I’m in Hollywood

As the number of guests gradually increased, the hall of Hearst's house became more and more lively.

The four women chatted enthusiastically about some recent fashion topics, and Eric listened with interest, occasionally interrupting. After a while, Erin Lauder turned her attention to Eric again and said with a smile, Eric, will it be boring to listen to our women talking about these topics?

No, I'm very interested in all the things I'm not familiar with, which can bring a lot of inspiration.

Erin Lauder thought Eric was polite: Really?

Of course it's true, it was Cindy who answered this time, and the girl glanced at Eric before continuing to say to Erin Lauder: Otherwise, do you think that so many of his ideas about movies came from Where did it come from. Erin, maybe one day, you will suddenly find what you said tonight in a certain movie.

Erin Lauder finally believed it and joked, Oh, then I have to be careful when I speak.

Delphine Arnault also said at this time: Eric, in this case, do you have any inspiration now?

Eric does often trigger memories in his mind because of some things, but he didn't expect Cindy to notice this keenly, and many people around him think so too.

However, it couldn't be better.

Thinking of this, Eric shook his head and said with a smile: I don't have much inspiration now. You know, in front of beautiful women, men's thinking is relatively slow, let alone four beautiful women.

While talking and laughing, William Hurst III came over with a guest, but it was Warren Buffett.

Eric now has a headache when he sees Buffett. The old man will call every three days to inquire about the Clover Fund.

Eric, although everyone knows that you are very popular with ladies, you can't completely ignore us old men. As they approached, William Hearst III and Eric were joking and motioned to their side. After a while, he said, Warren happens to be in New York, so I don't think I need to introduce him.

Of course, Eric nodded and said, However, William, you can't be considered an old man at all.

Although he didn't pay special attention to the age of William Hearst III, just looking at his appearance, the other party would definitely not be over fifty years old, and he was in his prime.

William Hurst III smiled heartily, patted Eric affectionately on the shoulder twice, and said, Then, you and Warren will talk first.

Several women who also stood up as William Hearst III came over heard this sentence and walked away politely, knowing that Buffett and Eric had business to talk about.

Warren Buffett has also been haunted by a sense of loss of control lately.

Buffett, who is very sensitive to numbers and has an amazing memory, has kept that series of numbers in his mind ever since he looked at the Shamrock Fund's tech portfolio last year.

As the technology stock market continues to explode, Buffett, who can easily calculate the total value of the technology stocks held by the Clover Fund, is becoming more and more frightened. You know, according to his conservative character, when the Nasdaq index is close to 3000 points,

He will definitely liquidate all the technology stocks that have achieved far more than expected returns, and then sit back and watch.

Now, although Berkshire Hathaway's stake in Firefly Group is only 5%, the total value of Shamrock Fund's technology stocks is too huge. Whenever I think of myself waking up, Berkshire Hathaway The more than $1 billion Wei may have received in dividends will be wiped out, and Buffett is a little restless.

What made him even more helpless was that during this time, Eric was more and more reluctant to reveal anything about the Clover Fund to him.

Without following Eric's invitation to sit down at the table and chair just now, Buffett pulled him towards the window and carefully glanced around before whispering, Eric, about the Clover Fund, I Just ask you one question now, give me an answer, and I promise never to ask again, okay?

Eric, of course, knew what Buffett wanted to know, and shook his head: Warren, if someone wants to know the trading hours of Berkshire Hathaway's stocks, will you tell them?

The answer is obvious, Buffett has never been tight-lipped about any Berkshire Hathaway investments.

Usually, the outside world will get the news after basically a deal is finalized. In order to avoid the target taking advantage of Berkshire Hathaway's reputation to sell, Buffett often gives the target after applying for a deal. A very short one may only have an hour or two of consideration, either agree or quit.

Eric's attitude is still firm, Buffett is obviously not reconciled, and said: Eric, only one point, tell me, have you started to sell?

Warren, do you want me to lie to you?

Eric, I hope you know what you're doing. Also, I have to remind you again, don't be too greedy, you don't need to take risks now.

Of course, but, Warren, I'm still saying that if you really need the money, I can always buy back Berkshire Hathaway's Firefly stock.

For a moment, Buffett really wanted to agree.

However, this thought just flashed by, and the old man shook his head again.

Berkshire Hathaway has never been a speculative investment company, and Buffett's investment philosophy has always been to earn returns through long-term holdings.

In the past two years, although the outside world generally believes that the development of Firefly Group has entered a bottleneck, Buffett clearly realizes that even if not to mention a series of high-quality assets under Firefly Group that continue to maintain value-added and stable and rich profitability, it is just that Firefly Group is in the process of The Firefly Studios Park Project, the '4200' Project and the Marvel Cinematic Universe Project that have been promoted, as long as they succeed, even if one or two of the three succeed, they can take the Firefly Group to a new level.

What's more, he also learned that the Firefly Group is likely to further expand the cable TV operator business in the future. If this plan can be implemented, the scale of the Firefly Group is likely to directly achieve a leap in development.

How could Berkshire Hathaway give up such a media company that has an absolute dominant position in Hollywood and at the same time is thriving.

Eric and Buffett were in a silent confrontation, and a hearty voice sounded: Hey, Warren, I heard you came here, oh, and Eric, I have been looking forward to seeing you.

The two turned around, Buffett shook hands with the middle-aged man who came over, and smiled as usual and introduced to Eric: Eric, this is Henry Paulson, CEO of Goldman Sachs. .

Eric also smiled and stretched out his hand to the somewhat bald middle-aged man in front of him and said, Hello, Mr. Paulson.

Henry Paulson shook Eric a few times and said, Eric, you can call me Henry.

Eric nodded, but he couldn't help collecting information about Henry Paulson from his memory. The first thing he thought of was another Paulson, John Paulson, who became famous in the subprime mortgage crisis. In retrospect, though, Henry Paulson seems to have been Treasury Secretary at the same time as the subprime mortgage crisis.

After greeting and having a few words with Buffett, Henry Paulson turned to Eric and said, Eric, Goldman Sachs is planning to conduct an IPO recently, are you interested in investing?

Eric shook his head without thinking, I'm so sorry, Henry, I don't know much about this.

Eric also recently heard the news that Goldman Sachs is about to go public. This 130-year-old Wall Street well-known investment bank plans to log on to the New York Stock Exchange in May and officially become a listed company.

There is no doubt that Wall Street and Hollywood are both the gold nuggets that can make people famous overnight, and the best shortcut to the realization of the American dream.

In the first few years of his rebirth, Eric also yearned for Wall Street because of his many memories.

But now, his attitude towards Wall Street is absolutely at a distance, because Wall Street is basically a group of wolves who have no rules and no position in pursuit of profit at all costs. If you are not a strong enough tiger, then the cooperation just now Whoever, may become the meal of this pack of wolves before the blink of an eye.

Speaking of which, participating in Goldman's IPO is definitely a good deal, but doing so will undoubtedly cause unnecessary speculation on Wall Street, especially Morgan Stanley.

The Firefly system has always had a pretty good relationship with Morgan Stanley. Although the fundamental maintenance of this kind of relationship is still out of interest, as long as Morgan Stanley does not take the lead in doing anything outrageous, Eric does not mind maintaining this good relationship. After all, the Firefly system will become more and more in the future. The more you focus on the industry, the less you use Wall Street.

It doesn't matter, Henry Paulson said, still smiling, However, Eric, I still hope you can think about it carefully.

Eric nodded: Of course.

In addition, Henry Paulson slightly restrained his smile, staring at Eric with piercing eyes, but still said casually: Eric, I heard that Firefly Electronics has just implemented a Equity incentive plan?

Eric was keenly aware of some subtle changes in Henry Paulson's mood, but he just nodded slightly calmly.

Realizing that the young man in front of him was not at all deterred by the pressure he unwittingly released, Henry Paulson was a little disappointed, but he took it for granted, and continued: Is that so, Eric, does Firefly Electronics intend to go public?

Not yet, Eric shook his head and said, Firefly Electronics is still not short of funds.

Eric, you have to know that most companies go public without lack of funds, just like Goldman Sachs, Henry Paulson suddenly changed his tone of jokes and said, Seriously, I don't either. Too much for Goldman Sachs to go public, but if Goldman Sachs continues to insist on private ownership, my bastards who expect the stock to multiply in value will have to turn their backs on the company. Sometimes, even if we don't expect more wealth, we can You have to be mindful of other people's feelings.

Listening to Henry Paulson's words, Eric nodded calmly on the surface, but his heart suddenly froze. After all, he is not like a stunned young man who is only twenty-eight years old on the surface. Henry Paulson's obvious hint, how could he not feel it.

After all, there are still people who dislike him as a 'half-aged boy' holding a pile of gold.

The wealth of more than 300 billion US dollars is too dazzling after all.

Not to mention other companies in the Firefly system, it’s just Firefly Electronics. From its establishment to the present, in just a few years, it has achieved an explosive annual profit of nearly 1 billion US dollars. How can this not make too many people envious.

After all, if it’s just profit ranking, there will never be more than 100 companies in North America with annual profits reaching 1 billion. What’s more, with the market expansion speed of Firefly electronic digital music players, the potential of this company is far from there. fully play out.

After Henry Paulson finished speaking, he continued to stare at Eric for a moment, then smiled and raised a toast to Buffett, who flashed obvious surprise in his eyes, and turned away.

Waiting for Henry Paulson to leave, Buffett hesitated for a moment, or whispered: Eric, in fact, listing Firefly Electronics is also a good choice, you know, your company... Speaking of which, Buffett considered for a moment before continuing: Your company still faces great antitrust risks.

There is obviously not much causal relationship between the company's listing and antitrust risk.

Buffett said this, the meaning of waking up is already very obvious.

Eric was also a little surprised that Buffett would take the initiative to remind himself, nodded with a smile, and said, Thank you, Warren, I understand.

Buffett looked at Eric with a scrutiny expression, nodded slightly, and said: In that case, let's meet some old friends with me. Eric, even if you don't like it, you should still attend more similar parties. It's always good for people like us to get to know more people.

Then, until the end of the party, and returning to Cindy's apartment on 75th Street with the two women, Eric was silent.

After sending the two women to rest first, Eric went into the study that Cindy had carefully prepared for him.

After an unknown amount of time, the door of the study was knocked gently. Eric, who was wearing a headset and holding a mouse, raised his head and saw Cindy in pajamas appearing at the door, smiling and nodding to the woman.

Cindy walked in and glanced at the computer screen, only to find that Eric was playing a gunfight game.

It's so sad, we're not as attractive as computer games now.

Complaining half-truths, Cindy leaned closer and sat down on Eric's lap.

Linda asleep?

Yeah, haven't you noticed the time?

Eric glanced sideways at the time in the lower right corner of the computer screen and found that it was past two o'clock in the morning. He took off his earphones and threw them aside, stretched his arms around the woman, and held her body up to face him.

The leather chair under him is very spacious, but because of the blocking of the armrests, Cindy can only barely lie down on Eric in a slightly strange kneeling posture, supporting the man's shoulders with both hands, feeling that a pair of big hands are following him. She slid down the sides of her waist, picked up the hem of her nightgown, lifted it up, and raised her hand in coordination.

Let the man aggressively invade his body, panting slightly, after a while, Cindy put his arms around the man's neck and whispered, Eric, do you have something on your mind?

Eric paused, nodded slightly, and said, Speaking of which, what happened to the Patty Hurst you mentioned at the party, tell me about it?

Are you still thinking about other people's little girls? Cindy scolds dissatisfiedly, and knows that the man is changing the subject, but still whispers: That should be something from 1974.