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The two chatted for a while, listening to Larry Ellison's brilliant picture of the bright future after the acquisition of Apple, Eric suddenly thought of another thing, and said, "Larry, there seems to be a very important issue here, you want to buy Apple and leave it to Steve, but does he agree?"

Larry Ellison was stunned and wondered, "Of course Steve would agree, why would he disagree?"

Eric shrugged, "As Steve's best friend, you must know his personality better than I do, and I happen to know about his house in Woodside, and I think maybe Steve would have preferred to see the Apple disappear like that house." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

The anecdote about Jobs' house in Woodside, San Francisco, was heard by Eric by chance, and it happened to reflect the paranoid and aloofness of Jobs's personality.

After becoming a billionaire by founding Apple, Jobs bought a mansion in Woodside, he was dissatisfied with the style of the villa in the mansion and wanted to demolish and rebuild it, but because the villa built at the end of the 19th century was recognized by the Woodside government as having high historical value, Jobs's application for demolition and reconstruction was not approved. So Jobs took a very extreme approach, he opened all the doors and windows of the house, completely left it in the sun and rain all year round without any maintenance, and a few years later, the dilapidated villa was deemed to be in disrepair, and Jobs was able to do so.

Larry Ellison obviously knew about this as well, and he immediately shook his head and said, "Eric, these are completely different things, I know Steve, no one cares more about Apple than him, as long as I buy this company, he will definitely come back." ”

"Well," Eric said, "if you can get a definite answer from Jobs, maybe I can consider a sum of money." ”

If Firefly Electronics doesn't have strong enough competitors at all, slacking off is almost inevitable, or, let's just think of a dog biting a rabbit, in the case of Firefly Electronics taking the lead, Eric is quite expecting Jobs to continue to toss something that changes the world.

Despite Eric's promise, Larry Ellison was still a little impatient and asked, "Eric, how much money can you probably contribute?"

The funds invested by the Firefly Group and Firefly have actually been planned, and Eric remembered the $300 million invested in the foreign exchange market in Southeast Asia, and said: "With such a sum of money, I plan to buy a Boeing 777 in the near future, and there will be some leftover at that time." ”

Larry Ellison was obviously very familiar with private jets, and hurriedly said: "Eric, you seem to have made a mistake, if you place an order now, you will actually only need to pay a deposit, and you will not need to pay the full amount until the plane is delivered in two or three years, so you should have at least $300 million now, right?"

Eric had forgotten this, private jets were different from luxury cars that could be picked up at any time, while large Boeing planes took several years from order to delivery.

"In that case," Eric sorted it out, continued, "maybe six hundred million dollars by then." ”

"Wow!"

Larry Ellison sighed, looking Eric up and down with a gaze he hadn't used in years.

Although he is worth tens of billions, most of the time the funds in his hands that can be at his disposal are only tens of millions of dollars. Larry Ellison originally thought that this year's Forbes rich list overestimated Eric's net worth, but at this time, he couldn't help but dispel the original doubts in his heart. Perhaps, Eric is the only guy in this world who can casually come up with $600 million in cash.

Eric quickly poured another glass of cold water on Larry Ellison and said, "But, Larry, I'm sure I'm not going to invest all this money in Apple." ”

Larry Ellison nodded immediately, his original idea was just to use Eric's excellent investment vision in the IT field as a gimmick, as long as he could get a symbolic amount of money from him, it would be much easier to raise funds from other investment companies under Eric's banner. With a one-time pull of $600 million, Larry Ellison simply wouldn't have the luxury of expecting such a good thing.

"So, Eric, if you're willing to come up with $300 million, I'll make sure to raise all the money within three months. "Larry Ellison had hoped for $50 million, and if it was less, Eric wouldn't have been able to exert his influence. But at this time, the amount is naturally increased, and the larger the proportion of funds invested by Eric, the higher the possibility of other investment companies following up.

Having decided to get involved, Eric was reluctant to be just an inconsequential minority shareholder. Apple's current market capitalization is $2 billion, and if it launches a wholly-owned acquisition, it will definitely have to pay a certain premium, but $300 million can guarantee that Eric's shareholding is more than 10%.

"Okay, it's $300 million," Eric added, nodding, "Also, don't forget the premise I just said, if Jobs doesn't want to come back, forget it." ”

"Of course," Larry Ellison said, grinning and raising his glass to Eric, "Well, I wish us all the best in advance." ”

Eric also smiled and touched the glass with Larry Ellison, watching the other person tilt his head and drink it all, only to take a small sip of cooperation.

Putting down the empty glass, Larry Ellison stopped talking about Apple, and instead said, "Eric, do you want to go to the casino and have a few games?"

Eric gestured to the two girls on the dance floor and said, "Forget it this time." ”

Larry Ellison looked at the two girls and said, "It's okay, take them with you, I guess no one will keep you, the richest man in the world, out of the door." ”

Noticing Eric's gesture, Miranda and Christina thought that Eric was summoning them again, so they immediately gave up dancing and walked over, and Larry Ellison's female companion appeared next to him.

Eric put his arm around Christina's waist and half-jokingly said, "Actually, Larry, I'm a person who is very afraid of losing, so I try to avoid casinos and things like that." ”

"Haha, well, in that case, Arnouk and I will go play first," Larry Ellison made another phone gesture, hugged his female companion, and said, "If there's anything, call me anytime." ”

The two sides had already had contact details for a long time, and Eric smiled and nodded. Seeing Larry Ellison leave, Eric withdrew his gaze and saw Miranda sitting on a high stool next to the bar, skillfully gesturing to the bartender for a cocktail, the other party just glanced at her, his eyes swept over Eric, he didn't say anything, and quietly quickly mixed a glass of wine and sent it over.

Seeing Eric staring at her, Miranda took a small sip of the cup and smacked her lips, then pushed the cup over and said with a smile: "Eric, actually, I ordered it for you." ”

Eric ignored Miranda's arguments, and Niko's whole face was flushed, apparently more than just a drink. Looking up at my watch, it was already ten o'clock when the magic show ended, and after chatting with Larry Ellison for so long, it was close to eleven o'clock.

"It's eleven o'clock soon, are you tired, do you want to go back and rest?"

Christina didn't care, but Miranda said, "Eric, I'd like to go to the casino." The girl apparently heard the conversation between Eric and Larry Ellison just now, and added, "Let's just see, don't gamble, okay?"

Eric shook his head directly, with a resolute attitude: "It's not good at all. ”

Miranda pouted, and soon her eyes lit up again, and she leaned over and shook Eric's arm: "Eric, why don't we go to the late-night show, I just heard them talk." ”

"What's the late-night show?" Eric asked subconsciously, but quickly understood, and knocked on Miranda's head with a smile, "Is that something you can see?"

Miranda hurriedly shook her head: "No, it's not, I heard them say that it's a stage show, it seems to be called, it's called ......"

Miranda tilted her head, forgetting her words for a while, and Christina on the other side continued: "Helen's-Face is the story of Helen in the Battle of Troy. ”

Eric hadn't heard of such a stage play, and thought that maybe it was exclusive to Caesars Palace, after all, this hotel is characterized by ancient Greek and Roman style. Seeing that the two girls looked curious and expectant, Eric no longer refused, and called the private butler of his suite.

In less than five minutes, the apartment's personal butler appeared and led the three Eric out of the party to another smaller theater in Caesars Palace, which was even more luxuriously decorated.

The performance began at eleven o'clock, and the three of Eric arranged a box and served snacks and drinks, and the personal butler, who was about forty years old, left quietly.

However, Eric had just sat down on the couch in the box, and just glanced at the lit stage, and suddenly realized that this was clearly still a 'kind' show, and that it was definitely much bigger than a normal strip club.

The lights in the theater soon dimmed.

After the brief announcement, the music sounded, and when a group of gorgeous girls wearing only dark bottoms appeared on the stage, Miranda and Christina, who were looking forward to the performance of the 'stage play', both exclaimed slightly.

Looking at the drunken scene on the stage, Eric also suddenly remembered a movie in his memory, Dutch director Paul Verhoeven's "The Glamorous Girl", which was rated NC-17, but the glamorous stage performance in that film is obviously still not comparable to the more extravagant performance of Caesars Palace in front of him.

It seems that "The Glamorous Girl" in the original time and space was filmed in 1995, but now it is 1997, and Eric has not heard about this film again, it seems that it is a side effect of the butterfly effect, but the film that almost directly led to the bankruptcy of Carlock Films really has no need to exist.

Smiling and reaching out to cover Miranda's eyes, Eric said, "Okay, are you satisfied?"

The exclamation of the two girls just now may have been just out of the shyness of female instinct, after all, if you don't react on this occasion, it will definitely not be 'dignified' enough.

Pulling Eric's hand away, Miranda looked curiously at the performance on the stage, this is a court scene, the story is indeed based on the story of the Battle of Troy in Greek mythology, but the scantily clad performers on the stage obviously can't make anyone focus on the plot.

After watching quietly for a while, Miranda finally leaned towards Eric, still looking at the stage with her eyes, and sighed, "Why, how can so many girls be willing to perform such a thing, too, too ......"

It was too much, but Miranda still didn't come up with any suitable adjectives.

Eric pinched the girl's face and said, "Do you think everyone is like you, living like a princess?"

"Hehe, I'm not a princess" Miranda quickly laughed again, tired of Eric, and said, "Eric, can I be your Helen?"

Eric smiled and nodded, "Of course, but there is more than one Helen next to me." ”

"It's, it's so annoying," Miranda pouted again, "Aren't you going to coax girls well?"

"I'm good at coaxing with practical actions. ”

"Oh," Miranda grinned and reached over, grabbed a spot on Eric's body, and burst into laughter again, "Hehe, I'm sure of one thing now." ”

Eric pulled Miranda's hand away and smiled, "Don't make trouble." ”

……

…… Pulling Eric's hand away, Miranda looked curiously at the performance on the stage, this is a court scene, the story is indeed based on the story of the Battle of Troy in Greek mythology, but the scantily clad performers on the stage obviously can't make anyone focus on the plot.

After watching quietly for a while, Miranda finally leaned towards Eric, still looking at the stage with her eyes, and sighed, "Why, how can so many girls be willing to perform such a thing, too, too ......"

It was too much, but Miranda still didn't come up with any suitable adjectives.

Eric pinched the girl's face and said, "Do you think everyone is like you, living like a princess?"

"Hehe, I'm not a princess" Miranda quickly laughed again, tired of Eric, and said, "Eric, can I be your Helen?"

Eric smiled and nodded, "Of course, but there is more than one Helen next to me." ”

"It's, it's so annoying," Miranda pouted again, "Aren't you going to coax girls well?"

"I'm good at coaxing with practical actions. ”

"Oh," Miranda grinned and reached over, grabbed a spot on Eric's body, and burst into laughter again, "Hehe, I'm sure of one thing now." ”

Eric pulled Miranda's hand away and smiled, "Don't make trouble." (To be continued.) )