"The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King" exceeded 250 million in North America, and Daniel left Hollywood for the time being."

On the first day of 2004, the major media outlets were dominated by similar news, and Daniel officially announced the suspension of work on his personal MB, although this arrangement was already known, but it still sparked a lot of discussion on the day.

On the second day, Daniel left his Malibu mansion and flew to Martha's Vineyard.

Located in Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard is a well-known summer resort in the United States, where many Hollywood stars and social elites love to spend their summers.

However, the island's winters are relatively quiet, and Daniel's flight here has taken many people by surprise.

He had never come here for a vacation before, and he had never heard that he had ever bought a house here.

But it is obvious that Daniel, who decided to leave the Hollywood stage for a while, is no longer so cooperative with the media and the paparazzi, since his arrival on Massa Island, his whereabouts are no longer controlled, and the news, street photography, etc., which has always been in the media, has begun to become sporadic and sporadic in the media.

In the island's town of Oak Cliffs, the sound of the tide can be heard from hundreds of meters from the shore, and a row of small, secluded villas of different styles stand in the warm afterglow of the sunset.

This seaside fishing village has been overrun by holidaymakers, traditional fishing is no longer popular, and old fishing boats and gear are on display on the beach, perhaps the last memory of the town's history.

To the west, a third house, a fat black woman, came out of the yard with her husband in her arms.

They were Mr. Giffel and his wife.

The two are well respected in the gingerbread villa area, and Mr. Giffel is a doctor on the island, and he and his wife run a private hospital with a very high level of medical care, from senators to the island's original residents, who are willing to visit their hospital.

This time is the time for the Giffers to take a routine walk in the evening.

There was a creak as they reached the door of the sixth villa. The courtyard door was pushed open.

A young man in long-distance running gear walked out of it, wearing Nike's running shoes, sports long sleeves and long pants, and a fluorescent green sports watch on his wrist. Wearing a baseball cap.

"Mr. Sandler, went for a run?"

"Mr. Giffel, ma'am, it's a little late to-day, and a guest came yesterday."

"Oh. yes, I've baked a new flavor of macarons, so I'll bring them to you later. ”

"Thank you, the blueberry flavor was good last time, your craftsmanship is really good, Ressa is going to make some almond cakes today, you can take some back."

Mr. Giffel looked at Mrs. and Daniel with a smile. Sandler greets.

A few days ago, Daniel. Sandler moved into the villa, which had been vacant for several months, and Mrs. Giffel, a warm-hearted lady, took the small cakes she baked and gave them to her new neighbors. It turned out to be Hollywood star Daniel. Sandler, the most important thing on Massa Vineyard is celebrities, she is not surprised, but she is still very happy to meet the film actors she admires, so she often sends Daniel some snacks.

Although Daniel didn't mention not revealing his whereabouts, the well-mannered Jeffers kept the secret a secret, and in fact, it was not uncommon for the island's residents to meet a few celebrities. Of course, Daniel's level must still be able to make people feel fresh.

More than half of the residents of this villa complex are busy around the world at this time, only after June this year. will gather here one after another to come for a vacation, enjoy the sunshine and sea and quiet summer. Now, it's very quiet, even a little deserted.

Daniel arrived here for a few days, and with the exception of Mr. and Mrs. Giffel, he met only Mr. Rosenwald and his granddaughter. Rosenwald was a respectable Jewish businessman, and his family had been engaged in large-scale philanthropic activities for more than a century, starting in Chicago. Mr. and Miss Rosenwald seemed very understanding, especially Miss Eliza, who liked "The Pianist" very much, and was very interested in Daniel, knowing that he was on a long vacation and was about to go to college.

So far, the news of Daniel's residence here has not been spread, and he has been able to spend his holidays here quietly.

He runs for an hour on Vess Beach every morning and evening, and despite the suspension of his fitness training, it is still very necessary to maintain his strength and shape, and after the run, he will go to the villa, where Deshar has taken a long vacation, and now he is preparing three meals for him, and the Grammy winner Carly. Simon introduced him to a cook named Ressa, who is very good at cooking seafood and bakes a lot of small snacks.

Every time Mrs. Giffel brought something over, Ressa would bake some in return.

After breakfast, Daniel began to deal with daily affairs, he didn't have to attend events, he didn't have to participate in film shoots, but that didn't mean he didn't have to work. After lunch, take a short break, go to the woods in the afternoon to paint or read a book on the balcony, and listen to various work reports in the evening.

When he first arrived here, Google officially injected 120 million into MB, and Plutos Investment Company injected 280 million according to the equity ratio.

Larry. Paige's call went straight to Daniel's phone, but nothing was said.

This is the most interesting part, in order to reduce the resistance of MB injection, and to find an excuse for its own behavior of wanting to occupy more MB shares with its financial advantage, it has always said in a high-sounding manner that Google's capital injection is just to allow MB to adopt a more beneficial business mode in the long run under less profit pressure.

This is, of course, irrefutable.

But everyone seems to know that after Google's 120 million injection, Daniel or Plutos needs to inject 280 million to keep the shares unchanged, obviously, Google doesn't think Daniel has so much liquidity in his hands, he has inquired that DD Pictures is entering a large-scale expansion, several projects are starting at the same time, Daniel spent 200 million to promote the rapid development of DD Pictures, so that Daniel's money is even more tight.

Unexpectedly, when Google was worried about long nights and dreams, and quickly launched a plan to inject capital into MB, Plutos also formulated a funding plan, this money is not in place in one step, but synchronized with Google - Raymond's billions, because Daniel has determined the purpose, he has not made industrial investment, but has chosen some investment methods that can be recovered at any time, and the yield is slightly lower.

On the third day of the new year, Google paid the first injection of 30 million to MB, and Plutos immediately injected 70 million US dollars, and MB suddenly received 100 million in liquidity.

Larry. Paige's phone call came straight over, and after saying the specifics, it was like being choked by the throat.

Protos's funding plan was made for Google, and the bright 280 million hung there, and Daniel's swift action made Google almost suspect that the other party's capital reserves even exceeded its own, and Google's annual profit was only less than 300 million, and the liquidity that could be used was indeed not as much as Plutos.

Google was like getting a hard slap in the head.

Only then did I know that in the previous negotiations, Daniel's biggest bargaining chip was not of that much value at all, and many of Google's concessions seemed ridiculous.

But Page couldn't scold Daniel on the phone, Google wanted to inject MB, but didn't explicitly say that it wanted to get more shares, and of course Daniel couldn't be blamed at this time.

Last night, Mark rushed over from Silicon Valley and said that Page, Sergey, and Schmidt had discussed for a long time, and although he had left Google, his network for many years was still there, and it was impossible to get the core secret. But gossip like this, without him having to ask, someone will send it to his ears.

The two chatted until the middle of the night, Mark was still sleeping, and Daniel's habit had been formed, although he was a little sleepy, he still insisted on going out for a run.

The weather was still very cold, and after 20 minutes of running, Daniel's body was still warm, and by the time he finished running for an hour, he was already sweating.

When I turned around, I met Eliza on a bicycle. Rosenwald, dressed in a down jacket with a woolen hat and gloves, staggered.

She is 12 years old and came here to accompany her grandfather and learn to ride a bicycle by the way.

Yes, Eliza doesn't ride a bike.

This surprised Daniel very much, the daughter of a big family like Rosenwalton, of course, does not have to ride a bicycle to travel, but cycling leisure is the way many people choose......

"You're almost there, Eliza."

Daniel stopped and greeted her.

Eliza's cheeks were flushed, and her eyes were shining, and she had been studying for almost 10 days, since Christmas.

"You're done running? Daniel, I think I'll be able to ride on the road tomorrow, and then I'll be able to ride out with Nina and the others. ”

The island was inhabited by a number of wealthy Jewish families, who of course had ties to each other.

"If you want to hit the road, you have to keep practicing." Daniel made a worried look, "Your grandfather will have to worry about going on the road like this." ”

After a few words, Eliza continued to practice her bike with great interest.

Daniel staggered past her, but before he could start, he heard an exclamation from behind.

Fortunately, he had just finished filming "Spy Shadows", his hands and feet were fast, his reaction was fast, he turned around and grabbed the back seat, so that Eliza did not fall to the ground.

However, the little girl's eyes were still wide with fright.

Daniel looked at her alone today, and thought that although she was a little shaky, at least she wouldn't fall, but she didn't expect that the level was still at this stage. (To be continued.) )

PS: The first update, my biological clock is ruined, you might as well watch it during the day tomorrow, don't stay up late.