I’m in Hollywood Chapter 464: Three ideas
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Eric and Steve Case talked to me for a day, and did not reach much agreement until after work hours, so we could only continue the talk the next day. ,
Because Chris invited himself to dinner at home, after work, Eric sent his followers away and sat in car of Chris.
"I ca n’t imagine that the entire North America network users have exceeded 1.5 million, I thought it would have to wait for a while," after Chris launched car, Eric said with emotion, he planned to wait for Clinton to take power, in the launch plan After seeing some data about AOL today, I still feel that the project in my heart should be sooner rather than later.
Although the number of 1.5 million is completely incomparable with hundreds of millions of Internet users in future generations, it is a very impressive number in the era when personal computers have not yet become popular. Moreover, when the number of users is relatively small, the layout is arranged in advance, and when the Internet users explode, they can even reach the level of creating industry standards.
Eric vaguely remember a sentence, it seems that first-class companies set standards, second-class companies rely on brands, third-rate companies sell technology, and fourth-rate companies make products. These four sentences are like an industry pyramid. The more you are at the top of the pyramid, the higher the benefits you get. Take the smartphones of the original time and space. Two mobile phone manufacturers with complete technical standards, Apple and Samsung, have blown smartphone profits. Ninety percent of those, and those domestic mobile phone manufacturers who always clamor for the configuration of Apple can only get a 1% benefit because the chip they use is United States, the screen is Japan, and the camera is South Korea Yes, sometimes an unintelligible 'austenitic 304 stainless steel' gimmick is turned out, which turned out to be just common tableware materials that are common around people.
Chris does not know the psychological activities of Eric. Heard Eric. Asked: "What are you waiting for?"
"I have some ideas in my mind. I originally planned to wait for the network to develop for a while before implementing it. Now it seems that I do n’t have to wait any longer, the sooner the better."
Chris yelled, leaned towards the side of the road, and let a red BMW convertible that drove by, obviously a little absent-minded.
"Have you moved?" Eric looked at the signpost outside. He remembered that last time Chris and Emily still lived in Manhattan Midtown, but now it is almost Central Park.
"We bought an apartment in the Upper East Side some time ago. It is on 72nd Street, Third Avenue."
"It just happened that I also had a villa nearby. I bought it with Drew last year and haven't lived with it yet," Eric said, suddenly remembering something and asked, "Aren't you going to get married?"
Chris shook his head: "Emily wants to wait another two years, she doesn't plan to get married before 30."
Eric is still quite sensitive, and the Chris discourse that was originally quite talkative suddenly lost a lot, he quickly guessed. Perhaps it is related to this dinner.
Chris parked car in the parking lot of a high-rise apartment, and the two of them got on the elevator together. Soon to the floor where the new home of Chris is located.
The Emily dressed at home opened the door and embraced Eric enthusiastically: "Eric, I am very glad to see you again."
"Me too," Eric released Emily and smiled: "But I didn't bring red wine."
"It's okay, please come in," Emily let Eric into the apartment, not only helped Eric to hang the windbreaker, but also took a pair of slippers for Eric.
Eric thought that these two couples seemed to be abnormal. Although Emily has always been very cheerful and enthusiastic, today it seems a bit overdone.
"Eric, you sit down first, dinner will be ready soon," Emily said after pouring coffee for Eric, and glanced at Chris again: "Chris, can you come and help me?"
Chris approached the kitchen a little helplessly.
Eric just glanced in the direction of the kitchen, and did not show more curiosity, but picked up the remote control on the coffee table and turned on the TV at will. Anyway, if there is anything about these two couples, I will definitely say it later. .
In the kitchen, Emily put on insulated gloves, opened the oven and looked at it, then closed the lid, and then whispered, "Did you tell him?"
Chris spreads hands: "This is too embarrassing, what do you tell me to say?"
"Why is it embarrassing? This is a normal thing," Emily glared angrily at her boyfriend: "You ... you just don't want to help me."
"If I don't want to help you, I won't invite Eric to come over, you can say the rest," Chris said, picking up the kitchen knife and trying to help Emily cut onions.
Emily snatched the kitchen knife angrily: "Okay, I said it myself, I don't need your help."
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"That night, I was really terrified, especially when the last agricultural tractor hit the TV screen, I really thought the TV was broken, Eric, how did this come about? ? "At dinner, Emily recalled something about the trailer of" Twister "some time ago, and asked a little excitement.
"It's just a simple visual effect," Eric said the principle briefly, and there was not much complacent in the tone. After all, the current 3D movie effect can already reach this level, and the visual effect will be more Shock, but the current 3D film technology is not mature enough. The current 3D glasses will cause serious visual fatigue when worn for a long time, so most of the 3D technology can only be used in short films.
Emily looked forward to asking: "I remember the release time of" Twister "is June 5th, then it will be a long time before Oh, will Firefly be scheduled in advance?"
"Of course, I will let someone send you two tickets by then," Eric replied with a smile.
Emily said thanks, and then the atmosphere in the restaurant came to a short pause. After a while, Emily finally gathered courage and said: "Eric, now, that ... Firefly investment company still has a big deal Funding? "
Eric looked down at Chris, pretending to drink soup, and laughed: "This Chris should be more clear than me?"
After hearing this sentence, Chris was choked, and quickly pulled out a few paper towel and turned around.
Eric almost understood. Simply put down the knife and fork in your hand. Seriously said: "Emily. It's good to say something directly, we don't need these polite sets between us, but it will make us look rusty."
This sentence is a bit embarrassed when saying Emily: "Actually, it is our clothing company ..."
"Oh, I remembered it," Eric immediately showed a sudden look, he quickly remembered the scene when Thanksgiving first saw Chris and Emily at Jeffrey two years ago, when Chris was still working in Morgan Stanley . Just happened to be responsible for the listing of the clothing company of the Emily family, because the Emily father falsely reported the information of the clothing company, which caused the listing to fall: "I remember I told you last year that if I make money in the Petroleum market, I will invest in you. I ’m so sorry for my apparel company. I almost forgot about this. How much money do you need now? "
Emily glanced at her boyfriend, and then carefully extended a finger: "One ... 100 million?"
Chris immediately turned his head and glared, Emily immediately changed his mouth: "Actually. 60 million is also possible."
Eric knows that Chris's personality is too serious and serious. It is old-fashioned, although holding a lot of money in Firefly, but feel that it is not professional enough to invest for his girlfriend's family business, so it will flash the embarrassing look.
After the acquisition of Disney, the Firefly USD funds that Eric borrowed from last year ’s Gulf War are still about 1.5 billion, and after the acquisition of Disney, Firefly Pictures ’s own funds can also be self-sufficient, so he originally planned to use this Money for other investments.
"So," Eric thought for a while and said with a smile: "I will stay in New York in recent days. You have time to prepare a material for me. After I have read it, I will decide whether to invest 60 million yuan or 100 million. , Is it okay? "
"Of course no problem," Emily had a trace of excitement on her face, and almost wanted to get up immediately to get out the materials she had prepared, but she soon realized that it was not suitable for this occasion.
After dinner, Eric rejected the proposal of Chris and Emily to stay overnight. Chris has always sent Eric downstairs, and the two walked side by side on the busy streets of Mangaton.
"I always feel that I am very lucky. If I did n’t happen to meet Jeffrey and met you again, I might not have the current results at all. I do n’t have any relatives in this world anymore. I always treat Jeffrey as an elder. , "Eric looked at the neon signs on the roadside, with some sighs of emotion, he still remembered a few years ago, he wrestled all his bets to make" Home Alone ", if it did not happen to meet Jeffrey and his shoots team, A little rookie who is new to Hollywood, even if he can pull up a Caotai team, he may not be able to produce the movie in his memory perfectly.
Chris knows why Eric suddenly mentioned this. Chris did n’t think his father and son were the big benefactors of Eric. He has always been very self-knowledge. Similarly, if he did n’t meet Eric, he did n’t know if his father could rejuvenate. Even, the cold war between their father and son does not know how long it will last. What's more, he now takes care of more than 2 billion USD assets, and if he did not choose to resign, he has been working in Morgan Stanley. To be able to independently operate investment projects of the same size, he must also struggle for at least ten years: "In fact , We are all very lucky. "
Eric smiled: "Yes."
Chris put his hands in his trench coat pockets and said, "Yes, you can be assured of this investment. That, Emily ’s father has retired, and now Emily is in charge of the clothing company. It has developed well in the past two years. It was n’t the thing two years ago, and it ’s easy for companies to relist. ”
"The specific investment amount will be negotiated between you and Emily, such as going back to bed in a while," Eric made a joke.
"Or you should pay attention, I try not to intervene," Chris smiled: "Yes, when you came back today, you said that you already have some ideas about the computer network?"
"Unexpectedly, you remember these."
"Okay, you do n’t have to tease me, what are your thoughts, talk about it?"
Eric looked around and pointed to a coffee shop on the roadside: "If you are not in a hurry to go back, let's go in and talk for a while. The villa I bought is in front, but it is a bit deserted. Just before coming today, I informed the next housekeeping company to clean it up. "
Chris nodded. The two walked side by side into the roadside cafe, called for two cups of coffee, and made it down by the window.
Eric sorted out his thoughts before saying: "Unfortunately there is no laptop here, or it is more convenient to say, should you have studied the computer data during this time?"
"Well, just say it directly, I should be able to understand it," Chris said.
"Actually, all my ideas are based on the widespread technology of computer networks. However, as I said before, I personally think that this is a trend of the times. It is very likely, and, even if it is true Lost, and I wo n’t lose much. ”
Chris echoed: "Actually, I also feel that your judgment is very reasonable. A few days ago, I found that Emily looked at the clothing design drawings on the Apple laptop, and those design drawings were all designed using software. Yes, this was even unthinkable a few years ago. Moreover, the price of personal computers is not too expensive now. Ordinary people can buy one for a month or two of wages. If the computer hardware can maintain high speed now If it grows, the popularity of personal computers is a matter of time. "
"Well, I still come back to the computer network. I have a total of three ideas," Eric paused, still adding: "This is what I figured out during the daily use of computers. And, I plan to It became the three ideas for the three companies to operate. First, it is an idea of a graphical interface browser. "
"Graphical interface browser?" Chris repeated the vocabulary of Eric.
"It's just a ... browse the graphical version of the web tool," Eric thought about it and explained: "This compares to your just knows. The Internet tool we use now is similar to the DOS operating system a few years ago. It takes a lot of complicated commands to run, which is very inconvenient, and the graphical interface browser I envisaged is to present the current Internet tools in a simple graphical interface situation, just like the Windows Windows operating system of Microsoft, you know, in Windows Before the advent of the system, it was often more professional technicians who used personal computers. After the appearance of the Windows system, even ordinary people can use personal computers. The graphical interface browser I envisaged is a way for ordinary people You can also easily browse the "window tool" of the computer network. "(To be continued ...)