"I don't want your money," Elizabeth said in a very arrogant tone, but she had to admit in her heart that Eric's personal wealth had left even the richest people in the world far behind. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the beginning of the year, Forbes magazine released a rich list of estimated Eric's net worth at $136.7 billion.

In the past six months or so, with the continuous rise of the NASDAQ index, the stock prices of Cisco, AOL, Qualcomm, Sprint and other companies that Firefly Investment focuses on have almost doubled. If the Nasdaq market hadn't crashed and Yahoo had successfully gone public, perhaps by this time next year, Eric's personal net worth would have reached an even more jaw-dropping figure.

From this point of view, the wealth in Drew's hands is to Eric what a billionaire supports a millionaire. Of course, the 'millionaire' supported by Eric is still too shocking for ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Elizabeth no longer mentioned the girl's matter, but asked curiously: "Now everyone is speculating about how you plan to spend this money, after the 25% of the shares are all sold, minus taxes, it is estimated that there will be 8 billion US dollars, right?"

The beautiful waitress in the restaurant came over, put two bottles of mineral water and glasses next to him and Elizabeth respectively, and was about to take the initiative to help Eric unscrew the bottle and pour the mineral water into the glass, Eric raised his hand to stop the other party's movements, put the glass back in the waitress tray, and sent the other party away, before answering Elizabeth's question, "I plan to save it, and I have no plans to spend it for the time being." ”

Elizabeth reached out and took the coaster that the waitress had just placed in Eric's hand and glanced at it, and there was indeed a string of phone numbers on it, showing it to Eric like a demonstration, putting it in front of her, pressing it with a cup, and saying: "This is 8 billion US dollars, if you don't spend it as soon as possible, the annual inflation will be a big loss." By the way, the stocks in the Clover Fund should be worth a lot of money now, right?"

Needless to say, the waiters in several restaurants and bars on the big ship, both men and women, are far more beautiful than the rest of Los Angeles.

Eric didn't care about Elizabeth's small movements, saying: "On Monday's report, the total value of that batch of shares is $18.1 billion. ”

Elizabeth naturally knew that Eric had invested a lot of money in the NASDAQ market through the Clover Fund in recent years, and she and Julia had also invested in technology stocks under Eric's guidance. It's just that when she heard the numbers reported by Eric, she was really taken aback.

"$18.1 billion, if you sell it now, if you count the Firefly Investment side, you will have more than $20 billion in cash. Tsk, more than $20 billion, are you still planning to save it?"

The Nasdaq has just crossed 2,000 points this month, and Eric plans to start selling Clover Fund shares when the Nasdaq breaks through 3,000 points, and at that time, the value of these shares will at least double again, and if it can be fully emptied, after paying huge taxes, Clover Fund will still be able to retain more than $30 billion in cash.

To be fair, this is a lot more than Eric originally thought.

At this time next year, while continuing to sell AOL stocks, Firefly Investment will definitely reduce its holdings of some other companies. At that time, the entire Firefly system may even have cash reserves of $50 billion.

Seeing Elizabeth's frightened little appearance, Eric didn't break her countless, and said: "Of course, the whole market is full of bubbles now, even if I want to buy something, I will only use the way of share exchange and merger." When the bubble bursts, the fireflies will use the money, and buying at a low price is the true meaning of investment. Moreover, one or two billion dollars in cash is not as much as you think, and in a few years, Cisco, Yahoo, Qualcomm, and Hollywood companies will all grow, and the annual profit share of the Firefly system from these companies may reach this number. ”

Elizabeth imagined the scene depicted by Eric, smacked her lips, and said, "With so much money, even if you keep investing, you can't use it up, what are you going to do then?"

Eric said: "Do charity, for the better future of mankind." ”

"Ahh

"Well, lady. ”

Elizabeth rolled her eyes: "Who made you talk nonsense." ”

Eric laughed, "Seriously, if I want to pass on my wealth well, now is the time to 'do charity'." ”

Elizabeth's eyes flashed, and she asked as if she were a little careless, "And to whom do you plan to pass on your wealth?"

"I haven't thought about it yet," Eric said honestly, "but it must be our child." ”

"Who's going to have a baby with you," Elizabeth blushed, and then realized that Eric, the 'we', must be more than just him and herself, and couldn't help but glare at Eric again.

Eric pretended not to feel Elizabeth's eyes, and said: "It's too early to say this kind of thing, anyway, in the future, our little ones can get as much as they want, and then I will go to talk to God, where can I manage so much"

Elizabeth remembered something, looked around carefully, then poked her little head over and whispered, "Do you have a will now?"

"Yes," said Eric, who did not shy away from it, smiled and nodded, "If I die suddenly now, you will be rich." ”

Elizabeth, of course, could hear the subtext of Eric's words, and the flush on her face that was about to dissipate gathered again, sat up straight, and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will see money." ”

"I thought I was quite accurate, and if I was really wrong, I wouldn't know anything anyway at that time, out of sight and out of mind. ”

"You're relieved," Elizabeth said, but Eric's trust warmed her heart.

The waitress came over again and served dinner for the two, and when she saw that the coaster in front of Eric was gone, she winked at Eric covertly.

When the waitress left, Elizabeth said with some disdain, "Does she really think that I can't do anything?"

Eric took a sip of the mineral water next to him, picked up his knife and fork, and said, "She probably doesn't know you." And if I call her next, it's worth losing the job. ”

"Would you call her then?"

"No, it won't. ”

"I don't believe you. ”

"It's hard to raise a woman. ”

"Hmph. ”

The two of them ate the dinner in front of them slowly, and after a while, Eric said: "One more thing, about the script of "Moulin Rouge", I talked to Buzz Luhmann for a while at noon, and his idea is actually very good, this project can still be tried. ”

Elizabeth nodded: "I actually think it's good, but it's a bit risky." If Nicole were to participate, the production would cost $60 million. Moreover, as a non-mainstream song and dance film, if this movie wants to guarantee the box office, it can only take the route of rushing for awards. The $60 million production cost has broken through Miramax's investment ceiling, and we have just set a rule for the Harvey brothers that the production cost should not exceed $50 million, and we can't break it so quickly, and next year there will already be a reservation for Julia's "Never Compromise" as the main award, so I turned it down. ”

"You're starting to get a little too obsessed with the influence of the Oscars, really great movies, like 'Dances with Wolves', Forrest Gump, 'Titanic', even without the Oscar halo, they can be commercially successful, the Oscars are just the icing on the cake for these films, it should be a kind of icing on the cake," Eric shook his head and said, " Moreover, it is impossible for Miramax's mode of operation to last long, otherwise Oscar will become the preserve of the Harvey brothers, do you think the academy will agree?"

In serious matters, Elizabeth has always been good, she nodded approvingly, and said, "Then I'll talk to Buzz again when I have time." ”

Julia has been announced to go to New York, and there are only two people tonight, Eric and Elizabeth.

After dinner, the two did not rush back, leaving the Firefly Studios, crossing the Barona Canal in the north is the Venice Beach that has become more and more prosperous and lively under the radiation of the Firefly Studios over the years, countless young men and women chasing dreams are gathered in this vicinity, walking on the neon walking street at night, handsome men and women with good looks can be seen everywhere, and if you are lucky, you will even meet some little stars, these situations naturally attract more tourists.

In comparison, Eric, who dressed casually and made some disguise, looked very inconspicuous on the streets at night.

Elizabeth clearly enjoyed the feeling, holding Eric by the arm in one hand and a cone from a roadside ice cream parlor in the other, and occasionally commenting on the pretty girls on the street.

Passing by a movie theater, I saw the poster of "Midnight Bell" at the entrance of the theater that read "Heart patients, please watch with caution", and immediately became interested, and pulled Eric into the movie theater.

Eric had no choice but to pull her slightly: "Well, actually, I'm afraid of watching horror movies." ”

"You're more afraid of sitting on the couch where someone else has been sitting, aren't you?" Elizabeth disdained, and continued to force her way into the theater lobby.

Walking from the dimly lit street into the brightly lit theater lobby, Eric had to suppress his cap and follow Elizabeth to the ticket window. Fortunately, there were not too many people in the theater at this time, and they were not recognized.

Elizabeth did not choose the VIP room, but asked for two movie tickets for the ordinary screening hall, obviously on purpose.

Holding two buckets of popcorn into the two-hundred-seat screening hall that had begun to show for half an hour, he chose a seat in the back row to sit down, and seeing Eric's obvious uncomfortable appearance, Elizabeth gloated over: "Why don't you sit on my lap?"

Eric angrily threatened, "Do you think I wouldn't dare?"

Elizabeth immediately shrank back, grinned, and said: "Watch the movie, hehe, let's watch the movie, well, the heroine you chose is really good, the temperament is too suitable for horror movies, I just don't know if this movie can really scare people out of heart disease." ”

Eric had no choice but to focus on the movie in front of him as much as possible, and after a general understanding of the plot progress, he said, "You'll know later." ”

On the screen, Rachel Keller, the heroine played by Vera Farmiga, has begun to find the truth about her niece's death with the help of her ex-boyfriend played by Johnny Depp.

Dark and gloomy images, eerie midnight phone calls, ubiquitous psychological suggestion...... The combination of various elements quickly brought both Eric and Elizabeth into the plot.

When the body showed a strange and distorted state, the devil girl with her hair and terrifying white eyes slowly crawled out of the TV, and the terrifying atmosphere in the heart that the film has been creating finally broke out at this moment, and a scream of extreme fear obviously sounded in the screening room, and Elizabeth no longer jumped out just now, her body trembled a little and leaned over, hugging Eric's arm tightly.

It wasn't until a long time after this scene had passed that Elizabeth said with trepidation: "Eric, it's scary, let's go." ”

Eric nodded, got up with Elizabeth in his arms and walked out of the screening room. However, apart from the two of them, the rest of the audience in the hall did not move, still paying attention to the big screen.

Walking out of the theater, Elizabeth didn't have the heart to go shopping, and went directly into the black car waiting outside the theater.

After instructing the driver to drive back to Beverly Hills, Eric said to the girl next to him, "I just warned you, it's scary." ”

"When did you remind me, why don't I remember?"

"That's it, well, heart patients, please watch carefully, this is a prompt I designed myself. ”

"You guy, this is obviously a gimmick," Elizabeth retorted, thinking about what she had just seen, "but if someone is really scared out of a heart attack, you will still be in trouble." ”

"We've added a reminder that even if you're really having a heart attack, you'll be prepared for it as long as you notice it. ”

"Not necessarily, maybe someone will deliberately push the limits and end up not being able to withstand it. ”

"In this way, who can do anything, in fact, watching a movie and being scared to death is also a good way to die, there are several people in this world who die so extraordinary. ”

"You guy. ”

The first weekend passed quickly for three days, and after all, there was no news that anyone was scared to death in "Midnight Bell". However, the prompt that had been questioned by the media and the public as sensationalism before the release was recognized by most people after the release weekend.

Due to the absence of the Japanese version of Zhuyu in front, the new version of "Midnight Bell" has caused a much greater response than everyone imagined.

Originally, many people thought that after "The Scorpion King", except for Fox's "X-Files" movie version at the end of July, there would be no films worthy of special attention, but "Midnight Bell" once again staged a dark horse how it was made.