"One day my friend Arthur and I were eating together in a restaurant, and this beautiful girl walked in, and I said to Arthur, have you seen that girl of yours? I'm going to marry her. We got married two weeks later.
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Nora Ephron moved quickly, and a few days later, the video of some elderly couples interviewed in New York was filmed. Ronald sat with her and Rob Reiner to watch it.
On the screen is a typical old white couple. The man is bragging about his story, and the woman is looking at him from the side, showing a hint of girlish sweetness.
"Fifty years later, we will still be husband and wife!"
A smile appeared on Ronald's face. Most of the videos that followed were of sweet couples who came to the end of their lives together. There was a Chinese couple who went back to their hometown in the south for a blind date and got married. They were also very sweet. There was only an Italian couple.
After the couple got married, the man had many female companions, but thirty-five years later, he remarried his first wife.
"You see, most people who love each other end up together." Ronald pointed out with a smile.
"That's right..." Nora Ephron couldn't help but suspect that her perception was wrong. Maybe her marriage to her ex-husband Bernstein, who worshiped superfluous love, was the reason why it didn't end well?
"No, no, Ronald, I was almost deceived by you. The people you asked Nora to interview are all couples. Those who are divorced and separated cannot be interviewed together."
"But don't you think they all love each other? When these couples look at each other, their eyes overflow with love. Just like Harry and Sally, they also love each other very much. When they meet
When the two broke up with their partners, they comforted each other, which was a subconscious sign of their love for each other."
Of course Ronald refused to admit it and continued to stick to his point of view.
"That's true..." Nora Ephron had been won over by Ronald.
"Okay, I agree that we can do this for the sake of box office, but I still insist that from an artistic point of view, the film should separate the two."
Rob Reiner's attitude is a bit relaxed. After all, his Castle Rock company has just started producing movies on its own, and box office is a very important indicator for him. If the first movie he participates in production fails at the box office, then Castle Rock will very
There may not be a next one.
Nora Ephron put away the videotape. She felt that her screenwriting ability lacked some weapons when dealing with this kind of commercial film. So she asked Ronald if she could bring her friend, another screenwriter, to the screenwriter.
Come in.
"Of course, who is she?"
"Kelly, Carrie Fisher."
"Princess Leia from Star Wars?" Ronald and Nora Efron confirmed. It was indeed Princess Leia.
After Carrie Fisher finished filming "Star Wars", she didn't have many successful works as an actor. After she realized that she couldn't become a top female star in Hollywood, she began to turn to the behind-the-scenes work that she was really interested in.
Nora Ephron and she were good friends, and it happened that Carrie Fisher's private love life was similar to Sally in the movie script. Carrie first lived with singer Paul Simon for several years, and later
She is in love with Canadian actor Dan Aykroyd and is engaged.
Who knew that when Paul Simon came back to look for her, she canceled the engagement and returned to Simon's arms. After finally getting married to Paul Simon, they only lasted for one year before getting divorced. However, after the divorce, she and Simon were no longer connected.
She is simply the real-life version of the woman with the character of Sally in the script.
Of course, recently, she fell in love with a federal senator again. It is said that she found true love this time and is now in a sweet love.
It just so happens that the final reunion ending needs an actor who is in love to play it. Nora Ephron is full of confidence in this.
Because she signed a temporary agreement with the Writers Guild, Carrie Fisher can now work on the set openly.
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Ronald then flew to the capital, Washington, D.C., and made an appointment with Mrs. Barbara, who had returned from the Elephant Party National Convention, to finalize the marketing of "Working Girl."
"Look at my lips, there are no new tax increases!" Old George's "heroic appearance" at the national conference was continuously played on the TV in the room.
"I will continue to support volunteer organizations, whose brilliant diversity spreads like stars, like a thousand glimmers of light in a vast and peaceful sky."
Barbara was sitting in front of the TV. She could never get tired of watching this clip. While watching it, she was reciting the Thousand Points of Light speech to herself. How passionate and contagious it was? The American people must have been fascinated by it.
This is the kind of heroic emotion that our ancestors felt when they boarded the Mayflower to open up a new world.
"What do you think, Ronald?" Barbara turned to ask Ronald.
"It's very contagious. I see that your children are very respectful to their father in the camera." Ronald looked at Barbara's overflowing pride, what else could he say? Of course, he picked what she wanted to hear.
"You are a good boy..." Barbara's eyes shimmered with excitement. She has seen this more than a hundred times, and it still looks so good.
"Um..." Ronald originally wanted to express his feelings. The speech style of the founding fathers of the People's Republic of China is no longer suitable for the media effect of the current TV media that covers most of the audience across the country. What everyone likes now is
A politician who can tell a few jokes, laugh at himself, and use words that are approachable. Just like the current commander-in-chief and the governor of Arkansas.
However, Barbara did not give him this opportunity. She talked a lot about how well-respected she and her husband were at the national conference and how their children were all capable. She had had enough of being the first wife in the eight years she had been the wife of the deputy commander.
Mrs. Nancy was ostracized by herself.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Now suddenly, the wife of the incoming commander-in-chief (or so she thought) was respected by everyone in the party. Such a contrast made her
A little too excited.
Ronald could only listen to what Barbara said over and over again several times, and waited for her to exhaust her show of enthusiasm. Then he picked up the phone and called two former and current female ministers to finalize their participation in the "work meeting".
"Girls" promotional itinerary.
"Thank you very much," Ronald rubbed his hands, asking Barbara for something in return was really difficult.
The wife of the incoming commander-in-chief has a busy schedule. She will soon go to meet other people and continue her old routine of praising her husband and family.
"You should meet little George when you have time. He has told me about your help several times." Barbara took Ronald's hand. This young man still made her feel happy. Both of her sons
No one like him could listen to what he said so carefully.
"Of course, I will. My friend Douglas Jr., continue to have the Action for Jobs and Prosperity Action Committee work for Mr. Candidate."
"Ah hahaha, you really know how to make me happy." Barbara patted Ronald's hand, turned around and walked out.
"Of course, when I'm with you, I just need to praise your husband and your children." Ronald smiled and left with satisfaction.
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"I didn't expect it to be you, Ronald."
In Washington, D.C., Ronald also had a date with Warren Buffy of Berkshire. After learning about Coca-Cola, the investor who made the same judgment as himself and bought Coca-Cola shares in a large amount turned out to be
Buffy, an old acquaintance of Ronald, became interested and asked to meet him in Washington, DC.
"Ha, I also bought it for the dividends." Ronald clearly felt that Warren's interest was higher than the previous few times he saw him. "David has a very high talent for composing. We daydreamed about several of them."
Every movie has to ask him to be the soundtrack."
Warren Buffy was obviously far more interested in talking about stock investment than talking about his son David. He pulled Ronald and started talking about buying Coca-Cola. He invested heavily in such an old blue-chip stock with little change in the market.
In fact, many people don't understand it.
Now that she has such a close friend, Buffy is very happy and can talk freely.
"David..." Ronald wanted to bring the topic back to his son. Talking about his son with his parents was the only way to please him.
"He is a talented person, but it's a pity that he doesn't like investing." Warren Buffy commented on his son, and immediately turned the topic back to stocks. It seems that Buffy has a lot of respect for David, the most talented among his children.
I am dissatisfied that this guy is obviously very smart, but he is doing some movie scoring.
"Looking at dividends is a very good idea. If we consider the rise and fall of stock prices as dividends. Then as long as the increase is converted into dividends through the discount rate, then we can actually treat stocks as bonds
Come and see..."
"This is really an interesting idea. So if a bond does not pay dividends, and when it is finally cashed out, the price will be used to express the dividend value of the bond. In turn, will it be equivalent to a stock?" Ronald drew inferences from one example and followed Buffy's advice.
The train of thought continued.
"Hey, you are a talented investor. Few people understand what I mean so quickly."
Buffett became even more happy, and then spoke a lot of terms that Ronald didn't understand, and talked about some of his analysis. According to the current price-to-book ratio of 5 times, many people only see that he only has a 6.5% return on Coca-Cola.
Not as good as 9% long-term Treasury bonds.
Ronald understood from the beginning that many people on Wall Street believed that buying Coca-Cola was worse than buying national debt. But they did not see that Coca-Cola's future operations were very bright.
"But many people have not seen the amazing creativity of Coca-Cola's management team. In the past five years, it has provided a return on net assets of 30%, and the annual growth rate of earnings has been 17%. If the return on net assets reinvested is included, it will be
higher."
But later on, Buffy used a lot of jargon, which was beyond his comprehension.
Warren looked at Ronald with a puzzled look on his face and knew that he didn't know much about finance and was just relying on his intelligence to be optimistic about Coca-Cola.
"You have to learn finance, Ronald. With your investment and company's scale, it's impossible to do every project personally. Financial statements are the language for interpreting the company's operations."
"Okay, I will find someone to teach me." Ronald also felt that it was time to make up for the lessons.
"Are you okay tonight? Come play bridge with me..."
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"One club" A man taller than Buffett opened the bidding with a good card, it was Munger.
In the evening, everyone formed a casual card game. Ronald partnered with Warren Buffy to play against Mrs. Graham, the female owner of the Washington Post, and Charlie Munger, Warren's business partner.
"Pass", Buffy's hand is not good.
"What does Washington think of the Writers Guild strike now?" Ronald took the opportunity to ask Mrs. Graham. This is the best newspaper owner in Washington and even in the country, and she is very well-informed about a lot of information. This kind of pastime game is just the right thing to do.
It is a good place for everyone to exchange news.
"Nothing," Mrs. Graham called, indicating that she had good cards and might hit a grand slam. "The commander-in-chief arranged for a special commissioner to mediate again, and this time no one was on the side of the Writers Guild.
Now that the new season of the TV series is about to be finished, no one can stop the anger of all the housewives."
"So, it is impossible for the TV station to continue to persist?" Ronald's judgment was approved by Mrs. Graham.
"Hurry up and call the card. I'm going to hit the Grand Slam this time." Munger was dissatisfied and urged Ronald to call the card quickly.
"Um, what does "no general" mean? What time is it?"
Ronald hates this precise bidding method. It is exactly the bidding system adopted by Munger and Graham that was used by the American team in the World Championship.
In this kind of bidding, a club indicates that there are 16 to 20 high cards in the hand, and the response also accurately depicts the card type and points in the hand, so it is called precise. The advantage is that it can call out the card types of both parties.
, it is easy to call a game or a slam.
"8 to 10 big cards," Mrs. Graham explained. In bridge, if you don't understand the other party's bidding agreement, you can ask the other party to explain.
"Oh... I pass too," Ronald couldn't shout. Soon the advantage of precise system came into play. Ronald and Buffy were defeated by each other and lost by 120 points.
"Well, you have to learn the precise system, Ronald. This bidding system is just like investing..." Charlie Munger is an academic, and when it comes to investing, he is more precise than Warren Buffy.
Set.
"Really?" Ronald was furious and picked up the dealt cards, "But sometimes, you can't be too precise. It takes a little courage, especially in our industry."
"Three hearts!" Ronald shouted viciously.
Ronald and Buffy use the natural bidding method. There are not many agreements. Whatever suit is bid is the suit used to play the trump card. The opening bid of three hearts means that I only have seven hearts, and all other cards are good.
Difference.
"Hey hey hey, four hearts." Warren Buffy also got excited and raised the call to end the game. Now if Ronald can do it, he can get it back.
"Uh..." Munger grimaced, and started bidding at the third level. His precise system started bidding from the first level, and the space that could convey a lot of information was lost to Ronald's reckless (or brave) bidding.
Banned. After thinking for a long time, he was still afraid that his cards and Graham's cards didn't match, so he had to let it go.
"Hahaha..." After Buffett's cards were revealed, Ronald was very happy. They had hope of succeeding in this game, but if Munger opened the bid, their spades could get a small slam.
In the end, Ronald played his cards correctly and stole a hand from his opponent with courage and intuition.
"Ronald, your card skills and courage are both good." Mrs. Graham admired her very much. "In business and life adventures, courage may be the most difficult thing to obtain."
She seemed to be talking about Ronald's card-playing skills, but also seemed to be talking about other things.
If Ronald realized something, news of a new strike came the next day.
Twenty-one dissident union members who still support the June 16 proposal filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to invalidate union rules that bar them from returning to work during the strike.
Some union members who disagree with the negotiators have threatened to resign their union membership and return to work if the strike is not resolved by July 28.
The protracted strike finally achieved a substantial turning point.