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Walking into the Sharp Corner Manor again, looking at the streamlined villa perched on the edge of a cliff like a handicraft, Larry Ellison's eyes still have a strong envy and longing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's a pity that he was even willing to exchange all his properties in Malibu with Eric for this manor, but the other party refused, at this time Eric's net worth is almost ten times that of him, and the chance of getting this manor is infinitely close to zero.

Eric walked Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs into the lobby of the villa, noticed Larry Ellison's expression, and teased, "Larry, it seems that you have more and more properties in Malibu, are you willing to exchange them all with me?"

Larry Ellison knew that Eric was joking, but nodded without hesitation, and smiled, "Of course, if you want, I can call the lawyer right now and have them handle the handover." ”

"Heh, you guy, you're really not polite at all. ”

Eric said, leading the two to the reception area by the glass curtain wall, and casually asked Jobs, who was sitting on the sofa, "Steve, what do you think of this place?"

Jobs glanced around and said unceremoniously: "If it were me, I would clean up all these messy furniture by the curtain wall." ”

The glass curtain wall of the villa is divided into three parts according to the furniture arrangement, the easternmost side is two hanging space chairs, in the middle is a row of couches, and on the west side is where the three Eric sit is a reception area. If the villa is a private place, removing all the furniture and facing the endless sea level will undoubtedly give people a more open view, but as a personal residence, it will seem empty and deserted.

Jobs's statement stems from his extreme perfectionist personality, and it is said that many of Jobs' apartments are empty due to his strong pickiness about the choice of furniture.

Eric smiled and said, "If we remove all the furniture, we'll just have to sit on the floor and talk now." ”

Jobs shrugged: "That might be good, too." ”

Saying this, the sound of da-da-da's footsteps sounded, and the twins came over with coffee, one brought three cups of brewed coffee to the three of them, and the other put a coffee pot and sugar cube shake on the coffee table in the middle, after doing this, Natasha next to Eric raised her face to look at him, and asked softly, "Master, do you need anything else?"

Eric shook his head and said, "No, you guys go and get busy." ”

After following the twins' tall figures all the way until they disappeared, Larry Ellison withdrew his gaze and exclaimed, "Eric, I envy you even more now, where did you find them?"

Eric joked, "You're already an old man, so it's better not to fight these ideas and be careful of being hollowed out." ”

"Hey, you're not at all polite," Larry Ellison simply returned Eric's words from a short time ago.

After a few jokes, Eric turned to Jobs and got down to business: "So, Steve, you've decided to go back to Apple?"

"No," Jobs said, shaking his head, "I'm still thinking about it." ”

Eric picked up his coffee, not surprised, and asked, "Then why did you come here today?"

"That's right, Eric," said Larry Ellison, "and Steve is looking forward to getting back to Apple, but he's hoping for some reassurances." ”

Eric's eyes flashed, and he said, "Larry, I don't understand. ”

This time, Jobs took the initiative to answer: "Eric, Apple's PC business is already very dangerous, after you buy Apple, in order to let the company get more buffer opportunities, I hope to obtain a patent for MP3 players to expand Apple's product line." ”

Eric already had some premonitions in his heart just now, and when he heard Jobs' confirmation, he shook his head without hesitation and said, "I'm sorry, Steve, I can't promise you this." ”

Jobs said, "If that's the case, I probably won't go back to Apple." ”

Eric laughed and said, "Steve, it's none of my business. ”

"No, Eric, I can tell you're interested in Apple, like," Jobs continued, "just like Pixar did, otherwise you wouldn't have set that investment conditions for Larry." ”

"Steve, I'll admit, I'm interested in Apple, and you," Eric said, "but that's just interest." If this investment doesn't happen, I don't have anything to lose, and I can even invest that money in companies with a brighter future. ”

Jobs was a little speechless for a moment, and even glared at Eric angrily.

Larry Ellison knew the character of his friend, and was worried that he would say something excessive, so he hurriedly said: "Eric, but you should also know that if Firefly Electronics sticks to the MP3 player patent, it will definitely be subject to federal antitrust investigation in the future." Just like Intel, it has licensed its x86 chip architecture to companies such as AMD. ”

"The scale of Firefly Electronics is still very small, even if it is an antitrust investigation, it will definitely be a long time later," Eric still shook his head with a smile, took a sip of coffee, and said: "Moreover, Intel's x86 architecture was forced by IBM to be licensed to other companies at the beginning, and it was not voluntary. ”

Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs didn't give up so easily, and when they wanted to say something, Eric waved his hand and said to Jobs, "Steve, the reason why I asked Larry to make such a capital offer is because I think maybe you can save Apple." So, what you need to do is bring the company back to life after Larry completes the acquisition of Apple, rather than just looking for other ways out right now. If you don't have the confidence to revive Apple yourself, and you must need some kind of security to go back, then I will now retract the investment I made a few days ago. ”

Jobs stared at Eric for a moment, then suddenly got up and said, "Well, well, I think I should leave." ”

After saying this, Jobs walked straight out.

Eric sat on the couch and didn't move, smiling as he watched Jobs leave.

Larry Ellison reluctantly got up and shouted, "Hey, stop, you guy, why can't you be a little patient?" ”

Completely ignoring Larry Ellison's words, Jobs continued to walk out of the villa.

Seeing Larry Ellison in a dilemma, Eric put down his coffee cup, got up and patted Larry Ellison on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, Larry, he agreed, so you better go back and continue to raise funds." ”

Larry Ellison certainly knew that Jobs was prouder than many people thought, and after Eric's provocative words, Jobs would certainly not let go of his reserve and ask for a patent license for MP3 players.

"Steve cares about apples more than anyone else, I knew he was going back, but," shaking his head and smiling wryly, Larry Ellison added, "Eric, Steve is very vindictive, and you definitely won't get any good looks from him in the future." ”

"Well, I really don't care, it's hard to get a good look from this guy," Eric shook his head and said, "What about you, there is a movie premiere tonight, do you want to join in the fun?"

"Forget it, we'll have dinner together next time," Larry Ellison shook his head, "I'd better go back to San Francisco with Steve." ”

Eric nodded, no longer holding back, and personally sent Larry Ellison to the manor's parking lot, where Jobs had already gotten into the car and didn't say goodbye, like a gambling child. Eric didn't mind, saw the two of them off, turned and walked towards the villa, just in time to meet the twins walking from the gate of the manor with a box.

Seeing the twins approach, Eric casually asked, "Do you have any new clothes?"

Natasha on the left lifted the box in her hand and showed it to Eric, and said, "It's the evening dress of the owner and the boss, which Givenchy just sent over." ”

Eric saw that it was a black suit inside, nodded, and said, "Take it in, oh, is Drew awake?"

"I don't know, when we came out to get the clothes, the boss was still asleep. ”

Eric looked at his watch, the time was just past two o'clock in the afternoon, a few days ago, when Eric was in Maryland to attend Chris's wedding, the girl also flew to Europe to deploy the distribution of "007 Casino Royale", only one day before Eric returned to Los Angeles, these days are still in the stage of jet lag, every day at noon will take a few hours of nap.

I thought that this afternoon would be spent entertaining Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs, but I didn't expect Jobs to pick and choose in the blink of an eye.

Walking into the villa with the twins, Eric did not disturb the girl's sleep, but went into the study and read the script of "Iron Man" that Marvel had just completed.

At four o'clock in the evening, after the girl got up, the two changed into dresses and set off together for the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Tonight is the premiere of Firefly's first blockbuster film in the summer season, "Prison in the Air", which will be released the day after tomorrow at the same time as Paramount Animation's "The Lion King 2".

"Prison in the Sky" is simply a story that takes place after a retired soldier who was imprisoned for manslaughter was loaded into a plane full of heinous murderers. However, although the story is cleverly conceived, the core still mimics tough guy action movies like "Die Hard".

Seriously, Eric isn't too optimistic about the commercial potential of this kind of traditional Hollywood individual heroism, and since the adoption of more aesthetically pleasing and visually striking oriental action designs by the likes of "Breaking Bad" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", North American fans have apparently lost interest in this genre.

However, as the Firefly Group grew in size, Eric could no longer have enough energy to meddle in the production of all films, and it was inevitable to delegate production power to its studios. The three films in this summer's file, "Prison in the Air", "Finding Nemo" and "Tarzan Forest", strictly speaking, except for the initial project review, Eric did not interfere too much in the production.

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"Well, I really don't care, it's hard to get a good look from this guy," Eric shook his head and said, "What about you, there is a movie premiere tonight, do you want to join in the fun?"

"Forget it, we'll have dinner together next time," Larry Ellison shook his head, "I'd better go back to San Francisco with Steve." ”

Eric nodded, no longer holding back, and personally sent Larry Ellison to the manor's parking lot, where Jobs had already gotten into the car and didn't say goodbye, like a gambling child. Eric didn't mind, saw the two of them off, turned and walked towards the villa, just in time to meet the twins walking from the gate of the manor with a box.

Seeing the twins approach, Eric casually asked, "Do you have any new clothes?"

Natasha on the left lifted the box in her hand and showed it to Eric, and said, "It's the evening dress of the owner and the boss, which Givenchy just sent over." ”

Eric saw that it was a black suit inside, nodded, and said, "Take it in, oh, is Drew awake?"

"I don't know, when we came out to get the clothes, the boss was still asleep. ”

Eric looked at his watch, the time was just past two o'clock in the afternoon, a few days ago, when Eric was in Maryland to attend Chris's wedding, the girl also flew to Europe to deploy the distribution of "007 Casino Royale", only one day before Eric returned to Los Angeles, these days are still in the stage of jet lag, every day at noon will take a few hours of nap.

I thought that this afternoon would be spent entertaining Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs, but I didn't expect Jobs to pick and choose in the blink of an eye.

Walking into the villa with the twins, Eric did not disturb the girl's sleep, but went into the study and read the script of "Iron Man" that Marvel had just completed.

At four o'clock in the evening, after the girl got up, the two changed into dresses and set off together for the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Tonight is the premiere of Firefly's first blockbuster film in the summer season, "Prison in the Air", which will be released the day after tomorrow at the same time as Paramount Animation's "The Lion King 2".

"Prison in the Sky" is simply a story that takes place after a retired soldier who was imprisoned for manslaughter was loaded into a plane full of heinous murderers. However, although the story is cleverly conceived, the core still mimics tough guy action movies like "Die Hard".

Seriously, Eric isn't too optimistic about the commercial potential of this kind of traditional Hollywood individual heroism, and since the adoption of more aesthetically pleasing and visually striking oriental action designs by the likes of "Breaking Bad" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", North American fans have apparently lost interest in this genre.

However, as the Firefly Group grew in size, Eric could no longer have enough energy to meddle in the production of all films, and it was inevitable to delegate production power to its studios. The three films in this summer's file, "Prison in the Air", "Finding Nemo" and "Tarzan Forest", strictly speaking, except for the initial project review, Eric did not interfere too much in the production. (To be continued.) )