I’m in Hollywood Chapter 1133: Shock
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The long and short hour finally passed.
At nine o'clock 30 of United States Eastern Time, the Nasdaq stock exchange officially opened, and the Firefly system did not issue a reduction announcement until the last minute before the stock market opened.
However, because the news that the Firefly system may be reduced on a large scale quickly spread within just one hour, some unscrupulous investors and ulterior short-selling capital still started to sell off after the Nasdaq market opened. stock.
So, just after the stock market opened, the Nasdaq index fell all the way from 3476 points to 3435 points. In just ten minutes, the Nasdaq fell 1.17%, and the wealth of more than 40billion USD disappeared.
In the face of this situation, a large number of technology companies and Wall Street Capital had to enter the market to stabilize the stock price.
Compared to the Firefly system, a giant that is capable of destroying the entire Nasdaq market, hedge funds and a small number of investors who are short on the Nasdaq obviously cannot compete with the entire new technology industry.
After a brief fall, the Nasdaq index soon started to rise. In the end, after experiencing a morning shock, the Nasdaq not only did not fall, but broke the record again, breaking the 3500 mark.
Near noon, Boeing 747 of Eric finally landed at Long Island private airport.
After getting off the plane, Eric took the assistant and bodyguard directly to the VH-60 helicopter flying to Manhattan, and the crew of "Iron Man" will take off again and return to Los Angeles.
After more than forty minutes, the helicopter landed on the rooftop of the building at the entrance of Sixth Avenue.
After a few people from Eric and Robert · Eiger who greeted him personally, they got on the car rushing to the studio Headquarters of Oprah Show.
Three black luxury cars drove to Midtown together, and Robert · Eiger, who was sitting next to Eric, said: "Eric, I just received a call from Sequoia Capital Don Valentin. He hopes to respond to 'Hollywood gossip 'Say sorry to you.'
"Sequoia Capital, Hollywood gossip," Eric still looked down at a document and said, "Has Sequoia Capital fallen to this level?"
“No,” Robert · Iger explained: “Hollywood gossip is a website invested by Sequoia Capital's partner named Ronald · Hill. It has no direct relationship with Sequoia Capital. Don Valentine is just a substitute. Intercede. "
"Well, I know."
Robert Iger does not know whether Eric agrees or rejects.
However, he also knows that BOSS is very angry today. Naturally, he will not say anything more for an outsider.
After a while, Eric spoke again, with a sneer in his tone, saying: "Always, something goes wrong. Some people feel that they are big people and will not be implicated; some people think they are small people and will not be affected. Implicated. This time I will let them know that there are exceptions to everything. "
Robert · Eiger nodded in agreement, but felt a cold rush directly from the soles of his feet, and could not help but shudder slightly.
The Oprah Show studio Headquarters is already busy.
Over the years, black girls who came out of a slum have gradually become the queen of talk shows at the United States TV session, and Oprah ’s status in the media session has also risen.
If at other times, someone wants to jump in to disrupt the original production rhythm of the show, even if it is the Hollywood first-line star, Oprah has the confidence to reject the other party.
However, today's ABCHeadquarters task directly suppressed, but Oprah has no room for rejection. Moreover, the more people who come out from the bottom can appreciate the power, Oprah is very clear that she must ensure that this program with only 24 hours of production time will not have any lapses.
After announcing to all employees of the production studio that they will work overtime today, Oprah began to study the data of the exposure incident, and then felt more headaches.
Although "Oprah Show" often touches on some very sensitive social topics, to gain attention and ratings. But today this incident obviously did not allow her to take out the hype. Not only could it not be hyped, she also realized that the next show must deal with a not-so-obsessed gossip news that was clearly full of breaking points.
I was repeatedly reading some of the online news copies provided by ABC, and after hearing the assistant reminder, Oprah quickly got up and left the office.
Just out of the studio, Oprah saw Eric and his party come out of the elevator, and quickly greeted them warmly: "Mr. Williams, nice to meet you."
"Hello, Ms. Winfrey," Eric shook hands with Oprah.
Oprah greeted Robert · Eiger again, and everyone came to a meeting room in the working room.
Sit down next to meeting table, Oprah took the folder from the assistant, sent out the irrelevant people, and went straight to the topic: "So, Mr. Williams, can you talk about it first, our issue The show probably, uh, what scale can it reach? "
"This matter today, two women and three children," said Eric, and said: "In addition, you can call me Eric."
Oprah nodded and relaxed. Her biggest worry was that Eric avoided the sex scandal incident and forced clarification and concealment, which was often counterproductive.
However, despite the conclusions in his heart, Oprah carefully confirmed: "Eric, do you mean that you intend to publicly recognize the identity of the three children?"
"Yes, in addition to my views on this incident, I hope that these can be discussed openly on the show."
Oprah was a little surprised by the calm attitude of Eric.
However, in her view, this is obviously the best coping strategy.
"This is good, Eric, the public is always easier, um, understand honest and frank people."
Eric naturally understands the pause in Oprah ’s tone, and the other party obviously wants to use the word ‘forgiveness’.
It's just that Eric never thought that because oneself's code of conduct is contrary to the general public's cognition that it is going to get forgiveness from each other, which is boring. The reason why he arranged this show is just to tell some people's attitude towards certain things. Eric doesn't want anyone to use this kind of thing in the future to hurt the women and children around him.
Of course, Eric does not object to conveying to the public a false feeling of hope for forgiveness through this program.
After all, people's hearts are always the easiest tool to control and very powerful.
Eric ’s unexpected attitude allowed Oprah to quickly determine the tone of the show. After more than an hour of discussion on some details, everyone moved to the studio and began the official recording of the show.
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San Francisco on the West Coast.
In the office of Sequoia Capital Headquarters, Don Valentine once again hung up the call with Robert · Iger and said to a thin middle-aged person across the road: "Williams only responded that he knew."
As one of Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capital companies, Sequoia Capital is actually composed of 30 investment funds. The middle-aged man named Ronald Hill across from Don Valentine is the head of a larger fund.
After hearing the words of Don Valentine, Ronald Hill realized that Eric apparently did not accept an apology.
Tugging on his tie, Ronald · Hill said anxiously: "What else is he going to do, just one morning, in order to maintain the Nasdaq index, the entire new technology half-block has been smashed into at least 3billion USD. Does he think this is not enough? "
Don Valentine put the telephone receiver back on the landline and said, "Ronald, complaining is useless, or consider the aftermath. I also don't understand why you are investing in this kind of provoking right and wrong Website. "
"Adam Wembley, the founder of this website, is my high school classmate," Ronald · Hill exclaimed a bitter smile, said: "He used to show me the plan, I think it is good, and only You need 2 million USD to get 70% of the shares, so I agreed. "
"Do you know this in advance?"
"Of course I do n’t know, if I knew it, I would never allow that stupid to mess up. This is Eric Williams, I would rather that stupid to provoke President."
"So," Don Valentine tapped his fingers on the desk a few times and said, "You are not intimate with that Adam Wembley?"
"I would rather have never known this person now."
"That's easy to handle," Don Valentine nodded and solemnly said: "Ronald, if you don't want to be implicated, go check the ins and outs of this matter. That Adam Wembley is obviously It is impossible to do this kind of thing for no reason. In addition, before this matter subsides, I hope you can temporarily leave the position of LH fund Manager. "
Despite the mild tone of Don Valentine, Ronald Hill instantly understood that the other party was about to kick himself out of Sequoia Capital, which was a hundred times worse than he had imagined. He struggled for eight years before he stepped up to where he is today. He is in charge of a fund of Sequoia Capital that exceeds 1billion USD. After leaving Sequoia Capital, Ronald Hill didn't know if he had the courage to start from scratch.
Suddenly stood up, Ronald · Hill silently changed the look of the solid wood desk surface for a moment, and then there were some begging in the tone, saying: "Tang, not like this."
"Sorry, Ronald," Don Valentine also stood up, turned to the desk and patted Ronald Hill's shoulder, then leaned against the edge of the table and said with a bit of sigh: "The timing is very sensitive now. We ca n’t take the risk of being targeted by the Firefly system. You should know that this is a behemoth with a control capital size close to 1000billion USD. 1000billion USD, which is equivalent to one-ninth of the North America economy, no one dares to compete with such a huge capital The beasts are fighting. If Eric Williams really releases a reduction announcement this morning, everyone will be finished now. But you have just heard it, and he did not intend to give up on it. "
"But this matter really has nothing to do with me."
"Children do wrong things, and the responsibilities are often borne by adults," Don Valentine reached out and patted Ronald Hill ’s shoulder again, saying, "If I were you, the first thing to do now is One thing is to shut down that website completely, and then find out the ins and outs of the matter and take the initiative to give Eric Williams an explanation. "
"Tang, I can do this, but can the company not temporarily rip me off?"
Don Valentine shook his head again and said, "I will let Deborah announce your departure notice later. Ronald, cheer up, you already have more than 30 million USD net worth, you left Sequoia You can do some of your own things. Of course, I think the most important thing for you now is to deal with this matter. For the time being, I will wait for a meeting next time. Please calm down. "
After saying this, Don Valentine did not hesitate to leave the office, leaving only Ronald Hill standing in a daze.
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After the opening decline, the morning shock, the Nasdaq index has been slowly rising throughout the afternoon.
As of the close, the Nasdaq has reached a high of 3526 points.
Moreover, many investors discovered a slightly strange phenomenon in the first place.
The entire Nasdaq market, compared with most of the other technology stocks that barely maintain the stock price did not suffer a fall in the morning shock, the stocks of Yahoo, Cisco, Amazon, Qualcomm, etc. of the Firefly system have all appeared obvious Up.
Among them, the single-day stock increase of Yahoo Network Company reached an astonishing 6.1%, the market value jumped from the opening 132.6 billion USD to 140700 million USD, and the single-day market value increase reached 8100 million USD. The market value of Cisco also reached a new high. As of the close, it has reached 295600 million USD, which is only one step away from the 300billion USD mark.
According to statistics, only this wave of single-day gains increased the size of assets controlled by the entire Firefly system by 57billion USD, and at the same time brought more than 11billion USD asset appreciation to Eric.
So, in the evening, evening TV and internet media around North America again expressed their emotions about the new technology wave.
On the other hand, although the news about the exposure of Eric Williams ’s illegitimate children has been basically circulated among the public, but not only the Internet platform that has been basically cleared, most traditional media have shown this A very cold attitude.
Of course, it is not without doubt.
Time Warner ’s CNNTV Station has made a very anti-trend special evening interview program to discuss in detail whether the suppression of Internet media by Eric has affected topics such as press freedom.
In fact, this is also a very sensitive topic. For Westerners who advocate freedom, once this topic is expanded, the suppression of press freedom by Eric is obviously more likely to cause public rebound than his **** incident .
It's just that, despite CNN's ulterior motives, this topic has not caused massive media hype.
In fact, most news events are only getting more and more serious under the hype of the media.
Similarly, without the help of the media and without enough guidance, the public often feels that this matter is not a big deal. As a result, CNN was left alone and a potential bombshell was thrown out, but turned into a dumb bomb.