Two hours later, Terry Semel drove to East Hampton, where he stopped on a kilometre road from Eric's estate, where Terry Semel took out his mobile phone and dialed Eric's private mobile number, but the call was answered by a soft-voiced woman. After a while, the phone was handed over to Eric, and Terry Semel said he happened to be passing by East Hampton and asked if he could visit him.

There was nothing unusual about Eric's tone on the phone, and he agreed very enthusiastically.

Hanging up the phone, the driver in the front seat looked at Terry Semel: "Mr. Semel, will you go now?" ”

"No, wait ten minutes," Terry Semel said, putting away his phone, and although both sides knew it, they still had to do enough, and if they were too eager, they would inevitably fall into disadvantage.

The driver nodded, simply turned off the engine and waited patiently.

Terry Semel leaned back in the leather seat, carefully considering the wording of the next negotiation, and before he knew it, ten minutes had passed, and the driver saw through the rearview mirror that the boss was frowning and thinking, and after thinking about it, he still didn't say a reminder.

After another moment, Terry Semel came to his senses and was about to tell the driver to drive, when a police car drove straight behind him, stopped not far away, and after the two police officers got out of the car, they looked at the black Mercedes license plate a few times, and knocked on the window of the cab.

The driver dropped the glass window suspiciously, and was about to speak, but the police inspector outside the window was pleasantly surprised: "Tony, it's you." ”

"Hey, Loki," the driver said hello excitedly when he saw the look of the police outside the window. Turning his head to Terry Semel, he said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Semel, can you wait a minute?" Loki is a former comrade-in-arms. ”

Terry Semel waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and the driver quickly pushed the door and got out of the car.

Considering that the boss was waiting for him, the driver named Tony didn't say much to him, and after a brief chat, he returned to the cab and started the car towards Eric's estate.

"What just happened?" Terry Semel didn't forget to ask. He also realized that those two police officers were not going to show up here for no reason.

Tony pointed out the window to the undisguised camera on the lamp pole, "That's where they saw us, and Rocky said Eric Williams donates a lot of money to the East Hampton Police Department every year. ”

Terry Semel glanced at the camera on the lamp pole outside the car window, and thought to himself that Eric Williams was really concerned about the safety of his two illegitimate children. How inefficient the U.S. police investigation is. This is evident from their average annual detection rate of only about 20%. His car was parked just over a kilometer away from Eric Williams' estate for more than ten minutes before it was questioned by the police, which is not just a matter of throwing money at it.

Outside Eric Manor, Terry Semel saw a tall woman in a light gray sweater and white jeans waiting for the door. He sent the driver to drive away. I got out of the car alone and greeted him.

"Hello, Mr. Semele," Joanna smiled and shook Terry Semel's hand, explaining, "I'm sorry, Eric is talking to someone, you might have to wait a bit." ”

"Hello, Ms. Pakula," Terry Semel shook Joanna's hand with a smile that didn't change. recognized that this was the female voice who answered the phone not long ago, and said, "I also came to visit on a temporary basis." Maybe it's a bit abrupt. ”

Joanna shook her head and said, "Of course not, please come with me." ”

Terry Semel followed Joanna towards the manor, and looked lightly at the woman who became popular with "Tornado" a few years ago and suddenly disappeared, and turned his mind to the two police detectives who appeared just now, thinking of the two little guys who rarely saw relevant news in the media in the past two years, Terry Semel felt that perhaps Eric Williams's attitude towards these two children was definitely not like those rich people who were so shy about their illegitimate children, and these two little guys might even become the heirs of the Williams family in the future.

Thinking of this, Terry Semel suddenly felt a little regretful, but unfortunately, the child born to Joanna Pakula was a girl, and it would be nice if it was a boy. Joanna Pakula was Jewish, and according to tradition, that child was also Jewish, and if it was a boy, the inheritance would have increased dramatically, and it would have become more identified with the Jewish community in Hollywood in the future.

Terry Semel knows very well that his rise to the position of CEO of Time Warner today is absolutely inseparable from his Jewish roots. Although this position is not as easy to sit as expected, many shareholders and board members in the Time Warner system support him, in addition to his personal ability, another important reason is because they have the same ancestry.

Following Joanna all the way into the manor house, Terry Semel didn't have time to look at any of the home decorations in the villa, but he was immediately attracted by the little girl sitting at the coffee table in the living room and reading a tome.

Joanna noticed Terry Semel's gaze, led him to the sofa and sat down, and said to the little girl, "Xiaxia, the guest is here, remember to say hello, this is Mr. Semel." ”

The little girl sitting on a small stool next to the coffee table and reading quietly raised her head, her eyes were as beautiful as her mother's, pure and bright, soft blonde hair, and a little baby fat little face, giving people the feeling of a doll.

The little girl looked at Terry Semel for a moment, looked curiously at his rimless glasses, and then said, "Hello, Mr. Semel." ”

Terry Semele's eyes fell on the thick tome in front of Hawaii, and he saw that it should be one of the Encyclopedia Britannica, and he was a little surprised, but he didn't want to ask, but his tone was more gentle, as if he was worried about disturbing something, and said, "Hello, hmm...... Xia Xia. ”

Joanna smiled and explained, "Mr. Semele, this is my daughter, Hawaii Williams. You sit down for a while, and Eric comes down right away, and I'll go make my coffee. ”

Terry Semel thanked him and watched Joanna walk away. His eyes turned a few times between the little girl and the tome, and when he saw that the little face was particularly focused, his mood became strange again. There is a kind of personal asking, is the Encyclopædia Britannica something that a two- or three-year-old can understand, or is it already old?

After a moment, Hawaii quietly flipped the page of the book in front of him, read a few paragraphs, and looked up at the side. Mom didn't sit in her original position, and there was a thick English dictionary next to her, and she was about to get it. But he realized that there was an adult beside him, so he turned his head, there was no strangeness in his tone, and asked, "What does Emperor mean?" ”

By this time, Terry Semel had seen that the encyclopedia was a biology fascicle. Hawaii is turning to the entry for 'Emperor Penguin'. Hearing the little girl ask herself, Terry Semel realizes that the little girl should know the meaning of the penguin, but she doesn't know the meaning of the word 'emperor' in 'Emperor Penguin'. Unlike Chinese, English is a hieroglyphic script, and even if you can't read some Chinese characters, you can often guess the approximate meaning based on the shape of the font. However, English is a pinyin script, as long as you understand the reading rules. Most people can read it, but to understand the meaning of a word, you need a professional explanation.

Well, things finally made some sense, although it was still a little unbelievable, Terry Semel still patiently explained to the little point in front of him in a gentle voice: "Emperor means Emperor, similar to King, King, you know? ”

Hawaii nodded, pinky his finger at the illustration of emperor penguins in the book, and asked, "Have you ever seen an emperor penguin?" ”

"I don't have that, emperor penguins live in a very cold Antarctic, and it's hard for humans to survive there."

The little girl blinked and asked, "If humans can't survive in Antarctica, why do we know that there are emperor penguins in Antarctica?" ”

The surprise in Terry Semel's heart was raised a notch again, this question sounded philosophical, but the little one in front of him was only two or three years old.

Seeing the little girl's eyes staring at her, Terry Semel thought for a moment and said, "Although we can't survive in the Antarctic for long, we can go anywhere for a short time, and then we can spot emperor penguins." ”

Hawaii asked, "How can you survive if you go there for a short time?" ”

With a smile on his face, Terry Semel said, "We can make a lot of equipment, thick clothes, sturdy houses, and use these things to resist the cold weather of Antarctica, so that we can survive there for a short time." ”

The little girl nodded and said, "Then why don't emperor penguins need these things?" ”

"Because they have evolved over many years and have adapted to the environment there, we humans have no way to adapt and can only use foreign objects."

"Why are we humans inferior to emperor penguins, can't we...... Evolved? ”

"No, no, no, little one, you are wrong about this, we humans are the best creatures on this planet, emperor penguins live in a narrow environment, but we can go to any corner of this world, even leave the planet and go to the far reaches of space. Because we have wisdom and use wisdom we can do this, but other creatures cannot. ”

When Hawaii heard Terry Semel's words, he seemed to understand something, and said, "I saw on TV that lions have wisdom, and they can ...... Cooperate to catch prey. ”

Terry Semele's eyes softened, he looked at the thick book in front of the little girl, and said, "No, Xia Xia, that's not wisdom, wisdom, it must be a non-instinctive thing that can be passed down from generation to generation, and creatures like lions and tigers can't do this." ”

"Oh," Hawaii nodded, his gaze turning to the book in front of him again.

Terry Semel straightened up, felt the figure of Joanna holding coffee next to him, and quickly got up slightly.

Joanna had been standing quietly beside her just now, not disturbing the conversation between the two, and only then did she hand over the coffee in her hand and said, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Semel, Xia Xia can be a little pestering sometimes. ”

"No, of course it doesn't matter," Terry Semel said with a smile and shook his head, just a brief exchange with the little girl in front of him calmed his irritable mind a lot because of the recent series of trivial matters in the group.

Terry Semel even felt that if he could have a little personal relationship with Eric, he would have the cheekiness to recognize Hawaii as his goddaughter, of course, unfortunately, this kind of thinking can only be thought of, his current position does not allow too much intersection with Eric.

Joanna sat next to her and chatted with Terry Semel for a while, and not far from the stairs walked down the stairs two figures, a man and a woman, the man was naturally Eric, and Terry Semel quickly recognized the woman as Cindy Crawford, the host of "America's Top Model Contest".

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Terry," Eric said warmly, hugging Terry Semel and introducing her, "This is Miss Cindy Crawford." ”

"Hello, Cindy," Terry Semel said as he shook Cindy Crawford's hand, complimentingly, "your show is excellent, and my daughter loves it." ”

"Thank you," Cindy Crawford smiled and nodded.

Knowing that a few people had something to discuss, Joanna got up, put away the books in front of Hawaii, pulled the little girl towards the backyard, and said, "Okay, Xia Xia, we can only read it for two hours a day, and now it's time." ”

The little girl followed her mother with some reluctance and said, "Mom, I found a problem, I am now two years old, I can watch for two hours, and when I am three years old, I can watch for three hours, but there are only twenty-four hours a day, what should I do when I am twenty-five years old?" ”

Joanna's voice was soft: "Oh, baby, when you're twenty-five, your mother won't be in charge of you anymore." ”

"However, Aunt Eva is about to be twenty-five years old, why does my mother still care about her."

Joanna smiled: "Because your Aunt Aiwa is too stupid, not as smart as our Xia Xia." ”

Hearing the conversation between the mother and daughter, the people in the living room, including the maid not far away, laughed softly.

Terry Semel looked at Joanna pulling Hawaii away and said to Eric, "The little guy is so smart, maybe this is the power of heredity." ”

"Perhaps," Eric smiled.

Cindy Crawford, who was sitting next to her, saw that Joanna took the initiative to avoid it, and she also knew that the next topic was not something she could participate in, but she was reluctant to say goodbye and leave, and she didn't know what to do, Eric took the initiative to say: "Cindy, it's almost time to prepare lunch, let's all stay at noon, you go and discuss with Joan what to prepare." ”

"Well, okay," seeing that Eric didn't drive herself away this time, Cindy was relieved, she actually found an excuse to come to visit after she heard that Virginia was out filming, Joanna has a soft nature, as long as Eric doesn't speak, no one will drive her away.

After sending Cindy away, the maids in the living room left in amusement, and Eric began to talk to Terry Semel. (To be continued.) )