"So, what were you talking about?" asked Eric, casually stirring up the topic after sitting down.

Elizabeth Hurley leaned over Eric without a trace, and said with great interest: " Candace just talked about Moro Blahnik, next month he will hold his new product launch at the Gramercy Park Hotel, Manolo-Blahnik Oh, I love this high heel brand, now many high heel brands are becoming more and more bizarre, and only Moro Blahnik can stick to the elegant design style without any past, I must find a way to go to this show next month, oh yes, Candace, what number did you just say?"

"No. 3, Nov. 3," Candace Bushnell replied with a smile.

Elizabeth Hurley took out the memo from her purse, swiped it down carefully, and said to Eric, "Eric, do you know Moreau Moranik?"

Eric had heard of it, and he remembered mentioning the brand of high heels that drove the heroine Carly crazy in the episodes of "Lust City", but all he knew was the name.

Glancing at Anne Sweeney and Candace Bushnell on the sofa opposite, Smiling as usual, Eric sighed that Elizabeth Hurley was still a little immature in front of these two highly intelligent and emotionally intelligent women. Women who are smart enough will not talk about fashion brands in front of men, because most men are unlikely to know about this, and there are many people who are disgusted in their hearts, because these fashion brands often have the potential attribute of maxing out men's credit cards.

Eric saw that the two women not only did not take the initiative to help change the topic, but instead contributed to the trouble, and he probably realized something.

After a casual chat, Eric said to Anne Sweeney and Elizabeth Hurley, "Anne, Liz, can you give me and Candace some time, I want to talk to her about the script." ”

Anne Sweeney took the initiative to get up and said, "Of course, you can talk, oh, Liz, come with me, the snacks in this restaurant are very good, I'll take you to try it." ”

Elizabeth Hurley thought to herself that if she was talking about the script, wouldn't it be more appropriate for her heroine to be present? However, she did not disobey Eric, and walked away with Anne Sweeney.

When Anne Sweeney and Elizabeth Hurley walked away, Candace Bushnell sat down beside Eric, gracefully crossed his left leg, straightened the hem of his skirt, and asked, "Eric, is there anything wrong with the script I submitted?"

Eric looked at the woman next to him with great interest, the general opinion is always that Western women are easy to look old, but the goblins around Eric always break this rule frequently, Catherine will not mention, Joanna is the same, Candace Bushnell in front of him and Anne Sweeney who has just left are both thirty-seven or eighteen years old, but their beautiful appearance is not inferior in front of Elizabeth Hurley, but is more mature.

Without answering Candace Bushnell's words, Eric took a sip of champagne in his hand, leaned back on the sofa, made it easier for himself to appreciate the intellectual beauty in front of him, and said, "The script is not a big problem, just some small details, so, I think you can talk about the heroine first?"

Candace Bushnell's face flashed with a strange look, realizing that Eric had already seen something in the details of the conversation just now, but she quickly regained her composure and said, "Eric, I don't think Miss Hurley is suitable for the role of Carly Bradshaw. ”

After saying this, Candace Bushnell kept his eye on Eric's eyes as much as possible, not allowing his heart to be shown. It's just that the hand holding the wine glass has unconsciously tightened a little.

Because of her yearning for a life in the metropolis, Candace Bushnell came to New York alone at the age of 19, but it was not as easy as she imagined to settle down in Manhattan, at first she could only rely on writing children's stories for newspapers to make ends meet, and only in recent years did she have her own column in the New York Observer.

Eric Williams personally selected the rights to "Lust City", which made her realize that this would be an important turning point in her life. As a result, she values the TV series more than anyone else, and in recent days, she has even suffered from mild anxiety in the process of repeatedly revising and considering in order to write a satisfactory script.

After hearing that Lifetime TV confirmed Elizabeth Hurley as the heroine, she immediately found many film and television videos that the other party had participated in in the past, and then found that the British supermodel did not match the image of the heroine she imagined.

The candidate was personally decided by Eric Williams, she knew that she had no room for resistance, and had secretly persuaded herself to accept it silently, but in the process of contact with Anne Sweeney, she felt that the female president of the AE TV network seemed to be not very satisfied with the heroine candidate, and the two sides reached some consensus in private, so there was today's scene.

When Eric heard this, he looked quietly at Candace Bushnell, and it was quite satisfying to see this beautiful woman, who was at least more than ten years older than himself, with a confident expression. After more than ten seconds, he noticed that the glass in the woman's hand trembled slightly, and Eric stopped in moderation, raised his hand, and said, "Go on, convince me." ”

Candace Bushnell said what he just said, and then every time he thought of Eric's identity, the pressure in his heart was a little greater, and he felt more and more regretful, and secretly scolded himself hundreds of times, what a good opportunity this time is, to be able to cooperate with Eric Williams, she will definitely be able to become a well-known writer in the future, and her future works will also cause more people to compete for it. Can ...... now If you mess up, you won't have a chance to get ahead in the future.

Oh my God, what have I done, oh my God......

Eric just subconsciously made a little joke, he didn't know that he opened his mouth at the right time, almost pulling the woman in front of him back from the brink of collapse.

Candace Bushnell, whose brain was buzzing, faintly heard Eric speak, and finally reacted, a little cold on her back, which made her realize that she had just sweated, and couldn't help but worry about this dress again, this is rented, stained with a layer of sweat, and it will be troublesome when it is returned.

Eric saw the woman's eyes flickering repeatedly, but he didn't speak, and said suspiciously: "Candace?"

Candace Bushnell quickly raised his head and said, "Yes, oh, I'm going to ...... Convince you. ”

Eric was about to retract his assessment of Candace Bushnell's high IQ and EQ, rolled his eyes, and said, "So, you continue?"

Candace Bushnell sensed a hint of impatience in Eric's tone, took a deep breath, and said, "That's right, Mr. Williams, first of all, Miss Hurley is British, and she doesn't fit in with Carly Bradshaw's identity at all. ”

She unconsciously changed her name to Eric again, and subconsciously felt that it was easier to shout like this.

"That's not a reason," Eric said, shaking his head, not paying attention to Candace Bushnell's change in his name, "you should have heard it just now, Liz's American accent is pretty standard." ”

"Of course, I have to admit this," Candace Bushnell subconsciously agreed, when she heard Elizabeth's pure British accent in the film and television tapes, it was the place where she disapproved of the other party's heroine candidate the most, but when they got along just now, Elizabeth Hurley deliberately showed the American accent that she had just cultivated recently, but she couldn't find fault with it.

Eric was amused by Candace Bushnell's answer: "You see, Candace, you're trying to convince me right now. ”

"Oh," said Candace Bushnell, a little embarrassed, "then, the most important point, me and ...... I think Miss Hurley is so beautiful. ”

"And then?"

Candace Bushnell said: "If the show is aimed at a male audience or a broader audience, Miss Hurley would be a better fit." But this is a TV series that is completely aimed at urban fashionable women, you know, most women in this world do not have the beautiful face and hot body of Miss Hurley, if she is allowed to play the heroine, 90% of the potential audience will not have any sense of substitution. In addition, a very important topic of this TV series is fashion, and many plot shots will be used to show the effect of various fashion brands on women turning sparrows into phoenixes, if the heroine is too beautiful, it is difficult for fashion brands to reflect the achievements of the character's appearance and temperament, which has a negative impact on the series is also very fatal. Based on these, I think that the heroine should be more in line with the average level of urban women, with a slightly more ordinary appearance, but sometimes she will look radiant. ”

Eric nodded, "Well, that's a good reason, is there anything else?"

Noticing the change in Eric's expression, Candace Bushnell finally relaxed, and the young 'Mr. Big' must have listened to his own words.

Well, at least, this incident will not have any negative impact on her. Although there is another reason in her heart, which Anne Sweeney told her in private, Anne Sweeney thinks that Elizabeth Heli's acting skills during the audition are not good enough, and Anne Sweeney also hinted that she will add this to the topic of persuading Eric, but at this time, Candace Bushnell doesn't want to add any more snakes at all, so let's leave it to Anne Sweeney herself.

Shaking her head, she said, "Mr. Williams, that's all, no more. ”

Eric nodded, a smile on his face, "You like to call someone else's sir?"

Candace Bushnell's face was a little unnatural, and she realized that she was just a little unconfident, but she wouldn't admit it. After saying this topic, her mood relaxed a little, and her usual shrewdness began to return, and she asked rhetorically, "Why do you ask that?"

"I often see Mr. Big in your novels, heh, seriously, does this guy have a prototype?"

Candace Bushnell realized that Eric had unwittingly diverted the topic, but she didn't have the courage to ask Eric to give any more accurate answers at this time, and followed his topic: "There is a prototype, Mr. Big is a publishing director of the Newhouse Group, named Ron Gallotti, he is responsible for the publishing of many magazines, I have worked with him a bit. ”

"Oh," Eric nodded, but he inexplicably remembered another Mr. Big in a Disney animation in his previous life, feeling a little funny, in the traditional concept, Mr. Big should mean the big guy, almost the same as the godfather: "Don't talk about Ron Garotty, I don't know him anyway, just talk about your male lead, I'm a little puzzled by his character setting, this is also the doubt I have when I read your script outline and the first two episodes of the script, this person's character setting is a little vague?"

Candace Bushnell thought for a moment and said, "First of all, he was a man with a very successful career. ”

"You can see that," Eric said, "what about the character?"

"His character...... It should be a bit indecisive, so he doesn't like strong and independent women. Candace Bushnell said: "This is the main reason why they will split and merge in the plot, well, they will not have a result in the end." ”

"Do you think this setting is reasonable?"

"Why is it unreasonable," wondered Candace Bushnell, "Mr. Williams, everyone is flawed, and just because a person is successful in his career does not mean that he will be successful emotionally at the same time." ”

Eric always felt that this character was a little floating, domineering president, handsome and handsome, emotional idiot, and then ...... If you continue to talk about it, it's a routine.

Shaking his head slightly, Eric didn't plan to dwell on this question anymore, and waved his hand: "Okay, as long as the female audience likes to watch it." ”

When Candace Bushnell heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Eric stopped mentioning this and began to talk about his advice to Candace Bushnell's script: "I don't know much about the script, the fashion side of things, you can handle this aspect yourself, but in terms of the plot, I want you to make some changes, first of all, I need more narration, although you have a lot of insight into topics like sex and fashion, it doesn't mean that the audience can understand what you are trying to say just through the camera, so I want to hear more explanatory narration......"

The topic of script revision became relaxed, and the two chatted unconsciously.

Half an hour later, the problem was almost solved, and Eric finally added: "Another point, this is my personal preference, don't always write male characters too weak and passive in the process of getting along with men and women, although this is very substitutional, but I think women with a little experience will think this is a bit fake, right?"

Chatting about the topic of the script, Candace Bushnell had unconsciously drunk a few glasses of wine, drank the remaining liquor in the goblet in her hand, she held the empty wine glass, looked at Eric with a slightly red face, and suddenly asked a little boldly: "Mr. Williams, do men don't like to be passive?"

Eric narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Are you starting to take the initiative?"

Candace Bushnell's heart pounded a few times, and she realized that what she had just said was a bit too far, and although she had heard some rumors about the young tycoon's heterosexual preferences, she didn't dare to have any extravagant hopes in her heart. However, after all, after a few glasses of wine, Eric did not hesitate to break it, which made her a little surprised, and muttered in a low voice: "What a nasty man." ”

Despite all the noise, Eric heard Candace Bushnell whispering and laughed, "Oh, it seems to be true." ”

Candace Bushnell was a little confused: "What?"

"Didn't you say that in the book," Eric continued to tease with a smile unchanged, "if you tell a man, 'I like you,' you'll probably never see him again, but if you tell a man, 'I hate you,' you're going to have the best sexual experience of your life." Well, very classic theory. ”

Candace Bushnell's eyes widened slightly, she had just been surprised by Eric's deep understanding of her script, but she didn't expect that Eric was also easy to understand the passages in her novel, her face was even more ruddy, she tried to calm her heart, staring at Eric intently, as if she was resisting: "Then, even if I take the initiative, what are you going to do, little-male-child!"

"Wow, are you provoking?" )