Chapter 909 Absolutely No Problem

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"Eric, I haven't seen you for a while. You are so beautiful recently. I hear your name every day in the old mountains." Larry Ellison greeted him as soon as he walked into the restaurant agreed upon in Venice Beach. After coming out, Redi hugged Eric and said so. The net is worth your collection...

Eric let go of the unshaven Larry Ellison and said with a half-smile, "You are also very handsome. I heard that you have raised a lot of money recently. What do you do?"

"Hey, Eric," Larry Ellison brought Eric to a seat and couldn't wait to defend: "You must have heard some messy gossip, look, you call me Didn't I drive over from the old mountain immediately?"

"If I didn't call, you must have come to see me after buying Apple, right?" Eric sarcastically took the menu from the waiter and looked down.

"Misunderstanding, this must be a misunderstanding," Larry Ellison immediately denied, saying, "I have to fly to and from the east and west coasts during this period of time, so I am a little negligent on your side. ."

Eric ordered a dinner, closed the menu, looked up at Larry Ellison, and smiled: "If you are really busy, I still understand, I heard that Oracle has been competing with inori recently, Has the billboard they set up outside Oracle removed?"

In Eric's original memory, Oracle was basically a big family.

But now, Oracle is far from Microsoft's market position that dominates the desktop operating system. In North America, there are still two database software companies inori and sybase that are comparable in size to Oracle. Among them, sybase also operates server business in addition to database software, and inori is a company that focuses on database software like Oracle. The competition between the two sides is also extremely fierce. Ini even bought a billboard outside the Oracle headquarters, which reads Eric doesn't know what the slogan is, 'There are dinosaurs crawling over here', but if he thinks about it, it will definitely not be a good word.

Recently, seeing that the funds raised are enough to buy Apple, Larry Ellison did have the idea of ​​​​abandoning Firefly and accepting Apple. In addition to the encouragement of his friend Steve Jobs, he also understands that if Firefly is involved, even if the other party is in the Among them, only 10% of the shares are held, but at that time, the right to speak is no lower than that of him, the sender and receiver. If he can shake off the firefly, then the control of Apple will definitely be in the hands of him and Jobs.

However, under Eric's voice, Larry Ellison immediately felt a little hairy.

Of course, he wasn't stupid enough to think that Eric was just teasing him when he mentioned the Inori company's billboard.

Under Firefly Investments, whether it is Yahoo, America Online or the recently emerging Amazon, they are all super big customers that any database needs to strive for. What's more, Yahoo also controls a Yahoo Technology Alliance, which has become an Internet platform. the rule maker.

Eric deliberately mentioned inori, the warning could not be more obvious. Now is the most critical moment for the competition between Oracle and Inori. If all the Internet companies under the Firefly system fall to Inori, the situation where the two database companies are evenly matched will immediately be broken.

The Database Software Division and the Operating System Software Division are actually quite similar. If the two sides widen the gap and are affected by the Matthew effect, the advantage of the leading party will only become more and more obvious. The fate of the latter will be seen in the current Apple Computer Division. The situation is known.

Larry Ellison is a proud man, as the whole of Silicon Valley knows. But he is definitely not the kind of person who will show his arrogance in front of anyone, otherwise Oracle will not develop to the current scale. At this moment, in front of this young man opposite, he just lost all his arrogant capital,

There is even a sense of powerlessness that fate is being held in the hands of the other party. Raising his hand and touching his forehead, Larry Ellison did not dare to be perfunctory, and said seriously: "Eric, well, this is indeed what I did wrong. However, the negotiation has just begun. , I promise that I will not hide everything from Firefly to invest here, if you are worried, you can send someone to join the negotiating team."

Eric listened to Larry Ellison's resignation, shrugged his shoulders, and said: "I said before that I have no interest in accepting Apple. I just think Jobs is a very interesting guy, so I will participate in this project. After the closing, I will not handle Apple's management, just treat it as an ordinary equity investment. But if you dare to play with me, I don't mind putting this rotten apple on your Oracle and smashing it together. ."

"Eric, don't worry, this kind of thing will never happen again," Larry Ellison felt that there was something wrong with the grammar of Eric's last sentence, but he didn't point it out, just realized that Eric Ke didn't have any intention of holding on to this matter, so he grinned and echoed.

Eric glanced at this fellow, and suddenly realized that being able to become friends with Jobs, these two guys still have something in common, that is, they are both bastards.

Some thoughts suddenly appeared in my heart, and Eric said, "Larry, do you think this is the end of the matter?"

"Ah, this, Eric, what else do you want to do?" Larry Ellison, who had already relaxed, became vigilant again.

Eric didn't bother to talk nonsense with this guy, and said, "So, do you know that Firefly is preparing for "Iron Man" recently?"

Larry Ellison was stunned for a moment, consciously understood something, and said excitedly: "Eric, you want me to play Tony Stark, no problem, absolutely no problem, I also think I'm quite suitable, um , we can discuss the remuneration."

Eric glanced left and right, but couldn't find a guy who was suitable to knock on the hairy face opposite, so he had no choice but to say, "No Tony Stark, Tony Stark's driver, can you do it?"

"Don't, Eric, even if you let me play the villain, the driver will lose face," Larry Ellison seemed to have a sudden madness, and he bargained with seriousness.

"Okay, then the driver, I will let you know the shooting schedule," Eric knocked on the dining table, making a decision.

Larry Ellison thought that Eric was just about to say something that caught him off guard, but when he heard that Ke was just making a movie, he didn't have any scruples. He nodded in agreement, and deliberately sneered a few words.

However, Eric obviously did not finish his sentence, and continued: "However, this is not what I just said. "Iron Man" is a science fiction movie, which is very suitable for the technology department to implant, so Oracle should also participate. Implantation costs you $5 million."

Larry Ellison immediately grimaced again, Oracle's annual advertising and marketing budget is less than 100 million US dollars, 5 million is a large number: "Eric, you are simply extorting, Can it be cheaper, how about 500,000?"

"Yahoo plans to build a large data center on the east and west coasts and in Europe next year. I can consider handing over the database software orders for these projects to inori."

"3 million, Eric, you have to know that what decision I make as an eo still has to be approved by the board of directors. 3 million is the limit I can promise."

"Amazon will go public at the end of the year, and it will definitely need to expand its infrastructure. As an e-commerce company, database software..."

Larry Ellison slapped the table, cut off half of Eric's words, and said simply: "5 million, deal."

"Oh, and also, if Ke gets paid for Tony Stark's driver for $1, Hollywood doesn't allow people to work for free, but you have to sign three film contracts first."

Larry Ellison nodded, "Okay!"

Eric nodded eagerly, and added: "Also, this meal is yours."

I knocked Larry Ellison out of nowhere. It was a punishment for wanting to play with myself. After dinner, I wanted to go back to the Jiaojiao Manor, but the girl called and said it was from "The Fast and the Furious". With a few corners already in place, Eric asked the driver to drive to Beverly Hills.

Coming to the girl's mansion at Trousdale Manor, Eric finds that Gwyneth Paltrow is also here.

The girl took Eric's arm, sat down on the sofa, and said, "Eric, Kate is very interested in Dominic's sister Mia's horn, what do you think?"

In the original version, Jordana Brewster played the role of the hero's sister in "Fast and the Furious", and Eric remembered that the Latino kid looked perfect when he was young, but he didn't know why, 'shelf life' 'Short hair fingers don't seem to look good after 20 years old.

The thought flashed in his mind, and Eric looked at Gwyneth Paltrow. Due to the changes in Hollywood history, even if "Shakespeare" has not been filmed, it is definitely not so easy for Gwyneth Paltrow to have another actress. However, after all, it is the second generation of Hollywood, Mia is a little bit irrelevant at first glance, Eric is very curious about why she is interested.

"Gwyneth, I think you must have read the script. The role of Mia is just one, but there is no room for development. It just makes you more face in front of the audience."

Gwyneth Paltrow looked at Drew's appearance next to Eric, envious in her heart, but a little resentful, and said, "I also want a horn that suits me better, but unfortunately I can't find it? "

After saying this, Gwyneth Paltrow looked at Eric with a hopeful face. In the past two years, she has appeared in almost three or four movies every year, and the frequency of appearances is enough to make those baseless Hollywood The newcomer was mad with jealousy, but the family connections couldn't help her get any heavyweight roles, and these films hardly got any response.

Last year, I finally collaborated with Miramax on a novel adaptation of the film "Emma". I wanted to try the Oscar strategy, but in the end I didn't even get a Ball Award nomination. So, at the suggestion of her agent, Gwyneth Paltrow decided to change her strategy and increase her chances of appearing in big-budget movies, so as to increase her popularity as soon as possible.

Coincidentally, MGM is about to start the "Fast and Furious" series. Considering that this is a work written by Eric himself, Gwyneth Paltrow offered to Drew this time to try one of the roles. . Before that, although the two sides were like sisters on the surface, Gwyneth Paltrow had not used the Drew relationship in the movie. Living in Hollywood, she also understood that people are such things. It's okay to use it once or twice, but it won't work if you use it more. Even if it is family connections, at most, it can only help her get the protagonists of some low-cost movies. If you want to be in the top, you still have to rely on your works to speak.

Eric said that Mia's role has little room to play, and Gwyneth Paltrow naturally understands.

But Eric also underestimated the sensation in Hollywood of the film he wrote personally. This is an extended series of the Secret Service Movie Universe. With the influence of the Secret Service Movie Universe in Hollywood now, even if it is a corner of this series, It is enough to attract many first-line stars.

Eric smiled when Gwyneth Paltrow looked like she wanted to rush over. Compared with ordinary actors who struggled in Hollywood, she already had resources that no one could match. Keke wouldn't be moved by her poor little watch, and said, "This requires a machine, you're only as old as Drew, there's no need to worry, maybe you'll hit the right corner soon, um, if If you are interested in the role of Mia, you can try it."

Gwyneth Paltrow was very disappointed and wanted to refute that she was several years older than Drew, but looking at the girl's face, she must have said it well.

Drew looked like he was smiling, his eyes blinked, but he did not correct the mistakes in Eric's words, saying: "By the way, Eric, I have found the two actors you mentioned, um, Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, right. I looked at it with Amy, and Paul Walker was okay, but the Vin Diesel guy was a piece of wood."

After Drew finished speaking, he said something to the twins watching TV in the room, and Natasha quickly took a document and handed it to Eric.

Seeing Eric open it, the girl said again: "There is still an audition tape, do you want to watch it?"

Eric opened the file and looked at the files of Paul Walker and Vin Diesel. Both of them have been in Hollywood for several years, and they are not newcomers. In order to avoid the trouble of casting roles, Eric simply asked the girl to find these two people directly: "The audition video will be watched tomorrow, but movie actors are never the best in acting, and the most important thing is to be suitable. Otherwise, Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep would be the busiest stars in Hollywood."

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