Chapter 922 Very Appropriate

For several days, the weather on Long Island was gloomy and gloomy, and it was raining continuously. When he returned to East Hampton, perhaps because of the atmosphere of the family, or perhaps because of the weather, Eric's mood couldn't help but become lazy.

Last night, I read "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" to the three little guys until late at night. When I went back to the bedroom, I was excited to have a good time with the two women. It was past two in the morning when I fell asleep. In a daze, I was woken up by Joanna once, skipped breakfast, and planned to go back to bed.

I vaguely heard the sound of a car engine and conversation in the front yard, turned over, and wanted to sleep for a while, when the bedroom door was pushed open.

I looked at it with half-open eyes, I thought it was Joanna, but I heard the thumping sound of leather boots hitting the floor.

Joanna can't wear high heels at home, not to mention these hard-soled leather boots. The smell of a completely different perfume came. She felt that the woman was squatting beside her bed and seemed to be looking for something. Eric reached out his hand. I picked up a magazine next to the pillow and took a picture of it.

Eva Pakula didn't know that Eric was awake. She originally picked up the foundation brush on the dressing table with a childlike heart, intending to scratch Eric's tickling, but she was photographed suddenly and startled: "Eric Ke, why did you hit me?"

Eric unceremoniously knocked on Eva's head again, and taught him a lesson: "How can you be such a crazy girl who rushed into your brother-in-law's bedroom so early in the morning, get out."

"Wow, that's damning, you're only one year older than me, but you talk like an old man. Besides, it's half past ten, it's still morning," Eva Pakula snatched the magazine from Eric's hand. Come over, put it aside, but didn't mean to leave, half squatted on the edge of the bed, and asked with a bit of gossip: "Eric, you really put a ban on the Victoria's Secret Angels, not allowing them and Leon. Is Nado DiCaprio in a relationship?"

Eric was very helpless to this carefree sister-in-law. He only wore a pair of shorts under the quilt, and it was inconvenient to get up like this, so he had to perfunctory: "Since you already know, it should be true."

Eva Pakula laughed a few times, and said hilariously, "Then do you know what they call you in private now?"

"I don't know, and I don't want to know."

Eva Pakula originally wanted to sell Eric's appetite, but seeing that he was completely uninterested, she had to take the initiative to explain: "They are calling you 'jealous-daddy' in private now, oh no Jealous dad whose daughter and boy fall in love, hehe."

"Very appropriate, the daughter should be Lei Sibian, what kind of love is there," Eric nodded with satisfaction, picked up the pillow next to him and patted it again: "Now, go out for me."

"Well, I'll tell my sister later, you plan to let Xia Xia be Lei Sibian," Eva Pakula grabbed the pillow and patted Eric a few times in a counterattack, then got up: "Alright. Yes, I came here with Emily and the others, everyone is waiting for you downstairs, get up quickly."

Having said that, Eva rolled her eyes, and suddenly reached out with a smirk and pulled the quilt on Eric's body, pulling it violently.

However, not only did she not pull the quilt away, but she was dragged onto the bed by Eric, who had been on guard, and then she was slapped on the bottom.

There was a crackling sound in the bedroom,

Eva, who failed to succeed in the prank, jumped up from the bed, rubbed her butt, and was about to speak with her eyes wide open, when Eric first said, "If you don't go out, I'll tell someone that you're going to molest me."

"Bah, it's obviously you..."

Aiwa blushed and spat, stepped on the high leather boots and stomped on the wooden floor, and ran out like a drum.

Eric got dressed, washed and went downstairs. Chris and Emily were chatting with Joanna in the living room.

Emily Brighton is only two months away from her due date, but she still has not put down the management of the ltd group, and it seems that she has no plans to take maternity leave at all.

After a few simple greetings, Emily couldn't wait to chat with Eric about the preparations for this year's Victoria's Secret show.

This year is the fourth edition of the Victoria's Secret Show. After several years of development, the Victoria's Secret Show has become a veritable 'Fashion Super Bowl'. Although the ratings began to decline next, the highest viewership of the second and third sessions still exceeded 30 million.

Driven by the Victoria's Secret show, the entire ltd group has maintained an annual growth rate of more than 20% in all aspects of business in recent years.

This data may not be a big deal in emerging IT and other industries, but in the traditional fashion industry, the annual growth rate of more than 20% is definitely a miracle.

On the other hand, the market share of Victoria's Secret lingerie brand rose from 10% initially to 33% in the second quarter of this year. The overall annual turnover of the ltd group has also risen from about US$3 billion after the completion of various acquisitions and integration to nearly US$6 billion now, almost doubling in three years. Recently, the market value of ltd group has reached a high of 10.6 billion US dollars, which is about three times the market value after the completion of the acquisition.

"According to your original suggestion, the Victoria's Secret show needs several hot topics every year for publicity and operation. Next year will be the last catwalk of Cindy, Linda and Christie, and the plan for the next year will include the millennium. Dream bra, this year is still quite difficult. We plan to focus on several guest singers. Celine Dion, Backstreet Boys, and Elton John have all accepted the invitation, and they have already begun to choose Song," Emily introduced the preparations for this year's Victoria's Secret show, looking up at Eric: "I heard that you are building a girl group in the UK, will they have time to perform in November?"

Eric shook his head and said: "Even if it's too late, I hope they will develop in Europe first. In addition, Celine Dion, do you think she is suitable for the stage of Victoria's Secret?"

"Of course," Emily nodded without hesitation, and said to herself: "Just use the song "My Heart Will Go On", we have already designed a set of shipwreck themes, and the effect may not be very good when performing live, but after the post-production Editing, the picture will definitely be very beautiful when it is broadcast on TV.”

The Victoria's Secret show mainly faces tens of millions of TV viewers. The film and television soundtrack is to adapt the music to the camera, but in turn, let the camera match the music, which is actually a music MV. It is not too difficult to achieve the same. . Eric pondered for a moment, and also felt that it is not difficult to combine "My Heart Will Go On" with the Victoria's Secret catwalk to achieve a perfect TV picture effect. It is enough to add some long-distance lens or slow-motion elements.

"In that case, you'd better find a better director of photography."

"It's still Nickel, I've already greeted him," Emily said, jokingly: "You, a big director, is making fewer and fewer movies now, and he never thinks that his royal photographer is also You have to be idle, people still have to make money to support their family."

Eric was a little surprised and said with a smile: "I originally wanted him to help me shoot the MV, but since this is the case, let him prepare for the Victoria's Secret show with peace of mind. I can just change the photographer."

"Heh, even if you're not willing, don't try to steal people from me." Emily said, looking at the kitchen, Virginia and the others were preparing lunch, ignoring Chris who was beside her, He asked, "Originally, I heard that Helena and Leonardo were in a relationship, and I wanted to take the opportunity to stir up the news. So, how did he provoke you?"

Eric spread his hands and said with a smile, "You must have known it, jealous-daddy, that's all."

Chris, obviously ignorant of this, asked suspiciously, "What are you talking about?"

Emily glared at her husband: "Don't ask about these things, be careful not to be spoiled by Eric. I can warn you that I will have a baby soon."

Chris has an innocent face, but Emily often loses her temper inexplicably after she is pregnant, and he has become accustomed to it, shrugging his shoulders: "Well, when I didn't ask, you guys continue to chat."

Emily just asked a question, and stopped mentioning this matter. She paused, stared at Eric's expression, and continued: "Also, Eric, this time I plan to replace ten at one time. An angel, add some new faces, which can also give people more freshness."

In the past few years, the participating models have been constantly adjusted in each Victoria's Secret show, but it was only a few angels who were unable to participate because of various reasons. Emily suddenly wanted to replace ten at a time, equivalent to a quarter of the entire team, and the movement was a bit big.

Eric also suddenly understood why Emily called him a few days ago to discuss this year's Victoria's Secret show.

Although he does not intervene in the management of the ltd group, Eric still attaches great importance to the Victoria's Secret show created by himself. Emily also knows this, so if you want to change the blood of the Angel Legion, you must first get the permission of Eric himself.

The Victoria's Secret show has only been held for three times. Eric doesn't think that the audience will lose its freshness so quickly. After all, people prefer familiar faces, whether it is movies, TV or fashion shows. This is actually the case. If some popular angels are removed and replaced, it may even be counterproductive.

"Amy, you should know that replacing so many people at one time is just like changing the protagonist in a movie or TV series. The risk is great?"

"I know, too," Emily said with some helplessness on her face: "But, I think we have to do it. Eric, the first three big shows, must be the most concerned about the Victoria's Secret show. It has been three times, which has also made the models who participated in these big shows have become more famous and their worth has risen. Even if the five signed spokespersons are not counted, the average appearance fee of the remaining models has exceeded 100,000 US dollars. These The total is almost 4 million US dollars. Remember what you paid them in the first place, 5,000 US dollars, a difference of 20 times. Moreover, the salary aspect is not the most important, as their fame increases, various requirements also increase. , This also makes it more and more difficult for us to coordinate the allocation of resources in all aspects, these beautiful babies are obedient in front of you like good daughters, but they are famous, and they are welcome to us."

Eric heard a touch of resentment from Emily's tone, but it wasn't too surprising. He had seen Cindy bossing the staff on the set of America's Next Top Model, completely different from the cute cat in front of him. Come to think of it, there must be some more arrogant angels among the other angels. . Except for Eric himself, it is really not an easy task for others to completely suppress this group of fairies.

After thinking about it for a while, Eric still did not agree to Emily's request, and said, "It's better not to make such a big move. Let's replace five this time. If you think it is necessary, you can replace five more next year."

Emily's face seemed to be somewhat unwilling, but she nodded and said, "That's fine."

Eric saw something different from Emily's expression, and suddenly asked with a smile: "You don't just want to find an excuse from me to suppress them, and you didn't plan to replace so many people from the beginning, right? "

The Victoria's Secret Legion of about 40 people seems to be a lot, but under the high exposure strategy for several years, each of these stunners has gathered a very considerable number of fans, and these fans will be more loyal to their side. People have a radiant influence, which in turn makes the brand awareness of Victoria's Secret more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

As a shrewd business woman, Emily is obviously more aware than Eric of the potential impact of a big change to the Victoria's Secret Legion. Eric does not want to make a big deal with the Victoria's Secret Legion, and she is definitely not willing to do so.

The reason why she proposed a big blood change to the Victoria's Secret Legion was that she probably just wanted to get a 'Shangfang Sword' from Eric to suppress some goblins who were making too much trouble: Eric has already made a statement, no more. Obedient, get out of the way, maybe you will face the ban of the Firefly Group.

Emily was stunned for a while, but did not deny it, nodded and said: "I really want to replace some people, it is better if you agree, and if you disagree, I also hope you can warn them not to go too far, However," after glancing at Eric sarcastically, Emily said, "I think you will probably be reluctant to bear it, daughter, not to mention a group of beautiful daughters."

Chris, who had been listening quietly, just brought a cup of coffee to his mouth, and when he heard Emily's words, he remembered the 'jealous-daddy' just now, contacted up and down, suddenly understood something, and choked with a sip of coffee. He came out, coughing again and again.

"You bastard, what are you doing?" Emily glanced at her husband dissatisfied, and turned to the side in disgust. Eric also picked up the paper on the coffee table and sent it over.

Wiping the coffee stains on his clothes, Chris shook his head apologetically, but couldn't help but smile, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm going to the bathroom."

Virginia happened to come out of the kitchen. Seeing this scene, she asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, Chris choked on the coffee," Eric explained and asked, "Is lunch ready?"

"Well, let's go to the dining room," Virginia said, approaching thoughtfully to help Emily.

Emily stood up holding Virginia's arm, and still said to Eric: "While New York Fashion Week, we happened to hold interviews to select a few new angels. When are you going to come to Manhattan, can you help? Check out the sets of themes we've designed."

"Let's go tomorrow, but I have to go to White Plains, north of Manhattan, and Blue Sky Studio is there. I have an appointment with them to watch a demo of the script of a new 3D animation, and there will be a high-level meeting of abc the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow. to make time.”