After working with Colombia on "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", according to the original contract, there are four other film co-development plans. After getting the fat of Columbia's overseas distribution resources, Eric no longer has much enthusiasm. After Eric completed the later stage of "Jurassic Park", Cooper was tightly entangled, not only a few phone calls a day, but also a trip to the Firefly headquarters or Jianjiao Manor for three days, Eric had to start to select the remaining cooperation projects, after all, Fireflies have to occupy sixty percent of the interests, and he can't pick a few movies at random to deal with things, which is tantamount to pit himself, and it's a headache to think about.

Nicole and Universal's salary negotiations on the "Mummy" project also successfully completed, Nicole gave up $10 million in salary, and enjoyed 8% of the omni-channel revenue share of "The Mummy". Eisner advocated paying Nicole cash for the film, but the global board of directors insisted on agreeing to Nicole's proposed sharing contract in order to reduce investment risks, and finally even moved out the top management of Panasonic. Eisner had to agree under pressure from Panasonic's top management.

After reading the story outline of the "Mummy" series drawn up by Universal, Eric confirmed that there would be an army of the undead in the second sequel, so he asked the digital field to take the initiative to contact Universal and wanted to win the special effects production project of the "Mummy" series.

Because of Eric's investment in technology research and development regardless of the cost, Industrial Light & Magic at this time has lagged far behind the digital field in terms of CG special effects. With Spielberg's matchmaking, Eisner has reached a number of long-term cooperation agreements with ILM. But they can't refuse requests for cooperation in the digital realm. After all, there's no way he could refuse to make Universal's movies look even better in terms of special effects. But Michael. Eisner did not hand over all the special effects of "The Mummy" to the digital realm, and subcontracted the special effects to the two co-productions of Industrial Light & Magic and the digital field on the grounds that the film's production cycle was tight.

TG Films' sale to Fox is only a confirmation of intentions, and the specific deal will not be implemented until TG completes this year's project, and Drew and Elizabeth are still focused on "Buffy" and Kim. On the production of Carrey's new film, Charlize. Theron's episode did not affect Buffy's process of identifying the heroine. If all goes well, production of the TV series will begin at the end of March.

After a period of research, Kim. Carrey's new film is confirmed to be a sequel to "Detective Plane Head" at the end of last year. The sequel in the original time and space did do much better than the first one, and Eric also stepped in to make some suggestions for the script.

Because TG is not in a hurry to sell, Drew will not be able to get out in a short time, and the production of "Breaking Bad" will not be in a hurry.

Eric originally planned to hand over the writing of the script of "Breaking Bad" to the screenwriting team of Firefly, but after thinking about it, he still planned to do it himself, anyway, because of the birth of the two little ones. He will certainly have some free time in New York, which can be used to slowly work on the script for "Breaking Bad". Since the idea of imitating the 007 series, the movie series of "Breaking Bad" certainly needs a complete world view and story background, and in this regard, Eric, who has countless movie storylines in his head, is definitely better than others. Therefore, during this time, Eric always carried a small notepad with him, and recorded the occasional inspiration for "Breaking Bad" anytime and anywhere.

In early March, Forbes magazine officially announced the annual list of the four richest people in North America, although Eric did not appear in the position of the richest man, but his worth of $7.5 billion still caused some entanglement in the media, after all, although Eric is not the most rich on the list, but his age is very dazzling, after his birthday in May this year, Eric is only 23 years old, This is even Bill, whose net worth has also exceeded five billion dollars. Gates is incomparable, although Bill was once called the 'youngest billionaire', but he will be 40 years old in two years.

Of course, if it's just age, it's not much of a problem, whatever the outside world says, but for Eric's source of wealth, although Forbes magazine has given a clear analysis, many media still have all kinds of malicious speculation, and some people even call on the federal government to conduct relevant investigations and give taxpayers an explanation.

Of course, there is no confession, but because of its controversy, it is certain.

In this disruptive environment, Eric was busy until late March, when everything was taken care of, and then he hurriedly left everything behind and rushed to New York.

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East Hampton, Long Island, because the two women have to live for a long time, the original lease of the house has been vacated, Eric asked Chris in New York in January to help buy a small five-acre estate not far from the sea, and came to New York again, Virginia and Joanna have already moved in.

The weather in New York was still cold at the end of March, and although there was no more snow, the maximum temperature still did not exceed 15 degrees, and occasionally dropped below freezing.

Coming from the hustle and bustle of his feet to this small manor like a paradise, Eric did not suddenly feel at a loss like many workaholics, but enjoyed the sudden tranquility very much.

For the two girls now, it is definitely not suitable to go out in the morning and evening, and only when the weather is warm near noon, will they go for a walk outside.

New York ushered in a rare sunny day, there was no wind, and staying in the sun gave people a warm feeling. Eric was now standing on the lawn that had just become green, with a picture clip in front of him, and a charcoal pen in his hand, and whispered as he drew Joanna, who was sitting quietly on the bench in front of him, on a blank piece of paper, and the woman said that she would keep it as a memento and show the little one what her mother would look like when she was pregnant with it.

Because of the nutritional supplementation during pregnancy, Joanna's cheeks at this time did not have the previous thinness and looked plump and pretty. With delicate eyes. It looks even prettier. As for Virginia. She would not allow Eric to make any comments about her round face now, and the little woman noticed that Eric was also looking forward to the little one in her womb, so she was even more emboldened.

The sound of the car came, Eric didn't look back, before he arrived in New York, Chris said that he would bring his girlfriend to visit, and called again last night to tell him about it.

Not far away, the voices of Virginia and Chris were spoken, and they said a few words. He walked towards Eric.

Eric saw Joanna chin slightly cocked and smiled behind him, and turned his head to see that the three of them had come behind him.

"Eric, that's a beautiful drawing," Emily. Brighton said with some envy that she had been interested in painting for a long time, but unfortunately had to apply for business school in order to take over the family business.

Chris followed by joking: "Yes, if you don't plan to be a director in the future, you can also make a living with this skill." ”

Virginia looked at the near-finished portrait and felt a little snack. However, she was adamantly reluctant to leave any images, because she felt that now was the time when she looked the ugliest when she was so big. Think of these. Virginia subconsciously glared at Eric, venting the little resentment in her heart on Eric.

Blame this guy for everything, for sure.

Emily and Chris, who were standing on the other side, both noticed Virginia's expression, snickering at the corners of their mouths, but neither said anything.

Eric carefully sketched the lines, listened to Chris's teasing, and said with a smile: "Your opinion is not impossible to consider, anyway, I've been fine lately, I can just go to Times Square to occupy a position to earn some money and buy a few packs of milk powder for the two little guys." ”

These were of course jokes, and after a few words, Virginia took Emily to prepare lunch, and during Eric's absence, Emily often came to visit the two daughters, and the three of them had become very good friends by this time.

Chris didn't leave, put his hands in his coat pockets, watched Eric paint, and asked, "How long are you going to stay in New York this time?" ”

"If nothing else, I'll try to stay until the summer," Eric said as uncertain as he thought for a moment.

Chris laughed, "Listening to the tone of your words, I bet you won't stay that long." ”

Eric also shook his head slightly: "This is something that can't be helped, speaking of which, I envy many other peers, who can take a safe vacation for several months every year. Malone only works six months a year, and spends the remaining half of the year taking his family on vacations around the world. ”

Telecommunication is Barry. Eric, the majority shareholder of Diller's QVC company, had been following QVC and Viacom's bid for Paramount, so he also heard this anecdote by chance.

"They're all old men, they're famous, of course they can live comfortably, and these people haven't been able to climb to the top 10 of Forbes' rich list at the age of twenty-three, aren't they?"

Eric sighed slightly: "Yes, there are gains and losses, I hope the two little ones will not be too unfamiliar with me in the future." ”

Chris didn't know how to pick up the topic, thought for a while and said: "Speaking of the rich list, I have registered several companies in Bermuda, Cayman Islands and other places during this time, and in the future, we can invest in several companies we hold through these offshore companies, and gradually dilute the shares of Firefly Investment in these companies." I've recently started working with Steve. Case has communicated about AOL shares, and the 30% stake we now own can also be dispersed among several foundations, so that Firefly Investment can become an 'empty shell' that will not appear on the list of shareholders of listed companies in the future. ”

"That's the best, I was in Los Angeles a few days ago, but I was blocked by those paparazzi, and some guys fanned the flames, which is really annoying."

Chris smiled: "Even if we hide the Firefly investment, if Firefly Pictures continues to develop at the current rate, you will still be pushed to the top of the list sooner or later, and now many people have questioned Forbes Magazine's underestimation of the market value of Firefly Pictures, and Wall Street is even more scoffing at the valuation made by Forbes." ”

"Let's talk about it then, it's a big deal that I'm going to split the shares of Firefly Pictures as well," Eric said, suddenly thinking of something and asking, "How's Hotmail's online mailbox, I haven't seen any news on the recent files?" ”

"I'm already setting up a server," Chris's expression was a little helpless: "The core code of the online mailbox has almost been completed, Steve. Mitnick guy was not happy with the way the email password was encrypted, and led his team to develop a new encryption algorithm, and this time, I mean, if nothing else happened, it would work in April. But I've been keeping an eye on the Internet market, and we haven't found any tech companies working on similar technologies, so it doesn't hurt to wait a little longer, even if there are competitors, with our IE and Yahoo portals, it can be promoted much faster than them. ”

Eric nodded, becoming more and more interested in the guy Chris also called Steve, and said, "I must meet if I have time, I am most interested in perfectionist paranoia, especially people who can stick to their perfectionist tendencies." ”

Chris pursed his lips rarely and said, "When you see it, you may have the urge to beat people." ”

After finishing a painting, it was almost lunchtime, Eric took off the drawing board and walked to Joanna who was sitting on the bench, and discussed a few words with the woman in a low voice, and the two then greeted Chris, got up and walked straight towards the villa, Chris looked at the backs of the two, and then looked at the lonely easel on the lawn, shrugged helplessly, and laughed and scolded Eric for being of the opposite sex and inhumanity, before rolling down his sleeves, reaching out to disassemble the easel, and carrying it up to follow.

At lunchtime, the restaurant has completely become the home of three women, women are very talkative creatures, plus Emily has been very familiar with the two girls, and I am very talkative, chattering with the two girls during the birth of the little ones until eighteen years later, after lunch, I still can't get enough, leaving Eric and Chris, gathered in a small living room in the villa to discuss the matter of holding a small prenatal party.

Eric and Chris were not too interested in these topics, so they hid in the study and talked about the company. (To be continued......)