Due to the rush of time, the news of Eric's guest on the Oprah Show had only time to be announced on ABC Channel, Yahoo Portal, and several newspapers with good relations with the Firefly system. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, although Eric didn't actually want the show to get too much attention, the final ratings were still beyond many people's expectations.

In the half-hour interview, counting the advertisement, the highest viewership of the entire 45-minute episode once rushed to 31.3 million, and the average viewership also reached 26.6 million, which is almost more than three times the daily viewership of "The Oprah Show".

As a daytime talk show, "The Oprah Show" usually has only about 8 million viewers for its premiere.

With the broadcast of this episode of "The Oprah Show", the media from all sides also seemed to get a hint and began to discuss more or less what Eric talked about on this talk show.

However, the attitude of most media outlets is still very cautious.

Because just yesterday afternoon, the famous Sequoia Capital in Silicon Valley suddenly announced the departure of its LH fund manager Ronald Hill. Immediately, some media soon discovered that Ronald Hill happened to be the main investor of the 'Hollywood gossip' website that provoked the incident.

At the same time, last night, the 'Hollywood Gossip' website, which had been down for a whole day, issued an announcement announcing that the website would be permanently shut down.

As an entertainment news website that has been in operation for more than two years and has accumulated a very considerable amount of traffic, according to the current wave of new technology that has completely fallen into a frenzy, the market value of this website can reach at least two or three million US dollars if it goes public.

Just because of the exposure of the gossip news of Eric Williams's children, in just one day, a large investment fund manager with assets of more than $1 billion left, and a website with a market value of tens of millions of dollars was completely shut down.

Although the parties involved are silent about the reasons for this, everyone understands that the two events are clearly inextricably linked to the firefly system.

So, despite the hints that can be discussed, most media people don't want to wake up to hear that they have been fired or even that their newspaper, website or TV station has closed down because they have made statements that provoked Eric Williams.

There is no doubt that as a father, Eric Williams is undoubtedly very competent, especially considering that this super-rich gentleman was only in his early twenties at the time, and this courage to take responsibility is even more valuable. —The New York Post

"Although Eric Williams' relationship with several ladies is somewhat special, his sincerity, candor, and commitment make it impossible to blame him. Even, we have to remind the richest man in the world that you have to be careful, maybe you will have more children in the future. —Newsweek

"When I saw Eric Williams showing those pictures one by one, I was only envious. While I don't really approve of Eric Williams' open relationships with several women, his meticulous approach to emotional maintenance with women and children can be a source of inspiration for many families who have become numb to their marriages. —Yahoo Woman

"As a director, a screenwriter, and an actor, our Mr. Williams has unwittingly amassed a net worth of hundreds of billions of dollars with just a few side hustles, which really makes all the Wall Street investors feel embarrassed. However, his comment on the Third Industrial Revolution is really incisive, and we are in a new period of wealth distribution, so seize the opportunity, otherwise, you will really have to wait another hundred years, if you can live to a hundred years from now, of course. —The Wall Street Journal

Eric Williams' disappointment with Howard Hughes's biography may be a disappointment with the journalistic attitude of the entire media industry. Over the years, the industry has become more and more impetuous, and too many media outlets have gradually lost their seriousness and diligence as news platforms, focusing only on gossip entertainment news that is only for the sake of grandstanding for the sake of higher newspaper sales and higher ratings. - Washington Post

"In order to suppress competitors, there is no bottom line of vicious dumping, which may bring temporary benefits to one party, but it damages the foundation of the entire industry. When everyone abandons their proper business ethics and habitually relies on smearing their opponents to gain an advantage for themselves, the end result will only be the collapse of the reputation of the whole industry. People can't tell the difference between the good and the bad, so they just divide the whole circle into a basket of rotten apples and avoid it. - The Hollywood Reporter

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Overall, the subsequent media evaluation of the whole thing either remained appreciative, or understated, or looked left and right, and occasionally there were some critical voices, which could no longer have much impact on the overall media trend.

Of course, this is not the North American media that has suddenly become very talkative.

The reason why this is so is that, on the one hand, Eric's sincere and frank attitude in "The Oprah Show", on the other hand, it is also the strong attitude of the Firefly system that makes most of the media jealous.

Influenced by the entire media trend, most ordinary people have unwittingly accepted Eric's relationship with several women and the fact that he is already a father of three children, even before they have time to form prejudices in their minds. Of course, this tolerant or indifferent attitude is largely due to Eric's wealth status. A super-rich man with hundreds of billions of dollars, in the eyes of most ordinary people, his private life should be extremely 'colorful', and Eric's side in front of the media is even very 'restrained' for many people.

With the rapid subsidence of this gossip incident that barely caused too many waves, the original publicity momentum of "Iron Man" has been overwhelming, and the audience's expectations have not only not fallen, but the popularity has reached a higher level. The most intuitive manifestation is that the search popularity curve of the portal and search engine about "Iron Man" has increased significantly.

As the opening work of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it has won a very good early reputation, if the film loses at the box office because of a gossip incident, even if the Firefly Group is fully able to bear the commercial losses, but the blow to the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe plan is very serious.

Now, everything is back on track and everyone is relieved.

Of course, in private, a lot of things are not over yet.

Someone else hit a black punch, if you can't fight back at one time to the point that the other party no longer dares to shoot easily, then the next small actions will only follow.

Long Island, East Hampton.

Due to the speed with which the incident subsided, the woman and the children stayed away from the scene at the first opportunity, and East Hampton appeared very calm at this time, and there was no media gathering from beginning to end.

However, Joanna and the two women did not return immediately with their children, and they planned to return when Kevin and Emma started school after the summer vacation.

Therefore, in the seaside manor in East Hampton, only Eric was the only male owner at home at this time.

After participating in "The Oprah Show", Eric rushed here, and he actually couldn't 100% predict the subsequent reaction of the media and the public, so he simply took the initiative to avoid it, out of sight and out of mind.

The result was naturally very satisfying, and Eric turned his mind to dealing with the finishing touches on the matter.

Today's guest, however, is George Soros.

I haven't seen him for a long time, and the old man is still in good spirits.

After a big heel in the Russian bond stock market last year, the Quantum Fund lost $3 billion, but it did not hurt the fundamentals.

What impresses Eric is that as the most risk-taking investor in everyone's eyes, Soros is like Warren Buffett this time, very shrewd and cautious to avoid the increasingly turbulent Nasdaq market. Although the Quantum Fund is also involved in the investment of technology stocks, the scale is very small, more like a casual temptation, and even if all the money invested is lost, it does not matter.

In contrast, Tiger Fund, which was originally ranked alongside the Quantum Fund, has seen the hedge fund's capital fall to $11 billion in just a few months, due to founder Julian Robertson's continued large bets on shorting technology stocks, and a series of misjudgments about the situation, have caused the hedge fund's capital to fall to $11 billion, more than half of its heyday two years ago.

In early summer, a round table is set on the green lawn of the manor.

Eric and Soros were drinking coffee while casually chatting about a lot of recent events.

"Actually, I'm also very interested in technology stocks, but the current situation can only remind me of the madness before the big stock market crash in 1929 and 1987, not to mention, I know very little about the new technology industry, as an old man who can't keep up with the times, I think it's better to stay away. ”

Talking about the NASDAQ market at this time, Soros's tone was filled with a sense of disappointment that he had missed a great opportunity, but he was obviously unusually calm.

Eric sat sideways with one hand on the table, casually cross-legged and casually gazing at the safety of the afternoon sun, and said, "This is what has touched me the most over the years. Really smart investors are never gamblers, and everyone's occasional losses are just not able to judge the situation more accurately, not because of bad luck. ”

Soros nodded slightly, put down the coffee cup in his hand, and said with a smile: "So, Eric, you invited me over today, not just to chat, although it is really pleasant to chat with you?"

"Of course not," Eric said, taking a sip of his coffee beside him, "Some time ago, I found some bugging devices in my apartment and office. ”

"This kind of thing, everyone has encountered it," Hearing Eric say this, Soros smiled indifferently and said, "You will get used to it later." ”

"Perhaps," Eric smiled as well, "but then we found something." ”

"Huh?"

"First I found the person who put the bug, and then I went up and found the middleman who entrusted it, and the money came from an anonymous fund in the Cayman Islands, you know, and then it was more difficult to check. ”

Soros nodded, also a little curious, and said, "And then?"

"The people hired by Firefly did not identify the owner of the fund. However, we found some cases funded by this fund, bills, bills, travel grants, and so on. These cases basically point to the Scott Gas Company in Pennsylvania," Eric said, picked up an envelope on the table, took out a photo from it and handed it to Soros, and said: "It just so happens that we found out that Milos Scott, the owner of Scott Natural Gas, has always been an important customer of the Tiger Fund, and the Scott family has invested at least about $500 million in the Tiger Fund. ”

Soros listened patiently, but he knew in his heart that these recourse processes would definitely not be as frivolous as Eric's description at this time.

After taking the photo and looking at it, Soros put it down casually, shook his head and said, "Eric, these don't prove anything." ”

"I don't want to prove anything, and I'm not going to sue anyone," Eric shook his head in the same way, with a light smile on his lips, "I just hope you can help me forward this picture to Mr. Robertson, along with a piece of advice from me, which company he wants to short is his freedom, but don't reach out to the fireflies again." Everyone knows that the NASDAQ market can crash at any time, but Firefly has enough money to support the stock price of any of our companies, and if necessary, I can even buy back all the outstanding shares of some companies in the market. ”

"Actually, about the operation of the Clover Fund, it should be the point that I am most confused about but I have to admire you little guy, of course, I also know that you will definitely not reveal anything to me now, maybe when the dust settles on these things, you can tell me a little bit about the old man's experience," Soros suddenly changed the topic, casually put the photo in the pocket of his suit, and then nodded: "I will transfer it to him." ”

After saying this and chatting a few more words, Soros said goodbye and left.

Sending Soros away, Eric returned to the lawn in the backyard again, Mayer was already waiting here, seeing Eric sit down, Mayer still couldn't help but ask: "Eric, that's it?"

"Otherwise," Eric smiled as he remembered Soros's words "You'll get used to it later," and said, "Julian Robertson shouldn't be going to attack the Firefly system again, and if he does continue to do this, I don't mind going back." Moreover, this person has now completely entered a gambler's mentality, according to the current trend of the Tiger Fund, continue to short, and the result is only bankruptcy and liquidation, and we don't need to do anything extra. ”

Mayer nodded, carefully put away the cups on the round table, returned to the villa behind him for a moment, replaced a pot of hot coffee, and said: "Eric, Ronald Hill, is the investor of 'Hollywood Gossip', he is now in New York, saying that he hopes to apologize to you in person, do you want to see him?"

Eric refilled himself with some coffee and asked lightly, "Is that all?"

"There's another fax," Mayer said, handing over the folder he had just held in his other hand, "the person in charge of that website took the initiative to confess, Stanley Cullen, the vice president of distribution at Paramount Pictures, gave him $300,000, and those press releases were also provided by the other party." ”