Chapter 1023 Do Charity

"I don't want your money," Elizabeth said arrogantly, but she had to admit that Eric's personal wealth had left even the richest people in the world far away .

At the beginning of the year, Eric's net worth was estimated at $136.7 billion in the Forbes magazine's rich list.

Over the past six months, with the continuous rise of the Nasdaq index, the share prices of Cisco, AOL, Qualcomm, sprint and other companies that Firefly invests in key holdings have almost doubled. If the Nasdaq didn't crash and Yahoo successfully went public, perhaps this time next year, Eric's personal net worth would reach an even more jaw-dropping figure.

From this perspective, the wealth in Drew's hands is like a billionaire supporting a millionaire to Eric. Of course, the 'millionaire' supported by Eric is still too shocking for ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Elizabeth stopped talking about the girl, and asked curiously: "Now everyone is guessing how you plan to spend this money, after all 25% of the shares are sold, minus taxes, it is estimated to be 8 billion. dollars?"

The beautiful waitress in the restaurant came over and placed two bottles of mineral water and glasses next to him and Elizabeth. She was about to help Eric unscrew the bottle and pour the mineral water into the glasses. Ke raised his hand to stop the other party's movements, put the glass back in the waitress tray, and sent the other party away before answering Elizabeth's question, saying, "I plan to save it, and I don't plan to spend it for the time being."

Elizabeth reached out and took the coaster that the waitress had just placed next to Eric, and glanced at it. Sure enough, there was a string of phone numbers on it. She showed it to Eric like a demonstration, placed it in front of her, and pressed it with a cup. , said: "This is 8 billion US dollars. If it is not spent as soon as possible, the annual inflation will be a huge loss. By the way, the value of those stocks in the Clover Fund should be a huge sum of money now, right?"

The wait staff in several restaurants and bars on the big ship, regardless of gender, are far more beautiful than other places in Los Angeles, and the reason is self-evident.

Eric didn't care about Elizabeth's little actions, and said, "In this Monday's report, the total value of those stocks is $18.1 billion."

Elizabeth naturally knew that Eric had invested a lot of money in the Nasdaq market through the Clover Fund in recent years. She and Julia also invested in technology stocks under Eric's guidance. However, when she heard the numbers reported by Eric, she was really taken aback.

"$18.1 billion, if you sell it now, including Firefly Investments, wouldn't you have more than $20 billion in cash. Tsk tsk, more than $20 billion, are you still going to save it?"

The Nasdaq has just exceeded 2,000 this month. Eric plans to start selling the shares of the Shamrock Fund when the Nasdaq exceeds 3,000. At that time, the value of these stocks will at least double again. If they can be completely emptied , After paying huge taxes, the Clover Fund is still able to retain more than $30 billion in cash.

In all fairness, this is a lot more than Eric imagined.

At this time next year, while continuing to sell AOL stocks, Firefly Investments will certainly reduce its holdings in some other companies appropriately. At that time, the entire Firefly system may even have a cash reserve of $50 billion.

Looking at Elizabeth's frightened appearance, Eric didn't point out that she was too little, and said, "Of course I'm saving, and now the whole market is full of bubbles, even if I want to buy something, I will only use stock exchange and mergers and acquisitions. Way. When the bubble bursts, Firefly will use the money. Buying at a low price is the true meaning of investment. Moreover, the cash of 10 or 20 billion US dollars is actually not as much as you think. After a few years, Cisco, Yahoo, Qualcomm, and companies on the Hollywood side have all grown up, and Firefly's annual profit share from these companies may reach this number.

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Elizabeth imagined the scene depicted by Eric, smacked her lips, and said, "So much money, even if you keep investing all the time, you won't be able to use it up, what are you going to do then?"

Eric said: "Do charity, for the better future of mankind."

"Nonsence!"

"Uh, a little lady."

Elizabeth rolled her eyes: "Who told you to talk nonsense."

Eric smiled and said: "Seriously, if I want to pass on my wealth well, I must hurry up and 'do charity' now."

Elizabeth's eyes flashed, and she seemed to ask casually, "Then 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 is going to have a child with you," Elizabeth blushed, and then realized that Eric, the 'we', was definitely not just him and himself, and couldn't help but glared at Eric again.

Eric pretended not to feel Elizabeth's eyes, and said, "It's too early to talk about this kind of thing, anyway, in the future, our little guys can get as much as they can, and then I'll have a heart-to-heart with God, where is it? manage so much”

Elizabeth remembered something, looked around carefully, then stuck her head over, and said in a low voice, "Then do you have a will now?"

"Yes," Eric did not shy away, nodded with a smile: "If I die suddenly now, you will be rich."

Of course Elizabeth could hear the subtext in Eric's words, and the blush that was about to dissipate on her face gathered again, sat up straight, and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will get rich."

"I think my vision is quite accurate. If I really see it wrong, I won't know anything at that time anyway.

"You are so reassuring," Elizabeth said, but Eric's trust warmed her heart.

The waitress just now came over again and served dinner for the two of them. Seeing that the coaster in front of Eric disappeared, she also winked at Eric covertly.

When the waitress left, Elizabeth said disdainfully, "Does she really think I can't do anything?"

Eric took a sip of the mineral water next to him, picked up the knife and fork, and said, "She probably doesn't know you. Besides, if I call her next, it's worth losing this job."

"Then will you call her?"

"Won't."

"I don't believe you."

"Women are really hard to raise."

"Humph."

The two ate the dinner in front of them slowly, and after a while, Eric said: "One more thing, about the script of "Moulin Rouge", I chatted with Baz Luman for a while at noon, and his thoughts are actually very Yes, this project can still be tried.”

Elizabeth nodded and said: "I actually think it's good, but the risk is a bit high. If Nicole participates in the role, the production cost will cost 60 million US dollars. Moreover, as a non-mainstream musical, this film is shot and wants to be guaranteed at the box office. , you can only go the award-winning route. The production cost of 60 million US dollars has exceeded the investment limit of Miramax, and we have just set the rule that the production cost of the Harvey brothers should not exceed 50 million US dollars. Break, next year, Julia's "Never Compromise" has been booked as the main award-winning title, so I refused."

"You're starting to get a little too obsessed with the influence of the Oscars, and really good movies like 'Dances With Wolves', 'Forrest Gump', 'Titanic', even without the Oscar halo, they can get commercial The success of the Oscars is just the icing on the cake for these films, and it should have been the icing on the cake," Eric shook his head and said, "Also, the operation mode on Miramax's side cannot be maintained for too long, otherwise Oscar has become the Harvey Brothers' private plot, do you think the Academy will agree?"

In serious matters, Elizabeth has always been kind, she nodded in approval, and said, "Then I'll take the time to talk to Buzz again."

Julia has an announcement to go to New York, and it's just Eric and Elizabeth tonight.

After dinner, the two of them did not rush to go back. They left the Firefly Studios and crossed the Barona Canal in the north to the Venice Beach, which has become more and more prosperous and lively under the radiation of the Firefly Studios over the years. Countless young men and women who are chasing their dreams gathered Nearby, walking on the neon-flickering pedestrian street at night, handsome men and beautiful women with good looks can be seen everywhere. If you are lucky, you may even meet some small stars, which naturally attracts more tourists.

In comparison, the two of Eric, who were dressed casually and did some disguise, looked very inconspicuous on the street in the dark.

Elizabeth clearly enjoyed this feeling, holding Eric's arm in one hand and holding a cone from a roadside ice cream shop in the other, and occasionally commenting on pretty girls on the street.

Passing by a cinema, I saw the poster of "Midnight Bell" at the entrance of the cinema that said, "Patients with heart disease, please watch carefully", I immediately became interested, and dragged Eric into the cinema.

Eric had no choice but to pull her a little: "Uh, actually, I'm very afraid of watching horror movies."

"You're more afraid of sitting on the sofa that others have sat on, right?" Elizabeth scorned and continued to forcefully drag Eric into the theater hall.

Walking into the bright theater hall from the dimly lit street, Eric had to squeeze his cap and followed Elizabeth to the ticket window. Fortunately, there were not too many people in the theater at this time, and they were not recognized.

Elizabeth did not choose the VIP hall, but asked for two movie tickets in the ordinary screening hall, which was obviously intentional.

Holding two buckets of popcorn, he walked into the 200-person screening hall, which had been showing for half an hour, and chose a seat in the back row to sit down. Seeing that Eric was obviously uncomfortable, Elizabeth was very gloating. Come over: "How about you sit on my lap?"

Eric threatened angrily: "Do you think I dare not?"

Elizabeth immediately shrank back, giggling, and said, "Watching a movie, hehe, let's watch a movie, um, the heroine you chose is really good, and her temperament is too suitable for a horror movie, but I don't know about this movie. Can it really scare people out of a heart attack?"

Eric had to put his mind on the movie in front of him as much as possible, got a general understanding of the progress of the plot, and said, "You will find out later."

On screen, Rachel Keller, played by Vera Farmiga, has set out to find the truth about her niece's death with the help of her ex-boyfriend, played by Johnny Depp.

Dark and gloomy pictures, weird midnight phone calls, ubiquitous psychological hints... The combination of various elements quickly brought Eric and Elizabeth into the plot.

When the body showed a strange and twisted state, the devil girl with disheveled hair and terrifying eyes slowly climbed out of the TV, and the terrifying atmosphere in the heart that the film had always created finally broke out at this moment, and there was a sharp spike of extreme fear in the screening hall. With the cry, Elizabeth no longer escaped just now, and leaned over with a trembling body, hugging Eric's arm tightly.

It wasn't until this scene passed for a while that Elizabeth said with lingering fear: "Eric, it's so scary, let's, let's go."

Eric nodded, put his arms around Elizabeth and got up and walked out of the theater. However, except for the two of them, the other audience members in the hall did not move, and they still focused on the big screen.

After walking out of the theater, Elizabeth didn't even want to go shopping, and got into the black car waiting outside the theater.

After instructing the driver to drive back to Beverly Hills, Eric said to the girl beside him, "I reminded you just now, it's scary."

"When did you remind me, why can't I remember?"

"That's right, heart patients, please watch with caution. This is a reminder that I designed myself."

"You guy, this is obviously a gimmick," Elizabeth retorted, thinking about the picture she saw just now, and added: "However, if someone is really scared and has a heart attack, you will still be very troublesome. "

"We have added a prompt, even if it is a real heart disease patient, as long as he pays attention to this prompt, he 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 else can do this. In fact, being scared to death while watching a movie is a good way to die. There are a few people in this world who die in such an extraordinary way."

"You guy."

The first three days of the first weekend passed quickly, and after all, there was no news that anyone was scared to death in "Midnight Bell". However, the prompt, which had been questioned by the media and the public as grandstanding before its release, was recognized by most people after it was released on the first weekend.

Since there is no Japanese version of Zhuyu in front, the new version of "Midnight Bell" has caused a much larger response 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 Bell" once again staged a dark horse. forged.