According to the project plan drawn up by Eric, the Victoria's Secret show must be broadcast before the winter break of TV dramas in early December. This will not only get the best ratings and advertising effects, but also lead a wave of sales in the new year's consumption season. Achieve multiple effects.
The annual big show also needs a month of post-production from recording to broadcasting, because it is the first time that such a large-scale annual show is held, and the preparation and rehearsal also need several months of full preparation time, so although it is only June In the second half of the year, the project started, so that Eric could arrange his time more leisurely in other busy affairs.
Firefly Studios, Studio 11, which has not yet been officially opened, has been arranged as a project studio according to Eric's request.
At this time, Eric was in a small meeting room separated from the studio, introducing the whole Victoria's Secret show in detail to Emily Brighton and other LTD executives who came from New York and his own royal production team plan of.
"... The whole Victoria's Secret show is actually equivalent to a large-scale commercial. The audience we are going to face this time is neither fashion magazine editors nor chain store buying directors, but ordinary audiences in front of all TVs. We can't expect ordinary people to be able to tell how good a model's tablecloth is, nor can we expect them to determine its market prospects just by observing a set of interior design styles. What we have to do is to give them what they want to see Things: Exquisite and perfect beauty, gorgeous stage, bright and catchy music. My goal is to make the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show into an Oscar in the fashion industry. Only the best supermodels can appear on this stage. On the stage, I want everyone to think of supermodels and the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, rather than the titles given by a few fashion magazines.”
After Eric's brief introduction, the senior management of LTD and Eric's royal team raised their own questions one after another. Eric answered them patiently. After discussing for more than an hour, they got a general understanding of what Eric needed. Effect.
Unknowingly, the sound of warbling and swallowing has already sounded outside the meeting room. A staff member knocked on the door and said, "Mr. Williams, Miss Brighton, the models have arrived."
"So, let's go here first. I will take time to discuss the details with you," Eric clapped his hands, and said with a smile: "Of course, if you want to see beautiful women, you can stay. Outside is definitely The most beautiful beauties in the world."
Everyone laughed and stood up. Eric's royal production team now has their own work to do. Of course, it is impossible to stay. Even several senior leaders of LTD flew here from the headquarters to finish the meeting. And immediately return to New York and other places.
Except for Eric and Emily, Eric and Emily are the most left behind, as well as Edward Razek, the creative director of Victoria's Secret named by Eric. Edward Razek has been in charge of the Victoria's Secret show since 1992. However, in Eric's opinion, the real mature period of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show should be after 2007 and 2008. Most of them were in the groping stage before, and the Victoria's Secret show before 2000 was basically no different from ordinary fashion shows. This time, Eric intends to directly adopt the program mode of the Victoria's Secret Show after 2010, but it is impossible for him to be in charge of this project forever. You can also give the Victoria's Secret Show to the other party.
After the people attending the meeting gradually left, Emily asked the remaining main creative team members to go out to prepare temporarily, leaving only Eric and Edward Razek, and then took out a prepared document and handed it To Eric, said: "This is the list of 40 people that Edward and I have selected privately. Among them are a few internal models that we have already signed, and the rest are from other modeling agencies. This time it is only Elite and Ford The two major brokerage companies pushed over 80 people, as well as from other brokerage companies. A total of 150 candidates. LTD cooperates very closely with these brokerage companies, and we can't afford to offend them at all, so what we promised on the surface is to let you Come and pick it yourself, and when you audition, you can focus on these people, and if you think other models are good, why not adjust them at any time."
Eric originally only asked Emily to prepare a team of about forty people. So many people suddenly appeared, he was a little unexpected, but after learning the reason, Eric just nodded casually. The fashion industry and the modeling industry have always been closely linked, and mid-range fashion brands like LTD really do not want to provoke industry giants such as Elite (Elite Model Agency) and Ford (Ford Model Agency), lest they be questioned in the production of advertisements in the future. But these things are not a problem on Eric's side.
When Eric opened the list, Emily said again: "There is also the matter of spokespersons, the five spokespersons you proposed, we have already signed Linda Evangelista and Christie Turlington , Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell also expressed their interest in Victoria's Secret's spokesperson, but they don't want to waste too much time on this big show, especially Cindy Crawford, I I heard that she has already signed a big production contract with Warner, and there is not much time left for the catwalk."
A 1990 issue of "Vogue" magazine published photos of five of the most influential fashion models, and for the first time publicly used the title of 'supermodel', the names Emily just mentioned are the five Four of them, the last German supermodel Tagana Partiz has retired. Originally, Claudia Schiffer would fill the vacancy left by Tagana Patiz, but because of Eric's appearance, Claudia has given up her modeling career and moved to Hollywood smoothly.
Although these supermodels make the fashion circle flock to them, Eric doesn't pay much attention to them. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was originally nicknamed the "Terminator of the Supermodel Era", because many fashion people in later generations criticized the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for reducing the gold content of supermodels and reducing them to sensationalized mass entertainment. But at the same time, no one dares to deny that it is difficult for a model who has not appeared on the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show to win the title of supermodel, and in the annual salary list of previous models, the top ten are basically from Victoria. The model who came out of the secret big show.
Hearing what Emily said, Eric said: "Since the two of them don't want to participate in the catwalk, then forget it, it just so happens that we can train the other three spokespersons by ourselves."
Edward Razek said: "Eric, maybe we don't care about Naomi Campbell. But I think it's better to talk to Miss Cindy Crawford again. She is the most popular among the supermodels. one."
Eric closed the roster, smiled and said to Edward Razek: "Edward, you have to remember. From now on, Victoria's Secret will say which supermodel is the most popular, and which supermodel will have real popularity, Now that they give up this opportunity, they will never want to be on this stage again."
Eric finished. Pick up the roster and walk out. Emily stopped on purpose, and waited for Eric to walk out of the room before she said to Edward Razek who was a little embarrassed: "Edward, don't mind, this guy is always so self-righteous sometimes, but most of the time, the result All proved him right."
Of course, it is impossible for Edward Razek to mind, and he doesn't think he has the right to mind anything with a big man like Eric. Hearing Emily's comfort, Edward couldn't help but said: "Emily, you a few days ago Is it true what you told me?"
"What?" Emily was stunned for a moment, but quickly remembered, nodded and said: "Of course it is true, although Eric can be the director himself this year, it is absolutely impossible to do it all the time, he seems to hate it Doing certain things repeatedly, he won't even direct Jurassic Park 2 himself. So next year's big show is likely to be in your hands, so you better brace yourself and make every detail of that guy record."
After receiving a definite answer, Edward Razek's uneasy thoughts finally settled down. Said: "Emily, without Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford, do you think it would be possible for us to bring Miss Claudia Schiffer back on stage? She was originally a top model, and her current popularity Much taller than all the models?"
"That's a good idea. But it's unlikely. Claudia Schiffer is now focusing most of her energy on Hollywood, and her salary has risen to $5 million. She is unlikely to waste a few months of time. On a fashion show."
Edward Razek showed a flirtatious smile, and lowered his voice, "If we were the ones to talk, of course there would be no possibility. But what if Eric came forward to say hello?"
Emily froze for a moment, then her eyes lit up, and she said, "That's a good idea, I'll try it later."
Talking about this matter, Edward Razek walked out of the meeting room with Emily. After hesitating for a while, Edward still found an interface to go to the bathroom, went to a place where there was no one, made a phone call and said something quickly.
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Different from the actor's audition room, the model audition room is more like a professional photography studio. In order to show the models' stage effects more intuitively, there is no shortage of background cloth, fill lights, and soft boxes in the large room. Eric It felt as if he had returned to the time when he joined an advertising agency to shoot print advertisements in his previous life, but this time he no longer needed to do it himself, and with just one sentence, someone would lift up the most outstanding top models in the world and choose them at will.
In the thick roster, apart from the two confirmed supermodels, there are also some familiar names from previous lives, such as Heidi Klum, Tyra Banks, Kate Moss and so on. Compared with the first few years, Eric has developed immunity to beautiful women at this time. After all, things that are too easy to get will inevitably make people gradually lose interest in chasing them. Perhaps this is why the ratio of homosexuals in Hollywood and fashion circles is so low. The reason for the high.
Hearing Emily's idea of wanting Claudia to appear on the runway again, Eric nodded and said: "This is also a good idea, I will contact Claudia to see if she has a schedule , if not, just forget it.”
Emily said: "You speak in person, can she still have no schedule?"
Eric shrugged and said, "I'm trying to be an understanding person, not a tyrant."
"Oh, then your Qing people are really happy," Emily teased, and then said: "You haven't visited Kevin and Xia Xia in New York for several months?"
Eric countered: "A woman who is thirty years old and refuses to marry or have children has no right to blame me."
There were staff all around, and the bickering between the two had just started and they stopped this topic by coincidence.
Now that most of the list has been pre-determined, the so-called interview is actually just a formality, not to mention those bold and amusing eyes, many "accidental" dropped BRAs also made everyone in the audition room a little full. eyesight.
After another group of models left, Emily finally couldn't help complaining: "They think this is somewhere, so you don't have to wait so fast to catch a winner, right?"
Eric opened a page of information and said, "Can you not look at me when you say the word 'Kaizi'?"
Emily leaned towards Eric, and said: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, Eric, these chicks in the circle don't have a fuel-efficient lamp. If you provoke them indiscriminately, they will definitely not Mind if your bed performance and size are all exposed in gossip magazines."
"Well, you've managed to scare me soft," Eric also cracked a small dirty joke.
Emily spat, and then told the staff to call in the next group of models.
Three tall figures dressed in Victoria's Secret's new underwear entered one after another. Eric noticed the blond beauty standing in the middle at a glance. He flipped through the default list under the information, but he did not find her name.
Edward Razek asked the three models to introduce themselves according to the routine, walked around the tablecloth, and then began to ask some questions.
Eric took a piece of information and approached Emily, and asked in a low voice, "Well, why isn't Diane Kruger on the list? She was the champion of the 1992 Elite Model Contest in Germany. This condition should be great?"
Emily glanced at the photo, looked up at Diane Kruger's tablecloth for a moment, then lowered her head again and said, "She was indeed on the primary list, but we eliminated her according to your original request. Did you come down?"
Eric couldn't figure it out for a while: "My request?" (To be continued.)