Chapter 854 Do You Want to Know What's Different?

? Cindy sighed a little: "Tens of billions of dollars, I think for these tens of billions of dollars, they will definitely fight the lawsuit. The VCR is a decade of lawsuits with Disney and Universal."

Eric laughed: "You must be seeing the kind of newspaper that likes to alarmist and attract attention, and they just don't mention the most important point, which is the very favorable outcome of the case law in the Sony VCR case. More What's more, if irelyer is popularized, it will provide a lot of taxes and jobs for the federal government every year, do you think the federal court may suppress their potential big taxpayers on behalf of the Japanese?"

Local protectionism exists in any country and region. If the core patents of traditional portable music players are in the hands of local American companies, involving tens of billions of dollars in huge entanglements of interests, Firefly Electronics may still encounter some troubles, but these patents are precisely in the hands of the Japanese, even in the United States. Local traditional player manufacturers have to pay large amounts of patent licensing fees to Japanese companies every year.

In this case, the San Francisco federal court would be considered a ghost if it was willing to stand up for the Japanese.

Chris has mentioned in several recent calls from San Francisco that the San Francisco federal court is likely to directly dismiss the lawsuit by Sony and the other two major record companies, and will not file a case at all.

Cindy tilted her head slightly and listened quietly, and at the end she asked with great interest, "What is case law?"

"You won't be interested," Eric shook his head and looked at Cindy with a smile on his lips: "I'm rather curious, what are you suddenly asking about?"

"Actually, it's like this," Cindy didn't show the embarrassment of being pierced by Eric, and said with a serious expression: "Didn't you suggest me to invest in technology stocks last year? That's why I pay more attention to this information. "

Eric probably understood and said with a smile, "Did you really buy it?"

Cindy stretched out two fair and slender fingers and shook it: "For $20 million, I bought all the four stocks you mentioned to me last year."

Eric really couldn't remember, and asked, "Which four stocks?"

"It's aol, Microsoft, Cisco, Intel," Cindy said, her eyes widening suddenly: "God, you forgot, that's most of my savings."

Eric hurriedly made a downward gesture: "Don't make such a fuss, and you must have made a profit, right?"

Cindy also realized that she was a little overreacted. Due to the identity of the two, there were already guests looking at this side frequently, and at this time a large number of eyes were looking at it with a fairness.

Covering up and taking a sip of the red wine, Cindy lowered her voice a little excitedly and said, "Yeah, it's crazy, these stocks have more than doubled in a year, and now the value of the stocks in my hand is close to $50 million. I never thought I'd have that much money before."

Eric actually felt the same way. The Clover Fund has been continuously investing in the Nasdaq market, and the current book income is even more amazing than the small plate in Cindy's hands.

"And then?" Eric asked with a smile, she knew that Cindy would definitely not mention this for no reason.

Cindy stopped going around in circles and slowly cut the cod on the plate, saying, "Recently, my broker suggested that I liquidate all the stocks as soon as possible, but I'm a little unsure, so I want to ask your opinion first."

Eric wondered: "Did the other party have any reason to explain, I mean, why did you suddenly suggest that you clear the position."

"Well," Cindy nodded and said, "He said that the next economic crisis in Southeast Asia will spread to North America and cause the collapse of the Nasdaq market."

The Nasdaq is now close to 1,500, almost double what it was three years ago.

Therefore, there has long been a bearish voice on Nasdaq in the investment market, and perhaps only Eric is the only one in the world who dares to be 100% sure that the Nasdaq index is far from reaching its limit.

However, if Cindy's stockbroker persuaded her to sell stocks on the grounds that the Nasdaq was inflated, Eric would not be surprised. The stockbroker encouraged customers to buy and sell stocks frequently to earn more commissions. Very common behavior, but the other party used the reason that the economic crisis in Southeast Asia might hit North America.

After thinking about it, Eric said, "Cindy, I don't know how good your stockbroker ability is. However, if it were me, I would definitely do the same now."

Cindy blinked and asked the same question as Eric just now: "And then?"

Eric took a sip of red wine and said: "Now no one can be sure whether the Southeast Asian economy will really encounter a crisis, so once this prediction comes true, I will definitely become that kind of stock with unique vision in your eyes. Broker, you will trust me more in the future. In this case, if the North American stock market is not affected, but continues to thrive, as long as I give a reasonable reason, you will definitely continue to listen to my opinion and re-buy , this time, two commissions will be paid."

Cindy obviously couldn't keep up with Eric's thoughts, and her thoughts went around in a circle. After Eric had cleaned up the last bit of food on his plate, she figured out something and said, "You mean, Did that guy lie to me on purpose?"

Eric shrugged: "It's just possible, I don't know your stockbroker, maybe he's really thinking about clients, who knows."

"But," Cindy scratched the tableware in the thin china plate twice and said, "You just seemed to be saying, um, the economic crisis in Southeast Asia will happen, but it won't affect the North American stock market, right? But It seems unreasonable, although I don’t know much about these things, but I also feel that it should have an impact.”

Eric said: "Of course there will be an impact, but the impact is exactly the opposite of what your stockbroker described. Let's put it this way. Do you know what the biggest impact of the two world wars was on the global economic landscape?"

Cindy shook her head: "I don't know, I'm not interested in things like wars."

Eric said helplessly, "Didn't you go to college?"

Cindy raised her pretty face: "Of course, the Department of Chemical Engineering of Northwestern University, although I only read it for a year, I still remember the molecular formula of water, h... um, ho2, right?"

"Okay, the water you drink is really special," Eric didn't know if the goblin was maliciously acting cute, so he decided not to discuss such a 'heavy' topic as hydrogen dioxide, and instead continued: "Twice The biggest impact of the world war on the global economy is that the collapse of Europe led to the rise of the Commonwealth. Similarly, once the Southeast Asian currency system is attacked and triggered an economic crisis, the impact is tantamount to a large-scale war. If it is destroyed, the original capital will definitely choose to flee. Due to the generally high welfare and low efficiency social system in Europe, and the fact that European countries are almost never able to achieve integration, it is difficult to form too much attraction for capital. This situation North America will once again become the best destination for capital to flee. With a large influx of capital, the most intuitive manifestation must be the arrival of a bull market in the stock market. So, now everything is just the beginning.”

Cindy understood this time, nodded and said: "It seems that I need to change a stockbroker. However, Eric, can I continue to buy now, and when do you think I will sell these stocks? Better?"

"Of course you can, it's time to sell," Eric thought for a while, and said, "The listing of Yahoo will definitely bring the Nasdaq to a high point, then you should start selling, and don't enter again after the clearance. field."

In memory, the Nasdaq stock market crashed in March 2000, but after creating a group of "big butterflies" by himself, Eric determined that the Nasdaq index could no longer follow the original historical trajectory.

Yahoo will probably choose the period from the end of 1998 to the beginning of 1999 to go public. As the most watched Internet technology company, Yahoo's listing will definitely drive the entire market up. It is indeed a good time to sell at that time. The stock must have appreciated several times by then, so there is no need to be too greedy.

As for the stocks held by the Clover Fund, Eric has a more detailed plan, but these must not be disclosed to Cindy casually.

Cindy also saw Eric's reserved attitude. Although she really wanted to know when Yahoo would go public, she also understood the reasoning that enough is enough, and wisely did not continue to ask.

The two of them had almost the same food, and it was still early. Cindy did not intend to leave, ordered coffee, and continued to chat with Eric.

Although she can't keep up with Eric's thoughts many times, Cindy also understands that the information that she can get at will when getting along with Eric is a hundred times more than those who only talk about it, and others may be obsessed with her. The beauty of her, but this trick is almost useless to Eric. It will only become more and more difficult to ask this man out in the future, but she cherishes this opportunity very much.

Adding a cube of sugar to the hot coffee and stirring gently, Cindy remembered something and asked, "Speaking of which, Eric, will you be in New York early next month?"

Today is April 25th. On Friday, Eric plans to return to East Hampton for the weekend and fly directly back to Los Angeles from there next week, so he shook his head and said, "No, I'll leave in two days, what's wrong?"

Cindy said with some regret: "Next month's met-ball dance on the 5th, I wanted to invite you as a male partner."

Eric also remembered-

The Ball Ball, the full name of which is the Metropolitan Museum of Art Charity Ball in New York, is a charity party created by Anna Wintour to fight the West Coast "Vanity Fair" party. Only the most popular celebrities and superstars will be invited to participate. When he attended a reception hosted by the Hearst family last weekend, Anna Wintour, who happened to be there, asked him if he was interested.

Smiling, Eric said, "Even if I have time, I definitely can't be your male companion. Drew will definitely come to join in the fun."

Everyone knows that Eric and Drew have a very close relationship. Cindy has been in contact with Drew several times. She absolutely dare not argue with Drew, because she always feels that there is a kind of hidden behind the baby face. The crazy factor that may turn people's faces in an instant. If she had a conflict with Drew, Cindy was sure that Eric couldn't possibly help her.

Thinking of this, Cindy couldn't help but be a little curious: "Eric, what kind of relationship do you have with Drew, um?"

Eric did not shy away from this question, and replied with a smile: "It's the kind of relationship you imagined, a tree and a vine, entangled and entangled, and no one can do without."

For some reason, Cindy felt that the picture outlined by Eric with a few simple words made him feel a strong sense of jealousy.

"Then, wouldn't she mind you... dating us?"

"Of course I do, but the girl's outlook on life is different from others," Eric thought for a while, then smiled and looked at Cindy: "Do you want to know what's different?"

Cindy shook her head almost instinctively: "I don't want to."

"Heh," Eric smiled and was about to say something when he felt the phone vibrate in his pocket, took it out and gestured to Cindy, got up and walked into the corridor not far away, and picked up the phone.

Katzenberg personally called from Los Angeles. The two talked for about ten minutes. Eric returned to his seat, looked at his watch, and said to Cindy, "We may have to leave early."

Cindy automatically forgot the topic that made her regret a little while ago, and asked with concern, "What happened?"

Eric summoned the waiter and handed over the credit card, and then he said to Cindy: "It's not a big deal, it's not Friday, the global box office data for the 18th week of "Titanic" came out, the detailed information The assistant has already sent it over, I want to go back and have a look."

"Wow, it's week 18," Cindy said, immediately intrigued. "I remember last week it was like, um, $1.775 billion. That's a miracle. How much is it now?"

"1.852 billion."

Eric reported a number, and his mood is also not so calm, because this number means that "Titanic" has successfully broken the record of 1.84 billion US dollars in the first round of screening in the previous life, and continues to pay 2 billion US dollars to this brand-new record. Records sprint.

Katzenberg just said on the phone that according to the current box office curve of "Titanic", there is no suspense in the global box office sprint of 2 billion US dollars. The only thing that cannot be determined is the final potential.

A month ago, when the global box office of "Titanic" exceeded 1.5 billion US dollars, the company's executives proposed to hold a grand celebration dinner, but Eric rejected it. He hopes that the total box office will exceed 1.8 billion. Celebrate after the goal is achieved.

In the phone call just now, Eric and Katzenberg have agreed to hold a grand celebration party in the Titanic model initially built in Firefly Studios next Wednesday, and will also officially announce the Titanic-themed exhibition project. . (To be continued.)