Chapter Eight Hundred and Thirty Fourth Wedding Invitation

According to the trend of Nasdaq in the next few years, Eric's stock investment in the past two years can be cashed out at the right time, and at least five times the return can be obtained. [[[

After buying US$200 million in Nasdaq IT shares last year, Eric plans to invest another US$400 million to buy this year and next year when the Nasdaq index is below the 2ooo point. After the gram index reaches the 3ooo point, 6 consecutive cashouts will be started.

Compared with this plan, foreign exchange speculation in the Southeast Asian economic crisis, if it is operated for more than half a year, may only obtain less than twice the income, which is not so cost-effective. If too much money is put on this matter, it will also be The last chance to buy IT stocks at the right price will definitely be delayed.

At the same time, Eric does not want to make too much noise and be targeted by Southeast Asian countries. Whether it is Firefly Group or Firefly Investment, they will all have to expand their business locally in the future. Therefore, he took out 300 million US dollars this time, just to join in the fun and earn some pocket money. The girl has wanted to buy a Boeing 777 for a long time.

Chris also knew the situation on Eric's side, and did not think that $300 million was too little.

However, after this period of observation, Chris took the Southeast Asian economic crisis as an opportunity and said: "I mortgaged part of my equity in the company and loaned $300 million from Chase Bank. Emily's side, they The family is also willing to put up $100 million, and everyone adds up to $700 million.”

"$700 million, this figure is quite a coincidence," Eric said with a smile. The 3% stake in Firefly Investment held by Chris is worth over $100 million according to the current asset size of Firefly Investment. Chris also mentioned it to Eric on the phone in advance, and Eric didn't feel anything wrong. Even if Chris lost all of his $300 million, the loss of 1% of his equity would not be a problem for Firefly. any substantial impact on the group. What's more, this time is definitely just a game of earning more and earning less.

As for the coincidence, that is because Eric's oil futures bet on the Kuwait war was also about 700 million US dollars.

Chris immediately remembered the past, when he and his father thought Eric was crazy, but the end result was enough to make people crazy.

With a smile, Chris said: "This time we definitely won't be able to get such crazy gains. According to the information I have now, after this tentative attack, it will take three months for the international hot money to establish a short position. Around July. In three months, everyone is rushing to open positions. Affected by competitive factors, the leverage of the position will only get lower and lower, and it will be good that we can finally double the profit.”

Although Chris has been busy with industrial investment in recent years, from this short paragraph, Eric judged that Chris obviously did not lose his professional level as a top student in the finance department. In my memory, the Asian Financial Crisis officially broke out on a large scale in July.

"It doesn't really matter how much the money can get back, I'm more concerned about the impact of this on the federal economy," Eric continued: "Once the Asian emerging economies are completely destroyed like Latin American countries in the 1970s and 1980s , the European economy has not yet recovered, and a large amount of hot money can only flow to the North American market. It is conceivable that the North American stock market will once again experience a major bull market."

Chris nodded, thought for a while and then said: "Eric, although I know you have a detailed plan in mind, I still want to remind you not to hesitate when it's time to cash out. In my opinion, the Nasdaq market There is already a bubble trend. Just like Microsoft, its annual net profit last year was only 2.1 billion US dollars, but its market value has risen to 1200 million. It's too late, and a $600 million investment may only take one day to turn from a huge profit to a huge loss."

"In my opinion, Microsoft's stock price is far from reaching its limit," Eric said.

He said solemnly: "But don't worry, Chris, you know that I'm not the kind of person who will be lost by greed."

"Yeah," Chris nodded, and suddenly laughed again: "Speaking of which, I attended a house party hosted by Steve Forbes last week, and I got some data from him on this year's Forbes Rich List. I want to know what you are now How much money do you have?"

"Forbes" magazine usually announces the new year's rich list in March. Eric also subscribes to this magazine. He remembers that the line time for this issue should be next Monday. However, before that, major financial media published There has been a lot of discussion around the Forbes rich list, and Eric can get more or less news even if he doesn't pay special attention.

Seeing Chris' rare sale, Eric smiled and said, "I'm curious, what is Forbes' assessment of your net worth?"

"$1.1 billion is far from yours."

Chris shrugged, but he was very satisfied. He has accumulated a net worth of over $100 million in more than six years since he started as an ordinary analyst at Morgan Stanley. He is definitely the highest paid fund manager in North America. people. There are many large family investment funds similar to Firefly Investments in North America. Although the managers of these funds are rich in annual salary, very few can get equity. Moreover, Chris also knows that although Eric rarely takes care of Firefly Investments, he is always the key to Firefly Investments' ability to scale to the present, and he is just an executor. Without Eric's keen eye to pick Cisco, America Online, Nokia and other companies, and to lead the establishment of Yahoo's Internet company, Firefly's investment could not have developed so quickly.

Thinking of this, Chris picked up the coffee in front of him, took a few sips, and said, "Forget it, you'd better read Forbes magazine by yourself next week, I'm about to go back."

Today is Thursday, a working day, and Chris actually flew over from San Francisco. Neither of them were idle people, and Eric didn’t hold back. He was about to get up to send Chris away, but he saw that Chris didn’t move. Instead, he took out an envelope from his handbag and handed it over.

"What is this?" Eric asked curiously. Seeing that the envelope was not sealed, he opened it and found an invitation, a wedding invitation, and glanced at it, Eric raised his head with a smile: " Are you and Emily finally planning to get married?"

"Well," Chris's slightly smiling face added a bit of inexplicable embarrassment, stretched out his hand and gestured randomly, and said: "My father and Emily's parents have been pressing for a long time, and the most important thing is... Amy Li, she's more than a month pregnant now."

"Wow, congratulations, you are going to be a father," Eric looked at the invitation card again and said, "May 20, um, a good day, where are you going to hold the wedding?"

"Maryland, Daddy's Farm," Chris said, with a hint of complaint, "you should know Emily's temperament, she has been mad at me this month after she is pregnant, saying I've delayed her work. But now we can't find a reason to delay it any longer, neither my dad nor her parents would agree."

"It's just a pre-marital phobia, it'll be fine after a while," Eric put away the invitation and asked, "How's the wedding preparation going? Also, did you all invite those people?"

Chris said: "My dad and her parents are in charge of this, you know, they are both retired and have a lot of time. As for the guests, you are the first to receive the invitation, and we have not yet determined the specific guest list. ."

Eric thought for a while and said, "If you don't object, it's better to take this opportunity and call everyone over to gather together."

Chris wondered: "Everyone?"

"Cisco's John Chambers, AOL's Steve Keys, Nokia's Joma Ollila, Yahoo's Ian Grenier, they, and Firefly's side, Katzenberg, Frank, Robert..." Eric made a list and said, "Normally, we don't have this opportunity to get together, your wedding just happens to be an opportunity, just like last year's Yahoo Alliance Conference, I actually always thought Well, everyone should get together once or twice a year."

"But, wouldn't this be too flamboyant?"

Chris was a little hesitant. According to Eric's idea, this should be a big gathering of the top executives of the Firefly system. This gathering will definitely be more eye-catching than the chance to meet at Yahoo's annual meeting last year.

As an enterprise group that has suddenly risen in the past decade and has a pivotal position in the industry, the gathering of the management of all subsidiaries of the Firefly System will definitely attract strong media attention.

Eric joked: "This is marriage. I think for you, it will only be this time in your life. It must be as lively as possible. Well, of course, you can go back and discuss with Emily first. Think If you want to invite any Hollywood star to join you, let me know, and I will help you invite."

"Well, I'll talk to Emily tonight, but the stars don't matter," Chris didn't refuse, packed his briefcase, stood up, and said, "By the way, Joan and the others, I There are no special invitations for Emily and you, you can take them to Maryland when the time comes, of course, if you want to bring a few more, I have no objection."

"Don't worry, I won't give you a chance to watch the fun," Eric smiled and punched Chris on the shoulder.

The two laughed and walked out of the villa side by side.

After sending Chris to Santa Monica Airport, Eric went to Firefly Studios again. After a closed preview of "Casino Royale", he found out the details that need to be adjusted. He has been busy with this recently.

Busy until seven o'clock, Eric didn't get off work, but there was a sister paper in the car, Christina Aguilera.

Several of the film's endings involving Christina needed to be adjusted, and in the afternoon, the girl assisted in the dubbing in the studio's post-production center. After Venice, the two never found many opportunities to get along again. Christina hinted a few times, and waited patiently until Eric left after get off work, and Eric brought it along unceremoniously. .

After having dinner at a restaurant in Malibu, it was past eight o'clock when the two arrived home.

The petite girl tried her best to provoke Eric. The two were entangled on the big bed in the bedroom, but Eric's cell phone rang unexpectedly.

Eric let go of Christina in his arms, picked up the phone on the bedside table and glanced at it, it was Chris who called.

After answering the phone, Eric put on a pajamas and walked out.

Eric doesn't try to be too careful about the women around him, all he does is not give them some opportunities to make mistakes, which is good for everyone. It was already early morning in New York, and Chris called at this time. Perhaps it was something important, and Eric didn't plan to let Christina hear it.

Leaving the bedroom, Eric pushed open a small living room upstairs and walked all the way to the balcony, leaning on the railing to talk to Chris.

Chris didn't have anything important, just talked about the invitation to the Firefly System management to attend his wedding that Eric mentioned in the afternoon, and Emily had agreed.

Eric chatted with Chris for a few words, and finally the microphone on the opposite side was simply transferred to Emily. Everyone chatted about some details. Eric hung up the phone, feeling a little dumbfounded, and at the same time sympathized with Chris a little. , Chris has been flying a lot on the east and west coasts in recent days, and he has not rested so late. It seems that Emily has been tossed a lot during this time.

A woman who has an accidental pregnancy and suffered from premarital phobia has a very strong personality, tsk tsk, that scene is terrifying just thinking about it.

After hanging up the phone, Eric went back to the bedroom, put the phone back on the bedside table, and looked at the big bed.

Christina's small body sank softly into the big bed, her face was flushed, her eyes were blurry, and she looked like a broken doll. Although he knew that this girl was pretending, Eric was still aroused by desire, reached out and squeezed a little harder.

In the soft voice, Christina's small body immediately curled into a shrimp, but she hugged Eric's big hand tightly in her arms, and the water in her eyes became heavier.

Reaching out to pick up the girl, Eric lay down on the bed and said with a smile, "Hey, sit up and move by yourself."

...

Maybe because he played too crazy last night, Eric was woken up by Christina.

The curtains around the bedroom were automatically opened, and the bright sunlight poured in, so Eric couldn't help covering his eyes.

Christina was holding a newspaper in her hand, lying half-ly next to Eric, with a little excitement in her tone: "Eric, 'Titanic' is out in the latest week's box office, with 2200,000 in a single week and a total of 4 $6.9 million, breaking the "Star Wars" record, look it up." (To be continued.) 8

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