Simon Fuller noticed Eric's distracted expression again, hesitating whether he should take the initiative to walk away, but he was very reluctant. It was a great surprise for him to meet Eric at this party. Although the record business of Firefly Group happens to be the short board of this media group, in Simon Fuller's view, this is precisely a kind of Chance. Based on his many years of experience in dealing with people, he realized that Eric must be interested in him, otherwise the other party would not have chatted with him for so long, but the young super tycoon was somewhat absent-minded when talking, As if suddenly remembered something.
Considering that maybe his topic about the record production process made the other party uninterested, Simon Fuller was about to talk about Eric's latest "Casino Royale", when Diana walked towards them through the crowd, She followed her boyfriend Dodi Fayd step by step.
Noticing that Simon Fuller was standing next to Eric, Diana nodded politely to him, and then said to Eric who came back to his senses: "Hey, Eric, it's time for the show, and , Tina, are you ready?"
Christina glanced at Eric, then nodded to Diana: "Of course, ma'am, I'm fine anytime."
"In this case," Diana said to the entourage behind her, "Paul, take Miss Aguilera to get ready."
Watching her entourage take Christina away, Diana turned to Eric and Simon Fuller, smiled and asked, "So, what were you talking about just now?"
Simon Fuller didn't know whether Eric had any intention of getting close to Diana, so he wisely didn't initiate a conversation.
Seeing that Simon Fuller didn't answer, Eric said with a smile: "Some questions about record production. Simon is an excellent music producer. I happen to be interested in these, so just chat."
Diana was also interested, but she was a little regretful, and said, "Speaking of which, I have always dreamed of releasing an album of my own, but unfortunately, I never had such an opportunity."
Eric said: "If you want, I can help you."
"Really?" Diana looked at Eric, with a smile on her lips, and said, "Eric, I will take it seriously."
Eric looked at Diana's face without any trace of age, and nodded very firmly: "Of course, if you want, we can ask someone to prepare it for you tomorrow."
Dodi Feyd was already a little dissatisfied with being ignored, and felt that Eric was obviously starting to 'pry the corner', so he hurriedly moved to Diana's side, and said in a gentle tone: "My dear, William Mr. S is a busy guy, and if you're interested in making records, I know some music producers, too."
When Diana heard what Dodi Feyd said, she suddenly realized that he and Eric seemed to be facing each other a bit, she blushed slightly, and shook her head: "Forget it, I actually sing very badly too. .”
Talking like this, on the stage of the banquet hall, as a dance song ended, the host came to the stage to introduce Christina's next performance. Amid the applause of the guests, the girl walked onto the stage, and the lights in the hall dimmed. down.
There were also some people at the reception who had already watched "Casino Royale" and recognized Christina on the stage. Many people showed surprise eyes, obviously doubting whether the little vase in "Casino Royale" could sing "Young- and-Beautiful".
Eric is not worried about this at all. Although he was born in Yeluzi, in terms of singing skills alone, there are not many people in the entire music circle who can surpass Christina. Although this girl is better at high notes, her bass level It definitely surpasses most professional singers.
Sure enough, after the slow prelude, when the hoarse and slightly decadent voice sounded in the hall, the skeptics all showed surprised expressions. Some people also looked towards Eric, they naturally knew that Christina came with Eric.
"Oh, it's amazing, it's so beautiful, it's unbelievable." Diana sighed in surprise, and turned her head to look at Eric, but immediately turned her attention back to Christina who was not far away. .
Eric held a glass of red wine in his hand, felt Christina's singing, and then thought of some thoughts in his heart after meeting Simon Fuller just now.
Although the Firefly Group has expanded to a bottleneck, Eric still has no intention of expanding the record business. An industry that is doomed to decline, although in the west where copyright protection is very strict, the record industry cannot completely die out, but now the huge investment is made, and it will only lose money in the future.
What's more, if it can completely replace traditional portable music players, the future output value of MP3 players can even be equal to the entire record industry. All the layouts related to the music field in the Firefly system are designed to give MP3 players this The product provides more complete content and functional services. The technical difficulty of a digital music player is not too great. Even if the patent barrier set by Firefly Electronics is to be completely bypassed, some well-established electronic giants can launch similar products within two years. However, as long as Firefly builds a complete software and hardware service system around MP3 players, so that users can experience far more convenience than other similar products in all aspects from obtaining content to purchasing and paying, then other manufacturers want to threaten them with similar products. The status of the MP3 player is doomed to be wishful thinking.
However, since thinking of the Spice Girls and "American Idol", Eric will not let it go.
He had already talked with the two heads of Firefly Electronics on the phone during the day, and the Fireflyer player will enter the European market next spring. Now that the Spice Girls are created, if the influence of the original time and space can be achieved, this combination can also be of great help to the promotion of Fireflyer in Europe.
As for "American Idol", or the reality show "Pop Idol", it can not only bring high ratings to the TV station in hand, but also if it further adopts the mode of bundling production with Fireflyer's title, it can make this show even more popular. The player is promoted to the whole world. However, the current production capacity of Fireflyer is not enough to support its worldwide expansion, Eric plans to postpone the production of 'Pop Idol'. This interval is also just right for the Spice Girls to be made.
Of course, if you want to achieve this, you still need a person in charge, and Simon Fuller in front of you is naturally very suitable.
Thinking of this, Eric said to Simon Fuller who was still standing next to him: "Simon, you just said that you have a record company?"
Simon Fuller, who was also immersed in Christina's singing, immediately cheered up when he heard this, nodded and said, "Yes, Eric, my company is called '19 Entertainment'."
After all, Firefly owns a record company, and Eric naturally understands that Simon Fuller's record company is more similar to Hollywood's plethora of independent film companies. These companies usually choose to be affiliated with some large record groups, and sometimes sell some shares to the other party, and then adopt a cooperative approach to package some singers for operation. Since he wanted to hand over the plan to build the Spice Girls and pop idol to Simon Fuller, Eric naturally needed to get the record company of the other party in his hands first, so he asked again: "Is the equity of this company still in your hands?" ?”
"Of course," Simon Fuller nodded again. 19 Entertainment was founded by him in 1985. However, in the past ten years, although he has been barely operating, he has never released a very outstanding singer. There will be major record groups interested in his little label.
Eric heard the other party's definite answer, took out a business card from his pocket and handed it over, saying: "So, I want to create a band combination recently, and I need someone to implement it. Think about it, if you want, Firefly will Buy your company, and then the project can be yours."
Simon Fuller took the business card respectfully. However, thinking that once his company was acquired, he would be downgraded from a boss to a wage earner in a blink of an eye. Although he didn't expect much, he still said: "Eric, I can keep Some shares?"
"Shares won't work, but I'll give you enough options."
Eric shook his head and said, although Simon Fuller played a very key role in the process of creating the Spice Girls and the "Pop Idol" in his memory, he was not only quickly kicked out by the Spice Girls, but also in the later " American Idol and other programs are also gradually becoming popular. Thinking about it this way, this person should be creative, but he definitely lacks sufficient execution ability, and Eric is not familiar with Simon Fuller. , naturally will not give the other party equity from the beginning.
Simon Fuller has actually made up his mind that he will not let go of this opportunity. You know, this is Eric Williams. How many people in this world can have the opportunity to directly cooperate with Eric Williams? , who hasn't made a success after cooperating with the other party? It would be madness to pass up an opportunity like this. However, since the request to retain the shares was rejected, he didn't want to be too urgent, and said, "Then, Eric, let me think about it and get back to you tomorrow."
Eric nodded and said, "No problem, I'll wait for your good news."
The two continued to chat, and when Christina's singing on the stage ended, the banquet hall remembered the applause that was many times warmer than the beginning.
As the lights in the hall came on again, Simon Fuller didn't stop and raised his glass to Eric, looking at Christina who was walking towards this side, and Diana who was still standing on Eric's other side , and walked towards him.
Hearing the praise from the people around her, Christina walked to Eric with a flushed face, but before hearing Eric's compliment, Diana took her little hand and brought her to her side: "Tina, I can't think of you so smart."
Eric watched Diana talk to Christina intimately, put himself aside, didn't mind, took a glass of wine from the passing waiter, and was about to chat with other guests, Dodie Fay De then came over.
Looking at Christina's petite figure unabashedly, Dodi Fayd said to Eric: "Very good girl, isn't she?"
Eric raised his eyebrows, nodded and said, "Of course."
"In this case," Dodi Feyd lowered his voice, and said, "Eric, you shouldn't come near Diana again."
Eric glanced at the two women, one big and one small, who were hugging each other intimately, then turned around and walked towards the buffet table not far away where there were fewer people. Seeing that Eric ignored him, Dodi Feid reluctantly Followed over, imitating Eric, took the plate and picked up the food.
Eric put a small piece of cake on his dinner plate. Seeing what Dodi Feyd wanted to say, he first said, "So, are you serious about her?"
"Of course," Dodi Feid nodded without hesitation, "I'm already planning to propose to her."
"Oh," Eric smiled, and said, "Speaking of which, you should have grown up in England, right?"
Seeing Eric suddenly change the subject, Dodie Feid asked cautiously, "Is there any problem?"
Due to the open financial market and special tax system, London is the most attractive city for billionaires from all over the world to live in. Many rich families from the Middle East and Russia live here most of the time. Many people even choose to immigrate. Their children grow up And education is also basically in the UK, so many wealthy children grew up under the influence of British culture, and basically regard themselves as British. Eric guessed the other party from Dodie Fayd's standard London accent Presumably the same is true.
"Of course it's nothing." Eric shook his head and said with a smile: "However, maybe you already regard yourself as a pure British, but some people don't think so."
Dodi Fayd shrugged indifferently: "I don't care what other people think."
Eric looked at the other party with pity, and said: "Yeah, you may not care, but if you plan to marry the Princess of Wales home, someone cares, and cares very much."
Dodi Feyd paused, turned to stare at Eric, and said, "Are you implying me?"
Eric didn't care about Dodie Feyd's gaze at all, and continued to pick some fruit salad for himself, and then glanced at him, with a bit of surprise on his face, as if he was talking to himself: " It's unbelievable that you could hear me hinting."
After saying this, Eric left Dodi Fayd, who was in a daze, and walked towards Christina, sighing secretly in his heart, and couldn't help but want to intervene, but he didn't know Dodi Fayd Will Germany figure something out.
Seeing the figure of Eric leaving, the expression of Dodi Feyd who was standing at the buffet table kept changing. Eric just said that "you are such a fool that you can still hear my hints" The words hung on his face. Although he was extremely angry in his heart, it was hard for him to let go of what Eric said just now.
After hesitating for a while, Dodi Feid threw away the plate in his hand, left the banquet hall alone, went to the garden outside the hall, looked around, then took out his mobile phone and dialed his father Mohammad Al Faid's phone call. Eric's words made him inexplicably feel a strong sense of crisis in his heart, but a few nonsensical words were not enough for him to sort out the clues, so he instinctively felt that maybe he should tell his father I'll take a look at this.
After talking to Dodi Feyd, Eric had no interest in staying at the reception, and left early with Christina after bidding farewell to Diana.
Early the next morning, Eric and Christina were sitting on the lawn in the backyard having breakfast when the doorbell of the villa rang.
"Eric, I'll come," Christina who was sitting opposite immediately stood up and ran to open the door voluntarily.
Eric thought it was Peter Rich who came over and didn't care.
However, after a while, Christina walked over with Diana.
Eric just stood up in surprise, and Diana, with red eyes and haggard face, asked aggressively, "Eric, did you say something to Dodi?"
Eric felt something in his heart, but he spread his hands innocently and said, "I don't understand what you're talking about."
Hearing Eric's denial, Diana was obviously even more angry, her eyes widened, as if she wanted to eat Eric up: "You, you bastard, you men are all bastards."
Eric felt that if it weren't for the long-term upbringing, Diana would probably reach out and grab his face. Although the woman didn't move, Eric took a small step back subconsciously and said, "Diana, I really don't understand what you're talking about."
Diana was furious, and said: "Dodi broke up with me last night, and he is already on the plane flying back to Egypt. Now, are you satisfied?"
Eric was inexplicably relieved, but he didn't expect Dodi Feyd to be so straightforward, maybe he really underestimated the other party.
However, seeing Diana's aggressive appearance, Eric had to deal with the problem in front of him, and said seriously: "Ms. Spencer, I don't understand what you are talking about, and I am not interested in the matter between you and your boyfriend. Nothing else, please leave."
"Ha, you hypocritical guy," Diana sneered, looked at Eric with contempt, and said, "Didn't you drive Dodi away just to get close to me? Now, you let I'm leaving. Ha, that's ridiculous, I'm not leaving, and I'm telling you, you're never going to get it, I hate you, you bastard."
Eric couldn't help laughing bitterly in his heart, he didn't expect this woman to have such a hysterical side, looking at Diana who seemed to be mad and wanted to confront him, Eric had to be patient and said: " As I said, Ms. Spencer, I don't know what happened, you were dumped by your boyfriend, and it has nothing to do with me, now, please leave, or I will call security."
Diana didn't seem to care about anything, she raised her voice and said, "Then call it out, make this a big deal, and let everyone see what you bastard has done."
Eric patted his forehead with a headache, and seeing this woman act like you have the ability to face me, he was also very angry. Although it will never be possible to say it clearly, but I should have saved her life, so what is going on now.
After staring at Diana for a while, Eric lost his patience and threw the coffee cup he forgot to put down on the table next to him. He suddenly took two steps forward, and before Diana had time to react, he carried the woman on his shoulders. Get up and go out.
"Ah, you bastard, what are you going to do, let me down, help me," Diana felt the world spinning in front of her eyes, realized her situation, and immediately struggled violently. K beat his back.
However, how could the delicate and frail little woman compete with Eric, and the two of them had already walked through the villa to the front yard in a blink of an eye.
In the surprised eyes of Diana's driver who heard the sound and ran in, Eric walked to the gate, hugged the woman on his shoulders, and threw it on the lawn outside the gate.
Ignoring the maddened voice of the woman outside the gate, Eric drove the driver out, closed the gate, and then said to Christina who ran out, "Call the security, and don't let this woman in in the future." (To be continued.)