Chapter 209 208. Women's Views on Marriage, Golden Globe Awards Arrival
Cooper's home in Beverly Hills.
Under the bright moonlight, Eric stood on the balcony and answered the phone while looking at the swimming pool in the yard.
"Eric, congratulations on MGM's re-listing, and even more congratulations on becoming the world's youngest billionaire."
On the overseas call, Han Sanping spoke auspicious words loudly.
But Eric's ears were almost callused from hearing these words, because he had received too many congratulatory calls that day.
Not to mention my ears, even my eyes and fingers feel sore because I have to read and reply to text messages.
Those who can contact me through my private phone are all acquaintances. It would be bad to ignore anyone, and it would be embarrassing not to reply.
After leaving the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, Dad flew back to Los Angeles first, and Eric went to meet Sergei Hassenfeld.
This old guy is now very successful, not only in his love life but also in his career.
Emotionally, I was having a hot relationship with Kate Winslet, and my withered heart seemed to come alive again. I stopped boxing and found a new source of excitement.
He even thought about divorcing his wife, but Eric advised him to think carefully, as marriage is not a trivial matter, especially for a wealthy and successful man like him.
The distribution of property is a big problem, and there are also children. Besides, his uncle Alan Hassenfeld would not agree.
Influenced by the movie, Transformers toys were selling like crazy, and Hasbro's stock price soared, almost catching up with MGM, and its market value exceeded 10 billion US dollars.
It was peak season, and Alan Hassenfeld wasn't going to allow even a shred of bad news to affect the stock price, including Sergey's marital problems.
After all, Sergei is the official head of Hasbro.
His relationship with his uncle Allen is the opposite of Eric and Charlie Cooper's.
Eric MGM was the Prime Minister and Charlie Cooper was the King.
Hasbro's Allen is the Prime Minister and Sergei is the King.
After listening to Eric's advice, the hot-headed Sergei gradually calmed down and realized that he had thought too simply.
He hated Alan Hassenfeld more and more, and cursed loudly that as long as this old man was around, he would probably never be able to make a comeback in his life.
Eric asked him about the sales of his toys. Sergey said he didn't know the statistics yet, but he had a rough estimate.
In just over two months, Transformers toys have already surpassed last year's entire year sales, almost doubling.
If this trend continues, there is hope that sales will quadruple in a while.
Once this number is reached, it means that the maximum terms of the gambling agreement signed by both parties will be fulfilled.
Hasbro will then face two choices: either pay MGM 55% of the net profit of the toys, which could be $500 million or more.
Or they would have to pay MGM a 4% stake.
Once the equity is in the hands of MGM, there will be more ways to operate. It can be sold directly to Eric personally. After all, he has the final say in MGM. It is just a matter of transferring money from one hand to the other.
If Eric gets this 4% stake, he will have 20% of Hasbro's shares.
It would instantly surpass Alan Hassenfeld's 17% and become Hasbro's largest shareholder.
Now the key to the matter lies with Sergei. Eric has helped him so much, and this guy is very dissatisfied with Allen, so it is not difficult to deal with him.
Recalling his thought process, Eric said, "I can accept the first congratulations, but forget about the second one, what do you mean by the world's youngest billionaire?"
"That kind of stuff is just a random ranking to attract attention. It only counts some publicly available assets. The hidden assets of many big families and big groups are the bulk of the assets, which cannot be counted at all."
Old Han laughed: "Others have invisible assets, don't you? I won't believe you even if you say you don't have any!"
"Anyway, you are the richest person I know. There is only one Chinese person on the Forbes list, Ding Lei, who works in the Internet industry."
"The gap is still quite large. If you have time, come and give us some guidance. The wealthy people in China will definitely be happy to listen to your lectures."
The two chatted for a few minutes, and Eric found an excuse to hang up.
Han Sanping was right. Just as others had invisible assets, he also had them in his hands.
With a 45% stake in Double Star Entertainment, after more than half a year of operation, the company's products are becoming more and more popular.
By the time "Peppa Pig" and "Rick and Morty" are produced, the products will be highly compatible with Double Star Entertainment. Although the peripheral products will not be as good as Transformers at that time, they will definitely have sales of big IPs.
He spent $300 million to buy back these shares from Solnit. The current valuation has doubled, and it will increase many times if the company goes public in the future.
16% of Hasbro's shares are also worth a lot of money, more than $1.5 billion based on the current stock price, and still growing.
Not to mention the value of Facebook, YouTube and Lionheart.com, he really can't compare with those super second generations now.
But in time, maybe just ten years, Eric Cooper will surely be the richest man in the world, and he will hold that title for a long time.
After finishing the call and returning to the dining table, my mother complained somewhat unhappily: "These people are really awful. Why don't they pay attention to the time? Can't they wait half an hour so you can eat something?"
The babysitter, Lisa, reheated the cold food and said, "Eat quickly, Eric. I'm sure you'll get another call soon."
"It's okay. It will be fine after today. Hmm. Why does the stew smell so good today? It doesn't taste like chicken or pork. What is this?"
"It's ostrich meat. It tastes very good, and it's processed using special techniques." Mom said with a smile.
Eric nodded and took another big bite. "It's delicious. Why did you suddenly want to eat ostrich meat today?"
"It was given to me by someone else. I just processed it according to the method."
"Who sent it?"
"Nicole Kidman."
"Well"
Eric choked and quickly drank a mouthful of soup.
"Nicole Kidman? Why would she give you ostrich meat? No, how did you two know each other? Don't you dislike her?"
Eric clearly remembered that after last year's Oscars, rumors about him and Nicole were flying everywhere.
My mother was quite dissatisfied when she heard about it. She had more or less heard about the mess between Nicole and Tom Cruise, so she didn't have a good impression of each other.
"Eric, God teaches us to look at a person with time and heart, not with eyes. I must admit that I was wrong."
"Based on past media reports, I made an incorrect judgment that Nicole was a problematic woman."
"But we met in church some time ago, and it turns out she is also a devout Catholic and has a deep understanding of the Bible."
"We became friends, and she gradually opened up and told me a lot about her past, including her bad marriage."
"But I have to keep it a secret for her and I can't tell you the details. But it's really not Nicole's fault. She's also a victim."
"Those gossip tabloids are so annoying. They always make random reports based on hearsay. A good woman has been twisted into a crazy woman by them."
Eric's eyes widened when he saw his mother actually standing up for Nicole.
He suddenly remembered that when they were together some time ago, Nicole asked him whether he would go to church on a regular basis.
They chatted for a few minutes at that time, but Eric didn't take it seriously at all. After all, they chatted too much in their daily lives, so who would care about this?
I didn't feel anything at that time, but now that I think about it, I guess this girl was trying to trick him.
Then she secretly contacted her mother without telling him and successfully turned her image around. The two of them even became good friends, which was really surprising.
When the two of them become best friends, if Eric hooks up with her again, it would be like directly performing a scene from "Desperate Housewives".
Thinking about it, among these women, Nicole is undoubtedly the most active one, and often talks about marriage topics intentionally or unintentionally.
Of course Eric knew what she was thinking and usually just laughed it off.
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After so many times of being in the same situation, she probably felt some resentment in her heart, so she would occasionally give me a surprise attack out of the blue.
She didn't have any bad intentions. It was more because she was much older than Eric and lacked a sense of security deep down, so she was anxious.
She also talked about the topic of children, and she was afraid that it would be difficult for her to get pregnant in a few years, as she was about to become an elderly mother.
So deep down, she was worried that Eric would launch a surprise attack on her at some point, but this time it might be quite ruthless, maybe even a breakup.
In order to catch a man, you have to work harder to think of ways and find ways.
The surprise kiss at the Emmys was obviously a bad idea, and Eric gave her a lesson afterwards.
But this time, Nicole seemed to have found the right way. Breaking through from her mother was finally a good idea.
Relatively speaking, the other women were not so active, at least they had not expressed their attitudes towards marriage.
Gadot is only 19 years old, and the Olsen sisters just turned 18, so they are too young to have any idea about this.
Although Charlize Theron is 28 years old, the pain brought by her original family makes her very hostile to marriage, and she has some signs of being a non-marriageist.
At least Theron wasn't married before Eric crossed over.
Their careers are at their peak now, so we'll assign them work after the award season. When they're busy, they won't have to think so much.
On January 22, just one week after MGM was relisted, its stock price, which had been almost flat, suddenly surged, increasing by more than 8%.
Because another incident happened that was enough to detonate Hollywood.
Charlie Cooper officially announced his retirement and Eric Cooper took over the company completely.
Facts have proven Eric's ability, so the market is generally optimistic about it and the stock price naturally rose.
"Transformers" has also been withdrawn from theaters after two months of large-scale screenings. Currently, only remote areas in North America and some overseas countries are still showing it, but the impact is not significant.
The current global box office total is 943 million US dollars, and it can continue to stay in the championship seat for a while, but "The Lord of the Rings 3" is catching up soon.
The North American box office of "Blue Is the Warmest Color" has exceeded 100 million US dollars, reaching an exaggerated 145 million US dollars.
The film also grossed $32 million overseas, topping the global box office with $177 million.
It beat The Hours' global box office record of $108 million for a same-sex film.
And "The Hours" is the film that made Nicole the queen last year.
Eric suddenly discovered that all of his women, except Gadot, had starred in gay movies.
It does make sense to think about it. When we sleep together in the future, I definitely won't be able to take care of so many people at the same time, so it's not bad to let them please each other.
The North American box office of "Sharknado 2" also exceeded 100 million US dollars, and has earned 132 million US dollars, which is more than 10 million higher than the previous film, but its potential has been almost tapped.
This kind of movie makes quick money and is released specifically for die-hard fans. The upper limit is locked, but its advantage is that the cost is low, so it will make money no matter how it is filmed.
"Monster" did quite poorly, earning only over 17 million U.S. dollars at the North American box office in three weeks. We can only hope that the upcoming Golden Globe Awards will help the movie turn around.
On January 25, a grand movie party was held at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
The Golden Globe Awards is coming soon, which will be broadcast live by NBC and watched by more than 28 million American viewers and nearly 400 million people around the world.
As the two most important film awards in the United States, the Golden Globe Awards are known as the outpost of the Oscars.
Generally, movies and actors that win the Golden Globe Award will also win an Oscar. The Screen Actors Guild Award has the same attribute.
However, looking at the world, the influence of the Golden Globe Awards far exceeds that of the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
If you don’t believe it, you can ask. Not to mention Asia, even in Europe, few people pay attention to the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
There are many films nominated this year, and "The Lord of the Rings 3" is undoubtedly the best, not only with the most nominations, but also with the highest probability of winning.
It received five nominations including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor in a Drama, Best Original Song and Best Original Score.
It was predicted that the chances of "The Lord of the Rings 3" getting nominated for Best Actor were very low, and Russell Crowe had a high chance of getting nominated for "The Far Side of the World".
But "Polar Expedition" was so badly underwhelmed by "Transformers" that its final global box office was 89 million US dollars.
Compared with the $150 million investment, Miramax lost a lot of money and its influence was greatly reduced.
So the nomination was given to Elijah Wood, who played Frodo. This is also the only actor nomination award received by the three Lord of the Rings movies so far.
As the daughter of the great director Francis Coppola, Sofia Coppola won three nominations for "Lost in Translation", but some media criticized her for relying on her father's influence.
Clint Eastwood entered the competition with "Mystic River", which was invested by MGM, and "Million Dollar Baby", which he was responsible for directing, has already started shooting.
Since the Golden Globe Awards is sponsored by the Foreign Correspondents Club and most of the judges are not professionals, there are no technical awards such as Best Special Effects and Best Makeup.
Therefore, "Transformers" suffered a lot and only received one nomination for Best Original Score.
However, it gained something in return. "Blue Is the Warmest Color" won four major awards, including Best Picture - Drama, Best Actress - Drama, Best Director and Best Screenplay, all of which are heavyweight awards.
"Monster" was nominated for two heavyweight awards, Best Actress in a Drama and Best Screenplay, thanks to its darker and more cruel plot.
"Get Out" also received two nominations: Best Screenplay and Best Actor in a Drama Series.
MGM ranked first with a total of 9 nominations for four films!
(End of this chapter)