After the premiere ceremony, Drew and Eric played in London for a weekend and then flew back to Los Angeles. MGM and Warner will hold a signing ceremony for the equity transaction of E! Entertainment Television on Wednesday, and the girl needs to attend in person.
On the second day of the premiere, Eric secretly asked the person in charge of Firefly's UK branch to contact JK Rowling about the film and television copyright of the "Harry Potter" series. In order to ensure that everything was safe, Eric did not leave in a hurry. The box office of "Casino Royale" has achieved unexpected success. After a busy month in Los Angeles, there is no need for him to appear in person. Eric plans to take the opportunity to rest in London for a while.
While "Casino Royale" broke a series of box office records in North America, the currency systems of Southeast Asian countries also entered hell time.
On July 2, after a two-week counterattack against national currency speculators, the Thai government was forced to announce that the Thai baht would abandon the fixed exchange rate system and adopt a free floating exchange rate.
On the day the news was released, the exchange rate of the Thai baht against the U.S. dollar fell by 17%. Affected by the fall of the Thai baht, Southeast Asian currencies such as the Singapore dollar, the Philippine peso, the Indonesian rupiah, and the Malaysian git began to fluctuate violently. Become a 'hunting' place for international currency speculators.
According to the news sent by Chris from Tokyo, as of Friday, July 4th, Firefly Investment had secretly established a large number of short positions in Thai baht. In just three days, it had realized a book profit of more than 30 million US dollars, and this Just the beginning of it all.
London.
Early on Saturday morning, not long after Eric woke up, Peter Rich hurried over and brought a piece of good news. The British branch of Firefly has successfully won the film adaptation rights of the "Harry Potter" series .
"Eric, we have signed a copyright contract for the "Harry Potter" series with Ms. Rowling. In addition, the document contains her outline for the entire series. Ms. Rowling will arrive at two o'clock in the afternoon London, when the time comes, I will personally send her over to have a detailed talk with you."
Handing several documents to Eric, Peter Rich continued: "Also, the news from San Francisco, the first batch of products from the new Fireflyer player factory has come off the assembly line, Mr. Victor McNairy Hope to cancel Amazon's flash sale in advance on July 10th to open for purchase, and release products in Europe at the same time."
Eric read the "Harry Potter" copyright contract in his hand, and said with two purposes: "North America can be opened for purchase in advance. The monthly production capacity of the two factories is only 450,000 pieces, and the North American market is still in short supply. Started selling in Europe, only to be out of stock on both sides. Also, the online music store here is also a big problem. Let them wait until the second generation of the product is released next year to think about it. Forget it. I will call over there personally today to communicate."
Peter Rich nodded, and briefly reported the contents of several other documents. After Eric put down the contract in his hand, Peter Rich took out an invitation letter from his briefcase and handed it over: "This is Kensing It was handed over from the Palace, Princess Diana will hold a charity reception tonight to raise funds for the relief of refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and I hope you can attend."
Eric took the invitation letter, looked at it with a playful smile, and said casually: "I remember reading in the newspaper two days ago that she seems to be planning to get engaged recently?"
Peter Rich didn't know why Eric would suddenly mention this, unless Eric specifically ordered the information collected, Peter Rich usually didn't pay attention to these gossip news.
However, after Concubine Diana and Prince Charles formally divorced last year, many wealthy people began to blatantly pursue her. Obviously, for these people, being able to snag a former British princess is definitely enough to satisfy some dark vanity.
Moreover, looking at Eric secretly, Peter Rich couldn't help thinking that according to his boss's temperament, he might also pursue Concubine Diana.
Seeing that Peter Rich was silent, Eric raised his head and happened to notice the strange look on his face. He couldn't help laughing and said, "You think I'm interested in Diana?"
"Ah, this," Peter Rich shook his head quickly, his face embarrassed, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
Eric threw the invitation letter on the coffee table casually, and said, "I'm not interested in her, she's just a poor silly woman who doesn't know how to leave room for others or herself."
Eric's nonsensical words made Peter Rich a little puzzled, but today's work has been reported, and the girl named Christina Aguilera in the restaurant of the villa is obviously still waiting for Eric to eat together After breakfast, he took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.
However, after driving out of Kensington Garden Street, Eric's words just now kept revolving in his mind. After walking a certain distance on Kensington Street, Peter Rich finally stopped curiously. Get out of the car, go to a newsstand by the side of the road and buy some newspapers, then go back to the car to search for the latest news about Concubine Diana.
It turned out that recently Diana and Dodi Fayed, the son of Mohammad Al Fayed, the behind-the-scenes owner of the famous Harrods department store in London, have reached the point of discussing marriage. Some newspapers even speculated that Princess Diana Now pregnant.
After reading the relevant news and thinking over Eric's words over and over again, Peter Rich suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
Just from the name, it is not difficult to see Dodi Fayd's family beliefs.
However, the United Kingdom has been a devout Catholic country since ancient times, and the other fifteen countries in the world that still regard the Queen of England as the head of state are basically Catholic countries. Although they have lost their medieval scenery, the influence of religion on Western countries Still far beyond the imagination of outsiders. As the mother of Prince William, the second heir to the British throne, Diana has found a priest for the future [by the grace of God, the Supreme Head of State of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Overseas Territory, Guardian of the Faith, His Majesty the King of the British Empire] Stepfather Lin, isn't it just that he doesn't leave room for everyone at all
Recalling Eric's tone of voice when he said that sentence, Peter Rich couldn't help shivering when he thought of the excitement, rolled up the newspapers in front of him and put them aside, and decided to take what he heard today Forget about it all. Although he himself has a good impression of Concubine Dai, this kind of thing is definitely not something that a small person like him can interfere with.
Kensington Garden Villa, after Peter Rich left, Christina came out of the dining room. The girl was wrapped in a small apron, and she had a somewhat different surname inexplicably.
Before Drew returned to Los Angeles, he specially picked up Christina who came to London to attend the premiere of "Casino Royale". A familiar woman was beside him.
Growing up in a rough single-parent family, Christina's mind matured much earlier than girls of the same age, so she also knew how to deal with the world better. This can be seen from her being recognized by Drew. In front of people, she can look familiar, but her mind is actually more picky than Eric's, and there are not many people who can really walk to her.
Although occasionally she would be a little cautious, but the girl always had a cute and cute appearance in front of Eric, which made people feel very comfortable.
Seeing that Eric was still reading the document, Christina came over and sat down next to him, and said, "Eric, let's eat first, breakfast is getting cold."
Eric nodded, and was about to bring a few folders on the coffee table to the restaurant to read and eat, when Christina came over to help Eric hold the stack of folders, and said, "Let me do it." .”
"Okay," Eric smiled, got up and walked towards the restaurant.
Christina was about to get up and follow, when she noticed the invitation letter on the coffee table, she picked it up and looked at it curiously. The girl always tactfully avoided Eric and Peter Rich when they were discussing business matters, but she didn't hear the conversation between the two just now. Seeing that it was an invitation letter for Princess Diana's charity reception, Christina immediately became interested , matters related to the British royal family are still quite attractive to her.
We came to the restaurant together and put the folder next to Eric. Christina pointed to the invitation letter that was specially placed on the top, with a look of hope on her face: "Eric, are we going to this reception tonight?"
Eric asked, "Do you want to go?"
Christina nodded unabashedly: "Yeah."
"Let's join in the fun that night," Eric nodded, although he won't interfere in certain things, but there is no need to deliberately avoid it: "However, you need to donate money to participate in this kind of reception, in case they want There are too many, and then I will have to donate you."
Christina brought over the breakfast graciously, and said with a smile, "Hehe, you don't know how to do it."
…
Joanne Rowling feels like a dream about her latest encounter.
Since graduating from university ten years ago, her life has been very unsatisfactory. The only marriage has brought her great trauma, and she even had the idea of committing suicide because of depression. After the divorce, she took her daughter Jessica and settled down in Edinburgh, Scotland. The mother and daughter also lived on a monthly relief fund of less than 100 pounds.
Although living in poverty, Joanne Rowling, who had barely settled down, finally decided to concentrate on becoming a novelist. However, the first novel that was completed in two years had been rejected six times in the past few months. When she was no longer expecting, a week ago, people from HarperCollins Publishing House and the British branch of Firefly Group came to her door together, expressing their willingness to arrange the publication of her novel, and at the same time hoping to buy the film and television adaptation rights of the novel.
Due to financial constraints, Joanne Rowling naturally couldn't afford a professional agent. Facing the representatives of HarperCollins Publishing House and Firefly Group, she could only negotiate with the other party based on her own little prudence, but in fact She didn't dare to have any extravagant expectations. She was already very satisfied that the novel could be published. What's more, the price offered by the Firefly Group for the copyright of the novel even made her feel unreal, 1 million pounds per book, she had never thought that she could have so much money before, not to mention, the preliminary plan In the outline of the story, she planned to write five parts.
In this situation, Joanne Rowling also realized that the other party was eager to get the copyright of this book, but she was never a strong woman, and she did not dare to sell it for a price. The only condition she put forward was that Firefly must be in After signing the contract, she paid all her copyright fees immediately. Jessica will be four years old soon. She hopes that her daughter can get a good preschool education, but it will definitely not work without money. As a result, the two parties signed all the contracts in just one week. Originally thought that the matter was over, but after signing the contract, the representative of the Firefly Group hoped that she could come to London, claiming that Eric Williams wanted to talk to her.
Eric Williams.
The black Mercedes limousine stopped at the entrance for a while, the driver showed his pass, and the guard seemed to have a phone call with someone before they were let in.
Looking at the luxurious castle-style villas on both sides of the tree-lined street, Joanne Rowling nervously squeezed the handbag that had been on her lap, feeling even more disturbed. The previous experience of being rejected by several publishers in succession had severely affected her self-confidence. Now, she has received a check of 1 million pounds from Firefly Group, but the psychological burden is even greater. If the novel is not published in the future It's popular, but it doesn't sell well, so what should I do
The car drove not far, and drove into the courtyard of a villa. Through the car window, Joanne Rowling had already seen a man and a woman waiting in the yard. Although he was dressed casually, the man was obviously Eric. Williams, as for the girl next to him, Joanne Rowling couldn't recognize it, and the other party didn't seem like Drew Barrymore, the girl who was rumored to be very close to Eric Williams.
The car came to a complete stop, and Joanne Rowling stretched out her hand to push the door open and get out of the car. Seeing the driver get out of the car and turn around, she immediately understood what was going on, then retracted her hand in embarrassment, sat down patiently, and waited for the driver to open the door , she came out carefully.
As soon as she stood still, Joanne Rowling felt Eric reach out to her: "Ms. Rowling, I'm glad you can come."
"Hello, Mr. Williams," Joanne Rowling hastily reached out to shake her hand, and at the same time carefully looked up at the young and handsome face of the other party, then lowered her head with a reddish face, feeling so It was not appropriate to do it, so I forced myself to raise my head.
"This is Christina, you can call her Chrissy or Tina," Eric introduced the girl next to her.
Christina could feel Joanne Rowling's nervousness, so she reached out and said, "Ms. Rowling, I've read your novel, it's wonderful."
Joanne Rowling shook hands with Christina and said, "Oh, thank you." (To be continued.)