I'm in Hollywood

Chapter 273: Evil Neighbors

Drew was walking around, checking the preparations for the party when he noticed Ivanka Trump was gone. He grabbed a waiter and asked, "Where is Aniston?"

The waiter, carrying a tray, recalled, "Miss Aniston was looking for Mr. Williams and Miss Kerkorian, but didn't find them at the villa. I saw her leave."

"Oh, you go ahead with your work," Drew nodded and the waiter left. He looked around and walked to the entrance of the studio, pressing the button on the door.

After a while, Michael Eisner's voice came through, "Who is it?"

"Eric, it's me, Aniston. Open the door?" Drew mimicked Aniston's voice, his throat dry.

Inside the studio, Nicole, who had been kneeling in front of the man and working, heard the voice and panicked, raising her head and looking at Eric in confusion. Eric was also startled by the sound and, in the excitement, couldn't help but smudge the makeup on the woman's face.

After a moment, Eric took a deep breath and realized that Aniston and Drew's voices were too different, and so Nicole's imitation of Aniston's voice was completely unconvincing.

Giving Nicole a reassuring look, Eric handed her the box of tissues on the table, then picked up the microphone and said directly: "Drew, no goofing around."

Eric let out a chuckle when he saw the little girl standing outside the door and asked, "Eric, you're not scared, are you... what's the matter?"

Eric snorted coldly and gave no response, but Drew continued to laugh and said, "Just reminding you, Pretty Woman is looking for the both of you." After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Eric put down the phone and motioned towards the bathroom door, "Go take a bath. We'll leave later and say you were reading a book here, I'll leave first."

Nicole nodded her head. Eric quickly tidied up and left the studio.

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As the night came, the party began. The guest list Donald had arranged was full of elites, and Eric had no intention of intervening. In addition to many familiar faces, there were also the usual neighbors from the nearby Maribor corner, plus companions brought by the guests, totaling nearly two hundred people. Eric quickly took a shower and changed into new clothes, then left the villa to look for Aniston, who was sitting on a bench by the tennis court. Seeing Eric coming alone, Aniston, who was originally gloomy, finally showed a relieved expression. Although a little embarrassed, Eric still made up an excuse for his outing and knew that Ivanka wouldn't like to hear the truth. He couldn't be stupid enough to tell the truth.

At this moment, Eric was facing a "nasty neighbor", who had been labeled as such since their first meeting due to his unappealing attitude of offering an immediate payment to buy his estate.

"Eric, $35 million. How about $35 million? Sell me this estate, and I guarantee a one-time payment," said the middle-aged man with a beard, despite Eric's refusal.

Eric sighed, "Mr. Ellison, I have already said many times that I will absolutely not sell this estate."

"$37 million. This amount is even one million more than the cost of your entire estate. Eric, think about it again," Larry Ellison insisted, with a hint of fanatical determination in his expression.

Recently, I saw some information about the 'Liberty City' from the newspaper. The luxury-loving Larry Aniston immediately set his sights on the majestic 'Liberty City' perched on the cliff edge, compared to the series of mansions he had bought in Marlborough before. Larry Aniston, arrogant and conceited, thought that such a mansion only deserved to be owned by him.

Therefore, as a 'neighbor', Larry Aniston received a party invitation and arrived at the manor. He immediately approached Eric and the price went from 27 million to 37 million US dollars.

"How about this, Mr. Aniston? You can contact Mr. Frank Gair, and I can authorize the design of this mansion to you for free. You can find a place and build one yourself."

Eric Elson shook his head immediately and said, "Such a mansion must be unique. Besides, where else can you have a location like Maribou Point? Oh my, why didn't I think of this earlier? I should have bought it sooner. Eric, do you think it's possible for me to exchange the sixteen mansions I have in Maribou for this one? What do you think?"

Eric opened his mouth in surprise. With Elson's wealth, the mansions were worth no less than a million dollars each. That would make a total price of forty or fifty million dollars.

However, Eric shook his head without thinking twice: "Mr. Elson, I won't sell the estate no matter what, so let's not talk about it anymore. Besides, I have to attend to other guests, sorry."

Ivanka Trump was getting impatient and had to leave, so Larry Ellison had to say: "Well, Eric, please contact me as soon as possible if you ever think of selling it."

"Alright, I promise that if I ever have the thought of selling it, I'll contact you first, Mr. Ellison." Eric said before walking off with an Asian man in his fifties, Robert Shaye.

"Hey Eric, this place is really great, I'm kind of tempted myself." Robert said while hugging Eric.

Eric let go of Robert and said, "Larry Ellison from Oracle has been bugging me for more than ten minutes now. Robert, don't tell me you want to buy this estate too. If you dare to say it, I won't hesitate to call security to throw you out."

Robert smiled and said, "Of course not; how could I not be courteous? Oh, let me introduce you; this is Mr. Raymond Chow from the other side of the ocean, Hong Kong."

Eric had already recognized the man. Although he was much younger than the one he first saw in the media, he had not changed much: "Hello, Mr. Chow, I am Eric Williams."

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