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The four women chatted enthusiastically about some of the latest fashion topics, and Eric listened with interest, interjecting occasionally. After a while, Erin Lauder turned her attention to Eric again and smiled, "Eric, isn't it boring to listen to us women talk about these topics?"

"No, I'm very interested in everything I'm not familiar with, and that can be a lot of inspiration. ”

Erin Lauder thought Eric was polite: "Really?"

"Of course it's true," it was Cindy who replied, and the girl glanced at Eric before continuing to Erin Lauder, "Otherwise, where do you think he got all these ideas for movies?" Erin, maybe one day, you'll suddenly find yourself in a movie about what you said tonight. ”

Erin Lauder believed it and joked, "Oh, then I'll have to be careful." ”

Delphine Arnault also said at this time: "Eric, in that case, do you have any inspiration now?"

Eric does often trigger memories in his mind because of some things, but he didn't expect Cindy to be keenly aware of this, and I think many people around him think so too.

However, it couldn't be better.

Thinking so, Eric shook his head and said with a smile: "There is no inspiration now, you know, in front of beautiful women, men's thinking is relatively slow, let alone four beautiful women." ”

While he was laughing, William Hearst III came over with a guest, but it was Warren Buffett.

Eric now has a headache when he sees Buffett, and the old man will call him twice in the last three days to ask about the Clover Fund.

"Eric, while we all know that you are very popular with the ladies, you can't completely ignore us old men," William Hearst III joked with Eric as he approached, gesturing to his side, "Warren happens to be in New York too, and I don't think I need to introduce you." ”

"Of course," Eric nodded, "but, William, you're not an old man at all. ”

Although I didn't pay much attention to William Hirst III's age, just looking at his appearance, he would never be more than fifty years old, and he was in the prime of life.

William Hearst III smiled heartily, patted Eric on the shoulder affectionately, and said, "Well, you and Warren talk first." ”

The women who also stood up as William Hearst III came over heard this, and knew that Buffett and Eric had something to talk about, and they all politely walked away.

Warren Buffett has also been haunted by a sense of loss of control lately.

Ever since I looked at Clover's portfolio of technology stocks last year, Warren Buffett, who is very sensitive to numbers and has an amazing memory, has kept that series of data firmly in his mind.

As the technology stock market continues to explode, Warren Buffett, who can easily calculate the total value of technology stocks held by Clover funds, is becoming more and more frightened. You know, according to his conservative character, when the Nasdaq index is close to 3,000 points, he will definitely liquidate all these technology stocks that have achieved far more than expected returns, and then sit back and watch the situation.

Now, although Berkshire Hathaway has only 5% of the Firefly Group, the total value of Clover's technology stocks is so large that Buffett is a little nervous at the thought that Berkshire Hathaway's potential dividend of more than $1 billion will be wiped out every time he wakes up.

What made him even more helpless was that during this time, Eric was more and more reluctant to reveal anything about the Clover Fund to him.

Instead of sitting down at the table and chair just now with Eric's invitation, Buffett pulled him towards the window, and cautiously glanced around before he whispered: "Eric, about the Clover Fund, I only want to ask you one question now, give me an answer, I promise not to ask again in the future, okay?"

Eric, of course, knew what Buffett wanted to know, shook his head and said, "Warren, if someone wants to know the trading hours of Berkshire Hathaway's stocks, will you tell them?"

The answer is obvious, Warren Buffett has always been tight-lipped about any investment by Berkshire Hathaway.

In order to avoid the target taking advantage of Berkshire Hathaway's reputation to sell, Buffett often gives the target a very short time of maybe only an hour or two to consider after applying for a trade, and either agree or give up.

Eric's attitude was still resolute, and Buffett was obviously not reconciled, and said: "Eric, just one point, tell me, have you started selling?"

"Warren, do you want me to lie to you?"

"Eric, I wish you knew what you're doing. And again, I have to warn you not to be too greedy, you don't have to take any risks now. ”

"Of course, though, Warren, I still say the same thing as before, if you really need money, I can buy back Berkshire Hathaway's shares in the Firefly Group at any time. ”

For a moment, Buffett really wanted to say yes.

However, this thought was only fleeting, and the old man shook his head again.

Berkshire Hathaway has never been a speculative investment company, and Buffett's investment philosophy has always been to earn income through long-term holding.

In the past two years, although the outside world generally believes that the development of Firefly Group has entered a bottleneck, Warren Buffett clearly understands that even if not to mention a series of high-quality assets and stable and lucrative profitability under Firefly Group, it is only the Firefly Studios Park Plan, the '4200' plan and the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan that Firefly Group is promoting.

What's more, he also learned that in the future, Firefly Group is likely to further expand the cable operator business, and if this plan can be implemented, the scale of Firefly Group is likely to directly achieve a leap forward.

With such a dominant media company in Hollywood and at the same time vibrant, how could Berkshire Hathaway give up.

Eric and Buffett were in a bit of silence when a hearty voice rang out: "Hey, Warren, I heard you're here, oh, and I've been looking forward to meeting you." ”

The two turned around, and Buffett shook hands with the middle-aged man who walked over, and introduced to Eric with a smile on his back as usual: "Eric, this is Henry Paulson, CEO of Goldman Sachs. ”

Eric smiled and stretched out his hand to the somewhat balding middle-aged man in front of him, "Hello, Mr. Paulson. ”

Henry Paulson shook Eric hard and said, "Eric, you can call me Henry." ”

Eric nodded, but he couldn't help but collect information about Henry Paulson in his memory, and the first thing he thought of was another Paulson, John Paulson, who became famous in the subprime mortgage crisis. However, in hindsight, it appears that Henry Paulson served as US Treasury Secretary at the same time as the subprime mortgage crisis.

After saying hello and exchanging a few words with Warren Buffett, Henry Paulson turned to Eric and said, "Eric, Goldman Sachs is planning an IPO recently, are you interested in investing?"

Eric shook his head without much thought, "I'm sorry, Henry, I don't know much about this. ”

Eric also recently heard the news that Goldman Sachs is about to go public, and the well-known Wall Street investment bank that has been on the stock market for 130 years plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange in May and officially become a public company.

There is no doubt that Wall Street and Hollywood are both nuggets that can make people famous overnight, and the best shortcut to the realization of the American dream.

In the first few years of his rebirth, Eric still longed for Wall Street because of many memories of the past.

But now, his attitude towards Wall Street is absolutely respectful, because Wall Street is basically a group of wolves that will do whatever it takes to pursue profits, without rules and without a position, if you are not a strong enough tiger yourself, then the collaborators just now may become the meal of this group of wolves in the blink of an eye.

Speaking of which, participating in the IPO of Goldman Sachs is definitely a good deal, but doing so will undoubtedly cause unnecessary speculation on Wall Street, especially Morgan Stanley.

The Firefly system has always maintained a fairly good relationship with Morgan Stanley. Although this fundamental relationship is still based on interests, as long as Morgan Stanley does not take the lead in doing anything out of the ordinary, Eric does not mind maintaining this good relationship, after all, the Firefly system will focus more and more on industry in the future, and it will not be used on Wall Street too often.

"It's okay," said Henry Paulson, still smiling, "Still, Eric, I hope you'll think about it." ”

Eric nodded, "Of course." ”

"In addition," Henry Paulson lowered his smile slightly, staring at Eric with a fierce gaze, but his tone was still very casual, "Eric, I heard that Firefly Electronics has just implemented an equity incentive plan recently?"

Eric was keenly aware of some subtle shift in Henry Paulson's mood, but he only nodded slightly.

Realizing that the young man in front of him was not in the slightest deterred by the pressure he had unleashed, Henry Paulson was a little disappointed, but he took it for granted, and continued: "That's the case, Eric, does Firefly Electronics have any intention of going public?"

"Not yet," Eric shook his head and said, "Firefly Electronics is not short of funds at the moment. ”

"Eric, you must know that most companies go public, in fact, there is no shortage of funds, just like Goldman Sachs," Henry Paulson suddenly changed his joking tone, "Seriously, I don't approve of Goldman Sachs going public, but if Goldman Sachs continues to insist on private ownership, my bunnies who expect their stocks to increase exponentially will have to turn against the company." Sometimes, even if we don't expect more wealth ourselves, we have to be careful about the feelings of others. ”

Eric listened to Henry Paulson's words, nodding quietly on the surface, but suddenly in his heart. After all, he was not as stunned as he appeared to be twenty-eight years old, and Henry Paulson hinted so clearly that he could not feel it.

In the end, there are still people who can't get used to him, a 'half-grown boy' holding a lot of gold.

With a wealth of more than $300 billion, it's too eye-catching after all.

Not to mention other companies in the Firefly system, but Firefly Electronics, from its inception to the present, in just a few years, it has achieved an annual profit of nearly $1 billion, which can not make too many people envious.

After all, if it is only a profit ranking, there will definitely not be more than 100 companies in North America that can reach the level of 1 billion yuan in annual profits, not to mention, with the market expansion speed of Firefly electronic digital music players, the potential of this company is far from being fully realized.

After Henry Paulson finished speaking, his gaze continued to stare at Eric for a moment, then he smiled and raised his glass to Warren Buffett, who had obvious surprise in his eyes, and turned away.

Waiting for Henry Paulson to go away, Buffett hesitated for a moment, but still whispered: "Eric, in fact, it is also a good choice to let Firefly Electronics go public, you know, your company is ......" Speaking of this, Buffett pondered for a moment before continuing: "Your company is still facing great antitrust risks." ”

The company's listing and antitrust risks, which obviously do not have much causal relationship.

Warren Buffett said this, and the meaning of waking up is already very obvious.

Eric was also a little surprised that Buffett would take the initiative to remind himself, smiled and nodded, and said, "Thank you, Warren, I understand." ”

Buffett looked at Eric with a scrutinizing expression, nodded slightly, and said, "In that case, come with me to meet a few old friends." Eric, even if you don't like it, you should attend more of these parties. For people like us, it's always good to get to know more people. ”

Then, until the party was over, and Cindy returned to Cindy's apartment on 75th Street with the two women, Eric was somewhat silent.

Sending the two women to rest first, Eric went into the study that Cindy had carefully prepared for him alone.

I don't know how long it took, the door of the study was gently knocked, and Eric, who was holding a mouse with headphones and a headset, looked up and saw Cindy in pajamas appearing at the door, smiling and nodding at the woman.

Cindy walks in and glances at the computer screen, only to find Eric playing a gunplay game.

"It's sad that both of us are not even as attractive as computer games right now. ”

Grumbling half-truthfully, Cindy leaned over affectionately and sat down on Eric's lap.

"Linda slept?"

"yes, haven't you noticed the time?"

Eric glanced sideways at the time in the lower right corner of the computer screen and saw that it was past two o'clock in the morning. Take off the headphones and throw them aside, reach out and put your arms around the woman, and hold her body up to face you.

The leather chair under her was very wide, but because of the blocking of the armrests, Cindy could only barely sit on Eric's top of her in a slightly strange kneeling position, supporting the man's shoulders with both hands, feeling a pair of large hands slide down the sides of her waist, lifting the hem of the nightdress, lifting it up, so she raised her hand cooperatively.

Allowing the man to invade his body recklessly, panting slightly, after a while, Cindy put her arms around the man's neck and said softly, "Eric, do you have something on your mind?"

Eric paused, nodded slightly, and said, "Speaking of which, what's the matter with that Patti Hirst you mentioned at the party, tell me about it?"

"Are you still thinking about other people's little girls?" Cindy counted in dissatisfaction, knowing that the man was changing the subject, but still said softly, "That should have happened in 1974." ”