Because of the temporary replacement of the landline, Eric had lunch with the girl and the others in Ventura at noon before officially taking off.
The Boeing 767 entered the stratosphere smoothly, and Mayer unbuckled his seat belt. Caroline was still recuperating because of her foot injury. This time, apart from a routine group of bodyguards, she was the only one following Eric to London.
Carefully checked Eric's schedule for the next few days, and saw the stewardess on the plane approaching with coffee, Mayer stood up and stopped her, smiled and said, "Let me do it."
The stewardess is a staff member temporarily deployed by the aircraft leasing company. She has a tall figure and a delicate face that are standard for girls in this industry.
Because it was to serve Eric Williams, the flight mission dispatched by the company in the morning even caused a lot of competition, and she managed to grab a spot with great difficulty. She just heard that Eric Williams, who was in the study, needed coffee, and she even dressed up specially. A beautiful woman is always ambitious. If she can get close to Eric Williams and win the favor of the other party, she can go straight to the top.
At this moment, being stopped by Mayer, the flight attendant was very unhappy, but the smile on her face remained unchanged, and said: "Miss Mayer, I can just come."
"I happen to have work to talk to Eric about," Mayer directly reached out to take the tray from the stewardess, and at the same time put away the smiling expression on his face, with a bit of order in his tone, and said, "Go back. "
The stewardess didn't dare to offend Eric's personal assistant, she cursed in her heart, but had to turn back in dismay.
When the stewardess disappeared at the entrance of this rest area, Mayer breathed a sigh of relief. Feeling that she had just played a little trick, she stuck out her tongue a little guiltyly, and then walked towards the airplane study on the other side. .
Eric was leaning on the leather chair behind the desk in the study and concentrating on reading a script. When he heard the knock on the door, he didn't lift his head, but responded softly.
Mayer walked lightly to the desk, helped Eric pour a cup of coffee, put the coffee pot aside, looked at the man in front of him with a focused expression, and suddenly remembered what happened in the morning.
Those two Gulfstream Vs, it seems that he will definitely not ride in the future.
What a wayward guy, worth 36 million US dollars of private jets, and there are still two, just throw it aside casually. In this world, it is estimated that only this guy in front of him has enough confidence to do so.
You must know that the price of 36 million US dollars for two Gulfstream Vs is just the beginning. The annual maintenance and flight costs will be at least 10% of the cost of the aircraft. This is a long-term expense that many people cannot bear. This is probably the reason why many rich people prefer to rent private jets for a long time rather than buy them themselves.
Eric turned a page of the "Fight Club" script in his hand, and felt that the people beside him hadn't left, so he looked up and interrupted Mayer's daze with a smile: "Mary, what's wrong with you?"
"Oh, no," Mayer realized that she was distracted, shook her head quickly, and quickly found a topic to escape the embarrassment, and said, "I just saw that you were reading this script. In fact, when I sorted out the materials for you , I happened to read it again, but I didn't understand what director Fincher wanted to express this time."
"It's very simple," Eric said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Finch wants to tell everyone this time that you can't hide your illness and avoid treatment. If you have a mental illness, you should find out and treat it early, otherwise you will harm others and yourself."
Mayer froze for a moment, realized that Eric was joking, and immediately covered his mouth and laughed.
Eric looked at Mayer's beautiful appearance wearing a light gray professional suit covering her mouth and smiling, and said: "If you are interested in this story, you can read Chuck Palahniuk's original novel, which is It’s a story about modern people struggling and resisting in confusion until they collapse. As for this script, I think Fincher himself hasn’t considered what he wants to express, so if it is not handled properly, this project will definitely become a disaster.”
Mayer listened carefully and asked, "So are you going to approve the project?"
"Of course," Eric nodded, and said, "This is actually a very interesting script. As long as we can put more effort into the release and marketing stages in the future, this movie will definitely become a masterpiece in the hearts of cULt fans. .”
In the past, the experience of "Fight Club" was almost the same as that of "A Chinese Journey to the West". Both failed at the box office during the release stage, but with the continuous deconstruction of subsequent movie fans, it gradually became a classic.
Now, the budget given by the New Line is 50 million U.S. dollars. Eric feels that this may not be enough, because as he just said, Fincher himself may not have a deep grasp of what he wants to shoot, so He's likely to get lost during the filming phase and cause the project to go over budget.
However, Eric does not intend to let New Line miss this movie.
Firefly Group already has enough blockbuster commercial films, and it is necessary to produce a batch of unique films to supplement the company's film library, otherwise Firefly Group will definitely gradually turn into a boring commercial machine. In recent years, in addition to mainstream commercial films, Firefly's labels have also been cooperating with individual directors such as David Fincher and Quentin Tarantino.
As far as "Fight Club" is concerned, although the risk is a bit high, as long as the new line can formulate a special marketing plan in a targeted manner, so that the audience can understand this movie in advance, or at least make them unable to understand it. Some people think this is a great movie, so it is still very easy for the movie to achieve commercial success.
After chatting for a few words and resolving the embarrassment of being in a daze just now, Mayer turned and left the study.
Eric continued to focus on the "Fight Club" script.
In all fairness, Eric himself doesn't really understand this movie, but there are still many classic lines in the movie that are worth pondering carefully.
After reading the script carefully, Eric opened the laptop next to him, drafted an e-mail according to his own thoughts on the movie, temporarily stored it in the draft box and planned to send it to New Line's Kenneth Howe after arriving in London. Well, before picking up another document on the desktop.
After having dinner on the plane, Eric rested for a few hours, and woke up again, and the Boeing 767 had arrived over London.
The west coast of the United States left Ventura Airport at one o'clock in the afternoon. After a ten-hour flight, counting the time difference, it was already seven o'clock in the morning on November 11 in London.
Did not feel any emotion about this once very interesting day, Eric just got off the plane at London Heathrow Airport, and was dragged to Victoria's Secret University tomorrow by Emily, Edward Razek and others who came to pick him up The venue for the show, Earls Court Exhibition and Convention Center in London's West End.
Compared with the Armory on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, the Earls Court Convention and Exhibition Center, which covers an area of more than 40,000 square meters, looks extraordinary.
Eric and his team rushed to the destination and saw huge Victoria's Secret brand posters pasted around the gate of the Earl's Palace. There were also many media reporters holding cameras on the surrounding roads. They saw Eric riding Several cars were about to drive into the Earl's Palace, and they surrounded them one after another, but they couldn't get a glimpse of the identity of the people in the car after all.
After getting off the car in the internal parking lot, Eric subconsciously stuffed his hands into the pockets of the windbreaker he had just put on, looked at the gloomy sky in London as always, and said to Emily beside him: "I said, shouldn't you at least let me How about some breakfast first?"
Emily raised her wrist and tapped her watch, dissatisfied: "If I remember correctly, you should have arrived in London around five o'clock in the morning. Do you know how long everyone has been waiting for you at Heathrow Airport?"
Eric was a little embarrassed and said: "This, I'm really sorry, I changed the plane temporarily, so it was delayed for a few hours."
"Then why don't you let someone notify us," Emily complained again, but she didn't chase Eric hard, feeling that she had taken the initiative, and said, "Let's go, help us look at this How did you prepare this time?"
This Victoria's Secret show is a bit like a farewell concert.
Several veteran angels, such as Cindy Crawford and Linda Evangelista, will withdraw from the Victoria's Secret endorsement team after this show. The original five-member group will only have Diane Kruger Stayed with Tyra Banks, and the new contract signed by the two with Victoria's Secret is only 3 years old. Diane Kruger intends to develop more deeply in Hollywood, and Tyra Banks intends to Enter the TV circle.
At the same time, the Angel Legion with about 40 members will continue to undergo major changes in the past two years.
Although Cindy, Linda and others may occasionally return to the Victoria's Secret runway for one or two catwalk shows in the future, in order to gain more attention, Ltd did not disclose this in the publicity, but hinted at it. It may be the last Victoria's Secret show for a group of popular old-fashioned supermodels. This trick has indeed played a big role. It is said that some loyal fans of the Victoria's Secret Legion even flew over from North America to watch this show. .
Since the Earl's Palace venue is much larger than the Lexington Avenue Arsenal, Ltd released a total of 6,000 tickets this time, which is the largest since the opening of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
With the strong expansion of the Victoria's Secret brand, Ltd is also paying more and more attention to the holding of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
In addition to the publicity focused on the Victoria's Secret team, the lineup of performers this time is also unprecedentedly strong.
In addition to the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys and Madonna, Ltd also successfully invited Michael Jackson this time. Over the years, Michael Jackson has also stepped out of the haze of the rape case and successfully restored to the style of the superstar he once was.
However, after mastering the operation mode of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for several years in a row, Ltd did not continue to spend money on inviting well-known directors to conduct the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Instead, senior executives such as Edward Razek acted as producers and personally controlled the entire show. The operation of the big show.
Although it was already late at night in Los Angeles, after a few hours of rest on the plane, coupled with his vigorous age, Eric was dragged by Emily to watch the show arrangement all morning, but he didn't feel anything exhausted.
It wasn't until noon that the group left the show at Earl's Palace and came to the Nh Hotel in Kensington, where the Legion of Angels stayed nearby.
Speaking of which, the Earls Court Convention and Exhibition Center is also located in the West End of London, less than two kilometers away from Kensington Garden Street. Eric can still travel between the Kensington Garden Street villa and the Convention and Exhibition Center these two days.
It happened to be lunch time, and when they came to the Nh Hotel, the group directly entered the hotel restaurant.
Tomorrow is the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Although some Victoria's Secret angels go shopping, most of them stay in the hotel. This also turns the hotel restaurant during lunch time into a gathering place for high-value beauties.
Seeing Eric appear, all the Victoria's Secret angels who were dining in the restaurant got up and surrounded him enthusiastically.
After embracing a large group of beauties one by one, the angels also consciously dispersed. Only Cindy, Linda and Giselle, who participated in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for the first time this year, stayed. Everyone knew that although Victoria's Secret There are many girls in the legion who have a close relationship with Eric, but only three of them have the closest relationship with Eric. As for Alexander and Miranda, they did not come to London this time, but stayed in New York together.
Mayer rushed to Kensington Garden Avenue in advance to help Eric prepare a residence, and was not around. Some other high-level executives of Ltd also tactfully disappeared at this time, looking for other places to sit down, only Emily and Eric Ke sat down at a round dining table with three other girls.
After sitting down on the chair, Eric looked at Giselle opposite and asked with a smile, "So, how do you feel now?"
The two seats next to Eric were naturally taken by Cindy and Linda. Giselle felt somewhat snacky in her heart, but she still said, "It's great, everyone takes good care of me."
Cindy took the menu from the passing waiter and handed it to Eric, saying: "Giselle's tablecloth is really amazing, I feel a little inferior. Oh, Eric, you can try this The steak is very good."
"Then you can order one for me." Eric smiled and handed the menu to Cindy again, saying, "If it's not delicious, I'll ask you for it."
"Hehe," Cindy lowered his voice with a smile, and didn't mind the eyes of many people around him who had been paying attention to this side, and leaned close to Eric's ear: "If it doesn't taste good, you can eat me. "
The fragrant wind lingered between the nostrils, and Eric couldn't help leaning over, deliberately whispering in a weird tone: "Actually, women's meat is not delicious at all, there is too much fat, I prefer men's, and little boys are the best." Well, the taste is very tender."
Cindy seemed to be frightened by Eric's words and shivered a little. She subconsciously avoided it. Knowing that Eric was joking with herself, she gave him a blank look before casually reporting to the waiter beside her. A menu came out.