Walking into the sharp corner manor again and looking at the streamlined villa that was like a handicraft on the edge of a cliff, Larry Ellison's eyes still had obvious envy and desire.

Unfortunately, he was even willing to exchange all his real estate in Malibu for this manor with Eric, but was rejected by the other party. At this time, Eric's net worth was almost ten times that of him, and the chance of getting this manor was infinitely close to zero.

Eric took Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs into the villa hall, noticed Larry Ellison's expression, and joked: "Larry, you seem to have more and more properties in Malibu. Are you willing to exchange them all for me?"

Larry Ellison knew whether Eric was joking or nodded without hesitation, and smiled: "Of course, if you want, I can call the lawyer now and ask them to go through the handover."

"Haha, you guy, are really not polite at all."

Eric said, and brought the two of them to the reception area beside the glass curtain wall, and casually asked Jobs who was sitting on the sofa: "Steve, what do you think of this place?"

Jobs glanced around and said bluntly: "If it were me, I would have cleaned up all the messy furniture beside the curtain wall."

The glass curtain walls near the sea of ​​the villa are divided into three parts according to the furniture layout. On the east side are two hanging space chairs, a row of sofas in the middle, and on the west side, where Eric and the three of them are sitting is a reception area. If this villa is a public place, moving all the furniture away and facing the endless sea level will undoubtedly give people a feeling of broadening the horizon, but as a personal residence, it will appear empty and deserted.

What Jobs would say is due to his extreme pursuit of perfectionism. It is said that due to his strong pickyness in furniture choices, many of Jobs' apartments look empty.

Eric smiled and said, "If we move all the furniture away, we will have to sit on the floor and chat now."

Jobs shrugged: "That might be good, either."

As he said this, the sound of footsteps sounded, and the twins came over with coffee. One brought the three cups of brewed coffee to the three of them, and the other placed a coffee pot and a sugar cube milkshake on the middle coffee table. After making these, Natasha next to Eric raised her face and looked at him, and asked softly: "Master, do you need anything else?"

Eric shook his head and said, "No, you guys go and do it."

After following the twins' tall figures all the way, Larry Ellison took back his eyes and exclaimed: "Eric, I envy you even more now. Where did you find them?"

Eric joked: "You are already an old man, so it's better not to make these ideas, be careful to be hollowed out."

"Hey, you guy, you're not polite at all," Larry Ellison simply returned Eric's not long ago's words as it was.

After a few jokes, Eric turned to Jobs and said the serious matter: "So, Steve, have you decided to return to Apple?"

"No," Jobs shook his head and said, "I'm still thinking."

Eric picked up the coffee, and was not surprised, asking, "Who are you here today?"

"That's right, Eric," said Larry Ellison. "Steve is looking forward to getting back to Apple, but he also hopes to get some guarantees."

Eric's eyes flashed and he said, "Larry, I don't understand."

This time, Jobs took the initiative to answer: "Eric, Apple's PC business is already very dangerous. After you acquire Apple, in order to give the company more buffering opportunities, I hope to obtain the patent for MP3 player to expand Apple's product line."

Eric had some premonition in his heart just now. When he heard Jobs' confirmation, he shook his head without hesitation and said, "Sorry, Steve, I can't promise you these."

Jobs said, "If this is the case, I may not return to Apple."

Eric laughed and said, "Steve, it's nothing to do with me."

"No, Eric, I can tell that you are very interested in Apple, like," Jobs paused and continued: "Just like Pixar, otherwise you wouldn't have set such investment conditions for Larry."

"Steve, I admit, I'm interested in Apple and you," Eric said. "But that's just an interest. If the investment is not achieved, I won't lose anything and can even invest that money in companies with a brighter prospect."

Jobs was speechless for a moment, and even stared at Eric with some anger.

Larry Ellison knew the character of his friend and was worried that he would say anything too much, so he hurriedly said: "Eric, but you should also know that if Firefly Electronics sticks to the patent of MP3 player, it will definitely be investigated by federal antitrust in the future. Just like Intel, it has authorized its X86 chip architecture to companies such as AMD."

"Firefly Electronics is still very small now. Even if it is an antitrust investigation, it will definitely happen a long time later," Eric smiled and shook his head, took a sip of coffee, and said: "Also, Intel's X86 architecture was originally mandated by IBM to authorize other companies, not voluntarily."

Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs did not give up so easily, and they wanted to say something. Eric waved his hand and said to Jobs: "Steve, the reason why I proposed such investment conditions to Larry is that I think you can save Apple. So, what you need to do is to bring back the company after Larry completes the acquisition of Apple, instead of busy looking for other ways out now. If you don't revive Apple's confidence, but you must need some guarantees to go back, then I will recover my investment commitment a few days ago."

Jobs stared at Eric for a while, then suddenly stood up and said, "So, okay, I think I should leave."

After saying this, Jobs walked straight out.

Eric sat on the sofa without moving, and watched Jobs leave with a smile.

But Larry Ellison stood up helplessly and shouted, "Hey, stop, why can't you be a little patient?"

Jobs ignored Larry Ellison's words and continued to walk outside the villa.

Seeing Larry Ellison looking in a dilemma, Eric put down his coffee cup, got up and patted Larry Ellison on his shoulder, and said, "Okay, Larry, he agrees, so, you'd better go back and continue raising funds."

Larry Ellison certainly knew that Jobs was more proud than many people imagined. After Eric's aggressive words just now, Jobs would definitely not put down his reserve and demand to obtain the patent authorization of the MP3 player.

"Steve cares about Apple more than anyone else. I knew he would go back, but," Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Larry Ellison said again: "Eric, Steve is very revenge. You will definitely not get any good face from him in the future."

"I really don't care about this. It's hard to get a good look from this guy," Eric shook his head and said, "Where are you, there's a movie premiere tonight. Do you want to join in the fun?"

"Forget it, I'll have dinner together next time," Larry Ellison shook his head, saying, "I'd better go back to San Francisco with Steve."

Eric nodded, no longer tried to keep him, and personally took Larry Ellison to the parking lot of the manor. Jobs had already gotten into the car and said goodbye, like an angry child. Eric didn't mind, so he sent the two away, turned around and walked towards the villa, and happened to meet twins walking from the door of the manor with a box.

Seeing the twins approaching, Eric asked casually: "Do you buy new clothes?"

Natasha on the left lifted the box in her hand and showed it to Eric, saying, "It's the evening dress of the master and the boss, which Givenchy just sent it."

Eric saw a black suit inside, nodded and said, "Please take it in, oh, is Drew awake?"

"I don't know, when we came out to get the clothes, the boss was still asleep."

Eric looked at his watch and it was just two o'clock in the afternoon. A few days ago, when Eric attended Chris' wedding in Maryland, the girl also flew to Europe to deploy the distribution of "007 Casino Royale". She returned to Los Angeles only one day earlier than Eric. She is still in a time-distance phase these days, and she slept for a few hours at noon every day.

I thought I would spend this afternoon on entertaining Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs, but I didn't expect that Jobs would give up the pick in a blink of an eye.

Taking the twins into the villa, Eric did not disturb the girl's sleep, but went into the study and read the script of "Iron Man" that Marvel had just completed.

This was until four o'clock in the afternoon. After the girl got up, the two changed into their dresses and set off for Hollywood Walk of Fame together.

Tonight is the premiere of Firefly's first summer blockbuster "The Prison in the Sky", which will be released the day after tomorrow with Paramount's animation "The Lion King 2".

"Prison in the Air" simply put, it is a story that happened after a veteran who was imprisoned for manslaughter was loaded with a plane full of unforgivable murderers. However, although the story conception is clever, the core still imitates tough guy action movies like "Die Hard".

To be honest, Eric is not too optimistic about the commercial potential of this traditional Hollywood personal heroism film. Moreover, since "Charlie's Angels" and "Smiths" adopted more aesthetic and visually impactful oriental action designs, North American fans have obviously gradually lost interest in this traditional type of action film.

However, as the Firefly Group grows larger, Eric will no longer have enough energy to interfere in the production of all films. It is inevitable to appropriately delegate production power to its studios. This summer, the three films of Firefly Head Studio, "Air Prison", "Find Nemo" and "Tarzan Forest", as well as the new line "Jedi Men 2" and "God of Death 2", are strictly speaking, except for the initial project review, Eric has not intervened too much in the detailed production.

"The Prison in the Air" was produced by Brookheimer. Cage, who has been in full swing in box office appeal in recent years, has also been well controlled at $75 million. Coupled with Firefly's powerful marketing and distribution offensive, it is not difficult for the film to recover costs and generate profits at the global box office.

Since the recent showdown between "Air Prison" and "The Lion King 2" has been hyped up by the media, although there is basically no competitive relationship between the two films due to the theme, Fireflies and Paramount have put in all their efforts to create various topics, and important activities such as movie premieres will naturally not be missed.

In addition to the main creators of "Air Prison", a large number of big-name stars who are close to the Firefly Group came to support tonight, and the red carpet was shining. The reason why Eric brought Drew to the premiere of "Air Prison" was also due to this reason.

Perhaps the collaboration with Michael Bay seemed very easy. Brookheimer has launched an advertising director, Simon West, as the director of "Air Prison". Of course, there is also Eric's driving relationship. After all, without Eric's permission, Brookheimer would not have appointed a new director as the director of a large-scale production film with a budget of $75 million.

The reason for this is that Simon West was originally the director of the original "Prison in the Sky". Eric does not have enough energy to intervene in all the films under Firefly in detail. Then, creating the "original team" will undoubtedly become a very safe insurance.

Eric took Drew to the Hollywood Central Theater at six o'clock. Just after walking the red carpet, Jerry Brookheimer came to greet Simon West. In my memory, although Simon West is not a productive director, his films such as "The Prison in the Air", "Tomb Raider" and "The Excavator 2" are all very popular commercial films.

Everyone stood at the end of the red carpet and chatted for a while. Eric came early. He couldn't stand on the red carpet all the time. He was about to enter the theater together. A faint touch came from behind him. He turned his head and looked at a tall figure in a red dress, POSE beautifully on the red carpet.

The girl's name is Helena Christensen, who is also a Victoria's Secret supermodel. She plays the wife of Cage in this "Air Prison".

Under Emily's management, the operating mechanism of the Victoria's Secret Legion has become more and more mature in recent years, and the number of Victoria's Secret supermodels is no longer replaced as frequently as in previous lives. Moreover, even if ordinary Victoria's Secret angels cannot receive the same treatment as five spokespersons, compared with other models in the industry, they can still obtain much more resources and exposure. Correspondingly, even if the salary of participating in the Victoria's Secret show is not high, few supermodels will voluntarily give up their identity as Victoria's Secret angels.

Because the members of the Victoria's Secret Legion are relatively fixed, with the cooperation of Fireflies, LTD has also begun to further enhance the influence of the Victoria's Secret Legion in addition to the annual Victoria's Secret show.

Frequent appearances in Hollywood film and television dramas in recent years are one of the preferential treatments that Victoria's Secret Angels can receive.
Chapter completed!