After talking for more than an hour, there was a gentle knock on the door of the study, and Eva Pakula came in.

"Eric, Vicky asked me to ask you, do you want to have guests for lunch together?"

When Eric heard Virginia's name, he knew that she had instructed Eva to come and chase people, and looked at his watch, it was close to eleven o'clock, since Virginia didn't want the two girls to stay for dinner, he couldn't force him to stay, and said to Eva: "No, the matter has been discussed, and Cindy and Linda can just rush back to New York." ”

"Oh, then that's what I told Vicky," Eva blinked, retracting her head, and the door slammed shut.

"In that case, then go back first, and I'll invite you to dinner later," said Eric as Eva left.

Cindy Crawford and Linda Ivangelinsta, of course, understood what was going on, and they thought they would do the same, but they weren't too surprised, but they were certainly upset.

After saying goodbye to Eric, Cindy Crawford and Linda Ivan Golinsta each got into their own cars and left the waterfront estate.

After a few minutes of walking through the quiet lanes to the heart of East Hampton, Linda Ivangelinsta saw Cindy Crawford pull over in front of a restaurant.

The two women walked into the dining room with their respective bags, close to lunchtime, the living room was already full of guests, their temperament and appearance were very conspicuous, and immediately attracted a lot of attention, most of the guests just looked at it a few more times reservedly, and some people opened their mouths to say hello, two casually dressed girls also boldly came over, one of them said: "Linda, Cindy, can you sign for us?"

"Of course. The feeling of being in the spotlight made Cindy Crawford feel better, nodded happily, took the pen and paper in the girl's hand and quickly signed it, and handed it to Linda Ivangolinsta next to her.

Signing their names, the two girls kept chattering, "I didn't expect you to live here." Jill also said that he might not meet any celebrities, oh, we are here to visit, the white sand beaches of East Hampton are so beautiful, but unfortunately it is a little cold now, not suitable for swimming. ”

When Linda Ivangelinsa heard the girl's first words, her hand holding the pen paused, and she quickly finished the last few strokes and returned the pen and paper to the two girls. But there is not much interest in continuing to communicate with the two little fans in front of him.

After a few simple responses, the two women found a place to sit down under the guidance of the waiter. Cindy Crawford took the menu from the waiter, looked at the menu that was more expensive than the top restaurants in Manhattan, pouted, and ordered several of the most expensive dishes as if venting.

When the waiter left, Cindy Crawford complained, "Doesn't he know that we can just get back to New York, and that it's a two-hour drive from East Hampton to Manhattan?" We're all going to starve to death when we get back. ”

Listening to Cindy Crawford's tone of envy and unwillingness, Linda Ivan Golinsta was less depressed. They took out the documents that Eric had given them from the satchel beside them, opened them leisurely, and replied casually, "Why didn't you dare to point it out to him just now, then he must be embarrassed to drive us away." ”

"I'm too lazy to care," Cindy Crawford snorted softly, and added thoughtlessly, "It's just that I've had a baby." I really think I'm the hostess. ”

Linda Ivangorinsta didn't raise her head, flipped the page of the document, and said to herself: "Half a month to come up with a plan, prepare in May, and have three months left for production." I also have to squeeze out time for the autumn fashion week, followed by the Victoria's Secret show, and I'm really worried about whether I'll be busy and crazy. ”

Seeing that the lunch would have to wait a while before it was served, Cindy Crawford also took out the documents in her bag and said: "No one forced you, if you say you don't want to do it, those little Bichi will definitely cry and shout and pounce, as long as you don't regret it in the future, look at Naomi Campbell's actions during this time, you know how much she regrets refusing the Victoria's Secret show last year." ”

Linda Ivan Golinsta remembered the things in the circle during this time about Naomi Campbell trying to squeeze out Tyra Banks' endorsement of Victoria's Secret, shook her head, and said with some disdain: "I think she is completely wrong in the direction, Victoria's Secret Angel is a brand created by Williams, and he is the majority shareholder of LTD, without his permission, no one will change the Victoria's Secret spokesperson without his permission." ”

"Do you think she doesn't understand, it's just that she doesn't have access to Williams at all, and besides, it doesn't necessarily work. And she is too greedy, the Victoria's Secret show has six themes, but there are only five spokespersons, if it were me, I would try to get the opportunity to open for a theme, so that I can maintain my position in the circle. ”

Linda Ivangelinsta was very envious of Cindy Crawford's shrewd mind, and said, "You think it so clearly, so why don't you remind her?"

"What do I get from reminding her, friendship?" said Cindy Crawford, smirking disdainfully, glancing in the direction of the back kitchen, and then turning her attention to the papers in her hand.

Linda Ivangolinsta flipped through a few pages of papers, and suddenly looked up and said, "Cindy, I have a good idea, how about you hear it." ”

"Oh, well, if it's good, I'll use it without hesitation," replied Cindy Crawford, looking down at the guests she could invite in the future, nonchalantly, thinking that with Linda Ivangelinsta's intelligence, it was unlikely that she would come up with a good idea.

Linda Ivan Golinsta didn't care about Cindy Crawford's carelessness, and said with great interest: "You see, our show must be broadcast at the same time, I need models in my show, and your show must be inseparable from designers, why don't we do a cross-episode, it must be full of gimmicks." ”

"Wow, that's a good idea," Cindy Crawford praised, but then shook her head: "I don't want to cross over with you, what if your show doesn't get good ratings and drags me down." ”

Linda Ivangelinsta dissatisfied: "Hey, I'm talking about serious things, and why can't you be the one who drags me down?"

Cindy Crawford lifted her chin and said, "Because it's impossible." ”

"You're pretty self-righteous. ”

"You're wrong. It's self-confidence. ”

"Forget it, I'm not going to quarrel with you," Linda Ivangelinsta took the initiative to turn off the fire, thought about it, and couldn't help asking: "What do you think, if you share 10%." How much money can we get?"

"The production cost of the Victoria's Secret show last year was just $20 million, and I don't expect too much, as long as the profit of this show is not less than one-tenth of the Victoria's Secret show. ”

Linda Ivangelinsta recalled the profit data of the Victoria's Secret show and said: "Then there is only $3 million left in your hands, five months of busyness, which is really little." ”

Cindy Crawford smiled, not explaining anything to Linda Ivangolinsta.

The media is always happy to brag about how much money these top supermodels make each year, but in reality, the difference between media data and real data is simply worldly.

Just like herself. Some media hyped up her earnings from last year to $25 million, but in reality, that was not the case.

Last year, she earned roughly $25 million, but this data is like a company's operating income, revenue and profit are completely different things. Of the $25 million, $10 million is Victoria's Secret's endorsement fee, and the other $15 million is mainly due to the influence brought by the Victoria's Secret show. Received several new advertising endorsement contracts, which only required her to attend some events on time. Most of them can get money by shooting a few sets of advertisements, and therefore, the price is far less than Victoria's Secret, but the average length of the contract is also about three years, and with these contracts in hand, it is impossible for her to receive more endorsements in the next few years.

Count it out. Victoria's Secret contracts are five-year, averaging $2 million per year, and the remaining contracts are counted as three years on average, $5 million per year, combined. She earns $7 million a year.

But that's not all, with her income level, she needs to pay 35% of the personal income tax, and the brokerage company also needs to take a 10% share, and in the end, there is only $3.85 million left in her hands, which is her real annual income every year.

Moreover, the modeling industry is changing very fast, even if she is a supermodel, with the increase of age and the rise of latecomers, the income will definitely gradually decline. As a result, Cindy Crawford cares more about the job than Linda Ivan Golinsta, who is not very money-sensitive. She also vividly remembers Eric once saying that as long as the ratings of this reality show are good, it can continue to produce dozens of seasons.

For dozens of seasons, Cindy Crawford still doesn't dare to hope for it, but as long as she can continue to produce for ten or eight years, she can also save a rich family before the age of forty and retire with dignity.

Thinking about the future, Cindy Crawford's mind inexplicably appeared again with dozens of acres of luxury estates on the seaside of East Hampton, and the few small figures that he had secretly seen in the morning. Thinking of the guy's net worth of $46.5 billion released by Forbes magazine some time ago, even if she has maintained her current annual income level of more than $3 million and worked for 100 years, it will not reach one percent of his personal assets. At the same time, Cindy Crawford involuntarily felt a sense of powerlessness looking at the stars from afar, and muttered in a low voice: "Alas, it is better to have a child." ”

Linda Ivangolinsta, who was sitting across from her, heard the voice and suddenly looked up and said, "Cindy, what did you say?"

Cindy Crawford looked puzzled: "Did I say it?"

Linda Ivangelinsta nodded firmly: "You said it, and this is the second time. ”

Cindy Crawford's eyes flashed with a brief panic, and she quickly regained her composure, lowered her head and continued to flip through the documents in her hand, and asked lazily, "What did I say?"

"You know it yourself. ”

"Oh, I forgot. ”

Linda Ivangelinsta threatened: "Be careful when I tell him what you think. ”

Cindy Crawford didn't care, "Go ahead, who knows if it's your idea or mine." ”

Linda Ivangelinsta's eyes widened, her face was full of astonishment, and she subconsciously raised her voice and said, "My ...... The thought is so shameless, how can you bite back!"

Cindy Crawford pouted around and said, "Shut up, do you want these people to see our jokes?"

Linda Ivangolinsta, noticing that some guests were looking at them, lowered her voice and said, "Anyway, I just heard it." ”

"Well, whatever you want," Cindy Crawford shrugged indifferently, she really didn't worry too much, the thought was like a contagious devil, and she was sure that Linda Ivangolinsta must have been 'infected', otherwise she wouldn't have dwelt over that little detail as if she had to prove anything.

……

It is almost everyone's consensus that women's spending power far exceeds that of men. As a result, Lifetime TV has this potential consumer base, because the TV station's advertising customers will definitely favor female viewers.

The cable TV market in the United States has been brewing for more than a decade and is on the verge of exploding, and the stage of drastic change in this industry is often the best time for the emergence of monopolistic oligopolies.

While there wasn't a single dominant women's TV station in the original plane, no one doubted that the cable market had that potential. As long as you can seize the opportunity to take the lead in the field, it is not impossible to create a women's TV station that is no less large than ESPN.

The most fundamental factor in the success of a TV station is still a good TV program, although it has come up with "American Supermodel Contest" and "Flyover Pride", but the TV station cannot only rely on reality shows to support the ratings, TV series are indispensable, this Eric undoubtedly has a very big advantage, he has already thought of a TV series that is very suitable for Lifetime TV during the consideration of two reality TV shows.

It's just that the annual budget of Lifetime TV is only 100 million US dollars for the time being, and although Eric has high expectations for Lifetime TV, it is impossible to help the seedlings grow, and too much initial investment will cause losses, which will not only be very demoralizing, but may also affect the next development plan.

Of the $100 million budget, two reality shows already account for 40 million, and in addition, the TV station not only has to order a batch of TV programs to fill other broadcast slots, but also needs to set aside enough marketing funds, so the remaining $60 million is simply not possible to squeeze out the budget for producing a TV series.

Of course, as long as "America's Top Model" and "Flyover" meet Eric's expectations in the fall ratings, Lifetime's budget will definitely increase significantly.

After Easter, Eric temporarily reduced his focus on the Firefly Group's side, and devoted most of his energy to negotiations for Firefly to invest in Sprint.

On the other hand, Firefly and Hasbro on the toy surrounding cooperation negotiations are going very smoothly, both sides have a very strong willingness to cooperate, at the end of April has come up with a detailed plan, Katzenberg on behalf of the Firefly Group and Hasbro signed a cooperation agreement, did not rush to leave New York, but rely on the next stage of the development plan of Lifetime TV, to launch a lobby for several major cable operators, hoping to win more subscribers for Lifetime TV before the fall file.

(To be continued.) )