Chapter 909： Absolutely no problem

"Eric, I haven't seen you for a while. You have been very beautiful recently. I hear your name every day in San Francisco." Larry Ellison greeted the restaurant just before entering Venice Beach. I warmly embraced Eric, and said so. The net is worth your collection...

Eric released Larry Ellison, who was unshaven, and smiled. "You are also very beautiful. I heard that I have raised a lot of money recently. What are I going to do?"

"Hey, Eric," Larry Ellison took Eric to a seat and couldn't wait to argue: "You must have heard a mess of gossip. Look, you have a call, I didn't come over from San Francisco right away."

"If I don't call, you definitely want to come to see me after buying Apple, right?" Eric sneered, taking the menu from the waiter and looking down.

"Misunderstanding, this is definitely a misunderstanding," Larry Ellison immediately denied, saying: "I have to take care of the company while I am going to fly around the east and west coasts, so I will have some to you. negligence."

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 very competitive with inor fans recently. Are the billboards they set up outside the Oracle Building removed?"

In Eric's original memory, Oracle is basically in a state of being a big one.

But now, Oracle is far from the market position of Microsoft's desktop operating system. In North America, there are two database software companies inor fans and syba colors that are comparable in size to Oracle. Among them, syba color also runs the server business in addition to the database software. Inor fans are the same companies that focus on database software as Oracle. The competition between the two sides is also fierce. Ini even bought a billboard outside the Oracle headquarters building. Wrote the slogan 'There are dinosaurs crawling over here', Eric doesn't know what it is, but it's definitely not a good thing to think about it.

Recently, I saw that the funds raised were enough to buy Apple. Larry Ellison did have the idea of ​​throwing fireflies away from Apple alone. In addition to the sly friend Jobs, he also understood that if the fireflies were involved, even if the other Only 10% of the shares, but the right to speak is not lower than his acquisition sponsor, can fire the firefly, when Apple's control will definitely fall into the hands of him and Jobs.

However, Eric’s voice fell and Larry Ellison felt a little hairy at once.

Of course, he wouldn't be stupid enough to think that Eric had mentioned the inor fans' billboards, but simply ridiculed him.

Firefly investment, whether it is Yahoo, AOL or the recently emerging Amazon, is a super-large customer that any database needs to strive for, not to mention, under Yahoo's hands, it also controls a Yahoo! technology alliance, which has become an Internet. Rule maker.

Eric deliberately mentions inor fans, and the warning is obvious. Now is the most crucial moment for Oracle and inor fans to compete. If all the Internet companies under the Firefly system are turned into inor fans, the situation of the two database companies will be immediately broken.

Some attributes of database software companies and operating system software companies are actually similar. If the two sides open the gap and are affected by the Matthew effect, the advantage of the leading party will only become more and more obvious. The laggards will end up looking at Apple Computer. The situation will be known.

Larry Ellison is a very arrogant person, and this is known throughout Silicon Valley. But he is definitely not the kind of person who will show his arrogant character in front of anyone, otherwise Oracle will not develop to the present size. At this time, in front of the young man opposite, he just lost all the arrogant capital, and even produced a feeling of powerlessness that was pinched in the hands of the other party. Raising his hand and touching it on his forehead, Larry Ellison didn't dare to be perfunctory, seriously: "Eric, well, this is really what I did wrong. However, the acquisition negotiations are just beginning. I promise that all the next things will not be on the firefly investment side again. If you are not at ease, you can send someone to join the negotiation team."

Eric listened to Larry Ellison and shrugged. "I said before that I have no interest in acquiring Apple. I just think that Jobs is a very interesting guy, so I will participate in this." After the completion of the acquisition, I will not intervene in Apple's management. This is an ordinary equity investment. But if you dare to play with me, I don't mind putting this rotten apple on your Oracle and breaking it together. ""

"Eric, you can rest assured that this will never happen again in the future," Larry Ellison felt that Eric’s last sentence had some problems with the grammar, but he did not point it out, only realized that Irene Ke did not grasp the meaning of this matter, so he snorted and echoed.

Eric squinted at this and suddenly realized that he could become friends with Jobs. The two guys still have something in common, that is, they are all jerk.

Suddenly gave birth to some thoughts, Eric said: "Larry, do you think this is the case?"

"Ah, this, Eric, what do you want to do?" Larry Ellison, who had already relaxed, was alert.

Eric is too lazy to talk nonsense with this guy, saying: "So, do you know the Iron Man who was recently preparing for Firefly?"

Larry Ellison squatted and consciously understood what he was excited about. "Eric, you want me to play Tony Stark, no problem, absolutely no problem, I think I am quite right, um. We pay a good deal for the film."

Eric’s eyes lingered, and he didn’t find the guy who was right on the opposite face. He didn’t have a good air: “Tony Stark didn’t, the driver of Tony Stark couldn’t do it.”

"Don't, Eric, even if I let me play a villain, the driver will lose face." Larry Ellison seemed to suddenly come to the madness and bargained.

"Well, then the driver, I will let you inform you of the shooting schedule," Eric knocked at the table and decided.

Larry Ellison thought that Eric had just said something that made him unprepared. He heard that he was only a guest movie, and he had no scruples. He nodded his consent and deliberately inserted a sentence.

However, Eric apparently did not finish, and continued: "However, I just said this is not the case, "Iron Man" is a science fiction movie, very suitable for technology companies to implant, so Oracle is also involved, The cost of implanting is even better for your $5 million."

Larry Ellison immediately succumbed to his face. Oracle’s annual advertising and marketing budget is less than 100 million U.S. dollars, and 5 million is a big number: "Eric, you are simply extortion, Is it cheaper, how about 500,000?"

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

"3 million, Eric, you have to know, what decision I made this eo, or to approve the board, 3 million is the limit I can promise."

"At the end of the year, Amazon will definitely need to expand its infrastructure. As an e-commerce company, database software..."

Larry Ellison took a table and directly interrupted Eric’s half-word, and his face was crisp: “5 million, the deal.”

"Oh, there is, the pay of the guest Tony Stark driver is even better for you, but Hollywood doesn't allow free work, but you have to sign three pieces first."

Larry Ellison licked his face and nodded: "Yes!"

Eric nodded with satisfaction and added: "And, please, please."

Uncertainly knocked Larry Ellison, it was a punishment for this, I had to eat dinner, I wanted to go back to the sharp corner manor, and I called it to say "Speed ​​and Passion". Several characters have already landed, and Eric will let the driver drive to Beverly Hills.

Coming to the mansion of the Trousdale Manor, Eric found Gwyneth Paltrow here.

Shantou took Eric's arm and sat down on the sofa. "Eric, Kate is very interested in the role of Dominic's sister Mia. What do you think?"

In the original version, the role of "The Speed ​​and Passion" actor is played by Jordana Brewster. Eric remembers that the Latino girl's appearance when she was young can be described as perfect, but I don't know why, 'shelf life' 'Short hair, after 20 years old, it seems that it is not very good.

The thought flashed in my heart, and Eric looked at Gwyneth Paltrow. Due to the change of Hollywood history, even if "Shakespeare Love Story" has not been photographed, Gwyneth Paltrow wants to be a shadow after the film is definitely not so easy. However, after all, it is the second generation of Hollywood. Mia has such a seemingly insignificant role. Eric is very curious about why she is interested.

"Gwinnie, I think you must have seen the script. Mia is just a vase. There is no room for development. It just makes you more familiar in front of the audience."

Gwyneth Paltrow looked at Drew's appearance beside Erik. He was envious and his face was a bit resentful. "I want to be more suitable for my role, but I have never been able to find it." ?"

After that, Gwyneth Paltrow looked at Eric with a look of hope. In the past two years, she almost participated in three or four movies every year. The appearance frequency is enough to make those rootless Hollywood. The newcomer is crazy, but the family's connections are not likely to help her get a heavyweight role, and these films have almost no response.

Last year, I finally worked with Miramax to develop a movie "Emma". I originally wanted to try the Oscar strategy, but I didn't even get a Golden Globe nomination. So, with the advice of her agent, Gwyneth Paltrow intends to change her strategy and increase her chances of showing her face in a big production movie, so that she can raise her profile as soon as possible.

It happens that MGM is planning to launch the "Speed ​​and Passion" series. Considering that this is Eric’s personally screened work, Gwyneth Paltrow took the initiative to ask Drew to try one of the characters. . Prior to this, although the two sides were on the surface as a sister, Gwyneth Paltrow had not used the relationship of Drew in the film, living in Hollywood, she also understands that human things, It can be used once or twice. If it is too much, it will not work. Even if it is a family network, she can only help her get some of the heroines of low-cost independent movies. If she wants to go to the top, she still has to rely on her works.

Eric said that there is no room for Mia's role, and Gwyneth Paltrow naturally understands.

However, Eric also underestimated the sensation that he personally wrote in the movie in Hollywood. This is a special series of movie cosmic extensions, with the influence of the current movie universe in Hollywood, even if it is a vase character of this series. It is enough to cause a lot of first-line actresses.

Eric looked at Gwyneth Paltrow’s look and smiled. Compared to the ordinary actor struggling in Hollywood, she already had resources that no one could match. Ke Ke will not be touched by her little pitiful expression, saying: "This requires opportunities, you are generally big with Drew, there is no need to worry, maybe you will soon encounter the right role, um, if Interested in the role of Mia, you can try it."

Gwyneth Paltrow was disappointed. She wanted to refute that she was a few years older than Drew, but looking at the delicate face of Shantou, she must have said that it was good.

Drew smiled slyly, his eyes were stunned, but he did not correct the mistakes in Eric’s words. “Yes, Eric, I have found the two actors you said, um, Call Paul Walker and Van Diesel. I looked with Amy, Paul Walker is OK, but the name is Van Diesel is just a piece of wood."

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

Look at Eric's opening, and the girl said again: "There are still audition tapes, do you want to see it?"

Eric turned the information and looked at the information of Paul Walker and Van Diesel. Both of them had been mingling in Hollywood for several years, not a newcomer. In order to avoid the trouble of casting, Eric simply asked the **** to find the two men directly: "The audition video will be watched tomorrow, but the film picks the actors, it is never the best to pick the acting skills, the most important thing is still To be appropriate, otherwise Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep have become Hollywood's busiest stars." (To be continued.)