Sophie obviously didn't want to talk about it, and shook her head, "It's nothing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Eric stared at Sophie's side face for a moment, probably understood something, and suddenly smiled: "I thought that actresses who often shoot romance movies would not be interested in this kind of story." ”

Although there are some special literary movies, starting from "First Kiss", most of Sophie's films are actually very fresh love sketches.

Sophie was a little dissatisfied with Eric's argument and said, "You have also made romance films, according to your point of view, if you don't have any feelings about this film, how did you write "My Heart Is Eternal"?"

"Oh, I didn't expect you to notice that I wrote the ending song, it's an honor. ”

Sophie rolls her eyes and decides not to pay attention to Eric.

Eric didn't dwell on it, standing quietly beside the woman, looking at the dark sky together, enjoying this rare tranquility.

After a long while, Sophie couldn't stand the silence at first, and said, "Why don't you speak?"

"I'm thinking about something. ”

"How did you trick me back to my room tonight?"

"Forehead ......"

Sophie looked at Eric with a stunned look, and finally a smile appeared on her face, and there was a little prank and a sense of triumph, or a sense of victory in taking the initiative to win a game. It's been a long time, but Sophie still remembers how Eric coaxed her into bed twice in a row, so she decided tonight that she couldn't let this guy get away with it again.

Well, well, although after watching "Titanic", I suddenly wanted to find a hug to lean on.

However, Sophie glanced at Eric again, thinking to herself that she was not so easy to coax.

It's just that noticing the little cunning flashing in Sophie's eyes, Eric didn't say anything more, but chose to do something, so he put the goblet aside and reached out to grab Sophie.

"Ah, you," Sophie suddenly realized that things didn't seem to be developing according to the predetermined rhythm, and then, shouldn't he have a lot of rhetoric, why did it suddenly look like this, there was a buzz in the little brain, Sophie finally reacted, raised the arm holding the red wine glass to the side, and said in a trembling voice: "Ai, Eric, red wine, it's going to be spilled, hmm, you ......" After a long pause, Sophie said the second half of the sentence: "...... Scoundrel. ”

When she woke up in the arms of the same man for the third time after a long time, Sophie couldn't help but think about a very profound question.

Why is this happening?

Or, because he always holds the woman next to him tightly in his arms when he is asleep, which is very secure.

Or, because his multiple identities are mixed together, making it instinctively difficult for women to resist.

Or maybe this abominable guy is a legendary wizard who has played some mysterious sorcery on himself.

Feeling the large hand around her waist begin to caress gently, Sophie realizes that Eric is awake, so she turns around and looks at Eric with bright eyes like water.

Eric leaned over and kissed her on the cheek, noticing the doubt and inquiry in Sophie's eyes, a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he lowered his voice, and said mysteriously: "Actually, I know a guy named Cupid, when I see a girl, he will shoot arrows at her, and then the girl will never escape from the palm of my hand." ”

Sophie's big eyes blinked quickly a few times and she laughed.

She suddenly understood that the guy in front of her was not a wizard, nor was he anything else, he was just too good at reading through women's minds.

She was originally a very emotional woman, and when she watched that movie last night, she didn't have any filmmaker's thoughts, she just thought she was an audience, so she was moved by the fact that it was actually a very simple love story, and recalled the experience over the years, and it was inevitable that she would feel melancholy, so at this moment of fragility, she was easily taken advantage of by a certain guy.

"Eric, I don't think you can do that again. ”

"Who knows," Eric leaned over and kissed Sophie on the lips.

Sophie subconsciously responded, and after a few moments, the two separated, but Sophie sat up and began to dress.

Eric looked at Sophie and said, "You're not going to leave like this again, are you?"

Sophie picked up Eric's watch on the bedside table and looked at it, the time was a quarter past eight, although there was some expectation, but there was no time to stay and have breakfast with Eric, put down the watch, Sophie said: "Yes, I made an appointment with someone, nine o'clock, at the Palace Hotel to talk about a film," Seeing Eric's disappointed face, Sophie raised a childish little pride, and said: "Otherwise, do you think I will come to Venice specifically for you?"

Eric lay down on the bed, covered his forehead, and said, "It's really ruthless, aren't good women supposed to take care of men's vanity?"

"Hehe," Sophie smiled, got dressed, leaned over and kissed Eric on the face, "If I were a good woman, I would be so easy to be tricked into bed by you, bad fellow, I'll go first." ”

Watching Sophie enter the bathroom, wash up briefly, and push the door to leave, Eric began to get up.

It's a lot of work to do.

According to the time difference, the review article on "Titanic" in North America should be released at noon, but the media in Europe must have begun to report it.

In addition to paying attention to the media feedback of "Titanic", in the past two days in Venice, I also need to talk to Katzenberg about Clover Holdings, the contract of "The Matrix" is about to be signed, and with the $300 million fund, Eric hopes to be able to invest as soon as possible.

In addition, FFM will be launched in mid-September, and I will talk to Harvey Weinstein about the toll station.

Coupled with some unshirkable entertainment, Eric had to count his schedule in the minutes for two days.

When I got up and came to the dining room, Katzenberg and Cameron were already waiting here, and there were already several newspapers on the table in front of them, but their expressions were not so relaxed.

"Morning, Jeffrey, Jim," Eric greeted them and sat down in the empty seat next to him.

"Morning, Eric," Katzenberg glanced at Cameron diagonally across from him, pushed over a few newspapers in front of him, and said, "Take a look first, the comments on the European side don't seem to be very good." ”

Eric opened the top paper, the newspaper was in Italian, and Eric didn't know the name of the newspaper. The news in the newspaper about "Titanic" was specially marked with a red pen, and a note with an English translation was attached next to it.

"An old-fashioned love story in the context of a disaster movie, although the film has no shortage of highlights in terms of special effects, shots, soundtrack, etc., the overall mediocrity is mediocre. ”

Frowning slightly, Eric flipped through the next newspaper and found the English translation directly.

This time, it was praised: "James Cameron has brought us a grand disaster movie, with a smooth narrative, rigorous structure, exquisite special effects, and a tear-jerking love story against the backdrop of the catastrophe." ”

After flipping through several newspapers in a row, Eric also found that the reviews of the film seemed to be somewhat polarized, with some saying it was very good and others saying it was very bad.

After reading the media article in general, Eric looked up at Katzenberg and Cameron, and said with a smile: "Let's wait for the news from North America, you don't know the media in Europe, they like more literary and profound films, na, let's have breakfast first." ”

As he spoke, Eric beckoned the waiter over with a relaxed face, and asked the two dignified-faced men what they wanted to eat.

After breakfast, Cameron left to work on the three screenings of "Titanic" today, and Eric chatted with Katzenberg about Clover Holdings.

"I hope that in the next five years, the Firefly Group will spend at least $1 billion a year on foreign investment, mainly in the Internet industry, which has risen rapidly in recent years. Of course, for the sake of insurance, we only make equity investments, and do not participate in the operation of the corresponding companies. ”

Katzenberg patiently finished speaking, took a sip of coffee, and said, "Eric, in this case, the company's profit scale will be greatly reduced, which is a bit unfair to me. ”

The employment contract signed by Katzenberg and Firefly has a fixed annual salary of $750,000, in addition, Katzenberg also enjoys a bonus of 2% of the group's operating profit every year, if it is other Hollywood studios, the annual return of this contract may be at most one or two million, but because of Firefly's unrivaled profitability in recent years, Katzenberg's total salary last year exceeded $50 million, which is one of the highest-paid group CEOs in North America.

However, if according to Eric's investment plan, the Firefly's earnings will be significantly reduced, and Katzenberg's annual salary share will also be greatly reduced, and may even be reduced to less than half of the previous one.

Of course, Katzenberg knew that Eric's purpose was to reduce tax losses in the investment process, and he believed that Eric would give him a satisfactory solution, so after listening to Eric's plan, he did not show any excitement and expressed his thoughts very calmly.

Eric put his hands up on the table, looked at Katzenberg, and said, "Jeffrey, your contract expires early next year, and everyone has worked together very happily in the past few years, so I don't think there will be any doubt about our contract renewal." ”

Katzenberg smiled and nodded, "Of course." ”

"I guess you must know my investment intentions, the Nasdaq index has risen from more than 700 points last year to 955 points now, breaking through 1,000 points is just around the corner, everyone says that the Nasdaq index has been a little inflated, however, I am very optimistic about the trend of the Nasdaq. But there are definitely risks involved, and even Warren Buffett doesn't dare to make any judgment on the stock market, so I can give you two options. ”

Katzenberg looked curious.

Eric paused and continued: "Your contract remains the same, it is still a 2% annual profit bonus, but there are two options for the calculation rules, first, we can list the remarks separately, and the funds invested in Clover Holdings will be included in your bonus calculation rules, you do not have to bear the investment risk of Clover Holdings, of course, if there is any profit, you will not be able to enjoy the bonus share." Second, because we are making equity investments, as long as the right rate of return is reached, the company will sell the shares it holds. Therefore, if you can forgo the bonus share of your investment in Clover Holdings, then our remarks will change to 2% of the profits from this part of the investment as a bonus for all the shares purchased by the funds invested in Clover Holdings during your tenure as CEO of Firefly, regardless of whether you are still employed in the future, as long as the corresponding shares are sold. ”

Katzenberg thought for a moment and asked, "Eric, can I know if you plan to invest in the stocks of those companies?"

"Cisco, AOL, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, Verizon, Sprint......" Eric briefly listed a few companies, "and I'll make a list when the time comes, because the amount of money we invest in our company is too large to buy stock in one company." ”

Eric's list is basically the IT and communications companies that have been popular in recent years.

Katzenberg has personally watched Yahoo, Cisco, AOL, and other companies operated by Firefly Investment Step by Step to the top, but he also knows that the current high price-earnings ratios of these high-tech companies are terrible, and the higher the price-earnings ratio, the more optimistic the market is about the development prospects of these companies, but it also means that investing in these companies will be very risky.

After hesitating for a moment, Katzenberg looked at Eric and asked with a smile, "Eric, which plan do you suggest I choose?"

Eric smiled and said, "The second one, of course." ”

Eric discussed the issue of CEO salary with Tina Brown and others a few years ago, if a manager can only bring $10 million in profits to the company a year, Eric is definitely not willing to pay the other party $10 million, but if a manager can bring billions of dollars in annual profits to the company, even if the other party's annual salary is more than 100 million, there is nothing to blame. Katzenberg is undoubtedly a very capable manager, and although the rapid development of Firefly in recent years has the factor of Eric's personal golden finger, it is also inseparable from Katzenberg's excellent management ability. So Eric doesn't mind Katzenberg getting involved and sharing in the dividends of the Internet explosion in the next few years.

Katzenberg stared at Eric's expression for a few seconds, then smiled like a chinchilla and said, "Okay, then the second one." ”

Katzenberg also thought very clearly, with his current annual income, even if it shrunk by half, it would be enough to support the most luxurious life in the world. Therefore, choosing the second type of contract can also be regarded as an investment in the future. He's also not worried about Clover Holdings holding it for a long time after investing in one stock. Because this proves the investable value of a certain stock, and even, even after ten or twenty years, or even longer, then the income at that time should be regarded as saving a pension for yourself. (To be continued.) )