In the initial contact, Eric could feel that Robert Cromwell's identity was definitely more than an officer of the Special Operations Department of the Metropolitan Police Department. He probably worked in the more confidential British Military Intelligence and other intelligence agencies.
During this period of time, the information Eric obtained through various aspects basically proved this point.
Moreover, Robert Cromwell also said frankly that he hoped to build Firefly's security department into an organization integrating security protection and intelligence collection. That being the case, he was the obvious choice to monitor Thomas Jackson.
After all, if looking for an external detective company, the most Firefly can do is to completely conceal itself, so that even if an accident occurs, it will not be implicated in any way. But the external detective companies are not their own after all. If they really find some information that can bring huge benefits to themselves, it is difficult to guarantee that these detective companies will not think about it.
After deliberating for a while, Eric asked Kelly on the opposite side, saying: "You have had a lot of contact with Bob these days, do you think you can leave this matter to him? You know, this is not a very decent thing." thing?"
Kelly thought for a while, then nodded seriously: "Bob can be regarded as a very pure person, he has his own set of rules of conduct. Judging from some information about him in the past, he will not be afraid of such things. There is no moral guilt. Besides, Bob originally wanted Firefly Security to be involved in intelligence collection, so this matter should be regarded as his scope of responsibility at present."
"In that case," Eric weighed in for a moment, and said, "Try his attitude first. If possible, I'll find time to talk to him tomorrow."
Kelly nodded, and the two chatted about some more things, the female assistant said goodbye and left, and Eric returned to the post-production center to start busy with the final cut of "Gravity".
At the end of the day's work, just after get off work, Kelly called and said that she had talked with Robert about the afternoon matter, and the other party had agreed to it, and did not express anything special.
Kelly just hung up the phone, and Robert immediately called Eric's mobile phone, and the two agreed to meet tomorrow morning in a few words.
The next morning, Eric arrived at Firefly Studios at nine o'clock, and Robert had already arrived ahead of time. The two had just exchanged a few words, and the twins, who hadn't seen each other much during this period, also drove over together.
After the embarrassing incident that night, the thin-skinned Eve kept avoiding Eric, and even brought Natasha to become embarrassed again in front of Eric.
It just so happened that Eric introduced them to Robert Cromwell as students, so these two girls rarely appeared in front of him except to help Eric with the private affairs of the Pointe Manor in private. On weekdays, he also lives in Trousdale Manor.
Seeing Eve still blushing and dodging her eyes, and with Robert present, Eric simply greeted the two women, and brought the three of them to his office.
Sitting down in the reception area of the office, the twins took the initiative to make coffee. Eric was not in a hurry to talk about the topic, but chatted with Robert about the formation of Firefly Security Company.
After all, this is what he cares about the most.
Since he was introduced by Olivia and approved by Eric last month, Robert has quickly devoted himself to the preparation of the firefly system security department. With many years of work experience in the British Security Intelligence Service, Robert quickly played a leading role in the trio of him, Kelly, and Carter Moen finalized by Eric.
It took only one week for Robert to submit a detailed plan and started the specific project implementation without stopping.
Now, in less than two months, Firefly-Security-Inc., which has quietly registered as a member of the Firefly system, has selected a 1,000-acre piece of land near Palm Valley in the north of Los Angeles for the construction of the company. training base.
While re-establishing security regulations for the entire Firefly system and integrating and training the bodyguard team around Eric, Firefly Security Company also started a low-key recruitment plan.
In order to ensure that the team will not be infiltrated by external forces such as professional spies, Firefly Security's recruitment plan is completely proactive.
The companies in the Firefly system first obtain personnel information from North American universities, headhunting companies, veterans organizations and other departments in the name of talent recruitment, and then select suitable targets from them, and then Firefly Security Company actively sends job invitations to the other party.
The salary and benefit plan provided by Firefly Security Company far surpasses official agencies such as the U.S. Secret Service. Therefore, although the selected targets are basically puzzled by the fact that they have received a job invitation inexplicably, most of them take the initiative to contact I joined Firefly Security Company and hope to accept further interviews.
Eric used to think that bodyguards should be selected from professional soldiers such as special forces, but after Robert Cromwell's explanation, he realized that this was not the case.
Many ordinary people are even more suitable to be trained as bodyguards than professional soldiers whose behavior patterns have been solidified after years of military training.
Moreover, in the education system in North America that attaches great importance to sports, just like Eric met ABC beauty host Laura Spencer who has the resume of a national-level diving athlete some time ago, many elite talents are often athletes. This also makes them not inferior to professional soldiers in physical fitness, enough to withstand strict security training.
"The main problem now is manpower. If we want to support the training plan of 2,000 people in the Palm Valley training base, we need a team of at least 100 people. In this regard, we can only recruit people from the training centers of major security companies or government agencies. It takes three months. Of course, these three months are just enough to conduct background checks, physical examinations, polygraph tests, and psychological tests on the interviewers. I plan to train for one year. Finally, from the 2,000 people Select 200 qualified candidates. In other words, Eric, you will not be able to use the security team that belongs to Firefly until the end of next year. As for the later plan, the initial 200 people will also be used as the backbone. So , We must be very cautious in selecting this group of people, and you have to be patient. During this period, I will always pay attention to the status of the existing security team around you. Make sure there will be no problems."
After listening to Robert's story, Eric said, "Bob, the Firefly Security Company is not only responsible for my personal security, but also responsible for the maintenance of the entire Firefly system. I don't seem to have seen your plan in this regard?"
"I'm only responsible for cultivating the core team," Robert Cromwell said, "Eric, as long as you don't have any problems personally, the entire Firefly system will be fine. Therefore, it's fine for the peripheral teams to be in charge of Carter. I The expectation of the peripheral team is that they can provide cover for the core team, making the entire Firefly security company look mediocre and not attract too much attention."
Eric thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's fine, then, Bob, about yesterday's incident?"
"It's just a small matter." Robert shook his head with a smile, looked at the twins who were quietly sitting next to him, and said, "I won't ask if it's too specific. If it's just to monitor one person, just let Nata and sisters come. .”
Eric frowned slightly: "The two of them?"
"Eric, Nata and Eve are more talented than you think. Although they have only been with me for more than a month, their learning ability has surprised me. Now I am sure that I have a successor."
"Of course I believe in the abilities of Nata and Eve." Eric nodded, shook his head again, and said to Robert, "It's just that they are all my women, and I don't want them to do these shady things in person. "
When Eric said that, the twins' faces immediately turned red.
Robert Cromwell didn't react too much, he just smiled jokingly, and then said in a serious tone: "In this case, Eric, you should give them enough room to display, instead of acting like two little Maids make your quilts and beds for you all day long, which is too wronged for them. Moreover, this kind of work of secret monitoring happens to be done by the most trusted people around you. With me by my side to guide them, it’s just such a trivial matter, but it’s still safe What’s more, it’s not a big deal even if it’s discovered, you were under surveillance some time ago, didn’t you find something out of the investigation, and the result is nothing? "
Eric knew that Robert was right, so he looked at the twins: "Nata, Eve, are you willing to do it?"
Natasha nodded and said, "No problem, master."
"Eric, I have to give you an opinion on this point. I don't want my favorite student to use this kind of title that is full of objectification to a person all day long. Therefore, the two of them must change their names in the future. .”
Eric said embarrassedly: "Well, from now on, Nata and Eve can just call me Eric."
"Well, that's it for now," Robert nodded in satisfaction, got up and said, "You can tell the two of them about the next thing, and I will fly to Minnesota later, where there is an old private company on the border with Canada. The bodyguard training center is affiliated to the Brooklyn company, and I hope to recruit some capable people from there."
Eric got up and sent Robert to the parking lot with the twins before returning to the office.
Taking out Thomas Jackson's information from the safe, and looking at the girl who was wearing a shirt, trousers and ponytail like two young water onions, Eric hesitated: "Are you sure you can do it?"
Natasha nodded again: "Yes, master."
Eric glanced at the door guiltily, shook his head and said, "You guys should change your names, Robert will definitely scold me again if he finds out."
"Um."
"So, this is the target you need to monitor. He is now living in Washington. What you have to do is to pay close attention to every move, every word and deed of this person in the next two weeks, and record as much as possible. "After Eric finished speaking, he urged: "Also, the most important thing is to protect yourself and never be found out. It doesn't matter even if you fail, as long as you two are fine."
Natasha took the file bag, but didn't open it right away. She put it on her knees and looked over with bright eyes, and said, "So, master... is there anything else?"
Eric rubbed his nose and realized that it would be difficult for the twins to get rid of this name, so he could only say, "That's all for now."
Natasha stood up and said, "Then let's go to work."
Eric got up and sent the twins to the door. Thinking that the two girls might stay in Washington for the next two weeks, before going out, he gently held Natasha who was walking in front, hugged the twins and kissed them on the girl's lips. kissed down.
Natasha froze on the spot with a blushing face, and she responded softly after a while, but the girl soon realized that her sister was standing beside her, so she pushed Eric away and whispered: "Master, I'll go first Prepare something so Eve can stay."
With that said, Natasha had already broken away from Eric's embrace and walked out the door.
Eric watched Natasha's figure quickly disappear in the corridor, turned his head to look at Eve, who was once again transformed into a trapped little animal, leaned over, held the girl's face and kissed it, and said, "This This time I will definitely not let you pinch me again."
Eve's usual fair face had turned into an intoxicating blush, and she responded in a low voice, "Master, I didn't mean to."
Eric looked at the girl's alluring appearance, couldn't help it anymore, reached out to hug the girl, and walked towards the lounge next to the office.
After some fun, probably because of the daytime, Eve sneaked away while Eric was taking a bath. Eric came out of the bathroom, leaving only a wisp of the girl's fragrance in the air.
Back in the office, I remembered today's work schedule, so I picked up the phone and asked the secretary outside. The response was that Paul Albert had already arrived and had been waiting outside for an hour, so he ordered the other party to come in.
Paul Albert is a screenwriter from the United Kingdom. His most famous work in history is the TV series "Shameless" that has aroused strong responses in both the British and American versions.
Now that he won the Showtime TV station, Eric has been taking the time to choose project scripts suitable for the Showtime style.
The earlier British version of "Shameless" was only produced in 2004.
However, because this is a story written by Paul Albert based on his childhood life experience, the script has already appeared. Paul Roland, who is approaching 40 years old this year, is not unknown in the screenwriting world. , naturally got the script of "Shameless" very quickly.
After being notified by Eric, a well-mannered middle-aged man quickly walked into Eric's office.
He got up and shook hands with the other party, exchanged a few words of greeting, and ordered the secretary to prepare coffee for the two of them. Eric picked up the script of "Shameless" and sat down with Paul Albert on the sofa in the reception area.
The work schedule was very tight, and Eric didn't have too much nonsense with Paul Albert, so he went straight to: "Paul, I have already read the script of "Shameless", the problem now is that you need to write The background of the story that originally happened in Manchester was changed to the United States, and the details cannot be too big, so, is there any problem?"
Paul Roland took the coffee from the secretary, thanked him politely, and said, "Mr. Williams, may I ask, which city in the United States do you plan to change the story to?"