In recent years, although it invests in the production of one or two original TV series every year, and also increases the introduction of movie content, in general, Showtime TV station is far from forming the later style.
When Eric looked through Showtime's program list, he found that there were two original TV series broadcast by this TV station last year, one was the science fiction "Total Recall 2070", and the other was the black comedy "Link's Life". The content is also more like a patchwork of what is being broadcast.
But even so, compared to the situation in the early 1990s when there were no original programs, Showtime at this time was already much stronger.
However, this is obviously far from Eric's expectation.
As far as I can remember, Showtime started to gain fame by relying on a gay TV series "Queer as Folk" produced around 2000, but this also caused Showtime TV to be labeled as a gay TV station for many years later.
While attitudes towards homosexuality in the West are becoming more and more open, this is ultimately a rather marginalized group.
Homosexual elements can appear in a TV series, but if such elements are completely taken as the core of the program, and even affect the positioning of the entire TV station in the hearts of the audience, then it is definitely not a good thing.
In fact, Showtime's most successful series of TV series later, not many related to homosexuality.
It is now 1999, and it would be easy for Eric to find the "Queer as Folk" project, but he does not intend to let Showtime follow the old path. After all, as a straight man through and through, Eric really can't have any interest in male similar TV series.
The promotion season of American dramas in May has just passed, and Showtime has also confirmed its program plan for the next year.
However, after an in-depth discussion with Matthew Blank at lunch, Eric made a decision to cancel Showtime's original annual plan and cut off "Total Recall 2070" TV series that do not match the style of Showtime TV. Start over with a clear plan for the station's programming and positioning.
There are still three months between now and the autumn file in September, enough time for Eric to make adjustments to Showtime.
It was two o'clock in the afternoon after lunch.
Leaving the restaurant, it was already raining outdoors.
After taking the umbrella handed over by the bodyguard again and hitting it between the two of them, feeling the girl snuggling close to him, Eric didn't go to the car on the side of the road, but asked, "Where do you live?"
Carmen Kath was obviously absent-minded, and said, "Upper West Side, I just changed my residence recently."
"Is it far?" Eric said: "Or, we just walk there?"
I thought that Eric would leave soon, and my heart was a little empty. Hearing what the man said, Carmen Kess immediately nodded and said, "Okay, um, not far."
So under the guidance of the girl, the two started westward from 49th Street.
It is still working time, and there are few people on the streets of Manhattan shrouded in rain. Eric deliberately lowered his umbrella, and he was not too worried about being recognized by hurried pedestrians.
Carmen Keith enjoyed the feeling of walking in the rain with Eric, casually talking about recent things. Try not to let yourself look at the two cars that follow unhurriedly behind you, and you are moved by the accommodating of the man next to you, but you are also very embarrassed to bother others.
After walking for a while, you will come to Broadway Street, and pull the man to deliberately avoid the Hell's Kitchen in front, and go straight north.
After all, Manhattan is not too big. In less than half an hour, the two had arrived outside Carmen Keith's apartment on Ninth Avenue.
This is a red apartment building with about 30 floors. She opened the door and brought Eric in. She took the umbrella from him and hung it in the small storage room next to the entrance. Then she turned around and looked at the man standing At the entrance, he walked over and said, "Eric, it's okay, you don't need to change your shoes."
Eric looked at the spotless apartment in front of him, shook his head and said with a smile, "Even if you don't mind, I do."
As he spoke, he took off his leather shoes and stepped directly on the clean floor in front of him.
So he hurriedly took off his high boots, and before he had time to change into slippers, he searched on the shoe rack at the entrance.
She never thought that he would come to her residence, so naturally she couldn't think of preparing slippers for him.
Thinking about it, but just picking out a pair of fuzzy pink cotton slippers on the shoe rack, the biggest size.
However, he sneaked a glance at the man who had already sat down on the sofa. Obviously, the shoes in his hands still looked very small, so he had to give up, leaning over embarrassedly, wanting to sit down beside the man, a pair of big hands stretched out to wrap her around her With a slender waist, she obediently bent down and sat on the man's lap, but she didn't dare to look at him, her face was quickly covered with a blush.
After all, it was in the rain. Even though they were holding umbrellas, the clothes on the two of them were still somewhat wet. Eric was not used to this feeling, so he kissed the thin lips of the girl in his arms. After a moment of tenderness, he said softly : "To take a shower together?"
She nodded, although she didn't want to mention a certain topic, she still asked, "When are you leaving?"
"I'm definitely going back today. My new movie is in the final cut, and I've been very busy recently."
A little lost, but she still got up and pulled the man up, took a shower together, and then naturally collapsed on the big bed in her bedroom.
I don't know how long it has been.
It was quiet in the bedroom. This is the seventeenth floor. Although the splashing sound of raindrops falling on the ground could not be heard, the crackling sound could still be heard on the glass windows.
So he just listened, relying on the man's chest.
I wish time would stop like this.
But things don't always go as expected.
The sudden sound of the doorbell surprised both of them.
"You invited guests?"
"No." She shook her head, thought for a while and said, "Maybe they came to play, some of my friends."
Eric caressed the smooth back of the girl in his arms, and said with a smile: "Why don't we pretend that there is no one at home."
"Um."
Just now she replied, she immediately shook her head and said, "No, Cora has the key in her hand. If I don't open the door, they will come in by themselves."
Eric felt a mermaid slip out of his arms, and complained half-truthfully: "I don't even have the key to your house."
She just smiled, and hurriedly put on a dress, just about to go out, when she thought of something, she leaned over and kissed the man's face, and said, "Why don't you come out?"
Eric touched the petite face in front of him and said, "Aren't you going to introduce me to your friends?"
Rubbing against the man's palm, she nodded and said, "I, I won't be like them."
"Okay," Eric said with a smile, "I'll sleep for a while, and call me after you send them away."
"um. Thank you."
Eric listened to the doorbell that had stopped outside, and said, "Go, they might have come in by themselves."
Thinking of Eric's leather shoes left at the entrance, she immediately jumped out of bed.
However, it was obviously too late when he came to the living room.
Several beautiful girls crowded together at the entrance as if they had discovered something extraordinary. Carolina Kurkova was still holding the pair of expensive custom-made leather shoes.
"There is no sign."
"This should be custom made by hand."
"That should have a sign too."
"But it's definitely a man's."
"Couldn't it be Eric Williams?"
"It's unlikely, but that's the worst. Carmen will be in trouble if she's found out."
When a girl said that, the chirping discussion suddenly quieted down, and then everyone looked at Carmen Kath who had just come out of the bedroom.
Some things are secrets to the outside world, but in the modeling circle, everyone knows it well. Just like any industry, people in the game rarely take the initiative to disclose secrets in the circle, which is a very common unspoken rule.
Of course, rules are always easy to be broken, especially in the immediate situation.
Carmen Keith suddenly became one of the five Victoria's Secret spokespersons a few months ago. Apart from envy and jealousy, as long as there is a chance, no one wants to pull down the person standing above them, even if it is impossible to replace him in the end.
Now, if news got out that Carmen Keith was dating other men behind Eric Williams' back, not only would everything she had just gained be wiped out, she might even be kicked out of the circle entirely.
Everyone was silent for a moment, and Carolina Kurkova put down her leather shoes in embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "Carmen, that, we definitely won't say anything about it."
"But you've got to think about how to shut us up...Wow, Eugene, you pinch me...Um, sorry."
Carmen Kess naturally couldn't show any special emotions. She walked over and picked up the leather shoes that Carolina Kurkova put down, carefully put them on the shoe rack next to her, and said, "Why are you here?"
"It's terrible that my apartment and Eugene's are leaking," Carolina Kurkova watched her movements and explained, "So, I called everyone to see if I could spend the night at your place." , Well, we're leaving now."
Carmen Kess nodded and said, "Well, then I'll take you out. Today, I'm sorry, and I'll invite everyone to play tomorrow."
The girls heard that Carmen Kath didn't intend to keep guests at all, and they all planned to go out, but after all, they couldn't be too reconciled, and some people still couldn't help but glance towards the bedroom hesitantly.
Then the bedroom door was opened, and Eric, who had already put on a shirt and trousers, appeared at the door and said, "Carmen, let everyone sit down for a while before leaving."
Originally, he didn't plan to show up, but after hearing the girls' discussion in the bedroom, Eric didn't want Carmen Case to encounter any more trouble, so he came out voluntarily.
Seeing Eric appear, all the girls who were about to go out stopped in their tracks, with expressions of surprise, surprise or disbelief on their faces.
Knowing that he must have heard the girls' conversation before showing up, he nodded obediently and said with a warm heart, "Okay, that, everyone, come in and sit down."
There were six girls in total. After realizing it, although they had some thoughts in their hearts, they looked like six well-behaved little quails on the surface. They greeted Eric politely. Seeing that both he and Carmen Kath were barefoot, the girls They all took off their shoes and walked into the living room barefoot.
However, as a model carefully selected by WM Company, although she didn't wear shoes, it didn't affect the tall figures of a group of goblins at all.
Eric sat down on a single sofa in the living room, looked at several girls, and easily recognized the big KK Carolina Kurkova. Although the other five girls also vaguely felt familiar, they also Can't name it.
"Eric, this is Cora, and Eugene, Angela, Isa, Irene, and Brigitte," Carmen Keith quickly introduced several girls to Eric, and said : "I'm going to get everyone drinks, Cora, can you help me?"
"Oh well."
Carolina Kurkova was about to sit down on the couch, but she had already set her sights on the position closer to Eric, and when she heard what Carmen Kath said, she had to follow the girl to the big refrigerator in the corner beside.
Although they were not satisfied with Carmen Kath's very simple introduction, the girls were not polite and came over to sit down.
Grabbing the position that Carolina had just chosen, the girl named Eugene leaned sideways, looked at Eric with her arms on the armrest of the sofa, and took the initiative to talk: "Mr. Williams, why are you in New York? "
"Come here for something," Eric said casually, listening to the girl's accent, and said, "Are you Russian?"
"I'm from Kazan," Eugene glanced at Carmen Kess not far away, after getting along, she knew that Carmen didn't like Russians, so she always emphasized that she was from Kazan: "My name is Eugenia Volodina."
The girl said her full name clearly and slowly, but Eric smiled and said, "Kazan Mental Hospital, I know about that."
Eugenia smiled and said, "Actually, it's not as scary as others say. I went there with my friends when I was young."
Eric looked at the girl's still young face, and said, "Oh, you're not old now, are you?"
"No, I'm already nineteen years old."
After Eugenia finished speaking, the other girls who managed to get the conversation out of her were exposed one after another, saying: "You are lying again, Eugene, last time you clearly said that you were sixteen years old."
"Isn't it seventeen?"
"It seems to be fifteen years old?"
Eugenia didn't care about the revelations of the girls around her, and retorted confidently: "I look nineteen, can't I?"
At this time, Carolina and Carmen Kath came over with a few cans of drinks. Seeing that Eugenia had taken the place she liked, she pushed a can of Coke to her depressedly, and said, "You obviously don't look like that. No, she's just a little girl."
"You and I were born in the same year, what qualifications do you have to say about me?"
Carolina distributed Coke to the sisters and kept bickering: "I'm not pretending to be nineteen."
Eric looked at the group of goblins in front of him who were generally over 1.75 meters tall. If it weren't for their slightly green faces, it would be hard to imagine their age.
Carmen Kath handed Eric a can of Coke, and sat on the armrest next to him, with some defensive eyes, quietly listening to the girls talking about their age, and even felt a little inferior.
You know, compared with the group of goblins in front of her, although she has just turned twenty years old, she is still considered an older young woman. This is the case in the modeling industry, who generally start their debut at the age of thirteen or fourteen. New York is better, and in Europe, the age restrictions for models on stage are more relaxed.
Thinking back to what Giselle said yesterday when she and Eric met, she was inevitably worried that the man next to her would be interested in these goblins.
She definitely doesn't have the kind of temperament that can surround Eric with other girls like Giselle and the three of them. If Eric wants this, even if it annoys him, she will definitely leave Eric.
Well, maybe, not so definitely.
However, it is impossible to accept it anyway.
In the living room, the girls just bickered briefly, and then quickly turned their attention to Eric, chatting about some things.