Chapter 945 A Pair of Eyes Suitable for Horror Movies

After discussing Yahoo's development plan for next year in the morning, everyone went offline at noon, and Eric was able to check today's box office data for "Jurassic Park 3".

Jurassic Park 3's $19.02 million first-day box office didn't compare to last week's Rush Hour 2's $23.1 million, but it didn't beat Firefly's projections.

According to the Los Angeles analysis report, according to the box office of 19.02 million US dollars on the first day and the word of mouth, the box office of "Jurassic Park 3" should be around 80 million US dollars in the first week, and the total North American box office can easily exceed 200 million US dollars. According to some data feedback from the overseas box office market that opened in the same period, the overseas box office of this film should also reach 400 million US dollars.

In the previous "Jurassic Park" series, due to Spielberg's play in the second part, the entire trilogy was inferior to one in terms of word of mouth and box office. At present, after the careful care of Firefly Group, the new "Jurassic Park" trilogy still maintains a very good reputation and business prospects. Although the global box office forecast of 600 million US dollars is far from being compared with the first two films, it has surpassed more than 90% of the major production films in North America.

However, after the third part, the series will also be completely suspended, waiting for the future time to restart.

Made an appointment with Chris this evening to attend a fund managers meeting in Manhattan, and left East Hampton with Chris at four o'clock in the afternoon.

The party was spearheaded by JPMorgan Chase and took place at the Plaza Hotel.

The winter sky is very short. After Eric and Chris arrived in Manhattan, night was approaching. They chose a restaurant for dinner, and the two rushed to the Plaza Hotel together.

It has just ravaged the whole of Southeast Asia, even in the United States, there are many people who are critical of what these hedge funds are doing, so this gathering is very low-key, there are no red carpets, no reporters, and there is not even any sign that this A group of financial tycoons are having a secret meeting in the hotel. Eric followed Chris until he came to the door of a banquet hall and watched him show the invitation letter, and then he understood his destination.

Walking into the banquet hall, Eric saw a few middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes greeted them together, smiling and asking Chris beside him, "I don't remember where I saw it, Soros likes to participate in artist, Writers, musicians, all kinds of gatherings, but he doesn't like to participate in the gatherings in the circle, will he really come today?"

Chris nodded: "Of course, I called him on purpose and said you would come, and he said he would come."

Eric remembered what Chris had said to him a few days ago, and suddenly remembered a certain joke, and said, "I suddenly think you are quite... black-bellied."

Chris obviously didn't understand the phrase Eric put together temporarily, and said, "Oh, is this a compliment?"

"Forget it," Eric nodded.

While chatting with several fund managers under the introduction of Chris, I felt that these fund managers suddenly looked behind him and Chris.

Turning around, Eric saw an old man with gray hair and a face full of flesh coming in from the door. It was George Soros.

Soros nodded towards the people who were looking at him, but walked directly to Eric and reached out, "Hey, Eric, it's nice to meet you."

The other party was so familiar that Eric didn't recognize him either. He smiled and reached out and shook hands with him, saying, "Hello, George."

Soros obviously did not intend to have too much contact with everyone,

I just said hello to the people in the hall, and I found a seat with Eric and sat down, with a little chatty tone, said: "Eric, I have wanted to see you for a long time. I was at the party last time. When I met Jeffrey on the Internet, he said that you wrote a few sentences in my book, and I asked him to copy it for me. It was very interesting, but a Chinese friend of mine said that you may be I want to use these few words to express a kind of momentum, but in fact, their real meaning is not what you think."

From Soros's words, Eric could feel the high-spiritedness of the old man recently, and he just opened his mouth with a hint of tentativeness.

After listening to Soros with a smile, Eric said: "I naturally know that heaven and earth are furnaces, and creation is work; yin and yang are charcoal, and all things are copper. These ancient Chinese sentences are actually explaining the ancient oriental. A kind of philosophical thought that all things in the universe have their own laws of existence. However, as the famous saying goes, there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand readers. Everyone has their own understanding of one thing, I see It is a magnificent scene in which heaven and earth are used as a furnace to smelt all things in the world.”

Soros originally thought that Eric was just scratching his head and didn't have a deep understanding of the Lao Zhuang philosophy contained in those ancient Chinese sentences, although he felt that for a young man like Eric, it was already very good to be able to reach this level. .

At this time, after listening to Eric say this, he realized that Eric's understanding of these things was not much worse than his, nodded, and Soros said: "I understand, these days my Chinese friend and I have been in the When discussing the oriental philosophy of Lao and Zhuang, this philosophical system emphasizes that people should respect the laws of the operation of the universe and follow the trend. In this regard, they put themselves in the position of 'human'. But you understand that sentence At the time, he put himself in the position of 'heaven and earth'."

"Oh, if these words are heard by others, I will definitely be regarded as a megalomaniac." Eric couldn't help laughing.

"No, you do have this capital, the only advantage we old guys have in front of you is that we are older," Soros also laughed lightly, and then said: "Eric, I have another one. I don't quite understand the matter. In this case in Southeast Asia, why did you skip the currencies of other countries and regions and directly bet on the Korean won after the Thai baht and the Indonesian rupiah? Seriously, although you invested very little capital this time , but in this crisis, your yields are definitely higher than most hedge funds. More people are reluctant to give up all the opportunities in the past six months, and as a result, they did not get much income."

Eric is not surprised that Soros can know the various layouts of Firefly's investment in this Southeast Asian economic crisis. He certainly can't give Soros an explanation, and he doesn't want to talk nonsense, so he can only shirk: "George, this kind of thing, I think you'd better ask Chris, I actually only know some basic theoretical knowledge."

"I already asked, Hansen said, this is the result of your persistence." Soros finished, his eyes fixed on Eric.

Eric glanced at Chris, who was chatting and laughing with people not far away, and spread his hands: "If you must have an answer, I think it should be because I am an outsider, and others are strangling Southeast Asia one by one. I didn't do this when it comes to different currencies, and I'm not so greedy. Instead of having a foot in all the countries, I will concentrate all my strengths on one point. As Southeast Asia's economic strength is the strongest except for Japan. For a developed country, I think the last battle of this crisis should be South Korea, and the profit from sniping the Korean won is the largest, and it also has enough time to deploy."

Soros savoured Eric's words carefully. Just as he was about to nod his head in approval, he shook his head and said, "No, South Korea is not the last stop in this financial crisis."

Eric also shook his head: "The profit of launching the second round of attacks on Southeast Asia is not large. Although there will definitely be people doing this next year, I don't think it is necessary. Others, I can't think of any worthy targets."

Soros hinted in a persuasive manner: "Look further north, that polar bear."

Eric felt that Soros was like a wolf who was coaxing a sheep into a trap. He could feel that the old man had no ill will towards him, but he still unconsciously wanted to pit himself: "George, if I remember correctly, the scale of Russia's introduction of foreign capital through the issuance of government bonds and stocks has reached 10 billion US dollars this year, which is more than the sum of the previous five years. The Quantum Fund should account for a large share of this 10 billion li Well, do you really want an economic crisis in Russia?"

In memory, in 1998, Russia was indeed inevitably plunged into an economic crisis.

But this time, Soros's attitude is inclined to preserve the ruble exchange rate. Because in the previous year, due to his optimism about Russia's economic recovery, the large profits from the currency markets of Southeast Asian countries were used to buy Russian government bonds and stocks. Subsequently, due to the sharp depreciation of the Russian currency, stocks and bonds fell sharply at the same time, and Soros lost nearly $3 billion before and after.

Soros looked at Eric suspiciously, and this time he was really surprised: "Eric, you don't seem to be optimistic about the Russian economy?"

Eric shrugged and said, "Your book of "Financial Alchemy" has benefited me a lot. You call the impact of human factors on economic activity reflexivity. The less human interference in economic activities, the more In line with theoretical economic laws.

However, look at Russia, although it is a capitalist country on the surface, capital has no decisive effect on the country's economy. It is people who really decide the direction of the Russian economy, but people are selfish, they have With their own positions and their own selfishness, in the face of these self-interested interests, there are still very few people who are truly willing to make even a little concession for a country or a nation. Yeltsin did not hesitate to drag the entire Soviet Union into the abyss for his political ambitions, and to disintegrate the huge empire that was once enough to compete with the Federation. He is still in the seat of President of Russia. Who can guarantee that he will not do this a second time. Who can guarantee that there will be no second Yeltsin?

So, I am pessimistic about the future of Russia. You see, George, once the economic crisis hits Russia, the first thing those people think about is to protect their own interests. In the final analysis, the devaluation of the ruble will hurt the civilians the most, and they will only pass on the damage to the civilians as much as possible. "

Soros suddenly felt that he couldn't understand the young man in front of him. Eric seemed to be talking about Russia, but he seemed to be talking about something else. However, he felt that Eric's words were very reasonable. Soros knows exactly what kind of person the current Russian President Yeltsin is. He suddenly regrets investing a lot of money in Russia, but at this time, it is obvious that he wants to withdraw billions of dollars from Russia in the short term. Not realistic.

Putting aside this matter temporarily, Soros said: "Eric, I found that you are a complete pessimist."

Eric also felt that he had just lost his temper, and shook his head slightly with self-deprecation. Anyway, it had nothing to do with him.

Letting one of his heart become indifferent again, Eric's face quickly showed a smile and said: "Yes, many people around me say that I am a pessimist, I don't think it's bad, pessimism is actually It’s also a force that drives people forward. I think I still have a lot to do, so it’s better not to be too optimistic.”

"Speaking of this, Eric, you seem to be too obsessed with investing in new technology. The Firefly portfolio, in my opinion, is basically a bubble. The Nasdaq will burst sooner or later. If I It's you, I would rather spend all the funds on the development of Firefly Group."

Eric knew that Soros was sincerely giving himself advice, but he still disagreed: "George, you are too pessimistic in this regard. It is true that technology stocks have begun to bubble now. However, thousands of Trillions of dollars in bubbles, even if they burst, the dust and debris left behind is a very large wealth.”

Eric provoked this topic, and the two began to chat about the new wave of technology and the third technological revolution. Occasionally, Soros would bring the topic to his favorite philosophical topic, laughing at himself as the best in the financial world. Failed Philosopher.

Seeing that the two were chatting hotly, everyone who wanted to come over and talk to each other could only die. Only Chris came over during the period, gave them two glasses of wine, chatted with them for a few words, and walked away without a trace.

It was past ten o'clock at night when I left the party.

Eric and Soros exchanged business cards before leaving, but neither of them said anything about the next time they saw each other. After a night of communication, they also found that they both like to keep their distance character.

After a few hours, it was inevitable to drink a few more glasses of wine. Eric returned to his apartment on Sixth Avenue and took a shower, but his taste was stronger.

Wearing a bathrobe and wiping wet hair, he came to the living room. Eric lay lazily on the sofa and didn't want to move. He picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.

Fox Channel is broadcasting a costume drama, and it is hard to tell the era. The characters in the drama are dressed up a bit like the Western-style fantasy games like "The Elder Scrolls" that he played in his previous life.

Eric took a few glances, the episode at this point should be a rerun, and he has no interest in Western costume dramas. Just as he was about to change the channel, he was caught by a female archer in the episode.

Not because of how beautiful the female archer is, but mainly because of the eyes.

The actress's eyes are not big, and they are not related to words like beautiful and charming. It's just that, I don't know if the color of those eyes is too light, and the eyes are very dark and eye-catching, giving people a witch-like weirdness, but her whole person's temperament is like a cat that may be frightened at any time. , appears timid and fragile, and even a bit neurotic.

Eric has been looking for the heroine of "Midnight Bell" all this time. At this time, when he saw the actress named Vera Farmiga on the screen, Eric suddenly felt that he had such a pair of suits. The eyes of horror movies, she is tailor-made for the heroine of "Midnight Bell".