Colin Southgate was silent again for a moment before saying: "Eric, these are just your one-sided words. I need to see the split plan of Firefly Electronics first. Besides, at what price do you plan to transfer that stake?"
Eric replied: "1.6 billion US dollars, about 20 times the price-earnings ratio, this price is very fair. Similarly, there is no room for negotiation. I still say what I just said. I don't want to waste too much time on negotiations."
"Cash?"
"Of course, I'm not interested in swapping shares."
Colin Southgate shook his head: "EMI can't come up with so much cash. Even if it was the US$1.2 billion sold by Viking Records last year, we have reinvested all of it and returned it to shareholders."
"If EMI releases the news that it plans to take a stake in Fireflyer, I think any financial institution will be happy to provide you with this financing. EMI Group currently only has 830 million US dollars in debt. Counting this 1.6 billion US dollars, your debt ratio It will not exceed 25%, which is a risk that most companies can afford."
"Okay, Eric, but I still have to say that the conditions you gave are too harsh, and there is no room for maneuver. Even if I am willing to agree, it will be difficult for the board of directors to agree to it in a short time."
"That's not my problem," Eric shrugged, and said, "However, what you just said is actually quite right. Firefly Electronics only needs to win over a large record company in the short term. So, if EMI If you hesitate, another record company agrees, and you will miss this opportunity forever. Even if we cooperate in the future, Fireflyer will not give up the equity again."
"Aren't you afraid that EMI will lead to other digital music player camps?"
"I don't think there is any digital music sales platform that can surpass the Yahoo Music Store. If you do that, you will only lose yourself."
After saying this, Eric waved to the waiter to start serving the dishes.
During the meal, Colin Southgate repeatedly asked Eric some detailed questions. After lunch, Colin Southgate was sent away. It was already half past one in the afternoon.
The casting of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" has already started in London, and Eric will go to the Firefly Group's London branch in the afternoon to check the progress of the project. In addition, we have to rush to Pinewood Studios. "Bond 19" has already started, and the crew is currently stationed in Pinewood Studios.
Two identical black Land Rover SUVs were already waiting downstairs at the Royal Garden Hotel. Mayer was standing by the car holding a stack of documents and saw Eric walking over with Poppy Delevingne. The driver took the initiative to get out of the car and opened the door.
Originally, he planned to send Bobby Delevingne home first, but he couldn't help the girl's pitiful begging. Anyway, the next job was not too much to keep secret, so Eric took the girl with him.
Since it directly won the film and television copyright at the beginning, although the film project was only publicly announced last month, the company has been polishing the script of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" for the past two years, and the director of the film has also been directly identified as the original version of Grace. Rhys Columbus.
Therefore, the most important job of the "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" crew is casting. If all goes well, the film will be launched in September of the second half of the year and released at the end of next year.
The British headquarters of Firefly Group is located in the Mayfair district on the east side of Hyde Park, not far from the Royal Academy of Arts, occupying an entire six-story building with a slightly European classical style.
In order to build momentum for the film in advance, the main young actors of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" adopted the form of open recruitment from the whole of the UK.
Since it was announced at the end of last month, this event has also become the most popular event in the UK recently. In just one month, the crew has received more than 20,000 materials. Obviously it will increase.
Although it was the weekend, Eric brought Mayer and Bobbi Delevingne to the branch headquarters, but it was still a busy scene.
The crew advertised that there are no restrictions on character selection, but in fact, if they really read all the more than 20,000 materials, the casting team will definitely collapse. Therefore, in the first round of selection, those materials that obviously do not match the image or have no acting experience in the resume will be brushed out, and some outstanding children will also be specially marked.
Compared with young actors, the casting of adult actors is much smoother. At this time, several roles have been confirmed.
After confirming the director and script, Eric has no intention of intervening in the casting, and he is too lazy to look for the original young actors. With J.K. Rowling and Chris Columbus and other main creators personally checking, he will definitely find the best actor Perfect for a trio of roles.
After staying at the branch headquarters for more than two hours, Eric left in a hurry and rushed to Pinewood Studios outside London.
Because it was the weekend, the "Bond 19" crew did not shoot today. Barbara Blockley received Eric in person and checked the filming progress together. At the invitation of the other party, I participated in a party hosted by the other party.
When we returned to downtown London, it was past ten o'clock at night.
As if breaking into a completely strange new world, Bobby Delevingne was in a faint excitement all day long.
Therefore, although it was already late at night, the girl was not at all casual.
The car came to the Belgravia area where the girl's home was located, and stopped in front of the house from last time. The driver opened the door from the outside, and Eric handed a handbag to the girl, saying: "Okay, go back Well, good night."
Bobby Delevingne is no longer wearing the long hoodie in the morning. Inside is a small dress and a beautiful light yellow Chanel trench coat. This is the daytime at the branch headquarters And in the evening when I attended the Broccoli's party, Eric casually ordered someone to deliver it. After all, the weather in London is really unbearable, and Eric can't always wear his own clothes for girls.
After taking the tote bag containing his hoodie, Bobby Delevingne took Eric's hand and said, "Eric, can you come in and have a seat?"
Eric smiled and shook his head: "I'm sleepy, I just want to go home and sleep quickly."
"Don't do this, Eric," Bobby Delevingne pulled Eric up a bit savagely this time, and scolded: "You won't find a girlfriend if you reject girls like this."
Pulling like this, Bobby Delevingne has already pulled Eric up the steps, reached out to ring the doorbell, and the other hand is still holding Eric, as if worried that he would run away.
The door of the room opened quickly, and a maid in her thirties opened the door. When she saw Poppy Delevingne, she immediately started nagging: "Miss, you are finally back. Madam just called to ask, and , oh, Wei, Mr. Williams, good evening."
Eric nodded to the other party: "Hello."
"This is Rosie," Bobby Delevingne introduced casually, and then pulled Eric into the room. After walking a few steps, he turned around and said to the maid named Rosie, "You first Go to sleep, and don't talk nonsense in front of my mother."
"Okay, okay, miss," the maid nodded hesitantly, but she still turned to her room.
Bobby Delevingne dragged Eric to the second floor with great interest, to a bedroom full of girly atmosphere, let Eric sit down by his dressing table, and the girl went into the changing room next to him He changed into the long hoodie he had in the morning again, and then ran downstairs with a patter. After a while, he ran up again with a pot of coffee.
Eric sat on a chair with his back against the dresser, watched the girl's busy appearance with interest, took a sip of the coffee she handed over, and said with a smile: "I'm so attentive, let me just say it first, but I can't do it tomorrow." Let you follow me again."
After handing over the coffee, Poppy Delevingne retreated to sit on the side of the small bed behind her, and looked at Eric with his hands on both sides, his eyes sparkling: "I didn't think so, I'm already very happy today."
Eric nodded, then brought the cup to his mouth and drank the coffee slowly.
Poppy Delevingne waited for a while, and said, "Eric, why don't you speak?"
"I'm tired, I don't have the heart to coax the little girl."
Poppy Delevingne laughed and said, "So you're coaxing me on purpose during the day."
"Yes," Eric knocked on the dressing table next to him with his left hand, and said, "This is the 'fruit of my labor' for a day."
"Hehe, Mr. Williams, I have seen through you."
Eric didn't respond, he drank most of the coffee in the quilt, put it next to him, and said, "Then, go to bed early, I should go back."
Poppy Delevingne's eyes flashed, and before Eric got up, he leaned over, gently pushed the man, directly straddled Eric's lap, put his arms around his neck and pecked the man's lips They kissed, and then parted, their faces had already turned crimson, but they still boldly said: "Eric, I want to have sex with you, shall we have sex?"
"Okay," Eric nodded, wrapped his hands around the girl's waist to keep her from moving, and said with a smile, "Tell me what you know first?"
The girl's face has turned into a red apple, and she said dissatisfiedly: "You are such a bad guy, of course you will take the initiative next."
"So, let me ask you a question, what is the most painful situation you have experienced since you were young?"
"When I was a child, I got my finger pinched by the car door once," the girl said, then chuckled again, and said, "Eric, you want to scare me, right? I'm not afraid. Some of my good friends have done it. They It’s not as painful as I thought it would be.”
"I don't mean this," Eric stretched out his hand and gestured on the girl's belly, and said, "If we do it, your belly will probably grow bigger. Then, you have to run around with a ball Ten months, at the end is the scariest thing, multiplying the pain of being pinched by the car door ten times, and after another ten hours, some little guy will come out of your stomach, even, in the process You are likely to die of pain."
Sure enough, there was a flash of fear in Bobby Delevingne's eyes, but he immediately said firmly: "You are scaring me, Eric, you will definitely not allow this to happen, will you?"
"Yeah," Eric got up, picked up the girl's lithe body, put her on the small bed next to him, and said, "So, sleep well, come to the premiere of "Iron Man" the day after tomorrow, and bring you buddy."
Bobby Delevingne was just a girl's whim. After being interrupted and "intimidated" by Eric, she stopped insisting and lay obediently on the bed, but still held the man's hand: "Eric, Can you wait until I fall asleep before leaving?"
Eric smiled and said, "It's really inconsiderate, I'm tired too."
"I'm a girl," Poppy Delevingne said with the corners of her lips raised, "Of course boys have to accommodate girls."
"Okay, then stay for another five minutes. After five minutes, if you can't sleep, I will leave."
"I usually take half an hour to fall asleep."
"It took so long, what were you thinking about during that half hour?"
"Last night, I was thinking, should I call you after I get up this morning, will you forget me. Also, what clothes should I wear, should I wear makeup, I am learning makeup recently, everyone Saying that I am very talented, I think I may be able to create my own cosmetics brand when I grow up."
Eric sat on the edge of the bed, letting the girl hold his hand and think about it. Maybe she was tired from playing during the day, but in just over ten minutes, the girl fell asleep.
Helping her cover the quilt, Eric quietly left the girl's bedroom.
A wall lamp was on in the living room downstairs, Eric walked down the stairs, and the maid just now appeared in front of her again.
"Mr. Williams, are you leaving?"
"Yeah, Bobby is asleep, and by the way, say hello to the Delevingne couple for me."
"OK."
The maid nodded and led Eric to the door graciously, pushed the door open for him, watched Eric get into the car on the side of the road, and watched the two SUVs turn around and disappear on the side of the street before turning the brown-red color of the apartment The wooden door closes.
It was past eleven o'clock when I returned to my residence on Kensington Gardens Street.
Eric didn't feel too sleepy either. The female assistant stayed in the villa last night and moved to the Royal Garden Hotel at the intersection today. Eric was alone in the villa.
Silently brewing a pot of coffee, Eric came upstairs to the study room and began to read some legal documents he had asked for from Firefly Group Chief Legal Counsel Edward Lewis in recent days while drinking coffee.
After looking through all the files carefully, Eric thought about it for a while, got up and took out a DV from the bookcase, set it up next to the sofa in the study, tested the shooting angle, and then started recording a video file.
After recording the video file for more than half an hour, Eric took out another laptop computer that had been prepared, copied the video file into the computer video, and encrypted it with Steve Mitnick's encryption software.
After doing all this, I looked at the time, it was already four o'clock in the morning.
Although London is located in a high latitude area with very long summer days, the sky outside the window is still dark at this time. Only when you look up, the sky above London appears a pale white because of the city lights.
After deleting the original files in the DV, Eric physically destroyed the memory card in the DV. After confirming that it could not be recovered, he locked the laptop in the safe and left the study quietly.
I went into the bathroom and took a shower, lay down on the big bed in the bedroom, and suddenly remembered Poppy Delevingne's half an hour before going to bed.
Inexplicably, he also began to think about what he should think about in the past half an hour, but in the end, the heavy exhaustion surged up, his thoughts were so chaotic that he didn't focus on any thoughts, and he fell into a deep sleep without knowing it.