Colin Southgate was silent for a moment before he said, "Eric, these are just your words, I need to see the split plan of the Firefly Electronics first. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info besides, at what price do you plan to transfer that equity?"

Eric replied, "$1.6 billion, about 20 times the price-to-earnings ratio, that's a fair price." Again, there is no room for negotiation, and I don't want to waste too much time on negotiations. ”

"Cash?"

"Of course, I'm not interested in a stock swap. ”

Colin Southgate shook his head: "EMI can't come up with that much cash, even the $1.2 billion we sold Viking records last year has already been reinvested and returned to shareholders." ”

"If EMI announced that it plans to take a stake in Fireflyer, I think any financial institution would be happy to provide you with this financing. EMI Group currently has only $830 million in debt, and with that $1.6 billion, your debt ratio will not exceed 25%, a risk that most companies can afford. ”

"All right, Eric, but I'll say that you're being too harsh, and there's no room for maneuver. Even if I were willing to say yes, it would be difficult for the board to agree on it in a short period of time. ”

"That's not my problem," Eric shrugged, "Still, you're right, Firefly Electronics only needs to win over a major record label in the short term." So, if EMI hesitates for a long time and other record companies agree, you will miss this opportunity forever. In the future, even if the cooperation is carried out, Fireflyer will not give up its equity again. ”

"Aren't you afraid that Baidai will lead to the camp of other digital music players?"

"I don't think there's any other digital music sales platform that can beat the Yahoo Music Store, and if you do that, you're only going to lose yourself. ”

With that, Eric beckoned the waiter to start serving.

During the meal, Colin Southgate repeatedly asked Eric some details, and after lunch, he sent Colin Southgate away, and it was already half past one in the afternoon.

The casting process for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has started in London, and Eric will go to the London branch of the Firefly Group in the afternoon to check on the progress of the project. In addition, I have to rush to Pinewood Studios, "Bond 19" has started production, and the crew has recently been stationed in Pinewood Studios.

Two identical black Land Rover SUVs were already waiting downstairs at the Royal Park Hotel, and Mayer was standing next to the car with a stack of papers, and saw Eric walking with Poppy Delevei, and the driver of the car in front of him took the initiative to get out of the car and open the door.

Originally, he planned to send Bobby Delevy home first, but he couldn't help the girl's pitiful pleading, and anyway, it wasn't too much of a secret job, so Eric took the girl with him.

Because of the direct acquisition of the film and television rights, although the film project was only publicly announced last month, the company has been polishing the script of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in the past two years, and the director of the film has also been directly determined to be the original Chris Columbus.

Therefore, the main job of the crew of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is casting. If all goes well, the film will start shooting in September in the second half of the year and be released at the end of next year.

The British headquarters of the Firefly Group is located in Mayfair, east of Hyde Park, not far from the Royal College of Art, and occupies a six-storey building with a slight European classical style.

In order to build momentum for the film in advance, the main young actors of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" adopted the form of open recruitment from all over the United Kingdom.

Since it was announced at the end of last month, this incident has also become the most popular event in the UK in recent times, and in just one month, the crew has received more than 20,000 materials, and if it were not for the end of the application period, this number would obviously increase.

Even though it was the weekend, Eric had brought Mayer and the little tail-like Bobby Delevei to the branch headquarters, it was still a busy place.

The crew advertises that there are no restrictions on the selection of roles, but in fact, if you really read all the more than 20,000 materials, the casting team will definitely collapse. Therefore, in the first round of selection, those who obviously do not match the image or have no performance experience in the resume will basically be brushed out, and some of the more outstanding children will also be specially marked.

Compared with young actors, the casting of adult actors is much smoother, and several roles have been determined at this time.

After determining the director and script, Eric did not interfere in the casting anymore, nor did he bother to look for the original young actors, with J.K. Rowling and Chris Columbus and other main creators personally checked, I think I can definitely find the most suitable role for the trio.

After spending more than two hours at the branch headquarters, Eric hurried away and headed for Pinewood Studios outside London.

Because it was the weekend, the crew of "Bond 19" did not shoot today, Barbara Brockley personally received Eric, checked the filming progress together, and in the evening Eric was invited by Barbara Brockley to attend a party held by the other party.

Back in downtown London, it was past ten o'clock in the evening.

It was as if he had stepped into a completely new world, and throughout the day, Poppy Delevei was in a faint state of excitement.

Therefore, although it was late at night, the girl was not at all casual.

The car came to the Belgravia district where the girl's house was located, and stopped in front of the house from the last time, the driver opened the door from the outside, and Eric handed the girl a handbag and said, "Okay, go back, good night." ”

Poppy Delevue was no longer wearing the long hoodie he wore in the morning, but a small tuxedo with a beautiful pale yellow Chanel trench coat over it, which Eric casually ordered to be delivered during the day at the branch headquarters and in the evening when he attended the Brockley family party, after all, the weather in London was really unbearable, and Eric could not always give his own clothes to the girls.

Taking the tote bag containing his hoodie, Bobbi Delevei took Eric's hand and said, "Eric, can you come in and sit down?"

Eric smiled and shook his head, "I'm sleepy, I just want to go home and sleep quickly." ”

"Don't do that, Eric," Poopy Delevue said this time, picking up Eric directly, and counting, "You won't find a girlfriend if you reject a girl like that." ”

With that, Bobbi Delevei had already pulled Eric up the steps, reached out and rang the doorbell, and pulled Eric with his other hand, as if he was worried that he would run away.

The door soon opened, and a maid in her thirties opened the door, and when she saw Poppy Delevei, she immediately began to nag: "Mademoiselle, you have finally returned, Madame has just called back to ask, and, oh, Will, Mr. Williams, good evening." ”

Eric nodded at the other party, "Hello." ”

"This is Rosie," Poppy Delevei casually introduced, and pulled Eric inside, and after walking a few steps, he turned back to the maid named Rosie, "You go to sleep first, and besides, don't talk nonsense in front of my mother." ”

"Yes, yes, miss," the maid nodded hesitantly, but went to her room.

Bobbi Delevue excitedly dragged Eric to the second floor, to a girly bedroom, and asked Eric to sit down at his dresser, and the girl went into the next dressing room and changed into the long hoodie from the morning, and then ran downstairs with a pot of coffee.

Eric sat on a chair with his back to the dresser, watched the girl's busy appearance with great interest, took the coffee she handed over, took a sip, and said with a smile: "So courteous, let's say it first, I can't let you follow me tomorrow." ”

Bobby Delevei handed over the coffee, then sat down on the edge of the small bed behind him, his hands on his sides and his eyes sparkling at Eric: "I didn't think so, I'm already happy today." ”

Eric nodded, bringing the cup to his lips and sipping his coffee slowly.

Poppy Delevy waited for a moment and then took the initiative to speak, "Eric, why don't you speak?"

"I'm tired, I don't have the heart to coax the little girl. ”

Bobbi Delevue laughed and said, "So you've been trying to coax me during the day." ”

"Yes," Eric said, tapping his left hand on the dresser next to him, "and this is the 'fruit of my day's labor."

"Hehe, Mr. Williams, I've seen through you. ”

Eric didn't respond, drank most of the coffee in the quilt, put it next to him, and said, "Well, go to bed early, I should go back." ”

Bobby Delevue's eyes flashed, and before Eric got up, he leaned over and gently pushed the man, straddled Eric directly, put his arms around his neck and pecked a small on the man's lips, and then separated, his face had turned crimson, but he still had the audacity to say: "Eric, I want to be with you, how are we?"

"Okay," Eric nodded, wrapped his hands around the girl's waist to keep her from moving, and smiled, "Tell me what you will do first?"

The girl's face had turned into a red apple, and she said dissatisfiedly: "You're such a bad guy, of course you took the initiative next." ”

"So, let me ask you a question, what was the most painful situation you have experienced since you were a child?"

"When I was a child, my finger was caught in the car door once," said the girl, chuckling again, "Eric, you want to scare me, right, I'm not afraid, some of my good friends have done it, and they say it doesn't hurt as much as they thought." ”

"I don't mean that," Eric said, gesturing his hand over the girl's belly, "If we do, your belly will probably get bigger." Then, you have to run around with a ball for ten months, and finally the most terrible thing is to magnify the pain of being caught in the car door tenfold, and after another ten hours, some little guy will run out of your stomach, and you will probably die of pain in the process. ”

Poppy Delevue's eyes flashed with fear, but he immediately said in a firm tone, "You're just scaring me, Eric, you're not going to allow this to happen, are you?"

"Yes," Eric got up, picked up the girl's light body casually, put it on the small bed next to her, and said, "So, go to sleep obediently, come to the premiere of "Iron Man" the day after tomorrow, and bring your friends." ”

Poppy Delevy was just a whim of a girl, and was 'intimidated' by Eric's interruptions, so she stopped insisting so much and lay on the bed obediently, but still held the man's hand: "Eric, can you wait until I'm asleep before leaving?"

Eric laughed, "It's really inconsiderate, I'm tired too." ”

"I'm a girl," said Bobbi Delevei, curling the corners of his mouth, "of course the boys have to accommodate the girls." ”

"Okay, then stay for another five minutes, and after five minutes you won't be able to sleep and I'll be leaving. ”

"I usually fall asleep for half an hour. ”

"It's going to take so long, what were you thinking about for half an hour?"

"Last night, I wondered if I was going to call you when I woke up this morning, and if you forgot about me. Also, what to wear, whether to wear makeup or not, I've been learning makeup recently, and everyone says I'm very talented, and I think I might be able to create my own cosmetics brand when I grow up. ”

Eric sat on the edge of the bed, letting the girl hold one of his hands and break his thoughts, perhaps tired from playing during the day, but in just over ten minutes, the girl had fallen asleep.

Helping her cover her up, Eric left the girl's bedroom softly.

Downstairs, a wall lamp lit in the living room, and Eric walked down the stairs, just before the maid appeared in front of her again.

"Mr. Williams, are you leaving?"

"yes, Poppy is asleep, and besides, say hello to Mr. and Mrs. Delevue. ”

"Okay. ”

The maid nodded, courteously led Eric to the door, helped him push the door open, watched Eric get into the car on the side of the road, watched the two SUVs turn around and disappear into the street, and then closed the brown-red wooden door of the apartment.

Back at Kensington Garden Street Accommodation, it was past eleven o'clock.

Eric didn't feel too sleepy, the female assistant stayed in the villa last night, and today she moved to the Royal Garden Hotel at the corner of the street, and Eric was alone after the villa.

Silently brewing a pot of coffee, Eric went upstairs to his study and began to read some of the legal documents he had asked for from Edward Lewis, the chief counsel of the Firefly Group, these days.

After going through all the documents, Eric pondered for a while, got up and took out a DV from the bookcase, propped it up next to the sofa in the study, tested the shooting angle, and then began to record a video file.

After recording the video file for more than half an hour, Eric took out a laptop that had been prepared for the implementation, copied the video file into the computer video, and encrypted it with Steve Mitnick's encryption software.

After doing all this, look at the time, it is already four o'clock in the morning.

Although London is located in a high latitude with long summer days, the sky outside the window is still dark at this time, and only when you look up, the sky over London is a faint white because of the city lights.

After deleting the original files in the DV, Eric physically destroyed the memory card in the DV to confirm that it was impossible to restore it, so he locked the laptop in the safe and left the study quietly.

I went into the bathroom and took a shower, and lay down on the big bed in the bedroom, when I suddenly remembered Poppy Delevue's half-hour bedtime.

Inexplicably, I also began to think about what I should think about in the past half hour, but the heavy exhaustion still came up in the end, and my thoughts were chaotic and did not focus on any thoughts, and I fell asleep unconsciously.