Seeing Virginia huddled in the sofa and making a little mood, Eric had to call the maid to take the three little guys away, then squeezed onto the sofa, hugged the woman over, and persuaded: "Okay, there must be a limit to being strong, Xia Xia's situation is a little special, don't always compare Kevin with her." ”

Virginia leaned into Eric's arms and whispered, "I, I also know, I'm just worried, I'm afraid that you won't like it in the future, don't like Kevin." ”

Listening to Virginia's stumbling words, Eric knew that she was worried about more than that.

Although the woman never said anything about the Hawaiian fund in front of him, the overseas investment fund he set up in his daughter's name still had some touch on Virginia, and as Nokia's market value has skyrocketed in recent years, the market value of Nokia's 51% stake held by the Hawaii fund has exceeded $3 billion. From the small details that Virginia has been suffering from over the years, Eric can understand her worries about the future.

Everyone is tendentious, and Eric admits that he can't always keep a bowl of water even. Although the birth of the two little ones was unexpected by Eric, he did not have any resistance, but was more gratified, at least, in this strange world, he already had two close relatives.

Holding Virginia and thinking for a moment, Eric said, "Vicky, Buffett invited me to a party on Thursday, you can come with me." ”

Virginia realized that since Eric had spoken solemnly, this kind of party would never be an ordinary party, and that bringing her to the scene would be tantamount to openly acknowledging some of her identities to the outside world. She looked up in some surprise, but then a hesitant look appeared on her face: "What about Joan?" ”

"I'll tell her, and you know, Joan won't be too interested in these things."

Biting her lip and hesitating for a moment, Virginia made up her mind and shook her head: "Still, forget it, I don't want this matter to affect my relationship with Joan." ”

"I said, Joan will definitely understand, so it's decided, you can take the time to choose a better dress in the past two days," Eric patted Virginia, not allowing the woman to refute, changed the topic, and said, "Tell me about the movie, how are you feeling about this recently?" ”

When Virginia saw Eric change the topic, she no longer resisted, and said: "Since "Island Cry", I can only play a mother now, this time, I am still a single mother." ”

Eric smiled and said, "At least a beautiful single mother." ”

As he spoke, there was a sound of rapid footsteps, and before Eric could turn his head, a fragrant little body threw himself between him and Virginia, rubbing and squeezing Virginia away, and called out tiredly, "Eric." ”

Naturally, it was Drew.

Virginia, who was squeezed away, twitched Drew on the thigh in annoyance, and the girl didn't take it seriously at all, giggling and kicking twice, still tired of Eric.

Virginia had no choice but to get up and let go of the single sofa completely, straighten out some messy clothes, and said, "It's almost time to prepare dinner, don't make too much trouble." ”

Virginia left the room after speaking, and Eric put his arm around the girl's waist and asked, "When did you get to New York?" ”

Drew kicked off his little camel-colored leather boots, curled up beside Eric, and said, "Not long after, she went to Manhattan to meet Frank on the plane with Amy in the morning." ”

Eric only focused on the general situation of MGM and did not deliberately interfere with the specific management, but this time he did not expect Amy Pascal to come to New York, and asked: "The release of the film at the end of the year is a critical time, is it appropriate for all three of you to leave Los Angeles?" ”

"It's important to talk about the adjustment to the pricing of the additional shares, which the Nasdaq has risen 16% in the past few months and is already above 750 points. If we still do the same as we did a few months ago, we're going to lose a lot. Anyway, at the end of the year, we only have two low-budget films, "Scream" and "Mean Girl", so it's okay to leave for a few days. ”

In my memory, the NASDAQ index has soared since 1995, and Eric's rebirth has not changed too many things, listening to the girl's words, she just pinched her face and said with a smile: "Not bad, I can say so many professional terms in one breath, it seems that I have worked hard in the past few months." ”

Drew opened his mouth to bite Eric's finger and said dissatisfiedly, "Nasty, was I stupid before?" ”

"It's not stupid, it's just that it's smart and doesn't use it in the right place." Eric dodged the girl's little white fangs and said, "After the price adjustment, how much money can be raised?" ”

"Excluding all kinds of fees, about $1.05 billion," Drew said, and added, "By the way, when I came yesterday, Morgan Stanley's chairman Seymour Gilbert invited us to a drinking party tomorrow night, and he asked if you were free to go along?" ”

Because of Chris's relationship, the Firefly system has maintained a close cooperative relationship with Morgan Stanley, in addition to the MGM stock issuance, the U.S. online listing and Nokia shares that have been preparing for more than half a year are also in charge of Morgan Stanley, and the listing time of AOL and Nokia's listing time have been set in January next year, if the two sides do not have too much disagreement, the future Yahoo IPO will definitely be handed over to Morgan Stanley to be responsible, but, Eric, who had never met Seymour Gilbert, the chairman of Morgan Stanley, nodded and agreed: "Okay, where tomorrow?" ”

"Manhattan ......" the girl tilted her head and thought for a moment, "I can't remember the specific address, anyway, someone will pick us up at that time." ”

Eric nodded and said: "Since the additional release time is set for December 9, the distribution of "Scream" released on Thanksgiving Day will be increased a little more, although the market is already full of confidence in MGM, but the box office success of this low-budget film can still play a good positive role." ”

"I know, Amy also thought about it, the production budget of this movie is $14 million, and we plan to invest 10 million in publicity. If the box office is good in the first week, you can continue to add more. ”

Eric continued: "In addition, since there is no problem with the additional issuance, MGM will not be short of funds in the next few years, so you can take back the film rights licensed by MGM as soon as possible." ”

Drew hummed and looked at Eric for him to continue.

Eric has been thinking about the issue of paid cable stations, and at present, the three major film companies of Firefly, Fox, and MGM have more than 10,000 films, but none of the three companies have paid cable stations dedicated to showing movies, so they can only sell the rights to other companies. Originally, the best option is, of course, to buy HBO in the hands of Time Warner, Time Warner's situation in the past two years has not been very good, and Eric also thought that there was this opportunity, but the last time Terry Semel came to visit because of the matter of Lifetime TV, Eric tried to say a few words to the other party, but was rejected without hesitation.

Although it has not yet made a name for itself with original series such as "Lust City" and "The Sopranos", HBO has been operating very well with Time Warner's cable TV operating platform, and it can be said that Time Warner's high-quality assets similar to Turner Broadcasting Company will not approve even if Terry Semel agrees to the divestiture sale, so unless Time Warner is swallowed whole, Eric's desire to buy HBO is difficult to realize.

With that in mind, Eric continued: "You guys are going to do these things first, and at the same time, we have to stop the new TV licenses immediately, and I'm going to create a paid cable station next year that specializes in movies, and then Firefly, MGM, and Fox, the three of us will work together." ”

The girl twisted on Eric and said, "Isn't it just the two of us?" ”

"You know my plan," Eric smiled and said, "So, if you're not willing to deal with Liz, let Amy take care of them." ”

"Okay, okay."

The two didn't know how long they talked, but there was a soft knock on the door behind them, Eric turned his head, and Joanna was standing by the door looking at the two: "Eric, Drew, it's time for dinner." ”

"Okay," Eric stood up with the girl and walked out into the hallway, where Joanna tugged at his sleeve.

Seeing that Joanna seemed to have something to say, Eric pushed Drew: "You go down first, and we'll come here." ”

Drew gave a little flirtatious look, didn't say anything, and walked towards the stairs.

"What's wrong?" Watching Drew disappear, Eric asked Joanna.

"You come with me," Joanna said with Eric to her bedroom, taking out a pink gift box from the bedside drawer and handing it to Eric, "This is something that Terry Semel sent to me out of the blues in the morning." ”

Eric pulled out the delicate card tucked into the gift box and saw that it had a line written on it: For the beautiful, intelligent Miss Hawaii Williams, Terry Semel.

Smiling, Eric directly opened the wrapping paper, and inside was a box of videotapes, and the beautiful plastic packaging box was printed with a picture of Antarctic penguins, titled "Penguin World".

Looking like a documentary, Eric knew that Warner had released a famous "Emperor Penguin Diaries" in his previous life, but this one was obviously not.

Joanna saw the cover of the tape and told Eric about the episode that took place that day between Terry Semel and Hawaii. (To be continued.) )