Joanna didn't react as much as Virginia, and said with a smile: "If you're not afraid that the children will complain that you mess with their names in the future, it's better to call them Hawaii." ”

"It's better than calling Kevin or Angie or something, and growing up to find a lot of people with the same name around you?"

Virginia saw that Joanna agreed so easily, and suddenly had a sense of loss that the toy she didn't like very much had just been thrown away, and was taken away by others like a baby, and pulled Eric's sleeve: "Eric, there is more, there is another one." ”

Eric thought for a moment and shook his head: "No, the two names you just gave were just for the little guy in your belly, and Joan's was called Hawaii." ”

"Forehead ......"

Virginia opened her mouth in dissatisfaction, but couldn't speak, and Joanna laughed softly.

……

The news that Joanna suddenly fainted during the filming of the movie has attracted a lot of media attention, and then the spokesperson of Joanna's agency ICM suddenly announced that Joanna quit the crew due to illness, but did not say what kind of illness Joanna had, so it caused all kinds of speculation.

In this case, the news of Virginia's withdrawal from another film of Carlock Film Company was also dug up by the paparazzi almost at the same time, and the relationship between the two women's girlfriends was not a secret in the circle, and the sensitive media immediately realized that there was some kind of unknown insider story in it, so a large number of paparazzi began to hear about it.

Universal Pictures was naturally tight-lipped about Joanna's resignation, and Michael Eisner called after learning that Eric was hurrying back to New York. Naturally, Eric had to take the initiative to owe this favor.

As for Karlock. This film company, which is backed by German investors, is because of Germany's special film tax rebate policy. has always been wealthy, known for making large-investment movies, and likes to cooperate with internationally renowned stars such as Schwarzenegger and Stallone, the first movie "Terminator 2" with an investment of more than 100 million yuan in the original time and space is the work of Carlock Film Company. However, the Germans only wanted to make money from the movie, and did not want to offend the Hollywood landlords, and after promising some cooperation conditions, Eric did not even spend a penny of liquidated damages. He took Virginia's contract back.

After dealing with these things, Eric planned to take the two girls back to Los Angeles, the temperature in New York at the end of September has dropped to below 20 degrees, and Southampton, which is located in the suburbs of New York, is also colder, not too suitable for pregnant women, but Virginia doesn't know what to think, but she is reluctant to go back to Los Angeles, Eric has no choice but to stay temporarily, in order to prevent the paparazzi from finding Virginia's residence, Eric had to temporarily rent a mansion in nearby East Hampton. Moved over with two women.

Eric returned to New York for three days because of good secrecy. The news has not been revealed, but it is impossible for Eric to hide it from those close to him, especially Chris Hansen, who has been living in New York.

"Eric, didn't Chris say come at twelve, it's been five minutes now, would you like to call and ask?" Virginia poked her head out of the kitchen and shouted to Eric.

Eric glanced at his watch and said, "Don't worry, something may have happened, and besides, you don't want to make trouble in the kitchen, right?"

"I'm afraid their food isn't to your taste," Virginia glanced at Eric, then turned and walked into the kitchen, commanding the cook.

Although Eric said this, he also felt a little strange, Chris has always been a very punctual person, and he will not be late for no reason. After thinking about it, Eric picked up the remote control and turned off the TV, got up and walked out of the villa. Joanna, who was sitting in the hallway reading a book, saw Eric come out and looked this way, Eric pointed to the door, picked up a pair of sunglasses, and walked out.

East Hampton, located at the easternmost tip of Long Island, is home to more of the richest than Southampton, and Spielberg owns a five-hectare estate called Rosewood Farm. However, wealthy people who buy property in East Hampton are usually just looking to escape the heat because of the pleasant summer weather. It's Mid-Autumn now, and most of the migratory bird-like residents have returned to more habitable accommodations, so the town is a bit deserted and empty.

As soon as Eric walked out of the door, he saw Chris driving up in a white BMW with his girlfriend Emily Brighton in the passenger seat.

The two of them also saw Eric, slowed down and greeted him before driving the car into the yard.

After handing the gift to the servant, Chris said apologetically, "Eric, I'm really sorry, I'm late, I just happened to meet an acquaintance on the way, and I had to get out of the car to say hello." ”

Eric hugged Chris and Emily before saying, "It's okay, it's not a serious date, but I'm curious about who can make you stop and say hello." ”

Chris smiled, and greeted Virginia and Joanna who came over one by one, before saying to Eric: "I remember when we first met, didn't you say that the wolf of Wall Street, just now that guy is the standard wolf of Wall Street, a master of playing capital operation, and I only cooperated with him for a while because of a single business when I was at Morgan Stanley." This man doesn't have a good reputation with investors, but I admire his capital management methods. ”

"Oh, I'm more curious now, what's his name, have I heard of it?"

"Ron Pereman," Chris said by name, "I don't think you have heard of it." ”

Eric was about to nod his head when Chris continued, "However, one of the companies he recently runs has some ties to Hollywood, Marvel Entertainment Group, which mainly deals in comic book publishing, as well as toy making and animation companies. ”

When Eric heard the name, he suddenly raised his eyebrows, and subconsciously stopped: "Marvel comics, of course I've heard of this company." ”

"Not Marvel Comics, Marvel Entertainment Group is the parent company of Marvel Comics. ”

"Alright. Don't talk about these things, okay? Get on in. It's time to eat," Virginia quickly reminded when she saw that the two men seemed to be standing outside the door and chatting.

"Okay, let's go inside," Eric gestured to Chris, but said, "Tell me about the company later, I'm very curious." ”

"No problem," Chris said, "but I have another surprise for you." Well, okay, let's eat first. ”

The group walked into the dining room laughing, the servants had already set the food on the table, Eric personally brought Chris and Emily red wine, poured some more for himself, and put the bottle aside, and the two women drank the juice very intuitively.

Seeing this scene, Emily Brighton raised her eyebrows lightly and glanced at her boyfriend. Some want to say and stop.

"They're pregnant, they can't drink. Eric noticed Emily's expression and took the initiative to explain that he had never thought of denying his children, and of course there was no need to hide it from his relatives and friends.

"Actually, you can drink a little," Emily was a little surprised at Eric's calmness, and then said with a casual smile, but quickly shook her head: "However, it's better not to drink." ”

Eric also smiled and said to Chris, "By the way, Chris, can you tell me about the Amazing Entertainment Group just now?"

Although the two don't see each other often, Chris is still very familiar with Eric: "Are you interested in this company?"

"Surely, you should have seen the success of DC's Batman series, right?"

"This 'Batman Returns' sucks to me, I'm a fan of DC Comics," Chris shook his head regretfully, but quickly got to the point: "If you want to win Marvel Entertainment, now is not a good time, didn't I just say that Ron Pereman is a master of playing with capital, he made his fortune by buying companies and selling them, just like you portrayed Edward in Pretty Woman." I remember that Ron Perreman spent $80 million to buy most of the assets of Marvel Entertainment Group three years ago, but he didn't buy these for business, and besides, Marvel Entertainment's business has been declining in the past few years, but guess how much money Ron Pereman has made from Marvel Entertainment in recent years?"

After Chris finished speaking, Virginia couldn't help it: "I bought it for 80 million, and I have to earn at least half of it, right?"

"You're underestimating these Wall Street wolves," Chris smiled and looked at the crowd, "Guess again." ”

Joanna smiled reservedly, apparently she didn't know anything about it, and she didn't mean to guess.

Emily, who was sitting next to Chris, thought for a moment and said, "With those Wall Street tycoons as the proportion of return on investment, I think that in three years, the profit of 30% per year should be doubled, about 80 million to 100 million." ”

"No, it's still too conservative, Eric, what do you think?" Chris looked at Eric again.

Eric shrugged, "I don't care, he definitely doesn't make as much as I do anyway." ”

"Forehead ......"

"Hehe......" Seeing Chris's expression as if he was choking, the three women laughed at the same time.

Chris also laughed and said: "This is different, the opportunities brought by the Gulf War are impossible for many people to encounter in a lifetime, and most of this depends on luck, but people are the real strength." ”

"Alright, Chris, stop going around the bush and reveal the mystery to everyone. ”

Chris nodded and said, "Five hundred million dollars." ”

"Wouldn't it, so much?" Emily couldn't help but be surprised.

"Really, it's a number that's been made public," Chris said firmly.

Eric was also curious: "Didn't you just say that Marvel Entertainment's business has been losing money, so how did he make it?"

"In the past three years, Ron Perreman has cashed out at least $500 million from the capital market through the issuance of bonds using the assets of Marvel Entertainment Group as collateral. ”

"How could anyone be so stupid as to buy the bonds of a company worth only $80 million and buy 500 million?"

That's why I said that Ron Pereman is the real wolf of Wall Street, and he sold all the corporate bonds worth $500 million with his superb capital operation methods. These bonds are now all classified as the lowest tier of junk bonds, and if they expire and Marvel fails to repay them on time, the company could go bankrupt and reorganize at any time, while Ron Pereman has been given $500 million to spend on other businesses. ”

Joanna couldn't help but interject softly at this time: "This should be illegal, right?"

Chris smiled, just made a look you know, and Emily took the initiative to explain: "If you dig deeper, it should indeed be illegal, but I haven't seen a few Wall Street tycoons who have been put in jail between bankruptcies, and as long as they don't follow them, the law basically doesn't have much effect on these people." I think even if he were to be sued by the bondholders in the future, the compensation he would pay would be a fraction of the $500 million in profits. ”

Chris hummed in agreement, and then said to Eric: "So, Eric, if you want to take down the Marvel Entertainment Group, now is not a good time, as long as you have this idea now, and Ron Pereman finds out, then you just wait to be the wrongdoer." ”

"And when do you think I should sell if I want to buy Marvel Entertainment?" asked Eric.

Chris thought for a moment and said, "Now the value of Marvel Entertainment Group has basically been squeezed out by Ron Pereman, I think in two years at most, he will treat this company as an outcast, if you are really interested, I can help you gather some information, and then we will wait for the right time before making a move." ”

"Then you should do it as soon as possible, Chris, and make this a very important thing," Eric said solemnly, "I have also seen some of the comics of Surprise, they have a lot more popular comic book characters than DC, and I think the value of this company is definitely much higher than I thought." ”

Chris stopped his movements and looked at Eric, "So, are you really planning to buy this company?"

"Of course, I'm serious. ”

"Alright then, I'll take this to heart. Chris nodded, and everyone immediately changed the subject, because of Eric's calmness, everyone did not shy away from the pregnancy of the two women, and Eric also asked Chris and Emily when they planned to get married.

"It depends on what she means, but my dad came to New York last time and hoped we could at least get engaged first," Chris was a little helpless when he heard this question, and Emily hung her head a little uncharacteristically this time, seeming a little embarrassed. (To be continued......)