The moment the high heels fell off, Diane Kruger buzzed in her mind, her whole body seemed to be emptied in an instant, and the sudden feeling of stepping into the void made her almost collapse on the runway.
I screwed up
I screwed up!
i screwed up... i screwed up... i screwed up...
This desperate thought flew through Diane Kruger's mind countless times. She seemed to feel that she heard the mocking laughter of the audience, but no one called to stop, the lights were still changing, the music It is still going on, and the artificial snow in the field is still flourishing. So, after a moment of hesitation, the girl tiptoed her bare left foot and continued to walk forward. At this time, the months-long rigorous training finally had its due effect. Although she lost a high-heeled shoe, Diane Kruger's figure quickly recovered, and that confident and unique step style was once again displayed.
At the moment when the high heels fell off, some people in the audience inevitably showed gloating expressions. After Diane Kruger stabilized her figure, many people still felt a little regretful: why didn't she fall down.
However, when Diane Kruger quickly and confidently walked towards the end of the runway on a steady step, most people gradually experienced subtle changes in mood, and everyone began to think involuntarily. Can they do better than this girl in such a sudden situation? The answer is absolutely no. The strong in adversity can always easily win people's instinctive respect, and the mood of gloating is quickly replaced by admiration. So, when Diane Kruger started to turn around, spontaneous applause slowly erupted in the arena. This kind of applause reached a climax when Diane Kruger walked the entire distance, and the warm applause was even faintly suppressed at the last moment. The sound of music in the arena.
Diane Kruger, who basically followed the professional instincts under rigorous training, did not feel the emotional changes of the crowd at all, and continued to walk the entire course. Just as her figure disappeared at the backstage entrance, and she was sure that the cameras in the venue could no longer track her, Diane Kruger suddenly exhausted her last bit of strength. Tears welled up, and she collapsed limply on the steps leading to the backstage.
Except the central control room where Eric is. In the backstage of the whole show, there are three large screens monitoring the situation in the venue. They found that Diane Kruger’s high heels had fallen, and the backstage field control notified everyone through the intercom in just a few seconds. ·The Kruger was still on the runway, and there was commotion in the whole backstage.
In the central control room, the moment he noticed Diane Kruger's high-heeled shoes fell off, Eric's heart skipped a beat. This happened at the last moment of an otherwise flawless show. It's impossible not to be angry.
However, things had happened, and Eric knew that being angry wouldn't help. Afterwards, noticing Diane Kruger who had quickly adjusted his state and the changes in the reaction of the audience in the arena, Eric's frowning brows gradually relaxed, and he thought for a moment while rubbing the walkie-talkie he had unconsciously held in his hand. Eric pressed the button to control all communication channels, and said decisively: "I am Eric Williams, all units pay attention and perform their duties. Keep going, don't panic. Nicole, ask your assistant to Bring that high-heeled shoe to me. Immediately."
Putting down the walkie-talkie, Eric glanced at the various scenes on the monitor screen that quickly restored the original order, ordered a staff member sitting in front of the monitor screen, and walked out of the central control room quickly.
As soon as he stepped out of the door, Emily, Edward Razek and others greeted him.
Seeing Eric, Emily, who also had a rather unsightly face, couldn't wait to say: "Eric, I just asked Donnie who is in charge of logistics. If this theme is retaken in the end, the artificial snow will definitely not be enough to last four months." Minutes. Reassembly will take at least half an hour, what shall we do?"
Think back to what you just saw. Eric kept walking, and said, "There's no need to reshoot. Call Tina over later, we need to have a good chat about this."
Emily was surprised: "What, I won't retake it, but..."
"Don't worry, Emily, I've got some good ideas."
As they spoke, they had already arrived at the entrance connecting to the front desk. The Victoria's Secret angels who had finished their missions came back from the front desk from time to time, almost all with a relieved expression on their faces. Diane Kruger was already sitting on the steps. When she saw Eric appearing, her slender body flinched, and the unstoppable tears welled up again: "Yes... I'm sorry, Mr. Williams, I Fucked up, I didn't mean to, I don't know why that high heel... why it just fell off all of a sudden."
Eric sighed softly in his heart. Although he had already thought of a countermeasure, this Victoria's Secret show did not achieve the perfect effect he wanted after all. Seeing that Diane Kruger still had the big, slightly heavy wing on his back, Eric gestured to the two staff and said, "Help Diane take the wing off, and what about the high heels?" ?”
Hearing that Eric wanted to take off his Victoria's Secret angel wings, Diane Kruger's expression became even more sad, but she didn't dare to say anything. She messed up such an important thing, and even if she had to make up for it, she would definitely Nothing will happen to her.
The angel wings were quickly taken off, without the foil of the angel wings, Diane Kruger's body looked even more slender, coupled with that heartbroken expression, anyone would inevitably have a feeling of pity Affection.
Nickel, who was personally in charge of photography at the front desk, quickly asked his assistant to deliver the high-heeled shoe. Eric ordered the people around him to find a transparent plastic bag and put the high-heeled shoe in it. He stepped up the steps and sat down beside Diane Kruger, and gently reached out to embrace the girl.
Feeling Eric's movement, Diane Kruger's body froze slightly, and quickly leaned over obediently, leaning on Eric's shoulder, feeling a little more at ease in her heart, and gradually stopped sobbing.
The little girl who came with Eric looked at this scene and couldn't help curling her mouth. The expressions of the other people around were a little strange at the same time, but they hadn't had time to show any girly expressions. They were attracted by Eric's subsequent actions, and some people even took a breath involuntarily.
because. Eric was examining the high heel carefully through the plastic bag.
The last theme is still going on, and the music in the venue is still playing, but there is a small area at the backstage entrance. But following Eric's movements, a silent vacuum seemed to be created.
Why did Eric check that heel!
Sharp-eyed people around have spotted it. The silver high-heeled shoe in the transparent plastic bag had laces on the front, but it had been broken in two. A thought popped up in everyone's mind at the same time, someone was jealous of the special treatment Diane Kruger received, so they tampered with the high-heeled shoe in an attempt to make her look ugly.
This kind of intrigue is actually very common in the fashion industry. It happened more than once in the circle that models pushed each other on the runway and caused each other to fall. But everyone just didn't expect that in Eric's big show, someone would dare to do this.
Most people noticed Eric's solemn expression. They were all a little silent, but Emily didn't have such scruples. She stepped forward and took the high-heeled shoe from Eric, looked at it carefully, and said with some uncertainty: "Eric, it looks like, This seems to be broken naturally?"
Eric also felt that the break of the shoelace seemed to be broken naturally, but he did not believe that such a coincidence would happen. This pair of shoes was only worn during the last few full-court rehearsals Several times, those few times without any problems. It just happened to be cut off suddenly now, which was a bit too coincidental.
After looking around at the senior executives of the Victoria's Secret project team and the staff not far away, Eric thought about it for a moment. Pass the high-heeled shoe in the plastic bag to Emily again: "You can contact Bi, and ask them to help you do a trace inspection on the broken shoelace to determine whether it was accidentally broken. If it was an accident, then forget it. In addition , don’t forget to ask them to take the fingerprints on this shoe.”
After thinking about it, Eric also took off the shoe on Diane Kruger's other foot, put it in a plastic bag and handed it to Emily: "There is still this one, see if there is any People make tricks."
"I'll do it right away. Try to get the results out tomorrow," Emily put away her high-heeled shoes with a solemn face. Said: "I won't attend the next after-party, please help host it."
A group of people looked anxiously at Emily leaving in a hurry with the pair of high heels. There was a feeling like the prelude to the storm in my heart. Eric just said that if it was an accident, forget it, and didn't mention what to do if it wasn't an accident. But they all know that if someone is behind the scenes , then Eric will never let it go.
After Emily left, Eric waved to the people around him: "The last theme is almost over, everyone go prepare for the curtain call, you don't need to gather around here."
Everyone returned to their jobs one after another, and Eric looked at Diane Kruger who was still leaning on him: "Can you still go on stage? You performed so well today. If you don't show up at the curtain call, then That's a pity."
Although Diane Kruger has realized that the catwalk accident just now was not her fault, the feeling of collapse after being strongly stimulated is not so easy to recover. After taking a few deep breaths, the girl still feels numbness in her hands and feet. Soft, no strength to stand up at all.
Eric patted her on the shoulder reassuringly, and said to Edward Razek: "Edward, let that rock band perform another song, and the curtain call will be postponed for five minutes."
Edward nodded, picked up the walkie-talkie, said a few words, and walked towards the stage.
Eric looked at Diane Kruger beside him, and asked, "There are still five minutes, do you want to eat something, maybe it will be better?"
"Well," Diane Kruger nodded in a weak voice. She didn't expect that Eric would postpone the closing of the whole big show for her own sake, and her face blushed involuntarily.
Eric looked up at the twins beside Xiao Nizi: "Natasha, come and help Diane to the rest area."
The twins just made a move, but they were stopped by Drew's hand.
Xiao Nizi sniffled, pulled the twins around and left, only saying "you helped yourself".
Eric shook his head and smiled, this dead girl hasn't been jealous for a long time, Eric almost forgot, all women are jealous.
Looking at Diane Kruger, who was sitting next to him like a docile kitten, Eric shrugged, reached out and hugged the girl, under the slightly surprised eyes of everyone in the background , walked towards the rest area.
Diane Kruger, whose face was as red as a cloud, whispered, "Thank you, Mr. Williams, until she was placed in a seat by Eric."
Eric took a stack of chocolates from the workbench and handed it to Diane Kruger, and said with a smile, "You're welcome, it's very comfortable to hold."
Diane Kruger's cheeks became hotter with this slightly teasing remark, but she still boldly replied in a low voice: "If... if you want, you can... anytime..."
Before she could finish her stuttering sentence, Diane Kruger had no choice but to keep her mouth shut when she noticed a staff member hurrying over with a few pairs of high heels.
The performance at the front desk ended quickly, and under Eric's comfort, Diane Kruger gradually regained her strength. Forty supermodels walked onto the stage together, completing the perfect curtain call of this fashion event.
Although there was a small accident in the middle, for most people, this Victoria's Secret fashion show still made them very satisfied, and the after party at the Gramercy Hotel on Lexington Avenue made the guests who were lucky enough to attend Very excited.
However, when many people were having fun at the after-party, Eric and all the heads of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show unknowingly left early and gathered in the conference room of the New York ltd group headquarters.
Eric stood in front of the writing board in the conference room, pasting a huge photo that had just been printed on the writing board.
Emily, Edward Razek and the invited Yahoo Editor-in-Chief Tina Brown and others looked at it one after another. It was a close-up photo of the Victoria's Secret runway, and everyone could still distinguish it from the lights and the audience. , this is a live photo, of course, the most obvious sign is the eye-catching silver high-heeled shoe left in the middle of the catwalk.
Eric stood aside and quietly let everyone in the conference room appreciate it for a moment before asking, "So, what do you think of when you see this photo?"
What else could it be, of course it was the shocking moment on the Victoria's Secret show tonight!
Emily thought in her heart that she was standing next to a large screen in the backstage and completely experienced the whole process of Diane Kruger's shoes falling, and she was also frightened into a cold sweat.
The feelings of other high-level project team present are almost the same as Emily's. Some people are even a little puzzled now, why didn't Eric reshoot the last theme, and carefully prepared a big show for almost half a year, but in the end Leaving a shoe behind and looking absolutely awful.
As a bystander, Tina Brown's mind was different from that of Emily and others. She looked at the photo posted by Eric and thought for a while before uttering a word with some uncertainty: "Cinderella?"
"That's right," Eric nodded appreciatively, "It's Cinderella."
Eric and Tina Brown said so, but everyone else in the conference room reflected it.
The silver high-heeled shoe left on the radiant runway in the photo, after careful taste, is really like the crystal shoe left by Cinderella in the fairy tale.
Seeing everyone's recollection, Eric continued to explain: "I have seen all the footage of Diane's shoes after they fell, and Diane's performance is almost the same as when the shoes did not fall. In the later editing, what is shown in front of the audience is still an amazing picture. Not only that, but this high heel drop incident can also be turned into a very clever publicity point."
Speaking of this, Eric quickly picked up the pen and wrote a line of phrases on the clipboard, saying: "So, in addition to the established marketing strategy, we also need to temporarily add a promotional branch line. The code name of this publicity branch line is called 'Gray Girl Incident'." (To be continued.)