Waking up in the morning, the gloomy sky outside the window makes it difficult to tell the time, but the cozy bedroom with the faint fragrance of the women's boudoir makes up for the unpleasantness of the weather. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is a villa by Elizabeth on the banks of the River Thames.

After the residence was occupied by a group of crazy goblins last night, although it was late at night, many acquaintances and friends in London still called to invite Eric to come and borrow it, but Eric's politely refused. It is very common for Westerners, especially the wealthy, to borrow each other's residences, but Eric is the kind of person who is very unaccustomed to living in other people's homes.

In the end, Elizabeth, who was familiar with Eric's character, got the news from somewhere, and had people find Eric directly on Kensington Street and bring him here.

Of course, the residence of his own woman is not borrowed.

There was no other arrangement today than to make an appointment with Olivia to go to her for lunch.

Feeling the sky outside the window, Eric touched his watch on the bedside table and glanced at it, and was about to stay in bed for another hour when his phone rang.

Picking it up and looking at it, it was an unfamiliar number, Eric casually pressed the answer button, and a woman's polite voice came from inside. After chatting a few words, Eric hung up the phone, got dressed and washed, and went downstairs, where the doorbell rang at the right time.

Eric walked over and opened the door, and there stood a young woman in her thirties with curly red hair, dressed in a modest camel-colored trench coat, holding a convenience bag for breakfast in one hand and a stack of newspapers in the other.

"Hello, Mr. Williams, I'm Rebecca, Rebecca Wade, and we've just been on the phone."

"Hello," Eric reached out and took the convenience bag in the other's hand, smiling, "I'll come, please come in." ”

"Thank you," Rebecca Wade said, handing Eric the bag and into the living room with him, placing the stack of newspapers on the coffee table as well, "I happen to be near the house, and Liz calls to say you might need these." ”

"I'm sorry for you," Eric nodded, asked Rebecca Wade to sit down, looked left and right, pointed in the direction of the kitchen, and smiled, "If you want something to drink, I'll get it." ”

Rebecca Wade shook her head and smiled, "No, Mr. Williams, when Liz is not there, I take care of her here, and there should be nothing in the kitchen." ”

"Oh, forget it then," Eric smiled, no longer polite, sat down on the couch, and asked, "Are you a friend of Leeds?" ”

"I work for The Sun," said Rebecca Wade, pulling out a business card and handing it over, "Mr. Williams, if you have anything to do in London, you can call me." ”

Eric glanced at the business card in his hand, and was a little surprised, he didn't expect that the woman in her early thirties in front of him was actually the deputy editor of the "Sun". The Sun is a tabloid newspaper with a focus on social news, but it is also the most widely circulated newspaper in the UK. Being able to achieve the position of associate editor at a young age, Rebecca Wade's ability is definitely outstanding.

Thinking about it, Eric suddenly thought of another name, and looked up at the woman who was placing the breakfast in the convenience bag on the coffee table, although much younger, her trademark red curls matched the image in her memory.

Rebecca Brooks, one of the most important executives of News Corp. who was implicated in the wiretapping scandal in the original time and space, was called the 'queen of tabloids' by the British media. Murdoch, who relied heavily on her, even praised her in public as 'like his own daughter'. As for the change of surname, I think it should be because of the husband's surname after marriage.

Rebecca Wade didn't notice the strangeness in Eric's expression, set up breakfast, went to the kitchen to help him get cutlery, poured the milk, and finally carefully put away the convenience bags, wrappers and other sundries, before looking at Eric and said, "Mr. Williams, will you still stay here tomorrow, can I continue to bring you breakfast?" ”

Eric shook his head and said, "I'll leave at noon, don't bother, besides, just call me Eric." ”

"Okay," Rebecca Wade smiled and nodded, "Well, if nothing else, I'll take my leave." ”

Getting up to see Rebecca Wade off, Eric returned to the couch, took the glass of milk and tested the temperature, took a sip of satisfaction, picked up a copy of the stack of newspapers, which happened to be the Sun, and glanced at the breakfast on the coffee table, Eric couldn't help but smile.

The first time we met, we didn't have any relationship at all, but silently figured out his living and eating habits, and took care of everything in an orderly manner. Although it is not clear what Rebecca Wade is capable of, this emotional intelligence alone is not comparable to many people.

At least, Eric felt at this time that if he needed it next time, he would definitely think of each other easily.

Putting these thoughts aside for a moment, Eric remembered the events of last night and opened the "Sun" newspaper in his hand again.

'The Victoria's Secret Army occupies the Garden Street mansion, and Eric Williams lives on the streets. ’

The eye-catching headline is full of meaning and can attract the reader's attention.

However, as he continues to read, there is an implicit clarification of the Victoria's Secret Angels' influx into his villa on Garden Street last night: there was no special party, except that he lent his villa on Garden Street to the Victoria's Secret Angels for an all-night party, with explanatory photos on the page.

The biggest gossip newspapers in the country have set the tone, and other tabloids are obviously unlikely to make any more waves about last night's events.

Eric relieved himself and began to flip through the other newspapers while eating breakfast.

I have to say that the British media have a sense of integrity in their bones.

In the past few years, the Victoria's Secret show has just emerged, and many British media have criticized the Victoria's Secret brand, and some even accused this underwear brand of 'relying on flirtatious style to win attention' is simply a desecration of the British Victorian era.

But at this time, almost all the newspapers praised last night's London show, as if Victoria's Secret was originally a British brand, and various newspapers not only counted the various British elements in the previous Victoria's Secret show, but also became the pride of the British people in the mouth of the media.

The LTD team also held an event at the Victoria's Secret flagship store in London at noon, and Emily personally rushed to Kensington Garden Street in the morning to catch all the goblins who had been crazy all night to prepare for the noon event, and Eric took the time to go back.

There was nothing unrecognizable in the villa, but Mayer, who had been keeping watch all night, seemed quite aggrieved, and I don't know if he was taken advantage of by a group of goblins with a tendency to lilies.

After a little trick to get rid of the media, Eric rushed to Olivia for lunch at noon and stayed in her gallery until the evening.

Early the next morning, board the plane and return to Los Angeles.

While newspapers of all sizes in the UK are still frantically chasing news related to Victoria's Secret, the media in North America is even more lively.

Because, on November 13, "Teddy Bear" was released.

At the end of the 90s, although the Rotten Boys Gang had begun to emerge, the most popular lowbrow comedy in Hollywood was still Jim Carrey's exaggerated nonsensical funny style.

So when the audience and the media saw a series of vulgar jokes in Teddy Bear that had no lower limit at all, everyone was shocked. And when all this happened to a plush toy that many people have in their childhood impressions, the shock index immediately skyrocketed and turned into jaw-dropping.

Just on the first day of release, the topic of "Teddy Bear" in the media became noisy, and most of the media felt that this kind of spoof with no discipline and no lower limit was a bit excessive, and some emotional media people even demanded that "Teddy Bear" be banned.

However, to the surprise of many people, including Eric himself, the film critics' attitude towards this film is not as harsh as it shows, at least, after comprehensive rating statistics, the reputation of "Teddy Bear" among film critics has exceeded 7 points, and most film critics feel that this movie is quite innovative.

At the same time, despite the vulgar plot, the movie itself is still a warm topic to discuss how adults should choose between friendship and love.

As for the rest of Hollywood's studios, they were once again amazed by the level of special effects in the digital realm.

Except for a small number of shots that use toy models, most of the teddy bear shots in the film are done through motion capture, which makes the teddy bear in the film completely real, and even many of the mouth shapes are undoubtedly pronounced with real people.

You know, it's not ten years later, and the most well-known image of Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" has not yet appeared.

The original version of "Teddy Bear", because the writer and director Mike Seth Farlane was born as a TV drama screenwriter, so it has a lot of North American TV series elements, which are very localized elements that limit the overseas commercial potential of the film to a large extent, and even very unfriendly to some young audiences in North America who don't like to watch TV.

Although Eric was able to basically copy the original script from memory, he certainly didn't do it again since he saw the flaws in the original. Since he is now in the film industry, the object of ridicule and spoof has naturally become a movie with wider public acceptance, and many of them are still movies made by Eric himself over the years, such as "Home Alone", "Pretty Woman" and so on.

Early in the morning of the 14th, British time, when Eric boarded the plane at Heathrow Airport, the news that "Teddy Bear" had caused a 'sensation' in the media had already come over from North America.

It's just that it was still late at night on the 13th in Los Angeles at that time, and the box office information on the first day of the film was not released.

Affected by the direction of the media, Katzenberg and other company executives have expressed their concerns, believing that the film is likely to be smashed, and Eric himself feels that this time may be a bit too much, overestimating the acceptance of North American audiences for vulgar comedy.

However, when the Boeing 767 landed at Ventura Airport, Eric had not even stepped out of the cabin when he received an excited call from Kenneth Horn, and in order to avoid the impact of "Teddy Bear" on the Firefly brand, although the final cost of the film reached $50 million, Eric put New Line in charge of its distribution.

With more than 2,700 theaters in North America, "Teddy Bear" finally grossed $17.87 million on the first day, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

Because, the first day is $17.87 million, which means that the box office of the film may exceed $50 million in the first weekend, and the box office may exceed 80 million in the first week.

$80 million, which is already equivalent to the first-week box office of a blockbuster film.

Although the investment of "Teddy Bear" has reached 50 million US dollars, in recent years, it can only be regarded as a medium-cost production, and the scale of the film's publicity and distribution cannot be compared with the blockbuster films with an investment of more than 100 million yuan by large studios.

Coupled with the strong controversy in the media, the first day of $17.87 million, this can definitely be regarded as a big explosion.

Even, strictly speaking, even if it is forced to go down the stall after the first week, the box office of $80 million is a very good result for this movie. But in the North American market, it is basically impossible for a film, especially a successful commercial film, to be forced to take a step down because of media criticism.

In other words, $80 million in the first week is definitely just the beginning for "Teddy Bear".

Hearing this, Eric did not return to Sharp Point Manor, but took a helicopter from Ventura Airport to the Firefly Group's Burbank headquarters.

When Eric walked into the conference room, Katzenberg, Frank Wells, Kenneth Horn and other group executives were discussing something around a few materials, and they all raised their heads when they saw Eric walking in the dust.

Motioning for everyone to continue to sit down, Eric also found a seat at the large conference table and asked with a smile, "So, how is the situation now?" ”

"We just had a survey done in a couple of theaters in Los Angeles," Katzenberg said, handing over a copy of the material, "The audience for 'Teddy Bear' is basically concentrated in young people under the age of 28, and, contrary to the criticism of most media outlets, many viewers think it's a very fun movie." ”

Eric looked at the information handed over by Katzenberg, and Frank Wells next to him also said: "However, Eric, I think we should add some reminders immediately, because our customer service department only received more than 3,000 phone complaints in one day yesterday, although it was marked with an R rating, and our trailer also gave enough hints, but some viewers who didn't pay much attention to this information still misunderstood that this was a family movie, and then took their children to watch it together, and the result can be imagined." ”

Eric nodded, "In that case, let's let the distribution department make a plan immediately, and we still have to continue to do what needs to be done." ”

After several hours of discussion with the group's senior management and an urgent follow-up promotion plan, Eric left the Burbank headquarters.

In the days that followed, the influence of "Teddy Bear" continued to expand, and after the $17.87 million box office on the first day, the film's single-day box office on Saturday directly broke the 20 million mark, reaching $20.58 million. Although the box office began to fall on the third day, it also received $16.95 million.

Just three days after the opening weekend, the box office of "Teddy Bear" broke through the cost line, reaching $55.41 million.

The fierce criticism of the film did not affect the box office, but caused a carnival of bad taste among young audiences. Many people even feel that "Teddy Bear" has already posed a threat to "Mission Impossible 3", which will be released next week.