If possible, Eric would rather such a delicate girl like Caroline stay forever in a castle as a carefree little princess, but fairy tales can only be fairy tales forever, and most fairy tales are actually There is no real ending, and fairy tales that can actually happen in this real world are even rarer than Disney's animated feature films.
Facing the expectations in Caroline's beautiful big eyes, Eric still couldn't bear to refuse directly after all, but he still said: "Caroline, it is not so easy to be my assistant, although you can Getting an MBA from Harvard does not mean that you will be able to adapt to this job. You will first need to intern in my assistant's office for a long period of time, maybe months, or even years, and only stand out in that environment , we can go further.”
Although Alan didn't have much work experience at the beginning, when he followed Eric, Firefly had just started. Alan's personal qualifications almost grew up with Firefly, so he was qualified for this job. Staying by my side is more than five years.
Over the past few years, as the Firefly system has become larger and larger, besides Alan who is directly responsible to Eric, Eric's personal assistant office has gradually expanded into a small team of more than ten people. Although Eric seldom directly intervenes in the management of Firefly, it does not mean that he is indifferent to the company's affairs. The most important part of the work of this small team is to be responsible for the important financial, personnel, and project decisions within the Firefly system. After the information is summarized, it will be reviewed by Eric. Another important part of the team's work is to follow up all the film and TV drama projects that Eric personally decides to ensure that these film and television projects will not deviate from Eric's production ideas. Although Yahoo, AOL, Cisco, Nokia and other shareholding companies are basically in charge of Chris, there are still many affairs transferred to Eric through the team. In addition, the team is also responsible for Eric's personal affairs. Finance, scheduling, data collection and other complicated and trivial tasks.
Eric once also had some ideas of red sleeves, trying to get Jennifer Connelly, who graduated from Stanford University, to work out in his assistant's office and then take over Alan's job, but the girl couldn't do it for a month. If you can't get through it, you will quit. It can be seen that this job is not easy at all, so. Eric didn't have any confidence in the delicate little person in front of him who seemed to be broken at the touch of a touch.
However, Caroline didn't have the slightest intention of backing down, so she didn't want to continue being the ignorant little woman in the ivory tower. Moreover, as long as you can get closer to him. She felt sure that she would be able to overcome any difficulty. Hearing Eric's loose tone, Caroline immediately said happily: "Then I will take it as your promise. After I finish the courses here, I will go to Los Angeles in September."
Eric thought for a moment, as if he couldn't remember what he had just agreed to. But seeing Caroline's joyful expression, she had no choice but to ask, "Will your parents agree?"
"Eric, I'm already twenty-three years old, I can decide what I want to do."
"oh… "
Eric dragged his voice out, with a smile on his lips, deliberately took a step back and lowered his head to look Caroline up and down, making a look like 'I really didn't realize you are so big'.
Facing Eric's bad expression, Caroline showed a shy and helpless look, and her fair little face under the street lamp turned red again.
Eric originally just wanted to make fun of it, but felt that Caroline gradually showed inferiority complex. Eric stopped quickly and said: "Okay, I promise you, but I'm not a boss who seems to be with you. If you can't do this job well, I will definitely not show mercy."
Caroline nodded slightly.
Eric looked at his watch, it was not yet eight o'clock, at this time, he could communicate with Chris and others about the meeting with Bill Gates just now, and looked at several brightly lit apartment buildings beside the path , Eric asked: "Let's go. Which building do you live in?"
"That," Caroline pointed to a red brick apartment in front of the two of them.
All the way to the entrance of the apartment, Caroline stopped reluctantly and asked, "Eric. When are you leaving Boston?"
Eric had planned to go back the day after tomorrow, but with the sudden appearance of his classmate Damen, Eric's itinerary must be changed, and he said: "I'm not sure about this, and suddenly there are more things just now, I guess I will stay for four or five years God."
Caroline had been looking forward to perhaps being able to be like last year in London and Berlin. Looking around in Boston with Eric, but she also heard from Eric's tone that he must be very busy in the next few days, so she had to give up. After thinking about it, the girl said weakly: "Eric, why don't you go to our apartment and have a cup of coffee, I... oh, I can introduce my roommate to you."
Eric hesitated for a moment, and when he was about to refuse, Caroline, who had been watching his expression changes, said anxiously: "Then, if it doesn't work, forget it, I, goodbye."
Eric sighed slightly in his heart, and said, "Okay, but, Caroline, do you know what it means for a girl to invite a boy to her place for coffee at this time?"
Caroline froze for a moment, remembering some clips she had seen in books or movies, her face flushed immediately, and she stammered, "Or, or, you can drink tea."
This girl started acting cute again.
Eric resisted the urge to smile, and said solemnly: "Caroline, you have to remember that you are absolutely not allowed to invite any man to your place for coffee at this time, and tea, juice, milk even No tap water."
Caroline also reacted at this time, twisting her two little hands shyly, and humming obediently when she heard Eric say this.
Taking Eric into the lobby of the apartment building, Caroline saw the small flag of her mailbox on the wall erected, walked over and took out a letter, and raised it to Eric with some joy, her tone seemed to be Share your little secret: "Eric, my aunt wrote me again."
Eric walked towards the stairs with a smile and said, "It seems that your aunt treats you better than your parents."
"Of course not." Caroline groped for the envelope and felt that there seemed to be a photo inside, so she couldn't wait to open it, and said, "It's just that my aunt has been away from home for many years and has been living in Greece. She only wrote to me last year. , and told me not to tell my parents."
Eric feels Caroline's desire to talk. Then she followed the girl's tone and said, "Since you have been away for so many years, why did your aunt write to you?"
"My aunt said she missed her relatives," Caroline carefully took out a few photos from the envelope, as if she suddenly remembered something. Said: "By the way, my aunt also mentioned you, she said, she said she saw about us in the newspaper."
Eric didn't think he had anything to do with Caroline, probably her aunt misunderstood. He casually said, "Oh, what did your aunt say?"
"She encouraged me to bravely pursue my own happiness and not be bound by the family," the girl glanced at Eric carefully, her tone was shy, her voice gradually dropped, and finally became almost inaudible.
Eric was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to continue the conversation, so Caroline raised a few photos in her hand and handed them to Eric: "Look, this is my aunt."
The street lights in the corridor were a bit dim, and Eric took the photo. I only saw a blond woman in a white dress leaning against the side of a small yacht. She had fair skin, an elegant temperament, and a very comfortable smile. She seemed to be in her early thirties, and she looked very young. Time seems to have some similarities with Caroline.
Eric just stared at the first photo for a few seconds, then politely returned it to Caroline, complimenting: "Your aunt is very beautiful."
"Thank you," Caroline said, taking the picture. Carefully put it back into the envelope, and said with some regret: "If only I could look like my aunt."
Eric remembered the feeling just now, and said, "I think you two are quite alike."
"My aunt is more like a grandma, we are not like each other." Caroline shook her head, glanced at Eric, stretched out her little hand and gestured on top of her head, enviously said: "And, I mean, if I can be like my aunt It's good to be high."
Eric said: "You are just right now, so you don't need to envy others."
Caroline raised her small face unconfidently: "Really?"
"Fake."
"You scoundrel."
…
Melanie agonized over whether to tell Caroline about meeting Eric Williams. In the end, she decided to tell her about it, and felt a little guilty for the jealousy she felt. Caroline always treated everyone around her sincerely, and Melanie felt that it was really wrong for her to have such thoughts up.
However, it wasn't until after dinner that Melanie realized that Caroline hadn't come back yet. Thinking of Howard Heinz, who was about to change girlfriends every few days, has been pestering Caroline recently, Melanie couldn't help but worry. up. Caroline is so pure and kind, if she is tricked by that guy, she will definitely be hurt.
Just when Melanie decided to find Caroline herself, she finally heard the sound of someone opening the door.
Melanie hurriedly walked towards the door, and said excitedly to the little pink figure who came in first, "Caroline, guess who I met this afternoon?"
Before Caroline could answer, another figure followed and said with a smile, "It couldn't be me, could it?"
"Ah," Melanie opened her mouth in surprise, seeing Eric walking in with a smile and looking at her, she hurriedly expressed her hands and feet, and said, "Mr. Williams, so you came to find Caroline on purpose. I thought it was just a coincidence."
Eric also heard Melanie's figure before he realized that such a coincidence had happened, and said: "It is indeed a coincidence. I didn't know that Caroline was studying here before."
Caroline originally wanted to introduce the two of them, but she was even more surprised when she heard what they said. She looked around and asked, "You two know each other?"
"I went to the supermarket in the afternoon, and I happened to meet Mr. Williams on West Avenue," Melanie explained briefly, and formally extended her hand to Eric: "Hello, Mr. Williams, my name is Melanie Ni Gleason."
"Call me Eric," Eric shook hands with the other party.
If it was any other woman, she would definitely question the acquaintance of Eric and Melanie at this time, but obviously Caroline didn't realize this at all, but was very excited about the coincidence between the two, which made Eric Rick sat down, and Caroline walked towards the kitchen. Just as she reached the door of the kitchen, she turned her head and asked, "Eric, what do you drink?"
Eric smiled lightly and said, "It's better to have coffee."
Melanie sat down next to Eric. Although she was still a little reserved, she was obviously more talkative than Caroline. Seeing Eric casually looking at the layout of the apartment, she took the initiative to say: "Here is Caroline and I. It’s arranged, and I can ask Caroline to take you to visit her room later, it’s more interesting.”
Melanie said, and winked at Eric ambiguously. Eric had no idea what Melanie meant, but a small head popped out of the kitchen immediately: "Eric, you are not allowed to enter my room, that, that's too rude."
When Eric heard Caroline say this, he almost understood something. The girl's room was nothing more than something related to himself: "Don't worry, Caroline, I won't do this."
Caroline was really relieved, she looked away without hesitation and continued to work.
Melanie smiled silently, reached out and secretly pointed to a door on the left, but Eric just smiled and shook his head.
Melanie was just joking, and asked, "Eric, are you coming to Boston for the business of those companies on Massachusetts Avenue?"
"Yeah," Eric recalled that Caroline said in the dining room that their instructor had used these three companies as teaching cases, and glanced at a picture of Caroline and Melanie in a certain place next to the TV cabinet not far away. Taking a group photo with a bright smile on the bridge, he moved his mind slightly and asked, "Caroline said in the afternoon that you analyzed these three companies as cases. What do you think of their situation?"
Melanie didn't understand why Eric would suddenly test herself, but she also realized that it would definitely not be a bad thing, after thinking about it, she said: "I don't think you should divide them into three companies, especially in the future , if the current state continues, as the scale of users of the three companies increases, more and more management and technical conflicts will arise, which will slow down the development of the three companies. In addition, during the investigation process, although we did not get specific data, we also realized that the user scale of these three companies has reached a very scary number, and this expansion speed has no slowing down trend. If they can’t successfully achieve business transformation, with the rapid increase in operating costs, I think even you will find it difficult to afford this huge expenditure.” (To be continued.)