Chapter 809 Music Copyright

The call was made by Kelly in Los Angeles. It turned out to be about the mp3 player. The R&D center of Firefly Electronics in San Francisco finally came up with the finished mp3 player using micro-hard disk technology as the storage medium.

Eric talked with Kelly for a while, and finally said: "Then, let me have a sample sent to London first, let me have a look at the specific sales and promotion plan, let the electronics company and Yahoo jointly come up with a suitable plan. ."

"..."

"Music copyright?" Eric hesitated and said, "Sony Records will definitely not give us a license easily. In addition to the group's own music resources, we can focus on discussing with Warner Music and Universal Music. You let Yahoo! Work first, wait until I get back to L.A. in November and see what's going on."

"..."

"Heh, Caroline, since she's just going back to London for vacation, let her come with a sample... Well, that's it, goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Eric stood there thinking.

If you want to promote mp3 players, the most important thing is to solve the problem of music copyright resources. Sony spent a lot of money to buy Columbia Records and other large and small music companies in order to promote its Walkman. of Sony Records.

After digging the team under Jive Records to Firefly Records, Firefly Records has also launched a group of very popular teenage pop singers such as Backstreet Boys in the past two years, and has the distribution rights of the original soundtracks of all the films under the Firefly Group. However, the overall strength of Firefly Records is vastly different from that of old-fashioned music giants such as Sony Records and Warner Records, especially the music copyright library. The music resources of the album are only tens of thousands of songs, which is hardly worth mentioning, and it cannot support the Yahoo Music Store plan at all.

Eric did not bundle the mp3 player with the Yahoo Music Store. The two products belonged to Firefly Electronics and Yahoo Network Company respectively, in order to make the Yahoo Online Store a monopoly online music sales platform. Firefly Electronics did not. The plan to firmly control the patent of the mp3 player in its own hands. At this time, Nokia has obtained all the technical authorizations, and has set up a Nokia music mobile phone research and development department. In the future, the mp3 player will also be authorized to more Firefly Stakeholders.

Eric's plan is that in the future, all companies that have patented mp3 players can only buy music records from the Yahoo Music Store. After all, the mp3 player is just a transitional product with a short popular cycle, but the Yahoo Music Store can last for a long time. With the continued operation, once users are accustomed to buying music in this store, even if the electronic hardware products are rapidly upgraded, the Yahoo Music Store can still maintain a strong position in the industry and bring huge profits for a long time.

After a short refurbishment day and familiarity with the shooting environment of Pinewood Studios, the crew started running again the next day.

Most of the exterior scenes have been filmed in the Bahamas, the Czech Republic and Italy, and the last two months of filming have largely been done in-house at Pinewood Studios.

Pinewood Studios is also the earliest photography base in Europe to undergo digital transformation. At the same time as filming, the film also began to carry out preliminary post-production work in Pinewood Studios.

It is always difficult to encounter a fine weather in London, and there are fine raindrops outside the car window. Caroline Wilson returned to London yesterday evening.

I drove to Pinewood Studios early this morning.

The Wilson family's manor is located on the banks of the River Thame in the western suburbs of London, only ten kilometers away from the Pinewood Studios. Caroline drove very slowly, but it only took less than twenty minutes.

The royal blue mini-sedan left the highway and turned into Pine Forest Road, heading north, and soon came to the outside of Pine Forest Studios, parked the car in the parking lot, and Caroline picked up a small car from the co-pilot. Password suitcase, closed the car door, propped up the umbrella, hesitated for a while, carefully bent over to straighten the fluffy blond hair, and then walked towards the park.

Because it is not far from her home, Caroline has been to Pinewood Studios more than once in the past. She knows the layout of the park very well. The iconic 007 studio of Pinewood Studios is located in the northernmost part of the park and is also a studio. The largest studio in the building, but when she called last night, she knew that today's shooting was not in the 007 studio, but an underwater photography base.

He found the studio where the underwater photography base was located. The security guard at the entrance of the studio saw a little blonde girl walking over with a suitcase. He was a little curious, but it was hard to be vigilant. He took the initiative to step forward and asked, "This... miss, who are you looking for?"

"Sir, my name is Caroline Wilson, and I have an appointment," Caroline said politely to the security guard, putting away her umbrella.

The security guard is a middle-aged uncle in his 40s who is slightly fat. Maybe he has rarely heard the honorific title of 'Mr.' from others. In addition, Caroline clearly exudes the atmosphere of a noble lady. , involuntarily showed a little more respect, and nodded with a smile: "Miss, wait a moment, I will ask."

After a while, Peter Rich came out of the studio and said, "Caroline, it's nice to see you again, come with me."

Caroline followed Peter Ritchie with the small suitcase and asked, "Is Mr. Williams in there?"

Everyone in Eric's assistant office knew Caroline's affection for Eric. Peter Rich listened to Caroline's deliberately changed address, smiled and nodded: "Of course, but everyone is very busy, you It may have to wait until noon, but you could have come at noon."

"I, I don't have anything to do at home, why don't I come over earlier," Caroline explained with a blushing face, giving Peter Rich a careful look, worried that Peter Rich would make fun of herself.

Of course Peter Ritchie wouldn't do this. He changed the subject at will and took Caroline all the way to the shooting scene in the studio.

Surrounding the central pool, there are about forty or fifty people busy. Several large green screens have been erected by the pool. There are obviously people working in the water. The scene is not noisy, except for the occasional sound when some props are moved. , and the executive director shouting with a megaphone, everything seemed in order.

Coming to an open space outside, Peter Rich pointed to the surroundings and said, "We can only wait here,"

There are a few simple seats, a few stacks of large towels, and a steaming coffee pot on a long table. It should be a rest area. Two middle-aged men are wrapping a large towel each, holding Chatting while drinking hot coffee, noticing that Peter Ritchie was walking over with a petite girl, he couldn't help but glance at Caroline, and then nodded slightly.

Caroline looked back politely and glanced around the arena, but she didn't see Eric's figure, so she couldn't help but look at Peter Richie suspiciously.

Peter Ritchie smiled and pointed to the water.

Caroline understood what, and just turned her head to look, there were a few rushing sounds in the middle of the pool, and five or six people floated out of the water at the same time.

Although Eric was wearing a wetsuit, Caroline noticed his figure at a glance. She raised her left hand subconsciously, but did not raise it, because Eric was not looking at this, but at the edge of the pool. The staff said something, and some people waiting on the shore jumped into the water and pulled a few people who surfaced ashore.

Peter Rich brought a cup of coffee over, invited Caroline to sit down, handed the coffee over, and said, "Today's shooting has only started for an hour, and it is estimated that it will not be until 12 noon, Caroline, if you feel bored , maybe you can go for a walk in the park, there is a movie theater on Goldfinger Avenue."

Caroline put the carry-on suitcase on her lap, took the coffee from Peter Ritchie, thanked him, and said, "It's okay, I'll just wait here."

Peter Rich nodded, looked at the small box on Caroline's lap, and asked, "Do you need me to help put it away?"

Caroline shook her head: "No, thank you."

Peter Ritchie knew what was in the box, and he didn't force it. Seeing Caroline's frequent gazes towards the filming venue, he took the initiative to introduce: "The scene here has been filmed for three days, and it will probably end today, underwater. It's hard to control the scene, and Mr. Williams has been going down in person these days. The day before yesterday, the scene where an iron cage fell into the water was filmed, and he almost hurt someone."

Caroline felt her little heart lift and asked, "Everyone, are you all right?"

"Of course it's fine. There are lifeguards watching each other at any time under the water. However, the weather is a bit cold now, and a few people in the crew have caught a cold because of it," Peter Ritchie smiled and said: "A few Lucky guys, in order to avoid getting a cold, they have been on vacation for the past few days, and they sneaked to London in the morning when they heard that it was not dawn."

"Hehe," Caroline laughed softly.

"How about you," Peter Ritchie asked, "how long is this vacation, a month?"

"Half a month," Caroline said, "I'm going back to Los Angeles on the 20th. If I rest for too long, a lot of work may be left behind."

Since the release of "The Matrix", many people in the Firefly system feel that the staff in Eric's assistant office are very similar to Agent Smith in "The Matrix", and they will not directly participate in any business activities of the company in the Firefly system. , but will collect and organize any major operational information of these companies, and make corresponding professional assessments and submit them to Eric, so they can be said to be the eyes of Eric to control the Firefly economic empire.

After several years of exploration, Eric's assistant office has formed a very fixed and effective working model. Although in the eyes of many people, the presence of this department appears to be weak, but with the rapid expansion of the Firefly economic empire , Everyone in the office is actually very busy every day, and an assistant like Peter Rich who can follow Eric's side is easier.

Seeing Caroline finish speaking, Peter Ritchie couldn't help looking over to the pool, and said with a smile, "Mr. Williams talked to me. Next year, I may go to ffm TV."

ffm TV station is a paid cable station project that Firefly, MGM and Fox will focus on cooperating in the next few years. From some public information, Caroline can appreciate the importance Eric attaches to this TV station. Rich said, of course Caroline knew that the other party was about to be promoted, and said, "Congratulations, Peter."

Because he has been with Eric for the past six months, Peter Ritchie knows more about Eric's expectations for ffm than Caroline. Going to ffm TV as a middle management is of course a very high and promising career. The starting point, however, he smiled and said: "Caroline, I don't mean this, I mean, I will be transferred next year, and Mr. Williams may have a new assistant next to him, you know, Haynes It's impossible for the lady to stay with Williams for long now, maybe, you can fight for it."

Caroline's face turned red, and she said: "This, I, this must be decided by Ai ... Mr. Williams himself."

Caroline is warm, polite, kind and innocent, and almost all the staff in the assistant office are as caring for her as they are for their little sister. Coupled with the girl's British aristocratic blood, everyone felt that if anyone was worthy of her, maybe it was their own boss.

During the six months of being by Eric's side, Peter Ritchie has roughly figured out Eric's character. Although his boss is diligent, he is a man who is very considerate of the feelings of the women around him. That is to say, if Caroline can follow him, Peter Ritchie is sure that with the character of the boss, he will definitely be more restrained in the future when it comes to women. Perhaps slowly, Caroline will become a real boss. indefinite.

However, looking at Caroline's blushing face, Peter Rich just smiled, but said nothing. After all, no matter how much he likes the girl next to him, he will never reveal his comprehension of the boss's character. This is an unspoken rule that everyone in the workplace is doing but no one will actively promote it. No boss will like it. Employees think about themselves all day long, and if they say it is broken, their jobs may be lost.

At the shooting location in the pool, Eric noticed the girl's figure shortly after Caroline arrived, but he didn't have time to say hello to Caroline.

The filming of Bond and Vesper's underwater farewell scene is now the fourth day, and the thrilling scenes such as the iron cage taking Vesper to the bottom of the water have been filmed, and only the last few literary scenes are left, but these few scenes The literary drama in Eric is one of the most important turning points in the whole film.

Vesper died, Bond completed his transformation, and once again transformed into the ruthless top agent 007, and began the road of revenge.

With the sound of rushing water, a group of people surfaced from the bottom of the water again.

Eric took off the diving goggles and respirator. This time, he didn't let anyone pull them ashore. He just told the photographer to go up and change the film for the underwater camera. Brosnan and Cate Blanchett waved their hands, waited for them to gather around, and said, "Pierce, let's change the effect: Bond doesn't know why Vesper suddenly betrayed himself, so you next What I want to show is a pure and calm expression, wanting to rescue Vesper first and asking what happened."

Pierce Brosnan thought for a moment, then tentatively said, "That is, without too many expressions?"

He could feel that Eric no longer had high expectations for him, so he made such a relatively simple request.

In the shot just now, Vesper sank into the water with the iron cage, and saw Bond dive into the water to save himself, but there was a determination to die in the sadness. She was a stubborn and paranoid woman. She knew that she had messed up everything. Not only did she fail to rescue her sister, but she also lost the $150 million, and let down the man who loved her deeply, so she just wanted to die. Bond couldn't understand Vesper's determination to beg for death. He didn't understand the ins and outs of the matter for the time being. In the process of trying to break the cage, he was anxious with anger. He just wanted to rescue this woman first, and then figure it all out. It's a pity that Vesper didn't cooperate with him.

Kate is worthy of being the successor of Aunt May in the original time and space. Even if the underwater scene was filmed for the first time, it still perfectly achieved the performance effect that Eric needed. But when it came to Pierce Brosnan, the shot was shot seven times in a row, with unsatisfactory results.

Eric nodded helplessly when he heard Pierce Brosnan's words. This handsome British actor really has no talent to show the character's emotions through facial micro-expressions, let alone underwater. He tried so many times, but he could only Give up, take the initiative to lower the requirements.

The two discussed, Kate floating on the water next to him, took a few sips of the hot coffee handed over by the staff, looked at the two of them, and carefully interjected: "Eric, I can talk about my own. any ideas?"

With a smile on Eric's face, he nodded and said, "Of course." ︽②miào︽②bi︽.*②Ge︽②,

He didn't notice the difference in his emotions when he spoke to Pierce and Kate, but it should be in line with the attitude of teachers at school towards top and bottom students.

Kate handed the coffee cup back to the staff next to her and said, "I think Pierce could stare at me when he was filming, like, like this."

Speaking, Kate pondered for a while, restrained the expression on her face, pursed her lips slightly, and looked at Eric firmly, perhaps in an instant, Kate also reached out and grabbed the lifebuoy in front of Eric, as if she wanted to. To forcibly tear open a cage door that does not exist.

For a moment, Eric felt that if he didn't let go of the lifebuoy in front of him, Kate seemed to tear him to pieces together. He quickly let go, and Kate pulled the lifebuoy in front of him without hesitation.

Although Kate didn't show too many micro-expressions, this simple but firm look made Eric feel a certain eagerness, despair and fear: Woman, get out of here, I won't let you die!

Well, it's a string of words.

Putting aside the sudden messy thoughts, Eric immediately excitedly said to Pierce Brosnan: "Pierce, did you see it, that's it!"