Over the weekend, Eric and Chris discussed in detail plans to amplify the development prospects of the portal, and after a conference call between Nokia and Qualcomm at Firefly Investment Headquarters on Monday, Chris personally rushed to Boston to start the layout.

It's May 29, and the release date of Firefly's first blockbuster summer blockbuster "Jurassic Park" is set for June 2, and Eric only needs to rush back to Los Angeles for the premiere before then, so he can stay in New York for a few more days.

May is the month of TV promotions and subscriptions for the new year, and countless producers and TV stations gather in New York to promote or buy the new year's TV shows.

Firefly has three ace series, "Survivor," "ER," and "Friends," so the selection of new shows has taken its stride, and the TV department has focused a lot of energy on the upcoming expansion of Lifetime TV, with the exception of "America's Top Model" and "The Pride of the Flyover," which are about to begin production At the TV program promotion conference in May, Lifetime TV also ordered a good quality female workplace TV series and several TV movies, and at the same time, Lifetime TV also made a new arrangement of TV programs according to the series distribution plan.

Eric's focus is still on the two reality shows "American Supermodel Contest" and "Flyover".

The two reality shows have been preparing for a month and a half, in April, Cindy Crawford and Linda Ivangelinsta, with the assistance of the producers of the "Survivor" team, came up with a detailed production plan, and throughout May, both of them were busy with the pre-production preparations for the show and the selection of contestants, at which time all the preliminary work was nearing completion.

"This is the official competition venue for the contestants, and according to the script, I will announce the competition here at the beginning of each episode of the show. The second half of the show is also where the contestants present their results, where the designers will sit in your place and enjoy the models' fashion shows with the judges on the other side, and there is also a lounge in the back where you can get some footage from the contestants before the competition and while they wait for the results......"

An ABC studio in New York was set up as a simple fashion show. There was no auditorium, just a small catwalk, and a few chairs were simply placed on either side of the catwalk. Linda Ivangolinsta was standing on the stage to demonstrate the program to Eric and others sitting in the audience, which was also the last work of Eric's time in New York, and after confirming it, he was about to return to Los Angeles.

Linda Ivangelinsta explained for a few minutes, then looked at the crowd on the runway and waited for Eric to speak.

Eric sat Emily Brighton and Anne Sweeney to the left and right, as well as a few other assistants. Cindy Crawford also sat next to Emily. In order to demonstrate, several guest judges and producers in charge of "The Pride of the Flyover" sat on the other side of the judging bench.

LTD will sponsor these two reality shows and obtain a part of the advertising placement. Anne Sweeney is the president of AE Television Network, a 35-year-old brown-haired woman, Anne Sweeney was originally in charge of Disney TV, and after determining the expansion plan of Lifetime TV, Katzenberg transferred Anne Sweeney to this side to take charge of this matter.

From the end of April, we will come up with a preliminary production plan. Eric has been following up on this matter, just doing a final check. Make sure that every detail is foolproof, so there are no big problems.

Eric whispered a few words to Anne Sweeney and Emily, looked up at Linda Ivan Golinsta, and said, "Linda, the catwalk under your feet is wooden?"

Linda Ivan Gorinsta was stunned, and her leather boots lightly stomped on the catwalk. There was a thud against the wood, and he nodded, "Yes." ”

Eric pointed to the screen at the beginning of the catwalk and smiled, "Then you walk through it and I'll take a look." ”

Linda Ivangolinsta was a little confused, but obediently walked behind the screen and walked out with a catwalk.

Thereupon. There was a series of muffled thumping thumps in the venue.

Linda Ivan Golinsta hasn't completed a one-way trip yet, and everyone has already figured out that the sound of leather boots hitting the wooden catwalk is similar to the noise, and if the audience suddenly hears these sounds during the show, it will definitely be very dramatic.

Walking to the end of the catwalk, Linda Ivangolinsta was embarrassed to go any further, and walked lightly to the position just now, and said abruptly: "Eric, I didn't expect this, we will replace this catwalk as soon as possible." ”

Eric nodded and said to Emily and Anne, "I don't have a problem here, what about you?"

Emily shook her head, she mainly came to see the details of the advertising placement of LTD's products, and she was not good at pointing fingers at the production of the program.

Anne Sweeney asked a few more questions in succession, until Linda Ivangelinsta was almost overwhelmed, and then Eric's face was reluctant to let her go.

The female executive, who switched jobs from Fox to ABC a few years ago, is also ambitious at this time, wanting to rely on Lifetime TV to make a performance, hoping to reach the heights of Hollywood women such as Shirley Lansing and Amy Pascal.

The former president of AE Television Network was from the Hearst Group, and after getting the controlling stake, Katzenberg adjusted this position and transferred Anne Sweeney to the Hearst Group, giving the Hearst Group the reason that women can better control the essence of women's television stations, of course, everyone understands the actual situation.

The purpose of seizing control in private is not mentioned for the time being, Eric also agrees with Katzenberg's decision, although he does not have much information about Anne Sweeney in his memory, but Eric vaguely remembers that Anne Sweeney led a very famous TV series called "Desperate Housewives", from this point of view, she has a lot in common with Amy Pascal, who likes women's films, and it is indeed a good fit for her to be in charge of Lifetime TV, which focuses on female audiences.

It took a morning for everyone to walk through the main filming scenes of "The Pride of the Flyover", listen to Linda Ivan Golinsta personally explain the process, and the afternoon event was of course "American Supermodel Contest".

Both reality shows chose Midtown Manhattan as the main filming location, and even the contestants' apartments for the two shows are just one street away. Therefore, it doesn't take much effort to go through it.

At half past five in the afternoon, all work was over, and Emily, Anne Sweeney and others went home from work. Eric is stopped by Cindy Crawford.

"Eric, are you free for the evening, how about having dinner together?" said Cindy Crawford. He had stepped forward and grabbed Eric's arm affectionately.

Linda Ivangelinsta finished packing her things and walked out of a dressing room, just when she saw this scene, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she also walked to Eric's side, and said with a smile: "Eric, since you have dinner, why don't you join me too." ”

Eric joked, "Take you two to the restaurant, I'll be killed with your eyes." ”

"Then go to me, I'm a pretty good cook. By the way, I can continue to talk about the "American Model Contest", I don't think I've done a good enough thing in many places," said Cindy Crawford, throwing a threatening look at Linda Ivangolinsta while Eric wasn't looking, and looked like she was going to mess with you again.

Linda Ivan Golinsta wanted to tease a little, but Cindy Crawford's look made her very unhappy, and she defiantly stepped forward to grab Eric's other arm. "Then go to Cindy's, our good sisters haven't been together for a long time." ”

Cindy Crawford couldn't hold back any longer. Reaching out from behind Eric's back, he pinched Linda Ivangorin's ribs.

"Ah, it hurts," Linda Ivangelinsta cried, and immediately became tearful, and complained to Eric aggrievedly: "Eric. Cindy she pinched me. ”

It takes two hours to drive back to East Hampton from Manhattan, and Eric had planned to stay in the city, but at this time, the beautiful woman invited him, but of course he was disrespectful, reached out and put his arm around Linda Ivangelinsta's small waist and patted him comfortingly: "Okay." Just go to Cindy's, and if you go, let's make something for us to eat, and if you don't go, I'll treat you to dinner next time you come to New York. ”

"Well, I'll listen to you," said Linda Ivangelinsta, her voice not babyish, slightly hoarse, but with the innocence of a teenage girl, very tasteful.

Seeing Linda Ivangolinsta say this, Cindy Crawford could only glare at her, but could not refute Eric's decision.

A few people went downstairs to the parking lot and squeezed into Cindy Crawford's car, Cindy Crawford's apartment is on the Upper East Side, although not far away, but it coincides with the end of work, and it takes about ten minutes to drive.

Realizing that the plan was going to be ruined by Linda Ivangelinsta, Cindy Crawford decisively focused on "America's Top Model Contest" and said to Eric while driving: "Eric, what do you think of our preparations?"

"It's all good, I'm looking forward to seeing what you do," Eric didn't have much energy to talk about it after a tiring day, and simply replied. In fact, in the process of following up, he already has a very deep evaluation of the two programs.

Cindy Crawford's "America's Top Model Contest" is a more whimsical program, with a lot of ghostly details. And she pays great attention to the interaction between the host and the contestants, and she has more personal appearance time. Relatively speaking, the mode of "The Pride of the Bridge" is relatively fixed, with each episode being 43 minutes, divided into several fixed-form program modules, and paying more attention to showing the ability of the contestants.

Eric is relatively satisfied with the results of their work, and he can't say who is good and who is bad, not to mention, he doesn't want the two shows to be exactly the same.

Linda Ivangelinsta listened sideways, and seeing that Eric didn't say too much detail, she remembered another thing and asked: "Eric, the second season of "Survivor" just ended recently, and I heard that the ratings of the final episode have rushed to 50 million again, how much money can ABC probably make from this show?"

Eric shook his head and smiled, "This is an internal company secret, and I can't tell you, but as long as the show in your hands can reach the height of one-tenth of Survivor, it will be enough to fill your little purse." ”

In fact, Eric is not very clear about the specific income of the second season of "Survivor", and now the second season has just been broadcast, only preliminary advertising revenue data, according to ABC statistics, the average advertising revenue of the second season of "Survivor" has reached $27 million, and the advertising revenue in a single season exceeds 350 million. And the production cost of each episode of "Survivor" is only about 5 million, and after the later video tape distribution and syndicate distribution, Firefly can at least get ten times more revenue. (To be continued.) )