After introducing the two ladies, Anthony Arnault naturally turned his attention to Paul Rowland. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Paul Rowland looked at Carmen Kaitz with vigilance and inquiry. He didn't expect that after just a moment of leaving, Carmen Cayce would have met the son of the owner of LVMH, and if it had been before, he would definitely be happy to see it. But now, if Carmen Kaith had something that he shouldn't have, it would be an absolute disaster for him.

God knows, WM has just survived a catastrophe.

Feeling Paul Rowland's gaze, Carmen Caess shrank her neck slightly, but she couldn't explain anything on this occasion.

Delphine Arnault, who had come with Paul Rolland, watched her brother solemnly introduce Carmen Cays to herself and others, but she only felt a little funny.

Of course, she would not lose face as her own brother in front of outsiders, but raised her hand to Paul Roland with a gentle expression, and introduced to Anthony Arnault: "This is Mr. Roland, he is the owner of Miss Cath's agency, and it just so happens that you and Miss Cays know each other again, which is really a coincidence." ”

Anthony Arnault remembered that Carmen Cayss had just said that she was waiting for her boss, and when she contacted the current situation, she suddenly understood the ins and outs of the matter, and an embarrassed expression appeared on her face again.

Hearing Delphine Arnault introduce herself, Paul Rowland withdrew the gaze that fell on Carmen Keys, smiled and shook hands with Anthony Arnault, although he wanted to fly back to New York with Carmen Keyes immediately, but he also knew that he must not be too rude at this time.

was teased by a pair of lilies just now, and at this time he was embarrassed again, Anthony Arnault was somewhat annoyed and angry in his heart, but he was not embarrassed to stay any longer, chatted with everyone casually, and then turned around and left.

After Anthony Arnault left, Paul Rolland relaxed, took Carmen Caiss to find a seat with Delphine Arnault and Caris Baker, and began to discuss Carmen Caes's endorsement of Dior's 'real me' perfume.

Although, as Gisele said, the 'true me' fragrance is only a new fragrance line, the future is not clear. But this was Delphine Arnault's first project after joining the family business, and Dior has spared no effort in this product in order to ensure as much success as possible.

Got the contract of Victoria's Secret Angel spokesperson, Carmen Cays is destined to become one of the fastest-rising supermodels in the fashion industry in the next few years, coupled with the image and temperament very suitable for the positioning of 'real me' perfume, the two sides quickly negotiated a preliminary cooperation intention.

After the matter was discussed, Delphine Arnault and Caris Baker said goodbye and left to entertain other guests, and Carmen Cayce had to whisper to Paul Rowland this time: "Otherwise, I, I will drop this endorsement." ”

Paul Rowland was stunned when he heard Carmen Keys's words, then shook his head and smiled: "No need, Carmen, you just need to know what you're doing." By the way, didn't you say thank you to Mr. Williams in the afternoon, I thought about it, the weekend is the Oscars, this is more difficult, but I'll see if I can help you get an invitation to the Vanity Fair party, so you have a reason to go to Los Angeles. ”

Carmen Keys's eyes flashed, she lowered her head slightly, and asked in a low voice, "What about him?"

"I don't know what Mr. Williams is thinking, so you can just go over there. Paul Rowland guessed her doubts, explained, and then smiled again: "Speaking of which, the media in North America is very lively today, you can buy a newspaper tomorrow morning and read it." ”

It turned out that he didn't say that he wanted to take the initiative to see himself.

I was a little lost, and when I heard Paul Rowland's words, I felt that I was going to write inexplicably, and I looked up.

Paul Rowland nodded, "Of course it's about Mr. Williams." ”

……

It's already night in Paris, and it's still daytime on both the east and west coasts of North America.

Today's North American media is indeed buzzing, because the new annual Forbes list of the world's richest people has finally been officially announced. Moreover, I don't know if it is to catch up with the trend, Forbes Group also chose to announce the 1999 Forbes rich list for the first time through the Internet situation.

Prior to this, a large number of media have made predictions for this year's list, but the authority that has been formed for a long time has made the attention of both the public and the media in North America focus on the data provided by Forbes.

There was hardly any suspense, and Eric's name still hung high at the top of the list.

Again, there is not much suspense, Eric became the first super-rich person to exceed $300 billion in personal wealth.

$315.5 billion.

That's the exact number that Forbes finally announced.

Among them, Forbes magazine's valuation of Firefly Group has only increased by $20 billion compared to last year to $120 billion, and Eric has gained a fortune of $88.5 billion by virtue of its 73.7% stake in Firefly Group.

In addition, the rest of Eric's net worth basically comes from the technology stock companies under Firefly Investment, and this asset alone is worth more than $200 billion.

Moreover, this time, Eric's personal net worth of $315.5 billion completely exceeds the sum of everyone else in the top 10 of the Forbes rich list.

Although due to the overall recovery of the North American and even the world economy, the assets of most of the richest people on the Forbes list have risen significantly this year, but after Eric, the total net worth of the nine richest people from the second to the tenth place is only $245 billion, which is completely behind Eric's personal net worth of $70 billion.

Last year, Eric's personal assets of $136.7 billion have already attracted the attention of the whole world. And this year, the wealth of more than 300 billion US dollars has completely made many people lose their imagination, and most ordinary people have completely failed to understand what it means to have a wealth of more than 300 billion US dollars.

However, in this confusion, there is naturally no shortage of sober or self-conscious cognitives.

"After a detailed investigation of the huge corporate assets controlled by the Firefly system, I felt a deep sense of fear. Because I seem to have seen a scene even more terrifying than the Rockefeller family's control of the federal energy industry by the United Oil Corporation. If it weren't for the Steve Case team leading the detachment of AOL, the Firefly system would almost have created a complete chain of interests in the Internet industry, which involves a complete set of equipment manufacturers, service providers and content providers in the Internet industry, and whether it is Cisco, AOL, or Yahoo, they all belong to the leaders with absolute leadership in the entire Internet industry, but Yahoo Network has controlled more than 70% of the market share of the most important portal platform in North America. ”

"Although AOL's secession has dealt a heavy blow to the Internet industry chain carefully built by the Firefly System, it has not stopped the frenzied expansion of the Firefly System, which also occupies the largest market share in North America, is the most important example of this. ”

At the same time, after the acquisition of Sony's film business, the Firefly system has also controlled four of the seven major Hollywood film companies, and the crazy encroachment on Hollywood media resources has also allowed the four major film companies controlled by the Firefly system to gain more and more film market share. Just last year, in the 7 billion US dollars of local box office in North America, the Firefly Group, MGM Group, and Fox Group of the Firefly system shared more than 4.5 billion US dollars at the box office, with a market share of nearly 65%. ”

"If you think that the strength of the firefly system is limited to these two aspects, you are very wrong. ”

In the process of research, the author also found that although Eric Williams's full-field layout of the Internet industry failed due to the separation of AOL, this magical young man who was really like an alien visitor was quietly making a subtle layout for another important field of science and technology, which is the mobile communications industry, and in this process, Eric Williams showed a forward-looking vision, even the author himself couldn't help but feel amazed. ”

Seven years ago, when digital communication technology was just emerging, Eric Williams spent a huge amount of money to buy a 51% stake in the mobile communications division of Nokia Group in Finland, achieving absolute control of the mobile communication equipment manufacturer. Moreover, Firefly Investment paid a measly $420 million for the 51% stake that year. Seven years later, Nokia Group has grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of mobile communications devices and handsets, with a market capitalization of more than $60 billion. ”

Near, five years ago, Eric Williams took another stake in another company that was very humble at the time, Qualcomm. ”

"This investment is even more like a stroke of genius when the author arrives. ”

"Because, when the world's major communication equipment manufacturers are still frantically competing for the second-generation digital communication technology patents, Qualcomm has unknowingly controlled thousands of third-generation digital communication technology patents, forming a patent barrier that the entire mobile communication industry can never cross if it wants to take a step forward. Here, if you are interested in reading, you can explore the difference between Qualcomm CDMA technology and the second-generation FDMA technology, and you can realize that what the author said is by no means exaggerated. Moreover, at this time, the entire mobile communications industry has obviously 'woken up'. According to the data provided by the Forbes list, last year, Qualcomm's market value was only $5.76 billion, and in just one year, Qualcomm's market value has skyrocketed to $28.6 billion in the process of Forbes magazine's statistics. ”

Although Sprint is the weakest of the three major telecom operators, Sprint is the weakest of the three major telecom operators, but it is not difficult to find that in the auction process of mobile communication licenses, Sprint spent a lot of money to get more photos than AT-T and Verizon combined. If you consider Eric Williams's layout of the mobile communications industry, then Firefly's investment in Sprint would be very reasonable. With Sprint Group's market capitalization at $56 billion, up more than 500% from three years ago, there's no doubt that Eric Williams is on the right side again, or, I don't even think, Eric Williams isn't betting at all, he seems to be able to see the future. ”

So, let's go back and look at Nokia, the manufacturer of mobile communications equipment, Qualcomm, the developer of mobile communication technology, and Sprint, the mobile network operator. The combination of the three is similar to Eric Williams's layout model for the Internet industry Cisco, AOL, and Yahoo. ”

"Although there is already a very serious bubble in the Nasdaq market, which is almost everyone's company, this market has completely departed from the scope of economic fundamentals at this time and has become a paradise for speculators. But I have to admit that the Internet, mobile communications, and the electronics industry, a series of new scientific and technological industries, will undoubtedly become a new economic field in the whole world in the new century that is no less than the oil industry in the early 20 th century. Therefore, I have to remind the federal government that we have reached a point where we need to be absolutely vigilant against the continued expansion of this terrifying firefly, otherwise the whole of North America, and indeed the whole world, will be overshadowed by this firefly for the next hundred years. ”

In the following days, with the release of the Forbes rich list, among a series of media articles discussing Eric's personal net worth, the report by Howard Glassman, a special commentator for the Washington Post, was undoubtedly one of the most reverberating.

Even Eric himself, after reading this article, had to be amazed by Howard Glassman's profound analysis of the industrial layout of the firefly system.

But after the amazement, approaching, it is a headache of all kinds of troubles.

While most people can't imagine what $300 billion means, the hatred of the rich in the hearts of ordinary people is almost a sentiment that the world will never go away, and at the same time, because of the fear of the monopoly oligopoly instinct, with the publication of the Washington Post article, more articles have been published calling on the federal government to limit the expansion of the Firefly system.

Eric gradually found that the accumulation of wealth is indeed not a difficult thing for him, and perhaps, for a long time in the future, how to protect the wealth he already has is a real test for him.

Of course, this storm has not only brought pressure to the firefly system, due to this article in the Washington Post, the entire firefly system involved in all listed companies, the stock price has risen very significantly, starting from March 15th, as of the end of the trading day on March 19th, in just one week, driven by the overall rise of firefly system technology stocks, the Nasdaq index has officially broken through the 3000 point mark.