Disney's most high-quality TV media asset in the original time and space was the Entertainment and Sports Network (ESPN), and ABC TV was also in second place, and even became a drag on the Disney group for a time. As for the Disney Children's Channel, it is limited to the audience group, and there is nothing outstanding about it.

After Michael Eisner took power in 1984, he focused on the development of the film industry, and before he could devote his energy to the television industry, Disney was bought by Firefly.

Eric and Katzenberg came to the production center of the Disney Children's Channel, and to be honest, he didn't have much interest in Disney Children's Channel, and if he hadn't heard the name of the Mickey Mouse Club from Katzenberg, Eric wouldn't have come over to waste his time.

A manager of the production department of the Disney Children's Channel named Owen Mott took the two of them to visit the production center with some restraint, he felt a little weak, so many departments of Disney Eric have not yet been there, but he came here, the children's channel has not done much for nearly ten years, Owen Mott is very worried that Eric will reform this department first.

Owen Mott took Eric and Katzenberg past a studio and said, "Mr. Williams, this is the recording site of the Mickey Mouse Club program, do you want to go in and see it?"

Eric, who was a little absent-minded, suddenly lifted his spirit: "Of course. ”

Owen Mott, who had been observing what he was saying, saw Eric's appearance of interest, and hurriedly led the two into the studio.

"The Mickey Mouse Club has been on the air since January, with one theme a day, five days a week. They are Music Day, Comedy Day, Surprise Day, Pai Duì Day, and Guest Day. Each episode is one hour long. ”

Owen Mott made a brief introduction. When the three of them arrived at the studio, they saw six or seven boys and girls aged eleven or twelve rehearsing skits on stage. Noticing that three people came in, the person in charge of the program group announced a pause and rest, and quickly walked over.

"Hi Mr. Williams, I'm the director of the Mickey Mouse Club show, and my name is Billy Clark. A middle-aged man in his forties named Billy Clark shook Eric's hand before greeting Katzenberg and Owen Mott. At the same time, he gave Owen Mott an inquiring look.

"I'll just come and take a look, and you can just continue," Eric explained.

Billy Clark laughed, "We're rehearsing for tomorrow's show, Mr. Williams, would you like to take a look?"

"Alright," Eric nodded, and walked to the audience with Katzenberg and Owen Mott, who was empty for rehearsals.

On the stage, the young man who was curiously looking this way was whispering.

"Hey. You see that's Eric Williamsye," said a brown-haired girl with bangs.

"He's not going to make a movie. Come to us to choose a young actor, right?" replied a wavy blonde girl, who subconsciously straightened her hair.

The other two boys approached the girl and chimed in: "Probably well, it would be great if that were the case, I heard that Stuart Runkel, who played "Home Alone," is now paid more than $10 million." ”

The wavy girl glanced at the boy who was talking, pretended to be a jack of all trades, raised her chin and said: "It's impossible, this is just those numbers that are publicized to the outside world, you must know that the reason why "Home Alone 3" stopped filming last year was because Stuart Runkel's asking price was too high. ”

"Even if it's only five million, it's more than us," said another boy.

The wavy girl nodded subconsciously, looked at the girl with bangs next to her, and thought to herself that she was more beautiful than herself, if Eric really came to choose a young actor, she would definitely have more advantages than herself.

"No, I must seize this opportunity," the wavy girl reached out to fix her hair again, looked at the girl with bangs next to her, and thought to herself: "No, I must seize this opportunity, this guy is so stupid, he must not be able to compare to himself." ”

The seven teenagers were getting together and muttering and chatting, and Billy Clark walked to the side of the stage and clapped his hands: "Okay, little ones, look who's coming, the director of Home Alone, cheer up, perform the skit again, if you say a good word, maybe Mr. Williams will choose you to be the little lead in the next movie." ”

When Eric heard Billy Clark say this, he saw the teenagers looking at him, smiled and waved his hand, and made a cheering face.

"Wow, he's so handsome, I must find such a boyfriend when I grow up," Qi Bangs Girl said with a little nymphomaniac.

The wavy girl sneered and teased: "The last time you participated in the "Scout" show, didn't you say that boys are too sloppy, don't you want a boyfriend?"

"That's Eric Williams, how could he be sloppy. The girl with bangs looked at the audience intently, retorted, and then a trace of blush appeared on her face, and she said happily: "Hey, he's looking at me." ”

"Why aren't you looking at me?" the wavy girl looked at Eric unconvinced, and smiled a well-behaved smile.

"He's obviously looking at me. Qi bangs girl said convincingly.

"Hey, you two, stop talking, it's time to start acting," the assistant director, who was holding a script in his hand, pointed to the two girls.

The girl with bangs stuck out her little tongue cutely and walked towards the backstage, and the wavy girl also walked up quickly.

Eric watched the seven teenagers go backstage to prepare, and then withdrew his gaze, he has always had a slight face blindness, and this symptom is even more obvious in Europeans and Americans, as for the black people, except for a few people such as Morgan Freeman, who is easier to recognize, the others can't tell who is who at all.

There were four boys and three girls among the seven teenagers just now, Eric looked at it, but he didn't find a familiar feeling, thinking that maybe these Lori were too young, or maybe his butterfly fanned away someone, he patted the proportion of people who walked back to sit next to him.Clark said, "Billy, can you give me a copy of these children's information?"

"Of course. Billy Clark nodded. Called the assistant and gave a few instructions. Soon a stack of materials was in Eric's hands.

While he was still preparing on stage, Eric let go of the stack of materials, and familiar names such as Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera came into view.

Eric was a little surprised at first that the list in his hand hadn't changed much, but when he saw the resumes of these little guys, he understood that these people had basically participated in relevant training since they were seven or eight years old, and at that time, he hadn't crossed yet. Of course, it doesn't change anything.

But when several teenagers reappeared on stage, Eric also recognized each other's appearances, Britney had long shawl hair with bangs at this time, the shortest and the cutest, the girl with curly hair was Christina Aguilera, the high commander had a student head, and Justin was a little handsome. The names of the other teenagers are very unfamiliar, and they have returned to normal life after the dissolution of the club in their previous lives.

According to Billy Clark. Eric learns that most of the skits rehearsed by these teenagers are based on classic cartoons, movies, or stage plays, and are mainly comedic. After the recording is completed, it will be shown on the Comedy Day of Mickey Mouse's Club.

What is being performed on stage is an adaptation of Disney's classic cartoon "Prince of the Forest", Eric has not seen "Prince of the Forest", and he has no feeling for this kind of childish stage play, the only thing he is interested in is, of course, only a few young actors on stage.

The curly-haired Christina, who is wearing a feathered headdress, plays the role of the protagonist Mowgli's little friend in the native village of the forest, while Britney has a pair of rabbit ears on her head, and it is clear that she plays a rabbit.

Christina said her own lines, trying to surpass Britney, who seemed silly to her, in performance, but her eyes glanced at Eric from time to time, she knew that if Eric was really a young actor, then her only opponent could only be Britney, because the other girl was black, and the deep-rooted tradition of racism in the United States would not start from adulthood, and the little scheming children were even more obvious in this aspect, Christina looked down on the pair of black boys and girls in the group at all, and did not see them as any threat。

Perhaps because of this distraction, when Justin Timberlake, who played the male protagonist Mowgli, said a line, Christina suddenly found that she had forgotten the words, and hesitated for a full five seconds before she remembered her lines, and stammered a little, and at the same time had an urge to cry out, it's over, it must be better than that stupid Britney, I knew that I wouldn't fight for this role, how good it is to play a rabbit, not only have few lines, but also just pretend to be cute.

However, Christina's worries were obviously too much, because Eric didn't care too much about these at all, and he focused more on Britney, perhaps because of the memories of his past life, Eric couldn't help but fantasize about Britney taking off her wide stuffed bunny costume, leaving only a pair of ears on her head, uh......

Christina certainly didn't know what Eric was thinking, she was now thinking about how to win a game, and soon, the opportunity suddenly came, and when Britney jumped past her, Christina quickly looked around to make sure no one was looking, and then casually stretched out her toes, Britney, who had just jumped, fell to the stage with a sloppy center of gravity.

"Oh, Bubu, why are you so careless," Seeing Britney fall down, Christina suppressed the joy in her heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Britney up and comforted her.

With such a small accident, the show certainly couldn't go on, and Billy Clark called a timeout, then gave Eric an apologetic look in some embarrassment.

"Let's see if the girl is okay," Eric said, gesturing toward the stage, his eyes playful, and he stood up first.

Billy Clark and Katzenberg had no choice but to follow him to the stage.

On the stage, Britney, who was supported by Christina and sat on top of a prop box, was still looking at the place where she had just fallen, although there were a few stage props there, but she felt that she had been very careful just now, and she still tripped over it.

"Boo, how's it going, is there anything wrong?" asked Billy Clark as he crouched down beside Britney and asked with concern.

Britney glanced at Eric with some weakness, took her right hand out of the rabbit costume and raised her elbow, and said, "I'm fine, it's just here that I fell." ”

Billy Clark saw that Britney's elbow was only a faint light red, and knew that there was no problem, and turned to Eric and said, "Mr. Williams, do you want to continue?"

Eric smiled and shook his head: "No, rest for a while, and, little ones, you guys are very good, keep up the good work." ”

When Christina heard Eric say that he was leaving, she thought that he must be dissatisfied with their performance just now, and she was feeling a little disappointed, but she saw Eric looking at her with a smile on the corner of her mouth, the girl didn't know that Eric had just focused on Britney, so she caught her small movements, and thought that Eric was looking at her differently, which made Christina feel a glimmer of hope in her heart, and plucked up the courage to say: "Mr. Williams, can you sign me?"

Eric raised an eyebrow and said, "Of course, but I don't have a pen." ”

The staff next to him heard Eric say this, and handed over a pen with a very good look.

Eric took it, squatted down on the prop box and signed his name on the small notebook handed over by Christina, and several other teenagers also came over to ask for autographs, Britney also wanted to sign very much, but she was a little shy, she had just made such a big fool in front of Eric, I don't know if he was willing to sign for himself.

"What about you," Eric said, after signing the last teenager, raised his pen to Britney, who was sitting next to her.

"I ...... Can I, Mr. Williams?" asked Britney, a little apprehensive.

"Of course," Eric smiled and nodded.

Britney smiled cutely and quickly ran backstage to get her laptop.

Eric quickly wrote a string of greetings on Britney's notebook and signed his name.

Christina looked at Eric's additional blessing with some surprise, thought for a moment, leaned over and said, "Mr. Williams, I heard that you live in a shell villa by the sea in Malibu?"

Eric smiled and nodded, "yes." ”

"Then I...... Can we go and visit, I've heard that a lot of people want to go and see the Shell Villa?"

After Christina said this, several other teenagers really showed expectant looks, Britney's eyes also became bright, the Liberty City of Malibu Jianjiao Manor has become a building that many people yearn for, and even many outsiders who come to Los Angeles for tourism will rent a speedboat to the sea off Jianjiao in Malibu to watch the Freedom City from afar, and even rent a helicopter if possible, but no one dares to fly directly over Jianjiao Manor. (To be continued......)