Chapter 370 I Have Something for You

From the beginning of August, Eric stayed in New York for another half a month before returning to Los Angeles in a low-key manner. [For more wonderful novels, please visit]

What he 'goed back' earlier than Eric was the cash flow he siphoned from his several companies. With hundreds of millions of dollars of funds flowing back to Firefly and other companies, several companies that were in panic because of the sudden depletion of funds soon Normal operations resumed, and Firefly's chief financial officer, Caroline Elliott, quietly retracted Citibank's loan application in early August.

At this time, no matter how slow the person was, he also realized that Eric had won the bet.

In the Middle East, after Saddam annexed Kuwait, he did not stop his offensive. After clearing Kuwait's internal resistance, the 100,000-strong army directly pressed against the border of Saudi Arabia. If Kuwait was annexed, the Western countries were only shocked. Damm's actions at this time have scared most Western countries.

Because Saudi Arabia, which has a land area of ​​more than 2 million square kilometers, has only 70,000 regular troops, which on average is not as good as that of Kuwait, let alone the ability to resist Iraqi invasion.

Once Saddam invaded Saudi Arabia again and guarded the Persian Gulf, the Western countries would completely lose their control over the Middle East.

The proven crude oil reserves of Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia account for 45% of the world's total reserves, and the remaining 55% are scattered around the world. Therefore, once Iraq annexes Saudi Arabia again, then Saada Even if Mr. Mu shouted a high price of $100 per barrel, Western countries could only pay for it obediently.

In the face of such a blatant threat from Iraq, the Arab countries that did not want the West to intervene in Middle East affairs quickly compromised and accepted the proposal of the United States to send troops.

At the same time, Western countries quickly imposed large-scale sanctions on Iraq, which not only froze hundreds of billions of dollars in overseas assets of Iraq and Kuwait, but also imposed the most severe embargo measures on Iraq.

However, all this did not stop the surge in crude oil prices, because the Iraqi army was ready to move on Saudi Arabia, and the price of crude oil soared to $29 in just one week. The increase exceeded 40%, and the panic rise in crude oil prices slowed down until August 7, 1990, when the Pentagon announced that the federal 82nd Airborne Division advance force had arrived in Saudi Arabia.

When Eric returns to Los Angeles. More than 100,000 U.S. troops have been stationed in the Persian Gulf, forming a confrontation with the Iraqi army. The rate of increase in international crude oil prices has slowed down again, but in the face of an imminent war, the increase in oil prices still shows no signs of stopping.

A black helicopter lands in Playa Vista, a western suburb of Los Angeles. Eric took a group of people out of the helicopter and introduced each other to the heads of the administrative district who came to greet them. Eric said to Stan Winston who came with him, "Stan,

What do you think of this place? Less than 100 meters ahead is the former Howard Hughes airport. Of course, it is now deserted. I plan to buy about 100 hectares of land here and build a shooting base for fireflies. "

Stan Winston looked around. Then he said, "I'm just sure that you did make a lot of money this time."

Eric smiled slightly and did not answer the topic.

Now many people who know that he speculated in oil futures some time ago are curious about how much money he made. During this period of time, the overt and secret temptations have never stopped.

But now he doesn't even know the exact number, because it will take three months for the New York side to finish.

Noticing Eric's expression, Stan Winston also laughed, he just made a casual joke, and quickly shifted the topic to the matter in front of him: "This place is less than five kilometers away from Venice. , if you want to build a photography base here, the special effects studio in the digital realm may also be moved here. The T-Rex model in the planned "Jurassic Park" is as high as 20 feet, which requires a lot of space to operate. ."

"I had this in mind," Eric said. "I'm not only going to build a regular studio here, but I'm also going to build a special effects film and television base. Stan, you can take care of this base if you want. "

Stan Winston was slightly excited, but he still said cautiously: "Eric, the geographical conditions here are really good, but there is a big disadvantage. It is too far from downtown Los Angeles, and the traffic is very inconvenient. If it goes according to your plan, it will require a lot of professionals."

"I have also considered this, and I will pay to build the supporting infrastructure of the whole system here, including residential areas, supermarkets, schools, etc.," Eric said quickly.

Stan Winston was only a little surprised, but the executives of Playa Vista who followed Eric were already too excited. If Eric's plan is achieved, then the economic development of this administrative area will be greatly affected. to a huge boost.

"Mr. Williams, are you telling the truth?" a tall and thin middle-aged white man couldn't help asking.

"Of course," Eric looked at the other party seriously and said, "But, if you can cooperate fully, I guarantee that this plan will not be completed for more than three years, and the total investment will not be less than 1 billion US dollars."

The Playavista executives who were with Eric suddenly whispered, a big project of 1 billion US dollars, they never thought about it before, they didn't expect to encounter such a good thing suddenly.

Eric continued to move forward with Stan Winston and others. The reason why he chose this area was not Eric's whim, but because of the DreamWorks created by Spielberg and others in his memory. , The selected shooting base is here. After many years, it has developed into a famous Playa Vista community. Many well-known movies have chosen to shoot here, such as the "Iron Man" series.

In one morning, Eric went around the Playa Vista area and discussed the preliminary plan with the administrative district directors. Near noon, a group of people were standing by an artificial lake and pointing at the surrounding terrain. At that time, an SUV drove onto the road near the crowd, and a few people got off the car very quickly.

Now Playavista is equivalent to the suburbs of Los Angeles. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as sparsely populated. Therefore, the sudden appearance of off-road vehicles attracted everyone's attention. Many people realized that the People must be related to their group.

Sure enough, as the people in the car got down, Eric recognized the tall slender girl walking in front at a glance, and was a little surprised. How did Nicole find this place.

Nicole in the distance explained to the accompanying bodyguard, and soon came over with only a blond woman in her thirties.

When there were still four or five meters away from Eric, the tall slender girl already showed a faint expression of resentment, and her eyes were undisguised. Very directly locked on Eric.

Eric noticed the ambiguous eyes looking at him from left and right, and greeted the girl reluctantly: "Nicole, how did you know I was here?"

"Yeah, it's not easy to find you," Nicole didn't answer the question. Just complained softly.

Eric didn't ask any further. There were only a few people who knew his whereabouts. Thinking about it, he also knew where Nicole got the news. Eric turned to look at the blond woman following Nicole: "Who is this?"

"Hello, Mr. Williams, I'm Pie Kingsley."

Eric looked up and down the woman in amazement. He only remembered what he said to Nicole casually at the beginning, but he didn't expect that Nicole had already changed managers in just a few months.

Shaking hands with the other party, Eric smiled and said, "Hello, Ms. Kingsley. Well, how is Cruise recently?"

"Very good, thank you for your concern," Pai Jinsley said politely, while also secretly looking at the young man in front of him. Although Eric had worked with Cruise, at that time, Cruise's agent The person is still Paula Wagner, so this is the first time the two have met.

After a few words with the other party, Eric looked at his watch. Said to Nicole: "Nicole, it's really unfortunate that you are here, I just happen to be going back."

The girl's eyes suddenly became very resentful again: "You don't like seeing me so much?"

Hearing the girl's words, Pie Jinsley raised her eyebrows slightly. He quickly took a few steps back wisely, leaving the communication space for the man and woman.

Eric shook his head: "No, what I said is true."

"Then can I be a guest at your place?" the girl said again.

"Okay, but I came here by helicopter. Maybe you have to let your bodyguard assistants go back by themselves."

The resentment on Nicole's face disappeared immediately, and she nodded excitedly: "I'll go tell them now."

after awhile. Eric and Nicole got on the helicopter back to Malibu together. As for Stan Winston, Pie Kingsley, and others, they were very smart and didn't make light bulbs.

Half an hour later, getting off the helicopter on the apron of Jiaojiao Manor, Eric led the girl to the villa and asked casually, "When did I change the agent, why don't I know?"

"You didn't care about my affairs, how could you know, I... I still listened to your suggestion to change."

Eric coughed awkwardly, and quickly changed the subject: "What do you think of her?"

"It's alright, Pat suggested me to take a low-key and mysterious acting route and try to keep a distance from the public. For the rest, I haven't seen anything special about her."

Eric just nodded slightly and didn't express any opinion. The previous life faction. Jinsley was able to take care of Tom Cruise's career in an orderly manner. It seems that this packaging route was adopted. It has been maintained flawlessly, which shows that this route is very practical.

Pushing open the door and taking the girl into the hall, the villa looked empty.

Although Drew returned to Los Angeles with Eric, he returned to Culver City after only one day at the Pointe Manor, and at the same time began to work with Elizabeth on TG's second film.

Connery has already been stationed in the "Fighting Condor" crew, and has been affirmed by Eric. Fox has given the green light to the film all the way, and now the shooting has started, so Eric is the only one left in the villa again. Man, the servants of the manor usually don't come in here.

From the bottom of his heart, Eric actually enjoys the feeling of being alone.

"You sit first, I'll call for takeout," Eric said with a casual look at Nicole.

"Let me make lunch. What do you want?"

Eric didn't delay, and said, "I don't know, just do whatever you want."

The girl nodded and walked towards the kitchen. Although she didn't come to Jianjiao Manor many times, Nicole was quite familiar with the villa.

After Eric went upstairs to take a shower and changed into a set of clothes, Nicole had already brought a simple lunch to the table.

Eric sat down at the dining table, watched the girl divide the lunch for him and sat back across from him, and then said, "By the way, how was your film score?"

Nicole, who had just picked up the knife and fork, paused for a while, and spit out a word: "(flash)."

"Uh, okay, let's eat first," Eric said quickly, and also realized Nicole's purpose today, but when raising funds some time ago, Eric took 8 million from Nicole USD, it is estimated that this is all the girl's savings this year, and perhaps the salary of the movie that was thrown into the street. As for what the movie was, Eric turned his head, but did not remember.

And Nicole's resentment against Eric is also here. The girl thinks that her relationship with Eric should be closer than that of Julia Roberts.

But now, Julia has three consecutive films "Pretty Woman", "Steel Magnolia" and "Sleeping with the Enemy" that have exceeded 100 million at the box office, but she only got one "Sleepless in Seattle", and then Ai Rick doesn't care about her anymore. The last movie was chosen by Nicole's original agent and her. "Sleepless in Seattle" has just been successful, and without Eric's participation, the girl dare not change rashly For the drama, I still chose a romantic comedy, but after it was released in July, it has only received more than 10 million US dollars at the box office for almost a month. You know, because this movie is also a romantic comedy, she took a salary of 5 million US dollars, and the total cost reached 30 million US dollars. The box office will take at least 60 million to recover the cost. It would be good if the total box office can exceed 20 million.

If she doesn't work hard to find a turning point, it may soon become a box office poison.

The annoying thing is that she contacted Eric several times during this time, and the little bastard in front of him shied away for various reasons. Nicole couldn't bear it anymore, and only today drove directly to the suburbs to bet on Eric.

"By the way, I have something for you later, I hope you will like it," Eric was eating lunch, feeling a little deserted, and quickly found a topic. (To be continued.) xh118

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