Chapter 666: Crooked
The news that Heidi Klum was fired on the spot by Eric for violating the ban soon spread, and after the Victoria's Secret Angels, who were pursued by the media during this time, learned the inside story, all the thoughts that had begun to become a little restless calmed down.
The Victoria's Secret show already has a super high media attention, and during this time, the darling of the modeling circle, which was originally sought after, suddenly fell from the clouds, of course, this explosive news is impossible to hide, and the Victoria's Secret show team has no intention of concealing it. On the same day that Eric made this decision, Heidi Klum's personal homepage on Yahoo was removed, some public publicity activities that originally required Heidi Klum to participate were also restructured, and Edward Lazek, one of the leaders of the Victoria's Secret show, also issued an official announcement at the Plaza Hotel, where the Victoria's Secret Angels stayed.
However, these news obviously did not satisfy the media reporters who were hungry for any news about the Victoria's Secret show, and countless inquiries from various media still poured into all the heads of the Victoria's Secret show project team and Heidi Klum's Metropolitan modeling agency, trying to dig up more detailed insiders, almost all the media did not believe that Heidi Krum was just because of "Vogue New York" The interview in the magazine was expelled, and most people still thought that the interview was specially arranged by the program team, after all, just like the film promotion process will release all kinds of news in stages to maintain the topic, the article in "New York Fashion" is very similar to the usual movie promotion methods. Some of the darker media even speculated whether there was any scandal involved, so they were more eager to 'dig up'.
But no matter how many phone calls you make, how many people you contact who may know the 'inside story'. All the information obtained by the media is completely consistent with the official caliber. And not only because it's a fact in the first place. And after this incident, the Victoria's Secret angels who have installed zippers on their mouths do not dare to say anything to the media even in private. Some of the staff of the project team who know what happened will not talk nonsense, Victoria's Secret angels have made mistakes, at most they have only lost this opportunity, and if they have signed a stricter confidentiality contract, they will not only lose their jobs, but also suffer huge claims.
The media that failed to dig up any explosive news quickly reacted to one thing, except for the Victoria's Secret show project team and the Metropolitan modeling agency, they knew the ins and outs of this matter best. It was undoubtedly Heidi Klum herself, who was fired from Eric.
However, when countless reporters began to contact Heidi Krum, they once again discovered a shocking fact, the newly expelled Victoria's Secret angel had disappeared from the world!
Not only did all the contact information between Heidi Klum and her agent be invalid, but even some powerful reporters contacted Heidi Klum's relatives in Germany, but they were unable to find out her whereabouts. As a result, the media is even more boiling, and all kinds of speculation are even more rampant. Although the regular large media did not dare to talk nonsense without evidence, countless gossip tabloids did not have many scruples, and in just a few days, all kinds of messy 'insider' articles were concocted. Among them, one of the most recognized statements is that the model who left a big show was made belly big by a media tycoon. had to avoid the public to raise a baby, and in order to avoid lawsuits, the clever gossip tabloids would certainly not use their real names, but this kind of obvious hint is probably only invisible to a fool. And some of the news that circulated through internal channels about Eric's outrage over Heidi Klum's illegal leaks and exiled him abroad has become the most scorned 'fake news' by the media and the public.
In recent days, in the face of the current self-defeating media situation, many people who know the inside story have some schadenfreude about Eric.
Of course, most people must not dare to show it in front of Eric, but the relatives and friends around him have no scruples about this, and even Virginia, who heard the news, asked him in a mocking tone when Eric returned to East Hampton for the weekend, whether Kevin and Hawaii would have an extra brother or sister.
Compared with the billionaires who are usually middle-aged or even old, Eric, who has accumulated a huge fortune before the age of thirty, is too conspicuous, coupled with Eric's professional and unmarried status, all kinds of lace news around him have never been cut off. Therefore, in the face of the topic that was hyped up by the outside world, Eric quickly recovered his indifferent attitude, anyway, if there are more lice, it will not itch.
After Heidi Klum left, while continuing to rehearse the Victoria's Secret show in an orderly manner, filling this gap became something that Eric had to deal with as soon as possible.
The top supermodels in the industry who originally resigned from the invitation of the Victoria's Secret show because of various concerns, after seeing the rising popularity of the Victoria's Secret angels and the huge promotion of their careers, they all took the initiative to express their willingness to join.
In a makeshift office in the backstage of the Arsenal, Emily said to Eric, who was focusing on drawings of a big show: "Naomi Campbell's agent just called, and he said that Naomi really wants to join the catwalk, even for free, but she wants to get at least one chance to walk the show, as well as the iconic Victoria's Secret angel wings." ”
Eric shook his head: "Wings can be considered, but the opening is not. Not to mention the opening, not even the closing, all the order of appearance has been arranged, she can only fill the vacancy of Heidi Krum, you reply to them like this. As for the free ones, there is no need, according to her value, she can pay as much as she wants. ”
Emily nodded, took out her phone and dialed the number on the spot.
If it was any other ordinary catwalk, Emily would definitely lobby Eric to agree, after all, Naomi Campbell's steps are definitely the best in the industry, invite each other to walk a show, and then everyone will go their separate ways, and there will be no more involvement. But this time is different, Emily knows very well how bad Naomi Campbell's reputation in the industry is, all kinds of big names lose their temper and even late and leave early, and the Victoria's Secret show is a whole that needs to be carefully planned. Models are not allowed to make any fuss. And Naomi Campbell is undoubtedly the easiest type of person to make a moth.
After making the call. Emily was just about to put her phone away, when the ringtone rang again, and after connecting it, Emily said a few words, and then hung up the phone with a strange face.
Eric, who heard some scattered news from Emily's words just now, raised his head, he knew that this was another phone call directly to Emily, but Emily's reaction this time was a little strange: "What's wrong?"
Emily shrugged and said, "There's another suitable person." I think this one can be tried. ”
Because there is less than a month left for the Victoria's Secret show, there is not much time for training for latecomers, so Eric directly rejected the applications of those ordinary first-tier and second-tier supermodels, and planned to select replacements from the top small batch of supermodels at the beginning, and in recent days, almost all suitable supermodels have been invited, hearing Emily's words, Eric became more curious: "Are there any supermodels we haven't thought of?"
Emily nodded and said, "Stephanie Seymour, what do you think?"
Eric is a little surprised, Stephanie Seymour. Certainly one of the top supermodels of this era. This supermodel with a full personality once led his ex-girlfriends to sue Gun Rose lead singer Xel Ross for 'youth loss money', and his fierce deeds made Eric remember deeply.
Of course, Eric considered Stephanie Seymour, but he dismissed the idea from the start. Because this personality supermodel has caught a big Kaizi in recent years, Peter Brandt, the owner of the billion-dollar Brant Publishing Group, and the two have reached the point of talking about marriage. Although Peter Brandt is more than 20 years older than Stephanie Seymour, Eric still admires the supermodel's skills, after all, most models dream of marrying into wealthy families, but few can actually achieve their dreams.
"If I'm not mistaken, Stephanie Seymour is about to marry Peter Brandt, would Peter Brandt want his fiancée to continue in business?"
Emily knew a little more than Eric and said, "Stephanie Seymour has been entangled with Peter Brant for a few years, she has always wanted to get married, but Peter Brant has never been reluctant. After finally agreeing, the two had a disagreement on the prenuptial agreement, Peter Brandt is already the father of five children, and Stephanie Seymour should hope to inherit more inheritance in the future, or get more compensation in case of divorce. Now that I've received this call, I think this matter should have come to an end. ”
Eric couldn't help but shake his head: "It's the same as business negotiations, what's the point of such a marriage." ”
Emily, who is accustomed to Western-style thinking and is accustomed to this kind of thing, just gave Eric a blank look: "If you get married in the future, would you like to have a wedding with each other without signing any prenuptial agreement?"
Eric was speechless for a moment, and said, "This ...... Seems like two different things, right?"
"Of course it's the same thing," Emily pouted, "you men can't just be allowed to defend their own property, and we women can't fight for more benefits for ourselves, right?"
Eric, who was always a little difficult to resist Emily's sharp teeth, spread his hands and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about Stephanie Seymour, did she fall out with Peter Brandt?"
"Of course not, Stephanie Seymour's agent just told me that the two of them had negotiated a prenuptial agreement, but I think it should be Stephanie Seymour who was not satisfied with Peter Brandt's terms, so he kept the terms to continue his own business. ”
"That's really ......" Eric was a little speechless, and then said, "Call and ask the other party to try, if you can, she will do it." ”
As one of the best supermodels of her generation, Stephanie Seymour easily secured the vacant spot.
The announcement of the news once again caused a small wave, similar to Eric's thoughts, many people speculated whether Stephanie Seymour and billionaire Peter Brant broke up, but then, Stephanie Seymour and Peter Brant announced their marriage in a high-profile manner. When asked if he would support his fiancée to continue his career, Peter Brandt, the publishing tycoon, nodded graciously and said that he would attend the Victoria's Secret show in person.
The void caused by Heidi Klum's sudden departure was filled, and the rehearsal for the Victoria's Secret show was in its final stages. Firefly Records' hand-picked singers are also joining the rehearsals, and the show is expected to take place after Halloween in early November, with the official TV broadcast scheduled for early December. And with the last episode of the first season of "Survivor" as a preamble, "Survivor" only has thirteen episodes, because the first and second episodes are simulcast, and the final episode is broadcast just before the winter break in December.
ABC TV's "Survivor" ratings have been in a state of red ratings for the next few weeks after the start of the broadcast, all the way to exceed 30 million viewers, but Eric knows that this is far from the limit of "Survivor", in his memory, the first season of "Survivor" launched by CBS TV station, the ending rating reached an astonishing 50 million. With such a show, once the show is the lead, Eric believes that the most conservative ratings of the Victoria's Secret show will not be less than 20 million, you know, the highest ratings of "Friends" in the previous life were not more than 52 million in the finale, but the episode after a certain use of the Super Bowl final as a prelude, the Super Bowl has a very stable rating of more than 100 million, with the prelude to the Super Bowl final, and the ratings of "Friends" once rushed to 54 million.
Under the hot topic of the Victoria's Secret show, ordinary viewers can only silently look forward to the arrival of December, so as to see the true face of this super show that has been hyped in the media for more than half a year. But for some, they could see the show in advance in November.
As the date of the Victoria's Secret show is approaching day by day, the news about the invitation to the Victoria's Secret show has been hyped up again, in the original time and space, the invitation of the Victoria's Secret show reached 10,000 euros at the highest, and the subsequent party was a sky-high price. However, Eric does not plan to sell the invitation publicly.
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*PS: Many Westerners' prenuptial agreements are strictly like commercial contracts, as far as Hollywood is concerned, Spielberg paid his ex-wife $100 million in his first marriage, but when he got married for the second time, the prenuptial agreement stipulated that he could only compensate his wife 5 million if he divorced again; Pitt and Julie pulled and pulled for ten years, and when they finally got married, the prenuptial agreement was dozens of pages; it is said that Tom Cruise's prenuptial agreement is even more bizarre, you can search for it, I don't know if it's true. Hollywood should be more simple in marriage, although he has been married and divorced many times, but every time, no matter how long he has been married, he is very sincere in giving half of his ex-wife's property. (To be continued.) )