Another guy who has the same idea as Murdoch, Eric still feels very happy in his heart, what he needs most at this time is a lot of cash, Disney comes, even if Michael Eisner is very disliked, Eric does not refuse.

But on the surface, Eric asked not without irony: "Does Disney still have money?"

Michael Eisner's face suddenly became a little unsightly, Disney's Bowei has released four movies in the summer, except for an obscure small production zuò that is distributed on behalf of other production companies, the other several are large-scale productions with an investment of more than 30 million US dollars, in addition to the previous tragic "Firebird Attack" and "Rocket Expert", at the end of June, Disney also released a "Little Devil" , the film is co-produced with its Abelin Film Company, telling the story of a small town invaded by mutant spiders, the film has been released to the first week, and the total box office is only more than 10 million.

The production cost of the film plus the investment in publicity, Disney's summer loss has exceeded 100 million US dollars, and "Ghost Love" is jointly distributed by Disney and Firefly, because it did not participate in the investment, Disney can only get 10% of the distribution share, and the follow-up income is even more unthinkable, so "Ghost Love" is a big hit according to the law of the previous life, and it is difficult to make up for Disney's losses, it is conceivable that Disney's financial report at the end of the year will be very ugly.

"Eric, you don't have to worry about it, if you need money, I can lend you $100 million," Michael Eisner said lightly.

"I'm in a hurry, I'll be in ten days," Eric added.

Michael Eisner suppressed the joy in his eyes and said, "No problem, but Eric, since you want to get the money within ten days, you must pay it back within a month, otherwise it will ......"

"Firefly shares?" said Eric.

Michael Eisner nodded: "My request is the same as Mr. Murdoch's, $100 million." That's 10%. ”

"Yes," Eric said without hesitation, and according to the plan he had made, Eric had planned to stop within a month. Reaching an agreement, Eric's thoughts turned, and he quickly showed a faint evil smile: "Mr. Eisner, if you come and have fun too, this is a good opportunity." ”

Michael Eisner shook his head: "I'm sorry. Eric, I've never been involved in this kind of gambling without any certainty. ”

"Actually, I'm the same," Eric said to himself, turning his head to look at the big screen.

Eric was scheduled to return to New York the day after the ceremony, but what happened next forced him to spend a few more days in Los Angeles.

Maybe I heard the news from Fox or Disney, and the executives of the seven major film companies successively approached Eric to compete to be a good money boy, and even the broken MGM sent 50 million US dollars, and Eric took all the orders, of course. He also mortgaged more than 50% of Firefly's shares for this, in addition to the repayment date negotiated with Murdoch in half a year, the longest loan for several other companies is only a month, Warner even proposed a two-month repayment period, but Warner also contributed the most, reaching 150 million, Eric accepted it without hesitation.

A few days later, Eric returned to New York, and the results of the showdown between the two most watched heavyweight films in the summer file, "Die Hard 2" and "Ghost Love", were officially released.

"Die Hard 2" won $24 million at the box office in the first week because of the popularity accumulated in the first part. And "People and Ghosts Are Not Over" is not like the previous life, which was originally unnoticed but suddenly became upset, this version of "People and Ghosts Are Not Over" has reached the limit of what film companies can do in this era, whether it is publicity or attention.

Therefore, on the first Sunday, "The Love of People and Ghosts" took away countless tears from fans. It also harvested $27 million at the box office. After the results are in, box office statistics agencies expect both films to surpass the $40 million mark in their first week. Before again, the highest-grossing "Total Recall" in the first week of the summer of 1990 was only 36 million, and the two films released at the same time exceeded $40 million at the box office within a week, which also surprised many viewers who were looking forward to the defeat of the two films.

At this time, Eric didn't have the heart to pay attention to the movie.

Inside a suite at the Sixty Soho Hotel on Sixth Avenue. Chris, who found that there were more than 500 million dollars in the account, was looking at Eric with a solemn expression, he didn't tell Jeffrey the news, Jeffrey was already scared enough these days, if the old man knew that Eric had mortgaged more than 50% of the shares of Firefly, he would probably go crazy.

"Eric, I thought you were just hot-headed, but now I think you're really crazy. ”

"Chris, don't worry, even if I lose all this money, I won't lose the control of the Firefly, I have asked Caroline to apply for a loan with my remaining 20% shares, and this loan will definitely be done within a month, and I will lose it all, so in the end, I will definitely be able to redeem enough shares and still maintain the absolute controlling position of Firefly," Eric recounted the original statement in a clear and coherent manner.

"You know, I'm not talking about this, Eric, I think you've completely lost your mind, stop it, it's still too late, you see, in the past ten days, we have invested 120 million dollars, but now there is not much profit on the account, you imagine, if Saddam Hussein, as he used to blackmail other small countries in the Middle East, get enough benefits from Kuwait and then die down, the price of crude oil will immediately fall sharply, as long as the decline is close to 10%, Eric, as long as 10% , all the funds in your account will be wiped out. ”

Eric rubbed his hair in annoyance, "Chris, why can't you have some confidence in me." ”

"Because it's a very real world, no one knows what the future holds. Eric, I won't allow you to do any more nonsense, I won't touch a penny of this 500 million dollars, if you want to force your way in, then I will quit immediately. ”

Eric quieted down, the relaxed expression on his face disappeared, and he was silent for a long time without saying a word before he whispered to Chris: "Before that, can you help me find another acquaintance to help, you know, I don't have any connections on Wall Street?"

Chris was stunned, sighed, and stood up lonely and walked out of the hotel room.

Eric didn't get up to say goodbye, he hugged Drew who had been sitting quietly beside him in his arms, put the girl's head on his knees, and lowered his head to caress Xiao Ni's smooth face: "Girl, if one day I disappoint you, will you be sad?"

Xiao Ni licked Eric's palm like a cat, shook her head, and said, "No." ”

"But I made Chris sad, in this world, there are not many people who really care about me, Jeffrey and Chris are two. ”

"At least me," Drew said solemnly, placing Eric's palm on his doll's face.

The next day, Eric got up early in the morning, brushed his teeth and washed his face and ate breakfast mechanically, walked to the office of the trading studio, and saw Chris's figure at a glance, rarely, he felt that his eyes were a little wet.

"I'm not at ease," Chris explained in a low voice.

Eric stepped forward and gave Chris a bear hug, and didn't let go until Chris was out of breath. (To be continued.) )xh118