Chapter 1023: Do charity
"I don't want your money," Elizabeth said very arrogantly, but she had to admit that Eric's personal wealth has already opened the world's richest group of people. .
At the beginning of the year, Forbes magazine's rich list of Eric's net worth has reached $136.7 billion.
Over the past six months, with the continued rise of the Nasdaq index, the shares of companies such as Cisco, AOL, Qualcomm and Sprint, which are mainly held by fireflies, have almost doubled. If the Nasdaq market does not collapse, Yahoo will successfully complete the listing, perhaps next year, Eric's personal life will reach a more jaw-dropping number.
From this point of view, the wealth in the hands of Drew is as much a share for Eric as a billionaire to support a millionaire. Of course, the ‘Millionaire’ that Eric has supported is still quite shocking for ordinary people.
Thinking about this, Elizabeth no longer raised the gimmick, and instead curiously asked: "Now everyone is guessing how you plan to spend the money. After 25% of the shares are sold, the tax is deducted. It is estimated that there are 8 billion. Dollar?"
The beautiful waitress in the restaurant came over and placed two bottles of mineral water and glasses next to him and Elizabeth, and was diligently taking the initiative to help Eric unscrew the bottle and pour the mineral water into the glass. Ke raised his hand to stop the other party's movements, put the glass back in the waitress's tray, sent the other party to leave, and then answered Elizabeth's question, saying: "I intend to kneel, there is no plan to spend it."
Elizabeth reached out and put the waitress on the coaster at Eric’s hand and swept it. There was a phone number on it, and the demonstration showed it to Eric. It was placed in front of him and pressed with a cup. "Does this is $8 billion. If you don't spend it as soon as possible, you can lose a lot of inflation every year. By the way, the current value of the stocks in the clover fund should be a huge sum?" ”
The waiters of several restaurants and bars on the big ship, both men and women, far exceed the rest of Los Angeles, for reasons not to mention.
Eric also didn't care about Elizabeth's little trick, saying: "The total value of the stocks on this Monday's report was $18.1 billion."
Elizabeth naturally knows that Eric has invested a lot of money in the Nasdaq market through the Shamrock Fund in the past few years. She and Julia have also invested in technology stocks under the guidance of Eric. However, she was really shocked when she heard the number reported by Eric.
"$18.1 billion, if you sell it now, count the firefly investment, do you have more than two billion dollars in cash. Oh, more than two billion dollars, are you still planning to squat?"
The Nasdaq index has just broken through 2000 points this month. Eric plans to stop selling the stock of the clover fund when it breaks through 3,000 points. By then, the value of this stock will at least double again. After paying taxes, the Clover Fund is still able to retain more than $30 billion in cash.
Seriously, this is much more than Eric imagined.
At this time next year, while continuing to sell AOL stocks, the firefly investment will certainly reduce the stocks of some other companies. By then, the entire firefly system will have a cash reserve of even $50 billion.
Looking at Elizabeth's frightened little appearance, Eric will not be a little bit broken, she said: "Of course, now the whole market is full of bubbles, even if you want to buy anything, I will only use the stock exchange merger. The way. When the bubble bursts, the fireflies will use the money, and the low buy is the true meaning of the investment. Moreover, the cash of one or two billion dollars is not as much as you think, after waiting for Cisco, Yahoo, Qualcomm, and Hollywood companies have all grown up, and the Firefly system’s annual profit share from these companies is likely to reach this number."
Elizabeth imagined the scene depicted by Eric, and snorted, saying, "With so much money, even if you have been investing, you can't finish it. What are you going to do?"
Eric said: "Be a charity, for the good future of mankind."
"Nonsence!"
"Amount, a little lady."
Elizabeth threw a white eye: "Whoever makes you nonsense."
Eric smiled and said: "Really, if I want to let my wealth go hand in hand, now I have to hurry and ‘do charity’.”
Elizabeth’s eyes flashed and seemed to be casually asking: “Who are you going to pass on your wealth to?”
"I haven't thought about it yet," Eric said honestly. "But it must be our child."
"Who wants to have children with you," Elizabeth said with a red face, and then realized that Eric’s ‘we’ was definitely not just him and himself, but I also stunned Eric.
Eric pretended not to feel Elizabeth's eyes and said: "This kind of thing is still too early to say, anyway, how much will our little guys get in the future, when I go to talk to God, where? I still manage so much."
What Elizabeth remembered, carefully looked around, then leaned over the small head and whispered, "Do you have a will now?"
"Yes," Eric nodded with a smile and said, "If I suddenly die, you can make a fortune."
Elizabeth certainly heard the subtext of Eric’s words, and the blush that had to be dissipated on her face gathered again and sat up straight, saying: “Don’t you be afraid of me seeing money.”
"I think that my own vision is still very accurate. If I really get it wrong, then I don't know anything at all, and I don't see my heart."
"You are really relieved," Elizabeth said, and Eric's trust was warm in her heart.
The waitress had just come over again, and the two had dinner, and the cup mat in front of Eric disappeared, and he squinted at Eric in a hidden way.
When the waitress left, Elizabeth said with some disdain: "Does she really think that I can't do anything?"
Eric took a sip of the mineral water next to him and picked up the knife and fork. "She may not know you. And if I call her next, it is worth losing the job."
"Then you will call her?"
"will not."
"I don't believe you."
"A woman can be really difficult to raise."
"Humph."
The two ate slowly and ate the dinner in front of them. After a while, Eric said: "There is one more thing. Regarding the script of "Moulin Rouge", I chatted with Bartz Luman for a while at noon. His thoughts are actually very Yes, this project can still be tried."
Elizabeth nodded. "I actually feel good, but the risk is a bit big. If Nicole is involved, the cost of production needs 60 million US dollars. And, as a non-mainstream song and dance film, this film is shot and wants to have a box office guarantee. It is only possible to take the lucky route. The production cost of 60 million US dollars has exceeded the investment limit of Miramax. We have just set the rules for the production of the Harvey brothers not to exceed 50 million US dollars. Breaking, next year, Julia’s "Never Compromise" has been booked as the mainstay of the lottery, so I refused."
"You started to be too obsessed with the influence of Oscar. Really outstanding movies, such as "Dance with the Wolf", "Forrest Gump", "Titanic", even if there is no Oscar aura, they can be commercially The success of Oscar is just a icing on the cake for these films. It should have been a icing on the cake," Eric shook his head. "And, the mode of operation of Miramax is unlikely to last too long, otherwise Oscar It has become a reserved place for the Harvey brothers. Do you think the college will agree?"
In the matter of affairs, Elizabeth has always been good at all. She nodded in recognition and said: "Then I take the time to talk to Buzz."
Julia had a notice to go to New York, and only Eric and Elizabeth were tonight.
After dinner, the two did not rush to go back, leaving the Firefly Studios, crossing the Barona Canal in the north is the bustling Venice Beach that has become more and more prosperous under the radiation of Firefly Studios. In the vicinity, walking on the pedestrian street in the neon flashing lights at night, the high-profile male and female prostitutes can be seen everywhere. If you are lucky, you will even encounter some small stars. These situations naturally attract more tourists.
In contrast, Eric and Elizabeth, who have made some disguise in their clothes, are really unremarkable on the streets in the night.
Elizabeth obviously enjoyed this feeling, holding Eric's arm in one hand, and holding the cone bought from the roadside ice cream shop in the other hand, and occasionally commenting on the beautiful girls on the street.
Passing through a movie theater and seeing the poster of the "Midnight Rings" written by the hospital's door, ‘Care for heart disease, please watch carefully’, immediately came to the scene, pulling Eric to enter the cinema.
Eric had no choice but to pull her a little: "In fact, I am afraid to watch horror movies."
"You are more afraid to sit on the sofa that someone else has been sitting on?" Elizabeth squinted, continuing to force, and slammed Eric into the theater hall.
Entering the bright cinema hall from the dimly lit streets, Eric had to press his cap and follow Elizabeth to the ticket window. Fortunately, there were not too many people in the theater at this time, and they were not recognized.
Instead of choosing the VIP room, Elizabeth had two tickets for the regular screening hall, which was obviously intentional.
Holding two barrels of popcorn into the two-person auditorium that has been showing for half an hour, I chose to sit down in a position in the back row and watch Eric apparently uncomfortable. Elizabeth was very gloating. Come over: "Would you like to sit on my lap?"
Eric did not threaten: "Do you think I dare not?"
Elizabeth immediately shrank her body back, smirked and said: "Look at the movie, huh, we watch the movie, well, the heroine you picked is really good, the temperament is too close to the horror film, just don't know the movie. Can you scare people out of heart disease?"
Eric also had to put his mind on the movie in front of him as much as possible. After a general understanding of the progress of the plot, he said, "You will know when you wait."
On the screen, Vera Kay, the heroine of Vera Famega, has begun to look for the truth about the death of a prostitute with the help of her ex-boyfriend played by Johnny Depp.
Dark gloomy pictures, weird night-time calls, ubiquitous psychological cues... All kinds of elements combined, and soon Eric and Elizabeth were brought into the plot.
When the body showed a strangely distorted state, the devil girl with a horrible white-eyed hair slowly crawled out of the TV set. The horror atmosphere that the director had been creating finally broke out at this moment, and there was a sharp whistle of fear in the auditorium. The cry, Elizabeth did not have just jumped away, and the body twitched and pressed tightly, holding Eric’s arm tightly.
Until this scene passed for a while, Elizabeth said with a sigh of relief: "Eric is really scary, let's go."
Eric nodded and took Elizabeth to get out of the auditorium. It was just that, except for the two of them, the other audience in the hall didn't have any movements, and they still focused on the big screen.
Out of the theater, Elizabeth did not have the mentality of shopping, and directly into the black car waiting outside the theater.
When the driver told the driver to drive back to Beverly Hills, Eric said to the girl next to him: "I just reminded you, it is scary."
"When did you remind me, why don't I remember?"
"Yes, well, heart patients should watch carefully, this is a hint I designed myself."
"You guy, this is obviously a gimmick," Elizabeth retorted, thinking about the picture he had just seen, and said: "However, if someone is really scared of heart disease, you will still be very troublesome. ”
"We have added a prompt, even if it is a true heart disease patient, as long as you notice this prompt, you will definitely be mentally prepared."
"That's not necessarily, maybe someone will deliberately challenge the limit and the result will not be able to withstand it."
"Who can do anything like this, in fact, watching a movie is scared to death is also a good way to die, there are several people in the world who are so dead and extraordinary."
"You guy."
Three days after the first weekend, the "Midnight Ring" was finally the news that no one was scared to death. However, the phrase that has been questioned by the media and the public before the release was ridiculed by the public. After the release of the first weekend, it was recognized by most people.
Because there is no Japanese version of Zhu Yu in front, the new version of "Midnight Ring", the response is much larger than everyone imagined. Originally, many people thought that after the "Scorpion King", except for Fox's "X-Files" movie version at the end of July, there would be no more films worthy of special attention, but "Midnight Rings" once again staged a black horse. Made of.