I’m in Hollywood Chapter 361: But he is a lunatic
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In the face of the sudden strength of Eric, Robert Shay's face became ugly, but his momentum also weakened, and he reluctantly asked: "Eric, then you should tell me what you want to do with the money?"
Eric shook his head without hesitation: "Sorry, Robert, I can't say it. [ads: This site has a new URL, shorthand method:,.]"
The muscles on Robert Shay's face shuddered angrily a few times, and then quickly said: "Eric, if you insist on this, I think my next movie may need to introduce external investment."
"No problem."
Eric readily agreed. Robert Shay has nothing but the same idea as he established Black Ant Film Studio. He wants to use the Firefly distribution channel to earn more benefits. The so-called external investment is probably mostly Robert Shay. Personal investment only.
It seems that the success of Box Office of "Sleeping with the Enemy" has made Robert Shay even more inflated, but this is also good. Anyway, Eric has made up his mind to let Robert Shay go away at the end of the year. Even if the channel of Firefly is used, it is only this time, let alone Whether or not you can make money is something else.
After hearing Eric agree so readily, Robert Shay hesitated instead, and soon added: "Of course, Firefly still has to participate in part of the investment, I will not let our own company suffer too much."
Eric sneered in his heart, Robert Shay still has some self-knowledge, saying that it will not let the company lose money, in fact, it is more that he does not want the film to be completely disconnected from himself. In this way, for his own benefit, it is impossible for him If you don't ask, the movie is sold out. Of course, all credit belongs to Robert. If it fails, Robert Shay can find an excuse to deal with it.
However, Eric nodded again: "This is fine."
"Then, let me go to work first." Robert Shay glanced meaningfully at Firefly Finance Director Carloyn Elliot who was waiting for him, and got up and left the meeting room.
"Eric, do you really want to withdraw all of the company's money?" Only the two of them were left in the meeting room before Carloyn Elliot pushed the glasses on the nose bridge. Asked uncertainly.
Eric nodded and asked: "How much money is in the company's account now?"
Carloyn Elliot handed over the folder in hand: "A total of 100 million 49 500,000 USD."
Eric opened the folder and mumbled: "How come there are so few?"
Carloyn Elliot rolled his eyes. Is this too little? Even the Seventh Congress does not necessarily have such a huge cash flow.
"Eric is already a lot. This is because the Box Office of" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "75 million USD at the beginning of the month has just been split into the company account, otherwise there are only more than 70 million in the account, although several movies at the end of last year There is a large amount of money, but in April, only various taxes were paid for 150 million USD, plus the funds occupied by projects such as "Ghost", "Sleeping with the Enemy", "X-Files" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" in the past six months, the company's channel expansion And the consumption of the video tape announcement, as well as the money you used to use in the Black Ant Film Industry, Pixar and digital fields, these combined, the company can leave almost 150 million is a miracle. "
Eric quickly reviewed the detailed income and expenditure reports, only to understand that Carloyn Elliot is all about facts.
Firefly is in a period of rapid development. Like many companies in this period, the consumption of funds is very large. If the movie Box Office produced by Eric is not a big sale to provide sufficient funds for Firefly, Firefly will now inevitably embark on the road of external financing.
"So, leave 9500,000 of working capital, and the rest will wait for my news, all hit the designated account," Eric closed the statement said.
Carloyn Elliot hesitantly said: "Eric, 9500,000 USD is definitely not enough, 《Friends》 second part is already being produced. According to the cost of producing each episode of 1 million USD of eight episodes per month, 8 million is needed, not to mention the company also needs other expenses." /
The first quarter was a success, and the cost of 《Friends》 in the second quarter also skyrocketed. The cost of each episode reached 1 million USD.
Thinking about the sweet face that I have n’t seen in a long time, Eric showed a short hesitant look, but soon said: "It ’s just a month, Carolyn, let ’s say we ca n’t have any income this month, those at the end of the year. Have n’t all the video tapes of the movie already listed? Also. You can negotiate with Fox to see if you can prepay a portion of the advertising share of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?". If there is really no way, then pause. "
Carloyn Elliot could not help pushing the glasses on the bridge of his nose again, frowning slightly, wanting to say something, looked at Eric's face, or swallowed back the words he wanted to speak.
The fund was finalized, and Eric soon boarded the flight to New York.
Firefly investment company ’s Headquarters is located in a building in the Manhattan business center. The company ’s main asset is 23% of the Cisco company ’s shares. In addition, Chris is also responsible for Eric ’s private wealth management.
Although I have received a telephone notification before, when Eric arrived at New York, it was less than 12 noon Eastern Time, which surprised Chris Hansson.
The two came to the office together. Eric took out those newspapers that were sorted out last night and pushed them in front of Chris, and briefly recounted their ideas.
Chris listens to Eric, although somewhat layman, but it ’s an important point analysis, nodded from time to time, after Eric finished, only said: "Eric, because of the situation in the Middle East, crude oil Petroleum does continue to rise during this period. Put in 10 to 20 million to play. "
"Chris, do you think I flew to New York in such a hurry, just want to play?"
Chris stared at Eric and could n’t help but sit up straight and had a bad feeling in his heart.
The Eric arm pressed on the table, leaned forward slightly, staring at Chris and said seriously: "Chris, before I came, I have contacted all the liquid funds in Firefly, Pixar and the digital field, the specific data is still in the statistics , I estimate about the size of 200 million USD, and I will continue to raise funds in the next month. "
"So?" Chris asked with a less certain tone.
"I want to bet a big one," Eric replied: "200 million USD, all long crude oil Petroleum!"
"Eric, I think you need to calm down. Did you listen to someone's confusion?"
Chris reached out and found a copy from newspaper handed over from Eric, pointing to a data article on the financial page: "Look, in the past three months, the price of crude oil has risen from 14USD per barrel to 18USD. Statistics agencies all predict that even if the situation in the Middle East is deadlocked again, the price of crude oil will not exceed 20USD per barrel. If you advance in three months, you can definitely make a fortune, but no one can tell the prophet. Now the oil price has reached the high of 18USD Next, it must be fluctuating between 18 and 20USD, and the risk of entering the market is extremely great. "
"What if the Middle East fights?" Eric asked rhetorically.
Chris remembered what he said when Eric first came, and then I realized that Eric has just been passing the information on newspaper in front of him, suggesting that he may have to start the war again in the Middle East.
"This is even more impossible, Eric, who fights who?" Chris asked rhetorically: "The military value of the Arab countries in the Middle East is generally not high. Let ’s say that Saudi Arabia, with millions of square kilometers of land, only 70,000. The military, Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar and other small countries are almost equal, and Iraq, which is most likely to cause war, has just fought with Iran for eight years. The domestic economy is almost collapsed, and Saddam is not a fool. , The UAE is a small country that flaunts its power and slanders Kuwait ’s stealing of Iraq ’s oil, but at most it just blackmails some of the benefits as in the past. "
"Saddam is certainly not a fool, but he is a lunatic. Chris, what do you think will happen if Iraq invades Kuwait?" (To be continued.) xh118