley. Purcell then appointed several of his cronies to take charge of important positions in various departments of Morgan Stanley. Among the top Morgan Department members, only John Mark barely kept his position as president.”
Hearing Chris' explanation, Eric roughly understood that the original Morgan Stanley management had failed in the power struggle for control of the company after the merger, but judging from the current situation, John Mark and others People are obviously not reconciled to this.
Eric was not interested in Morgan Stanley's infighting, just asked: "Will this affect Yahoo's IPO?"
"Of course not. These are two different things. Even if they fought hard, they would not dare to mess with Yahoo's IPO. If we are pushed to other investment banks because of these, the whole Wall Street will be a joke of Morgan Stanley. "Chris' tone was very relaxed, and said: "John and the others just want to win you over."
Only then did Eric understand.
In the past six months, with the further rise of the Nasdaq index, the assets of more than a dozen companies controlled by the entire Firefly system have exceeded US$300 billion.
Any one of these more than ten companies is a client that needs to be courted by several major investment banks. Even if it is not an IPO listing, these companies cannot do without investment if they want to conduct bond issuance, corporate mergers, and targeted financing. Bank involvement.
Eric and Chris were talking in a low voice, and John Mark led Seymour Gilbert, the former chairman of Morgan Stanley, over, and everyone inevitably exchanged warm greetings.
After chatting with Simon Gilbert and the others for more than ten minutes, everyone separated. Emily and Giselle, who had just taken the initiative to set aside time for the men to talk, turned around again, followed by Stephanie Seymour .
Stephanie Seymour looked sexy and seductive in a black deep V evening dress. When she approached, she took the initiative to say hello: "Hi, Eric, I heard that you participated in "Iron Man" in person. How about it?"
"The post-production has already started, and everyone will be able to see it next summer," Eric responded, and asked politely: "How about you, Stephanie, what have you been up to lately?"
Stephanie Seymour immediately showed a half-true and half-fake resentment in her eyes, glanced at Giselle who was holding Eric's arm affectionately, and said: "I can only be a housewife now, after the fashion circle, I will be Giselle It's their world."
At the beginning, Stephanie Seymour's position in the fashion circle was not much worse than that of Cindy and Linda. It was only because she had passed the golden age of supermodels that Stephanie Seymour chose to marry the publishing tycoon Peter Brant married.
I thought it was a "cultivation", but I didn't expect that with the emergence of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and others ushered in the second spring of their careers. The fame and status in the fashion industry are even higher than in the heyday of the year, but Stephanie Seymour can only get an ordinary Victoria's Secret Angel status, although the salary for each show is higher than that of other second-tier angels It is much richer, and can rely on the high exposure of Victoria's Secret Angels to gain some fame for it, but after all, it is still drifting away from the fashion industry.
With the gradual change of blood of the Victoria's Secret Army, last year was Stephanie Seymour's last Victoria's Secret show. At that time, Stephanie Seymour still hoped to get a role in "Desperate Housewives", but was rejected by Eric because the conditions did not meet. reject.
At this moment, Eric just smiled when he heard Stephanie Seymour say this, and said, "Actually, that's not bad. Women always return to their families."
Seeing that Eric was unmoved, Stephanie Seymour put away her resentful expression, gave him a coquettish look, and said, "Eric, you are a machismo."
"Of course not, what I mean is," Eric shrugged, "Well, men also need to return to their families."
"Hehe," all three women laughed.
Having said that, Stephanie Seymour's husband, Peter Brant, came over, grabbed his wife's waist, and said, "What are you talking about?"
Sensing Peter Brant's movements, Stephanie Seymour's expression stiffened obviously, and then she smiled again.
Eric didn't care about the little moves between the couple opposite, and joked: "We are talking about several major political correctness in Hollywood movies, such as returning to the family."
"This is an interesting topic, and it has great potential," Peter Brant said, "Eric, why don't you come to my "Interview" magazine and do an exclusive interview on a similar topic?"
"Interview" is the main magazine of Brant Publishing Group. It was founded by the famous Andy Warhol in 1969. It mainly focuses on professional interviews with filmmakers, artists, musicians and other groups.
Eric thought to himself that Peter Brant would be very helpful, but he just shook his head and refused, "It's just chatting, I'm afraid I don't have the time."
"It's such a pity." Peter Brant shook his head, without forcing it, and turned to his wife, "Fanny, come with me, let's go say hello to Mr. Gilbert."
After speaking, Peter Brant nodded to Eric and the others, and left with Stephanie Seymour.
Watching the two go away, Eric looked away, but found that Chris and Emily looked at him strangely, and even Giselle blinked at Eric.
"Um, why are you looking at me like that?" Eric said helplessly, "I didn't do anything."
Emily had some sarcasm on her face: "Are you kidding yourself?"