"Poor Victor." Claude sighed so long after a while.

"Yeah, poor Victor," Adrian sighed. "Although I and my cousin are not familiar, I still don't want him to hate me for that."

"Well, nonetheless, this is not the reason why you don't attend the reception." Crowder spoke again and pulled the topic back. "Come on, Ed, just attending the reception, it is not a terrible thing. "

Adrian raised his hands in disapproval, then wiped his face and shifted the topic again: "Well, let's talk about something else? Study the method of acquiring TBS?"

"The acquisition has begun, Ed." Claude shook his head with a smile.

"Already started? Why don't I know?" Adrian looked surprised.

"Just begun, two 4.99% of outstanding shares have been absorbed through agents." Claude said with a shrug.

"Agent? Two 4.99% outstanding shares?" Adrian looked at him puzzled. "Can you be more specific?"

"Well, to put it simply, if you hold more than 5% of the shares, you must notify the other party and the stock exchange, which is equivalent to telling the other party that we want to acquire them," Claude explained, "so The agent continuously holds 4.99% of the outstanding shares, then negotiates with some independent shareholders, waits for more than 50% to integrate, and finally announces and issues a takeover bid-in fact, 30% is sufficient. "

"It's still 50% better," Adrian said suddenly, "the greatest possible success must be guaranteed."

Claude smiled uncritically: "Even if only 30% can vote on the board, and we can also draw a few allies, Ted is not without enemies."

Speaking of this, he didn't wait for Adrian to speak again, and thumped with a thump: "Well, Ed, just stop mother-in-law, it's not like you who encouraged me to start a business with you."

Adrian raised his hands, seemed to be thinking about any excuses, and then asked casually, "Who hosted it?"

"Sidney Harman, from Harman Industries." Crowder answered immediately.

"Sidney Harman? That ... the old man who is an electronic device?" Adrian looked as if he thought something. "How many people have been invited? I mean, will Jobs attend?"

Crowd raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Are you interested in Jobs again? Aren't you tired of his preaching?"

"Yes, that kind of preaching may be very hot and exciting for ordinary people, but it is not suitable for us." Adrian sat back again, "but I have been dealing with him very well because ... "

He put his arms on the back of the wooden chair, and blew into the sweat that rolled down to the tip of his nose before he seriously looked at Claude: "Jobs has what I want"

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In the splendid and spacious hall, the well-dressed gentlemen and the graceful ladies gathered together in conversations with smiles, and the long tables near the walls were filled with exquisite food and dressed in white uniforms. The waiters come and go, always ready to serve every guest who needs it. The band in front of the middle is playing melodious and beautiful music, and a pair of men and women embracing each other dance on the dance floor.

"Your dance is good, it's hard to imagine, I know how to walk you four hours ago." Adrian held her hand around Charlize's waist and took her to follow the rhythm Keep jumping.

"This dance step is not difficult to learn. Besides, I did not skip the dance." Charlize hummed face-to-face. She wore a black thin shoulder-length dress and long gloves, and her golden hair was high. , A white goose neck with a channeling pearl necklace and a pair of small earrings on her ears make her look exceptionally beautiful.

"I don't know yet. Ballet and ballroom dancing have something in common." Adrian deliberately looked surprised.

"In addition to ballet, I also skip other dances and have a foundation, so I learn quickly." Charlize was too lazy to argue with him.

At the end of the song, Adrian let go of his hand, but immediately he turned to his side and bent his arm slightly, Charlize naturally held his arm, and the two walked out of the dance floor together.

"The scallops are good, but it's a little bit fishy." After admiring the food on the long table, Adrian wiped his hand and said, but Charlize, who also tried it, disagreed: "I think it's just right . "

"Okay, okay, what you say is all right." Adrian shrugged with a good temper.

Charlize rolled his eyes secretly, and then sighed, "Now I have another job to accompany you to the reception."

"Do you know, Charlie?" Adrian suddenly laughed. "You speak like a blame."

The girl suddenly showed a stunned expression, and glared at Adrian with anger.

"Isn't it? It's not the first time you say this, it's almost a pay raise." Adrian watched her smile even more happily, until he felt the manual movement in his arm. Tightened a few and changed the tone: "You are an assistant and secretary, Charlie, so the boss must let you do as many things as you want."

"Including going to bed with you?" Charlize asked back.

"I think I have to clarify, Charlie, now I'm going to bed with you." Adrian looked at her with a smile.

She showed a stinged expression again, but wanted to have an attack but couldn't, she could only slap his arm in his hat, and then hit back with another topic: "You do n’t like the reception, say you participated Are you leaving in tens of minutes? "

"Of course, but I want to see an important person at today's reception, so wait until now." Adrian said, looking around, Charlize looked curious: "Important person? Who else is better than Harman? Is the industrial group or the Bank of America more important? "

"He doesn't have as much weight as Sidney or Ekas. I just want to get something from him. I watched it for a long time and it was worth what I got." Adrian said and patted her hand, "Look, he's over there, let's go."

The tall man was chatting happily with a few guests, thinking on his knees and knowing what he was talking about. Adrian had no idea how many times he had listened to his sales. Compared to the last time he met, his head has a lot less hair. Although wearing a straight suit, Adrian still thinks that he is more attractive when wearing a sweater and jeans.

"The network is taking shape, and the computer will also accelerate its development. The future is the era of information. I have no doubt about it." Jobs said bluntly. There is only one expression on his face, which is self-confidence.

"I have no doubt. It just takes time." Adrian stepped in.

"Hey, Ed, I'm so glad to see you." Jobs looked surprised, and then stretched out his hand, without any dissatisfaction because Adrian kept perfunctory him before, no wonder this guy can still get up after falling, And climb higher

"I'm happy to see you, too." Adrian shook hands with him and introduced him after his eyes fell on Charlize: "This is my girlfriend, Charlize Theron; Charlie, this It was the inventor of the personal computer, Steve Jobs. "

"Hello, Steve." Charlize reached out his hand generously, and looked very elegant and temperament. Coupled with that beautiful appearance, it was really beautiful.

"Hello, Charlize." Steve shook hands with him with a smile, then turned to look at Adrian: "No one has said to you, Ed, your girlfriend is pretty."

"Everyone said that, many people have come to talk to her tonight, so she had to stay with me." Adrian shrugged, said in a joking tone, and gave Charlize a meaningful glance. .

Charlize didn't say anything, kept his demeanor, but held his hand slightly with Adrian's arm.

Jobs laughed, patted his arm affectionately, and asked, "I haven't seen you much this time. Are you making a new movie?"

"Yes, in New York, it has been filming for more than a month, because there is something in Los Angeles, so come back to deal with it and continue." Adrian explained, and then looked at the men and women next to Jobs, "No Introduced? "

"Oh, sorry, my fault." Jobs introduced him to Adrian.

The people who could attend Sidney Harman's reception were basically executives of major companies, so after listening to Adrian as a director at first, they all showed a disdainful look until Jobs introduced him After being the chairman of the media, several talented people looked surprised and greeted him warmly.

Because of the acquisition of Paramount, and a good fight with Redstone and Diller, the media is no longer as low-key as the previous two years, and has attracted many people's attention. No matter how senior these executives are, they are not as honorable as the chairman of a large company.

Adrian and them greeted a few words and didn't take it to heart ~ lightnovelpub.net ~ This is just human nature. Besides, who knows if they will deal with each other in the future, because a little thing will hold people's identity and self-sustainability. Look, that's what idiots do.

And his goal was Jobs, there was no need to entangle in these little things, so Adrian immediately turned his attention to the middle-aged man in front of him. Under his deliberate guidance, the two quickly argued about computer technology. Of course, Adrian was definitely not as good as Jobs in this regard, so he just chose to apply the things above.

"We all know that last year's" Jurassic Park "combined special effects and computer CG technology to produce realistic dinosaurs on the screen. I believe that with the development of time, only CG can be produced in a few years. Such a dinosaur. "Adrian said.

"Then our views are actually the same, but there are differences in time." Jobs shrugged.

"That's the way it is, but you always want to dismiss me and ignore it," Adrian Haha laughed, and then started directing the topic in the direction he wanted. "Maybe it won't be long before we can see A movie produced in full CG, with the same level of realism as a real person. But before that, computer animation must be developed. "()