Eric thought that only two Boeing 747s would fly to Long Island, but unexpectedly there were three.
Seeing the eye-catching FOX logo on the second plane, Eric remembered that Elizabeth and Julia also ordered one.
What's more, before the last plane the girl took landed, Elizabeth called to complain. She and Julia rushed to Ventura to see their new plane excitedly. Unexpectedly, the girl took the three planes directly They're all heading to the East Coast.
While Eric was on the phone with Elizabeth, watching the last plane roar down the runway, he noticed something else.
Eric remembered that the girl said that she wanted to paint her plane in beautiful pink, but at this time, he found that the three planes were all the same blue and white fuselage, except for the 'FIREFLY' and 'FOX' on the three planes. ' and 'MGM' icons, and others are not much different from ordinary civil aviation airliners.
The last plane came to a stop, and the girl led a group of people excitedly down from the gangway car. First, she threw herself into Eric's arms and acted like a baby, then hugged Joanna and the others respectively, and kneaded Hawaii She only introduced Eric to the guests who got off the plane with her.
"Eric, this is Mr. Ronald Keogh, President of Boeing Public Services Group, and his assistant."
Following the girl's introduction, the polite middle-aged man with glasses standing next to her shook hands with Eric, handed over a business card, and said, "Hello, Mr. Williams, Nice to meet you."
Eric smiled and shook hands with the other party, took the business card and put it away politely.
Ronald Keogh offered to help Eric introduce the basic situation of the three planes, Eric sent the girl to take the women and children to her plane, and he and Ronald Keogh Walk towards the first plane to land.
Enter the cabin along the gangway, turn through a short corridor, and enter a living room with simple modernist style, pure white walls, furniture that is completely integrated with the whole room, and a flat-screen TV hanging on the wall , There is also a mini bar in the corner.
Eric walked into the small living room slowly, admiring the surrounding layout with satisfaction.
Ronald Keogh and his assistant just stood at the door with a smile, waited for Eric to look at it for a while, and then said: "The perfect Bauhaus style design, simple and exquisite, of course, we don't agree with this point." Credit to Miss Barrymore and the team of designers she hired."
Eric nodded slightly, walked out of the room, continued to walk towards the interior of the airport, and said at the same time: "I understand the basic parameters, tell me what is special about this plane?"
"Of course, I have to say that each of these three planes is unique," Ronald Keogh followed Eric, and said, "However, I think the most outstanding features of these three planes are , it should be that she can connect any two cities on this planet."
Eric leisurely admired the design inside the cabin, waiting for Ronald Keogh to continue.
Ronald Keogh followed Eric step by step, and said: "The GM Boeing 747-400 model has a full load weight of 390 tons, a full load range of 13,000 kilometers, and an empty range can be increased by 30%. During our testing of the Boeing 747-400 in the 1980s, we completed the 17,000-kilometer journey from London to Heaney many times. However, because it is your personal customized aircraft, the interior of this Boeing 747-400 A large number of unnecessary public equipment has been reduced. Even if the weight of 10 tons of passengers and cargo is used, her take-off weight will not exceed 320 tons. At the same time, this aircraft also uses the latest generation of Pratt & Whitney 4056 energy-saving engines, which have better endurance Strong. According to the calculations of our company engineers, the endurance of this aircraft can reach 20,000 kilometers under extreme conditions. However, we did not test this without your permission. Of course, if you think it is necessary, this test can be done at any time can be done.”
Eric also knows that the most important factor affecting the endurance of the aircraft is the load.
A commercial Boeing 747-400, not counting the weight of the airframe itself and fuel, can carry 60 tons of passengers and cargo when saturated. Only in this regard, this private jet has a huge advantage. After all, even the 10 tons of passenger and cargo capacity that Ronald Keogh talked about is rarely achieved by this aircraft. According to Eric's personal travel scale, a team of 20 people, including luggage, can have two tons, which is not bad.
However, as long as he can complete the long cruising journey from London to Heaney, Eric is already very satisfied. In fact, the journeys of trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic flights are basically about 10,000 kilometers, and flights in North America will not exceed 4,000 kilometers. The performance of this aircraft is more than enough most of the time.
As for testing the flight limit of this aircraft, Eric has no interest. Due to the extremely high energy consumption, private jets have always been one of the main targets for many people in the West to attack the extravagant life of the rich. Don't try to stop.
Continuing to visit the layout of each section of the cabin, Eric asked again: "What about the network and communication equipment?"
"Our Boeing Connection Company has customized a full set of Internet, TV and telephone communication equipment for you. You can connect to the Internet, make calls or conduct video conferences anytime and anywhere. Speaking of this, Mr. Williams, CEO of our company Mr. Philip Condit is currently in his office, and he said that if you are free, he would like to have a chat."
In addition to its own performance, Eric's most important thing is the communication network function of this aircraft. This is what he was most dissatisfied with the Boeing 767 he often took a few years ago. Hearing that the CEO of the Boeing Group was online, Eric didn't refuse. He happened to be able to see the effect of the video call, so he nodded and said, "Okay."
"Then please come with me."
Ronald Keogh made a gesture of invitation and took Eric to a conference room in the middle of the plane.
After being signaled, Ronald Keogh's assistant skillfully turned on the video call device. A moment later, a tall middle-aged man appeared on the 32-inch video call screen on the wall. He was the CEO of Boeing Group far away in Seattle. Officer Philip Condit.
Eric greeted Philip Condit and was chatting casually when he heard a faint whistle outside the cabin.
Looking through the porthole, the girl's plane is slowly crossing the runway.
A bodyguard walked in and knocked on the door.
Eric looked over and pointed out the window casually, showing a questioning expression.
The bodyguard nodded and replied, "Miss Barrymore said they have gone to Orlando and will be back tomorrow."
"Madam and children gone?"
"Yes."
Eric helplessly spread his hands towards Philip Condit, who was listening to the movement on the screen, and said to the bodyguard: "They should be going to Disneyland, you ask Carter to call over there and let them Arrange it."
"Yes, Mr. Williams."
Just as Eric was about to let the bodyguard leave, he suddenly remembered something, and quickly called out to him: "By the way, who flew the plane?"
"Miss Sokolov."
Eric was a little puzzled. After the first two planes landed, the pilots came over to meet him, but there were only her, the twins, and Ronald Keogh and his party on the girl's plane.
The twins have personally experienced flying a helicopter, and they feel at ease, but driving such a large Boeing airliner is a bit of a nonsense, right
Thinking in his heart, Eric directly instructed Ronald Keogh's assistant: "Connect me to that plane and let them come back."
Ronald Keogh's assistant was a little confused, so he explained: "Mr. Williams, it is absolutely necessary to maintain contact with the ground command center during take-off and landing, and it is not suitable for communication. However, if you think it is necessary, you can Tell the navigator to contact the pilot."
Eric was about to say something when Ronald Keogh said, "Eric, are you worried about the piloting skills of the two Miss Sokolov? I don't think it is necessary at all. The test of these three aircraft Miss Sokolov participated a lot in the first stage, and I think their piloting skills are not inferior to any experienced professional pilots."
"The Russian twins?" On the still open video, Philip Condit also interjected with a smile: "Those are indeed two very good girls, I happened to meet them too, Eric, no problem of."
All right.
Eric nodded with a wry smile.
But I couldn't help complaining in my heart, these two goblins who are usually calm and calm can do everything, they can't be really black widows, it seems that they need to take the time to interrogate them.
After this episode happened, Eric didn't have much thought to continue admiring the layout in the cabin, and chatted with Philip Condit for a few more words, hung up the video, and Eric exited the cabin.
Elizabeth and Julia were still waiting eagerly in Ventura. Anyway, they could see the layout inside sooner or later. Eric didn't get on the plane of the two women, and sent the pilot to take off directly back to California. In the blink of an eye, only This Boeing.
More than two hours later, the girl called from Orlando International Airport, saying that the group had arrived successfully, and Eric was relieved.
The women all left, and none of Eric stayed alone in East Hampton. After bidding farewell to Ronald Keogh and his party, Eric returned to Manhattan.
In the following week, there will be a lively Easter and the children's birthdays that will follow.
While accompanying the women and children, Eric spent most of his private time discussing with Carter Moen about setting up a security team exclusively for the Williams family.
At the same time, there is also a plan to expand the two private airports on the east and west coasts. It is not to continue to build runways, but Eric intends to eat up the surrounding land and reserve the aircraft warehouses that may be needed. A whole private territory surrounded by trees is formed around, preventing outsiders from peeping as much as possible.
After all, three large Boeing 747 private jets appeared at the airport in a row like that day, after all, it was still too conspicuous. Eric could even imagine that after hearing the news, some environmental organizations would hold signs to protest outside his airport. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the West.
But if the airport is completely enclosed and surrounded by private land, it will be much less troublesome.
Later, the girl explained that she didn't paint her plane in eye-catching pink in order to keep a low profile as much as possible. Although the interior decoration of the girl's airport is not low-key at all, Eric is still very satisfied with the girl's approach.
While the Erics were in East Hampton, Hollywood's Easter schedule continued in full swing.
Of the three new films released in the first week of March 26, only "Run Lola Run" barely stood out, with a box office of 11.17 million US dollars in the first week, which is almost close to Warner's buyout price. It is sure to make a very good profit.
Universal Pictures' "Ed's Private Channel" hit the street without any suspense. The box office in the first week was only 8.25 million U.S. dollars. Compared with the investment of 80 million U.S. dollars, the box office data is simply horrible.
As for Paramount's "Sweeping the Trio", it is even more silent, with a box office of only 5.57 million US dollars in the first week.
In comparison, "The Blair Witch", which was released in the fourth week of release, still won the box office champion of the single-week schedule from March 26 to April 1 with a box office of 17.62 million U.S. dollars despite a narrowing decline of 39%. The box office reached 129.3 million US dollars, and it continues to lead the envy and hatred of countless people.
Then, on April 2, Firefly Films' blockbuster "Public Enemy" released along with several other films, finally knocking "The Blair Witch" off the top of the weekly box office.
However, the box office of "Public Enemy" in the first week was only 46.3 million US dollars. Compared with last year's box office dark horse "Ace Powers" and "The Blair Witch" that just passed, this result can only be regarded as quite satisfactory. There is no suspense at all at the box office breaking 100 million, but the performance is definitely not outstanding.
Since the investment in "Public Enemy" is as high as 90 million US dollars, the company can only expect the follow-up overseas distribution to recover the cost.
Perhaps because of the continuous box office dark horses in recent years, the management of Firefly is not very satisfied with the box office performance of "Public Enemy", but Eric has no such idea.
Although MGM and Fox's two films "American Pie" and "One Kiss" both achieved very good box office results in the following week, compared to the production costs of the two films, their performance was even more limited. To describe it as excellent, Eric did not regret putting "Public Enemy" in the Easter schedule.
After all, Eric's main purpose is to use "Public Enemy" to cultivate the market. If the Easter schedule has always been low-cost horror films and comedies, then the audience will gradually form a habit. The first few years were okay, but in the long run, if there are no blockbusters to stimulate the market, just a bunch of low-cost movies, once the quality of these films collectively declines, and there is no blockbuster to stimulate the market, the entire Easter schedule will also be silent.
Moreover, through overseas distribution, it is still no problem for "Public Enemy" to get a global box office of about 300 million US dollars, which has also reached the line.
After the two little ones' birthdays, Eric was supposed to be fully committed to the promotional process for the upcoming Iron Man.
However, Firefly Electronics suddenly received news that due to collective pressure from Seagram creditors, Universal Music, which had been negotiating with Firefly Electronics, suddenly refused to cooperate with Firefly Electronics in digital music stores.
The reason given by the other party is that creditors are worried that Universal Music’s shift to digital music sales will further hit the already sluggish physical record sales, affect the overall income of Seagram Group, and threaten the interests of creditors.
However, Eric quickly understood that this disruption was obviously a test made by Wall Street to Firefly Electronics or the entire Firefly system after the remarks of Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson at the Hearst family party last time.