After discussing Yahoo's development plan for next year all morning, it was close to noon that everyone went offline, and Eric was able to check the box office data for today's opening of "Jurassic Park 3". Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Jurassic Park 3" grossed $19.02 million on its first day, and while it can't compare to last week's $23.1 million box office figure for "Rush Hour 2," it didn't surprise the Firefly film distribution department's predictions.

According to the analysis report of Los Angeles, according to the box office of $19.02 million on the first day and the word-of-mouth situation, the box office of "Jurassic Park 3" should be around $80 million in the first week, and the total box office in North America can probably easily exceed $200 million. According to some data feedback from the overseas box office market that opened at the same time, the overseas box office of the film should also be able to reach $400 million.

In the past "Jurassic Park" series, due to Spielberg's play in the second part, the entire trilogy is not as good as one in terms of word-of-mouth and box office. At present, after the careful care of Firefly Group, the new "Jurassic Park" trilogy still maintains a very good reputation and commercial prospects. Although the global box office of $600 million is far from comparable to the previous two, it has already surpassed more than ninety percent of big-budget films in North America.

However, after the third installment, the series will also be completely suspended and restarted when the time is ripe in the future.

I made an appointment with Chris to go to Manhattan for a fund manager meeting this evening, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, I left East Hampton with Chris.

The party was spearheaded by J.P. Morgan and took place at the Plaza Hotel.

Winter days are short, and when Eric and Chris arrive in Manhattan, it's already nightfall, so they pick a restaurant for dinner before they rush to the Plaza Hotel together.

The party that has just ravaged Southeast Asia, even in the United States, is critical of what these hedge funds are doing, so the party was very low-key, with no red carpets, no reporters, and not even any indication that a group of financial tycoons were meeting in the hotel. Eric followed Chris until he came to the door of a banquet hall and watched him show the invitation, and then he realized that he had arrived at his destination.

Walking into the banquet hall, Eric saw several middle-aged people in suits and leather shoes greet him together, and asked Chris next to him while smiling: "I don't remember where I saw it, Soros likes to participate in all kinds of gatherings of artists, writers, musicians, but he doesn't like to participate in the parties in the circle, will he really come today?"

Chris nodded: "Of course, I called him on purpose and said you would come, and then he said he would come." ”

Eric remembered what Chris had fooled himself about the other day, and suddenly remembered a joke and said, "I suddenly think you're pretty ...... Black-bellied. ”

Chris apparently didn't understand Eric's improvised phrase and said, "Oh, is that a compliment?"

"Yes," Eric nodded.

I was greeting several fund managers under Chris's introduction, and I felt that these fund managers suddenly looked behind him and Chris.

Turning around, Eric saw an old man with gray hair and a fleshy face walking in through the door, it was none other than George Soros.

Soros nodded at the few people who saluted him, but walked directly in front of Eric and stretched out his hand: "Hey, Eric, it's nice to meet you." ”

The other party was so familiar that Eric didn't recognize him, smiled and reached out to shake him, and said, "Hello, George." ”

Soros obviously didn't mean to have too much contact with everyone, but after a brief greeting with the people in the hall, he found a seat with Eric and sat down, and said in a somewhat chatty tone: "Eric, I've wanted to see you for a long time." The last time I met Jeffrey at a party, he said you wrote a few sentences in my book, and I asked him to copy a copy for me. It's interesting, but a Chinese friend of mine said that you may want to use these words to show a momentum, but in reality, what they really mean is not what you think. ”

From Soros's words, Eric could feel that the old man had been in high spirits recently, and he had just opened his mouth with a bit of temptation.

Smiling and listening to what Soros said, Eric said: "I naturally know that heaven and earth are furnaces, creation is work, yin and yang are charcoal, and all things are copper. However, as the famous saying goes, there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand readers. Everyone has their own understanding of one thing, and what I see is a magnificent scene of using heaven and earth as a furnace to smelt all things in the world. ”

Soros originally thought that Eric was just a superficial taste, and did not deeply understand the Lao Zhuang philosophy contained in those few sentences of ancient Chinese, although he felt that for a young man like Eric, it was already very good to be able to reach this level.

At this time, listening to Eric say this, he realized that Eric's understanding of these things was not much worse than his, and nodded, Soros said: "I understand, these days I have been discussing the philosophy of Lao Zhuang in the East with that Chinese friend, this philosophical system emphasizes that people should respect the laws of heaven and earth and follow the trend." At this point, they put themselves in the position of 'people'. But when you understand that sentence, you put yourself in the position of 'heaven and earth'. ”

"Oh, if these words were heard, I would be taken as megalomaniac. Eric couldn't help but laugh.

"No, you do have this capital, we old guys have the only advantage in front of you, it's just that we are older," Soros also chuckled, and then said: "Eric, I don't understand one more thing, in this matter in Southeast Asia, why would you skip the currencies of other countries and regions after the Thai baht and the Indonesian rupiah, and bet directly on the Korean won? Seriously, although the capital you invested this time is very small, in this crisis, your rate of return is definitely higher than that of most hedge funds. More people are reluctant to give up all the opportunities in the past six months, but they have not been able to gain much. ”

Eric is not surprised that Soros can know the various layouts of Firefly Investment in this Southeast Asian economic crisis, he definitely can't give Soros an explanation, and he doesn't want to talk nonsense, so he has to shirk and say: "George, this kind of thing, I think it's better for you to ask Chris, I actually only know some basic theoretical knowledge." ”

"I've asked, Hansen said, it's the result of your insistence. Soros finished speaking, his eyes fixed on Eric.

Eric glanced at Chris, who was chatting and laughing with people not far away, and said: "If you have to have an answer, I think it should be because I am an outsider, and I didn't do it when everyone else was following the crowd to strangle the currencies of Southeast Asian countries one by one, and I was not so greedy, instead of interfering in all countries, otherwise I would concentrate all my forces on one point." As the most economically powerful country in Southeast Asia, I think the last battle of this crisis should be South Korea, which has the largest profit from sniping the won and has enough time to lay out. ”

Soros carefully savored Eric's words, and was about to nod in approval, then shook his head again, and said, "No, South Korea is not the last stop of this financial crisis. ”

Eric also shook his head: "It's not very profitable to launch a second round of attacks on Southeast Asia, although someone will definitely do it next year, but I don't think it's necessary." Otherwise, I can't think of any other worthy goals. ”

Soros prompted seductively: "If you think further north, that polar bear. ”

Eric felt that Soros was like a wolf coaxing a sheep to jump into a trap, and he could feel that the old man had no ill will towards him, but he still unconsciously wanted to pit himself a little: "George, if I remember correctly, Russia has introduced $10 billion of foreign capital through the issuance of government bonds and stocks this year, which is more than the previous five years combined." Of these 10 billion miles, the quantum fund should account for a large share, do you really hope that an economic crisis will break out in Russia?"

In 1998, Russia was indeed and inevitably plunged into an economic crisis.

But this time, Soros's attitude is inclined to preserve the ruble exchange rate. In the previous year, because he was optimistic about Russia's economic recovery, he used a large amount of profits from the money markets of Southeast Asian countries to buy Russian government bonds and stocks. Subsequently, because of the sharp depreciation of the Russian currency, stocks and bonds fell sharply at the same time, and Soros lost nearly $3 billion before and after.

Soros looked at Eric suspiciously, and this time he was really surprised: "Eric, you don't seem to be optimistic about the Russian economy?"

Eric shrugged and said, "Your copy of Financial Alchemy has benefited me a lot. You call the impact of the human factor on economic activity reflexive. The less human interference there is in economic activity, the more it conforms to theoretical economic laws.

However, if you look at Russia, although it is ostensibly a capitalist country, capital does not play any decisive role in the country's economy, and it is people who really determine the direction of Russia's economy, but people are selfish, they have their own positions, they have their own selfishness, and in the face of these interests related to themselves, there are still very few people who are really willing to make even a little concession for a country and a nation. Yeltsin, who did not hesitate to drag the entire Soviet Union into the abyss for his political ambitions, and to bring down a vast empire that was once capable of rivaling the Federation, is still in the Russian presidency, and who can guarantee that he will not do it a second time. And who can guarantee that there will not be a second Yeltsin?

So, I am pessimistic about the future of Russia. You see, George, once the economic crisis spreads to Russia, the first thing that group of people thinks about will only be to protect their own interests. In the final analysis, the ruble is devalued, and it is only civilians who suffer the most, and they will only pass on this damage to civilians as much as possible. ”

Soros suddenly felt that he couldn't understand the young man in front of him, and Eric seemed to be talking about Russia, but it seemed to be talking about something else. However, he felt that Eric's words were very reasonable. Soros knows very well what kind of person the current Russian President Boris Yeltsin is, and he suddenly regretted investing a large amount of money in Russia, but at this time, it is obviously unrealistic to withdraw those billions of dollars from Russia in the short term.

Putting this matter aside for a moment, Soros said: "Eric, I have found that you are a complete pessimist. ”

Eric also felt that he had just made a little gaffe, and shook his head slightly with self-deprecation, anyway, it had nothing to do with him.

Letting one of his hearts become cold again, a smile quickly appeared on Eric's face, and said: "Yes, many people around me say that I am a pessimist, I don't think there is anything wrong with this, pessimism is actually a kind of driving force forward." I feel like I still have a lot of work to do, so it's better not to be too optimistic. ”

"Speaking of which, Eric, you seem to be too obsessed with investing in new technology. The portfolio of Firefly investments, in my opinion, is basically a bunch of bubbles. Sooner or later, the NASDAQ market will collapse. If I were you, I'd rather spend all my money on the development of the Firefly Group. ”

Eric knew that Soros was genuinely giving himself advice, but he still disagreed: "George, you are too pessimistic in this regard. It's true that tech stocks have already begun to bubble. But even if the hundreds of billions of dollars of bubble are broken, the dust and detritus left behind are a very large asset. ”

Eric provoked the topic, and the two began to talk about the new wave of technology, the third technological revolution, and occasionally Soros would turn the conversation to his favorite philosophical topic, laughing at himself as the most failed philosopher in the financial world.

Seeing that the two were chatting hotly, everyone who originally wanted to come over to talk to each other could only stop talking, only Chris came over during the period, brought them two glasses of wine, chatted with them, and walked away without a trace.

It was past ten o'clock in the evening when I left the party.

Eric and Soros exchanged business cards before leaving, but neither of them said anything about seeing each other next time, and after a night of communication, they both found that they both liked to keep their distance from each other.

After a few hours of drinking a few more glasses of wine, Eric returned to his apartment on Sixth Avenue and took a shower, but the alcohol was a little stronger.

Wearing a bathrobe and wiping his wet hair to the living room, Eric lay lazily on the sofa and didn't want to move, so he picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.

Fox is broadcasting a costume drama, and the characters in the series are dressed up a bit like the characters of the "Elder Scrolls" and other Western-style fantasy games he played in his previous life.

Eric glanced at it a few times, the episodes at this point in time should be reruns, and he had no interest in Western costume dramas. was about to change the channel, but was attracted by a female archer in the series.

It's not because of how beautiful the female archer is, it's mainly because of the eyes.

The actress's eyes are not too big, and they don't have anything to do with words like pretty and charming. It's just that I don't know if the color of those eyes is too light, and a pair of pupils appear very dark and eye-catching, giving people a witch-like weirdness, but her whole temperament is like a cat that may be frightened at any time, looking timid and fragile, and even a little neurotic.

Eric has been looking for the heroine of "Midnight Bells" for this time, and at this time, seeing the actress named Vera Farmiga on the screen, Eric suddenly felt that with such a pair of eyes suitable for horror movies, she was simply tailor-made for the heroine of "Midnight Bells". (To be continued.) )