Eight Hundred and Ninetieth Chapters Leave No Room

After the premiere, Drew and Eric flew back to Los Angeles after spending a weekend in London, where MGM and Warner's e! (3K Chinese website--domain name of this site:)

On the second day of the premiere, Eric secretly instructed the head of Firefly's UK branch to contact J.K. Rowling for the film and television rights of the "Harry Potter" series. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Eric did not rush to leave. "Casino Royale" achieved an unexpected success at the box office. After a busy month in Los Angeles, there was no need for him to appear in person for the time being. Eric planned 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 speculators of the national currency, the Thai government ran out of ammunition and 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 plummeted by 17%. Affected by the fall of the Thai baht, the 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 the close on Friday, July 4, Firefly Investment secretly established a large number of short positions in Thai baht, and in just three days, it has achieved a paper profit of more than 30 million US dollars, and this is only Just the beginning of everything.

London.

Early Saturday morning, not long after Eric got up, Peter Ritchie came in a hurry and brought a piece of good news that Firefly UK has successfully won the film adaptation rights of the "Harry Potter" series. .

"Eric, we've signed Ms. Rowling for the rights to the Harry Potter series, and in the file are her outlines for the entire series. Ms. Rowling will be there at two o'clock in the afternoon. London, I will personally send her over to talk to you in detail."

Putting several documents in Eric's hands, Peter Ritchie continued: "Also, news from the San Francisco side, the first batch of fireflyer players' new factory has rolled off the assembly line, Mr. Victor McNally Hope to cancel Amazon's rush to buy in advance on July 10th, and release products in Europe at the same time."

Eric read the "Harry Potter" copyright contract in his hand and said: "North America can open up purchases 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 both sides are out of stock. Also, the online music store here is also a big problem. Let them wait until the second generation of products is released next year before thinking about it, forget it, this matter I'll call over there in person today to communicate."

Peter Rich nodded and briefly reported the contents of several other documents. When Eric put down the contract in his hand, Peter Rich took out an invitation letter from his briefcase and handed it over: "This is Kensin. It was handed over from the Dun Palace that Princess Diana will hold a charity reception tonight to raise funds for refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and I hope you can attend."

Eric took the invitation, glanced at him 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 Ritchie doesn't know why Eric suddenly mentioned this, unless Eric specifically told to collect the information, Peter Ritchie usually doesn't pay attention to these gossip news.

However, after Princess Diana and Prince Charles officially divorced last year, many rich people began to blatantly pursue her. Obviously, for these people, being able to pick up a former British princess is definitely enough to satisfy some dark vanity.

And, looking at Eric secretly, Peter Ritchie couldn't help thinking,

According to the temperament of his own boss, it is very likely that he will also pursue Princess Diana.

Seeing that Peter Ritchie was silent, Eric raised his head, just noticed the weird look on his face, and couldn't help laughing: "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 and said, "I'm not interested in her, she's just a poor stupid woman, I don't know how to leave room for others or myself."

Eric's mindless words made Peter Rich a little puzzled, but today's work has been reported, and the girl named Christina Aguilera in the villa's restaurant 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 kept revolving in his mind. After walking a distance on Kensington Street, Peter Ritchie finally stopped curiously. Get off the car, go to a newsstand on the side of the road and buy a few newspapers, then go back to the car to rummage up the latest news about Princess Diana. 360 search: Aoxue Qingyuan.com has no pop-up window to read the fastest update!

It turned out that Diana and Dodi Fayed, the son of Mohammed Al Fayed, the behind-the-scenes boss of the famous Harrods department store in London, have reached the point of getting married recently, and some newspapers even speculated that Princess Diana Now pregnant.

After reading the relevant news and pondering over Eric's words, Peter Rich suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

Just from the name, it is not difficult to see Dodi Fayed's family beliefs.

However, the United Kingdom has been a devout Catholic country since ancient times. At present, the other 15 countries in the world that still hold the Queen of England as the head of state are basically Catholic countries. Although the scenery of the Middle Ages has disappeared, the influence of religion on Western countries Still far beyond the imagination of outsiders. As the mother of Prince William, the second-in-line heir to the British throne, Diana found a servant 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 Territories, the guardian of the faith, His Majesty the King of the British Empire] Stepfather Lin, doesn't he just leave no room for everyone?

Recalling the tone of Eric's words and thinking of the exciting place, Peter Ritchie couldn't help shivering again. He rolled up the newspapers in front of him and threw them aside, and decided to hear what he heard today. Forget everything. Although he himself has a good impression of Princess Di, this kind of thing is definitely not something that a small person like him can interfere with.

Kensington Garden Villa, Christina walked out of the restaurant only after Peter Rich left. The girl was wrapped in a small apron, and her whole person inexplicably had a different sense of surname.

Before Drew returned to Los Angeles, he specially picked up Christina, who came to London to attend the premiere of "Casino Royale" together. The girl did not hide her 'selfishness' at all, claiming that it would be better to let Eric go about messing around with flowers. A familiar woman was beside him.

Because she grew up in a relatively rough single-parent family, Christina's mind is much precocious than girls of the same age, so she is more knowledgeable about the world. This can be seen from her being able to get Drew's approval. She can look familiar in front of people, but her mind is actually more critical than Eric's, and there are not many people who can really come to her.

Although occasionally a little careful, the girl has always been a well-behaved and pleasant appearance in front of Eric, which makes people feel very comfortable.

Seeing that Eric was still reading the document, Christina came over and sat down beside him, and said, "Eric, let's eat first, breakfast will be cold."

Eric nodded, and was about to take the folders on the coffee table into the restaurant to read and eat, when Christina took the initiative to come over and help Eric pick up the stack of folders, saying, "I'll come. ."

"Okay," Eric smiled, got up and walked towards the restaurant.

Christina was about to get up and follow her when she noticed the invitation letter on the coffee table and picked it up curiously to take a look. When Eric and Peter Ritchie were talking about business, the girl always avoided it very interestingly, but she didn't hear the conversation between the two just now. At this time, when she saw the invitation letter for Princess Diana's charity reception, Christina immediately became interested. , The matters involving the British royal family are still quite attractive to her.

They 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, and looked hopeful: "Eric, are we going to this reception tonight?"

Eric asked, "Do you want to go?"

Christina nodded unabashedly: "Hmm."

"Let's join in the fun that night," Eric nodded, although he wouldn't interfere in certain things, he didn't need to avoid it: "However, to participate in this kind of reception, you need to donate money, in case they want it It's too much, and then I'll have to donate you."

Christina brought the breakfast graciously and smiled, "Haha, you won't."

...

Joanne Rowling feels like she's been dreaming about what happened recently.

Since graduating from college ten years ago, her life has been very unsatisfactory, and her only marriage has brought her a lot of trauma, and she even thought of suicide because of depression. After the divorce, she settled down in Edinburgh, Scotland with her daughter Jessica, and the mother and daughter once lived on relief payments of less than £100 a month.

Although living in poverty, Joanne Rowling, who was barely settled down, finally decided to concentrate on becoming a novelist. However, her first novel, which took two years to complete, has been rejected six times in the past few months. When she no longer had expectations, a week ago, people from HarperCollins Publishing House and the UK branch of Firefly Group suddenly came to the door, expressing their willingness to arrange the publication of her novel, and hope to buy the film and television adaptation rights of the novel.

Due to her financial constraints, Joanne Rowling was naturally unable to hire a professional agent. Facing the representatives of HarperCollins Publishing House and Firefly Group, she could only negotiate with the other party based on her only prudence, but in her heart She didn't dare to have any extravagant hopes. She was very satisfied that the novel could be published. What's more, the price set by Firefly Group for the copyright of the novel even made her feel unreal. At 1 million pounds per book, she had never thought that she could have so much money before, not to mention, the preliminary drafted price. In the outline of the story, she plans to write five books.

In this case, Joanne Rowling also realized that the other party was in an urgent mood to get the copyright of this book, but she was never a strong woman, and she did not dare to sell it. The only condition she put forward was that the firefly must be in After the contract is signed, she will pay all the copyright fees immediately. Jessica will be four years old soon. She hopes that her daughter can get a good preschool education, but these are definitely not possible without money. As a result, the two sides signed all the contracts in just one week. She thought it was over, but after the contract was signed, the Firefly representative wanted her to come to London, claiming that Eric Williams wanted to talk to her.

Eric Williams.

The black Mercedes-Benz stopped for a moment at an entrance, the driver showed his pass, and the doorman seemed to be on the phone 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 uneasy. The previous experience of being rejected by several publishers has severely damaged her self-confidence. Now, she has received a cheque of 1 million pounds from Firefly Group, but the psychological burden is even greater. If the novel is not published in the future. Popular and not selling well, so what to do?

The car drove a short distance 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 courtyard. Although he was dressed casually, the man was obviously Eric · Williams, as for the girl next to him, Joanne Rowling can't recognize it, the other party doesn't seem to be Drew Barrymore, the girl who is rumored to be very close to Eric Williams.

The car stopped, and Joanne Rowling reached out and wanted to push the door to get out of the car. When she saw the driver getting out of the car, she turned around and immediately understood what she was doing. She retracted her hand in embarrassment, sat patiently, and waited for the driver to open the door. , she came out carefully.

As soon as she stood still, Joanne Rowling felt Eric reaching out to her: "Ms. Rowling, I'm glad you can come over."

"Hello, Mr. Williams," Joanne Rowling hurriedly reached out and shook hands with the other party, and at the same time carefully looked up at the other party's young and handsome face, and then lowered her head with a blushing face, feeling so It wasn't right to do it, and he forced his head up again.

"This is Christina, you can call her Kris or Tina," Eric introduced the girl next to him.

Christina could feel Joanne Rowling's nervousness, she reached out her hand 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.)

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