Chapter 197 Temporary Loss of Power

The sound of water in the bathroom roared for a while, and Eric, who was wiping his body, walked out of the bathroom.

The sunlight coming in through the gaps in the curtains has already shown a bright feeling. In the early morning of Los Angeles in September, the temperature was just around 22 degrees, which was a very suitable temperature. Eric remembered that this was the golden temperature that the human body can tolerate.

He lightly found the clothes and put them on his body, while looking at the girl who was still sleeping soundly on the bed. Because the blankets were scattered aside, the girl's naked body was displayed unreservedly in front of Eric's eyes. Because of her oriental ancestry, the skeleton of the girl looks delicate and small, and her skin is smoother and more delicate than that of Western women. The gentle curve of the back goes all the way down, forming a slender arc on the waist, and then quickly bulges at the buttocks. , forming two hills, full of female temptation. The round thighs below were gently joined together, but it was difficult to hide the seductive scenery.

Until Eric put on his tie and put on his coat, the girl didn't show any signs of waking up. Eric looked at the cute girl sleeping with his right thumb like a baby, and couldn't help but get a little excited, and sat down gently on the bed. , reached out and pulled out the girl's finger in her mouth, and fed her index finger.

In an instant, Eric felt two wet lips consciously wrapping his fingertips. As Eric gently probed in, the two rows of small teeth gnawed on the fingertips a few times. Down, like he was trying something, he seemed to feel the difference in this finger, and the little tongue in his mouth began to push up in dissatisfaction, as if he wanted to drive the strange intruder out.

It's a pity that the girl's little tongue is far less powerful than Eric,

After some provocative 'pushing', the girl suddenly opened her eyes.

"ah!"

Quickly jumping up and pulling the blanket to cover the body, Gabriel recalled what happened last night after seeing Eric's smile clearly. Just breathed a sigh of relief.

"Morning... good morning, Eric," seemed a little embarrassed for his gaffe. The girl showed a smile and immediately took the initiative to say hello.

"Morning." Eric shook his wet fingertips at the girl with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be so cute when you were sleeping."

"Ah, I... do I have it?"

The girl bowed her head shyly. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw the movements of Eric's fingers, so she remembered some pictures from last night.

Eric nodded with a smile: "Of course, it's the first time I've seen a girl who likes to hold her finger when she sleeps."

"I don't know myself." The girl still drooped her eyelids and glanced around lightly, as if she was looking for something.

Eric kindly gathered up a few pieces of clothes and handed them to the girl: "It's nothing, in fact, many people don't know that they snore when they sleep. They even refuse to admit it after waking up."

Gabriel, who was about to put on his panties secretly, raised his head in horror: "I... I didn't snore?"

"Of course not," Eric hurriedly shook his head: "I'm just giving an example."

"Oh," the girl let out a sigh of relief.

Seeing the girl put on panties and a vest and walked to the closet barefoot, Eric said, "Baby, I think I have to go."

Standing by the closet, thinking about what to wear more beautifully today, Gabriel paused for a moment and turned his head: "Can't you have breakfast?"

Eric looked at his watch and said, "It's almost half past eight, and there may be traffic jams on the road. I don't know if I can get to the company at nine o'clock. Because I'm going to fly to Venice at two o'clock in the afternoon. So there are some things that need to be dealt with quickly. Come on, I have a meeting with Robert and Jeffrey at 10 o'clock on the merger of Firefly and New Line. My new film shooting schedule is also out, I need to see it for myself... Anyway, I'll go next There's a lot to do in five hours."

Seeing the girl who was listening with a lost face, her fingers twitched and her head lowered, Eric's tone softened as he spoke, and he felt a ruthless sense of guilt in his heart, so he waved his hand and said, "This... …Is there a breakfast restaurant nearby, maybe we can have breakfast together, not less than ten or twenty minutes.”

"Of course, I can wash my face first, right?" The girl raised her face in surprise.

Now that a decision has been made. Of course, Eric no longer cares about time: "Let's take a shower by the way, but it's better to be faster."

"Then wait a minute!"

The girl excitedly picked out a few clothes. He rushed into the bathroom on tiptoe, and got out again in less than fifteen minutes. She was already wearing a light blue one-shoulder bag-hip short skirt, her legs were taut and slender with black stockings, her hair was pulled into a small bun, and she casually picked one from the shoe rack next to her. Putting only high heels on, he stood up and said to Eric: "Okay, let's go, the restaurant is forty or fifty steps across the street."

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"Eric, it's almost half past nine. What's the matter with you today? The mobile phone is also turned off. Don't you know how tight the time is today?" When Eric appeared in the company, Jeff was anxious. He asked with a face covering his face.

Facing the anxious old man, Eric explained a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, Jeffrey, the road... traffic jam."

"Impossible. There is no traffic jam at all from where you live. It's not that I don't know this part of the road."

"Actually, I came from West Hollywood," Eric immediately raised his hands and explained honestly.

"Uh..." Jeffrey was stunned for a moment, and quickly understood something. At the same time, he realized that he was a little overstepped. Eric was his boss after all. Although he knew that his tone was stricter, Eric would not mind, but he was not Eric's elder after all. He taught Eric a few words occasionally. Out of respect for him, K would not say anything, but after a long time, anyone would be dissatisfied.

"Okay, there are a few documents that you need to sign. I have arranged for Alan to put them on your desk. You have half an hour to process them. Robert has already brought someone over here. I Go to the meeting room and get ready."

"I'll deal with it now," Eric nodded to Jeffrey and walked quickly to his office, and Jeffrey immediately went to prepare his own affairs.

Although the merger agreement has been signed, the two companies need to deal with a lot of problems such as business integration, management organization design, corporate structure adjustment, personnel integration and abolition. Therefore, the two companies need to be truly integrated. It is impossible for the business of both parties to stop during the month, and there will be a period of parallel operation time.

After hurriedly processing a few documents, the assistant ran to knock on the door, and Eric hurriedly put down the folder and walked to the conference room.

In the conference room, in addition to Robert Shea, six or seven middle and senior management attended the meeting on the New Line side. On the Firefly side, except for the clerks who were in charge of the minutes of the meeting, there were only Eric and Jeffrey. Two people, this comparison shows that the firefly is very weak.

Although the profitability of New Line is far less than that of Firefly, all businesses are sound, and there is no shortage of production, copyright, publicity, and distribution departments. If you look at Firefly, if you don’t look at its terrible profitability , in fact, it is more like a small workshop. Jeffrey is in charge of management and also serves as the producer of Eric's film. Although sometimes he is busy, but most of the time he is more than enough to do it alone.

The two-hour meeting didn't actually discuss much, except for a quick agreement on finding another office space to move the two companies together as soon as possible, and it was the dispute over the production rights.

Eric certainly hopes that Robert Shea will completely let go of this and concentrate on the distribution of the film. If the distribution ability is strong, coupled with his vision in movies, Firefly can leap to the status of a movie giant in a few years.

But this proposal was directly rejected by Robert Shea, which is also expected. The helm of a film company does not even have the power to produce. Isn't that a joke.

Eric immediately proposed that Robert Shea could be responsible for the production of some low-budget horror movies. After all, this aspect is barely his 'strength'.

What surprised Eric was that Robert Shea still refused. Not only was he not satisfied with the production power of small-budget films in the past, but he also hoped to be able to personally operate several big productions in the future. Because he knows that with the proceeds of Eric's next few films, Firefly will have a large amount of cash, although in New Line, Robert Shea did not dare to play like this, after all, he lost a big production New Line It was almost going bankrupt, but at this time, with Firefly's funds as the backing, Robert Shea's ambitions swelled. After all, there are not many dark horse movies with low cost and high box office in Hollywood, otherwise Eric's achievements will not be so amazing. In order to obtain stable and high returns, large investment and large production are the kingly way.

Of course, Eric couldn't agree with Robert Shea's idea right away. Even if Firefly was rich, it wasn't like that. And he didn't have any confidence in Robert Shea's vision. Although the new line in the previous life had the great success of the "Lord of the Rings" series, it also had the fiasco of the "Golden Compass". Taken together, Robert Shea seems to have more luck in film production.

But in the face of Robert Shea's insistence, Eric had to make concessions temporarily. After all, what he needs most now is that the distribution channel is in the hands of the other party, so it is the first priority to completely integrate the new line. The loss of power is inevitable.

In the end, after arguing with Robert Shea, Eric reluctantly agreed that in the next year, the New Line label would be given two big-budget movies with a total cost of less than $50 million, and the full rights would be handed over to the New Line label. Robert Shea operation.

After the two-hour meeting, Robert Shea and his party left with satisfaction. Eric continued to read the documents while eating a simple lunch. He was about to leave for the airport in a moment. He had to sign the documents as soon as possible. Read the last few documents. (To be continued)